Half Past Midnight

Who: Kai and Tayne
Where: The main hall, at least to start
When: Anesus 6, late morning

Another day of rain! Another day unsuited for hunting. It was enough to make any Lykos be sullen and complain about the lack of decent hunting weather, though at least Kai was sure that such a storm couldn’t continue for long. The brindled Lykos couldn’t much complain about it anyway, though, since the rain had at last brought her (or sent her to) a cozy sleepmate and she no longer had to be alone at night. It was hard to complain when she now had that.

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Who: Rémy and Tayne
When: Anesus 5, late afternoon
Where: the main hall, lurking in the shadows

Rémy was in a much better humor than he'd been in the day before, actually even more so due to the dark, lowering skies and the thunderstorm that had been raging outside since the wee hours of the morning. He loved days when he could walk around above basement level as soon as he woke up and not have to wait for sunset.

Who: Jo and Tayne
When: Anesus 5, just after sunrise
Where: Outside!

Accustomed to waking with the sun (and still a little tired from her meeting with Paziter and all the excitement the following day), Jo was up and about her business before she even realized that the windows in her room had vanished. They'd never actually bothered her much, even with a boy as her neighbor. Harlan had even actually been quite nice throughout the whole ordeal.

With her mind still on windows, Jo glanced outside. The rainy weather had worsened overnight... and today was her shift in the garden. She paused only a moment before shrugging mentally. It wasn't as though she'd melt, and she'd probably been out in worse. Still, it'd be pretty cold, as well as damp, so another layer of clothing was called for.

Who: Svathe and Tayne
When: Anesus 4, 8:30 AM
Where: Basement base of missing staircase

Despite the stairs going the way of the ancestors, despite the fact that Svathe had found himself trapped in the grim-smelling basement on his only day off of the week, despite that the windows hadn't yet disappeared and he had been sorely tempted to pay clandestine visits to the more interesting members of the compound (though he dared not, not when Cratch was sulking and Tabrika was in thorough need of a careful watching)... despite all of this, the Lykos was feeling all but on top of the world.

Who: Tayne and Bramble
When: Anesus 3, Mid-afternoon
Where: The courtyard

For some reason, Tayne always felt better when he was doing something physical. Since that day was one of his off-days, he was technically supposed to be available for weapons training, which meant a lot of hanging around in the courtyard first during the afternoon and then just after sunset, for if any Vrykolas deigned to come to him for instruction or practice. A couple even did, sometimes.

That day he'd had one human come by briefly for a little work-out and some instruction on his foot-work, and then Gochin for a fun little spar. Right then he'd just finished running through a series of blocks and strikes against a shadow-opponent and was stopping for a breather, pushing his wet hair back with one half-gloved hand and leaning on his practice sword with the other. He had a bucket or water with a cup around here somewhere, didn't he? Where did he leave that....

Who: Tayne and Desdemona
Where: 2nd Floor, Block 2, Room 3
When: 9:00 PM

The meeting had left Desdemona feeling neither better nor worse. For all it's hype, there were no grand answers, and she'd found herself silent, unable to ask questions. Without knowledge of what lay ahead, she wasn't even sure which direction to ask. Even if she had, their designated leader seemed unable to foretell the future, so what good would it actually do? Paziter had asked the question she'd never have voiced to that big a crowd, and even if the answer wasn't entirely satisfactory, she'd heard all she needed to know for the time being.

Who: Paziter and Tayne
When: Anesus 2, shortly after the meeting
Where: Main Hall

Gods, it had been an awkward meeting, and not just for Tayne. After risking himself on such a faux pas, Paziter had sat silently on the bench, aware that the occasional person was darting him a look. Calculating, curious, or maybe even sinister? He wasn't sure, but he had decided then and there that he really ought to learn to refine his grasp on shadow walking... if he'd known how to sink into the shadow under the table, he probably would have simply disappeared for a few hours. What a way to start a night.

Who: Tayne and OPEN TO ALL
Where: Anesus 2, The main hall
When: Shortly after sunset

Though Tayne had been early, other people had been earlier still. There had been a small variety of people already in the great hall-- including a few "repeats"; he recognized poor Kierban, shooting him a little wave, though he didn't expect to get one back, and the sight of Remy already waiting made him want to groan, though he didn't. That Vrykola had made trouble for Torehl the whole year previous, and he had a feeling the spoiled brat was going to cause him no end of trouble, as well.

Who: Marcus and Tayne
When: Anesus 2, mid-morning
Where: the Oratory

Marcus lay on his back on one of the benches in the Oratory, gazing calmly up at the high windows that were set with stained glass of all colors. Although it was chilly outside, the sun was high, and he was striped with bands of colored light. Green, purple, red, blue, yellow. He could see the hues as they hit his clothed body; idly, he lifted a hand up to within two inches of his nose to view the near-turquoise and green light play over his fingers. He was dressed in pants and his usual layers of shirts, his blond hair still damp from the bath he'd taken shortly before coming down here.