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Thank you Fluffy! Catch and Anna look amazing in your style!!

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" oh, alright man... " Jason replied, he didn't want to press the issue if Sparky had it under control but that didn't make seen Terra like that any better, but what could they do? Was it time that Terra needed? It seems that way...

Jason knew They also needed to find the others to, he seen the building across the fountain and thought that be a good place to start looking but he didn't want to leave without saying something.

The Orange horse hung is head low and said " dude if you need any thing at all, we'll be inside looking for the others, just holler on link and we'll come " start on his way towards the farm house.

Crystals eyebrows knitted with concern at Sparky’s reply, she let Jason do the talking but she did give a little nod at the last thing the boy said.

Her gaze lingered on Terra for a moment longer, and even though her voice lacked much volume she said, “it’s good to you guys,” with a small smile and dip of her head before turning and following Jason’s lead

Boreas already agreed with what the other members of their little group had said to the ghosts. "Will do. Will be sure to check back later, too." He added his own two cents at the very end.

The Captain then followed along with Jason and Crystal towards the barn, wondering what they would find inside. He was more than ready to reconvene with other people he knew... And get some answers.

Jason didn't want to leave Terra and Sparky like that but there wasn't much for them to do. Others then be there when they were ready.
The small group approach the barn house, it didn't seem nothing to out of the ordinary other then it was nice and clean for a recycling plant...
Edgar made some whistling and beeping noises at that fact.
" dude. I think we all know there some kind of spell going on, im sure it's like our place, people from the outside see old buildings next to Wildlife Preserve, but really it's our home..." he got quite with that last part, something Twisted in his gut, that This radio silence was different from before but he had to stay on task.
The Vanguard in her humanoid form went to the door first, nothing felt wrong here but she still was cautious as she open the door...

She ready herself as she peek in, but all she seen was Receptionist desk and cats... lots of cats.
" it looks clear " she said

Jason and the Mares went on inside, " Yo! Dudes! Were here looking for a group of people that we been looking for!" The Orange stallion hollered and then added in a quieter tone" Uh.. please?" Filling he should be a bit more mannered here.

"AHHHH! I hope I-'m not to late!" Came a distant voice. It sounded like it was in a different room but was getting closer.

The room began to change shape staring from a back door, everything grew in size and beauty.
The back door opens up to reveal the voice who called back, and it was none other but the Grim Reaper himself.

Death had the silver tray with Fiona's dirty dishes on it still in his hands, he had left their after she fell asleep and had got the message from the guards outside that the next set of people were there " H-ello! And w-elcome to Paradise Phoenix recycling plant!" The Grim Reaper huffed out of breath but his eyes were still smiling.

The cats in the room came more alive thinking that the tray he brought with him was for them, they began to mew and surround him

Morning Glory turns to look up at Penelope when the Bellezza makes her promise, a small smile on her face. "Thank you so much, it means a lot," she says, "I'll try to do my best for all of them, too, I don't want to fail Weaver again, I don't want to fail Crimson, either... I've got hope, though, even if things are really, really bad right now for the both of them, I believe things will work out alright for the boys. We know now that Weaver's soul is back, so we just need to find his heart, and then figure out how to undo the Nightmare curse, and we know now too that, well... There's something really, /really/ awful happening to Crimson, and he's possessed by a demon and a nice guy. That's more than what we had before."

... But, after talking so much, Glory finds herself somewhat out of breath, rather tired. She breathes out a big sigh, and lets herself slump a little bit again as she sits next to Crimson. "... I still don't feel the greatest, but... I feel so much better now than I did just hours ago..." she mutters.

Penelope bow her head to Glory " it is a blessed water of the Silver moons, its rich with order " she gave the Fairfin a playfully smile when she overheard Glory talk about her soup" you are free to eat it at your own leisure, if you wish we can even warm it for a later time "

She then placed a hand on the red king and closed her eyes, though no words were spoken something could be felt, her spell one's again...
" I reassured my spell on him, with the conflict inside I do not know how long my spell will last in my absence.."
When Penelope opened her eyes she placed Crimsons hands on top of each other and made sure he was comfortable ".. .this curse is powerful, I have never felt something so sinister as what sleep within your friend... and the soul with no name, I do not know who will waken but even now he becomes Restless... I do not believe he means harm but please be vigilant "

Penelope then gets up " I will return shortly miss Glory " she then gives a small bow and heads toward the door to go retrieve what she said.

Glory was now left with a sleeping prince and a hand full of staff members

// yeah I can feel it to// Catch replied // I feel it// Anna chime in to. // we said we're wouldn't kill him and if we were, I wouldn't try it with a small knife // but something was getting Malice even more on edge then what he already was.

But as the small group of Spectators watched the Nightmare king he only started to lose it more.

The Nightmare king try to stand as he roared
" It's impossible! You're dead! " but his voice carried fear in it and his injuries caused him to slip in the slimy tub.

The chains in the room rattled as Malice fell back down

"Woah, woah woah!" Weaver exclaims as he backs up a few steps away from Malice, quickly putting his hat back on and holding out that free hand to get Malice to stop. "I'm not dead! Hey, I know you think the Dreamer's should die, and I kinda did, but I'm back, and--let's just not think about it too much right now, alright?! I'm sure you're mostly fine, Malice, other than your wounds that we're trying to help you with!"

