Kyran moved away from her a little after she smacked him in the leg and laughed slightly. "Hey now, what happened to being nice?" He questioned. He looked back to her and shook his head lightly. "If I do wake up with your foot in my face then I'll be sure to tickle it... That's a fair enough exchange." He said with faint grin. He moved over to grab his boots and knelt down long enough to lace them up. As he stood back up he took hold of his blades and slipped them back into his holster.

LaRae glanced over at him and gave a heavy sigh. "Next time just tell me to shut up. Honestly, had I known that I wouldn't talked so much..." She paused. "As for last night.." She shook her head slightly. "We were just tired." She said quietly before glancing over at Celestine when he came back and said to get ready. She looked around at the others briefly; It looked to her like most everyone was ready to go.

Nobu came to a stop when Celestine did and then sat down on the ground next to him. He glanced up at him for a moment before turning his head back down. 'Did you sleep at all?' He questioned, rather curious since he hadn't stayed with him to help him through the night.

Aamori followed at least until they reached the others, then she came to an abrupt stop and just stood there. She glanced around at the others for a moment before she checked to make sure that she had everything. She didn't remember taking anything off but it wouldn't be the first time that she'd forgotten.

Nero wasn't that far behind Aamori when she came to a stop. He stepped to the side of her with his hands crossed over his chest and glanced down at her through his hair. "...How's your jaw?" He asked before looking away. There wasn't a whole lot spoken the previous day between the two of them but he had asked her why she was walking with him and not with Celestine. Which of course ended in him wishing he hadn't opened his mouth.

Aamori glanced up when she heard Nero speak to her and then lifted her hand to her jaw gently. "...It's a little sore, but not hurting like it did." She answered quietly. She lowered her hand back down to her side. "..Why do you ask?"

Nero didn't bother to look back down at her again. "Good." He paused. "That means you don't have to walk with me today." He said sounding slightly annoyed. One day was more then enough, even if she didn't say a whole lot. "You can re-glue yourself to Celestine."

Hikari just wrinkled her nose at him and then turned to look at Celestine for a moment. He was as pleasant as ever. She checked to make sure that she still had her bow with her, but she'd never actually removed it in the first place. She sighed softly and shook her head. One of these days she was going to roll over on that thing and it was just going to snap. Well at least the was ready to go now.

Nanashi shook her head slightly and gave her a half smile. "I don't think telling you to shut up would have done much, you couldn't hear me." he said with a smile, "You were talking in your sleep." he told her before he glanced over toward Celestine again. He sighed softly and reached back to get his spetum from the side of the tree and then stood there with it while he waited to get moving again.

Celestine glanced down to Nobu again and sighed softly. "...A little... I've been up for hours." he said simply. "It doesn't really matter... He reached down to pat Nobu's head again and then glanced around to the others again. He sighed softly and then pushed away from the tree again. "Alright...let's go." he said simply as he started to move again.

Kyran double checked for a moment to make sure that he had everything. He nodded slightly after checking, he didn't think he'd forget but you never know. After all he had forgotten the relic back home. He looked to Celestine briefly when he said let's go and then started after him. Then glancing to make sure that Hikari along with the others were coming too.

LaRae was a little embarrassed after hearing what Nanashi said. She hadn't realized that she talked in her sleep that badly. She'd only assumed it was a couple words here and there of incoherent gibberish. She gave a heavy sigh and then glanced back to him for a moment. "...Then shove me or something next time it happens." She uttered quietly. She then noticed that they were starting out again and then followed after.

Nobu looked back up to Celestine for a moment before lowering his head again. '...Depending on where everyone ends up tonight, I will try and help you sleep.' Once Celestine started moving again he stood up and followed after him, walking beside him.

Aamori looked up at Nero and stared at him for a moment after he told her that she could re-glue herself to Celestine. She gave a small sigh and shook her head a little. "...I won't talk to you this time... So it'll be like I'm not even here." She said quietly. "..You won't even notice me.." She added lastly.

Nero rolled his eyes a little and gave a heavy sigh. Why wouldn't she just go away? Did she not get the hint. He shook his head. "...Whatever." He muttered before he started to follow after the others. He really wasn't in the mood to argue with the girl and so long as she was quiet and didn't make a peep then he could probably ignore her.

