"What the hell are you—?" But before he could question the insanity of what was happening, his wrist was snatched from his side, though he had tried to pull away. The pretty blue eyes, once calm and soothing like a beautiful ocean, were frantic with terror as they glittered in the reflection of the silver blade.

The boy winced, jumping back as his hand was sliced open, fingers twitching with the pain as the crimson liquid seeped from the cut. Still, he wasn't strong enough to pull away from the lycan. James' bright eyes opened wide again with confusion and shock as his palm was pulled to the other man's lips.

As soon as the blood hit Marcellus' tongue, it would be obvious it was special. It was sweet and smooth, the metallic taste usually stinging in human blood was nearly not there but rather an addicting taste that, if he were a vampire, would be hard not to drink every last drop. Even the scent boasted it's rareness, delicate and intoxicating.

James didn't seem to notice, too preoccupied with the now healed area on his palm that was so recently injured. He shakily took his hand back, running his other hand's index over the soft skin of his palm, somehow instantaneously healed. "You... how did you...?" James raised his soft gaze back to the man on the outside of the cage, heart pounding in fear for what he did not know. "W-Who are you? What are you? Where am I, am I in hell?" He asked, voice breaking with his terror. Each syllable held so much fear behind it, it was almost sad enough to make you feel bad for James. Almost...

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Lady Victoria, understandably, was unamused. A human hunt? These little games certainly weren't focused for succubi, how speciest! Succubi don't chase after little maggot humans, their slaves come to them like a bug to a flame. Well, then again, maybe that would make this whole little game quite easy for her. She'd only have to place herself in the proximity of the humans and the male ones would easily flock to her. Maybe she should play it sweet and charming to make them think they're getting a good deal? That would be fun.

Plus, she needed new humans anyway. Her last group of slaves had hung themselves because she wouldn't love any of them individually, or they killed each other out of jealousy for her affection. It's no fun for a succubus without brain-washed minions!

Yu-Pha

Each time that the engine was turned on, one of the cages moved. It happened two times until that moment. And the ones who were taken didn't returned. Many questions passed through Yu-Pha's head, all of them without answer. She was certain that once out of the cage, her life would be in danger. She didn't knew who were her opponents, but she wouldn't go down that easily.

Exercising helped her to think, it helped her to focus on her surroundings and understand things better, she passed most of her time training and exercising, so it was only natural for her to get used to it.

"I didn't know we had another friend here," Yu-Pha heard one of the other people talking. He was talking something about getting away, a truly positive speech. For Yu-Pha, being positive was just foolish.
Before she could answer him, the cage opened, making her drop to the ground. Luckily, she was doing push ups, so she could easily avoid being hurt by the fall. As she looked around, she saw the other ones falling as well, one after another.

"Rand! Are you-" she heard as another cage opened.

"Yes, another one." she said answering to Rand's statement, before starting to walk towards the door. She didn't know what she was dealing with, but there was no time to study. If she stood there, she would probably be taken just like the other two.

"Are you all okay?" A woman asked them, after hitting the ground with a yelp.

"For the time being, yes." Yu-Pha answered, opening the basement door. The dim light coming from outside the door showed her sweaty body, the defined and strong muscles.
As she turned around to face the others, the many white scars marking her back reflected the light coming from the outside, shining like streaks of light.

"Remember, we haven't escaped. We were released. Usually when this happens, its the time where we need to fight for our lives."
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Kamilah

"Attention, this is the Manager. There is a report of some humans 'escaping' from their cells. Any who capture one can claim them," Kamilah heard the broadcast carefully, followed by the manager telling her to follow Nixon, that he would take care of her food.

"Thank you Nixon! I'm unbelievably hungry, and you know how I get when I get too hungry... I would kill for a some food right now! " Kamilah said, with a mischievous smile and a giggle. Aside from the beautiful voice and the innocent giggle, if you took a closer look, you would see her fangs showing when she smiled and the slight emphasis she gave to the word "kill"

"Anyways, what's with the humans escaping? Haven't heard about something like that happening in a long time." she said, a little excited about being able to "claim" one of them. Well... not really claim, but to serve as her companion.

"I'll try to get one myself when I finish eating." she said, following Nixon with a big smile on her face.

"Oh, and what happened around here while I was out? I see we have some new faces! Its always refreshing to meet new people." Kamilah said, waving to the tiny fairy like girl with a smile as she followed Nixon through the Lobby.

"Come on Nixon! Don't be like that! I'm sure you have some interesting things to tell me!" Kamilah said, swiftly moving near him and whispering on his ear.

