[IC] Curse of the Beast

[Heaven]

Lillian wiped the single tear away. She didn't want to go, she was happy where she was at, but it was either going to be herself, or her younger sister, and she decided to go. She had gave her young sister a gentle huge before saying good-bye to her tearful family before clutching her brown bag closer to her and heading to the edge of the forest, where she was to meet three other women her age. The village had chosen four ladies from the village to go to some castle, and at first they choose Lillith, Lilly's younger sister, but Lillian took her place.

It wasn't long before she was approaching three other women, each different in their own way. She had on a black skirt that reached her knees and flowed out and a pretty white blouse, her blond hair pulled into a side braid. "Hello, I'm Lillian." She said to the other three girls a little nervous they'd turn and beat her down.

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Vivi turned at the sound of a new voice and looked over at the new arrival. She seemed nice enough from what she could tell, though perhaps she should wait for more than three words before forming an opinion on her, either. Giving a small smile, she nodded to Lillian. "Hi, I'm Vivi. It's nice to meet you." Despite the circumstances, she felt like she should at least try to be polite. It was helping her keep just a bit calmer, anyway.

The arrival of the last girl meant that they were all here now, right? So they should be going off to the mansion any time now. Although, were they really expected to find the place by themselves? What would keep them from running off? And, actually, she didn't know the exact path anyway, so how...

"Ah! There you are. Looks like you've all gotten here on time, well done!" The girl's thoughts were soon interrupted by an oddly cheery voice, a male one at that. Turning around yet again, she could see a well-dressed young man emerge from the trees nearby and give a quick bow. "Greetings, ladies. I am Topias Valtonen, but feel free to call me Val if you like! As the head butler currently serving the Tier family, I have been sent to bring you to the young masters. If I could have your names, please, I will take you back to the house for lunch."

[LokiLeo789]

Lee chuckled at his younger brothers responses. They acted as if they had never seen or talked to a woman before. This visit was gonna be a long and hard one for all of them.

"I'm not a social person. I would rather be our in my workshop." Griffin explained.

"Look Griffin, unless you can bring on if those wooden figurines to life to help break this curse. Your stuck with this situation, so you better get socializing, or you'll end up a monster forever. I'm willing to bet you that Xavier has a book on how to be social." he said jokingly.

This would be a learning experience for all of his brothers, if they did not succeed, they would become beasts and lose all there humanity, unfortunately that was not how Lee planed to live his life, nor did he plan that for his brothers.

As Lee finished his conversation with Griffin, the youngest of the family walked into the room dressed nicely.

"Of course I have to be perfect. You there got the ugly side of the gene pool." Alex said hotly.

"You sure about they Alex, because your looking mighty ugly there when you turn feral." Lee said jokingly.

[Song Book]

Ali just got up wrote the word Ali on her book and turned it around. She didn't talk while depressed, no one said she couldn't write. A neutral face was put on and she stood there. She wondered why she was even still here, not running away. Probably because she has no were else to go. Her face didn't change with another girl, she was in her mind complimenting the girls black skirt but that was just in her mind.

[Whirlwind]

Mira watched as another girl walked up. She looked like the shy girl type. Good too shoes. How annoying… Oh well. At least she was friendly. ”I’m Mira. Guess it’s best to know our fellow meals,” she smirked bitterly, considering where they were to be headed. She looked over as a cheerful and very proper sounding voice rang out, a blonde man who was way overdressed for everything in Mira’s opinion.

He asked their names and the creepy drawer girl just held up her sketchbook. Mira craned her neck to read ‘Ali’ and then looked back to the butler. ”I’m Mira,” she mumbled, crossing her arms under her chest and yawning, looking particularly bored.

[Heaven]

Lillian smiled at the three girls, the nicest of all was the first to speak to her; Vivi? She turned her attention to the man in a suit who introduced himself as Topias. So this was it, they were about to go meet their fate. Her hand clutched her small locket that hung around her neck. Inside was a picture of Lillian and Lillith. She didn't want to tell him her name, but there was no turning back now. "Lilly." Was all the young blonde said as she shifted on her fet nervously, glancing down at the ground. She was shy, very shy, which was a downfall for herself.

[Heaven]

Lillian smiled at the three girls, the nicest of all was the first to speak to her; Vivi? She turned her attention to the man in a suit who introduced himself as Topias. So this was it, they were about to go meet their fate. Her hand clutched her small locket that hung around her neck. Inside was a picture of Lillian and Lillith. She didn't want to tell him her name, but there was no turning back now. "Lilly." Was all the young blonde said as she shifted on her fet nervously, glancing down at the ground. She was shy, very shy, which was a downfall for herself.

