Kamaria was easily the first one awake in the morning, considering that she was awake just as the sun was peeping over the horizon. She knew that she was going to have to feed a lot of people breakfast this morning, so she slipped out to the garden after getting dressed in another of her white gowns. She decided to to pick a few apples before returning back to the house quietly and starting to work on breakfast. She was a quiet as was physically possible while preparing a pot of oats. She added a bit of cinnamon and apple bits to the mix as it was getting close to done, and then once it was finished, she turned off the heat, but left the pot sitting on the hot eye before fixing herself a bowl of the oats and putting the lid on the pot so that the others could help themselves as they got up.

Hikari managed to sleep relatively well through the night, short of a bit of tossing and turning since the floor wasn't the most comfortable place to sleep. She was still asleep well after Kamaria had woken up and come downstairs and even by the time the oats were finished. Considering that she had been one of the last to go to sleep it probably wasn't very surprising, though, and she didn't appear to be in any hurry to wake up either, even once the sun had started to peek through the windows and onto her face.

Celestine was, as usual, an early riser, though this morning he woke up a bit later than usual. Kamaria had already gone back inside, which had been part of what woke him. His ear twitched at the sound of the door closing and a few moments later he cracked open his eyes. His side and shoulder were a little sore from laying on the ground, and he still had a bit of a nagging headache, but he was already feeling a lot better than he had been the day before. After a few moments he slowly started to push himself up and glance behind him. Esen was still pressed against his back, so he couldn't quite roll over, but he could just see Kanone laying on the porch with his back to the wall. He half wondered why he decided to sleep outside, since he was usually prone to sleeping indoors, but he guessed considering the size of the house there weren't too many options. He turned his gaze back to Nobu again and gently ran his fingers over his nose before he noticed something a bit out of place. There was another large furry canine laying right beside him, though she, or he just assumed it was a she after seeing the other females, was considerably smaller than the others. He sat up a little more and blinked a couple of times, staring at the brilliantly white canine as if trying to decide if he was really seeing it. It looked sleek and very soft, but he didn't reach to pet it since it appeared to be sleeping...or at least didn't raise it's head when he say up. He glanced back to Nobu again and rubbed his ear, gently, but a little harder than was necessary. He was kind of hoping Nobu knew this other canine or at least hoped it was friendly. He would have tried to wake Esen, but he couldn't quite get turned around to reach her, or at least not easily, and he was trying not to startle the new arrival.

Nero like usual was awake relatively early. He hadn’t had too much of a choice in the matter this time because once the sun had started showing itself the light was a little bright and he had removed his glasses last night because it had been dark out. He tried to keep his eyes only open a crack while he fished for his glasses. He would have found them sooner had he not had the blanket on him. He hadn’t even known it was there so that threw him off a little while he reached for the glasses which he had set down beside him sometime last night. Once he finally got his hand free from under the blanket and had grabbed his glasses and slipped them on he sighed a little heavily and glanced between himself and Reyes briefly. He was a little surprised by the blankets but didn’t think too much on it. He didn’t bother moving very much mostly because it looked like Reyes was still asleep. He had burried his head into his arm and was hiding his face from the light. He sighed softly and lifted his arm up a little so that he could peel back the blanket and see how Kyiri was. She had decided to sleep in his lap last night and apparently she got a tent to sleep in too instead of just a Nero-pillow.

Nobu had continued to stay in the same deep sleep that he had been in yesterday after he had finally been given the chance to call it a night. He did start to come out of that a little sometime early in the morning. He barely knew what was going on around him thanks to sleeping so deeply but at the moment he didn’t really care what was going on, at least so long as no one was getting hurt. He did finally start to come around a bit faster when Celestine rubbed his ear a little harder than was necessary. His ears lay back very slightly and he started to shift a little. He was still groggy but he was trying to wake up kind of quickly. After a few moments he did finally lift his head up a little. He was a bit oblivious to the new arrival and had really only focused on Celestine since he had assumed that had been who had touched his head. He turned his head a little and looked over at Celestine as best as he could without causing himself too much pain. He had almost forgotten he had been hurt because while he was asleep he really wasn’t focusing on the pain and since he hadn’t moved very much he really hadn’t felt a thing.

Kyiri really hadn't moved much throughout the night, other than to stretch out a bit. She had gone from being curled up in a tiny ball to stretching out long ways over Nero's lap with her paw extended over her head and the other resting on her nose. her eyes cracked open for just a moment when the blanket was pulled back, mostly because it brushed against her ears, but also because the light had jsut suddenly washed over her face. She blinked a couple of times and then yawned as she stretched out to her full length, almost sliding off of Nero's lap on her head before she caught herself and sat up in his lap. She looked up at him and tilted her head a little before standing on her hind legs so that she could rest her front paws against his chest so that she could rub her head under his chin. Once she had said her 'good morning' she sat back and rolled back up in a ball on his lap again while purring loudly, though she still nuzzled her head back against his stomach every now and then. She had at least been nice and toasty last night considering that she was covered up on top of laying on something warm to begin with. She could definitely get used to that.

Celestine glanced down to Nobu again when he lifted his head and offered him a weak smile before his eyes flickered back to the white canine again. He felt a little bad for waking Nobu, but since his little run-in with Gesa he wasn't so convinced that all of these canines were friendly...though if she'd wanted to hurt him she clearly would have had a good chance to last night. His eyes came back to rest on Nobu again and he gently rubbed his ear again, making sure to do it softly his time before he pointed over to his other side at the white canine.

The white canine hadn't been asleep, she had merely been laying there waiting patiently for at least the purple one to wake up. She had heard the wind dragon moving, but she hadn't bothered to move just yet, at least not until he had woken up the larger purple canine. She lifted her head shortly after he had looked over to the dragon and panted contently as her multitude of tails swayed behind her lightly. Finally, she nosed the purple canine's head gently. 'Hi there! I'm Luna,' she told him in a light, chipper voice before she stood up. 'Hehe, sorry, I didn't want to wake you up, and I thought it'd be a little rude to just do as I liked while you were sleeping. I saw you yesterday, but when I came back you were all gone, It took me a little while to get back here. So! Tired of those injuries yet?'

