"....no, actually." Ash responded.

"We haven't contacted Nakia yet, and Vincent is about to." he told her.

"We have information about the Order because of... another... person." he said further.

"Look, just... I don't think I can tell you who it is without a freakout happening. Almost happened HERE." he then muttered, shaking his head slightly.

"Not completely unjustified..." Lindsay mumbled under his breath.

"But just tell Serenity that there's someone here at the Fyrane manor that she might want to see." he told Kalin. "Or might not..." he went on.

"Admittedly, I don't rightly know where she stands on family." he then said absently.

"......................hm." Ash muttered.

"Well... uh... you know what, if she wants to come here, then tell her she can." he said.

"But give her a warning." he went on.

"Specifically, warn her that her daughter is here. Use that exact wordage." he finished.

"...heh." Vincent chuckled.

"Sometimes Ash is a little cleverer than he lets on." he said.

".........." Ash was silent for a moment.

"Don't tell Rene." he said.

"But just tell her, and we'll go from there." he finished.

With that, he ended their call, as Vincent brought out his own phone.

"Now to check on our other resident Order member." he said, calling his daughter.

"Ah, yes." Ash responded, Kalin having said all she did right before he'd hit the 'end call' button.

"And yeah, thanks for understanding." he said.

"Trust me, it's... weird here." he muttered.

Vincent, meanwhile, just sighed.

"Guess she's working right now." he said, not receiving a reply from Nakia.

"I'll call him directly." he reasoned, ending the call and then calling Leo.

"Leonard?" he said when Leo answered. "Ah, good. Would you mind terribly coming to the Fyrane manor? We need to discuss some urgent Order matters." he told him.

"How do I know? Well, we have a very unusual informant." he then said. "...you'll be over in a couple of minutes? Perfect." he went on, before the call was ended.

"At the very least, we'll have ONE Order member here soon." he told the group.

"We may be able to get that from Leo." Ash responded.

"Or Miss Syraene." Lindsay reasoned.

"Assuming she shows up." Ash added in.

"Regardless, what we DO know is that we need to somehow access the Order." Vincent then said.

"And if Syraene or Leonard go there, they very well might be affected by it, assuming they haven't already been, to whatever degree." he finished.

"..............." there was silence from the group, before Vincent cleared his throat.

"Indeed." he said.

"Perhaps it may be best for us to leave." he told them.

".....mm." Lindsay mumbled.

"I'm sure we all trust Syraene, yes?" Vincent asked.

"I know -I- do." he said.

"I do." Ash agreed.

"I do, as well." Lindsay told them.

"And I do." Leo chimed in as he stood at the doorway, having appeared a few seconds earlier.

Ash and Lindsay didn't fight back, and allowed Ashley to lead them out.

Vincent saw this happen, and sighed, as he took Hollie's hand and followed them.

Leo lingered for a moment, watching Syraene for a few seconds, before sighing quietly.

He then turned, and left as well.

"Yep... she's mad." was all he said when they were together, out of the room.

".....hmm." Vincent muttered.

"At least you turned out all right." he said.

"You've a very successful life, and people that love you." he told her.

"And your mother is VERY proud of you." he went on.

"She's told me so, herself."

"Neither am I." Vincent said.

"I've seen her angry. It's NOT pretty." he told them.

"Frankly, I'm too terrified to." Ash admitted.

"No comment." Lindsay said quietly.

Leo was just silent, before slowly approaching the door frame, and listening in to see if he could hear anything.

"............." Leo was silent as he witnessed the crimson tendrils.

"Uh.... y-yeah." he said.

"Good." Vincent replied, clearing his throat a little.

"So how do we figure out what's going on?" Lindsay asked.

"Well, people are arguing more and more in the Order." Leo said. "And nightmares are more and more prevalent... without us meaning to give them." he added.