Over the course of the journey to the new palace, and the whole week after it, Crystal was really withdrawn and quiet..

The traveling phase was rough on her to say the least. The speedy wheeled metal machines the group had to ride in made her considerably nauseous.. And the large contraption called a ‘plane’ was absolutely terrifying. To her, it seemed impossible that the thing was able to be in the sky. It’s needless to say, it probably took some coaxing and reassurance to get her on it in the first place. Overall, the girl was simply very pale, silent, and still for the majority of the travel time until they got to their destination and no longer had to use those bizarre modes of transportation.

From that point onwards, Crystal mostly spent the following week alone, keeping to herself unless someone came to check on her. In fact, if it hadn’t been for the others stoping by over the days, no one probably would have seen much of her at all. She did her best to keep tabs on everyone though, often asking whoever she could about the other members and making sure they were okay.

She, like many of the others, wasn’t in the best shape mentally or emotionally, and it took most the week for any improvement to begin.. She just felt really lost and sad after all the news and information started to get around, especially on top of everything that had already happened. She didn’t know how to really take in everything, how to process it, it all just kind of sat there in her head, replying over and over, getting more and more tangled.. Crystal tried her best to rest as much as she could, but it came in small bouts in between startling bad dreams and constant racing thoughts keeping her awake. Though, as the week went on and grew closer to the present time, little by little she began to feel a bit better in small ways.
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At the current point in time, Crystal was in her room still, but she was up and moving, getting ready for the day. When she heard a knock at her door, the girl glanced over in its direction, the corners of her mouth pulling upward when she heard Fiona. “Yeah, just a moment,” she replied, her faint voice just barely audible from outside.

Crystal moved to the door and soon pulled it open, greeting both the Elemental and the Vaseterm guide with a gentle but warm smile and a soft “Hi,” as she was finishing tying back a bit of her hair. She had quickly begun to look forward to Fiona’s visits over the days. It was nice to see her slowly getting back on her feet more. And of course it was nice to simply spend time with her too.

Hearing Crystal's quiet voice on the other side, Fiona backed away from the door a little bit.

"Still aren't using the panel?" Kyle briefly commented on how she'd knocked--the doors were quite advanced.

"...I like to hit the door with my fist." Fiona answered, lifting up her fist as though she would do it again... Even though she didn't.

When Crystal opened the door, the Elemental gave a small grin, "Hey! Good to see you--oh, you're doing your hair!"
She absolutely was not one to talk about things like that, but she believed the effort Crystal put into her appearance was something to appreciate. "You look nice!
...Not that I know anything about tying hair back."

Kyle had gone quiet again, but he did respond to Crystal with a wave.

" wait? What?!" Putting his hand down the Dreamer prince shifted his weight, he had to stare at Eater for a moment, how was it that he just knew these things? But then the Nightmare explained and that it got mentioned it did sound somewhat familiar, his brow knitted " there was a lot going on that night... but Solvex? " He glace down, something about that name sent a shiver down his spine, it sounded awful similar to Soledormir.

The researchers in the room had been taking notes but their pen more intensely with this new information, that This demon name was 'Solvex'

He went on to explain
" that must been the guy in Crimson dream who looked like him but wasn't, I'll just call him Solvex, he tried to trick Purity and kill her but Sunny help her Escape from him"

Dreameater nods his head at that. "Yeah, that sounds about right," he says, resting his hands on his lap now. He also turns and swings his legs over the side of the bed, almost like he's about ready to get up off the bed. "You said he's in some kind of coma? But we still need to see about figuring something out for him, and you with Cataclysm, and then--is Purity still asleep? But she got attacked and corrupted too, and whatever happened to Hiiro?"

"Aren't you going a little too fast?" Morning Glory speaks up, giving her Nightmare partner a somewhat sad look.

Dreameater turns around to see Glory, and he frowns at her and says, "I've got things to do! I need to take care of these things, so I need to get up and get busy! We don't have time to just sit around!" Then, after saying this, he stares at her for a moment, then asks, "... What happened to you? You're supposed to be a Forgotten!"

Catch was about to reply but then Eater started firing off questions and talking about what he needed to do before the prince could even save anything before Glory step in to slow down her troubled partner.

However Catch didn't like the Nightmare tone with his little friend and step in giving a calm down hand gesture and said calmly " hold on a minute Eater, let me explain, Glory been getting treatment to get her healthy again, and as a Fairfin she not only been able to help you out brother but also Crimson to "

" that right!" Anna snaps at the Nightmare, she ruffled her wings threateningly, she then pointed " she been working hard helping the people Here with both you and Crimson!"

