Conversations

Valkyrie blinked a few times, "Ok. Uh, be safe."

"Alright, I'll try, I guess." she smiled again and walked for the door, meeting Tanith along the way.

"Well, that was awkward." Valkyrie murmured.

"Hey, ready to go?" Tanith asked, hopping on her bike.

"Sure, what about Larrikin?"

Tanith shrugged, "Don't know." Vendetta straddled the bike hard and it revved loudly. The ride only took about forty-five minutes.

Cleric stood at the front with two Cleavers behind. "I trust that you'll be fine here." he assured.

"Shut up, Wreath." Tanith warned and crept inside, "Are the others here yet?"

"A few, Vex, Shudder, Sanguine, and you two."

"We're taking shifts, like, patrolling?" Vendetta looked up at the high ceiling, painted with stories and myths like the Cistine Chapel.

"Precisely," he nodded, "Let me show you to your temporary quarters." Cleric guided them to ten doors in a hallway.

"Are we aloud to go anywhere we want?"

"Yes, but stay near the Temple when your shift is done."

"OK then. When do we start?"

"When the rest arrive." he smiled, "until then, enjoy yourself." he bowed his head and walked away.

Vendetta checked most of the rooms, big, view of their graveyard, locks from the inside out, individually big washrooms, and all the same. "I guess I'll take this one." she twisted the handle of the last door, locked. Assuming it was occupied, she took the one across the hall from it.

"And I'll take this one." Tanith meant the one beside hers' and dropped her sword on the bed.

"Hey, Tanith?" Vendetta asked from her room.

"Yes?"

"Are you bored?"

"Insanely."

"Want to look around?"

"Yes." they stepped out at the same time and stalked their way through. It took them not even three hours just to explore one third, according to Vendetta.

"I doubt we'll finish our exploration by the end of the day." Tanith said.

"Hey, lets find Vex and Shudder." She suggested.

"Sure, OK, where do you think they'd be?"

"Kitchen?"

"Agreed." she giggled and they eventually found it. The Kitchen was the only thing modern in the whole Temple. Stainless steel basins, ovens and fridges. Sauce pans and crock-pots dangle from a rack above the main island. Sure enough, the two were splitting some Vodka.

"Hey, guys." Tanith greeted, "Give me a shot." she smiled and Vex obliged. He poured the drink into a small shot glass.

"Not very traditional," Dexter commented, "But, fine by me." Tanith quickly gulped it down. "Who's this?"

"Oh, this is Vendetta Dare, new ally."

She shook their hands, "Hi." she dryly said.

"Are you always this shy?" Anton curtly asked.

"Not really, no." Tanith tugged her arm, "What is it?"

Vendetta looked beyond their heads and watched Sanguine walk passed. "Huh? Oh, I'm fine, just looking." she went on her tiptoes and tried to see him, but failed. They looked back as well and didn't see anything.

"What are you looking at?" Vex boggled.

"N-nothing just someone."

"I think that's something." he looked back to her, "Who was it?"

Vendetta went down to her normal height and grabbed Anton's glass and sipped down what was left. "Sanguine, I think."

"So? What about it?" Anton looked back again and turned to her.

"We had an encounter the other day."

"Oh?" Vex mischievously smiled, "Like what?"

She surrendered, "I hugged him." she meekly said.

Vex laughed and Anton gave way a smirk. "Why?" Tanith asked.

"I was happy, I guess."

"I've done stranger things." Shudder admitted and finally realized his empty glass. "Hey."

"Sorry, man." Wreath smiled to find them.

"Are you all drunk?" he asked curtly.

"Not yet, no."

"Well then, the others have arrived."

"We start now?"

"Yes." he signaled the rest and they stepped out. Sanguine, Scorn, Rose, Larrikin, and Jones. Tanith smiled broadly when she saw him, yes!, she thought.

Wreath handed everyone a pager and a map of the Temple. Vendetta glanced at Taniths' shifts, different from hers. She rose her hand as if in a class. "Yes?"

"All of us have twelve hour shifts, right? So, like, two people for one spot in a twenty-four hour thingy?"

"Yes. Now, go. The first shift starts in ten minutes."

"What time is it?"

"Eleven-fifty PM."

"OK." Vendetta squinted at her map, trying to find her spot. Eventually she succeeded. She started pacing in her border lines, it takes her about twenty-five minutes to lap once. Occasionally, Vendetta walks by Scorn, Anton, Sanguine and mostly the wall.

On her third lap Rose waves to her and says, "You bored?"

"No, not really, I prefer talking to the wall than to you." she smiled.

"Of, very funny. We're going to be doing this everyday; might as well make the best of it."

"Fine." she thought for a moment, "What did you guys do to my partner?"

"Me? He wouldn't shut up, so I punched him in the gut."

"God, it must suck to beat up Skulduggery, right?"

Murder giggled, "Don't get me started." they hit the opposite ends and now Vendetta was walking parallel to Anton. "You bored?" she echoed.

"I rarely do get bored, but yes. Were you just talking to Murder?"

"Yes, it was her idea. It's true, we are enemies, but she's kinda' fun to talk to." Vendetta admitted.

"Alright then."

"Did you miss Larrikin?"

He thought for a moment. "I think so, how is he?"

"Stupid, perky, insensitive-"

"He likes you."

"What?"

"He fancies you. That's not the Larrikin I know."

"That's insane." this side of the border was shorter than the rest. She hit the wall side, which was the most longest. Taking her fifteen minutes of loneliness, but it gave her time to think. Does Larrikin actually like her? It truly boggled her. Does she feel the same?

Now, she hit the line parallel to Sanguine. "I know about you." he said, startling her.

"What about?"

"Your scaly gist." he smiled.

"First of all, it's not a gist! It's what I am. And secondly, how'd you know?"

"Got in touch with that sensitive that has the steam room."

"OK? Hey, sorry about the other night, with the hug an' stuff."

"Think nothing of it." she slightly got flushed.

"Do you miss Tanith?" Vendetta randomly asked.

He took off his glasses, examining with his eye sockets. Cleaned it, and put them back on. "Sort of, not really now. It's been over a month." Her face getting a little redder. "You're looking a little hot." he commented.

"What?" Vendetta shrieked back. She felt her face, retrieving sweat, "I think it's hot in here, either that or I've been walking too much."

"Uh-huh." they finally reached the corners and now back to Rose.

"So?" Murder eagerly asked.

"What?"

"What were your conversations just now?"

"With Anton, I found out Larrikin fancies me. Sanguine; he said I looked hot, which made me freak and we talked about me hugging him, as well as his breakup with Tanith Low." she took a breath, "And a deep, emotional, with a bit of sexiness talk with the wall for fifteen minutes."

Hey, I'm feelin' like an OC character coming on…any names? Must include the word "death". it's for Alice's Suspicions! Yeah! One more thing, one chapter left to choose. So far the PM poll is *dramatic drum roll*

Romantic side: 23

Unbreakable bond: 41

And what ever you feel right: 11 (not even an option, but it seems to be now)