Sovelis looked up at the floating Twili. "You know... The sooner we go inside, the sooner I can work on a way to restore your eyesight, Ralin." Sovelis said, trying to put an innocent tone on his voice. "And, I'm pretty hungry. Like I said, I'll cook dinner for everyone. I might even crack open one of my last casks of wine that I got from an alternate Earth." the Tempest said as he walked into the kitchen. "But, if you three ladies would rather stay outside and gossip, I'll just have to eat all of the food I cook by myself!"

"Me, gossip? Never," Arrika said, but went inside anyway, pulling off her muddy boots. Morendo took Ralin's hand and dragged her down to the ground, who protested getting any help at all.

"Wine?" Ralin said. "What's that?"

"You know what, those omelets were pretty good this- I mean last week's morning," Seth said from the couch, the cat on his lap.

"You wanna eat omelet for dinner?" Arrika said.

"Goddesses, you're getting picky already," Seth commented. The cat jumped off his lap and rubbed its head on Arrika's leg. "See, cats are awesome. It's all Rhyss' fault we couldn't get one a long time ago."

Morendo entered warily, the slight warmth of the house odd to her as the Twilight was always the same chilly temperature. Ralin tripped again over the doorstep, cursing as she banged her knees on the tiled floor of the kitchen.

"Dinner can wait a little bit. I want to figure out what to do with her eyes first." Sovelis looked at the blinded Twili and sighed. "I'd rather not have Ralin banging around helplessly and break something." He walked over to her and knelt, helping her get back up from her fall. "Don't bite me though, Because I can just as easy throw you out into the world and let you wander around until you die from hunger, or something decides to kill you. Got it?"

The Tempest picked up the Twili with extreme caution and headed towards his lab with her. "Morendo. I want you to come with me and give me a hand." Sovelis told the former princess. "I'm not familiar with Twili physiology and your assistance would be greatly appropriated."

"What does she know? All she can do is look in a mirror and comb her hair," Ralin said scathingly. "I'm the one who taught her anything about Twili magic. Too bad she sucked at it."

"Shut up."

"Ya know, I bet I can sleep with my eyes open now. Aren't they all creepy and white or something?"

"Yea. Do us all a favor and shut your eyes."

Arrika carried the cat and sat next to Seth on the couch. "Her eyes are going to give me nightmares, I swear," she whispered.

"Yea, I know," he replied, shivering and closing his eyes. "When I close my eyes I can-" His eyes shot open, a nervous look on his face. "Cat's staying with me tonight, sorry. I wish my room didn't have such big windows... because if I look outside I might see-"

Arrika clapped her hands over her ears. "Shut up! Now I'll start seeing things, stupid!"

Seth grinned but still looked at the shadowy hallway warily.

As Sovelis reached the door that lead into his Laboratory-slash-Library, He spoke to the Two that were with him. "I was aiming for this room, since it is the largest one in the house. On a good note, at least we didn't miss somewhere with a solid ground. I'd rather not fall off into oblivion any time soon." The door creaked open as he opened it and walked inside the massive room. The torches throughout the room light up in response to the Master of the house entering the room. Sovelis went to his work bench and set Ralin on the stool next to it.

"I have no real idea why I couldn't repair your eyes before. The regeneration I have that normally heals my own wounds can be used to heal others as well. So your eyes should have been grown back in perfectly." the confused Sovelis said, looking at Ralin's blank, white eyes.

Ralin turned to the sound of the Tempest's voice. She blinked, still not able to see anything. She was sure where his face was, though, and there was an odd outline around it. Which was weird, because she shouldn't have been able to seen anything at all. On impulse her hand shot out to the side of Sovelis's face, and with a mighty yank she pulled back, the half-mask now in her hands. The pixie looked down; she could definetly see the mask, but that was all, giving her the impression it floated in the air in front of her.

"Mokkan? You took over Sovelis's body?" Morendo asked.

Couldn't help it, My Lady.

"You can see it?" Morendo said incredelously, noticing the way Ralin stared at it and turned it over in her hands.

"That hurt!" Sovelis said, rubbing the side of his face as he turned towards Morendo. "Do you know what that thing is?" he asked, looking at the Twili Princess with anger on his slightly red face. "I may be a living seal for a demon, but that no reason for anything or anyone to use me as a ride. Give me one good reason why I should trust any of you now, and not just obliterate you off the face of the Earth..er..Hyrule." Sovelis grabbed her arm and twisted slightly, locking her wrist in the strong, cold steel hand's death grip.

"Mokkan's a Twili... or he was. I dunno, ask him what happened. Mother wouldn't tell me. He's been serving my mother and I through different hosts for years though. When his host was killed he would always jump to someone else's body."

"If I was him I'd have killed us hours ago..." Ralin said honestly. The mask slipped out of her grasp and attached itself to her face. She shrieked and tried to pry it off, but like before melted into her. Shocked, she shut her eyes, but when she opened them again Morendo noticed that the one on the right had gone back to its original beetle black. Ralin blinked, then waved her hand in front of her face.

"I can see? But only with my right eye..."