Morning Glory smiles faintly again after Catch and Anna's defense, but Dreameater continues frowning. He narrows his eyes somewhat at his Fairfin, but eventually he turns back, leans forward with one arm resting on his knee, and he rubs his eyes. "... Whatever," he mutters, a bit quieter now. //I still have things to do,// he thinks, but as he's rubbing his eyes, his mind eventually gets back on his current clothes, particularly the bands around his wrists and ankles. "Where are my clothes again? What even is all this freaking stuff on me?" he asks, but then looks up at Catch again with a somewhat different look in his eyes, "I should just let you finish instead of asking more questions, huh?"

" I appreciate that " Catch simply replied with a small smile, he then go on to explain a few things " a lot has happened in the week you been out... it's going to take a while to fill you in but bear with /us/. " he looked to the Fairfins meaning be nice to them to before looking back to the Nightmare. He thought back to the questions Eater fired off, and then decided to start with one topic that he thinks is most important. "Well, Purity's still in a coma, we haven't been able to wake her yet. Me and her have been practicing dream magic together this past week, but um... We still haven't figured out how to go about waking her up. " he rubbed the back of his neck again, the situation had been stressful to say the least " We know it has something to do with her corruption and the state she's in," he says, then pauses and thinks for a bit, deciding to hold back some information.

"She started getting worse at first after the Silver Spears' palace came under attack, she was transported here first," Morning Glory continues from where Catch left off, "But after continuously being treated with Fairfin water and other medications, she's still stable and hasn't gotten any worse. She's been having some dreams and nightmares off and on in her sleep, but we've been able to help her with that too. She's got a dream creature of some sort named 'Bubbles' now that's keeping her company."

Dreameater huffs when Catch hints about the Fairfin, but he stays quiet and listens. It's hard to tell what he's feeling just by looking at him, as one minute he seems to relax some after hearing this news about Purity, only to then seem almost agitated.

"... Also, just letting you know before you try it... You can't get off the bed just yet, not with those magic bands on," Morning Glory cautions.

At this, Dreameater rolls his eyes and scoots himself back into a sitting position, cross-legged, on the bed. "Fine... Next?" he asks, looking back to Catch now.

“It’s good to you too,” Crystal replied, only to then shyly glance away at the compliment. “Oh, thank you,” she said with a small laugh.

As she finished, her hands dropped down in front of her and she laced her fingers together, but she was thinking about Fiona’s last comment and soon asked, “Is it.. is it possible to style clouds..?”

"Yeah! Well, at least Elemental cloud hair and Dreamer manes... /Actual/ clouds are a whole other story," Fiona started to answer Crystal, "My sister Cici could style them! And Amira was good with cloud-hair... She wouldn't leave mine alone, though." The Elemental mumbled that last part, as though she couldn't comprehend why in the realms someone who actually enjoys styling cloud hair would chase her down all the time...

"But... How're you doing?"

Catch keep rubbing the back of his neck // he really uneasy guys // he glace over towards his Fairfin who was not looking pleased// try to be nice// he tuned his attention back to the Nightmare and let out a worrisome sign " I guess next on that list is Cataclysm.... he.. he been different after what happened with Crimson in the city, he hasn't shown himself that much lately, not even in dreams and the few times he has shown himself, he hasn't been nutty and up in my face, he just been watching in the shadows..." the Dreamer prince grimaced at this, it was always wrong feeling but going from Cataclysm when he had that dream drifted with Blue and the Nightmare being completely insane to now him keeping his distance but knowing that he was watching " something happened to him, I'm just not sure what but I can't Shake the feeling he up to something "

Anna still didn't like Eater attitude but she wasn't going to snap at him yet and right now they were trying to get the Nightmare up on speed, though she wondered if that was a good idea or not // ughhh, why does Eater need to know to? Weaver knows but noooo Eater the jerk in control! Will he even go along and help? He a jerk nose Nightmare! // she crossed her arms, she cut a glance over towards her partner when he got on to her // I'll try to be nice, only if he is! I really don't like Eater, he such a jerk! I can't wait until we figure out just how to get him out of Weaver! //however she put a side her resentment for now, they were talking about Cataclysm and that worried her to, it also concerned her just what would be Eater though on the Nightmare In Dreamcatcher.

"Hmmm..." Dreameater growls quietly, looking a bit more focused now. "Has any of the Vaseterm figured out how to get him out of you yet? Has anyone figured anything out about him yet? You said it's been a week," he asks.

Crystal nodded along as she listened to Fiona’s explanation, finding the topic interesting. She wondered what kinds of styles could be done, and how they would look, among other quick thoughts that passed by about it.

The girl smiled a bit when the Elemental mumbled, but her expression shifted to one of thought with the next question asked. Crystal blinked and replied “I’m alright,” as reassuringly as she could, even if there was a small bit of herself that wasn’t quite convinced of that yet.

She then returned the question and even added, “How are you? Do you have any plans for the day?”