Nero stared down at Kyiri for a few moments and then sighed softly once she had stood up on his chest and rubbed her head against his chin. He wasn’t surprised to see that she hadn’t moved. He highly doubted she’d give up somewhere comfortable and warm to sleep for any reason. Well… expect maybe if Celestine had come looking for her sometime in the middle of the night. He continued to watch her quietly until she had curled up and started purring. He almost couldn’t believe he had actually let the damn cat sleep on his lap the whole night and even now he wasn’t fighting to get rid of her. He sighed softly and lowered the blanket back down so that it was covering her again and then let his hand rest beside him on the ground. He just kind of hoped that Kyiri didn’t get too used to this. He didn’t want to become a permanent sleeping place for her.

Nobu looked at Celestine for a few moments though he was a little curious at what had his attention. He hadn’t worried so much about the canine on the other side of him mostly because he just assumed it may have been Zale. He didn’t actually worry any until after Celestine had pointed. He slowly started to turn his head so that he could look at his other side and was a little startled at first to see another canine, one that wasn’t Zale. He just kind of stared at her for a bit after she had started speaking and introduced herself. The chipper, happy voice was a little much this early in the morning and when he wasn’t feeling that great to begin with and goodness… she sure said a mouthful in such a short amount of time. He just kind of continued to stare over at her a little dumbfounded. She was obviously the light canine judging by the white fur and perky attitude and her name was Luna. He couldn’t really say he remembered her yesterday but apparently she’d seen him? He wasn’t exactly sure what to make of all of this himself and right now he just didn’t feel like thinking on it too hard. Though he was curious of one thing at least, he was tired of these injuries but what in the world could be done about it other than to sleep it off. After what seemed like forever to him he finally spoke. ’…Hi. I’m Nobu…’ He responded rather quietly, honestly a little unsurely. It was just really, really weird to wake up next to a canine he’d never seen before. ’…Yes….’ He paused. ’They’re healing.’ He answered in response to her question about being tired of these injuries.

Kyiri raised her head a little when Nero covered her head up again and then nuzzled against his stomach again before she resumed purring contently. She wasn't so sure she was ready to go back to sleep, but she was comfortable, and she liked laying there, so she had no intention of moving right now.

Celestine sucked in his breath slightly when the new canine started to speak, partially just because he had a bit of a headache. He gently laid his hand on Nobu's shoulder since he had startled and then stroked his fur lightly. Well, he was pretty sure this one was a girl by now...and she definitely seemed friendly enough. He still didn't say anything for now and just stayed where he was close to Nobu's side while the two of them spoke.

Luna giggled a little when the purple canine finally responded to her. 'Nobu, huh? That's a cute name,' she commented. She moved closer to him again and then lowered her face closer to him since he had said that the wounds were healing. 'Yeah...you're healing up okay,' she commented. She made another mental giggle as her tails swayed behind her and then lowered her head down to his again and stated to lick his wounds. 'Hold still, okay?' She was being careful not to lick him hard, but she also wasn't really sparing on the moister level. Within a few seconds, a good portion of Nobu's fur was starting to get pretty wet from her drool, but at the same time, that same portion was visibly starting to close up a lot faster than it had been.

Celestine blinked when Luna started licking Nobu like she was, and almost wanted to shoo her away, since he didn't think that looked like it would be very comfortable...or sanitary, but just as he'd raised his hand he noticed that the wound she had been licking was considerably smaller and still looked as if it was closing. He stared at Nobu's back for a moment moment and then it dawned on him. Of course the light canine would probably have some kind of ability that corresponded with a light dragon's ability...though...healing drool wasn't exactly what he would have expected. Right now he was definitely glad for the ability, but at the same time...that was a little gross...or probably would have been if he was easily grossed out by animal drool.

Esen was finally waking up since she kept hearing a very perky voice in her sleep and also kept feeling Celestine move against her. She raised her head and looked up to Celestine for a moment before she spotted the white canine just past him licking Nobu to death. She scrambled up quickly, letting out a small yip before she stumbled back a little, at least until she had backed into the porch. Of course she remembered the canine but she hadn't quite expected to wake up and see her two feet away from her. Honestly, she would have been a little surprised if she had seen her again at all. She tried to calm herself down quickly and just sat down a couple of feet behind Celestine, watching curiously at what the white canine was doing.

Nobu continued to stare over at Luna for a few moments even after she had said that his name was cute. This was really starting to be a strange morning and he had a feeling it was only going to get weirder. He didn’t bother moving much once she had started to move. He merely turned his head so that he was looking ahead of himself rather than to either side. He nodded his head slightly after she had said that he was healing up okay. He guessed that much. They did heal quickly as it was and he suspected in another day he would probably be back up to par without any real signs of having been hurt in the first place. He didn’t think anything of her comment at least until after she had started to lick his wounds and told him to hold still. Holding still wasn’t going to be much of a problem though he wasn’t sure why she was licking him to begin with and frankly it wasn’t the most comfortable thing in the world, having your wounds licked and drooled heavily on. He was prepared to start asking questions, even tell her to stop, at least until he started feeling what he thought was the wounds starting to close up faster. Considering how bad some of them were, he was bound to feel it sooner or later. Putting aside the fact that he was going to have a nice slobber soaked coat before this was over he was surprised, a little at least that Luna was able to heal him. After thinking about it he guessed it wasn’t that surprising that a light canine would have the ability to heal but the fact that it would work on canines like them was kind of amazing. He hadn’t known any of their kind could do that… though healing through drool almost killed her pretty image. If not for the fact that it was actually healing then he would have found this completely disgusting… being drooled on this much. At any rate, for the time being he was doing his very best to sit still like she had said. He didn't exactly want to hinder her in any way if it meant that he could be healed faster than if he were left to heal on his own.