//What's suddenly gotten into him?! I told him already that I'm not Eater! That I'm back in my body and everything!!// Weaver then mentally yells at Anna and Catch, //I mean I knew he's super on edge, but I didn't think... We've gotta calm him down somehow, think, uh, what can we do...?!//

"Woah! Woah! Malice! Calm down! We're not here to hurt you! " Catch echoed his brother, he followed Weaver in taken a few steps back, both out of safety and he needed to keep up with him to. // we might not be here to hurt him but that doesn't mean he do the same for us// he thinks to himself.
// I'm not sure what to do ether, here he said he needed blood of a Nightmare but how does he expect us to get that other then a blade of some kind? I know you're not going to hurt him but I don't think there anything we can do to make him believe us//

Malice place his paws on top his head, with wide eyes he began to ramble " I-I killed him!... I know I did...I... killed him.... I " the memories of who the Nightmare king killed had gain a new meaning and weigh to them, it hit him like a freight train of emotions, his heart felt like blades were slowly cutting into it, pain, shame, regrets, agony, feelings of a heart that did not belong to him but these memories trigger these emotions but his instincts told him otherwise, he liked what he did, he wanted to kill him, he enjoyed himself and he should do it again... they were standing right there, he seen them didn't he? But Malice killed them! He killed them didn't he?!

" I KILLED YOU!! " Malice roared trying to hold on to what he knew as a Nightmare, he let out a painfuled howls as he squirms inside the bathtub and made scraping sound with his hard spikes up against the porcelain.

// wait?! What?!//Catch looked to Weaver and quickly back to where he hear Malice's howls, it didn't make sense, Malice didn't kill Weaver, that was Eater.

Rihanna eyes widened, she looked to the pillars were she could hear Malice's chains scraping against them// has Malice lost it?// it was clear to anyone that the Nightmare king was having some kind of brake down but what do they do about it?

//I...// Weaver starts to reply to Catch, but then Malice starts roaring. //I have no idea what he's going on about, maybe the whole thing of the Dreamers' souls still being out there is hitting him or something? And he's panicking that Faithful is... something? I don't know,// he theorizes, but he doesn't let himself think on that for too long right now, it's not important. How are they going to calm a raging Nightmare...?

Then, it hits him. Granted, Weaver grimaces at the thought, but what else can they do? //Catch, I just thought of something terrible,// he then tells his brother, //You were able to calm Eater down with your new magic, would that work on Malice? I don't want to make you do that, since you're already wearing yourself thin, but that's my only idea right now... What do you think?//

Catch eyebrows knitted together, he was trying to remember the conversation about Faithful still being alive, was he like Weaver and was still in their? It didn't seem quite right... if he wasn't so tired maybe he could remember that part, but even without knowing that Malice was the Nightmare king and was responsible for the curse, so the lifes of all Dreamers who became and were killed by Nightmares was on him // I guess so? I just never would have thought Malice would care about what he done to others... unless it has to do something with Faithful? I'm trying to remember what Alex said, I think she just said he has Faithful heart, I don't remember her saying anything about him having his soul//

Dreamcatcher was a bit hesitant, he could see were Weaver was going and he was indeed tired and had been pouring his magic into Eater these whole time, it had took a lot just to bring Weaver out, if it wasn't for that red light in the sky Catch wasn't sure if he would have ever reach Weaver in the vacuum that felt like a void, he didn't want Weaver to fall into that again... what if Catcg couldn't do it? If he falls then they all would...

// you can do it Cat, I'm with Weaver that if there was other way I want that, not because I don't think you cam do it, I know you can! I just don't trust that jurk over there // Rihanna said, patting her little brother arm.

Catch took a breath and looked to both his siblings// I'm not sure what will happen if I even do this... it's taking a lot just to keep Eater down, I'll be honest, I don't know if I'm strong enough to calm Malice down even if I wasn't tired... but I will try, I don't like the idea of us having to get so close to him, he didn't kill us earlier but that doesn't mean he won't try now // his mind was trying to figure out how to go about keeping Weaver and Anna safe, he wondered if he gave Weaver Anna to hold and stay here if they be safe, Weaver could keep hold of him with his shackle like he was doing

//I don't either, but...// Weaver starts, taking a deep breath and putting his knife in his pocket for now, //I think one thing that might help is if we calm ourselves down first, since you're sharing your emotions, I don't think we want to add to his panic. I've got your back too, you might be doing most of the work here, but I'll do what I can to help you out. I've still got this chain on your arm too, so in that regard, we should be good... If it takes too much out of you, well... I'm not sure what we'll do, but let's hope you don't have to take too long pouring emotions into Malice.// He pauses and adjusts his scarf, then adds, //... Moons, be with us...//

// yup! That sounds like the best thing to do // Anna agreed with Weaver.

Dreamcatcher nodded, he took some more breath to try to calm himself down, it was a bit difficult with the wear on him already and the sounds and feelings come from Malice, he knew Nightmares could effect emotions but this seemed different then what a Nightmare would normally do... but when the Dreamer prince began to get his own nerves in check the best he could in the moment, he rub the back of his head with his free hand and said
// ha.ha.. well- you kinda read my mind, I was thinking that you could hold Anna for me so I could get closer without getting you and her in harm way... // he then held out his Fairfin to his brother // if anything happens I know I can count on you to pull me out of there... my First concern is making sure that you stay in control Weaver, if I feel I can't do both I want you to pull me out ok?//

//Of course! You don't have to say that twice,// Weaver replies, taking Anna carefully in his hand and holding her up by his chest. //Like I said, I've got your back. If I feel anything weird happening to me, I'll try to let you know--Anna, if you see me making any weird faces or zoning out, you also try to let Catch know, and try to get my attention too, if you can. We got a plan? ... Go get 'em, brother.//

Dreamcatcher gave a small smile to his brother and said // thanks Weaver // he was still nervous about doing this but he wasn't alone and he knew that.

// Cat you be careful ok// Anna patted his hand when he passed her over to Weaver.
// I will, you both won't be far if anything dose happen I know I can count on you both // he gave a more confident smiles this time.

