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"Thanks, Lara. I hope this starts to...uh, make up for what I did to you guys. Bianca, she was my best friend. And I'm really sorry for everything that happened." Rose stands up and places Fate over her shoulder. "I guess...I should go now. Unless you guys want me to stick around?" Rose's voice has a little bit of a pleading tone in it. She's obviously got no where else to go.

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For the first time, Avalon turns to face Rose, addressing her. "You're being a help to my daughter." He paused, it felt weird saying that after his long absence from her life and also because Vorena was around. "We ask that you stay." With that, Gin turned around and walked out the library, searching the castle.

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"Oh...uhm, okay." Rose seems a little surprised. It was a hoping-against-hope ordeal, and she was invited to stay. She looks around the library and shudders a little bit. So many memories, and most of them bad, were locked away here amongst the books and scrolls. Rose leans back on a chair and sighs heavily. "Where'd it all go wrong? I thought I knew what I was doing..." Shaking away these thoughts, she studies Ayn. "Can I get you anything, Ayn? I found out that Gale keeps..kept..other things here besides wine, if you knew where to look."

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Vorena walks through the many corridors and passageways of the castle, having in a look in each room he passes to check if he senses a presence. His footsteps are loud and echoes in a somewhat annoying manner throughout the cold stone walls, however he fails to acknowledge the noise he's making.

Ayn looks at Rose with a sort of confused look on her face. "Uh.. Sure, I guess."

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The figure stops for a moment before facing Vorena, his wrapped face hiding any expression. "Abbis..." The stranger continues on, thrusting his hand forward. He then forcefully rips the barrier down, continuing on.

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The man crosses his arms, which are covered entirelys with rags. "I don't have time to waist on you."

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The man chuckles. "Just like an Abbis...." The man uncrosses his arms and assumes a slouched stance.

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The man reaches into his cloak and pulls out Legion's claw before placing it back in. "Taking out the trash, as it were."

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Avalon gets inside and cleans himself off, it's still raining a little bit outside. He wonders how the others are doing... "Vorena, did you find anything?"

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Vorena scowls at the man. "And what do you plan on doing with it?" His expression remains unchanged as he answers Avalon. "Yes, on the east side of the castle."

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The figure seems to grow aggitated. "It's hardly any of your concern. Nothing that'd harm your daughter. That is why you're so worried, isn't it?"

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Avalon doesn't answer back. It was all he needed to know. He makes his way quickly to the east side, all closed doors opening as he walks by.

After a few minutes, Avalon had not slowed down at all, he made it to the hallway where Vorena was. He sees the two of them and makes his way behind the stranger, tapping him on his shoulder. "Is there a problem here? Do you need help being escorted out? We can arrange that." He moves his arm back, pushing his cloak out of the way. This signals that he is ready for a battle, if it's needed.

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"Actually, I was just leaving." The figure begins to walk towards the left-hand wall in the hallway.

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Avalon shakes his head, reaching out to grab the stranger. "Oh, no you don't. Just what were you doing here? And who are you?" He looks at Vorena then back to the stranger. "Hope you don't think you can get past us."

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The figure laughs. "Hardly, I don't think I can get past you. I know I can." The man steps forward, walking through Avalon's hand and the nearby wall. "Another time, Gin Avalon and Vorena."

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Avalon stood there bewildered, feeling his hand over the wall that the stranger passed through. "That was strange... I've seen ghosts before but..." He looks at Vorena. "Was it him that took the claw? Why do you think he took it?"

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Rose bounces back into the library, carrying three soda cans, in case Lara wanted one too. She politely gives one to Ayn and offers one to Lara. She seems happy to be doing stuff for other people. It kept her mind off of her own problems. "Anything else I can get ya? I lived here for quite some time, and I know my way around here...a little, anyway."

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Lara silently takes the soda, nodding slightly at Rose.
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Alinos lands on the roof and sends a telepathic message to the Gins. "Any luck?"

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Vorena only stares at the wall the man walked through with an arched eyebrow. "Fascinating.." He looks at Avalon. "Yes, he was the one with the claw, although there I was unable to get a specific reason." He looks up at the ceiling, arms crossed. "We'll be in the library momentarily."
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Ayn takes the soda can and cracks it open. She peers into the can at the bubbling liquid curiously, despite having access to it in all of her 28 years, she'd never actually had a soda. She waits a few minutes, then takes a drink.

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Avalon sighs, banging his fist on the wall. "Well, we should head back." Avalon makes his way out of the hallway and into the library.

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Rose downs half her soda in a single gulp and nods at Avalon as he re-enters the library. She gets up and looks at the crew before speaking up. "I'm..uhm, sorry..for what I did to you guys during Megiddo. If there's anyway I can make it up to you, just let me know..okay?"

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Avalon doesn't look at Rose, he continues towards Alinos. "Angel, it seems as though we have visitors of a worldly kind. It was a ghost of some sort who took the claw. That's all we know, didn't give us a name or nothing like that." He pauses and looks away. "Where's the Strife boy?"

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Cloud, who had been asleep for a good few hours, had finally woken up when he thought he had heard another person in the castle. He had begun looking for the person when he came across a rather large sword leaning in the corner behind some useless junk in the basement. The sword almost nearly matched his own in height and width, but was double edged. For the longest time, he was polishing and examaning the new blade before actually lugging the blade out of the basement and walking into a long hallway, hearing voices and trying to follow them. He kept turning corners, only to end up in random rooms. "****..."

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Alinos shrugs. "Well, I'm as clueless as you."

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Avalon sits down in a nearby chair. "Expect an angel to be clueless." He takes a drink from his hip flask.

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He looks up at the newcomer. "Welcome back, Strife. We thought you ran away on us." It was a shot meant to be taken as a joke, as Avalon knew Lara made fun of him about it earlier.

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Alinos ignores Gin and Lara looks up at Cloud with a snort. "What? Couldn't find any cradles to rob?"

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A young child, reaching maybe three and a half feet, passes through the gates of the castles, easily navigating her way inside and raiding the cabinets in the kitchen. She never had much of an appetite, being what she was, but having grown up as a human eating became habit for her. She fixes herself a sandwich and follows the sound of voices into the library. She gnaws on the sandwich and smiles warmly at the occupants.

"So! This place isn't abandoned. That's nice to see."

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Cloud raises his brow and smirks, letting out a small chuckle. He got along with Avalon nicely, he felt a bit bad about earlier events, but things are better left unsaid. "I wish. Though an unfortunate accident has rendered me immobile untill I find a few tools for my bike." Cloud snaps to Lara. "Just because I spared your life once dosen't mean I'll do it again, you old hag."

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Lara rolls her eyes before noticing the strange girl. "...And who are you?"