Mathias raised a brow when he was handed a controller, and looked at the game. He had played a bit of fighting games before, but had never understood how all these 'combo' things worked. The game started soon after, and as any beginner would do Mathias just tried to push a bunch of buttons and see what was effective. And to his surprise, he was actually starting to hit back after a while. And then it happened. Once they were both down to below 1/3 health Mathias accidentally used a combo move that ended in a special move. And Mary's character was K.O.

Mathias chuckled, putting the controller down again. "That means I win I believe." Mary grumbled a little. "Beginner's luck..." She muttered softly before looking at Evon again. "I wanna play against Evon again~ She doesn't cheat by randomly pressing buttons." Mathias shrugged, then pushed the controller towards Evon. "You still lost though." He added with a playful smile.

The rest of the night was luckily quiet. No more unwanted guests. Though then it was time for bed. Or at least Mary wanted to go and sleep. Mathias wouldn't mind staying up a bit longer. And he planned on doing so while laying in bed. Even if Evon did want to go to sleep immediately he could still just enjoy her company until he fell asleep as well. "See you tomorrow then Mary. And don't get one of the others to pack for you either. We both know you can do that yourself." He spoke at the door. "But it's boring..." She replied with a small pout.

Evon cheered him up as he continued to press randomly though on the screen it seemed like he knew what he was doing since he was dealing a fair amount of damage on Mary’s character. Evon had probably gotten a little too intense with it as she was sitting on the edge of her seat with her eyes fixed on the screen. Immediately she cheered as Mathias managed the combo Mary’s character, “Ya! He totally kicked your butt!” she shouted happily as she heard him set the controller down. Evon had found it rather cute the way Mary was pouting since she was obviously used to winning her. Evon shook her head, “Nope, you’re going again Mathias, no way I can beat this girl,” she spoke before laughing softly at the amusement of losing to a little girl like Mary.

When they had their fill of fun, Evon found herself yawning since it was growing quite late. The sun would be up soon and she knew that they had to wake up early in the evening to leave again. Playing games and having a fun time in the pool had obviously taken it’s toll on Mary since she looked tired and insisted on sleeping, so the two of them said their goodnight to Mary before returning back to their room. Once inside Evon got some of her clothes and moved to the bathroom to get changed into a sleeping gown. Evon could be found resting in bed, she wanted to lie down for a bit to calm her mind from all the games before she slept and it seemed like Mathias had the same idea. She hadn't braided her hair since she wasn't very good at it so she figured it would be fine to sleep with it let down though it would need a good brushing when evening came. “Not tired yet?” she asked.

Mathias headed to their cabin and got out of his suit in the bedroom. He wasn't embarrassed about being half-naked in front of others. Though it was quite a bit different for women of course. And even more so for Evon. He moved under the covers and laid on his back as he waited for her. The future was looking bright right now, even with Alexander going after them.

Evon soon joined him and he nodded to her question. "There isn't much else I'd like to do right now though. And I guess you had the same idea of laying in bed for a while." Long, very long ago his father had once told him that sleeping with a woman was no problem. Going to bed and staying awake however was a different story. He knew that nothing like that would happen between them. Even so he saw it as a way to bond a little more. Sleeping in the same bed was sharing something personal after all. "Also, if I happen to mistake you for Isabel again, don't hesitate to push me away. Should bring me back to the waking world, and I'd rather not repeat that awkward first morning."

Evon nodded before smiling when he mentioned the two of the sharing the same idea. Though her smile hadn't lasted long as he had mentioned Isabel. She knew that he had good intentions by bringing her up, it had hurt her the time he had mistaken her for her and it would obviously hurt again if he were to make that same mistake, but still it was a bit of a reminder that he was still thinking about her. “Ah I’ll keep that in mind, who knows maybe I’ll even push you off the bed,” she jokingly mentioned before yawning. Without speaking much she turned onto her side facing away as she buried her face into the pillow. The bed was surprisingly soft, she had assumed that it was unused but it seemed far too soft to have been new. “Night Mathias,” she murmured before closing her eyes. She had stayed up a little bit but she didn’t really want to make things awkward between them.

“Evon? You aren’t going out?” her mother asked softly having noticed Evon back in the kitchen. “Nope, it’s just some stupid party, I rather stay and just eat,” she replied as she searched the fridge in hopes of finding her mother’s leftover food she made the previous night. “Evon, you should go out tonight. You rarely do enjoy yourself,” her father spoke. Evon pouted in return as she sighed though just as she turned around everything had gone dark. The lights in the kitchen were off and the table had been knocked down. Shattered glass covered the floors as she stood there in shock. “Dad?” she called out though it continued to remain silent, without thinking she began looking around. Seconds had passed until she found corpses just as she did before, gasping with shock she shot up in bed breathing rather hard. The first thing that had come to her head was the very fact that they were murdered, it felt so fresh that she had the urge to call someone, but she knew the incident had happened long ago. The urge to puke was present as well, slipping out of bed she put on the robe as she quickly entered the bathroom.