Aamori watched as he started walking, starting only a few steps after him. She didn't really see what his problem was, though at the same time she didn't really care. She was going to walk where she wanted to one way or the other. Once they were moving though she did stay off to the side of him and a good couple feet behind him so he couldn't see her from the corner of his eye.

Hikari looked to Kyran when he started walking and took up her spot walking beside him. She just smiled and shook her head slightly when she noticed him look back to make sure they were all coming and just put her hand on his arm for a moment before lowering it to her side again.

Nanashi smiled at LaRae and shook his head slightly before he started after her again. He didn't really mind the lack of sleep, it wasn't like it was all that often or that not sleeping well for a night or two was going to hurt him. He just took up his place walking beside her again and sighed softly. He wasn't really looking forward to all of the walking.

Celestine just sighed softly as he led them forward again and reached down to pat Nobu's head. "Thanks..." He was growing increasingly quiet as the day wore on, not speaking to anyone unless spoken to first, and by the evening after they had gotten around the other town, his responses were little more than grunts of acknowledgment if you were even lucky enough to get that. He was a bit preoccupied thinking about the dreams that he'd been having recently. He'd had several with slightly different out comes each time, but none of them were all that pleasant. If any of those dreams were correct, someone was going to get hurt in here. He finally stopped them again in the woods where there were white ropes tied around several of the trees in an almost perfectly straight line. Beyond that point, the trees seemed to look more wild further back, and the foliage was growing rampant as if nothing went through to disturb it. "...We're stopping here for now." he said simply. "We wont be able to stop to sleep past this point."

Kyran was pretty quiet for the majority of the walk himself. Mostly because of how deathly quiet Celestine was being. Sure the guy barely talked to begin with but this wasn't normal, or didn't appear to be anyway. He half thought about asking him what was plaguing his mind, but knew he wouldn't get a coherent response out of him; Not right then. When they finally came to a stop again he stood for a moment just looking at the white ropes that were tied to several of the trees; Well... that didn't make the area beyond the ropes look even more ominous. He glanced over to Celestine with a partially quirked brow. Of course he wanted to inquire about the ropes and perhaps even why they wouldn't be able to sleep past this point but again he wasn't sure that he'd even get a good answer to those questions.

LaRae didn't really have a problem with all the walking but her feet on the other hand, they were objecting. When they finally did come to a stop again she could feel her feet throbbing in her boots. She was already regretting not remembering to take her boots off last time they stopped. She was somewhat relieved though that they were stopping for the night. She wandered straight over to the nearest grassy area and sat down stretching her legs out.

Nobu continued to stay beside Celestine the entire walk this time, rather then walk beside Kyran. Once they came to stop again he just stared out into the thick forest past the white ropes for a moment before his tails fell flat behind him. He could tell already that he wasn't going to like this place.

Nero tried his best to ignore Aamori for most of the day. It seemed to work well at first, he didn't see her or hear her. That is until she tripped and fell, which of course made him stop and look back at her. The fact that he stopped and checked on her must have set off a flag to her because from that point on she was practically on his side the remainder of the walk. She sure was a klutz and it was obvious that her sandals weren't aiding her in anyway, if anything they were making it harder for her to keep her face from hitting the ground. When they finally stopped he stared down at Aamori with a less then pleasant look on his face. "So much for 'You won't even notice me' ..." He muttered before walking away from her to go sit under a tree again like he usually did.

Aamori had tripped and fallen on her face once during the trek and she couldn't even begin to explain how it happened. It just did. She managed to smack her jaw right into ground which only left it more sore then it was before. She was surprised however to see that Nero had stopped walking when he heard her fall. She had expected him of all people to just keep walking. She did end up walking beside him after that, though she still didn't say very much to him. Once they stopped again she glanced up at Nero when he spoke to her and she gave a heavy sigh. She had said he wouldn't notice her... So much for that. She looked around briefly at the area, noting the white ropes on the trees. But that was about all she focused on before she took a few steps back and then sat down with her back to everyone else while she lightly touched her jaw.