" yes and no..." Catch mumbles

Anna then chime in with a bit of an info drop" the Vaseterm have been looking into it, Queen Victoria has put a heavy Focus into figuring something out with with the whole Nightmare thing, yeah a week has past but you got to remember the way everyone knew about Nightmares got flipped upside down, there still trying to put all the new pieces together from finding out what Light Eater are, to Purity spitting up hers and how did that happen, to the Dreamer not actually being dead but out there somewhere and all the mess with Void with them, to what going on with Malice and the truth behind the Nightmares, to why dose he even have a heart now? And were is Faithful, to you everything with you and Cataclysm "

Catch looked down at his hands and was rubbing them together, his hand was looking a lot better, it was no longer a open wound on the back of his hand " there been a lot of talking and some stuff be in the works but we're missing a lot of pieces still, it's only been a week they been able to look into these things "

Dreameater's expression shifts as Anna brings up the different topics, and he doesn't fire anything back right away. //I don't want them looking into things with me! They'll be trying to help Weaver...// he defensively thinks at first, //but Cataclysm, he's dangerous, we need to get him out of Catch before he takes over, or anything worse happens. But... No! I hate Catch! I don't care what happens to him! Except we need him to stop Soledormir, I can't become the Nightmare King.... Then what do I need to do to achieve that? What do I need to do to help Catch and not let them help Weaver? I don't know yet, I need more information.// The Nightmare suddenly yawns and then rubs his eyes. "... Next. Where's Hiiro? Is he dead yet? Has he killed anyone else yet?"

Morning Glory sighs listening to Eater. //If he keeps going like this, he's going to wear poor Weaver out until he's just like he was when you guys got to the recycling center...// she telepathically says to Anna and Catch.

Fiona knew time was still needed for Crystal to recover--she needed it too. Still, the Elemental was glad to hear the girl's answer. It sounded like she was getting better.
"I'm alright too. I got checked out earlier and they told me my corruption's a lot more stable...
And I was thinking we could grab some lunch and then go visit Crimson, then see how Weaver's doing with Catch and Anna!" She suggested with a little smile.

// yeahhhhh I get the feeling he going to want to just right into things after he gets the information he wants...but how do we keep him from wearing both himself and Weaver out?// Catch replied to the girls.
// he tie to a bed and surrounded by guards, even if he did get out that nutty professor would probably track him down so I don't think he get far // Anna grind at the Nightmare, oh yeah she was up to something.

The Dreamer prince decided not to reply to his sister on that and it was no use in telling her to stop making creepy faces at the Nightmare, so he just moved on " ok, I'll tell you but we're doing things a bit differently now, you can't just rush off or take charge of things, most everything has to be confirmed and permitted by Queen Victoria or someone she placed in that permission "

Anna back her brother up with " even trying to wake you up today we had to set an appointment with the Queen "
Catch put a hand out in a calming way " so you can't just run off and do things on your own, none of us can, we been trying to work as a team together and with the Vaseterm and the few allies we have, so yeah, that's a thing now, were trying to work as a team now" Catch folded his arms again and shifted his wight to one side " with that being said, we still don't know we're Hiiro Is but we do know he sold himself over to Soledormir and took Emilia key with him... there a defense team that has been working on a plan on what could happen with Hiiro and what might have happened with Emilia key and how to get her back. "

Dreameater keeps shifting in both his expression and position as he listens to Catch and Anna. The flames around him have died down now, but the air around him is still quite hot. Morning Glory raises an eyebrow at Rihanna after the face she made.

At first, Eater tries to thinks things through in his head, but eventually it spills out of his mouth. "I can't take charge anymore? What? What do you mean I can't just do things?" he asks, briefly glancing at Anna before looking at Catch. He looks like he's about to try and get up off the bed again as he continues, saying, "Hiiro sold himself to Soledormir! I need to go out and help fortify the palace! He's already a monster as he is, can you imagine how dangerous he's going to be when he comes back?! He could even be worse than Crimson! And he WANTS to kill us all!" He snarls and continues, "I don't even know why he was allowed to stay with us and come with us, but I guess he just used his brute freaking strength to force everyone to let him stay!--Oh wait, he had a Key, that's why I couldn't kill him... /Why did freaking Hiiro freaking get a freaking Key?!/ Well now that he's gone off to join Soledormir then we can finally kill him! I just have to get up and get ready because he's going to freaking kill everybody if we don't do something!! I gotta make sure the Princess stays away from him too, I gotta--I can't get up..." Dreameater is interrupted when he tries to actually get up off the bed, and magical wires appear from the bands, pulling him back. He stops for just a brief, brief moment, then demands, "I need to get up, can you guys get them to let me go so we can make an appointment with Queen Victoria so I can go? I need to get up, I need to find Boo, where is Boo? I need to get up and do things!"

"... Would you calm down if you had some hot chocolate?" Morning Glory politely asks after Eater is (momentarily) done.

Dreameater snaps his head to look over at his Fairfin when she asks that, and he quickly replies, "Yeah, yes I do, I need some hot chocolate, that'd make me feel better."

