The Coming Darkness

Kira tilted her head, slightly confused. Nuns? 1800's wardrobe? Strange, but not the strangest. She nodded once to show she had no problem. "I'm not the one who makes the rules around here, so it's fine by me." It was nice not being 'the new kids'. She had to wonder if Harley would approve. Where was Harley? Probably finding her new room. She still had the key to the dorm room. Thankfully she had brought her luggage."You could ask for some clothes. I would lend you something of mine but, I doubt they'd fit you." Dora was so much smaller than she was. The base probably could conjure up some clothes for the girl. Seemed that she was thrust into the school and onto the mission without any preparation.

Looking over at JD, she smirked at the Jem comment. That was one name she hadn't expected to hear. Dora did have some resemblance to Jem, but she thought the girl resembled Kerli a bit more. "Jacuzzi. You know that's going to be fun. Besides, you don't Need swim trunks. Underwear works fine." So long as they weren't white. She looked around for Harley. "She was with us a little earlier. It's possible she went in search of food, or.. distracted."

David sighed and rolled his eyes when he heard the familiar voice call out "fanboy". He didn't think he was really that bad. Well, he was at first, but he thought he had gotten better. Instead of responding to the boy, he stood there without saying a word. When he finally decided to look at him, he noticed Silver was right there on his arm. Silver smiled a little and waved at him, and he smiled back. David glanced back between Dora and Kira who seemed to be getting along just fine, which made him happy.

Silver also looked between them, pausing for a moment when her eyes fell on the smaller girl. She was awfully cute. But where did she come from? Silver didn't recall her being there at the school. Silver was a bit suspicious, but she remained silent. Instead, she kept an eye on the girl, while still paying attention to the others.

The fact that Enzo's real mother was dead bugged him the more he thought about it. But at the same time, he couldn't feel real sorrow for someone he didn't know. He made his way back to the third floor, and nodded to David, Kira, and the others. Though he noticed there was a new girl when he walked by. Someone else is going to get caught up in our mess.

A tender, cooked meat smell caught Enzo's attention, and his stomach's, too, as he heard it grumble. "What's that smell?" His body went automatic as he directed his way to a previously unknown kitchen area. He turned the corner and the first thing his eyes caught was the large array of food lined up on the kitchen tables. The large turkey surrounded by two gravy bowls, while on other table there was spaghetti with meatballs, and even a table that consisted of dessert. Chocolate iced cake, wine, and another beverage, but it was wrapped up in a paper bag, so it was unknown to Enzo what was inside.
Enzo was pretty much drooling by this point.

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"Do you like anything there?" said a familiar voice. Enzo broke eye contact with the food to see Enki standing beside the table, with a apron and chef hat. "Enki! I didn't know you cooked!" "I picked up a few skills from a boy named 'Rin'." "Hey, welp. I did most of the work." sneered Red, who wore the same attire. "RED?! YOU TOO?"

Enki leaned toward Enzo, indicating that whatever was going to say was going to be secret. "He's trying to impress Eos." Enki's eyes shifted left and right before standing upright again. "There wasn't enough food for us up here, so we decided to cook." "That's good." Enzo looked over the food again. Spaghetti? He had never tried it before, yet he lived in Italy for a while. "Make yourself useful and help set up the dining room table." Red commanded as he shoved the turkey plate into Enzo's hands. "R-right!"

"Thank you, Kira. I think I figured out my clothing problem though, so I don't think I will have to ask for any," she grinned, as she stepped into an empty corner.

Adorra then set down her shoulder bag next to her feet. She closed her eyes and thought of nothing but a changing screen. She brought her hands from her sides and slowly raised the upwards, soon enough there one was rising out of the floor. It rose up to about seven feet and left no gap between the walls. Soon after she summoned up a large suitcase of clothes with the same method she used to get the the privacy screen. Dora the rummaged through the clothes for a pair of fishnet stockings, a plaid mini skirt, and a black tank top. She quickly pulled off her old things and slipped on the new clothes, after that she threw the old clothes in the suitcase and pulled a pair of combat boots from it. After which she zipped the suitcase back up, when she was satisfied with herself she put on her new shoes and tied the laces.

