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Only a few hours before, Viktor had answered the phone expecting it to be something he actually wanted to hear, but no. Now, he was driving back to that wreck of a poorhouse with the poor unfortunate lesser class freaks.

Sarria was sitting in the front seat, her eyes squinting as she looked around until she spotted the familiar compound, "There they are!"

"What did I tell you about shouting...?"

"Sorry." She sat back in her seat, going quiet until they were parked.

Both of them got out of the car and walked up toward the door. The once happy little bubbly girl was much quieter now thanks to Viktor. The man let out a sigh as he motioned for Sarria to go ahead and knock on the door.

Rent was slightly confused by the whole ordeal. He had his transmitter clutched in one hand, and the map in the other, fingers barely resting on the steering wheel of the moving car. He was headed towards the complex, where he was supposed to meet with his new kid. They seemed to be spring more and more of these things on him nowadays. If it wasn't manic depressive actors it was sadomasochistic bowls with machetes sticking out of them. He hadn't slept in about 2 days, which wasn't that long compared to the usual amount of time he went between sleep. Law made sure of that. He was glad to be away from Law for the moment, it meant he could think straight, no distractions, and all he had on his mind right now was this new kid. He wondered what this one would be like.


Manes sat in the waiting room in a rather uncomfortable chair. He kicked his feet idly while waiting for this Rent person. He hoped the guy wouldn't be the strict type, or be creepy, but then again he didn't really care. He was just glad to be out in fresh air. He rolled his spear over in his hands as he sat there, just waiting.


Rent had managed to pull up to the establishment on his own, glad he could actually follow directions correctly for once. He opened his door, and stepped out. He saw a man and a little girl, along with a boy who was dressed rather like a rock and roll star. He decided the door was the way to go, and so he headed for the man and the girl.

Harper pouted when his ball didn't smash through the window. There was a bit of a collection of people now, though, so he decided to find more interesting things to do with his time instead.

"Yo." He said, a sorta 'shotgun' wave at the little girl before grinning at Viktor, "What's wrong, miss the turn for the Matrix convention? Definately look like you could use a few happy pills, though... SUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYY!"

His yell happened almost exactly when Talula opened the main doors to the compound; and Noire opened the door to the office.

Talula, being a deaf, obviously couldn't hear Harper yet still looked to him first, then a smile to Sarria and annoyed moan when she saw Viktor, till finally relief when she spotted Rent. "There you are! We were waiting for you! We have papers for you to sign."

Noire, meanwhile, looked at Manes and quite instantly went, "AWW MAN! NOT a BOY. UGH." She crossed her arms and shook her head at him dissaprovingly, "You don't even have any jewelry on, what kinda boy are you? Oh it doesn't matter, the 'parents' are gonna get us soon, so come on!" She motioned, beckoning him to follow her as she snuck out into the main room again; hopefully past the adults and out a back door.

When the door was opened, Sarria looked up and smiled a little at Talula before going to tug on her shirt so she could be sure the woman was watching her, "Where is Noire? Is she here?"

Viktor only stared blankly at Talula then Rent as he passed him. He looked down at Sarria, letting her walk through first then he would follow. He tucked his sunglasses away into his coat and folded his arms behind his back as he eyed Rent coldly.

"Can I go play with Noire, Daddy? I haven't seen her in forever!" she asked Viktor before looking at Rent, "We're like sisters." She informed him, since he needed to know this very important bit of information.

Not taking his eyes off of Rent he answered, "Of course, my dear. Go 'play.'" Only he could have been able to make the words 'go play' sound so sinister and evil.

Rent nodded and smiled to the little girl before looking up at Talula. "Oh, yes I'm pretty good with children..." He scratched the back of his head for a moment before asking "Umm... quick question. What is his name? Or would it be better for me to ask him myself? I'm never quite sure how to handle these things..."


Manes looked at Noire for a second before lowering his eyes to his spear. He spoke low, as if he was trying not to be heard. "My name is Manes..." He was curious as to why they would go to the ship again, and why they needed to find her brother. He was also quite curious as to why he was following her, but shrugged that one off. He was glad to be outdoors. The feeling of grass against his bare feet, and the sound of rustling trees brought him back to a place he had never been before, a wild place. He snapped out of his temporary daydream, and looked up at Noire again. He sniffed the air once, and pointed with his spear off to their right. "He is over there... hes got a girl with him..."

Talula smiled, "Sometimes the children have names they've named them self, other times they need brand new names their guardians give them or choose with them. Ask him which he prefers." She said sagely, picking up a pad of papers. "You seem like a kind enough man - tell me, are your living conditions prepared for a child? This one, he ah, has particular abilities..."

Alistair was, indeed, inside the room. Decorated nicer than the rest of the place, mostly because it had more furniture than most of the other rooms, Alistair was lounging casually in his chair smiling at Sunny who was ranting on about how one simply couldn't force another person to care for a child. Noticing Viktor, Alistair straightened up a little and smiled, "Ah, hello!"

Noire looked to her right, "Huh? How do you know? Freak!" She exclaimed, rushing off to their right.

Harper shook his head at Sarria, "Can't you just wait to find out? What, your old man don't let you talk enough back home, huh? NONO!" He yelled out, loud enough for Noire to hear. Quickly, she rushed into the trees where the other two were and promptly punched her brother's arm, "STOP CALLING ME THAT!"

"That the new kid?" Harper asked, frowning as he rubbed his arm. He shook his head at Manes, "What's with the spear dude?... freak."

"Hello." Viktor said slowly as he eyed the room. After seeing the difference between this one and the rest of the 'poor house' he came to the conclusion that Alistair must not be as bad as the rest of them. "Who is this?" He asked, referring to Sunny.

"He lets me talk all I want!" She half-lied and was about to fold her arms when Noire came into view from the trees, "Noire!" She exclaimed, "He let me come see you!"

Looking over at Manes she turned her head off to the side as her odd eyes looked him over, "He must be new. Weird, he doesn't have shoes. Freak." She added to the whole freak thing as she blinked and shook her head, looking down at her own shoes and wiggling her toes inside of them.

Rent tilted his head to one side. "You saw him disappear? Interesting... So do all of these kids have interesting abilities? Or just this one? I'm kindof anxious to meet him now. He sounds great!" He gave her a really big smile this time. In truth he was just glad he wouldn't have to put up with more pictures in his head.


As Noire's hands grasped for the jacket they seemed to sink into manes, instead of grasping his jacket it was as if they were grasping noting but air. His entire form seemed to ripple as he glanced back at her. "I don't like being touched..." He then looked at Harper, and pointed to the bird with his spear. "To kill it... or to capture it?" He said this in a 'which would you prefer, I could accomplish both rather easily' tone of voice. Color seemed to be fading away from his body, he was becoming more and more transparent.