<div style="text-align: center"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(226, 80, 65)"><span style="font-family: 'Lobster Two'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><b><i><u>Olivia</u></i></b></span></span></span>​</div><br/>She moved fast, leaping from branch to branch with the silence of a squirrel.  She was certain no one was following her, but she didn't slow down for anything.  If someone had been following her, she would have never come back.  Finding the bush with bright blue flowers on it, she dropped to the ground and carefully moved the briars aside before slipping down a small, but human sized hole.<br/><br/><i>3 days ago</i><br/><br/>She had been ready to go home and it was nearly time.  A week out, a few weeks back, as needed to find whatever she could.  If she left now, she'd make it back in time.  It had been a gamble to go further out than she ever had before, farther than she had ever been from the camp in a long time.  In fact, their leader would probably be angry with her that she'd gone so far without telling anyone, but it had been worth it.  She'd found a large camp, mostly filled with demons, but there were humans and from what she could tell, a few angels as well.  These angels weren't in charge, but they weren't slaves either, and neither were the humans.<br/><br/>It wasn't unheard of for humans to side with demons.  They were the largest faction and they were the most powerful.  What had caught her off guard were the few angels she had seen.  She might not have noticed they were angels except they had used powers she knew demons did not have.  Healing for one.  A demon had been brought back and she had seen demons with lesser injuries that didn;t survive, but they had brought it right to the angel who then<i>healed him.</i><br/><br/>Hopeless didn't even begin to describe how she felt in that moment, but still she gathered supplies anyway when others weren't looking.  It was a large enough camp that they probably wouldn't notice anyway.  A few seeds to plant during spring here, fabric for those that needed their clothing mended, basic medical supplies like bandages and sutchers, fruits, vegetables, and anything else that she could fit in her three bags.  It still wasn't a lot, and far from being enough, but it was enough to keep them going for a while longer.  She would come back to get more.<br/><br/>She had been ready to leave when something else caught her eye in one of the tents.  It was a dagger with a black blade and silver hilt.  Red jewels decorated the hilt.  It wasn't just a pretty blade, but one that she'd seen before.  If she were to prick her finger on the tip, she'd have only a few hours of life left in here from the poison that the blade was often bathed in.<br/><br/>She didn't have time to look for the owner, and she was worried about getting caught, so she fled.  She had stayed longer than she meant to and now she was running late.  By time she climbed through the hole that was on the outskirts of the tents, the fire and food had already begun.  She dropped all of the supplies in her tent, save for the food and the dagger.  The dagger she kept hidden on her thigh, at least until she could talk to Audrey, but the food she took to the table for everyone to have.  She grabbed her share and since she didn't see Audrey, found an empty seat next to another redhead she hadn't seen before.<br/><br/>His hair was brighter than hers, completely unnatural, and she was a bit jealous.  She followed the demon's gaze who was looking back in the woods before turning to look at the man playing music.  It was kind of sweet how Daniel had pressed his hand up against the guitar and she hadn't seen a look like that on his face since before Daria had died.  Turning back to the redhead, who she knew without a doubt was a demon, but that didn't bother her, she opened her mouth.<br/><br/>"Hi, you're new.  I'm Ollie.  I like your hair.  How did you get it that color?  When did you get here?  What's your story?  Have you met anyone yet?"  She rattled off questions faster than Reinard could answer, but finally she took a breath, and a bite of her meat. looking up at him patiently.<br/><br/>~~~<br/><br/><div style="text-align: center"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(84, 172, 210)"><span style="font-family: 'Bad Script', 'cursive'"><span style="font-size: 26px"><b><i><u>Ramiel</u></i></b></span></span></span>​</div><br/>Ramiel followed silently.  If he was a bit honest, he'd was getting a bit upset that Audrey refused to use his name.  She knew his full name, and yet the way she spat out the word angel belittled him.  While Rami had committed many sins, one of the ones that seemed to be common among all angels was pride.  He was the strongest, he was powerful, and he was one of God's generals.  Before the end of the world, a human wouldn't have dared to talk down to him and demons would have ran in fear of him.  Now?  He was biting his tongue to keep the human who had helped him safe.<br/><br/>"I understand you don't trust angels, and your reasoning is probably good," he said, his voice calmer than the storm of anger he felt deep inside.  "But, like those demons, I am not my brethren.  If you assume me to be like all angels, then you should assume them to be like most other demons.  I never asked for your pity, or your help for me.  I asked for Kol and I offered the only thing I could and that was my power.  I am dependent only on your for that reason.  I have a human who needs to be kept safe and I can not do it alone.  So I've come to you because I trust you to take care of her.  Once she is settled and she has found her place, and once my debt has been filled for the cost of her safety, I will leave."<br/><br/>He hadn't bowed to the demons, and he certainly wasn't going to bow to a human, but he needed her and she knew it so his tone was far from disrespectful.  Not a lot worked him up, his tone was even and without emotion most of the time anyway, but pride was certainly one of his greatest sins.  He saw what the demons demons did to him as his own personal failure and having her mention it wounded him deeply.  He'd heal and it'd be forgotten.<br/><br/>He took the ladder like she did, though he could have easily flown to the top.  He stayed silent as she explained and only frowned at the threat she had given him at the end.  Being afraid and indebted were two different things, and he only stared at her for a moment before finally speaking up.<br/><br/>"I may be an angel, but I am not foolish."  he then turned to the other two humans, unsure of what they could teach him about keeping guard.  Did she not realize he was by far, probably the oldest creature in this camp?  Still, he had to admit that she knew nothing about him and it would stay that way for as long as it could.  "Please," he says honestly, with a tilt of his head.  "Teach me all that you know."