Rex let out a contented sigh when Belle scratched his head, well as best he could, since he was a snake. Then she started to look for clothes and Rex took that as his cue to leave, "Bye nicce lady, I'm Rex, sssee you around." He slithered away with no particular goal in mind. An idea had just popped into his mind, then promptly shoved out by the yelling of one of the nice masters. Even though the nice master was no where near him. It was very painful and confusing and Rex curled into a ball, hiding his head until the awful noise went away.

Somewhat disoriented Rex crawled around and bumped into someone's foot. Looking around he found himself at the feet of a seemingly angry flaming women. "Ssssorry," he said quietly and looked around. It appeared he was in the middle of something he shouldn't be. There was only one natural response. To curl into a tiny snake ball and wait for the trouble to go away. It usually worked. Of course perhaps it worked less effectively when he was curled on top of the girl's foot but it was too late to change now.

Aria winced at the loud voice in her head. She assumed it must be prince Hachi, she recognized the voice. she continued her climb up the stairs to get as far away from the trouble as possible. What if a fight broke out? She didn't know how to fight or defend herself. Aria climbed the seemingly endless stairs till there where no more. Looking around, she could see it wasn't used very often. She followed along a hallway, running her fingers along the wall.

Along the hallway, Aria noticed a withering plant, almost dead. She knelt down beside it, examining it. placing her fingers along the leaves and closing her eyes, Aria focused on bringing back the poor plant. After a few seconds, the plant began to revive and grow green and strong again.

The sound of the Master's roar brought Felix to a screeching halt, standing right in front of Belle. The ice began to rise up through the halls, and he knew something had gone horribly wrong. When the masters lost control, bad things happened. He thought back to when Faris vanished, and shuddered. All his feline hairs stood on end, and his monocle fogged up, cracking. He shook it off, forgoing his attempt to look regal. Fear morphed his face into a scaredy cat.



Faris heard the scream, and the attic went dark. His brother had freaked out before, and Faris didn't want to be found. If anyone was on the top floor, they would see shadowy fog pouring slowly from the cracks in the attic trap door.

Nyra whimpered, feeling the sudden rush of cold air as she flew. She immediately dove for a safe spot in the kitchen in one of the cabinets.

Aria looked at the now healthy plant and smiled. She looked further down the hall and noticed a dark fog leaking down from an opening in the ceiling. Curious, Aria walked over and opened it up, jumping back when a ladder slid down. The fog was thicker now when she opened the door and she watched it as it poured out. Taking a deep breathe, she climbed up the ladder into what look like an attic.
"Um... H-hello?" She mumbled. This place seems pretty magical and she wondered if someone was causing the fog.
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Hatchi inhales deeply after listening to her, he is still angry. But, he can't just kick her out to die....or let his brother kill her. He looks at the audience now gathered and with a low growl he turns to the side some, grabs Ramia by the back of her clothes with his mouth, lifts her up and walks off with her. The mist and ice following him. He continues carrying her all the way to his room where he turns, gently kicks open the doors, tosses her in, then closes the doors with his mouth where ice proceeds to coat the handles preventing any escape. He stands there glaring at the doors with his ears back still very upset to the point where he hadn't seemed to fulky comprehend that belle was there. The way he rigidly stands show that he is most definitly still upset.

"Oi! H-hey! L-let me down! Oi! A-are you listening to me?" Ramia got no answer as she was being carried by the prince. As she is tossed to the room the confusion dulls her anger enough to get the flames back in control. "Oi! You are totally overreacting here! You all have totally overreacted here! Damnit!" The black haired woman vended her anger with a few more rather annoyed tirades before taking a deep breath and sitting down. "The least you could do is give me something to drink!"

@rechonq@Belle@luclovers

When Marco arrived at the scene, apparently too late by the absence of the hotheaded brother, he could only see the aftermath of whatever commotion had been wrought. There was frost everywhere from what he could see, though he was lucky enough to be sheltered by his own fur. One of the few things about the curse he was actually grateful for. After a second of attempting to analyse the situation, the dark-furred brother let out yet another sigh and looked up to the ceiling in slight exasperation. "Well, then? Who can tell me what happened? And Grey, how many all-nighters will I be taking for damage control this time?"