Crystal’s head tilted slightly as she observed Fiona while she gave her response. “That’s really good to hear, that it’s more stable,” the girl commented about the corruption, feeling a small bit of relief with that knowledge.

Soon nodding again, Crystal gave a gentle smile back after hearing the suggestions, “Sure, those sound like good ideas.”

Dreamcatcher waited patiently as the Nightmare went on his rant and demands // we had a feeling he do this... when Hiiro get brought up... good Call Glory, hopefully this will calm him down before we get to the part with Boo // Catch look to the staff members and the head one nodded her head, the Dreamer prince then went over to a device on the wall, sure he could have the staff member do this and they would have but he had talked to them prior to all this and requested to do this personally // now... it just like all the other times, nothing that stressful... // he glace over to the staff members they had help him before with this machine, he
had practice using this thing a few days now and they had confidence in him.

The Dreamer prince took his fingers over glowing panel and with that his arm band activated, a glowing and odd chime came from the device and with the door open with a * whoosh * sound and there was several cups of hot chocolate ' yes!' Catch thought to himself and had a Victorious smirk on his face, he tap the side of the cup with his finger, it was definitely hot, it was in time like these that having Pyro Nightmare in him work to his advantage.

Catch took a hot chocolate in both his hands and then offered them to the staff members first, when they were all done he got Anna and Glory their and last but not least Catch had the last two in his hands, he stood before Eater and held it out to him and smiled " here you go brother "
The Dreamer prince then nodded to the bed " you mind if I took a sit? We got a lot to talk about "

Dreameater sits and stares at Glory, almost as if expecting her to be the one to get him hot chocolate.

"... Um... You wanna turn around and get more comfortable on the bed...?" Morning Glory simply asks.

"Sure," Eater then says, doing as his partner suggested, and also noticing what Catch is doing as he comes over with the hot chocolate. "Yeah, go ahead," he simply says, taking a good sip of his drink. He's calmed down very suddenly, and the heat around him is dropping more as well.

Fiona beamed when Crystal agreed and stepped even further back to open a walkway for her. "Great! Let's go!"

...However, she paused, took a couple of steps in one direction, stared down the corridor, then slowly whirled back around to face Crystal and Kyle, "...Uh... Where are we supposed to go for food again? It is this way, right...?"

Kyle smiled and started leading the way, "There are multiple places for food, but this will get you there--we can use the teleporters, or go by foot."

Fiona then gave Crystal a thoughtful look, "Uh... I can go with either of those... We can just talk while we get there, either way!"

Dreamcatcher thank the Nightmare before taking a sit, he held his cup of hot chocolate in his hands and stared at it for a moment, he was collecting his thoughts, were dose he start? " try not to freak out "

" unfortunately it not that easy anymore, not even for me, I can't just let you go, even as the Queen great grandson I am not allowed that Authority here... the thing is Eater, things are different now, as you were sleeping the rest of the group has undergone interrogations and evaluations... we talk about this insane quest and what happened so far and how we got to this point, we had to talk about each other... not just about Hiiro and the evil he done but what I done... what you done... we killed people..." the Dreamer prince went quiet at this, the guilt of what happened with the albino Venatavis weight on him...he wasn't in his right mind but he still killed someone and it was already known that Eater had done exactly what his name meant he ate people... "everyone knows it now and is why we are not allowed to do things like we did... " the Dreamer prince shake his head, talking to Weaver about this was hard enough but they were brothers and bore the burden together however Dreameater was not his brother..." were going to have to work and earn their trust and respect, until then we have to do things there way"

" it why we can't just rush off anymore, despite how bad we want to or think we need to " Catch finally took a sip of his hot chocolate " it why we can't rush off just yet...I need to tell you, we're not at the Silver Spear Palace anymore... that Palace was attacked when we all left to go help out in the city, but later we found out it was a trap, they were waiting until we left to attack..." his thumbs wrap the edge of the mug " a lot of people died and some are still messing... we don't know where Boo is... we know something took her, but who and why, were not sure yet..."

Dreameater stays quiet again and listens to what Catch has to say, immediately jumping at the mention of Boo at the end. "Something took her?! I have to find her!" he blurts out loudly.

//Give him a moment,// Morning Glory says, however, giving Catch a slight wave of her paw. //Let's see if he's able to stay calm.//

The Nightmare does go quiet and stares down at his hot chocolate after his little outburst though, and he takes a moment to both have another sip and think. "... I /have/ been trying my best to stay on good terms with them, though, ever since we got here, I never ate any of their people, I didn't protest the den they gave me, as far as I can remember, I've always done as they asked..." Eater mumbles, but then he goes quiet again. After some more thinking, he looks up at Catch again with a darkly serious look in his eyes. "... What do you mean, the evil you've done? What did you do?"

