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"...Wait. You mean it's NOT morning!?"

Rhys blinked, said the above words rather loudly, and looked around. It was, finally, at that time in which he finally realized that those lights? Yeah, they were lit candles. Outside? Yeah, dark. Lots and lots of dark.

"...O-oh. Uhh... well. A-anyway, I meant to say something about those who--never mind. I'm sorry. It's too late now. I'll say something later..."

Something bothered Rhys as he thought about the "Corrupted Ones". Something wasn't right... it was the battle with Amelia vs. Rei. Amelia at the end had an "X" wound slashed across her midriff. SLASH wounds--most likely, from the tip of her own spear. That suggested that Rei found a way to disarm her. That also suggested that for at least a moment, he had her right where he wanted her--ready to die.

So then, if he was corrupted, why didn't he finish the job?

But, such questions could wait. Before leaving, he turned to the bard, then stepped back, a bit startled. Whoa... I've seen plenty of laguz on Tellius, but I've never seen a... a... reptile laguz, for lack of a better term.

He shook his head to recover himself. "Sorry. My name's Rhys, by the way. I'm also known as "going back to bed"--as the saying goes, 'I think, therefore I am'."

He smiled politely and headed back downstairs, feeling sleep coming on once again.

Meanwhile, the other two cavaliers, unbeknownst to the others, had dashed off again--this time to find the captain. FEFGA's house, at least, had decent folk. Any and all survivors of the Watch would be safe there.

"Fine," Melethia said,"I'll let her kill you. It saves me the trouble of killing you later." She started to walk out the room, "Though if you change your mind, I've got something that will help you out on your recovery." She closed the door behind her. She sniffed the air for another person. She frowned a little. She didn't want to smell that person's blood. She walked to find out where he was.

Ninian listened to the conversations after watching the little bat messenger fly out the window it had entered. She really did not want to think about the battle that was fast approaching, now that King Tibarn has turned evil as well. yes, he was a formidable ally, but he was also a formidable opponent, and the kind of person you'd want on your side.

Not really paying attention, she didn't see who was playing until after she heard the music start. It wasn't really appropriate for the situation in her mind, but it was a nice, soothing beat. For the first time in a long while, she wanted to dance, even though this wasn't really dancing music. If nothing else, the music cleared her mind.

They needed sleep, all of them did, but that wasn't really feasible at the moment. Sue and Victoria stood the best chance of stopping Tibarn before he killed anyone, so they should be ready to face him at a moment's notice. They ought to have people supporting them. The new archer, Arashe, could use bows--if only Rath was here. Renault and Rhys could also support both Sue and Victoria in healing and, should Victoria fall, hopefully one of the two male bishops could step in and use her tome. Everyone else should sleep while they could; surely it would take Tibarn awhile to arrive?

A familiar voice greeted Renault, and he turned with a relieved and happy smile. "Melethia. . . you're all right." He strode over to the woman, paused, and then hugged her gently, releasing her a moment later to look at her. "Everyone was worried. . . I'm glad that you've come back to us. But. . ." His smile turned to a slight frown at the expression on her face. "What's wrong?"

The entire time Ephraim had been listening in on their converstation. After being woken up by loud noises, it was harder to fall back asleep with people walking in and out of the room. He felt something move from the couch and opened one eye to watch the girl that was on it, sit up and stretch. Ephraim sat forward, scratching the back of his head. He even heard screaming down the hall and one of them sounded like Siegell. The person he saw with Ninian, wasn't probably introduced though but there wasn't time.

He hadn't said a word since they were all woken up and quietly. Ephraim stood up from the floor, stretched a bit and made his way out the door. It brought him to the main lobby once more. He stood for a moment and moved toward the stairs, eyeing the people that were now awake (Though few he actually knew). He reached the top and moved closer toward his room. Once he got there, he closed the door behind him and leaned on the back for support and sank down to the floor. "I don't know anything, I don't know..ANYTHING" for the first time Ephraim actually felt useless to everyone. Its putting him in a situation where if the time came, he actually wouldn't know what to do. "...nothing.."

After a moment he stood up "No, there is something..but I just don't know what.." searching his armor and bag he dug out a few items he had brought with him but that could possibly help him. "Great, everything important is on that damn horse and IT decided to abandon me" a big frusterated by the fact that a majority of his weapons were GONE.

(( sorry for 'depressing' post XP but its really not lol >_>;; if you..look at it from..a different perspective..? >_>;;; ))

Ninian nodded to herself as Alihi spoke. Right now, sleep was best, although the dancer didn't know if she could go back to sleep or not, knowing what she did.

"Some of you would probably trust me with your lives... but right now, I don't think I can hold your lives in my hands."

Without thinking, Ninian stepped forward and sat beside Alihi. She wrapped her arms around the tactician.

"You're a wonderful tactician, Miss Alihi," she said softly. "Of course we trust you. Please, do not think of failing--think of what we need to do to ensure that no one else gets hurt. And right now, you need to sleep as much as the rest of us do. I trust that when the time comes, you'll know exactly what we need to do." She looked around at everyone else.

True, they didn't all know each other. Some had only recently arrived and others were recognizable by sight. However, they were still all friends.

"Miss Alihi is right," she told them. "Let's at least try to get a few hours more sleep."

Amelia let the conversation wash over her, a warm wave of words that coaxed into her ears, trying to reach her mind and only getting halfway there. "If we try to do anything now, it'd be unsuccessful... ...I'd rather not have to wait for time to pass, for things to change..." Amelia yawned, rubbed a hand against her face. She was still tired, the blood loss hadn't quite been recovered from yet. And even then, she wasn't sure if they'd even send her to take Tibarn down.

Rei... Tibarn, Nils, Abel... we're going to save you. Just wait for us, please. Don't lose any more of yourself.

She didn't quite think about moving until she finally realized that Ninian was speaking. "Miss Alihi is right. Let's at least try to get a few more hour's sleep."

Amelia rose to her feet, swaying a little. "Ninian and Alihi are right. So, um, unless the house is on fire..." Amelia paused, yawning, "or someone's breaking our door in to attack us, I will be in my room. Please, don't try to wake me up." She smiled slightly to the others, waved, and then went back to her room. Rhys had apparently decided her bed was better than his own, and she found him sleeping in it again. But certainly that was no reason to wake him up; she knew as well as he that nothing was going to happen. Amelia walked over quietly, crawled under the covers, and snuggled back up to Rhys, arms moving comfortably around him until she fell asleep.

Blossom, meanwhile, fell back onto the couch with a sigh. She was too tired to find an empty bed, and the couch was right here. Surely it was just easier to sleep right here, it was comfortable enough. Only other way would be if some nice person would carry her to a bed, but Blossom didn't want to ask. They were all tired, too. How selfish would she sound if she went "I want to get to bed, someone carry me!" Blossom liked to think she was more mature than that.

She curled back up, using her scarf as a make-shift people. "'Night," she murmured. "Few more hours of sleep, good... mmm." Blossom closed her eyes, slowly drifting back into an easy half-sleep, breathing slow and steady against her arm.