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Vika hugged Synra once more for comfort before standing up. "Synra...you think it over. I need to go talk to that guy about...what we should do. We're not on their side, but...you'd know the Dark Mistress better than I do. We may not have a choice now..." Leaving on this note, she searched out for Rei and soon found him.

She tapped him on the shoulder. "Um...sorry, I don't know your name. But I kind of need to talk to you about...things."

Rei was tapped on the shoulder, and turned to see Vika, asking for his attention. He knew that her and Synra were a touchy subject, so he decided to give her his full attention.

"Well, if it isn't Vika! I can see that you need to speak to me, so come over into my chambers when you are ready. I'll be waiting!"

Rei then turned and walked to his room, sitting in a nearby chair the moment he got inside.

A Raccoon crawled along side him, expecting a free snack. Saturnos tore a small chunk of oatmeal cookie and handed it to the Raccoon along with a series of questions in a quiet voice, "So tell me, Raccoon... Are you a traitor to your country? Of course not, you're a Raccoon. How many other Raccoons are out to assassinate you? None? Then I guess you get along really well with your fellow Raccoons where you work, eh? You don't work? How do earn money, then? Huh? How do you support yourself if there isn't a form of currency amoung Raccoons? I see... your life is so simple. You such try being a human, like me. You can dominate all the other mamals on the planet with your increased intelligence and opposable thumbs, but you sell your soul to society for it. Where I come from, everything is so complex and emotional. Everyone has to get what they want at the same time, and they start fighting when they don't... Sad, I know. Your fellow humans would define who you are and what is acceptable from you. If you don't fit their expectations, you end up like me, talking to Raccoons in the wild."

The Raccoon wasn't listening, too busy eating the cookie.

"Well, Vika, first of all, my name is Rei, and I'm more or less the leader of the Resistance." He said this with a kindhearted smile, which then turned to a piercing gaze.
"Now, what's the problem? It must be big for you to come straight to me, when you hardly know me."

Rei had a troubled look on his face. He wasn't 100% sure that he could trust Vika and Synra, but they needed help, and he couldn't deny that to them.
"Well, I already offered you safe haven here. You and Synra can take a room here if you wish. I'll ask for everyone to leave you alone, and you'll be nothing but a resident of this house. Now, I won't force you to fight, if you do stay here. But, if you go back to FEF Castle, you won't exactly get a warm reception. I can see why you're stressed, but don't worry about it. If I can, I'll end this as peacefully as possible. I'd recommend that you just ask Synra what she wants, think about it yourself, and then give me your decision. Does that satisfy your question?"

"I...I think that would be a good idea. Thank you, Rei." She nodded at him and took her leave of him. That was the next step; she needed to have a deep, heart-to-heart talk with Synra. She'd already left the decision in her hands, and Synra was far from stupid.

She returned to the room she'd left Synra in to recuperate and found her still seated there. "Synra?" Vika announced, gaining her attention. "They've...given us refuge here. They don't trust us, as well they shouldn't, but...you need rest. I need rest, and the Dark Mistress isn't going to give us that if we return. We just...need to lay low for a bit and decide what we're going to do. Rei's promised us that the others won't harass us unless we give them reason to. So...let's just get you to a room. You look tired." Vika helped Synra to her feet and led her to an empty room of the house, furnished well enough so that the two could be comfortable and have a place to rest.

Upon entering, she closed the door and sat upon one of the beds, looking at Synra. "We need to decide what we're going to do. I don't think we're on a side in this war anymore, and that puts us in a really bad position."

With the conversation with Vika over, Rei could really relax. With that party coming up, he'd need to dress up. So, he scrounged around his room, and found a few random bits of clothing, and threw it all together into a Formal Zelos Wilder costume.

"There we go! Can't have the Resistance leader disappointing at that party!"

Melethia had gone to where she had kept her stuff and changed out of her dress and into knight armor and grabbing a knights lance and a short spear to go with her armor. Though she loved the fact that she was dressing up for a party....there was some sadness in her.

"I'm honoring you Kunzite." She said, "By wearing some of your black armor that I took with me when I fled. I know you were wearing your light blue armor that day..."