Mathias jerked awake when Evon suddenly moved in bed. He opened his eyes a little and saw that she was terrified. And this was soon followed by her leaving the bed and rushing to the bathroom. There was only one thing he could think of that would cause such a reaction. A nightmare about her parents. At least, any other subject would probably not result in such a severe reaction.

He sighed, both wishing to stay in bed and wanting to go check on her. He decided on the latter as he would be able to sleep while she was troubled like this anyway. Sounds of someone throwing up came soon after, which only confirmed Mathias' thoughts. So he indeed got out of bed, and put on a bathrobe. Then he remained seated on the bed, waiting for Evon to return.

It didn’t take Evon long to throw up, just remembering how her mother and father looked was horrid. The thought of blood was unbearable to think about that she couldn’t stop her body from lurching. Her stomach continued to try and empty it’s contents despite how there was nothing inside, they had small stomachs since it was meant for blood but still their digestive rates were incredibly fast. When she finally managed to stop herself she moved herself back, seated down as she was leaning against the wall staring at the toilet blankly. “Why did I have to go out?” she asked herself softly before closing her eyes. She felt so much regret from that one night that it was no wonder that these dreams had such an impact on her.

She spent ten minutes in the bathroom before finally coming out, having washed her face and wiped her mouth. Though she blinked with surprise at seeing Mathias seated on the bed with a robe on. Immediately she looked apologetic for clearly having woken him up in the middle of the day. “I’m sorry, did I wake you up?” she asked with a weak smile. She figured he had heard her throwing up which of course would have worried anyone.

Mathias even went to the kitchen to get some orange juice as he waited. As Evon took quite a long time. When she did finally come out again she looked...well, like she had just been throwing up for several minutes at the least. He smiled tiredly at her as she apologized. "I'm a light sleeper remember? I woke up when you did. But I'm guessing it's because of a nightmare about your parents, so no need to say sorry." He motioned for her to come closer, deciding that going to bed again right away wouldn't work right now. Evon looked like she could use a little bit of comforting first. Once she was sitting beside him he gently put his arm around her. Though he remained silent, leaving it up to her to either talk about her nightmare or not. Or talk about anything else if she wanted to do that instead.

Evon gave a light chuckle, “How could I forget?” she replied before moving to sit down on the bed. It seemed like he wanted to talk to her or perhaps listen to her since it was obvious he knew about her nightmares. She leaned against him, “I wish I had stayed at home that night, father was so insistent that I go out,” she muttered softly though she sounded quite sad about it. Even if they had saved her life by forcing her out she thought that perhaps there could have been something she could have done. She felt tears roll down her cheek, “I feel so guilty,” she whispered before turning her face and pressing it against him.

Mathias smiled a little bit. Though it was a sad smile this time. He put both of his arms around her, wondering what you should do when trying to comfort someone. As he wasn't used to having to deal with these situations any more. "I'm not one to talk about not feeling guilty." He started, thinking about how he was going to say this and how much he wanted to say. "I know full well how difficult it is when your loved ones are murdered. Especially when you are away at that time. Isabel and child...they were murdered too. I know Dhampirs are forbidden by our laws, but love does weird things to you. But enough about me, this is about you. Evon, as difficult as it is now, you should always strive to move on. Never forget, but try to focus on the good times as much as possible. You may very well always have that pain in your heart, but think of what your parents would have wanted. And instead of living in the past, try to live a life that your parents would have been proud of. I hope I'm making sense."

(Btw, Evon's parents' murder is tied into the plot with the big bad guy, so please remain vague about it a while longer. ^^;; The plot specifically incorporates who the murderer was and his motivations.)

((Ahh sure, wow I’m glad you thought of something up. I was thinking about it but I couldn’t come up with anything D: ))

Evon listened quietly to him, only to blink with surprise. He had a child? A Dhampir? It was forbidden so it was only surprising to hear, but at the same time it was saddening. Shaking her head she wrapped her arms around him apologizing softly, she felt rather bad that she had been feeling miserable when Mathias clearly had his own pain. “I know,” she muttered in reply, “I try not to regret, I always tell myself that I couldn’t do anything, but this guilt keeps coming back without me realizing.” She mumbled before wiping her tears as she rested her head against his chest. “I wish I could have told them how much I loved them,” she added softly before closing her eyes again. She felt a little bad that she was keeping him awake at this time of day.

There wasn't much else Mathias could say. It wasn't like he had found a magical way to deal with the pain of losing loved ones. As he was still feeling it himself. Time would lessen the pain, but it would never disappear. "I'm sure they knew full well how much you loved them. Even if it doesn't appear so, parents somehow always know." It remained quiet for a few moments before the man spoke again. "I can't give you much advice, really. But if you want someone to talk to I'll be there. Right now, though, I think it's best if I go back to sleep. As otherwise I'll have a hard time driving back tomorrow evening. If you want to stay awake go ahead though. I understand if you can't sleep just yet."

