Gwenifer looked up at Zack, "I swear to." There was no sign of cheer on her face, instead a solemn look, one she'd practiced all her life, but an honest look. She looked away, letting her hands fall to her side. They brushed against her gun, and she patted it lightly as if it was a pet. Looking up again she waited as if for him to make the first move.

Celia's thoughts of shelter were interrupted by the sudden intrusion of the water demon. "Again," she thought. Deep down Celia felt uneasy by the volume and frequency of harvesting energy. Was it possible for so many to be conveniently at death's door? Waiting for her to sweep them away peacefully before the reaper approached? Her doubts were quelled by the sudden mention of her sister, Mina.

A shadow grew taking center stage in her mind, "Mina is so close to awakening." "Are you thinking of abandoning her to the abyss of solitary confinement for eternity?. Such a terrible fate for your sweet, little sister. All because you couldn't complete your mission." Malevolent amethyst eyes mocked her.

"Stop. I'll do it. I'd never abandon my sister." Tears splashed her cheeks as the haze blanketing her mind began to dissipate. With newfound resolve, Celia began to search for her predetermined target.

Sario knock on their door and waited for an answer

He looked so childish, his hair falling into his face and the normally straight and fluid body now crouched in the hallway hiding his face as his shoulders wracked with silent tears.
"For as long as I can remember..." Zack started.
"He's been trying to break through.....why us? Why us Gwenifer? What did we do to deserve to carry these things? Who decided that it would be us?" His voice was quiet, broken..haunted. Zack's demons were catching up with him, to have fought for so long..and to still be fighting...he just wanted it to end.

Dale turned with a jerk to Eris as she sat beside him, he quickly turned his head and nodded.
"...Y..yes...it..it helps me to focus my thoughts.." Like that was doing him any good now, damn Zack and his runaway emotions, Dale swiped at his eyes where his brother's sorrow broke through his own and flooded the normally stoic shadow with unbidden emotions. He looked up when there came a knock on the door.
"I'll..I'll...be right back." He stood and moved to the door, opening it just a crack.
"What?" He said with his usual snarl.

she jumped at his snarl " well 1 you don't have to bite my head off and 2 i hear you are have some trouble I wish to help"

Dale's pale eyes snapped open.
"What do you know?" His teeth were clenched...it was bad enough that one person was already tagging along, then he had Eris to deal with..what did this new girl want.
"And how...praytell do you think that you could possibly help with whatever trouble we might be having?" With this many people thinking that they could help the triplets..it was getting ridculous.

she stood her ground "listen buddy I was there while one of you was down and that girl went on her own, you didn't even see me and that wasnt the first time I saw you 3......"

With a motion, Dale had leapt back into the room, throwing the door wide, his claws over his knuckles and glinting in what little light flitered into the room.
"Then you are certainly a most dangerous opponent, one that I cannot let live." He stood in front of Eris and Alec, curious as to the feeling that he had to protect them..Alec he could understand..but this girl that he barely knew? Dale shrugged it off arching his wings along his back.
"Come."

Zack lifted his head when he heard the commotion coming from the room where his brothers were.
"Dale! Alec!" He cried, jumping to his feet and racing back to the room.
"DALE!" He cried as he shoved his way through the door.
"What are you doing!?"
"You idiot!" Dale said, shoving against his brother when he tried to calm him down.
"You lead another here! How do we know that those two aren't in it together! How do we know that they won't try to kill us later!?"
Whap! Zack looked hard at his brother. Dale's face wasto the wall his eyes wide as he realized with slight shock that he'd been hit.
"Moron." He growled.
"You may have given up Dale, but I haven't..even if they do turn on us..if anyone can help at all..it's better than letting the Triad win."

