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"Whatever, just don't go anywhere near Alex." He walked around the bar and reached down to help her up, "Well, now that I've had the pleasure of meeting one half of you maybe I can meet the rest. I'm Tacitus, ya can call me Tac. Ya got a name or shall I just call you Kitty?"

((shut up, it stacks! er, you know what I mean.))

For once Tac's police background kicks in, but only for a moment, "Are you high on something Miss Mystina?" He shrugged, "Eh, ******** it. Not fond of Alex myself, he's got cat features, but the reason I have a distaste for him is his treatment of woman, both through firsthand and secondhand hearing it. Anyway, seems like my sarcasm was lost on you, but whatever. So, what brings you to a place like this, Kitty?" He was half in search of something to drink, non-alcoholic and of a soda variety, half listening for a responce.

Tac sighed and shook his head as he pulled a Diet Coke with Lime out from a fridge somewhere, offering one to Mystina. He started to make his way back around the bar, "From the best of my recollection, yes, people simply appear here, stolen from their world and returned as if no time has passed. I've done extensive studies on the temporal mechanics behind it, so naturally I don't understand it at all. I've personally witnessed great things done in this place, and done by it. It didn't always appear as it does today, if you can call it today. I've seen it take a visitor to my time away to keep her from harm...which was kinda my fault. We won't go there though." He found a table and pulled out a chair, offering it to Mystina, being all chivalrous and crap. "Though what I meant is more of an informal greeting, along the lines of how are you and what are you currently doing, but not nearly as complicated and bland sounding. And I meant aside from giving any that popped over the bar a good show."

He looked over to her can and realized that not everybody has such cans, "Here, let me demonstrate." He opened his own can slowly so she could see and emulate his actions, taking a drink afterwards. He paused for a moment as he set it down, nodding, "Well, as for myself I'm trapped. Can't say I hate it all that much, spending time with myself is actually kinda fun. I talk to him and stuff. He leaves at time to go do other s**t upstairs, but meh, I just go and meditate and s**t, learning to change my ways and such. But I'll be damned if I don't tear out Nicoli's cerebral cortex or whatever the ******** is in there and feed it to him the next time I see him."

He shook his head, "Nah, can't really be trapped here. Theres a door to leave for that," He pointed off towards the door and keys, "I'm trapped in a place that doesn't really exist, kinda like this place, but not really. I could explain it to you in detail, but it would confuse you and might even cause cerebral hemorhaging. Nicoli is the one who trapped me. Can't put my finger on why though. I saw his face, and then suddenly there was....nothing."

Tac shrugs, "Meh, not much I can do about it, besides, not like its all that horrible. Like I said, I talk to myself when he's not busy. He helps me with my meditations and other stuff. The b*****d won't help me get rid of these damn horns though....I want to know how he got rid of his...seriously."

He ducked his head away, shying from her touch, "Regardless of how small they may be, they hold intense memories much larger than they should. Ones I don't want to be reminded of. Those I've hurt, and worse. They seem to hate anyone that I love or have loved. Covered in her blood......can't get it off. They'll never be clean."

Tac took another sip of his coke and then let out a brief sigh as he set it down again, suddenly thinking of the coke he left open on the counter like three weeks ago. He leans back in his seat, "disposing of them might not get rid of the memories, but it sure would't be a constant reminder. Feh...I've lived to see six millenia now, pain and memories are one thing that I guess with ust have to be dealt with, hopefully better than I dealt with my problems the first time around. Forgetting everything doesn't really help."