Rose took her sword. She checked it from tip to tip. Satisfied with its condition, she resheathed it. And most likely to everyone's surprise, she took the sheath off of her belt and hugged her sword. Leaning the end against her right shoulder, she asked, "Do you happen to have any beds somewhere? I could lie down."

That needle looks like the ones that Daggur uses but she said that she didn't know anything about Wraith. In fact the last time they spoke she spoke about him with distain in her voice, not rating him as any kind of assassain at all. Learning that he had a death count of 5000 came as a bit of a surprise. Maybe he was just toying with them. But why? Just to make it known that he is back or more sinster reasons?

Raven didn't have time to think about these reasons as is handed back his dagger. Great, I got my splinter back. Just when I thought I would have to find a, better, replacement. He spun the dagger on its tip, on the table, a few times before getting up as if to leave, he then spun round and threw his dagger which lodged itself firmly within the hole in the R on the shield. 'Don't worry I'll get it.' he said and walked up and pulled his dagger from the shield. Unknown to anybody but himself, he didn't just take his dagger but two of the shurikens that had been thrown earlier. Then he left the room to explore the rest of the house they would be spending so much time in.

He took back his weapons cautiously, he was starting to trust these people, but it was never a good idea to completely rule out treachery. He looked at his dirk, putting the sheath on his hip, and drawing out the blade, examining it. It looked fine, and he was sure it wouldn't be any less effective in battle. He placed it back in its sheath, and looked inside his throwing dagger pouch. Seeing that everything was the same, he put this on the other side of his belt. He was satified, and didn't examine his hidden blades, sliding them back into place.

He slowly rose looking around the room for a door. It was a long wait for the informant, and with little to do it would seem like even longer. He began to walk towards the hall he entered from, shooting a questioning glance at the general. How limited is our freedom, general? What will you allow us to do? In a little while, he thought it might be best to meet some of the others, but for now just waiting will have to do.

"Beds? Why of course, Lady Rose," Noval replies with a smile. Looking to Miax, he says, "Take any who wish for sleep to our resting quarters." Miax quickly salutes and exits the doorway, calling back for anyone else who wants to come along quickly. Shada follows along as well, the adventures of the past weeks beating on her stamina.

Turning to the left after leaving the meeting room, Miax walks at a steady pace through the dirt-filled maze of tunnels in the area. Several doors are discarded from the list of possible destinations as they travel onward. Miax passes straight through two intersections before going right at a third. Finally, on the fifth doorway on the right, he stops and swings the door wide open. Inside the room are clusters of beds. "Pick whichever one you want," he says calmly. "When you want to head back, give me a knock there." He jerks his finger towards the door opposite the bedroom. "I'll be waking any of you stragglers up tonight, about an hour before midnight so you'll have enough time to prepare."

As Miax walks to the opposite door, Shada walks to a random bed and falls upon it, letting sleep take her.

Pyre walked down the hallway, finding a door to his right, and opening it. He looked through the door only to find another hallway, and started to walk. He found a nice spot on the ground and sat, leaning against the wall. He carefully drew his dirk, laying it on the ground, and placing his hand on top of it. After he took this procaution, he leaned back and let slumber take him. He wasn't sure how he was going to know when midnight had come, but he was too tired to care.

As he slept, the magical radiance swelled within him, filling his body. It began to eliviate the stress of the day, refreshing him. This way, he wouldn' t have to sleep as long, and would be prepared for the meeting with the informant. It was about time he got a chance to rest.

Rose followed Miax to the room with beds, not bothering to keep track of how many turns they had taken or how many doors they had passed. She nodded to Miax's statement absent mindedly. She went to a bed and sat down on it. Then she just let gravity make her fall. She barely had enough time to place her sword down on the ground before an uneasy sleep took over her.

Unlike the rest of the group Raven didn't have someone to guid him, whihc suited him fine, as it meant he had a legitimate excuse for turning up where he shouldn't be allowed. He took the doors and corridors in an alternating pattern starting with the left.

