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At that moment, Rhys was busy poring through the Light tomes in the library. Between himself and Renault, they'd put together quite a repertoire--Among other things, Rhys had managed to salvage Nosferatu and Velaura, whereas Renault had Luce and even the blessed Aureola. He'd never laid hands on either tome, but between the two of them, they'd amassed a decent collection.

At the moment, he was going through Nosferatu. It was a REALLY heavy tome with a LOT of material to cover... he'd never used it during the war against Daein because it was too freaking heavy to carry. However, if he could understand the concepts behind it and maybe condense the material so it was a lighter load, maybe he could use it. It would definitely be nice, using Nosferatu in battle... healing yourself while hurting your foes? Who WOULDN'T like that?

His eyes snapped upward as he heard a voice coming from the library door. He turned around and saw Amelia standing there.

"Come in," he said in his normal voice. It was only Amelia, from what he could see. But why was she being so suspicious?

"Oomph! Thanks for the hug," he said, grinning as he hugged her back. Then he looked behind Amelia to make out the dim form of a man with a really strange-looking hat. Not to mention girly-looking. How the blazes did he get in here with nobody noticing...? But, he didn't seem like one of the "Heroes", so he decided not to press the issue. If he could get them out to the rest of FEF, then it may be unwise not to trust him.

Still...

"Okay..." he said cautiously. "Octavio, is it? I'm Rhys. Is it true? Do you know how we can get out of here?" he asked, lowering his voice.

Melethia turned around. She saw some people. She sniffed the air to see if they were friend or foe.

"Amelia, Rhys, Isadora, and 2 others." She said. It sounded like they were looking for her. She walked her way to the group.

"If you are looking for Melethia. I am here." She said.

Amelia turned somewhat, keeping her arms around Rhys' chest for the moment. Melethia had approached, so now their group was herself, Rhys, Isadora, Melethia, and the two new arrivals, Octavio and Lucius... I think that's everyone...

She looked over to Octavio as he addressed her. "Ah... yes. This is everyone." Amelia tightened her grip on Rhys' body for a moment, then pulled away. She stepped a little ways away from the group, glancing cautiously to the door before turning her eyes back to Octavio. "Where is this pathway...? Does it lead outside?"

Mika sat up in her bed. She had been napping a bit. She didn't plan to sleep all night. She still had planning to do. And also, she hadn't reached a decision yet on what to do with Amelia, Rhys, Isadora and Melethia yet. A morph had come to her earlier to tell her that they had caught Melethia...

Earlier she had retrieved the morph that she had made to look like her sister. She had it locked up in another room... She planned to work on it. She wasn't giving up.

Pretaining to the prisoners, Mika wasn't really sure what to do. In her heart she didn't really want to kill them... But then again there was a darkness descending over her that told her that that was exactly what she wanted... Her revenge... Their punishment... She'd have to deal with the rest of them sooner or later. Use the prisoners as bait, perhaps? Make them come to her?

Now she was sitting up in her bed. She felt another power in the mansion. FEFGA? No. She hasn't returned. Is Loki here? That's not what it feels like... It's much too weak to be Loki.

She got out of her bed and walked to the door. She opened it and inquired to the morph she had told to guard her door. "Have you seen anyone?"

When it shook it's head, she sighed. Someone was here... She went back into her room, fixed her hair and picked up her staff. She walked out to search for what she was feeling.

Rhys had an idea of what Octavio had in mind as a means of escape. There was a passage in the back of the library, one that had led down to where Fefga had once been. He hadn't seen anything leading further down there, but... maybe he knew something.

He got up from his desk, shifting a Shine tome under his robes. Illusion was also present underneath, but who knew if it would be needed... maybe to stave off whoever pursued them. That might help... but then they might detect the magic and pursue all that much sooner. No, better to leave that one behind. Leaving it on the desk, he picked up Nosferatu. It was still a bit heavy, and it'd be a chore to lug all the way through, but the ability to "heal thyself" could not be written off so easily.

Moving to the back, Rhys shifted aside a small section of wall, revealing the secret passage. "This what you had in mind?" he asked softly.

Seeing the portal appearing on the wall, Isadora gave one last check before joining in with the others. Never would she thought that this manor had secret passage. And yet, this was what they needed to escape.

"It would be wise to form an order before going, in case we might get attack." Isadora suggested. "Anyone who has weapons and know this passage well should lead the way first. Strong ones should take the back. We're not sure when the Heroes might chase us and they are a lot stronger than the morphs. Anyone without a weapon should stay in between. It would be easier for those to battle and protect at the same time."