nice!

can you follow me back?

Angus holds his posture, he wasn't done yet, but now he has both of theirs attention " good, now I'll make myself clear sir Whitesoul, if Dreameater so much plans or commits any form of murder or torture against a other soul, mark my words whatever it is he done it will be done twice in full to him, what you had to endure was horrendous but you will not have to endure that anymore without hope of justice being done, even if Dreameater try to fle I will personally lead the head hunt against him. ..." the minotaurs voice was as cold as ice as he said " ..Dreameater I will kill you, so did I make myself clear?"

"..... Yes! Y-yes, sir!" Dreameater quickly replies, still not moving a muscle, though he does finally blink a couple times. "I understand sir, you can put the weapon away..."
But his mind is still trying to wrap itself around, well... Everything. //What--what's happening?? What--He's trying to kill me!? What?! He wants to kill me! He says he's going to kill me! I do not want to speak to him anymore! W-wait...//

Crystal answered all of what Fiona said with a nod and soft, but glad sounding, “Mhm.”

When Kyle gave his offer, her eyebrows raised thoughtfully, not having considered that option. She worried it would be a bother to do so, but as they went through with the idea, it didn’t seem like it was, and that was a nice little reassurance.

The girl had gotten quiet and noticeably nervous while they made their way through the crowds and to the food, doing her best to just keep up and stick with the two others. Thankfully though, after the group found a slightly calmer area to sit and eat, she soon relaxed again.

Fiona and Kyle both ensured that they all stuck together as they went... Even with the Elemental still being rather awe-struck at the size and extravagancies of the palace.
She had actually ordered both a salad and a steak--big ones of both... Once she knew she could do that.
And Kyle had gotten a steak, which he seemed happy about.

After they all found a place to sit, Fiona gave Crystal a smile, hoping this spot would help with how nervous she seemed.
The Elemental thanked Kyle for the help, then said a short prayer of thanks to the Silver Moons before starting to eat.

"So... Crystal..." She started off, on a new topic at first, "Do you have a favorite food? Or a favorite kind?" She popped half a strawberry in her mouth, then blinked at the combined taste she was trying.

Angus did not budge when the Nightmare told him he could put his weapon down" do you now? " he held his cold glare " because I don't believe you do understand the severity of your situation, I will kill you Dreameater...and the only reason why I haven't /is because Dreamweaver is still alive/ if he were to die then there is no reason in keeping you alive, now think really hard on that... if it wasn't for the fact of Dreamweaver alive there be no reason in keeping you around and treating you with hospitality, so remember that... if Weaver dies so do you and you will die if anything dose happen to him, do I make myself clear? "

Dreameater slowly nods his head at Angus. "... Y-yes, sir... I'm not stupid, I won't try to go out of my way to kill Weaver, I won't do anything to him, I promise...!" he says, a bit quieter this time, still staring at the gun. "He'll be fine, I won't do anything, I just..." After a slight pause to work his brain, he makes a very nervous smile and gives one single, fearful laugh, "I've just been on edge since I found out Weaver was still alive, you know? I'll--I'll admit I've been lashing out because I want to stay in control, but I'll behave, I'm not stupid... I'll stop."

Everything was happening so quickly, first Eater was been cruel and nasty and then Weaver was having a panic attack, to now the man was pointing a gun at his friend face " wait what! Hold on! "
Anna was right there with her both" Whoa! Whoa! "

But as the scene played out it was obvious the Minotaur knew what he was doing, he was speaking a language the Nightmare could even understand...

Morning Glory has gotten quieter by this point, and has since stopped crying, though she's still rather tense.

Trevor then approaches Dreamcatcher with a bottle of water and two little cups. "Water? It's good to stay hydrated," he says, offering the bottle to Catch and the cups to the Fairfin.

" good, then I advise you to control yourself instead of lashing out in the future, for /your / benefit for a longer life it would be wise to work Dreamweaver instead of against him... he is a child of the Silver Moons as you are a product of Soledormir... and we already know what kind of future Soledormir desires... " and still Angus did not lower his weapon

"I get it, I get it, sir, I understand..." Dreameater repeats, glancing with his eyes from Angus to his gun. He also folds his hands neatly on the table in front of him. "I'll not lash out anymore, I promise, sir... Would you put the weapon down if you could talk to Weaver?"

