Wayward House

Casi sat queitly in her chair. " Stupid Darius, I'ma freak amongst freaks...thanks alot."
she thought. She looked down at her meal and fumbled her fork. Her ski gloves were too big, She usually waited to eat when she got home and took her gloves off then but this is her home now. She gingerly removed the glove from her left hand. The tips of her fingers were a frostbitten blue. Her eyes widend. "Holy..." She gasped. She took a deep breath and removed the other glove. Again her fingertips were blue and it seemed that the temperature in the room dropped a few degrees. Nervous, She picked up her fork, ice covered it instantly. This frustrated her but she tried to eat but everything her fingers or fork touch froze. "Ugh! I'm gonna starve." She said slamming down her fork causing it to break. She slumped in her chair with her arms folded.

Staff Member- Head Housekeeper Sarah Winters

"It's quite all right, dearies." Sarah's soft voice came from the kitchen as she appeared with yet another plate of sandwiches. She was a woman of 55 years old, who slightly hunched over as she made her way over to where Serenity sat. She had long grey hair that was tied back, a very kind-looking face, and warm, brown eyes. She was short, so she gave the impression of a grandma who always bakes cookies for her grandchildren.

"Do you like tomato sandwiches? Peanut butter and banana? Oh, I've got some cheese sandwiches right here, let me set them down for you dear...." Her wrinkled hands shaking a bit, she set the rather heavy-looking plate on the table near the girl. She smiled at her, then turned her gaze to the others so that she smiled at all of them in her warm way. She was genuinely friendly, and like a grandmother to the core. Suddenly she frowned, looking at the assorted plates on the table.

"I thought I labeled these....I'm so sorry children, I must have forgotten." She said sadly. Then, she perked up. "Let me tell you all what they are then, dearies. Please listen carefully." She started pointing to different plates on the table, telling what they are one by one, slowly. "These are salami and provolone, these are turkey and swiss, these are ham and american, these are plain ham, these are plain turkey, these are tomato and mayonnaise, these are peanut butter and banana, these are peanut butter, these are grilled cheese, and these are just plain cheese." When she was done, she smiled and stepped away from the table. "Please enjoy as many as you like, dearies, there's plenty to go around." She went back into the kitchen and came out with a pitcher of sweet tea. Another, much younger housekeeper followed with a pitcher of juice. They set the drinks on the table and stepped away.

Shinji thanked them, then said, "These are two of the housekeepers, Housekeeper Anna-" The younger housekeeper, a young woman with red hair and green eyes who looked around 36 years old, nodded her head, "and Head of Housekeeping Sarah Winters. They are here to help provide for you, but they are not your personal maids. Please treat them kindly."

Sarah stepped forward and bowed. "Feel free to call me whatever you like, dearies. Even Granny is fine." She said, smiling. Then, she turned to Shinji. "Now, young man, I'll leave you to your business. Remember to come eat lunch when you're done, you're always so busy that you forget to eat." Shinji chuckled at her. "Yes, Granny." He answered as she and the other housekeeper walked out of the dining room.

Serenity smiled, genuinely smiled, for the first time in months, maybe even a year, at the kindness that the old woman had just showed her. The smile lit up her entire face, making her appear much more...human, than the normal half smile she usually wore. She picked the tomatoes off one of the sandwiches and the banana off the other and sandwiched them between her already bitten into peanut butter sandwich. She let her neck flop backwards, happily enjoying the probably 300 calorie sandwich, and for once in her life, didn't care that she was eating a third of her caloric intake for the day.

Serenity looked up at Shinji, an amusing look on his face. "What," She asked, "Can't a girl enjoy an unusual concoction of fruits and peanut butter?" her smile came through again, only enhancing her natural beauty. She pulled her knees to her chest and wrapped her thin arms around them after finishing her concoction. "So, what is Wayward House?" She put a voice to the question on everyone's mind, looking at the man who was supposed to have saved her from any sort of "jail" time.

