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Silvia felt the rumble on the floor from the booming voice. In walked a man, form of dragon and normal sized before growing to more of his real size but not too far just enough to be intimidating. "Ah.....the black phoenix lives. A shame. Sodain was doing so well proving to us he was trustworthy and one of us." He said in a low, slow and strict voice with some remourse in it more for Sodain.

Itari frowned his body trembling a little, knowing the dragons were not to be crossed or defied. "Sire's....please Sodain is not at fault. He had a bad memory and grew angry. I failed as a key keeper to reseal the darkness that now has control. Allow Sodain to live." Itari spoke with a loud strong voice, looking to the three.

Kaa looked down at Itari silently, snorting out some smoke as he moved with slow careful steps, speaking not a word. This made Itari feel unnerved when Kaa went silent.

In Kuri's room Mira jumped looking around more so when feeling the second rumble from the speaking. "....Sir Elder Kaa?" she asked confused. "Why would he come here? He knows I'm doing well. Sodain and Silvia give him reports on me." She said not sure why he'd be there and looked sadly at Solaria feeling bad for her. "I'm sorry you went through that. I'm glad you have your two boys with you." She said smiling.

In the holo room Kuri walked in, arms folded sighing, pinching the bridge of his noise. "Oh great, now what did Sodain do to get himself into trouble? Whatever he broke I'll pay for its replacement." Kuri said as if it was not anything new, thinking it was just something small and simple, not seeing that Sodain was Sodia female phoenix of black power.

Kuri looked back frowning at Sodia. "You are not going to mouth off and then hide like a coward. You truly are a child, aren't you?" he asked with a sharp tongue. Kaa had listened to her run her mouth and watched her every move.

"You know Sodia that is foolish to think you can use others as protection from us. And if you have done no wrong as you imply then why do you hide? Are you scared your deeds of wrong will be discovered and void the vow taken so many thousands of years ago?" He asked eyes closed then opened them to cast them upon her. "And I do not try to place fear in ones not guilty. I can see within the key maker's eyes that he holds no fear nor guilt. He simply holds concern for an ally that is not quite the him that he remembers." Kaa explained in his calm, stern, and slow voice not being in a rush.

Gale glared at Sodia frowning. "Stupid phoenix. You are so terrified of dragons and yet you have the gull to boss around someone who is also strong and could easily match any of these dragons if he would just lighten up and let go with his powers." Gale said sipping his tea.

Itari glared at Gale, an annoyed look on his face. "Silence Gale. I am not one to use that power unless it is dyer and you know it you stupid half shadow half light dragon of blood." He came back with, bringing a shrug from Gale as he took another sip of his tea.

"Not my fault. She interrupted our relaxing time while Wolgar was helping me not be stressed." Gale stated.

Mira nodded and followed. "Maybe we can greet Sir Elder Kaa and see what he is doing?" she asked following Solaria to the door to head to the holo room.

Kuri turned watching then spoke. "You can blame your other self. She decided to have some fun with that earlier. Wasn't it the black phoenix's favorite thing to mess with?" Kuri asked.

Mira entered seeing the change and jumped shock on her face. "What the? How....how did that happen?" she asked never seeing anyone change with a sneeze before.

Itari sighed walking up and used a crystal to get a shot from Wolgar and approached, giving it to Sodain to quiet the reaction. "Just cool it. Your body is being strange with its power. Thank your other half, your suppressed childhood." He stated in his normal serious tone.

Gale sipped his drink, moving a foot to hide, setting fire to a bag, destroying evidence that he had tempted Sodia with it earlier when she touched him to get it on her. "Success." He muttered into his cup sipping his tea more.

Gale shrugged softly as Mira slowly approached. "Sodain? Sodain how did you get so....young? You were an adult when I last saw you when you were having trouble with blood wanting problem. But now you're not. Is that a side effect of the condensed blood you made?" she asked curious and confused.

Kuri shook his head. "No, he changed age due to Sodia. She figures I bet that she can get Sodain to have fun playing games now if she made him a child again, hensing why he's a little boy now and not a grown man." The vampire prince answered.

Mira stared at Kuri confused as she had never heard of this before. Itari approached Sodain looking down at him. "Hmph, small form is adorable. Interesting choice. Just like the hatchling." Itari said with a small smirk on his lips as she found this some what amusing for some reason to see Sodain so small after he had been an adult for so long and now to be returned to the body of a child was amusing to him.

Gale chuckled noding to Wolgar as he found it amsuing the way Solaria was after and on Kaa verbally and protecting little boy Sodain physically. Seeing though Chaos brought him some confusion and curious thought to what was going to come next sipping his tea some more.