The Minotaur would have eventually lowered his gun at some point but with what the Nightmare suggest got his curiosity so he wasn't going to tell him that.. Angus tips his head slightly down so his eyes cut over the brim of his glasses at the Nightmare " if it were Dreamweaver I was speaking to, then yes, I put my weapon away "

Dreameater nods his head again. //Weaver, do something!// he thinks and then waits, as if Weaver's going to magically take full control again because he thought that, //... He won't put the gun down until you talk to him! So do something! ... I should feel it when he wants something? Or, wait, no, he usually takes over when I'm doing something already? What am I supposed to do here? A lot just happened...//

... The Nightmare, in all of this, is still just sitting there, staring at Angus. He starts to narrow his eyes as he's thinking, but then eventually seems to be having too much trouble with this, as he asks, "Hey, can you try asking him a question or something...?"

Dreamcatcher held his arms in a way so the girls could drink their water.

" thank you " he replied to the human man, the Dreamer prince then looked back to the glass and beyond it to were the Nightmare and Vaseterm half-blood were sitting... and then the Nightmare mentioned something that made Catch mouth open // can they really do that? Can Eater really let Weaver have control? //

The Minotaur waited and waited patiently, he was studying the Nightmare, how his facial expressions shifted and his body movement // he having a bit of troubles I see...// then when the Nightmare ask his questions Angus tips his head up slightly, he wasn't going to acknowledge the Nightmare question but act on it " sir Whitesoul how are you faring? "

Crystal softly returned Fiona’s smile, then nodded in agreement when the Elemental thanked Kyle, piping up with her own little “thank you” as well.

Now that the three of them where seated and settled, it wasn’t long before the girl started to pick and eat at her own food a bit. She ended up ordering something along the lines of a grilled chicken sandwich, having seen it on the menu and remembering enjoying the last one she had.

Crystal looked up at Fiona when she said her name, and watched her while she asked her question. “A favorite food..?” She repeated thoughtfully. “I’m not sure I can choose just one or one kind, but I guess if I had to narrow it down some..” She thought a little more then said, “I really like soups, and sandwich’s.. Vegetables and fruits too, among.. many other things I’m realizing.” She gave a little, awkward shrug at her indecisiveness. “What about either of you?” The girl asked in return, glancing between both Fiona and Kyle.

"It's good you like a lot of different things. That makes it easier to not have to eat stuff you think is gross to stay healthy!" Fiona responded to Crystal's indecisive list.
Then she let out a partial laugh, "And we've got something in common, too--my favorite kinds are fruits and sweet stuff! Though, I gotta remember to be careful with what I have.
...I uh... Get hyper."

Kyle was cutting his steak as he waited for the Elemental to finish, "Meats and seafood are my likes. Vegetables are good on the side. Simple, but effective."

Notably, as the conversation continued, Fiona was having a slight struggle with her salad. She had been attempting to get one of each part of the dish to try together, and things weren't sticking, or dropping back into the bowl... Particularly the almonds.
Eventually she grabbed both her fork and spoon and scooped up a big pile of it that likely wouldn't fit in her mouth.

Dreameater grimaces slightly as he remains quiet a little longer. //Look, he asked you a question! Go on, tell him how you're doing. How're you doing?// he keeps thinking, but something in his mind keeps going back to: //I don't know what do to... I don't even know what happened just now...//

"...... Uh... I don't know what to do. I don't know what happened?" Eater finally says after quite a time of making faces at Angus. "... That's all I can think of to say. I'll admit, I've never actually done this before," he makes another nervous smirk, but it fades quickly as he keeps going, "A lot just happened, too... I'm not really sure. Uhh... I don't know..."

" hm" Angus slowly began to lower his gun but kept it out, he didn't say anything for a moment, he was giving both the Nightmare and Dreamer time to think " interesting... much did just happen Whitesoul, I would normally ask if you recall what just happened but in your case let's just move past that... I'm going to ask you other question, would you like something to drink?" He gestured with his free hand a half wave to one of the guards to go bring something.

Dreameater stops rubbing his face for a moment to look at Angus. "Uh, sure... I guess so," he quietly answers, then sits more upright again and sighs. //I was supposed to be interrogated--but didn't he only ask me one question? And then... Ugh, I wasn't expecting that to happen, I even told Catch I didn't expect this to be that bad...// After thinking all this to himself, he bows his head slightly and tells Angus, "Forgive me, sir, I was not expecting any of that."

Morning Glory perks up more as she listens to the conversation. "Eater really is letting Weaver have more control?" she states in almost disbelief.

Dreamcatcher took a step closer to the glass and was just as amazed " wow... it really seems like it "
" in your condition I had expected as much..."Angus let his gun dissolve and fold his hands, he keep his eyes just above the crest of his hands to continue to study the Nightmare.
The guard brought both of them glasses of water.

" have something to drink and then we'll continue " Angus said, though he didn't go for his own water glass, instead he got out his handkerchief and wiped his nose again.

