Kyra closed her eyes and breathed in the warn relaxing air "this is the perfect way to unwind im glad we all decided to be in here" though she looked out the corner of her eye to see Miiki's brother

"Whatever you say." Ikki yawned. She was beginning to fall asleep. The steam was quite relaxing. She couldn't help but fall asleep.

"Beaux come back!" Her dumb, lovable dog was runnig off... again. Alexandria Castle, the last of the Castle family, was left at the age of 13 to take care of herself and her dog. "Where did he go now?" Alexandria asked herself. She heard a faint bark coming from the east. Towards the forest. Great. She would have to trek through a forest and it was about to rain. "Well, I'd better get started." After walking for about half a mile she spotted Beaux at the front porch on an inn. Full Moon Inn. "What a weird name. No Beaux dont go in!" Beaux, being the mischevious dog he is, ran into the inn. Alexandria was reluctant to go inside, seeing the condition of the inn, it could fall at any moment, but she had to get Beaux. She entered the inn, the worst mistake of her life.

((Most of the players are out in the woods right now. I don't think there is really anyone at the Inn.))

Hans waddled just under the surface of the water, blowing bubbles and attempting to imitate an alligator. Every once in awhile he would resurface to breathe, look around, and then go back to his childish little game. Upon one resurfacing, his eyes fell upon Ikki. Its just Ikki, he thought to himself. Except... when she slept, she looked remarkably dead. Perhaps it was the steam from the hot springs, or the way the light filtered cooly through the trees...

He found himself staring.

"Indeed," Leonard said apathetically. He'd tried relaxing before and found that the effort it took to do so was too much for temporary effects. His tendency to carry the world on his shoulders had given him horrible back strain, and even if he had time to relax he often found himself worrying about things that weren't his to worry about, regardless.

((Sorry... I had to make dinner for seven and miscalculated how long it takes to pan-fry a pork chop. ><))

Kyra saw Hans goofingn off and started snging the jaws theam song "she oped her eye and saw that Ikki had falled asleep "when we leave lets go without her she can prune for what she did to my funiture" she laughed slightly but stopped knowing it was wrong "but im not going to be the one to wake her up if we dont leave her here"

"I'm not waking her up," he said, still staring at her... a bit perturbed. He shook the thought of a dead person sitting right there in front of him. "Uh... her hands are too cold. But I don't think we should just leave her. That's mean, right Leonard?" He looked over at his brother for backup.

"Rude, even," Leonard said, non-committingly. He wasn't quite relaxed, but he was beginning to feel less awkward. At least he didn't feel like everyone was staring at him.

"i know i will wake her up but your right she is cold she does not get enough sun and her room is freezing" Kyra explained as she dunked her head under the water for a moment before coming back up "i could stay here for a long time" she pulled herself on a rock

Ikki's snapped her head. "Huh?" She opened her eyes and looked at Kyra. Ikki was a very light sleeper. Her eyes drifted to everyone there. "What did you say?" She happened to be half asleep. Ikki stretched her arms out. "I think I'm about ready to hit the road."

"I dunno," Hans said. "If you stayed here too long, I think you'd get hungry.Or die of dehydration... because hot water evaporates all the water out of your skin and organs. And trust me on this one: you don't want to be dehydrated." He scrunched his face up in disgust. "It sucks."

He watched as Ikki suddenly came to life again. She looked the same as she did when she was sleeping... but he didn't think about it as much when she was moving. You can overlook someone's lifelessness when they're still moving.

"ahh to bad i like it here" Kyra complained but fine she jumped off the rock and pulled her clothes on overtop of her swimsuit and grabbed her bag and took a chocolate bar out of her bag "okay lets go"
(i need to get ready for bed now so bye)

Ikki got out of the water and grabbed her towel. She dried off and changed her clothes behind a rock. She came out and stretched again. "Let's go."

[[ Sorry. School tomorrow. Gotta go! ]]

Hans jumped out of the water and shook the water from his shoulders. "So where are we going next on our adventure," he asked, putting his brother's shirt back on.

Leonard followed suit, squeezing the water out of his jeans. He felt as though his dreadlocks had gotten wet, though he had never fully submerged. Thusly, he shook his head while putting his clothes back on, not entirely regretting this destination.

Mikki sank all the way under the water for a second or two before standing up, she opened her eyes to find she was the only one still in the spring, she got out but didn't feel like getting dressed again so she just wrapped a towel around herself and grabbed her bag. She sat on a rock and grabbed a smaller towel and started to part dry her hair before she just wrapped it up in it.

Michael had kept his distance from the spring, he had an aversion to water no matter how deep since his death. He had no intentions of getting anywhere near water of any kind for a very very long time.

"im not sure where were off to next i guess we can just kepp going that way" Kyra pointed in a random direction the ended up being west she thoughtto herself 'i dont think ive gone very far that way she cocked her head to the side and hopped over rocks and started off into the forest "yes this way for sure" she smiled as she pushed some branches out of the way "of you guys could go back to the Inn i dont go this way often and dont really know whats out here" she looked back "there may even be ghosts or zombies or something" she smiled again

"I think I'm ready for lunch. I don't know about you guys but I'm heading back to the inn." Ikki stretched one last time before draping her towel over her shoulder and heading down the path. Sometimes she seemed a little careless or mean but that's how she was. When she had something set on her mind, nothing would get in her way. Ikki wasn't really hungry but was being considerate of everyone else. If they didn't want to come in quite yet lunch would certainly be ready by the time they came in. Maybe the humans were a good thing for her. She got to show her nurturing side a bit more. She was thinking about becoming more open to things. "This is going to be a delightful day."

