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LP walked into the shop and looked around just in time to notice that vetch was... welll stacking coins up in nice little neat animal shaped thing. She blinked looking at tilting her head. &Must've found kesin's statch.& she muttered to herself thinking of how un-happy the bird would be if any of his pretties were messed with.

She watched lenta as she paced back n' forth before shaking her head, "You keep doing that and Iris'll have to patch the floor from you wearing a hole in it, that is if you don't fall into the basement first."

Willow trailed behind LP looking around she stopped in mid step andlooked at the llama. Blinking at it she slinked over almost as she was going to use it as a hunting animal. Her tail flickered as she watched it stacking coins here and there.



LP looked at lenta as she seemed to still be pacing the floor her eye started twitching slightly and she shook her head. Walking over to the girl
she clapped a hand on her shoulder. "What's bothering
you?" She quarried and with a second thought added, "Besides me."

She watched vetch looking around for some more coins she layed down two shiney gold dollars carelessly on the counter as she passed it to clap.... or rather attempt to clap lenta on the back

Willow wast still watching vetch and stalking closer to him, tail flickering waiting for the poper time to pounce. She watched as LP placed the coins which fell to the floor instead of onto the counter. Her head tilted as her tail twitched softly wondering what in the world
it was going to do.



LP let out a laugh and shook her head, "Indeed so then I'll just be leaveing." She turned to head back out the door to see what lenta would say to this.

Watching him drag the coin was horribly funny and the fact he hadnt' even noticed her was too priceless, she scurried over to the other coin quite as trea would be, or as close as a tiger can get to that, she then hid being something he couldn't see making sure her tail was out of site as well. The coin was held tightly in her tiny hands.



LP stopped and looked back at lenta and chuckled, "But you just said that I was bugging you" She chuckled and moved over to the couch to sit down. She stopped before she'd gone too far having almost stepped on Vetch who was running around in circles very distressed. She blinked and sighed before shaking her head looking around to see where willow was and what the matter was.

She stopped Godzilla with only one eye and shook her head in laughter. "Well looks like poor vetch has been out smarted."

Willow on the other hand was having a hard time not laughing, she tucked the coin inside a mini backpack LP had gotten it, it was a tight fit but it worked and with that she climbed up the wood, and hid there in the corner of the deskholding her postion as if one was watching a jackie chan movie.



LP finally sighed and shook her head, "WILLOWWWWWW" She said looking over to where she'd last seen the tiger girl. "GET OUT HERE NOW!"

Willow reluctanlly gave up her hiding postion, as she appered she smiled sweetly and rubbed her foot into the floor, "Yes LP?"

"Fork out the coin now" LP said narrowing her eyes looking at Willow and then pointed to Vetch, "you know very well there were two there and he needs him."

Bah foiled again.... Willow sighed and brought out the coin and tossed it down on the floor and walked away from it, tail flickering irriated with her owner.



LP chuckled as she sat down on the couch. "Willow'll be mad at me for a while." She mused as she watching Vetch.

"Tch.... get you're grubby paws off me." She said staring at Lenta. Upset wasn't the word for it. LP'd Ruined her fun... AGAIN. "What's he do anyways? Spit and built things?"



LP blinked watching Vetch and chuckled, "Quite and interesting boy you have there." She said with a nod and a chuckle.

Willow on the other hand plopped down on the floor watching the Llama "grapple" with the thing he'd made. "What an idiot thing to do" She muttered under her breath and took out her tarot cards setting them out in a pyrimid format. Just to see what'd come out frist



LP laughed as she nodded, "Indeed he is. Such a percurious little one isn't he?" She asked watching him distory the coin monster.

Willow gasped as coins scattered everywhere and almost on her persious cards she quickly moved to save them cupping her arms around them and growling at Vetch. Yes growling, not purring... nor any sort of happy. "What you're coins will you? Thye almost messed up my cards."



tbc.....

When the first hint of light began to touch the sky Nayati's eyes opened, a wide yawn escaping him. As his eyes adjusted and he glanced down to Willow he nearly jolted, having to try hard not to yelp, or have a heart attack at the less the settle change. Apparently some point in the night all cuddled up next to him 'little' Willow had grown, and now in her place lay a creature nearly as tall as him, lean and lovely, slim fingertips and face resting against his chest. A fire of nervousness touched him, not unlike that he'd felt watching Acia during her show of acrobatics, and quickly he shut his eyes, as if trying to will it away. He wouldn't wake her no... instead he lay trying not to move as his heart nearly beat out of his chest.-

Hearing the pace in his heart beat change she stirredmuttering softly, "S'matter?" She of crouse didn't open her eyes but they flickered as she nuzzled into his chest softly.

-At the nuzzle his eyes opened wearily, looking at her once more as if to make sure he hadn't been dreaming.- "N.. nothing. Are you still tired?"

She yawned softly, "a bit.. but once I wake up fully I'll be.... -stiffling a yawn- ...fine" her tail twitched as she laid there tryingto will herself to wake up. Had she noticed the change she might've been as freaked out as nayati was, but yet she was to groggy to notice.

-He nodded some, but laid silent for a long time, seeming almost afraid to move. It was weird.. so weird.. that with all Iris affection that she'd raise someone so shy. But at the same note.. he'd never heard any other velvet talk about that soft tickle of strange emotion.. So maybe it was just him. Iris had never mentioned it either.

Eyes flicking down to the tigeress once again, he watched her slowly as she began to the slow process to waking up, words finally coming, clumsy as they may be.- "You.. look nice Willow." -That was what Iris liked to hear. So maybe it was something girls expected to hear.-

Willow's eyes flickered again and softly opened looking at him about to call him silly when she noticed the white on her fingers matched that of his skin. Her ears flickered back and forth as she looked herself over and then blushed having relized what happened. "Th..thank you."

There was an embarssed grin as her tail flickered up to her face to hide what was already hidden behind that white fur. This was quite a interesting wake up call.

-Taking that as a hint, he shifted away from her lightly, carefully unpinning his arm before he crept off of the leaf, streching his arms far above him, as a soft groan escaped him. Heading over to the firepit he knealed softly beside it, finding it a heck of alot easier to talk to her without seeing her.- "Are you going to need the fire again?"

Looking at herself softly she strighten her shirt as she flicked her tail. Looking at him she shook her head, "Not unless you'd like some scrambled eggs." She offered, "I found a few laying around last night while I was cleaning up." It wasn't a total white lie but she figured if he knew where she got them at he'd be slightly mad.

The blush was still there as she watched him. "Otherwiase the meat is already cooked and bundled up for the most part. Well... atleast what I'll be eating." Wow, this was strange. She was only a few inches shorter than him but she couldn't stop thinking about what iris would've done had she seen them like that...

"Laying huh?" -He didn't believe that for a second. Because more then likely if they were 'laying' anywhere other then a tree they'd have already been scrambled. But he didn't fight it, not really in the mood this morning, he had enough on his mind.

Lifting himself from the pit he walked back over to his own food, making a concious effort not to sneak a glance back at the girl now that she was streched out. He felt like a lecher for crying out loud.. and that was enough to turn his mood even more sour.- "Maybe some other time."

-Falling silent he began to brush at the dirt that still clung to part of his root.-

Willow looked at him innoccently with a big puppy dog eyed look. "What's the matter?" She asked, althought that might not have been the best question to start off with. She got up moving over to the tree where she'd hidden the food and brushed off the leaves she'd stashed it in dragging it back to the "bed" so to speak. She took a claw and cracked the top of the egg just enough to have a hole to drink the yolk and stuff out of. Looking to see that it hadn't started growing yet.

She made a slight face as she did this for it was afterall raw, but she drank the yolk every once in a while to keep her coat shiny and healthy. Licking the remains that dripped from her wiskers she carefully unwrapped a peice of the meat and chew on a small chunk of it, one it left her mouth she murred looking around. "We should get started soon I suppose."

-Sighing a little softly, he began to nibble at the root as a rabbit would a carrot, his mind finally leaving to once again think about important things.. like the quest ahead. He was amazed how well she was doing without the ghosts once they'd gotten past the first inital bit of time. Tail twitching softly, he sighed.- "Nothing, don't worry about it."

"We should head out soon. I'm sure you're not particularly keen on spending another night out here."

Tilting her head with a little shake as if to say, boys... I know something's wrong why won't he say anything. She shurged and murrmurred, "If you insisit."

She finished up the last of her breakfast and looked around for some sort of rope so she could fasten the rest of the meat to it, "You want to toss some berries in here for incase you get hungry again?" She questioned avoiding the statement he'd made. She'd slightly forgotten for the time being she was ghostless, or rather pushed it to the back of her mind. She instead had been worrying over Nayati and such. Shaking her pants legs she shifted waiting on him.

-Hmmm.. that wasn't a bad idea at all. He didn't have much food left.. but you never knew how long they'd be out here, and when he might want that one last berry.

Nodding softly, he turned, trying his hardest not to act like the freak he know he was being, and handed his remaining black berry towards Willow.- "Sure, it couldn't hurt to bring extra. I can carry the stuff though."

Willow's tail flickered softly as she watched him tilting her head. She was still slightly worried over how he was acting but she'd deal with that a bit later.

Taking the black berry she placed it comfortiablly with the rest of the food she had. Tail flickering, "Here let me borrow a vine frist. It'll make it easier to carry it if we tie it onto the stick." She'd seen countless mentions of bindles and how useful they seemed so now was as good of time as any to try it. "After that we can get moving." She added with a stren nod.

"Okay then." -Taking the pack he slipped the stick up so it rested upon his shoulder, helping keep the weight balanced and light. And amusing enough, 'the bum pack' looked fairly fitted on him today, as somehow in the past day he'd managed to catch a snag in his loincloth, and his white was beginning to gain patches of brown. But it went unnoticed to him, and he glanced around softly.- "We should probably find a clearing before we try to climb up and see where things are. So which way would you like to go until then?"

Willow was looking at the way they'd come so far and which way the moss was growin on the tree. "Welll I assume we should head north. I think that's the way we were headed to start with." She pointed back to where they'd come from with the snapped twig here and there. "Hopefully we'll find a clearning and maybe a pond or something to bathe in...." She paused ofr a second thinking... "I mean if we really need it."

Her tail flickered as she looked at him moving towards the north... pausing to wait for him. "Soo... umm, I follow you... or how'd you like to do it?" She asked not sure if he was comfortible with the hold hands deal since she'd grown and him having been trying to avoid looking at her.