The Nightmare simply nods again, but he does hesitate and stare at it briefly. //It's not hot chocolate?// the thought passes through his mind, and a rather surprised, yet confused look comes to his face. //I don't need hot chocolate,// he starts, then interrupts his own thoughts, //Yes I do, hot chocolate makes me feel better. This isn't hot chocolate, it's water!// He almost opens his mouth to say something about this, but he seems to think better on it. //Just drop it, we don't need hot chocolate, and besides, this is what the guard gave us, this isn't that big a deal.//

So, Dreameater takes a drink of the water and then waits quietly for Angus to say something more.

Angus put his handkerchief away in his jacket pocket again, he went back to folding his hands and resting them on the table top " now that things seem a bit more calmer how about we start over? How about we start on smaller things, how is your relationship with sir Brightheart? How long have you known him? "

"We've known each other since we were fawns," Dreameater begins to explain, "We grew up together in Howaito. He's like my brother, even though we're not related."

" how interesting " he replied, but the truth was he wasn't very interesting in knowing about Dreamcatcher right now, the detective needed to build up to what he wanted to know so he press it more " I have heard about the bonds with Dreamers, how your kind can form a friendship to were you call those who are not blood kin your kin, the Vaseterm are similar in some ways... your brother has an impressive in Heritage" Angus took his glasses of water and took simple sip.

After setting down his glasses he went on to inquire " can you tell me what you know about your Heritage?"

"Yeah..." Dreameater quietly agreed with Angus about Catch's heritage, but he raises an eyebrow as well, and can't help but wonder about the Vaseterm's next question. //Does this have to do with what Catch and Anna mentioned earlier...?// he thinks, but then he answers, saying, "Me? Well, my dad comes from a long line of Shadow Hunters. He's the first to be a Heaven's Blade in a long time. It's kind of a tradition that's been passed down from father to son. As for Mom, her family legacy has always been one for being a light to others, for being strong in the face of trials and grief. No matter what happens or how bad things get, they'd always keep moving forward and staying strong, like there's some fiery determination in every one of us... But, not only that, Mom's side of the family has kind of a reputation, a bad one, that any one of them that's ever turned has turned into some of the worst Nightmares..." He pauses briefly before continuing. "I heard a story more than a couple times about one of my great forefathers, Job Dream, how every member of his family turned into a Nightmare, all in one year, his mother, his grandmother, his cousins, brothers, sisters, all of them, even his own children that were old enough to turn... All he had left was his wife, his friends, and his wife's family. The Shadow hunters prioritized his and his remaining family's safety, and he never turned his back to the Silver Moons, he and his wife stayed strong in their faith together. They were able to live a long and happy life together after all of that, and they never fell..."

He goes quiet after that and stares down at his hands. There seems to be more on his mind that he isn't sharing just yet.

Crystal nodded at the first part of Fiona’s reply, then tilted her head a bit and listened to her explain her food likes. “Sweet things are nice too, I have quite a few I enjoy.” She commented, then added, “But yeah, sweet things can definitely make you hyper if you’re not careful.”

The girl then looked over at Kyle when he spoke up too, to which she nodded again. “Mm, I haven’t tried much seafood, but it usually looks rather good.”

Crystal then took another bite of her food, not too much later noticing Fiona’s struggle and watching her try to get it sorted out. The solution that came up caused the girls lips to pull slightly into a smile, it didn’t look like it would work, but she wouldn’t judge. She had her fair share of moments very similar.

"I avoid sweet foods alltogether." Kyle made a short statement, his eyes widening a little at Fiona as she picked up her pile. "You can't eat all of that at once."

Fiona was already stuffing as much as she could into her face. She came to an abrupt stop when she heard the rest of what Kyle said... And she raised an eyebrow at him, since she couldn't speak at that moment.
Well, what she could fit, she ate, and what she couldn't went back in the bowl.
"Peh... I know--I wanted to get all the taste together." Fiona explained her reasoning, wiping her disappointed face with a napkin. She had expected that to go better.

"Fair. Just be glad it's only the three of us here." Kyle chuckled a little, getting back to his food.

After a slight indignant expression, Fiona turned her attention back to Crystal. "...Actually... Speaking of other people... Do you know what Crimson's favorite food is? We talked about getting him something..."

Angus knew Dreamweaver files but he wanted as much information as possible " yes... we know about your family line bad reputation... " he pushed his glasses up " the Nightmares that are of your mother line have Shackled chains at birth.... as others variance grow them at later in life am I correct? "

Dreameater looks up and nods at Angus. ''Yes sir. I've got them too," he says.

Angus already knew this but it was all part of procedure and on top of that it was curiosity, how would both the Dreamer and Nightmare respond, though it really did seem like this was the Dreamer... however Angus would never let down his guard." .. your mother side is know for having canines alternate forms are they not? "

"Yes sir, that's correct," Dreameater nods again.