As soon as she pulled her shoulder bag back onto her shoulder, she cracked the changing screen open enough so that she could get back out. She then walked back over to where Kira and David were and stood where she had before

On his back to the Command room, the Captain caught sight of the teachers who had tagged along; Marcus Tormod and Ines Laurentin. "I was hoping i'd run into you two." He made himself known, regardless of the moment they were in. "We're going to be busy around the base tomorrow. Depending on what intel we have, we may have to deploy the students tomorrow, though I don't know the specific time."


Just then, a watch-like device on Azure's wrist glew a few times. He glanced over it, reading the morse code it gave with it's flashing. He returned his gaze to the two teachers. "I've got to head to the Command room now, apparently we're got new information that needs looking over. Teachers are welcome to join as well." With that, he continued down the well-lit hallway, and into the Command room. Inside was a large screen on the wall, with a few rows of seats in the middle. On the walls were large maps of both Japan and the globe. Some of the maps were old, and weren't used since the world war. Along with that, was a slight mechanical hum, coming from a power generator.


Inside was Kenji, who was in his own booster seat. Others were Magic Council guards and officials, sitting in their assigned seats. The screen was blank, but it was clear everyone was waiting on something to show. Azure stepped up beside the screen as it flickered on. A crude map of the Gaze was being shown, and some areas were circled. He looked around the map, then around room.
"We've got new Intel on the whereabouts of the Entity Darkness, and other key locations. Kenji here was the among the most recent to be there, and according to him, Darkness commands an army within the Gaze. The smart thing wouldn't be to send a bunch of children against an army, so we're going to gain additional support from those already within the Gaze."

Kenji raised an eyebrow, he knew nothing of any allies that would help the Guardians against Darkness. "We're going to get the GodHunters' support."



There it was. The dining room table was set up surprisingly neatly, with everything on the table and easy to access. "Whew~" Enzo plopped down in his seat at the end of the table. Enki sat on the opposite end, and Red, he just took whatever seat was closest to the turkey, and wasted no time in serving his own plate. Both Enzo and Enki looked in disapproval. "Red, we should really wait for the others.." "You're saying that like I should care. Early bird gets the worm." Enzo sighed. He would be here, now of all times... The two waited patiently for the others to come and join in.

Ines blushed fervently as she felt Marcus come into physical contact with her, "A-ah, I-I-" Her mind was filled with sudden thoughts, and she could feel her heartbeat quickening- not because she had any feelings for the male, but because she was on the verge of shorting out any technology that was within ten feet of her.

But suddenly, that moment was interrupted by a man in a robe- the Magic Council's Captain Azure, if Ines recalled correctly. She gave a quick nod as a hello, then proceeded to follow him into the Command Room, her eyes widening in awe at the complexity of it all. I hope I don't blow anything up...

The word 'Godhunters' came out of Captain Azure's mouth, and Ines quirked a brow, "Godhunters? What are those?

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A rather perplexed Sasha was pacing inside her room, her brows furrowed in deep concentration. What the hell was this feeling that swirled around and around in her head? It was so....so...frustrating. "...Argh!" she finally yelled before flopping face first into her bed. Sasha lay there for a few more moments, until her stomach began to rumble, "Godammit.."

David stared at Dora, this strange girl who seemed to summon her own little changing room out of nowhere. "What..." He didn't even know what to ask her. He began to think he really was the only person that didn't have magic powers of any sort. The poor boy huffed and crossed his arms, only to smell the delicious scent of turkey in the air. "Ooh..~" He turned, and noticed that the scent seemed to be coming from a dining area of some sort not too far away. He entered the room only to see Enzo, Enki and Red all waiting. Well, Enzo and Enki were. "Whoa, you guys made dinner?.."

Kira looked on as Dora made a changing screen appear out of nowhere and proceeded to change into conjured up clothes. She blinked in disbelief, never really having seen such a thing. Something straight out of a book. One cool ability, for sure. She saw that David had also been baffled by that display. Chuckling, she raised an eyebrow as Dora came back out. "Impressive."

