Lycan smiled at her, "I see we have more in common then we knew." he extended his arm to her, "If you do not fear my touching you, you may take my hand and we will begin are search for Tera!"

Garnet hesitated for a moment. But since he asked her kindly and this time respected the idea that she didn't like to be touched without permission, she gave him a half smile and placed her hand lightly on his arm. "Ready?"

Dani rolled her eyes at the conversation going on somewhere in the livingroom. She had walked farther into the living room and called out Tera's name a few more times. She didn't seem to be repsonding, "How far could she have gone already?" Dani wondered out loud and continued down the hall way, she knew they'd be upset that she was "exploring" on her own again, but she didn't care. She was looking for someone, not just wondering around the house.

Lycan heard Dani approaching quickly and if she was near so was Takeo, And that was something he was not going to stick around for. Sure he knew he and Takeo had lost this one but it was still half his fault, and that would be dwelt on.

Lycan, With Garnet in arm,Began to head down the hall to his right. "I guess here is as good a place to start as any! So tell me what kind of things interest your friend? I maybe able to narrow down her where abouts if I knew what might draw her attention!" He looked at Garnet as they walked father down the darkening hallway.

"Tera, she was the last one of my friends that came over..." Ritsu said with some worry,
Tera could take care of herself, but right now it would be bad if she found out or poked her curiosity somewhere it should not have been, "oh dear..." She thought, then looked over at Sora, "We should get back to the front and look for everyone else just to make sure if someone knows where Tera is..." She said with a sigh, smiled at sora a bit and took his hand as she ran down the hallway, "hopefully they were still down front." She kept thinking to herself.

Tera kept meandering down the hallways watching all the paintings as she passed them. At times she would pause and examine one a little closer. It wasn't long before her curiosity got the better of her and she became extremely lost. "Crap!"She grunted to herself in frustration. "I really need to learn how to shut my curiosity up." She stood where she stopped for a moment before deciding to take the ultimate choice. She turned down another hallway and walked through a door that seemed a little more interesting than the others.

"Never mind, that one. Curiosity has always helped me find the interesting things before," she said with a shrug as she entered the darkened room. It wouldn't be long before the sun left the sky and the moon came out to shine.

Takeo moved quickly back down the hall he had been down earlier before Dani followed him. Now hed at least get some work done. Opening the door he stepped inside, pausing a moment as his eyes adjusted to the complete darkness of the room as compared to the candlelight in the hall.

Dani called out Tera's name a couple more times before she figured everyone else would find her, or she may have gone back to the living room. She turned around and walked back into the living room, she hadn't gone as far as she thought. She looked around and noticed no one was even in the room anymore. What a bunch of twits, she thought angrily and contemplated leaving them here to fend for themselves. She only now realized she was hungry and still a little tired, causing her to become extremely irritable. She sighed and sat back down on the couch, covering her eyes with her arm. She'd wait here for awhile.

Garnet thought for a moment about what it was the Tera liked that could possibly be in the mansion. "Well, she likes books and art. Do you have a library or an art gallery?" She tried to think some more about what else Tera could like. But when nothing else came to mind, she looked up at Lycan and waited for his response.

Sora Nodded and smiled,he bit his lip,he was unsure how to get back down...he looked at her quietly,with a slightly saddened face,he was sad because he couldn't help them with much since he barley even spoke up to anyone.

"Ok, that is at least a start!" He said and turned down another hallway. he tryed to think of anywhere a girl might explore if she was left alone to look around a huge mansion all to herself. He then realised that even if she had a place in mind she would have no idea how to get there. "I guess it is idol wondering that she is truly doing! In that case she could be just about anywhere!" He turned again down another hallway. "So where would...did you go when you were left to wonder around idoly?" He turned agian, he did have somewhere in mind it wasn't where he thought she would go but where he hoped she would not!

Ritsu always remembered how to get back to a starting point when led somewhere, she went back to see Lycan and Garnet talking. She approached quietly at them dragging little Sora along, as he follwed. She noticed they were talking about someone and a wanderer. "what's wrong? Are you guys looking for Tera too?" Ritsu asked. She let go of Sora who was very quiet but she did not mind, she knew he probably did not want to be dragged into this mess as much as she did, but she just wanted her friends home safe. She let out a sigh.