" and her side also is were you inherit your hat? " the detective asked.

"Yes sir," Dreameater repeats.

" I have reports that you recently acquired a sword?" Angus fixes his glasses again and narrows his eyes at the Nightmare as he asked " was there anything oddly unusual about it? How was your reflection in the blade?"

"Uh... My reflection?" Dreameater repeats, leaning back a little bit to think. "I think I saw my true form reflected in the blade... Kinda like how Catch's does the same with him. My reflection wasn't even of my true form as a Nightmare, either..."
//That is kinda suspicious, yeah...// he thinks to himself on that.

" this is most fascinating!" Hagatha declared loudly, her fingers moved even faster across her tablet as she continued to take notes.

Dreamcatcher look back and forth between the tinted glass and the scientist " I'm guessing these questions have to do with the suspicions of Weaver being royalty to?"

One of the minotaurs ears flickered back with that answer, he had been listening though a ear piece that picked up Hagatha overzealous reaction.

Besides from that he focused the Minotaur continued with business " interesting... let's move on now other topic shall we?" He folded his hands on the table again and asked " you mentioned your father is a Heavens blade? And that on his side being Shadow Hunter is a tradition in a way, how was your experience at the Academy?"

Trevor is now doing something in the back, something involving paperwork of some kind. When he hears Catch's question, he turns slightly and playfully asks in return, "Ah, you are putting your powers of deduction to good use, Prince Dreamcatcher?"

The Nightmare still seems curious about what Angus was asking those previous questions for, but he knows it's not his place to ask right now. "Well..." he starts, and then from there he explains to the minotaur Vaseterm about the Academy, how the training and schooling was incredibly rough for him, and the bullying, how he pushed himself past his limits to do as best as he could, and yet it was never enough... He even sighs and brings up Dreamcatcher, how his brother wasn't there for him much through all the time he was there, how things got better when he was there, but then almost immediately got worse when he ran off. Of course he mentions Purity and Terra as well, and how they did their best to help, but they each had their own problems as well. He also mentions Larry, the unusual young man they met who was bipolar and all over the place, and yet he considered him a friend. He mentions some of the other things he saw and went through that struck him as odd as well. "... Just recently I learned of the corruption in the school, how Soledormir's minions are the ones in charge, the big one being Void... Or, I guess, Azamuku. Eater... I... No..." He starts to try and explain, but Eater gets confused as he finds himself referring to himself in the third person, but then Weaver shakes his head and tries to carry through it. "... Managed to steal some books from Void when we were in his palace place... In those books I learned that I had been set up to turn from the very beginning, and not just me, but others. The food was poisoned, I was deliberately being overworked, other students were actually evil, or were working for the bad guys... I guess I... never really stood a chance there..."

It was needless to say, Crystal had to hold back a laugh when Fiona suddenly stopped her attempt to eat the large bite she had created. Was she able to do so? Only partly, some little giggles still escaped.

At the next question to be asked, Crystal responded almost immediately, “Hamburgers.” She let out a short laugh and looked back her food in her hands, “At least, that’s what I’m going to assume his favorite food is. I’ve never asked. We haven’t had many opportunities to get food for ourselves, but a while back him and I found a spot and that’s what he got. Ever since then, nearly every time food is brought up, he mentions hamburgers.” The girl couldn’t quite help the warm, thoughtful smile that stuck to her expression as she answered the question. Thinking back to those memories very momentarily made her current fears and worries subside just enough to allow some happier emotions to surface. She then added, “Or chocolate. I think I remember him liking that too. But it’s not really a food as much as it’s a treat or something.”

Crystal shook her head to herself and then looked back at the others again, “Do you think they would let us bring food?”

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" wh-a?- " Catch blurt it out, he trun his head with embarrassment.

Anna giggled and patted her little brother hand " it's ok Cat, you haven't had much of a chance to be a Detective "

The Dreamer prince knew his sister was trying to encourage him but it wasn't helping... as he listened to his brother retell his side of the story of school, Catch eyes drifted away and down//... I was never good at seeing things... I couldn't find Eira and I was to stupid to see how much Weaver and the others needed me... in the end I lost both...//

Most of what was said added up to the testimonies of the others and the information they had gathered so some things he wasn't going to press questions about at the moment, however some he needed to " this Larry character, could you go more into detail about him? You said he was bipolar, how so? "

"Well, just that. He'd be friendly and happy one minute, next thing you know, he's storming off in a fit of rage," Dreameater explains, "And you'd never know what set him off in the first place. You think he's a pretty decent guy, then suddenly he's cat-calling the ladies, it was like you never really knew who he was, you just had to make an assumption. I also found out just recently that his real identity is Omen. Or, uh... Judas?"

