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Glad someone was willing to go first Taliesin lit her candle with the stricker, quickly doing to the same to the Parmida's candle. "I'll see you guys in a hundred," Taliesin grinned. It should be nice and light down there by the time he had to go down.

"1 one thousand, 2 one thousand, 3 one thousand...."

((Go ahead and post where you hide. Perhaps if you're creative something important might happen.))

Edmund stared into the dark doorway, then up at Talisen. He was already counting! The toddler scuffled at the floor with his feet for a moment before his gaze swung over to Parmida. Well, she was going! Not really wanting to be outdone by a girl - even one who was a bunch older than him - the little boy began to walk towards the doorway. Upon reaching it, however, he peered inside, frightened.

Niki placed her candle on an old table that she spotted, making sure that it was set decently before glancing around for a hiding spot. Faintly, she could hear Tali's voice calling out the numbers. Hazel eyes adjusted to the dim light from the few candles placed about and Niki found an old chair. Not a good place to hide.

She turned as the room grew brighter. Ah, the older looking toddler was placing more candles. Wait a minute... how did he get those candles? Blinking, 002 shrugged and turned to locate a good hiding spot. There. An old wardrobe in the corner.

Niki crossed to the wardrobe, opening it, then promptly sneezing at the dust stirred up by her actions. This was no good. Tali would look here. Then, an idea struck. She found the old chair again, making sure it was steady, then pulled it closer to the wardrobe, making it seem as if it had been there all along.

Then, 002 climbed up onto the chair and then onto the wardrobe. It had a slight depression on the top, but only one of about 5 or 6 inches. So, Niki flattened herself as much as possible, hoping that the dim light in that area and the fact that Tali wouldn't be suspecting anyone to hide on the wardrobe would hide her.

Edmund breathed a sigh of relief once the basement was lit up, pushing a lock of dark hair out of his eyes. He watched the other children move off, and then trundled down the stairs himelf, glancing over his shoulder at the receeding doorway. Once at the bottom, he glanced around. Now. Where should he hide? He was lucky that he was little, there would be more places where he could fit.

Taking his time to look around, the toddler noticed several old trunks lined up against one wall, in a slightly darker corner. He took a deep breath, and then moved in that direction. Upon reaching them, he noticed that they hadn't been opened for a while. Dust had settled on them, and the hinges creaked in protest when he tried to open them. Resettling the lid cautiously, the little toddler noticed that most of the dust had been displaced, which made it look really obvious. He went over to the other two trunks, opening their lids as well. There. Now it looked like maybe someone had looked through all three? Or that no-one had disturbed any of them. That being done, he took another look through the three of them. There were pokey metal things in the first, which didn't look fun to lie on for any amount of time. The second one was filled with old books, which wouldn't give him anywhere to hide. But the third! The third was filled with a bunch of white robes. Edmund smiled, carefully climbing over the edge and into the box, holding the lid open with his hand. He settled himself among them, pushing back on the lid to make sure he could open it again if he needed to. Curling up a ball, he hoped that the robes looked normal enough.

Taliesin wasn't quite surprised when Selma wandered in. Though he was surprised when he saw the white robe she was wearing, one that showed the curves she was starting to get. For a moment, he stumbled over his counting and felt his face heat up. Almost shyly he waved at the girl.

He was even more surprised when a toddler came up to him. Blinking he waved at the young girl. He had thought he knew all of the children in the tower, but he'd never seen this toddler before. Strange.

Taliesin simply melted at the toddler. He continued counting quietly as he held his arms out to the toddler, silently asking if he could pick her up.

Selma smiled and waved back at Tali, before noticing the approaching toddler. She looked at the girl curiously and giggled a little behind her hand when the girl spoke with the appoximate pronnounciations of a toddler.