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*Mastema smirked a little, quite clearly hearing Thanatos's message. Mastema looked up and over to the door, staring down the hall, knowing Thanatos was just out of sight* Oh is he now? I suppose I did make my point more clear than I needed to, but all the better. Rest assured, I WILL speak with you shortly, Thanatos. I will "free" Micha from his prison. I have no intention of watching him deteriorate either. *Mastema's presence would leave Than's mind. Mastema was going to make this a test while he was at it. Trilla had displayed signs of "hearing voices" recently, and Mastema couldn't help but wonder if the girl could tap into the telepathic conversations he was making. Micha would soon enough hear the-one-called-father's voice in his mind* I do apologize for not contacting you sooner, Micha, but I did not believe you would perceive your punishment in this manner. Now then.... you are free to do as you would before you left the citadel. However, I would not suggest trying to leave without "my" consent again. The next time you feel like being "adventurous," it would be better to make your intentions better understood. You may remain silent, but I know for a fact that you have enough skills at your disposal to communicate with others. I hope you recover your strength quickly. *Mastema hoped that this was clarity enough for Micha to realize he was free*

*Even if Trilla could hear Mastema's and Thanatos' conversation, the child seemed more preoccupied with her mother. If she had heard it, the child had said nothing and kept her attention to Nana. Nana herself was still thumbing over the child's left shoulder with her thumb, ignorant of Thanatos and Mastema's talk, and in turn Mastema's and Micha's talk. Down one floor in the children's room, Micha had briefly opened his eyes again. More than likely durring the time Mastema was speaking to him though his mind, after which his eyes would slowly close again as the boy drifted once again into sleep. The next time the boy woke up, would probably make it clear if he took Mastema's words, "you are free to do as you would before", as a true sign of release from his punishment. Would Thanatos be able to tell for sure that Mastema had spoken to the lad once he got back? Micha was asleep again and he didn't act any differently than before, so it was hard to say*

Micha: ........z Z z Z z.

*The sound of the shower kept a steady pace, and having found out that Trilla was up with Nana in the master bedroom, that meant he knew it was Eecheb whom was in the room's shower now. Eecheb hadn't really been in the shower all that long, so there didn't seem to be a reason to worry about him yet. Any steam from the shower was probably escaping into the room, heating it up a bit. Eecheb had initially had the heat up too much and had yelped when turning on the water. Since then he had turned it down to something just above luke warm, so it wasn't too hot either, more comforting if anything and that was just what the boy needed. He hadn't really been making any noise, but then again he didn't have too, it wasn't customary or anything to actually have to make a sound when showering. Meanwhile back in the confines of the house, where Albert and Slayer remained for the moment, all traces of the creature was gone. Micha had ingested an entire bag of the chocolate coated beans at one point, before he left but Slayer couldn't have known that. For all the vampires knew, it could have been Micha whom had eaten some of the beans and not the shadowy creature. Then again it could have been the opposite, making Slayer's assumption true. Maybe, just maybe the shadowy creature did like these chocolate covered coffee beans, just as Micha had. There were always ways of finding out, traps, lures, simple observation, even attempting to feed the creature like one might feed ducks or other types of birds at a park with bread crumbs. Only instead of crumbs, they had a potential food the creature might enjoy, but they couldn't be absoutely certain*

*Trilla was probably feeling a little strange, and perhaps disappointed that she didn't know sooner that her mother wasn't feeling all too well. However Thanatos was right, at least she was with Nana now. It appeared that Nana wasn't doing all that bad from what the child could tell, Nana was awake and gentle like always. The child had at least a few ideas on what poisons were, she did learn about them from Nana when in a lesson going over safety signs. Unfortunately, Trilla didn't know her mother had been poisoned, so it helped little. By now Trilla was relaxed enough that she would generally be her normal self. She could easily be asked to go off to sleep now, so that Nana could do the same. Her mind set was probably more reasonable now, so she'd listen*

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Hnn, probably...

Trilla: ~_~ | Hnn, ok--

*Trilla had probably wanted to stay a little longer, but since it was Matema who had told her to go to bed, the child would comply. It had sort of been a long day, what with being harrassed by Tyrsais again and all. Then finding out her mother had been ill for a time, yes Mastema was probably right she should sleep. Reluctantly the child let go of her grip and slid her feet back to the floor. Once there, Trilla would give Mastema a hug aswell before trotting off to bed, she would be there in a minute or so since she was taking her time. Nana smiled lightly as he daughter made her way from the room, she was pleased that Trilla was so good hearted. Nana was also still resting lightly up against Mastema*

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Hnn...

*Nana shook her head lightly, Mastema was more than enough of a pillow than the actual bed's accompanyments. The man also made a better mattress apperently, as Nana had fallen asleep on him many a time before, including one occassion when Nana was still standing up. Turning her gaze upwards slightly to look at Mastema, Nana would give him her answer*

^__^

I think I'll be ok.

*Trilla would arrive back at her door after a few seconds, not knowing Thanatos was in the room yet, Trilla didn't even think to look back at her bed. Instead when the child entered, she had headed straight for the right side of Micha's bed, where the front of his head was facing. The child would then plop down beside the bed near where Micha's head was, and would stare for a bit with her arms crossed over. Trilla seemed a little more energetic; she didn't even notice that her teddybear wasn't on the floor, or the shower running in the background*

Trilla: o___o | Hnn...

*Nana's eyes had been closed when she made her weak smile, so the kiss came as a slight shock, making Nana open her eyes again to see just what was going on. As one might expect, Nana's heart rate did increase if only a little. She had also taken in a deep breath, when taken a back by the initial surprise. It had been over a month since Mastema had last done any romancing, and it appered that he was wasting no time at all getting back into the swing of it either*

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