After countless corridors - and doors - Raven was giving up hope of finding anything interesting. So far he had only found 3 cloakrooms, 4 armouries - along with two scared mice - and a toilet. The others all led to empty rooms with only a table or chair to fill them, apart from that one room that opened into a pit which he narrowly avoided falling into. He continued following corridors and opening doors finding nothing more interesting as a spider busily repairing its web, until he opened one door which was met with the sounds of screaming; he had found the womens changing rooms. He tried to make his apologies but before he could utter a word the door was slammed in his face. I knew I would find something interesting eventually he thought as he went to open the door further down he corridor. This time he was greeted with an even shriller scream than previously now he had found the mens changing room and it was Raven who slammed the door shut quickly.

Several more corridors and doors later he found the kitchen with the food and drink they had been offered previously. His stomach growled at the feast before it and in no time two of the three roast cuccos had found a new home as had a flagon of wine. Having eaten his fill he tottered out of the kitchen and continued to roam the corridors. In the end he gave up finding anything interesting and slumped on the floor next to the door he was about to open and went from being in a stupor to full unconsciousness. What was behind that door he never opened? I guess we will never know.

Hours pass, allowing some to sleep, some to talk, and some to wait in the shadows. Alpha is one of those in the final category, and he sits waiting in the main discussion room where they had all met before. Six hours into their eleven hour wait, he remains in the same chair. Within time, he realizes he is not alone.

"Something wrong, Alpha?" comes the voice from behind him. He shakes his head, remaining silent - primarily because he doesn't trust his voice. Noval knows so much about nearly everything . . . and it isn't the first time Alpha has heard his name. Though he hadn't recognized it back when the Hylian had first met him and given him Zaris' first clue, after hearing the history Noval had with Wraith, he recalls the man clearly. The two never had fought, but they'd come close several times. Noval is indeed what he claimed to be - the world expert on Wraith - and he was a mighty warrior that Wraith had spent a considerable amount of effort to avoid.

"Well then, I suppose now would be a good time to apologize to you." Alpha turns his head towards the man, surprise evident on his face. He still is silent, so Noval continues. "I didn't enjoy delivering that note to you, not to mention lying blatantly to you. The Goron who I described was a real person - a criminal overlord by the name of Shodak. The RER managed to capture him many years ago, and put him to death without anyone else in the underground knowing about it. We use his character from time to time for stuff like this; his description is odd enough that no one knows him already, and it is also intriguing enough that people feel they must investigate him. So . . . he was a natural choice."

Finally, the Sheikah speaks, keeping his thoughts centered on Master Zaris so that he will not slip up on something relating to Wraith. "You knew Master Zaris?"

Noval nods. "I know about all the Golden Ones, though not an awful lot. For instance, I was surprised to find that the exile Koura was actually the Golden Gerudo. Zaris came to His Majesty, King Harkinian II, about a week before his disappearance, asking for help in keeping you all busy while he fled. He believes that as soon as you all know of his whereabouts, the Hakiems will know as well - a rather reasonable assumption. The king ordered me to help Zaris out, so that there would be no mistakes."

Alpha lowers his head. "So then, do you know where Master is?"

The Knight sighs. "No, Zaris has hidden himself well. We do have a few leads, but nothing substantial."

* * *

Five hours later, a knock is heard on the door to the sleeping chambers. "Everybody up!" Miax shouts at the top of his lungs.

Rose bolted upright, her sword flying to her hand. Recognizing Miax, she stood and and attached her sword to her belt. Seeing how dark it was, she decided it was a good idea to let her eyes adopt the characteristics of an owl's eyes. Feeling the need to break the silence, she said while stretching, "I can't remember, but did you say where this meeting was taking place?"

OOC: Geez, HNS, you don't waste any time at all . . .

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"Nope," Miax replies with a mischievous grin. "Don't worry, you've probably passed by the spot half a million times. Probably haven't looked into the place much, though.

"Anyway, I'm supposed to give these to you all, so, here you go!" In his arms, you notice that he is carrying multiple bundles of clothing. "They're black capes, similar to the one that Alpha guy has, just without the Sheikah symbol. We'll be sneaking to the meeting place, so . . . you get the idea," he continues as he hands you one of them.

* * *

A little ways away, other members of the RER shout at those who had not joined the other sleepers. "Hey, Raven! Wherever you are, I'm sure you're up by now. Come on, time to get ready to go!" The same orders are yelled out to Pyralin, though they aren't sure he's awake yet.

