((Double post))

"Here they are." Edward said with slight amusement in his voice as he pulled a case from chest. He pulled out a pair of seemingly pretty modern style glasses, especially when you consider it was in a very old chest, something apparent from both the style and its age was apparent from all the damage it suffered. "These glasses are pretty simple, they are just designed to allow the sight impaired see. I keep a pair in this room because you're not the only injured person who has come into this room. One time, I got a person who had both his eyes ripped out of his sockets. And sometimes when we are short on guards for this establishment, he have to turn some of the scraps from the cafeteria who aren't dead yet and they normally don't regrow for a few days even then so these things are surprising more useful than they would first seem." he said as if Azuriel actually knew about the supernatural or much less the hotel.

"You know, since you have been good, and I really like giving people false choices. I will allow you to decide one of two fates for yourself. Either you can become my slave, and eventually have you do everything for me. From being a delivery-boy, move around heavy stuff, and so on. I guess I should also inform you that I have been rearrange this room, and my magic is limited to what he can pick and it can't pick up these very heavy oak chests and bookshelves. Or I could just turn you all the way into a dog and you could simply be my pet. So, which would it be. Lose your humanity, or do back-breaking physical labor while probably still losing half of your humanity." he said with a very wicked grin across his face as he passed him the glasses through the bars.

Mat looked around but failed to see where the girl had gone. He couldn't have shaken her off that easily could he? She did appear right above him moments ago. Mat looked up out of memory. Nope, not there. Should he keep going through the trees? He supposed so. Mat took another step and the branch underneath him suddenly snapped. He yelped as he fell to the ground.

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Rand turned his head as he heard movement nearby. At first he couldn't see anything, then all of a sudden a buck went running past him. Did he cause that? He didn't hear anything else so he supposed so. Rand looked at where the buck had ran, then back to where it came from. Mine as well check, he thought as he began to walk that direction.

Azuriel didn't know what to say as he took the glasses and put them on. He had to bite his tongue when he suddenly saw half the world he normally wouldn't seen other wise. "I rather not chose either of them." As soon as the words came out of his mouth, and he instantly regretted the words. It didn't appeal to him to become more of a dog and he wished he didn't say what he said without thinking about what would happen afterwards.

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"Humans...If I didn't have a need for them and if I didn't get sealed into this damn necklace, I would have killed them all." Ilytise growled as she walked under some trees until the human she was following fell from the tree she just walked under. Looking up and then looking down, she crouched down next to him. It just amazes her with how much punishment these humans can take until they stay down. "Are you going to try to impersonate a monkey and start climbing trees again, or am I going to have to restrain you this time?" She asked with some annoyance. Sai'tioula would have a cow if she kills anyone which annoys the living daylights out of her.

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Ishiya just laid on the ground until she started to fall asleep. Footsteps caused her head to shoot up and she looked around. It wasn't any deer but how the footsteps sounded it was a human. She stayed still and hoped that this human will mistaken her as a large wolf and not a hunter who will know what she really is. This isn't really a situation she wanted to be in, since she didn't want to attack this one.

"Oh, is that it." Edward said smiling. "I presume I could provide you with a third option" he said very menacingly with the hour-glass from early in his hand. He didn't particularly wish to kill the boy, however his words did not give him away and honestly, he was a very good subject but ultimately replaceable. "I will give you a few moments to re-decide your fate with the new third option." he said.

A table appeared before Edward, as he set the hourglass, right side up as to not fill the now barred room with sand and make a mess. The sands resting at the bottom of the hourglass. A collar and a whip also appeared on the large table. "The choice is now yours." he said, with a very menacing grin. "If you want an hour to think it over, I have an hourglass right here." he mocked.

Mat groggily looked up at the girl who was staring down at him who looked quite annoyed. He attempted to get up but lurched over and puked instead. His chest surged with pain. Was running pointless this time? She definitely had him now. Mat looked at the girl and the trees. Delaying the inevitable was always fun, but maybe he could catch her off guard too. Mat slowly got up and took a step back from the girl. "One last try?" Mat started for the tree nearby but then suddenly turned to swing a punch at the girl. Right before he threw his fist he hesitated slightly. This girl did not look like a threat at all yet was able to seemingly teleport around and sounded like she did not want to go out with him but instead kill him. With those final thoughts Mat swung his fist hard, hoping to get a good hit.

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Rand went to the area where he saw the deer had been eating grass. It had seemed to react to his stick being thrown but was possibly alerted by something else. Was it another human? Supernatural creatures wouldn't be after this livestock so he supposed so. "Hello? Anyone there? I'm friendly, I just want to help," Rand called around not too loudly. His eyes were bad at piercing the darkness, he'd have to walk out closer. Rand considered his options and sighed. A civilian was unlikely to come out at these times and Rand had no way to prove that he was friendly. He stepped forward, using the moon to his advantage as he looked. Rand suddenly caught sight of a head looking up. The hunter smiled at first, then frowned and gave a curse, falling down on his back in surprise. "Stay the hell away from me!" Rand threatened, getting back up and staring at the lycan. Lycan, obvious weakness is silver. I don't have silver. Other options? Fire? No, and that takes too long. Only likely option would be stab to the heart.

