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After his failed attempt at reaching the coven Tide had found himself tending to a half woman half machine for the night. It was like some sort of twisted terminator film gone wrong but he didn't mind he had done a good deed and it set him in the right frame of mind for going into the coven, which was an open mind.
Before he had been almost cocky in his vision of the place, strange multi colored demons floating around with pointy teeth Dracula look alikes but now he knew better, they could look like anything, they could be anyone. He had been short sighted to think anything else after all calling himself normal would be the biggest joke he had ever uttered.

Standing in a well looked after garden he stretched his hands up into the air cracking his bones in case he would need to be more limber and respondent he wouldn't expect to be accepted sure that some must get turned away from time to time, he wondered how the reception would be violent or welcoming but he knew he would take his chances anyway.
“Roses..” they had told him about them he knew now that with out a doubt he was in the right place and maybe he could get himself off to a good start. The morning had been hot maybe a dash of water would cheer the plants some.

Wriggling his fingers in their direction a spray of water left their tips, cold enough to be absorbed and not instantly evaporated by the sun, he grinned with a nod to them feeling like a mug. “Time to go” walking forward he made his way to a large door, couldn't say it looked all that welcoming but he was sure it was designed well to keep people like him out. Thumping his knuckles against it he shouted “Hello?” surprised someone had not already responded to him intruding on private land.

[Sauri Matashina]

Something wet...On her flowers. A tilt of her head and she made her way from the upstairs. With a lazy grace she moved down the steps toward the main room. A voice peaked her interest and she blinked thickly lashed eyes once. "Hello there." she said in return. Her voice was silk off her tongue as she spoke. "Welcome to our home. I am Sauri Matashina. Coven Mistress. I hope you found your way with out trouble." she said as she approached the male standing in the room. The roses along her arm and shoulder bloomed open now, as the ones outside responded to the water they had been given.

[Azrae Sevar]

From a window in her bedroom she had spotted someone coming into Sauri's garden, pressing a hand to the window and pushing it open for fresh air and a better chance to strike the male with lightning should he try to do something to her friend's beloved flowers, Azrae watched in silent vigilance. When nothing out of the ordinary happened, except watering the roses at the wrong time; Azrae watched the male enter and slid off her window seat. Barefoot the hound padded out onto the hallway and saw Sauri already headed down the stairs. She followed quietly after her, standing beside the regal Mistress and looking on curiously at the loud creature that had come in.

She became a pair of glowing eyes peering out from behind Sauri and beneath the dark mane of her hair, but soon the pale body stepped up beside her friend and with a tilt of her head, looked at the newcomer. They were always attracted to this place, creatures of all walks in life. The saying made her lips curve into a smile which quickly vanished. She should have dressed to impress perhaps. "Your new gardener, Sauri?"

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The door opened by itself a display which made him step backwards a fraction, he had seen horror movies they all started like this. The dumb jocks that usually walked in tended to end up with their bodies flailing to the ground without a head.
His mind wondered as the woman came into sight, an attractive one at that and he couldn't help but again think it was rather movie like, striking damsel leads hopeless idiot to his death but he smiled knocking away his idiotic thoughts as she came to welcome him. He could only assume she was the lady of the house by the way she carried herself, that and he had heard of the Roses the twins had.

She spoke confirming what he thought and he stepped forward but made sure not to enter the house unless she invited him to do so. "Hello Sauri, I'm Tide. I heard this is a place of refuge am I right?" he was distracted before she could answer as someone else joined them another woman again flawless. He had not met that many immortal women he wondered if looks was something they all had. Maybe it helped them live so long.
"Hello"

[Sauri Matashina]

Sauri's dark eyes lit up when he spoke and she nodded. "Welcome Tide. Yes this place is indeed a refuge for all who come." She said, her voice like silk as she spoke. When Azrae came into the room she smiled at her and looked between the two. "I am not sure, though he did water my Roses." she said, anything that happened to those plants she knew about. "It is a pleasure to meet you Tide. This is Azrae, another of the Coven." she said, and introduced her, though she knew Az was capable of it herself. "Will you be staying here at the Coven with us?" she asked Tide.

[Azrae Sevar]

Azrae nodded at Sauri's introduction of her, the curious pup ever seeking out answers to mysteries she didn't know existed. This Tide person was no different than the others. He had sparked her curiosity and her protective nature the moment he had revealed himself to be more than human. Azrae seldom found things of interest and it made life a little less strenuous when she had something to focus on, like a new science project. At least this man had manners, unlike many of the other arrogant jerks she'd met when she had first arrived. "Hello, welcome to the Matashina Coven. Thank the gods you didn't harm the roses or your limbs wouldn't be attached right now." She wasn't being threatening, but her voice was cool and monotone which meant she was being completely serious about his limbs still being attached.

Sauri's question didn't surprise Azrae, the woman was like a doting mother, always looking for the stray cats to give a home to. That's what had made up their family. Looking to Sauri, Azrae smiled warmly something she seldom did in front of the others before looking back towards Tide. "You might as well, Sauri always gets her way. She'll lure you in with kindness and before you know it, you'll find yourself drawn here and in your own room. She's like a cat lady, feeding the strays, only we're all two-legged creatures. Well, most of us."

