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Kirai was inside of the room with the coffin. The heavy marble lid had been moved, and lay on the floor. In her hand, she held the ring she had given Avarice upon their marriage, which he had left on the decoy body... The body inside the marble casket was in flames. The light from the fire danced about the room, casting Kirai's shadow in many different directions, and illuminating the ring in her hand with a warm flickering glow, which moved about on the smooth surface. She burned the bones and re-lit the fire until there was nothing left of what once was. As the last of the fire was burning out, small crack and pop sounds arising from the flames, Kirai heard a piano being played in the castle. Closing her thin, delicate fingers around the ring, she waited until the last umbers had died away before turning her back to the coffin. Moving swiftly through the darkness out of the room, the only sound to be heard was wooden door slowly creaking and shutting behind her.

Standing in the entrance of the room, Kirai looked at James, a little bit of surprise reflecting in her darkened eyes. "James..." She said, a sense of melancholy in her tone. Kirai bowed to him. Her body smelled like fire, almost an incense quality mixed in with it... Pity, the smell had been too strong for her own senses to sense James past it, and she had not had time to apply perfume and to change into clothes that did not smell of smoke.

Kirai gave a gentle smile, and chuckled a bit under her breath. "I greatly appreciate the thought, James. Having such a wonderful pianist would just be an added bonus, I assume?" She walked over to where he was and gently rested her hand, which still held hidden within her loose fist the ring, against the top of the piano. Tilting her head, Kirai blushed slightly and raised her hand to her mouth, "Also, please do pardon the terrible smell of smoke... In addition, please pardon if I am not quite behaving as my usual self. If you would excuse me, I might change into something that smells less like a.... crematorium."

Kirai smiled and nodded, "Alright then." Turning around and leaving, she came back within about ten minutes in a different outfit. How she managed to change so quickly and run nearly the full length of the castle in ten minutes, plus adding perfume, plus putting on a corset? Practice...years and years and years of practice. Walking back in, she now was wearing a long black velvet dress with a few layers, and a fairly simple black leather under-bust corset with deep, nearly black burgundy flowers hand stitched onto it. A single black ribbon was tied into her hair. She wore a simple black lace collar, and below that, a delicate silver chain from which dangled a small silver ankh... A symbol which, as of recent, had become a personal favorite of hers. Silently walking over to James, her long skirt trailing across the floor in back, she placed her cold hand kindly on his shoulder, and sat down next to him very elegantly on the piano bench. Although she smiled, her eyes still typically reflected nothing... A bit scary to anyone who was not use to it. "Please tell me, how have you been as of recent?"

James finished the last little trill of the song and turned to look at Kirai. "Interesting. Forgive me, but I went to go see...and get wasted with Avarice. I know you two aren't together anymore but hey, the guy's a good friend." Then it stuck him about that interesting happenstance the night before. "By the way, I met your twin."

James shrugged. "I don't know honestly. I passed out after someone tried to attack her and when I woke up everyone was gone." Frowning in returned, he patted her on the shoulder and gave a tired smile. "Listen, I won't see doc for a while k? I'll just stick around here and keep you company."

James smirked and gave a little chuckle. "Oh Kirai, asking me not to get drunk is like asking you not to wear black. Impossible. But for your sake I'll try and avoid it." Smiling at her, he started feel a little bit better about being here. It was good to be catching up with her...er well kinda. Honestly James was still a bit confused about her soul and her body. But in his reasoning, her body made him human again, her soul just kinda got bitchy with him. So the choice was obvious, he liked this one better. "So, what do you want to do?"

"I'd love too." James exclaimed happily. If anything was going to take his mind off of all the hectics lately it would be playing a song with an old friend. "Which one were you thinking of?"

"Of course." James said with a smirk, finding his place on the piano. His fingers found the first few note and started to play out into the castle. "I'll take the low and you take the high k?"