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-Her ears drooped at the mention of it, the gold grunny coming to mind-
It ain't gonna cook 'em alive or anythin' is it?

((Well I had a failed attempt at trying to sleep I'll just nap on the couch later with the puppy..))

Chu's quietly while being pet some more, happily content despite everything going on.

"Yay Batty no no having to worrying muches, chu~ though though would liking to helping more if Batty can.."

-She nodded, and looked to the bat. She wasn't sure if lil one would know somethin' like that, but it didn' hurt to ask-

(goodnight!)

Tears well up in her eyes seeing the other elf at last. It was from relief though it was short lived. Daenes wasn't facing her and the smell gave a pretty good idea of why. It was apparent she'd seen some battles. She starts to reach for the taller elf's sleeve, but Xashod's question makes her pause. Wiping her eyes she looks at him and answers carefully. "She came to me seeking help. She asked me to teach her some people skills." She drops her eyes and slowly looks back at Daenes, not willing to say anything further.
The elf stays silent only making a small noise of surprise when the grunny is caught and Arron appears to take a sample from it. Then the horrible squeal as the grunny's end starts and her eyes are drawn to the sound only to look away disturbed. This offers her a moment to see Daenes slip out the door, Xashod following after. "No!" Again she's at the door, but the barricade is being put back and she isn't sure Daenes would want her to follow. She slumps to the floor in silent tears, no doubt in her mind how, if not the exact mechanics of it, Daenes had killed the creature. The elf catches bits of what is said around her, but her mind is not in that room.

(Catch up post. Foo, I finally get you here and you leave before I can get back. Excuse me while I break into That's Life . . . Whining aside, good grief ten pages! gonk Guess that wasn't whining aside . . . )

*Maybe today will be better. TGIF!*

Xashowd awoke with a big feline Yawn. How many hours had passed? He had no idea. The wards and barrier had held, though. He hadn't woken up in some fiery pit or something...That was good. Xashowd looked around the closet he'd slept in. It was about...6x6x8 in Volume size, which meant he could move around with a decent amount of comfort even when in his normal form. Xashowd then realized that, aside from the Safe House, he didn't have a place of permanent residence here. He hadn't looked at the halls he'd been running down much, but he had seen numerous doors in passing. There were a lot of people here, so some of them must've had some kind of domicile within the guild.

Xashowd decided that, drifter or not, he'd make a place for himself here. And this apparently abandoned closet was as good a place as any.

Xashowd turned back to his Vampire Form and set to work, using his Wind Magic to clear away cobwebs, move shelves around, organize the various items that had remained in here...basically make the closet more livable. It took a few hours, but when he was done he smiled. There had been a few shelves on the walls near the door, but he'd moved more of them around that area and put all the miscellaneous stuff upon them. Most of it was stuff one would find in a supply closet, old cleaning supples, bunches of batteries that Xashowd didn't know if they'd even work, small electronic devices of myriad origin...But Xashowd had found something interesting among the supplies. It was a small, translucent sphere about as big as a tennis ball. Xashowd recognized it as a piece of Magitech, more specifically a Shining Sphere. All one had to do was focus a little magic energy into it, and it would brighten up an area for about 30 minutes. The more energy focused, the brighter the shine. Xashowd had found about 5 of them here, and he was surprised no one else had. He put one of them in a coat pocket and the other 4 in his Magitech Holding Satchel, figuring he'd pass them out to other survivors.

On the back wall he left one shelf, high up off the ground with a little bed made of some blankets he'd found so he could sleep here in Feline Form. The left wall only had a few shelves, and on these he had placed other Magitech devices he'd found, but hadn't studied yet. The right wall was barren, but on the floor next to it Xashowd had placed a Wind Marker, which would allow him to Warp here no matter where he was. Making one was simple, he just needed to gather a large bunch of air molecules and impart a portion of his energy into them to make them stay in one spot, and he could track it anywhere. He'd have to remember to place one in the Safe House as well when he got back.

Xashowd removed the barrier from the underside of the door. While there was a Grunny crisis going on, he didn't want any Grombies getting in, so he left the door itself firmly pressurized. Xashowd shifted into Mist Form and slid out under the door, turning back to normal when he got outside. He placed the barrier back on the crack, not wanting Grunnies to get in either, and took a quick look around. The floor was still charred, but the scent was completely gone. There was also no sign that anything had been here recently, and he couldn't detect Daenes in the immediate vicinity. With nothing else to do, Xashowd turned into Feline Form and made his way through the complex, remembering the path he'd taken to get here.

Since he was still waking up, he made a few wrong turns on occasion and had to deal with Grunnies. With his Wind Magic, they were turned into Grunny Chunks in a matter of moments, then Xashowd booked it the other way so that he wouldn't be around in case their death cries alerted other Grunnies. the path became more linear and less Grunny infested with every turn, and soon he'd made his way back to the Safe House door. He decided that knocking would be the polite thing to do, so he knocked loudly on the door. "Hello? It's me, Xashowd! No bites, no Grunnies followed me. Can I come in?" He called inside. He wasn't worried since there were no Grunnies in there, aside from the one in the cage, which Xashowd had a feeling was dead by now.

"Mostly I just followed your friend Daenes around. She's certainly an obstinate one...Did you know she has an orange Kitten? Amusing little guy, I know a friend who'd get along well with it." Xashowd flew over to the back wall and started setting up a Wind Marker while talking. "I was keeping up with her pretty well until this random guy showed up. Seemed like he knew her, got some interesting information." Xashowd finished the Wind Marker and made certain it was working. "Of course, talking to him meant that I ended up losing Daenes and the kitten. I was kinda looking forward to meeting this Leviathan too..." Xashowd kept talking as he flew back over to Gypsy. He stopped about 5 feet from her and turned back into his Vampire Form, as it was in that form's pouch that the Shining Spheres were kept. He pulled one out and handed it to Gypsy. "I found this in a closet I've made my personal residence. It's a Shining Sphere. Just focus some magic energy into it, and it'll brighten up an area. Should come in handy while the power is out." Xashowd then demonstrated by focusing a small bit of magic into the sphere. The room was suddenly well let in a cool, pale light. "They last 30 minutes, at which time you'll need to focus more magic into them. The more you focus, the brighter the light." Xashowd smiled calmly as he finished his explanation.

He noticed that Freak was awake, and helping someone else inside. Xashowd wondered who it'd be this time. So many interesting beings came here, every minute seemed to have something new.