+ Scions of the Beast +

[Kung_Fu_Master]

[SIZE="1"]

Unico rushed to Jericho's and Conri's side. After seeing Jericho's condition, he thought it best to keep any remarks about ruining the furniture to himself. Quickly, he ran into the kitchen. After a short while, he came back holding a thick, wooden ladle spoon and some sturdy dish towels.

Setting the spoon ladle to the side, he proceeded ripping the clothe into strips as he spoke, completely calm.
"-I have no idea if this will work, but it seems to do the job quite nicely with normal fractions. Is the break clean? What happened, pray tell?"

Unico was looking around Jericho, trying to find some feasible reason for his condition. Shrugging, he took the spoon. Placing it alongside his wing, he gingerly tried lifting Jericho's wounded wing closer.

"You might experience a brief surge of pain... this is to be expected. Please do not take it out on anything." [/SIZE]

Jericho didn't hear unico or anyone else, he hadn't even reallized he had been moved he could only see red his face full of horror and pain. He could fell his beast shrilling inside as he tryed to force his way out of conri and unico's grip but to no prevail.

[Song_of_Storms]

[SIZE="1"]Unico was surprised at Jericho's determination to get away, even in his current state. Ever so briefly, he could have sworn he caught a glimpse of uneasiness from Conri as he glanced over.

Unico wrapped one hand around the blood soaked, feathery-bone and let the other brace. There was a stillness that consumed the air, which seemed to take everyone's breathing with them. Suddenly, and without warning, Unico pulled the wing-bone back. It was forced into place with a loud and unpleasant "CRACK".

A light shiver shook Unico's nerves. Taking his equipment up again, he wrapped the recently torn towels around the bone to form a make-do "brace". Unico ran his finger along side Jericho's wing-bone. He wasn't entirely sure this would suffice, yet there really wasn't anything else to do.

Leaning over, Unico began wiping his blood stained hands on one of the whole towels. He cocked his silver head to the side, streams of shining locks seemed to fall from his shoulders as he eyed Conri with the deepest suspicion. Unico was still quick, (and rather pleased) to give orders.

"Pray this works. We really would not wish to risk taking him to an actual Physician. We should not move him, so I'll get some blankets and pillows. Also, Conri, it has gotten dark, so I do not think it wise to leave the house now. Also, then perhaps you can tell me what actually happened?" Unico proceeded in gathering up any mess he saw in the vicinity. As he headed upstairs to find the blankets, he called Conri over his shoulder.

"-and put the kettle on. I would rather enjoy some tea, yes?"[/SIZE]

[Lil_Ninja]

Conri shivered a bit at the sound of the loud crack. He did what he could to keep the boy calm and on the couch. Conri noticed Unico studying him--most likely suspicious--so he tried breaking the silence. He raised his eyebrows and smiled a bit. "Sounds like it worked, doc!" He tried hiding the bit of worry he had behind his smile. Conri listened to Unico and watched him clear away any mess around. "If you didn't notice, my animal is nocturnal, so.." He let his voice trail off as he pulled on one of his still-anichi ears, and let it bounce back to it's place. He flinched a bit at Unico's next question. "Will do." He tried to keep his voice chipper. As soon as he turned to the kitchen, and away from Unico, he let his smile fade a bit. "Kettle, kettle, kettle.." He mumbled as he searched through cabnets. Finally, he found one, filled it with water, and put it on the stove. He turned the burner on and headed back to Unico. There was really no avoiding it now. If he kicked him out, so be it. He found Unico, and began explaining best he could. "Remember that battle with the huntress? Well, during that, bird boy went savage, killed someone, and was heading for the group. Naturally, I shot him to stop any further harm to the others. He did sustain breaks and many wounds, but it had to be done, don't you agree? I was only looking out for everyones welfare."

[Derek_Is_Me]

Confused and bewildered at what was going on around him Storm got up out of the chair that was in the kitchen. And after Unico and Conri had fixed Jericho and left him to rest Storm walked over to him to see if he was awake."Hey, you? Do you want something to drink or eat after that little ordeal of yours?"asked Storm in a calm and caring voice to the injured Jericho.