-He followed her eyes to the moss, catching her logic before he nodded in soft agreement. As her embarrassing questions continued to pour on however that soft flush touched his cheeks again, and he fidgeted a little uncomfortably.- "You can walk wherever you want, as long as you stay in sight." -Reguardless to her growth she was still 'little Willow', and nothing had changed his duty to watch over her as they made their way, hopefully home. Stepping up alongside her, and then past her he meandered softly, waiting for her to pick a comfortable pace, before he called back matter of factly.- "You don't really look like you need a bath. Unless you really want one."

A soft chuckled touched her maw as she shook her head, "No but you might... You're lovely pelt is all dingy." She blinked, she'd said that outloud... She twiddled her tumbs as she walked softly behind him. She seemed that this was getting more awakard by the minute.

She sniffed around looking for someone to toss them a few dircetions, maybe a rabbit... Atleast they might get more out of a rabbit in if they were going the right way than the cricket they'd previously asked.

-Glancing down at his arms lightly he finally took notice of the dirt that had sanded his hue nearly up his his elbows.. and the soft splashes that touched his chest, and legs at that. Smirking a little, he mused actually, a little nicker resting on his throat.- "I'm like a plant dear, I don't mind a little dirt. So unless it's bothering you, I'll be fine."

-For the early morning, the forest was awfully still, most of the movement birds up in the canopy starting out the day. However, if they looked hard enough they might be able to find another creature.-

She flickered her tail as she moved up closer behind him taking a paw and gentally brushing some of the dirt from his shoulders as they walked and sighed, "No it doesn't bother me. I just think you look better all nice and cleaned up." Her tail flickered softly as she tilted her head.

She lofted a brow looking around for a creature to ask, "I wonder if we can get a bit better set of dircetions from someone." Her hand moved to her chin as she looked around, "Think we might find someone that will be willing to show us the way or atleast tell us if we're heading the right direction to find the graveyard?" Of crouse she was starting to worry about if she'd ever be able to hear her friend's again. They needed someone that could help them pass on.

"Mmm" -A simple msaculine grunting sound of recognition was the only answer she got to her comment, as his tail began to twitch back and forth at the thought. She liked clean? Personally he liked color, hence why sometimes he'd sit around and gently apply paints to his clean pallate, debating new markings he wish would appear as they often seemed to with each growth.

Brushing back a few loose strands of hair lightly, he nodded to her question. Despite all the sleep he was feeling awfully drained. He supposed it had to be mental.. emotional. And his words were becoming far and between.- "There are some early morning animals, it shouldn't be too hard to find them feeding."

She blinked looking at him, head tilted. She slightly wrinkled her nose as he grunted. "Well if you like to be dirty and have all you're tattoo's covered up, I guess that's you're basket of bees." She murfed.

She paused suddenly tilting her head looking over towards a tree, "Mmm yes, I thought I might've just saw something move..." She muttered watching for a second to see if her eyes were playing tricks.

"You're right. It is MY business" -The cold snap escaped him before he could stop it, and just as quickly he felt bad for it. Crabbiness was a bad habit of his from time to time, and it seemed the stress that should have been hers was creeping onto him.

Before he could apologize a loud croak errupted from the bushes, a soft rustle of leaves joining the noise.-

Willow looked at him her ears fell down and she muttered, "sorry... I'll be quite the rest of the way." Rubbing her arm as her tail stayed motionless.

Looking over to the croak she gave a half smile and moved over to the bush. "Excuse me, but we need a bit of help..." She said softly towards the bush not wanting to call the one that the croak belonged to miss or sir before they appered.

-His mouth opened to say something, but no words came, and soon enough she was running off to speak to the toad. Cursing under his breath he soon followed, staying a few steps behind.-

"Ribbit, what does pretty miss kitty need?" -While the frog had been in a hurry, he seemed contented at stopping when he heard the feminine voice, and he hopped a bit closer.- "Lost are we?"

Not paying attion to Nayati, for she felt it best for now not to speak to him she smiled at the frog and nodded softly. "Yes sir, mister frog. Me and My friend here..." She had a bit of harshness in her voice as she said friend... but soon back to it's normal tone, "Are looking for the graveyard. It's Rather important we find it so we can get home." Her tail flickered looking at him hopefully, "Could you show us the way or atleast tell us if we're heading the right way?"

"Ohhhhh.. sure. I can show you wherever you'd like to go." -A soft smirk touched the old toad's face at the apparent situation before him. Whatever the strange horse/human boy had done, he didn't know. But far be it from HIM to not oblidge and care for the lovely lady. Motioning softly, he hopped his way out of the bush.- "Graveyard is past the pond and wide logs. I can take you. But it's a nasty place. Pretty girls don't belong in nasty places."

-Nayati scowled silently towards the toad, slight muscles rippling softly in his arms. He didn't know what he was up to.. but he certainly wasn't going to send Willow back home all tainted and slimed up by some nasty old toad.-

Her tail flickered softly as she giggled, "Ahh but I have reason to beleive several of my friends are traped there. So it's rather important for us to make it there." She didn't seem bothered by the toad's answer.

But she got a feeling Nayati didn't trust the old toad. She paused looking at him and shook her head. Before following the toad

And Nayati followed.. by the now the apology too far in the past to mean anything. He watched her softly, as she walked along after the toad.-

-The toad lead, hopping one long hop, before waiting for Willow to nearly catch up to hop once again.- "Ahh friends? As nice to look at as you?" -A soft wink before he hopped again, laughing a little.- "Well then, I shall just have to escort you through as well. I'm awfully strong."

Her tail flickered while her ears kept twitching to and fro for anything that might be of danger to them. She grined, "You could say that." Sure she wasn't going to mention they were ghosts for he might end up like the cricket but the idea of being escorted by a toad made her think of Willie in one of those funny sort of ways. "I bet you are very strong indeed sir. You sure look like it with every mighty hop you take." This was one of those times Willow used flattery to get her where she wanted to go.

-Oh for crying out loud! Grating his teeth irratedly he let himself fall back a little further, ears twitching downard to help keep him from having to hear anymore of that nonesense. He was fuming for some unknown reason, but he settled his attention on the pack instead, shifting his weight before he tried to think of other things. Like the quest. Why in the world had she grown before it was over? Why weren't they home? It had to be something to do with her taking care of herself without the ghosts. Damn doors, thinking their so freaking clever.-

"Ha, so nice of you to notice!" -Throat swelling with soft pride, he let out a happy croak before hopping once again. He noticed the unicorn boy's falling back but said nothing, instead turning his attention more completely to the young kitty.- "What's your name pretty kitty? And why didn't you bring more 'friends' with you?"

She giggled softly, "Ahh How rude of me, My name's Willow sir." She grined cheekily as she spoke, "And I didn't bring more friends with me because they couldn't come or they were stolen." Sher said simiply for she would've had a hard time explaining the quests to one such animal that wasnt' a velveteen.


Her tail flickered as she paused, "You know you remind me of a princess toad I know." She said as she walked, she had glanced at Nayati to watch him drop back a bit, which she rolled her eyes once she turned her head back to watch were she was walking.

"Very pleased to meet you Willow. You're as lovely as the tree you're named after, ribbit. My name is Finn."

-Boy he was smooth, or so he thought at least, leading her lightly on, seemingly to make a concious effort to quicken the pace a bit, in his own mind thinking perhaps they could lose the tag-along if they did.- "We're almost to the pond, more then half way. Would you like to stop and rest there?"

She smiled softly nodding, "Nice to meet you Finn. And thank you for you're compliment"

She thought about the offer to stop and rest before shaking her head. "No we've already been out here for a night my dear sir. We can't stay any longer than we have to." She said, "It's rather important we get there as soon as we can."

She looked back at Nayati, she was slightly worried that he wouldn't be able to keep up but didn't voice it... for now anyways. After all he had snapped at her.

-His own eyes cast back lightly, glaring at the male at Willows admission. Had that young horse boy tainted the pretty flower? Probably not with the way he hung behind like that. Wuss. Turning a grin back to the tiger however, he nodded.- "Very well, we shall keep going straight."

-By now his mind had twisted instead to why he was angry.. and he soon found himself wondering. This far back he couldn't hear what they were saying. And no long was she looking at him.. speaking words that made him feel all feverish. He should be happy. And that calmed his nerves gently, as he followed slowly behind, eyes turning towards the sky. Perhaps he was being silly. Extra company was never a bad thing, and if Willow wanted to talk to the stupid toad all the power to her.-

Willow sighed as she looked up towards the sky gazing at it. She wished Nayati wouldn't have snapped at her like that, she was only trying to make conversation. She paused looking to the toad. "Oh?" She said for a second having been lost in thought. "oh yes, straight as the birds fly." Was all she said before tilting her head back at Nayati.

It was an odd feeling having him "mad" at her. But all friends had their spats... this one wouldn't be any different, he'd apologize sooner or later... she hoped.

-His tail had slowly begun to twitch again, his walk seemingly less stressed as he mulled over ideas. It was fine and dandy she'd grown.. but she still didn't have the ghosts back? That probably meant that both of his assurtions were right.. and when they hit the graveyard something would be waiting for them. Hmmmm..-

-They continued on passing the large pond.. and soon the towering logs came into sight. The trees themselves were beginning to thin out at that. The toad chattered on words of compliment and idleness, though every once in awhile he'd peek back, disapointed to see Nayati still there. Persistant little bugger wasn't he?-

Willow looked at the toad and grined and nodded with every compliment and idleness he tossed out at her, returning a few herself. Of crouse as the trees began to think she twitched her tail shivering slightly, the toad was right. This place wasn't a place for a girl of her stature, but she had to find out why she coudln't talk to the ghosts anymore. "Are we almost there?" She asked in a slightly curious fashion.

"Yes, just a little further. Past the logs, and then you can see the gates of the graveyard." -Croaking a little softly, he pondered.- "Logs are too high to jump though and very slippery.. so we'll have to go around them. That could take a few minutes."

She nodded as he spoke she looked back towars Nayati, "Oh do hurry up will you?" She said in a slightly expasrated tone. "We don't want to loose you in this maze." She was still keeping up the best she could with Finn as he hopped around the Logs.

-Finn grinned with the obvious irritation, leading her around as he asked lightly.- "Quite a troublesome 'friend' you got. More a hardship then a help if you ask me."