Zale had been asleep a little further out in the yard and was only just now starting to wake up. He had fallen asleep pretty much where he had dropped. He could stay entertained for a little while by himself and finally just fell out and went to sleep where he had been playing. He stretched a bit on the ground and rolled over onto his back before squirming around a little, getting his back scratched a bit against the ground. Once he had rolled back over and started to stand up he shook himself a little before finally casting his glance around. He didn’t see many people up so he assumed it must have still been early. He almost skipped over Nobu, Esen and Celestine but his eyes tailed back as soon as he remembered that the white canine wasn’t supposed to be there. They had seen her yesterday but he hadn’t seen her come back. He wasted little time scurrying on over there after that had dawned on him though he slowed down and just stood off to the side a little since it seemed everyone was really focused on whatever the light canine was doing.

Luna continued to lick Nobu vigorously, working from one of the deep gashes to the next. At least one plus side to her drool was that it at least didn't smell like bag doggy breath, it didn't really have much of a scent at all other than the overly sterile scent that her entire body carried. It of course took her a few minutes of licking before she had soaked Nobu's wounds. She paused for a moment and looked him over before resuming licking for a few moment and then finally backed off. 'Okay! Hehe there you go.' She had of course noticed the winged canine get up and yelp, but she hadn't paid her any mind at first, nor had she paid much attention to the other one as it came over. She was just focused on fixing Nobu up as soon as possible. She finally took the time to glance around at the other canines and wagged her tails. 'Ahh...Hi there! Haha sorry if I woke you guys.'

Celestine was completely silent while Luna worked, though he did glance back to Esen momentarily. He raised a hand to let her know it was alright and then turned his attention back to Luna again. He couldn't help but smile weakly when he realized that the wounds really were closing up quickly. He was relieved that she was able to heal Nobu where none of them could. He was glad that Nobu wasn't going to have to suffer through another day of healing before he was able to get up. He rubbed his ear again gently and then looked back to Luna and smiled at her. He wasn't really sure what to say to her, but he was really glad she had showed up.

Esen finally edged back to Celestine again, sitting down beside him while she examined Nobu's back, honestly a bit surprised that she was able to heal him so easily...and with her drool no less. Her tails wagged slightly before she looked up to Celestine, glad to see him smiling...finally. He hadn't even offered a little one since he had woken up and seen Nobu in the shape he was in. She nuzzled his side lightly and then looked back to Nobu. '...Are you feeling better?'

Nobu sat as patiently as possible while trying his very best to hide any discomfort he may have felt while Luna was working on healing his wounds. He had expected to be stuck dealing with them for the rest of the day so he was a kind of glad that she was able to heal them and make them go away. It was a relief to say the least. He barely paid any attention to anything else while Luna was working though once she had said she was done he relaxed a bit which was probably quite noticeable and he glanced between Esen and Zale momentarily since they both were awake now and then looked back to Luna. ’Thank you.’ He told her without bothering to see just how well a job she had done. He hadn’t even bothered testing it to see just how he felt but he was still thankful for any healing she may have done. He glanced back to Esen when he heard her ask if he was feeling any better. ’I think so.’ He responded. He would know more once he got up and started moving around. From where he was sitting he felt better and it didn’t hurt him at all to move his head so that was a good sign. He just wasn’t in a hurry to get up and find out whether he was going to be hurting at all or not though he kind of suspected he probably wouldn’t hurt at all.

Zale may have come over a little later but he did pick up on what was going on pretty easily. He was probably just as surprised as everyone else that this light canine could heal. He was kind of glad to see that Nobu wasn’t going to have to suffer through another day of healing on his own. He was still a bit awestruck, yeah, that was probably it… at the fact that this light canine could even heal their kind. It was kind of amazing. He looked over at the light canine when she spoke again and wagged his tail slightly. ’Hi!’ He responded happily. ’I can’t speak for anyone else but you didn’t wake me up.’ He added. ’Oh! My names Zale, by the way.’

Esen sighed softly in relief and leaned down to nuzzle Nobu's head gently when he had said that he thought he was better. She gave him a light lick on the cheek and then giggled softly. 'You've probably had enough of that,' she said in a slightly teasing tone. Of course she wasn't really slobbery with her little kisses. She glanced back to Luna when she had apologized for waking them and shook her head slightly. '...It's alright,' she responded quietly, 'Oh, and my name is Esen.' She glanced back to Celestine for a moment and then turned her attention back to Nobu. 'Well...someone is happy now at least,' she said quietly where only he could hear her.

Luna nodded slightly to Nobu and the wind canine and then glanced over to the water one. She wagged her tails slightly and nodded when he introduced himself. 'Hiya, Zale, I'm Luna,' she said brightly, 'Nice to meet all of you. Who's your pretty dragon friend?' she asked curiously as she glanced back to the wind dragon who was sitting there.

Celestine blinked when Luna asked the others about him, and answered her himself without really thinking. "...My name is Celestine," he said quietly. He still had a bit of a smile on his face and even ignored the 'pretty' comment. "...Thank you," he said softly as he stroked Nobu's fur gently again, though he did kind of try to avoid the wet area. He honestly just wanted to hug Nobu, but for now he sat content with stroking his side. At least this was a really nice start to the morning...short of his lingering headache.

Luna tilted her head when Celestine answered her and then her ears perked up. 'Oh, you can hear me? Cool! I've never met a dragon that could hear me without some effort put into it. Hehe you must really like Nobu, huh? He'll be okay now, you don't have to worry so much anymore. You were so cute nuzzled up against him last night.'

Celestine could already feel his cheeks growing warm and he knew he was blushing a little. "...Um...thanks?" he responded a bit unsurely. He just glanced away from Nobu shyly and pretended to be focusing on something else for now. This one clearly had no trouble speaking her mind at any rate.