Pyre hears the voices, filtering through his head, and opened his eyes, finding himself still in the hallway, and with his weapons untouched. He rose slowly, putting his weapons back in their places and reaching under the sleeve of his shirt, set up the mechanism on his bracer. He had a mage connect the two bracers with his throwing dagger pouch so he could summon them as soon as he needed them. He flicked two daggers into his hands, and walked towards the door, throwing the daggers into the solid wood, pushing it open. He smiled and walked through the now open portal. He was ready for what ever this strange day led him to.

He soon found himself back in the room with Alpha, though he was without a cape. He looked at him for a moment, before taking a seat. The sheikah was strange, but Pyralin found that he could trust him. He had that feeling about some people... and for some he felt exactly the opposite. "Where are we meeting this informant?" He was unsure of what he was supposed to do. He was almost positive a great deal of caution would be involved if Noval had taken all these measures for this group to meet the informant... and of course there was the strange Hakiems that they had been taking about. He took hope in the fact that the informant might shed light on some of Pyre's unaswered questions. It seemed like everyone else had some idea of what was going on, though they did seem rather unsettled. After the ambush in the forgotten square, he wasn't suprised.

OOC: Countrary to what I said in the RPer of the Month topic, I have mad ninja skills, Alpha. XD

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Rose takes the cloak from Miax and puts it on. "Thank you," she said. She decided not to tell him sneaking around was not her strong suit. But perhaps he has already heard about her antics in Parapa. Of course, she wasn't exactly trying to be sneaky, but things definitely could've gone better.

As Raven hears his voice echoing through the corridors he wakes from his shallow slumber. Mmm... he utters as he slowly opens his eyes, for a moment, he doesn't recognise the place he awakens in, however, it soon comes back to him. He looks up and down the corridor then slowly rises to his feet. 'Now, how I do I find the others?' He asked himself. When he heard more yelling; he followed the sound and round the next corner he found the members of the RER who were doing the yelling. They gave him a list of directions as big a death mountain to get to where he was meant to be, for some reason they didn't want to escort him.

As he followed the directions given to hin down limitless corridors, he suddenly remembered where he had seen them before. I guess that's a good reason he thought but his sudden realisation meant, he forgot the directions he had been trying hard to remember. From what he could remember he only had one more turn to make, that's if that was correct. 'When in doubt go right.' He said softly and turned down the corridor which led to a single door at the end. He slowly opened the door just enough so he could see inside through the crack in the door, without it looking as if the door had been opened. A trick perfected by getting home late and trying to avoid punishment. He peered in and saw the fire, the shield above it and the table and at the table was Alpha and the new kid Pyre. I guess this is the place he opens the door and enters with as much false confidence as he can muster to make appear he knew exactly where he was going.

Shada grabs a cape from Miax and quickly throws it over her shoulder, fastening it in one deft movement. "Huh. You're right, these are exactly like Keyru's . . . not that I would, uh, know . . ." Her cheeks turn red momentarily, but cannot be seen once she grabs the hood and jerks it over her head.

Miax just laughs and nods at the little scene, handing out capes to the rest of the group, then waves for them to follow him. "Come on, we're regrouping back in the main room where we 'debriefed' you earlier. I'm your guide once again, so hurry up if you don't want to be lost in the labyrinth . . ." With that, he turns and walks outside again, retracing his steps back to the main room.

* * *

Within the room with the fireplace, Alpha nods in greeting to both Pyralin and Raven as they enter. Then, silently keeping his focus on the matter of the informant, he returns his thoughts to his earlier fears: who is he, and what all does he know? More importantly, will the Sheikah be forced to kill him before he talks? He has no idea how he can do this without the others noticing - whether by the actually action of killing or by the glowing of his scar by use of the Void - and that would only raise new questions. A man like Noval would easily peace together that Alpha wanted to hide something about Wraith, and it wouldn't take long for him to deduce the truth that he wants so desperately to hide . . .

OOC: Uh oh. I'm showing off my mad ninja skills again. XD

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Rose follows Miax out. As she does so, she keeps to Shada's side and leans toward her. "When we're by ourselves, I want to talk to you about Alpha," she said with a smirk.