Isaac watched the mother and daughter's reunion with a blank expression, thought under it, he felt a little happy for Delilah. That bit of emotion, however, went away as Vlad turned to him and asked what it was he wanted to say. "It was my pleasure sir," He paused, trying to determine the order in which he should speak, "First, sir, the little one has told me that she has been wondering the castle grounds unsupervised in secret, and that she's even left them a few times. Second, the little one's powers, they are manifesting." All this he said after he was sure that Delilah and her mother had gone so they wouldn't hear.

Then, his ears itched, for the fourth or fifth time now, he hadn't noticed it before because of Delilah's distraction. But now that he did, he knew why it was that they were bothering him, the thuds that usual came with the footsteps of the hound were no longer on the grounds. "Something else sir, that I've just noticed. I no longer hear your pet's footsteps on the grounds..." He said, referring to the Petentem that Vlad made out of a captured hunter some time ago.

rusty4297 said
Ryan nodded to Mason, listening to what was told. He glanced to the newcomer, seeing that Zhalia was acting friendly to her. He figured they knew who was friendly and simply returned his attention to Mason, nodding. "Alright then... What do we start with?" He glanced around the area, hoping not to see any ancient texts or large books of material he would have to read to become a hunter. He would have to be knowledgeable about the supernatural, yes, but he was simply hopeful that it wouldn't be something that would take years or anything of that sort.

"Well, if you're going to want to learn how to fight against them, you have to learn how they fight..." He said to Ryan, for this one he'd need Zhalia's help, if she was willing that was. "You think you'd be willing to help me out dear?" He spoke to Zhalia, giving her a light kiss on the cheek. Ryan seemed like he hadn't really known anything about supernatural beings at all, if he could stand up to Zhalia in simple training run then maybe he could handle Mason's training.

Leotamer said
"Oh, ok." Dutch kind of muttered to himself. "Well, I don't really have the luxury of not getting hungry slowly. So, is there anything you want to talk about while we walk there? We would be pretty close now. Also, have you been reading my thoughts again? You know I don't like that, I mean it is just kind of creepy." Dutch continued, louder and more clearly.

Zero rubbed the back of his head. 'Sorry pal, it was out of my control. It happens without me knowing it sometimes.' he stated. He paused when he heard rustling in the bushes up ahead. 'Shhh...' he said softly. A deer seemed to be walking around in front of them. Without a second thought Zero touched the tree next to him and muttered some magic words. A part of the tree stretched and formed a bow in his hand, another part becoming the arrows. He muttered another magic spell, just a minor one to ensure the arrow would hit, before aiming at the deer and firing. It was a clean shot, the deer crashed down with a thump and Zero took a deep breath. 'It seems I got us dinner.' he said. 'Let's go get it.' he said.

Kangutso said
Rodrick sat alone in abandoned house, one that was vacant before the townspeople had vanished. There was something he had to do about it, but there wasn't much he could do on his own. Shaking his head of the thought, he made his way out to the side of the house. There, if anyone was ever actually looking for something there, was a loose board. Rodrick pulled it loose and removed the dirt pile just behind it to reveal a small box about a foot long, three inches wide, and two inches tall. Grabbing it, he made his way to the one place sure to have weapons in this town, the gun store.There, he opened the box to reveal five slots, three of which were occupied by darts. It took him a bit, but he found a dart rifle capable of using them. Once that was done, he grabbed a regular hunting rifle and made his way out again. He stayed clear of the supernaturals that came to the town, and avoided the hunters especially, there was a good chance that they'd want him dead if they realized who he was, even if they had more sympathy for the supernaturals. He left the town and went a little ways into the forest, intent to hunt for food.

Sika was wandering through some woods aimlessly. She had arrived her some time ago, sensing a lot of energy coming from this area, but not finding the source of the energy. Perhaps the people with so much energy could help her figure out what she was, but she needed to find them first.
She had already found some people in a town nearby a while ago. They had a lot of energy, but not of the same type as the energy she had felt earlier, so she continued on her search.