A moment after David left, the scent of food also hit her nose. Stomach grumbling on cue, she raised up an arm in a sort of stretch, and pointed the way to the delicious aroma. "To the food!" She was certain the others were hungry too. Without another word, she followed after and entered the room. To her surprise, there were others already there. Grinning, she made her way to a seat. "Who made up this delicious looking food?"

She looked up at David, who seemed a bit upset, "I seemed to have upset you. I do apologize. Is it the magic that's bothering you?" She paused, "I mean, I could try and summon up a imbued weapon or something. I've never done it before, but I would be willing to try."

She then turned to Kira, "Thank you. I just figured why as for something if I could try to make it. That's one of the bigger projects I've attempted, the worst would be the swarm of bats I conjured up when I was sleeping..." She lowered her voice a bit to where only people close to her could hear, "That's the reason I got kicked out of the Orphanage and ended up here. The Nun's said I was a wolf in sheep's clothing."

Dora followed closely behind Kira as she lead the way into the Dining Area where the mouth watering aroma's of food originated from. Once she entered the room she went ahead and sat alongside Kira.

"Think of them as 'Anti-Soulless'. He answered the teacher. "In time, Guardians of Magic were usually Soulless people. And the Soulless are people who contain fire from the Gaze within themselves."

After the short explanation, he turned back to the map. "Unfortunately, we're beat when it comes to military force. Darkness has us at that one. So, we'll ask for help from the GodHunters."



One by one, Enzo's friends were drawn to the table by the smell of the food on the table. "Mhm! Enki and Red prepared it." He grined at Enki, who had done an amazing job. "Say," Red mumbled while eating his food at the same time. "aren't you going to tell them where and how we got the food?" Enki perked up. "No, that can wait until we're finished eating." Enki took hidden pride in the food, but fought to keep it under the surface. "Where's goldilocks? I haven't seen that brat since we went to America."

The room fell silent. The person 'Goldilocks' Red was referencing to was Maya.
Enzo looked down, and noticed his shirt was still burned. "Oh, silly me. I need to change shirts really fast." He stood up, and walked up to what seemed like a bedroom door. Maya... He went into the room and closed the door behind him before he realized Sasha was already in the room. "Oh, Sasha." He said depressingly. "Food's ready."

"Anti-Soulless?" Ines wondered aloud. Now she regretted the fact that she came into this whole big deal rather late, "So like that child that goes by the name of Enzo...? These Godhunters are against him!?"

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The female had still been in the midst of pacing when Enzo entered. Startled, she whirled around, losing her balance in the process, "E-Enzo?!"

Sasha stumbled a bit into him before righting herself, noting his depressing
aura but choosing not to mention it, "A-ah, I see...let's go, then."

Volitaire was standing in his training room. Black specs floated in the air around him, the soil was dry, grass was browned and eaten at, trees dead and leafless. A ring of text enclosed the area afflicted by decay. Volitaire scanned the area, quite pleased with what's been done. If you can call being pleased with the effects of decaying and aging a good thing. He dispelled the ring of text and sat on the dried soil. "This spell is much more potent than I first imagined. Now that I've got a practical hang of it I can probably start working on my Spatial Convergence. The others are most likely preparing or off somewhere. If I remember right, Kenji was talking to that Council about training. Hopefully, I'll be finished with mine before they're ready to leave to Gaze." Volitaire flipped open a tome that was in a knapsack donned around his shoulder. Various incantations for using rune text to cast the Spatial magic was found near the back in its own little nook. He started a new simulation, a craggy landscape with rows of stalagmites and overhanging cliffs took form. He figured this was perfect. The weight of the rocks could test how much he was able to raise from the ground, and their sturdiness could see how much of an impact his spells could do. "Time to get started." He said surrounding his hand in runes.

"We can't say for sure that the GodHunters will be immediately hostile. We both have related goals; Stop the soulless. Darkness is one of them."

Azure took a moment to review over some notes he had with him. "We may just have to send only a few out into the Gaze for this operation. We'll give it a few days before we begin."

Kenji had stayed silent the entire briefing. Half of his mind wasn't fixed on the mission, but rather Enzo. Enzo will regain his memories shortly. He thought. I'm worried about what he'll do once he does obtain them.

