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Jett reappeared after the feast. Standing at the head of the table, he announced, "The new Queen is very stressed and homesick right now, and will not be joining us for the rest of the evening. She is not accostumed to living in Dusis and the customs of the land."

"I hope you don't get in trouble, Ana," Liozu smiled apologetically and tilted his head.

"Maybe we can meet some time later and talk?" making sure to leave the question-offer open and soft enough to not seem overbearing. One had to be careful with these shy little birdies. Otherwise they might fly off, and while they could be caught again, it wouldn't be as easy as it could have been if one had just been careful enough at the start.


Having stopped singing, almost as if it had been planned, only moments before Jett, and then Neith, re-entered, Kushina smiled brightly and sat down in her seat again, humming under hear breath cheerily.

((<333 I just got an idea. I need Celia. ninja ))

"Talk?" That certainly sounded... innocent enough. And maybe it would give her a chance to get a better look at the way his skin and hair held the light... "I... I guess that would be okay... I mean," Ana tried to regain some amount of composure. "I mean, that would be nice. Um.... When?"

((XDDD Here's a (compromised and revised) piece from Kami and my AIM conversation. Hahaha.

Kami: So... We have decided that, out of all the female characters, Micoi is the one who most needs to be seen in a schoolgirl uniform. XD

Micoi: o.O;

Nadil: What!? o-o; XDDD; Who decided that!?

Kami: We took a vote. XD Ana was in second place. Then Midare, then Celia.

Ana: o//o;;

Midare: Wtf!?

Celia: .////.;;

Nadil: Who voted? XD;

Kami: The DFs. XD

DFs: *highfiving each other*

Micoi: Uhm... am I supposed to be honored by this?

Nadil: Ok, what does the Lord think of this? XD;

Kami: XD Who knows?

*** (change of scene)

Narrator: Micoi walks out on the courtyard in a school girl uniform.

Micoi: *looks around a little confused, wondering how she got there in the first place*

Magical manga/shojou wind: *blows lightly, carrying sakura petals with it and making Micoi's skirt move somewhat*

Micoi: >.>;;; Where did the wind come from?? *puts a hand on her hair while looking after the wind, holding a school bag in her other hand*

DFs: *in the Dragon Fighter HQ watching very eagerly for the panty-shot*

***

Kami & Nadil: XD;; ))

((Celia: O.O*))

Celia still sat in the library, paging through the book, occasionally asking Kahaku questions about various things mentioned in the book, or about some of the sketches. "and this one? who's that?"she asked, gesturing to a picture of a boy sitting on a slightly strange looking bird-demon.

'Zoma. A good boy, though....he was a little bit naieve to listen to Rath as much as he did.....'said Kahaku, before explaining how Rath had gotten Zoma to pose as him for a length of time once.

Celia laughed, and turned the page to something she hadn't expected; A picture of a woman with long dark hair, and a cross on her forehead. She felt like she recognised the person, but she couldn't really remember...."Kahaku, who is this?"she asked, poingint to the picture, and tilting her head slightly to the side.

Kahaku almost seemed to smile. 'That, would be one of the Dragon Castle's past fortune tellers, from just around the time of Lord Lykouleon, Miss...'

"Sarazar, right?"she said, not quite sure where she knew the name from, but now feeling like this was all information she had known for a long time...It was a very odd feeling for her.

'Correct....But I think, this might be eneough for you to think about for now...Why don't we continue tomorrow?'Kahaku suggested, crawling up her arm again onto her shoulders.

"Alright, alright...But you have to promise to tell me more tomorrow then,"Celia replied, closing the book and standing up. She placed it carefully back on its shelf, and then dusted herself off a bit, and adjusted her dress a little; it had gotten rather mussed while she was sitting.

'Agreed, I promise,'said Kahaku his head bobbing slightly in a nod as they headed for the door.

Shaking his head, Liozu smiled, briefly touching Ana's shoulder in the way of those who unthinkingly are touchy with anyone who they speak to.

"No, that's perfectly fine. Tomorrow? Or in a few days? Since the Queen-to-be is here, and as long as there aren't any freak youkai attacks, I won't have much to do, whenever is good for me."

She was so "touchingly" shy and awkward over having to make the decision herself, but Empress knew girls like this; while uncomfortable now, she would most probably be grateful over having been asked and over having had her input treated as if it did matter. It was all a matter of careful giving, until you could do... practically whatever, and they would, out of shyness, fear, and loyalty (not so say, quite often, blinding love) keep quiet about it. It was quite magnicifient.

((She's quite the awful, evil vampiress, yes. xD; Well, that's good! ... For Empress, that is... 8D; ))

"Then tomorrow it is," smiling warmly, Liozu nodded before continuing. "At the fountain after dinner then? If you want to do something other from there, we can decide that then. And," Liozu paused to looked towards Neith with a teasing eyebrow raised, "I think I'll leave now, lest I be accused of taking up all your time. It's been wonderful meeting you, Ana," Liozu said, and bowed slightly to the maid before, as the dinner was finished and people had started milling around, some seeking themselves towards Madiir and his table, Liozu wouldn't be missed.

Empress was heartily tired of all these worms, no matter how delightful the prospect of tainting such a delightful thing like Ana, was. She had had quite enough of the dramatics the lizards "served".

Had it been back when she had her own body, and a few lackeys, she would have withdrawn to have some fun with those girls. As it was, she couldn't. She couldn't even withdraw to her own mind and body for rest until her little strung-up "bird" collapsed and went to sleep from all the strain. But, that was a small, negible matter, and as long as she could get away from these... distasteful beings, it was all right.

The corridors outside the great hall were shadowed and almost shockingly quiet compared to the hall. And also empty. It was a relief.