.:Koko:.
Koko blushed faintly, her tense form relaxing a bit in response to the maid's touch. Maybe she had misjudged her... maybe. Koko wasn't sure. The maid was probably just doing as she was told, which would in fact make her good, but good people don't hurt other people so why would...
Koko shook away the thoughts, nodding slightly before making slow eye contact with the other female.
"I'm Kowareta, but people call me Koko. I don't think I caught your name."
Casting his gaze over to Koko, Suzuya was quick to notice her bruise, frowning a little. "Does it hurt?" the Albino asked, though in all honesty it peeked his curiosity, he didn't really understand pain, he could barely Process it right and wasn't sure what it actually felt like to be scared of feeling 'hurt', as it was just another Emotion to him.
However, the Albino piped down when someone opened the door, before quickly realizing it was the maid..
Unfortunately, Suzuya never saw her suffocate Timmy, so he wasn't mistrusting of her yet and couldn't make sense of why Koko growled at her like that, it kind of reminded him of the dogs at the pond. cute!
"Hey, Maid-san!" he saluted, smiling pleasantly before he asked the most concerning question on his mind. "Why are we in a cell??"
"Teela..." I murmured. "I'll be back with some ice, miss." I murmured, not used to someone asking my name. Normally, people didn't care. I hurried out of the room, quickly coming back with a small bag of ice. I sat down in front of her as I held the ice to her forehead. "J-just tell me if it's too cold, miss."
She glanced over at the little white-haired female whom she hadn't quite met yet, nodding in response to her question about pain.
"It throbs a little, but it doesn't necessarily hurt." She looked back up when Teela had returned, nodding a little in thanks before placing her hand on top of the maid's, as if holding the ice with her would help.
"It's just right, thank you... how long have you worked with these people? You appear to be quite young, like.. the same age as me."
.: Suzuya :.
Simply nodding in response with a rather curious expression, Suzuya might of looked like he was mocking The girl, but he was actually learning, as he wasn't one that really felt pain the same way as other people did.
"Ah, sorry do I seem suspicious?" Suzuya suddenly blurted, noticing the way Koko looked at him, he Remembered that he actually forgot to properly introduce himself to most of the people at the party, way Too eager to devour all of the sweets and desserts in the dinning room, "Though you have a point...the Maid is Rather young, she must of been hired for that reason?" it was a weird theory, but the albino wouldn't put It past Charles to train his live in employee's at a young age, after stating the theory he pulled himself into A sitting position, listening to the two girls.
"Nine years I think... I don't remember when I first started..." I replied, feeling my cheeks heat up as she placed her hand on mine. "As for why you are in a cell, I don't know, sir." I answered, looking at him, biting my lower lip as I answered to both. "I just woke up in the hallway. My mistress and master told me that there was a serial killer in this area, but they had to run out to check on a dear friend of theirs. They also locked up all the windows and doors, so we should be safe until sunrise..." I lied, still biting my lip, trying to keep an innocent look on my face.
"Not suspicious, just... eager. Child-like."
The female paused, her face going blank as she determined whether or not that was appropriate to say. She blinked slowly as if the gears in her head were turning before tilting her head, similar to a puppy.
"I'm Koko. It seems we missed eachother before being... drugged and locked away."
Shifting her red gaze back towards the maid, she frowned, moving one of her small hands to tuck a strand of Teela's hair back behind her ear.
"Well, at least they left you here. Seems they'd like to keep the young ones in good shape,"
She murmured, nodding towards the others that were still passed out.
Timmy awoke slowly, having given nothing more than a muffled shout when the clothe was placed over his face. He was... he was definitely on the ground. Carefully he patted around him with unfeeling hands. He'd been jumped before, and this felt an awful lot like that. Wait. Wasn't he at a dinner party? Who in God's name would be jumped at a dinner party? He faintly remembered someone placing clothe over his face, and after that... nothing. Hearing other voices Timmy sat up quickly, shaking slightly from fear he asked "Wh-Where are we? What happened?"
.: Suzuya :.
"Ah, Ah?" Suzuya started, quite excited as he continued with "Child like? I'll take that as a compliment!" Smiling, Suzuya began to rock back and forth In his sitting position, playing in his own way and occupying Time in this cell.
"I'm Suzuya juuzou, it's a pleasure to meet you both prop...properly? yes, properly!" the albino was a little Confused if he was wording that right, but he more than likely was.
"That would make sense, though... the young are much more easy to manipulate." Suzuya commented with A smile, it was a little disturbing how calmly he stated that. However, growing more excited as he noticed Timmy was waking up, "oh, we're just prisoners in this weird cell...want a cookie?" The albino gestured to The cookie jar on the table, though truth be told Suzuya was planning on snatching that jar later.