Azuriel shook his head when he saw the damned hourglass in his hand. That was something he didn't want to through again. His eyes caught a glance of the collar and whip and he knew that he was going kick himself for his mouth. "Do I want to know what is that collar and whip for?" He asked hesitantly when he saw the table. If Edward does decide to give a demonstration of what they were used for then he is going to kick himself in the rear for even asking. "Or am I going to regret asking?"

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Ilytise's eyes widened when a fist connected with her jaw and caused her to stumbled backwards and onto the ground. The sudden shock of the attack caused Sai'tioula to regain control of her body back. "What the hell, man?!" She yelled as she rubbed her jaw and stopped to spit out the blood that collected in her mouth. A headache began go for when Ilytise roared loudly in her head. "Just shut the hell up, you damn dragon!!" It didn't matter that anyone heard her yelling off the top of her lungs but her head hurts and Ilytise is ticking her off.

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"I won't hurt you!" All that came out was a series of growls as she tried to communicate with the hunter in front of her. She stood up on her back legs and stepped backwards. Issac was right, she would never lead a normal life anymore without anyone wanting to kill her for what she is. Maybe she can talk to him if she transforms back, but it will give him a chance to attack her and that's a chance she will have to take. "I'm not here to hurt you." She said suddenly when she transformed back and raised her hands in the air. Ishiya glanced around to see if anyone else was around to attack her. If she were to get hurt then she will heal very slowly and be opened for more attacks.

Connor looked around as he heard the voice. Was he really being spared or another trick? His question was soon answered as he was ejected out of the water. The hunter hit the ground hard, giving a slight moan. Fortunately he wasn't too badly hurt or he would still be here. Connor quickly got up and backed away from the lake. "Yeah, keep the bucket," he muttered as he ran back to the cave where Paige and Mars were. The hunter stopped as he noticed a problem. Where was he?

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Mat stood for a while in shock as the girl who had seemed like she wanted to kill him earlier now seemed...different. He heard the girl yelling about some dragon and took a step back. Mat looked behind him, should he start running? Was this a trick or did he actually do something to affect her? "Uh..." He literally had no idea what to do or say. His instincts told him to run but his curiosity kept him there. "You have no idea why I punched you? No recollection?" He didn't want to say that she was pursuing him incase it was a memory lapse and him saying it to her would have her remember.

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Rand took several steps back from the lycan, looking around for a weapon. It growling was not a good sign as it likely meant it was going to attack him. Rand rushed to a tree and snapped a branch off. It was about two feet long and the tip was hardly sharp but it was all he had. Rand faced the lycan again but was surprised as it morphed back into human form. That was not a usual move.

The familiar shouts of Penny made Rand whip his head over to where he heard the voice. Lure me out? He wondered, then stared back at the lycan. "Stay away, I've killed three lycans together with less than this," he threatened. It was slightly true, but he did take them by surprise and had to have Perrin assist him. Rand turned to run to where Penny's voice was. "Penny! Penny! Stay where you are! I'll come find you!" He shouted, running towards where he heard her. Rand kept an eye back where the lycan was, ready for any kind of attack. Rand finally found Penny and stopped. "Penny, we need to get out of here now. Stay with me this time alright?" Rand held out his hand but also remained vigilant for any other attackers.

Edward smiled, "Probably not. For now lets just say they are "symbolic", he said, even doing the finger quotes. "Now, if want to be indecisive, I could always pick for you.." he pointed at each item in turn and went muttered the word to the catch the tiger by the tail. He was obviously growing impatient, and probably would just pick one if he didn't soon. To him, it appeared the boy was stalling for time.

"Of course I don't know why you attacked me, you twat. It looked liked you were going to run again and then you turned back around and punched us in the jaw. Good punch by the way." Sai'tioula snapped when she stood up and dusted herself off. Her hand went to her neck when she had to make sure that her necklace was still there. There would be panic from both herself and Ilytise if the necklace suddenly went missing. She let go the breath she noticed she had been holding. "Be lucky that Ilytise just use the shadows to travel instead of attacking you."

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"I wasn't going to attack you..." Ishiya muttered until she crouched down and growled when she heard Penny's voice and remembered where she heard her from. 'You're not a lycan so you can't tell that I'm not a maneater.' She decided that she's going to follow them from a safe distance. By doing this it proved that she still had the curiosity of a pup, well a large and potentially aggressive pup but a pup none the less. And if she gets herself then it will be her own damn fault for even following a hunter. As long he doesn't randomly found a silver blade she can potentially do this without some troubles.

