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Nick found a couple candles that were black and lit them and placed one on a box before pocketing his lighter. "So," Nick said leaning against the small window seat. "We've deduced that there's nothing interesting in the boxes...so what do you want to do?" He arched an eyebrow. "You don't look so bad by candle light."

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"'By candle light'?" repeated Char, crossing her arms and leaning her back against the wall. Tilting her head back, she let a slow smirk dance across her lips. "I'm sorry, what is that supposed to mean? I'm sure there are plenty of guys who would testify that I look good in any light. Maybe you need to get your eyes checked. And, I knew it. You lured me up here in an attempt to ruin my innocence. Don't deny it. I know truth."

She leaned forward to hit him lightly on the shoulder. "But, if you must know, Nick, love, you aren't as hideous and grotesque looking as I've said you were."

{{I have to go now, so make sure my character gets to where ever the make believe land is if it happens while I'm not on.}}

Klaus held her hand loosely as they went up the stairs, he wondered if the darkness of the staircase scared her, but doubted it. He passed the other two who had decided to sneak away. They were alone in the dusty corridor "For an open house this place is not looked after very well." he commented, as he stopped he became aware of himself and dropped her hand. He took a deep breath he could hear talking coming from one of the rooms and followed the sound. He pushed open the door to find two people there, the room felt colder than others, an even he shivered a little.

The boy was lighting candles "What no electricity in this place either?"

"Just remember," he said placing his hands on her hips and pulling her onto his lap, "you followed me up here..."

Joel looked down the hallway but didn't see any sign of Nick. He took the hallway to the right and began searching the bedrooms. What Joel found was disturbing. The beds were unmade and there was some sort of brownish stain on all of the sheets that looked like dried blood.
"What in the world..."

Skai continued to follow him, it was getting a little dark so she stayed close to Klaus. "Hey uh, you think that maybe there's a flashlight?" she wasn't scared but it wasn't exactly her comfort zone either. She then noticed her let go of her hand, she blushed but it was invisible in the dark. She held onto the wall so she could see, until they came upon another boy that was lighting a candle.

Ryushinki snaked through the sky and payed little attention to anything other than her destination. She felt the presence of the wrinkle grow stronger, and she knew the plains, and the ring of stones created by a powerful demon many ages past, were near. She dared not get too close to the ring while she was performing the magics that allowed her to snake across the sky, so she circled around it, searching for anything that may pose a danger to the new arrivals if they were to pass through. She broke through the clouds to see the crimson plains beneath her, a place that reeked of death and dark magics. Not even she, a spirit of the earth itself, could coax the smallest of plants to grow in this barren patch of wasteland. The earth bled crimson with the pain of past sacrifice, and what few scraggly plants that clung to the edge of this vast circle of death were twisted and black.

Ryushinki spotted a dark creature crouching upon one of the few twisted trees below her, and her blood boiled at the sight of such a monster. Demons cared for nothing but the destruction of all those innocent and defenseless, and the creature was foolish to assume it could threaten innocents without consequence. It took all of the spirit's resolve not to attack the monster. The creature had done nothing, and it would be unfair to unleash such rath without cause. Ryushinki wrenched her serpentine body in the opposite direction and landed as far away from the demon as possible. She watched the stone circle of stones warily as she waited for something to happen, hoping that nothing would ever happen.

The heavy pounding of hooves hitting the road echoed against the buildings in town. But, more telling was what wasn't there, the snorting that usually comes from a horse at full flight. That was because it wasn't exactly a horse. It was something different.

It meant Master Garney had finished with his lessons and had run out of errands to be done and went on to his own work, leaving Gadelvi to her own devices. Which, if you asked most of the townsfolk, was a dangerous situation.

Gadelvi was going nothing to ease their worries, galloping along at a fast clip, taking a sharp turn into an alley every now and then. The contents of her saddle-like harness banged lightly against her sides: a rope, a pouch to hold small miscellenea, and of course, her sword. And her bow and quiver were also in their customery spot, strapped firmly to her back.

She had a couple close calls as she lunged through the streets. A cart she almost hit in the side while skidding into an alley. a fellow that almost stepped out a tavern door as she was running by. A lady who'd bent down to pick up something in the road, forcing the centaur to vault over her. She must not have been to thrilled with the stunt, because she could hear her shouting something to her, the most she could make out as "crazy beast" and "be chained up."

Gadelvi snorted. What did they know? This was serious training! If something ever happened in town, she needed to be able to manuver through it's narrow streets at a frightening speed. She couldn't afford to lose time making turns or making her way too gingerly around obstacles.

Granted, nothing had happened for years, it's been quite peaceful for as long as she'd been here...But, if it ever happened, she'd be ready! She'd show them! She'd show them all!

Kaizu pondered on the thought of being a traveller. It was a lot of work, to keep moving everyday to another place that you’re only going to stay in for a little while before going off again. Must’ve been able to see a lot of stuff though, if you were moving around a lot. Although, he doubted it would be much fun if you travelled alone. He frowned slightly, wondering if he was right,
“Does it get… lonely, travelling round on your own all the time?” He asked, curious, as he had not been travelling alone for any substantial amount of time to know. His gaze fell on the house on the corner of the street, his home. They could put these boxes down, he could have his chocolate and all would be fine. His eyes widened slightly as he heard the familiar shouts and cries that revolved around a certain centaur galloping round. He glanced over his shoulder, sure enough to find the centaur galloping their way,
“Mika, watch out.” He said quickly, not wanting to alarm the girl too much, but not wanting her to be completely unaware of what could happen.

