The slaver jerked Clara off of the cart and pulled her up the path to the castle's front entrance. Glaring at her as she tripped, he merely yanked harder, almost dragging her. She muttered obscenities under her breath towards her captor, wishing she could reach a nicely sized rock to throw at his head.

The slaver looked around confusedly for a doorbell or something and, finding none, simply banged on the door as hard as he could.

Tania was roaming the castle again that night, though she knew she would have to get up early to finish her chores. As she was walking through the entryway a loud knock resounded from the door. Frowning, she opened it to see a man dragging a slave along the ground. "Excuse me. Did someone order a new slave brought?" she politely asked him.

Rasul turned around to watch the cart roll up to the castle. Seeing what was led out of it, he let out a sigh. Don't we already have enough slaves? he thought to himself. But he wouldn't question Vexous and watched with open curiosity as the angry slaver knocked on the door. There seemed only to be one human that was to enter the castle and Rasul's tilt of the head turned into a frown. Perhaps the mortals were getting smart and guarding their loved ones better now. It interested him and he waited patiently to see what was to happen. He could tell the girl was a fiesty one and he snickered in amusement, wondering how well she'd fit in.

Jo woke up due to the banging and was a bit confused as to why she had a blanket, but shruged it off procedding to watch Tania talk to the slaver. She smelt the air from outside and tilted her head in curiousity. It smelt different then the smell of inside, almost as if she forgot the smell. Standing up she walked out of the cornor in the front entrance to see the potentialy new slave, to Jo she didnt look like she was very free spirited and wouldn't enjoy being here.

Vexous frowned as she heard the loud knock, "my thats noisy!" she said out loud, rolling her eyes she shifted to her shadowy form that aloud her to pass through walls, "oh your lucky you pesky ghost, we have company!" she vanished through the nearest wall, using the castle it's self to move around quickly she re appeared in the living room, which was just out of eye sight.
Again she shifted but to her human form, approaching the door, she frowned, the slave was different to the ones they already had.
turning to the man, "I did not order any more slaves, and this one is not of my liking, why have you brought her here?!"
turning to the two girls jo and Tania, "do you know anything about this?" she rearly yelled at the slaves she had,but she was a little confused, had the girl been sent here for no reason?

"Mi-Mistress, I was just asking him if one of you ordered a new slave when you got her." her eyes downcast, Tania's head was a muddle of thoughts. Oh great, if I get on her bad side there's no possibility of me being transformed. "He hasn't answered yet." She composed herself and looked into Vexous' eyes, trying to prove it was the truth.

"Huh!" Massimo jerked his head up and made a curious face at the activity below. He perked up, finally something interesting, he thought. He jumped off the ledge and landed quietly on the floor of the foyer. He peeked over Vexous' shoulder. That's odd... who ordered her, he thought. Massimo didn't like slaves much, he avoided them; something about their flinching and shaky voice didn't appeal to him.

Jo would have jumped if she wasnt tired and responded calmly looking at Vexous "Sorry Mistress, but I have absolutly no clue why there is a new slave." She then procedded to make a half yawn and looking at the new slave again. "Wonder who ordered a slave...?" she thought out loud.

Vexous smiled as Tania stuttered, "i understand, thank you"
"hmm i wonder too" she answered to jo

Vexous shifted her weight, "hmmm, what to do"
If on of the others had ordered her then they may get snappy if i were to just send her away, she thought to herself.
"What can you tell me about this girl?" she asked the man who had dragged her to the front door. We may have to take the girl in, we cant just let her go, can we?, she shoot a glance at Massimo, letting him know her thoughts.
sighing aloud she waited

"Look lady," the slaver began, a little flustered at being confronted by all these people, "I just deliver 'em. I don't get no names or nothing, just the address." He frowned angrily. "And I'm not going to babysit this item because someone here can't remember buying a slave!"

Behind him, Clara covered her face with her hands, beet red with embarrassment. Didn't that idiot realize he was at the wrong place? Obviously they weren't wanted here. What a great idiotic buffoon! she thought. Hopefully these people won't resort to violence in order to make their point.

Rasul's lip twitched and his fangs extended when he heard the way the slaver spoke to Vexous. A sound like the hissing of a cat rasped out from his throat. He took a step forward, not enough to be threatening but just to assert his presence if the man got any more cheeky. He didn't want to start something and then suddenly end up on Vexous's bad side for it, or frighten the girl in any case. He felt pity for the slave girl, not being wanted by the man or expected by the castle.

Vexous glared at the man.
placing a hand on Rasul's cheek to show him she was fine.
"we dont want to make a scene" she tilted her head towards the salve girl.
As much as i'd love to take his head off right here, i think it can wait
she grinned at the man, "would you like to come in, so we can settle this, it is a cold night after all?" she stood aside making space for then to enter.
"i could..um phone...yes phone the orders to see if they did indeed order her"
she was lieing of course, no one got away with talking to her like that, and he would get away from the castle.
And he comes with a horse and carriage..that could come in handy she thought to herself.

"Well, don't mind if I do," he said, swaggering into the house. He gave a yank on the chain extending from Clara's handcuffs, and she staggered forward as well. Flushed with embarrassment still, she kept her eyes down on the floor, not wanting to look at the group of people who were probably not very happy to have their house intruded upon like this.

This is proving to be an interesting night, Kalos thought with a smile. He was slightly worried about how many vampires were gathered at the entrance, but a simple illusion spell should take care of that. I'll have to desguise my presence with my appearance, he thought gleefully, no doubt that they sense me. As he laid the web upon himself, his appearance changed to that of mortal. His presence was also snuffed out like a candle. Looking in one of the mirrors along the hall, he appraised himself for making a disguise that would easily pass for a minor slave. Let's see them find me now, he thought as he made his way towards the treasure room.

