Nightly Lessons Book I: The Book of Beginnings

[Kira_Wolf_Cub]

Alice looked at Aleks perplexed.

"Dress up whaaaat?" She wasn't that much awake. "Aleks... it's too early to be picking me...."

She wasn't giving him lips, it was her way of asking him to take it slow. Se followed them them calmly, still trying to wake up more by lightly slapping her cheeks as she listened to Aleks give off his tour.

She could still remember her first tour of the place and how skiddish she had been. Janus was taking it more calmly them her, but then again she reminded herself that Aleksander and Razziel weren't cut from the same cloth.

By the time they got to the ballroom, she was awake enough to be able to followed their conversation. She still wasn't happy with Janus, slamming the door on her the night before, when all she wanted to do was check on him, but she did smile slightly to see he had the same reaction to the room as hse had. The ballroom was probably one of her favorites aswell.

"It's a pretty amazing room isn't it..." She smiled when Janus' stomach demanded attention, she couldn't stop the small laugh from her lips escaping. "Looks like someones hungry." Her own stomach gave a loud growl as well might made her blush. "Guess we're in company, huh?"

She smiled at Aleks when he mentioned breakfast and smiled.

"Yay! Can we have waffles this time?" She looked hopeful.

[Peeker]

Janus perked up at that. Alek nodded. "Kaptet! Kee!" An imp popped up. Alek nodded to it. "Wasno Alice-kas ep Janus-kas torne Waffles."

The imp, Kaptet, nodded. "Geeb! Waffles sap Alice-kas ep Janus-kas!" ...and vanished.

Alek smiled. "To the kitchen, then. No need to dirty the dining hall until tonight."

Janus gave Alice a big smile. Waffles! Oh man! He hadn't had waffles in... forever!

[Kira_Wolf_Cub]

Alice skipped along the hallway happier then a lark, even humming a tune under her breath. She returned Janus smile and twirled a bit about not watching where she was really going.

"Maybe today won't be so bad after all,' She thought. 'Raz is still asleep, it's raining outside, no lessons at all...'

She caught the scent of waffles in the air, he blueberry kind and danced happily away past Janus and Aleks.

"Waf-fles Waf-fles," She sing-sanged happily and gave a fast twirl knocking over a small vase along the way. "Waf..."

The small vase fell to the floor a broke into five large piece.

"Oops..." She quickly stopped moving and looked at Aleks sheepishly. "Sorry Aleks... I'll clean it up..."

[Peeker]

The man covered his face with one hand. "Oh dear..." Then he smiled. "Janus?"

"Y-y-yes, m'lord?"

"....Aleksandr, Janus. Do you know a spell of repair?"

"Yes, lord!"

"Good. After breakfast, I would have you teach it to Alice."

The boy nodded. "Yes, lord-er, Aleksandr. Sir."

"Thank you, Janus. Come. Breakfast."

The boy watched in amazement. Whenever he broke something, he was bent over the nearest wall and caned until his Sire was satisfied.

....what was with these people?

[Kira_Wolf_Cub]

Alice gingerly picked the pieces up of the vase and set them on the table were it hd been standing. It wasn't the first time she had broken something but Aleks tended to be reasonable about small things like that. Once she was sure all the different piece were off the floor and out of harms way she follwed the two of them and groaned behind Aleks.

"Do we have to?" She asked. "I mean we have guests and all... it's not something a little glue would help with you know..."

She sighed and looked at Janus. 'You know I'm terrible with spells Aleks, why are you going to torment him by using me?'

She stopped her mopping though when the entered the kitchen and found several batches of waffles along with jam, butter and syrup for the taking waiting for them.

Her stomach gave a louder growl at the sight and smell of it all.

"Food!" She hoped over to a chair and grinned at Janus. "Come on, dig in!"

[Peeker]

Janus walked past Aleksandr, a little confused - she was even questioning his mercy. What was up with this place?!

