Rose wandered further and furhter until she met a spa room. It was elegantly refined and it was split by a wall. One for men, the other for women. She'd love to relax in it, but all she could do was groan as everyone else was doing their own things. She summoned Delinera Blasphemia and checked on their status, they all seemed fine, physically.

Aliidan, still sleeping from pure exhaustion, never noticed when George returned to her, setting himself on a perch close by, keeping watch over Aliidan and Ashraeh, as both were unable to do so by themselves.

Ashraeh stirred quietly in her sleep. Soon, she woke up, shuddering with pain from her hand. She gazed at it, and the wound throbbed, sending pain coursing throughout her body. She was extremely exhausted, her body wouldn't even move. She couldn't stand. How dreadful. Wincing in pain, she sat up, as much as she could.

"Hmm...?" She saw a girl quietly snoozing next to her. Who was she? This was no time to be resting she reminded herself. It seems the other went ahead. She would have to find out why she- Was this girl disappearing?! She gawked in disbelief at the sight of her arms fading away into nothing.

Rie, after some attempts, managed to zoom the map in on the top most floor (where the group is located), indicating several colored dots. After some coaxing with the piano like controls she managed to get the colors to be 'Team' representing... Meaning, all her friends were in red and all her enemies in blue (strange but true)... "Oh no!" 'Will! There's an eney mage heading for Ashraeh's and Aliidan's location! You're closest! Save them!' Rie sent her thoughts urgently to will, hoping he would recieve them before it was too late.

William jumped, realizing nothing personally changed despite his appearance. As Rie sent thoughts to him, he sent them back. 'Yeah, I'm heading over there. Wish me luck.' He grins. He was wearing a fine black suit with a white shirt underneath, the white collar the only thing poking out of his vest. He looked nothing like his original self, but there wasn't much to it. It would seem if Rose, Rie or Ashraeh knew it would be fine, but he can't let Aliidan know of this form or he'd be turned into an ermine... He could only give knowledge or bestow the pills to his ministra. No more, no less.

As he saw Ashraeh and Aliidan in full sight, he wondered why they were calmly laying together as the magical power roared across the room. It would seem the remaining elemental master was a water mage, an affinity Ashraeh would be able to control, likewise for the water master. His power level was more than likely on a different level than the rest, so it'd take him and Aliidan to fight this guy, even with Aliidan's current dilemma. Ashraeh was too injured, Rie and Rose more than likely used up a lot of energy or are busy with what they're doing. It was up to him.

Aliidan opened her eyes blearily, blinking sleepily a few times, rubbing her eyes with her faded hands. She looked over at the other occupant of the room... and found to her distress that she couldn't quite put her finger on who this girl was... But she still felt that she should know her... How strange.
"Aiyah... What is happening?" Aliidan asked quietly, putting her hands in her lap as she sat up.

As William rushed over to Ashraeh and Aliidan in his rather much older appearance, he looked at her strangely. "Are you two alright?" He asks them as drips of water echo throughout the room. He looks at her, he had to keep his identity secret. "Name's Shirou Airvale," William says to her, his voice rougher so Aliidan wouldn't connect any dots.

However, the dripping water got louder as clouds filled the room. The person Rie said was coming had arrived. He was holding an umbrella over his head as he looks at Aliidan and William, ignoring Ashraeh who had just came to. "Watch out. This guy's strong." William alerts Aliidan as the man sends water sickles flying at the two girls.

Aliidan stared at Shirou, a huge blush on her face. Now, for the first time in her life, she fully understood what all those girls had been speaking of, and why they had reacted the way they had... She didn't much care for his last name but she could over look that if she had to... Fighting to control her emotions she sufficently calmed down enough to fight, beginning her incantaion silently
'Aku-Zuko-San Eldrith Tempestas' Aliidan chanted in her mind, the spell charging up. Hopefully she wouldn't have to cancel it before it was fully charged or who knew what would happen...

"N-no!" William shouts over to Aliidan, a burst of magic explodes under his feet as he roundhouse kicks the water elemental master. The man had prepared water darts to impale Aliidan's body, but it would seem William had cancelled the spell. "Watch out. Charging your magic isn't a good idea if the enemies that close to you. Leave it to me." William flashes a smile at her, it would seem Rickardo's reinforcement magic was working wonders on William, no one would even think it was him with his newly profound physical strength.

Aliidan lost her concentration as soon as Shirou spoke again, the magic exploding outwards from her uncontrolably, the blush back on her face with a vengeance. 'Damn that man! Damn him and his handsomeness!' Aliidan thought irritably, unable (and perhaps in part unwilling) to get rid of her blush this times. On the plus side it seemed that Aliidan's uncontroled magic release had thrown the water mage off his feet from the pulse.

