" I gasped at the sound of my voice "Have you done to me...andwhy? I thought this was supposed to be a tryout for a band." Well that's what you wanted... it to be...I won't go into all thedetails...but we need male essence for what we are planning on doing,unfortunately the only way to do so is to either kill the person, orreplace it with an essence derived from the seed you carry in yourloins...obviously we cant make you male...we need that essence, so it'swhat you say your female self." Amaranth. "Wow, what a place to grow up in Mother; how long did you stay hereHepzibah, with mommy?" I ask."We lasted, about six months before the 'great flight'. I can speakfrom experience ," says Hepzibah with a smirk, "this place is a bitch toclean." What? Scrub a couple hundred toilets and suddenly you're a martyr ,"scoffs mother as she pinches Hepzibah's ass."Okay, next stop, the great hall." We troop off together through amarble archway that an elephant could walk through. The great hall. Wires for the lights and the other stuff Casper is fixing up for us. Chris said. It seems that Chris has given Adrien a nick name of sorts. As long as Adrien didnt mind I guess it was ok though. We carried the food to the chamber were using for a kitchen and pantry and set it there till we could stow it away. In there to was a lot of wires hanging from the ceiling and walls. It looks like Adrien has big plans for the cave in the way of electricity form the looks of all the wires dangling. Cool. I say this because today I am still unemployed and may also be unemployed by the end of next week.’ ‘Not if I can help it.’ ‘Ruby, please. You know hiring and firing is outside your professional jurisdiction. Please give me a fair good and leave me to Paul and his manager of HR to assess my submissions to make my case for being hired. I’d like the decision to be made professionally without any political pressure.’ ‘Very well. Do you have any other surprises for me?’ ‘Only one.’ Charles and.