Dreamcatcher glace to the Nightmare ' we knew this, in Eater mind he hasn't done anything wrong because it not there people or anyone from the group... murder is still murder...' and with that thought the Dreamer prince sins press down on him again, Catch looked back down at his cup and slowly took his thumb across the rim "... Victoria has been trying to get into contact with those in hiding for help against Soledormir but it hasn't gone well... are group..has made a bed impact in a lot of places, back at that place with all the White Venatavis... they were actually allies, I mean... " Catch took a hand rubbed his face before holding it on his forehead as he started down thinking back on things like he has done "... it, it was obvious they were, they welcome us and yet we...I treat them less then people, there was so much going on with Hiiro " Catch lip curled at the mentioned of the Dragon shapeshifter name and how he had treated not only him but other there, the bitterness lingard in his tone as he continued " there was so much going on in that place and it all happened so fast, I still don't know how to describe it fully..everything felt like it was against me and I couldn't breathe. Then when the battle started with the Guardians of the key I... I don't know why I thought it was like any other battle for a key...even though we were told be be tested... and so I killed Venatavis... but they were not monsters, they were just kids... they were meant to test us and most of us failed...I am one of those failed and now I have the blood of someone else on my hands... and any hope for allies with the albino Venatavis is gone... there nothing left of them Eater... because of us Soledormir found them and wiped them out or took them? The Vaseterm are not sure what really happen after we left but that isn't were it ends..."

" the group reputation hadn't be good one so far... including back home, we gotten reports that were wanted criminals, I mean... yeah, word got out about you and I both becoming Nightmares but it more then that, the stuff I did with Hiiro in it self was wrong... I should have turned into a Nightmare for the things I done and yet my stupid silver blood save me? But if it wasn't for this cursed blood would I lose my self like I do now? Would I flip out like I do now? I know what I'm doing and yet I can't stop myself, if in not a Nightmare then what kind of monster am I becoming? "

Catch glace up at the Vaseterm in the room before hanging his head low again " this is why I am not allowed to do the things I had at the Silver Spear Palace... I can't be trusted, I let Hiiro and my emotions rule over me, I failed to hold the silver moons laws and their virtues... and now I bear the weight of the group and my own sins...because in the end it's my fault, I let this happen "

Dreameater continues staring at Dreamcatcher the whole time his brother is talking, only occasionally taking a sip of his hot chocolate, though he never takes his eyes off of Catch. //I remember I ate one of the Venatavis in that fight. I felt comfortable enough to do that in front of everyone, since everyone else was killing them too, and no one tried to stop me,// he thinks, //That was right before I came across my former self in Void's palace, too...// As he keeps listening though, what Catch says does sound familiar, but how? Eater was sleeping for a week. //I think I remember we talked about this, but when? The last thing I remember doing was going home to eat... No, that was after trying to find Crimson's eyes, that was a dream--it doesn't matter though.//

"Yes you did, you idiot, but you also didn't have anyone there to support you, either," Eater finally grumbles, keeping the deadly serious tone in his voice, "I distinctly remember before we went into the temple, I was pushing you more. I was taunting you with the promise you didn't keep, the fact that I showed Joydreamer what happened to her son. You never even got to see her, and no one's been there to watch your back. Not me, not your /wife,/ not even Anna." He huffs and jerks his head in Anna's direction without looking at her. "Yeah, you're not trustworthy right now. Even your own brother was a fool to put his trust in you... as if you could watch me," he then taunts, his lips curling up in an ugly smirk for a moment, but then it slowly begins to fade. "... So what're you going to do about it now?"

//Don't listen to him, Catch,// Morning Glory quietly tries to encourage her friend, //You know that's not Weaver...//

Rihanna flash her colors and quivered her wings threateningly, if that didn't say she was mad the look on her face as she gesture drawing up her invisible sleeves would had said it all, she was really to fight Eater for what he said. // you dirty rotten, scum eating, lint licker! I'll kick your butt for that Eater! //

// Ann, let it go...// Catch simply replied, it hurt, all this did but a true in a bucket of lies always did the most damage but like Glory said this isn't Weaver, and telling the truth to his real brother was harder then telling this monster with his face.// I know Glory...//

Morning Glory puts her paw out and carefully holds onto Anna's shoulder to make sure she doesn't fly off. //He just woke up now, we don't need you to knock him back out!//

Anna stayed in place thanks to Glory, she wouldn't do what she wanted to do to the Nightmare but she still let out a grumbly growl as she wiggled Shuffle in place.

Dreamcatcher hadn't look at the Nightmare has he beat him down with words, except when his wife got mentioned, he cut a glare at Eater before pulling himself back together and looking back down again, he could feel the Eclipse pulling ever so lightly on his strings but the Dreamer prince was trying to keep it together and not loses himself into the blind rage.

