Since it was still morning hours, they were given more thorough instructions before the field agents for the case would arrive.

"Laurence technically isn't allowed on field missions?" Joon flat out asked, as they stood next to each other whilst he watched the alchemist, that he was shadowing, study the mobility of the mannequins taken from the doll house, as they decided to refer to it for simplicity's sake.

"Well, yeah. I guess the only reason he went on the field case of the doll house, was to show us the ropes since no one else was available."

Joon simply shrugged as most of his attention was pulled away when the alchemist began taking apart the third mannequin they were studying, seeing the elastic string as it was attached to this eye of a hook screwed into the inner part of the joint.

"Welp, I'm sure you can ask him about it later. I'm just glad that we get to go on another field case so soon. Usually, interns have to wait forever!"

Dove nodded to this, not knowing what else to respond with.

He was excited, who was I to be rude and be nervous and doubtful, killing his mood?

They were asked to go to the apothecary floor after one of the alchemists, a sincere looking man with this reddish hair, gave them these items called supporters. Had them both wear the supporters on their knees and elbows, oddly enough have more protection on the back of the knees, there were even some thicker ones for their ankles, before he finally gave them some gloves.

"I don't care if neither of you are going to have any chances of coming in contact with it, I don't care if the Sennentuntschi is revealed to be friendly or harmless. This is a physical entity, and one we can't predict. The second something happens that the backs of your knees or ankles are slit, you won't be able to walk, so be careful and just, observe." He strictly told them.

"Yeah, yeah trust me I know how to be careful; I had an incident of my own once." Joon nearly rolled his eyes as he pointed down to his fake leg, the only thing that didn't need any of the knee or ankle protection. 

It even had his name branded onto it, like he was prepared for it to one day be lost, or someone trying to steal it, which would not be surprising at all.

Dove watched them interact, while also looking the alchemist up and down, since Laurence had given her another task while shadowing the case.

"Think of this as a little game." She remembered him saying when they were at his desk.

He was printing out copies of the case file to give to her to study.

"I know you currently doubt yourself, so how about some practice. Try reading the people around you. It's a good start, and reading people will be a very important skill for detectives."

He printed the papers out and handed them to Dove, kept together with a paper clip.

"Try to read as much people as you can, tell me what you think their real identities are like. Think of it like a test for your doubt, or homework, since after the field case, you just have to write a report telling your perspective of the whole event and what happened, since Sienna and one other of her mates can't stand to sit still and write one damn report."

He grumbled on the last bit and almost ranted when thinking about the trio, but then cleared his throat and turned his attention back to the young woman.

"Does that sound alright with you?"

Dove nodded, fiddling with the cuffs of her sleeves. She didn't eagerly say yes for the fear of failure, but she also didn't say no, because she did want to try.

There was a time where I would've volunteered and brought the idea of that test up myself, but I know better now than to let my ego get to me.

Back to where they were now, Dove was currently making a mental note of the first new coworker she had just met. 

He didn't wear the traditional lab coat like I expected scientists would, nor did he wear anything similar to what engineers or technicians would wear, then again, they don't work on heavy machinery stuff her, just, magic? Stuff? He did however have glasses, and this red hair combed over. A kind of red salmon color. Black sleek pants that were wide around the ankles, and even going slightly past those, made me wonder whether the shoes he was wearing had some slight heel height to them. He didn't wear a button-up or polo shirt like the others, just this black, thin-looking, long-sleeve spandex of fabric for a top. I guess it was more appropriate for the summer than all the suits that me and some others would wear, his outfit looked more fitting for athletic purposes.

"Now, this will be your first time meeting Sienna and her friends, don't ask if she has any association with me, ok? I'm serious, I need you to promise me this." He asked them. 

He had these sad eyes when he said it. I nodded of course, and Joon did too. I noticed that while he can tend to be pretty sassy, but he's socially smart. He's mean and not afraid to speak his mind, not rude.

"Could we at least ask why? Do you and Sienna have beef or something?" Joon asked as he helped Dove adjust one of the supporter sleeves one her left arm before pulling her rolled up sleeve down. 

The red-haired alchemist only turned away, going to one of the worktables that were far different from the desks on the detective's office. Where those desks were clean and organized, kept tidy, presentable, and professional, these were messy, covered in sprawled blueprints, pencils and rulers, papers covered in mathematical and chemical equations scribbled on them. 

He went to the table where the other alchemist, the very handsome that Dove had met the other day and helped him prop the doll onto the table. 

"Sienna is a free spirit, as she deserves to be, I just don't want to hold her back is all."

Dove's eyes lit up as she looked up at the man. 

"She hates you, doesn't she?" She said before slapping a hand over her mouth again. 