[Song_of_Storms]

[SIZE="1"]Unico remained silent as Conri explained. His expression was stoic, and thus unable to read what he was currently thinking. Idly, an amused grin formed across his face. Running his hand through his long hair, Unico tried in vain to conceal his entertainment.

"Is that the cause of your odd behavior? Really, Conri, I could care less what you have done to another. Its not my place to judge." Unico hastily added an afterthought.
"Still, we should do something about Jericho's killing of another. Any chance he gave you reason for his act?"

Unico glanced around for a second, before lowering his eyes and whispering to Conri.
"This 'Huntress'... is she still on the prowl?"

Unico looked over to see Storm assisting Jericho. His sympathy for the wounded reminded him of Siobhan's own... wherever she was now.[/SIZE]

[Lil_Ninja]

Conri rubbed the back of his neck. "Hmm.. Really?" He folded his arms, his eyebrow cocking a small bit. Unico not caring if he wounded a fellow anichi? Doesn't seem quite like him, but Conri hardly knew him so he couldn't say for sure. He motioned for them to go further up the stairs so if the bird boy was conscious, he couldn't hear. He spoke in quiet tones anyway. "Well, his kill was Claude--the hunter--so maybe he wanted revenge? But him trying to attack the others.. I don't know." He shrugged and leaned against the wall. "I would think so. She is very persistent, so if she isn't almost dead, I'm positive she'll come back eventually. Don't know how she'll go about it though.. That's why I'm staying here. I've worked with her, I pretty much know how she works, and I want to help you all-" He stopped himself from saying any more. Eventually it will come out that he helped the hunters find this place, but he didn't think this would be the best time to bring it out.

[Nami]

OOC: No problem D

IC: Maxine looked back up at him. "You were right about some of the others not being so nice. Especially that green haired girl and that Unicorn guy." She huffed at the thought of them. "I don't know how you're able to stand them." She leaned against the wall. "Heck, I can hardly stand them and I haven't even been here a day." She started fiddling with the metal contraption that was helping her walk. She started mumbling, "I can't wait 'til I'm able to leave this place.." She looked back up at Kish, "No offense, but the people here are a bit too odd for my taste.. Well, except you. You're cool." She paused and scrunched her face up. "I'm rambling, aren't I?"

OOC: XD I hoped you would understand

IC: Kisho arched a brow and laughed aloud when he heard her say 'unicorn' Kisho smiled slowly, "It took me a really long time to be accepted here, and even when some accepted me others didn't like Unico..." he grinned still enjoying what she had said, "It doesn't offend me...Thanks, you're pretty cool your self." Kisho shrugged, "no worries about Rambling, I used to know a girl who did it all the time, so it doesn't bother me." Kisho glanced down the hallway, "What is Unico doing anyway?" he muttered.


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Affinity Solus snuck away from Kisho and Maxine, she made her way back to the library dodging the other members of the house and got the diary, "Well now, where was I?"

OOC: Feel free to interact with Affinity guys ^^

[Lil_Ninja]

Maxine smiled when he said she was 'cool', she never really thought of herself as such. "Yeah, I could have guessed Unico would be the one not to accept you." She made a face, then answered his last question. "Probably bombing mailboxes, knocking over port-a-potties, telling small children there is no such thing as Santa.. I hear he's infamous in these parts for such activities." She smirked, clearly joking. Her ear twitched a little when she heard voices on the steps. She looked at Kisho with a raised eyebrow and nodded towards the stairs. "Speaking of Unicorn boy.." She let her voice trail off. She could hear someone else with him. Must be that cowboy guy.

[Kung_Fu_Master]

Jericho fought under there omnipresent hold but still unable to escape. His senses began to return after a loud snap rang through the room as well as a shrill of a hawk. The red mixed with blue and yellow as room's form flooded to his eyes. He stoped fighting againist the hold that now began to ease.

He layed there for a while, "Hey, you? Do you want something to drink or eat after that little ordeal of yours?" he looked up at storm, "An apple, make it two, green not red." he ordered. The smell of blood still lingered, he hated the sight of blood especialy his own.

[Derek_Is_Me]

Getting at answer from Jericho. Storm walked over to the counter in the kitchen and started to look in the cabinets for some apples. After finding the right color of apple that Jericho wanted Storm took them and started to wash them off under the cool water of the sink."So, Jericho are you okay?"asked Storm with a bit of sympathy in is voice.

