Nooses

[kukutaru_ookami]

Craven turned back to Mineko and noticed with slight irritation she had redone her scarf. The scarf was a symbol for her insecurity when it was all done up like that it was clear she wasn't comfortable, this was a problem. "Ahh, are you cold you're scarf's all done up again. Well then we should hurry, right?"
He took a light grasp of her hand and started back toward the apartment he was squatting in. It had belonged to a high-up politician, who was more than slightly paranoid. As such he rented three rooms in the city for a total of 2 years. The apartments were scattered and each had aliases to make him harder to trace. Thanks to several blackmailing schemes and hacker friends though Craven was able to obtain the names places and more than enough work for food.

[KoYue]

"Um, yes, cold," Mineko muttered softly, concentrating on her steps and the sound her feet made on the sidewalk. She took little notice of her surroundings and, even though this was natural for her, this time it was more to keep in control than to avoid catching the wrong eyes. The current kindness being given to her could all be false, just a game to drag her into something dangerous. The thoughts were plausible. There was still time. She could wrench her hand free and just turn and run until hitting the ends of the earth, but somehow she knew that he would eventually catch up to her. So instead of planning any form of escape, Mineko concentrated on the soft click her shoes made on the cold sidewalk. Being blind, or pretending to be had its advantages. The less a person sees, the less worried she becomes. Think of the current situation and worry about the concequences when they came. For now, she savored the kindness, hoping wherever she was being led to was not a trap.

[Aiden]

Aiden got up, walked outside, and climbed up a park tree getting a little paranoid.

[Demyx]

Z smiled "oh but i did i heard Craven was here causin trouble..."

Cyan hugged back "u kno were friends and friends stick together"

Keita nodded at Z, her expression changing to a more serious mood. "He is. I'm trying to get up people to stop him, but I'm a little stuck. No one really wants to challenge him."

[Nyko]

Z smirked trying to loosen the mood "well u should already kno im on that ship and ready for attack"

Cyan smiled "and i follow u guys...till the end"

[Aiden]

Aiden looked around carefully. Hanging from the tree she looked almost dead. Her wings hanging, weeping, almost touching the ground.

Kyo aimlessly walked up to Keita and sat on the ground watching her. "Anything new?"

[Demyx]

"I'm glad to hear that, guys," She said, smiling, and then turned to Kyo. "Hm?"

[kukutaru_ookami]

Craven walked through the threshold of the lush building barely registering a nod at the front desk the automatic doors or the people milling in the elevator. He pulled right and entered the door to the staircase and pulled short before the first step. "No offense but you're really not dressed as people would suspect of someone in this hotel. My place is on the 15th floor do you think you can walk that far, so you know, you don't get uncomfortable."
Craven turned to look at Mineko her face was laughably easy to read.

[KoYue]

Mineko's eyebrows shot straight up for a brief second. It was plain as the red in her eyes that she was about to either speak or cry. Perhaps even both at the same time. Did she really stick out the much? So much for being inconspicuous . . .
Any sound or loud reaction would have drawn some form of attention, so instead she merely gazed at the ground and nodded slowly. Walking would not be so bad. She had no real idea how long it would take to reach the fifteenth floor, but if walking this way meant not being noticed that was fine with her.
"I apologize for not being dressed properly," she whispered, unwilling to admit that she had no other clothing besides the scarf, shawl, and worn ragged dress beneath.

[kukutaru_ookami]

Craven drew in a deep breathe this was just another small obstacle to overcome. "Well, its not your fault to be honest and I stick out quite a bit as well. Besides its not as if we could talk freely on an elevator after all they mass murder conversation right?" He said quickly hoping to encourage Mineko and get her moving more freely.
A thought hit Craven and he berated himself for not figuring it out sooner. "You're a little small but I have some older clothes that should fit well enough if you'd like." Craven was keeping an ear out the last thing he needed was someone listening in to them, he wanted to keep his murder count low for now.

[KoYue]

A wispy smile, as faint as a white crayon mark on a piece of white construction paper, crossed Mineko's face for a few scant seconds. The feelings of unease and hope intermingled in a shy manner until the hope overpowered the negative feelings. Really, she did not have the slightest clue as to why the unease was still there. Perhaps it was a warning, but not important enough to be headed. So again it went ignored.
"That would be nice," she murmured and placed one hand on the stair rail. "This way, correct?"

[Aiden]

"I'm glad to hear that, guys," She said, smiling, and then turned to Kyo. "Hm?"

"Anything new?" He repeated. "like as in anything special happen? i'm somewhat new to this whole place and i was just wondering you know?" He looked up at her smiling.

[Demyx]

"Well, there's a demon named Craven who wants to rule the middle world, and we're going to try and stop him." Keita said, nodding. "Want to help?"

[Aiden]

"yeah i can do that. that actually sounds really funn."

Aiden couldn't take it anymore. She just let go and died.

[Nyko]

Z looked at the sky "i think its going to rain"

Cyan looked at Z "are you sure"

[kukutaru_ookami]

Craven nodded slightly and placed a gentle hand on her hers. "The stairs spiral so you'll get disoriented should I tell you when we get there or will you be okay?" He said as nicely as he could this was certainly not going off as planned.
Craven was unsure if it was because Mineko was a woman or if she were an angel but she didn't seem to fully trust him. Every little act had to be properly justified his kindness was being questioned and even the slightest mist-step could prove troublesome. Of course once she was upstairs and comfortable he hoped she would offer little resistance to his desire to "fix" the world.