Tenebrae gave a nervous laugh. ''Heh, r-right.'' The people he'd been hurt by before could certainly do that, but this person seemed human... -ish, and he wasn't sure if he was joking or not. ''N-no one c-can just t-t-turn into a- a b-beast.'' He said, the fact that he was still nervous evident in his voice.

For some reason, he didn't like Krael's smile.

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''You can talk. And I know the Southerners are low, but still, accepting trash like you? I guess they've detereorated a lot, hm?'' She didn't really know a thing about the Southern Star Tribe other than what her father told her, and she was pretty sure he made most of that up. Like that they ate Northerner babies.

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Skellig grinned despite himself, lifting his head up once more from the pillow, he gave a light laugh, shook his head, became dizzy, and flopped it back down again. He had his head on it's side this time, though, so he was looking at Daimen. ''No, actually, it smells terrible. My neck just hurts.'' He said, showing a typical Skellig grin. In other words, moronic.

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When Lucia didn't say anything more, Marianette chose to follow suit, and instead focused her gaze on the floor. Lucia herself was on her knees by the door, trying to figure out how to open it, and failing miserably. Lock-picking wasn't one of her strong points.

[[Lawls, nah, I just thought it'd be funny. |D]]

Tenebrae watched curiously as Krael grew lost in thought. ''I...'' Tenebrae thought for a moment, but no sudden brainwaves came to mind. ''I'm n-not sure.'' He said at last, his shoulders slumped. Hopefully the frightening other boy might have some idea.

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''Listen, Serena, is it? Trust me, if you call me 'honey' again,'' she allowed a hint of venom to slip into her disgustingly sweet voice, ''I will not hesitate to break your arm.'' She smiled sweetly, before acting as if she'd never said anything. ''Now, as I was saying, it's amazing the levels you Southerners will stoop to. You've even convinced yourselves we Northerners are almost as uncivilised as yourselves. I must congratulate you, though. It must take a lot to go round in life being so... weak.''

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''Hey, is your neck all right?'' Skellig asked, a slight look of concern growing on his features. He'd decided he liked this guy, and didn't want him to be uncomfortable.

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Lucia gave an undigniied 'humph', reaching up into her hair to pull out a silver hair pin. When she tried it in the door, however, she succeeded in only bending it, at which point she threw it down on the floor in a tantrum, rather like a toddler.

Tenebrae looked pretty bored at that point, and allowed his gaze to wander round the room. ''So, d-do you have an-any ideas f-for getting out?'' He asked, cursing the fact his stutter was still present. Maybe, if he was lucky, Krael wouldn't notice.

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''Oh, don't worry love. We remember all right, unfortunately for you. And though I doubt your apparant 'true beauty and talent' can rival that of a rubbish dump, I can promise you no one would commit suicide for it. Unlike you Southerners- who obviously raise your children to give up when the going gets tough, if you just assumed we would all kill ourselves- Northern Moon Tribe pack members are not cowards.''

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''Nah, I'm fine staying right- in this exact spot- here.'' Skellig chuckled, smiling, and his dark eyes full of life despite his apparant lack of energy. ''I have no plans to move for about five minutes. At which point it may be wise to block your ears.''

~~~~

Marianette had proceeded to go through each and every drawer, after which she concluded they were all empty. ''Well, duh.'' Was the reply she got from Lucia.

[[Hehehe, that's a good point. And Skellig isn't strange. He's just... highly interesting. |D]]

''O-oh...'' Tenebrae said, his face downcast and his shoulders slumped. Before he had time to say anything more, though, a loud beeping noise filled the room. Reaching up to cover his ears, Tenebrae glanced around, and noticed a black intercom or something in the top corner of the room.
''All students,'' an eerily electronic voice rang out, ''please prepare yourselves to be taken for breakfast, where things will be explained to you. Thank you. -click-''

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''Why you vulgar, miserable excuse for a living being... I do believe you're correct. You don't rival rubbish dumps- you give dung beetles a bad name!'' Shaunie replied, teeth clenched. She was about to go off on one when a loud beeping noise invaded her hearing, and she looked around for it's source. When the voice started, she heard the same message played in Tenebrae's and Krael's room.

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Skellig was about to get up, when he heard some weird noise that made him think evil killer robots were invading. ''Huh-wah?'' The noise he made sounded highly confused, and he pushed himself into a sitting position as the voice rang out. Closing his eyes and gritting his teeth, he reached his hand up and rubbed his neck, muttering a volley of swears that sounded quite interesting in Skellig's soft voice.

~~~~~

Marianette actually screamed when the intercom went off, recieving a smack across the head from the white-haired girl. ''Shut up!'' Lucia said, listening intently. ''Sounds like we're getting out of here,'' she said when the voice broke off, grinning.

[[Never introduce Serena to Skellig, or she'll end up in hospital :I]]

''Uh, I-I'm n-not sure. K-kellogs?'' Tenebrae laughed nervously in reply. From Krael's behaviour, he sounded carefree... almost happy. This... was more than a little bit worrying.