The Dreamer prince gave his brother and sister a thumbs up before turning, he made himself glow a little more so he could see were to step " Malice! I'm coming over to help you " he hope by announcing himself that Malice wouldn't think this was some kind of trick.
The moans and sounds coming from Malice were unsettling, he guessed that the Nightmare king probably didn't even hear him or he was making his own trap... it did cross Catch mind that this was very stupid but they needed Malice's help and it was obviously he needed theirs...As Dreamcatcher draw closer to the Nightmare king, he placed a hand on Weaver's shackle around his arm, though it was a something of a Nightmare just knowing it was Weaver holding on to him made his feel better.

The dim light revealed the porcelain Fortress and its contents, even with the poor lighting Catch could see some of the excellent of Malice's injuries, his fur was messy and matted with the black goo of Nightmare blood, both his and Wakers he guessed. He ood wounds on him as if the Nightmare king had suffered injuries from the inside to the outside instead of the other way around//... he in really bad shape// the Prince informed the others, this was just his physical, Catch only could imagine what the mental and emotional state of Malice's was but he was about to fine out... // Here goes nothing... moons give me strength//

Malice did since Catch getting closer but he was to occupied by his own torment to care about the others, which did mean something, he must had trusted them enough despite his previous argument.

Catch wonder what was really going on with Malice, he looked like a monster but he didn't seem like one right now, not fully, he wondered if this was really Malice or was it something like Weaver, was Faithful involved? // only one way to find out//Catch thought to himself and went for it, he reach into the bathtub and placed a hand on the Nightmare king head...

Catch gaps and squeezed his eyes shut, Everything rush the Dreamer prince so fast, waves of broken and lost emotions clashing in a sea of Chaos...Malice's eyes widened and his first instinct was to fight, he try to snap to bite but held him down with both his hands and his emotions " Malice! Calm down! I'm not trying to hurt you, I'm trying to help you " he pleaded trying to get the Nightmare king to understand.// Weaver! Don't let go of me! // Catch was focusing all his energy into keeping up his emotion Magic, his legs grew weak, he slumped against the bathtub be refused to let go of Malice... with Eater, Weaver needed borrow Catch emotions, but with Malice it was the opposite, it was like with his visions, so many emotions that did not belong to him...

Weaver had returned Catch's thumbs-up and attempted to give a fake smile too, but he does as e said he would, and stays where he is with Rihanna. He frowns as Catch gets closer to the Nightmare King... and then grimaces when Catch puts his hand on him. With his shackle still holding on to him, Weaver can feel all of what Catch is experiencing, including the surge of emotions from Malice. //I'm won't, I won't!// he calls back to Catch, taking a few deep breaths. //Keep calm... Keep calm... I've got your back,// he says, trying to keep a hold of his own emotions, as well as trying to help Catch with the same thing, well, as much as he can. His head does start to feel a little fuzzy with his brother being worn thin as he is...

Catch focus on his brother words, he needed to be calm but it was hard // I'm trying! There so much hate and confusion//

The Dreamer prince needed to quickly sort out the mess of emotions, but not get caught up in them himself " Malice, listen to me please! Calm down, just breathe " he tells the Nightmare king as calmly as he can himself.

there was far to many negative emotions to push down Within the sea of emotions, so the Dreamer focus on any positive or neutral ones that should themselves, doubt tempted in mind and with the Nightmares influence it only increased... was he doing this right? Would it work? It wasn't like he had manual or some lesson to this kind of magic, was this even right to use this magic this way?....

// you hang in there Catch! You got this! You haven't gone though all those freaky stuff for no reason!// Anna cheered on. What she said surprised him, it was like she could read the deeper part of his mind were the doubts were Creepin in and in a way she could, but it was thought Catch's emotions magic, by doing what he was doing for Weaver and Malice he had to level his own emotions exposed so those connected to him was feeling what he was to.

//I know there's a lot, but you can do it. Don't listen to those stupid doubts. You're not alone in this, I'm still here,// Weaver encourages, though he does put one of his hands to his forehead and squints his eyes. //I'm... feeling a little fuzzy-headed, but I'm still hanging on. I'm not too bad yet...//

It was because of his brother and sister encouragement that Dreamcatcher held on a bit longer but Catch was feeling heavy, he held on, he agreed to do this so he wasn't going to back down. Sifting through the emotions he was understanding why his name was Malice // how could a person even exist with this much hate and evil? // he thinks outloud, but that was just it, Malice wasn't a person, he was a living virus made by evil... any yet there was some hope, Catch was finding bits and pieces of it, that This creature of deception and Evil had some good intentions, that he cared about somethings other then his own self, with those emotions Mal seemed more human and yet even Catch felt how foreign it was, that This wasn't how Malice was supposed to be...

Anna looked back and forth between Catch and Weaver, she was feeling the same things as them thanks to Catch magic.

Catch knew he had to work quickly for everyone's sake, he couldn't keep this up much longer or risk losing his brother again to Eater and he doubt Eater wouldn't be over the Frenzy any time soon...

The tiger Fairfin up at Weaver and patted his arm that was still holding her " you hang in there Weaver! I'm sure it won't be much longer!" She then looked over to her brother// Catch you can do this! Fine the claim in the storm!//

the Dreamer prince try to pull the good emotions up more, so Malice could remember them, he did have some, which he had hoped that meant Malice had potential to do good, but those evil emotions were still there and As Catch was doing his thing he was expecting to feel the sting of teeth or blade but there was nothing, the Nightmare king even stop pushing him, there was just the cold touch of Malice's fur and the numbing feeling growing in Catch's limbs.

