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Once back at The Mended Drum, Barracker said hi to whoever was down on the ground floor and gave a nod to Federick.  He spoke to MacKensie about the utmost urgency, to speak to Zell and his whereabouts while she was eating.  He explained it was an important conversation, needed as soon as possible, just to comb through a few important details to the fighter.  A few truths he needed to hear, but he explained, he would not impose the details on her and interrupt her good meal.  She informed him that Zell was out and so he bid her a goodnight, he was mentally exhausted with his day at the library.  His eyes were sore from the long reading session.  MacKensie did say something that intrigued him, she wanted to introduce someone to Second Chance, he did not think much on who it could be.  Too much thoughts about Zells problem with Baphomet stuck in his head.  

[Color=Green][i]Where are you Zell?[/i][/color]

Barracker tried to sleep, his mind and body not given into sleep, his brain wired as if he had taken the ‘purple fungus’, a mushroom given to enhance the state duration of being awake and to fend off any residue of tiredness in the body.  He needed the sleep, more to pass the time rather than to recuperate his exceptional vampiric endurance.  Speaking of which, he would need a blood vial soon.  But this could wait until just before the battle, he had thought, the cravings making itself known.  He ended up getting one of the books he’d borrowed from the library and reading more from it.

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The morning came and the Paladin went down for Federicks breakfast.  

[Color=Green][i]No Zell.[/i][/color]

Then he went to the Military Centre, this was to speak to his second in command of the Bats, Sergeant Warren Burns.  After a while, watching captains, sergeants and soldiers flowing in, the vampire got frustrated.

[Color=Green][i]No Zell![/i][/color]

It was getting close to lunchtime and Barracker wanted to get his talk with Zell out of the way before meeting the new person, Alison, so he went back to the Mended Drum to go upstairs and bang on the fighter’s bedroom door.

[Color=Green]“Zell!  Open the door!”[/color]  Barracker said loudly.

As soon as the door opened a little, he barged his way inside the room.  [Color=Green]“You fool, damn you.  You lied to me, you lied to your so-called friends and you are defiantly lying to yourself.”[/color]  The vampire could hear his own heart and breathing.  The built up tension in his body finally spilling out.  His stare was ice, [Color=Green]“There is no person who can control the deadly whispers of the Oblivion Prince of Might, ‘I can make you strong’. ‘Your friends are holding you back.’ Sound familiar?…”[/color]  He shoved the book into Zell’s chest roughly.  [Color=Green]“...Baphomet!”. [/color]