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From the left hall, you choose the first door on your right. You look at Eve tentatively and she smiles. You follow her into a much more angelic room. Even though it has the same motif as the others, silk drapes and sheets with many pillows. Every room so far has had dark walls with light trimmings. This one though seems lighter. Light pours in from the window anda soft breeze whispers through the shredded drape. You walk in behind Eve until you're both fully in the room. You notice a piano sitting in the corner adjacent to the door. There are four Anime Kitties sitting in various parts of the room. Two are quietly playing chess, another is reading and the last walks up to you. 
The waist-high Anime Kitty elegantly walks up to the both of you. He takes off his top hat and bows deeply. You notice his intense blue eyes sparkle radiantly. You smile and return the gesture. He takes Eve's hand and kisses it as he bows to her letting his black hair fall over his eyes a little."It's been awhile since a traveller has visited us." He smiles at you. "My name's Darien, more popularly known as," The feline throws on his hat and masquerade glasses. Darien strikes his famous pose, cape waving in an unfelt wind, with a red rose in hand. "Tuxedo Mask!" Darien throws the rose at your feet. Eve bites her lip to stifle a giggle. "You're still so adorable, Darien." She smiles at him and he returns it. He rests his mask and hat on one of the silk beds then he takes a seat at the piano. Darien stretches and begins to play a soft, soothing song. 
As the music plays, the brown Anime Kitty reading in the corner looks over and finally notices the visitors. "Ah, Lady Reaper." He puts down his book and trots over to the lot of you. "My name is Ashitaka." He bows his head to you. His voice is a quiet, wise melody. It seems to possess no tone at all but then again it seems to hold a very ancient mist as well. Eve, having laced her fingers together infront of her, bows gently to him."The traveller here has been roaming around the island meeting everyone who wishes to be seen." She smiles and looks toward you. You glance at her but look back at Ashitaka. His deep eyes seem to pull your soul with a demonic strength. You finally blink and realize that the combination of the eerily calming music plus those ageless, dark eyes are hypnotizing you. 
You smile humbly and Eve walks further into the room to the chess players on the furthest bed. "Haku, since when don't you say hello to me?" She purrs and the light grey feline whips around in surprise."M'lady! Wow... Darien's music really soothes the mind." He blinks then looks down at the chess board. "And I'm losing!" He smirks at the other cat then stands. "I am Haku. I guess you could say I'm a river spirit." He smiles mysteriously. His ebony hair falls over his face completely as he bows to you in greeting. Haku sits back down to his chess game. He analyzes the board. You notice its pieces are hand carved and not your average pieces either. Ivory and obsidian dragons war over places on the matching board. It's quite the intricate set, you figure, and the pieces move Magickally to boot.  "Trowa, here has become a very excellent chess player." She motions to the orange feline. He looks up at you briefly with one vibrant green eye covered between chocolate brown hair. With a small twitch of his tail, he moves his paw and one obsidian pawn crushes Haku's ivory pawn. The light grey blinks and then glares at Trowa. The silent one gives him a small smile in return. "Silent but violent." Eve snickers and scratches him behind the neck in a gentle rhythmic motion. Darien's song still dances in the air but the tempo has become more upbeat, more jovial. You can hear Trowa purring and he leans against Eve's thigh. She caresses the smaller of the four cats. You can see the pleasant look on his face brighten and so do his blushing cheeks. "Well, off to the next room then?" She gives Trowa a final scritch and gives him a kiss on the cheek before moving towards the door.
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