With this change Catch immediately let go of Malice and let himself fall down, as he did the Dreamer prince grabbed hold of his brother chain, he was collapsed on the floor but held on for dear life, not for his own but for Weaver's// W-eaver? You ok?//

" Catch! "Anna squeaked when Catch went down, however she followed her brother sites to Weaver and quickly ditto his concerned " Weaver? You ok?"

Dreamweaver lets out a quiet gasp once Catch lets go of Malice and falls, and he's quiet for just a moment afterwards. "... Yeah... Yeah, I'm ok, I'm still here, I don't... feel quite as bad as earlier..." he says out loud, after both of his friends ask about him. He looks down at Anna with the faintest of forced smiles, then looks back to Catch before making his way over to him. "Hey, you're not doing so good, though..." He says, letting Rihanna go, crouching next to his brother, and carefully trying to sit him up. "We're not dead though, and we didn't explode this time, so you must've done it right!" With his one arm around Catch's back to keep him propped up, Weaver very gently punches Catch's good shoulder.

When the ‘all clear’ was given, Crystal soon followed the group into the center. Except for what Glory had told them about the place so far, she wasn’t sure what to expect, but it certainly wasn’t a horde of cats, and yes, that was in fact the first thing she noticed upon getting inside. “There’s so many.." Crystal mumbled to herself, glancing around at them all. At maybe any other given time she would have been more outwardly excited about it, right now she didn’t have the mental or physical energy to show it, but she was definitely a bit inwardly happy, and part of her really wanted to pet them.

Though of course she didn’t, they had to find the others, and too soon for her to do anything anyway a voice piped up and the room started to change.

She stared at Death as he entered the room, a bit taken back by the difference in appearance compared to his voice and demeanor..

Boreas was intrigued about the recycling center and its current appearance as well...

At least, until they entered and discovered some of what was inside.
Cats. So many cats.
And absolutely spur of the moment, Boreas' first thought on this was:
"...This is definitely /someone's/ heaven."

Upon hearing Death and witnessing the grim reaper rush into the room, Boreas just blinked. It was one extremely unexpected thing after another, but he simply let out a breath and stepped forward beside Jason and the mares up front.

"Hello, hope you don't mind us letting ourselves in..." He didn't think too badly of that fact. Rather, like Jason, he felt the need to be a little more mannered. "We received word that some of our allies are in your care. May we visit them and possibly rest here as well?"

Anna looked up at Weaver and smiled back at him and said " Weaver still with us Cat! " but then looked over to Catch with concern " how you doing after all that though? "

panting from the amount of energy he just spent, Catch relax then let himself flop on the ground when he knew Weaver was OK, he still wasn't going to loosen his grip on his brother chain " that good " he breath out, the Dreamer prince closes his eyes for a moment, his
head felt a little fuzzy but that didn't matter to him, Weaver was still in control and like his brother said, Malice hadn't killed them so it must have worked?
When Weaver let her go Anna was eager to fly over to her little brother and make sure he was OK. She sat on Catch knee when Weaver got him to sit upright, she didn't say anything at first given her brother time to breathe and reply.

Still trying to catch his breath Catch nodded to Weaver. " haha, yeah, that true " he forced a smile and patted his brother arm, he was grateful that they didn't blow up or were killed or nothing seemed to have happened to them that wasn't to crazy this time " one of these days I like to know what I'm actually doing for a change " he teased.

" Ahhh! Catch! I'm just so happy that you're ok!" Anna cheered and tackled her brother's chest and hug him ( the best she could for something her size)
Catch patted his Fairfin
"Haha, yeah I'm alright, just got a headache and could go for some food and a long nap " the Dreamer prince gave an embarrassed smile, but a thought still lingard in this mind so then he looked back up at the bathtub " ... I guess it worked? "

It was when her partner touched her that Rihanna could feel how cold his hand felt, that wasn't normal and wasn't what she was expecting Catch hand should feel like after touching a pyro that wasn't suppressing there monstrous form... she shivered and followed his eyes up to the bathtub and frowned as she said " " hay bum head you better not be dead in there!"

Malice laying in the bathtub, he wasn't dead but his mind and emotions were rebooting in a way... he heard the Fairfin and his eyes shifted over but then back forward// what has happened?...That right...// He knew why he was here, the event that led up to this but what should he do now? He was going to die without help... that why he did it, he could have killed everyone, his spell would have been stronger and he could last longer in it but in the end he was going to die and so was everyone else...he needed help, Malice had hoped someone good would come to save him, he just wasn't expecting these 3...but they were here "... I'm not dead yet brat " the Nightmare king wheezed

"Yeah, well at least you kind of had an idea," Weaver replies to Catch, nodding his head when his friend mentions food and a nap. He then follows Catch's gaze and likewise looks up at the bathtub. "Hey, that's good that you're not dead! And you sound a lot calmer too, so maybe now I can help you out if you won't freak out again. Just a moment!" he says, then looks back to Catch and asks, "You wanna lean up against the bathtub or just lie down for a bit?"

The Giant Grim Reaper who was surrounded by his cats stared at the new guests, by what he was told these people knew the others and were part of the group, even with this knowledge the Death was still a little nervous and shy, his eyes were big as he stuttered" o-h n-o! No! Not at a-ll! W-elcome! " he then glace down with his glowing eyes expressed his unsure emotions // I-I did say welcome when t-hey came in right?... I hope I did...I w-as in a hurry... // the Bellezzas eyes frowned, he didn't want to be rude and hoped that he wasn't, at least this time he welcome them but then it hit him! These people were looking for the rest of their friends.
" THAT RIGHT! " Death jump out of his deep thoughts ( he so animated I can just imagine a ! popping above his head with the Metal Gear/Solid Snake sound effect) the Grim Reaper face glowed a bit with his embarrassment, how could he forget? That why he rush up here because he got word that Fiona friends had come and he wanted make sure they were OK for her, seen she couldn't herself and he hoped by him doing this it would have helped put her mind at ease, even though she fell asleep, Death also hoped that he could help these people to, this group seem to have go though a lot and could use all the help they could.

