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A ray of sunlight peeked through the curtains, directly in Merles eyes. The young men groaned. Immediatly a thumbing headache filled his poor head. He felt a nauseous and stiff.

You did this to yourself.. Serves you right.

He buried his face in his pillow. Turning on his belly, Merle closed his eyes again. He faintly remembered something of Lance talking about an assignment.

Sighing his mind started to wander again, in the pleasant land of dreams. Away from startling headaches. But alas, his head had decided to start hurting and thumbing. And did not quit anymore.

He peeked through his eyelashes, was it that late already?

Lance.. Assignment..

Merle jumped upright.

Good heavens! Assignment. That's right.

He cringed at a heavy blast of pain surging through his head.

But then he swayed his legs over the edge of the bed. He had to get dressed quickly.

Anka had awoken quite early in the morning, he was already ready and waiting in the foyer.

He sat there, shins still hurting from the night before. He swept his hair from his eyes as he watched the clock, ticking.
Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock...
It had hypnotised him. all of a sudden a loud noise snapped him out of it.
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Grace woke, it was 7am. She started to remember the mission she was given.

She muttered angrily to herself about Anka and then got into the shower. ((Since everyone else is having them... I'll say it again... it's 1847... ¬_¬ I'm just being pedantic. Ignore me. lol))

30 minutes later she was out, dressed and packing. She packed extra ammo and clothes into her bag ang left the room.

30 minutes later she was at the top of the stairs to the foyer when she tripped, screamed and fell down the stairs.

Who was to meet her at the end of this? Anka.

Seiryu dried his hair with a towel, having already woken and gotten cleaned up before hand. He threw the towel to the side and pulled out a brush, furiously atacking the tangles that liked to appear in his long white hair. After a few minutes of grumbling and yanking he sat the brush down, glancing at the clock on the wall 8 o'clock.

"I missed breakfast..." He mumbled to himself, slipping on his work clothes, a plain outfit consisting of a brown shirt and pants. Deeming himself presentable he exits his room, locking it behind him, and heading down to the Foyer. Upon reaching the top of the stairs he blinked in bewildered surprise; apparently someone had fallen down.

[Well, Jade is the GC, and Jade had the shower. So we're all following her spiffy example. ]

Ally woke early, around 5am. He yawned and rolled over, intending to go to sleep, but around half an hour later, after discovering he'd probably slept enough, he got out of bed. Realising he was wearing the same clothes he was wearing yesterday, he got into the bathroom and had a quick shower, towelling his hair dry and dressing quickly. He put on a black polo shirt, black combats, and black boots.

By the time he had done this, it was 6am. He unlocked his door and crept past his sister's room, walking down the steps into the foyer. No one was up at this time, and Ally hesitantly unlocked the main door and slipped outside.

The sun had risen, though only two hours ago. This made the morning semi-dark, and Ally stretched his muscles in the rising sun. Yawning, he began to jog around the block.

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Ally returned at 7:30am. The city was large and took a while to walk around. Ally had jogged, and if he had walked it would have taken him upwards of three hours. He was confident, however, that he had not been too long, and that still not many would be up. He opened the main door and stepped into the foyer, spotting Anka. "Hello, Anka," he said conversationally. "Ready for today?"

Personally, Ally preferred Anka to Grace. Grace was prone to screaming, while Anka usually only stared. This was demonstrated clearly last night, and Ally was only really telling Grace off, not Anka. Although Anka wasn't Ally's favourite person out of the Akute, he was pretty damn good, and Ally wasn't about to hold a grudge against him for having an irritating partner.

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Elouai woke at 7am, and got out of bed slowly. She padded to the bathroom and showered. As she got out, she looked at the mirror - it was steamed up. 'Good,' she thought. 'I have enough on my plate without having to worry about the way I look.' She washed her face with a flannel and dressed in the bathroom. She wore loose black tracksuit trousers, a black low cut sleevless top, and black boots.

Stretching, she left the bathroom and unlocked the door to her room. She heard a loud bang, and jumped. She ran down the hall to find a slightly suprised Lance, standing right outside Caress' door. Elouai couldn't force down a grin, and leaving Lance, still bemused, Elouai rushed down the stairs and into the foyer. She checked her watch. It was 7:15am, and the only person in there was Anka. She nodded to him and said a brief hello before continuing into the dining room to eat breakfast.