-He seriously debated chucking the pack resting upon his shoulder squarely at her head. She hadn't been grown even half a day and already she was acting like such a snide and irrproachable beast. He soothed his irritation with a heavy sigh however, stopping as he finally reached the logs. Supposed to protect her. She's stressed out. Iris will kill me Letting the vines creep from his pockets he let himself be lifted up and over the logs, settling himself on the ground to wait for them to join him.-

Willow looked at the toad, "He's just a little cranky... He's more of a help than you think." she sighed softly. "And he's got this lovely ivory pelt. If only he'd not snapped at me I would've offered to clean it." Her tail flickered as she followed the toad her tail twitching. "We just had a spat's all. He'll get over it and apologize sooner or later and then there won't need for me to be mad at him anymore." Her tail flickered.

She looked towards the toad. "Have you ever had a friend that one moment was giving you complements and then the next snap you're head off?" It seemed like a rather innoccent question, "Ever since I've grown he's been avoiding looking at me..."

-Nayati settled onto the ground with a bit of a yawn, eyes on the gates in the distance as he subconciously began to brush at the dirt that clung to him.-

-Oh he knew what was going on.. being a male and all himself. And it troubled him to hear the seemingly smitten words of the female. Better n** that in the butt right here and now. Feigning a look of concern and apology, he gave a soft shake of his head.- "Sounds to me like he finds you repulsive now. Picking fights, turning down kind offers, refusing to look at you.. He's a fool. Or perhaps he's just a pervert and has taken a 'liking' to young girls."

-Glancing back to gloat with his eyes at the unicorn boy he was surprised to see him gone, and pausing he croaked loudly.- "It looks like he's up and ditched you too. I'd suggest looking for a better friend miss Willow."

Willow giggled and shook her head, "Impossible, Nayati a prevert? Why that's the last thing he'd do." She twisted her foot slightly in the dirt as they walked her hands behind her back, "Truefully I think he's kind of a sweetheart even if he did yell at me." Her tail flickered looking at the Toad, "I'm quite sure you're a bit older than he is mister toad, no offence ment." She said nodding her tail flickered in a content mannor. Truth was she was sort of playing dumb she had a feeling something was going on that Nayati didn't want to voice, thus why she didn't really mind.

Willow looked back slightly horrified that Nayati had up and dissapered. She twitched, "Iris'll kill me..." She muttered looking around. "NAYATI!?" She called out not really liking the place much and now that he had dissapered this wasn't a good thing at all. Her ears dropped down again, "I suppose you're suggesting you'd be a better friend sir?" She asked looking at him.

-He heard her yell, brushing it aside lightly. If she yelled again he might answer, but he was miffed enough at her to ignore her for the moment. Playing with a seed gently he let a vine grow out, watching as a few small wildflowers began to sprout. Really he should have been saving his energy.. but he needed something to stop the ever growing irritation.-

"Ribbit, I wouldn't mind being your friend. But I'm sure there are plenty of other younger friends you could meet out here in the woods and all." -He of course wasn't thrilled with how she defended him, but he kept that to himself. Being offensive wasn't charming.-

Willow looked around now getting more worried because he hadn't answered, She place a paw one of the logs to see how slippery it was... finding it unable to be climbed she murfed. "Damn it Nayati..." Was the last few words she spoke before looking around.

Her tail flickered looking at the toad shaking her head. "But that's just it. I don't live here, we're visiting and to get home we have to find my friends.... But him up and dissapering is going to keep me from going home... I can't leave without him... I just can't" There was a slight stinging in her eyes, she didn't really understand why as she wailed. "NAYATI WHERE IN THE HELL ARE YOU!?" LP really wasn't a good influnce on children if Willow knew that kind of lanuge already...

-He was beginning to rethink his offer to help in the graveyard as time passed. It was pretty obvious by now he wouldn't be getting anything out it, and the place really did give him the willies. But before HE could answer Nayati's voice touched the air.-

"WAITING FOR YOUR SLOW a**" -Was the simple reply from across the log.-

Willow looked at the toad her head tilted. She placed a soft kiss on his head as they walked, for she could tell he wanted to leave. Chuckling, "See he didn't leave me mister toad." Her tail flickered, "If you have to go I'll understand." Fear was one of the things she could smell from others thanks to her hunter abilities.

When she herd the reply she grumped back, "WELL MAYBE MY a** WOULDN'T BE SO SLOW HAD YOU SAID SORRY ALREADY!" Crossing her arms and huffed, "I swear his mother'll hear about this when we get home."

-Taking his cue to leave, the toad turned tail reluctantly, before beginning off again back towards the pond. Better to find a girl that was interested, then waste his time otherways.-

-As her words drifted over, he cringed a little softly. It was true after all. Lifting himself lightly up he peered over the edge of the log down to her, before letting another vine creep along to her side, to offer he assitance up.-

Willow waved bye to the toad as he hopped off and then looked up at Nayati her arms crossed. Looking at the vine she reluctanly took it and climbed over the log landing on the otherside with a soft thump. "Okay before we go anything further we need to talk." She said her arms once again crossed and one foot tapping the ground.

-He'd been about to talk, but her pushyness sent him spiraling back into his bad attitude, and as the vines slowly crept back up into his pockets he crossed his own arms, stating matter of factly.- "You're a b***h. But I am sorry I yelled at you."

-Before he nonchalantly turned, and began to walk again towards the graveyard, pack swinging over his shoulder.-

She blinked looking at him stunned not expecting that. "Whooaaa...." She shook her head, okay so maybe she had been a bit hard on him. Rubbing her head she sighed.

She blinked watching him walk towards the graveyard she shook her head and ran and stopped infront of him. "I'm sorry too..." She said trying to get him to stop. "I should've stopped to think about you're feelings too..."

-Sighing, he gave a soft roll of his eyes, before reaching over to settle his fingers beneath her chin, attempting to turn her face towards the graveyard.- "Look. I'm not up for girly feelings and chats right now. Can we just find your friends again?"

-Sighing once more he added, with almost a hint of a plead in his voice.- "The quicker we get out of this the sooner you can go back to harrassing me with whatever else you feel you need to say."

Letting him turn her face towards the graveyard she sighed, "I knoww, I just feel strange about leaving things unpatched between us before we go in there." Her tail flickered as she looked back at him.

"Like you said earlier no tellings what'll happen." She nodded as he was trying to get her to head back to the task at hand. But before she even thought about heading that way she made to kiss him on the cheek and then smile. "I'll race you to the gate." She said in a playful taunting mannor.

-He blinked at the kiss, a horse-like snort escaping him at the surprise. But she was gone, and he was in soon quickly in tow. She he could win if he wanted to, catch her and hold her in place, but at the currrent his head was swimming. And he was trying diligently to stop it.

Not really one to run, he half jogged, half trotted after her, eyes on the gate and the ancient graveyard behind it. Crumbling tombstones, gigantic statues many times bigger then even their parents.. and a towering masoleum in the background though it all. The whole place simply reeked of darkness and bad energy.-

Apon reaching the gate she slid to a stop, her fur bristling slightly. Looking up towards the top she was somewhat admiring and some what frightful of what the place held.

She waited for him to catch up with that silly jogging, trot of his. "You'd think they were trying to tell people something." She muttered looking at how tall everything was.

-He caught up in a few strides, coming to a stop beside her. Had she still been little his hand would have instinctively looped within hers.. but instead her found his hand empty, fingers twitching softly as it something was missing.

Slipping through the wide openings between the intimidatingly sharp gate, he waited for her to enter, motioning for her to follow, a little afraid that if he spoke.. he'd wake the dead.-

Willow looked at him as he caught up, she had her hands playing slightly with her tail trying to unfluff it. All this dark energy was bad for the fur.

After he slipped through the gate bars she followed and looked around. Her ears were down slightly and the feeling of alone-ness started to creep into her body. Slightly frozen she made a nosieless whimper looking at nayati before she shook it off and scurried just slightly and clung to his arm. The feeling of being deaf crept back into her, as if it was laughing at her.

-He shifted the weight of the pack to one hand, since his other was taken, muscles tenseing softly around the stick, as if he thought at any moment he'd have to be swinging the thing around for protection. And he silently cursed that. Why couldn't it have been one of the other boys? One of the ones that actually cared for this adventure crap. He just wanted to be at home, stringing that necklace he'd promised for Chastity, listening to her change her mind every three seconds about what color she wanted.

Giving Willow's arm a light squeeze with his own, he leaned in to whisper.- "I'm not certain where we should look first.. The gravestones? The big building?.. I don't suppose you can hear them."

Her tail flickered as she shook her head, "can't hear them..." she whispered back looking around the graveyard. "Lets try the building." She said with a soft nod looking at him.

-He nodded softly, leading as best he could with her clung so closely to him. Strange indistinguishable sounds rang through the graveyard. Birds, the wind, earth settling and trembling, the creak of stones, all adding an eeiree and uncomfortable air to the already dank place. As they neared the huge masoleum however another soft sound touched Willow's ears alone. Very faintly, soft cries and weeps for help.-

Willow's ears perked up and twitched as she started hearing cries pausing she tugged on Nayati's arm and pointed to the building. She whispered, "You hear that?" Thinking there might've been an actual person inside... althought she hoped he couldn't for that'd be proof her friends were in there.

"Huh? The wind?" -He glanced back wearily at the other creepy yet totally natural noises, entirely unaware of the ghostly voices that were oh so lightly assaulting the tigeress.

The voices would grow softly in volume as they neared the masoleum, as if the ghosts were trapped within the cold stone walls.-

She shook her head softly looking at him, "They're in there." She said softly as they were slowly comeing up to the masoleum. Her ears twitched with each cry.

"I think they're in trouble..."

"The ghosts?" -His ears perked, trying to catch the noises that wouldn't have been possible for him to catch, and if not for his already white pelt he probably would have paled a little at the thought. But then! That meant they were probably almost at the end!

Hearing Willow's voice the ghosts cried out louder still, though their voices mingled too much to make apparent what they were saying.-

She nodded softly as she herd the cries pick up louder as she tried to pick through what they were saying. "I can't understand a word of what they're trying to say... It's all too mangled together." A soft frown touched her maw as she looked up at the towering building. "I think we have to go inside..."

-Reluctantly he pulled them both forward seeming to be the one who was doing the clinging now, making sure the girl didn't get loose from his grasp. Stopping before the large stone doors his eyes spotted the large combination lock that rested across the door taunting them.

A familar young voice rose above the others in Willow's ears, though instead of the sweet voice before, the voice was stung with fear and tears.- "Willow? Willow? We're stuck! He locked us in."

Willow's eyes grew as she heard a voice that was familar to her. She looked up at the door and once she reached it she placed her hand on it. "Don't worry we'll get you out." She said softly to them pressing her ear to it. "By the way who locked you in there?" She asked as she looked up at the lock rolling up her sleeves. Well actully she rolled them up the best she could with Nayati clinging to her.

