((Not going to be rid of me that easily you two.  I'm the stalker type at the moment lol.))<br/><br/>Richard was soon in front of Jasmine's beach house and simply walked into the girl's open front door as he stopped where the two were currently at, with that damn seagull still perched on Cindy's head.  "Before you start throwing things at me Jasmine or kicking my ass, let me show you something first.  Cindy, hold still a minute, I don't have much practice with this little talent of ours just yet."  Whether she listened to him or not, Richard's eyes shone brightly for a moment, having not mastered his Power of transformation yet, and so whenever he called upon it he showed signs of use long before anything actually happened.  Feeling the very building blocks within the 'animal', Richard drew out the ensuing transformation so as to make sure Jasmine got every little detail as it happened, at the same time he tried to block Maria's sight and sound so she wouldn't be able to tell what was said or done next if this worked at all.  It was hard, concentrating on the task at hand while at the same time trying to fight a more much more powerful Xantelli at the same time, a fact he was going to pay for before the day was over most likely.  Not only that, but interrupting Maria's tourist business was a crime in and of itself, but Richard didn't care anymore.  He wasn't going to go down the same immoral road as all the rest had before him!  He'd rather die first as he continued to push and make that bird turn into its original shape....unless Maria stopped him as blood started to seep out of his nose, slowly at first if he didn't push any harder anyway.