Hikari had been pretty quiet through the trip as well, jut because it seemed no one else was really talking. She just stuck next to Kyran and kept her eyes pealed. Of course she had asked Celestine a couple of different questions that didn't have a whole lot to do with much, but the quieter that Celestine got, the less she spoke and the more she started to think about her suspicion. Once they stopped she looked at the ropes on the trees and tilted her head slightly, obviously with her interest peaked yet again. For once however, she kept her questions to herself. Celestine didn't look like he was in the mood for her and he'd already snapped at her once for asking questions.

Nanashi had started to get a little uneasy with the way that Celestine was acting and how quiet even Hikari was being. He watched as LaRae went to sit down and then followed her. He sat down beside her, laying his spetum in the grass beside him as he slipped off his shoes again.

Celestine just turned away from them once everyone started to get situated and then walked over to a tee well away from the marked trees and removed his swallow before he sank down below the tree. He didn't bother to say another word to anyone, since no one asked him to say anything and he didn't really feel like saying too much right now anyway. He just drew his knees up to his chest and wrapped his arms around them as he let his eyes fall down to his knees. He was starting to get nervous by now, though he'd never admit to it, it wasn't hard to see. If anyone bothered to get clothe enough to him and looked hard enough they could probably see that he was shaking slightly. He knew what was beyond those trees and he had a good idea of what was going to happen once they got to their location. He didn't want to tell the others, but someone was going to get hurt... he wasn't sure who exactly, since that was the variable in all of this dreams, but he knew that should any of them get bitten by this guardian the outcome...wasn't going to be good.

Kyran was more then surprised to actually see that not even Hikari was going to ask Celestine any questions. He thought briefly about making a wise crack, that she should ask anyway; If he wanted to answer he would. But he refrained. It was obvious that Celestine wasn't in the mood to talk about anything so it was probably better to just keep quiet. He stretched a little before turning around a little to move away from white roped trees. He pulled his blades from his holster and set them against a tree before sitting down off set of them and then removing his boots.

LaRae continued to sit for a moment before she started to remove her boots. She then brought a foot up to her lap and started pressing against the pressure points to try and relieve some of the aching. She glanced over at Nanashi for a moment, giving a smile and then her eyes went off towards those white ropes. She'd never been afraid or bothered by a forest before but the fact that this one was marked by those ropes worried her only slightly.

Nobu waited until Celestine moved again and then followed. He stood still until Celestine was seated on the ground before he went and sat down next to him. He'd put himself close enough to him that he could feel his slight shakes which only made him curious. He tilted his head to the side as he looked at him. '...Are you alright Celestine? ...You're shaking...'

Aamori gave a sigh as she continued to sit there. She did finally start moving a little. Though only enough to reach down and unlace her sandals and toss them to the ground beside her. Then to unbuckle her holster from her thigh and set that on top of the sandals. She leaned back and then lowered herself down onto the ground to stare up through the trees. It really did feel strange having not done much talking the past day or so. She was so used to running her mouth over anything and everything that the silence was almost maddening half of the time. She couldn't help thinking that going this long being quiet could probably have been avoided if she hadn't opened her mouth in the first place when she was going back and forth with Celestine.

Hikari sighed softly and followed Kyran over to the tree where he sat down and finally remembered to take off her bow before she sat down beside him and sighed softly, glad to be off of her feet. Her eyes wandered over to Celestine for a moment and she sighed softly. The poor kid looked like he'd seen a ghost or worse. She shook her head slightly and let her eyes trail back to those ropes again. She still couldn't really think of much to say, which was rather surprising even to her. she just shook her head again and went to remove her boots, setting them to the side with her bow before she leaned back on her hands and looked up at the sky.

Nanashi glanced over to LaRae for a moment as she took off her boots and then followed her eyes over to the ropes. "...You're the forest expert..." he said quietly, "...Do you find anything strange about it?"

Celestine had been so lost in his own thoughts that he hadn't even noticed Nobu sit down with him. He startled when Nobu spoke to him and jerked away from him for a second before he realized that it was only him and relaxed against him again. He sighed softly and gave one very small nod. "...I'm...I'm fine..." he thought back to him in what sounded like it would have been a choked whisper had he said it out loud.