[Nami]

Maxine smiled when he said she was 'cool', she never really thought of herself as such. "Yeah, I could have guessed Unico would be the one not to accept you." She made a face, then answered his last question. "Probably bombing mailboxes, knocking over port-a-potties, telling small children there is no such thing as Santa.. I hear he's infamous in these parts for such activities." She smirked, clearly joking. Her ear twitched a little when she heard voices on the steps. She looked at Kisho with a raised eyebrow and nodded towards the stairs. "Speaking of Unicorn boy.." She let her voice trail off. She could hear someone else with him. Must be that cowboy guy.

Kisho snickered and tried not to laugh out loud about her jokes, it was so true for Unico, sometimes he could be a real jerk, then again so could Kisho. Kisho glanced up the stairs, "hey, let's eavesdrop!" He grinned impishly and climbed the stairs quietly listening in on the conversation.

[Lil_Ninja]

Maxine got a mischievous smile on her face when Kish suggested eavesdropping. She did a slight transformation for her ears and followed Kish down the stairs silently. When she caught word of the huntress, she looked over at Kish with a slightly curious expression. That cowboy guy was hiding something, and she wanted to know what.

[Song_of_Storms]

Conri rubbed the back of his neck. "Hmm.. Really?" He folded his arms, his eyebrow cocking a small bit. Unico not caring if he wounded a fellow anichi? Doesn't seem quite like him, but Conri hardly knew him so he couldn't say for sure. He motioned for them to go further up the stairs so if the bird boy was conscious, he couldn't hear. He spoke in quiet tones anyway. "Well, his kill was Claude--the hunter--so maybe he wanted revenge? But him trying to attack the others.. I don't know." He shrugged and leaned against the wall. "I would think so. She is very persistent, so if she isn't almost dead, I'm positive she'll come back eventually. Don't know how she'll go about it though.. That's why I'm staying here. I've worked with her, I pretty much know how she works, and I want to help you all-" He stopped himself from saying any more. Eventually it will come out that he helped the hunters find this place, but he didn't think this would be the best time to bring it out.

[SIZE="1"]Unico nodded as Conri talked. He sighed upon hearing that the Huntress would more then likely be back.
"I see... then it would appear conflict is inevitable."
Unico allowed the bitter silence to fill the room, before he began again. his eyes seemed emotionless, as his voice.
"You say you have worked with her before? Then you, at present, are our main asset. I'll need you to inform me of all you can..."
Unico emphasized the importance with mild gestures as he spoke.
"-of she acts, her weakness and strong points, etc. I do not wish for turmoil, yet others seem to lust for such. I fear that if such a time comes, we will fail..." [/SIZE]

[Lil_Ninja]

Conri nodded. "I will inform you of all I can think of when the time is right." His ears picked up a small sound on the steps, but he ignored it. "If you all fight like you did just a little while ago, I'm afraid I'll have to agree. Teamwork will be the key element in winning this thing. But alas, you are all children.. Turmoil is inevitable."

Maxine tried inching closer to Kisho's spot, but she lost her footing. Before she was able to totally fall, she grabbed Kish's shoulder, stopping herself. But her crutch kept going, making lots of noise on the way down. She cringed at every sound.

Conri grabbed the crutch before it crashed into him and Unico, and walked to the point on the stairs where he could see the two. "Eavesdroppers, eh?" He smirked.

Maxine straightened up and grabbed the metal crutch from him, a little less than polite.

[Kung_Fu_Master]

Getting at answer from Jericho. Storm walked over to the counter in the kitchen and started to look in the cabinets for some apples. After finding the right color of apple that Jericho wanted Storm took them and started to wash them off under the cool water of the sink."So, Jericho are you okay?"asked Storm with a bit of sympathy in is voice.

Jericho didn't answer, his face still angery or maybe pained. When storm came back he took the apples holding and eating one with his right and try his best to hold the other between his casted left arm and his torso. As soon as he had them he rushed to his room and shut the door.

