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Edward almost ended up hissing, but a touch from Cassandra caused the man to calm down. He looked at Monty, “Find him, then you can have him.” His eyes were harsh, mostly because of the mentions of the Old Hags. He had barely gotten away from them, so he knew that he would be able to get away from them now that he was stronger, but that didn’t mean that he wanted to go anywhere near them anytime soon. Cassandra kissed his cheek softly, whispering softly as she used her own voice to softly whisper, calming him down. She knew his history and it was one of the only one’s that she pitied.

Looking at Monty and Gambler, her frown was still there, “There are more important things to worry about than a traitorous child that has nothing to do with you anymore. As for finding out about the rogues, neither of us know anything about them, so inform us of them so that we can get that done.” She had the same eyes as Edward, her own form somehow shifting without anyone noticing, now looking much like a sister of the demon’s. She blinked slowly, never dropping her hold on the other.

Raul frowned and looked at them all, as did Rave. Both seemed to have the same idea, “Enough…” Grumbling that at the same time, Rave raised a brow, as did Raul, but it didn’t change the fact. Rave was the one to speak, “Gambler… Please focus on their leader and the rogues… That’s more important at the moment.” Kalore nodded, sighing softly. “He’s there…” There was anger in his voice, but it was mostly because of where he was, “How do you want to flush him out, Gambler?”

“No!” Kalore’s eyes were wide, “No fire… not there.” His eyes were as cold as they had been before when he had first come here. If they weren’t then there would be just too much pain in them for him to be able to handle. “Something else… a deal with him, acting as if you give up… HE’s a damn egotist. Or use Rave. But don’t mess with the building.” Listening to this, Rave gave him a sad look, nodding some, “That might work better… Using fear won’t do anything to him.” He wished that the others weren’t around so that he could somehow comfort his friend… but that wouldn’t allowed. Not by either of them.

Edward was silent, shaking just a bit as Cassandra was soon moving so that her arms were around him. Unless the demon allowed it, she couldn’t charm him into relaxing, and it seemed like Edward was going to be as stubborn as he could, but the man did have an idea or two. He didn’t mention the boy, seeing as he wasn’t giving him up now mostly out of spite over anything else, as he spoke, “You lost two people… if they’re connected, the rogues and the hunters, then have this man see those two people that he murdered.” Raul looked at him, “Explain, Edward.”

The man sighed before gesturing to Cassandra. He was much calmer now, nodding a bit in thanks to the woman as he spoke, “She can shift into them, and he,” He gestured to Rave, “You’re a shadow mage, aren’t you?” Rave simply nodded slowly, “That’s a name for it, yes.” “Then clone it or bend the image into a copy. Fear might not work, but that’s enough to get anyone moving out of a place. Once he’s out of the building, then burn him. Or…” he tapped his chin, “What can this guy do?”

Rave thought about that before sighing some, “It’s not a bad idea… but we need to find a way to bind him or else he’s just going to be gone before we can do anything…” Blinking some, he looked at Gambler, “Do you think interfering with his shadows would work?” But then again… he didn’t know how to do that. It was something that he had never thought about doing, but Dusk might know how to do that… it seemed like something she would like to do.

The odd compliment didn’t even register in the man’s mind as he was simply ignoring Monty’s presence completely. He shook his head, “I’ve got nothing in mind… Boss?” Looking over at Raul, he watched as the man shook his head, “Cassandra, go with Joker to see these bodies… Rave, do you need to go with them?” The man simply shook his head, “No. Eldin can help me with this, and he doesn’t either.” Neither of them wanted to see the bodies.

Touching the demon’s shoulder again, she kissed where she touched and soon was walking near Joker, her image so much like a feminine Edward that it was scary. “Let’s go.” Her voice was soft, sweet almost, but there was always that underlying tone of distrust that seemed to follow her around. “IS there anything we need to know before we go?” Raul shook his head, “not from me… You all?”

Cassandra raised a brow before nodding slowly, “I will remember that… Though I don’t know if I’ll be able to copy that…” Muttering her words, she was taking this as a job, nothing more. She didn’t like the fact that the ones that had died had been something akin to children. Edward didn’t care, but Cassandra had a family once, though not by blood but much like this one. It had been dysfunctional to the extreme… and it wasn’t healthy at all… but it was still a family. Sighing softly, she soon was following Joker, as she moved, accidently brushing up against him, her features were becoming sharper, her hair lighter, and her eyes turning a beautiful green. The changes were gradual, but it was apparent on who it was that she was resembling, though not on purpose.