" that is correct, Judas Darkstar is his full name " Angus took a long pause before getting other sip of water, he then set down the glass and asked " you said you stole books from ... not only a Forsaken Lord but the one with the less amount of information on him, to even knowing his real name " Angus tips his head down again to look over his glasses at the Nightmare as he ask " just how is that? "

Dreameater watches Angus carefully as he listens to the new questions, but there's something he can't help but notice when Angus looks over his glasses at him now. Not only is there that slight distraction, but the wording of questions and the split memories of Dreamweaver and Dreameater start to confuse the Nightmare again. "... Me?" he asks, then continues, "Yeah, I stole books from Void, one about me, one about Fiona, one about Waker. I thought I had one on Malice, but I lost it. I saw Void's whole story pretty much written on a wall in there, it told about how Azamuku tried to overthrow Soledormir, so Soledormir skinned him alive, gouged his eyes out, and then turned him into Void." Dreameater says that very plainly and simply, without much emotion at all.

A shade of embarrassed purple still lingered in Fiona's face, even after the conversation shifted...

However, her eyes lit up with curiosity as Crystal explained what Crimson likes, especially seeing how a little more happiness showed itself in the human girl's demeanor. The Elemental could tell it was something special.

...But then Fiona blinked at her last question. "...Well, we go through that scanner thing... It should be scan the food too, right? It's a people and weapon and... Food scanner.
Should we let someone know about it, too?" She looked to Kyle.

"If you get something here, I'll be witness to it. You're right--it will need to be scanned. And since they already have the time of your visit documented, telling them won't be a problem.
Or you can request food when we get to his room. Either way, there shouldn't be much difficulty." The Vaseterm guide explained.

Angus had deliberately worded things the way he did, the Nightmare was the only one truly present at Voids heart " how interesting... " the Minotaur pushed his glasses again but this time held his hand for a moment as he thought about his next question " that all it said?... why exactly would Soledormir single out one attempt? Many people and entire world have tried to overthrow him?" But these were more thinking outloud questions, he went back to folding his hands " these books, there was just 4 of them? With these Pacific names on them? How did you steal them?"

Dreameater leans back against his chair and folds his arms as he thinks. Was there more to the story? A lot has happened since then... "Huh... I guess there must've been something different about Void?" he says, then answers the next questions, saying, "And there were more than just four books, there was an entire floating library. That's where Void's heart was, a floating, giant, pulsing crystal that had my former self in it. There were countless other Dreamers, too." He pauses a moment, tipping his head slightly to one side as he remembers what happened--or tries to. "That place was weird... When I went up to the crystal, it was like a mirror..." he starts, then he pauses, and ends up leaning back and forth as he goes between his thoughts, "I saw my former self reflected in it, but it was really strange, because the whole time I'd been watching through my own eyes... I guess I must've been trapped there the whole time, though. I never would've known where I was, since I just saw what Ea... What I did."

... He's forgotten the last questions Angus asked.

Hagatha practically had her face against the glasses as the Nightmare went more into detail about Voids places, the Vaseterm had known that each Forsaken Lord likely had a main lair but never had anyone got word on Voids....

Each one of the key hunters had a bit of a different experience at the Forsaken Lord Fortress, but all of them seem, off... from what the Vaseterm would have expected, and hearing the Nightmares side only added to the suspicion.

Angus adjusted his glasses and sat back, he couldn't believe what he was hearing, just how the Nightmare was talking so casually about this " .... out of multiple books you so happened to be able to select 4 that you knew individuals on? Is that correct? And you don't find that odd?..." he would get to the Dreamer part in a moment, but this stood out to him greatly.

"Yeah, they were just floating by, so I grabbed them," Eater simply says. "I thought they might be useful. I guess it's kinda odd? You know, I also managed to get into Malice's secret palace in Howaito once, I don't even remember what I did there, but I managed to get away from him with Boo while he was busy Awakening to his Tormented form or something." ... He pauses after that and tips his head as he thinks. "... That can't be right, can it? I feel like Malice going Tormented there would've like... destroyed the city or something? But, no, I distinctly remember that's the only reason we got away... Maybe something stopped him before he turned... Anyway," he shrugs. "Back to Void, yeah Omen mentioned in his little message that Void's heart would be in a library or something, and yeah, it was. So I stole some books because I could."

Morning Glory stares at her partner before looking up at Catch. "Has Eater always been like... /this/?" she asks.

Angus push his glasses up with how casually the Nightmare explained everything, one thing just led into other rabbit hole, at least he got the idea on how Eater got the books.