[CD, just so you know, Elouai greeted you at 7:20am, or around that time. She leaves before Ally greets you at 7:35am approximately, exactly 25 minutes before Grace falls down the stairs. I am going to have him stick around until that point, so if you could find a line of discussion suitable to occupy us, I give you permission to do a speedy on Ally and bring him up to 8am.]

((Wellll.... the first shower was invented in the beginning of the 19th century, so why not?))

Katrina had been walking around the city for quite a while already. As the first early sunbeams met her face she took a deep breath and looked to the direction to one of the ways to the Akute headquarters. With a sigh she turned around walking towards the place she had so eagerly left last night. It's all I have, she assured herself as she entered the tavern through the backdoor and headed down a dark tunnel.

Her mind was elsewhere as she passed the foyer heading towards her own room. Opening the door with a small silvery key she picked out of her purse she looked around. Just like the way I left it, she thought and walked into her own small bathroom where she had small but elegant tub. While letting the water fill it up Katrina slipped out of her clothes and was soon in the tub herself.

With her new and clean outfit on Katrina stood in front of the mirror and brushed her intensely red hair letting it hang loose with all its length. With some make-up giving her face a more dramatic look she swirled around in front of the mirror. The black miniskirt with the matching jacket and white shirt under made her feel good about her body. With complementary black leather shoes with high heels and her black leather purse she was ready to go. Checking her gun, gloves and other necessities were in the purse she walked out of the room locking the door and heading for the foyer, where some other Akute members seemed to be already.

Eirynn went outside, wired from her sleepless night. She walked briskly around, trying to shake off any feeling other than readiness. Eirynn ran her slim fingers through her long hair, and the monotonous chant still ran through her head of demons. It was scary stuff. She exhaled with a small sound, letting all of her air out, and then inhaled; trying to concentrate on her breathing.

Eithne, too, was pacing outside, her mind in a frantic turmoil as it tried to work over whathad happened the previous night, Eithne's other half trying just as hard to avoid the subject. She noticed Eirynn, but did not move toawrds her. She was not feeling very social at the moment.

[Silja - I wasn't making you sleep there Just cause I'd hustled you to bed, it doesn't mean you and Sarena were sleeping at the HQ.]

[CD - people in 1847 didn't have showers? Wow. They must walk around feeling pretty dirty xP Even if Imacahr didn't exactly have the tap-showers that we have now, they'd at least have a pull-the-string-to-trigger-bucket-o-water thing.]

[People already nearing 8 o'clock - what, you aren't having breakfast? xD So amazingly fit and strong you don't require meals, eh ... Lance said to meet again at 8:00 after breakfast ...]

Menai slowly opened her eyes. She sat up and looked at the golden wristwatch ticking on the bed right next to her. It was 7:25. Lance had said the assignment started at ... what time? Oh yeah. 8:00. She slipped calmly out of bed and entered the bathroom to take a shower as quickly as possible. She had no deep qualms about demon-hunting, or possibly losing her life. She didn't mind dying, though she wasn't suicidal. It was just ... there wasn't much that was important to her. The Akute was a job. An occupation. She'd stay with them, but it wasn't like she had any friends.

She dried herself and changed, then stared coldly at her reflection in the mirror. She didn't like having her hair down. She tied it back into the familiar ponytail and grabbed her pistols before leaving the room. She walked down the stairs and entered the dining hall.

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Lance blinked in surprise as Caress disappeared, slamming the door behind her.

'Huh?'

What was that about ...? Shrugging, he turned away and walked down to breakfast.

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Caress swallowed as she sat with her back against the door. Demons. And she'd been so happy that morning, too. She'd forgotten about the stupid, stupid assignment. She leaned her head back to stare up at the ceiling, feeling ill. Closing her eyes, she sighed.

Get a grip on yourself, a voice in her head reprimanded angrily. Get up.

She groaned, telling the voice to shut up. She was feeling drowzy. Not that she was still drained. Maybe she just needed a bit more sleep ...

