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Eithne absorbed Lance's words, felt them course through her system like icewater. For perhaps the first time, she did not feel perfectly confident when facing a mission. It simply was not her night.

When at last Lance's speech had ended, Eithne looked down. Her arm has stopped bleeding, but it would do well to be cleaned. But that could wait. Above all else right now, she wanted a drink.

Spotting a stunningly pretty girl (Triza....you're so predictale...) who she knew by name to be Eirynn, but nothing else, she made her way towards her.

'No more questions, then?' Lance said cheerfully, his head clearing. 'All right, good night, everybody.' He disappeared up the stairs, moving so fast Caress barely had time to notice he had walked (almost flown?) away before he was gone.

Caress glanced around. Very few of the members around her looked excited about the idea of going out to hunt demons. In fact, it was a very glum atmosphere altogether. Her shoulders drooped wearily. She wasn't feeling very eager about doing this either. It was undoubtibly the most unusual assignment Lance had ever issued - a team of twelve, no thirteen, people on a more-than-one-night, multiple-targets mission? But in a way, Caress also felt somewhat relieved. She did not like killing humans, as cruel, stupid and low-moraled as they were. Every time she took a life, it seemed to ruin hers even more. Killing ... did not make her happy. She hated it, but it was her job. Demons, however ... demons were different. She felt she would be able to kill them without a trace of guilt.

'I - I'm going to bed as well,' she said, giving everybody a small smile. 'Goodnight.' She made her way across the room and started climbing up the stairs. She was still extremely tired. It was extreme effort that she at last reached the second floor and stumbled across the corridor into her room, where she dropped on her bed and fell asleep immediately, fully-clothed.

Menai closed her eyes briefly and then opened them again. Her cool expression did not waver. She felt nothing. Lance had told her to do this, and so she would.

Seiryu slipped away from the dwindling crowd and followed Caress's path up the stairs to the personal rooms. He seemed to be moving on auto-pilot; his eyes held a far-away look in thier crimson depths as he dropped his usual indifferent mask. His lips twitched into a small frown as he closed the door to his room behind him.

"Things keep getting more interesting..." He commented softly to the empty room. He swiftly removed the dye from his hair before sinking onto the bed, his feathery white hair settling onto the pillow.

"I wonder what tomarrow will bring."

((I am? -lol ))

Eirynn looked up, "Good evening," she said politely. Eirynn had worked with her on a mission, long past, she remembered suddenly. Eirynn felt caught in a web of strangeness....criminals were one thing but- demons? They would have to be on their toes for this assignment- the assignment of all assignments.

Alice looked about. People were retiring to their own quarters - the meeting had dispersed. Steven nudged her lightly, indicating that they should get a move on as well, and she followed him up the stairs. The both of them separated on the way to their respective rooms.

Alice trudged into her room, exhausted, and locked the door behind her. She swiftly changed into her sleeping clothes and promptly fell asleep, casting away all the heavy worries on her mind.

((I'm just telling you that I have my school play tonight and tommorrow so I won't be posting much. Sorry.))

Eithne lifted a single eyebrow; a look of sarcasm that matched her tone perfectly.

"Good evening? Oh, yes, of course. Slashed open on a nearly-failed mission was an excellent start, but now the opportunity to face down bloodthirsty demons...." she paused a moment. "A good evening indeed."

Such cold, sarcastic humor was in true Eithne fashion. What the other girl probably didn't know, though, was that it ws a test. Eithne sat down beside Eirynn, waiting for her response.

||Yes, you are. But I still love ya. ||

[I'm going to China (why do I always end up going there? X.x) for 5 days. I'm going today, will be back on Monday. And I almost forgot to tell you people! >.< So, I'm entrusting Lance, Caress and Menai and all the supah-dupah GC powers to Anubis (unless she feels stressed playing five characters, so she can give mine to somebody else ) Okies, that's it. Be good for Livers everyone! Bye! ^.^]

Eirynn was used to icy tones, and she raised a questioning brow as well. Eirynn smiled, but it also was lit with sarcasm, "That does sound wonderful," she paused, "What mission were you on?" Eirynn asked this a little more seriously, curious.

[Whee, thanks Jade. ^^;;

Routineness. I would like everyone to go to bed (in Req and FM's case, please finish your conversation and then go to bed), and then we'll have a speedy to the morning.

Thankees.]

Menai did not announce leaving, but she removed her presence from the foyer and left for her own room. She spent time getting ready to sleep, and finally climbed into bed. She still retained her cool expression, and wasted no time thinking about the mission ahead. Gradually, she fell asleep.

