Since the Landlord is none too keen to show you your new pad, here it is! A penthouse suite! The poor guy had no idea that the random key he threw at you was to a penthouse, but I'm sure he had other things on his mind at the time. Uck.

::Paz steps into his penthouse apartment and he gasps in amazement before summing up his thoughts in a semi-spoken, sami-laughed word::

"Whoa!"

(This is absolutley freakin' great! I don't believe it)

::Paz takes the time to slowly walk around his pad, familiarising himself with his new surroundings before sitting down on his new furniture, sinking into the squishy armchair::

(Ah! This is how it's gonna go! Whoop!)

::After taking the grand tour of his penthouse and reclining in his luxurious surroundings Paz ponders what to do next::

(I know, I can practice my powers! They're awesome, lord knows what happened with the landlord, but it was really fun!)

::Standing in the centre of the room Paz shakes his hands loosley and concentrates intensley, a look of utter determination accross his face::

(Come oooon, light!)

::Paz waves his hand dramatically infront of him as if to produce light from his palm, but only succedes in knocking over a lampd from the table nearby::

"Dammit!"

::He utters a groan::

(I need more space for this, hold on...wasn't there a forest out there? It's gotta be quiet enough to practice a little there)

::Paz picks up his jacket and leaves the appartment, heading directly to the forest::

::Emerging from the hallway Paz collapses on his sofa::

(I'm exhausted, I don't got a clue what happened then...it all went so fast. Gotta get myself sorted out)

::He gets up and heads for the bathroom, dumps his shirt in the corner then emerges a while later after cleaning himself up a little::

(I need to get down to that magic shop so I can get some info about witchcraft and all that)

::He now heads to the bedroom to get a clean top and pulls it on, before grabbing another, cleaner coat and heading out the door, intending to go to the magic shop::

::Paz steps into his apartment and places his many magical items onto the tré chic coffee table in the centre of his lavishly furnished living room::

(I still can't believe I live here, I'm so lucky the landloord threw those keys at me! Whoop!)

::Paz lets his legs go from under him and lands on the plush sofa, contented lying there he falls asleep after a long day of oddness::

::Paz had awaken much earlier and gone to shower in his bathroom. After getting changed Paz spent a good few hours reading the numerous books collected from the magic shop, stopping only to fetch a drink and use the toilet.::

(I think I might try one of these spells, I mean...what's the worst that could happen?)

::Paz procedes to talk to himself out-loud::

"Hmmmm, which one. I need a simple beginers one, and one that will be usefull. Hopefully one that can't go too wrong. Ah!"

::Paz turns back to a page he saw before about being new to the craft and recieving guidence.::

(These could help)

::Stopping at a page, Paz reads the title of some spells aloud::

"How to get a ghost guide? Nope, don't think so. Become a spiritual guide, not yet. Find a guide, that'll do. It's small, what do I need?"

(A red pillar candle for health and a purple ribbon to symbolise the spirit, right)

::Collecting the correct materials Paz sits on his knees in front of the coffee table where he had placed the candle wrapped in ribbon. Paz lights the candle and runs his finger along the old pages of the book in front of him::

"I am drawn against the tide,
I need a figure at my side,
To lead me through confusing days,
And clarify my sight through haze."

::Partially tense about what will occur and partially excited Paz pauses and waits silently for a result::

(Man that spell sucked ass!)

[The spell is heeded with emphasis on the wrong words... a mermaid appears in a jet of smoke which fogs up the room, flopping onto the floor beside Paz.]

::Wriggling her tail like there's no tomorrow, the mermaid thwaps Paz with the offending "limb" and tries to clear the smoke from in front of her eyes.::

"I can't see through this haze..."

::Using her tail as a fan, she propels the fog away from their sights and looks at Paz curiously.::

"Look, not that I'm not grateful you brought me here, cos I was stuck in an undercurrent and whatnot, but could you please tell me why you summoned me, and also get me some water? And when I say some, I mean lots."

::In a column of smoke the mermaid appears, startled by her and the slap recieved on his legs by her tail Paz jumps back::

(Oh my god! Stupid dumbass spell, now i'm stuck with a fish as a roomie? Mind you, she must know all the best lobster joints.....anyways!)