"I.. I don't know." -The voice began to wail softly, joined in by an clammering of unnumerable ghosts.- "He.. he said something about his son. William. William Trent."

-Though he couldn't hear what was going on, he could tell just from watching Willow that something was up, and he looked up to the lock before finally realeasing Willow.- "Do you know the combination?"

Willow blinked, William Trent... where'd she hear that name before. Looking at Nayati she shook her head, "that I don't know but I'll find out."

She looked back to the door, "Don't worry sweetie, I'll get you out. After all you did help me and trea find our friends last time so now it's my turn to save you all." She murrmurred under her breath, "who ever this man is will be lucky if I don't find him."

-He listened softly, the uncomfortable feeling of being out of the loop of information settling onto him as all he heard was silence behind the door. He didn't even know where to start.-

Willow's tail flickered as she pointed up to the lock, "Nayati I need a lift. Get me to that lock." Even though she didn't know the combination she'd seen movies that showed you could listen to the lock and every time it clicked it was the right number.

-Nayati oblidged, softly letting the vines slip from him and around her gently but snuggly, bracing her at her waist and below her feet before she slowly began to lift.- "How are you going to figure it out if you don't know it?"

She grinned as she was lifted up towards the lock. "Have you ever watched the old westerns?" She asked him her tail flickered as she eyed the lock decideing which way to turn it frist. "Well if you have you'd know that you can listen to the lock and it'll click as you hit the right number and you can then move it back for it to click again until you get it to open. Rather ingenious trick for getting bank vaults open or those pesky locks that keep you from you're friends." She petted the vines softly as if to say good job when they reached the lock.

"Soo i'll need everyone to be as quite as possible while I do this."

-Of course that was easier said then done. Nayati remained silent, his attention on the vines that held her up, trying to keep them from swaying with the increasing wind.

But despite his silence other noises drifted through her ears, making her task nearly, if not impossible. The soft whimper of ghosts, wails and cries, the caw of birds, the building wind, all assaulting the tigeress as if to keep her from openning the door.-

Her tail flickered as she spun the lock trying to hear the clicks as every single nosie kept running into her head. Ears starting to twitch in slight aggiation she looked at the lock sighing. She closed her eyes and tried to focus only on the lock itself and hearing the clicks it made.

Such distractions... she turned the lock again feeling something in it. She lofted a brow, if that was what she thought it was that was only one of the clicks she needed. She started spinning it the other way hoping for the best. "Please guys... try to be quite.. I'll have you out soon" she said softly to the door and the ghosts behind it trying to reassure them and herself.

-Although the ghosts finally took the hint and began to quiet their whimpers, the wind began to sway her. And soon raindroplets began to fall from the sky.-

Willow's tail twitched as the wind picked up. She murfed when a raindrop hit her in the head. Loosing her grip for a second on the lock she epped grabbing it back... had it clicked again? She wasn't sure, crap. She tought for a second and kept turning it the way she'd been turning it. Slower this time.

-Another set of vines crept up along the exsisting vines, reinforcing the tender 'stem' that held the tigeress above.-

Willow kept working with the lock as it clicked again. She switched the way it went and started to spin again tail flickered as she listened to the birds cawing. Her mind wondered for a second if they were watching her.

She shook the feeling she had of what she thought was that of being watched as she found the last click... was that really it? She tried to open the lock tugging at it.

-Nayati tried to gaze up through the quickly increasing rain drops, trying to shield his eyes, but found it hard to see her process reguardless. Sighing gently he did the best her could from below, hoping her luck was good.-

Willow murffed tugging at the lock. It seemed stuck, like it was opened but it didn't want to turn loose all the way. "Nayati... I hate to say this but I think I need you're weight up here." She looked down where she knew he was althought it was hard to see and she was getting drenched. "The locks' caught on itsself and won't turn loose."

-His ears perked, straining to hear her above the rain, and a heavy worry settled in his stomach. He'd never made a vine that strong.. to hold two full sized teens, ecspecially against a torrent of rain and wind. But reluctantly he grabbed hold of the vine, attempting to climb it without rattling the vine too much, thankful that he'd had the pressence of mind to wrap that other one around her waist before.

By the time he made it up he was nearly panting, by now drenched and heavy with water, before leaning his weight into the lock.- "Do I need to pull?"

She nodded as he joined, "Yes I think we we both pull it'll let loose and we can get it off." She was greatful he was up there with her in a way, but she wondered how long the vines could hold up in this weather. If they could just get it open and push it off of the door they'd have everything scoot free. Her tail flicked as she waited to be sure he was ready to pull so they'd be pulling at the same time.

-He nodded softly to signal his own readyness, before beginning to pull at the large lock.-

Once he nodded she also began to pull on the lock. She watched as the lock reluctantly seemed to be opening. "This thing is stubborn" she muttered placing one foot on the door to get herself some extra leaverage. Of crouse one the lock was opened she couldn't help but wonder how hard it'd be to get it to fall off of the door it was holding shut. "Why must they always make these things to be such hard things to open?"

-When the lock gave way, he tumbled back, catching himself only a moment before he went careening over the edge of the platform, his chest heaving and his arms on fire from the double work out.- [[No he didn't fall xD]]

Willow murfed and grabbed his arm just to be sure he didn't fall. Her tail flickered worriedly, "Here you might want to sit down" She said looking at him before setting to the next task at hand which was removeing the lock.

-He did as she said, settling onto the growth, before placing his hands lightly against it. He could feel it weakening, bending, fibers bristling and trying not to snap. But the weight and the wind was becoming too much, and Nayati's attention was fading to the ache in his arms. Closing his eyes he tried to concentrate, hoping she could finish her task before the greenery gave way beneath them.-

Willow murfed for she was feeling it too, the weaking of the vines and poor Nayati. Her tail flickered over his arms. "Just keep it stronge for a few more seconds..." She said softly as she started heaving the lock up pushing with all her might to get it to tumble out of the peice of metal it held onto keeping them from the ghosts. She prayed that he could just keep his mind on the vines just long enough to finish the task.

-With her heave the lock indeed slipped out of it's hole, metal latching softly swaying upon. But the weight of the lock was too much for the vines, the platform snapping suddenly, jarring the two of them before everything crumpled, loose vines falling quickly to the ground, leaving nothing but air beneath them. And gravity worked quickly, leaving just enough time for Nayati to grab out at Willow, pulling her tight against his chest as his eyes squeezed shut, bracing for the slam that was imminent.

There was nothing else he could do about. He was too weak to grow the vines to catch them, too tired for anything, and a startled yelp and heave of air escaped him as they crashed to the ground, shattered bits of vine not really enough to cushion from the stone steps below.-

Willow epped as they fell... Tigers landed on their feet right? She felt rather helpless as they fell looking towards the door. Had the sudden fall not taking her breath away she might would've asked for help from the ghosties.

"Willow" giggled a girl 'bout the same age as the one that had helped willow in the fun house. As she squimed out he door watching the two fall she meeped. Trying to lean a hand in softening their landing.

-It had helped enough to make sure nothing broke, but Nayati's back was on fire, a seering pain ripping from the point of impact up to his stomach where Willow had landed. And softly his hands and grasp fell from her, disjointed gasps of air escaping him as he tried to refill his lungs, despite the pain that each chest extension sent racking through him. eyes openning gently he check to see if Willow was alright.-

Willow offed, as they hit the ground. Air still knocked out of her she struggled to catch her breath back as she rolled off of him and to his side looking at him. Tears held in her eyes from the sting of air flowing back into her lungs. Once able to talk again she moved to Nayati and hugged him crying. "Oh god..." she gasped shaking the images from her life that flashed into her head.

The little girl looked at the pair and pouted slightly, "Willow and friend otay?" She asked looking at the two, running a cooling hand over the pair trying to see if both were still greatly intacted.

-Having the air pressed from both sides he was finding it harder to catch his breath, let along move as she did, but when he saw her tears he forced air and words out of himself, teasing faintly over a whisper.- "You ought to... lose some weight... Willow."

Willow grined softly when Nayati spoke and looked towards the ghost, "We're fine Bee, thanks...." She said softly nodding before turning back to tend to Nayati, she gentally grabed him into a hug, "And you... should learn how to fly." She whispered with a smile as she looked him over, "Nothing broken?"

-He cringed visibly with the affection though he didn't complain.- "I don't.. think so."

-Around them the world began to fade, and to anyone in it the two would seem to fade, until finally their surroundings had changed entirely, settled upon the wide couch in the familar shop. Nayati had become still, the only motion the soft rise and fall of his chest, followed by the wheeze of air that accompanied it.-

Well He was no Captain Jack Sparrow. But Jack is truely amazing. He did use to work on a ship, durning world war two at that. He told me one of his war stories today. It was fasinating.

He said he was sreaching for his lover. Lenore, he never got to see her to say good bye. He ended up drown in the ocean. I wonder if I know her, well maybe I can help him find her grave atleast.

Yours Truely,
Willow

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Willow streached softly and yawned looking about, as she entered the shop. Her tail flickered as she peered about, it was one of those lazy afternoons and she didn't really feel like tailing LP where ever she wanted to go, so she decided to stay in the shop till everything was done. "I 'suppose no one is around...." she mutters as she looked about her head tilted softly.

A sharp, cloudy blue eye watches her from a clump of plushes on one of the many shelves, deliberating. "Keh keh keh," Kesin mutters to himself in his throat. "Little cat. Little girl cat. Since when? Since why?" He hasn't seen this one before. Or many of the shop inhabitants he'd been watching for a little while now,the startling number of new strangers and apbrupt changes in the velvets he had used to know. Willow, he remembers only vaguely in the fog of his brain, but intuition tells him this one is of his kind. After all, how many mildly magical, tiny anthro people could there possibly be crawling around?

After quite a long time of watching, Kes decides perhaps he'd rather be sociable than not. With a flirt of his piebald wings, he flutters down to the edge of the couch and picks idly at the unraveling threads as though he hasn't seen her yet, clucking softly about the fine weather.

Apon hearing the bird's feathers Willow tilts her head. "Well Hello there, I've met you before haven't I?" She asked softly tilting her head, something seems oddly familar about the bird but she can't place it. She walked over towards the couch and gave a half hop-climb to get herself onto it's comfy coushins.

She looked at the bird with a soft mrowl as she sat her backpack beside her. LP always told her to carry alittle something sweet or shiney incase she'd run into wild birds but this one wasn't either. She lofted a brow as he clucked something about fine weather. "Indeed...."