Casi looked over at Serenity. She seemed nice but she had to have done something to end up here too. " So, what is Wayward House?" Serenity asked. Casi looked up at the Lawyer--Shinji. "Chyea? We do have classes, right?"

Nell sat down at the table and she stayed silent but that didn't stop her stomach from rumbling. She heard Brom playfully growl at her as her mouth watered. She felt like she hadn't eaten in forever. Nell dug into the food and she sighed happily. She looked around at the the table. There was a boy drawing and she wondered if he was any good. She munched thoughtfully and when she heard a boy speak of prison food she snorted and looked away trying to make it seem like she hadn't been eavesdropping. She heard the prissy reply and rolled her eyes heaven ward and hoped she wouldn't have to deal with the girl like that in the future. Or else it wouldn't end well with them.

Nell Half listened to granny and she heard a the girl speaking who had frozen her food and she raised a brow and decided not to say anything. She leaned back in her chair and looked up at the ceiling and let out along sigh.

Casi frowned but then grinned. "Uh..." She felt a little werid but she hadn't eaten sent she was arraigned "Thanks" and took a bite, she chewed up her food and smiled. "I'm Casi...er well I'm Castila but you can call me Casi" She said, sliding on her glove so she could shake the girls hand.

"My name is Kiyomizu Miyako, but you may just call me Miyako. I like your name, Lily, it suits you well." Miyako said with a genuine smile. She noticed the pretty cat that was brushing up next to them and wanted to pet it, but Lily got to it first. She wouldn't admit it, but she really loved cats. She was startled to say the least, when the pretty cat formed into a boy and gave her a bow. He said his name was Sebastian. "Oh, as you probably heard, my name is Miyako. It is a pleasure to meet you." she said formally. He has an ability too, that means I'm not alone! she thought rather happily and gave a small smile to herself.

She looked up at Shinji as he began to speak "Welcome, all of you, to the Wayward House for the Misunderstood! Now that everyone is gathered, please follow me to the dining room. I'm sure that many of you are hungry, so lunch has been prepared for you. Everything will be explained, so I ask that you do your best to remain calm." with that he proceeded to lead them inside the house. She saw him visibly pale and he looked up, she looked up to see what it was that had frightened him, but could see nothing. That is odd she thought.

Shinji had lead them all into a spacious dining room. On the table were several plates of sandwiches, none of which were labeled. She wasn't very picky about which she got, so she picked one at random and sat at the table, saving one of the seats next to her for Lily. She couldn't help but roll her eyes at the snobby vegetarian girl who complained about the food. She looked about the dining room as she bit into her sandwich, which she was surprised to find was peanut butter and banana. A boy was eating and drawing frantically in the corner, while another boy had commented on the snobby girls complaints.
She looked across the table at a girl who was taking of her gloves. As she attempted to eat with a fork, she had frozen it completely. Does everyone here have an ability? This is amazing! She had a wider grin on her face as an older lady came in and apologized for not having labeled the sandwiches. She seemed very nice, and instantly decided that she liked her. She reminded her of her own Obaa-chan. A girl that was sitting next to the girl that had frozen her fork began to help her eat her sandwich.

The snobby girl asked Shinji what the Wayward House was all about, and she had to admit that she was curious as well. "It is obvious that all of us here are special, so will this "rehabilitation" take what makes us special away?" She was eager to find out if she would have to fight to keep her abilities or not.

Jonathan waited until everyone else had entered the building before leaving his post at the bus. With a sigh, he walked through the corridors behind the others. He silently wished that he could just blend into the shadows but it didn't happen. He couldn't even blend in to a crowd because of his height.
"Why is my life such a mess?"

Finally they reached the dining room. He sat down and gazed at the food before him, wishing that his appetite would return. Slowly he felt himself drifting into a slumber but shook his head and opened his eyes wider. He barely listened to anything anyone had to say, he was far too tired to care.
"A few more days...a few more days...I'll be fine...just gotta stay up...gotta stay up...gotta...stay..."

