"I think we're pretty secure," Lianth said at last, after finding and securing each potential entrance as good as he could. Some of his barricades might have been excessive, like  one where he'd moved a wardrobe to help bar a window upstairs, but excess was preferable to being eaten by clor. He could move it back anyways, later, when clouds of ravenous birds weren't outside.<br/><br/>"Now, I'ma get me some rest in. I suggest you guys do too before anything else seeks to screw over our chances at getting a night's sleep," Lianth suggested, flopping back down on the couch and closing his eyes.<br/><br/>((Nuuuu, not Manus! Is he even<span style="font-style: italic">with</span>the group? I thought we just assumed he flew off for some reason so if jinx ever comes back Manus can fly in dramatically and save the day (even if we're just sitting around drinking tea or whatever)? Seems a bit of a smoother solution to outright killing him off. Especially since I don't think his sprite has used any energy and thus we'd have to kill him<span style="font-style: italic">thrice</span>(one to bring sprite to 30, one to empty the sprite and kill it, one to kill him without hope for revication) to make it stick. And that ...would be silly.))