Nobu looked to Esen for a moment after she had licked him and giggled saying that he had probably had enough of that. Just a bit. He certainly had had enough slobber to last him a while. He shook his head slightly and honestly hoped that he never got hurt bad enough again that he would have to be subjected to a slobbering like that ever again. It was wonderful and all that Luna could heal but he really could do without the slobber. He glanced from Esen to Celestine momentarily and wagged his tails very slightly. He hadn’t really thought about much since he had been sleeping like he had but he could imagine that Celestine had to have been pretty worried about him and that only made itself more clear after listening to Luna and the things she said as she was speaking to Celestine. He really hadn’t been paying too much attention to anything and Celestine had been the one to wake him up so he hadn’t thought that Celestine had slept next to him the whole night, though he wasn’t really that surprised to hear it. He finally talked himself into standing up and managed to do so without any pain, which was a huge relief. He even went so far as to stretch his body since it was kind of stiff from having been in the same position for so long. Lastly he decided to shake out his mass of fur and didn’t really think about having been slobbered on while he shook. If Luna had slobbered enough he may very well wind up shaking slobber on whoever was close enough.

Zale continued to wag his tail a bit after Luna had introduced herself. He wasn’t even going to bother answering the question she had asked about Celestine. He knew well enough that Celestine could hear them and he was probably listening in since Luna had been the one to heal Nobu then of course if he didn’t answer Luna himself he was sure that Esen would. He watched Nobu as he finally started to stand up and stretch. He wagged his tail a bit more energetically. ’It does look like he’s feeling better then yesterday!’ He said happily. ’That whole healing thing you do is really neat, Luna!’ He said as he continued to wag his tail. He just kind of wished that more of them could heal like that… it would probably come in handy.

Esen chuckled again softly when Nobu had shook his head and then sat back again. 'I'll refrain,' she said simply. She glanced over to Celestine again when she heard Luna's comments and shook her own head slightly at the way he seemed to be pretending to be interested in the butterfly halfway across the yard. He was pretty easily embarrassed, it seemed, though she did agree with Luna...that just wasn't something she would have said out loud to him. She watched as Nobu stood up and decided to shake himself off, and instinctively ducked and turned her head while holding up a paw in front of her face. Once he was finished she glanced back to him with one ear pinned back and her head tilted to the side. 'Feel the need to share?'

Luna turned her attention back to Zale when he said that it was neat what she could do about healing and then wagged her tails again. 'It is, huh? I guess one of us had to be able to make life easier on the rest of you.' She giggled again and then shook her head, 'But to be honest, you don't taste very good.' She glanced over to Nobu just about the time that he was going to shake and then danced back a few feet out of the way so that she wouldn't get showered in her own saliva. 'Haha sorry 'bout that.'

Celestine wasn't paying too much attention to Nobu as he stood up, mostly because he was still trying to look away until the color faded from his cheek. He was a little caught off guard when Nobu decided to shake out his fur, and already could feel little drops of moisture hitting him in the face. Quickly, he threw up his arm to try to block it, not that there was a whole lot of it, and then looked back to Nobu with a half smile. "Thanks..." he said a little sarcastically before he wiped off his face. He sighed as he lowered his arm and then smiled again slightly. "...So you're not hurting anymore?" He asked softly as he reached over to put his hand under Nobu's chin.

Nobu hadn’t even thought about shaking his fur out before hand or he would have moved before he did it as to not get anyone wet with slobber. He heard Esen first and almost immediately laid his ears back slightly as he looked over at her. ’…Sorry…’ He responded quietly, a little embarrassed. He really hadn’t meant to purposely get anyone with that slobber and honestly he was a little surprised that there had even been enough to get anyone, but then again… maybe he knew better. Luna sure had slobbered a lot. He glanced over to Luna briefly when she apologized and then turned to look at Celestine. Of course he had gotten him when he shook out his fur. It seemed everyone else expect for him really saw to move when he did that. He kept his ears back slightly when Celestine spoke a little sarcastically. ’…A little slobber never hurt anyone…?’ He said half jokingly. He stared at Celestine momentarily when he asked if he wasn’t hurting anymore. ’No, I’m not hurting. I’m feeling a lot better, actually.’ He answered and wagged his tails a little before moving his head so that he could nuzzle against Celestine lightly. ’You can stop worrying now.’

Esen shook her head slightly when Nobu apologized and looked a little embarrassed. 'I was only teasing,' she assured him before she chuckled. She glanced back to Luna for a moment and then backed away and laid back down again so that she wasn't in the way.

Celestine smiled slightly when Nobu joked at him and shook his head a little. He really didn't care. Once Nobu had moved over to nuzzle him he sighed softly and just wrapped his arms around Nobu tightly as he leaned his head down against his lightly. Of course his arms were getting wet, but again, he really didn't care. "...I'm glad," he said quietly. He nuzzled against him with his head lightly and then stroked his hand along his back. After a moment he saw up and then smiled slightly. 'I think we're both going to need a bath...' he thought to him. He glanced down at his arms once he had pulled them back and laughed softly. His sleeves were damp and clinging to him a little. He just shook his head and then reached up to rub Nobu's ears again gently. He turned his attention back to Luna for a moment and held his hand out to her.

Luna just watched the two of them for a moment and then her ears perked up with Celestine invited her over to him. She pranced over happily as her tails swayed behind her and stood in front of him so he could pet her. Che couldn't help but notice the four small cuts on his neck while she stood there,a nd after a moment she inched closer to him and poked her nose up to his neck, licking him there a few times before she giggles and backed off quickly, turning herself in a circle before she sat down.

Celestine reached over to rub Luna's ears lightly, though he blinked when she decided to start licking his neck. He had assumed she was going to go for his face, not his neck. Once she had backed off he reached up to rub his neck, though of course he didn't feel anything but moisture. "...Was there something on my neck?" he asked with a half smile. Of course he was completely oblivious to how close to death he had been the day before. He just shook his head and reached over to rub her ears again gently.