He jumped awake. Again.
"Gotta stay awake...gotta stay awake...gotta stay awake...gotta stay awake...gotta stay awake..."

"I would like to know what we are doing here too." Nell said looking at Shinji. "I mean are you gonna have us mining or something while we pay for our crime or what." she wondered what one earth they were going to be doing there. "please tell me we're at a house that shows us all the good things in life so we understand how wrong we are and we come a full 180." she rolled her eyes and leaned up against the table.

Serenity stood, hands on her hips. "Crime? I didn't commit a crime! I don't even remember how those girls died, they were just covered in blood and snow!" She slapped her hands over her mouth and sat down with a loud thud, putting her head down. There goes any chance of being popular here, She thought.

An impossible image. The cat, the white fluffy cat that had brushed against her, morphing into a tall boy with a mop of red hair. Lily awkwardly takes a quick glance at Phina, realizing that this can't be a coincidence. Right? She obviously did... something, and this boy can, as well. Beside her, Lily could feel surprise and some strange sort of revelation coming from her new friend. The Japanese girl. She had a small smile to herself while the boy introduced himself as Sebastian, and shook hands with the smaller girl. He then made a polite bow to Miyako, who quickly re-introduced herself to the cat-turned-boy. Lily, while feeling a faint bong with Miya, she is still wary of Sebastian, knowing exactly what his kind is capable of doing. She let out a small shiver as Shinji called everyone into the house. Through the ugly door and the awful yellow walls.

House for the Misunderstood. That's what Shinji said. Misunderstood. Like, an honorific? Kinda like special needs? A more polite way of saying how unfortunate we are? I think so!

Warmth spread through Lily's face for the third time when she saw that Miya had saved a seat for her. She timidly propped herself into the seat and beamed up at the Japanese girl. She could now examine some of the other people here, too. Lily saw a boy who appeared to be having trouble staying awake, which made her giggle. Very tall, though. And probably well-muscled. She'd keep an eye on him. There was also the drawing boy, who has some sort of coin with him, rapidly sketching something. How old was he? Eleven? Ten? Oh, and the girl with the dragon, of course, with the appropriate dragon tattoo on her arm. Lily briefly wonders what it means when an old woman came by with multiple packs of food. She made an apology and a kind welcome, and Lily felt this strange sort of satisfaction at being somewhat pampered. Only somewhat. She still remembers the shackles she had on not too long ago.

"Can I call you Miya?" Lily whispers to her friend beside her, who looked somewhat content at the various people around. All of whom seemed to have some sort of supernatural gift. Just like... just like Phina. And all the others, too. There was even this girl talking to someone who didn’t seem to be there. Darryl? Darren? Lily couldn't quite hear.

As the snobby girl with awesome nails asks Shinji about the Wayward House, Lily begins to think that, possibly, there's something bigger going on here. It all just seems too convenient. In any case, she's happy to have made a friend, Miya, and she already begins to feel herself becoming slightly reliant on the mild mannered Japanese girl.

Jessi watched as everyone made some kind of greeting to everyone else. All of a sudden, he saw the vegetarian girl stand up and say "Crime? I didn't commit a crime! I don't even remember how those girls died, they were just covered in blood and snow!" .
*So thats how she got here. I wonder how she did it, though. She doesn't seem the kind to kill anyone...* thought Jessi as he watched the girl sit down and put her head down.

Jessi walked over to Serenity and sat beside her. In a low voice, he said "Don't feel bad. I would guess that most of us aren't here for the happiest of reasons. Calm down and breath. The past is where it needs to be. Just relax. It'll be okay"

Serenity looked up at Jessi, nodding and breathing slowly. "I don't know how I do it," She admitted quietly, meeting his eyes shyly. "It just...happens. Someone is trying to hurt me, or has something I want, or can do something I can't...I don't even remember doing it after it's done..." She sighs, poking absentmindedly at the table.

