One of a Kind?

She had to admit, the night was wonderful.
But she wasn't fond of the solitude.

Alice walked towards the guild hall, holding onto her hair in fear it might get caught on a bush in the strong winds. There wasn't much that marked the path she took - primarily just a few bare patches of grass leading into the dense forest of Galuna to the hidden tree - small clearing concealed by trees above. Upon entering, she snapped a twig. She shrugged. She wasn't trying to be stealthy, merely wanting to get back into the hall and maybe play with some of the floating chandeliers. She smirked, bending down as she began to form an idea. She could begin gathering sticks, bring them into the hall to play with. Maybe teach the chandeliers how to fetch, if it were possible. If not, well, may she'd make a twig fort somewhere.

'Alice, look up.'
'Huh?'

Another voice spoke in her mind. It was her own, the other her in her head. She was used to it. That one was commonly known for being the better judgement. She didn't always listen to it, mind you. However, she took the liberty to scoop up the twigs around her in one quick sweep prior to standing. She arose from her crouch with a handful of mere sticks. Her gaze landed on a blonde, taller than her - not that it wasn't common to come across taller people. She was a bit short, herself. Alice dropped the twigs and waved, bouncing over. "Hey Marcie, whatcha doing?" she sung, approaching her guildmate.

(Sorry for the delay)

Marceline looked onward noticing as the figure bounced into view waving that it was only her Guildmaster, Alice. Marceline nodded at her, "Training within the shadows" she announced turning her sword away from Alice. "I have a strange feeling that soon I will be fighting for my life.." she whispered softly as she focused her sword straight ahead of her. Marceline wasn't much of a talker now days ever since the became one with her sword and the shadows, but then again she never was since "that day".

"What brings you about?" she asked without even turning back towards Alice. Marceline quickly made a few sword swipes that sent out what looked like wind blasts, but it was to hard to tell with only the moonlight in the sky. Marceline twirled the sword hilt in her right hand, twisting her wrist preparing for her next technique. Her stance was firm and solid with one foot ahead of the other and her knees slightly bent.

"I must say it is beautiful tonight, a great night to shed some blood..." she mumbled to herself.

(My apologies as well, both for the delay and if this isn't the best quality. I had some distractions while typing this, so yeah...)

"Oh?" Alice tilted her head before nodding. It did appear that her guildmate was indeed training within the shadows. Though, she something something afterwards that Alice didn't quite catch... But it didn't matter. Marceline was commonly like that. She shrugged it off as her normal behavior, especially as she went right back to training. To bother or not to bother, that was the question.

Though, her ponder was ceased as she provoked further conversation. What had brought her here, returning to the guild hall on such a night? She stood behind Marceline by a few feet, watching her swing her sword as she thought. She shrugged her shoulders, eyes locked on the sword as the moonlight hit it. It was at least mildly entertaining for the time being. "Well, I decided to walk around today. Silly me thought I'd be able to find something fun. A monkey or something, you know?" She puckered out her lip slightly although knowing that Marcie wouldn't see it unless she drew her attention away. A slight pout rose in her voice. "But I didn't think about the time, and got a little carried away... I didn't find a monkey, either."

"But it is kinda nice out, maybe. Just a bit boring," Alice added at a slightly lower volume, having caught something about it being a beautiful night from Marceline thanks to the silence other than their own talking. She was not really very enthusiastic about the time herself.

Hearing Marceline laugh, well, Alice grinned. She was glad to be able to make her serious acquaintance happy. "Well, I mean, it's a monkey! You can do a lot of things with monkeys, like.... Um..." She scratched the back of her head, struggling for a thought. Before long, she snapped her fingers having finally got an idea. "Train them! They can be circus monkeys, but in actuality, they're our spies! Ninja monkeys!" She began to bounce at the end, now excited at the thought of circus ninja spy monkeys.

