Lurking Eternia went to the buffet. "Darn, why is that chick so sexy? How do I score with Wati now? Should I get a tan?"
She reached out for a muffin while keeping her eyes on the djinn and mumbling to herself.

Once again she was oblivious to the fuzzy creature who snuck up from behind her to quickly grab the sweets before her.

"Got you!" This time, Sol was faster. He jumped out from his dark corner, grabbed the bear from behind and held the intruder firmly by the shoulders. The creature, flailing helplessly, started to scream and cry.
Eternia let out a surprised squeal and jumped. "What the...?!" she yelled.

Giselda ran up to them. "Whee! It's the cute little bear from the other day!" She opened up her arms for a big hug.
"Keep her away from meeeee!" screamed the bear in panic.
Eternia's jaw hit the floor when she heard the creature's voice.
Sol, however, still held the fidgety sweets thief tightly by the neck.

Tamara came over and, without hesitation, pulled off the stranger's hood.
"Aw." Giselda said disappointed. "It's not a bear; it's just a girl!"
That it was. A pouting, crying, and upset girl, to be precise. "Lemme go! Lemme go! I wanna goooo!" she cried.
"Yuki!" Eternia almost fainted. "What're you doing here?!"

"Shall I arrest the thief?" Sol asked, slightly confused about the whole scene.
"No!" Eternia yelled. Then she took a deep breath. "Sol, I... sorry. This is my sister, Yuki. I don't know what she's doing here: she should be in my home country. So sorry... I have to find out."
"I see." Sol understood that Eternia would not have any more time for him for the day, but he swallowed his disappointment. He didn't even ask why Eternia's sister snuck around the house in a bear costume.
"Thank you for capturing her."
"My pleasure, Eternia."

"Wow, Eternia never told us she has a sister!" said Giselda to Tamara.
"Well, I think there are more things about Eternia you don't know yet." In a rare gesture, Tamara let out a small sigh.
"I wanted to see a bear so much though."
"Urgh..."

"Leave me alone, you meanie!" yelled Yuki. She was furious with her sister.
Eternia felt helpless. "Yuki...what the heck? What the heck is all this? This stupid costume and everything?"
"I won't say a word to you!" Yuki backed away as far as she could and pointed at Eternia. "You are not my sister anymore!"

Eternia tried hard to regain her composure. She took a deep breath before saying, "Go inside, Yuki."
"Don't you try to order me around!"
"Go inside! I'll be right behind you. We're gonna have a talk about everything."
Yuki hesitated for a moment. Then she silently turned around and went into the house.
Tamara and Sol watched quietly as Nareen and Arion whispered helplessly about what they had just witnessed. For once, even Giselda didn't say a word.

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