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Rand and Markus
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Markus landed near Jennifer, landing mostly on his feet. "Didn't see that coming," He muttered, looking up at the cages hanging above them. He turned to look over at Jennifer, giving a nod. "I'm fine, you good yourself?" He asked. The light emitting from the revealed hallway made him look over, seeing the unnamed girl opening it. "Come on, we should get going," he said to Jennifer, then called out, "Rand you still alive?"

"I'm good, I'm good," Rand replied, standing up and dusting himself off. "Not very nice of them to do that." He saw a door open with the new girl standing in front of it. She had the same thoughts he was having. Whatever released them was on purpose, and it probably wasn't a friend. "Ah hell, so sweet of whoever this is to have us walk ourselves out. Too bad for the others," he looked over the girl in front of the door, making a nod. "Good to meet you as well, what was your name?" He asked her. They needed to start moving, and fast. Rand wanted to take advantage of no presence of an enemy as long as he could.

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Nixon
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Nixon listened to Kamilah for a while, pausing at her saying she would kill for food. He didn't doubt that very much, probably would even attack him were she desperate. She probably wouldn't be able to kill him though, unless she surprised him. Then I could blink away, probably get her on her tail. Maybe just blink to the end of the hallway, he became encompassed in his thoughts but finally was pulled out when he heard Kamilah whispering in his ear. He made a small grin at her as he began to explain.

"The humans escaping is a game by Boss. Pretty fun game, the cat mouse chase, though sometimes it doesn't end well for the humans. Or maybe a faster death for them is a good thing on their side, though not on mine," he said, trailing off as he began to mostly talk to himself as they moved down a hall. "But, what's new? I dunno, other than new people to the Hotel and the shipment, mostly the same. Same management as always." He showed her down a hallway that inclined upwards slightly. It wasn't a place where many went, no rooms were designated there.

"Anyway, so Boss said you wanted meat, then a...wounded human? I mean, I could do two birds with one stone I guess. Not too hard to slice off an arm," he mused, the thought making him chuckle. "No...I don't think that's what you'd like," he said, moving to one of the doors. He blinked and was gone for a moment, then opened the door on the other side, giving a wave to Kamilah as he kept it open it for her.

"Alright, here's access to the meats, from full to chopped, and I think some might still be living," he said, showing her the place. "Then we can get you the wounded human." He gave a grin for that, at least that part would be fun for him.

Hundreds of questions flew through Jennifer's mind as she looked up at the cages above her head with a sigh. She knew the exact thought running through her fellow captives' heads. Heck, she had the same thought; 'This is not good'. "Didn't see that coming," Markus muttered.

"No, I don't think either of us did," Jen muses, wiping her hands on her once white dress which was now adorned with spots of dirt and dust most probably from the cage and however the hell she got into it. After hearing everyone was okay she gave a small ile, "Yep, I'm fine," she replies to Markus.

"Not very nice of them to do that." Rand comment.

I'm thinking they're not very nice," Jen replies as a light pours into the room. She turns to the door, seeing the other girl stand at it. "Well, time to face death?" she says, walking toward the door

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"I'm Cianna." she replied, jingling her keys in hand. Heh, they made a nice sound. jingle, jingle, jingle... She stood there for a while, smiling at hey keys, oblivious. Cianna didn't have much social experience, after all. It was one of the reason who found humans so interesting. She looked back to the succubus - not that Cianna was aware of just what the woman was - looking perplexed. Wait a second. As interesting as this sound was, wasn't she supposed to do something when people tried to make conversation? Cianna furrowed her brow. Talking to people was hard. Ok, backtrack, what had she said?

Cianna didn't understand what she meant by formal tone. What was this "formal?" tone made it imply something musical... did she want a song?

"hmmm... I'm very sorry. I don't know what a formal tone is. But I know some songs from the forest!" she replied excitedly.
And with that, Cianna started to make the noises of the forests. Babbling brooks, singing birds, even the rustling of leaves in the trees. Her mimicry was perfectly accurate, if one were to close their eyes, they might be deceived in thinking they were outside.
Not much of a song by human standards, though.

Maybe she didn't know what the human interpretation of a song was.

Yu-Pha

"Good to meet you as well, what was your name?" Yu-Pha heard as he asked.
"Yu-Pha." she replied.

Just as she did so, she heard the other woman saying, walking towards her.
"Well, time to face death?"


"No, it's time to fight for our lives. We are alone, unarmed and we don't know where we are. Be intelligent, be cunning, be smart. Its the only advice i can give you. Strength alone wont save you. Don't count with kindness, mercy or good intentions. If we had escaped from the cage, we could even have a chance to flee, but we were released. This is one thing I'm familiar with: if we are released we fight or we die. There is no hope of escaping." Yu-Pha's voice was serious, devoid of any emotion, but her eyes were truly frightening. Weren't the eyes of a normal person... You couldn't say for certain why, but you could feel that there was something off with that woman.