With that the Grim Reaper nervously smiled with his eyes again " Y-our friends were talking about you to! Yes! T-here here! " He then looked down and with sadness and worries coming to his eyes " m-ost everyone in the medical wing...t-hey seem to be doing better...." he looked up with thoughtful eyes as he began to ramble about each person " ...at least I know Fiona was, that were I just came from, s-he nice, I never seen a blue lady before..she eats a lot, but she s-aid she hadn't eaten in awhile and that make anyone / that/ hungry! She try to f-ight Dr.Kwanzo about going to sleep but no one wins against Dr.Kwanzo so she asleep now! " Death then moved on to the next members " the two Griffins are resting to, the big guy is getting treated for the same poison that Fiona has but he seem to be doing OK to... I'm glad Nubrie was looking after him, well all of you really. " his eyes grimaced on just how bad everyone's was, even looking at the group before him was in poor shape and he seen what birds were following them...

But Death didn't want to burned them with even more worries so he continued to give his report, his eyes shifted between he frowned and worried " t-he lady Griffin who looked e-vil but -isn't evil but has evil in her is resting to, the Doctors are looking over what they can do to help her, she started to not feel well but that not a surprise, evil hates this place... the Doctors were able to help her rest at least... I hope she be ok, both of them, they remain me of cats..." his eyes smile warmly at the thought of cats, and big bird cats were pretty cool in his mind.

Death eyes shifted to more of a deep concern to almost fear " I-I'm not s-ure about the r-ed guy...t-here not ok at all... n-o one w-ould be with d-emon in them.. i-t was trying to hid itself but evil cannot hid here" he said and then got quite for a moment, being a moon Bellezza Death abilities were in the Supernatural Realm. He didn't want everything to be Doom and glom so he added " t-hey say t-he demon asleep right now...so that a good t-hing... I-I guess, well y-es, but it's still not ok that / that/ evil is in someone... " the Grim Reaper took a deep breath before going on, just talking about what was going on with Crimson freak him out, it wasn't natural and he knew some kind of great evil was done to the red guy for two souls to be in one body " I-I just feel t-errible for the two souls inside.. I-I can't e-ven imagine what that must be like... the tiny Bellezza said she look after them though, I-m glad for t-hat, t-he spirit was f-reaked out when the f-unny looking h-uman spirit was going b-allistic! I-I didn't know what t-o do when it all started to happen.. I'm just glad the others came and the tiny spirit Bellezza took him outside... I...I think there still out there..." Death lean to the side as if he was trying to peer over everyone to see if by chance he could see Terra and Sparky but he couldn't.

The Grim Reaper then took other deep breath before looking back to the small group before him and saying honestly " y-our all mess up "

" true, I suppose " the Dreamer prince gave a half-hearted chuckle, he wasn't very confident in his new found abilities but Weaver was right, unlike a year ago were he almost blown both themselves up this time around things seem more natural, he didn't even shift to his dark form, he was simply himself.

" who are you calling a brat! Your the king of jerks! " Anna pop off.

The Dreamer prince frowned at Malice calling Anna a brat, sure she started it but he couldn't blame her, some other names had crossed his mind before but they were trying to stay on Malice good side so picking fights wasn't ideal, " yeah, he is but right now let's try work together, I don't like it ether but we kinda need him and he needs our help to " Catch then sighed and looked to his brother and answered " I think I be ok sitting, I just need to catch my breath I think "

Malice roll his eyes. this was stupid to him but they were right, he needed help // ugh, why these idiots? // he huffed wondering were Alex was, not like that was a good idea. Not with the order of the Abyss on him, he couldn't really on Omen now ether, there was Boreas, Boreas knew who he really was and didn't try to kill him, they were friends right?... was that all he really had?

"Come on Anna, don't go and try to get him worked up after what Catch just did," Weaver says, frowning up at Rihanna, but then turns back to Catch. "Alright, I'll prop you up against the tub, and I'll stand by you so you can grab my leg if you want. Or my coattails."

After pulling his brother over and getting him carefully set up against the side of the tub, Weaver slowly stands up (as his head had been getting a little fuzzy too, after all), and then he looks into the porcelain tub. He nervously smiles at the Nightmare King, and asks, "... Ok, so... You're not gonna freak out again when I get my knife and try to help you out, right?"

Jason just stood there staring, that was a lot of info that had been dropped by a friendly Grim Reaper, don't worry though, it be his turn with the long speech next time

Morning Glory waits patiently for Penelope to return, thinking quietly to herself about many things. About the sleeping prince beside her, about the demon within him, and the soul with no name... About the scary events that led up to their arrival here... About the safety and the condition of everyone else, especially her partner, who she still needs to get a hold of... And of course, the life water that Penelope is bringing her. //I still don't know what's happening with Weaver and Catch; I don't want to distract either of them, but I want to keep in touch with them... Maybe once I've soaked a bit in the life water, I'll try getting ahold of Anna again, it would probably be easier for me to reach them both while I'm soaking, too,// she thinks, deciding on this plan of action

After a little time passed Penelope and a Nurse return holding big bowls in their arms " greetings again miss Glory " she said with a small graceful bow, she went over and set the bowl on one of the tables and placed out a few towels beside it " I do hope the temperature is to your liking " The water had a little bit of steam coming off of it just like a warm bath but that wasn't all, the water itself had a slight glow to it, much like Fairfin water would have.

