((At the moment, only Kyle returned....And I gotta go run some laundry I'll be back later.))

((Sorry about that, I just fixed it. And that's alright, I need to go grab some food.))

Her broad smile didn't lessen, and she nodded gravely. Though the thought that it was odd for him to love animals and hate supernaturals did occur.
''Good to hear you like them~ And I'll be sure to teach you basic ropes if you want to. For nooow.... I'll need to feed them, then let them outside half an hour later. When they are, clean the stables, get them back and clean every nook and cranny. Watch their limbs for wounds, who knows they hurt theirself outside. Check their water supply... About that.'' A grin played her face as she explained him what the plan was, and she waited a few seconds for Zalia to arrive. The fox had sensed her approaching while talking. Oh how lovely it was for her to have five tails out.
''Ah, good morning Zalia, how did you sleep? Sad we didn't get to go out yesterday... I would have loved the exercise. Then again, it would have been quite the dangeous idea at that moment.'' Her tails lazily wagged above her head, her ears pointed towards the woman to show she was attentive.
When Kyle told them their was food, she waved shortly, a thumb in the air showing she'd come when done with her duties. She'd interrogate their absence later... Or hear it from another. Which made her think... She had to go to the marketplace that day... Better ask Melony what silks she wants for her performance outfit.

Just so everyone knows! I'm going out of town tomorrow morning to visit my aunt. I won't be able to post tomorrow or Saturday, and maybe Sunday. If I don't get on Sunday then I will for sure be on Monday!! Please don't make me read through a crap load of pages when I get back:) Keep posting just nothing exciting! I don't wanna miss out lol. Also move my character's around if they need to be!

"I slept alright I guess. You? I know I was looking forward to it. We'll have to do it another night," She said with a smile. Hearing Caleb speak from behind her Zalia spun around and put her hands on her hips. " Caleb Wyatt Crimmens where in the world have you four been? I about died with worry last night when all of you never showed up. I thought you were killed by hunters." Which was all true she had been up late with worry when she didn't see any of them come home. They must have gotten in very late or she was just to tried to hear them come in.

Seeing her smile made Casimir's heart beat faster, until more and more people came by. He felt the old urge to hunt them down rise. His hands were shaking, wanting to reach for weapons he didn't have. Closing his eyes, the young man took deep breaths, and tried to think of anything else.Waiting for the opportunity to speak Casimir jumped in. "Show me something to do, I need to keep myself busy. Old inclinations die hard, if you know what I mean Cire."

He nodded to the one he'd wounded the night before. Casimir was about to turn briskly away, when he realized that if he truly wanted to change he had to start working on it at that moment. Trough clenched teeth he said, "I...apologize for yesterday evening." One that was done he turned his back to her while crossing his arms and faced Cire.

Akasha smiled faintly when Naki started to braid her hair. Both girls looked at the other female with a blank look. "I don't know about that. Everyone has a talent they do really well." Naki spoke, letting a soft smile brighten her face. "Would you like your hair braided or styled too? I seem to be good at it." She chuckled slightly. Akasha finger-combed her bangs as she watched the interactions. "How about after we finish our warmup routine, you can do some other practices with us. Some of our performances take place on flat surfaces, plus Cal and Ky like to jump around swordfighting." Akasha smiled gently, the expression warming her face, but it would not match the natural exuberance of Nakita.

Kyle walked in, whistling a happy tune, balancing a large stack of pancakes in one hand while his other hand carried the spare plates and forks. "Breakfast!" He called, not just for his sisters, but also for the others incase they were hungry too. He sat on the other side of Aki, handing her the extra plates and distributing at least two of the fluffy disks onto each plate while Naki helped by setting the pancakes in a line on the trampoline for the others to grab as they like. Kyle finished setting up the plates, there being a total of 15, and shrugged at bringing extra. He smiled at Melony as he held a plate out to her. "No point in going hungry, can't get much done that way." He said, digging into his own plate as his sisters did as well.

Caleb winced, ducking his head as Zalia yelled. "Ah sorry. Something was bugging Naki so we all walked with her in the forest. After that, well talk to Aki. She wandered into the nearby town for the bookstore, then her art supplies. Ky was trying to get a pet again, then grabbed a few new weapons to try out." He chuckled as he mentioned the slightly smaller male. Between him and Kyle, Caleb was the taller and stronger of the two, which irked the brunette to no end. It wasn't his fault that Kyle got chosen as an otter shifter and him the wolf. "Right now, Naki seems to be in an overly friendly mood. She initiated contact with Melony." He sighed, folding his arms and leaning against the post holding up the doorway fabric. He knew that of all people, Zalia would understand the signifigance, after all, she had found them after that particular trauma that seemed to shatter Naki's trust of people in general.

