Sparky scoots closer to the fox, takes and reads the note, and nods his head. "That shouldn't be a problem. It should be easy to arrange." He says to Scarlet and stands up, running a hand through Barnabus' shaggy fur as he talks to the bear. "Whatdya say, buddy?" Barnabus chuffs in agreement, blundering to his feet and following the young boy inside.

Jay and Jackson look up when Sparky opens the door. "You're in early." Jackson notes. Sparky leaves the door behind him open as he enters so Barnabus and Scarlett can enter behind him.
"Yeah." He hands Jay the note from Ashia and Justin. Barnabus enters and positions himself near the fire, keeping his eyes on the door.
"Can do." Jay chirps once he has read the note. He gets up to follow what Justin instructed, taking heed of the warning.

Scarlet sits beside Barnabus looking up into the rafters, Nice to see you made it here to Orion.
Orion looks at them, Yes I'm glad you're here as well. I wonder how long it will take for them to notice me.

Shield snorts as soon as Jay walks in the stables he was angry, hungry, and annoyed. A very bad combination for anyone taking care of him. He knew that if Jay wasn't careful he'd likely end up missing a hand if he was lucky. Offhandidly Shield wondered where Justin was not that he really cared.

Scarlet got up after a minute and ran outside. When she returned Scarlet was leading Ashia and Justin.

Barnabus looks up when Scarlet does and grunts a greeting to the bird. Who? The humans? Probably until someone points you out, they won't take notice. They aren't expecting a bird to be up there, after all.

Jay smiles at Shield when he enters, though he bet it wouldn't do anything. There wasn't much on horses that Jay knew, but he could sense when someone is annoyed and knew that it'd be a good idea to keep his distance from anyone he had upset. He tries his best to be careful as he puts some feed in Shield's stall.

Hazel gets up to greet Ashia. Jackson checks to see if the two were hungry and if they wanted something to eat. Sparky and Brandon nod their greetings.

Justin hungry as always is more than happy for some food. Though Ashia on the otherhand didn't want any. She was too worried about how close this call had been. Too many times Ashia had close calls but this was the worst one by far.

Shield snorts angerly as Jay approaches. As Jay put the feed in his stall Shield lunged for him. Only his lundge wasn't the real attack the kick that came after it was. Shield had worked all day at undoing the lock now due to Jay he was loose.


Orion chirps happily, I know and this is the safest place to be when that Bloodhound comes back and he will just wait.
Scarlet frowns, I know he will but this is not a good place to hide.

Jackson gets the food he had prepared earlier for the two and hands it over to Justin. Hazel perched on a seat near the table. "So what's the plan? Do we have any clue on what we how we should do things next?" Brandon looks interested.

Jay falls back with a yell, dropping what's in his hands and putting his arms up to protect his face. He realizes his mistake too late and curses under his breath. His mind scrambles for a clue on what to do when an angered ex spirit animal is on the loose and decides to head back inside and beg Justin to fix the mess he had unintentionally started. Yeah, so, next time Jay isn't going to be trusted around horses.

Sparky had given a jump and his eyes glazed over as fear began to take hold at Jay's yell. His breathing quickens and he backs up against the wall, sliding down and pulling his knees to his chest. After a moment, the panic passes and Sparky's feeling embarrassed for having reacted.

Barnabus has to agree with Scarlet, Probably not the best place to hide, but I can't think of a better one as of now. I find this place to be very safe. He nudges Sparky with his nose in a comforting way.

"We," Justin asks, "Hazel I don't know what Ashia told you but Ashia and I planned to make sure you, Jay, Sparky, and Jackson were safe by us leaving without being noticed by Seth or his bloodhound. You can't come with us."

Ashia frowns, "It's not safe traveling with us I'm sorry. Maybe we can work something out?"
Scarlet put a paw on Hazel's leg, She's right and they know each other so well they can predict the other's movements and thoughts.

Shield quickly eats some of the feed before trying to break out of the stables. He was worried, angry, and above all wanted revenge.

Orion screatches as he hears Jay's yell. Justin looks towards the stable, "Jay you had one job!" He and Ashia quickly rush out to the stable working to get Shield back in a stall. It takes about three hours of coaxing, treats, a bit of muscle to force Shield in, and a strong lock to keep him in the stall. Coming back in they do not look happy.
Ashia asks what room she'll be allowed to stay in while Justin eats.

Hazel nods her head. "Yeah, but we wouldn't really be any safer here - Jay and I might be being searched for since we escaped with you anyways. I think Jackson does want to stay here, since he has a rather solid business and it'd be hard to leave it. ... What is your idea in working something out?"
Brandon looks at Scarlet, 'That's so cool! I wish I could predict people's movements.'

Then the two rushed out, leaving the conversation unfinished. Hazel offers to help, but realized she didn't know this horse well enough to do any good. Brandon worked well with animals, but he didn't want to get underfoot as people usually yelled that he does.n

Jay keeps his head down, feeling foolish to let the horse escape. Jackson answers Ashia's question by leading her to one of the rooms that she can stay in. Sparky decides to head off to bed. Barnabus keeps near the fire.

"Thank you Jackson good night," Ashia says as Scarlet follows her into the room.

Justin looks at Hazel, "That's not up to me. If it was my choice I'd agree but Ashia might not. We've been betrayed before."

Orion squaked annoyed, Don't remind me of that day it was horrible.

Shield ate in his stall calmish.


(Time skip to later that night?)

(Yes.)

Jay is a bit of an insomniac and can't fall asleep easily, so, wrapped up in his blanket and armed with a pillow, he heads downstairs and gets himself a cup of warm milk. He stokes the fire, just enough so it'll keep the place warm but not exactly light the place up, and sits on a nearby table.
The place is quiet at night. There is none of the usual, cheerful blunder or banter. Everyone is in their room, sleeping or doing some quiet activity that he couldn't pick up on. The creaking and groaning of the place that naturally comes are the only sounds Jay could decipher on the inside though there's enough activity outside.
The place is dark at night. The fire is muted, only enough to keep the place warm. The lights are off along the hall and in the main room; the only light that is on is the mandatory night light. The stars and moon outside does some to illuminate the empty main room.
The place is dead at night. The cheer is emptied, tucked away someplace secret, and in it's place is the dead yet creeping fingers of night and its companions.
Jay shudders, pulls his blanket closer, and hugs the pillow so it props his head up while he's sitting. He likes the place alive and bustling like it is during the day. He finishes his cup and sets it down beside him, staring off into the night and waiting for the sun to rise.

Orion drops down to Jay's table looking comfortingly at him. He calmly watches him, Why are you afraid?

A few seconds later there is a loud crash from Ashia's room and Justin goes to see if she's okay. Scarlet rushes out of the room looking half crazy. Justin quickly dodges Scarlet's attack and peaks in to see Ashia in the middle of a bad attack from the bonding sickness. He quickly got the weapons out of the room before standing guard in front of the door to make sure no one tried to go in there.

Scarlet hit Jackson's door hard growling and not acting like herself at all.