Belle laughed at that, shaking her head. "Yeah, I can see that. Hey, better swimming with them than the dragons of this land. You'd probably get caught in the middle of a wave whomping war."

"I am not durable enough to wave-whomp," Andy said firmly. She squeezed a little more water out of the hem of her shirt. "And I need to go change now."

"Have at it. I was planning on heading off to go try to find a Daemon shortly, but we can have lunch first if you want. It's been a while since you left, after all." Belle grinned.

"Don't let me stop you," Andy called back as she went to change. She dried off and changed as quickly as she could. "Really," she said when she got back, "I can make ramen as well as the next trainer. Go on."

Belle chuckled and nodded, getting up. "Who wants to go with?"

Dejaal immediately rose and glanced back at her, as if to say 'Well, are you coming?' Eclipse followed her as she left camp.

Andy watched them go and settled in to keep an eye on the rest of the group.

An hour and a half later, Belle returned with Dejaal and Eclipse. Those two were both watching Daemon distrustfully, and the other Black Jeweled Warlord Prince walked with a small smirk, glancing around the camp automatically.

Andy blinked when they walked into camp.

"You actually found one," she marvelled a bit.

"You have no idea," Belle said, flopping down on the ground next to her with an exhausted sigh. "I had to chase him. For half an hour. Through the woods, over a river, through more woods, loop back around and through the river, and then I finally caught up to him long enough to hit him with the bishiball."

Daemon merely smirked and looked over at Lucivar. "Hello, Prick."

"Bastard," Lucivar replied in greeting.

Andy snickered.

"Poor thing," she said. She bit her lip a little and shook her head. "I can only imagine how Thomas is going to react."

Belle groaned and put her head down. "I must have been insane to think this was a good idea," she mumbled. "Absolutely insane. I blame you for getting me hooked on those books." She lifted her head to glare half-heartedly at Andy.

Daemon's eyebrows raised. "Who's Thomas?"

"Oh no, don't blame me for this," Andy replied. "You're not hte first person I've hooked on the series, but you're the first to actually want a Daemon. I was smart and stopped at two. Now we have five of them between us. This just has the potential for all kinds of explosions."

"Especially with those two," Belle said, pointing at Lucivar and Daemon. "Oh, speaking of. You two behave. Or I'll have to do something very unpleasant that I can't think of right now."

Daemon smirked in a very irritating way that just dared her to try, going to sit by Lucivar.

Andy saw the look, and knew he was trying to test Belle.

"Kaelas," she called. She knew the cat was there, just sight-shielded for the moment. "Keep an eye on them, please. Don't let them start fighting."

Belle glared at Daemon but didn't do anything, instead sitting up. She squeaked when Eclipse pulled her into his lap.

Andy snickered, but didn't comment. It was about time the two of them actually displayed some affection.

Belle rolled her eyes but stayed there, staying settled in for the time being. She noticed Daemon reassessing her, but she didn't let it get to her.

"She's actually not as crazy as she looks," Lucivar commented to Daemon. "I think. I don't belong to her, I belong to the more sane one." He knew Kaelas was around somewhere, so he kept the topic fairly neutral.

"The only crazy thing she's done has been chasing me down," Daemon said, his lips twitching. "She hasn't spazzed out yet either, so far."

"You just haven't been here long enough," Lucivar replied dryly. "She's very touchy-feely, though, so consider yourself warned."

Daemon's expression darkened just a little. "You mean she can try." He didn't really want her that close to him.

"Easy, old son," Lucivar replied. "It's really not all that bad around here. They both know enough about us to respect certain boundaries."

"Explain." Daemon kept his voice calm and quiet, not quite pissed off yet. He wasn't happy about being caught, but maybe he could live with that. Maybe.

Lucivar softly explained how much he figured the girls knew. He couldn't speak so much for Belle, but he had a pretty good idea of how much Andy knew, and he at least knew how much Belle had managed to read.

Daemon nodded. "Alright. I might be able to work with that." He crossed his arms over his chest loosely, watching the two trainers with slightly narrowed eyes.