Before Enzo was the way he was now, he was Sky. A brave, but often reckless kid who chased fairy tales and was interested in anything but truly owning up to fulfilling his legacy.


Enzo was startled to see Sasha lose her balance so easily, and it made him wonder if he had made her weak. Nevertheless, it brought a smile to his face. "Getting sloppy?" He teased her with a more uplifting tone than before. He turned over to the closest which already contained his wardrobe. He figured during the small stay at Sorcerers, his things had been transported over with magic. He wasn't totally sure about the others, though.

Without checking to see if she had left yet, Enzo took off his worn shirt. His entire upper body was covered in battle marks from previous fights in the past. It was something that was to be a permanent reminder that he could have always been stronger, always could have avoided such attacks.

It had felt as though her mind was eating her alive. Even though she had spoken with JD about the ordeal, she still hadn't felt at ease. There was still so much she couldn't comprehend, and as usual, her brother left her in an ignorant bliss of sorts... only now, bliss was far from her. The blonde had situated herself on the balcony, gazing out below and letting the wind tousle her soft blonde locks.

It won't be long now...

Her heart ached in fear, thinking that the worst was yet to come. Closing her eyes, Eos thought of that early morning on the roof. That moment of weightlessness as JD let her drift over the edge of Sorcerers. Opening her eyes once again, she looked over the balcony at the ground below.

"Eos..." That voice. That familiar voice that she heard once before, the first night in The Gaze. "Have you forgotten about me, my sweet child?" Honey colored eyes shook at the interaction, spinning around to see who was speaking to her, but found no one was around. "Mama..." The red stone pendant that she wore began to blow fiercely, after remaining dormant for the past few days. "N-no! I haven't forgotten you! Never!" She shouted out to the wind, hoping the voice wouldn't stop. "Eos... my good little girl." Every word tugged at her heartstrings, "Mama, please stay! Please tell me where you are!" The girl may be seventeen, but when presented with the illusion of her mothers spirit, it was as if she was a simple child once again. But it seemed the voice would not answer this time, leaving her cold and alone amongst the now howling winds. "Mama...." Her voice shook lightly before she turned and burst through the balcony doors in search of her brother.

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Later, she had found him outside the doors of the meeting room. "It was mother! Mother was here!" But after she managed to get those words out through haphazard breaths, the two were urgently directed to a conference they were already late for.

"But..." As she looked around to see the intimidating faces, she took comfort in the few familiar one's she saw. The friends she had made had begun to gather, the friends she had made a promise too... in memory of those that could not join them.

The conflicting feelings of urgency sent her for a loop, but she thought it best to silently take a seat, giving eyes to her brother indicating that they would talk later.

"'Course I'm not..." Sasha muttered, her face a little red from embarrassment. She stuffed her hands into her pockets, turning around immediately when Enzo began to undress, "Th-the hell're you doing, idiot?!" the female stammered, her face now a rosy color as she averted her eyes from the male's chest.

Harley was walking amongst the halls, doing a bit of exploring as her headphones sat snugly over her ears. As she took in some sweet tunes, her eyes caught glimpse of that familiar teacher that found himself always affiliated with their particular group of kids. He was heading over to another woman, who must be a faculty member as well... or something like that. But the important thing was he seemed to drop a flask on the floor on the way over to her.

"Oh, why hello there..."

A wicked smirk hit her lips as she casually picked it up and stuffed it in her pocket. The mohawked female had no intentions of informing him of his loss, considering the flask seemed about half full.

Turning the corner, she hid the flask close to her chest and unscrewed the cap to take a smell - edging back a little as the strong scent hit her nostrils she chuckled. "Wow, this guys got good taste."

In that same moment she took a shot back, making a crinkled face before shaking her head in one quick motion. "Damn!" Chuckling she stuffed it back in her pocket, "Looks as though this trip got a little more fun..."

Now to find Kira.

Enzo grabbed a black T-shirt and slid it on, pulling on the sides to adjust it. "I had to replace the shirt I was just wearing." He stick his tongue out at Sasha, who was obviously flustered by his actions, and he knew it. "Come on." He beckoned her as he left the room and re-entered the dining room.

