<div class="floatright">(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb117/hopefox17/Cuckoo.jpg)</div>Cuckoo laughed when Jessica called her "beautiful", and licked her thick, discoloured lips. "Darling, if I wanted to be beautiful, you'd know all about it," she said. "I know how I look and I'm not ashamed of it."<br/><br/>She looked down at her kirtled dress. "I'm fond of this cloak. It's versatile, and it was a gift from Aengus. Helps me to detect diseases and suchlike. I do appreciate the offer, but I really want to get started as soon as possible. Jack said that the magic around the hotel is getting stronger, and it's typical of Fate to bring us all here when it's all about to come to a head. I don't want to be somewhere else at the critical juncture." She took the card and slipped it into a fold of her dress. "So I'm going to head straight for the Pasture. Come and find me if you need someone to make threats or break bones, though, I'm very good at that."<br/><br/>Cuckoo reached out a hand to Asuka, seeing the girl looking nervous again. "I appreciate the company, Asuka. And I'll keep you safe, from monsters or men or whatever you think might be a problem. If you just keep an eye on me and let me know what you observe in there, that's all I need. I'm not an investigator or a magician or a seer, I'm just a dumb dairy farmer who gets into lots of fights." She smiled gently at her self-deprecating joke, hoping to put Asuka at ease.