Nobu stood there and wagged his tails slightly behind him while Celestine hugged him. He was really happy that Luna had been able to help heal him, especially knowing how much Celestine must have been worried. He really hadn’t thought about that until just recently. He nodded his head very slightly once Celestine had told him that he thought they both needed a bath. He knew he could use one just because he hadn’t had a proper bath in awhile and well… Celestine’s clothes at least were going to need to be cleaned now that they were damp with slobber. He continued to look at Celestine for a few moments, at least until he had held his hand out to Luna. He took a couple steps back, mostly to give ample room. He watched Luna momentarily and caught her lick the cuts on Celestine’s neck and then lowered his ears slightly when he heard Celestine ask if he had something on his neck. Well… he used to. He was remembering that Celestine hadn’t been conscious for what had happened so he really didn’t know anything that happened to him and frankly… he wasn’t really sure he wanted to tell him. It didn’t hurt anything to let it go and not say a word about it.

Zale continued to stay quiet at least until he heard Celestine ask if he had had something on his neck. He guessed Celestine hadn’t known about the cuts or maybe he hadn’t felt them. He waited a few moments; mostly to see if Nobu was going to answer him and when he didn’t well he took it upon himself to tell Celestine. ’You had cuts on your neck... or maybe... slices? No.. cuts... either way...’ He answered. ’You didn’t feel them? Even after you woke up?’ He asked as he tilted his head slightly. ’They’ve been there since a little after you went down yesterday.’ He added.

Luna tilted her head a little when Celestine asked if he had something on his neck and then glanced around a little since no one said anything right about. 'Well...you did,' she said lightly as she wagged her tails a little. Of course it was gone now, but there had been something there. She didn't know how to explain it, she hadn't seen what had happened, so her attention went to Zale when he started to answer him.

Esen's ears laid back a little as well when Celestine asked about his neck. OF course she had no desire whatsoever to tell him that he had nearly had his throat ripped out by that thunder halfbreed. She still felt guilty for leaving him and Kanone unattended while she tried to help Nobu out a little. She turned her attention over to Zale when he started to explain and then growled softly. 'Big mouth!' she hissed, trying to keep Celestine from hearing her when she spoke to him.

Celestine blinked again and then stared from Luna to Zale since he was the only one answering him. His eyes flickered to Esen momentarily when she growled and then he just looked around at all of them. Nobu and Esen had the look about them that they were trying to hide something from them, and Zale just seem completely oblivious as usual. "...No, I didn't feel anything..." he said slowly. His head had been hurting a lot worse than his neck had so of course he had been more focused on that since he hadn't even been aware that his throat should have been sore. "...How...did my neck get cut open?" he asked, already starting to look a little sick. Apparently he was answering his own question in his mind. He didn't remember what had happened, but he could just imagine. He was laying there oblivious to the world unable to move... He could have very easily been killed and there wouldn't have been a thing he could have done to protect himself. He absolutely hated having to rely on others to keep him safe, so the fact that he had even allowed himself to be hit with that dart and put in that position in the first place was enough to make him feel pretty powerless in the long run. He glanced over to Nobu again for a moment and then lowered his hand from his neck back to his lap.

Nobu couldn’t believe Zale sometimes and this certainly was one of those times. He really hadn’t intended to say anything to Celestine about it and clearly Esen hadn’t planned on it either but he should have known better… Zale didn’t know when to keep his mouth shut and of course when they really wanted him to he had to go and open his mouth. He didn’t even bother saying a word to Zale since being growled at by Esen was likely more than enough. He merely shook his head slightly.

Zale perked his ears up when he heard Esen growl and then stared over at her for a moment when she called him a big mouth. ’What? You weren’t going to tell him?’ He asked as he stopped wagging his tail. He couldn’t say he felt bad for opening his mouth but he couldn’t really believe that neither Esen or Nobu were going to tell Celestine what had happened. ’He was bound to find out from someone…’ He muttered quietly.

Nobu continued shaking his head a little and then really wished that Zale hadn’t opened his mouth. He glanced to Celestine momentarily after he had asked how his neck had gotten cut open. He still hadn’t wanted to tell him but he couldn’t avoid it after Celestine had glanced over at him. He laid his ears back once again. ’….The thunder halfbreed got a hold of you…’ He hated to admit. ’…She tried to use you to get everyone to leave her alone…’ He paused. ’Nanashi got her to let you go.’ He said quietly.

Esen shook her head a little when Zale said that he was bound to find out from someone. Sometimes she really wished that Zale would think things through before he decided to speak. 'Do you honestly think that he needed to know that he was nearly killed?' she asked before she glanced back to Celestine and then sighed when he started asking questions. She glanced back to Nobu and decided to just let him answered him since he was looking at him when he asked.

Celestine just stared at Nobu when he told him that the thunder halfbreed got a hold of him. "...Thunder halfbreed?" he asked, looking a little confused. He had collapsed well before she had ever decided to show herself, so he hadn't even known anything about her. He truly had missed the entire thing since the dart had hit him before he could even alarm the others that they were surrounded, and he had been out less than a minute later.

Esen's ears laid back again and she sighed softly when Celestine only seemed more confused. '...There was a halfbreed with the hunters...working with them. That's how Nobu got all torn up... I tried to help him and she ran past me and went after you.' She whined softly and laid her head down on her paws. 'I'm sorry...'

Celestine turned his attention over to Esen when she started to explain a little more and then sighed softly. He reached over to her and laid his hand on her head gently. "...Sorry for what? It's not your job to protect me... I should have been able to do that myself. I'm supposed to be the one protecting your blades." He rubbed her behind the ears gently and then sighed softly and pulled his knees up to his chest before resting his chin down on them and wrapping his arms around his legs. His eyes wandered down to the ground and he closed his eyes. "...Sorry about that..." He couldn't believe someone had used him to try to save their own ass. He would have sooner had had his that slashed than let someone use him as a shield, though...maybe he was only thinking that since he was completely unconscious at the time. He had never really been in a situation like that before, or at least not when he was conscious.

Luna just glanced between everyone and then tilted her head a little. She shook her head a little and then went over to Celestine and nuzzled him gently. 'Hey, don't look so down... Everything's okay now, you're fine, and you don't even have a mark now. No need to be glum.' She wagged her tails slightly as she backed up and glanced over to Esen for a moment. 'You all sure can be a gloomy bunch. Lighten up, okay?"