Thanks to Aliidan's surge of magic, it sent the man tumbling to his side, allowing William to deliver, a quick three-hit combo on the man, finishing it with a powerful sweeping kick. As the man crashed into the wall, he seemed unconscious and not going to get back up. "Whew. Good job. I'm glad your safe." He smiles at her, now the best move would be turn back to normal and find Rie and Rose, but wouldn't that be odd getting saved by a man who just appears and disappears out of nowhere.

"I... want to liberate this place, free it from any people wanting to do evil things to or with this place. I won't allow it. I hope you're alright," He walks over to her, bringing his face forward and looking intensely at her, she had a few scratches and such, "Here." William offers her a pill. It would heal all of her minor injuries in a matter of seconds. "It'll heal you." He simply says.

Aliidan could only nod dumbly with the blush still in place. It seemed that Shirou had the effect of making her speechless... Which was a little annoying to be honest. And she had yet to make full eye contact with him as well.

(What's going on? How can Ashraeh join in again?)

Rose saw a stone tablet carved with images and writing. She didn't understand the writing, but she placed her palm on the cold stone. It was old, yet extremely durable. "Amazing." She mumbles to herself, deciding it was time to head back.

(Yep! Just completely ignore me, if that's alright.)

Rie tapped a few tangents on the piano like controls and decided to try and communicate with her friends. "-static- Ashraeh? Aliidan? Will? You guys okay? Aliidan's magic surge blinded the sensor magic of the castle -more static- Rose was allright last I saw her... -some more static- Can you even hear me? -static-end -static-oughts to me when you confirm she's alright." Rie said through the magic PA system (cheesy but it works) of the castle.
(I included ashraeh now, youse is back in the posting yes no?)

(Hai, Rie-chan, hai.)

Ashraeh was confused. What's going on? Then she saw Rie's face light up in the air on a screen, yet not on a screen. Static plagued the signal.

"-static- Ashraeh? Aliidan? Will? You guys okay? Aliidan's magic surge blinded the sensor magic of the castle -more static- Rose was allright last I saw her... -some more static- Can you even hear me? -static-end -static-oughts to me when you confirm she's alright." Rie tried to say.

"Wha? Rie, what's happening?" Ashraeh was afraid, and the severe pain in her hand started to come back.

Rie couldn't see anything on her magic radar map thingy and now the PA system was shitting itself as well... Whatever had happened to Aliidan must have been huge to knock out magic of the level present in these systems... Rie looked around helplessly. She would just have to wait until she recieved an answer from Will via their pactio link.

"...Who are you?" William attempts to act, looking at Rie. Great, he couldn't have his cover blown now. Grabbing Aliidan by the cheek, she was acting strangely odd. "You're acting strangely odd..." William mumbles to her, "I've go to go for now. I'll protect you if you're in danger." He smiles at her, running through the halls and quickly swallowing one of the aging pills that returned himself to his original looks. Changing his clothes back into his normal clothes, he grabs out his pactio card.

"Rie, Rose... me, Aliidan and Ashraeh are fine." He sends his thoughts to both Rie and Rose.

Aliidan couldn't take it any longer, stupid as it seemed she fainted on the spot, the biggest blush in history present on her cheeks.

"W-wait... if everyone's safe, does that mean we've defeated all the enemies? We've liberated the castle? We should tell the guardians!" Rose cheers, happily as she sends her thoughts over to William, to hopefully send to Rie as well as she was the most adapt person she knew.

Rie sighed in relief as the magic interference cleared, giving her a clear view of the entire castle in her radar map thingy... "Well... Seems like everything is alright. -taps a few tangents- Victory is Ours!" Rie used the PA system again to anounce victory to the whole castle.

"Y-yes! We won!" William pumps his fist in the air. They regained the castle and he had kept his promise with that ice-manipulating lady. He wondered if the rest of the guardians would be happy, there wasn't any point from them guarding the place anymore.

"Rie, do you think we could like... use this place as a base? Or something? What about you Rose? Ash?" He sends his thoughts over to the three, despite Ashreah being around the corner. This place was so big, they hadn't explored every room, there were many wonders left unravelled.

(Someone can end it in their next post).

Rie sent warm thoughts towards Will, indicating that she was too absorbed with figuring the castle out to comunicate properly but still agreed. And thus it was, that Castle Cagliostro was once again back in the hands of the original family line... And Artcadian Adventurers gained a base of operations with everything they could ever possibly need.

Mission end?

Alright, I think I done good...

William ~ 6 SP, 5 MP and 800,000 Drachma
Rie ~ 6 SP, 5 MP and 800,000 Drachma
Rose ~ 5 SP, 5 MP and 780,000 Drachma
Ashraeh ~ 5 SP, 5 MP and 750,000 Drachma
Aliidan ~ 5 SP, 5 MP and 750,000 Drachma
JKDragon ~ 3 SP, 2 MP and 130,000 Drachma