Seth wasn't much to be dissuaded from things that he wasn't quite allowed into. However, as Raven stepped up behind him and traced him, he couldn't help but be distracted. As he turned to see Raven smiling at him, he couldn't help but smile back, forgetting the door as she pulled him downward for a kiss that he already knew was going to go a bit longer.
After sharing what was several long moments, Seth pulled back, taking a few moments to catch a small amount of breath. Still wearing his smile, he leaned forward again to give another kiss, but this one he pulled away from a bit more quickly. He heard....footsteps?
"Mm...I think that the rest of the world might be coming. I'd like to think we'll have more opportunities later..." Seth whispered, gently tracing Raven's cheek as he turned towards where he assumed they would be seeing their guest. And as it turned out, he was not disappointed. A woman with black hair and a red dressed approached the pair, appraising them as she entered the room and then nodding to herself.
"Ah, Lord Seth and Lady Raven....there you are. I was asked to hunt you two down, since you had wandered off from the party....You may call me Rosa." The woman said, giving a small bow in her red dress. "I am happy to make your acquaintance. Now, I won't be wondering what you've been up to around here, but I'm here to make sure you are accounted for, along with making it to the view and your rooms as necessary....whichever you would prefer more, of course. I'm not here to judge, just to make sure you are...behaving." Rosa seemed to be implying quite a bit with her last words.
"Hmph. I guess we are going with you then? To our rooms then. I'd like to be able to see what you did to my things, thanks." Seth replied, obviously not going for what he considered to be bait. As they began to follow the finely dressed woman, Seth gave a quick backward glance and with a small flourish, lit the candles around the orb. "For luck..." Seth whispered with a smirk as they walked towards supposedly their rooms.
During their journey though, they came across Fei and a couple of others, one of which caused Rosa to obviously sigh and roll her eyes as they got closer to the group. Seth thought that they looked somewhat familiar, but he didn't really care for the others except for Fei. Still, they were along for the ride, so Seth figured they were at least worth regarding.
One was the girl that he was pretty sure he had seen Drew was lingering with before, but in some kind of armor or something. Much more different than what he expected her to be in. The other was a man in a bit of a suit who seemed....out of place. As in, even with the finer clothes he seemed to be not suited to be in it. Fei was trying to do something to the guys face, leading Seth to a raised eyebrow as he approached, wondering what Fei had done this time.
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"Besides, you're right. This was worth it. I will walk with you into the Light itself. Knowing I had this."
"And I would follow you to the coldest of depths because I know you would be with me like this." Seth's shadow gave a low sigh, feeling an odd...tugging. Like something needed to be taken care of. Or a nagging child. "Do you...feel that? Seems that things are about to change again...But, I would like to linger a moment longer..." The shadow hesitated, not knowing the consequences of staying away for too long, but not wanting to ruin the moment either.
He could always hope that it was just in his head, and that it was nothing at all but his nerves playing tricks on him. It was unlikely, but he could hope all the same that they could remain in the dark spot a little longer.
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Meanwhile, outside, it seemed everyone was anxious to go at this point. Former maids dressed in all kinds of armors, with some wearing less than great things after likely losing a bet here or there, while others not having weapons, to some being armed to the teeth. Meanwhile in the distance were the centaurs and spirits, many of them in similar outfits as the maids. Many appearing well armed and armored, but others looking foolish or downright ridiculous in likely lost bets.
Edgar was laughing as the centaurs all seemed ready to start charging. He almost seemed to encourage both his rock guards and ladies to sit back and relax as the battle line of the centaurs got prepared. As the lines got ready, an object was brought out towards the middle of the battlefield. A glowing box, which seemed to have a collection of crystals inside which when the box was opened it gave off an odd glow, and for a moment the sky color changed from a red color to a dark blue.
This alone seemed to spur the centaurs to charge, which in turn seemed to make the castle itself suddenly shake as it seemed to realize it was under attack, and it would bring its defenses to fire. Suddenly icy crossbow bolts flew from the castle itself, seemingly not manned by any person. While the centaurs seemed to take the flurry of arrows in stride, what did not get taken in stride was the sudden launching of boulders that began to rain from higher up on the castle, again striking many more centaurs down. They still continued their charge, obviously still energetic but not quite as many had been initially started.
As they finally reached the stone golems, they were met by a force that seemed largely unyielding to the few centaurs that made it. As more centaurs finally managed to get to the battle line, the castle again seemed to retaliate, with suddenly a few small bolts lancing from the castle itself, striking randomly among the groups of spirits and centaurs still charging.
Finally, the ladies got to do fighting of their own, which proved to be just as cruel as the centaurs were in their fighting. Leaping over blades and slashing, cutting, and sometimes even punching at centaurs as they got in striking distance. The battle was obviously not going at all in the centaur's favor, and it showed no signs of turning as long as the castle continued to rain its own form of death upon the fields.
