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Uke breathed in the herbs, they smelt good, real good...Was that camomeal? He Loved camomeal! Eating his food and drinking his bub ble tea (eating the tapioka balls). once he was done he smelled the herbs some more. His eyelids wear getting heavy. "I should not have stayed up untel 3 last night" he said then promply feel asleep.

Cronos looked around as he headed down the alleyway in a rundown section of town. The moonlight played on his smooth red skin, and the horns created shadowy forms across the ground. He'd been caught up in the recent event around the world of the SIN vs BOO cults. As usual, he had gotten some little tidbit of information that he just HAD to find out more about. So he had 'joined' the SIN group to get his answers. He didn't care for their motives, he just couldn't help finding his answer and the item.

So for the last couple weeks he had a demons smooth burnt colored skin with dark deep-set eyes. His toes and fingers ended with nasty looking sharp talons, and he had some talon-like protrusions going up his arms. His head had three distinct set of horns coming out of them: two large brown ram-like horns on each side of his head above his ears that curved downward; two twirling black horns coming out of his forehead above his eyes and going up about 2 feet; and one large gray rhino-like horn in the center of his forehead pointing skyward. There was also a scar running down across his left eye.

As usual he had a time-piece on him, a gold wrist watch on his right arm. It was in immaculate condition, and kept precise time. He couldn't stand to wear one that wasn't, and had even been known to fix others time-pieces when he saw them. He didn't wear any shoes, but just a pair of shorts and an armored chest-plate. Hey it was Halloween after all. Which went right along with the two pumpkins bouncing along by his feet, Jack and Jackie. Of course they weren't ordinary pumpkins, more like living jack-o-lanterns. They bounced along silently, but the telepathic chatter was constant. They were watching the shadows, looking for an ambush or anything out of the ordinary which was just what Cronos wanted since the person he was looking for wasn't the most respectable and honest.

Seeing the rune on the keystone above what appeared to be a doorway made of stone, he stopped and did the special knock he had been told... now to see if the information was correct. After a few moments the stone started shimmering and slide apart to reveal a room inside. Jack and Jackie bounced into the room quietly and stopped to sit still on either side of the entrance. To all appearances he looked like some regular Halloween decoration. Cronos stepped in, and just as it had opened the doorway closed up in a similar fashion.

"Guess I'm not going back anytime soon," he thought to himself and his companions, "let me know if you see anything of interest."

Stepping up to the counter he waited as he heard movement coming from the back room. A completely robed individual stepped out. All you could see was glowing red specks from inside the hood, the rest of his body was completely covered so as to not tell anything about his identity. Taking his cue as the being glared at him, Cronos says "I'm told you have item 69077786661313 for sale. If its authentic, then I'll gladly take it off your hands."

With that he pulled out a bag and sat it down on the counter with a clang of coins bouncing around against each other. Cronos just stood there smiling, while he awaited the response. After a few minutes of the cowled face staring him over, the being reached into a pocket and pulled out a box about 2 and 1/2 feet long. How it ever fit into his pocket was a mystery as there obviously wasn't enough room. Must have some dimensional spacing going on.

Opening the box, Cronos pulled out the object of his desire... a mace. The shaft and head was jet black and shiny like a polished obsidian, though it was much stronger and lighter than that. All along the head of the mace were what appeared to be golden spikes. Holding the item and concentrating, Cronos's eyes bounced up into his head for a second then came back to normal and focused on the details. Within 2 minutes he knew the age was correct for the manufacture of the item, as well as construction of it. Now the price was a bit steep for it, but not outside respectable variation.

Nodding he left the bag, and turned to leave. The seller watched as Cronos moved up to the wall and waited for the door to open. With a wave of his hand, the stones separated once again to revel the deserted alleyway. As Cronos stepped into it, his friends came to life and bounded off right behind him. Seemed like there wasn't cause for alarm this time.

So half an hour later, as Cronos was heading home he came across the bar. "You know a drink would be wonderful right now," he thought. Slipping the mace into a holder on his belt, Cronos entered the bar as Twi was heading back to his table. Jack and Jackie bounced up to rest on his shoulders, and Cronos went to place his order. Smiling at her he says, "I'd like two green teas, one very strong black tea, and three pieces of pumpkin bread please."

((i like both ideas. biggrin we'll try to keep the OOC to the Arcbuilding thread though please.))

Twi chuckled as he read. when the boy came to his table with his tea he tipped him a bit and sipped the drink to check the tempurature. cooled just right, Twi was satisfied. he dipped his bread in it and ate it slowly that way, draining th beverage bit bybit as he read and waited.

Tabby's eyebrows rose slightly, but she put the money in the til, and went to see if there was enough milk for the scores of cats that always seemed to appear around closing. She passed the boy again, on his way out to another table with plates of food.
'Do remind the customers they've another 10 minutes until closing, if any of them give you trouble tell Rudolf,' she paused a moment, remembering Twi, and the others 'Don't bother tables 6, 5, and 10 hey? They've some business after hours.'
If the boy was surprised he didn't show it, and merely went to the tables as ordered.

Tabby entered the coldstore at the back of the kitchen and sighed, the ginger tom followed her in, mewing as he smelt the food and wound himself around her legs. 'In good time puss,' she said absently 'I just hope I've enough plates,' she looked down at him 'I don't suppose you remember who's lactose intolerant hey?'
The tom merely mewed again, and left the kitchen, looking to Tabby as if to get her to follow. She shrugged, and went back to the cafe floor, to make sure everyone was leaving.

Tabby nodded absently as she stroked the ginger tom on her lap. He'd been hanging around alot lately, and everytime she looked into his eyes she'd seen a sort of intelligence, then again, she saw intelligence in the eyes of most cats.

'What are we to do in the mean time, other than profile?' she sighed 'Are we to wait for one of us to go missing next?'

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Arutha kneaded Tabby's knee happily, he was learning much for the Lord of Cats. He knew saber and the other's were getting unsettled by something in the streets, but any agents they'd sent to investigate had dissapeared. Saber was most worried about the nurseries he had scattered about the place, if his kittens were killed, his wrath would be dire.
He settled down on her lap, fixing his half-lidded gaze on Twi with contentment etched on his face.

Twi grunted and shook his head slowly. "no, if you see anything happening, do what you can to stop it. rescuing innocents is what we do. i'm going to be preparing for an attack on whatever is doing this though. we just need more info, and we each have to play our part in that. be ready to fight."

with that he wrapped his scarf around his neck and put his hat on his head, then headed out into the brisk night to walk back home.

he looked at the stars along the way, and at the buildings he passed. some had glowing lights, while others were cloing for the night or already so. somehow it felt less comforting than it always used to. as if something was waiting, watching him. little did he know that a number of hooded robed figures were silently following him from rooftops and alleys, and through windows in bars.

Coming to the door in the brick wall behind the Arena, Twi opened it and walked inside to his magical mansion. he saw Shandi and Sharon sitting on the sofa, having apparrently just finished discussing something.

"hello ladies. what's up?" he asked.

Shandrel and Sharon both started slightly, Obviously not expecting to see him yet. Sharon stood, a strange smile on her face.
" I was about to head out actually, i will see you to later."She grabbed her jacket and made her way out past Twi, Leaving, and oddly nervous looking Shandrel.