Kaa watched Solaria listening to her then when Chaos came watched the young man before him. He was silent watching him as well making no sudden moves. The pair beside him wondered what Kaa wanted done. Minutes passed of silence before Kaa spoke in his calm slow voice of an elder, making himself more manageble size as he watched Chaos's eyes. ".....the same look as I saw some years so long ago. Wonderful. But....I do give warning. Let not holding onto foul emotions, Chaosian Lumic. Remember what those men of the robe that raised you taught you. Do you still remember their lessons? Your father's lessons?" Kaa asked as if speaking to an old aquantance.

Shock came to Kuri's face a little as he heard how Kaa responded and couldn't believe that as he had thought Kaa would hand out a judgement right there and hadn't yet. Kaa then spoke to Solaria calmly as he had been doing before. "Do not smother your oldest son, Solaria. If you do I doubt there will be way to bring him back to you then you cannot state your wrath upon me if it is done by your own hands so fearful of losing him." He said calmly, sounding laid back and not in any rush still.

Gale smirked pouring himself more tea. "Kaa is still the old geezer he was back then. Wonder how much more of a laid back geezer he is." Gale muttered chuckling before yelping when a lightening spark hit his butt making him yelp and jump. A smirk came to Kaa's lips as he chuckled softly.

"Old geezer am I? Well that's a little harsh. I'm barely pushing ten thousand." Kaa said, smirking with his dragon smirk, eyeing Gale with wise old eyes as Gale rubbed his butt and sat down glaring at Kaa who just chuckled in his throat.

Gale nodded quietly sipping his tea and glared a little at Wolgar wondering if he was refering to him being shocked.

Kaa watched Chaos stunned but stayed calm and nodded bowing his head softly. "Yes, is but true one cannot be completely one nor the other. There must reside a balance. Being too much of one over the other is not what one can ever live or survive with. Balance is key and is hard to make." Kaa paused then turned his eyes once opened to Mira who jumped a little feeling nervous for some reason under Kaa's gaze of calm. "Mira Stoneheart. I have known you since your mother passed away. You came to be under my teachings to try and deal with the grief. I can still sense it and see it in your eyes. Watch your envy, Mira. I do not wish to see you turn into a monster. You are good yet you also lack the courage in places to face what you envy most. Do not fall into the emotion of green." He said in his calm yet stern voice.

Mira blinked then cast her eyes down, knowing what he was refering to but didn't speak a word, not wanting to admit it verbally to everyone else in the room. Kaa shifted his eyes from Mira who refused to keep eye contact and looked to the others before returning his look to Chaos and smirked when he saw how Sodain was behaving. "It is nice to see the boy finally releasing his pent up childhood actions. And...as to your fear, Solaria...."

Kaa looked to the woman and took a breath exhaling and spoke. "I will not find them guilty of crime so long as neither uses any forbidden powers. If word comes that the power has been used that is forbidden here then we will need to act but until then....I don't think I could bring any harm to Sodain. He may not be the weilder of the ruby crystals anymore and bringer of hope to those with darkness in them but...." he turned his gaze to Mira who moved to hide some. "...the new weilder can if done properly and with the purest of intentions. Not due to duty or requirement by law or job.

"The task would need be done soly out of the wanting to of own free will." Kaa said calmly, watching as Mira hid more peeking out. "You fear me because I know what you feel, am I not right, Mira?" Mira didn't answer looking down and the old dragon elder nodded slowly. "It is fine, you are not the first to flee from my gaze and I feel you will not be the last. Take well care Mira. Remember you are of dragon kin but at the same you weild a power created to do good but to do the most good or best it will need to be due to your heart not because of duty or requirements." He explained calmly.

Mira sighed nodding softly. She understood but didn't like how it sounded. Gale looked at Mira and wondered what was going through her mind. When he looked to Chaos he thought it adorable the baby Sodain trying to get his brother's attention.

Kuri looked around and spied Itari was moving over and stood in his own little corner, turning and observing the others. He watched them talk and interact, taking everything in silently.

Kuri yelped as did the others and when things evened out and quieted Kuri turned to stare shocked at what he saw and smelt. Seeing the TV turn on he stared eyes wide. "Mother? But what is she doing?" he asked as it had been forever since she had been using that for any sort of announcement.

Mira held onto Itari who rushed over and when stable she stood and stared looking around also in shock at the interrior. "But.....how is this possible? What happened?!" she asked in disbelief this was still real.

Itari nodded. "It is real if you don't think so. A phoenix from legend can use its power on itself or if strong enough on things around it to repair. Sodain's power is strong. His female side is a pain like no other but the power is amazing if used right." He explained to a stunned Mira.

Kaa stood still and nodded inhaling deep the fresh air. "Ah, a wonderful smell." He said then turned his attention to the TV, turning back to his human form of an old man as did the two that stayed around him and they waited for the Queen of Syna's announcement.

Gale looked up seeing this and paused in sipping his tea, curious as well over what was so important to be announced live.

Gale watched and smirked, helping himself. Kuri did look over and frowned approaching the table of the two new buddies. "Mind explaining where these came from, Wolgar?" Kuri asked picking up one crystal in his hand, making it vanish to show the blood wine with the royal seal on it.