(I'll go fix that now Crim. I can't believe I did forget that >.>))

[[ It went really well! [: ]]

Lucifer groaned and stayed where he was. He reached up and hugged her softly, kissing the top of her head. For a moment, he resisted. He wasn't going to let down his composure just because she said so. He didn't even when his own mother told him to, so he obviously wasn't going to for Scarlett. Slowly, he picked her up, and even though he felt like he was going to fall over, he walked out of the tent, and into the morning sun. It blinded him fora moment, but he soon just squinted and made his was towards the mess tent. When inside it, he set Scarlett down in a chair and walked over to get oatmeal and a few freash fruits. While he let water for the oatmeal to boil, he cut up an apple, and set it on a small saucer, then glazed them with honey. He poured the boiling water into the two bowls with oatmeal. After letting it set, he put the honey glazed apples on top and sprinkled cinnamon, sugar, and brown sugar. Finally, he made his way back to the table he set Scarlett at.
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Mellie stretched out and looked up at Rythen. She was covered in sweat, so instead of jumping up and hugging him, she just smiled and watched him. Trying to say good morning, she was out of breath, and panting softly. She stared at him, blushing softly as she stared at his adorable face and gorgeous body. Laying back on the bed, she sighed and curled up. "It's really hot," she choked out, her body still prespiring.

A bright smile lit up Melony's face at what Nakita and Akasha had said. "My hair is shoulder length, so I don't really know what you could do with it. And..I would love that! What kind of sword fighting do they do?" She would have said more, but Kyle came in with pancakes. She waited a little before speaking, too busy filling her grumbling stomach and taming the blush on her face. "Thank you Kyle...I hear from your sisters that you like sword fighting? You could look at my collapsible rapier if you want. They aren't very common. " Actually only hunters were supposed to have them, and true hunters at that. Melony's mentor had managed to get it trough old connections for his student after seeing her preference for that particular type of blade.

((Haha it's ok I forget all the time!!))

After listening to Caleb explain everything Zalia held up her finger to him and turned her head to look at Casimir. "Thank you and it's ok. I really should have caught your blade but I was being slow." Then turning back to Caleb she walked over to him and engulfed him into a motherly hug. The four siblings were like her children and she was just being paranoid. Letting go she stepped back and laughed. "Of course Kyle would want to bring back another pet! Did Naki really initiate contact with her? Wow..come on let's go to them. I need to see this." She was amazed that Naki had made contact with someone else. After the horrible incident she never thought the girl would trust again.

When the twins heard breakfast then spun around. "Oh Kyle how I could kiss you right now!" Azra exclaimed and gave him a teasing smile. Walking over she grabbed a plate and dropped a kiss on his cheek. "Thank you lovely." Picking up a few pancakes she walked over to a bench and sat down. Chenol followed after her with her own plate. "Thanks Ky!" She called out.

Rythen smiled when he saw Mellie was awake. He walked over to the bed and knelt down. He tilted his head when she spoke. "I didn't think it was too bad really." He stopped and looked away then turned back to her. "How are you feeling today?"

Rae sighed. It is getting to loud in here. She stopped mid-way between moves and walked over to Ahanna. "I'm going to go wake up Roe. I think we will finish up outside. I'm not used to so many people." She turned and left the tent and went to her own tent. She shook Roe awake then walked outside her tent and started her morning exercises again.

Ahanna nodded when Rae talked to her then left. She collected the balls and put them away. It really is getting loud in here. She walked out of the tent and walked to a tree near the edge of the camp. She climbed up into the tree and just watched everything.

Day left the clearing after awhile and walked around the circus for awhile. He could help but think of the girl who had slept on him last night. He passed under the tree where Ahanna was sitting and looked up at her and nayed.

Scarlett sighed as he refused to do what she said. When he picked her up she simply smiled and kissed his cheek and then watched as he made the oatmeal after she was sat back down. She grabbed her spoon and took a bite of it. "Mmmm.." She said, closing her eyes as she took in the taste. "It's so delicious." She said with a small smile, using her napkin to wipe a bit of honey off her lips. "Well if you won't listen to me then at least be careful tonight if we do have a show.." She said, looking over at him. She would feel horrible if he got hurt. Though she knew he couldn't die if he fell.. she'd still blame herself for not trying harder to keep him from doing his act.