Kyran looked over to Hikari when she sat down beside him. His eyes ended up right back over to the ropes for a few moments before he looked over at Celestine just about the time the guy jerked away from Nobu. He shook his head lightly and then looked back over to Hikari with a soft sigh. He had thought about talking a bit with Hikari about a couple of the different things he'd originally have asked Celestine but considering how he was acting right now he wasn't so sure he wanted to open his mouth anywhere that Celestine could hear him.

LaRae's eyes had fallen back down to her foot while she continued to press against it with her fingers. She did glance up and over at Nanashi when he spoke. She was quiet for a moment while she looked back to that forest beyond the ropes. "...I can't say for sure." She started. "I'd be able to say more if I'd actually walked around in it for a few minutes..." She paused. "From here, it just feels.. well.. ominous..." She was quiet again while she switched her feet. "...And I assume there is probably a good reason to have a section of the forest marked off.. Not to mention it doesn't look traveled at all.." She gave a slight shrug. "I'll be able to say more tomorrow. I'm pretty sure we're going inside."

Nobu startled slightly when Celestine jerked away from him. His reaction of course only bringing rise to more curiosity. He started to lay down beside him now, and rested his head on top of his front paws. 'Don't lie to me, Celestine.' He paused. 'What's really bothering you and making you act like this?' He wasn't going to just let Celestine tell him he was fine. It was obvious he wasn't and he couldn't believe that he'd try to pull that answer on him of all creatures. He could feel when someone was upset and hell if he wanted to he could probably dive into Celestine's mind and find his own answer.

Hikari looked back over to Kyran again when she noticed him shake his head and then turned her eyes over to Celestine for a moment. She sighed softly and finally leaned her head over against Kyran's shoulder lightly. "...The silence is deafening..." she muttered quietly. "I can't even hear any crickets..." Actually she didn't hear...well much of anything that you'd expect to hear in a forest.

Nanashi nodded slightly to LaRae and then sighed softly. "...Yes, it does...look pretty ominous..." he said quietly. He shook his head and finally laid back in the grass. "...I guess it doesn't really matter...we'll be going either way." He said quietly. He glanced over to Celestine for a moment and then looked away. "...He's been pretty quiet all day..." he whispered softly. "...It's kind of unnerving..."

Celestine glanced over to Nobu finally and pulled one of his arms free of his own grip and placed his hand on Nobu's head. "...Can I just show you?.... I don't know...if I can explain it." he thought back to him again. He closed his eyes and lowered his head slightly, trying to bring back the dreams that he'd been having. Unfortunately, the dreams weren't that vivid and he wasn't all that good at sending images when he was awake. The images that he was able to conjure were fast and a little jumbled but enough to get the point across. The ropes on the trees where they were sitting now, the deep forest, some kind of large creature with golden slits for pupils, then the ropes again, then back to the temple inside the forest, and then back to the ropes again. Obviously, those ropes were to warn people away from what was inside this forest. When the images went away from the ropes again it showed Aamori lying on the ground with large bloody puncture marks in her stomach, and then it switched and it was LaRae with a rather large gash across her middle, then it was Nero on his face int he leaves with a deep gash in his side, and then it was Hikari lying unmoving with large punctures in her arm, and then it was Kyran on the ground with his head half severed before it finally showed the creature again and then finally the image from the first dream where he was standing in front of it and looked back to see it's fangs bearing down upon him. He finally pulled his hand back and curled in on himself again, resting his head down on his knees. "...I...it's different ever time... but....it's always the same... s-someone is going to get hurt in here....or...worse. I...I don't want to take them in here..."

Kyran glanced down to Hikari when she leaned her head against him. He gave a soft sigh hearing what she said and gave a slight nod. The silence was starting to get a bit annoying, especially with the lack of regular forest sounds. He wasn't even quite sure what to say. He still had his questions about the ropes and the forest itself and he half thought about breaking the silence to ask Celestine but he decided against it yet again when he looked over at the guy. Whatever it was with the forest and getting this relic was obviously really bothering him. He gave a heavy sigh and then looked back to Hikari. "...The way he's acting ...and this forest." He paused. "Is making it harder to believe that you were wrong about you know what.." He muttered quietly.