"Hello! Hello Hello. Have you met me? Maybe so, maybe so." He tilts his head and ruffles his feathers, feeling rather suave. But his eyes are on her pack. "My, my, little tiger. All alone! Where is your keeper, eh?"

Willow giggled at the bird, "Oh you mean LP! She's off shopping for things, I didn't feel like going with her." She said softly looking at the bird, "Where's your keeper?" She asked as she pulled from her bag a small package that smelled like cookies.


"Tsk tsk!" He warbles with a rather cross expression. "Who is to know? WHO is to know, I say?? Away, away, that one. Away to the palace? No no. Away even more. Down to the tortilla place." He hops a little closer, and steps gingerly off of the arm and onto the cushion, coveting the package that smells suspiciously of food. "What you got there?"

Willow giggled, "Who is you're caretaker?" She quarried softly looking at the bird her head tilted.

"Oh what's in the bag... it's cookies, would you like one?" Her ear twitched as she looked at him inspecting him closer.

"Oh, that bad vampire. That Naraka vampire. No, Kesin has no 'caretaker'. Kesin is Kesin's caretaker. So there." He waves his tailfeathers at an imaginary Naraka and sidles up next to Willow, acting all friendly. "Oh, yes. A cookie is most excellent." However, he has his heart set on more than one.

Willow's eyes widen, "Kesin! Now I remember you." She giggled and snugs the bird when he gets closer beofre giving him a cookie. "I thought you had dissapered for good."

She openeds the pack to show there's a small hand full of about 10 in it. For they're like the teddy grahams.... And offers him one to take. Her tail flickered, "How've you been it's been ages since I've last seen you."

Kesin tollerates the snuggling, as it's his ticket to the all-mighty cookie. "Oh no!" He exclaims, gobbling down the cookie with relish, tossing crumbs helter skelter. "Been gone. Been away. I watch. Mountains are drab, drab, drab. Naraka tells me, (he then begins in with a startlingly accurate version of Naraka) 'You feathered ninny! If you hate it here so much, fly back home like you did the first time! I can't quit all this research just so you can look at your treasure hoard! Go on, then. I'll be back soon. Say 'hello' to everyone for me--'" He stops abruptly, blinking, and gives out a ruckus, "HELLO HELLO HELLO!!!! There... " He accepts the teddy.

Willow giggled and offers him another. "You act like you've nothing at all to eat." A soft murr as she laughs at the Nara Impression. "So he is coming back after all. LP's been missing talking to him some what terrible, says he's one of the few friends. Althought I don't know why.... she's hardly around anymore to see any of the other velveteens"

Her ears twitch as she swats off something invisible and rather randomly starts talking to the thin air. "Gah, I don't feel like giving you another reading..." She mutters, "I've doubt that you've enough good to change the last one, sides didn't I tell you give it a few days?"

She murfs looking back at Kesin, "Sorry 'bout that..." She said with a soft mutter.

"Oh, I haven't!" He lies. "Naraka is mean. Never feeds me. I have to feed myself." He picks up all the crumbs that he can find. "He come back after hell and doomsday and all the floods. He says 'soon' but he said 'soon' many days ago. Dead palace... so very important... pah!!"

He startles when Willow begins to talk to nobody, tilting his head and then giving her a suspicious look like she must be blinkin' mad. But something gives him the willies and he ruffles his feathers against the disconcerting feeling. "What you talk at?"

Willow snerks, "Ahhh after hell and doomsday, well we'll all be half dead if not dead by then." She pets the bird and gives him another cookie, "Aw I'd say you should peck him on the head for it but Bah, say he suppose to be a vampire eh?"

Glaring at the air she hisses, "Don't you dare.... No one cares about that and it's abosultly rediculous anyways."

She blinked tilting her head as if it was pratically normal and that everyone should know, "I can talk to ghosts...." She rolled her shoulders in a shurg. "They're just like everyone else... only a bit louder and ruder at times."

"Not Kesin," He puffs proudly. "Maybe not Willow. We live for many a year, eh? Many a year. Ah!" He stares at the blank air, blinking, trying to see whatever it is she's trying to talk to. "Ah.... yes, a vampire. A blood drinker. Ghost? I have had enough of ghosts. Go to the dead palace! They will scream at you all night!"

Willow giggled, "Indeed felines do tend to have 9 lives." Her tail flickered softly interested in learning more about nara and this 'dead place'. "Oh really? I do wish he'd hurry up and get back, I'd love to learn alot about him. I've been studying them in books and on T.V. LP says they don't do them justice thought."

A giggle passed her lips, "I wish I could go to this dead place. Might have someone by the name of Wiliam Trent and his father." Her knuckles cracked with a dangerous gleam in her eye, "I'd like to get ahold of this fellow...."

"Kesin has ten million," he responds querrelously. "Along with Naraka. We live till doomsday, eh? Till he comes back! Ha! If he does not come back soon, we will get him. Bring him back here. Call him names." He nods. "I have learned far too much about vampires! Naraka's friend talks about nothing but vampires. Hmmph! He goes to the dead city and talks and talks, talks about vampires!!!"

He looks suspiciously at the point that Willow had been looking at, the supposed location of this supposed ghost and gives it a derisive cluck. "No such men in the dead palace. They all have crazy names."

Willow looked at Kesin and giggles, "That sounds like a good plan." Her tail flickers watching him. "Oh? So you've learned alot of them yourself." She grins in thought.

She murfed, "What rotten luck. Ah well, I'll find them soon enough." She cracked her knuckles before rolling her eyes. "Will you stop that? There's no way in hell I'm giving you another reading today." Her ears flickered irrated at the ghost bothering her. "And no Nayati and I are just friends.... now stop that." She had a bit of a snarl in her voice.

"Fah fah. Too much about vampires. Besart family has golden hairs, Amyas clan, religious sect. Social schizm, wark wark! Talk talk talk, comes out of Chac. Food needs to come out of Chac."

Kes settles himself down like a hen roosting for the night, folding his feet under himself carefully and adjusting his wings. "Tsk, I hear nothing. A ghost? What kind of ghost?"

Willow couldn't help but chuckle, "bag o' hot air then eh?"

Her tail flickeres as she sighs, "A rather Rude ghosty." She said softly looking at the bird rubbing his pretty feathers, "I get all kinds of ghosts needing help." She said softly with a nod. "Ever since I was an animal like you I've her nothing but ghosts. Whispers at first and they slowly grew into actully being able to talk to them."


"Sure sure. Cold air. He's dead. But a bag, yes. A man bag, yes."

Kesin looks suspiciously at Willow when she begins to reach towards him, but her petting is nice. He settles himself back in and clucks contentedly. "Fah. There are enough people talking; always talking! You must hear ghosts! Wear the iPod to make you happy. Listen to the Strokes." He chuckles at his odd, offbeat joke.

Willow stiffled a laugh at this, "Yes."

Blinking she murred, "Pretty bird you are. I always hear them, there's a buzz even in the most empty of places, Nayati got hurt helping me get them back for my growing quest. I've grown quite faund of the noise." She admited soflty, "iPod?" She tilted her head blinking, "What's that?"


Kes puffs up his pearly chest feathers. "Hmm!! Eh? That sounds quite awful. I like quiet, sometimes. Yes. Quiet. Ah? The ipod. People wear them, you see? They wear them, and the music comes out and into their ears. And they listen, eh? And they don't listen to anything else. Easy to take their lunch," he nods sagely.

Willow blinked, "Oh you mean like a cd player?" She quested. Tail flickered as she took out something else wrapped up from her bag, "Oh yes LP said if I ever saw you taht she wanted me to give you something." She unwrapped a small sliver whistle and held it up for the bird to see.

"Yes yes. Like this. Yes. But another sort." Kes eyes the bag with widening eyes. "Oh? What is this?" He takes the whistle in his beak and turns it over and over, admiring the shine. "LP? I remember. Pretty hair. Pretty LP. She gives many good things!"

Willow gave a chuckle and a grin, "Yup, LP's a nut but she'll give what she has if it makes someone happy. Trust me I live with her... I know." She watched him admire the whistle, "She said you'd like it."

"LP knows. LP is smart! A genius!" Kes sets his new toy here and there on the cushions, admiring how it looks, until his covetous nature compels him to stash it in his hoard. He picks it up and flies it off to one of his holding areas (he doesn't want to give away the position of his true stashes) and comes back.

Willow chuckled, "I wouldn't go so far as genius... but the others are okay." Her tail flickered as she waited ofr hte bird to come back.

Murring she stiffled a yawn. "So I supose you'e speical talents are collecting shiney things and eating eh?" She asked him with a grin.

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LP muttered as she dragged her lazy bum to the shop. "But Willow, I have too much work to do!" It sounded like by now Willow was the one taking charge of her "family."

"Quite your whining LP you've managed to keep from coming here alot, you should really start coming around more often. People will think i've been orphened." Her tail flickered as she led the way to the shop hoping here and there picking up random things.



LP muttered as she placed her hand to open the door but it swung open it all it's own a few moments after Ranald had sat down, LP pulling her hand back away from the door twitching. "Willow will you tell them not to do that!?" She was fussing as she went into the shop slightly fuming before blinking, "Oh hello..... ummm willie... and...." She paused, hadn't she seen this woman before?

Willow rolled her eyes, "Oh pleaseee.... it's just like an auto door if you pay no mind to who opens it. Stop complaining, atleast TEACH has times to actully TEACH me unlike you, when you made such a fuss..." She shook her head and before LP could say another word. "Oh right you taught me card games..."

She looked up and grined at Willie, "Willieeee!!!" She ran over to hug the froggy toad. "Boy have I missed you!"



LP giggled, "That explains it. I'm LP, friend o' kip's." She nodded softly before colasping into a sofa. "I can't beleive Willow dragged me here. I have so much to do..."

Willow giggled at Willie. "I met a toad on my quest you would've loved to ran into. He was rather kind even though Nayati went bonkers on me after he found out I gave him a kiss on the head to see if he was a prince" She kissed Willie in much the same mannorism as she had the other toad. "But alas he wasn't."



LP chuckled and sighed, "Well she's pretty nice, not like she'd attack anyone.... which is slightly odd because I ran into her after the halloween attack..."

Willow giggled and sat down tail flickered, "Can you dream up a haunted house?" She asked looking at the toad a grin crossed her maw as she looked towards different plushies.



LP shook her head, "Ah well I don't think I ran into her that night... I hope. But me and the resident vampire... when he's around that is. We had quite an adventure that night."