But he needed to keep the Nightmare on track " can you go into more details on this Void heart? This is were you seen the other Dreamers? "

Dreameater nods. "Yeah, that's where I saw the other Dreamers. Their faces were reflected on the crystal heart, and every time it beat, the faces changed. Weaver was the only one who spoke to me, though," he says.

Angus got very quiet at this, he placed his elbows on the table and folded his hands together as he pondered more then a few things.

Dreameater stares at Angus, just waiting for the minotaur to say something. When he doesn't say anything right away, Eater looks a bit more thoughtful... before he begins rambling again. "... I found Void's heart where Omen figured it'd be. I mentioned that, right? Omen had left a message for everyone I think, but he left me a different message in the dark language. He told me to destroy Void's heart, so I did."

Crystal nodded at first when Fiona mentioned the scan they had to go through, “Oh yeah, that’s right,” she muttered thoughtfully. The girl then looked over at Kyle again too, listening to him talk and explain.

Once he was done, Crystal glanced around a bit and said, “Well, if it’s okay either way and won’t cause any problems or trouble, then I think it wouldn’t hurt to try.”

"Yeah, let's give it a shot! I bet a reminder of something special would be just what Crimson needs when he wakes up!" Fiona gave Crystal a faint grin.
"...When you guys got burgers for the first time... That had to have happened in Howaito, right?
That was a while ago... Even though it doesn't really feel like it."

Kyle watched and listened for the time being, aside from an affirmative nod to Crystal's last statement.

Dreamcatcher frowned as he listened to the Nightmare, now that he knew about both Eater and Weaver he could somewhat tell them apart, however they both were so similar in other ways it was a challenge to know who was more in control, if it really was more one then the other to begin with // this is still Eater... he just calm down now...though I'm kinda surprised he didn't snap or get creepy when talking about the Dreamers in Voids heart... maybe Angus sacred him enough or maybe he just working with Weaver more? // Dreamcatcher look down at his brother Fairfin after pondering a similar question she asked " honest, I'm trying to figure that out myself... but from the few times I have spent with Dreameater before what happened at Voids places, he only tolerate me, I know if it wasn't for needed me alive he would have killed me if given the chance.... but the few times we did talk, he did tend to be more to the point and snarky....that were I'm thinking this has to be a Eater and Weaver thing "

Anna looked to her sister and rubbed her back to comfort her, she wondered if her friend could remember anything more on what happened, //being a Forgotten was so hard on her... I'm glad she much more like herself now // Rihanna gave a soft smile to Glory as she said " I know it was rough back then and were still not sure on what the true purpose behind Eater breaking Voids heart but... I'm glad Weaver and you are both back " she then looked towards the glass and wonders out loud " ... I do wonder... did Omen know what was going to happen? Why did he only tell Eater? "

Angus held this Stern study look, by staying silent the Nightmare would ramble more bits of information and ever word he added to his notes in his memory...

The fact that Omen told him to do this and the Nightmare did it, stood out to him " I do have a question for you Mr Whitesoul, why did you do what Omen told you? Were you not suspicious of him? Or did you consider him an Ally to be trusted?"

"Huh..." Morning Glory quietly replies to Catch, trying to remember what vague things she can about Eater when she was a Forgotten as well. She looks over and smiles at Anna when she encourages her though, and she smiles back and nods. "Yeah... Me too, even if it has been hard," she says, then likewise looks through the glass. "Who knows... I don't really remember what happened then..."

Dreameater stares at Angus now. //Whitesoul? He's talking to Weaver? Ok Weaver, he's asking you a question,// he thinks, and keeps staring. //... Wait, but I'm the one who did what Omen said. So he's asking me a question? Weaver wasn't there yet.// The Nightmare blinks a few times, then answers, "Uh... No, I didn't trust him? I don't trust anyone?" he starts to explain, "He ripped me out of my frame just before that, and I ended up in Malice's frame, Malice ended up in mine, then Omen did something and transferred power from Malice to me. I thought he was going to kill me at first. But I just do what I'm told, and I don't like Void, so I saw nothing wrong with going to destroy Void's heart. Especially when I saw the Dreamers and Weaver in there, I was happy to kill them again."

Dreamcatcher gave Glory sympathetic smile, how he looked back on things and thought how much he had in common with Glory back then... they both were lost in a foggy dark place but things were different now, but that only added to the pile of questions, one in which was what Angus asked...

