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[color=D3D3D3]"What's up, Madison? Are you in trouble?"[/color]

[i]The hound?[/i] Lyss's eyebrow quirked. As someone who came from a family of black lux, Lyss was aware of what the Hound was.  She turned her head towards Babylon. For once the spirit didn't look mischievous or smug. Her description of the hound matched the way Lyss's grandfather had described it. [i]So why does Madison want to -[/i] Babylon asked her question before she could even finish thinking it.

Lyss wasn't phased by Madison's sudden hostility. She was surprised to see that Babylon was intimidated. [i]Who would win in a fight? Babylon and Emily, or Madison and her Jaws?[/i] She watched the two carefully and prepared to take action if a fight broke out.

She glanced over at Herik as he voice his opinion. The One-Eye was smart to keep himself out of the Hound's line of sight. He was wrong to think that the Hound would just take one of them for fun. Lyss grew up with her family's philosophy that Death was anything close to a god. He understood the balance between life and death, and only served as an overseer for those whose time had come. The Hound merely acted as a middle man. It wouldn't kill unless Death was close by.

The rest of the group was right. If Madison wasn't going to explain her reason to meet with the grim reaper, why would the group want to help her? Kayla was attacked by her buyers, so naturally the group would want to aid her. What had the Hound ever done to Madison to make her so defensive about this?

Lyss's eyes traveled around the room to read the Coven's expressions. She watched Madison closely and could tell that the girl's earlier gusto was fading. As much as Lyss wanted to help a friend out, there was still a part of her that told her to stay out of this one. It was extremely unwise to piss of the Hound. The only way to keep him around long enough to answer Madison's "question" would be to basically trap him. Lyss would make it pretty easy to do so, but she didn't want to be the reason the Hound was late to greet his next soul. She sat back in her chair and didn't voice her own opinion. Madison would either have to give up, or do it on her own. Lyss just hoped that she would make the right choice.

Lyss sighed softly. She hated to pass up an opportunity to help.

Agatha began to usual briefing. It was the reason they all were meeting, anyways. Lyss looked up at the dusty chandelier above the table and fiddled with her grandmother's ring as she listened to Agatha speak. It wasn't odd to hear that another witch wanted to join the Coven. [i]Was I the most recent to join, or was it Molly?[/i] She couldn't remember. The only red flag that Lyss could see off in the distance was that this potential already knew of the Coven and happened to live in the area. [i]Are we that popular?[/i]

Kayla, of course, was the first to comment. Lyss agreed with her wholeheartedly. [i]Did they take a vote when they accepted me? Is this person trying to lay low, too?[/i] She watched Agatha for her reaction. Off to the side she heard Herik agree. The corners of her lips turned down slightly. [i]Who said that [b]he[/b] had any right to vote about this?[/i]

A few of the girls agreed. Emily made a few more snarky remarks. Lyss rolled her eyes, even though she agreed that some of the girls (and the man) had voted too soon. [b]"So, why bother with the vote. You all are going to accept whatever trash comes our way and ignore the actually sensible people here because... the lonely one offers his hand far too quickly to whomever he encounters."[/b] She had a point, there.

Lyss's eyes followed Claudette and Agatha as they stepped away to chat. The other's comments faded into the background as Lyss tried to hear what the girl was telling their leader. She leaned back further in her seat. Her ears strained as she tried to listen. She really only heard the complaints about the other members and a small smirk appeared on her lips. [i]What would Agatha think of me?[/i] She wished that she could have heard that.

It only occurred to her that the others, Madison leading the way, had left the casino. Lyss turned back to look at the remaining members of the group and gave them all a smile. [color=D3D3D3]"Well, I'm certainly looking forward to meeting this new member. I don't think it's a good idea to blindly accept her, or him, or [i]them[/i], but you all accepted me. Agatha's certainly the most paranoid out of the group, so I doubt that she hasn't done any research about them. But, if the group doesn't like them, we'll kick 'em out."[/color]