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Eris was mighty tempted to respond something along the lines of other things being hard, but for once, he chose to keep it to himself. It wasn't even that funny in his head, anyway. The kid's questions were pretty valid, further proving that he [i]had[/i] a brain in there. He had to admit he liked how on point he could be. The question was how he could properly point that int he right direction--Greta was a start, but what he needed was a way to see how fruitful the kid's efforts could be. Fortunately for him, an idea came as he mentioned Sunny, and after inadvertently letting out a chuckle on his statement on his relationship with Varis, he decided to lay it out there.

Ignoring the show for now, Eris stood from his seat, stretching his back out for a second. [color=ccff99]"I won't drag you to the meeting with Ryner, it'll be mostly bitching about the exam,"[/color] He'd admit that much up front, casually waving away his question. [color=ccff99]"For all I know, the entire thing was a ploy by Ryner to turn me against the count. You never know these days, it's not exactly secret that the Sinnenodels aren't liked and isolating the heir could prove advantageous to more than one person."[/color]

He paused for a brief moment before he would go on. [color=ccff99]"As for Sunny...asking sooner than later would prove better in this case, believe it or not; considering I had thrown around Greta's name during my conversation with his master, if it got back to Varis it could be construed as me looking for verification about the information I received,"[/color] Eris decided to put Max up to speed, quietly fitting in the puzzle pieces together in his head. [color=ccff99]"In other words, you have a slowly shrinking net of safety. For now, anyway...reporting back to Varis could work in my favor, being transparent is what I need right now."[/color] If he was going to try to return things to normal, anyway.

Eris ran a hand through his hair, another thought occurring to him. [color=ccff99]"That reminds me...since you ended up getting me in the exam, I don't suppose you learned anything from that, did you?"[/color] He asked. [color=ccff99]"You ended up in the 'best' scenario, but considering I was the only one with an abnormal experience, I have to ask."[/color]

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[sub][right]Continuing to blab to [@Scribe of Thoth]'s annoyance.[/right][/sub]
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The method? Were they supposed to do something else? Lilie frowned, wracking her head with ideas. Maybe they went into the wrong direction, just because you weren't scared of someone, it didn't mean that it was a bad thing. She was still scared of most vampires, but she wasn't scared of Ben. That counted, didn't it? But that didn't seem right, either, much to her frustration. This exam was starting to make her realize that she needed to work on a few puzzles in her spare time.

It took her longer than she'd like to admit to notice that Ben had walked off. By some miracle he made it to one of the pillars, Lilie joining him shortly after. Did he have some sort of idea? If he did, he wasn't telling her, so she just quietly watched him. To her surprise, the marble weapon fused with the pillar, draining it of its color. Her eyes widened as something formed on the surface, and when she went to take a closer look, she realized it was the symbol of the Astorios. They were right after all!

[color=deepskyblue]"Hey! That did something!"[/color] Lilie gasped. [color=deepskyblue]"The weapon disappeared into the marble, the colors are gone, too, but now the Astorio crest is on the pillar."[/color] 

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[sub][right]Standing next to [@Bert Macklin].[/right][/sub]