11:11 PM (Rosanna)

[Zephyr]

But whyyyyyyyy? Came the plaintive from the general area of the candidate barracks. Kaius was standing over his old bed, his bronze salamandyr buried deeply within the covers. The little salamandyr was so effectively buried, that not even a lump could be seen outlining his form. The tall boy sighed, pressing his fingers to the bridge of his nose. " Because we don't live here anymore, King. I've told you a hundred times." If you would please let me explain it to him. Came Kaiusk, settled on her haunches near the boy. He looked over at the wher, shaking his head slightly and sighing heavily. " I don't want him dead, Kaiusk." The wher gave a huff and lifted her overlong wings and dropped them back down. I wouldn't kill him. What do you take me for? She pouted a little, turning to plod towards the common room to see if anyone was in there.

Kaius ignored this, his whole attention now on King once again. He was sure that the salamandyr would wake one of the remaining candidates with his wailing because he wasn't bothering to hide his broadcast. Wanna stayyyy! Cozy and nice, Kaimine. Nightbeast place stinks like stupids. Do not want! Kaius was rapidly getting fed up with the mandyr. He started digging beneath the covers, looking for King's familiar form. " If you're going to be yelling like that, the least you could do is hide it from everyone else! We don't want to wake everyone up!" Yes! The mandyr called from his place under the covers. Then others will see how mean you are being to King.

Finally finding the salamandyr, which was difficult because the little monster kept running away when Kaius finally found his location, the boy grabbed him tightly and lifted him away from the covers. The greenish bronze salamandyr wiggled in his boy's hands, wailing and crying the entire time. NONONOPUTDOWNNOWSTINKYPLACENODONTWANNAGOOOOO! At the same time, he was swinging his whip like tail, connecting with Kaius' anatomy in several places while simultaneously trying to bite the boy. Fortunately, besides some welts where the tail hit him, Kaius came out relatively unscathed...since King couldn't twist enough to reach Kai's hands with his mouth. " You stupid. Little. Monster. Get a grip. We can't live here anymore."

Grumbling, he carried his writhing, wiggling salamandyr to the common room, looking for his wher. "Kaiusk! Get back here now! We're leaving!" Unbeknownst to the boy, his wher had found someone in the common room.

Who would be up this late at night you ask?

[InsaneWhitey28]

Rosanna, of course.

You could assume that she had just been woken by King's screeching, but you would be wrong. No, as usual she had stayed up late exploring Burimyu once again and trying to find a way into the library without being caught by patrolling whers. She was starting to suspect they knew she was out of bed...

Being stuck on bed rest for a couple months really put a cramp in her style.

So after another failed endevour to get into the library, but a fruitful route gathering all in all, Rosa had returned to the Candidates Barracks, quiet as a mouse, only to be surprised by Cotton streaking out of the girl's dormitory and King's screech suddenly reverberating through her mind. Well. Apparently she wasn't going to get a good nights rest. Even though she had returned earlier than expected since she only had to explore possible escape routes and whatnot. Sadly with the recent attack there were more people up later and thus it was harder to sneak around. How annoying.

But not as annoying as King's screeching and Cotton scurrying down her rags(drudges are up at all hours of the night you know) in an attempt to hide. Gah!

"Cotton will you quit it!" she hissed, making her way to the girls dormitory, to only be stopped by the whirling eyes of the young queen wher. Um... well. Who had she Impressed again? Wait, that's right Kaius. No wonder King was making such a ruckus. If only wher's could tell the difference between dragon and wher candidates. Rosanna grimaced and tried to ignore the young queen, walking as quietly as she could while trying to ignore the guilt that unblinking stare sent rolling through her gut.

And then Kaius walked out. Well.

"Er..."

[Zephyr]

Kaius neatly froze in place as soon as he saw Rosanna there. He blinked a couple times, allowing his grip to loosen just enough for King to drop from his grasp. The salamandyr uttered a cry of pure victory and ran off again to go hide in the wherling’s old bed. The boy turned, eyeing the space where the greenish bronze disappeared and sighed heavily. “ KING!” He all but bellowed.

NOOOOOOOOO! The salamandyr screeched, probably all nestled down in the furs.

Throughout all this, and Rosanna’s hiss to her salamandyr, Kaiusk only sat there, watching. This one is quite amusing. She said to Kaius, as he was busy trying to figure out how to get King back without looking suspicious, or getting bit. This might have been his salamandyr, but the little monster wasn’t above biting his bonded to keep from getting caught. Oh really? She is a funny girl. Kaius sighed to his wher, looking back at Rosanna. Are you going to talk to her? Kaiusk asked, still staring at Rosa. Don’t be rude, my love.

Kaius glared at the wher before looking to Rosa, blinking a few more times. “ Er…hi, Rosa. What’s up? Not getting sat on anymore, are ya?” He asked with a little laugh, realizing belatedly that she might not appreciate his idea of humor. After a second, he realized how she was dressed and furrowed his brow a bit. “ Why are you dressed like that? Had no idea you were so hard up.” He said with another laugh.

It wasn’t that funny. Kaiusk said pointedly, never looking away from the girl. Instead, she rose from her spot and approached the girl, stretching her neck out to sniff. Shut up. I was hilarious. Kaiusk gave a very audible snort at that before looking up at Rosa, projecting images into her mind. Not funny at all, was it?

[InsaneWhitey28]

She flinched at the bellow, Cotton actually hissing from her hiding spot at the bronze in the other room, how rude he was. Rude!

"Fortunately, no," she drawled to Kaius's inquiry, taking on a brave stance even though she really wasn't dressed for company at the moment. Which the other can- which the wherhandler touched on only a moment later. All she could say for herself was the fact she was barely to hold back the blush that wanted to rise to her cheeks. Drudges weren't exactly known for their modesty most the time, and Rosa suddenly felt she was showing way too much skin.

"I don't think it's any of your business," she replied, her voice dripping in ice. And now Cotton was getting on to her for being rude, she really wished the 'mandyr would just... just... become rebellious or something! Rosa snorted, and shifted sharply enough so that Cotton was thrown out of her hiding spot and consequently clawed Rosanna's leg all the way down. Ow. Wincing, she dropped to her knees to go after the 'mandyr scurrying up on the nearby couch, and was thus utterly stunned by the pictures suddenly flowing through her head. Used as she was salamandyr talk and her minimal firelizard contact because of Cotton's hate for them, it took her a moment to decipher the images the flowed into her mind.

"Uh... no. Not really," she responded quietly to the gold, her whole idea of whers suddenly rocked. Cotton chirped from her perch. Serves her right.