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You ask Lady Reaper to show you the attic. The cat-morph takes your hand, smiles, and before you know it the two of you are standing half way up a flight of oak stairs. Lifting her black dress, keeping the shredded tendrils out of the way of her leather boots. You follow her white, black-striped tail listening to the creaking stairs. "The attic of the castle is actually split into several parts and then there are the towers of course. However, this is the only part of the attic I allow travellers, such as yourself, to see. This place is the oldest of the island and is teaming with essence. I wouldn't be a very good hostess if I let you wander around." She finishs just as you reach the last step. The attic is rather small, you think. Then again the place has habit of changing size, or so you were told. You gaze around. The room is completely made of oak and looks unfinished. The light is shining through a small window at the end of the room. It's seems to be the only window at that. The shape of the room doesn't make any sense considering the outside shape of the castle. Or maybe it does... the building was just too large for you to make any assumption. A shadow suddenly flickers over the only source of light.  The small white cat, no bigger than a raven, alights on the window sill. You follow Lady Reaper as she approaches it. She rubs its head with two fingers and you can hear the little creature purr. He stretches his wings and closes his eyes pleasantly. "Vivi is one of the three creatures that watch the attics. Let's see if we can get the other two to say hello." She looks around while the little creature parades on the window pane for you to admire. There's a small tugging on your clothes and it feels as though something is crawling up your back... No, two things are crawling up your back! You spin in a circle and find yourself nose to nose with Lady Reaper. She stares you down with a calm smirk for awhile and then raises her hand to your shoulder. You see one blur scurry on to her open hand and another blur leaps from your other shoulder to hers.  The first one has a long black tail with a tuft of grey hair. It's ears are long and sharp and it looks at you curiously. "Vera is a legba rat. The Legba Rat is a common creature of The Nameless Forest. I found her there on one of my treks. All three guardians of this attic are from the Nameless Forest. They're small enough to scurry through the walls and watch over every piece of it but big enough to fend for themselves." The cat-morph offers the legba rat her finger and she graciously, but gently, chews on it before she's off. The second one is a calmer, wiser looking creature. He's also quite a bit larger than the first. He's pinstriped with a vibrant green mane. His little claws grip Lady Reaper's finger and he gives it a bite. "Vex here is a freyla. The Freyla is a creature that can innately magnify the power of Magick also from The Nameless Forest. That's how he finds me so easily when I go down to the cellar. Inside the walls is his realm." She smiles as he butts his head against her chin then vanishes. Lady Reaper smiles brightly. "The attic here is a place for little things that don't seem to fit anywhere else." She shows you to a table.
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