<table width="100%"><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; width:50%; padding-right:10px;"><span style="color: #E6E9FD"><span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 120%; line-height: 116%;">When it came down to it, someone who was experiencing a crisis or was in shock or panic wasn't really the best person to ask questions. In most cases, the person wouldn't even understand what is being asked of them, let alone actually answer coherently. It also wasn't an entirely good idea to expect someone who was panicking to retain any sort of new information, because whatever piece of information or stimuli that got them worked up in the first place is all that they can focus on. So to a young woman who was currently losing her mind because of strange men in her house, no, nothing they said was abundantly clear.<br/><br/>For a split second, it sounded as if they were just spewing out gibberish now, but after thinking about the syllables in their angered phrase, the statement finally came out, and she glared at Richard for his assumptions. How would any of them like it if a bunch of random people broke into their home, make outrageous claims that they have no idea how to handle, and then get mad at them for not understanding what the hell they were saying? They probably wouldn't like it very much either. But then again, based off of their over the top stories, she didn't think there was much that could phase them besides her abundant confusion on the matter. <br/><br/>Yeah, she understood that they thought there was a barrier around her house. Yeah, she understood that they think they're Incubi. That's not the confusing part of this situation. The confusing part was that they actually believed that. Her grandparents spent almost their entire lives with a thin sheet of paranoia because of men like these. People who claimed they were inhuman and had powers and such. They did almost everything to keep people like that out, and Casey liked to think it lead them to their grave. None of that hokus pokus stuff was real and it made them unhappy for their entire lives. Why would anyone live like that? That was the confusing part. Not knowing why these men chose to believe such rubbish.<br/><br/>But after Richard announced his frustration, it seemed like Aaron couldn't just announce his. Firmly taking her arm as she winced, it made it definitively clear that he wasn't going to horse around anymore. And at first, that still didn't make much sense. But as his voice began to change and blue horns started protruding off of his head, causing Casey's expression to change as well. It wasn't every day that you got to see blue horns come off of someone's face. If it had happened at any other time, Casey probably would have blamed it on some elaborate special effects. But this wasn't the first weird thing they've done and Casey was starting to think that maybe they had a point. Well, in this guy's case, two. Heh. Horn jokes. <br/><br/>Although her eyes were wide with surprise from the sudden reveal, the woman wasn't particularly scared despite his intimidating figure and demanding voice. She was more... baffled by it all. Because in that moment, so many things were proven wrong and countless others proven right, and that shift in reality didn't come in any particular form of emotion besides the absence of it. She simply starred at the demon, not even thinking about him in the process. She thought about how her grandparents were right all these years as well as how many times she must have been in some level of danger without even knowing it. Because it was real. This was real.</span></span></span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width:50%; padding-left:10px;"><span style="color: #E6E9FD"><span style="font-family: Nyala;"><span style="font-size: 120%; line-height: 116%;">Before she even knew it, the college student had thrown herself onto the man, if she could even call him that anymore. Their lips locked in a tight kiss, and it was hard to discern whether she was forced to kiss him or if she did it out of shock. Because in her daze from reality setting in, everything the stranger said flew over her head like a paper airplane. But she was kissing him back, so that had to mean she liked it at least. Which was also weird to think about. Here she was kissing a man she had never met while in his demon state and she was enjoying it. That didn't sound correct at all. Something wasn't lining up in her mind, and before she could figure it out, Richard had separated the two. <br/><br/>The group went on to argue with one another like they had been ever since they arrived and Casey stood in thought. Her lips tingled from the romanticism and she blinked repeatedly as if trying to wipe away a bug with a wind shield wiper. Things started to fall into line and make some sense, but then again, some things didn't. Phrases like glamour spells and the like didn't fit in her vocabulary, but it seemed self explanatory. Aaron returned to looking human and all the men starred at her. It was almost like he was in a glass box as an exhibit in a zoo, all of them thinking 'what is she going to do now'. Come to think of it, it was a lot of pressure for someone so new to... this. <br/><br/>They verbalized their concern, Casey merely blinking. For each member of their party, she gave a long look. A long, blank stare. She didn't give them a once over, or even looked down at their feet. Just their faces because she now knew that that isn't what they really looked like. They weren't human, so she tried her best to visualize them as what they were. However, it was hard because she didn't know if they all looked like Aaron or if they each had different colour schemes or if some didn't have horns. But she tried her best anyway, starring at each. <br/><br/>Slowly crossing her arms, Casey finally looked away from the last, which happened to be Levi, looking out the window that they all had entered in. She was quiet this entire time, but she finally spoke softly. "You guys really can't leave, huh?" It was more of a rhetorical question, seeing as it was more to state that she was finally understanding. Not expecting any sort of response besides maybe a nod to confirm, she also asked,"What do the barriers do then?" She shifted her weight to her other foot. "To you?" She glanced around at them.</span></span></span></td></tr></table>