He looked at them"Im sorry if i cant be much of a help...im never much of a help...i guess i just dont talk enough...i probably should talk to more people often."he sighed,laying on a wall.

Garnet shrugged her shoulders "I didn't find much, honestly. I first walked into some office where I found a candle. I wandered around for a while, it was during this time that I eavesdropped on your and Takeo's conversation. After that I wandered around again and found myself a room to sleep in for a couple of hours. It was after I woke up that Takeo found me." She turned at the sound of Ritsu's voice "Yeah, we are. Do you think you might have an idea where she might have went?"

"It is alright Sora," She smiled at him. "you do not need to talk if you do not want to it is fine with me." Ritsu smiled at him she did not want to pressure anyone especcially sora since he seemed to be the youngest. She then turned to Garnet, "She is in love with fantasy, in this place she could be anywhere, that girl's curiosity is over a cats, which I am afraid is a bad trait to carry at a time like this." she replied then crossed her arms and sighed.

Lycan sighed, "I was afraid of that. I have an idea of where she might have gone, just follow me!" He turned down a slew of hallways till he ended up at the top of a flight of stairs leading down to darkness below.

Lycan turned around looked at the girls and Sora, "If you could all wait up here for just a moment, I will go down and make sure that Amaterasu is not down here!"

He smiled at them and began down the stairs and toward the back of what seemed like an endless, meaningless hallway.

Ritsu nodded at Lycan's statement then follwed Lycan as did the others to the staircase. There was a strange pressence that crept up her spine in the darkness, she held herself as Lycan entered to check for Tera, "Oh...I just hope she's okay..." She managed a small smile.

Tera walked slowly through the dark room that had called to her. There was a window that the drapes were slightly pulled back and she made her way toward the light. Why is everything so dark in here. A little light won't kill you people. She thought to herself as she opened the curtains wider.

Now that she could see out the huge window she could see the expanse of yard that spread out behind the house. She couldn't wait to see the scene after the sun went down and the moon shed a silver sheen on it.

((dies laughing))

Mateus got to the door and hesitated, "I hope she did not wonder in here!" he said to him self. he stood at the door and listened closely. He thought he heard something moving about. "Shit!" was all he said before he went to open the door.

((Don't laugh at me. x( ))
Dani yawned and stood up from the couch. She wondered how far Tera could have gone but only shrugged. She figured they'd all make their way back here eventually. Licking her lips she realized she was thirsty again and stepped back into the kitchen Where would they keep the glasses... she wondered, as she began to open a close the cupboards softly, hoping to not run across anymore "surprises" that would set the people of this house off again.

((I thought that little comment was hilarious as well. At least if I'm thinking correctly.))

Tera turned towards a door that was opposite from where she had entered. She could have sworn that she had heard a voice coming from that direction. Now there was nothing that she could sense with her human ears but something told her that it wasn't just her imagination. With that thought a shiver ran down her spine.

((Oh, now I know what you're talking about. xD I'm so ditzy, but yes, it was very funny.))

((I've just woke up from not sleeping for almost two days, so my brain is shot... Sorry if it sounds odd... xD))

Garnet's stomach began to grumble loudly... She hadn't eaten since she's left the foster house only yesterday. She covered her stomach in attempt to cover up the sound and looked over at Ritsu "Hey Ritsu, do you know what time it is..?" Her voice seemed small when she spoke because of her nerves. She both still felt bad after what happened earlier and because of the eerie place below the stairs in front of them.

[[.//I only got 4 hours of sleepy last night x< poopies...10 more days til Christmas! yippie~//.]]

Ritsu was in deep thought when she snapped back by Garnet's voice, "huh? time? oh. ummm...let me check." She replied, then took out her cell, She had received another text from her brother... "it's 4:56 AM," She answered to Garnet then added a thought, "wow the time went by quite quickly than I thought..." She then answered to her brother's message real quick and put away her phone. Ritsu then turned her attention back to the staircase where Garnet, Sora, and herself stood above, she looked and squinted her eyes, she managed to see a silhouette of some items or furtniture but none that the human eye can see clearly. She let out another sigh and turned to Garnet.

(WOW Tera just watched the sun set and the moon rise in fast forward! It was a full moon!)

Lycan sighed and pushed the door open. "Hello Tera are you in here?" He walked in farther and looked around the moon lit room.