Martin eyed Link, and then Aeon, "The fact that you would even think of relating yourself with such swine.... Tells me that your preference in friends is terrible... I refuse your help... Because it will only lead me to ruin..." he eyed his smile, Link had suddenly sicked him with his casual activities around him, he only saw more idiots come here every day, those who sought power... and help so they could take some great thing that the wanted. The beasts with the most sense around here seemed to be the Ohnoes, which was a sad thing to say... But Martin formulated a plan mentally, hoping it would work.

The last bit of food he had in his pocket was a candy bar, most beasts enjoyed food greatly, especially candy. Although they were shadows, some animalistic traits could still show forth... So in a desperate attempt to distract Aeon, his fingered around in his pocket for a candy bar, pulling it out, it glinted in the dim light of the room, only shining in his area. To gather the Ohnoes attention, he wistled at first, smirking a bit, he tossed the candy bar in shiny wrapping in the direction of Aeon. It thumped against the floor at first, then using the lack of friction on the floor of the kitchen, it slid until it stopped just between the area of Shadow Link and Aeon.

The shine of the strange rectangular thing distracted the Ohnoes from the strange one who made such a distressing nose, somehow make another litter appear in the process.

As if one singular entity, all the present Ohnoes lunged on the chocolate bar who shined so... prettily. Knocking over everything on their path in their eagerness, they soon ended to fight amongst themselves for the prize. Although they had no mouth and knew no hunger, the Ohnoes DID have eyes, and anything shiny and colorful like the still wrapped candy now in danger of severe stomping were very likely to entice them to it.

Merely an instant after the start of the fight, half of the little shadows were gone. The more fit for survival, may they be more sly or physically fit, started to show signs of some minor growth as soon as they killed another. That growth seemed to make them even more aggressive, making some of the dumbest Ohnoes forget why they had all done into a sudden, more violent than normal, killing frenzy entirely.

Before pretty much anyone could have the time to react, only two Ohnoes remained.

Shadow Link looked down at his feet as he heard the candy bar hit the floor, and before he had time to pick it up, the Ohnoes were fighting over it gruesomely. He jumped back a little bit as to not get hurt himself and watched their little battle ensue until it all calmed down, "annoying rats..." He muttered under his breath, then he turned his head toward Martin and gave him a glare, "did you even think this plan through, Martin?" He asked him, then he scoffed and looked at Aoen, noticing his anger and annoyance. "How do you feel about Martin's stupid idea, Aoen?" He asked him, trying to hold back his mocking laughter.

He watched the Ohnoes fight over the candy bar. His eyes narrowed as he turned to look at Link, obviously angry at the results of the plan Martin cooked up. His glazed turned to Martin. "Cause of your plan, your job is to clean up." He said bluntly.

Jenna stumbled in the doors of the Inn. "Oof!" She tripped over her luggage and landed on her toiletries. "Ow..." She looked around wondering where everyone was. 'I can't believe I'm this LATE! How'd I get so lost?' She bickered with herself as she stood up. "Hello? Anyone here?"

Picking up her smaller bags that sprawled out when she fell, she pulled her suitcase up off the floor and wheeled it behind her. Hearing voices from the kitchen, she headed towards the door. "Hello?" She peeked in shyly, hoping she wasn't interrupting.

((I'll get better posts going as I get into this more heh))

Martin was already gone, he was simply using it as a distraction for him to walk off, they were speaking to thin air. He didn't care for the others, in fact, at this point he would prefer to be alone, he was distressed, annoyed, and only wanted to see Aeon and Link dead the next time he saw them. Clean up...? He overheard the annoyed noises in the distance, The only cleaning up i want to do is hiding the bodies.... If only I found someone who was strong on my side... I can't give up now. In his human form, which was exactly what he was in, Aeon had little control over his actions, his heart was within his own chest rather than with him at his shadow form, and although he was pretty much useless now in a fight.

Martin hoped that they wouldn't follow him, he would simply stay away and use his agility if they caught up to him. Martin heard more noises in the difference, another female... He didn't care, he continued to walk, passing by the front door, he heard a hello which he didn't respond to.

He scoffed again and folded his arms as he leaned against the kitchen wall, he sighed and closed his eyes, "now what should we do...?" He asked out loud, not really excepting an answer, especially from Aoen. He opened one eye when he heard noises coming from the inn entrance, and opened the other when the kitchen door opened. He turned his head toward the door and noticed Jenna peek in, then he had an evil smirk across his face, one of his sharp teeth poked out from under his upper lip, "someone else to mess with?" He thought to himself as he waited for Jenna to come in fully.

Jenna looked around and noticed some one the people. "Um...Am I at the right place?" She looked at her watch and pulled a note out of her pocket. Looking up at the people in front of her, she was a little weirded out. "Um...maybe I should just go check in..." She backed away. "Sorry to bother you..." That did NOT seem like a place she truly wanted to get into. 'If those are the cooks...I'm not eating.'