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

"Vivi, or Viviane. Either one is fine." The redhead gave an answer to the strange man standing before them. She wasn't sure what to think of him, either, though the attitude was not something that she had expected to encounter this morning. It seemed quite clashing with the occasion, for that matter.
...Then again, he probably wasn't the one who was likely to be eaten. Vivi wondered for a moment if he might actually be a beast as well...

"Miss Ali, Miss Mira, Miss Lilly, and Miss Vivi." The odd man gave a grin at the responses. "Splendid, lovely to meet you all! Now, since we have that figured out, we ought to be on our way. We shouldn't be late for the meal, after all, not when the chef worked so hard on it!" With that, the butler turned and started walking back in the direction he had come, back into the woods. "Follow me, if you please! The house is only a ways away. I assume that you all have the basic idea of where we're going, but if you have any questions on the way, I will be happy to provide answers."

[Heaven]

Lilly glanced at the other three girls before starting to follow Topias through the forest. It was too late to turn back now, there was really no turning back. She kept her eyes down on the ground as she watched where she was going. She kept watch of where she was going, holding her bag close to her. She didn't know these women and even if she was going to die tonight, she still wanted to keep her clothes, she only had little and valued what she did have. It wasn't too far a walk, from what she was told. Just a short distance ahead, but far enough it was hidden from the tall forest trees. Lilly shivered, mostly from te breeze and fright.

[Song Book]

Ali walked along her hair flying around her face, making her even more creepy though just for her she was trying to tame it. Grabbing it to put it up just to have it fall down again. Her bag failing around behind her. she would probably never be eaten, she was barely holding her weight when she was told she was heading here. The others seemed a lot prettier than her, but of corse her smily would give up one of their prized daughters she had to be the one to be sacrificed. She wouldn't care if she was placed in a tiny room on the roof of the tower and dropped off, she wasn't expecting anyone to be nice to her. Maybe she would be able to take care of something for them instead.

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Since she couldn't seem to think of any questions at the moment, Vivi followed the strange man quietly, occasionally glancing again at the other girls. The way the hair of the girl beside her moved around so much made her wonder for a brief moment if she had a spare hair tie with her. She couldn't do too much with her own hair since she had it cut short fairly recently, but carrying extra hair ties had been a habit of hers for a while before, so she wondered if maybe she had taken some with her absentmindedly. A quick search of her pockets revealed none of the stretchy objects, though, so she left the thought alone for a bit.

It was only a few minutes later that she noticed how much denser the forest had gotten where they were walking. With all the trees, she started to worry a bit about getting lost should she lose sight of their guide. As much as she wasn't fond of their intended destination, she certainly didn't want to be hunted down in the dark by the beasts or some other wild creatures.

After several more minutes, the trees would start to thin out a bit, and the outline of an intimidating building on a hill outside of the trees would become visible ahead. Though it seemed that it had been around for quite some time, a closer look would show that it had been fairly well maintained throughout the years. Obviously someone had made sure that the place was well taken care of.

[Falconi]

"You sure about they Alex, because your looking mighty ugly there when you turn feral." Lee said jokingly as Alex found a seat.

"Why of course, Lee, I am positive my beast is still good looking," Alex said smiling. "Now what is all this nonsense about anyway?" Alex picked up a glass and began inspecting it. It was clean. "I do have a garden to attend too, but just maybe one of the sacrifices will be what I am looking for."

He turned to the maid and gestured for her to come over and handed her his glass, "Water, please." he said and the maid hurried off.

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Walking straight up to the door, the cheerful man stopped and turned to face the group of girls before opening the door. "Here we are, then. I'll be bringing you in to meet the young masters shortly and you shall all use the mealtime to start getting to know each other. Please stay close until we reach the dining hall, and please do not stray into other rooms until after lunch."

Having finished his brief instruction, the butler opened the door and held it for the four to enter before him, not allowing it to close until they all had entered the foyer. Though servants could be seen in the halls on occasion, only one of them seemed to be in that part of the house at the moment; a fairly ordinary-looking maid. "Elena, thank you for your attentiveness. Young madams, if you have any coats or other items that you would like to have taken to your rooms, Elena here will take them. Now if you're ready, the dining hall is right this way."