Today she had gone to the other side of the town, away from the other people she had seen. For some reason they mostly stayed in one spot and didn't move from it often, only to hunt or go look for somebody. She hadn't seen the other side of town much, so she decided to come see. First she found a small cabin, with the scent of somebody inside. She peeked inside through the glass window, but saw nobody. What a delicious scent it was, she sniffed up as much as she can from it before looking around, tracing the scent into the woods.
She flew up using the wings on her back, white wings that matched her fur, and searched around the trees. She spotted the owner of the scent, a male human with guns that was heading through the woods. She looked at him with gleaming eyes and moved along with him as he walked.

Stryder said
"Well, if you're going to want to learn how to fight against them, you have to learn how they fight..." He said to Ryan, for this one he'd need Zhalia's help, if she was willing that was. "You think you'd be willing to help me out dear?" He spoke to Zhalia, giving her a light kiss on the cheek. Ryan seemed like he hadn't really known anything about supernatural beings at all, if he could stand up to Zhalia in simple training run then maybe he could handle Mason's training.

Zhalia smiled lightly and nodded at Mason. 'Sure darling. Just tell me when I go to far, I never sparred with an untrained human before.' she said. I'll stay in my human form to make it a bit easier, kay?' she said. She was about to go in her battle stance when Zayne slithered out of the woods, her face filled with worry and anger.
'Aaron is gone!' she exclaimed. 'I was tracking his energy into the woods, then it became weaker and before I could reach it he was gone. I can't sense him anymore.' she cried out. Her eyes started to burn angrily. 'Somebody took him, I'm sure of it...' she said darkly. She lashed her tail out and slammed it into a tree, breaking it in half with angry huffs. Zhalia paled a bit, if it was even possible, and moved towards her friend. 'Zayne, Zayne, calm down. Calm... down...' she said, trying to relax the echidna. If Zayne went on a rampage now she wouldn't be able to stop it easily. Zayne let out an animal-like snort and looked at her. Zhalia moved a bit closer to her. 'We're gonna find him, okay? If somebody took him we'll find him..' she said. This notion seemed to calm Zayne down a bit and she lowered back to the ground more.

*ignore*

Ryan glanced between Mason and Zhalia before nodding. He got into a fighting stance, listening to Zhalia's specifications for what she was doing before suddenly seeing a female form slithering towards them. He began to worry for a moment before hearing her shout something about someone being missing, and then explaining how she knows. He glanced to Zhalia who went to comfort the snake-like female. So... someone's missing... Well, that sounds like a bad omen... Does it mean the evil supernatural will be attacking soon? He looked to Mason, slightly worried about how soon he may need to be finished his training... Could he need to try to complete it by the next day or something else as outrageously impossible? I can do that... right? Get stronger and memorize a lot of stuff over one day? He sighed slightly as he thought about how completely insane it would be to even think it could happen. I'm sure the dude just disappeared somewhere in the forest... She's overreacting most likely...

Dutch slowly walked towards the now dead dear and sniffed a bit. "Oh, wonderful. Food." he said sarcastically. He had deer before he even went to the hotel, but it was always prepared and not by snapping a finger, and some after but actually seeing it get shot, and then magically turned into food kind of ruined his taste for deer, something just feels off about it. But his dog side of his mind wanted to just sink his teeth into an starting eating right now.

Aniela gritted her teeth, her fangs had grew and they now pierced her lower lip. She turned around and walked over to Lillith, she knew she was going to hate this guy here.

She bent over Lillith and took her hand, lifting her up she said, "You know, your buddy there is a real asshole. He's going to try to make me work here, I wouldn't mind.. but I don't want to work for him. Anyways, I can't leave either!"

She threw threw Lillith's arm over her shoulder, not caring if she seemed like a little girl or not. Her mind was now focused on Ivan. She was going to try to find his breaking point.. and prove that she doesn't work with the filthy humans.

She began to tug Lillith inside, every once and a while glancing over to see if Lillith was alright. She knew that the other was a supernatural, but she thought of her as Aniela's first real friend in this little dump.

Delilah
I love mom's warm smile. I never have gotten to say tell that to her... Delilah begun walking out of the castle, one hand in her mother's. Her other hand reached up, grabbing the wrist of the hand that held onto hers gently, pressing her cheek against the back of her mom's hand and smiling widely. The tips of her fangs scarped against her upper lip as she did so. The small scrape it made bled a small amount for a moment. The drop of blood spread over her tongue, the taste fading away in time. All while this was happening, Vlad was whispering a couple of vile words to her mother. Her ears should have been able to pick up their conversation, but she was in a trance of the small taste of her own blood. It was... glorious . Her tail flicked violently to the side once, brushing against her mother's dress as her fox-like ears perked up.

