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Gradually Danni's body relaxed, and a slow, hesitant smile came to her face. "I won't let you down. Anything you want, anything you need...I'll do my best to give it to you...Headmaster. You work so hard for me, for all of us..." She smiled wider now, spreading her palm against his.

"You worry so much, so I'll work on my control so you won't worry. I'll make you proud, you won't regret taking me in. I swear to you." She said, grinning reassuringly before her face slowly blanked once more.

For just a moment, a small light shined in Danni Rinaldi's soul, and it burst out for a split second, snapping free of Eldest's control so that he staggered back a bit as Danni's arms wrapped around Ialo.

"All you have to do is call, and I'll return. All you ever had to do was ask and I'd have slayed all your demons for you if it was within my power. You were a light in the dark, and my port in the storms that I could never face alone. You saved me and you didn't even know it, so don't be sad. I lived the way I chose because you made it possible for me to do so. I worked hard to better myself, because I wanted to be like you. I owe you everything, everything I have, everything I am. If you wish for me to live, then I shall do so, because you asked for it. I'm always in your debt, Headmaster. The dragon who put me on his back and showed me the world." She smiled at him, her eyes shining with gratitude, with love, with sorrow, and then even that moment was gone, and she was just a soul trapped inside a shell once more.

On the other side of the bed, Eldest let out a breath, flexed his hands. "She...Her soul came out from under my control...She really...Feels something for you, so many feelings mixed together you can't even seperate them anymore." He shook his head, ran a hand through his hair.

Ialo was crying. Headmaster was crying. Somewhere deep down, she realized this, beneath the empty shell that had become her body, and the part of her soul that had been beneath the vulnerability, scared into hiding, reared up.

With a violent snap that had Eldest reeling, her soul broke free, and a fire of rage lit up her eyes, her mouth working into a scowl.

"Who the hell made him cry? Tell me who it was, and I'll turn them into a frigging boiled toad so fast they won't know what hit 'em." She squeezed Ialo's shoulder in support, running on clueless adrenaline. Leaping to her feet, she began stalking around, hissing out a breath.

It seemed to hit her all at once then, and she stopped dead. She let out a helpless sound, standing in the middle of the room, before memories baraded her and brought her to her knees.

"Too much, too much. Stop it! Stop, stop! What is this? Why am I here? Why aren't I dead? STOP!" She clutched at her head, let out a choked sob as memories, feelings too strong for a young girl to have assaulted her.

"I was afraid of this," Eldest murmured, and knew he would only be able to stand by now. She'd either stand or break on her own. It was all up to her.

"Ok, Bye cutey ... I mean Ialo!" Koi corrected herself but he was well out of sight before she finished what she wanted to say. She shrugged and looked up to Athena, "So your a Yokai? Hmm haven't seen one recently." She shrugged as her flat wings twitched on her back, It was obvious she was ready to dash after the dragon Ialo at any second. "anyways interesting day don't you think? Zombies and explosions."

((Also, Silver, Secret is out of town for a few days, so you totally have permission to move ahead.))

Ialo gazed into Danni's eyes, so utterly fearful - both of them, he would realize later: he was scared for her. The Headmaster pulled her up when she sank down. He refused to see her fall. She was too young to fall. She... She had three fathers, and he was one of them.

"Danni..." No. He would let her cry. So, Ialo gently redirected her back to the bed, and forced her to sit down on the edge like before. There were no tissues within reach, but he could quite literally, give her his shirt. Ialo tugged at end of the long sleeves, and brushed away the watery offenders on Danni's face.

"Yes, you are Danni Rinaldi," he said gently. "You're a lot of things. A teenager, a student..." Ialo rubbed her back, wondering if he could will the sadness out of her. "Shhh, Danni. I'm here, and I won't let anyone hurt you again..." What a sight they both were, tear-stained messes. "You're Danni, and I love you. After all, how many girls get three fathers?"

Ialo blinked, and slapped her in the back of the head. As fast as he had been to break down, the corner of his mouth was twitching. "Foster children don't get to pick," he corrected her. "But never mind that." He sat down right next to her, and smoothed out her hair. His own tears were still running freely. Her suicide had been ripping up his nerves for a week.

He squeezed her shoulders. "Taking life is never the answer, no matter whether it's your own or not. You don't know how much you're loved, do you...? Even Ophiuchus saved you once, and he barely knew you. He's not even Christian."

"How much I'm loved? I know people love me. I mean, Cook does most of the time, and Ambrose tries. I just tended to make their lives miserable most of the because I couldn't-can't-be what they need me to be. As long as I was alive, their life expectancies were cut in half because of who I am. There was a price on my head, so I just took it myself before anyone could get hurt. I wouldn't bring that sort of trouble here, not at your school." She said, deliberating only for a moment before she used her palms to brush away the Headmaster's tears. She'd comfort him if she had to, the way he was still trying to comfort her.