@YamiCuoreLaroux@Belle@luclovers
Grey calmed down as he watched Hatchi take care of the situation. He held his pants up as the elastic had broken before. He looked around at the ice on the walls and thought about how angry Hatchi must have gotten. Today seemed to be a blessing until she showed up. Hopefully the other brothers wouldn't take it harshly. Marco arrived at the scene and still seemed ok. He was able to take being a beast better than some of his other brothers. He seemed a little upset with the scene, but no one was really ok what had happened. "Well one of our new visitors seems to have an attitude to her. I didn't see all of it, but somehow she managed to make Hatchi mad. I know how annoying I can be and I have never made him this angry. As for damage control. The room is going to have wet dew all around once it melts and will probably need to be dried to avoid staining the wood, but that's easy enough. I just hope the emotional damage control isn't too serious. I know you are better at talking with the others. Even Faris talks to you. Can you talk to Hatchi and the others to see how they are? I'll oversee cleanup here."

He turned away from Marco and began to prepare for cleanup. He gave a yell for Felix, not realizing he was already there. "Felix!! Oh your here sorry, I didn't see you at first. Can you get some of the servants in here to help dry this place. I see one the new girls is here as well. I believe she wanted a job so this would be a good place for her to start. I need to go get decent. Holding your pants up in the presence of new company is not a way we need to be representing ourselves." With that Grey went off to his room to get redressed. He realized he had never really gotten that angry before either. Looking back he wasn't even sure what he was angry about. The girl was certainly rude to boot, but what he saw of her actions didn't warrant that response. I suppose I just got that angry because Hatchi was angry.

Rex was tipped over as his point of balance as removed and dragged away. Oh cold now. Oh very cold. Rex slowly began attempting to wriggle away but it was futile. The cold was everywhere and he couldn't move far enough before he felt his energy fading. Maybe if he took a nap he would feel better. So Rex once again curled into a ball in the middle of the icy floor. "Hehe, ssssleeepy."

@rechonq@luclovers@Eklispe@Belle

"Don't flatter me. I can barely even find most of you on a regular basis." Marco muttered as he watched the brother walk off. "Considering how we're even in this situation, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if either of you had something to do with starting it, brother dear. Do you even want to try being human again?"

The bear continued to grumble to himself as he took a better look at the frost around the room. "'Easy enough!' When was the last time he tried taking care of anything around here? Does he realize how big this room is? Or how much Hachi's outbursts affect what's around him?"

"As for attitude, at this rate, is anyone here even allowed to talk?"

Stifling what would have been yet another sigh out the hundreds he had probably made that day, he finally turned toward to see who was still in the room. Irritating or irritated, his brothers were still his brothers and he still had to take care of affairs. He would just have to go speak to the elder as soon as he was sure that everything was somewhat under control here.

"Felix, is there--oh goodness, Rex. I almost stepped on you, what are you doing? Felix, is there a way to get the frost off before it melts, or will we just have to close this area off for a while? And..." He stopped in shock as he looked over at the newcomer. "Ah...you're...human...I'm sorry, I'm just a little...surprised..."

@rechonq@YamiCuoreLaroux
@Belle
Felix looked around at all the mess, and sighed deeply. He would need to scrape the ice off before it melted or it would get everything wet. He turned to Belle.
"Time to prove yourself," he said. "Come up with a way to clean up this mess." He said simply. He sighed again, padding out of the room, avoiding the situation.

Belle watched Hachi leave with the woman and let out the breath she had been holding. That had been close to something bad.
She bowed to Felix as he ordered her to clean up. Apparently now that she was no longer a guest the pleasantries had ended. She was still going to have a talk with him about how he treated Rex. The little snake didn't deserve such abuse. No one did.

Looking over the ice Belle cocked her head in thought. How to clean this up?
If she waited until it melted there would be water everywhere, which would take longer to clean and cause water damage.
She searched for, and found, a knife to use as a scrapper and set to work scrapping the ice off and putting the chunks into a bucket. Once the bucket was full she tossed the contents outside before resuming. It was a long and painstaking process. Her hands became red from the cold and began to hurt before going numb. But she continued. If she didn't do it well enough and quickly enough Felix might fire her and then there would be no money for her father.

When working at a particularly large piece of ice she pushed to hard with the knife. It suddenly broke through the ice to the other side where she was bracing her hand. She let out a yelp of pain as the knife cut her hand. Kneeling on the floor, she held her throbbing hand in her lap. A long cut ran along the back of her left hand, blood dripping onto her apron. She bit her lip, trying not to cry but feeling her eyes getting misty.

She had to finish. If she didn't... if Felix saw her just sitting here...
A single tear, like a shimmering pearl when it caught the light, slid down her cheek.

Hachi's ears flick when he hears a yelp. He glares at the door one final time before walking to where the yelp was. Seeing belle sitting there bleeding, he sighs heavily to himself, his eyes stop glowing and he walks up to her before looking at the walls. He sighs again before his eyes glow and the ice becomes water which then becomes a ball. With a head tilt his head and the water absorbs into himself.