Though, some of the people she half thought she recognized. But no, then again she hadn't taken a full look at anyone, she'd seen that tooth and decided it was best to just walk away, for now. Her pistol hand quivered by it's empty holster, her desert eagle was in her bags, she didn't know if she would have needed it or not now.

Shadow Link changed his mind at the last minute, he sensed her fear and he wanted to kill something or someone that would at least put up a fight. He grew bored again and his smile turned to a frustrated frown, "This place isn't as fun as I thought it would be..." he said in an angry sounding tone. "I wonder how little Fumiko is doing..." He stroked his chin as he pondered with a smirk on his face, still leaning against the wall near Aoen. He had a few questions to ask him, so he finally spoke up, "Aoen, I'm curious" he started to say, "why would you want to keep these pathetic spirits imprisoned inside the inn and use them for your power? Why not try a different way of staying super powerful?

Like me, you don't see me getting my power from the souls of dead people" his behavior seemed suspicious, but in truth, it really wasn't, he had nothing bad planned. He waited for an answer, though he was expecting the response he wasn't hoping for, "if you don't answer then I'll just go bug somebody else."

Jenna caught a drift of what Link said. 'Imprisoned spirits? Aeon?' She was in the right place, just with all the wrong people, what the hell was going on? Her curiosity rushed up for a second, flaring like a heat wave through her database of a mind. She'd heard tail of things that happened here, but they'd all been different, maybe if she stayed, she'd understand a bit better.

She didn't reenter the room, but stood tentatively at the door, listening wordlessly to the rest of what link had said, impatient by the pause from who he was speaking to.

Martin kept up his walking, but he gained a peculiar interest in the woman, he backed up to watch exactly what she was doing on the other side of the window. Eavesdropping? She must have heard something interesting. Martin kept his eyes on her, he was ready to swoop in just in case Link or Aeon decided to take it upon themselves to cause harm to the female.

(( Sorry I was cleaning my new room. Nearly there. >.> But still so far to go. ))

Aoen looked towards Link, a twisted smile came to his face. "I guess you'll just have to find out yourself." He really didn't care about staying powerful, his reasons laid else where, with someone. In his mind, he never let go of Fumiko, sensing her every movement. He smiled inside knowing she was buried in books about Shadows. Though his face never showed anything of the short. He also could sence someone was ease dropping but it didn't bother him, she would probably end up in his collection.

He had an evil, toothy grin on his face at what Aoen said in his response, "I will..." He uttered, then his eyes turned to the door, he sensed Jenna behind it long ago, but he only paid attention to her at that moment. He silently walked over to the door and stuck his arm through it quickly, he grabbed Jenna by the neck and stuck his shoulder and head through. He had an angry look on his face, "didn't your mom teach you its impolite to overhear other people's conversations?"

He lifted her up and then threw her backwards, making her hit the wall, hard, then he walked all the way through the door and waited for Jenna's next move.

Jenna settled against the wall as the shock of what happened struck her. She was amazed by the strength, and by the fact that he could phase through walls. She shook off the throw, it was nothing like what her father used to do to her, standing and brushing off her shoulders. "I'm sorry, it's not like me to do such things. But I heard speak of imprisoned souls. I just kind of caught interest." She was never one for confrontation, mafia baby or not, she'd always been one for a simple talk. She only used her Desert Eagle to scare people, but it was pretty much a useless cause here because he wasn't human, one would assume at least.

She stayed against the wall though. "I was merely looking for my student, Fumiko. I sent her ahead of me."

Shadow Link gave her an angry glare, still upset over her eavesdropping ways, but at the same time, he respected her bravery and guts to do such a thing. His face went from angry, to calm and he walked over to Jenna, "I'll let you live this time" he said, then he grabbed her by her shirt and pulled her close to his face, the calm look left his face and was replaced with anger again. "Next time though, I won't be so merciful..." He let her go and turned his head toward the window Martin was peeking through, the evil, toothy grin was back on his face again.

"Hello Martin, planning to attack me, eh?" He laughed a little, his voice making it sound so evil and threatening, then he opened up the kitchen door slightly. "Hey Aoen, are you just gonna stay in the kitchen all night?" He asked him, then he let the door go afterwards. He kept his eyes on Martin, "Jenna, Fumiko is down the hall, just keep opening doors, you'll find her" he wasn't really the helpful type, but he decided to help in some way... this time.

Jenna looked gasped softly as Link grasped her shirt. "I already apologized! Get off it!" She was starting to get a little irritated by this guys attitude, jeez, she already told him it wasn't normal for her to do such things and that she was sorry. What an ass! "Thank you for the information, now excuse me while I go find my student." She tacked on the end of that in her mind 'you rat bastard'. Pushing past him to grab up the bag she'd dropped in the scuffle. "It was a nuisance to have met you, I assure you, the pleasures all yours."

