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{{I hadn't thought about that, yet. I just figured that most gods would have impure intentions, so the Room wouldn't allow them access. And the weird thing is that I thought it had been decided at the beginning, when Krause had mentioned the Room, that gods could not access the Room and that's why Ever had been assigned to find the Relic. But then I remembered that the Room had nothing to do with the original plans of sending Ever to Bai Ching to find the Room. So now I'm trying to fix my incorrect thinking. Can't really go back and edit my previous posts. But don't worry! I'm sure it will work out. smile }}

Ever sighed and sat down on the edge of the tub that was closest to the wall. She then rested her feet on the edge across from her. She folded herself over until her forehead was touching her bare knees (she was wearing her skirt uniform today) and her long red hair was falling over her legs. Her hair hadn't been red a moment ago... dammit. Why did she have to have such an obvious tell-tale sign of when she was becoming really stressed?

When she talked, her legs muffled some of her words. "Dunno... I just assumed that they couldn't because Are..."

Her heart tugged when she thought of Ares and remembered that she couldn't see him now because of the barrier. It was a good thing and a bad thing.

"I just assumed that they couldn't because Ares and Aphrodite were so adamant about me going into the Room to find out more information about the Relic. Since they wouldn't do it themselves, I just assumed that meant they couldn't get into the Room. I guess I could be wrong..."

Moments later, Raven edged herself out of the Room through the old-fashioned keyhole in the door and flew over to land on Ever's slumped shoulder.

"You both left me in there! You're lucky I can squeeze out of small spaces! Really, how rude!"

Ever sighed, not moving. "Raven, I knew you were in there. I would have come back for you, don't worry."

Ever sighed loudly in frustration, stood up in the tub quickly, grabbed the top shower rod, and used it to swing out onto the floor. Raven flew up to sit on the shower rod.

{{The rest of my post is going to seem similar to the posts I made at the beginning of the story with Ever being her gymnastic self. lol. It's how she copes with stress when she can't meditate, if people remember the beginning of the story.}}

Ever suddenly had an i-Pod in her hand with a small speaker, things she had transported from her room. She picked a song, Journey's Don't Stop Believin', started to play it through the small speaker, and put it on the bathroom counter.

Then, she started doing random back and front flips and stretching. She even ran up one of the walls and did a back flip. She didn't want to think about what was going on right now. She didn't know that much about gods and the Room. She and Aurora had just made a huge discovery. Wasn't that enough? Shouldn't there be a limit to how many discoveries were made in one day?

{{Yes! You explained her perfectly, Alb! biggrin And that psychotic murder thing was hilarious}}

Ever gasped and stumbled back slightly as Nik was suddenly in front of her after she turned around from her recent back flip. His intense stare really unnerved her. Usually she would have said a scathing remark, but his intense gaze kept her acidic tongue in check. Something about his eyes... they didn't seem like his normal ones. She was almost reminded of looking into Poseidon's eyes when she looked at Nik.

Finally, she let out a short, nervous laugh and looked over at Aurora. "Well, I think we've discovered enough for one day. Besides, I need to go lie down! Yyyep... A nap sounds good right about now. I'll meet you tomorrow to discuss things, alright?"

She quickly turned, her red hair swinging and lightly hitting Nik's chest. She quickly walked into Aurora's living area. Then, she quickly left the dorm room, walked down the hall, and quickly went into her room. She didn't even close the door. She didn't want to hear Raven b***h about shutting her out again, even though she could and had fit under the crack at the bottom of the door.

Raven sighed and stayed on the shower rod. She looked down at Aurora.

"Believe it or not, that is not that unusual of Ever. Well, the exit was, but the random gymnastics? Very typical. That or meditating."