The Nurse with the other bowl was on the opposite side of the bed, she had placed that bowl on a work table and had it closed by, she then took small strips of cloth and dip them in the bowl to soak.

"Hello again!" Glory simply replies with a smile, hopping up and carefully flying on over to Penelope. "Oh, I'm sure it will be ok, thank you again!" she says cheerfully, peering into the bowl and quickly noticing how the water appears to be. "It looks a lot like Fairfin water," she mentions, before carefully slipping herself into the bowl of magic water, immediately closing her eyes and letting herself relax.

Unlike the others who were stepping forward, Crystal remained at the back of the little group, still a bit unsure of things despite the safety this place radiated. And the cats. Surely if a place was bad, there wouldn’t be cats. And also surely if this giant person in front of them was bad, these cats wouldn’t be huddled around him.. The girl was simply still on edge, even though somewhere deep down she knew she didn’t need to be. She was afraid to let her guard down, afraid that if she did, she’d maybe not be able to hold herself together otherwise. That aside, Crystal was glad they were welcomed, they did just kind of walk in after all.

Now, she couldn’t help but to observe Death, taking immediate note of how he seemed nervous. And when he suddenly piped up again, the girls eyes widened for a moment, but she was quick to listen intently. Getting confirmation that the others were here was nice, but knowing that everyone was practically in the medical section wasn’t, even if this person said it seemed they were doing better. Crystal didn’t really expect anything less though, and was just relieved that they were getting help and rest.

Hearing the story about Fiona brought a slight smile to her face for a moment, to her it sounded that despite everything, the Elemental was still much of herself. Though Crystal did wonder about what this person meant when he said no one wins against this Dr.Kwanzo, and hoped that he was nice and Fiona went to sleep by her own choice..

Listening to the next batch of information given, multiple things stuck out, such as the poison part, which was awfully concerning, but then ‘Two griffins..?’ Crystal thought to herself, she knew one was Eira, but she wasn’t sure who the guy griffin was. She did remember Glory saying a name she didn’t recognize, maybe that was him.. But she couldn’t dwell on it too long, not with everything else Death continued with.

The girl immediately knew that “the red guy” was Crimson by the way Death spoke about him.. And hearing everything said only resurfaced all her worries. She still wasn’t sure how she felt about the two souls part, but she was glad that what they were calling ‘the demon’ was asleep. Assuming that was his corruption they were talking about at least.. Crystal then got a little hung up on what Death mentioned about who she only could figure was Terra, given he was the only human spirit currently sitting outside that they knew of. ‘He really isn’t okay, is he..?’ Then her brain jumped to wondering why this person was calling the Fairfin’s ‘tiny Bellezza’s’. She remembered Sparky looking different, but she stopped herself.. This really was a lot all at once..

The girl fully looked up at the grim reaper when he told them they were messed up, but Crystal took a breath and managed to say, “We’re not exactly the perfect bunch, but thank you for taking care of our friends..”

" I am glad " Penelope smiled in reply, she watched as Glory got in the bowl and started to relax. It was heart breaking to see someone in the Fairfin condition, however Penelope had a feeling she could have been worse.... she wondered just what was a Fairfin? She seem like a Bellezza in so many ways and yet not at the same time. One thing was for sure she knew the water would help heal Glory
In the meantime the Nurse was tending to Crimson, she carefully took a rag that she dip in the water and began to wipe down the Red king arms, The red king grimaced and recoil, he could feel the good magic touch him but it hurt...

Penelope had turned to watch and it made her grieve for Crimson. It shouldn't be this way, the water was a good thing but the evil inside Crimson had saturated his body this much and his reaction was proof that this was a living evil....

Anna frowned right back at Weaver but him and Catch were right, she didn't need to pick a fight with Malice after her brother just calm him down. The little Fairfin took her fingers to her eyes and then pointed them at the Nightmare king " I got my eyes on you" she growled.

Malice huffed and roll his eyes again, he then cut his eyes over to Weaver with what he said and then he looked forward again as he thought about it... why did he freak out? His head was foggy with instincts, he just wanted to survive, even now his instincts said never trust or be trusted but he wasn't sure on that anymore, Malice wasn't sure about a lot of things...

However the Nightmare king need help and they seem to be really here to do that so he Mumble " I'll be fine this time... "

Dreamcatcher was resting the best he could, he needed to keep his strength up for Weaver sake // it feels like I just ran a marathon, I just need to catch my breath// Catch had placed a hand on Weaver leg, he had his eyes closed and wanted to do more to help but right now the best he could do was work on recovering.

"Alright, that's good," Weaver says, breathing out a small sigh of relief. But he pauses and remembers what he was doing before. //... Oh yeah...// he thinks, slowly starting to undo the gauntlet on his left arm, taking his glove off, and rolling his sleeve up. He carefully drops his gauntlet into Catch's lap, and makes a teasing remark, saying, "Hey, hold this for me for a bit, will ya?"

Dreamcatcher open his eyes and looked down at Weaver's Gauntlet in his lap, he to forgot about what this was all about for a moment but now he remembered" yeah, I can do that brother " he forced a smile but he still didn't like the fact Weaver needed to cut himself but what else could they do?

Malice cut his eyes over to Weaver again, he watch him carefully.

