𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛

7

Feiten followed Torain's lead, and worry started to bleed into his expression. He stared up at the wondrous building, unsure of whether he was actually about to lead his adopted little sister into such a large and strange place. "What's the matter?" Torain stared at him. "You scared?" Feiten snapped out of his gaze. "It's not that I'm scared or anything..." He held onto one of his long fingers and twisted it slightly, anxiety vibrant within him. "I've just.. I don't know!" He tried to laugh himself off. Feiten hated to seem weak and unsure around people he knows are stronger and smarter than he thinks he is, so in his mind, the more confidence you can fake the better. "I get it! You'll be A-OK bro." Kaisen smiled. "A-OK? Really? Are we 12 again?" Torain scoffed sarcastically. Kaisen proceeded to give her a look, and she rolled her eyes, a smile pulling at her lips. "Fei if you don't know, stay outside. Just know that you were the one yesterday that was asking too many questions about seers. If you want your questions answered by someone who's willing to tell you, you should just trust us." Torain warned Feiten and lowered her head slightly to really emphasize herself.  People were everywhere, and some circled the group, wondering where to go and others were on their way to wherever the wind took them, but in the moment that Torain had let him think, there was space clear in between them. Meran spent her few moments looking around to see if she could identify anyone that might've been a hologram. Feiten watched Kaisen walk over to her and give her a few ruffles of her hair to bring her out of her paranoia.

Feiten looked down, studying the laces on his shoes, and then out to scan the grooves of the brick sidewalk beneath him. He had decided. It shouldn't be too terrible like he had said before. It was silly to second guess himself after he had reached the place he originally wanted to go to. He nodded back up to Torain, who smiled gratefully. "Now all of you come here." She started and fixed her posture. The other three gathered around her, waiting for instructions. "Now Kaisen knows this already, but you two have to be hella careful. This place is jam packed full of bloodsuckers and flesh nabbers. Do not talk to anyone that isn't us two or the three narcissists that own the place got it?" She warned. Meran and Feiten nodded, they were reasonable ground rules. "Especially you, Blondie." Meran looked in between everyone. "Why?" She inquired. "Uhm..." Kaisen looked at Torain, and both thought over why. "There's a lot of creepy men and women here- even if you look at them they'll try to take you to the back or somewhere else that isn't good." Kaisen explained with a sigh. "Oh... I'll stay behind Kai then.." Meran said nervously. "That, and they can smell if you're human or not. So technically Fei is in more danger but he'll be fine." Feiten almost interrupted her with another question but was stopped by a glare. "She's the one we need to kinda huddle around because she smells like human and seer so everyone's gonna wanna be up on her." Torain stated. Hearing that made Meran step a bit closer to Kaisen. "Mei you know I can protect you like he can right-'' Feiten stared dejectedly at Meran's position. "Yeah I know.. but he's big- and you're not exactly a good place to hide behind.." Meran told him and Torain snorted. "I'm not that skinny.." He whined. "Yes you are. Now shut up and let's go." Torain pulled at Feiten's arm and dragged him inside. "Don't worry! I got you, little lady." Kaisen grinned and led her into the bar.

Torain let go of Feiten, and swung one of the two tall glass doors, and it sounded like a seal being broken because the music and sounds from the inside immediately flew out of the entrance and spilled into the streets and bounced off the walls. It almost made Meran jump. Torain and Kaisen on the other hand were completely unphased. They all walked in, and it was an open floor, with a great and grand bar completely stocked with rows and rows of bottles and glasses. Meran thought she could handle the noise, but soon got too much for her to bear. Seeing Meran with her hands to her ears, Kaisen looked around for anything that might mute the hectic and wild sound. But suddenly, to Meran's delight, the music was turned way down. She looked up from behind Kaisen, and saw Feiten with his jaw on the floor. She looked out onto the floor, and saw people all looking at the group. The music was still much louder than she would have liked and was still danceable for the people here, but most turned their attention towards them. The reason that Feiten looked like a shocked fish, was because there was a group, on the floor, and in the dim lighting, Meran could just barely see the blood that covered their hands, faces, and clothing, all laughing maniacally and enjoying themselves. As she looked harder even though it was about to make her sick, she could see the wet glisten of severed muscle and flesh, and the dirty shine from the fractured and smashed bones that were all scattered around the group of around 9 or 10 beings. Meran scooted a bit back behind Kaisen again and Feiten tried to do the same with Torain but she shoved him away. Torain seemed like she really did not like people being in her personal bubble.