[Whirlwind]

Mira smirked a bit as the butler called her Miss Mira. She was usually only called that by someone 40 years older than her, and when she was in trouble. Oh well, she followed silently, but with her sunglasses hiding the expression of her eyes, a simple, haughty smirk on her lips while they walked to the castle. ”I woulda thought they’d send a carriage or fancy ass limo,” she said, not complaining but just thinking out loud. After all, the other three girls were deadly silent. It was annoying really.

When they reached the castle, Mira handed off her bag, heavy with a bottle of booze between her clothes, to Elena. ”Thanks, hon,” she smiled, rolling her shoulders as if to be glad to be rid of the weight. Mira then began looking around them at the interior of the castle, smiling and nodding in satisfaction. ”I always thought I belonged in a castle. Don’t I look like a princess to you?” she asked Lilly with a raised eyebrow, pausing for a legitimate response before laughing a bit and causing the shirt barely hanging on her shoulders to droop more. She readjusted herself and ran a hand through her tangled locks, yawning as they headed into the dining hall.

[Song Book]

Ali shrugged and made her way in. Why were sacrifices being taking to eat? An why did they have rooms? ether way she could live in a place like this. She was never a problem for anyone except her sisters. She barely gave up her bag to elena, holding onto the book tightly after she did it. The bag would feel light it barely obtained anything but a few pairs of outfits. Mira as she called herself seemed to not mind they were still sacrifices. Mustering up something of a sort, which almost proved she was not in a depressed mood any more, she asked a question.

" Where are our rooms...?"

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

"Your rooms are on the second floor. You will be escorted to them after lunch, young madam." Val answered Ali quickly as he continued toward the dining room.

Vivi held onto her bag, not entirely certain that she wanted to give it up. After a moment, though, she did hand it over, deciding that there probably wasn't much in there that could help her at the moment. She could probably hit something with her hairbrush, but that was about it. She had to admit that she hadn't quite been expecting to be told that they would have rooms either, but she wasn't sure what she expected at this point. Still, she didn't question it too much.

As she followed the butler through the house, she realized that was another problem of hers: Just going along with everything. It was why she had decided to come here, though, wasn't it? To prove that she wouldn't just sit back and agree with whatever happened to her? But it seemed that she was being counterproductive after all. She looked over at the louder girl, Mira. How was she so unworried right now? It made her curious.

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Eventually, the butler finally stopped in front of a door and turned to the girls. "If you'll wait here for just a moment, please, I must announce your arrival." Opening the door, he slipped into the room and closed it behind him before addressing the males sitting at the table. "Young masters, the guests have arrived. I trust that you are properly prepared?"

[Heaven]

Lilly handed her bag to the young maid he called Elena. She was a little hesitant on doing so at first, but it was better then carrying the brown sack around all night, right? Without the back, her blouse clung to the curves on her upper torso. She looked over at the girl called Mira as she addressed Lilly. Why was she talking to her? Might as well make the best of it, right? "Sure." She said, giving the girl a half smile that didn't really meet her face. She briefly wondered why they were being escorted to the dining area, but her question was answered. To get to know the gentleman, more like monsters.

Lilly followed the girls and butler to a large wooden door. She watched as he disappeared inside, having to announce their arrival. She took this time to admire the interior of the castle, it was actually very beautiful and elegant. Too bad she more then likely wouldn't get to see more. Maybe they were dinner?

[KatherinWinter]

LokiLeo789 said
"Look Griffin, unless you can bring on if those wooden figurines to life to help break this curse. Your stuck with this situation, so you better get socializing, or you'll end up a monster forever. I'm willing to bet you that Xavier has a book on how to be social." he said jokingly.

Griffin sighed. He knew that his older was right but that didn't make it any easier for him. He ran his fingers through his hair. "Stress isn't good for us." he stated simply. He wanted to disappear into his workshop but he knew there wasn't time. The girls were here.

[Slendy]

Xavier adjust his glasses and placed his book in front of him. "I'll actually go check the library after we greet and dine with are guest." He then notices Topias entering the room and announcing the arrival of the guess. Xavier turns towards his brothers." I'm prepared. I hope you guys are."

[LokiLeo789]

Lee already realized that his brother's knew he was write. This would be a new experience for both the woman and men. Fortunately, Lee had already prepared himself mentally, and physically. He would not be nervous around them, he would be his usual, funny, playful self. He just hoped that the woman themselves still had a sense of humor, they were forced to leave there home to live with monsters.
The butler entered the room and told the brothers that the woman had arrived. " Well, we'll be as ready as we'll ever be."