LaRae looked down at Nanashi when he laid back in the grass and then glanced over at Celestine. She gave a sigh. Having Celestine be so much quieter then normal was a little strange, but she couldn't complain about it. She kind of liked it better when he wasn't talking. Though, the way he was acting along with the lack of speech was what was starting to get to her. She gave another sigh and released her foot before laying back on the grass herself. "...He's obviously got something on his mind that's really bothering him.." She said quietly. "There isn't anything we can do about it, especially if he doesn't want to talk about it." She commented lastly.

Nobu continued to just lay there with his head rested on his paws even though the images that Celestine was sharing. He continued to lay there even when Celestine removed his hand from his head. He probably looked stiff, just laying there without even budging an inch. He wasn't exactly sure what to say to that. He finally shifted and lifted his head up to look back at Celestine. '...Death bothers you a lot doesn't it?' He paused, not really looking for an answer to that. 'As bad as this is going to sound, if one of them does end up dying like in your dream... it was meant to happen and in all likely hood it will still happen even if you knew who and tried to stop it or alter it in anyway.' He paused and then lowered his head back down onto his paws. '...Destiny is just weird like that...'

Hikari sighed softly and nodded. "...That's what has me worried..." she said quietly. She turned her head slightly so that she could see Celestine again and then turned her head back to Kyran again. "...I Think someone should go talk to him...maybe..." she said a little unsurely. he just looked so upset to her. She sighed and shook her head slightly. "I think he's had all of my he can stand for a while."

Nanashi looked over to LaRae again when she laid down beside him and sighed softly. "...No one's going to know if he wants to talk about it or not if no one bothers to ask him..." he said quietly. He was debating on getting up himself to go see if he could talk to him, but he kept giving himself excuses not to move. He had a feeling he was probably the next to last person that Celestine would want to talk to; the last being LaRae.

Celestine just sat there with his head down and his eyes closed for a moment. Death did bother him a lot, but he didn't even need to give Nobu an answer for him to know that was true. He raised his head slightly when Nobu started to say that if one of them died it was mean tot happen. "Then why would they have been chosen to come if they were going to die before we even got to their territory?" he shook his head slightly. He had a feeling that he knew who this was meant for, the other images were probably just showing him the side effects of what could happen if he tried to weasel his way out of this. He closed his eyes again and leaned back, resting his head back against the tree again and then closed his eyes. "...I'm frightened..." he admitted. He meant the thought only for Nobu, but he wasn't really paying too much attention to how he was sending the message, he was a little preoccupied.

Nanashi blinked and looked over toward Celestine for a moment when he thought he heard him speak, though after he looked at him he shook his head. He must have been hearing things. He didn't look like he'd said anything. And admitting out loud that he was scared was probably the last thing that Celestine would ever do. What was there to be scared of anyway? He wasn't scared of Nerian before.

Kyran nodded his head slightly. He did think that someone should go talk to him. Though, he wasn't going anywhere near the guy. The last few times he'd stepped in to say anything or talk to him it just turned out worse then when he started. He knew he'd have to get over that eventually. He couldn't very well go not talking to him for the remainder of the trip about touchy subjects just because he didn't want to end up alienating him. He gave a heavy sigh and looked back to Hikari. He didn't say anything, he was still debating on whether or not he wanted to try and go talk to Celestine.

LaRae shrugged lightly. "...I think everyone else is just afraid to ask him." She paused and shut her eyes for a moment. "If he didn't hate me I'd probably go see what's bothering him. But we both know he won't share anything with me, not willingly anyway." She opened her eyes again and gave a small sigh. "...Just about the only person who seems to be able to talk to him without too much trouble seems to be off on her own little tantrum." She commented, obviously referring to Aamori who'd been keeping to herself for the past day and a half.