Another friendly face had joined them, but the awkward silence hadn't left them yet. "Did something bad happen?" Red asked everyone. Nobody had informed him, nor had he heard of Maya's death. "She's not with us anymore." Enki replied blankly. Red glanced around the room with a confused expression. "Why is everyone so grim about it? I bet she's in the Gaze waiting for you all." "Perhaps."

Enzo returned to his seat. "So is this nearly everyone? I believe we can begin eating now." He finished it with a grin. "I.. believe so. Feel free to help yourselves, everyone." And with that, Both Enki and Enzo began filling their plates up.

Marcus had always tried to be a gentleman type, and not just to women. He took pride in knowing he was helping someone out, and strongly believed in the ideology of Karma. You get what you give in; what goes around, comes around, and all that jazz. Unfortunately his good deed was cut short. In the midst of chivalrous action of escorting a rosy-haired maiden, a robed gentleman approached the two and explained the requirement of a briefing session in the Command Room. Although he was smiling on the outside, Marcus was pouting on the inside.
Upon entering the room, he instantly noticed it was a cartographer's dream. A perfect mix of ancient maps and modern technology. It was impressive to say the least. He took a sit next to the other teacher and the little man with the top hat, and listened to what the Commander had to say. And try as he may to listen, Marcus was constantly distracted by the enticing aroma of foodstuff emanating through the hallway and into the chamber. Of course, he felt that he got the gist of the conversation, and Ines was very attentive, asking the questions he wanted answered before he ever thought them. But his stomach ached and let out gaudily growls, as he hadn't eaten since leaving the school. He rested a hand on his belly and the other cradled his head on the table. It gave him an appearance of a bored student, when in reality, he was trying to listen the best he could.
He continued to let the rest of the board speak, in hopes that it would soon be mentioned, the two teacher's involvement with the mission.

7:30PM

Wind is starting to pick up as the clouds gather and it begins to rain.

"That's all for now." The captain said. The map being shown on the screen flickered off, and Azure began to gather papers. "As far as we know, only the Guardians would be needed for this one." He added in. "Dismissed."

The Council's men stood up and scattered, most of which leaving the room to return to their posts around the island.

Jacen sat at the far end of the table slowly eating his food, completely blank to everyone else.
Normally, he'd be tearing into food with no problem...but his mind was in another place right now.
This isn't right...none of this is right. I'm in a fucking war...one day, I'm eating a danish and getting my schedule. The next day, I'm in NYC...and now I'm in some fortress gearing up for a fight...and all I wanna know is why.
"Excuse me." He said in a matter of fact, yet rather low voice. Probably best to just step away for a second...no use lookin like a sad sack in front of everyone else.
Jacen got up from his seat and left his plate there...opting to just go out and stand on the deck. He looked out at the horizon, clutching his amulet as it glowed a faint blue. He started to feel a chill go through his body, similar to the one he experienced in the hotel room before he passed out. Oh not this again...this has been happening on and off since that fight...I must have got some weird cold or something.
Jacen sighed and watched his breath escape in an easily visible mist.
OK...this is DEFINITELY not just a cold...

After a grueling, hunger stricken hour or so, the lecture was finally over. Marcus now understood how the students felt when he taught non-practicum classes. Out of respect however, ignoring all physical grief, he rose to his feet and offered the Captain a salute, "Thank you, sir."
With that out of the way, it was time for him to find the source of the delicious smelling food. Like that avian in the commercials back home used to say, it was time for him to 'follow his nose.' Unfortunately, the afflictions of his 'addiction' were starting to surface as he neglected to drink on the flight over, which was making it hard to follow the scent. At least he brought his trusty fla..."Where is it?" He wondered out loud, patting his pockets frivolously, "Damn it! I must have dropped it somewhere..." Marcus proceeded to scour the hallways searching for his beverage container. He tried the board room, but it was locked, he even traced his steps back to the landing pad, but to no avail. Letting out a heavy sigh in remorse over yet another lost flask, he slouched his way back to the teacher's quarters, where he understood his bags would be waiting for him. To his thankful relief, they were. Looking all around to make sure no one was there with him, he pulled out a half-full bottle of alcohol, rubbing his cheek against it. "Oh thank God you're safe." He popped the lid and chugged back several gulps.

