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Alastair shook his head, "He ain't old, lad. He'd do just fine here." Alastair pointed out, mostly to keep Juliet from getting worried. He followed up the stairs.

The beetle followed behind Juliet.

***

"Damn straight it's my house! Why the ******** would I lock my door WHEN I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE? Can you answer me that? No, I think not."

The figure stepped forward and the silhouette shrunk considerably, to about the size of one of the Snowmen.
The man, as one would guess, had pointed ears and sparkling eyes without an actual iris. His rosy cheeks were emphasized by his anger and his face flushed red.

He wore a pointed, green hat with a golden bell on top. He wore a green tunic that went down to his knees with a white collar and cuffs with golden buttons. A thick, black leather belt with a simple gold buckle ran around his waist.

He legs sported red and white striped tights and his shoes were a dark green and curled up at the toes.

"Now wanna tell me what you're doin' at my house before I kick your asses out?" he demanded.

"Sleeping, mostly. Since, uh. It's cold out here, and as you yourself said, it's in the middle of nowhere. Where are we, by the way?" Andreas asked. You know you've had a weird day when encountering an elf doesn't faze you.

"I'm from..." Andreas blinked. "Huh. I don't seem to remember the name. That may be a bad sign." He sighed. "If you know some way we could leave the Snow Realm, we could probably get going pretty soon, though if you'd be kind enough to let us stay in your house, we'd be very grateful, since ever since we walked into the Maniac Mansion thing we've been alternating between resting and getting attacked in about five-to-ten-minute cycles, it seems."

((HAHA! Joe, read Venom's post carefully, end of the second line. xd ))

"Hn, can't remember, eh?" the Elf said, crossing his arms and tapping his foot, "Tell you what, you can stay if you gimme one good reason not to kick your asses outta here." he held out his right hand, palm up, "And compensation may be necessary." he said with a grin and chuckle.

"What's going on?" Ro yawned.

***

Alastair stepped into the room and waved Jordan along, "C'mon!" he urged.

((Anchou, if you really want, you don't have to move.))

Henry flicked a silver coin at his feet. "How's that, shrimp? Shepard thought it was good enough."

((What am I looking at?))

((
Dangerously close to one of my first ideas, lol, remember?))

The Elf looked at the coin briefly. He snapped his fingers and the coin fluttered to his hand in a brief display of colorful sparkles. He held it close to his eye, taking out a small magnifying glass and held it to the coin, "Shepard, you say?" he clarified.

***

Alastair opened his mouth to retort, but the ground fell out from beneath them.
They fell.

Fell some more.

And fell even more.

Shikyo, still on the stairway, saw this and immediately backed off. Upon turning around, he was met with a wave of bright-orange beetles surround a large, sickly looking woman.

Orion's spirit fell as well.

The punch seemed to phase Alastair very little. Alastair grabbed Jordan's wrist and simply spun him around as they fell.

"Are you okay, lass?" he yelled to Juliet.

((Possibly...))

Alastair sighed and pushed Jordan away, "Calm down, lad." he insisted, "Before I have to hurt ya."