"Thanks," Weaver says without any thought behind it, his smile fading immediately. Then he pulls the knife out of his pocket and flips the blade out... //... Everything about this feels so wrong... I've never once actually thought about /cutting/ myself, that's something that no normal person would think about, but... Gotta do what you gotta do, I guess...//

After trying to steel himself for his next action, he stretches his left arm out over the bathtub, takes the knife in his right hand... He squints his eyes as he presses the blade to his arm... then stops and looks at what happened. He isn't bleeding at all, it didn't even break the skin. "... Uh..." Weaver mutters, not squinting his eyes as he tries to cut his arm again. He can feel the blade on his arm, but it doesn't even hurt? It can't cut through his skin? He's forgetting about the needle that Nora used on him this morning, and the reason behind that... "... H-hey, it's not working..." he mumbles, holding the blade up now to examine it, "My knife should be sharp, it's the one I got from school, and I haven't used it much at all... So why isn't it cutting...?"

A faint, friendly smirk crossed Boreas' face. It was all too clear that this massive grim reaper was /very/ nervous.
Boreas quietly listened to what the glowing-eyed figure had to say, the Elemental's smirk slowly fading as he started processing everything, starting with everyone being in the medical wing.

//No surprise at that... Least they're being cared for.// After the scene they'd found and all that had happened to Crimson, he wondered what condition they were all in.
Thankfully, Death started sharing some details.

Boreas would absolutely be lying if he said he didn't want to see his niece right then. It was one thing to be a Shadow Hunter with family at home--but a completely different one when a member was out in the heat of battle, too. He wasn't fully accustomed to that.
"...That sounds like her." He muttered, thankful to hear that she seemed to be doing as well as she could right now.
//Good on that doctor.//

He hadn't met either of the Griffins Death mentioned, but by process of elimination, he had an idea of who they must be. //So, those two were poisoned by something... And Eira must be the evil-appearing Griffin...// He remembered the carvings Crimson made on the wall of his cell... 'Everyone is corrupted.'

Speaking of Crimson, him and his condition were next in line. //There's that 'great evil' Glory told us about... And then another soul. That's something that sorely needs to be investigated further... But recovery has to come first. We have more to work with, though.//

Boreas then raised a brow at what they were told afterwards. //The one looking after Crimson has to be Glory... But something big must've happened when they arrived here.// He gazed up at Death as he was trying to see Terra and Sparky past them.

At the end of all of that, the captain simply nodded, to both the grim reaper and Crystal, adding to her thank you, "And for updating us on everyone as well. There's a lot of work to be done."

Pairing for the worst Catch had expected something quiet different, to feel Weaver pain, he opened his eyes and looked up at his brother " huh?" There was nothing but confusion, and then the Dreamer seen it himself " wait, what? " it didn't make sense, like his brother said Catch would have assumed the blade from school should have worked " here, let me? "He asked holding up his hand.

Anna had covered her eyes but then peek though her fingers when nothing happened " huh? That weird"

Malice just blinked as he listened in on the conversation from deep within his porcelain Fortress

Death head bubble to the side and his face glowed again with embarrassment and flattery " y-our welcome! I-it's what We do here! " He went to rub the back of his head but as he went to do that the Grim Reaper was reminded he was holding Fiona used food tray, he let out a awkward chuckle " I forgot this"
Jason took everything in pretty well, it was a lot at first and took him a bit longer to process just because how tired he really was, but over all the stallion nodded his head with the others " Thanks bro! " this Grim Reaper guy was obviously the gatekeeper or guide to this level, it was nice to know that they reached a check point, and it felt like the kind they all needed, a rest stop or safe place. " hay Grimy would it be alright if we could see are friends and maybe rest up to?"

" G-rimy?" Death tips his head with Jason nickname for him, then he remembered that he hadn't introduced himself, his eyes widened " how rude of me! I h-aven't introduced himself! I am Death! It's a pleasure to meet you all friends of Fiona!" He tip his head to the side as he mumbled with disappointment in himself " and the others...that I still need to ask for names... " he sighed " I'm not good at this job..."

Weaver crouches down by Catch again, hands him the knife, and holds his arm out for Catch to try, if he wants to. "It's weird, it just won't cut. It is sharp though, right? It's gotta be, I know it has to be... But it's not even starting to break the skin! And I didn't feel any pain at all," he says with a confused frown.

Taking the knife Catch carefully examined it, it looked fine, so he tested the blade with his own finger, he gently pressed his thumb against it and sure enough blood was drawn " huh?! That weird, the blade still pretty Sharp, I don't even feel the sting yet "
The Dreamer prince rub his bloody finger, his hands still felt weird from moment ago but sting started to set in, however it wasn't enough to distracting from this puzzle.
Since the blade was still Sharp Catch was going to try it on his brother, for science you know? He wiped his thumb on the brim of his coat and then held Weaver arm with that hand " I hope this doesn't hurt you " he glace up at his brother before looking down and gently placing a blade against his brothers arm... even though Weaver try it already it surprised Catch that there was no blood! Not even a scratch " what the?" He thinks outloud completely baffled by this, the Dreamer then pressed the knife harder but all that happened was an indent on the skin, still no cut or blood.
Catch frowned and took the blade again and poke his own finger again, and just like before blood was spilt " what the heck?" He then handed Weaver back his knife so that he could dig for his own in his pocket, Catch knew he didn't use his, he relied on his summon weapons but it was the same kind as Weaver, they got from school " I didn't think they had an enchantment to keep the owner from getting hurt..." so he try it on himself and the result was the same, he cut himself "I don't get it?!"
Anna was puzzled by all this to but she did bring up one unfortunate thing about her partner " you kinda always had bad luck with those kind of things Cat... but maybe it's not your blade ether "

Catch sigh at that, he always seem to had the worst luck in getting faulty equipment " here you try it "
he Mumble with disappointment and held it out to Weaver to try

