[Saroko]

[center]
Constance

"Woah, gloomy," muttered Constance.  The dank hallway leading to the main part of the Cathedral was pitch black, and Constance could swear that her feet were covered in grime.  And she'd only been here for five minutes!

She walked over to a bookcase and read the spines.  "Let's see,  Book of the Dead?  Nah, I have that.  101 Ways to use Smiles ?  Monsters of Evelon?  No.  Darn it.  That book has to be somewhere."  The Morning Kitrell adjusted her glasses with a bright pink claw.[/i]

[Saroko]

"No.  It's not here," she muttered.  Constance winged on down the hallway.  She passed by several other empty bookshelves as she went.  "A real shame," she thought as she flew.

[Feint]

ooc: This guy's kinda snooty, just insult him and he'll be nicer. or give him some puzzle to play with.

Saru gasped for air to ease his burning lungs. The steps to the cathedral were endless and enormous. "I've been climbing for hours. . . ." he moaned to himself. Where are these things going? I think I've passed the cathedral already. "Oh, peh." He heaved his tiny body over one last step and lay there. The dust collected from feigned unuse clouded away from his nose in huge puffs. Saru's tired eyes slowly traced the remaining steps, then up to the cathedral itself. ". . .So far away. . ." He gathered his courage and dragged himself over another step. Snap. The cathedral now stood at his feet as if nothing had happened. A shaken Saru stalked through the doors muttering about magic buildings. He walked smack into the wall on the other side of the pitch-dark hall. "Ouch!"

[Saroko]

Constance's ears perked up when she heard something bang downstairs.  "One of those creatures perhaps?" she thought.  Her librarians curiosity began to nudge her.  Curiously, she flew down the stair case to the great doors of the cathedral.  With more strenght than one would expect for a small creature with pink nails, she lifted a huge beam from the door and opened them.

[Feint]

Saru snarled at the cold wall and stomped up the dark hallway muttering and sniffing. Of course he had no idea where he was going, and it didn't take long for him to be utterly lost. His frustrated moan echoed back to his fluffy ears, increasing his frustration by assuring him he was quite alone. He just barely heard a soft flutter like that of a bird behind him, too soft to be close by. Saru stopped pacing and stared up at the ceiling, then around the room. He squinted his eyes and peered down the halls. The flutter had ceased, but he needed something to take his mind off being lost and angry. "I'm going to find you! Where are you hiding, small noise?" Saru called down the long halls. He picked a direction and sprinted forward, not turning or looking back.

[Saroko]

Constance cocked her head as she watched the monkey like creature run off.  "That brute is bad news," she thought.  "He may interfere with my quest."  Frowning, she flapped her wings and flew overhead Saru, occasionally stopping to observe him from atop a wooden beam.

[Feint]

Thirty seconds later...
Saru dragged his oh so heavy body across the tile floor, wheezing and drooling. "Oh mother, I'm sorry I took two dinners intead of one!" he gasped. "How I regret it now!" He stopped and rolled onto his back, gagging when he discovered he could still see the room he had just ran out of. Saru snorted with disgust at himself, and just as he was rolling to stand, he noticed blue-winged Constance perched on her beam. He jumped, and the whole result was: he rolls partly over and flies into the air, still rolling for a second or two, then finally lands on his hind feet with his front paws dangling in front of him. A highly impressive maneuver to those who didn't know any better. "When did you get there?!" he screeched.

[Saroko]

"I've been here the whole time," said Constance.  Spreading her wings, she glidded gracefully and landed a few feet away from Saru.  "And by the way, the whole flipping in the air like a ninja from a bad movie.  Very impressive."

[Feint]

Saru sputtered in embarassment and dropped to all fours. "Just--just don't scare me like that, okay??" He collected himself and sneered. "Stop following me, okay? It's bad enough being lost in this huge place. I don't need hide-and-seek-ers." Saru grunted in satisfaction that his point had been made in the worst way possible. He glanced around the high beams. "Are there rooms upstairs, too? This place has no end," he wondered aloud. At the thought of yet more walking, he growled at the innocent ceiling and once more fouled his mood.

[Saroko]

Constsance shrugged.  "Yeah.  They're some stairs a few hallways down, but nothing at all of interest."  She sighed and looked at her claws.  

Out of no where, she suddenly got an idea.  A simple, little brilliant idea.  With a smirk, she flew in front of the monkey like pet.  "Hey, wait a minute," she said.  "I have a proposition for you."

[Feint]

"What?" Saru snapped. "What now? You want me to be your slave labor and run in circles for you? No thanks! Unless I get something out of this I won't even listen." He huffed and glared back behind him at nothing in particular. Saru twitched his firey tail, dimmed in loss of deep thought, but hot in frustration. He watched the low curling flames boredly, forgetting why he had come to this cathedral in the first place. He sighed. "What is it," he said firmly, trying to still sound mad.

[Saroko]

Constance smiled.  When she asked for something there was a ninety-nine percent chance that she would get her way.  "I'm a historian of sorts.  I research old things and try to seperate the truth with fiction.  Particularily the long standing feud between Hollowhearts and Battlehearts."  She waited a minute to let it all sink in and watched his expression.  

"Now, I have heard that their is book which explains the origins of the fights somewhere in this place, but I haven't found it down here.  However, there are bookcases upstairs with locks on them that I can't open.  If you can get me access to those bookcases' contents; I'll help you get out."

[Feint]

Saru's maw had dropped open, his eyes half closed, and one eyebrow arched over the other, quite a blank expression. He gaped like this until she mentioned opening locks, when he perked and his face returned to normal. Saru had no formal education, he didn't read well, and he had no idea what a historian was, much less a hollowheart, but he knew locks well and loved to break them. It was a puzzle to forcefully open a lock, and though he had no brains for books he was quite intelligent with puzzles and games. Saru forgot completely about being mean. "Locks? I can break locks. Where are the locks? I like locks. How many locks?" He glanced around. "Where are the stairs?"

[Saroko]

Constance rolled her eyes and smiled.  She twitched a finger in a 'follow me' way.  "The locks are over this way.  Just follow me."  With a slight flap, she glided across the hallway, pleased that the little ape would follow her so effortlessly.

[Twisted_Shadow]

Spade

Lucian

Spade breath in deeply while she walked trough the dark corridors,
enjoying the scent of secrets and old books. She always loved this place,
and came here quite often. Lucian flew close behind her, joining her on her little walk in the Cathedral, allthough he already was half asleep.
"I'm tired" he said, creaking his wings. "Can we go home now". Spade gave him a anoyed look. "Come on Lucian, we only where here for half an hour or so! lets just go down that last coridor and..." she stopped apruptly.
Her Ears twitched nerveously. "did you hear that?" She wispered. Spade heard voices. Other pets? here? Lucian landet on the ground next to her,
peering into the dark. he had very good eyes in the dark, but he couldnt see anything. "most likely just a echo or something" he snarled, feeling slightly unconfortable. In this moment they both noticed Constance and Saru going down the hallway. Spade stood in the shadows for one more moment, then followed both of them, silent and dark as the shadows themselves. /I wonder what the are up to/ she thought. Lucian landet on her shoulder, because his wings where creaking from time to time, making to much noise.