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He felt instant relief when Sauri informed him that he was correct all along. His run in with the cyber woman and the soldiers had made him feel like he was on the wrong track and would never find what he had been looking for, he hoped she was alright but he didn't waste to much thought on it just happy that he had found the wanted sanctuary.
"Yeah I did water them. It is hot I made sure it wouldn't burn them only refresh them" he hadn't known anyone was looking and the fact that they were probably made them think he was an idiot for feeding that in the heat.
"Um.. isn't that up to you?" he asked not wanting to up and invite himself into the place like he had some right to be there without having earned anything.

Sp far he liked the two of them, friendly with a hint of humor he couldn't have hoped for better but wasn't fool enough to think his arrival would go with such ease with everyone else.
"I guess I am a stray" he grinned. "I don't have fleas though I assure you"

[Sauri Matashina]

A hearty laugh left Sauri and she shook her head lightly. The sound was like wind chimes and she nodded. "Azrae is right." she said, and then smiled at Tide. "Welcome, and it is up to you if you want to stay here or not. I do not keep any who do not wish to stay. All have the freedom to come and go as they wish. I do not make waves, as long as the rules are followed." She said and then the tattoos along her arm came into full bloom. "I know all that happens to those roses, they are a part of my being." She said, and then looked toward the stairs and waved her hand lightly. "The rooms are up the stairs, if you wish to stay..and if Azrae would like to join us, I will show you to a room."

[Azrae Sevar]

"Even if you had fleas, we'll make sure to give you a bath with flea soap." She was glad that he was friendly and could take a joke as well as make one. If she had to deal with one more frigid member then she'd probably end up killing them and bringing them back to life just so she could kill them again. Though she grinned and moved off to the side when Sauri motioned for Tide to follow, her thumbs hooked into the belt loops of her jeans. "Sure, its better than sitting around staring out my window like some abandoned doll."

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"That's very kind of you Sauri" he responded, he had heard as much about the household but stories tended to get twisted and changed the more people that knew and repeated them. He glanced up the stairs and wondered if the place was bigger on the inside then it looked on the outside even though it looked huge. If they offered a place to everyone asking they must have been full to the burst.

"As long as the soap has a nice scent to it i'm game. Might be nice being bathed" he winked and went to move up the stairs to follow the Coven mistress.
He was glad now that he fed the roses it probably reflected well upon him especially that he made sure to keep them from burning but he soon lost track of that thought watching the stairs lead to a huge landing with many rooms branching away "Wow"

[Sauri Matashina]

A soft laughter left her lips as they ascended the steps, the three of them. "This hall is very special indeed. These rooms are able to change to whatever you wish and need them to be. All you must do is touch the door handle and visualize what you want your room to be." She said and then looked at Tide. "There are many amenities that suit all that come. If we do not have what you need then the city certainly will. There are many things to see here." She said, and then smiled at the two of them. She was most happy to be home again, her neck was all but completely healed from her stint away from home. There were things that had happened to her that she dare not speak about to anyone just yet. "So, I do hope that you will stay with us." She said and then stopped in front of a vacant room's door. "Touch the knob and visualize what you want and the room will make it for you."

[Azrae Sevar]

Azrae watched with amusement but kept her own leisurely pace behind them. She'd seen this tour many times and the reactions were always the same it was kind of comical to watch. But as they reached the top of the stairs and neared the rooms she withdrew, so many of them were vacant now. Some had held her friends and others the people she clashed with. Most of them were gone now. Swallowing hard she forced the melancholy back down, focusing on the present and shutting everything else off. "I was wondering what that smell was."

It was an off-hand comment, a response to Tide's own about his smell. It managed a small twitch of her lips. "The whole place is enchanted... Sauri and Ajax's magic help give us more room when we reach capacity... But that hasn't happened for a while now." Azrae reached forward and took Sauri's hand, lacing her fingers through her friend's to make sure that she wasn't stuck in another nightmare like the many Hades had given her. She wanted to verify that her friend was flesh and bone, and that she was here now.

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He looked at Sauri with large eyes for a moment almost unable to believe what she was saying to it, suddenly lots of questions went through his mind from how on earth did such a thing exist to how much power must the building hold to manage such a feat, he didn't ask any of the questions though his eyes drifting away from her again to look at the door she had lead him to. He hesitated there trying to think of what he might want in the room having never thought that into how he would like a room to look he found it difficult to think of something that quickly.

Azrae distracted him for a short time with her comments upon his smell, he pulled a face and pretended to smell his arm pits before pulling a gagging face his eyes again drawn to the door when Azrae started to join in commenting on them.
"OK... alright um..."
He held his hand out wrapping it around the door nob imagining a pretty normal functioning room that would provide for everything he needed with a few techno gadgets. The thing that would set it apart from other rooms was a central water feature that pooled from a small waterfall into a bubbling pool lit with changing soft lights.
Letting go he looked to the two women a bit nervous about going in. "Now what?"

[Sauri Matashina]

Her fingers laced with Azrae's swiftly after she had taken her hand. A quick glance at her and she smiled to assure her that she was real, and very present. A soft grin when Tide spoke again, and then excitement flooded her. "Now, you open the door." She said, and waited eagerly to see what he had come up with. Weather it was something elaborate or something simple. She squeezed Azrae's hand gently, also reassuring herself that she was home again..and that this was all real..

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