"H-Huh?" She stuttered as her mother started walking out of the castle and pulling her along with her hand tightly around hers out of the trrance. The tightness was too much to show affection, more of...tenseness...alert... danger. She hadn't even notice her father was there- so she would've missed out on his harsh words and false love. She didn't know what was wrong. Timidly, she walked close enough to step on her mother skirt, sighing as a weight went off her chest as they emerged outside."It's okay, Momie. Don't cry." She chimed, reassuring her mother although she had no idea what was wrong.

The air smelled heavily of pine wood, and the castle's pebble pathways were spotless and planted over where the foliage would be deemed as unruly. There was a gold foundation adorned by a bed of roses surrounding it. Delilah keeled quickly to snatch one from it's roots and hold it up to her mother childishly. "Remember when daddy always used to do that?"

Delilah's eyes were bright and cheerful. That unsure feeling of the 'blank' face in her memories came back, dragging down her cheerfulness to a dim, bitter-sweet one. "I-I have to ask you about somethings. Can we go out into the forest? I love it because it is wild...this place here is beautiful and proper, but it's...amazing out there. Daddy might not know that i've done that on my own, and i told issac i did just before you showed up...he didn't look happy, and i think I...." She shook her head, not about to divvy out her worries before they went beyond the range of eavesdropping ears. "There's a lake in the forest. I have heard it but i haven't seen it but it is maybe a forth of the mile out into the forest borders. I never went that far because i was worried about getting lost or hurt.I didn't tell daddy because i knew he might not have time and...lock me in my room. But nothing can ever happen while you're here!"

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Kaori and Alfons- xAsunawolf/ Cartwright collab - Torture scene pt.2

Alfons sighed a bit on the inside upon hearing Kaori's voice, the girl he had entrusted his sword to long ago before their weapons were taken from them. He listened and nodded to her information, clearing his throat before he spoke. "You're the only familiar face I've seen throughout my time here... Don't you smell the fresh blood of the others every day? Wait... You're not a Lycan.." The reverend trailed off, coughing for a moment as Kaori spoke once more.

Upon hearing her inquiry about love his eyes opened wide and shot up to the girl, his ears twitching a bit. "Why Kaori love is many things... It's an emotion, a drive for partnership until the end. I could go deeper into it but.. I fear our time together was not here to exchange words between one another. " He tugged on the chains again, panting softly when he had given up as his eyes drifted back up to Kaori. "Kaori I am in chains and you are not.. That can only mean one thing."

Kaori cut him off, quieting his observations with a shake of her head, stepping into the line that would block the small link of light from the cramped window and cast darkness onto him. " Shh, I figured that out while you were sleeping. I'd even considered starting while you were asleep in hopes that you wouldn't have to feel it happening to you.." Similar to the dentist's office, there was a set of torture equipment, except it sat around all sides of the table and even hung over head. There was a large drilling machine that was among the things over head- with a quick off and On button, and a lever the would cause the drill to come down onto the target's forehead. This machine was child's play to some of the other things laying about the room.

Kaori flipped her head to the side and ran her thumb over a harmless looking knife like she was caressing an infant. She picked up her thumb and showed the lycan a deep cut. "But these weapons don't play around. Probably could cut through steel if you let it." Out of the corner of her eyes, she scanned the door where guards where waiting outside, speaking casually. She leaned in to whisper to alfons, long brown locks of her hair tickling his cheek.

"To the best of my ability, i will not let silver cut you. I might place it on you, and if i remember it just tingles to you, or you'll sense it somehow.....you need to act like it's the most painful thing ever. If they want to see pain, that is what they will get. Only you can make that happen." With a solemn smile, she steps back from the table as her right hand rises to her waist, squeezing her hip. She said nothing, but her eyes conveyed the message perfectly- 'Are you ready?'

Alfons watched Kaori's every move and took in every word. When the news confirmed his suspicion he already began steeling himself for what was to come, taking a deep breath as a sign he understood. "Kaori the manager had someone already put silver inside me.. I can't get worse than that." The reverend reminded her in a hushed tone, sitting back in his seat with a slight smirk before speaking in a more audible volume. "Well, lets get this over with... Kaori it's good to see you."