Eris stood there, wondering what was going on. "Why do I feel like I just walked into a big war or something?" SHe asked more herself than the others. SHe let her wings flutter behind her, the whiteness glowing slightly. "Dale... I know it's none of my bussiness, but what the hell is going on?" She asked, slightly angry for reasons she didn't know. "What's a triad andI swear I won't kill you. You think I'll kill you?"

He growled and turned to the bed where Alec lay.
"That's exactly what's going on...Hell." Zack sighed and looked back to Eris.
"He means...that we are cursed. All three of us." He moved beside Alec and ran a hand over his pale forehead brushing back firey strands that fell into his eyes.
"The Triad...is, are, and will be...for all eternity..they choose vessels to carry them in a physical form..until they can assimilate the body for their own use...for their own purpose." Alec stirred and opened his eyes...they were dark and shallow.
"Zack...you..damn..why are you telling them?"
"That's what I want to know."
"Listen you two!" He barked.
"We've tried going at it alone! We have, and where has that got us! No where. So...so maybe...its time we asked for some help." Dale fluttered nervously..that thought irked him. Daleth didn't like it either, and he could feel the Nephilim's anger rising to meet his own.
"What can they do? It's up to us to keep them in check."
"Yes...but what about outside forces? What about all the fights that we've been in..could they not have been avoided?" He turned to both Eris and the newcomer.
"You two don't have any obligation to stay here..but if you choose to leave after hearing this...know that if you should act upon that information....we have and will kill again...and we aren't especially kind to bounty hunters."

Gwenifer looked up at Zack she felt the need to hug him, but he had rushed into the room before she had a chance too. She sighed heavily remaining in the hall as the commotion continued in the room next to her. Shaking her head she slid against a wall near to her, she could not explain this new emotion in her, most likely confusion, she felt as if she was no longer in her body. What am I going to do? What have I DONE?

Eris' eyes were wide as Zack told them all that. "Um..... okay......." SHe said and sat down on a bed. "You're not gonna kill me are you? Cause I'm not a threat to you guys in anyway. I mean....... I don't think I am. I don't really know for sure. And yeah......." She looked up and smiled. "At least you guys have eachother." SHe said, trying to find the silver lining in this very gray cloud.

Zack turned to where Alec lay and shook his head.
"We live and let live, so long as you don't try to kill us you're fine."
The triplets shuddered in unison, their counterparts were slithering around over their souls, agitated to the point that Dale thought he was going to start getting headaches like Alec did.
"Zack...we should leave this place as soon as possible...there's still the matter of the wanted posters."
He nodded and turned to a window. The sky was turning a pale pink and the stars had begun to fade..it was amazing how fast time flew.
"We'll make preperations....Maybe we'll find a new city with lots of pretty girls!" When he'd turned back around, with the smile on his face, one would have never guessed that behind that bright expression lurked a demon.

Eris laughed at Zack's comment. "So......... can I come with you? I don't really have anything to do, and well I WAS out looking for adventure. I could be some kind of help for you, I'm sure." She said smiling, then she stopped and turned to Zack. "Wait. Are you saying I'm not pretty?" She asked harshly, joking.

Gwenifer sat outside of the door, half listening, shaking her head at Zack's remarks. She felt invisible... As usual. Closing her eyes, and sighing deeply she let her head drift back to the wall behind her, where she just looked up still deep in muddled thought. How can I finish a job with these people? I suppose keeping a distance will do me no good, but getting close might be worse...

Zack turned to Dale with a smirk and the Shadow only turned back to the bed with a snort.
"Do what you want...it's your life..who are we to discourage stalkers?" Zack rolled his eyes and shook his head.
"Don't mind him..he's always like that...when he's not mad."
"How are you feeling?" Dale asked as he knelt by the bedside to retrieve what supplies they'd left in the floor.
"...Like crap...but I suppose that I'll get over it."
"Good...we need to get going." Alec sat up with a nod and ran his gaze over the room.
"Damn...we seemed to have gained quite a little harem here haven't we?" He stood and rotated his shoulder to work out the kinks in it.
"Honestly..you two have no tact."
"Never needed it."
"Never wanted it." Zack sighed as he gathered his things and made ready to leave..it was going to be one of those days..he could tell.

