Rhoslyn nodded at Mr. Hades before he left and turned her head towards the window. As she stared outside, she saw a small figure hiding behind the tree. She slipped her bookmark into her book and decided to go see what the person wanted. She folded the blanket real fast and put her book into her bag. With that, she headed down the hall, no before passing the kitchen.

"Mr. Hades. I'll be right back. There seems to be a curious kitten." she said before walking off.

Rhoslyn stepped outside and looked around real fast before spotting Ayame near the person. She lifted off the ground and flew over to the two of them. She smiled at the stranger real fast before turning towards Ayame, hovering off the floor still.

"Stiches. I thought you were supposed to be cleaning up the kitchen after you made your pancakes. By the way, they smelled wonderful." she said to her. Turning towards the newcomer again, she examined the boy who appeared to be taller than she. "Hello. My name is Rhoslyn. May I ask what you're doing out here?"

Looking at the boy, Rhoslyn had a hard time determining if he was human or not. She hoped he wasn't because the was hovering off the of floor in front of him. Something about him hinted that he wasn't exactly human so she let herself stay in the air.

OOC: I hope you don't mind that I assumed he was in human form Ghibli. And "curious kitten" was referencing Pax. She generally calls people wondering around the town kittens and stuff. If that makes sense.

[ OOC: You’re correct in assuming that Pax is in his human form! Very sorry for the confusion, I should have made that clear earlier~! ]

He wasn’t sure exactly when it happened, but Pax had fallen asleep, his arms crossed over his torso and his forehead resting against the trunk of the tree he had chosen as his hiding spot. Truth be told, Pax wasn’t much of a morning person. Not many imps were. Why he had chosen to embark on this impromptu adventure at this hour of day was anyone’s guess, and in all likelihood the imp would have stayed exactly as he was.

But it seemed that the universe had other plans.

It was a voice that woke Pax from his napping… and none too gently, either. A startled noise of sorts left him as he tensed, eyes snapping open to search for and eventually settling on the source of the voice; a short girl with white hair and unusually bright blue eyes. He blinked once… twice… and then it dawned on him. He had been caught. The girl was smirking at him, waiting as if she expected him to say something. Probably wanted to know why he was here.

Pax didn’t have long to ponder on the thought as yet another person arrived to the scene, this time a woman with braids of lilac hair. The two shared some brief words, but whatever they said was lost on him. His attention was consumed solely by this new woman. He stared—not out of fear—but because this woman was floating but a few inches off the ground. A knowing grin crept onto the imp’s face. So, this woman hasn’t human. That certainly came as a surprise. It wasn’t every day that Pax came across others like himself, and while the thought of revealing himself for what he truly was was tempting enough, he refrained. Why not have a little fun first?

He almost missed the question posed to him by this Rhoslyn. “You may ask what I’m doing here… but that doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll answer, does it?” he hummed thoughtfully, “I could ask you both the same question, though. What are you doing all the way out here? So far away from town… no place for two young ladies such as yourselves. And you,” he gestured towards Rhoslyn, “That’s… an interesting trick. I haven’t ran into very many people that can float.”

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Almost in the same second the reaper had come in, the vampire girl had gone. "Shame." She murmured under her breath, wondering why she had run off so fast, but she certainly left the mess that "wasn't hers" behind. Luna continued to scrub at the pots and bowls she had dumped into the sink. There was flour everywhere, she was amazed at how much there was, simply for pancakes. She hadn't noticed Hades come in, personally she was too caught up in finishing the dishes that were now as she saw it her responsibility. The reaper never minded cleaning, she found it relaxing, and anything to help around the manor, she supposed. When she finally noticed that the house master was in her presence, she dried off her hands and placed the last of the unclean dishes aside. "Ah, you almost scared me, Sir." Realizing she had messed up on calling him by his first name earlier judging by his reaction, she chose to not use a name at all, more out of respect than anything. Still, she said nothing of it.

"I thought you could use some help with the... Mess that wasn't Miss Ayames'?" She offered with a small smile, beginning to wipe the counters. "She left exceptionally fast upon seeing you, so I truly doubt it's anything but hers." Luna said with a soft chuckle. "Apologies, Sir, for my slip up mere moments ago. It won't happen again. I forget to be formal with people, regardless of my admiration for said figures." She hummed a soft tune as she bowed her head to him and continued to wipe the mess away. "Seems everyone is growing curious today." Luna mused as she caught a glimpse of the trio outside.