Willow let herself sink into the dream eyes adjusted to the darkness no need for the flashlights or anything. Her knuckles cracked before mrowling a yawn. "Lets do this." she looked around to take in the dark room.



LP nodded softly with a stiffling yawn, "Indeed we do. So many different people from different lifestyles it gets quite interesting sometimes, other's rather boring." She rolled her head to the side and as she did her neck cracked.

Willow watched the flashlight that Wil....er Rasha had in her hands, watching softly. Willow's eyes scanned the dark room after a few seconds before catching the quick movement of the flashlight. She wondered what Rasha thought she saw. Giving it a moment her tail flickered as she looked around in the dark, "what do you see?" She asked in a whisper to the toad.



LP chuckled, "Eh I've got so much to do around my little place it's not funny. Willow's wanting me to build her something like one of those japanese temples." She nodded matter of factly.

Willow learned not to jump she stayed rather still the change in light taking a bit to get use to, if there was any sort of light left in the room. Her tail flickered as her ears twitched to and fro trying to pick out noises other than those that were supppose to be there.



LP blinked softly with a shrug, "I might if i can find iris one day and ask her about how tall she thinks the tallest velveteen might be so I can tack on a few more inchs and be sure there's enough room for her to move around in when she grows."

Willow shook her head as soon as the light turned on. Quite rather stunned by it at that fact her eyes already use to the darker of the two evils. Once her eyes were again readjuested she shurged, "Tis fine... Just startled me." She said in a whisper looking around again, "What came out of the cheast I wonder?"




LP looked at the woman and gave a soft simi-apologetic look. "I'm sorry, I'm sure she'll come home soon."

Willow looked at Willie and blinked tilting her head, Wondering what in the world the toad wanted her to do. "Eh?" She questioned watching Willie point infront of her.

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Willow wondered towards the shop dragging LP along... in that ghostly mannor. "You work too much LP You need to come to the shop and stop being a stick in the mud." She saw Iden as she walked towards the shop and saw Toby entering into it. "TOBY!!!!" She Yelled happily and ran off towards her friend leaving LP struggling with the ghosts.

"Let me go, I can walk perfectly fine on my own. I do have work to do and I would've appericated....." She trailed off when she saw Iden, sitting there on the curb seeming somewhat unhappy. Finally when the ghosts let her go she moved up towards the woman and tilted her head, "Mind if I sit down?" She asked in a rather soft tone.



Willow grined widely, "I know. It was quite fun actully until the last bit but how about I start at the beginning." Her tail flickered as she tugged slightly on her sleeves looking around, "How about we sit down because it's a bit of a long story to be trueful."

LP nodded softly and sat down beside her on the curb. "You look sort of down in the dumps. What's the matter?" If she noticed the change in Iden she didn't mention it or showed it.



Willow grined as she followed him, "Soundsl like a good place to me." She giggled and took his offering hand though most of the time she could do it without help, she wouldn't never decline it. "Thank you toby."

Her ears twitched as she sorted out things that were said to her by some of her ghost pals and she chuckled, "I suppose but really B it is a story worth telling many a times." She said speaking to the thin air beside the couch.

LP looked at Iden with a brow lofted and then shurged, "Ah well if you don't want to talk about it." Sure LP might not always be the brightest one of the bunch but she could tell when people weren't happy.

"I've been busy, and to be honest trying to keep Willow out of the movies she's been wanting to watch." She chuckled with a shake of her head. "That girl wants to watch more R-rated movies than I ever cared for. She picks up every one of them she sees that 'looks cool'."



Willow chuckled, "Yes B's one of my ghost pals." She grinned as she set down crossing her legs infont of her, rather out of habbit than anything else. "I get many funny looks from others when I stalk talking to them." She shurged, "I don't know why."

She took a moment to get comfortable and into a story telling postion. Her tail flickered softly as she smiled, "So I suppose we're ready for that story now eh?" Slightly wishing there was popcorn but they'd have to do without.

LP shurged, "Okay, but you know if you ever need someone to talk to and you can always come find me." She nodded as she offered, "I might not be able to help much but sometimes just going on about a problem helps one feel better."

She shurged, "Everything from Vampire movies to killer movies, like that Hostel movie." She let off a slight shutter as she mentioned the one movie she hated most. "They maynot be that bad it's just that I'd rather he not watch them, if you know what I mean. After all some of those movies just slander and create bad names for her ghost pals and the vampires."



Willow shurged, "Maybe that's what it is. Althought I thought everyone knew ghosts were real."

Cracking her knuckles softly she nodded before lauching into the simi short version of the story. "Well it all started when I was woken up by Nayati in a room, much like an empty bedroom, nothing in it at all. There wasn't even the sound of my ghosts, everything was pitch quite." Her tone was soft, and almost fortune teller like quite.

"Me and Nayati were working on a way to figure out how to get out of the room, finally I asked him if he had any of his seeds with him so he could make a vine for one of use to climb up and try the doorknob to see if it was unlocked. Which it was but we both had to push on it; for I was held up by his vines and had trouble trying to open the door without a floor to brace myself on, nor my friends." She paused and looked towards where B was with a nod. 'It was quite painful not to be able to hear or talk to them at all. But once the door was opened we came out into a beautiful forrest."

Nodding softly LP shurged, "No problem, what are friends for?"

Nodding softly she agreed, "I actully went to watch it with a friend of mine and I was trying to find an excuse to leave. That was the most horriblest movie I'd ever seen." She paused looking at Iden before shaking her head, "She does but still, I hate to listen to her whine when they've done something wrong because she actully writes the directors of the movies and sends them nasty letters."

She paused when the vampire thing was mentioned; and with a slight nervous chuckle added, "Hehe, she doesn't really remember Nar." she muttered in a quite tone looking around. "I think that's were she's picked up the habbit of getting books to read with vampire knowlendge in them and is looking for any movies with them as well." She shook her head softly, "I keep telling her those things don't hold squat about the truth."



Willow nodded softly listening the the whole Vlad thing, "Interesting... I havne't heard that one before."

She nodded, "It was, see we were walking and had seemed like it had been forever since we left that little room, trying to find our way out. So we stopped to ask a grasshopper if he knew where the ghosts were. He said something about a graveyard and to keep going stright out of the forest."

Her tail flickered as she recalled everything that happened, "Well after he'd hopped away we kept moving but it started getting dark after a while and Nayati was getting cold. So once we found a decent place we stopped to hunker down for the night and sleep, it was slightly chilly but it wasn't as bad for me as it was for Nayati. He made a left from a tree big enough for us both to sleep in, and he found him some berries, while I made a fire using one of the hairs from his tail and a bunch of sticks and leaves and dry grass I had gathered."

LP nodded softly, "They are I normally get to read a bit of them before she snatchs them away and runs to the post office drop box."

"He's been gone atleast since then. I beleive he's been gone about a year now." She pondered, "He dissapered a few months before she grew I do beleive." She shurged softly, "Althought she mentioned running into Kesin so he might be coming back soon." Nodding with a shurg, "True they do every now and then."

She paused waiting to bite back was she was about to say. But before she could she muttered looking at Iden, "I hope you don't think I'm trying to be rude or anything, but you look a bit paler than I remember you being."



Willow nodded, "Yes we had to find a graveyard, and apperently something bad was there because the cricket was scare of it." She nodded gentally. "Anyways I ended up having to catch and kill a...mouse... for food." Her ears twitchs slightly in unhappyness of that time, "But yeah me and Nayati had eaten our fill and he'd already gone to sleep while I was slightly awake and wondered off for a few moments before returning to kill the fire and ended up curling up with him to keep him warm."

Her voice trailed off, "He really needs to get some thicker fur." She said with a nod, "But when we woke up he was startled, for apperently I'd grown over the night, and now I'm like an Inch shorter than he is." Thinking with a slightly wrinkled nose she shurged, "Which this is when we started bricking for some odd reason."

LP blinked, "Oh, well I'll have to prod the old goat for leaving us without a warning." She said in that joking sort of way she had.

Pausing at the site of Idens fangs she nodded with a thoughful look before saying, "Ahh I see. I suppose you're resident vampire had a hand in it?" LP didn't seem upset in the least rather she slightly worried, and wondered if Nara had come back last night and if this had something to do with her seeming upset. LP remembered how Nara talked about Iden before they met and he seemed rather wanting to keep her 'safe' atleast that's the sort of vibe she'd gotten off of Nar.



Willow shook her head, "Trea...." she murfed shaking the thought out of her head again. "Very much so," She giggled and ruffled his hair playfully. "Bickering.... I mean we fought."

She shurged, "Anyways we ran into a nice toad and I started talking to him and he took us out of the forest and through sort of a swampy part of the lands, before we came to the graveyard by the time we were almost there I releized that Nayati was no longer behind up but he'd went on ahead of us so he reached the clear patch between us and the gate first. After giving the noble toad a thankyou kiss on the head I scurried to catch up with Nayati were we went to find the Mosuluemn[sp? x-x]

LP nodded softly, "oh..."



Willow nodded, "She's Yume's Velveteen. A child like you." She said softly nodding, "I still haven't figured out why we fought. Nayati just all of a sudden started being mean." A soft pout touched her maw, but that lasted mear seconds, "No silly, you can't get warts from normal toads. Only the ones that've been bewitched."

She chuckled, "But anyways we made it to the Mosulemn and I started hearing the voices 'Help meeee'" she imiated a sound which would've been a fly drowning almost. "So we reached the mosulemn door and I was talking and the little girl from my last quest told me that she and the others had been locked up by Willam Trent's father. So Nayati had to grow vines again that held me up while I picked the lock.... if you've ever seen those old westerns and they're trying to get into the safe by putting their ears to the safe and listening for the clicks, that's how i did that." She trailled off there letting that sink into toby's skull.

LP nodded, "She said he talked rather well. Which is quite a shock considering what he used to talk like. She said he still had that same appiate too." There was a soft giggle from the girl.

"So, since you don't feel like going inside you wanna walk and get an ice cream maybe? I think there's a store open down the street. We might can grab toby and willow something in a small bowl to bring back."



"Yeah, Trea's kind of shy thought, and Nayati... well he's nice most of the time but he can be a jerk. Ever since I've grown he treats me differently."

"I'm not sure, I can't find much on him save he owned soemthing durning the civil war." Her tail flickered softly, "But when I do findout who the man was that locked up my friends he better already be dead." She giggled at the 'what's a western thing'. "A western is where a bunch of cowboys plays cops and robbers." She figured that would be the best and simplest way of putting it.