David sat down and eagerly filled his plate. "Mmmm. Sure smells good." Before long, he was stuffing himself with a very pleased look on his face.

Silver, however, had an empty plate. She sat with the rest of her friends, but more watched as everyone ate. Nothing was wrong or anything, she just wasn't hungry. Of course, she remained silent as everyone else filled their stomachs.

Runes orbited the black spheres, the atmosphere ripped and stretched around the gravitational pull of the sphere. Stones flew into place around them, compressed to the point of shaping perfectly around the sphere. The runes escaped through the stones and continued it's slow orbit. This was one of many stone covered spheres around the are. They remained stationary within the air, awaiting the command of their caster. Volitaire sat on a fallen stalagmite, leg crossed over the other. He rubbed his chin thinking the wide destruction of more dense objects being held in place. "Metal would attract much better, even though these spheres attract gravity, they also have properties of magnetism." He looked up at his areal minefield, he sly smirk came across his face. "This is great progress. These simulation rooms are a Godsend." A blue, magical seal in the fashion of a clock materialized into the Simulation Room. The hands turned and a apparition slowly took form, revealing to be Montesque. Volitaire turned behind him and waited for Montesque to fully return from the Timless void back into existence. Montesque finally took shape and removed his hood. "Volitaire. You should come with me. Your friends are no longer at Sorcerers." Volitaire raised a eyebrow. He slid down his fallen stalagmite throne and landed with a scuff of his heels. "Where are they?" "A World War II base, stationed out on the coast of Japan. You can continue your training with Kenji." Volitaire remembered he wanted to train with Kenji. He was so distracted with his own progress he managed to forget all about that. "I need to help a few people anywho. Would you mind taking me there? Also, I should let Arti-" "He knows. I told him you needed to come." Need to come? He understood being with them during this time would be the preferable choice, but needed? That word bothered Volitaire. "Sure... Lets go already." The simulation ceased, the stones around the black spheres disappeared leaving the sphere in place in the air. Volitaire dispelled them, they wavered away with a fwoosh and a brief gust of air. Volitaire walked up to Montesque, once in range Montesque prepared the warp. They vanished in a blue flash, clock hands turning and increasing in revolutions as they turned over each other. They reappeared in a hallway of the base. The clock hands slowed their turns and faded away. Volitaire returned to his friends. He could hear their voices and a few he wasn't familiar with. He waved to Montesque who again warped away. Volitaire continued to follow the voices down the hallway.

Enzo agreed with David. The food was great - just about at the same level as the restaurant back in town. Enzo enjoyed these moments, where he and his friends could relax for once in a while. A part of him felt bad that the other students had to share rooms, but then again, he never asked for their own personal suite.

Sooner or later, things were going to get hectic, and everyone needed to be able to trust each other, especially with their lives. Enzo unknowingly treated them as the family he never had. What he called 'friends' was actually 'sibling' to him, behind the curtains.

For his food, Enzo chose the main course, which was obviously the turkey. He took some of the gravy and nearly drowned the turkey in it. He poured it slowly for 'extra coverage', but really he was just teasing himself.


"Enzo, do you know how to open a Gaze portal yet?" Enki asked. "Not yet.." "Really?" His voice peaked up in surprise. "Guess i'll be the one to teach you something." He ended his sentence with a small laugh, which was uncommon from him. Next thing Enki did, was notice Silver not eating. "Something wrong, Silver-chan?"

Silver looked up at Enki and smiled. "No, no. Not at all. Just not hungry." She twirled her hair in her fingers a bit and looked away. Suddenly, she felt something. A rather strong, yet familiar presence. She looked back towards the door. Could it be?.. "Um, excuse me.." She got up, and walked to the door, peering out. It is!

"Volitaire!" She ran out to him and hugged him. "Where have you been??"

David looked up and watched as Silver left, only to hear her squeal "Volitaire!" He shrugged, glancing back to Eos and wondering if she heard that.