[I]“You may ask what I’m doing here… but that doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll answer, does it? I could ask you both the same question, though. What are you doing all the way out here? So far away from town… no place for two young ladies such as yourselves. And you, that’s… an interesting trick. I haven’t ran into very many people that can float.”[/I] the boy said to the two girls.

Rhoslyn glanced over at Ayame real fast and stared back at the boy before her who had just woken up. Deciding he's messing around probably so she decided to go with what he was saying.

"We actually live in the manor behind us. The one you were watching before you fell asleep. I would appreciate if you answered sir. It would save me the trouble." she said while observing the way this guest acted. "I 'float' because I know certain magic that [I]you[/I] probably wouldn't understand."

Rhoslyn threw a smirk at him before looking back over at Ayame. She studied the girl before saying "Should we tell Mr. Hades out the new kitten we found or shall we play with him some?" She barely glanced at this boy who was still on the floor b[/b] before her gaze glanced over to the house behind the trio.

Blink rolled over in bed, the sun starting to peak through the window and warm her face. She stretched leisurely, enjoying the warmth before realizing it must be later than she realized. Her eyes snapped open and she flipped herself out of bed. "Stupid alarm clock." she grumbled, ignoring the thought that she probably had turned it off and went back to sleep. She hurried to the restroom to clean up, running a comb through her hair just enough for it to be manageable while she braided it.

Her clothes were another matter. She realized none of them were clean, she rummaged through her laundry pile and threw on the cleanest looking shirt and jeans. The first two socks she found were shoved onto her feet, they didn't match. She ran into the kitchen, grabbed an apple, and slipped on her tennis shoes. "I'm late, I'm late, I'm so freaking late." she said to herself as she ran to the post office.

As she ran the presence of the manor kept her running. It rarely seemed like a place that would welcome strangers. Her legs and lungs burned as she increased her speed to nearly sprinting. She kept her head down and dodged the regular flow of people that traveled through town. Most of the townsfolk were used to seeing her delivering the mail, and many of them were familiar with her running to work in the morning. "Sorry I'm late!" she cried as she slammed into the office door, pushing it open roughly, it hadn't opened quick enough for her to slow down. "Ow." she groaned, rubbing her forehead. She didn't feel like a lecture at the moment so she hurried into the locker room, swiped her time card, grab the bag of letters waiting for her and sped back out into the town.

She stopped in front of the office to breathe a little, trying to calm her racing body down. Her heart was pounding, and her knees felt like jelly. Her nerves would take some time to calm down, in the mean time she set out on her route, doing her best to walk calmly and avoid staring at the manor that loomed on the edge of town.

Reggie's nose twitched, she could smell pancakes being made in the kitchen. "Guess it's time to get up." she said to nobody in particular. Her joints creaked and popped as she stretched. Her eyes scanned her small room, looking for any signs that she'd lost control and shifted during the night. It had never happened, but it was still her fear. She padded over to her closet and pulled on a pair of soft, faded jeans. There wasn't any reason to change out of her nightshirt, it was just an oversized t-shirt. As she stepped into the hall her ears were met with the voices of some of the other inhabitants of the manor, and the house's master. She struggled with the decision to wait until the people were gone or deal with socializing while eating. 

Her stomach growling ended the debate, she just hoped that there were enough pancakes left. Ayame ran by her, trailing the smell of pancakes behind her. "Guess none for me then." she sighed. Entering the kitchen she saw Luna putting the last of the dishes away. "Ayame won't learn if you clean up the rest of her mess." she said, the sentence dying as she saw Mr. Hades preparing to cook. "Let me know if you want help." she said a little timidly, her eyes barely flicking to him, then to the table and a stool that she soon claimed. The master of the manor still scared her, although she'd been here for some time she still worried about being evicted, even though she hadn't seen that happen before either.