"It just sucks, because I know what I can do is amazing...It could help a lot of people. You know? I could persuade someone to stop killing or raping or robbing someone else, or I could persuade the person in an interview to tell the cops the truth..." Serenity sighs. "Sorry...silly dreams I let go of when Mr. Tagasaki lost my case and sent me here," She gestures to the house. "At lease the foods good," She jokes, attempting a smile.

"Well...I did it...Becky's dead cause She touched me." Casi held up her ungloved hand. All frostbitten blue with an icy chill coming off of it. "But it was an accident." Casi said looking away. She felt bad that the girl died but it was her own fault. She didn't have to be a jerk, she didn't have to pick on Casi but she did and decided her fate then. Casi just wished that the girl didn't have to die. or atleast they didn't blame her for her death. "I just wanna learn how to control my powers, so stupid crap like this doesn't happen again," Casi looked down at her hand and covered it up with the glove. "I wanna be able to touch people again..." She said under her breath.

Brenna smiled at Shinji. She liked him, even though he was somewhat creepy.
She followed him and all the other kids into the dining room, followed by Puca. Brenna and Puca sat down next to each other and listened to the adorable older woman who had brought in some sandwiches. They smiled kindly at her and Brenna grabbed some andwiches for herself.

"Could you get me one?" Puca asked and Brenna paused for a moment, as if she was deep in thought.
"You know I would, but everywhere I got, they say not to feed the birds." Brenna smiled, obviously pleased with her joke.
Puca narrowed her eyes at her owner. "Ha Ha. You're a freakin' comedian."

Brenna took a bite of her sandwich and smirked at Puca, giving her a peanutbutter and jelly.
"Thanks." Puca said with a wink and she bushed her blonde hair behind her shoulder and then she turned into her male form.
He now had dark purple spikey hair and a tall and muscular build. He wore a black t shirt and skinny jeans with a silver cross around his neck.

Brenna rolled her eyes at her best friend and looked around the table. There was quite a cast of characters here.
Stange girls and boys from all over the world. It would be like a ritch Fae's paradise. They could pick out whichever one they wanted as a pet.
Brenna was caught in her thoughts when she was hit by a familiar feeling. A burning in the back of her throat.
Her vision blurred and all she could see was red. Blood splattered the walls of the room and she saw reapers flying through the room.

Someone was going to die soon. She didn't know who, but someone was.
Brenna was confused. Her visions were always more percise and she usually saw the victim's face.

She tried to force her scream back into her throat, to hold it back but she was losing her grip.
She looked at Shinji with pleading eyes. He knew her father, he must know about the Fae.
She pointed at her throut, begging for his help with her eyes.

She felt Puca's hands on her shoulders. He said something, trying to calm her down, but to no avail.
Like an beast escaping it's cage, the shriek errupted from her throat and out of her mouth.
It was a horrible noise, mixing the scream of a bat, the caw of a raven, the shriek of a beast, and the wail of a woman.

It shattered the windows and all the glass items near Brenna, who was trembling.
The scream had drained her of much energy and Puca did her best to calm her down.
He stroked her hair, whispering, "It's alright. You're alright." and he looked at Shinji. "I think you know what this means."

Nell was listening to the others defend themselves and she sneered at them, "I did what I did but I still dont deserve to be here." she told them. She was about to speak some more when a girl at the table began to screams. Startled she dropped the food she was eating and looked at the girl wide eyed and she she truly was scared. Like nails on chalk board, chills ran up her spine and she watched as Brom twined around her and held her tight trying to offer her some comfort. She held onto her dragon and heard him growl low and angrily. For moment she was back to being a scared little child and this made her angry at herself, the scream ended but she didn't relax. Her hold tightened on her friend and she masked her fear with anger "What. The. Fuck. Was. That?" She asked breaking the silence that followed.

Serenity jumped at the scream, instantly clinging to Jessi's hand. She blushed and let it go, probably slower than she should have, and gave him a small smile. She moved toward the girl who had screamed and started picking up the bigger pieces of glass and wrapping them in a napkin. Serenity touched the girls hand and met her eyes, her voice growing warm and motherly.