When Yu-Pha finished saying that, she got out of the basement, walking very carefully, paying attention to not make any sound and observing everything. She didn't know where she was going, but she was looking for the exit.

Strangely enough, things were pretty silent until now. No fighters trying to kill her, no one trying to shoot her... It was strange... But she had no time to think about it. The only thing she was certain was that she was released from her cage, and that is something that she was very familiar with. When she was released from her cage, she fought, killed her opponent or died, and if she was lucky, she lived to see another day. Seeing as there were no opponents to her to fight raised many questions. Why she was released in the first place? Surely there is a reason, but what is this reason?

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Kamilah

"A game huh?" She thought to herself. It was a wicked game, but it surely would give her the opportunity to at least save one of them, or at least give them a quick and painless death. Torturing them was too... barbaric... If she wanted food, she would hunt. It was simple. But there is no reason to torture someone. Its not like you are hungry, you are just torturing... It was cruel.
"I don't know... Hunting is fine, i mean... when you are hungry you hunt and eat. Simple as that. But torturing is just... mindless violence, cruelty." she said to Nixon.

"Anyways, letting this aside, good to know that the Hotel hasn't changed. I like this place, it is kinda cozy, you know?" she said, following him.

"Anyway, so Boss said you wanted meat, then a...wounded human? I mean, I could do two birds with one stone I guess. Not too hard to slice off an arm," Just as he said that, she let out an surprised exclamation.

"No, no!! Its not what i meant... You don't need to HURT a human for me... If there is a wounded human, that someone tortured and left to die, bring them to me. I mean, some like to torture them and don't even have the decency of killing them and eating. Whats the purpose of torturing at all its simpl..." she started to talk, clearly annoyed by the behavior some supernatural creatures displayed, but suddenly stopped talking.

"I'm sorry... I kinda overreacted... I just feel that there is no reason to torture a human. A tortured human isn't even fit to eat... they have no taste... And its simply cruel... its against the natural law..." she said, blushing a little.

"Alright, here's access to the meats, from full to chopped, and I think some might still be living,"
"Then we can get you the wounded human."

The following scene was rather terrifying. Kamilah's beautiful and delicate appearance only made it even more terrifying. As soon as she saw the meat, she moved towards a goat that was still alive on the corner. In the blink of an eye, she coiled around the goat. The moment she did, Nixon could hear the loud cracking noises of the goat's bones breaking, followed by a vicious bite to the jugular. The goat contorted itself, trembling and spasming uncontrollably before falling dead. Everything happened in seconds, it was almost too fast to react.
With the creature already dead, Kamilah used her sharp teeth to tear the goat's throat, eating its flesh voraciously. A few minutes later, the only thing left was bones. It was terrifying to see that happening in such a short time, but at the same time, Kamilah's precise and graceful movements were hypnotizing, she knew exactly where to cut, which tendons to cut to find the best meat.

Cleaning her hands and mouth, she looked to Nixon, blushing heavily.
"Sorry for this... I was really, really hungry." she said, with an awkward smile.
"Now, about the humans..." she said, looking to Nixon, putting a finger over her mouth. "I'll be our secret ok? Don't let others know about this."

@Doc

Rand and Markus
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Rand "Well, on that happy note we move down the sullen hallway!" He said, pulling ahead forward and giving Yu-Pha a light smile. Was she a hunter? She certainly sounded like one, but he wasn't sure. Certainly one he knew, he would've definitely remembered someone like her. The hallway took a sharp corner and went on an incline, slowing going up. After a while the hallway split, one going left and the other straight. "Be helpful if there were directions, but I'd say let's stay together for this," he said, moving forward with Yu-Pha down the hall. Right when Yu-Pha went through, a large metal scrape was heard and the opening closed behind them. "Ah shit," Rand muttered. He gave the new wall behind them a look over before turning around. "I've seen quite a lot, but this is far different." He could only hope now for the other two, they were on their own.

"No! No no no no no no!" Markus shouted, hitting the wall that suddenly moved in front of them, cutting them off from Rand and Yu-Pha. It wasn't any use, the wall wasn't moving. Markus banged his head against the wall in defeat, his shoulders sagging. Giving a sigh he turned back to Jessica and looked down the other hallway. "I guess we have to play their game then," he said. "You watch my back I watch yours?"

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Nixon
@13org

"Ah...but that's where you are incorrect. When you whittle someone down, you find their truly natural state. I know they found mine," he replied, giving a sick smile. Memories came, but blurred memories. It was hard for him to ever focus on a specific thought, there was so much going on in his head. Shaking himself back to reality Nixon watched as she attacked the live goat, killing it insanely fast. It was a fascinating thing to watch in Nixon's mind, though made him reconsider having a fight with her. Probably best not to piss her off yet, he thought before the thoughts were replaced by others. It was getting harder for him to focus, he'd probably need to visit the doctor sometime soon.