Kyle puffed out his chest a little, posturing like an arrogant peacock, at all the attention, blushing as Azra kissed his cheek. He did scowl when Naki poke him hard in the chest, but looked back at the other girl. "I happen to like it alot. And I'd like to. Very uncommon indeed. I just picked up some new weapons to play with when we stopped at the local town where Aki here had to grab some more books." He replied, his body becoming animated as his hands flew everywhere when they weren't delivering a piece of the fluff to his mouth, which he seemed to inhale at a fast speed.

Both Aki and Naki shook their heads at Kyle, not understanding how they could be related in any way. "Did you even taste the food Ky?" Akasha asked as she looked at his empty plate shrewdly, Nakita giggling behind her. She quieted then looked to the entryway of the tent, her green eyes glowing eerily. She frowned slightly, then stood, apologizing quietly for leaving as she walked out of the tent. Both Akasha and Kyle watched her go. "Oh man. Guess Caleb went to talk to Zalia then." The brunette murmured as he pulled his legs up to sit indian-style. Akasha sighed, but then turned to Kyle. "You and Cal may get a 'sort-of' student. Melony here doesn't seem to have much confidence in her skills, so Naki volunteered you guys." So maybe she lied a little about who brought it up, but she knew that Kyle would know the truth, especially the scrutinizing gaze he was currently directing at her now. "We also thought of taking her through some of our practices or warm-ups to see what else she's good at." She finished as she looked away from Kyle, apparently more interested in her food rather than her brother.

Caleb waited as she finished with someone else, tensing at first from the hug, but leaning into it. He masked the slight disappointment as she stepped away, but smiled at her laugh. He nodded then pulled the curtain back to allow Zalia out first. As they walked back he blinked when a blonde blur ran towards them, practically mauling Zalia as Nakita attached herself to the other woman in a hug, the faint murmurs of apologies disappearing as Naki turned her face into the other woman. Caleb sighed as he scratched the back of his head, a mild grin coming to his face.

((Hey I have to get off soon. I'll be gone till like six or seven maybe. But I'll be on tongiht!))

Giving Caleb a warm smile she walked out of the tent and began walking with him. Seeing the blond blur Zalia opened her arms a spit second before Nakita hugged her. Curling her arms around the smaller form Zalia hugged her tight. "It's ok honey I'm not mad! I was just worried about you guys." She said and brought one hand up to run her fingers through Nakita's pony tail. "So I hear you talked to one of our newest members?" She really wanted to know what had caused Nakita to open up to her.

Melony couldn't help but laugh at the way the siblings interacted. Flipping her sword open confidently, she handed it to Kyle. "Careful, it's sharp. " Turning to Aki, Melony smiled. "What exactly did you have in mind? And does he always show off like that? " She pointed to Kyle laughingly as she said this. The young woman felt at home already talking to these new people. She'd even gotten over her little spat with Mellie, which surprised her enormously. Then her thoughts flew to Day, and she wondered when she would be able to see the pegasus again.

((I is heading to the store now, I'll be back soon. With a good post too.))

Mellie shrugged and wiped some sweat off her forehead, as it continued to build up. "Yes, I'm not even mad ..." she smiled and then covered her mouth quickly. Her voice was raspy and harsh, but her tone was still delecate. She turned bright red and covered her face with her hands, embarrassed at how gross she sounded. As she lay there, she sighed and closed her eyes, yawning softly as she did so. "Sorry I sound so nasty ..." she said and peeked out at him through her fingers. Thoughts flooded her mind. The trees, the slight kiss, gaining a new aquaintance, everything. She was so happy she wasn't kicked out. And even if she was, she'd still have this beautiful man and his lovely sister by her side.
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Lucifer smiled as he watched Scarlett ate, and he nibbled on an apple. As he ate, his stomach grumbled and gurgled, started to turn. He sat in the chair and looked around the tent, watching everything. Soon, he ate his oatmeal, deciding his stomach could handle it. "I'll be fine," he smiled and nudged her arm with his elbow. "I promise ... And I barely ever promise things," he laughed and leaned over, kissing her softly on the jaw. "Do you trust me?" Watching her once more, he tried to judge how she felt by her body language, but so far it was no good.