"Brenna, you need to calm down," Serenity said calmly, stroking the back of the girls hand. "Deep breaths, and just relax," Her soothing, persuasive voice gave off an air of calm, allowing everyone in the room to relax, but only directly affecting the screaming girl.

He smiled at Miyako. "Yes, I did hear. Cats have good hearing." He smiled at her and then looked down to Lily. She seemed to be wary of him, but not necessarily frightened. He hoped she might warm up to him soon.

Sebastian was watching silently as everyone spoke. The snobby, yet gorgeous, rich girl had complained about not having a vegetarian option, then she began flirting with the giant bird, or at least that's how Sebastian pictured him. He started sizing himself up to all of the other predators... people in the room. He was gauging how well he would be able to defend himself, if need be. Even in human form, he had feline instincts to protect himself. Even thought lions were his favorite to turn into, and they live in prides, the instinct of being alone was still stronger for him. He figured he could grow to let these people into his pride.. No, grow to become friends with them, they're not my cubs... He thought to himself, but somewhere deeper was telling him different, he just had to fight the urge to be in control. ..Yet.

He ducked his head when Brenna screamed. It was a loud piercing scream that hurt his ears. His cat eyes darted around the room, looking for a safe spot, and his ears grew long and furry. Once the firstly assumed snobby girl calmed her down, his eyes returned to normal, and the cat ears disappeared. Sebastian often began changing if he was frightened; sometimes he could help fully changing, and other times he couldn't.

A movement at the corner of his eye made Jonathan turn to a dark haired girl gesturing to her throat. Then it started. Jonathan jumped to his feet at the sound of the scream. He clamped his hands over his ears to drown out the sound but it was to no avail. The sound was unlike anything that he had ever heard before: it penetrated deep within his soul and left his cold within. Jonathan closed his eyes tight until the screaming stopped. Slowly, carefully, he lowered his hands and opened his eyes. He stared in amazement at the sight before him. Everything that was made of glass within a certain radius of her was shattered into pieces. For the first time that night he spoke in his low, husky voice: "Please don't ever do that again...". He shook of the lingering feeling off and sat down. Running his long fingers through his hair he sighed and thought about the days to follow.
"Well I for one cannot wait!" He thought to himself sarcastically. Choosing an egg mayonnaise sandwich in front of him, he forced himself to swallow the bland treat. Nothing really appealed to him at this stage of the cycle. He just had to force himself to eat and drink until sleep took him. Then his worries would be over for anther two and a half weeks. Kind of...

He took the time to look at everyone at the table. His eyes settled on a seemingly smaller than average girl, no doubt not long into her teens, who was socializing fairly well.
"Soon... I'll be able to talk to you guys soon... His tired eyes could barely focus on her but he forced himself to stay awake.

Casi's clamped her hands over her ears. "What the..." She said, Darius materialized beside her. That scream can wake up the dead He said. Casi rolled her eyes. "Where have you been?" She said quietly.

Making friends...

Casi scowled at him.

Fine, Don't believe me but it's true

"You know what, I don't care. I'm still mad at you."

Ugh, you can hold such a grudge...

"Whatever..." She said and decided she wasn't hungry anymore. She pushed her plate farther on the table. She then grabbed her glass of juice. It was kinda warm so she decided at try something. She stuck a spood in her juice, slide off her glove and tapped the glass with her bare fingers. The juice inside froze instantely. She smirked. Darius rolled his eyes. Popsicles anyone?

Jeremy wiped away the tears from his eyes. He tried to move on, drawing someone else now. His crush, Christine. No matter how much detail he put into any of his drawing, hers were always the best. Thats when he heard the scream. He jumped up, startled, and backing up against a wall, having disconnected himself that much at the moment. The lights in the room flickered for a moment, but Jeremy soon realized he was right be an outlet.

Electrical Energy, right....

Jeremy had already drawn a few more drawings of a few more people by now, as well as drawing anyone he missed.