Nobu looked back up to Celestine when he heard him admit that he was frightened. He shook his head slightly and then stood back up stretching for a moment. He shifted so that he could rest his head in Celestine's lap. 'I didn't mean to say anything to make you feel worse.' He paused. 'And I wish I could tell you that everything was going to be alright, but I can't predict the future... Let alone an accurate one. You're just going to have to see how things go... Deal with the problem when it arises and don't wear yourself out worrying about it so much right now.' He knew not worrying about it was difficult but he did think it'd be better for him not to stress so much over it all at once like this.

Aamori was still sitting off by herself just trying to relax. She'd started rubbing her jaw a little off an on just because it was sore. She was about to give in and just lay down and try to sleep but she managed to catch Celestine admit that he was scared. Which of course worried her slightly. She knew that he was too far away from her for her to have heard him say that out loud so that meant she heard it. She only wondered how many others heard it too. She shook her head lightly before reaching over to grab her sandals and her holster then climbed to her feet. She stretched slightly and then turned and started back towards where Celestine was. She didn't bother looking at any of the others and just wandered straight over to Celestine. She stood a couple feet away from him with her hands in front of her, holding her things. She just looked him over for a moment and gave a soft sigh. "...Are you alright?" She asked softly. "...It's not like you to admit such things." She commented rather quietly.

Hikari just looked back to Kyran again and shook her head slightly before she just nuzzled agianst his arm again lightly. She knew why he didn't want to go talk to Celestine, it was probably for the same reason that she didn't want to go over there. She glanced over when she saw Aamori walk over to Celestine and smiled weakly. "You may not have to..." she said quietly.

Nanashi glanced over to LaRae again and sighed softly. "Yeah...I guess so." He said quietly. He started to look away again when he saw Aamori walk by and half smiled. "...Or maybe not..." he said softly.

Celestine looked down to Nobu when he he placed his head in his lap and lowered his knees a little as he rested his hand on top of his head for a moment. 'It's okay... It's not you...' he assured him with a soft sigh. He looked up when Aamori came over to him, a bit surprised that she'd even bothered to come over to him until the last thing that she said. He sighed and lowered his eyes down to Nobu's head. "I didn't say anything..." he said quietly. Damn it... He looked back up to her again and then averted his eyes. "...I'm alright." He said simply, "...Just thinking too much..." That was probably an understatement.

Kyran glanced up for a moment when he heard what Hikari said and then noticed Aamori had gone over to Celestine. He gave a relieved sigh. At least he wasn't going to have to go over there, well... Unless this somehow ended up in another bicker-fest between the two of them.

LaRae looked over to Nanashi and then sat up a little just to catch Aamori off towards Celestine. She smiled slightly and then lowered herself back down onto the grass. "...Now we don't have to worry about talking to him." She commented quietly.

Nobu lifted his head for only a moment when he heard Aamori and then laid right back down. He didn't bother saying anything else for now, mostly because of Aamori. The last thing he wanted was to be trying to talk to Celestine while she was too.

Aamori continued to look down at him and shook her head slightly. "Of course you didn't say anything..." She knelt down where she was and set her things down beside her before sitting down the rest of the way. "...And you're lying to me." She paused. "You're not alright, if you were then I wouldn't have heard what I did." She gave a soft sigh. "And don't you go denying it, I know what I heard."

Hikari smiled slightly and just closed her eyes and she sat there, half trying to listen across the area to what Celestine was saying, though he was talking so quietly that she couldn't really make it out. She was at least glad that Aamori had gone to talk to him, someone needed to, and he'd probably feel most comfortable with her. Even though they fought, she knew he kind of liked Aamori at least more than the rest of them.

Nanashi nodded slightly. "...I'm glad." he said quietly. He thought it was a little odd for Aamori to be walking int he back with Nero being so quiet. He knew that Celestine had been upset for the entire day and a good portion of yesterday, so he was glad that someone finally decided to try to talk to him. He kind of felt bad for not doing it himself, but he kind of doubted that it would have mattered much.

