Oh .. well yeah, so she did. WIth as filthy Nev was from hiding in the leaves, Lucy couldn't help but giggle, sending him off to go sit with his sister. He'd need to have a bath before they ate -- no way was she going to have him sit with them when he was tracking dirt and leaves.

With it just being Natsu left, she knew that the real challenge was going to be finding Natsu. Herb trotted at her side amicably as she started to widen her search - she'd already searched around the house several times so she eliminated that part. Maybe he was hiding deeper further into the woods? Noo, he wouldn't have gone that far..

"... Ah, he didn't.." Did he double back and hide in the house? ... technically that wasn't -cheating- but..