"Of course I trust you.." She said, feeling a little blush as he kissed her jaw. She was only half way finished with her oatmeal when he was done. "Want some of mine?" She asked, scooting her bowl in between them in case he wanted any. When he nudged her arm she smirked and nudged back. "Then you can't break your promise." She said, her eyes looking into his before looking back at her oatmeal for another bite of the delicious food. She couldn't help but say 'Mmm' every time she took a bite since it was so good. She chewed and swallowed her piece of apple and looked back at Lucifer. "Are you still up for spending the day with me outside or do you not feel well enough?" She asked since he had wanted to pick flowers with her and such.

Rythen smiled at Mellie. "I'm glad to hear that. I wanted to let you know that it seems that Ahanna has taken a liking to the sisters." He wanted her to know but he was worried that she would be upset. "And you don't sound nasty. You just sound like you just woke up." He leaned down and kissed her forehead.

He was so happy to see that everything was working out so well. Yesterday he had worried about things ever calming down.

((Gah!!! You all move so fast. ;_; I need to do a better job of keeping up with all of you. Sorry if my posts are so slow, I've just been really busy as of late.))

A groan escaped the young male as he shifted from his bedding to sit up. His small yet decently sized tent had efficiently blocked out the sunlight from the new day as it was still dark inside. "I guess that its time to get up." A very groggy Mikhail, still somewhat tired from the activities and travels from the previous evening were still taking a slight toll on his body, though he;d be just fine. He dressed in the clothing he had arrived in, not that he had much to his name here yet given that he had not anticipated joining ranks with those that he once hunted. His mind wondered over the strange evening and how his life pretty much turned upside down. It was then that he thought of Chenol and Azra, especially Chenol that caused the stupid smile to cross his face. "Life shouldn't be that bad here... Maybe even more interesting. He murmured as he thought more about the Naga twin.

Hesitating for a moment at the exit, he looked down at his katana deciding that it would be best to leave it in his tent for now. "And here we go." Reaching out he pushed away the tent flap and stepped outside. His boot made a crinkling sound, looking down he spotted a small slip of paper. Bending down he retrieved it and smiled again. It was a small message written in a fluid and delicate female's hand. "Ah, Che." He stuffed the note into his pocket and began heading for the training tent. Looking around he noted that he was most likely one of the last to wake. "Wonder what today will bring." He hadn't exactly gotten to know the others just yet, maybe he'd do just that today.

((Crimson, take care girl!

Zetsu, I'm so happy to read that your surgery went well. :3 I hope that the recovery has been easy going as well.))

Akasha and Kyle smiled as Melony laughed, glad to make the other girl comfortable. Kyle jumped onto the ground next to her, plucking the rapier out of her hand carefully. "Haha!" He shouted in an obviously French accent as he lunged forward to strike an imaginary foe. Standing straight he climbed onto the lowest trampoline, then moving to the higher ones where he went into a fast-flying series of jumps and lunges, throwing in the occasional flip, spin or twirl. Akasha had watched him fly around, a sense of contentment and pride flashing in her eyes. "With this ferocity, you'd never guess that he can change into the cute and cuddly otter." She grinned back toward Melony. Hearing her question, she shrugged. "Not usually, but since you're here, he has a new person to impress. But, I figure we could run you through simple things; bouncing around the trampoline, then on the ground we'll run you through some flips, throws. Only to repeat those on the trampoline. And thats only the easiest one we do." She crossed her arms under her chest, the corner of her mouth twitching into a grin.

Nakita sniffled as she looked up at the other woman. She tightened her embrace before stepping back. "Still." She murmured softly, leaving her hand grasping the older woman's. Caleb came behind the smaller female, blowing on her ear and laughing and Naki jumped a few feet into the air, a striped tiger tail and ears popping out. She spun towards him, hissing before she smacked him on the arm. "Cal! You jerkface!!" She yelled at him. She snuggled back into Zalia's side, ignoring Caleb. The male strayed to the side a few feet away, easily shifting forms to that of a large gray wolf. "Anyway, yeah I did talk to the new girl, Melony. Only Kyle talked to her first, and he called me a brat to her. And well we had watched her even as we practiced and she looked so lonely!! I don't think Caleb really cared for her. Was she a hunter? It would explain why he didn't care for her..." She finally paused to take a breath. Nakita stopped walking and seriously looked at Zalia, though it was tinged with a light flush. "I uh...wasn't apologizing for worrying, at least at the last part. I...um...I nearly had a panic attack there and I ran away again." She sounded so sad at the end, feeling a failure for not being strong enough, again.

