the kingdom of the night

[nekoryuuha]

Vlad... That was interesting in and of itself. Though he couldn't see it, Kid Xander could tell she was smiling. "Cruel...?" She looked down at the rabbit her arms and sighed. "Yes, I guess I am..." She squatted down in front of him and touched his face gently, her hand tingling warmly. "I'm sorry, Little one. But I guess this was unavoidable. Please, don't think to badly of her, okay?"

Yukari didn't respond as the two made their way down to the fountain near the hat store where Xander had told them to meet. Him. Yukari stopped to look around before moving toward the hat store, having detected Xander's voice from within.

[GamerKale]

"Of couhse not. I don't think badly of myself foh weading the minds of those awound me, so I wouldn't think badly of anyone else foh being themselves eitheh. However, there are others who will be held accountable for their actions which led us to this crossroads though." There was a malicious smirk on his face as he said that, but it disappeared a second later. "Do you want to play?" A dozen boardgames appeared in the air surrounding Kid Xander.

[kai the pkk]

Raven: sorry bowling hats arent really me....{ he looks around as he Tries on a Fidora} * their that should be fine*....hows this?...{ he sits down in a chair}...*sigh* im exhausted soo what am i doing looking around at hats

[GamerKale]

"Looks good. What do you think Yukari?" Xander turned as she entered the store, the witch hat floating over to her. "I wasn't sure what you would like, so I just picked something I thought would look good."

[nekoryuuha]

"Play..." She looked at the board games and chuckled. "Why not...?" she replied as she pulled over a game for them to start.

Yukari paused to catch the witch hat and looked at it for a moment. "It is... adequate," she replied before she looked over to him. "Xander, Want to see us?"

[GamerKale]

"That's a boring answer Yukari. You should have Zorlo ask your boss for an emotion chip, or at least a thesaurus, next time he goes to see her." Xander walked over picked the hat out of her hands and stuck it on her head. He adjusted it a couple times and then pulled it down over her eyes. "Play with it a little, figure out how you like to wear it best. But yes, I wanted to see you. Well, take a picture of you and everyone else over by the fountain anyways." He tossed the baseball cap and fezz at Zorlo and Ouroboros. "I'll let you two decide which of you should wear which. Don't give me that look, you can do whatever you want with them afterwards, but you will wear some form of hat for the photo, if I have to make you." Xander adjusted his tophat in a mirror.

Kid Xander seemed to not even know how to play the game Boss had picked out, that or he was just messing around, he set the pieces in random spots at the beginning and moved them around wrong. Some of the pieces weren't even from the game in question. "So, who's youh favowite supehvillain? I'm tohn between Sinestwo and Scahecwow. Actually, do you even know who those ah? I don't think I've heahd any thoughts about them in a vewy long time."

[kai the pkk]

Raven: what are we even doing here?....

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Crow: yes M'Lady...{ he stands up} I thank you for your kindness

Vlad: is their anything else?

Crow: yes it has to do with that

Vlad: ahhh well than unfortutantely it seems I'm needed I'll tell you what I shall stop by later okay....and if you want Crow will Walk you back to your chambers

[Helbaworshipper]

"I will be alright on my own." Theodora spoke, seeming to be completely comfortable. "Crow has important information and I think it is best it is not delayed." She bowed a little and began to make her way to her chambers.

[GamerKale]

Xander shrugged, "To get hat's for the photo, looks like we all have one now. So onward, to the fountain." At the fountain Xander produced his camera, which he handed off to a random pedestrian. "Ok, for the first shot, I want everybody to get in close, a big group hug, and just give me some good old fashioned wide smiles, don't be afraid you show your teeth. You can do better than that." *snap* "Now everyone do something with your hat." *snap* "Stroke a pose with your favorite weapon our weapons as appropriate." *snap* And last but not least, a goofy one. And I had better see at least one pair of bunny ears." *snap* "Ok, thank you all. I'll get each of you a copy later." Xander gave the cameraman some money and sent him back on his way, a little confused but no worse for wear. He sat down on the lip of the fountain and began reviewing the pictures with his own eyes.

[Zorolo]

Zorlo had removed his Fedora, a bit reluctantly, and placed the baseball cap on. After a good deal of arguing and debating, Ouroboros finally agreed to wear the fez. The pictures were a bit cheesy, but still not as bad as Zorlo had imagined they would be. STill, something about this whole event made him feel... uneasy. What was it that was bothering him about this whole affair?

[nekoryuuha]

Yukari was a bit surprising during the short photo shoot. Of course, none looked genuinely Human, but it was interesting nonetheless. The first picture had her smiling, but rather then a natural one, it was more like... a sculpture's or painting's smile. The second one had her witch's hat tilted slightly to the side, shading her eyes slightly. The weapon one was...intimidating... to say the least as Yukari struck a pose with a black SMG pistol in her left hand and a Massive, person-sized hammer resting easily on her right shoulder. The forth picture had the witch hat pulled down over her eyes, an almost confused look on her face.

The Boss seemed either not to notice or care that Kid Xander wasn't playing correctly. "Pre-Eternal Night," but I still remember them, Little one," she replied, thinking of a villain. "I guess my favorite is either Megabyte & Hexadecimal or Daemon.Although, those might be from before your time."

[kai the pkk]

Raven: { the first photo was composed of Xander making Raven smile the second Raven wasent even looking towards the camera he was screaming at Xander for making him smile the 3rd one he fell over and the last one was just him standing there with his claw}......sigh { he removes the hat} well than I guess I should be going back to my room now...