He stayed quiet for a moment After the Nightmare got done, Catch then stands up, he doesn't look at the Nightmare " your right, particularly, no one was there for me but that isn't the full picture, each and every person had a reason, Eira corruption play with the mind flooding it with doubts and suspicions to were the victim believe in order to protect themselves or the one they love they have to keep their distances.... with what happened last week, we now believe that something wrong with the Fairfins... looking back, All of our Fairfins haven't been right, Glory knew you were turning and yet didn't say or do anything, when I needed Anna the most she wasn't there... the same is with Sparky and Serenity...looking back, I never thought to think about it, why so many Dreamer had been reported lately if they had Fairfins, why was that happening all the sudden in these past few years and now seeing a difference in Anna and Glory after getting treatment from that holy place " he cast a sideways glace at the Nightmare, that right he wouldn't know about that ether but he wasn't going to get side tracked " they been acting differently, but in a good way, there both more alert and in tune with body behavior and emotions, the Vaseterm are looking more into it but there under the impression something was done to them, probably to all the Fairfins.... " Dreamcatcher then turned to the Nightmare and looks down at him with a equally dead serious look " and as for my brother, he had /you/ in his way, so don't you dare try to use them to mock me! "

" as for what I'm going to do about it?" Dreamcatcher then set his hot chocolate down on one of the rolling tables with a bit more force then needed. " I stop pretending I can fix or do things on my own or I have to do those things on my own, because I'm /not/ this group leader anymore, Queen Victoria is in charge until I actually earn the responsibility or someone else who's more worthy of it is given the responsibility, so I'm going to work with the other remaining key hunters and Vaseterm in stopping Soledormir...and were starting by actually working together for a change so now you have a choice Dreameater, are you going help or be in the way? "

Dreameater stays quiet again, just as before while Catch carries on, but his dark glare returns as well as his smirk. He mulls over everything that Catch said, glances around the room at the different people here, and he tastes the mood in the air. Then he suddenly lifts his head up with a much friendlier look on his face, and he gives a small shrug. "Of course I'm going to help!" he warmly declares, his voice loosely hiding the sarcasm in his tone, though he can't hide how hollow his words are, "I already gave blood and corruption both to the Vaseterm to study, and I'm willing to try more things if it'll help remove Cataclysm from you. And I'm not going to hunt any of the Vaseterm, I'll co-operate..."
Morning Glory frowns at Eater's answer, and she sighs again. //Well Eater certainly hasn't changed at all...// she mumbles telepathically.

Dreameater stops to finish off his hot chocolate, then he sets up cup down in front of his crossed feet. "Ahh... I feel better now," he says, having calmed down more at this point, and now when he looks back to Catch, there's something a little more genuine in his eyes. "... So, what's the plan for today?"

// man is Eater bipolar, he not fooling anyone// Anna huffed in her head.

Dreamcatcher wasn't buy any of what Nightmare said ether but at least he agreed to still work with them " that's good because more testing is going to be done and for your sake Eater you better not hunt or kill any person again, here or off world, the Queen will find out and punishment will be given " the Dreamer prince warned him.

Now that was done Catch relaxes a little bit " as for today, you still need to be caught up in speed and things and learn how things work around here " Catch turned around to address the staff in the room " may I take Eater to his new room to get ready for the day? "

Permission was granted and of course guards were assigned to escort them. some of the staff approached the Nightmare (cautiously) but they explained procedures in which they were going to do and the rules for the Nightmare to follow.

He have to wear a tracking band at all times.

Dreameater listens to all the instructions and warnings he's given, noticing the tracking band that's been on him the whole time, and he agrees to go along with their rules. He's allowed off the bed and unchained from it, and before he leaves the room, he gets to experience being scanned for weapons or anything else. "But I just woke up?" He asked the Vaseterm guards, to which he was told, "It's protocol."

During this time, and then when they start walking, Morning Glory gives Fiona and Crystal an update that Eater is awake, Weaver's back to not being in full control, and Eater's still a jerk.

The boys mostly stay quiet as the armored Vaseterm guards explain the situation to Eater in more detail, how he will always be followed by them and how he will always be under very strict supervision. Guards and other staff members pass them as they go, even some magical police dog creatures occasionally (which Catch makes sure to tell Eater that they can't pet, just like the Shadow Hunter dogs back home. At least not while these creatures are on duty). As they're getting closer to Eater's new room, there's something that the Nightmare has been noticing that's unnerved him quite a bit. "... This place is so different from the other palace... There's cameras everywhere, and those turrets... They actually have freaking turrets in the halls..." Dreameater mutters to Catch.

Dreamcatcher had followed along with everything, he was getting pretty used to the protocol and procedures of this place and how different it really was. " yeahhh, it's a lot different from from the other places, you just have to get used to it, and we'll, if it makes you feel any better those turrets follow me to but as long as you don't do anything thing that provokes them to shoot you be fine " he teased a little at the end.