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After washing up a couple of saucepans and plates before he heard Rhoslyn speak to him. Hades glanced back. "Very well, I shall leave your tea and omelette out for you" he replied to her. He glanced back and began to cook. He glanced over and noticed she had started to clean up. "Thank you, Miss Mortis" he said to her, surprised to see some-one helping, he was extremely grateful. He started preparing the tea while the omelette cooked. "You don't need to apologize, Miss Mortis, you are your own person and you may address people in any way you wish" he replied to her. Hades was his preferred way of being addressed and although he liked people to be formal, he understood it was uncommon in this age, he didn't expect her to keep to his standards. "Would you like tea and an omelette?" he then offered to Luna as he placed some tea into a tea pot and poured in some boiled water.

He then heard Reggie's voice behind him but didn't remove his eyes from the water he was pouring. "Miss Corwin..." he called after her. "...Would you line an omelette for breakfast?" he then asked her. He finished pouring the water and placed the lid of the tea pot before covering it with the cover and turning around to face her.

Ayame glanced back over her shoulder as she heard Rhoslyn. She tilted her head a little. She then laughed but made no attempt to answer her question. "Shouldn't you be back inside flirting with Mr Hades?" she smirked a little as she attempted to wind her up a little.

She then looked back towards Pax and crouched down. Realizing that she had woke him up, she looked a little upset. "Aww....I'm sorry, I wanted to savor you before you woke up" she moaned to herself. She sat down cross legged on the grass and stared at the imp, tilting her head from side to side. "I was just visiting the non-edibles" she grinned in reply to Pax.

She then laughed and looked back at Rhoslyn. "I don't live in the manor, shh...Hades doesn't know I move out!" she smirked. Stitches got to her feet and rolled backwards and forwards on her feet. "But I want to play with him!" She grinned to herself and walked closer to Pax to stand up in his face. "Your blood smells really good! But it doesn't smell like a human" she tilted her head slightly and licked her lips.

((Sorry if I keep referring to Ayame as a he, I do it accidentally because I once rped her as a male.))

Somehow Pax managed not to look as disturbed as he felt when the white haired girl commented on the smell of his blood. When the vampire—that’s what he assumed she was—licked her lips, however, that calm composure was marginally harder to maintain. It wasn’t that he was afraid of vampires, per say. Rather, it was the thought of appearing tasty to anything or anyone that bothered him. He could see it now: ‘Pax à la King, for when you want that roast-y toasty goodness Momma used to make. Come on down and get some today!’

Frowning at the thought Pax stood, pausing only long enough to dust off the backs of his jeans… and to not so subtly take a step back from the girl in front of him. At the mention of him not smelling like a human, he clicked his tongue. It was a little unnerving how sharp the girl’s nose was. “Found me out already, did you? Tsk... that was quick. Guess there’s no point in maintaining this form any longer.”

In a puff of murky black haze, orange horns appeared atop Pax’s head. White sclera gave way to black, while brown eyes shifted to bright yellow. Rounded ears elongated into pointed ones. The telltale burn on his arms, legs, and neck signaled the arrival of the red stitch-like marks Pax tried so hard to ignore, and it was all he could do not to rub them.

“That’s better,” Pax murmured, dual-toned voice carrying a hint of relief. He stretched his arms high over his head, stopping only when his shoulders gave a satisfying ‘pop’. Being in his human form was always exhausting, both physically and mentally. It was nice to be back in his own skin. “I suppose I should properly introduce myself. The name’s Pax. Imp, traveler, and trickster extraordinaire,” he grinned, flashing his canines at the pair. “It’s nice to meet you both, ladies.”

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[I] "I don't live in the manor, shh...Hades doesn't know I move out!"[/I] said Ayame, smirking. Rhoslyn just stared at her for a moment before shaking her head slightly.

"And where are you going to live, dear?" she asked before she heard that Ayame said that the boy's blood smelled good. She sighed inwardly before looking back at the boy in front of her.

[I]"Found me out already, did you? Tsk... that was quick. Guess there's no point in maintaining this form any longer."[/I] he said after he took a step back from Ayame. She clicked her tongue like he did and watched him go into his true form.

[I]"That's better. I suppose I should properly introduce myself. That name's Pax. Imp, traveler, and trickster extraordinaire. It's nice to meet you both, ladies."[/I] Pax said grinning with a dual-tone voice.

Rhoslyn smiled slightly before flying a little closer to him and Ayame. She studied his front side before flying around him to get in his whole form, stopping again when she was directly in front of him. She noticed the red stitch-like marks on his arms and neck but decided against saying anything or drawing attention to them because she didn't want to upset the boy.