She herself was a little shocked that she was allowing this guy to get under her skin, but she was already irritated that she'd gotten so lost on the way. She turned down the hall and somehow stormed into a random room, managing right there to find the library. She settled against the wall and sighed. "What a pompous, arrogant, horrible person! Never have I met ANY one that I would call that besides my no good father!" She fumed and released her angry slowly suddenly transitioning into Italian. "Peccato che sembra essere meta-umana. I'd riprese il suo asino!"

((Translation = Too bad he seems to be meta-human. I'd shoot his ass!))

Martin's eyes flashed an angry red as the two met, "If Aeon didn't tie me down with his magic.... You would be splattered agianst the wall..." he spoke loudly enough until eventually he had turned around and left the window in anger. He felt kind of sorry for the woman, but he knew that interupting them would only cause Link to beat him while Aeon held him down... Such a fate he was not looking forward to.

He left it entirely, realizing the other female had gotten lost in the house, he sighed, shaking his head he began walking in that direction. "Miss! I saw the action between you and link! I think it would be best that you get out of here before anybody gets their hands on you! This is a very dangerous place! I'll lead you to the front door!" he shouted, hoping he was close enough to get some kind of response out of her.

Jenna heard something...someone? She peaked around quickly, spotting Fumiko at a table. She Smiled and nodded, then looked out the door glancing around for the voice she heard. She spotted a young man down the hall and wondered what all the commotion was about. "What?" Her expression was bewildered, had this been the kid that man that had grabbed her was speaking to?

"Your insults are music to my ears Jenna, please say them again, it warms my non-existent heart!" He yelled at her as she walked away, he laughed uproariously afterwards, his evil voice filling up the whole house. He sighed and wiped away a tear as he calmed down, "things are starting to liven up! But... perhaps I'll read a book now" he said, wringing his hands and an evil smile appeared on his face. He then disappeared where he was standing, within the library, a book slowly flew off the shelf and opened up.

It floated over to a chair far across the room and then Shadow Link reappeared within the chair, reading the book calmly. He hummed a little song as he read and put one leg over the other to get more comfortable in the fluffy chair.

Martin didn't get a quick response, he waited for a moment as she thought to herself. Finally getting something, although not what he had expected or wanted, he was able to follow the sound of her voice through the darkness until he saw her form. "You don't belong here.... This place is very dangerous... Demons inhabit this area and.... they seek human souls.... I... Highly suggest you follow me to the exit.... I would hate to see another caught in the demon's grasp..."

"HAH!" The spark of anger from the man before came back. "And leave MY responsibility!? I already got lost and left her here alone THIS long. I'm not going to let ANYTHING keep me from keeping an eye on her." She snapped before ducking back into the library to check on Fumiko again. Worried that if she took her eyes off her she'd disappear, like she usually did. Fumiko was an avid person when it came to her research, she rarely noticed many people when her nose was in a good story.

Jenna was startled to see the horrendous jerk in the room as well. "Oh! You!" Her anger flared and she swore him up and down in italian again.

Martin was slightly confused, referring to people he didn't even know existed. "What!?" For a moment he paused, there was another individual, he wondered exactly who this other individual was, curiousity got the best of him again. Martin followed her along to the library, seeing that it was once again Fumiko, now was not the time to get burried into a book, but i guess if you are interested enough you could read anything in any situation. "I had no idea there was another person...." he didn't bother to greet Fumiko, he was still angered with their last meeting.

"I repeat my previous words.... You.... and now your friend... Need to leave as soon as possible..." he turned into the library, seeing that Link was not too far away from them, this could not lead anywhere good, but as long as Aeon was quiet, he could fight effectively against Link, he would simply get beaten in his human form.

He never took his eyes off the book, but he replied to both Jenna and Martin, "can't a man read in peace around here?!" His voice echoed throughout the otherwise quiet library. He did move the book off to the side after he folded a page corner to keep his space, still holding it in his hand, "I'm not in here to cause trouble to you all... but bug me any further and there will BE trouble!" His anger and annoyance soon faded and then he went back to reading where he left off, he turned a page.

Jenna was stunned, her expression showed it momentarily before glaring at him quietly. "I'm not leaving. I have a job to fulfill and a student to watch over. I'm afraid of nothing, and nothing will distract me from my duty." She spoke softly to the new young man following her, worried about her for some reason. She might look frail, but jeez, she wasn't THAT weak, that JERK over there had caught her off guard. It wasn't a very fair attack.

Martin was getting annoyed... What had he missed in the last 10 years of not having real contact with another? Did all women turn bitchy and jump on him for no particular reason. Martin shook his head and looked downward yet again, "Fine... Do what you want... But don't come shouting to me when Aeon or some miscevious person decides to turn you into their plaything...." he said bluntly, finally turning away and walking a good distance.

He pondered to himself if this house was an idiot magnet... Or did he just get lucky and Aeon would trap him in a house full of people that hated him. Martin was also wondering the uses of continuing on this pointless and irritating adventure known as life... He hadn't seen a kind soul in 10 years... And it didn't look like it was going to change anytime soon.

Martin was contemplating killing himself right at this moment, leaning against the wall as he allowed the bad memories to sink into his head.