The proposition of the next question drew her out of her thoughts about the awesome furry creatures. What led her to searching for something that late at night? "Well, like I mentioned, I lost track of time. But as for why I went out when I did in the first place, I dunno. I just kinda wanted to do something. And, well, why not look for something that might not actually exist in this area at some time during the night?" She threw her hands in the air for emphasis on the strange logic.

She laughed after letting what she said sink into her own mind. Sometimes she could feel the others in her head bringing their palms to their foreheads. This was one of those moments. And she loved those moments.

Marceline knew it was official that Alice was certified crazy, "Yup" agreeing with her own thoughts out loud. Anyone looking for monkeys to train to be ninjas had to be out their mind, or seriously have mental issues. She chuckled to herself about the thought of her leader being an actual nut job.

"I have a suggestion, let's go hunting!" Marceline exclaimed happily but she didn't think the thought through being that she had no idea what to go hunting for. Maybe she could hunt Alice without her even knowing she was being hunted. "So what do you say? We might can hunt something other than Monkey's..maybe people.."

Marceline grinned evilly at the thought awaiting for a response from Alice. This might be kinda fun and would assist her in her tracking skills since it wasn't one of her strong points. She looked up to the moonlit sky as her eyes seemed to glow in the darkness.

Alice felt the ease as her other beings dropped their disappointed stance, but her excitement soon skyrocketed. Somehow, in some miraculous way, she managed to be able to cause her friend to go hunting…
Hunting for people, but it was still hunting.
Her eyes lit up. Maybe she could spin it into a game of hide and seek? Predator and prey?

“People?” She bounced happily, grinning. She observed Marceline’s features. Something about that smile told her that she had something up her sleeve as well. But there was no way of knowing for certain. Maybe she was just excited to go hunting. “Yeah, it sounds fun!”

‘Careful, Alice. She's your guildmate, but don't twist her wishes too much. You might worry her if you run off to play cat and mouse.’
‘Yeah, yeah. She'll get it, I'm sure! For now…’

“Let's go this way!” Alice pointed towards the native village and began her march towards it. Maybe they'd find a stray villager on the way. Then she'd make her escape.

Marcie nodded her head agreeing with Alice about it being fun, but seeing her pointing at the village changed her mind of hunting Alice, the villagers would be more fun. Seeing fear in someone's eyes and smelling it almost started to make her mouth drool for some odd reason. Was she really this excited to go hunting with her guild leader? Marcie was changing in a good way regarding guild-mates, but still didn't like men at all although she hadn't encountered any at the guild yet.

"Alright lets go!" Marcie was ready following a few yards behind Alice as the village was kinda unknown to her since she was rarely out in public for no reason. Marcie yellow eyes glowed in the moonlight making her seem like a wild animal in the darkness of the night.

Alice smirked as Marceline followed, the duo now stepping through the forest. Alice didn't care much about their noise level until they grew closer. She slowed her steps, eventually turning and waiting for Marcie to fully catch up. She spoke a bit quieter, not wanting to take risks on a wandering villager hearing them. "So the village is right up ahead. To get a good vantage point, I'd say we start going by tree. Jump between branches n' stuff!"

She looked around, checking for any lower branches. She walked over to a close tree, bending her knees before jumping up. She extended her arms, hooking onto the branch and heaving herself up on it. Quickly spotting another branch, she began to move along the trees. She halted, the village now visible with all its demonic residence. She waited, turning to look for her acquaintance. "See if you find one leaving, walking stray into the forest or somethin'."

Marcie grinned at the thought of travelling through the trees like ninja monkeys, jumping from limb to limb. She looked around after watching Alice leap onto a nearby branch then leaping to another and another. Marcie followed suite leaping up to a branch on her left by grabbing with both her hands and swinging up on the branch.

Upon reaching the village she noticed it was the village of demons, she had only heard rumors of them existing but had never actually seen them herself. She nodded at Alice acknowledging the plan set forth. Marcie quickly hopped down from the branch she was currently standing on blending into the shadows as only her glowing eyes could be seen. She awaited calmly for an unsuspecting villager to pass between her and Alice so the games could begin.