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Caress woke up half an hour later, but kept her eyes closed. Slowly, she let the consiousness of the assassin inside her arise. When she did open her eyes, they were harder, more determined. Well, at least she was in control now. Not weak anymore. She got up, turned, and pulled open the door.

Eirynn waved toward Eithne, moving toward her, still walking briskly. She brought out a biscuit she nipped before her walk, and started nibbling it. Eirynn stayed silent at Eithne's face, but walked companionably next to her.

((Not feeling very social at the moment? You can't escape me ))

Elouai had been sitting down two minutes before Menai entered the dining room. As Elouai heard the door creak, she looked over toward it, and saw Menai for the first time that morning. "Hello, Menai," she said, getting up. "Sleep well?"

She went to the counter and got herself wheat cereal. She took skimmed milk from the counter and poured it into the bowl. She took a spoon and looked back over at Menai. "Sit with me?" she questioned.

Elouai went and sat back down. She began to eat her cereal silently, not checking if Menai had sat down, or even noticed her speak to her. It was now 7:30am.

It was about 7.30 a.m. when Steven and Alice met at the dining hall for a quick breakfast before starting their mission. Both had packed clothes, some provisions, and of course, lots of extra ammo in their bags. Steven had his cloak and gauntlet on, and Alice was dressed in some loose clothing that allowed swift and free moving. They both grabbed some cereal and sat down at a table next to Elouai's table. Alice smiled at Elouai, a friend of hers.

'Good morning, my friend.'

Menai's stoic expression did not waver as Elouai greeted her. She gave a curt nod at Elouai's "Sleep well?" and walked over to the counter. She also got a bowl of cereal, then turned around to look over at Elouai. She watched as Alice and Steven joined her table. She debated with herself whether she should sit with them. It didn't matter to her whether she did or not. After a few seconds of more pondering, she walked over and calmly sat down with the three.

((Liv I'll do that ^_^))
**flashback**
Anka had been staring at the clock. It's ticking was soothing. He heard the door open at exactly 0736 and 37 seconds.

Anka looked up, hand already on his sword.
It was only Ally. Nothing to worry about.

Ally looked surprised to see Anka up.
"Oh, Hi Anka." he whispered to him. "Anyone else up then?"
Anka simply shook his head.
There was a pause with only silence.
"Oh. Had breakfast yet?"
He nodded.
They were both begining to feel quite uncomfortable with each other.
"Hmm... Ok. I haven't had anything yet. I couldn't sleep this morning."
"They're serving if you want to go and eat." Said Anka, speaking for the first time, trying to make him go away.
"Ok. I'll go eat then."

And Ally left at exactly 0733 and 16 seconds.
**speedy**
At 0759 and 27 seconds Ally came back into the foyer and stood slightly away from Anka so as to avoid akward(SP?) conversation.

All of a sudden the scream was heard and Grace landed, face first, at Anka's feet.

"Have a nice trip?" He asked her.
"Shut up you!" She began to get up. "Ow... OW! Ow..."

[XD]

Ally was very much like his sister in the respect that he couldn't stop a grin appearing on his face when this kind of thing happened. Looking away to conceal that fact that he was about to laugh uncontrollably, he forced himself to look anyway but at Anka and Grace - especially Grace.

Still looking away, Ally muttered "Oh, Grace... are you okay?" in a kind of strained voice one uses when trying to conceal their mirth.

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Elouai nodded at Alice and said, "Good morning." She seemed to be asking this question a lot of people, so she reckoned one more person would not make a difference. "Did you sleep well?"

As Menai joined the table, Elouai smiled brightly at her. Elouai had always felt that Menai seemed from reserved. Not quiet, Elouai didn't feel that that would be the correct way to describe the girl. Elouai didn't know if there was a word to describe her.

Still pondering this thought, she proceeded to eat her cereal.

Caress walked quietly across the corridor and down the stairs into the foyer. There she saw three people - Anka, Ally and Grace. The former two wore rather amused expressions on their face, while Grace, on the floor at Anka's feet, looked rather annoyed and grumpy.

'Um. Hello.'

[Okies. Too late for breakfast now if you haven't had it, I want everyone at the Akute HQ in the foyer within 3 posts >:]]