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Delilah had been sitting at the front desk, her face expressionless, mask donned as she filled out paperwork and organized a few things. There was a vase on the counter full of flowers that seemed quite alive. She seemed pretty into her work as her eyes darted back and forth over the counter. It seemed she was a bit messy as some of the papers were obviously paperwork about metas that had arrived, and mixed with pages upon pages of many hastily written equations, graphs, and hand-written diagrams. Facts and data that she had been working on. Her hands were swift and graceful as she moved to write something else down but her eyes glanced up to notice someone had entered.

She blinked curiously, keeping her face blank as she stood up from the desk and bowed slightly. "..w-welcome to m-metamorphose.. s-sanctuary.." she greeted calmly, her bright green eyes analyzing him carefully, scanning his body language, his features, getting a visual read on the meta before proceeding. "h-how can i h-help you?" she smiled politely from underneath her mask, her stature very proper as she hid her true feelings about dealing with other very well.

Delilah blinked once more, that was a strange way of wording that sentence, as though to insinuate that he'd already stayed one night. This wasn't a hotel of any sort so the possibility that someone would have come to spend a singular night was unheard of, she could only assume that he'd found some way to stay the night and now intended to stay. She analyzed his words and actions carefully. He seemed to know not to approach her too closely. She shifted her weight slightly then gave a nod through an intent stare to acknowledge her respect for him, his tone, his decision to keep distance. He obviously knew quite a bit, or at least could feel her. Though, the former seemed more likely so she went with that.

"I-I'll retrieve h-him." her voice was weak but direct. As though she had carefully selected her words with strong certainty to convey her messages despite her speech making it difficult to display those words in the way she had thought of them in her mind. With that, she turned to walk to the side of the desk and knock lightly on the door against the wall that led elsewhere. She carefully opened the door a jar and spoke into the office. "S-someone is h-here to see y-you." she announced softly, listened for the return of the voice, nodded then shut the door. Returning to the desk, she stared blankly at Kreios. "H-he'll be out s-shortly." she reported, returning to her work but keeping a close eye on him.

It was a few minutes until the door latched open and a well-dressed figure emerged, a silver mask covering his face as he came to greet the newcomer. He paused for a split second, realizing who it was, but pushed himself to continue immediately. "Hello, I'm Rhun, the headmaster of this sanctuary. It's a pleasure to meet you." his voice was steady and jovial as he approached, extending a gloved hand to Kreios. He kept a light cordial smile on his face as his eyes were narrow but spirited. He hoped in the back of his mind that he wouldn't notice. It had been dark last night, but that was only last night. It was too soon to tell.

Delilah paused for a second, sliding her eyes to Rhun then to Kreios with curiosity then immediately shifted them back to her paperwork, listening in on their conversation as that would be enough to read the situation clearly as it played out.

Interesting. Very interesting. Something seemed.. off. But she simply could not place her finger on it. It was far too subtle to make anything of it. At this point, it was just a hunch that something was up. She gathered and organized her papers into stacks then handed Rhun a piece of paper attached to a clipboard, without even looking up from the desk. As if following the standard procedure of things. She wasn't exactly delicate about handing it over though as she kind of tapped his arm with the clipboard roughly. Her eyes forcefully averting looking at him as her blank eyes glinted with a tiny bit of scorn for a split second.

Rhun kept composure fairly well as he smiled at Kreios, not letting on that they had met even through body language. Though the very subtle hints might still be there. He blinked as Delilah hit him lightly with the clipboard, looking down at the girl as if he wanted to say something to her, possibly scold her but didn't say anything. He took the clipboard and held it out to Kreios. "I'll just need some information and I'll arrange a home for you. Let me know when you are done." he instructed. He moved to return to the office to retrieve something really quick. As he moved, he shot a quick stern glance at Delilah. She shot one back just as stern, not hiding it this time as Rhun closed his eyes and sighed, entering the office.

Her expression was blank again as she slid her eyes over to Kreios and his question. She was usually above showing her emotions at all, she didn't like anyone knowing how she felt about anything. She was more comforted by her own solitude than to being around others that ended up bothering her. Only out of the issue that she could not control their emotions as she did her own, a fact that irritated her when she was alone to think about it. She closed her eyes, breathing calmly as she looked back at him with a softer expression as though to apologize, to say that it wasn't going to happen again.

"I-i can g-get him." she stated simply, standing up to go into the office. It was quiet for a few moments, no movement, no words.

Rhun exited the office alone at first, walking over to him, his stride lively and careful. He smiled, "Done?" he asked, holding out a hand to take the clipboard if he was done. "I can show you to your new home if you like." he offered, his face seemed carefree as his slender eyes curled slightly in response to the smile on his face.

Delilah emerged a few minutes later, seemingly with the intent to do something important as she gathered her papers and walked off down the hall. She looked back for a moment to look at them and sighed, turning to disappear around a corner.

Rhun nodded slightly in agreement then put the clipboard in a drawer of the front desk and locked it. Delilah would tend to that later when she returned from wherever she had gone to. "Don't mind her, she's lived here in complete seclusion from others for the past two decades and is still... readjusting." he explained with a smile, hoping it would suffice for why she was so cold and distant.

He walked toward the adult housing district, keeping his eyes forward as he talked. "Kreios, was it? That's not a name I'm familiar with, had you lived here before? On campus?" he asked, he was much more collected and easier to talk as Rhun, almost naturally sociable as he looked for information that would tell him if he needed to explain the locations within the grounds or not. All the while, the smile never let his face, the complete opposite of how he was without the mask on. Rhun still pondered whether he knew or not, nothing obvious tipped him off that Kreios had figured it out, so he was still unsure. He just kept talking as though nothing was wrong and this had been the very first time meeting the incubus.

Rhun had carried on, he was about to explain the areas of the complex when Kreios spoke out.

Stop pretending. His entire body came to a halt as he seemed taken back by the comment. He turned to look at Kreios as his face just looked shocked and confused, almost still processing the fact that he knew.

You really think people are that stupid? What a joke.

He seemed to handle the situation better this time around as his smile dropped and his look just became rough and longing. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath as he then looked to Kreios. "That obvious, huh?" his voice was calm but it wasn't hard to tell that this was a little tough for him.

He laughed a bit, almost out of nervousness. "You must think I'm crazy..." he commented, trying to find some way to play off his astonishment. "I can... explain." he offered, mentally kicking himself for saying that phrase again. Nothing good ever came from that phrase.

Now he's going to tell everyone who you really are.
You won't have a home anymore.
No love, No friends.
They'll hunt you down now for sure.

He tried to think of what he could say to explain that didn't make him look insane. Or like a criminal. Which, technically, he was.

Rhun sighed, "You weren't exactly supposed to see me... without the mask." he retorted softly. If it had been a comparison between the Rasiel from 20 years ago, and the Rhun that stood here today, there were many differences, making it harder for people to have caught on. But there was no denying that he did look almost exactly the same, if he merely just took off the mask.

Kreios didn't care why he had the mask or who he used to be, something that reminded him of Zaku, but only a little more.. crass. Rhun sighed, turning to look forward. "As long as you understand that I have to be someone else to them. You may not care about my real name or why I have the mask. But they do." he explained calmly. "It's not something I can just stop doing. So please understand." he shifted his gaze back, to see if Kreios accepted what he was saying. "We all do things for a reason. I have mine, and you have yours." He began to walk again, toward the adult housing complex, putting his hands into his pocket as his stride was no longer as chipper and was surprisingly more relaxed. He was different now, balancing in between Rasiel and Rhun at the moment, as he didn't want to let his guard down completely. It was daylight, after all.