Looking to the wolf Zalia gave him a stern look. "Caleb be nice to your sister." She said completely serious but gave him a small smile. He knew how they all were, teasing and joking. Every time Nakita wrapped her arms around her Zalia did also. When Nakita stopped walking she did also and looked down to her seeing that she was staring intently at her. Zalia listened silently as the younger girl talked. "Oh sweetie," she said and cupped her face in her hands. "Don't be sorry that you almost had a panic attack, it's ok that you have them! I want you to know that ok?" Bending down she laid a kiss on Nakita's forehead and hugged her close. "Do you want to talk about it?" She asked softly.

After she was finished eating Chenol set her plate to the side and walked back to the wooden floor. Letting out a breath of air slowly she began to dance along with the music that was lightly playing. Up on her toes she and hands held high she shuffled quickly. Then she began to move her body in fluid movements that seemed to tell a story. A rare shining smile was on her face as she danced. It was one of the few things that got that smile out of her. Her long hair flew behind her as she danced and danced.

Azra stood off to the side watching her sister dance. She loved watching her because she was truly happy then and she never really was.

''Sleeping... Fine I guess. I don't sleep much as you know. And we sure have to still do that walk sometime.'' Cire answered, already feeling that Zalia's protective nature would make her leave. Which was a good thing, the fox would feel a bit stiff showing Casimir what horse needed how many hay with people watching. Public didn't matter, because they didn't. Family though, was a different story. She nodded proudly when Casimir offered his apologies. ''Untill you're 50 years old you may not say the word old about yourself Casimir. And don't get me started about whatever habit you may have gotten yourself in the 20 years you're leaving, since you're in the human age period of changing. This is the perfect time for you to create new habits. As for apologizing, a very good start. Anyways, the storage is that way, I'll show you how many food each animal eats and how their diet changes when sick.'' A smile played her face as she pointed in the direction of the tent, walking towards it. The place showed a collection of hay, bags with food and other stuff all involving the care of an animal. Some animals made a sound when the scent of food entered their nose, but sound didn't matter much when with an animal. Movement and energy matters.

A loud burst of laughter escaped Melony when she heard the ferocious Kyle, could shift into an otter. Then Akasha started talking about what she wanted to show the young woman, and Melony felt a bout of nervousness take her. Tough the young woman had trained with a hunter, it had been along the lines of sword fighting and hand to hand combat. Never had her feet left the ground, Melony was afraid of heights. "Excuse me, I just need to get a breath of fresh air. I, ummm, forgot something! Sorry, I'll be back tough." She waved an exuberant goodbye to Kyle, leaving her sword with him on purpose to show that she was indeed going to come back.

Melony walked briskly out of the tent and started walking trough the circus to try and calm herself down. After a while she felt her heart stop beating so quickly. Lifting her eyes, she spotted Day by a tree. A big smile lit up her face as she ran over. She gave the pegasus a big hug and was careful of his wings. "Day! How are you? I just ran into a little problem, I'm afraid of heights and the trampoline quadruplets, well Aki and Kyle, want to show me the basics of their act. What should I do? I don't want to be rude by telling them I don't want to, but... I don't want to tell everyone how afraid I am of heights either."While she spoke, Melony began brushing her hands across Day's neck in a repetitive motion. Just standing there with the pegasus was calming her down. Leaning in she put her head on his neck and closed her eyes with a happy sigh.

A sigh of relief left Casimir when Cire led him away from Zalia towards the storage tent. He grabbed some of the food the fox woman pointed out to him before speaking. "I never thought one apology could be so hard. I still don't like supernatural beings, well most of them. So, the urge to do what I usually do just rises up... That's why I Wanted you to find something for me to do. As for me being old, I feel old, when I remember everything I've done. " He dropped the bags he held roughly in front of one of the stalls. "I'm actually developing a conscience after all these years," raged the young man in disbelief. Casimir hit his hand on the side of the stall and started cursing while holding it, before finally sitting down to grumble silently while holding the hand in question.

''Apologising isn't easy when you don't mean it and have a lot of pride. And really, you need to do something about that urge then. Maybe meet some humanoids... '' Even though he had the urge to attack Zalia who looks more human than anyone else here.Cire mused, rolling her eyes at the guy as he hurt his hand. She rose her hands slightly, moving the fingers as to make the food levitate as the bench did earlier. There was no need for her to hurt that fragile human back of her's after all. The woman walked up to the man, one hand in her side as the other was busy air bending all of the food. ''Does it hurt? Is it just a gash, or maybe a bruising...?'' She asked, leaning down to her knees even though it didn't help her much.

[[ Won't be on for a bit. Use my characters as you please. Packing and moving, setting up another surgery. ]]