Perrin looked at the water bottle and dropped the saw, then grabbed a towel and placed it on the man's head. It was a simple water boarding technique that he had used before on several vampires, but he never liked it. The entire point of it was to simulate drowning, and it did its job well. Perrin opened up the water bottle and dumped half of its contents in the towel, then pressed down on the towel.

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Rand breathed slowly as his eyes scanned over Mike during the slow seconds. He had realized Mike wasn't doing anything and was never going to start. "Oh, you and your prissy morals. You can't bring yourself to torture another prisoner to name him suffer even worse than what you can do? I would clap right now if I could," Rand sighed, figuring it was hopeless. "Well this is gonna suck." He wondered if it would be Hammond again, or maybe someone new.

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Anthony walked into the town, looking around with a small smile. He started whistling "Drunken Sailor" as he ran his hand over the Croatoan carving. Anthony walked over to the nearest building and entered, gazing over it for a while. He took out a bottle of alcohol from his backpack and smashed it against the wall, then tossed hours lighter on it. The alcohol caught aflame immediately and slowly spread onto the wood. Anthony left the door open as he exited the house.

Down the street Anthony watched Mason speaking with a boy and a girl, then notice someone else approach. Anthony took out his rifle and loaded it carefully. The hunter brought up the rifle and took aim, then fired at all four of them, going right in a row from Mason to Ryan. All the while he continued to whistle.

Devin continued down the hallway, his sister still controlling his body. She seemed to be leading him somewhere, but where? As if to answer his question he heard Cecily say in his mind. I want you to keep trying to raise a dead human. I'm taking you to where they stash the humans. Hee voice was clear.

Devin forced her to stop moving. He then pushed her out of his skull, he soon gained his body back. "I have been working! For months! " he snapped at his sister, whom stood in front of him. He hit his staff against the ground and she instantly disappeared. "Thats right, go back to where you came from." He murmured. If he was going to get a freshly killed human, he didn't need his sister to help.

And so, he began to continue down the corridor. Using his free hand, he straightened his black beanie, and pulled out his sunglasses. If he were normal, he wouldn't need them. But he isn't, he gets blinded easily by light. His footsteps echoed the corridor as he walked, almost to Vlads' office.

When he arrived to Vlads' office, he soon learned that his boss was on important business somewhere else in this castle.

Devin let out a frustrated sigh and continued walking, maybe he would run into someone he could get a body from.

For a short moment, there was a flash of anger in his eyes. The change of emotion in his eyes was so short, in fact, that if Isaac hadn't been looking, he wouldn't have been able to see it. His fist clenched and unclenched just as fast. Then, a small, reassuring smile made it's way onto his face as he turned to Isaac.

"She has? Hm.." Vlad cocked his head to the side and sighed. "Alright. We'll have to take extra precautions. I know this is Ivan's job, but since he isn't here at the moment, I want you to bump up security; cover all exits with double security. I want cameras checked to make sure all are functional, and if there are some areas that need them, get them installed there. I want extra patrols. Oh," Vlad squinted and lowered his voice, "watch Danni more closely. I don't want her giving anything away that she doesn't need to. I already talked to her, but you never know. It shouldn't be much of a problem, I already threatened that I would make her watch as her husband was tortured to death, so that should be good enough. If not, I have something else up my sleeve that just might work."

For a whole year, everything had been going to plan; his adopted daughter hadn't suspected anything. The prisoners had been unruly, there was no need for extra surveillance, nothing. Now, he brings Danni into the equation, and suddenly everything was needed to be changed. He really hoped that she wasn't going to be more trouble than she was worth, or else he would have to part with Danni, Delilah, and his oh-so-favorite inmate, Mike.

With a small sigh, Vlad continued, "Cassius is out with the search party, Isaac. They left a long time ago. They should be back..." Vlad reached into his suit pocket and pulled out a small pocket watch. The watch was nothing fancy, but that was not to say it wasn't ornate, either. It was a small, bronze watch, plated in gold, and covered with various curving lines. Upon closer examination, the small dips and rises created an image; a small knight helmet, topped with three large feathers, and surrounded by other various furls and curls. Under the helmet, was a small shape that resembled a shield, also surrounded with the furls and curls that surrounded the helmet. Inside of the shield was a castle with three towers; one on the left, one in the middle, and one on the side. Under the shield was a small scroll, with a name, barely readable now, etched inside of it.