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Ally shrugged in response to Elouai's question, and said, "Tomorrow, I suppose. Whenever we can make a move."

Elouai nodded. "I'm going to sleep now. I'll see you in the morning, Ally." She gave her brother a quick hug and followed Menai up the stairs. She turned a different way to Menai and went into her own room. She lay upon the bed, meaning to get ready to sleep soon, but she fell asleep almost immediately, fully clothed.

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Ally watched his sister leave and turned to the others. It was a smaller group now, some had left. "I'm going to bed too," he announced. "I'd advise you all to do the same. We'll need energy tomorrow if we stand any chance of defeating these demons. Good night." He turned and took the steps to his sister's room; he passed it and went into the room next to it. He went inside, shut the door, and fell asleep as he hit the bed.

Grace and Anka stood glaring at each other for a little while. They saw the fire burning in each other's eyes.

Finally, after about 15 minutes, Grace kicked Anka in the shin and walked off to bed leaving Anka to hobble to bed.

"Women." He whispered to himself.

[Woah, three posts since I left xP Oh well, most of the characters were asleep so they couldn't do much ...]

[*hustles Eirynn, Eithne, Katrina and Sarena off to bed* (if there's anybody else awake, I'm putting them in bed too, I didn't check earlier than the fifth page.)]

[Speedy! >:]]

Caress slowly opened her eyes. She yawned as she sat up and swung her legs to dangle over the side of the bed, throwing the blanket aside. Her hand moved across the bed behind her, feeling for her sword, which was always beside her, even when she slept. Feeling her hand close around the cold hilt of her blade, she glanced at the clock on the bedside table. It was six thirty.

Well, breakfast usually started at 7:15. She had plenty of time. Smiling to herself, she got up and padded across her room towards the bathroom for a shower. She stopped mid-pace. She had a feeling she was forgetting something. Forgetting something very, very, important. She was forgetting something ... right?

Don't be silly, Caress. You're not forgetting anything. Now be a good girl and take that shower, you're filthy.

Caress heeded the voice in her head and proceeded into the bathroom to wash up, closing the door behind her. She came out some fifteen minutes later, towelling her wet hair dry. Again, she had the feeling that she had forgotten something important. She paused for a moment, looking thoughtful, then shrugged, shaking the feeling off. She changed into her favourite sky-blue silk robes, and slipped happily into her shoes. She brushed her hair. She strapped her sword to her waist with a sash. She flung open the door and danced out, barelling straight into Lance.

'Good morning!' Caress chirped cheerfully. 'Oh, sorry, Lancey, did I hurt you ...?'

'No, no, I'm fine,' Lance said calmly. Then he grinned. 'But you're looking unsually happy, especially for a girl who's just been given an Assignment of Doom just the night before.'

'Huh?' Caress looked startled.

Lance looked a little thoughtful. 'Hm ... is it because of me? Is it because I gave you the honour of handling such a difficult and important assignment, and of course, I'm irresistably, amazingly, divinely handsome, so you don't mind charging off to obliterate demons just for me? Because you'll do anything I say, huh?' He winked.

Caress froze. Demons? Demons ... what?! What was Lance talking about ? She swallowed. Memories of last night came flooding back to her. The frog demon, being drained, in the foyer, the discussion, the assignment ... uh-oh.

'Oh yeah, by the way, have you recovered from the demon's draining last night? You look wonderful to me ...' Lance's voice seemed distant in her mind, overlapped by panic.

She turned and fled straight back to her room, using her almost beyond-human speed to reach there in maybe the time it took for Lance to blink, slamming the door behind her with a loud BANG.

Eithne hestitated, then, neatly avoiding the question, replied.

"It's late. We should go to bed." Without another word, she left, returning to her sleeping quarters.

She was more upset than she let on by the news,and slept very poorly. Shw awoke early and took a shower, leaving the bathroom with her hair stringy and still damp.

Eirynn returned to her sleeping quarters, but the second she laid down on the bed she realized she could not sleep, and wouldn't be sleeping that night. She grumpily took a bath, and changed into clean clothes- annoyed that she could not sleep, but a fierce energy bolted down her veins. Demons. Demons. Demons. Demons. Her head pounded with the word, and she sat on her bed, staring into the wall, wanting to time to pass.

((Hey, Katrina already said to Lance she will not sleep there over the night so don't make her I'll make sure she doesn't flee the city and actually meets the rest soon again ))