Nik didn't feel like going after Evermore, feeling like it'd only cause some sort of dispute between them again. He wasn't in the mood for it right now. There was something he needed to do though. Teleporting out of the bathroom, not thinking of how badly he might startle Aurora, he bypassed having to see Ari again on the way out.. Shortly he reappeared near Nessie's room, where Tyler and Sammy were sleeping, along with Bo and Luli. After silently cracking the door open, he saw Sammy, Luli, and even Bo all asleep in the middle of her room. Sammy however was smart and got on one of the beds. However, where was Tyler. Sneaking inside, he tiptoed his way in. Then he heard breathing in the bathroom and sensed his son's aura.

Upon looking in, he saw Tyler dead asleep in the bath tub. Why the Hell would he pick there? Must be some teenage thing he wasn't onto these days. Sneaking back out, he lingered within the bedroom, making himself invisible in case they were to wake up.

He spent a good half hour in there, watching the people he loved so dearly sleep without a care in the world. However, his attention was averted when he detected a drastic change in moods from a certain all too well known aura. Evermore's. Silently making his leave, he shut the door and wandered up the hallway to her room, still invisible. Upon finding her open door, he took the opportunity to sneak in undetected.

When he was inside her room, he felt the thickness of sadness drape all around him in the room. He didn't like the feeling, and tried his best to ignore it. His eyes then came down to look at Evermore, his steely gaze watching her carefully.

He sneered briefly. Nik was surprised at her detection, but was appalled she thought this Norse Demigod was that Grecian. It was offensive without it even intending it to be. "I don't think your War God could get through the barrier, you give him too much credit." The tone of his voice was a register lower, and he didn't reveal himself. He wouldn't be that impressed if she guessed who he was. Who else would be able to turn invisible besides another God like himself? And Aphrodite wouldn't care enough to sneak in on Evermore, at least he didn't think so.

Oddly enough, this caused Nik to laugh. And I mean a good wholesome, tear bringing laugh. She just never stopped did she? Her personal attacks against him always went past him and to someone else. Who was she really against more here, him or Ari? That was probably the question for the ages.

"I didn't come looking for the entire student body of Bai Ching, I came looking for you. I noticed a drastic aura drop in this room and was curious. Though, I hadn't yet implemented how sneaking into your room invisible would help. Guess a bit of a distraction." He grinned at his own little joke, but it couldn't be seen. Perhaps if he stayed invisible she wouldn't react so badly. Maybe his appearance was what irked her, and not the sound of his voice. His accented voice did tend to soothe others.

"I've never been in someone's dreams. Though, I never thought to try. I may have to one day." He laughed briefly before listening to her rant about the War God. So he was weaker than first perceived eh? Nik would have to remember that one if he was ever on the wrong end of Ares spear. As she spoke, Nik slowly got closer to her, hopefully without her noticing. Her hair was a drastically different color, bright flaming red. He liked it, and when he liked something he wished to touch it.

With her last sentence spoken, his large hand had reached out ran over her hair. It really was very pretty to him, and being the God of Beauty he could appreciate pretty things. "Feel better now? And by the way, ever considered making your hair red permanently? I think it looks quite nice." He spoke in a calm and distant voice, as if this were as normal as waking up in the morning.

Nik turned himself visible as he still continued to run his hand over her hair. He shook his own bushy mane out and grinned all the while. "It's a better color then this mess of silver. Makes me look like an old man." Nik by far did not consider himself old, just an individual who had been around for a long time. Yeah, that was it.

"Will you be upset if I say I'm glad I could make you feel better? I'm not a monster you know." He tried to appear genuine, which in reality it was a legitimate statement.

Aurora just sighed a bit when Evermore had left after having a big... well, big bout of being Evermore. She then decided to go find Bo--and she would have asked Nik where he was, but Nik disappeared as well, leaving her pretty much alone. That was inconvenient, really. She'd barely had a chance to do or say anything, and they both disappeared.

Oh well.

After going back into her room and considering her outfit--it wasn't a school day, so she wasn't in uniform--she left to find Bo. She vaguely remembered something about he and Luli staying wherever it was that Sam and Tyler were staying, so she looked around a bit.

Finding them to be in Vanessa's room by scent after a brief spree as a little mouse, Aurora knocked gently on the door. She didn't really want to wake anyone up.