He decided to go sit somewhere else. It was fairly noticeable him leaving though, he was carrying a notebook, his backpack, and a plate of sandwiches. He sat down in the main room. Thats when he could hear someone lurking to the left of him. He looked there, and there was this kid, who must have been staying here for awhile.

"So, you think your so special? I heard what your little caretaker said. You think your better then the rest of us? Well, I am better then you. Me, Nathan Parson Cebil" said N.P.C., whose initials were a complete coincidence. Jeremy disregarded him, continuing to eat and draw, not even noticing if someone had sat next to him yet because he didn't have the time to.

N.P.C. threw a punch at him then, and knocked him down. What happened next was unforeseen. Jeremy jumped up and grabbed N.P.C. by his neck, draining him of energy. N.P.C. was left virtually helpless. But Jeremy couldn't help it, he brought up bad memories of his parents beating him. Jeremy barely managed to stop himself, but he did. He just sat back down silently, and continued drawing, ignoring anything the bully might say now.

Jeremy was broken. he needed a friend. And so far, the one person who truely interacted with him on a decent level at least was a bully.

As Miyako awaited an answer to her question, she saw a girl out the corner of her eye began clutching her throat. Miyako's first instinct was to jump up and give her the heimlich maneuver as she feared the girl was choking. As she moved to get out of her chair, the girl released an ear shaterring scream. It startled Miyako very severely and she began to lose control. The drinks in the glasses began to shake violently and shattered from the screams of the girl. Once they shattered, the drinks didn't spill but remained as they were. The girl who seemed snobby attempted to calm the girl who had abruptly stopped. She saw Sebastian literally freaking out. She touched his shoulder in an attempt to calm him and turned to Lily to make sure that she was okay. As she calmed, she released the drinks she had taken control of and they splashed against the table. "Ah, I always make messes when I lose control" she said shaking her head and grabbing napkins to clean the mess.

Nathaniel De Luca

Blood, pain, blood, pain, blood, pain...circles of blood, cycles of pain, make it rain, make it rain....

Scratch, scratch, scratch. A new blossom of pain with each picking. Nathaniel's finger, wiggling under his eyepatch, got more and more soaked from the blood. Soon enough, his entire hand had blood on it. Finally, he put his hand down, blood still oozing out from under his eyepatch. He didn't bother wiping it off his face; rather, the warmth of it comforted him. He tended to pick at his eye socket when he was stressed about something, and today was simply not a good day. He hated it when new people came into the house. Always full of fear, confusion, and questions....always the questions. Luckily, the pain distracted him.

Without really realizing what he was doing, the blood on his hand began to form into a ball, as if he were going to throw it. He absently moved his hand around, the blood moving freely between his fingers and around his palm. He was still sitting by the window of his room like he was not too long ago, gazing out at the familiar lawn below. He knew that soon the Director would be coming for him, if was not already somewhere nearby. After all, he couldn't simply let him run around with his powers intact, now could he?

I don't blame him though. Even after four years, I still can't control it. Hmph. Useless....

Suddenly, he felt it. Someone's heart was racing abnormally, the blood pounding like a giant drum. He knew that heartbeat well....the heartbeat of someone having a heart attack. However, it felt like it was coming from far away.

It's not around here. Maybe there's a house nearby? That must be it....after all, where do the housekeepers go when they're not here?

Nathaniel smiled. Judging from the way the mystery person's blood was flowing, they were in a lot of pain.

Let me relieve you of your pain, stranger...

Following his instinct, he lifted up his free hand to the window, concentrating. A short moment passed, and then he could no longer feel the pounding of blood. Somehow, he knew that he had once again clotted the blood around someone's heart. He still had no idea how he did it.....

"Don't you feel relieved now, stranger? Don't you feel all better, now that the pain is gone?" Nathaniel said out loud, beginning to chuckle. Then he laughed, his body heaving with the intensity of it. Suddenly, he felt a finger poking his face, making his laugh stop abruptly.