Nobu was a little relieved that Esen took to answering about the thunder halfbreed. He already hated having to tell Celestine about this and he hadn’t even thought that he wouldn’t know about the other halfbreed. He felt bad himself that Celestine had been hurt, even the little that he had. He wished that he had been able to stop the girl from using him like that but things just didn’t work out quite hoe he would have liked, partly because Hikari hadn’t been herself and had poor aim with that dart. Things would have been a lot different had she been able to land that dart in the halfbreed rather than it bouncing off of her. He looked at Celestine and shook his head slightly. ’You don’t have to apologize.’ He told him almost immediately after he had said he was sorry. He didn’t think Celestine had anything to apologize for. If anything he felt like he should apologize as Esen had for not being able to do anything to help him. He really did care about Celestine so he hated that he had been targeted while he was around, even if he hadn’t been in the shape to actually do anything it still bothered him.

Zale slithered his tongue out at Esen after she had asked him if he honestly thought Celestine needed to know that. ’It’s better than keeping it from him.’ He answered. He kept his mouth shut while they spoke and didn’t bother opening his mouth again until after Luna had said that they could be a gloomy bunch and to lighten up. ’I think getting them to lighten up is a little easier said than done, at least for some of them.’ He commented quietly. He didn’t exactly see Celestine letting this news roll right off his back though Esen and Nobu would probably get over it a bit sooner than him.

LaRae had managed to stay asleep for most of the night though she had woken once, just long enough to resituate herself on the floor when she had fallen from her propped up position leaning against the bed. She didn’t mind sleeping on the floor so she stayed asleep easily. She was finally starting to wake up. She laid on the floor, on her back for a few minutes while she rubbed the sleep from her eyes and then stretched a little. She finally started to sit up and once she was up she leaned forward a little and started to run her hand through her hair before glancing over to the bed to see Nanashi, whom she assumed was probably still asleep.

Celestine glanced over to Nobu when he said that he didn't have to apologize and then offered him a weak smile. He just reached over to rub his head again gently before pulling his arm back and glanced over to Luna since she was nuzzling him. He sighed softly to himself when she told them all to lighten up and then glanced to Zale for a moment before closing his eyes again. He guessed it did him no good to say anything about it. It was over, in everyone else's mind he was sure it didn't matter anymore. "Yeah," he said simply as he raised his head and forced up a smile. Of course it didn't look quite as real as the ones that had come before it, but anyone who wasn't paying close attention probably wouldn't be able to tell a difference; only his lips were smiling this time. He rubbed the top of Luna's head again and then stretched out a little and sighed before raising his hand to rub his temples lightly.

Esen looked up to Celestine for a few moments before she stood up and moved over to his side again so that she could lick his cheek lightly. She was pretty sure that Celestine wasn't over the news as he was trying to act, but she didn't say anything about that. 'You have that backwards, Celestine... it's my job to protect my blades and my master. That's why I was created.' She knew for certain that she was created to protect the blades, but as far as she was concerned it all went hand in hand protecting the blades and their wielder. She nuzzled him gently and then glanced back to Zale and Luna. She would have rolled her eyes at Zale if they were open. 'Whatever you say, Zale...' she said dismissively. She wasn't in the mood to argue with him, he could think whatever he wanted, she was sure he would anyway. She didn't see how it was better to tell him he was nearly killed by an unknown assailant than to leave him blissfully ignorant to the whole event. She could already see that Celestine's mood had dropped considerably. 'You could have at least let him enjoy Nobu's recovery for a while before dropping that on him.'

Luna shook her head a little at Zale and then looked around. 'Well, sorry to lick and run, but I should probably be getting back. Nice to meet you guys again. Maybe I'll see you around sometime,' she said lightly as she started to turn to leave. 'Hehe, bye Zale,' she said lightly as she gave him a little lick on the cheek before darting off toward the trees.

Nanashi of course hasn't woken up again since he had fallen asleep the night before, in fact he had barely moved at all, his arm was even still stretched out where he had been holding LaRae's hand. He had been extremely tired, and the more rest he got the better he was going to feel later. It was unlikely he would wake up until someone actually tried to wake him, or at least until much later in the day.

Nobu did of course notice that Celestine’s mood had practically plummeted from what it had been but there wasn’t really anything that could be done about that now. He laid his ears back slightly and looked over at Esen after she had said told Zale that he could have at least let Celestine enjoy his recovery for awhile. ’…Unfortunately I kind of agree with Zale to some extent.’ He told just her. ’It probably would have only been worse if he found out about this later… and then would be upset that we never told him and continued to keep it from him for however long we could.’ He continued so only she could hear him. ’I still hate that he had to find out… but it’s probably better.’ He added lastly. He finally glanced over to Luna when she said that she should probably be getting back. He just kind of stared at her for a moment before nodding his head almost mechanically. ’Goodbye Luna and thank you again.’ He told her since she was leaving.

Zale didn’t even bother responding to Esen after she had said that he could have let Celestine enjoy Nobu’s recovery for awhile before dropping that on him. Celestine himself had asked about the cuts on his neck… what were they going to do lie to him? And Luna had even said that there had been cuts on her neck so he would have wanted to know what happened. He didn’t see what the big deal was and just hoped that everyone got over it soon enough. He didn’t want to be stuck with them being all moody on him now. He turned his attention to Luna when she said she had to be getting back and then said bye to him as she licked his cheek. He wagged his tail and called his ‘Goodbye’ while she darted off. Well, at least one of them wasn’t moody at the moment and sadly she was leaving.