Edward was silent as he sat beside Raul, not noticing that the younger elf was now moving around to fill in Joker’s place of refilling drinks and just moving around. It wasn’t on purpose, but just habit for the other. As he did so, though, Kalore’s eyes were now resting on Monty, though he didn’t want them to. Now just wasn’t the time… but he needed something to do as he pushed himself off the wall, whispering softly to gambler, “While they’re doing this… Eldin or Rave and I can make sure that the leader didn’t change anything about the home.” He doubted that Kyin would have. Even if he was a murderer, the place was too important to tarnish.

As they got there, Cassandra was sighing softly as she ran a hand through her now blonde hair, soon blinking at it. She never noticed herself changing when she didn’t really mean to. It was just something that she did on instinct, depending on who she last touched and all… but sighing some, the woman blinked at the two dead boys and soon was moving to touch them, but also touched Joker. “I need a different skin tone...” Muttering her words, she soon closed her eyes and even her own clothes were shifting.

It was a bit hard to concentrate on the dead boys in front of her when her own instinct was to change into something else. The boy that she was touching was dead and gone, so no use to her, but the other was alive and thinking of a woman that she could use quite well. Because of that, her hair turned the wrong shade of blonde at first, but soon she was how she was supposed to be, now a he, and looking at the other. “I need you to think of how they sounded.” Now Cassandra was only touching Joker, her touch on his shoulder never faltering.

“And please think of them and not this blonde woman that I keep seeing…” There was a bit of an annoyed look in her eyes, but that didn’t stop the touch on his shoulder. The other thoughts were distracting as hell, though…

Kalore simply nodded, starting to head out before he sighed softly, glancing back at Gambler with a bit of a smile, “I will, okay?” Getting up, Rave went with the other, nodding as well before leaning down and kissing the woman softly, whispering to her, “We’ll both be careful… I’ll make sure that he doesn’t snap, okay?” That was the only reason why the other wanted to go with Kalore, seeing as the other could handle himself, but he didn’t want his friend to completely snap at Kyin. Not yet.

She didn’t really need him to act it out, but as he did so Joker’s memories were stronger, allowing Cassandra to take them and figure out how it was that she needed to speak. Sighing softly, she spoke and when she did the woman sounded exactly like Ivan. “This is correct?” Blinking slowly, it wasn’t long before she wasn’t touching him any longer, simply blinking. Now that she was concentrating, Cassandra wouldn’t shift into different things, but that simply meant that she used more energy. The woman could still hold the form for a long time, but that didn’t stop the fact that it was… difficult…

She shook her head, “I can walk like this. We’re hoping that someone will be able to find out who I am and that they will tell this leader or whatever that one of the men that had been killed was still alive. That should bring up enough panic so that things go well enough in our favor.” Cassandra watched as the bodies were being placed away from them. “I just need to get to the dark haired elf and then we’ll go from there. I don’t need to be hidden, though, so no need to worry about that.” She almost gave the other a smile, but her thoughts were still on Edward, worried for the man that she almost considered her own brother.

Eldin watched as the two were gone, sighing softly before soon sitting down next to Gambler, the now taller man simply blinking at her. He didn’t know if there was anything that he could do to make the other feel better, but he simply was resting a bit on his arm, glancing over at the two remaining people there that weren’t of the group. Raul was sitting there, not having left the home yet. He was curious on if the other fought and got into the field himself, but the body that he had wasn’t something that could be obtained any other way. Eldin could tell that if Raul got into a fight, whoever he was against wouldn’t walk again.

Glancing over at the elf, Raul soon was raising a brow, noticing that Edward - - once again - - was missing, probably over to find the boy and begin playing with him once more. “Yes, child?” The elf wasn’t bothered with the comment as he simply shrugged, “Just wondering what you’re like… You scare me a bit.” Blinking some, Raul was soon laughing, the sound warm and amused, “And you’re an honest one… I like that.”

Glancing over at the other two, it wasn’t long before Eldin was laughing softly, trying to make sure that the other wasn’t going to hear him. Now that Monty was actually being tame, kind of, he wasn’t quite as nervous around him, but that didn’t stop the boy from wanting to make sure that his attention was never on him. Eldin didn’t think that the other would ever be nice to him, though he was even more worried now that he had seen him and Kalore fighting. If Monty was like that with people he was dating… then people like him had no chance of him being nice to them. Then again, he could live without the demon’s niceties… it wouldn’t kill him to live without it. Eldin didn’t think that he would ever really need approval from Monty all that often…

Cassandra rolled her eyes, crossing her arms. She didn’t say anything, though, because she saw in one of the memories that the twins didn’t really speak all that often in public. It was something odd, but it wasn’t too hard for her to do. Moving around Joker, there would be an occasional prank here and there done on the other. Cassandra learned quickly on what it was that the twins did, but she had to. It was her job and it was one of the ways that they could do things so quickly in their own little group.