Mika shrugged at his question "When I get lonely I..." she blushed and held a small grin "I s..." she paused as he warned her of something, Mika suddenly noticed the galloping hooves and the presence of a centaur,why hadn't she before? She turned and gave a small cry as the centaur came towards her and moved faster than anyone could blink, she was standing behind Kaizu and out of harms way.

"I sing." she finished.

Kaizu jumped as he found Mika suddenly behind him, out of the way of the galloping centaur. His ears stood alert on his head, eyes wide as he wondered how that was done so easily,
“H-how did you move so fast?!” He asked, surprised as he didn’t have any special gifts like that – well, that he knew of anyway. He calmed down though, smiling weakly as she said that she sung if she got lonely, finding that rather cute. He guessed that if she only sung when she was lonely, he wouldn’t get a chance to hear her.
When he thought it was safe to keep going, he continued to lead them towards his home, turning down the front path of his house, glancing back at Mika again to make sure that she was still following.

"I just can." she said shortly, then moved to follow him, she paused at the top of the path, looking at the house he lived in. "I'll leave this with you." she said coming forward a little faster as they reached the door, she set the box down, feeling relieved to have the weight lifted. She stood straight again, her eyes a little wider, she didn't want anyone inside the house to see her encase they recognised the obvious traits of a minx, bright eyes and hair, small, fragile looking. She flicked a smile to him, "I need to visit market for food and then carry on going." she told him "I've already been here a day and that's long enough" she found herself able to speak more fluently now, her voice not as soft and fragile sounding.

She bowed her head to him "It was nice to have met you, Kaizu"

Gracie followed Joel, not really wanting to be alone in this stupid, scary house. The beds had dried stains on them, and it vaguely resembled blood. She could hear voices coming from the attic.
"Come on. I think I know where Nick and the others are." she said, taking Joel's hand in her shaking one. She didn't care any more that she was supposed to hate Jocks. Gracie had never told anyone before, but she was paranoid about everything. She'd been diagnosed with severe paranoia when they moved to America.

Kaizu couldn’t help but be a little saddened by the fact that Mika was leaving so soon, thinking that they would’ve at least hung around with eachother a little longer. He saw that she seemed to be a little more confident in herself, but still that bit edgey while they were close to his home. He glanced at his house for a moment, wondering if there was something odd about it to her, but saw nothing. His gaze then wandered back to Mika, feline ears drooping to the sides of his head, seeing her bow

“It was nice to meet you to, Mika. I guess you know where I am if you need somewhere to stop off on your travels if you’re close by.” He said, opening the door to his house using his tail – it came in handy for little things like that, before sliding the boxes inside, ears suddenly perking again as he got an idea so that Mika and he didn’t have to split up so soon. He peered outside again, “Y’know, I could always come with you to the market. Some of the merchants there try to take advantage of travellers like you, so if you’re with a local, they’ll give you local prices – I’m sure of it.” He suggested, taking his chocolate from the top of Mika’s box before putting that box inside too.

Klaus shrugged when he didn't really get an answer, the two seemed a bit caught up in themselves, cute. He looked over his shoulder at Skai before going into the room. "Gothic" he commented, looking at large mirror with a frame decorated with heavy looking black metal. The room was mostly just boxes, peeking out from behind a stack he noticed a throne like chair, he made his way towards it, pulling boxes out of the way.

"nice" he commented as he sat in it, he beckoned to Skai, lifting his chin as he pretended to be stubborn, his back straight aginst the chair's back "Servant?" he grinned, eyes flashing.

Mika was surprised by Kaizu's offer and initially wanted to decline, but before she could she was smiling and giving a small nod "I'd like that." she said. Damn her slow thinking brain and heart initiated faster reactions.

Kaizu’s toothy grin returned as Mika agreed to his suggestion, ears dancing happily on his head as he’d be able to spend some more time with his new friend. He closed the door to his house, before standing beside Mika again, opening up the chocolate bar in his hands. He was a little disappointed that it had been broken up a little by its fall to the ground, but it was better than not having any at all.
He held the broken bar flat in one hand, offering some to Mika first,
"Help yourself,” He said, not wanting to leave Mika out of enjoying the chocolate. He’d wait for her to take a piece before he’d dig in himself.

"Point of interest, I only came up here because you issued a direct challenge to me. You asked is I was scared, and I wasn't, so I came," Char said stoutly, making to move to remove herself from his lap. "But, I can go back down..."

Nick chuckled and held her in place, "now we both know you don't want that." He pulled her face down to his and caught her lower lip between his, but no sooner did that happen then the door to the attic opened.

"Nick, you up here?" Joel called from the stairway. Nick stood up quickly and practically shoved Char away from him. Joel appeared at the top of the stairs, illuminated by the light from the hallway, followed closely by Gracie. "What are you doing?"

"Just exploring," Nick replied stuffing his hands in his pocket. "What are you doing?"

"And there's a show" Klaus commented, wondering if the two had noticed him and Skai. Apparently not as he didnt seem to want his brother seeing him. Klaus smiled a little, interesting.

Mika surveyed the chocolate before braking herself off a small piece "Thank you." she said, looking up at him from beneath her long lashes. She put the whole piece in her mouth and chewed thoughtfully, it was real nice creamy chocolate, making her want more. She smiled a little.