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Shaunie snorted and almost choked. ''Really now? If you honestly believe there's such thing as an allergy to idiots, you must be an absoloute moron.'' She rolled her eyes, and walked over to the door. She was in her bare feet, but didn't really care.

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Skellig was in a slight world of his own, and didn't notice Damien talking at first. ''What? Yeah, I'm fine, don't worry.'' He said, giving a small smile before standing up. Wandering over to the door, he tried the knob and glared at it when it didn't open.
''It's locked.'' He said simply, before shrugging his shoulders and taking a step back. Running into it, he kicked the door handle full-force before he remembered he was wearing no shoes, and proceeded to hop up and down on the spot holding onto his foot with both hands. More swearing ensued.

~~~~

''Why. Aren't they. HERE YET?'' Lucia yelled, pounding the door with her fists half-heartedly. Marianette was just so... boring to be around.

The door opened and in the doorway stood a stunning young woman, who looked in her early twenties. She had blonde hair and blue eyes, as well as pale skin and a pretty low-cut top. Tenebrae couldn't help but think 'tramp' when he saw her.
''Alright, lads, you ready for breakfast?''

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''I don't see how you can look bad when there's no one here to see it.'' Shaunie replied cooly, about to say more when the door opened, revealing a woman almost identical to the one who had appeared at the other room.
''Alright, ladies, you ready for breakfast?''

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''What? Yeah, I'm fine. And I'm always careful.'' Skellig replied, laughing. As the door opened- once again revealing an almost identical woman- he put his foot back on the floor, but didn't rest any weight on it for a minute.
''Alright, lads, you ready for breakfast?''

~~~~

The exact same situation happened in Lucia's and Marianette's room, except Lucia almost ended up punching the woman 'accidentally' when she opened the door.

[[Since I own no one in Lore's room, it should be pretty obvious what happens. |D]]

''Very well, then. Come along.'' She smiled a heart-stopping smile before motioning for them to follow, and taking a step into the corridor, where you could see it going on for a while. There were four other doors there, all open and with a woman stood at it. These were the boy's dorm rooms.

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Shaunie ignored the fact that her foot had been stood on and went to the woman gracefully. ''Alright. When exactly do we get told what on earth we're doing here?'' She asked bluntly, not showing the slightest respect for the woman. You can't show what's not there.
''Very well, come along now, then.'' She smiled, revealing pearly whites, before stepping outside.
The layout of the corridor they were at was much the same, but with the girl's dorm rooms instead.

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'' 'Course I can,'' Skellig replied, grinning. ''I've had much worse before.''
''Alright, then, you'd best come along.'' She smiled a soft, beautiful smile, before motioning for them to follow her. Skellig himself shot Damien a questioning look, before walking along behind her with a barely noticable limp.

~~~~

Lucia and Marianette went out into the hallway without protest, though Marianette immediately started blabbering away. Typical.

Tenebrae looked around. There were other women leading other boys, but that wasn't the weird thing. The weird thing was the fact that they all looked the same. Catching up to Krael and the woman, he lightly touched Krael's arm. ''Uh, Krael? D-d'you n-notice anything... anything strange?'' He asked, a slight hint of worry in his voice.
They'd reached the end of the corridor, and were met by a huge wooden door, which the woman pushed open with ease.

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Shaunie held back from the woman so she was walking almost alongside Serena. She didn't like the girl, and was pretty sure the feeling was mutual, but it was better than being with... whatever the woman was.
''Hey, Serena? Have you ever seen anything like this?'' She asked, looking the other girl in the eye. There was a big door in front of them, which a woman further ahead was opening up.

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Skellig's eyes widened slightly in surprise as he saw women in the hallway that looked like clones or something. He couldn't help but think that he had thought of aliens when he had heard the intercom. Walking forward a little faster until he was just behind Damien, he poked the other boy's shoulder. ''Hey, Damien,'' he whispered, ''d'you reckon they're aliens?''

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Lucia watched her surroundings warily. They had apparantally reached the door first, and Marianette appeared oblivious to the fact that there were clones of their guide all around the corridor.

Tenebrae swallowed. Great. He'd ticked off Krael... this should be fun.
He had no more time to think of that, though, as the door opened fully, revealing a huge courtyard. Over the courtyard was a glass roof, lucky, for it was raining at the moment. There was a long wooden table in the middle of the courtyard, with about twenty chairs on either side of it.

Across from where they were was another building, with girls coming out of the doorway, and to the left of them -but still connected to the courtyard- was a huge building, at least three stories tall. Tenebrae was pretty much in shock by that point.

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''I don't know... I guess we're about to find out.'' Shaunie replied, as the door was successfully opened. Their view was similar to that Tenebrae saw, but they saw some boys walking out into the courtyard instead of girls, and the collosal building was to their right.

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Skellig looked very thoughtful for a moment, and was about to say more, when he saw everyone in front of them stopping. He tried to see over the heads of those in front of him, and failed miserably, eventually jumping up. ''Well, I wish they'd just hurry up. I'm starving.'' He said, scowling at the backs of the people in front.

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Lucia stepped outside, led by the woman, but she walked a little behind Marianette as they were escorted to the table.