Celestine just sighed and lowered his eyes again. He didn't even look at her if he couldn't' deny it. Why was it so much easier to talk to Nobu just because he looked like an animal and so hard to talk to another person? He rubbed Nobu behind the ears, just to have something to do with his finger and then closed his eyes again. He was silent for a few minutes and it seemed like he wasn't going to say anything at all for a moment, but finally he shook his head again and opened his eyes, staring down at the ground at his side. "...I've...been having dreams again." he said quietly, "...None of them...have ended well." he told her before he finally looked back up to her. "...I know what's back there now...and it's even more dangerous than Nerian."

Kyran didn't bother trying to overhear anything that was said between Aamori and Celestine. He was pretty sure that they'd be talking quietly anyway. He stretched his arms a little before laying back on the ground, slipping his hands under his head and trying to get comfortable.

LaRae rolled over onto her side so she could look at Nanashi and smiled slightly. "I'm pretty sure that half of us were trying to talk ourselves into going over there and talking to him.."

Nobu continued to lay there with his head rested in Celestine's lap. He had thought of getting up and moving away so that Celestine could talk to Aamori if he chose to, but as soon as he started to rub behind the ears he'd decided to stay put. That was one sure fire way to keep Nobu from walking away from you.

Aamori just stared at him for a moment waiting for him to say anything and when he didn't at first she looked away. She thought about getting up and leaving since he wasn't talking to her. She glanced back over to him when he finally did open his mouth. She was quiet until he finished what little he had to say and then gave a slight sigh. She wasn't entirely too sure what to say to that. "...So I gather you're worried that what you saw is really going to happen.." She paused. "..And this thing, that's more dangerous then Nerian. What is it?" She asked quietly.

Hikari raised her head up off of Kyran when he started to move and then looked down to him when he laid back, offering him a weak smile. She sighed and finally took her boots off as well before she laid down beside him, giving up on listening to Celestine and Aamori. She closed her eyes once she was stretched out of her side and sighed softly. "...It's too quiet..." she muttered again. The silence of the forest was really starting to weird her out.

Nanashi turned his head slightly to look over to LaRae and smiled weakly. "...Yeah, probably." he said quietly. He sighed softly and shook his head. "I have trouble talking to people anyway..."

Celestine sighed quietly, lowering his eyes again. "...It's...a hydra." he said quietly, "...They are extremely poisonous..." He looked over toward the roped off trees. "That's why it's so quiet here.... the animals...they know better than to come near here." he said quietly. He lowered his eyes again and sighed softly. "There aren't many hydras left...most of them have been killed off. Their venom is deadly, but...well I guess other parts of them were good for something, or at least some people thought they were."

Kyran glanced to Hikari once she laid down. Then turned his eyes towards the sky. "..If the lack of sounds from the forest is bothering you, then why not try going to sleep?"

LaRae gave a light sigh. "..I'm just glad you don't seem to have as much trouble talking with me as you used to." She remembered his lack of words when they first met at the tree outside of the festival. Compared to then, he sure did talk a lot now.

Aamori again sat quietly once he started speaking, waiting until he finished. She looked back to him for a moment. "If you knew that was what was beyond this point.. Why didn't you let the rest of us know?" She paused. "I'm sure it's better that the rest of us know, then for you to sit here and worry about it so much." She didn't know a whole lot about Hydra's; In fact she thought they were only a myth. Which is probably why she wasn't showing any signs of being worried about it. "..And you know.. If other hydra's have been killed off then this one can be killed too." She said quietly.

Hikari sighed quietly. "I am..." she muttered after his comment. She just lay there for a moment before she scooted closer to him again and then settled beside him again. After that it didn't take her too long to fall asleep. It was still kind of early in the night, but she was still worn out from another day of walking.

Nanashi turned his eyes toward her again for a moment and then looked back up to the sky. "...Well...with you I know that I can say what I think...and not get hurt for it." he said quietly. He rolled onto his side to look at her and then smiled weakly. "...Are you getting tired?" he asked softly, mainly just because he was.

Celestine sighed softly as he listened to her, and then shook his head slightly at her last comment. "...But so can we." he said quietly. "...I was going to tell everyone in the morning before we went inside... I wanted everyone to sleep and I didn't know if that would bother anyone else." He said simply. He lowered his eyes again and sighed. "...I guess just seeing the possibilities....is making me a little paranoid."

