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"Not quite, anyway." Iden laughed, then started forward with Naraka in tow. Right about when he might think they were nearly going to walk into the door, there'd be a..very strange, singularly unpleasant feeling, a little like they were about to be sick.

And as soon as that was gone, there was carpet underfoot, instead of pavement. The dizziness hit, then, like they'd been spinning in circles for too long. They were in the hallway of an apartment building, standing in front of..a door, of course. It was hardly the only one in the hall, there were a few others as well. It was just a typical hallway, really.

Though she sympathized, she gave a little chuckle. She was used to the feeling by now. "Home," she replied vaguely, teasing, before elaborating, "Scotland, actually."

Letting go of his hand, she slipped the necklace back into her pocket before digging out her keys and setting to unlocking the door they'd appeared in front of.

((Err, like she's said, she's got looots of things hanging around. So, mmn, here's what he'd be seeing lounging about. They may or may not all get referred to, but eh...they're around. And Ri, too.
[Sefer] [Tor'en] [x] [Ulare] (nyokiir, housecat-sized)

[Mal] [Turmali/Tori] (kyd, pard; err..pygmy goat size?)

[Rhovan] [Luminita] (shay, daeka; large dog size)

[x] [Alavere] [Dilare] [x] [x] (pooka, likkle bunny size)

[Brightblood] (mouse size) ))

"Oh god, no.." She'd just finished with the lock when he started with that, and groaned, whacking her forehead lightly against the wooden door. But as she pushed it open, she was giggling hysterically.

The door opened into her living room, which was fairly small. Well, perhaps not as small as it looked. It was hard to tell, because it was just so crowded. She hadn't been exaggerating when she talked about all her weird animals. There were a few, housecat-sized, gryphon-looking nyokiir ranged over the room, on windowsills and shelves. Along with those, there were several little things that looked a bit like Ri, only smaller...and Ri himself, lying on top of the TV. On the floor was a tightly-curled ball of wings and brightly-colored fur, that might have been distinguishable as two separate creatures--a black-winged, green cat (the pard Iden had once mentioned) and a purple-winged, yellow wolf. A couple of moderately goat-like creatures were camped out on the couch in the middle of the room.

Then, seemingly out of nowhere, another nyokii came swooping right towards the new visitor, only for Iden to snatch it out of the air, a move that seemed to be well-practiced. "Tor'en!" she exclaimed, holding the hissing and squirming creature at arm's length, by the scruff. "Who the hell let you out, sunshine?"

She turned to grin apologetically at Nar. "Sorry, he's not exactly, aah..friendly."

((Eheheh.))

"Err, I guess you could say that. At least it's better than a few dozen cats, right? They just..I don't know. They're like dust, they collect..a lot of them just sort of show up." Iden grinned sheepishly.

"He keeps coming back, the damn thing. The rest of them behave themselves, for the most part, except for silly tricks now and then." She glowered down at Tor'en, then kicked the door shut.

"They really don't need a lot of taking care of. Most of them just sort of come and go, anyway." She shrugged, walking over to one of the two windows in the room. Setting Toby down, she opened up the window and tossed Tor'en outside, shutting it before he could decide to come zooming back in. "Sometimes they do, but usually just Ala and Di." She nodded to the antlered pooka draped over the arm of the couch, and the darkest one, resting on a bookshelf.

The animals are all mostly awake now, and peering curiously at the visitor. None of them seem in the mood to move or disturb him, though.

Ri started to raise his head and say something, but realized he was still supposed to be ignoring this person, and closed his eyes. His tail dangled over the edge of the TV, swaying slowly.

"Not really, no. He only goes for people who come in. He'll just..go hunt bats, probably." She frowned, scratching her head. "I'm, err..sorry about them all..."

By this point, there was something to be heard stirring from the other room. Vlad, presumably.

"Does it? Huh, damn. Pity I didn't realize that before. Ach, oh well. I know now, anyway. Thanks." Well, didn't she feel stupid?

"They're lazy, and sleepy. Once they're really awake, and they've decided they like the look of you, they'll see about getting acquainted." Already, the shaggy blue pooka was starting to venture forward, ears up as it sniffed in the vampire's direction. If Nar were to pet it, he'd make the possibly unpleasant discovery that it's fur was somehow naturally wet.

Finally, Vlad emerged and leaned quietly against the doorframe, his expression unreadable as he eyes the company. He was shirtless, revealing an upper body with a fair few scars, reminders from early in his warrior's life, before he'd become a vampire.