"Mistress, do you want me to find her a room to stay in until we find out who her master will be?" Tania asked calmly and quietly. Trying to comfort the girl, she started to tell her about the castle and her life here. "With you here we'll all have less chores to do. It's actually really nice here, sometimes your master lets you have your own room and when your done with your chores you can wander the castle and explore. I'm Tania, what's your name?" Pointing across the doorway to the other servant "that's Jo."

Chastity stayed in the shadows as she watched the slaver drag a girl behind him. She saw how almost everybody in the castle was in the entrance kind of arguing over the slave. Chastity decided to ignore the man standing outside the gate since he didn't look like a thread at all. She went inside after Vexous invited the slaver into the castle and everybody followed behind her. Maybe she'll keep him for a little fun and I don't want to miss this she thought with a grin on her face. Chastity walked in like nothing an joined the rest, standing close to Vexous "Is there a problem here? Looks like you ordered somebody. She looks sweet." She just gave everybody a small smile.

Massimo rolled his eyes, leaning against the stair case. He waited and watched, seeing what kind of fun would be happening soon. He tapped his foot and shot a glance at the many of his kind flocking the room. I always seem to attract attention, even if it's not on me. Massimo grinned to himself, a little entertainment couldn't hurt.

Rasul noticed the crowd forming and with the sign from Vexous he took a step back. When she invited the man in, Rasul realized her intentions and smiled in a way that was meant to be friendly but came up a bit short. He glanced around at the two slave girls and watched them go. The way the females looked at him sometimes, he felt as though he had to apologize for something and it made him very uncomfortable. Then he realized the sense of the spirit had gone. His eyes narrowed and he bowed his head to Vexous before slipping away to make sure the thief had finally left. He had a hunch it had not. That would have been too easy.

Jo shoke off whatever tiredness was still on her and stood up straight now that a guest was coming in. She figured the first, and last, impression should be a good one. Jo gave the guest a small bow then walked upto the potential new slave and smiled. "Hello there, like Tania said, I'm Jo."

Kalos was disgusted as he walked towards the treasure room. It always ticked him off to know that humans were being made into slaves by the vampires. Coming up to an intersection, he made sure that the coast was clear before moving a brick that was right next to the third tapestry on the left. I can't believe that those idiots still haven't found this trinket of mine, he thought as he pulled out a medallion. The medallion looked costly as it was made out of pure ruby and sapphire. The pendant had an image of half of a flame that was completed by half of a snowflake. The flame was carved out of ruby and the snowflake was carved out of sapphire. It was also enchanted in such a way that only he could use it. The second he put it on, he was filled with the idea that the treasure laid on the third floor. Come on, he mused silently, I thought vampires always captured a thief eventually. I guess these vampires are of the lesser variety. He came across the third floor stairs and desparately hoped that they would provide a challenge as he climbed the stairs to his reward.

Vexous smiled as Rasul slipped away to find the thief, she mouthed a thankyou to him, and turned her attention to the man once again, leading him into the living room, she gestured for him to take a seat as she did so on the opposite couch.
"i think we'll take the girl anyway, that is if you dont mind, the girls could use the help" she said to him as she crossed her legs and lent back a little.

Vexous turned to Chastity then, "seems we may have, but i cant figure out who, probably did it in my sleep again" she smiled "oh and welcome home.

The front doors slowly closed in the background as she once again turned her attention to the man.
"Tania i think it wise that you settle her in, do well to show her to a room would you?" she was still looking at the man as she spook.
She yawned this scene was boring her, but she didn't want to scare the slave girl with what was to come next.

Once away from human eyes Rasul moved with the fluid ease that was so well known for his kind. The shadows didn't pass over him, rather they seemed to bend to cover him. Outside, a bat eagerly followed through the glass, clicking and chirping, sensing the man's mood. Finally, he noticed a slave he had never seen before making its way up to the third floor. It had a look about it that made Rasul question its authenticity. "You there," he growled at the slave, for he was close enough that he did not need to shout. He couldn't be much shorter than Rasul himself, and that was saying something for Rasul was a very tall man. "Where are you going?" It was said in a way that was not to be ignored.

Kalos immediately started forming a teleportation spell when the vampire spoke. Turning around in the manner of a slave, he looked to see if he knew this one. That's the wolf and bat guy, he thought in recognition. "Umm, well you see the truth is that I don't have time for this," Kalos stated as he used telekinesis to throw the vampire down the hallway. He then created a wall of fire to block the steps as he activated his teleportation spell. He had to teleport to a place that he had been to or seen before, or there could be severe consequences. He ended up teleporting to end of the hallway at the end of the steps before he set off again towards the treasure room.

Vexous cursed to herself silently, the castle was screaming, the fire that the thief had conducted was hurting it. she was tempted to stand and go after the thief herself, but she was sure that Rasul could handle it, she greeted her teeth making sure her fangs didn't show.
Hmm maybe i should throw him in the fire she thought still looking at the man, no that would be a waste!
She sighed aloud tilting her head to one side.
i do hope this is over soon

Massimo jumped up top to the second floor over look. He stared down and grinned with excitement. I hope she throws him in the fire, he muttered under his breath.
He leaned over the railing, glaring down at the man. If he were alone Massimo would so take control of his mind and make him look ridiculous. Oh well, watching this will be just as fun.