"I do not kill without a reason. I'm not as cold as your kind...not unless I am pushed to far and it is the only way." Sovelis said, looking away from Morendo, and staring at Ralin's now working eye. "Well, at least its a good thing I killed the Twili that had Mokkan stuck to his face. Looks like my senseless rampage paid off after all."

Finally! I can speak to you again boy! What the hell did you get stuck with earlier? A familiar voice said, echoing in the room for everyone to hear.

Tch. Someone needs to learn how to share.

Meanwhile Arrika shot glances at the darkness lurking in the corners of the giant house, determinedly avoiding looking at the windows. The fog outside was making creepy shadows and her imagination was threatening to rip loose and cause her to panic even more.

"Seth, say something," she squeaked. The cat leaped from the ground and landed on her arm, causing her to shriek and fall off the couch. Seth sniggered and pulled her back up.

"Oh my god what's that?!" He said, a horrific expression on his face as he stared at something past her.

"Shut up, Seth!"

I do not share anything, let alone a host. This one's soul will be mine in a few thousand years, and then I shall be free! Sovel said to Mokkan as Sovelis tried to quiet him. The demon went silent, but Sovelis could still hear the demon's yelling and cursing inside his head. "Count your blessings where you can. Your both free to roam this land after I find a way to make you denizens of the light, so you won't be forced to remain in the shadows and in the night." he said, looking at Morendo again. "And I don't want you to be taking someone else's body again."

I have an idea, Mokkan sang. I've been working on this one.

A dark blue miasma enveloped the pixie and the former ruler of the Twilight. After a few moments Ralin pulled of long, sticky black goo to reveal a taller Hylian girl with long ears, although she was still rather shorter than average. Her skin was now a light tan although she retained the black and blind eyes. Her wings seemed to have been dissolved by the goo, which now coated Sovelis's floor. Morendo threw off the mess with disgust- she appeared to be the same, only her skin wasn't the Twili's usually hue of black or grey and the tattoos had all but disappeared except one on the palm of her hand. Morendo flexed her fingers, the extra joint now gone and her nails an inch shorter.

Ralin twisted around, complaining, "This body's so heavy- and I can't fly anymore?!"

Either that, or shrivel up in the sun.

Sovelis blushed at the two girls and quickly turned around, looking away from them. "Urm...do you two need...erm...some clothes now or are you just gonna walk around like that?" he asked, taking his cloak off and holding it behind him for one of the to grap and cover up with. ''I don't think..that Arrika would like it if you two walked around the house naked either...and Seth is too young to be seeing anything like that..."

Sovelis was still holding the cloak while he thought to himself. This is just my luck...all that can happen now is someone breaking into my wine cellar and breaking everything

"If you want me to walk around like this, I will," Ralin said with a saucy grin, making no attempts at modesty. Morendo just took his cloak wordlessly and draped it over her shoulders, the cloak long enough to sweep the ground..

Hahah. Just wanted to see your reaction...

Ralin was covered in the goo again, but this time in solidified into the black dress she had been wearing earlier. "I dunno... I think at the very least it should be four inches shorter..."

"It's short enough, don't you think?" Morendo said, never having liked Ralin's taste in clothing. Ralin stuck out her tongue.

"Well, sorry you're just jealous of this awesome figure I've got here," Ralin said, licking her arm. Morendo just scoffed.

"Show off. Like Sovelis even cares anyway. You're way too short."

"Yea, but don't you think this makes up for it?" Ralin said, pointing to her chest.


Seth and Arrika sat huddled together on the couch, afraid to move. Even Seth had given up trying to scare Arrika, having spooked himself. Seth's long white scarf had somehow managed to drape itself over the back of the couch and to Arrika's empty side, pleating and folding so much it resembled fingers to the vulnerable teenagers' minds. Arrika's wary gaze wandered until she saw the scarf out of the corner of her eye; her impulsive brain made her believe it was a ghostly hand and she screamed and jumped off the couch. Seth saw it too, turning even paler and shoving Arrika aside so he could run away first.

"Yahhh! Oh Goddesses it's following me!!!" Seth yelled as he dared look over his shoulder; and sure enough the scarf around his neck- I mean the ghostly hand- was right behind him no matter how much he tried to escape it. At one point it brushed across Arrika's face and the two of them fell into shrieking hysterically again.

Upon hearing the two thieves hysterical screaming, Sovelis felt like he had jumped out of his skin. "Dammit!" he shouted, grabbing at his chest. "Are they trying to give me a heart attack or WHAT?" The Tempest looked at the now covered Twili and smiled. "I'll be right back, Ladies. I've got to go see what my apprentices are screaming about. Feel free to look around at the books or something..." And with that, Sovelis walked towards the door that lead to the infamous hallway that seemed to attract attention from everyone. As he stepped out into the Hallway, Arrika and Seth seemed to sprint past him, Seth's scarf right behind him.

With expert timing, Sovelis reached out and grabbed the end of the scarf, hoping to stop at least Seth dead in his tracks. "What the hell are you two screaming about? Can't I leave you guys alone for five minutes without something happening?"