Mira watched Chaos leave with Sodain and decided to follow. Itari looked to Solaria and nodded. "She's not mad. Trust me. She's feeling tired so was going to lay down. I'd say to check on Sodain before she rests up." Itari stated flatly watching Solaria then looked a tthe screen, wondering who the new person was. Kuri had also noticed how much the female looked like him and wondered if his mother had something with another man and if so then that would count as betrayal to her husband and a crime. But he planned to ask later so not to cause problems or a scene.

Kaa watched and moved, looking outside from the balcony of the holo room and inhaled deeply, sighing and closed his eyes some, gazing out then closed his eyes enjoying the cool air. "This is nice....nothing like it." He said quietly.

Mira moved, entering Kuri's medical room and looked to Chaos. "Hello, where is Sodain? Is he doing okay?" she asked and jumped a little seeing the strange man in white, not sure how he got there or who he was but looking to Chaos she saw he wasn't mad or fighting so figured perhaps the man was a friend and not a foe.

Gale smirked watching and chuckled softly as he drank his own wine he snagged. Kuri sighed rolling his eyes and eyed Wolgar suspeicously. "Well oddly enough the amount you have here is the same that vanished one point all at one time." He stated strictly.

Elsewhere Silvia walked around alone in a dimly lit room, kept dark as it was Kuri's bedroom she often went into because she could. Looking around she took a breath and sighed, exhaling and slowly stepped forwards a few steps before stepping back once then twice and raised one leg up, tracing her foot up her inner leg like a ballay dancer and spun delicately in a perfect sprial. Her eyes closed as she allowed a memory chip to play, releasing the tune she had recorded or had in her mind from a period of time she did not quite fully recall of a woman playing a harp with a simple tune yet so elegant it was to dance to.

In the memory showed her spinning dancing to the graceful plucks and pulls of the strings and the woman smiling, looking to be laughing as she played with the grace of a royal and of the noble bloodline as it should of been. Her poise perfect and hair delicate and silky appearing. Though the memory was fuzzy and broken up in places for visual much like old or damaged film Silvia still heard the audio very clearly.

As she danced in his room she listened to the music inside her head. When the tune with the sound of windchimes blowing came to a end she stopped her dance. Hearing a noise her eyes snapped open, emotional chip kicked in to block emotions as she readied her arm up and gun ready to fire off, eyes narrowed coldly towards a doorway hidden by a thick taprastry.

What she saw come out was little girl, hair holding gray like the silver moonlight that was not out in the sky. Her eyes held yellow shifting to blue as her hair shifted to a delicatel violet color. She smiled stepping towards Silvia who stepped back, not recalling her but something in her told her she wasn't right. Stepping back she unleased a furry of gunfire, exploding out of her arm. When the smoke rose from her gun arm and was settling slowly about the room all Silvia heard was the giggles of the little girl. Silvia's body shaking as she stared her eyes wide and holding her gun arm.

The giggling of the little girl turned to that of chuckles and laughter of an adult female. Her body shook as she felt the gentle brush of fingertips along her cheek and jawbone. "It's okay. Why so frightened, little machine girl? Scared of a memory?" the woman cooed softly, smirking, her red lips seeable but her body hard to see as hair fell to hide her eyes, the glimps of fangs could be seen in her mouth when she spoke. Silvia didn't answer, her circuts trying to over ride the fear she felt but to little success as the woman's touch faded and Silvia turned firing off her gun more to see nothing there.

Her breath was hard and paniced as she stared at the shot up wall as more smoke from the gun blasts was settling slowly. "You are so easy to scare. Why fear a memory? Isn't your kin that say memories cannot hurt only teach?" The woman asked smirking smugly, shifting her head to swing her long hair back from her eyes, showing one red eye. Quickly Silvia turned attacking again with her gun arm to see nothing. Her body shook more as she heard in her ears the woman humming the tune from a music box that showed in front of her yet it was in the formmat of a memory long since been worn out. In it was a dancer spinning surrounded by mirrors that folded in and came out. Silvia breathed harder as she turned trying to follow the woman's laughter, firing her gun.

Glass shattered and when done the room held spots of sunlight from the holes in the thick curtins. She stared shaking and almost falling over as she heard the noise of the woman laughing fade. When it became quiet her mind went to the memory of the harp playing woman poised like royalty playing the tune and a little girl Silvia as a young child under ten spinning and dancing the best she could like a balay dancer bringing smiles to the woman and laughter in the peaceful setting. When the memory ended Silvia slowly fell to her knees, staring at the beams of sunlight and tried to compose herself. Her machine eye had recorded the whole thing but she had no idea if she were to show it to anyone if they would see or hear the woman or if something in her was going bad. She didn't know and was afraid, feeling afraid to know if it was real or a strange holutination due to a machanical part in her going bad.