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When the teens had run off, Joel made no effort to follow them. His gaze did, however, shift in Harry's direction, staring at him unblinkingly. Despite the fact the man had attacked him earlier (while in Zuzen's form) his face was completely deadpan & emotionless; after a few moments of staring, Joel simply turned away. Now he looked in through the window of the building next to him, still silent.

Lilith made a small 'tch' noise & made her way back to Alek, immediately looking down the scope of the crossbow & aiming it out of the window. The humans were already gone though, but she did make out the red-eyed figure stood outside. As though he knew she was watching, the man looked directly at her, sending a small shiver of fear down her spine - something she didn't like. Quickly lowering her weapon the succubus moved back, taking up a position on the stairs where she could easily snipe anyone that came through the door if they were human.

A small grin formed on her face & she addressed the various beings in the building.
"Oh, I wouldn't take your true forms for too long by the way..."

It was at this moment that Joel entered the building, his eyes quickly moving from person to person as he did so. He noted that Lilith was on the stairs, but gave her little heed. Though he showed no outward signs of any negative emotion, the being gave Kane a wide berth, his gaze lingering for a moment longer than with the others. The strange being took up a leaning posture against the far wall, his arms crossed over his chest.

Isaura began to trot to the alley's mouth, gradually gaining speed.
"I don't think I'll be able to do that. If we don't go fast the humans will see us and we'll end up being late. Just hold on tight, Shrimp."
Reaching the street, Isaura was moving so fast that everything was blurring together. No humans saw them and merely thought a gust of wind blew past. The two made it to the meeting place in seconds. Isaura came to a stop, hidden in the shadows behind the building and waited for Charlie to climb off of her back.

Isaura walked out of the shadows having taken on her human illusion. She tied back her long silver, now white, hair into a low ponytail. She tossed her hair over her shoulder and small grin on her face.
"Call me Isaura, Shrimp."
She stopped walking and scanned the area around them with her, now red, eyes as she caught the sent of a nearby human on the light breeze. One of her hands went to rest on the hilt of one of her dual swords, a light frown on her face. Looking around once more she entered the building behind Charlie.

Joel nodded slightly to Alek while his face remained emotionless. When he spoke, his voice had an eerie sound to it, something not quite natural.
"It's good to see you again too Alek. Once various things have been sorted out, we'll have to catch up."
The strange being's gaze drifted around the room for a moment, scanning the various people within it. When he spotted Lilith again, his eyes paused; earlier he hadn't given much notice to her presence, but there was something... odd about her at the moment. He pondered whether he should enlighten the succubus as to what was happening to her, before deciding against it. She'd find out soon enough, he wasn't to intrude. Joel then noticed movement in the corner of his eye & his crimson gaze shifted, watching as Kane came closer to Alek. He stiffened ever so slightly, but his face was blank as ever.

As Kane stepped closer to Alek, Lilith lifted her crossbow to her eye soundlessly, tracking the creature's movements with the bolt. There was now a barbed, flicking tail behind her, lifting her dress ever so slightly where it emerged from under the material. This was odd, the succubus hardly ever lost control over her true form. Before she could be hit by the building's defences, the tail disappeared as though it had never been there in the first place. She scowled as she looked down the scope of the weapon, finger hovering lightly over the trigger.

Isaura looked over at Alek when he approached and nodded her head in greeting. She looked over her shoulder then back to the man.
"I should warn you, there's a human outside that saw us come in and I'm pretty sure he knows what we are."

Artemis took an almost instant disliking to this Kaneonu fellow. He was smug and rude, and a bit of a smartass. Art fiddled with ribbon of his blindfold, trying to keep quiet until it was his turn to speak. He couldn't be sure who was going to take charge of this, so he decided it wasn't to be him. Instead, he lounged in the chair, being as nice as he could. Maybe he would set an example for this new person.


Kane grumbled to himself, but agreed and sat down anyway. He could probably shift to his true form, but, he liked the idea of being taller than most. He propped himself back on a chair, leaning it almost to the point of toppling over, before he lit up another cigarette, popped it into his mouth and once again, released a wispy cloud of grey smoke into the room.

Deeeerp posts...

"A human outside?... We'll have to get started then..."
The ancient man gestured for everyone to get into the meeting room, if there was a human outside and they knew what they were, it'd only be a matter of time before more arrived.

He walked over to one of the windows, separated several of the slats of the blinds and peered through, checking for eavesdroppers.

Aleksander turned away from the window and clapped his hands together.
"Let's hurry this up now, we've probably not got very long"

He looked over to Lillith whilst locking the front door, spotting the anomaly through the modified monocle once again.
"Are we expecting any more guests?"

He paused as the monocle zoomed in on the anomaly automatically, the inbuilt HUD giving it a label.
Subject zero? stupid glitchy tech... I'm subject-
The 10,000 year old man took off the monocle and shook his head before making his own way to the back room.