[Derek_Is_Me]

Watching Jericho run past him. Storm decided that he would go sit outside in a tree behind the orphanage. Walking outside Storm was happy to see that no one was outside to see him leaving. So Storm headed for the forest. And as soon as he got there he started to climb a low limbed tree so that he wouldn't have to strain that much from the pain in his shoulder. Getting to the top Storm was a bit surprised to see the view that the little tree had of the night sky."What a nice view."said Storm with cheerfulness in his voice.

[Song_of_Storms]

Conri nodded. "I will inform you of all I can think of when the time is right." His ears picked up a small sound on the steps, but he ignored it. "If you all fight like you did just a little while ago, I'm afraid I'll have to agree. Teamwork will be the key element in winning this thing. But alas, you are all children.. Turmoil is inevitable."

Maxine tried inching closer to Kisho's spot, but she lost her footing. Before she was able to totally fall, she grabbed Kish's shoulder, stopping herself. But her crutch kept going, making lots of noise on the way down. She cringed at every sound.

Conri grabbed the crutch before it crashed into him and Unico, and walked to the point on the stairs where he could see the two. "Eavesdroppers, eh?" He smirked.

Maxine straightened up and grabbed the metal crutch from him, a little less than polite.

[SIZE="1"]
Unico was about to explain to Conri that he had no doubts about his own fighting abilities, just the others. He never got the chance, however, before Maxine decided to drop by.

Just barely, Unico glanced over to see the cause of the noise. He was not surprised in the least, though. Turning back to Conri, he closed his eyes and began stoking his hair. Sighing, he spoke softly and without enthusiasm.

"Pay them no heed, Conri. I sensed rats around, so I was quite aware of their presence. They, coincidentally, are the main hindrances I have spoken of. They seem to lack any useful abilities whatsoever, including respect."

Unico faced them, his eyes still closed as he smiled coyly. Deep venom could be detected in his tone.
"You two should run along. If, for some reason, I find use of you, I will call."[/SIZE]

[Lil_Ninja]

Maxine's expression got hard as her eyes narrowed fiercely and she about let out an audible growl. She just stood there, giving Unico the meanest glare she could possibly make. If not for her leg, she would have pounced on him already and made him take those words back. She chose her words carefully, and laced them with a special amount of malice. "I expected this from a snake." She took a couple steps closer before making her next remark. "They always throw vain remarks and threats when they are in the presence of one that is able to crush them in an instant if wanting, probably trying to hide their weaknesses, or perhaps," She stopped to snicker a little, "in an attempt to make the superior feel small like them." She got particularly close to his face when she said the word 'crush'.

OOC: Gah, I'm not great at making good sounding mean comments XP

Yeah, Maxine doesn't have the best of tempers, so watch out XP

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Conri stayed back, not wanting to get in the way of this temperamental marten. He was close enough, however, to protect someone if needed. He raised his eyebrows at what she said, and then commented a little too loudly. "Burn.." His expression hinted at a surprised smile.

[Song_of_Storms]

[SIZE="1"]Unico's golden eyes narrowed. He was not in the least impressed. Furious, but did little to quell his disgust. Placing one hand against his hip, he slithered into a more relaxed poise. Eyes on Maxine, he hissed harshly.

"It would serve you well to remember, scourge, that snakes have venom. This one in particular would not hinder at injecting an unnamed marten with such. Furthermore..."

Unico stepped closer to Maxine, tilting slightly over to be on her own eye level. He hissed, this time with much more refrain and decorum, even if his words were far from such.
"-if you ever take that tone with me again, I will have no hesitation to hit you."

Unico turned, heading towards the library. He turned back briefly to beckon Conri to follow.
"Please, come with me Conri."[/SIZE]

[Lil_Ninja]

Maxine was amused at Unico's reply. "And it would serve you well to remember that martens can kill snakes without any challenge. Venom or no venom." She leaned a bit closer to his face. "If you ever take that tone with me again, I will have no hesitation to brutally injure you, unicorn boy." Her voice was almost threatening yet happy as her eyes stayed narrowed and her mouth hinted at a smile. It was true though, she could easily take him down, even with her injured foot. She was much stronger than she appeared and she was highly skilled in fighting, so a task like injuring a snake boy would be pretty simple, despite her size. Before Unico could make a comeback, she turned to Kisho. "I'm going outside. It's a little too annoying in here for me. If you wish to follow, fine." She was very tempted to either trip, or shoulder Unico as she passed him on the stairs, but she settled for a little more than accidental bump into the wall. She didn't like him, and she was going to make sure it was very clear. After she opened the front door, she changed into her animal half way so she could see, and then kept moving, not bothering to close the door behind her.