LaRae wasn’t entirely sure she was surprised to see Nanashi was still asleep. It was probably a good thing but she couldn’t deny she was a little disappointed. She sighed softly when she saw that his arm hadn’t moved. She shifted so that she was sitting up on her knees again and scrunched up her face briefly when she felt a bit of soreness shoot through her from her knees. Apparently she had slept on them long enough to make them hurt a bit with added pressure. She focused on Nanashi again pretty easily and smiled slightly when she looked down at his arm again. She reached over and took his hand like it had been last night when he fell asleep and continued to sit there quietly. She didn’t really want to leave him and she didn’t really have anything else she needed to be doing so she didn’t mind trying to stay where she was until he woke up. She thought that it would probably be kind of nice to wake up and have her be exactly where she had been when he fell asleep.

Esen turned her attention to Nobu when he started to agree that Zale was right and then just sighed. She didn't bother to say anything more either of them and just went to lay back down. She still thought that he didn't need to know what had happened. She didn't think that anyone else would have said anything to him about it, and Luna hadn't specified what was on his neck, she had merely answered 'there was' after Celestine asked. They could have passed it of as dirt or something with a little nudge to her. Zale had been the first to mention cuts, which would have of course led to him asking about how they got there. She knew she would be wasting her energy saying anything more about it, he knew, his mood was shot, there was nothing she could do about it now. Perhaps she was just being overprotective, but she was irritated that Zale had to go and tell him something like that out of the blue, especially since he had finally been getting into a better mood.

Celestine blinked when Luna said that she had to get back, but he didn't ask her where to or why. He just nodded slightly and then glanced to Esen since she had wandered of to lay down, looking...well...kind of mopey. He shook his head a little and then got up slowly and moved over to her, gently laying a hand on her back. "...It's fine," he said quietly. He had a feeling she was probably upset about him knowing what he did now since...well that had been what they had been talking about. He stroked her fur for a moment and then looked back to Nobu and made a bit of a face since he could still see dried blood around his muzzle. "...Hey...come here," he said softly as he motioned with his head toward the well across the yard. "...Let's see if we can...get you cleaned up a little." He wasn't about to give Nobu an full fledged bath considering what had happened to him in the tower, but he knew that getting him just a little wet wouldn't spark much of a reaction. After all, he was already pretty damp after Luna got done with him.

Nanashi didn't wake up when LaRae moved to take his hand again, though his fingers did tighten just slightly around hers when she took his hand again, and he nuzzled his face into the pillow a little more. He could probably sleep well into the afternoon hours if he was allowed, though he probably wasn't going to be thrilled with himself for sleeping so long once he did finally wake up.

Nobu continued to stand where he was after Esen had moved to lie down. He knew pretty well why she was silent like she was after what he had said. He did agree with both of them for the most part. He agreed a little with Zale but for the most part he agreed with Esen because he had had no intention of telling Celestine and if he had been in Esen’s place he figured silence would probably be the best route rather than trying to argue with anyone. Besides, it was done now. He watched Celestine head over to Esen but again continued to stay where he was, at least until he had called him and motioned with his head toward the well. He had completely forgotten about his muzzle until Celestine brought it up and he could only imagine what it looked like. Thankfully he didn’t really taste the blood in his mouth any longer. He nodded his head slightly and started over to Celestine, intent on following him over to the well once he started in that direction himself.

LaRae smiled a little when she felt Nanashi’s fingers tighten slightly around her own. After that she folded her other arm against the mattress and then slowly laid her head down onto it. That was about as comfortable as things were going to get for now. She didn’t mind that much, so long as she wasn’t sitting on her knees until after lunch time. She really wanted to be just where she had been when he woke up so she hoped he didn’t sleep the entire morning and afternoon away. If he did she may have to move, maybe even find something to eat and she didn’t want to have to do that.

Celestine rubbed Nobu's head gently and then moved over to the well to see what he had to work with. THe bucket Kyran had used to fill the bowl with water for them was still there and nearly half full so he sat it down on the ground and then waited for Nobu to get situated before he got his hand wet and started trying his best to wet Nobu's fur. It probably would have been easier if he could have just shoved his face in the water and scrubbed it, but of course he wouldn't do that to an animal, so he took the slower route and cupped hand hands after softening up the dried blood so that he could rinse him off. he was trying to be thorough, mostly because he knew how much blood bothered him, he he tried his best to make sure that the blood was gone. Once that was finished he looked at his drool-covered shoulder blades before he smiled weakly. He had to ask to be sure, but once he was sure it was alright, he picked up the bucket and started to pour the water over Nobu's back, starting at the back of his head and working back. He was simultaneously running his fingers back through Nobu's fur, trying to make sure that at least most of the drool was washed away, though the motion was a little uncomfortable. He could hear Nobus' fur pupping and cracking a little as well as feel the shocks running through his hand, but it wasn't painful enough to make him pull back. Once the bucket was emptied he sat it back down and continued to comb his fingers through Nobu's fun for a few moments, now just trying to work some of the water out so that it would dry faster. Of course he had no qualms with Nobu shaking himself out, though he did ask him to move this time if he was going to since he didn't particularly want another shower.

Thankfully it wasn't much longer before the others were up and getting breakfast. Nanashi did finally wake up for a few moments, just about a quarter after ten, and he was of course pleased to see that LaRae was still with him. He felt bad for having her stay with him like that all night, but he was at least glad that she hadn't left even though he wouldn't have blamed her if she had. Hikari came up a little after he had woken up to check in and offer breakfast to the bother of them, but Nanashi wasn't very interested in breakfast this morning however he did choke down some more of that bitter tasting juice that he had drank the day before. He still didn't quite feel like getting out of bed just yet, though by now it was mostly just the fact that he was feeling very sluggish more than he physical wasn't able to stand. He was still weak, but no where near as badly as he had been the day before. Kanone tried his best to get Celestine to eat, but when Celestine refused for the fifth time, he gave up and just took the bowl he'd brought out to Nero with an almost pouty look on his face. Someone was gonna eat it. Of course, Kyiri had almost immediately started complaining wondering where hers was, so he just told her to go harass Aamori since she was the one with the treat bags.

