God Yet Lives

"It's really not funny."
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*Still speaking in Mortal's voice.*

S"Sleeping, you say? Good. Wouldn't want them to hear LILITH! LILITH! OH, YES, LILITH!"

*Lilith pokes her head in the door & Senthose points to Mortal.*

L"What do you want?"
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"I feel like you're avoiding something, Taiyo."

Sab actually teleported into the room, eyebrows furrowed. When she realizes everyone is still dressed she looks a bit embarrassed, "Oh, I could have sworn... Must be dreaming things..." She teleports away again, and Mortal looks angrily at Senthose. "You're not allowed to use my voice without my permission..."

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"Thats nice, I love you, goodnight." Noctis is sleeping again.

S"Mortal, do I have permission to use your voice? <Yes, Senthose. And by the way, I just want to tell you that you're the greatest.>"

L"So that's what's going on out here. Do you do parties?"

S"No. I'm going to bed."
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*A geyser of sand shoots into the air outside as Euryale leaves the room.*

"I shudder to think what voice he uses to pleasure himself... Actually, knowing him, he uses his own," With that Mortal returns to her room for some sleep.

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Noct wakes up later, gets ready, and dressed, then opens her cell to text Euryale and find out where she is.

L"Uhh, hello, right here? Sheesh. You two should just have sex, already."
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*She gets a text back that just says, "Bar."*

Astarte was trying to get comfortable on the floor next to her bed, mumbling and grumbling various things under her breath.

"I have no intention of going any further, for a while," Enkidu shrugged and began walking around the outcrop. "Make yourselves at home, I suppose."

Mortal, is already sleeping, so Lilith's sick fantasies fall on deaf ears.

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Noct pops out of an empty stall from the woman's bathroom in the hotel bar. She walks out and begins to scan the area for Euryale.

*The next day, Lilith emerges from her room in white Soul Reaper clothes, with her braid replaced by a horrible, frizzy, windy case of bed head. She wanders out into the kitchen, where Aroma is groggily working at the stove.*

L"Part of me kind of believes you never sleep, but I didn't expect anyone else to be up."

S"I drafted her. Just tell her what you want, she'll make it."
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*Euryale is sitting near the end of the bar, a vacant stool at either side of her, drinking what looks like her second glass of whatever.*

Noct furrows her brow, and takes a seat next to her, "Hello, beautiful. Want to share a drink?"

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Sab, after getting ready for the day, is there as well, ready, and willing to help Aroma out with cooking and the like. Mortal, however, is out like a rock.

Astarte was perched on her window-sill looking out at the landscape.

L"I'll just have whatever."

S"You might want to take me up on that offer. Finding your savant is going to be tricky. You could be in for a long day."
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E"No, I'm fine with what I have."

Noct smiled awkwardly, "Um, alright then." Noct ordered herself a shot of vodka, clean. "So, what made you come to the bar?"

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"Savant?" Sab asked, "Who are you looking for?"

*Senthose pats Sab on the head.*

S"Nothing from you."
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"I was thirsty."

"Alright then," Noct said, "Do you want to go somewhere together after this?"

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"I asked 'who' not 'what', your insult doesn't apply, but it doesn't matter," Sab said, "Aroma, pass the eggs, please."

*Senthose had ignored Sab in favor of sticking tiny sausages on the ends of her horns. Aroma hands her the eggs.*

L"The only human breakfast foods I've had are waffles & pancakes."

S"Then we'll make you some waffles, & you can try the other things. Simple."

L"And the others? Mortal &...Astarte, was it?"

S"Yeah, eat them too, it'll probably increase your powers."

L"That isn't funny."

One of Astarte's clones was now standing in the doorway, staring at the human food blankly.

Mortal walked in, and was puzzled by Sab's horn sausages. Deciding not to ask, Mortal pulled them off and began to eat them. "Good morning you two," She said with a smile, before giving a half hearted wave to everyone else.

"Good morning, Mortal," Sab said as she began making an omelet.

S"It's like we aren't even here, is it?"

*Lilith is looking up the stairs.*

L"Does she always do that?"
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"Maybe."

Mortal gave Aroma and Sab a kiss on the cheek before sitting down at the table, "So, what is on the agenda for today?"

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Noctis ceased her awkward smile, and went about confirming whether or not Euryale was in a bad mood, "Are you alright? Did I upset you? I feel like you're being distant and trite with me..."

S"It is as I said last night. I want to run Lilith through a few basic Hollow skills, & see if there are any she could probably master before the invasion."
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"I don't know what you're talking about. Why should anything be wrong?"

Astarte took the place of her clone and took a few quick steps towards the food.

"That is what I want to know. Like I said, I feel like you're being distant, and cold, and that is unlike you."

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Mortal looked at Lilith, "So, what hollow things can you do?" She asked, "Can you use ceros?" She then looked over at Astarte, "Good morning, Astarte."

Astarte turned to Mortal, smiling warmly.
"Good morning," Astarte was still slightly unused to being addressed personally, and it made her surprisingly happy. "What is this food made of?"

Sab responded, "Dead animals mostly."

S"Oh, you don't remember her Ceros? I have a rather hard time forgetting them, myself."

A"Not the pancakes or the waffles. The eggs were technically an early miscarriage. Everything else is, because Senthose wouldn't let me get tofu."

S"If you want protein, you can drink it out of the blood of the less fortunate, just like everyone else."
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"I guess I just felt neglected."