It Is The Beating of His Hideous Heart?!

Sozen nods, watching Aiko. "We should have a meeting with everyone except him. That then raises the question of whether or not we should involve Dowan...."

Sozen nods, leaning back into the chair. "Of course, though....she could go behind our backs and tell him...I doubt they keep many secrets from one another..."

Aiko mumbles in her sleep, and Sozen smiles at her. "She'll be fine...Will you be?"

Sozen nods, closing his eyes and resting. Aiko murmurs a bit more before settling down.

Sozen doesn't sleep well, unable to become comfortable. Eventually he transforms, settling to Aiko's hand and keeping watch.

Sylas and Steain drop by in the morning to find Sozen asleep in Aiko's bed. Sylas smiles, taking a seat in the row of chairs. Stein paces, waiting for them to wake up.

Sylas waves at her. "Feeling better?"

Stein cranks the dial on his head. "And them?"

Sylas pulls a few more cards from his trench coat. He sets them with the others. "These are from the others." He smiles sweetly, though Asura's eye is still faint in his.

OOC: Those are, like, target markers, right?

Asuka bowed her head, "Thank you."

OOC: Whuuut?

OOC: I remember a conversation between Reaver and Saca that the people who see Asura's eye were targets or something

Sylas smiles
Taking a seat again. Sozen slowly wakes, pulling out of Aiko's bed, who murmurs slightly but stays asleep.

OOC: oh yeah. Sorry, I'm tired. But you're right.

"Sleep well?" Asuka asked.

Sozen nods, yawning and stretching. "Yeah...So, what's the word?" Sylas shrugs, as does Stein. "Everyone's chilling at the hotel while we wait for you two...."

Stein chuckles at that. "Sylas objected heavily to leaving you guys. Something about 'No man gets left behind...'" Sylas blushes. "Maka and her team headed out, though, so....it isn't an complete loss...."

Sylas shakes his head. "They left last night, and they're going by plane, so....they probably aren't even there yet..."