You know, the 'tell no lies' Spell on this place is a real inconvenience to people like me who tend to say insensitive things.

The red-haired man turned around to them, looking at Dove, giving a sad grin paired with his eyes, before going back to them, handing them these baton-looking items, and showing their functions. 

It looked similar to the one he had strapped to his thigh, except his looked more dangerous and heavier somehow.

"I-I'm so sorry, I should talk less-"

"It's ok, I just have more difficulty hiding it these days." He said quietly.

The one he handed to Dove, he showed it could be shortened so that she can hide it up her sleeve, and the one for Joon, he gave him some leg straps, also shortening it so that Joon can strap it to his leg. The alchemist knelt down to assist and advised for him to strap it to his thigh for easy reach, but Joon strapped it to his prosthetic leg.

"Listen, I get distracted easily, you ask me to attach a distractable thing to myself, I'm placing it on the part where I won't feel it, aight?" He said with a cheeky thumbs up as the red-haired alchemist pursed his lips and gave the boy a blank stare from behind his glasses. 

"Adan, where is the supplies book? we need to prepare to make more of these." He told the busy alchemist behind him with a tired voice. 

"Dammit." Adan, the alchemist working on the doll, whispered quietly with a sigh.

"Thank you for this by the way, um.." Dove awkwardly fidgeted, but thankfully he understood.

"Enzo." He told her with a nod. 

"Thank you, Enzo. We will keep our promise."

He simply gave her a sad smile, like he was mourning someone, before he told them to go to one more floor before they would go meet the field agents, since it was on their way down anyway.

Apparently, they were also working on another type of item specifically designed for these cases where there are roaming entities that the Normals should not see, and had it sent down before being told of the two interns being assigned to the case as shadowers.

The magic store, where Dove was immediately met by the mysterious Lucia once more, when they had expected Liora. 

"Stalking a Sennentuntschi?" she asked rhetorically with a tease in her tone, staring them both down like the inexperienced pair they were. 

"Now, why would they assign this to you two? We already have field agents assigned to the task, or so I've heard from up above." 

Dove let Joon answer for them. 

I didn't notice before, as I was pretty dumb in the mornings- ugh, I can hear my mother's voice as I wrote that part-

But any who- I only noticed now how pale and white Lucia was, and how much taller she was than the average- well, human. It was like she was as tall as Leon, who also looked about as pale as her. They both even had nails, hers was sharper, and they both had fangs that I vaguely saw when looking back on my conversations with them. Leon appeared to have some sharper ones near the sides of his jaw, Lucia had all jagged teeth, like a shark, but in a row like a mammal. 

"I'm currently helping my superior study some doll specimens we found at a haunted house, and thanks to this gal here!" He snapped and pointed both fingers at Dove beside them, who was fiddling with the baton up her sleeve. "I get to be assigned on another case involving another type of doll, just with different functions. Tell her why Dove!" He enthusiastically hyped her. 

Dove, not one who wanted to end up disappointing anyone for any reason, forced some pep into herself and straightened up her back, facing the curious woman who laid her chin on her folded hands. 

"Um, the Sennentuntschi is believed to be connected to the case of the dollhouse, where we got the ball-jointed, life size mannequins from. I'm going so that I can gather intel for Laurence to further understand why, and I need Joon with me since he's been studying the ball-jointed mannequins, so that he can give me insight on the Sennentuntschi as we observe it from afar."

Lucia nodded, her drooped eyes only further matching with the punk-gothic fashion she had. Uncaring, laidback, intimidating. 

"Mhm, mhm, and seeing as you're coming from the alchemist floor to here, do you know what you'll be needing from this floor?"

The two interns stared blank face, then turning to each other, to see if the other had an answer, to which they both realized Enzo sent them down without telling them what they were supposed to pick up. Lucia snickered to herself, before Liora popped in from the door leading to the back, lightly scolding the woman. 

"Lulu dear, stop teasing them, you know it's classified until they receive it." Liora softly scolded. 

Liora was equally beautiful, just a different shade, long hair of shiny blue, natural or not I didn't care. I just knew her blue hair paired too perfectly with her tanned skin, like she was an opposite of Lucia somehow.

Dove sighed with relief, it wasn't another incident of her not listening, Joon looked a tad bit annoyed. 

"Gee, way to mess with us- oh hey Vernon!" He began waving as soon as he saw the boy who had also stepped out of the backroom of the store, behind Liora, holding a box with a lock on it.

Vernon waved at him like a practiced response, and then also waved at Dove who returned the gesture, before going further into a direction in the store.

Lucia moved like air, dissipating and then reappearing in front of the cashier's desk, where Liora quickly took her place behind it as they switched, allowing the white-haired woman to push both the interns by the backs, over to where Vernon was walking to.