When the small knob was pressed, the pocket watch opened up to a small clock with roman numerals, and a smaller clock, the second clock, with a short second hand ticking away endlessly. On the back of the cover, was a small engraving that read, "May our time together never run out." The initials under it were virtually unreadable, just like the name on the scroll, due to endless years of being rubbed over with a thumb. It was a gift from someone very special, someone from another time, when Vlad's life was full of smiles and care-free feelings, now a distant memory.

Vlad looked up and shook his head. "Yes, they have been gone an awfully long time. I wonder when they will be ba-"

At that moment, there was a small flash of light, and a sound that resembled the "zap" of a conductor almost touching the main sphere of a Van de Graff generator. When the flash was gone, there stood Ivan, his permanent scowl etched on his face. He turned to Vlad and shook his head.

Vlad smiled and nodded at Ivan. "Ivan, glad to see you back. Did you catch any more humans? Where is the rest of the search party?"

"I don't know where they are, Sir," Ivan mumbled. "I was separated from the group when your 'niece' ran off, yet again. I was able to finally find her, when she was walking into the complex with an unconscious human, and another supernatural. I handled the situation, and I have given the other female a choice as to whether she wants to work for us, or be tortured." Ivan shifted a bit and shook his head again. "Sir, I mean no disrespect when I say this, but I really think that you should control your 'niece' a lot better. If she is given too much slack, she might end up brining in someone who may try and kill you."

Vlad grabbed his shoulder reassuringly and nodded. "I understand your concern, Ivan. I will talk to her. In the mean time, you and I can deal with the female." Vlad turned to Isaac. "Thank you for informing me about Delilah, Isaac. I am sure you will make sure everything that I have asked of you is done. In the mean time, while I go and deal with the new situation, I want you to find Danni and Delilah, and walk with them to make sure Delilah doesn't ask any unnecessary questions, and that they don't leave the castle grounds. Thank you, Isaac. That is all for now." With that, Vlad turned and walked out of the room with Ivan.

Danni looked around. Didn't he say something about not going beyond the castle? No..did she care..? She should, he's her husband. But this is Delilahs wish..and she really wanted to spend time others her long separated daughter.
.."yes" She smiled warmly, holding her daughters hand. "Just lead the way into the forest, mommy doesn't know where it is. " She was outside of the castle now, feeling the warm rays on her skin. No one would notice if she left.

Mason widened his eyes in shock the moment he heard a rifle being fired, instinctively he pushed both Zayne and Zhalia to the ground, trying to trace the shooter. He felt the intense pain of the round buried into his shoulder but that wasn't going to stop him from fighting, he grabbed his pistol with his right hand. Pain surged through his body but even still he aimed his pistol at the shooter and fired back. Mason's wolf, Pain had ran from the forest, speeding toward the shooter like a bullet train, aiming to slam into Anthony. "Everyone, take cover now!" Mason commanded them, he wasn't risking anyone's life but his own, he held his pistol, aiming it with his broken arm and wincing through it all, drawing his sword with his left hand.

Lillith carefully unclenched her teeth. Her jaws were starting to hurt. She felt her new-found ally helping her up.

"He's not... my friend..." she practically spat through her teeth. She carefully formed her words, she could still feel the currents of electricity going through her trembling limbs.

"Don't worry, there are other jobs. I won't let him be your boss. Like hell I'll just let him do what he wants. You will not be going to see him after you take me to my room. You will not be taking to my room. We are going to see my Uncle. If Ivan tries to get in my way with this. I will kill him." The last four words were spoken clearly and despite her current state, at that moment it didn't seem like a bluff or an empty threat. In her words were a barely restrained cold fury and killing intent.

When they were about to get inside. Lillith forcibly and noticeably gathered herself. She would not show weakness to any of the servants or supernaturals inside. She shakily stepped away from Aniela, and took a deep breath before opening the door. She walked inside as if nothing had happened, though there were traces of her fatigue and shakiness in her movement and speech.

