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Mac brushed a stray hair out of his face, and thought a second. "We could go back to your place, maybe see if we could clean it up?" he asked her, "I mean we could do that and have fun while doing it, and maybe something else afterwords" he suggested.

Mike watched as the woman exited the building. She seemed to be smiling. Keeping out of site, he followed her. He wondered why she didn't have a car either. When she came to a building, she entered a door and closed it behind her. Mike had to stop his stalking, and return back to the hospital. Luckily it was a block away, and he began to run fast.

((Lucky still must post))

Mac followed her out, keeping with her every step. He then noticed Mike. "Hey Mike".

Mike came running up to Mac and Aria, "Hey, sorry I just took awhile. I brought back some stuff from the house" he told Mac. "Where are you both going?" he asked. His pockets jingling slightly.

"We're going back to her place to clean up the house" he said to him honestly, and he then he looked at Aria, "Could he come too?" he asked.

Mike smiled, "I can help clean" he added.

((OOC: XD I know the feeling.))

Tianara laughed at the two of them, pushing back her wet hair as they got closer to the cove. "Sure, sure," she replied. "Come on, let's go - I want to get back before it gets too cold." Already she spoke with the easy confidence of someone who was totally comfortable with those she was speaking to.

As they neared the cove, Katalina frowned, her gaze rising to stare ahead. She stopped as they reached the edge of the cove waters. "I have to go," she told the two, frowning. "Narcis just reached me - they're waiting for me at the Siren's cavern. There's something we need to look into." She glanced at Joshua, a trifle apologetically, and shrugged. "We'll talk about it later," she told him. "I don't think it's that important, really - I trust you."

Aloud, she said, "Call if you need us - we'll hear. In the meantime, make sure that you're all safely locked up at night; I don't know what this is, or how long it's going to take. Don't take any unnecessary risks, either of you." She looked seriously from one to the other. "I'll see you soon." Turning away, she dived into the water once again, swimming away from them.

Tianara watched her leave and shivered a little. Now there was no one to rely on but herself and Joshua. She looked at him after a second. Looking a little nervous, she said softly, "So, um...we should probably get the cabin ready, I guess."

Tianara smiled a little bit, watching him. "I know," she replied. In an unsettling echo of Katalina's earlier words, she added, "I trust you." She flashed him an easy grin and went towards the house. As she watched him stow his gear, she frowned a little bit. "I wonder what happened, though. I mean, Narcis doesn't usually do things that last-minute. You'd think he'd tell her ahead of time if they were going to do something that would need her."

She shook her head at last. "What do I know, I guess." Watching him point, she nodded easily. "Okay. I'll get a couple out." Leaving him to finish storing his things, she went inside the house and paused, looking from left to right. Awkwardly, she moved the way she thought he had pointed and opened the closet, looking for towels.

It probably would have been helpful if she'd been entirely positive of what she was looking for.

Tianara jumped and went a little red when Joshua reached over her shoulder. She hadn't noticed he was there, despite the fact that he was very close, and was now embarrassed on both counts - so easily surprised, and missing such an obvious thing. "Oh," she murmured. "Right. I...I knew that."

She held the towel awkwardly, unsure of what precisely to do with it. Although she watched what Joshua was doing, it didn't mean much to her. Removing water, after all, was not on her normal list of tasks. She wasn't used to trying to be dry.

Instead, she simply wrapped it around her long hair briefly, holding it tightly to at least get rid of some of the water. Then she unwrapped it again and smiled a little at Joshua's words. "I'm okay," she replied. "I wouldn't want to ruin any more of your clothes - I'm used to being wet." Remembering his reaction the last time she'd been wearing wet clothing, however, she flushed a bit. "I, um, if it makes you uncomfortable or anything, I'll change them."

Tianara managed to smile even through her blush. "Okay," she replied softly. She watched him disappear into the bathroom, and turned back to the closet, hunting through it. Joshua had said something about blankets...? Were they like towels? Would they be in the same place?

By the time Joshua returned, Tianara was hidden from the waist up, poking around inside the closet, attempting to discover the identity of these mysterious 'blankets'. "Whu shackli aa I ookin orr?" her muffled voice came from within when she heard the bathroom door close.

Drawing back out, her dark hair tumbling wildly around her face, she repeated, "What exactly am I looking for? In here, I mean. You said something about blankets...?"

Not actually waiting for a response, she stuck her head back into the closet. Although she was wondering where Mac was, and if he was going to be back before dark, she figured she could broach that subject when they found the blankets.