"Pax. Nice name. It's nice to meet you too," she said flashing a toothy smile at him before moving and turning slightly to talk to Ayame. "Stitches. Have you ever met an imp before? I know you've been around a lot longer to me. This is so cool! I haven't even met one in the forest I used to live in." Rhoslyn flinched a little at that last part but she thought it was hardly noticeable, and prayed that it actually was.

OOC: It's okay! I was confused at first but I understand now. :)

"Yes, please." Reggie replied politely. She hopped off of her stool and grabbed a cup from a cupboard for some water. "Don't worry, I'll clean it up." she said, trying to make a joke, but it falling slightly flat. She had lost her skill at being social, not that it had been very good to begin with. She filled the cup and sat back down, trying to be unobtrusive as possible.

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Ayame smiled to herself and stepped back from the stranger, Pax and tilted her head. "Their isn't much that gets past my sniffer" she joked as she poked her own nose. She slowly pulled her finger away as she watched him transform. "Aww...It's not fair, why can't I get horns?" she muttered to herself and placed her fingers on her head like horns. She wasn't surprised by Pax's unusual form, she had been around a lot of non-human creatures before and it all seemed pretty normal to her.

Ayame began spinning around in circles humming to herself and making pointed horn shapes on her head with her fingers, much like a little child playing games. She appeared as if she wasn't really listening as Pax as he started to introduce himself, she often did get lost in her own little words. She stopped suddenly when she noticed Pax's stitches from the corner of her eyes. "Oh cool! I'm going to call you Patches!" she said leaning towards him to get a better look at his stitches. "You should know that your now officially awesome because I just gave you a nickname!" Ayame laughed a little.

"Huh?..." Ayame stood up straight when she realized that Rhoslyn was talking to her. She turned around to face her again and shrugged. "I don't know, but isn't he awesome!" she replied with great enthusiasm. Ayame was a bizarre person who got excited over the strangest of things. She then blinked. "I'm not that old..." she commented a little quietly as she realized what Rhoslyn said, not really offended, but not really liking the idea of being around for longer than her.

Bowing his head in reply to Reggie, he started to prepare an extra couple of omelettes. He restrained himself for humming slightly as he cooked, he usually cooked when he was alone and so it had become some-what of a habit to hum while he worked or cooked, a habit he wanted to break. He glanced back across at Reggie as she made a joke about cleaning up the glass. Hades humored her with a smile but he really wasn't looking forward to having to clean up the mess and so it wasn't really amusing to him all that much at that moment. Hades decided to change the subject. "I hope you slept well, Miss Corwin?" he asked Reggie in an attempt to distract himself from his surroundings and humming.

"Well enough, I suppose. You?" Reggie replied shrugging. She took a sip from her glass, swinging her feet. She wasn't very good at keeping a conversation.

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Realizing the omelettes where completed, he switches off the oven and proceeded to pull them out. "Very well, thank you" he replies to Reggie and placed the piping hot food onto the worktop. "Would you like salad with your omelette?" he asked her as he began to place the food onto plates for everyone. There was little about human food that appeared tempting to him, he some-what missed eating human food and enjoying it's smell. He couldn't remember how it tasted.

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So this was the fabled manor, huh? 405-Line hummed to himself as he gazed out at the large building - well, it was less of a gaze, more of an eyeless stare. His screen flickered and crackled absently, quietly, as he stared.

Work didn't start until the evening, and his dear bird had woken him up early for absolutely no reason at all. So he'd gone for a walk and ended up on the edge of the town, where he'd caught sight of the manor he'd heard so much about it but was always too nervous to go and check it out for himself.

After a moment of consideration, 405 gave a crackling sigh and moved to turn around and go back home, before he heard voices, and made his way towards them on a whim. Three voices - two female, one male, maybe? His steps were slow, quiet, and he made sure to turn down his volume so that his crackling couldn't be heard. Though, chances are he'd probably be noticed before then anyway - he wasn't exactly the stealthiest of beings, after all.

Before he could get close enough to see who those voices belonged to, though, his magpie landed on top of his monitor with a loud crow, letting him know it was there, before settling down. Well, if the mere sounds of his footsteps hadn't alerted anyone to his presence, his bird probably would have. Damn bird...