Gwenifer now completely ignoring what was going on in the room behind her let her hands drift to the guns on her hip. She pulled one off, fiddling with it, she rotated the revolving part, then popped it open, looking inside, to see only eight out of ten bullets in each little space. Sighing she opened up her bag, and pulled out two extra bullets, carefully she placed them in the spaces and shut the barrel of the revolver back in place. She gazed at the darkened revolver, then laying the revolving part near her elbow she rolled it down her arm. She smirked at the clicking tune it make as it rolled down her arm.

Sario walked in and looked around the room What have I done now? she checked her belt pack for her bullet cases she had some left good "I'll let you know now I am not a bounty hunter and you have my promis that I won't hunt you " with that she held out her hand

Zack turned and nodded, ignoring the hand offered to him.
"Thank you...for your promise...although it wasn't necessary."
"Says you, I like to know who's doing what when it comes down to who I'm going to be travelling with."
"And that is seconded. Zack, for someone who doesn't let anyone know anything you've become awfully trusting these past few days...could it be that you're tiring as much as we are, fighting the Triad?"
Zack shook his head.
"No...at least...I don't think so."

Gwenifer pushing back against the wall, used it to slide herself up to her feet. She raised an eyebrow at the brothers' mistrust of her, sighing she thought, this is gonna be one hell of a trip... She looked down on her guns, both resting in her hands like they'd always been there. Stretching, she twirled both in her hand at the same time and quickly, but gently into their holsters. Sighing again she leaned back against the wall, itching to go, and restless to see whether they would trust her or not.

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Zack turned and nodded, ignoring the hand offered to him.
"Thank you...for your promise...although it wasn't necessary."
"Says you, I like to know who's doing what when it comes down to who I'm going to be travelling with."
"And that is seconded. Zack, for someone who doesn't let anyone know anything you've become awfully trusting these past few days...could it be that you're tiring as much as we are, fighting the Triad?"
Zack shook his head.
"No...at least...I don't think so."

she jumped "TRIAD?!?!?!" they havn't been around for years back home but...

"Yes, Triad...why what's wrong with that?" Zack hefted his bag and looked to the door.
"We should really get going..."
"Then why are we dawdling around here?"
"You're right..." Zack smiled and chuckled, leading the way out of the room and down the stairs. He was edgy and didn't know why...surely the others were like this as well...even with Gwenifer, Eris and the other one...it was a long hard road ahead of the triplets...there was no way to rid themselves of the Triad's hold...not that they knew of at any rate. They would just have to live the best that they could...and keep in mind the lives at stake should they fail.

she felt uneasy as she followed them and thought about her next move and asked " what years is it? i am afraid i have lost track of time while i traveled "

Zack stopped and looked back.
"Umm....Dale?"
"The Year of Wind, Third year of Lucien Anohir's regin, 925...at least in this Plane's time." He turned to her and arched a thin brow.
"Why do you care? Do you have somewhere to be?" He didn't mean anything rude by it..but for Dale, Zack and Alec, time was of no consequence, they went when and where they wanted, and answered to no man. Jobs were few and far between, but they paid well, so there was never any need to stay very long in one place...not that they could what with Zack's habits of gambling....and Alec's 'problem' with fighting. Dale sighed..it wasn't a wonder that there were wanted posters of the trio everywhere they went.

Gwenifer straightened herself out at the trio stepped out the door. Standing up off the wall now, she held an emotionless, blank expression on her face, still feeling untrusted she kept a distance. Her hands which habitually fell to the holsters of her hand were crossed behind her back in an almost bodyguard-esque manner. She arched an eyebrow at the new face, oh joyful day... Another one... Things were going in a perfect way to put Gwenifer in a rather foul mood.