The day was nice and the mansion was getting to looking how it should. Everyone was taking more time to relax and get to know each other. There wasn't nearly as much work tha tneeded to be done now so Nika wandered into the living room. The sun was shining in through the new windows and beating down on one of the love seats.

This was a perfect place to relax. Hoping up on to the soft cushions the cat girl curled up and let the warmth form the sun bathe her until she fell asleep.

Sam walked into the living room, a room that was highly underrated in his position. Sam walked to the window and looked out into the courtyard and was happy that he came to the mansion. Sam stretched a little while humming a tune he got stuck in his head, he was thinking about going for a swim or maybe to the library. Sam let out a loud whistle and said in a cheap attempt of an Irish voice “TO-day is ggonna be a ggreat morning”. Sam turned around and saw what looked like a cat girl sleeping curled up on the couch. Sam really hoped that she wouldn’t wake up, he was after all be super loud.

The whistle and the loudness of a male voice was more than enough for Nika's ears. Turning on her side she looked to see who was being so loud. Her eyes saw a very tall guy who was also looking down at her.

"Hey, you don't need to be so loud. Use your inside voice."

Nika rubbed her ears then layed her head back down on her arm. She remained curled up and laying in the sunlight. Honestly she was very comfortable.

"I've never seen you around here before. Did you just get here?"

Sam rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, “sorry I didn’t mean to wake you, you’re actually the first person I have seen sleeping in this room.” Sam walked over to a chair and sat down, he was still staring at the cat girl.

"I've never seen you around here before. Did you just get here?"

Sam let out a small laugh truth be told he had been there for a two weeks now. “Yea I guess you could say that I just got here, still getting moved in. I actually got here two weeks ago, but this is a pretty big place so it makes since that you’ve never seen me before.” Sam hesitated for a second not sure if she would respond to kitty, so he decided to throw his name out first. “My name’s Sam.” He waited for a second and then said, “How long have you been here?”

Sam the got a closer look at the girl, she looked around the age of 16 or 17, she had a tail, cat ears and white fur, he resisted the urge to scratch her behind the ears. Knowing that she would probably get mad.

“My name’s Sam.” He waited for a second and then said, “How long have you been here?”

Streak walked into the living room just in time to catch the boys last few comments. Everything in the mansion was coming along nicely. He saw a guy sitting on a sofa and from his point of view it looked like he was talking to himself. I'm sure he's not talking by himself. I wonder who he's talking to. He walked a little father into the room.

He didn't want to interrupt anything so he stayed quiet and slowly moved closer to them. Once they had finished talking he would join in their conversation.

"Well, this was the first time I fell asleep in this room. The sun feels so good and warm though."

She watch the guy sit down but he never took his eyes off her. He told her how long he had been staying in the mansion. He was right about the place being big and then he introduced himself.

"Hi Sam, I'm Nika. I've been here since before the Registration Act. Probably about a month or so before all that happened."

Nika heard someone else approaching but she didn't see who it was right away. That is until he approached where Sam and herself were talking.

"Hi there. You gonna join the conversation?"

Sam winced when Nika mentioned the registration act, if he was near the camps or in them he could of helped but at the time he was in the middle of nowhere.

"Hi there. You gonna join the conversation?"

Sam turned his a head a little and noticed a guy standing around, Sam took a long look at him, the guy was of average height and didn’t seem intimidating so Sam turned his attention back to the conversation hoping the new guy would join.

Hi Sam, I'm Nika. I've been here since before the Registration Act. Probably about a month or so before all that happened."

"Hi there. You gonna join the conversation?"

"Ya, I'll join y'all. I just wasn't sure if I was interrupting anything." Streak said. He walked around to the front of the couches where they were both sitting. He sat down on the arm chair so that they were all sitting in a little semi-circle with Nika in the middle curled up on the couch. "So was I. I was here a little less than a month before the camps."

The other guy acknowledged Nika and Sam and approached. Nika thought he looked sort of familiar. When he mentioned being in the mansion about the same amount of time as herself she figured she probably saw him in passing at some point. For a moment she thought she had seen him when Iris was going through her power struggle.

"I think I've seen you around. What's your name?"

Nika remained curled up on her side. The sun was still warming her and she felt very relaxed and comfortable. The tip of her tail swayed back and forth lazily.

Sam waited in curiosity to hear the to recount the tragedy that was the registration act. He heard small tidbits of it and how most of his new acquaintances fought to destroy the camps, everyone was always vague on what happened inside the camps, and Sam’s hunch was it was a terrible sight but he was still curious.

Sam sat in silence as he waited for the new guy to respond to Nika.

"I think I've seen you around. What's your name?"

"Ya, I showed up just as Iris was tearing up mansion. My names Shawn but everyone calls me Streak." He answered her question easily and giving her more information than she really wanted to know. However, he figured that it would probably jog her information if he said these things.

He smiled at her and his silver eyes caught the sun, along with the scar on his face. He watched her tail sway back and forth lazily. Then he looked at the other guy, who Streak heard say his name was Sam.

So the new guy goes by the name streak. Nika couldn't help but giggle softly. She didn't want to be offensive but she had to ask.

"Are you called Streak because you run around streaking everywhere?"

When Streak mentioned being at the mansion during Iris's loss of control Nika nodded. She had seem him then. After that things got a bit quiet.

"You guys don't say much huh?"

Sam laughed at Nika’s comment; it was obvious she had the sense of humor he liked so much.

"You guys don't say much huh?"

Sam waited for a second then replied, “well usually I start a conversation her by asking about what abilities everybody is capable of, but I wanted to try something else. Then you mentioned the camps, and I didn’t really want to lead off on a topic anywhere similar to that.” Sam paused for a second thinking of something to say. Then didn’t really have much to say after, his failed attempt was, “so where you guys before the mansion?”

Streak laughed at Nika's comment. "No, no no no." He said still laughing a little, "I don't know why, it just seems easier and faster for people to say when their looking for me." Streak gave the best explanation he could. Personally he wasn't sure but he didn't mind.

"You guys don't say much huh?"

He waited for Sam to say something then he answered. "Nah, I'm a man of few words."He then turned to answer Sam's question,

“well usually I start a conversation her by asking about what abilities everybody is capable of, but I wanted to try something else. Then you mentioned the camps, and I didn’t really want to lead off on a topic anywhere similar to that. so where you guys before the mansion?”

"I was living on my parents ranch in Texas. Then when they got scared of y powers they sent me here. No consolation needed I've gotten over it. It's no big deal." As an after thought he said, "I don't mind talking about the camps too much. Obviously it's not my favorite subject, but I don't avoid it like the plague, ya know? That's just me. I don't know how you feel about the camps though Nika." Streak said to them. He wasn't sure how Nika felt about the camps because he'd only seen her there a couple of times and he wasn't sure how badly the females were treated at the camps.

Nika smiled as Streak burst out laughing at her question to his name. Fortunately she was wrong in her thoughts of why he was called Streak. Yet it was still kind of funny to think if she had been correct.

"Well that's good to hear Streak. I don't think Neena would approve of you running around naked."

When the mentioning of the camps popped up Nika's disposition became withdrawn. It was as if the mere word camps sapped the happines right out of her and left her cold. She tried not to think about her time in that horrible place.

"I don't like to talk about that place at all."

That's all she had to say about it too. She hoped one of the guys would change the subject and quickly.