He stopped asking questions when he saw the spread in front of him. He hurried over to the table, and sat next to Alice. Aleksandr smiled and sat down across from them. "Yes. Enjoy!"

Janus nodded, and folded his hands in front of him - as he'd been taught, he wasn't to eat until his host (or Sire, or whathaveyou) had been served, so he just smiled politely, looking at the table's bounty.

[Kira_Wolf_Cub]

Alice didn't wait very long before she had covered every inch of her waffles with maple syrup. She loved waffles with a passion, which was probably why Aleks made it a rarity for her to get them. That... or the imps just wanted to make her suffer. Without so much as a 'thanks for the meal', Alice dug in.

"What's wrong, Janus?" She managed to asked after a momnet when she saw he hadn't touched anything yet. She barely managed to swallow a mouthful. "You don't like them or something?" She grinned at him for a second, her mood a little better. "Do you want peanut butter on them too?"


Meanwhile up in Razziel's chambers, the lord was slowly awakening. He was far from composed, which was unusual for him. After Janus and Alice had been sent to bed, he had continued his discussion with Aleksander and along the way downed nearly three bottles of spanish vine. At the time, it didn't affect him, but then again, most vampires felt it in the morning.

"Urgh! Never again..." He rose from his bed and walked towards the bathroom to try and compose himself. Image was everything after all.

[Peeker]

Janus smiled back. "Nuh-uh! No peanut butter! Not after yesterday." He grinned a little, but jumped when Aleksandr moved forward.

Aleksandr reached for the boy's plate, and slid a couple of waffles to Janus, pretending he didn't notice him flinch. "Eat up, boy. Busy day, and all."

Janus nodded, and obediently started eating - after adding syrup, of course. "Mm. Thank you, sir! It.. it tastes great!"
Which it did. ...and Janus found himself warming up to Alice and Aleksandr rather quickly with the help of those waffles.

"Um.. Aleksandr? Sir?"

"Yes?"

"Could..." Janus swallowed the waffle he'd been eating. "Pardon me. Might we have some time to go back to the ballroom later today?"

"Of course, Janus." Alek smiled. "I hope you like to dance..."

Janus looked at him confused, but ate his waffle, and said nothing.

[Kira_Wolf_Cub]

Alice chocked on her waffles and waved her arms wildly about to tell him 'not a chance'. Not only did Aleks ignore her, she managed to fall of her chair along the way.

*Crash*

".... aw...." Alice groaned and then looked at Aleks. "Dance? Aleks you've got to be kidding. Remember how many tries I stepped over Mikeal's foot?"

She then turned and smiled at Janus appologeticly. "Heehee, Aleks loves to joke about in the morning." She shoot him a look begging him not to pressure her into dancing. She was terrificed over the idea of dancing with someone else other then Mikeal and Aleks. "I'm a terrible dancer, really."


Razziel had finally dressed and walking down the halls towards Janus' room. He didn't know that boy was already up. He hadn't even checked the time. All he noticed that it was dark and raining outside and by his book that ment it was night. Reaching the door he knocked on it hard.

"Janus? Get up, the night has begun." He barked, not noticing Kapad who was watching him with amusement. Since Alice was already up, it had found a new target.

[Peeker]

Janus stifled a laugh when Alice fell off the chair, and tried to help her up, blushing. "Y-you're okay, right?"

Aleksandr smiled, but said nothing. "Well, at any rate, I suppose a trip to the ballroom will be in order when you're all done eating. Enjoy." Alek picked a strawberry off the table, and popped it in his mouth before continuing to sip his coffee.

Janus quickly sat back down, and started eating as quickly as was polite to do so.

...meanwhile, Kapad was deciding whether he wanted to go with the old push-the-guy-through-the-open-door game, or the tie-laces-together game, or the pants-the-guy-and-kick-him-in-the-butt game.

Kapad was not the gentlest of imps, one might say.