Half Past Midnight

Who: Cathryn, Jacta, and Harlan
When: Anesus 1, from 6 AM until ??
Where: To start, the kitchens of the Compound.

Cathryn had found herself wide awake and clear eyed at 6 on the dot, despite having gone to bed less than five hours before. Longstanding habits were having a hard time breaking, and she'd not been up late enough consecutively to change her circadian rhythms yet. The sun rose, and so would Cathryn.

The halls seemed mostly quiet as she walked toward the stairs, and then up them. From somewhere, probably outside, she heard birds chirping. The relative normality of birds making themselves a nuisance put a spring in Cathryn's step, and helped guide her mind towards things like eggs and bacon. Whether or not these were actually in stock Cathryn figured she'd found out once she'd scavenged the kitchen. Granted, as she entered the (to her) vast hall of the kitchen, a search might be time consuming, but the rewards would be well worth the time spent becoming familiar with the placement of necessities and niceties around the kitchen.

Who: Jacta and Cathryn
When: Anesus 1, Between 12:30 and 1:30
Where: Castle Main Hall

Although Jacta was not a nocturnal creature, and once she had discovered a free room -- upstairs, an inner room that lacked a window -- she was very tempted to drop her pack and climb onto the bed to sleep, but she was still uncertain if the night's challenges were over. She had been expecting some kind of formal greeting, but all she had found were older compound-dwellers waiting up for them, inspecting them, rarely engaging with them in conversation. Lykos, human, Vrykolas... the older of the lot seemed less likely to judge Jacta and the other newcomers by species, and more by the merit of their determination.

Who: Jacta and Tabrika
When: Anesus 1, shortly after midnight
Where: The gates to the compound

The full face of Anesiel cast a turquoise light upon the proceedings just outside the Compound gate as if to further emphasize the unnatural circumstances below; humans, Lykos and Vrykolas gathered together in wait for half past midnight. For the gate to open, for most of them to put their lives on hold for six years.