[color=ed145b]In her limbo of unconsciousness, thoughts swim around in front of Myriatte's closed eyes. She moves a bit in her sleep, but not much. She becomes faintly aware of herself being put onto a solid surface, presumably ground, and the loud voices above her. It sets off a torrent of memory...
[i]"MARYANNE RIVERLENN, I DEMAND AS YOUR FATHER THAT YOU STOP THIS FOOLISHNESS IMMEDIATELY!" Her father's anger. "Your job to our family is to think about MARRIAGE! Not this...this USELESS ACTIVITY!"
"John! JOHN, STOP!" Her mother's pleas. Not enough...
SMACK!
Myriatte's cheek burns and tingles from the hit to the face, and she falls onto the ground. Pages of writing and a precious pen fall with her, covering that area of the room in floating, white figures, like feathers, or dying butterflies...
The frail girl trembles, partially facedown on the floor to avoid anymore slaps, or the pitying gaze of her disgustingly helpless mother, or her angry, ignorant, idiotically limited father...
"Will.....Will..." She murmurs ever so quietly, the only word coming to her mind.[/i]
"....Will..." Myriatte murmurs in her sleep now, outside of the mansion with this beast at her side.
Abernathy hears this tiny, familiar voice, and he feels his ghostly heart being squeezed. "Myriatte! Myriatte...I..I'm right here! Wake up, please! Come back!"
Abernathy takes a step to move towards her, back he's sent back about 3 more steps when Makoto growls out his threat. Of course, then he's gotten closer than comfort to the other beast approaching, Minako. She growls at him, but doesn't seem like she's particularly targeting him, as she just strolls right on by to face Makoto and Myriatte.
Minako's ears twitch a bit as she listens to what Makoto has to say. She replies in her own sort of warped, growly voice, "It is true...I am like you...and you have the source of food..."
[i]'This is bad!'[/i] Abernathy thinks to himself as he stands by, watching the scene. [i]'If these two, in their monstrous state, join forces, what will they resolve to do to everyone else? They certainly don't look as if they want to hurt Myriatte, but...our other new living guests...!'[/i]
"You two! Minako! Makoto!" Abernathy cries out in a bolder tone. He's prepared to shift forms if he needs to, though he'd rather not resort to fighting on this one. "You've got to snap out of this! For the sake of us all, please! You're not monsters like this. I know I might not know you as well as others could, but I understand that your intentions cannot be that bad, if you were willing to walk all the way out here just to unravel Lavenshade's mystery, and help us!"
[i]'It's a stretch. I really don't know them, or their true intentions...but I believe...I've got to believe!'[/i] Abernathy thinks to himself in secret.
"...Will.......!" Myriatte mumbles again, a little louder this time. Is she close to awaking...?[/color]
[color=7bcdc8]Ellysa is already making her way towards the front door of the mansion when she hears an explosion from back down below, in the basement. "HARK! Is everything alright down there?!" She calls. She wants to go back and help them, the angel in her begs to, but upon hearing the growls of monsters outside, and Abernathy's cries, she makes the decision to head outside, still within the mansion's limits, to help her friend. She runs out of the doors and into the Mansion's front yard, which is fenced off. She's aware that she cannot go past the fence bordering this house. If she tries...there will be dire consequences. However, the situation still lies in her favor this day, as Abernathy, Myriatte, and the two beasts are just a little ways from the mansion, within the fence's limits.
"Abernathy! I've come to help you, friend!" Ellysa calls, raising her sword.[/color]
[color=a187be]Negloria doesn't say a word in reply to Lilly's comment about cats. She's silent again, looking down at the ground in front of the poster. It's almost as if she wants to say something...but just can't grasp the words.
"Negloria...?"
The little girl raises her head slowly when a familiar voice calls out to her. On the very top stair, a shining ghost in a lovely white dress, white gloves, and brown hair in a bun, stands with her soft hazel eyes on Negloria. She takes a few steps into the doorway of the room, careful not to trip over Lilly or Riley. She even smiles down at the two cats.
"Ah, excuse me..." Yolani bows to the two cats before turning back to Negloria, who has turned to meet the older girl's eyes.
"Neggie...you helped me again, didn't you...?" Yolani asks gently. "You...you pushed that girl and her friends into the dark, just to pull me out...again..."
"...No." Negloria shakes her head. "....Just the girl...her heart...was strong....I didn't push the others....just her."
"...Neggie..." Yolani looks as if she might start crying a bit. "...Why? I...don't deserve it. I [color=fff200]didn't protect you[/color]....as your older sister, I...I should've....I should've...."[/color]