The store lived up to its name, as it felt like it suddenly turned into a maze, where you can't get out until you search the isles thoroughly and finally find the item you're looking for. As for us, it was like a maze in the sense that it was for security reasons. The box Vernon was holding had some classified items inside that we weren't allowed to know of until receiving it, so Lucia had to guide us to a hidden location. 

There was a cozy looking area, darker than the rest of the store, where morning immediately felt like night. It looked like a place for fortune telling, what with the curtains they had to pass through, there was even a stack of tarot cards and a crystal ball sitting on the table in the middle of curtained corner room. 

When Vernon noticed they had arrived, he placed the box on the table and opened it after forming a key using these root-looking items he seemed to have in one of his pockets. 

A key with a pattern only he knew, and only he could make. His plant magic sure was, full of proven experience and precision. How long has he been able to do that? How long has he known about his magic?

Lucia closed the curtains behind them, and Vernon showed them these bottles inside, small enough to be held by hand, five, neat little perfume bottles sitting in the small case. 

"Atropa belladonna perfume, but not meant as a regular perfume." Lucia stated as she seemed to float towards the table, gingerly picking one up. Her dress gave the illusion of such, it wasn't the same one she was wearing in the early morning.

"I plucked the black berries from the flowers, and the alchemists diluted them into the short-term memory erasing liquid just like you asked." Vernon said nonchalantly, and before dove or Joon could even ask, he looked straight at them, or more off into the space that just so happened to be where they were, with stars in his eyes, excitedly explaining already.

He seemed to almost bounce on his heels.

"Atropa belladonna, also known as Deadly Nightshade, violet flowers that have drooping heads, and they grow these black berries at some parts of the stems, the berries are poisonous. Atropa belladonna is an ornamental plant, and it's deadly because of its alkaloids that it produces, which can cause disorientation, short-term memory loss, coma and death."

They listened to him, and while Joon was processing the information, Dove got an epiphany and added in when Vernon was catching his breath. 

"So, would this be the same belladonna plant that Italian women in the 16th century used to use as eyedrops? Because it made their pupils bigger and that was thought to be beautiful. I mean the plant species in general, not like, these plants now."

Vernon eagerly nodded as Joon widened his eyes in disbelief. 

"The Italian girls put what in their eyes? To look like what? Anime girls? You telling me that Italians had the obsession of big-eyed girls before Japan??" He asked with an exasperated tone, to which Dove didn't know how to answer. 

Vernon nodded to her statement, not hearing the poor confused boy who quickly whipped out his phone to find out more for himself. 

"Yes, it's the same one, a good amount of the ladies went blind because of it. However, in this case, the alchemists who made these perfumes modified and diluted the alkaloid to only cause short term memory, you have to be careful with them, but they won't cause any of the other symptoms. See, I grew the belladonnas myself, so while they are more potent, the berries I plucked from the Atropa belladonnas were first peeled so that-"

"Vernon, sweetheart, we're getting sidetracked. Go tell the rest to Liora outside." Lucia patted his back, leading him out. 

Dove wanted to hear more but hid her disappointment as Lucia picked up a small bottle to show the two. 

I liked learning random facts, I used to read random articles in my spare time about interesting things, because I liked reading too. But, nowadays, less people enjoy reading, and the random facts I know, either nobody cares about or they're just useless to know and taking space in my brain when I could be learning more useful things, like math or business. I rarely had anyone to talk to about the things I read about so forgive me if I can't fight the urge to throw in some random facts too.

"Turn this head to unlock it, and simply spray it as you would any perfume bottle, keep in mind this is only to be used on Normals who may end up witnessing the Sennentuntschi, and no matter how good it smells, do not use it on yourselves, lest you also suddenly witnessed some things you'd rather forget."

She put the bottle back into the box with the others, then surprised them as she pulled down the flap of the top cover of the little case, revealing five more bottles that contrasted in color to the belladonna perfumes; where the memory-erasures were shades of this pale, mix of violet and blue, the bottles hidden on the top were a warm shade of pale lime. 

"However, if such an accident does occur where you end up using it on the wrong person, or at the wrong time, just use these to reverse the affect."

Joon chuckled as Lucia handed one to him to inspect, and he struck a pose, pretending to pull on his imaginary tie and taking an iconic stance. 

"Hey! Hey Dove look! We qualify for the MIB secret organization now!" He snickered while posing with the bottle in hand, to which Dove also couldn't help but snort a bit of laughter.

"What plants are these made of?" Dove asked on impulse, to which Lucia shushed her teasingly. 

"Unless you want to be able to meet Sienna and her mates in time, don't let Vernon hear that question, at least just yet. For now, just call them memory enhancers."

Joon put the bottle back after he was done playing with it, and Lucia closed the small box and took the molded root key out, handing it to Dove and then giving the box to Joon, before ushering them out the curtained corner, and into the brighter lit part of the store. There, the two interns could see three new faces talking to Liora at the check-out area. 

Vernon was kinda hiding behind Liora like a cat, and as with the 3 new faces, I could immediately begin to piece together more of Enzo's story thanks to one of them. 