" wait? What?!"
As the Nightmare went on to answer that question the Dreamer prince could hardly believe what he heard, he stared at the glass with his mouth partially open and blink a few times " is? Is that really possible?! "

" huh?! What dose he mean by a frame?" Anna thinks outloud, her confusion was do to the wording the Nightmare used, at first glance she never think to call someone body a frame or speak of it in a shallow term like that, but it didn't take her long to remember that this was Dreameater and it should be expected of a Nightmare to think this way "
What a minute! Did he just say? Huhhhhh!! Dose that mean Eater and Malice were swapped bodies?! But?! But?! WHAT?"
" FASCINATING!! " Hagatha blurted out, as she took notes enthusiastic scientist rambled her thoughts outloud " this has to involve the Nightmares true form! The Light Eaters, such fascinating parasitic magical organisms! "

Angus tips his head at this, for a moment he says nothing as he study the Nightmare

"Yes, this truly is something else, isn't it honey?" Trevor pipes up from the back, where he's filling out some paperwork.

Morning Glory narrows her eyes, trying her best to remember what happened. Does she remember anything about Eater being ripped out of his body and something being done with Malice? It's such a blur... But either way, the thought of her partner being able to swap bodies with someone else makes her grimace. "Ewww..."

Dreameater stares at Angus again during the silence. Something doesn't feel right... But what's this strange thing that's bugging him in the back of his mind? "... I'm not stupid," he suddenly blurts out, pauses, then spurts out more, "No, he didn't call me stupid? Who's calling me stupid? I called you stupid!"

Crystal thought for a moment, then slowly nodded as she recounted where the hamburger event took place, “Yeah, that was in Howaito,” she paused to think more then added, “You’re right, it doesn’t feel like it’s been a long time since we were there, but..” Briefly the girls lips moved silently, as though she was counting, “..It has been quite some time.. And so much has happened since then.”

Angus rises an eyebrow when the Nightmare blurted ' I'm not stupid ' he then took note how Eater spoke and postured himself as he went on, which what the Nightmare said Last actually brought a smirk to the minotaur's face " if I did not know better I might have took that as an insult Mr Whitesoul "
The half-blood then takes off his glasses and whip them down with a soft rag as he continued "however I know that comment was not implied towards me" he glance at the Nightmare, without his glasses on it would be more obvious something seem off about his eyes, they seem agitated with a bit of cloudiness to them...

Angus place his glasses back there they belong on his face and then put away his rag, seen he was taking a moment to tend to himself, he brought back his handkerchief to clean his nose as well before continuing " Let's get back to the topic on hand shall we?" Angus looked the Nightmare in the eyes as he said " by frames, you mean that you were ones in Malice body and he in yours? Could you go more into details on this? Did you notice any changes to you? Do you know why Omen did this? Explain more will you?"

A goofy look was on Dreamcatcher face as the smack down between Eater and Weaver took place " ... I'm pretty sure Eater and Weaver are arguing "

Morning Glory tips her head as she listens to the Nightmare. "Yeah... Weaver just called him stupid," she says.

"Uh-huh " Anna agreed and nodded her head.

Catch nodded his head with his sister in agreement as well.

"....... Huh?" Dreameater blurts out, then stares at Angus again for a moment. "... Oh, yeah, frames are bodies. Omen ripped me out of my body, and that was the first time I ever was in my Light Eater form. I went looking for my body since Omen took it, I came across Fiona, and she picked me up, then she dropped me on Malice's body that was just lying there, then I melted into it, and then I was in control of Malice's body. Until Fiona and I came across Malice and Alex, and Malice was in my frame, and then Omen came back, and then he did the transfer, and then he put us back in our right frames." After explaining all of that, he pauses just briefly to try and remember. "I don't think I noticed anything different about me after that specifically. I just could summon a sword after that. My former self couldn't summon swords. I don't know why Omen did any of that. That's all I know."

Fiona was now working on cutting her steak to pieces as she thought. She effortlessly diced it up without so much as a glance. Whether that was because of the way it was cooked, or thanks to her experience with swords, mini and giant was up for debate. (Likely both.)

"...Well that just makes /even more/ reason to get him a burger!" She declared, despite the fact that they didn't need more reasons...
"But... Yeah. We've been all over... We've got some work to do--but I'm glad we're still together." She took on a more serious tone momentarily.
"...Back to Howaito, though... How'd everything go with you and Crimson there...? I didn't see you much... Or anyone much, really." The Elemental let out a single sheepish laugh.

Angus didn't say anything...

Hagatha stop taking notes for a moment...