Shaking his head once more to concentrate, Nixon gave a smirk as Kamilah returned. "Yeah sure, little secret. Just tell me which one," he said, showing her out the door. "I'm fairly sure the escape corridors lead to two floors, the 1st and 3rd. Make your pick."

"... Right," Jennifer muses at the other girl's speech, thinking her own comment more accurate, to her own situation at least. She followed the small party into the hallway, a pit forming in stomach. This was not good. Was moving even their best option here? They could hide in the cage room. Alas Jennifer knew that doing that would probably result in suffering and dying of dehydration or something. At least if they die now it might be quick. Maybe.

Rand and Yu-Pha seemed to be almost enjoying this. Was this just a game to them? It almost seemed so through their easy-going nature and seeming need to push ahead. Soon enough, however, a door slid in the way, breaking the group in half. As Markus shouted and hit the wall Jennifer looked at it almost dumbfounded, "It's a Labyrinth," she mutters to herself before shouting "Of course it's a bloody labyrinth! " to whatever may be listening to her. Jennifer looked over at the defeated looking Markus answerjng his question with a meek smile while replying with, "Sounds like a plan," She stays silent for a moment before asking "What do you do Markus, for a living I mean?" She asks. Partially in attempt to get her mind off of the dark possibilities of their future but also because if they were going to spend who know how long together wandering the ever-changing halls they might as well not be complete strangers.

Yu-Pha

Strangely enough, everyone chose to follow her. "Why? I could turn my back on them and try to kill them at any moment?" she thought to herself. The fact that they trusted her, a stranger they just met, was something foolish to do for her.

"Be helpful if there were directions, but I'd say let's stay together for this," Just as the man said that, a metal wall fell, splitting the new formed group. That was incredibly complicated for a simple fighting ring... Something was extremely off about all that.

"I've seen quite a lot, but this is far different." The man said, after looking to the wall.

"Too complex for a clandestine fighting ring, it makes no sense..." she said, more to herself than to the man that she didn't remembered the name.

"I don't know what is happening here, but there is only one path to follow. Whatever it is that waits for us on the end of this hallway, it knows that we cant run." she said, continuing walking.

"I'm alive after all this time, after everything that i had to endure for a reason. I won't die without a fight, even if this means dirtying my hands with more blood or turning myself in a monster. More than i already am." she said to Rand, with a cold and emotionless expression. Her words, the tone of her voice... Rand could feel only one thing on that woman. Only one feeling, only one thing that made her alive. A never fading and raging fire that burned deep within her, refusing to give up. Fueled by hate, fear and everything she had lost.

"We don't have the luxury of worrying ourselves with the other two. Lets keep going." she said to Rand.
@Doc

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Kamilah

Kamilah was slightly disturbed, but at the same time worried with Nixon after the his commentary.
"Hey Nix..." she said, gently putting her hand on his shoulder.

"You know, sometimes we need to open ourselves to someone. If you need to talk to someone, someone to hear you, i would be glad to help you." she said with a kind smile.

"If you ever need some help, feel free to ask. We might be physically stronger than humans, but we are as emotionally vulnerable as them."


"So drop the tough guy act, 'kay? We all could use a hug and some attention, humans and monsters alike. Don't hesitate to ask for my help if you ever need it." Kamilah said, touching the tip of his nose and giving him a small wink and a warm smile. It was almost funny that the same woman that was displaying such kindness was the same creature that killed and ate that living animal a while back...

"Think about it, okay?" she said, walking away.

"I wonder how are they doing... poor creatures must be so scared..." she said, while going to the first floor to search for them.

For the ones who knew her, they knew that Kamilah was a very kind person, but the humans didn't know that. Especially due to the fact that they weren't used on seeing supernatural creatures, especially a Lamia, which wasn't as similar to a human as a vampire or a succubus. Kamilah had an attractive and delicate appearance, but the small details such as her fangs, the long snake tail and the sharp teeth would surely be noted. How the humans would react was completely up to them. They could either be attracted by her appearance or frightened by the fact that she wasn't human.

"I'll have to be very careful to not frighten them." she said, doing her best to hide her fangs, although a small part of them could still be seen even with her mouth closed. Kamilah wanted to do that as silently as possible, she didn't wanted others to know she was trying to protect the humans, especially the other guests. "If i try to be silent while searching for them, they surely will get scared... I need to make sure to be careful." she thought to herself.

Lamias are predators, they have natural hunting instincts, that means prowling, ambushing, pouncing... And the sight of a gigantic snake sneaking on the ground going directly to you, using her tail and arms to move as close to the ground as possible with her fangs showing over her lips, wasn't a pleasant or a calming sight.

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