The other person stepped forward and started whispering,"Alright, what happened? Is Katie alright?"

Looking over, Ezra stares at the other person."Who exactly are you?"

They look a bit sheepish as they respond to Ezra."Sorry, my name's Carta. I was with Jay when you sent the message and went along to help." Reaching up, they rub the back of their head.

Jay started whispering as well,"You sounded urgent. Is everything alright?" Moving forward, the trio walk into the house, getting out of the street.

Joey looked away, mumbling. "I shouldn't be here I don't think."

Looking over at Joey, Ezra attempts to calm him."You're fine Joey, just, don't freak out too much, please"

Joey squints. "That's really not helping my worry."

Sighing, Ezra explains. "She was in her cave, wolf form, muzzle and bounds on her. I had to get the muzzle off before she could shift back, apparently had an anti-animagus charm built in. Someone jumped on her back and put the muzzle on her then used incarserus....she never saw a face"

Carta's face darkens, twitching a bit. "Sometimes, it's times like this when I hate the position I'm in. I want to find that person and strangle them, but alas I cannot." Her hands twitch, trying to form into fists.

Looking down, Jay attempts to speak."That's..."

Shaking her head, Ezra turns back to the others. "I don't know who would do this, after she got out of the bounds, we came here"

Breathing out, Carta turns her head, looking into nothing as she speaks."It's cruel. And not something anyone deserves." Her hands clench, before relaxing slightly.

"No, it's really not," Ezra shook her head in agreement while Joey raises a finger, then thinks better of it and lowers it again.

Pursing her lips, Carta speaks."I'd pin the blame on those crawling out from the abyss, but it seems too soon to attack. Besides, they'd go straight for the kill and not leave her as is." Carding through her hair, Carta looks toward the others.

"I believe Joey must be rubbing off on me, but that is fucked up" Pausing, Jay thinks for a moment. "Perhaps they are trying to 'psych us out'?"

Carta shakes her head. "Unlikely. I wouldn't know what they would be thinking at this time, but I really don't think they'd miss that chance to off another innocent."

"Serial Killer?" Jay offers another option, and Carta considers it for a bit.

Joey turns to look at Jay, deadpan. "Do you have to blame me for every time you swear?"

Putting his palms up as a sign of assurance, Jay shrugs."This was the first time, I mostly just apologise for swearing."

Ezra looks thoughtful for a second, before turning to Joey. "You have something to say Joey? Looked like you might've had an idea"

Joey looks up at Ezra. "I was going to suggest that there are people who deserve this shit, but Kate hates me enough already."

Carta's head shoots up to look at Joey,"No. Nobody deserves cruelty. Maybe they deserve swift judgement, but never cruelty. And as for the Serial Killer, I know that they'd never go for someone like this."

Looking at Joey, Ezra states her confusion."What do you mean Kate hates you? What happened?"

Shrugging off Ezra's question, Joey responds to Carta's statement."You've never met Anna then"

Jay takes a few steps back. "I'm... just gonna leave that one."

Joey shrugs, and starts to list off a few traits. "Scary Russian lady with an Axe, never stops singing, definitely could have used a muzzle"

Ezra nods."We need to find her then"

Carta nods as well in affirmation. "That we do, that we do."

Turning to Joey, Ezra asks him another question. "Do you know where she could be Joey?"

Deflecting back onto the previous question, Joey responds. "And Kate hates me because I dunno, she's just... ...maybe it was the teasing?"

Looking at Carta and Ezra, Jay squints at them. "You... want to find one of the people from Joey's past?"

Carta shrugs, responding to both Joey and Jay in the same breath. "Well, whatever it was, you can always try to make up for it and fix the issue."

Joey shakes his head no."Please don't look for her, also it's a good thing she isn't here" He then pauses for a second, staring them in the eye. "Trust me"

Erza nods, and apologizes to Joey."I-That wasn't thought out, sorry Joey, we don't have to"

Carta takes a deep breath in, unsure what to say and then speaks,"Of course. As for what we can do right now? Other than find the assailant and meter out justice."

Ezra shakes her head then starts pacing out of frustration "If Anna isn't an option, then who is? Someone needs to be held responsible for this, I'm not going to let this go that easily"

Looking between the others, Joey becomes confused."Wait, you guys want to look for her? Why would you want to look for her... ...you think a person I randomly named did it? I thought I was the dumb one here."

Ezra stopped and looked at Joey.

Carta, attempting to diffuse the situation, moves forward."Let us not put out blame where it is not due. Until we find the attacker, we should resist hurting others in the name of... You know, I wish Citra was here sometimes, she was very good at helping people get through trauma."

Furrowing their brows slightly, Jay sideyes Carta. "Citra?"

Carta shrugs, and waves with her hand. "A friend of mine from... before all this,"

Ezra shakes her head before walking out of the room to check in on Katie while Jay nods in understanding.

Weighing something invisible with her hands, Carta continues. "She worked in the Temple like I did, but she was much more of a Priestess than an Archivist."

Tilting their head, Jay stares at Carta."You know, I don't believe you ever talked about your past."

Ezra sits on the side of the bed and looks at Katie, clearly upset.

Carta purses her lips and looks off to the side, considering. "My past... thinking about some of the things that I helped do makes this situation slightly awkward."

Jay nods. "Ah. Best not then."

"We'll do something about this, you don't have to worry" Ezra mumbled under her breath.