There was a sudden shift of tension in the air again, the Dreamer prince had felt this situation before with the interrogations, the Vaseterm knew something... or it was the lack of what they knew...
Catch had been trying to put pieces of the puzzle together but he had been missing so many, but one thing he had been able to catch on to was this Omen guy, Judas Darkstar was far more important then what he seemed " Miss Hagatha, do you know why?" He asked.
"....more research needs to be done " Hagatha said and then started to take notes ones more " Judas is a tricky specimens, his very personality shattered into four fragments and each fragment go about things differently... not to mention Soledormir son Killy who runs the show with his brutality... and we know Judas has a unnaturally strong instinct to follow who ever is in charge... despite how good or evil that person is "

"And that's what makes things like this difficult," Trevor adds on to his wife's comments. He's also briefly stopped filling out papers for this. "Because there's very little way of telling what kind of an ulterior motive his actions have. With things like this, we have to ask questions ourselves, how did he know to transfer power from Malice to Dreameater? Is this to set him up to be the next Nightmare King, or was it for some other reason? Why did Omen instruct Dreameater /alone/ to destroy Void's heart? Did he know what would happen? Was it done to save Dreamweaver, or to doom him to a much worse imprisonment? And what of the other Dreamers? ... I think you get the picture."

They had all been briefed on Judas four fragments, how one was like a playfully innocence of a child, one was cunning and focused on surviving, other held his grief and shame and the last was a living weapon...and if that wasn't crazy enough, a completely different person all together lived inside him...it didn't seem possible that a person could live like this and yet, this person was his school friend, Larry... but just like what they knew of Crimson now and even with Eater and Weaver, it didn't seem as crazy anymore...

" and that why you been so interested in talking to Eater yourself and testing him " Catch replied looking back to the glass were the Nightmare sat beyond it, he already knew that but he hadn't understood what exactly it was they were looking for but with what the Nightmare told them and what Omen did, made him wonder just what was really going on...
" precisely, that is why more testing is needed to be done!!" Hagatha declared holding up her pen with a big grind on her faces

Angus knew there was more to this story, they just didn't have all the piece yet, he pushed his glasses up as he study the Nightmare more, the real question was with information was figuring out were it belong, what was true and what was not, what order it should go to reveal the truth because if it's out of place then it be a lie...
when it came to what Omen truly did to the young Nightmare he knew other test would need to be done, and that be in Hagatha Court,
however what he got the Nightmare to do was in his.. so He thought about his words carefully " I'm going to take us a few steps back to a previous question... you said their were other Dreamers you seen inside Voids heart? Do you know what happened to them? Do you know why they were in that place? Was there anything that showed what its purpose was?"

"Yes! More testing does need to be done, tomorrow!" Trevor pipes up again, rather dramatically flipping up one of the papers in his hand, "We've got an appointment scheduled for his physical tests tomorrow."

Meanwhile, Dreameater so simply replies, "No, I already told you all I know. I didn't even know the Dreamers were still around until I saw them in there. Then I thought I killed them again. And all I knew was it was Void's heart."

Hagatha enthusiasm was put on hold with her Husband's comment, she turned her head toward him with cheeks puffed up and her lip pouting " tomorrow?... as in 24 hours or in 3 hours to midnight tomorrow or 8 hours and 45 minutes to dawn tomorrow? "

"Tomorrow as in twenty-four hours from now," Trevor replies. "Yes, Dreameater only just woke up, but Dreamweaver's had a panic attack after just the first question, and I'm sure you've noticed by now how his Nightmare's mind seems to be caving in on itself. Don't you think the boy could use a little more time?"

Hagatha let out a wine as she said " oh fine dear...there are the other Nightmare and Light Eaters to study in the meantime "

Dreamcatcher did a quiet sigh to that but his relief didn't last long when the hyperactive scientist turned her gaze to him as she grind " we still need to continue our investigation on your unique form of corruption, Master Dreamcatcher "

Catch jump back, as he glurp " A-Eeh-! I still don't Doctor. think I'm quite ready to try shifting to my dark form just yet! B-esides! After what happened in the city we don't even know what shifting would even do to me now right? Not with how Cataclysm been..."

" yeah! I know you want to figure stuff out but I'm not willing to put Cat life at risk needlessly " Anna snapped at the Doctor

Angus took his hands back up to his face and folded them as he study the Nightmare and said nothing but was judging him...

Dreameater stares at Angus again for a little bit. "...... I'm not stupid," he suddenly feels the need to say again.

Morning Glory looks between Catch and Hagatha before offering, "At the same time, Catch... No one's going to be able to figure things out if you don't allow them to test anything. How about tomorrow? You could be tested with your brother by your side?"

"I can set up an appointment for any time that would work for you," Trevor adds.

" clearly " Angus replied. -

Catch bit his lip, he really, really didn't want to shift, he never liked that form but now, he didn't know what but something felt even more off about it //... maybe I'm just psyching myself out?... my magic super special silver blood has been keeping me from turning all the way so far... if anything I think my Vaseterm abilities have gotten more under control...// " yeah, ok, sure... we can try tomorrow but... can we do it in the daytime please? I rather not embarrass myself if I can help it...at least until we know what we're dealing with..."