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"For all I know that they are this secret fifth choice regardless of that I choose...The first one. I hate that damn hourglass anyways." Azuriel said quickly when he noticed that he was close to making his decision for him. Next time when he's presented with some choices, he should keep his mouth shut and pick the choice that sounds good to him, since the next time he does this he won't have a choice in the matter. He took off the glasses and let them hang from his shirt. Being too dependent on them would not be such a good idea for him.

"Well, maybe you're right about our choice not really mattering." Edward said. "You choose to be my servant, however I am really not sure I want you to be my servant. You talk back, you don't understand subtly, I mean I bloody threatened to kill you and it has appear to went right over you head, and it looks like you're not even going to wear the glasses I so generously offered you, and what is the bloody point of a half-blind butler." he said, not really angry but more so frustrated. He sat back down on his chair, "I will think about I will do with, I suggest you choice your words very carefully if you dare speak."

Mat cocked his head slightly as he tried to understand what the girl was talking about. Us? Mat wondered, Is this girl like Gollum or something? He didn't feel like that was the right question to ask. He reconsidered running again. "Uh, can you explain what you're talking about? I'd love to understand." Or should I be taking advantage and running? Mat wondered. Did I really hit that hard to loosen a screw in her head? What he was also curious on was the mention of shadows to travel. Mat turned his head away, staring at the dark forest. He took another few steps back but then remembered how exhausted he already became. He'd probably just end up puking again.

Eklispe said
Mars watched as Paige used her chalk-like rock to draw warding symbols and noted the claw marks scarring her ribs. He almost asked where she got them but thought better of it, if she wanted him to know she would tell him and he really should pry when Paige was the only one still around to help. "Wow you seem to have all kinds of helpful skills, I'm not much for anything outside of a fight, or even in a fight right now, but if you think i can help with anything i'll do my best to assist." Mars said, still he hoped that something changed soon for the better. Mars doubted that the symbols would hold off something as powerful as THAT vampire for very long.

Paige pulled her tank back down, knowing it had crept up a bit. "I've had to learn a lot of... interesting skills over the years." She said. "Once you've rested some and are able to get moving then we will talk about your assisting with things. What can you tell me about yourself?" She said having a seat on the cold floor.

Rand gave a nod to Penny. "Yeah, this whole thing is insane. Just when we get somewhere safe I'll explain it all to you alright?" Rand said, looking back at where he saw the lycan. "Speaking of which we need to get going." Rand took Penny's hand and began moving at a brisk pace, keeping aware of their surroundings. If the lycan attacked them Rand could defend them for a bit with the stick and may even be victorious, but the problem would be if it brought friends or used Penny to its advantage. "I'm not sure where the others are right now. With any luck we'll run into them," he said in response to her questions. "We might be safer to go to that cave with a boulder blocking it." It was fairly far from their location but it really was the only place he could actually lead them to that it might be worth the risk. Where would the other hunters be anyway? He supposed they had found shelter or gotten out of here. Either seemed viable, maybe he should trying to get them far away from this place too. "I'd also be more comfortable searching for them in the daytime."

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Connor rested against a tree, gaining back his breath. He needed to focus now so he could get back to the cave. He looked back at where the lake was, hopefully whatever that creature was didn't change their mind about him. What was that thing anyway? He couldn't recall any water creatures like that in his training, but then again there were so many that he still had yet to learn. Connor sighed, he didn't want to just guess where the cave was. When he went out with Phil he had been keeping track of markers, but in order to find the markers he'd have to go back to the stream, where that lake had been so close to. Maybe giving a wide arc would have to be the answer. Connor shook his head and started walking, becoming far more aware of his surroundings.

Mars replied "Well, i'm 23 i've spent my whole life training to fight supernaturals and eventully i hope that we can be free of them entirely. Obviously my training hasn't been good enough since i ended up here" and gestured at the nearby area. "I just wish there was something we could do against them, we're trapped with no weapons seemingly dooomed to be killed by whatever comes our way. If something doesn't change soon we're just going to die here pointlessly." Mars sighed frustrated, he had no idea what to do in this kind of situation.

Paige listened intently. "I agree, first thing tomorrow we need to try to find some kind of weapon or two so we have some kind of chance of making it out of here alive."

Rand gave Penny a strange look for a second, then shook his head and kept going. Her personality suddenly seemed to change back like they weren't being attacked, but didn’t want to pursue. They had enough problems already. As they got to the cave with the boulder, Rand sized the rock up and down. “I can move the rock up for a bit for you to squeeze under. You need to be quick OK?” The hunter asked, facing Penny. After she went in Rand figured that he could slide in, but that’d be fairly risky. He sighed, assessing the risk and finally was determined that it was necessary. “Right, let’s do this.” Rand crouched on his knees and lifted up the rock, straining with the effort. “Go, I can’t hold this for too long!”