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He really could not help it, it was almost too funny, those were his thoughts as he let out a roaring laugh clutching at his stomach,"Sorry, I'm sorry," He said holding out a hand, still clutching his stomach, "But when a six foot something man tells you 'Bigger isn't always better' you just have to start laughing."

((No point in this post, I just wanted to comment on the irony :'D ))

((Night time fast-forward, at request of Ordinator/Pix))
The sun finally disappeared over the horizon as the moon shone in the dark, star-filled sky.
Tanner was in his apartment quarters, poking at the dwindling fire in his fireplace, the light glowing on his face. As he sat on the floor, the fire sort of reminded him of home, the only place he ever felt safe and at peace. But he knew he could never go back.
Lucas sat relaxed, quietly playing a lute as he also watched the fire. It was an odd sight, such a large, strong man playing such a delicate string instrument. He plucked the strings, a sorrowful dirge he learned from Gerard. The butler was also an avid lute player, and Lucas learned how to play from him.
"Well, we're leaving tomorrow," Tanner said, in an almost whisper. He spun around to look at Lucas. "I hope we can accomplish our mission. If Illys is to last, we must. At least we have some able men and some pupils that can learn from then.
Lucas stopped playing, but still gazed deeply into the fire. He didn't respond until Tanner had already turned around.
"You're one of the most amazing fighters I've ever seen. I'm still convinced that just the two of us could have done this together. The others haven't even seen you in battle yet," Lucas said with fiece conviction.
Tanner sighed as he rested his head against a cushioned sofa. He spoke a little more audibly now. "I just have this feeling deep in my chest that this is going to be much harder than we ever imagined."
Lucas wasn't sure what to say. He started playing the dirge again, and now the song felt much more ominous then before.

They had all been sleeping so peacefully, it was a trait Pix would soon disabuse them of. It was midway in the night when he snuck into each of their rooms. In his hands he had some small slips of parchment used for identifying corpses that he had one of the castle's scribes to write on, 'You were killed in your sleep'. The first room had been Kai's, curled up slightly on his side. Barely breathing, Pix leaned over him and placed the first piece of paper on the pillow next to him. In the room adjacent Kiro laid stretched out on his back, his blanket down to his waist, mouth open, his breathing punctuated by a nasal whistling. He laid the parchment slip across Kiro's throat. After that he crept into Andrea's room, controlling his initial sexual urges. He leaned over her body, slipping the parchment between her breasts. Next was the real challenge, Evacy, Pix couldn't decide on raping her, killing her, or both. Eventually he decided on neither, laid the paper on her and moved on. Now there was only Ryken left, the most likely to wake up, when a slight movement caused Pix to freeze. He stays like that, breath held, for a few seconds, then satisfied he's asleep, Pix creeped back to Ryken's bed and slid the parchment under his blanket. There was no need to test Gregor, Pix didn't much feel like a crossbow bolt through the head.
He then sat himself down by the door to his room, back against the wall, and began to wait for the morning.

It had been far too easy for him, and that was worrying. He had to work out how to punish them so that they would learn never to be so complacent again. He couldn't be too hard on them, who would think they have to set up watch when in the castle of a friend? Something short and sharp should do the trick. If they didn't learn this time, he'd have to come up with something more serious.

((Sorry for the bit of "Godmoding" but if I had to wait for the responses of all of you, we'd be here all week, then we'd also have to wait for the responses of when the characters awoke, plus it helps advance what I have planned for the training.))

((No harm done Pix. Fruit Cup, I'll fill you in when you get back to the best of my ability ^_^
Will advance story again soon... I am too busy to write a post at the moment))

(No worries, but Andrea's a pretty light sleeper..x.x )

Andrea's eyes opened half-way when she felt something touch her chest. She was just in time to see someone leaving the room, which made her quite awake. Andrea blinked, feeling something poking her in a very uncomfortable place. Her slender fingers reached to pull out a paper, and when she read it an irritated look came across her face: Pix had done this for sure. She stretched then pushed the covers off of her, wearing nothing but her bra and a pair of make-shift shorts. Andrea went to the door and opened it, stepping out into the hallway with a dazed look. The massive castle still confused her with it's many hallways but eventually she found Pix sitting outside of a room. Andrea lightly sat down about a foot or so away from him, holding up the paper between her two fingers. "Why'd you have to put the paper between my boobs..?." her head lightly fell forward to rest on her free arm: she was tired. Probably because he's a perv. she thought before she yawned lightly: she knew she had lost, and at the moment she didn't really mind for Pix was good at what he did. That and the fact that arguing with Pix would be like arguing with one of the castle walls..only worse: he could talk and kick back.

He woke up and studied the stars. It was still practically the middle of the night. He decided he neaded something to drink and since his water was all gone he headed into the castle. As he searched for the kitchen he saw Pix and Andrea around a corner. He stopped for a second and then saw what Andrea was holding. Crap! he thought knowing what it was automatically. Pix had tried the same trick on him once, be he almost ended up with an arrow in his chest at the time. He then left quickly positive that not even Pix had noticed him yet. He set out in search of a few other people and after a while found the few rooms he was looking for. He entered silently and removed the letters from the two others he had chosen to personally train. (Catriona and Evacy) Pix might have wanted to put the new recruits through his torture, but the people he was personally training weren't going to have to put up with it. He thought about how mad Pix would be when he found out about this. He then grinned maybe I'll have to shoot him to stop him to stop him from harming me. With this thought his right hand instinctively brushed against his crossbow. He then started up his search for a drink again.

Kiro stood there for a few moments finally realizing he wasn't dreaming but he was too tiered to give a rats a** about it. He grunted and walked back in and put on some pants, but left off his shirt it seemed to warm for one and walked back out "sorry for that you gonna be okay" he said laughing almost at her red face