The Wake.

[Machina]

Jennifer smiled as she approached the table, the meal smelled divine and she was glad to find a glass of orange juice, or what appeared to be so next to the silver platter. "Thank you very much." She spoke softly, hoping that the mage would stay with her and eat again, but was soon disappointed as she was called away and offered the companionship of the cat who had taken her order.

"That would be lovely, would you like some fish kitty?" She smiled at the hellkitty and took her seat at the table, lifting the lid of the platter and getting a strong whiff of the meal as the steam still curled in the air above the freshed cooked fish. She lifted her fork and chose a small piece of of the food, holding it out to the kitty. "Here you go, first bite."

[Achan]

Frost paused to watch the helkitty lick her lips and eagerly snatch the first bite of fish offered to her. All looked good here. Now it was time to tend to Reiko. She gave Kitty an "I'll leave it to you" look before exiting.

Kitty gnawed happily on her piece of fish, content as ever.

[Machina]

Jennifer giggled as she watched the kitty munch on the piece of fish that was offered her, her own stomach rumbling beneath the table and she chuckled again; finally digging into the meal herself. She had never been too much of a fish fan, but she figured that here in the Netherworld, maybe it wasn't so bad. They did have other spices and things, or so she figured they would.

She took a careful bite, testing the spiciness of the meal and smiled to herself brightly. "This is good!" She nodded her head to the kitty, one hand moving to lift the glass of juice to her lips and she furrowed her brow in thought. "This isn't orange juice!" The juice was more bitter, but not so bad; it had a tangy taste and a slightly thicker texture to it. "It's good though, I wonder what it is..." She pondered to herself for a moment before shrugging her shoulders and getting back to her meal, sharing a piece here and there with her kitty companion.

[Achan]

"It's actually," announced a familiar voice, "a type of fruit cultivated in Lady Frost's Netherworld." The leader prinny stood at the doorway of the room, a smug look on his face. The others weren't with him. "Not an orange, but close enough."

The prinny eyed the kitty, who gave him a strange look.

"I see you've met Kitty'su. We've been wondering where she ran off to."

[Machina]

Jennifer turned an eye to the owner of the spoken words, her head nodding to the prinny from the day before. "Oh, it's you. Her Netherworld you say? There are more like this?" She blinked her eyes, surprised to hear about even more Netherworlds existing. She knew of the one Laharl was the Prince of, the one her father was trying to take over; but wasn't this the same one? How many were there exactly?

"How many.. Netherworlds are there?" She asked him, curious now; and she nodded her head to his last statement about the kitty.

[Achan]

The leader prinny shrugged. "Too many to count'su. I wouldn't say infinite, but it's always a possibility." He shifted uncomfortably from peg leg to peg leg.

"Soooo... when's your hero gonna get here'su? It's taking him a long time."

[Machina]

Jennifer's eyes widened and she set down her fork; moving the plate to the floor so that the kitty could finish up the meal, now more interested in what the prinny had to say than anything she could ever eat.

"Infinite maybe?" She shook her head in shock, her hands resting a top the table and she looked over at the uncomfortable prinny. "Gordon?.. I.. I don't know. He's usually here by now, something must have happened. Oh no!" She cried out softly, her hands finding their way to her cheeks as she imagined all the horrors that he may have encountered on his way to rescue her. "H-He'll be here!" She said more to herself than the prinny, trying to convince herself that she would not be stuck here forever.

[Achan]

Kitty looked up at her, back down at the meal, looked up at her again, back down. Finally, she jumped off the bed and started to chow down. If the human didn't want it...

The prinny stared at her with those beady eyes. "If the Defender of Earth can't rescue you'su, aren't there any others who CAN? Or would he be the only one?" He shifted his weight again. The prinny seemed anxious, not showing his calm like he did the night before.

[Machina]

Jennifer was unsure of why the prinny was so anxious to know of her rescuers, but she didn't question him. She instead, stared at him with curiosity, eyeing the peg legs he stood on and wondering just where they came from; she had heard stories, but wasn't sure if they were true.

"My father will send someone else for me, if Gordon doesn't make it. There are more Defenders of Earth. Kurtis will come." She nodded her head more to herself again than the prinny; still afraid that she would be stuck in this place for longer than she had ever imagined. "Um.. Where did you come from? Why are you here now, too?"

[Achan]

"Hmmm..." The prinny looked to be thinking, not answering her question right away. This Kurtis - another Defender of Earth? Just how many WERE there?

"I'm one of Lady Frost's vassals. Brue. Me and those other two morons were allowed to come with her when she was captured'su. We come from another Netherworld," he answered her. "Called Samuniria. " Brue sighed and visibly calmed down. "Well, if SOMEONE will at least come soon, then...."

He didn't finish his thoughts.