The only woman in the group, the one I assumed- and would later confirm- is the so-called Sienna I've heard so much of. Red hair just like Enzo, that, slightly olive skin, both very handsome, although Sienna seemed more handsome, even more so with the two friends she had by her side. She wore a black, sleeveless crop top that showed off her abs and sleeve tattoos, the two boys beside her wore wildly different things but also had tattoos.

The shorter, pale guy looked like one of those summer vloggers, the taller one was wearing black jeans and what looked like fish net for a top, with just an easy slip-on/off coat. I later learned why.

And, when I say red hair, I mean a darker shade of red for Sienna, she has what Vernon later told me was a shade close to wine red. Also, while they did look similar, Sienna had her right eye covered by her hair, the hair that covered her eye was curled into like a rose.

"Who are these new little buggers you got here?" The handsome red-haired woman asked the two ladies. 

"Sienna, these are the two interns who will be shadowing your team." Liora politely told her as Lucia pushed the two over to them, where suddenly even Joon was shy. 

"Joon and Dove. Kids, this is Sienna, and her teammates, Lucas and Mori. Normally they visit to recoup, but as you can tell, they're staying a bit longer for this occasion."

Sienna turned to fully face them, pulling down her sunglasses to eye them up and down, standing in such a confident stance as her two friends introduced themselves.

She was a big city person, her accent almost sounded New York -ish.

The shorter, pale and more energetic guy extended both his hands for them to shake, while the bulkier guy simply waved.

"A new batch of interns, nice to meet ya!" Lucas said with a smile, showing off his sharp canines, before pointing behind him to the tall, pale woman who suddenly appeared next to Sienna, beginning to catch up with her. 

"Did this lady threaten to eat any of y'all yet?"

"What?!"

Joon seemed to be the only one having big reactions to everything so far, Dove keeps all her shock and surprise on the inside. 

Everyone keeps asking about her eating people apparently, now what kind of poltergeist does that remind me of? Lucas doesn't have the same teeth as her.

Sienna and her friends were revealed to have arrived in motorcycles, and after an odd introduction between all of them, Dove agreed to leave her car this time, begrudgingly, as it was only her and Joon, so they would be backpacking with them on the way to find the Sennentuntschi.

Dove sifted through her orange envelope, flipping through the printed papers after making sure to pocket the key, pulling out the printed photo of the area where Laurence calculated the moving doll to have headed, after doing some incredible math that Dove couldn't really understand but comprehended enough.

Sienna put the written coordinates into her phone, set up the Bluetooth of her earpiece, and had her friends check their earpieces before they all put on their helmets, pulling out some for the interns to wear as well.

"Shouldn't you guys be wearing leather? To avoid burning your skin while riding? Shouldn't we also be wearing leather too?" Dove suddenly asked after remembering. 

"You'll be fine, we've got our own safety gear." Sienna assured her as they all got on their bikes. She patted the extra seat behind her for Dove to take.  

Joon, who was backpacking behind Mori, nodded to Dove as they all got ready on the bikes, he put the box in a compartment underneath his seat. 

"Alright, we're ready to get skin burn." 

Lucas laughed out loud. 

"Relax, we've got you guys, and besides, your superiors would kill us if we couldn't guarantee the safety of the hair on either of y'all's head."

The two interns gave each other a doubtful look as they each put on their helmets. At that moment, Dove was ready to meet her end, Joon was prepared to scream at the top of his lungs at whatever pain he expected to receive from whatever may happen.

They didn't expect to enjoy the motorcycle ride so much that even Dove was tempted to loosen her grip on Sienna's waist to feel more freedom. 

It was different than when I was driving my car, scarier, when I look back, my memories keep fooling me into believing I almost slipped off, and it almost makes me really believe it. I might consider backpacking again if I get the chance.

The location they arrived at was as expected, a small, crowded part of the city, where there was a cheap motel just a couple more blocks away, along with some drugstores, and all and all a sketchy place. Fit for those who were going into hiding for cheap. 

The motorcycles were parked in an area hidden away and the wheels locked to the metal poles or bars using handcuffs. 

"We just have these, good for multiple uses." One of them told the interns.

They gave another shared look to each other, doubtful again. 

Joon took the box out, and Dove unlocked it to let the experienced ones take the bottles, one belladonna perfume, and one memory enhancer for each field agent. The remaining four, neither of the interns wanted to take out just yet and merely left them in the box. 

It didn't take long to find the entity, for Mori, who appeared to have sensitive hearing, carefully turned his head, locating the sounds of rustic movements, and the sound of old yarn rustling together. It was like he was a dog who was part pointer, sharply turning his head to a certain direction that we all began to follow. Since it was my first time seeing a Sennentuntschi, I was pretty surprised, but also a little underwhelmed. It just looked like any other nightmare resembling dolls that I used to see around my old home. Turns out seeing multiple silhouettes in the dark of short, small moving figures holding a weapon of scissors or something sharp, can really desensitize you when you first start seeing them from childhood, especially in the dark.