[grave robbing adept rogue]

Zellos flung spell after spell but the armor on the monster was resiliant. "****..." the monster hit Zellos square in the chest with a wine barrel Zellos coughed up blood and fell on his knees "Dammit, is everything vlad controls this damn strong?" Zellos stood up only to be crushed under the monster's heavy fist "Agh, ****!" Zellos rolls out from under the creature and manages to crawl in the doorway leading to a starcase bringing hm further into Vlad's castle, the doorway was too big for the creature to pass through but wine barrels came hurdling toward through. Zellos managed to crawl up the stairs that were in the doorway, as he approched the first floor he saw many of Vlad's maids walking around. Time for that emergency flare Elma gave me, just gotta get outside. The only reason Zellos was still alive was because of his healing spell, he was able to stop most of the bleeding but he still had his broken ribs and legs. Zelllos made his way to the nearest door, the maids noticed but before they could do anything they were pinned against the floor. Zellos crawled out to a dark sky, he lit the flare and it shot into the sky lighting up in many shades of color like a giant firework. "Well mission complete." Zellos put a dark barrier around the doorway I'd say that will keep them out about two minutes, time to hide.

[GamerKale]

"You seem to be doing well." Xander thought to Zellos, "Here, let me get that one for you. It's not much, but at least you won't bleed to death, maybe." Zellos's remaining injuries stopped bleeding and transluscent blue splints appeared around his broken bones. "If you're going to die, you should die on your feet. I've confused them a bit, so it will take them some time to figure out where you went. Good luck."

Young Xander smiled as he kinged a checker piece with a racecar. "Befohe my time? Hahahahaaa, Sinestwo and Scahecwow ah befohe my time too. My knowledge of 'most evewy supehvillain is fwom the minds of people I've met, so yes I know who they ah. I should get going, I think thehe was supposed to be cake at some point, and I don't twust me to gauge how good cake is without me. Plus, it's cake. We'll pick this up lateh. Wemembeh whehe youh pieces ah."

Xander laughed as he looked at Raven yelling. "I'm getting a single of this one, oh and the one of Yukari with the hammer. And Ouroboros, I'm keeping at least one of you with the fez on me at all times." He put the camera away and smiled up at Donnely, "When is the cake sale supposed to staht? Sorry, start." He worked his jaw a little.

[Helbaworshipper]

Mary started to remove her ears, realizing she was probably rather embarrassing in the photos. "At two." She answered, holding the ears in her hands. She knew that the place was close to this shop.

[kai the pkk]

Raven: { he sniffs the Area} *Blood* { he runs off towards the flare as he starts running full speed} * I'll be right there!*


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Man wearing a Tophat: { appears out of the shadows} well than you don't seem to be doing to well Lad { he taps his cane onto the ground as Dark spikes stab upward impaling the enemies near Zellos}....Really now is this the best Vlad has to offer??....{ he looks up with piercing Golden Eyes} it certaintly has been awhile { the shadows from a tail coat around the man} well now your name is Zellos Correct?.... we can't have you Dieing here { the shadows form a field blocking all oncoming attacks}.....Reflection { the attacks get bounced back he looks towards the book that Zellos holds}....thats an interesting book you have there

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Vlad:....{he looks off} this Energy?!.......Crow....I want youto Accompany me... { he walks off}

Crow: Sir?....{ he follows Vlad}

[GamerKale]

A young looking but gaunt faced dark haired vampire approached a group of a half dozen other vampires that seemed to just be standing around shooting the breeze. "Pardon my rudeness, gentlemen, but would you indulge me for a bite? I am so terribly hungry." "What little blood we have is ours and ours alone. Go bother somebody else." The gaunt vampire laughed, "I wasn't asking for blood." Then they all heard it, it was the sound of a beating heart a strong beating heart full of blood, and it was coming from the gaunt vampire's chest. "I'm sorry, but I am just so hungry." Striped fur appeared on his body and his fangs multiplied, filling his mouth to the brim as he pounced on the nearest vampire tearing into his chest with claws and his throat with his fangs. He seemed more interested in eating the first one than in killing the others as they attacked him.

[kai the pkk]

man wearing a top hat: well than thats that { he spins the cane playfully as he turns around and he tilts his hat down as he Grins ICe erupts from the ground forming a Ice Dungeon Freezingf all of the monsters} now than { he walks over to Zellos} can you stand? { he looks off Towards where the Dark haired campire was}....hmmm?? well than would you like some help?


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Raven: * Damn* { he picks up speed as he becomes a blur}

[GamerKale]

The weretiger seemingly ignored the man in the tophat and grabbed the next vampire, he started by tearing a hole across it's belly and dove in with his fangs and one claw, the other grabbed one of the other vampires and flung him into the other survivors. At this point their flight overrode their hunger and they started running away, but a translucent blue dagger appeared in the backs of each of their skulls and Xander appeared next to the man in the tophat.

A lycanthropic vampire, that's a new one for me. I'm actually glad of that, it sucks when you think you've seen everything. "A jolly good day to you sir, I love your hat." He inclined his own tophat slightly in greeting. "What have we here? This is weird, the only thing I'm getting off this guy is, "Hungry." It's kind of disturbing. I've never been blocked out by one thought so thoroughly before. I can't imagine vampire is very nutritious, is he eating the bones? He's eating the bones."

[grave robbing adept rogue]

Zellos stood up wobbling a little. "****, I though I was done for, thanks." Zellos held up the book to allow the man a closer look " Interesting in the sense it's magical, or in the sense that it won't open?" Zellos rubbed blood off his face "I have a headache, and a hell of a lot of a complaints for my boss." Zellos shivers and crosses his arms "Well I always hated werewolves, but that just scares the crap out of me."