The man moved to his side of the bed again, took the bathrobe off, and laid down. If it had been anyone but Evon waking him up in the middle of the night like this he would have gotten angry. It was the one thing he was very strict about. To not disturb him during the day when he was sleeping. But she was different. He felt like he could finally move on from his ex-wife if he was with Evon. So he couldn't get angry with her when her own pain was giving her difficulties.

Evon gave him a weak smile when he mentioned her parents knowing how much she loved them, she was a little sadden that he wanted to sleep but she had been selfishly keeping him awake. He was right, it was best he sleep since he would have to drive tomorrow and it seemed like there was no room for her to ask if she could drive. Sighing softly she nodded, “Sorry I woke you up,” she mentioned as she watched him take his robe off. Evon waited for a bit before standing as she moved over to a small shelf, there were a few books so she decided on reading something until she got tired again. She wanted to take her mind off things so reading was the best option. Returning back to bed she sat up and quietly began reading, it didn’t take her long to get engrossed with the story, it had been about a human girl growing up in the olden times. It was a unique view since she didn’t know much about history.

When evening came Mary had been outside knocking eagerly at the door as she waited for someone to respond. Eventually she opened the door and found Evon sleeping upright with a book on her lap, “It’s evening,” she spoke out knowing they needed to get up early so she figured she’d come in. She would have loved to pounce on both of them but seeing Evon sleep in such a way gave it away that she had slept late.

(Sorry about the slow posting. Been a busy few weeks with some life problems thrown in. Plus I seem to have a stomach virus now. =/ )

Mathias grumbled at the knocking, not wanting to get up yet. Though he probably wouldn't be able to get to sleep any more now. And since he had been awake during the day he still felt tired and was a little bit cranky. Mary decided to let herself in and spoke. "Yes yes..." The man grumbled softly, slowly sitting up. "Let her sleep a little longer. Now get out, we've had a rough night..." Mary wasn't taken aback by Mathias' strict tone. She knew it was just how he was for the first half hour or so when he didn't get the sleep he needed. "Okay~" She spoke a little more softly now, and left again.

The man got up and quickly got dressed. Then he went to the refrigerator and grabbed a water bottle filled with blood. There wasn't as much in stock as in his mansion, but Gerald did make sure everyone had some items in their refrigerators when they came. He downed the entire bottle in one go, then moved to the coffee machine to make himself some coffee. Gerald would probably already have made light sandwiches for breakfast by now. So once he had his cup of coffee he headed there. Right as he approached everyone quieted down. They could all see that Mathias was a bit cranky just from how he walked to the table, and knew that a lot of 'noise' would only make him more agitated right now. "Rough night huh?" Mitchell spoke. "Evon had a nightmare about her parents' death." Mathias replied before joining them. They continued their conversation in a softer tone after that.

After another half hour Mathias headed back to his cabin to go and wake Evon up as well. He had a glass of orange juice - without blood this time - and a sandwich with him for her. "Evon, it's time to wake up. We have to leave in about half an hour." He spoke as he put the plate beside her bed on the night stand.

((It’s alright, sorry to hear that you’re ill. :( I hope you get well soon. Don’t worry too much about replies if you’re busy.))

Despite sleeping in such an uncomfortable position she was able to have pleasant dreams. She hadn’t heard Mary come in nor did she hear Mathias wake up either. She however wasn’t given long to rest since she had been woken up a little later on by Mathias. Her eyes fluttered open as she found herself staring at Mathias with confusion. It felt way too early to be awake, then again she had slept rather late given the fact that she had woken up in the middle of the day. She let out a yawn having been able to smell the fresh glass of orange juice he had brought over for her. “Evening already?” she croaked out as she gave him a tired smile. Gently she reached over for the juice though that only resulted in the book falling off her lap and onto the floor. "Um Mathias, we could take turns driving if you're still tired," she knew that he probably didn't get enough rest especially with her waking him up and complaining about her night terrors.

The cold glass touched her lips as she took a sip, sighing with content she set it back so she could have her sandwich. It wasn’t necessary that she eat but she had enjoyed the food from yesterday so there was no doubt in her mind that it would be delicious. “Thanks for bringing it to me,” she mentioned before she started on her sandwich. Munching it down quickly she then got out of bed so she could get changed. It was twenty minutes later that she left the room seeing that Mathias was already outside with the others. “Evening,” she called out only to feel Mary pounce on her. “Evon! You were sleeping weird just now,” she added having mentioned how Evon was practically sleeping upright since she had been reading. “Ah I was reading,” she replied before patting the girl on the head. “So are we all ready to go now?” Gerald asked. Mary had packed along a few of her stuff animals and things as she was left by the entrance. Evon had been a little curious about the woman who had trespassed, the bunker was rather big so it was unlikely she would see her, still she wondered if she was still here or not.