After that, she set out to find Vlad. He should still be where he was last. She didn't give a damn if she interrupted anything. She passed by her "cousin" and a strange woman that she recognized as her cousin's actual mother. She nearly stopped them, but decided against it. If they were walking about it would have to be with Vlad's permission, and if they had managed to take down Vlad and Isaac together, then there was no way she could stop them anyways. Beside that, they didn't look like they'd been in a fight, nor did they look like they were trying to escape.

Leotamer said
Dutch slowly walked towards the now dead dear and sniffed a bit. "Oh, wonderful. Food." he said sarcastically. He had deer before he even went to the hotel, but it was always prepared and not by snapping a finger, and some after but actually seeing it get shot, and then magically turned into food kind of ruined his taste for deer, something just feels off about it. But his dog side of his mind wanted to just sink his teeth into an starting eating right now.

Zero rolled his eyes. 'Don't be so pouty and let's just hide this until we get back and get to take it home.' he said. Dutch had been so cranky lately, it was bugging him a bit. It was most likely because he still had no way of turning him back human, even now that a year had passed. Translating the books he found was a tough job and he had to make sure he found the right chant and spoke it the correct way.

Zhalia yelped as she was pushed down, looking at Mason as she felt a change in his body and immediately spotting the bleeding wound in his shoulder. Her icy blue eyes darkened and she hissed in anger at the sight of him getting hurt. She placed her hand over his wound to stop the bleeding by blocking off the open wound with his own blood, then got on her feet as he did. She lifted her hand and formed icy spikes, sending them flying towards the direction of the shooter.
Zayne, still in her aggressive state, hissed furiously and slithered into the woods, following Mason's wolf. She took no time avoiding any obstacles, hurling stones and breaking trees that blocked her way with whips of her tail.

Kangutso said
It seemed that he had successfully avoided the others, at least he was pretty sure of that. Now to find something to eat, and then see if there were any paths in the forest that led anywhere. The hair on the back of his neck stood on end and Rodrick spun around to see no one behind him, despite the overwhelming feeling of being watched. Narrowing his eyes in suspicion, he returned to the task he had set for himself, deciding to skip hunting for food in favor of finding a large structure of some kind. The population of an entire town couldn't just go poof, so they had to be nearby.

Sika giggled silently as she watched the human walk around. He seemed to feel her presence, but couldn't pinpoint her location, which interested her even more. She looked up at the sound of gunshots in the distance, somewhere in the town she often observed. There were numerous supernatural creatures there, so she was sure they did not need to use those iron things some of them had on them. She glanced back at the human she was tracking to see how he reacted.

Isaac remained silent as Vlad worked over what he told him in his mind, showing clear irritation and anger for a split second on his face. Once a reassured smile made its way onto his master's face, as though having cleared his head, he turned towards Isaac and gave a list of things that he needed him to take care of. "Yes, sir." Was his response to Vlads commands, as usual.

The irritation of his ears disappeared when Vlad reassured him as to the whereabouts of the petentem, and he gave a short nod in understanding. Then Vlad tried to say something before the sudden appearance of Ivan cut him off, the man's mood was clearly a bad one. Isaac listened to the exchange between the two of them, something about Lillith being a pain, before they began to make their way out.

At Vlad's instruction, Isaac immediately made his way out of the castle, spotting Danni and Delilah almost immediately. The best way for him to stop them from leaving the grounds at the moment was for him to hide in the treeline and stop them when they got too close, which he did. They remained unaware of him as he took cover in the trees among the branches, keeping a sharp eye and ear out on them to make sure Vlad's instructions were followed.

Sika cocked her head at the male. He let out the scent of adrenaline, obviously worried even though he hadn't interacted with anybody from the town for as far she had seen. He turned around and headed towards the sounds of the shots, pulling his iron weapon off his back in the process. Determined not to let this male with the delicious scent get away, she jumped down and knocked his weapon out of his hands.

*ignore*

Sika was caught off guard by the iron weapon going off, but she quickly refocused on the human again curiously. He had jumped back and had some kind of other iron weapon in his hands, alongside a pointy object that smelled... wrong.
She closed the distance before he could use the wrong smelling thing, chains appearing out of her back and moving toward him, the cuffs aiming to restrain his limbs or at least knock his item out of his hands.

*ignore*