"But yeah I got the lock unlocked but it was suck and wouldn't turn so I could get it off so Nayati helped me and when I finally got the lock off his Vines snapped and we fell to the ground and he landed on his back making sure I landed ontop of him so I wasn't hurt bad... and he had brused ribs, lucky us B tried to help soften the fall before we hit too hard."

LP chuckled, "Well atleast he's civil... wait I might not want to jinx that." She chuckled and nodded, "Kesin's always been a pig though."

With a grin she chuckled getting up and offering a hand to Iden to help her to her feet. "Willow's always loved it as well because of the cream in it. She's spoiled." She said with a laugh.



Willow grined and nodded, "Yes, As far as I can find. I've been doing research on computers when I go to the libaraies. And that's about all I've found of Willam Trent." Her tail flickered as she shurged softly. "He'll get what's coming to him, that's forsure."

"Yes, Cowboys! And that they do, the bad ones are the ones that rob the safes. So I've learned how to pick a lock by watching them. Funny thing is they've never managed to get the lock unlocked." She giggled, and nodded. "Yes all my friends will take good care of my if I'm ever in need."

She watched Toby scratch and she giggled with a joking tone, "Toby doesn't have fleas does he?"

Nodding LP shurged, "Oh well, you can't teach an old dog all new tricks. Atleast he's more civil than he has been."

With a chuckle LP nodded gentally, "Willow will eat anything that's made from cream though I don't let her eat too much of anything sweet 'cause I'm not sure how much a tiger can take. I know she cant' eat any fruits or veggies. We tried that once." She wrinkled her nose.



"Yes it did, back when there were like 13 states and all." She nodded, she did do her homework everynow and then.

"Unfourtnally there are bad everythings at some point in time, no matter how nice you wish it." Her tail flickered and she nodded, "Thank you toby," she scooted over beside the little one and gave him a hug. "It's always nice to have people around willing to help."

She giggled as his horrified look, "You can be clean and have fleas. They're attracted by fur mostly. Myself living out in the woods, LP insists on a flea dip on occasion."

LP nodded, "I suppose it's the whole tiger blood that doesn't let her digest them properly as they sould be. Althought I don't know how well she'd do on them now she's grown. I might ask Iris when I see her what she thinks."

Having a bit of skip in her step she grinned, "So what's you're favorite type of icecream?"




She nodded, "Oh there's no way the bad guys will win." She blinked, "The good people are smarter."

Looking at him in a more serious way she shurged, "Fleas come from anything really, grass, trees, flowers... It's not impossible to get them. But if you start itching alot you might want to get a flea dip for just incase. Better safe than sorry." She said with a nod.

LP nodded in agreement.

"Wow, that kind of sucks. I couldn't imanage not having my favorite things in life. Maybe we can mix up a homemade batch of blood ice cream?" She sort of half way joked, for she wasn't sure how well cream settled with Vampires. "We can always make shaved ice if all else fails." She nodded with a grin.



Willow snerked, "No, no you wouldn't have to stay away from everyone Toby. They're just parasites that can easily be cured with something called Advantix and a flea dip. Which most of them drown when you take a nice tub bath anyways." She nodded mater of factly.

LP nodded, "I guess there's somethings in life that just bites.... No pun intended." She added as an afterthought before nodding. "Yes well atleast it'd be something that's for sure. We could start up our own little shaved ice place."



"You could but it's not like they'd kill anyone to have them." Her tail flickered, "it's just like a normal bath but it's got a rather bad smell to it. Atleast I think it does."

LP nodded with a chuckled, "Blood Hawaiin Ice from the finest sources, the best creams, and just for mesure toss in a few coffee types, and we would have all the weirdos in town and maybe Vlad too." She grined, "The Night Crawler Cafe` is what we could call it." She paused before pondering and add on, "The Living Dead Cafe` would work too."



Willow laughed, "They'd get over it dear. Besides they wouldn't know if you gave it to them or not."

She ran her hand through her hair softly pondering. "So what have you been up to lately?"

LP giggled, "I'd offer but I don't know if anyone would want ex-demon blood." She counted on her fingers for a moment, "But I know plently of people and animals that wouldn't give a hoot or a hollar about it."

Nodding when she said she liked Night Crawler as a name there came a grin over the girl's face. "Yeah? Well we just need a building and what not and we can get it started." There was a wink, was LP really serious about the shop? Pausing she looked around and laughed, "Oh wow, there's the Ice cream shop up there." She nodded to a nice large ice cream shaped sign above the door.



Willow grined boardly with a chuckle, "Well I can't wait till I have more friends 'my age' to hang around with." Her tail flickered. "A squire sounds lovely thought, are you going to be one like in the mid-evil times?"

LP chuckled, "I doubt it. But who am I to say?" She gave a chuckle.

"Ah yes, Nar would have a duck fit." She nodded admitily before watching Iden's face fall a bit. She gave the woman a quick, one armed snug before grinning. "He'd get over it soon enough, he wouldn't want to miss out on the fun."

Nodding she chuckled, "Indeed it does, Thank you." She slipped in past Iden moving to the counter to look at the speicals they had for the night.



Willow grined softly, "Ahh well you can take a bit of time because you don't need to rush. It's fun to hang out with you as you are." She said with a grin.

Looking at the waster she shurged, "LP's got tons more of those things that I'll ever be able to handle. I think she gets atleast 10 a week now.... she's as bad as Kesin in collecting shinies." She chuckled. "Maybe she can help you out a bit.

LP chuckled, "Ah well then just wait till I get a cut or something and you can heal it up. That way it'll be a pleasent note." She said with a laugh.

"Ah, of crouse. I'd like to see the look on his face when he hears it to." She paused and started to imate what she thought he'd be saying, "You're going to do what? Haven't you two made enough trouble around here as it is? Now you're going to open up a shop? What's next dismembered heads?"

Pondering she tapped the glass, "Hrmm, Rainbow Vanilla I think for willow will do nicely. She's always had a thing for the different colors. Pondering over what to get herself she shurged, "Hrmm... Coconut almond, or chocolate chip...." She asked looking over to Iden for some help.



Willow giggled and nodded, "Well that's great. Then you and LP can.... wait no you can't because her's would squash us." She giggled.

"Oh yes he's another velvet. The resident vampire's vevleteen." She said with a nod. "The way Kesin talks Nara never feeds him though."

A grin and nod as LP giggled as well. "Ah yes, atleast out of hitting distance.... althought that might be a bit impossible for me."

Nodding she pointed to it, "See it's Red, Blue and White. Quite tastey too, has a bit more of the Vanilla in it I think." She nodded and giggled again as Iden made the face at the coconut. "Okay chocolate chip it is then. Ah they're alright. I've had to crack them open when me and Willow stay on the beach for it's too cold in the winter to stay were we live." She wrinkled her nose, "bad thing about caves.... no insullation." [[edited slgihtly for I buggered it up.]]

She nodded at Iden, "I'll pay if you want to order Toby and you something [meaning on the same bill]." She had told one of the waiters how she wanted the ice creams and what size waiting to see what Iden would order.



Willow nodded and chuckled, "Indeed, to both those. See the other Vampire is Naraka, I think you've seen him when you were an animal like me. He's dissapered as far as I know for now. LP said something about him treating Iden like a sister once. But who knows."

LP blinked and tried to imange Nara doing a dance. "The only dance I can see him doing is the drunkard dance." She giggled at the thought of it.

"It's not that bad, good in cakes." she said with a nod, "And pies." She paused looking at Iden with a gental chuckle as she forked out the cash for the ice cream, handing Iden her's and tobys. "Well See the funny thing about it is... I can't really afford a decent house, and well Caves are free." She shurgged taking a lick from the chocolate chip cone she'd ordered herself.

"And yes I'm sure, I don't mind paying. It's not like I have any bills to pay." She nodded as she watched Iden, "Ehh not all the time. I've quite muchly cut out a good bit of my drinking." She admited, "And to imange I have a whole 'celler' full."

Let me tell you, this world is not easy to live in. Having to put up with these people will drive you insane. I've gotten use to LP but I have far too much on my plate to give all the ghosts my individual attention.

I'm not LP I don't have the attention span of a fish and can get a million things done. In a few hours. Oh well.

But anyways I've been trying to get LP to tell me why Nayati keeps acting so stange. She always tells me not to worry about it, or she'll explain it when I'm older. When she walks off I hear her mutter something about 'birds and bees' but what does she mean?

Besides if she waits any longer i'm going to be an old lady. e-e

Willow

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Willow was sitting in the shop. There seemed to have been visitors the night before. The shop didn't smell as musty as it had just a few days ago. She was looking for Nayati again, doubting he'd come around she sat on the table tail flickering as she set there listening to everything around her.

"No, no, no Peter that's not nice." She said her eyes were closed and her ear gave and irrated flick. "If you can't say something nice about some one you shouldn't say anything at all." Appernetly this made the ghost mad because the door flew open and closed with a slam.

Willow sighed and shook her head. Her ghosts were acting stranger than normal, more restless, she wondered what was wrong with them. Maybe it was the fact spring would soon be here.

LP a few moments later entered the shop yawning, before she made her way to a couch and sat down on it half asleep. "Job hunting is no fun... Not to mention having just finished part of you're temple." She rubbed her eyes and shook her head. "Where have you been the past few days Willow?" She asked curiously it wasn't like the tiger to dissaper right after breakfast and not come home till it was bed time.

"Looking for someone...." She stated simplely and left it at that.



LP blinked opening her eyes slightly tried like. "Oh hello." She said with a grin before sitting up a bit strighter. "It's been a while hasn't it?" She asked, living out in the woods and having been working like she had she lost track of time.

Willow opened one eye before grinning. "Why hello Toby! It's great to see you again!" She said with a giggle and she jumped down off the table landing with a soft thud on her feet. "And hi Miss Iden!" She said waving to the lady as she ran over to greet Toby.

She grinned when she got there. "Toby you won't beleive who I ran into the other day!"



LP stiffled another yawn shaking her head. "Ehh I've been busy. This is the first time I've been back in a while. Willow I think lives here now more than at our place." She shurged, "Honestly I've been building Willow some Asian style temples and looking for a job."

"I'm glad you're here too Toby" She smiled and chuckled at the delight and curiousity of her friend. "I saw Acia actully. I've been trying to catch Nayati but it seems almost impossilbe, and I've yet to see Sid or Carl, or even trea for that matter." She frowned for a moment.



"Yeah." LP nodded, "I figured she might be happy if she had someplace to call her own." Pondering the question for a moment she shurged, "Just looking mostly."