"Ha... Yeah, I'll try to remember not to make any sudden movements in the hallways..." Eater mutters again, a small smirk on his face after Catch's comments, but then he stops when the two guards in charge stop.

"We're here," the one says, then explains, "Dreameater, you need to stand here in front of the door while we prepare to open it."

Dreameater does as he's told, but he can't help but lightly tease, "... Wait, this is my room? You mean it's more than a prison cell with bars? You know, this is more like what I was expecting when we first got here..."

" I thought that to when I was first shown what was going to be your room, what I was told the other places was Blue training in maintaining and handling a palace... many of the renovations were done by his request..." Dreamcatcher rub the back of his head and glance over at the Vaseterm guards, because of what happened in the city there had been a division between the silver Spears and the burning Sun Clans..." Anna was sitting up on his bright red hair and followed up with " it's pretty rough to, apparently just before the attack on the city to Blue had a vision with Soledormir and almost died... he been in critical condition every since..."

Catch didn't say anything more but his hand did move to his horns and he rubbed the Gemstones with his fingers... little did he know until that time how dangerous vision could really be and what was the powers that Soledormir really has.

"Ohhh..." Eater says, raising his eyebrows and thinking about that a bit more, wondering to himself about what went on behind the scenes with the Vaseterm... But he doesn't think about it too long, as the two Vaseterm have opened the door, which Eater finds interesting because it isn't even a normal door, it retracts horizontally into the walls.

"This is another scanning room, once the scan is complete, the door on the opposite side will open, and you can go inside your living quarters," the one guard explains, staying by the devices he just used. "Prince Dreamcatcher, you and both of the Fairfin may accompany him through the scan."

"Another scan? Ok..." Eater quietly replies, glancing back at Catch and Anna, and watching as Morning Glory flies off of Catch's shoulder to land on his. "I mean, I guess I can rest assured knowing that this place is super fortified, huh...?" Eater then adds as he heads into the scanning room.

" it just how it is here,
I wasn't expecting this much security at first ether with how things seem to be from the other places... it sure is night and day between the two" Catch made a goofy nervous face as he headed inside to.

Anna was still watching the Nightmare but she to was a bit more relaxed now " you think this is something, what until you see what they have for Crimson that you have to all do "

"Ha! Oh yeah, I bet they've got Crim's room blast-proofed as much as they possibly can," Eater snorts, "And then do they scan you three times before you can go in? It'd be funny if they had to scan me for a third time now."

"Mmm, be careful what you wish for," Morning Glory playfully warns him, "Because something tells me you're going to end up feeling like you're being scanned three times before you can go in and out of your room!"

Eater huffs and rolls his eyes at his Fairfin. "Eh, we'll see. Speaking of seeing, have you seen my room yet?" he asks, turning back to look at Catch again with a grin. "You know what it's like in there? Or would you not wanna spoil it for me?"

"It's just on the other side of this door, you can wait, can't you?" Glory warmly scolds him.

Catch didn't make a reply to the Nightmare about Crimson room and let Glory take it from there.

He did however shrug with a smirk " you just have to wait and see~ "

" you better like it!" Anna roughly teased

Dreameater snickers at Catch and the girls, and then after just a little longer, the scan is completed and the next doors open, this time vertically into the ceiling and floor instead of the walls like the first. The Nightmare is immediately intrigued by what he sees and quickly walks forward to see it closer. "Oh wow, I was not expecting this!" he grins.

There's a comfortable-looking bed and a nearby wardrobe situated in the top right corner of the room, and folded neatly on the bed is his clothes, all washed and dried. A small desk and a chair are nearby on this side also. Propped up against the side of the desk is an acoustic guitar, one of the two that he got for himself and Crimson at the previous palace. There are a couple action figures on the desk to boot. On the left side of the room, there's a table with a couple of chairs, a counter with a microwave similar to the Land of Dreams, a flat, shining mirror that's also similar to what would be a TV set from the Land of Dreams high up on the wall, an "Iron Man" mini fridge, and some form of flat metal panel in the wall nearby the mini fridge and counter at a much easier to reach height than the Mirror TV. At the middle of the back wall is another, more normal door. Looking back towards the doors he just came through, there's another screen on the wall that probably does something. Near the top of the room appears to be some kind of small tunnels, similar to cat tunnels, that are the perfect size for Fairfin and lead in and out of the room. Here and there on the walls are some almost-holographic pictures and paintings, the floor around the left side of the room is tiled, while the floor under the bed and desk have the appearance of wood. There are cameras in all corners of the room.

"They got the stuff that I got! And there's my clothes!" Dreameater declares, going over first to the desk with the guitar and action figures, "Or at least most of it! I actually get a desk? Huh!" Then he goes over to the bed, picks his hat up, and puts it on his head.

"They even brought along that mini fridge you picked out, too," Morning Glory points out, flying off of Eater's shoulder towards it.