"You really shouldn't do that, you know. I'm sure I taught you better." Nathaniel turned to see the Directer smiling at him and looking directly into his eyes. Nathaniel hated those yellow eyes. Not only that, but he had taken his power yet again. "Why do you look surprised, Nathaniel? Do you think that after this little stunt I'm just going to let you run around with that scary power of yours?"

Nathaniel growled and smacked the Director's hand away. "I'll kill you...." He whispered, "one of these days I'll rip the blood out of you, drop by drop, and watch as you scream in agony. I'll drag it out of every single pore you have...."

The Director laughed, cuddling himself. "You're so scary! I love it!" Suddenly, he became serious, putting his face close to Nathaniel's. "But you'll have to find a way to keep your powers first. It simply doesn't work if I keep taking them away, now does it?" The Director giggled at Nathaniel's angry face, then stepped away. "I have your lunch here, if you're hungry. By the way, you should really stop picking at your eye, its-"

"What eye? There's nothing there, remember, Director?"

The Caretaker/Shinji Tagasaki

He saw the signs. The sudden stillness, the clutching at the throat, and the way she tried to keep in her scream. I'm sorry, Brenna. He didn't make any move to try to help her not to scream. You can't hold it in. You must let it go. As she screamed, Shinji calmly took out his phone from his pocket. He only had one thought on his mind.

Nathaniel.

He dialed as she was still screaming, and by the time she was done the call was connected. "Director?" He spoke into the phone curtly, his dark eyes the only sign of concern he showed.

"I'm fine, stop your worrying." As the Director's voice sounded through the phone, Shinji couldn't help but breathe a small sigh of relief. "He's been taken care of. I don't know who he did it to this time, but l'm sure we'll find out soon. Now get back to work. I've got everything under control over here." Without replying, Shinji shut his phone and put it back into his pocket. He walked over to Brenna, avoiding bits of glass on his way.

"I think you know what this means."

Shinji, with a strange sad and sympathetic look in his eyes, answered, "Yes. I'm well aware." He gently placed a hand on her shoulder. "I'm going to make sure you relax now, ok?" He softly, looking her seriously in the eyes, "I need you to stay calm. I won't hurt you." Holding out his hand, a very small droplet of what looked like water formed on his forefinger. "You should be able to remain conscious. It's not potent enough to cloud your mind, so you should still be able to think and act normally." Without any further ado, he went and swiped his finger on her lips, gently forcing to take the tiny droplet of pheromone. He took a deep breath and stepped away from her, looking a little sad. He hadn't wanted to do that to anyone, not unless he absolutely had to. He had to resist from breathing heavily. Even just to concentrate that tiny little bit took a lot out of him. On top of that, he was afraid she would think he was some kind of creep.

"I think I have questions to answer, to all of you. To do that, however, I need everyone to remain calm, quiet, and to listen. Do you all understand?" Shinji stepped to the front of the room, looking each and every person in the eyes. Although filled with concern, his eyes showed that he was all business. Suddenly, he raised his voice. "That includes you, Jeremy. If you would be so kind as to join us, I'll be more than happy to begin." He called out to the other room.

Casi sat back and watched as everything played out around her. The Lawyer-Shinji was kinda creepy but she felt he meant well. Casi would have been glad to freeze her mouth close if she knew how to not kill someone.
So...What are we waiting for? Darius said as if he'd been the one sentenced to this place for a year.
"Hell if I know," Casi muttered, she wanted to tell him to beat it but he'd only voiced what she was already thinking.
I'm so bored! Darius whined and Casi dropped her head to the table. " You're dead, be glad you're even here." She said, Why did he have to be stuck to my soul? She thought. Of all the people, he chosen her. Why, probably because she was his little sister, the little parasite could at least be helpful. Is there any psychic's here? He asked. " I don't know, Darius, I just got here. And Thanks to you, Everyone probably avoiding me." She said and sat back. "Hopefully, they're an exorcist." She said and he frowned. We were both there, that didn't work before and it's not going to work, besides I'm not a ghost, I'm a shade. I can't be exorcised. " Lucky me..."