The day had been... well. 'Messed up' wasn't an eloquent way of putting it, but it probably summed it up nicely. Whatever had set the castle off had really done a good job of it, and once he'd managed to get his room mostly secured, Howl had set out to assess just what else was going on.

And then something went wrong, in a big way, in the lobby.

How he knew, he wouldn't have been able to relay, but as he skidded into the lobby, a bit winded, it's obvious things are Not Right. He glanced from Felix to Ashura and back again, not even sure where to begin.