Hands in pockets, and slightly leaned over from facing the ground he raises his hand to make a short wave towards Silver. He missed his metaphorical little sister. He raised his head a little, giving her a tired looking grin. All his training began to but a damper on his fatigue. Along with his refusal to properly nourish himself. "Hey, Silver." He said wearily, his eyes half open. He didn't understand what made him so tired, he was fine in the simulation room. It's time for him to fake his fatigue and for it to not work on anyone, Volitaire is a terrible liar. He walked up to her and enveloped her in a big hug. He pulled back and stretched, a brief look of bliss came over his face. He needed that stretch. Tightened joints and no rest for what felt like half a day, to him at least. He peered over Silver's shoulder and saw the rest inside the room behind her. He smiled, but was a little baffled by the new faces. "So how are you feeling? And there's a bunch of newcomers too? I may need help introducing, you know my poor social skills. Oh! Montesque was just here... But he had to go take care of a few things. He said he'd see you before our depart to Gaze." He put his hand on her shoulder and pushed to direct her back into the room with the others. As if he was guiding a child.

"Are you okay? You seem tired.. I'm fine.. A lot better, actually. And there are a few new people." Silver paused as he tried to turn her around to go back into the room. No way she was gonna let him just push her around like that. "Montesque?? Can't I see him sooner? I need to talk to him about-" She stopped herself, looking up at Volitaire with pleading eyes. "Nevermind that, What's he doing?"

"He's working on our second trump card." Volitaire replied. He continued into the room on his own and hope she followed. He didn't want to answer her question about being tired. He didn't feel like being chewed out over his over-training. He entered the room as if he was already home. Seeing everyone made him feel like he was entering a dining room full of his family. It was a welcoming, warm feeling seeing everyone again. He decided to greet his long time friend Enzo first. Patting him on the back, and waving to Enki. He looked around to see if Kenji was about. But he wasn't in sight. His small stature probably made him oblivious to Volitaire's line of sight. He decided to find him later. He turned to find his sweet, though she looked like she was a bit distraught. He frowned and gestured to Enzo that he'd be right back. He walked over to Eos and her brother wasn't far away. "Hello, JD. And hello to you too, little lemon drop. You seem upset... Everything alright?" He glared raced back and forth from JD to Eos, he knew it was his time to help JD with his "problem" and if he could, Eos too.

Adorra sighed, started to pick up food carefully with her spoon and fork, then placed what she wanted on her plate. She looked down at it and then started to slowly indulge it, she hadn't had a nice meal like this is a while. The only foods she'd really experienced was what she considered slop and the Holiday three star meal twice a year.

She relaxed a bit more as she finally finished her plate, she had no room for dessert or seconds. She got up with the empty glass that sat in front of herself, went over to the table with beverages on it, poured herself some wine, after that she headed back ts where she was sitting, and then settled back down beside Kira

It was difficult for Eos to focus on anything other than her mother at that moment, but she knew it wasn't something her and her brother could discuss in front of others so she would just have to try and relax and enjoy the moment for now. Everyone had their own worries, yet they were able to take solace in times like these, so she would too! Even though her appetite wasn't strong, she would gather herself a plate as well. Eos had never been a meat eater, so it was no surprise she had filled her plate with the vibrant and colorful garden salad that sat amongst the other dishes, paired with a light but sweet dressing she plucked a cherry tomato with her fork before hearing Silver yell out.

Voli?

Her eyes glanced toward the doorway to see Silver come back through it, this time with the dark haired male she had been calling out to. Voli was here. Her chest tightened at the unexpected sight of him, her whole body fluttering as if filled with three dozen butterflies. But for some reason, she couldn't bring herself to run over to him, she was oddly nervous in a giddy kind of way. But Volitaire didn't hesitate to come greet her, and in such a way that made her blush furiously, causing her to echo is words. "Lemon drop?" She understood where the pet name could have come from, but this was the first pet name she had ever heard from him, which is why it carried so much power.

But not wanting to seem like she was acting odd, she came to her feet and wrapped her slender arms around his neck, pressing her cheek into his chest. "Everything is alright now that you're here~."