OOC: Yeah, her bite is usually worse than her bark.

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Conri was about to intervene, but before he could, Maxine left. He followed Unico and waited a while to say anything. After the others were out of hearing range, he turned to Unico. "Maybe you should try being nicer to the residence." He folded his arms. "If we're all suppose to be a team, rude comments are very unwanted, no matter who the person is."

[Derek_Is_Me]

Sitting in the tree that he deemed to be his new bed. Storm was looking at the night sky when he suddenly smelled marten. Looking at the front door of the orphanage. Storm saw the small little marten start to make her way outside. Wondering what she was doing Storm decided that he was going to watch her for a little while."I wonder what she's doing?"said Storm.

[Nami]

Kisho stared at Unico for a long moment and then with a sudden rage he grabbed Unico by the back of the shoulder and slammed him to the wall, "What the heck is your problem you worthless piece of flesh? You have no right to talk to us like you are some kind of king! You are an outcast just like us!" Kisho slammed his fist against the wall next to Unico's head, "You just remember that I can kill you with a flick of my wrist you worthless snake skin." Kisho's cat teeth grew out and his eyes glowed, the demonic cat was showing through now, and he pushed away from Unico and walked out the door following Maxine.

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Affinity stood in a dark room, she smirked at her boss who looked up from the journal, "You are sure?" he said darkly. "I am positive." Affinity said, "There is a huge orphanage of them, and...there's a boy there, who is possessed by a demon cat, remember that demon cat who fought against the other great demon cat three hundred years ago? It seems they have found a place to rest inside two children at the orphanage."

The boss sat up straighter and arched a brow, "really? Well, I want you to try and befriend them Solus, and if they start to trust you, keep the cat boy away from the girl." Affinity nodded, "Yes sir, and what about the rest of the Anichi?"

"If they get in your way, kill them."

"Yes sir."

OOC: Erin, I hope that I can do this ^^; Affinity Solus and these other guys are a pretty big part of something I was hoping to do, it would make for a fun story line, XD so if you don't mind me doing this ^^ Them I will keep it up, this group Affinity is in is a huge organization who are after the

[Lil_Ninja]

Conri stood close to Unico, not sure what this Kisho character was going to do. Conri put his hand on Kisho's shoulder, warningly, after he hit the wall. He was relieved when he left, he didn't want to have to use force. "He's right you know- I mean, about us all being outcasts, no better than any of the others."

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Maxine heard Kisho approaching her. She sighed and leaned against a tree at the edge of the forest. "This place is no different than any other I've been to.. Angry, judgmental, self-righteous characters running about, causing trouble with the others just for the heck of it." She turned to face him fully, but kept her gaze downwards. "You know that as soon as I get a chance, I'm leaving, right?" She told him, setting her crutch against the tree. "And now that I'm becoming friends with you, it's not making that any easier.." She leaned her head against the tree and gazed up at the higher branches. She longed to be among them again. "It feels like I've met you before, long ago. But is that possible? I've never taken time to get to know anyone in the past, except a handful scattered through many years." She turned her head to him, looking at him fully, and she saw something odd in his eyes. "Are you--are you alright?" She furrowed her brow.

[Nami]

Kisho stalked up to where she was and stood next to her, "I know, people here are mean, most of them anyway. Unico is the worst of them all, he is so full of it, and I really just want too..." a snarl ripped out of his mouth, but he quickly shook off the anger, "I'm sorry I'm not making it easy... It's nice having a friend now though." Kisho glanced at her and then up at the trees, "I know what you mean, It seems like I know you, but... I don't know from where, when I was younger I only hung out with a bad crowd, I kinda don't remember half the people I met." Kisho looked at her, his eyes glowing still, "Y-yeah, I'm fine," he closed his eyes and then re-opened them, and his eyes were normal again. "I'm sorry about everything, I shouldn't have invited you into the house...you deserve something better." Kisho leaned his back against the tree and sighed, closing his eyes.