"They sure did!" Dreameater exclaims, still grinning through all of this, "I've got another table and chairs, and then the other half of this stuff looks like it's from home! Well, and then there's these screen things."

Dreamcatcher follows his brother inside his new room, the smile on his face grows as he see and hear more of Weaver coming out with the the awe and wow of his room. " pretty nice hu?" Catch chuckled " there a lot of extra things we were able to put in and the queen said she be open to add more in the future depending on your cooperation "
" it a big upgrade from the last place isn't it?" Anna grind and flew over to one of the Fairfin Perches on the wall, there was things for Fairfins as well, including a small table were she picked up a tiny remote, she walks along it and pointed the remote to one of the hanging squares and then tap a button on it but in a way to show Weaver what one, the square comes to life with a Scenic picture that almost looks real, with a green field with trees swaying in the wind and the background " there no windows or bars to look though but we ask if we could put these pictures boxes in so you can have something other then walls to look at, " the Fairfin tape it again and this time the picture changes to a ocean scene where the waves drifted on the shore " you also have a remote like this but bigger or you can use any of the panels... I think the pc thing and phone? Can change and up new pictures on thses if I remember that correctly " she then went over to one of the smaller boxes and pointed the remote at it and a picture of the Dreamer kids just before heading off to Shadow hunting pop up on it.

One the Vaseterm guards followed them in, she just wanted to make sure everything went smoothly and it was her job to help explain any details that needed to. She cleared her throat and them said" if I could draw your attention this way sir so I can explain to you how to operate the panels " she stood near the door they had come in, there was a extension from the wall that had a panel with multiple buttons on it and about the wall was a screen and a speaker box.

Dreameater stands amazed at his new room, and the thought of getting even more stuff if he cooperates is even more exciting. "It absolutely is!" he agrees, watching Anna as she works with the pictures. "Hey, that's cool," he said, but then he got rather quiet when it changed to a familiar picture... "That's..."

But he gets distracted when the guard clears her throat. "Oh, sure thing," he says, seeming a bit quieter now, but he follows her over. "What's this thing do?"

Now that the attention in the room was focused on her the Vaseterm guards then went into detail about the importance of the function of panel, how the door could only be open from the outside and he have to use this panel to call them on the outside to ask to be let out, but it did more then that, he to call for other forms of assistance, like if he needed anything or even order food.

She then went over to where the food would be dispensed if he ordered something, it was a little door on the wall not to far from the panel, she then explained that after he ordered a bell will sound when the food is ready and he can open the door. Any of his dishes should be returned in the door closed and press the button for their removal she explained.

This distraction seems to perk the Nightmare up again though, as he looks from the panel, to the guard, to Catch, all with wide eyes. "You mean... I can just, /order food/?!" he says, hesitating a moment before pressing the button to call. "Hey! Can I get a steak?" he says into the speaker.

"You're hungry already?" Morning Glory asks, shaking her head as she flies back to her partner, but Dreameater is too focused on seeing if this thing works.

The guards simply nodded in reply.
"Sure thing!" A cheerful woman voice replied back "I'm going to display some options on the screen for you to pick from, just tap what ones you like and I'll get started!" And just as she said pictures of different kinds of steaks were displayed on the screen, each one having a description of what kind of meat it was and the cut of it, all to the different cooking methods and sauces and spices that could be used.

Anna was messing with the different screens in the room, turning them on to make the room more lively and homie.
Catch is just smirking as he shakes his head

"Wow! Ohh, ooooh..." Dreameater hums as the selection pops up. After picking what he wants, Glory helps him decide on trying it medium rare, since he started having somewhat of a debate over whether he wanted it raw or well done...

But once that's done, the Nightmare turns around again to look over the room once more. He's still got a grin on his face. "Man, I feel like I'm being spoiled now, how long has it been since I got to stay in a room like this?" he says, tipping his hat at the guard before putting his hands behind his head. "Suddenly I went from being a prisoner, to now, I almost feel like I'm a DrrrrRRrrr..."
He doesn't finish his sentence, as near the end his expression changed to a glare, his tone to a growl, and he covers his face with one hand.

Dreamcatcher smile shifted when his brother took an obvious turn, that Eater realized what was happening...

The guard tense up with the shift in the Nightmare behavior, she didn't make any sudden movements but was ready if she needed to be. Catch had his hand down low and he did he discrete hold on gestured to her, the Vaseterm seen and was going to let the prince do his thing but would stay at the ready just in case.
" it really is something isn't it?" Dreamcatcher replied keeping his friendly tone, he walked up beside the Nightmare and patted his on the back as he said " see all your good behavior has paid off! " the Dreamer prince rests his hand on his brother shoulder and maybe use just a little emotion magic in hopes to calm down Eater a bit " I seen some of the other rooms and they are /not/ this nice " he pointed across the way to a door and added " you even have your own bathroom now! "