Kyran turned his head slightly and looked over to Hikari after she'd already fallen asleep and smiled softly. He leaned over and lightly kissed her forehead. Then he closed his eyes and relaxed. It didn't take him all that long to fall asleep.

LaRae glanced back to him and smiled slightly. She was happy that he could tell her what he thought without a fear of getting hurt. She smiled again, a bit more warmly before rolling back over onto her back. "..Yes. I'm pretty warn out, again." She said quietly before shutting her eyes. She was awfully tired, but having the light conversation had been keeping her awake. She knew once she'd shut her eyes it wouldn't take all that long for her to fall asleep. "...I'm going to go ahead and get to sleep." She paused. "Goodnight, Nanashi."

Aamori gave a soft sigh and glanced off to the side. "...Everything can die." She paused. "You're making it sound like none of us have any chance of survival..." She said quietly. "...I didn't see what you saw this time, so I can't very well go telling you how to deal with it.. or how to feel.. but you need to stop worrying about it so much." She glanced back over to him briefly. "We're not weak... and we're not going to just stand by and let some stupid creature kill us."

Nanashi smiled slightly to LaRae and then watched her roll back over. "Alright." He said quietly, "Good night..." He lay there for a moment before he finally rolled back into his back as well and closed his eyes. It didn't take him long to fall asleep either, really. It was so quiet there was nothing to keep him awake.


Celestine sighed softly. "...I'm glad that you didn't see what I saw..." he said quietly. He shook his head and leaned his head back against the tree again. He just closed his eyes again, "...I'm glad you're so confident." he said quietly, "...I just hope you're right." He opened his eyes slightly and finally looked at her. "....Go to sleep, Aamori... We can talk about it more tomorrow if you want..." He said as he closed his eyes again, "I didn't sleep much last night."

Aamori stared at him for a moment and shook her head lightly. "I am confident in my own abilities and I have faith in everyone else's." She commented quietly. She gave a soft sigh when he told her to go to sleep and then nodded slightly. "..Alright." She said simply. She started to get up to move away from him but remembered he said he didn't care where she slept, so she just stayed where she was. She did however move her holster and sandals so that she could lay down where she was with her back towards him. "...Goodnight."

Nobu lifted his head momentarily when Celestine told Aamori to go to sleep. He was going to see where she went. He just laid his head right back down seeing as Aamori hadn't gone anywhere. '...You should be able to sleep some tonight.' He paused. 'Doesn't look like I have anywhere else to be.'

Celestine nodded slightly and sighed. he looked at her for a moment when she laid down right there and almost smiled. "...Good night." he said quietly. He looked down to Nobu again and rubbed him behind the ears lightly. "...Thank you..." he thought to him. He gently slipped his hand under Nobu's head and lifted it up a little. "I'm going to lay down...it's easier to sleep that way..." As riled as his mind was, he was probably going to have enough trouble getting to sleep. He moved away from the tree and stretched out along the ground on his side with once arm resting under his head. He sighed quietly and closed his eyes finally.

LaRae about half way through the night ended up waking up for a few minutes. She sat up and glanced around. She wasn't sure what woke her up considering how quiet it was and didn't think too much on it before she wanted to go back to sleep. She glanced over at Nanashi and smiled softly before moving closer to him and laying down beside him so that she could rest her head against him. After she was comfortable she shut her eyes and was out cold again.

Kyran managed to sleep pretty well through the night, even with the eerily quiet forest. Once he was asleep it was easy enough to just ignore everything that was bothering him. When morning finally crept up and the sun started to filter through some of the trees foliage he stirred long enough to move an arm from behind his head and over his eyes.

Nero like usual was already awake when morning rolled around. He'd already moved out from behind the tree he was sleeping under and wandered over to stand near the white ropes that lined several of the trees. He had his arms crossed over his chest and stood there quietly, just staring past the ropes while his tail occasionally flicked from one side to the other.

Aamori slept through the night well enough and was already starting to wake up when the sun rose. She rolled over onto her back and lifted her hand to rub her eyes before cracking them open. She laid there for a few moments longer before she sat up and stifled a yawn.