"Y-yes... My master and mistress are very kind to yonger people..." I replied, my cheeks getting even redder as she tucked away some of my blonde hair. "You were never drugged, miss. Everyone was in the parlor playing a trivia game. You went to the rest room, but since you were gone for half an hour, I was told to check on you. I don't remember what caused your bruise, but you were on the floor unconscious. You, sir, fell asleep while the other's were waiting for miss Koko to return." I bit my lip again, adverting my blue eyes to the ground.
(Um... I forgot when I last posted... how do I join this? >.< )
Alice roamed the hallways looking for the bathroom. She had lost all sense of time as she continued to walk around on what she thought was the second floor of the mansion. 'There has got to be a bathroom around here somewhere but... where?'
The female's memory was foggy, and she frowned again, not sure if she was remembering wrongly or the maid was lying. Though Teela had to be right, bruises don't come from being drugged... she must have gotten hit or fallen or something. Scanning over the maid's face, she smiled and shrugged, accepting of the simple explanation. "That makes sense."
She turned her head in Suzuya's direction, imitating his personality as she adjusted to him. She playfully stuck out her tongue, hoping that if she were similar to him, he would like her more as a person.
Or was he a she...? Koko's brows furrowed in thought.
I continued pressing the ice to her forehead, then glanced over at Timmy. "H-how are you feeling, sir?" I asked, my timidness returning. 'I hope he doesn't remember me drugging him...' I thought to myself, warily watching him.
The albino was just about to ask something, yet stopped midway once he caught Koko's silly action, Suddenly getting excited once more. He stuck his tongue out and pulled on his eye to make a silly face Towards Koko. stopping and giggling to himself afterwards, he was surprised by how much fun he was Having! This was honestly a thousand times better than the party, he should get thrown into a cell more Often...wait, wait. speaking of which, why were they IN a cell if they had just fallen asleep?
"Hey, miss Teela?" Suzuya raised his hand in question. "Why are we in a cell if we just fell asleep?"
.: ??? :.
Elsewhere, the masquerade butler with the black mask wondered the hall. somehow running into Alice, he Froze in plain sight, looking left to right for an escape route. yet when he found none, he quietly panicked Without making a noise. he wasn't sure what his master wanted him to do with the girl, there wasn't Supposed to be any stragglers around either....ah, this was a pain! "d-do you need something...?" he Cleared his throat and said in a barely audible whisper.
Luckily, though Timmy remembered a clothe over his face, he did not remember who it was that did it. "I'm... I'm okay?" He said, turning up the end of his statement into a question. He looked about, seeming rather scared, and huddled himself into a corner, arms wrapped around his legs. "I... I don't know. Wh-where..." He trailed off, eyes darting around the room.
My eyes went wide as Suzuya asked the question. "P-please... Just Teela would be fine, sir. As for why you guys are in here, I do not know. I'm sorry..." I murmured, biting down hard on my lip again. I started to taste blood.
Alice looked at the butler with the mask on. She grew confused. Why was he dressed like that? She answered his question calmly, "I was just looking for the restroom but I can't seem to find it anywhere!" She faked a laugh, to prove that she wasn't investigating the place or anything. Now, that would be suspicious and then, no one would trust her.
"You're in a cell for some reason, I'm not entirely sure why..." Suzuya finished, answering Timmy's Question.
Then he turned his attention back onto the maid, resting his head onto the palm of his hand as he started to Question her a bit more, but first his eyes went wide, yet somehow seemed soulless as he started giving the Maid a rather vacant stare "Teela.... You're bleeding." he bluntly stated, it was suspicious why she was Biting her lips like that after all. "Why, why is that?" he continued.
.: ??? :.
"The....bathroom?" The black masked butler sounded rather confused, his palms growing sweaty as he Thought of a way to answer Alice. he was almost sure that he shouldn't actualy give her the location of the Bathrooms, the master probably wouldn't like that..
Wait, weren't the others already all placed into the cell down below in the basement? he could just lead her There, ah yes, now that's what he would do. "Yes! I....I do, I know where the bathroom is." He gulped, Sounding very, very suspicious as his palms continued to sweat from how nervous he was, he wasn't really Good at social interactions, being far too used to just killing off the prey before it had time to hold a Conversation. "Follow me.." he asked as he turned around and started down the long hall.
Alice stared at the strange butler but decided to follow him. He seemed like he knew what he was doing. She said, slightly lying, "Thank you. I feel so embarrassed that I strayed so far from everyone else."
"W-what?" I nearly jumped out of my skin as he stated that. I quickly licked my lower lip. "I-I'm not bleeding..." I murmured, turning my head away from him so he couldn't see my cut lip. "Um... I-I should go s-see if the master is b-back..." I shuttered, placing the ice in Koko's hands. I then turned towards the door, practically running to it.
