:::One Week Later, or one hour outside the realm:::

Maria arrived to find the house built as instructed, but also with many additions. She mapped it out, so they shouldn't have had the time to do so much. When she arrived, she wasn't alone however. She had been traveling the realm in search of the remains of her previous families, and was surprised to find three of them were still alive. She brought them along with her, one of which was against their will. The other two were thrilled. She entered the house, which was now a mansion to find Helios cooking and cleaning.

Maria: Look carefully you lot. This is what "good work ethic" looks like. If you do it right the first time. You won't have to repeat it over and over and over again.

A.: But I like doing it over and over and over again.

B.: That's not what she meant!

C.: If you do it right the first time, doesn't it almost garuntee you get to do it a second time?

B.: Again, NOT what she meant! This is why I didn't want to come back here.

Maria: Regardless, you three need to get situated. Aya and Cea, be ready by nightfall. I need to heal still. Bea, i'll need your healing too.

Maria sat down on the first chair she saw. She was still injured from her journey, and in this realm, resting isn't something easily earned.

Maria sighed, really hating the crowd she brought with the crowd she left. It was too many people and her natural hate trigger went off. She pointed to the familiars as she introduced them.

Maria: This is Aya, the first familiar I ever made. This is Cea, the last familiar I ever made. And this is Bea, the only familiar i received as a gift of sorts. She's from heaven. And to you lot, This is Helios, one of my latest familiars. The girl over there is Bonnie, she's my living inventory. Actually surprised to see her here.

A.: I remember her.

B.: No you don't! She's literally never been around us. We've been here for more years than she was probably alive.

C.: Well, Aya and me do get out from time to time. Probably found her during a "gathering".

B.: YOU TWO CAN GET OUT! SINCE WHEN!!

Maria: Shut up! Where is Helena?

Maria actually didn't see her.

Helena, Agrias and Sonata were all sitting outside in the back near the lake, all in their underwear as they waited for their clothes to dry. They were both playing cards while fishing. 

Helena: Um, is it me, or is the deck getting smaller.... Who's hiding cards?

She dared to think of where any of them could even be capable of hiding cards. But the only one she suspected was Agrias. She had to borrow underwear because she didn't have any. She wondered just what kind of shameless person she was.

Sonata smiled.

Sonata: I deleted all the bad cards.

Sonata smiled smugly.

Sonata: No rules against deleting cards.

Sonata chuckled.

Agrias shook her head.

>oo<
What counts as a bad card in "Go Fish"? Helios! We need more cards!!!

Agrias felt like she was over clothed. She thought underwear felt restricting, even more than her outfit, even though the only skin her outfit showed off was on her head.

Excel and Vale were on a nearby island, hunting for food. Well, Vale was hunting and Excel was there for companionship.

)Excel(
If it doesn't have meat, it won't do them any good you know. Do you seriously dislike people food? Is you eat is souls? What's your favorite color? How many colors have you seen?

Excel actually expected honest and accurate answers.

Agrias took the cards and pulled the ones needed to replace the ones that got deleted.

>oo<
I'm teaching you guys poker. No deleting cards, new house rule.

Agrias's shuffling of cards came to an end when the sound of a werebear roaring signified a new danger. She weaved a fish in her hair to lure the bear in. She never got up to deal with it. Instead she waited for it to charge them some time later. No one moved but everyone was on guard. They had become somewhat reliant on Agrias and her tactics in dealing with large beasts. When the werebear made a move at her, tossing his claw towards her back. She  leaned and caught his arm, used a dagger to saw his paw off fairly quickly, then she blinded it by slashing out his eyes with his own paw. She finished by shoving her arm in his nose, forcing her way through his brain.

Excel looked very surprised.

)Excel(
I've never even heard of one! What's it like!? I wanna see it so bad now! Oh and I promise i'll never tell, unless i forget! Hey!, did you know I can eat light and darkness? I sure didn't until an hour ago!

Excel began thinking about the physics in such an act.

Excel went to show him how to eat light. but it just looked like she was eating nothing at all. But then, with every bite. the light around her got dimmer and dimmer until she was in her own person space of darkness. Then she started eating the darkness and the area around her brightened back up. but she was completely invisible.

)Excel(
Can't eat anymore. Too full.

Excel didn't notice she was invisible. She gradually became visible again.

Sonata got an oddly bad feeling.

Sonata: Swordy! Let's Go!

Sonata summoned Excalibur to her hand and used it to break open a gateway into oblivion. She jumped in, on her way to somewhere else with Excel.