Welcome to "The Forbidden Circle"

Leon lays in his newly made bed before he hears a knock and has to get up to get the door. "Don't worry, I got it, you guys hold tight." He quickly gets up to open it, and an Npc carrying a tray with four very large bowls arrives. She hands him the tray carefully and he thanks her before closes the door. He carefully walks over to the bed and places it down on the table in the nearby corner of the room. Looking everything over he starts to pick up the bowls and place them in front of the others with their large spoons. "Well...I guess this answers our question. It looks like a soup. I didn't know what to ask for when it came to food and I knew we were working on a budget, so I asked for something cheap, yet healthy, filling, and at least somewhat tasty. It was a lot to ask for, but it smells petty great, and the portion is huge for what little we paid." When he finishes passing the bowls out, he takes a seat and tries some himself. "Hmm...not bad actually. To answer your question Mako, I got mine for an Xbox 360. I got it because I felt like I needed to get away a bit. Too much stress ya know?" He returned to calmly eating his soup as he listened to the others speak.

Damian retrieved his bowl from the tray and went to sit on the other bed, eating his dinner until Mako spoke. So far it seemed that Mako was right and that she was the only "foreigner" in their group. "I'm on the 360. As for where I'm from," He took another bite of his meal and swallowed before he continued speaking. "Right now I'm in Kalispell, Montana. What about you?" Damian looked over at Mako as he said this, he had a very vague idea of where she was from small clues here and there but wasn't sure.

She landed on the roof and looked around the area. This was far from home, and part of honestly wouldn't mind if only she knew what was going on. She sighed, frustration consuming her and walked over to the drain pipe that goes down the side of the inn and used it to climb down to the street. There was nothing left to really do for now. She needed sleep, or at least shelter for the night. Seeing as she was right by an inn, this would work out well for her.

She went in, got herself a room and made her way over to it. She turned the handle and saw this large group of strange people eating. "Umm." Well this was awkward. "Uh.. Wrong room." She went and closed the door and looked back down to her key for her room number. How did she mess the rooms up?

Brianna looks up from her food, the spoon hanging from her tongue. Spotting the new female she looks back down and sets her spoon into the bowl. She waits while the following conversation happens.

"Come on in," Mako invited, after quickly swallowing. "More the merrier, right?" She grinned.

Leon scratches his head and says, "Well...I guess that definitely answers one of my questions. You aren't an Npc, which can be either a good or a bad thing. Sigh...Well welcome I guess. I'm Leon, and since you know nothing about where you are apparently, I'll be telling you what happened to us today. I guess I just wanna move things along. Bear with me and ignore what ya feel like ignoring. Until then, please enjoy your story and feel free to use the sofa."

-Full story given-

"There....things made simple....or extremely complicated."

By the time Leon had finished recounting what they'd been told Damian had finished his meal and set it aside, laying back on the bed with his hands behind his head. "Point is, we have to beat this guy before we can get out of here." He added to what Leon had said as he slightly swung his feet back and forth from where they hung off the side of the bed.

Alice sat herself down on a nearby bed and listened to Leon's tale. Each moment made her feel more and more like she was in a horror movie, which was concerning since pretty much all horror movies has at least one character die. "Well, that sucks." She mumbled under her breath. Her attention got drawn to Bri. "I heard someone refer to me as a strike class if that's what you mean? I didn't get a very clear look at them, it was kind of crowded."

Slowly, Alice began to wonder how long she would be sitting in this room, with this group. Everyone else she had met thus far seemed normal enough but something was off. Although she preferred to be alone, maybe this time she should stay with a group. Just this once. "This seems more like a horror movie for me to be honest."

Bri pauses, thinks about it before nodding. She picks herself up and then her bowl. She carries it over to Alice before holding it out, "Here. I didn't eat much. But... Strike class is all about, ya know, striking things... I'm more, uh... stand still... So... Um... You'll need this more." Though she was worried about this person and what they could be, Leon has a point, they don't know each other. So... Why the hell not? "And... I'll take the floor too... If you prefer a bed I mean."

"Like I said, more the merrier. I still say splitting into small teams to make faster progress is a good idea, but it might not be fore everyone, especially not the less experienced players, people who haven't played a lot of games. Strength in numbers and all that. Damn, I want to get more Stabilities and a few Strives so we can form balanced teams, but it looks like that's not going to happen..."

Leon nods before saying, "Yeah....I got you. Lets talk about it more tomorrow. Damian, you take the spare bed. No sense in both of us sleeping on the floor after all. I'll be comfortable here."

He lays on his back and stares at the ceiling before nodding and saying, "Alright girls, it's getting pretty late. I suggest getting some sleep asap so that we have enough energy for tomorrow. We'll need an early start. Night and sweet dreams all."

He calmly drops his eyelids as he covers himself in a blanket.

Damian nodded in agreement with Mako, at the moment they were one hell of an unbalanced group with only one person who wasn't in the Strike class. He'd only opened his mouth to reply when Alice mentioned the spare bed and Leon offered to let him take it. "Don't see why not." Damian responded with an idle shrug before he stood up from where he'd been sitting. Normally he might have preferred to stay with the others but it would be kind of pointless to let a bed go to waste. "Sleep well, guys." He told the others as he followed Alice from the room.

When morning came, Leon opened his eyes and lifted himself up off of the ground. He looked around him for a moment before he sighed to himself, speaking softly so he wouldn't wake the others.

"So it wasn't a dream...sigh....well, at least it's morning now. One day down, and who knows how many more to go." He looks through one of the free windows to see if the city is up and bustling yet. True enough, already the shops are open and doing their thing, that is, if they ever close at all. He looks to the two girls sleeping in the room and thinks to himself.

'Hmm...Bri looks less scared and jumpy and Mako seems a lot more gentle right now. They...look so peaceful...they are pretty cute....sigh, c'mon Leo, don't get all creepy now, it's rude and just plain weird to watch the girls as they are sleeping. Okay...do I wake them up or let them sleep a little longer? Hmm...no, we need as much time as we can get. I'll use some of the toothpaste and stuff to get ready, then I'll wake them up.'

After making sure he's set for the day, he looks at the two girls sleeping in bed and sighs to himself. 'Okay....who has the greatest risk of me receiving bodily harm by waking them....Bri is jumpy so she might very well launch me through the window....and Mako....*Shivers* that just seems like it would suck if she woke up in a bad mood, so Bri it is. He calmly walks over to Bri's bed and starts to lightly tap her on the shoulder. "Hey...Bri, wake up. It's Leon and it's morning, we should get ready and move out. We need as much time as we can get. Mako, you too, up and at em' girls."

Bri jumps, apparently a light sleeper. But just after she froze, listening to the not so distant yet distant voice. She rolls onto her stomach and sighs, "Good morning to you too, Leon." Her voice is quiet as she reaches around and towards the floor for her clothes she shed last night.