"She's a glider, she's been around longer than myself, Trea's a mouse she's got here after me I think, and Nayati belongs to Iris he's been here since before any of us. Atleast Acorrding to LP." She Murred, "He's cute too."



"Thanks." She said, "I just hope it doesn't end up killing me for lack of sleep I've been getting. Everything just feels so restless around the house I can't stand it."

"A glider is like a squrril with like skin from arms to legs, the skin there is like what's on a bat." She said trying to think of how to explain it. Her tial flickered. "Oh and Nayati's a Unicorn, Iforgot to mention that."

"Yeah.... but I have no clue were to go. I think it's Willow's ghosts though. Sometimes they get overly rowdy and you just can't sleep in a place like that." She sighed shaking her head.

She chuckled, "Yes, you'll have to meet her sometime. She likes to hide in her lab some of the tme." Tail flickering she nodded sitting down crossed legged. "He is." Her tail flickered before chuckling, "It might sound silly but someone told me I had a crush on him, I don't know if he 'feels' the same."



"Thanks, I think I could take the animals better than I could Willow's friends, as long as I'm not inclided for a midnight snack for Vlad." She remember their last meeting, he was something she'd rather not mess with.

Willow turned around and glared at LP when she said that. "They can't help it, they've got cabin fevor."

Turning back to Toby she chuckled, "Yes she's like a scientist, she says she bores people with her stuff. I'd doubt that. If she would ever get out of that lab of hers and actully talk to someone or build something with them she might find she's not as boring as she thinks she is."

She blinked, "Oh yes, it's when you like someone alot. Atleast according to Acia's Sister that's what it is." She slightly blushed. "He's been acting kinda odd since I grew though so I don't know if he likes me in the same way or not. The way he act you'd think he's almost scare of me...."



"We'll that's good." She said with a laugh. "I might tag along with you tonight. Atleast I'd get one night of good rest." She shurged at Willow, she couldn't help that they were getting restless and keeping her up. "I mean as long as you don't mind. I don't want to tag along and be a bother to anyone."

"Yeah?" She chuckled, She liked the warm weather better, she didn't think she shed. Her fur seemed thin as it was. She tilted her head at Toby, "You're all itchy?" She asked tilting her head, "Blah I get some of it but then again I watch Bill Nye when there's nothing else on."

She shurged and nodded, "Yeah. That's it." Her tail flickered thoughtfully, "I'm not sure although one of his vines did grab me once, almost like Nayati lost controll of them and tried to drag me over towards him. It was sorta creepy."



"Thanks Iden." She said smiling softly, "It'd beat sleeping on the couch here tonight." She chuckled as she smiled. "Ah so you get those visitors too eh?" She chuckled.

"I'm sorry, I don't think I have that problem." She said poking at her own fur. Nodding, "Bill's kind of hard to find on TV. Just have to know where to look."

"Heh" She nodded, "He can grow things that's his talents, he's really good at it."



She chuckled and nodded. "I know what you mean." She grinned.

"WEll maybe it's because I have rather thin fur." She shurged softly.

"Maybe you're good at being a prince."



"Oh don't worry. I'm a heavy sleeper. I once had a raccoon hitting me on the head trying to wake me up and Willow had to shoo him off." She chuckled "The only time I can't sleep is when there's so much tension and restlessness in the air. It drives me nuts."

Willow chuckled and nodded, "Yeah I'm suppose to be mostly a warm weather speices I think." She said with a nod. Her tail flickered.

"Well maybe a Knight then?" She pondered, "Although aren't there some that while not royal come to be considered Princes?"



She nodded, "It was rather interesting." She sighed. "I have a very bad feeling of doom. Which when don't I?" She laughed and shook her head.

"Right!" She chuckled, "Well they're not for everyone." Nodding softly, "Well still nice to aim high isn't it?"



"Blah, just an old friend most likely going to get a dose of her past they do not want to have." She sighed, "They use to be a princess of a strong empire which as long since fell. They don't remember anything of their past or past friends." She sighed, "I just don't know when she's going to run into them. With out knowleadge of who they are it's likely bad things are to happen. As things sometimes do happen."

"I'm not sure Toby, I never met a real one. Atleast not one that could speek...." She chuckled, "I think the reason they save them is to get the princesses' kiss. I think it's a reward of such."




"Ummm well she has more of Animesa than haivng a past life...." LP shurged, "Which I suppose could be just as bad. Some people do remember bits and peices of their past lives if they focus right."

Willow chuckled, "She's a Toad." She nodded and grinned. "Well what else could a princess give a knight, a kiss is the only really thoughful thing in that type of situation."



"Nope, she's never died..." She chuckled, "Ah I'd like to forget mine all save for the friend. It's such a bother sometimes you have to look over you're shoulder to make sure no one is following you if you remember you're past." She stiffled a yawn. "It's about like sleeping, when you think about it... welll it never really happens."

"Yup a Toad!" She chuckled, "If i'm not mistaken an she is a princess she is indeed also a Velvet." Her tail flickered happily. "Although I might have to see if you'll save me one day. Seeing as how these ghosts are getting a bit antsy."



She chuckled, "Yes well then you don't have to live in my world."

"Sure but princesses can be too, Fionna on Shrek was turned into an Orge." She chuckled, "Good maybe one day we'll have our last growing quests with each other and maybe with some luck Nayati will be tossed into it too and we'll have to like save a princess and fight some smelly old beast!" She giggled at the thought.





LP blinked as Nara 'rose from the dead' she blinked and caught herself in a mid-chukle and turned it into a cough. "Nice outfit. I'm totally tempted to ask you if I can borrow that one of these days." She grinned, "How've you been I haven't seen you since what? Forever ago?"

Willow grined and nodded. "Of crouse but it'd be fun none the less." Hearing someone enter she blinked, "Ohhhh Hello strange man." She tugged at Toby and nodded towards the guy as if to ask if he wanted to go get a closer look at him. He seemed very interesting, and alive but not. Much more so than Iden did anyways.





LP chuckled and shook her head yawning. "If you say so nara... it's been a while though. Even then I was tempted to ask you if I could borrow it." She sighed. "You look better that way." She closed her eyes slightly though fighting a fit of sleep.

"He's a bird. Fat little fellow to." Willow nodded and chuckled. "I remember him he likes shines!" She whispered to toby, "lets go have a closer look at him." She grined and nodded.

"I'm Willow!" Willow chimmed in before she flicked her ear in an anonnied mannorism. Sighing she picked herself up. "Ugh actully I have to go. I have some work to attend to... apperently one of the ghosts is in dire need of talking to me. Sorry Toby. If you're around tomorrow or something we might can hang out!" With out another word she skitted off the door opening for her and closing after she skittered off into the night.





LP murfed and shook her head, "He'll show up sooner or later. Maybe later I'll put up some shiney things back at my place. I'm sure he'll see it and come for a visit. Maybe I can get him to come back and strighten things out for you."

Looking towards the door she frown. "Willow's been doing that alot lately. Sometimes I worry about her going off like that, most of the time she dissappers so fast I can't follow her."





"I know I do... Can't help it. I spoil Willow to a point as well." She crossed her arms, "Well I won't punch him in the beak if I'll see him I'll tell him off if you want me to though."

LP looked at Toby with her head tilted. "She'll be back." She assured the pup.





"Blah stuffed." She shook her head, "He was stuffed at one point remember. I don't think it's possible to reverse things like that."

She shifted softly on the couch watching Toby. It would be nice to be able to sleep any where and anytime like he could. She chuckled.





Looking around she tilted her head and lofted a brow she was interested for the answer as well. Although he did look younger.






LP shook her head. "Vlad's got the attitude for a moehawk if you ask me." She shurged leaning on the arm of the couch and looking up at the ceiling.





LP looked at Nara and then to Iden. She started to ask him why was he leave but decideing not to she just looked at him with a lofted brow. "Nar if you see Willow tell her I'll be sleeping over at Iden's. I can't stand it in the cave tonight..."





LP got up, slightly unsteady because of her lack of sleep. "What was that about that?" She said leaning on the window seal to steady herself. Then looking over to Iden.

Wilow was sitting on the street corner looking slightly mad at the world. What to do was the question she had no answer on this, everyone was so crazy, it was worse than the confusing things LP did. She poked at a peice of paper with her toe.



She looked at Meep shaking her head leaning on the wall crossing her arms. "I can see why. Sadly, but I can." She looked over at Iden, "I suppose Nara's a bit sour at Vlad 'cause of what he did."



Lofting a brow she shurged. "Well maybe you two need to sit down and talk it out." Looking around the room for a second. "Nar's got a sense of pride to him sure,and he may feel it's his fault. Yet maybe you two could come to better terms on it if you talked."



LP shurged, "It took him a while to actully not be skeptical of me. It's just the way he is." she remembered back when she first came into the shop how rahter 'unpleasnt' he could be if he wanted to be.

"Atleast you two are trying to work it out." She wtched iden as she turned her hand over. "Honestly I know what you mean there." She gave a soft nod before looking about.

"So instead of hanging about this place... it's suddenly got that sullen feeling of gloom and what not. Shall we head to your's." She asked her head tilted to the side. "I might pick up some coffee on the way if there's a place and you dont' mind."



LP shurged, "Ehh either way. It'd be nice to have some however I get it. It'll keep me up for a little bit longer either way it goes." She grined as she watched Toby stretch.

"Must be nice to be able to sleep like that Toby." She said with a chuckle as she waited on Iden.



LP grined and walked outside and chuckled. "Toby would you like a ride?" She asked offering him her arm.

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The rest of LP's, Iden's, n' tobys little hike can be found... Here!

Now back to willow =D
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Willow looked up at the vampire and shook her head. "Fine.... Let her go, she's no help anyways." She got up as he looked at her and shurged, "Thanks for you're concern." She muttered walking towards a wall that had a window where she could perch herself on the seal.

Once there she shurged, and looked back towards the ground. "You don't look like a bucket of sunshine either," She commented in a bit of a annonied tone.



"LP isn't any help to me no." She looked at him, "You have delimmas? Have you ever tried to figure out how to help over 100 ghosts pass on to the afterlife!? I should think you haven't." She crossed her arms, his problems couldn't be half as bad as her issuses.

"And no I don't know wehre Iden's is. Don't care to either... I have to slove this problem before they drive me insane." She snortted rather crossed. "Ugh everything is giving me such a headache.



"Yeah I figured that unfortunally." She watched him leave. "Night, If I have time to sleep.." She muttered softly.