Weaver takes his knife back and tries it himself a couple more times, still to no avail. "Yeah, it doesn't even hurt or anything, it feels like I'm trying to stab myself with the wrong side of a plastic knife," he says, before sighing and putting his knife back in one of his pockets. Then he watches as Catch tries his own knife, and then hands it to him. Even when Weaver tries to use more force, he just can't cut his arm. "Nope, it just doesn't work," he says, handing Catch his knife back before holding his arm with his spare hand. "It's gotta be something with me then, right? But my arm looks all normal, it's not even like your bad arm in your dark form..." he mumbles, trying to pinch his skin, but finding even that somewhat difficult, and what little he can pinch even feels firm. "... Man, my skin on my arm is really tight... It's practically rock solid," he says, holding just his arm out for Catch again, "I mean, you'd think a hunting knife would still be able to cut through it, right? But it can't. You feel that?" After a slight pause and a moment to let Catch mess with his arm if he wants, Weaver then adds, "Hey, you were able to stab me in the chest with your sword last night though, does it just need to be a magic weapon? ... Ugh, I really don't want to keep pushing you, though..."

Catch took back his knife and glace at it before putting it away in this pocket, he then messed with his brother arm to, pinching it " Whoa, you're right... it looks fine but you're arm feels practically solid " he takes his first and Knox on it like you would a door, he stopped and looked at his own hand, he held it out flat contemplating Summoning a small blade, the Dreamer prince had been spending his magic Non-Stop and was feeling the wear of it more and more, he hesitantly said" I could try making a small blade, maybe?.... I think I need to rest a bit more, my hands still don't feel right... " Catch squeezed his hand into a fist, it Tangled and prickled as if it been asleep this whole time, just how much more could he do before it was dangerous? Weaver sanity was on the line and with that all of their lives, he was able to stop Eater ones but knew he couldn't do it a second time... " but I know we're on a time frame.. "

Anna had flew down to check things out herself, she was pinching Weaver arm and asking if he could feel that? She did this In different places to test it out but when Catch was making his offer she stopped and looked at him, even in the poor lighting she could tell her brother was worn out, it hung in his tone and demeanor, but it was confirmed when he admitted that he wasn't feeling good " hay, don't push yourself more then you already done ok? We can figure some other way to cut Weaver steel arm open!" She try to tease

Malice had got himself to sit up and per over the bathtub rim, his wolf ears twitchde as he listened in on the conversation, he snorted with annoyance " your a bunch of idiots " and then let himself flop back down " I would be ashamed to call you lot Shadows Hunters, do you not know anything? " he placed a Paw on his face and groaned, these were the people he had to really on? Did they know nothing? Then again the Nightmare king thought to why they likely didn't... Malice let out a huff, before saying " I shouldn't be surprised... why would Void teach you such things in his school? Soledormir would want you to know enough to get by but never enough to have an edge "
Malice took one of his chains and brought the end of it to the edge of the bathtub and tap it like he would a finger " listen here you stupid fools, trying to cut a Nightmare with a common blade will get you nowhere, were are designed to survive and as we gain experience on how to do that it effects our bodies, there are hand crafted weapons that are designed to penetrate a Nightmare hid however those toys will not "

Weaver was answering Rihanna's questions with a lot of "Yes, but no," as he could feel her touching him, yet her tiny paws pinching him did nothing, but when Catch makes his offer, he grimaces. Then Malice speaks up as well, and Weaver looks up at the bathtub again. "Hey, I'm not stupid! Of course you can't kill a Nightmare with a little hunting knife, I wouldn't try to..." he began to protest, but he went quiet as the realization dawned on him. //... Trying to cut a Nightmare with a hunting knife... The whole reason I'm even trying to cut myself is because Malice needs the blood of a Nightmare... and I'm the only Nightmare around... How could I forget that so quick?// he thinks, mildly frustrated with himself, and disheartened. With Catch using his magic like this, it's so easy for him to forget that he's even a Nightmare. It's easier to remember that when Eater's in control, when he's bound and shackled by those chains... Right now, he almost, /almost/ feels like he's free...
Without saying another word on that matter, or looking at his brother, Weaver stands up again and looks at Malice. "... I bet even just your chains would work to cut through my arm, huh...?" he says, noticing the chain that Malice is tapping on the tub. The very, very scary chain. Weaver slowly holds his left arm out over the bathtub toward Malice, squints his eyes some, and says in a clearly nervous tone, "If you can, I guess it'd be better if you cut my arm than my brother down there... Just--no cutting my arm or my fingers off... Alright? Alright...??"

Crystal nodded when Boreas and Jason asked if they could see the others, hoping that even if it was only for a short amount of time, she’d be able to check on Glory and Crimson too, just to see for herself that they were okay also..

Taking a moment to think and watch him a little more, the girl came to the conclusion that Death here was just a gentle giant so to speak, it didn’t seem like he would hurt them, in fact it seemed that he was more nervous than she was right now, and that was saying something.

“I’m sure you’re doing just fine at your job, but regardless, it’s nice to meet you too.. Death,” Crystal spoke up again with a small smile to be friendly, but had a brief second of difficulty bringing herself to say his name.

Death's introduction occupied Boreas' thoughts for a moment.
...That name seemed a little on the nose. Yet, also not.
Still, the Elemental agreed with Crystal, motioning with his head towards the girl to imply this, "Yes, pleasure to meet you. My name's Boreas..." Feeling that they shouldn't hide anything in this place--especially since they were speaking with a giant grim reaper surrounded by cats--Boreas removed his disguise ring. "...I'm also an Elemental, like Fiona."

Ahh, now this is excellent! It strongly reminds me of the flying horse or whatever from Genshin Impact that was supposed to be coming to Nintendo Switch. I really wanted to get that game!