Rex flicked his tongue out inquisitively. Not cold? Not cold. Yay not cold. Rex slowly uncoiled his lethargic body and looked around again. To his surprise he saw nice lady crying. Well that wasn't very good, she must've been cold as well. "Niccce lady ssshouldn't cry. Cold isss gone now." Rex whispered in what he hoped was a reassuring tone. He was still kind of cold though, so he quickly retreated to a fireplace to warmup, being not cold was sso nice.

Belle looked up with a small gasp when Hachi appeared. He sighed and she looked down, embarrassed. "I'm sorry," she murmured. She hadn't given a good impression of her work, not being able to complete her first task. Felix was going to yell at her. And there was no telling Hachi thought of her, but the word 'klutz' and/or 'useless' was probably figuring prominently in his mind.

Rex was a sweetie who made her smile faintly through her tears. She wiped them away and stood with her head still bowed in shame. "I'll do better sir," she promised.

Hachi seems to ignore her as he looks at her wound. He then looks at the knife in that fell with a clank when the ice dissipated. He gently picks up the knife and sets it on a table before walking back to her and gently nudging her toward the kitchen. {it is not your fault} he looks downward somewhat. {i do not usually get that angry...so no one knew that I can just re absorb what I do} he flicks his ears and studies her as he continues nudging her. {i apologize...if I scared you}

His room still has frozen handles...if the prisoner inside were to look around she would see simple yet elegant furniture with two frames that have been covered with a sheet. One is a mirror the other is a portrait of himself. It was painted by a friend so Hachi cared for it...until it reminded him that he is not longer human.

Grey took Marco's comments as he left. He didn't turn around and rebuke Marco as it would have probably caused unnecessary conflict. Marco's words sat deep with Grey. He was frustrated. He was sorry for the incident, and he tried to convey that in his actions. He didn't believe in saying sorry much, because words could very easily be empty. Actions speak louder than words and he would portray he was sorry as loudly as he could. The only problem was no one heard him. Feelings of sadness and anger fought for control of him. He did his best to control both. He didn't need to feel sad for himself, and anger certainly wasn't needed, he didn't want to rip another shirt he just put on.

He returned to help the servants with the new 'ice room', but when he got there he only saw Belle and Hachi in a clean room. He was quite surprised that Belle was put on the room herself. That was harsh for any servant, not to mention a new one. He was impressed she got the job done though, even if Hachi helped her. Grey looked closer and saw Marco on the other side of the room. He went up to him intending to speak with him. "Hey Marco, I'm sorry if my actions earlier were brash. I really do want to be human again. I'll do everything in my power to reverse this curse. I just got caught up in the situation and reacted." He thought back to the situation for a moment. "I must say though the woman was rather rude and foul. I'm not sure I would wish that shrew on any of my brothers, even if it broke the curse."

@Belle@BlackPanther@rechonq@luclovers

Marco only became more confused as the young woman ignored his presence and set about attempting to clean the room. What was she doing? Wasn't she a guest? Why was Felix ordering her around? And...did she really not hear him? Was it because he was a bear? His brothers and the servants certainly had no problem, and she had clearly heard the cat. Odd, she didn't even look at him. That was...almost more unnerving than being a giant horned bear.

Dumbstruck, he watched for a moment longer before turning to find Felix gone already. "Felix! I asked you a question! I know you can hear me!" Padding over to where he had entered from, he looked down the hall to see if he was still anywhere nearby. "Honestly...this is going to take more hands...or...I don't even know at this point..."

Luckily, it seemed that wasn't even a problem for much longer, as just the person he was here to see returned and absorbed the ice once more while he was in the hall. The bear came back to a clean room and Hachi pushing the girl out of the room. "Excuse me. I hate to interrupt whatever this is, but we really need to talk--."

"Hmm?" Marco looked over at the interruption to see his more feathered brother...apologizing? "Ah...I see, well...I can't say that I knew the entire situation, either. I'm sure you meant well and all. Everyone's just a bit...poorly adjusted at the moment. I daresay we could all work on our people skills... Wait a minute, where is she now? Did she leave?"

Navaeh didn't know if anything going on in the castle. She had no idea how much time had passed. She finished brewing the tea. "I'm sadly not quiet good at carrying a whole tray. Anyone can help me?" She needed her four paws to walk and balancing a tray on her back wasn't the best idea. The red panda definitely needed help.

@KahleenCuthald Maisie had just entered the kitchen when she had heard Navaeh say that somebody could help her. "I'll help" She offered as she looked around the kitchen and sees a plain kitchen cart "Maybe we could put the tea on a cart and push the cart to guests." She suggested as she walked toward the cart.