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"Soon," the voice was barely a whisper and dull grey eyes stared into the lake depths, eyeing the motionless surface, the reflection of peppermint stars and the blood red moon. Something within the lake stirred and the corners of her mouth drooped into a frown. Slowly, a distorted reflection began to appear deep beneath the ripples of Siren lake. "Very soon." The woman repeated, turning to look at the boy beside her. 

Luke arched an eyebrow in question. "You're planning something, aren't ya?"

The girl beside him nodded her head, eyes glazing over as she clenched her fists. "We're going to save them," she repeated the sentence she had been repeating for far too long. Neither she nor Luke remembered how many cycles had gone by and time was nonexistent anymore. It was all an incoherent blur or event after even meshed into a confusing timeline made up of batches and Newt years. They watched as lost souls came and went, unable to do anything to save them - unable to do anything against [b][i]her[/i][/b].

"Yeah," Luke mustered a grin. He remembered those words even though he no longer remembered her name. "I guess we will...but, don't get your hopes up." He stretched like a lazy tabby. After so long Nowhere felt like all he had ever known, the concept of freedom was almost lost to him. He pulled up the sleeves of his coat and stared at the pink scars that ran across his skin. 'Get out' one of them read...he didn't know why, but he understood the hate he felt for the world of sky pirates and soda waterfalls. It wasn't his home and he would escape with her someday, maybe not now, but he would and he'd leave Nowhere - he'd go home. 

"So how do we find the humans?" He found himself asking.

"No, we won't find them." Came her quick response. "If they find out were here...if she finds out." The girl shook her head right and left, a bitter smile finding its way onto her face. "You know what will happen if she does. She likes games and hates losing," there was a pause and her lip quirked up into a smirk. "Her game with us is far from over."

Luke grinned. "Mhm, we're not the kind of people that give up without a fight." At his words he found her smiling and suddenly images of creaky tire swings and walking to a place called school flashed before his eyes. It made him long for something he knew almost nothing about and it made his heart ache for blurry and incomprehensible images and feelings he could barely understand...there was only one thing he was sure of. He hated [i]her[/i] for taking everything away. His friend began walking towards one of the caves and motioned for him to follow. Luke bit back a frown and trailed after her...there were still so many unanswered questions.

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[b]Back at the cabin...[/b]

Harper's eyes felt heavy. It was impossible to tell time, but after all the games and stories it felt like two in the morning.

Dissonance continued to chirp cheerily like a child on a sugar-high while Serenade looked tired as well. The boy stifled a yawn, staring at his fellow humans. How long had it been since they first got on the train? How many had they been during the beginning? He didn't recall the precise numbers, but now there were less than half of them. It was just Iro, Jasper, Mado, Hakuren, Sanae, Leila and him. There were only seven of them left and they were nowhere near completing the list of absurd items. Not to mention, item number two sounded crazier than the essence of chaotic star. Now, they need the song of a siren. Where on earth were they going to find that?

He turned to look at Jasper and Leila. "I wonder if we're ever going to leave..." he didn't mean to sound like a pessimist, but the odds weren't looking good. "Oh, ignore what I said. I'm sorry," he mustered up a smile and tried to start a conversation with the two. "If you don't mind me asking, before all this what was life like for you guys?" He smiled kindly. "I was pretty much just a student." He stated with an uncertain chuckle. In Nowhere were everything was fantastic and magical, he was just plain Harper Riddle, it hadn't been much different back in the human world either.

"Hey! Hey! Haku, you should tell us more about the human world." She stated with a smile as she sat down beside him and leaned forward, her resting in the palm of her hands. "You're a really good story teller," she added in with a toothy grin and a childish tilt of the head. He wasn't a very good game master, sure, but she enjoyed his tales.

Serenade let out a sigh and turned to Two-Thirds. "We'll be leaving early tomorrow to speak with mayor Spicy Tuna...and we'll be meeting the next boat as well. Martini, Brandy and Songbird should be arriving tomorrow, however, if they don't arrive then the humans will be left in our care." She gave him an encouraging smile. "You should probably get some rest while you can...I'm used to my sister keeping me up." The black rabbit got onto her feet and walked over to Sanae, Mado and Iro. "You guys can get some rest as well, in fact, we should all rest soon enough."

The announcement earned a whine from Dissonance who immediately bolted up. "But it's supposed to be a slumber party!"

"It's supposed to be a mission..." Came Serenade's retort. "Good night," with that the nobody walked towards one of the beds, leaving the chatter of the living room behind. "Be nice to the new human," she chided before finally walking up the stairs that led to the second floor.

"So, so, new human, where did you come from?" The white rabbit stated with a grin. "And oh, oh! I have cake if anyone want's some."

Harper closed his eyes...he was far too sleepy and tomorrow was going to be a long, long day.