[Lil_Ninja]

Maxine shrugged. "You don't have to be sorry. I'm not to good with the whole 'friends' thing anyway.. It never works out for me.." She sighed. At the 'bad crowd' comment, she smirked. "Well, that was my type of crowd. I was always the worst though." She smiled at the memory. "I stayed with them for the longest.. About four years.. Until-" She stopped, not wanting to bring that memory up, and turned back to him at the last thing he said. "Well, if I wasn't at the house, I would have ended up in the hunter trap faster and nobody would have been there to help, so think of it as you saving my life." She smiled a bit. "Besides, I'm glad I got to meet you." Suddenly, his glowing eye thing triggered a long lost memory. "Hey, uh.. What exactly is your animal?.."

[Nami]

Kisho smirked, he knew what she was talking about, being friends with someone was hard, he sighed and glanced at her when she asked him what kind of animal he had. Kisho blinked, a little startled, "Well..." he looked away from her, "it's called a Phantom Cat, it's dangerous for me to change if I don't have control over the beast...otherwise...bad things happen." he whispered remembering a night so long ago that he had hoped to forget.

[Lil_Ninja]

Maixne furrowed her brow and gazed down, recollecting an almost forgotten memory. "Phantom cat.." She couldn't put her finger on it, but she knew exactly who Kisho was, somehow. Finally, it hit her. "Five years ago.." She looked at him, smirking. "The Tormentor, or short, Tory." She couldn't believe she had forgotten him. "The little punk boy that had a big mouth that always caused trouble. He thought he was so cool. That is, until a new girl showed up."

[Derek_Is_Me]

Watching Maxine and Kisho talk. Storm sat in a nearby tree. While listening to them talk about Kishos' animal form. Storm heard Kisho say that his animal form was called a phantom cat."What's a phantom cat?"thought Storm while still in the tree. And not moving so they didn't know that he was there.

[Song_of_Storms]

[SIZE="1"]OOC: That's fine Nami. I'm actual interested in seeing where you're headed with it. X3

Unico stayed silenced through the incident with Kisho. It wasn't until after Conri spoke that he even flinch. Unico's tone was soft, but an irritant seemed to be nagging from behind.

"Perhaps Anichi are outcast because we choose to be."

Sighing, Unico placed a cold hand to his forehead. He muttered with sparse lips.
"It is rather interesting to know that a majority, if not all, of the household loathes your very being. Quite refreshing, in some odd way."

Unico gave a feeble smile, his gaze falling onto the floor. He usual was never so forthright with his hatred for the others, but since Siobhan has disappeared... well, you know.
Turning back to Conri now, fully recovered, he motioned with his hand.

"If all of the unpleasantness of today are over, I would like to get on with this. I was wondering if I could ask you council on a certain matter." Unico was quick to add to his statement.
"-not that I am in need of it, but I am just curious."
Unico smiled, cocking his head. Bringing his hands over to each shoulder, until he was almost embracing himself.
"Also, I wholly believe no one would take my decision.... Since this "huntress" knows where the orphanage is, would not it make sense to move? Right now? I think we could evacuate in, oh..." Unico stopped to think.
"...one hour, maybe two? That is, if we take just the basics."

Unico watched Conri, waiting for his reply.
"-and with any luck, Kisho and that Marten will meet some sort of Mishap..." Unico smiled heartily at the very thought.[/SIZE]

[Lil_Ninja]

Conri watched Unico closely as he talked. "Moving might be a good idea, but if they're watching this place as closely as I think, all of us will be easier targets, even at night, while we move." He told Unico, looking at him with a weary eye. "I have a feeling you're going to be putting certain people in major jeopardy on purpose. Do you really loathe those two that much?" He furrowed his brow and folded his arms. "To wish harm on them and talk downily to them?" He sighed. "Listen, the only way to succeed in moving them all unharmed is major planning and tactics. We need to know where we're going, how long it will take, the layout of the land that we will be traveling on, how many people are coming and what their animals are, and for this whole time, we will need a set leader." He quickly added, "And I don't think it'll be wise if you were it." He told him, then threw in another idea. "What if I were it? I have much experience in this area, and I'm a pretty good leader. Plus, nobody really hates me yet."