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Rhoslyn frowned slightly at Ayame, feeling as though she had offended her friend somehow. "I didn't mean that you were old.. I was just saying that I am so young compared to you. I'm sorry..." she said glancing away slightly.

Right then, she heard a slightly noise of... static? Rhoslyn looked around confused, wondering what would be giving off a noise like that. She knew that no one would be awake in the house right now, it was still too early for most of the house residence. Right before she asked the other two if they heard anything, she heard some footsteps and a loud crow of a bird nearby. She froze briefly before glancing at her companions.

"Ayame. Pax. I'll be right back and investigate. Don't go to far please." she said before flying off near the tree tops so she couldn't be seen. She stopped when she discovered the cause of the weird noises. A... TV Head?

[I]I only heard of them growing up. I haven't actually seen them before..[/I] she thought as she perched herself on the closest tree branch to watch the man and magpie pair. She stared at him for a while before deciding that he was safe.

Rhoslyn flew back a little bit before lowering herself to the floor so she wouldn't startle him. She looked up at the man, frowning slightly at his height since she looked so small in comparison. She smiled politely at him then.

"Hullo. It's nice to meet you. May I ask what brings you near the manor?" she asked gently.

"No thank you." She relied with a smile. She had noticed she didn't eat as many fruits or vegetables since she'd been bitten. She didn't mind, but the idea of them just seemed less appetizing now. "I can get the dishes after I'm done though." she added.

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Glancing back over at Reggie, he nodded his head. He picked up a plate with an omelette and walked over to hand it over to her. "Don't worry about the dishes, it will give me some-thing to do today. But thank you for offering" he replied to her and smiled a little. "I hope you enjoy your meal Miss Corwin" he said to her. He turned around and glanced back over at the food. "It appears as if everyone else has disappeared" he commented. "Looks as if this is going in the fridge, it seems a shame to waste it" he spoke to himself and started to tidy up.

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"I guess you'd say, what can make me feel this way? Sir can Sir can Sir can, talkin bout Siiiirrrr Sir can!" Ken said down the hallway and then giggling. He went behind a doorway and changed into a bird. He few over to the kitchen and saw Hades in there. He few onto his shoulder. "What up Sir?" he asked him. After Hades( ) replied he turned into a sloth and hung from a few metal hanging baskets. He took out an orange from one of them and put one on top of Hades head. "Hehehehe," said Kevin before falling asleep in an empty basket.

"Huh?" said Kevin hearing some weird noises outside. He changed into a humming bird and flew towards the voices. He saw Rhoslyn(@ loser-viola),Ayame, and an odd gentlemen outside(@ Ghibli). As well as..."Wait..what even is that?" he said to himself now flying and hovering over the different shaped being(@ Ikilou).

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“Well… this is different,” Pax thought as he watched the proceedings going on around him, one eyebrow quirked in amusement. The vampire girl—Stitches, was it?—was prancing around like… well, like a child, fingers on her head in what he guessed was a crude imitation of his horns. By comparison Rhoslyn was much calmer, although she was twittering on about how ‘cool’ it was to finally meet an imp.

It stuck Pax again how long it had been since he had been around his own kind. Not necessarily imps; it had been years since he had seen another that was truly like himself. No, the last time he had been around another that wasn’t human had been when he had that run-in with that witch. That encounter had been far from enjoyable. Pax rubbed at his neck, his stitch marks burning hotter at the thought.

A bird crowed then, Rhoslyn flying up into the tree top shortly after telling them to stay put. Pax frowned. “Investigate?” he echoed, “Investigate what? A bird crowed; big deal. They kind of do that, sweetheart…” Still, when Rhoslyn flew off in another direction, Pax found himself following on foot. He motioned for Stitches to follow, stopping briefly to cast a glance at her over his shoulder as if to say, “Are you coming or what?”

It hadn’t taken long at all to catch up with Rhoslyn—she hadn’t flown very far, after all. “Do you always go off investigating every bird call you hear or-”

Whatever else he had meant to say died on his tongue as Pax beheld whoever… whatever was before Rose. It was tall, had the body of a man, and… a television for a head? Never in all his travels had he come across anything like this television-headed creature. It was new, bizarre, and undoubtedly weird. Pax opened his mouth, closed it… then repeated the process again before finally managing to say: “What the hell are you?”

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