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Andrew White and Juliet Lockwood

Andrew had noticed his location, but he had found no noticeable weapons or things to help him escape. Juliet was due to shortly wake up, but only after Andrew and Drake finished their conversation. Drake seemed to genuinely be happy that Andrew woke up, but Andrew knew better than to believe first impressions. "My name is Drake Stuart." Drake had just given Andrew a piece of information that would have been valuable, if Andrew had deep enough connections to know who Drake was. Andrew quickly tried seeing if he heard the name before, but nothing noticeable sparked in his memory. Andrew planned to catch Juliet up to speed later, but he would let her sleep for now. Andrew noticed that he had let the word kidnapper slip out, so he mentally slapped himself. He knew that it was stupid to aggravate captors, since it could get him killed earlier than he was supposed to be. He then noticed that he wasn't to be held for ransom, since his maid was brought along with Andrew. Many scenarios played out in Andrew's head, but none of the scenarios seemed plausible.

"Oh, I'm not the one you'd best watch out for. I won't hurt you or your maid, lad, and I doubt she'll hurt me very much either." Drake spoke lazily and as if he wasn't holding Andrew captive. Andrew wanted to kill Drake, but he couldn't simply kill Drake without figuring out what he was doing here and even if he could kill Drake. Andrew saw that Juliet was unconscious as well, so he guessed that Drake must have been extremely powerful or fast to be able to take down a great fighter like Juliet. "You were able to dispose of us easily, so I doubt I should be much of a threat to you." Andrew had a calm and amused tone in his voice, since he wasn't scared at all. "But I suppose I should get to the point, now shouldn't I?" Drake seemed to ask a rhetorical question, so Andrew saw no reason to answer. However, Andrew was interested when he saw that Drake's eyes sparked with interest. "Oh?" He raised a brow, since he would finally be told why he was brought here. "You do want to know what you're doing here, don't you?" Andrew would have replied to Drake's question, but Andrew decided to wait until Drake finished speaking. "I wouldn't advise blundering about like an idiot, and you seem like one, lad." Drake spread his arms as he complimented Andrew, but Andrew guessed that Drake meant this as a fact and not a compliment. Andrew would not make mistakes, since his life could be hanging by a simple thread. He would carefully plan his every word and movement, but he would want to seem like a rich and stupid child to those who haven't spoken to him.

"Listen close though, boy. I don't like repeating myself," Drake just revealed that he may or may not have a short temper, but Andrew kept note of this anyways and added the information to his arsenal. "We're going to play a game of last man standing. But what's a game without rules? There are four or perhaps five, I'm not sure if Hassen's cleaned up yet, other boys and girls wandering my lovely manor, plus my two lovely servants, James and Hassen who are under orders to help this who take a liking to dawdling to speed the game up a bit. Drake seemed like a psychopath, but Andrew wasn't fazed in the slightest. He now knew that he was in a sort of battle with others, and this strangely excited him. He now decided to act stupid and clumsy around the other players, since he wanted to seem as weak as possible. He wouldn't try taking anyone down, yet. He needed to figure out the weaknesses of people before attacking, since people could have nasty skills that could hinder Andrew's plans, "The last one alive wins the game, to put it simply. But there are a few other rules. You may not under any circumstance enter the library, my quarters, or the closed door on the second floor, or you will lose the game promptly." Andrew knew that Drake was possibly twisting the rules to his own advantage, since Andrew would do the same thing if he was in Drake's position. He guessed that he had been a late addition to the game and that he was simply a replacement, but he wasn't sure of Drake's intentions, yet. He didn't plan to enter the rooms he wasn't allowed to, since he guessed that losing meant death or something equal to that. He could try planning a revolt, but that would be boring and it wouldn't entertain him enough. He decided that he would write a journal before he died, since it would be a good idea to allow those who followed in his place have a certain advantage over Drake. He planned on dying, but he also planned on enjoying his life.

I will make this pitiful fool regret ever taking me into his little games. He will not forget my coming to his house, since I will ruin his games before I die. He licked his lips, since he planned on causing quite a bit of damage to Drake's games before he died. He was determined to mess up Drake's plans and cause anarchy to befall Drake's life. He was planning out so many things for the future, but he then remembered that it would be best to not think too much into the future and forget about the present or past.

"Also, please do try not to get blood on the rugs, if you feel the urge to bleed to death, or inflict such an end on another. James isn't very skilled at cleaning the rugs." Drake just told a joke, or at least Andrew thought Drake did. Andrew didn't plan on getting blood on any carpets, since he had seen how annoying it could be to get blood out of carpets. Andrew wondered if he could make any mediocre alliances, since it would be easy to blame someone if he seemed harmless. "I do think that is all. Any questions?" Drake folded his hands in front of him and he had a faint smile, and Andrew had the same sort of devilish smile on his face. Andrew was happy that he had been brought here, since he would finally have a place to put his genius to use. "I have one question. Do you have a notebook I can write in?" Andrew already had a sketch pad that he used to write on, but it was little and he couldn't use it to do much. He wanted a big notebook, so he could write a journal in it. He would write his journal in a code, so only intelligent people could figure out it's meaning and so he could hide it's true meaning from those who suspected him. He wasn't going to ask any questions other than this, since he could easily figure out the questions he had on his own. And, it wouldn't be enjoyable to be given the answers up front, since figuring out things was half of the fun.

Juliet then awoke and she quickly grabbed for her knife, but Andrew stopped her hand from reaching her knife. "Do not show such hostility in front of our host, you're being quite rude." Andrew laughed a bit, since his statement seemed ridiculous. To psychologists he would seem as if he was in denial, but he was simply enjoying the situation. However, Juliet was extremely confused. She had been knocked unconscious by the man in front of her, yet Andrew insisted she not attack the man in front of her. "I'll explain everything later." Andrew whispered this in her ear, but he did this for no reason. It wouldn't matter if Drake heard him, but it would be funny to make Drake strain to listen. Juliet reluctantly calmed down, but she was still prepared to fight at any second. She wasn't going to anger Drake, but she wasn't going to let her guard down. Andrew knew that Drake could kill both Juliet and Andrew, since Drake was able to knock both of the unconscious without trying much. Andrew didn't want to lose his only protection, since he needed Juliet to survive in the mansion's game. Andrew wished that he could play piano and think of plans, but he didn't know if the mansion would have a piano. Andrew was a dangerous person, but he wouldn't let the other tenants know this fact. He wished to hold the advantage of surprise, since he would have to kill the other tenants to survive. He wasn't going to kill Juliet and Drake would not be able to convince him to, since Drake held no leverage against Andrew. Drake could simply kill Juliet himself, but this would only leave Andrew without a reason to play the game. Drake could threaten Andrew with torture, but Andrew would eventually get used to the pain and learn to dull the pain. Andrew didn't want to kill Drake, since he saw a challenge in Drake. Juliet would like to get rid of Drake as soon as she could, since Drake was a threat to Andrew. However, she had to respect Andrew's wish to not kill Drake. Andrew would not interfere if Drake was getting killed, since Drake dying would be of convenience to Andrew.