Nearly an hour after the whole breakfast rush, there was a knock at the front door. Outside stood a slender young light dragon, who appeared to be little older than eighteen. She was roughly about 5'7 with pale white blond hair that she had cut off to just a little below her shoulders, though it was curled into ringlets and partially pulled back by a black clip. Some of her bangs still hung at and angle between her pale violet eyes. Her horns were simple enough and very similar to Kamaria's; ivory and spiraled, though hers curved back and then up a little from where they poked out above her ears. She was dressed in knee-high black boots and a deep purple mini skirt with a matching long sleeved top with off-the-shoulder sleeves that ended in a point at her middle finger. As expected, her tail was slender an shimmered brilliantly in the sunlight until it tipped in a small spade at the end, though unlike Hikari and Kamaria, the interior skin of her wings faded from pink to purple rather than yellow to blue. She sighed softly as she crossed her arms and waited for someone to answer the door. She was just hoping that she had the right house...though really this was the only house out here, so her chances of being wrong were pretty slim. Honestly, she was just a little irritated at being sent out here int he first place, though it hardly showed on her passive face.

After having some breakfast LaRae went right back to sticking close to Nanashi. That of course was normal behavior but a part of her did still feel bad that she had hit with that dart and had been unable to help protect him and everyone else for that matter. So part of her thought that sticking close to him while he was still recovering, for all intents and purposes was a good plan to try and make up for not being able to do anything before. Kyran continued to sit at the dining table after breakfast mostly because there weren't exactly a bunch of other places to go. He had at one point before he ate ventured outside to check on Nobu and was pleasantly surprised to find him practically in perfect health, or at least it looked that way. His mood brightened considerably seeing that and he enjoyed breakfast that much more because of that. He was still a little worried about him just because it seemed too good to be true that he could be healed so fast. Aamori had taken to a seat on the couch like before in the living room. She didn't really have anything to do but should Kyiri have found her way into the house she would have happily spent some time making sure the cat got some treats since she was undoubtedly hungry. Reyes had long since woken up and had breakfast as well and at current was sitting on the back porch.

Nero hadn't planned on eating breakfast either but given Kanone was the one pushing the food on him instead of Reyes it was kind of hard to tell him no, especially since he doesn't usually give up like Reyes does. He unwillingly ate breakfast just to make Kanone happy. He continued to stay to the side of the house after breakfast, mostly just standing there against the house hoping for some shade from the sun. His ears twitched several times when he heard a knock at the front door. He hadn't really been paying enough attention to notice when the person had walked up though he was fairly certain he could have seen the person sooner if he had been. He rolled his back across the house from one shoulder to the other before pushing off of it a little and starting towards the front of the house. He didn't bother pulling out from the side of the house but he did walk to the edge and lean against it enough to look around the corner and see the girl at the door. Of course he wasn't surprised to see a light dragon at the door but he was a little curious what the girl was here for. He didn't think this woman, Kamaria, got many visitors.

Kamaria had just taken to sitting in the chair in the living room once the dishes were all taken care of and put away. She also had also gathered and put away the blankets that were used the night before, but beyond that she had kind of run out of things to do with so many people around. Her attention turned to the door when she heard the knock and she stood up quickly to go see who it was. She blinked when she glanced out, not recognizing the girl that was standing there, but she pulled open the door anyway. "Can I help you?" she asked simply as she looked out at the girl.

The girl was standing with her arms crossed while she waited for someone to answer the door. Of course her attention had wandered, but thankfully she hadn't actually looking over in the direction where Nero was peeking at her or she likely would have had a bit of a spazz attack. She didn't necessarily have anything against dark dragons, but of course finding one here anyone would assume at first that they had some murderous intent...especially seeing one in a place like this. Once the door had opened she turner her attention to the older woman who answered the door and sighed softly. "...Is Princess Selenity here?" she asked simply, "I have a message for her..."
Kamaria looked the girl over for a moment and then nodded her head slightly. "Yes, she is here..."
Hikari had been sitting in the kitchen with Kyran, though she looked over to the front door when it was opened. She was a little surprised to see a familiar face standing there...or well, one that wasn't Ishta or someone. She stood up after she was asked for and started across the living room to come up behind Kamaria. "Firra?" she asked curiously. "...You have a message?" She smiled at Kamaria and then slipped out into the front porch and tilted her head a little.

Firra looked over to the princess for a few moments and then raised an eyebrow. "...Nice outfit," she said sarcastically before she had time to think about who she was talking to. "Err...sorry. I have a message from the captain of the guard," she continued quickly.
Hikari gave her a half amused look whens he commented on what she was wearing. She knew it didn't match but she really didn't care. "...Alright, shoot," she told her when she said that she had a message from the captain, "What does Ishta want?"
Firra cleared her that and glanced at Kamaria for just a moment before she sighed and shrugged. "She said: 'Get your happy ass back here on the double before I have to some out there and drag it back.' ...End of message."
Hikari blinked and couldn't help but laugh at the monotone voice that he message was delivered in. "And you memorized that word for word?" she asked teasingly. She shook her head a little and then sighed softly. "Alright...tell her I'll try to get back as soon as possible..."
Firra just nodded slightly and then reached into her pocket. "Oh, and here..." she said as she pulled out a small pale blue wrist band with a silver emblem on each side that resembled a sun with a crescent moon crossing over it. "...She said you were going to need this for something."
Hikari glanced down to the arm band when she offered it to her and then half smiled. Of course Ishta thought ahead, though there was one thing she wasn't counting on. She could have used two of these. "Thank you. You can go back now if you like...we will be along."
Firra nodded her head slightly before she bowed slightly and started to turn to head off of the porch. She wasn't much of a conversationalist and she had done what she was sent to do...besides it was a long way back, so she may as well get moving.
Kamaria watched the girl leave and then glanced back to Selenity for a moment before tilted her head a little. "...Who was that?"
"Firra...she's one of the maids..." she filled in as she glanced down to the wrist band. These were almsot the equivalent of the passes issued by the water clan, though they were only issued to dark dragons who were here with permission. She sighed as she stepped back into the house, "Well...sounds like we had better be trying to get back..." Of course the others could probably stay here, but they would have an easier time finding and getting into the castle if she was with them.