[[ I'm back from school! Yay!! ]]

"okay then you can go back i want to look around this part for now i will be back later" Kyra darted into the forest and climbed up ontop of a tree and just sat there for a few moments as she watched the others. she could see the steam from the springs drift up into the sky "wow i can see like forever" see was of course being over dramatic but she could see vary far along the path they came

"What does forever look like," Hans called up to her in the tree. "Is it blue?" He shielded his eyes from the sunlight, which he still wasn't quite used to after so many months of not being allowed out during the day. And before then, being out in the sun all the time... this hot-cold, hot-cold, bright-dark, bright, dark was making it difficult for him to adjust.

Eyes are sensitive organs.

He loved them so.

((incapable of much right now... but couldn't pass up an opportunity for Hans to be... well, Hans.))

Mikki opted for returning to the Inn, the heat from the spring had made her quite sleepy "I'm gonna head back, maybe take a nap or something equally boring, you guys have fun" she waved as she turned to follow Ikki back. She fished around her bag for her MP3 player "I know its in here somewhere" she wasn't looking where she was going at all.

Michael walked a little in front of Mikki kicking various twigs and small rocks out of her way since she'd not bothered to put her shoes back on and typically wasn't looking where she was putting her feet. He had always got it when he had taken her into the forest near their house and not made sure she didn't put her bare feet on things, though he had told her many times she wouldn't if she just paid more attention, she had never learned and wasn't likely to no matter how many bloody feet she got.

Mikki pulled her MP3 player triumphantly out of her bag and put the headphones in her ears pressing play and silently singing along to the music as she walked back to the Inn.

"forever looks like that" Kyra pointed to the far north "maybe i should just say you can see a very long way" she looked farther away into the west she could see so far "this is a pretty view i wonder what we would see if we got through the forest" she smiled at the thought because she had never gone compleatly through the forest before "if you guys what to go you can because you might be tried and hungry"

Ikki turned around to see Mikki. She was a bit surprised. "Oh hey Mikki. I didn't expect you to follow me back." She smiled. She was wondering why Michael was being overly protective about the little things on the ground. Enough bloody feet would certainly make a person watch where they're going. She was glad she didn't have a spirit doing things like that for her. After a while it would get annoying. No wonder he stayed invisible. Ikki shruggd it off her mind and went back to her walk.

Mikki pulled her headphones out of her ears when she noticed Ikki and ran to catch up with her.

Michael covered his eyes hoping she would miraculously miss stepping on anything since he couldn't move things faster than she could run without her noticing something.

Mikki smiled as she got to Ikki, then stepped on a small stone which dug into her foot. She dropped her bag and collapsed to the floor holding it whispering profanities under her breath.

Michael's head fell back, typical, she was her own worst enemy. He'd spent most of his afterlife trying to stop her from hurting herself. She had definitely had more attempts than anyone else. He scratched his head and looked away resisting going to check on her like he had when she was younger.

"I should probably learn to be more careful" Mikki said rubbing the new indent in the bottom of her foot "MiMi always re-uh I'm ok now" she smiled jumping up and retrieving her bag.

Now that she mentioned it, Hans' stomach was starting to growl again. He was like a bottomless pit sometimes. He patted his belly and looked up at her. "Why did you have to mention food?"

"Are you coming down, or do you want to stay up there for awhile," Leonard called up at her. He didn't want to leave anyone out here alone, but more urgently he did not want to leave Hans alone with anyone else. He'd been good so far today, but there was that paranoia again, creeping in like a vine. He couldn't leave him anywhere for long.

(off to school sorry its short)
"im sorry if you want we can head back" Kyra said as she looked at hans it was hard to belive that he was not a child but she could deal with it "and sure im coming to" she called "you first hans"

[[ That's okay :] ]]
"You sure? I could get you a bandage." She hoped that she didn't need a bandage. Ikki knew the bandages were very outdated and pretty much useless. Well knowing Michael, Mikayla was fine for sure. She wasn't sure about what he would do if she got hurt? Even if it wasn't Ikki's fault. Ikki was dying to see what he would do. She would love the provoke others even if they didn't do anything. Ikki sighed since she knew that she was trying to be nice and gain Mikki's trust. She smiled and kept going back to the inn.

"No, thats ok, I'm good. No need to waste a bandage" she smiled and followed on limping slightly watching nothing but the floor, she hadn't been in a forest with no shoes on since she was little and all the little stones and twigs had completely slipped her mind. She felt very embarrassed and slightly dumb, she could hear her brother scolding her in her head. How many times did he have to remind her to watch what she was doing, maybe one more time.

Michael walked backwards in front of the two girls saying silently to himself "how many times, Mikki, you need to watch where you put your feet" shaking his head and sighing he moved back behind her, she would watch it until the next time she was here with no shoes on then it would magically disappear from her mind like always until she was in pain.


(I'm going away with my Mum tomorrow so I won't be back till Monday night)