"Erm, I didn't summon you. I cast a spell for a guide, I guess it just kinda went wrong."

::Realising her need for water he delicateley picks her up and heads to the bathroom to place her in a bath of water::

"So, how do you like your water? Hot, cold, tepid?"

(Hey! Since when did mermaids exist?)

"Salty."

::Says the mermaid as she splashes Paz irritatedly.::

"What the hell am I meant to guide you to do? A thing? A place? The good lobster joints? Sheesh. Do you know which direction the ocean is?"

::Swooshes the water around distastefully.::

"Make yourself useful, will you? Go get me some clothes."

::Paz turns to get clothes submissiveley, then stops and spins around::

"Why the freak do you need clothes? I mean...no offense but I don't think that they do jeans in 'fin size'..."

(Mind you, she could wear a skirt...and we could find the perfect little handbag to go with it and oh! Those earrings would so go with that outfit....)

::Snapping back to reality Paz turns to the fish lady once more::

"there must be a reason why you're here, I mean....the spell brought you here didn't it? So you must be here to guide me or something...or maybe I guide you.."

::Paz grabs salt and throws vast amounts into the bath water::

"So tell me about you and all your fishy friends!"

::The mermaid raises an eyebrow at him.::

"What are you, gay or something?"

::Suddenly something within her changes.::

"I'm not... a proper mermaid... yet. This bitch underwater has given me a week or so to find love or she'll just kill me off or something... I don't know, but I need to find some schmuck to love me so I'll be save."

(Or...)

"Or... with your help, I could off her. Hmm... what's your power, pray tell?"

(Ooh, make it a good one.)

::At the mermaid's comment about Paz' blatant homosexuality he murmurs to himself whilst lining up the towels neatly on the chrome wallmounted towel heater::

"Oh, my power? It's kinda cool actually, this lil' lady said that it could develop in loads of different ways and grow to be really strong! It's defensive now though, so not much use against a formidable enemy, it's light manipulation"

::Paz crouches near the bath and looks at the mermaid::

"I'll do all I can to help you though, you name it and i'll try to help."

(my, my, this sounds oh so familiar! Mermaid in need, needs to find true love, evil sea creature.....so familiar!)

"Right... so what, you'll blind her to death?"

::Pause.::

"Hmm... that just might be crazy enough to work..."

::She glances up at him curiously.::

"Got any friends with, you know, real powers? We could storm her and kick her ass. Because there is no way in hell I could ever find some man to fall in love with because, ew. I'd rather go out guns blazing than crazy in love."

::Paz looks lost in his own head for a moment::

(There are those people that were in the hallway, and there were loads in the magic shop, and the forest...in fact, just about the only place that is magic free is that club, P3)

"There are people around I can try to talk too, and I know there are some spells and potions and stuff in that book....I'll do all I can to build up a team, and we'll kick her water-tight ass"

::Paz turns to the mermaid and smirks::

"That or we could just find you a lady, if that's your interest!"

"What're you trying to say, Fred Merc?"

::The mermaid scowls distastefully at Paz before splashing him with water.::

"What did I say about clothes? Go already!"

"Bossy much?"

::Paz turns and goes out to get some clothes for the mermaid lady, shouting through the doorway to her from his bedroom::

"Is a t-shirt ok? What do you wear? I mean, I have no lady clothes and I'm possitive none of my clothes will fit you"

(Why does she need clothes? She's all fish-like and scaly...i've been out with someone like that)

"And who the freak is Fred Merc?"

::With a sigh, the mermaid slips out of the water and flops awkwardly onto the floor. Dragging herself through to his bedroom, she tugs the t-shirt from Paz's hands and pulls it over her head, as the transformation takes place. While her scales dry, the form and change into human legs. She tugs down the bottom of the shirt before Paz sees anything he really wouldn't want to see, and stands, the shirt falling just below her hips.::

"Satisfied now?"

::Paz watches the whole process in awe::

"ok, wow. That's pretty cool actually"

(So she can be like a human too, that's gonna make it easier to take her around, I was worried i'd have to get like a blow up paddling pool or something)

"Ok, so..now that that's cleared up do you want to find yourself some clothes you can wear and we'll formualte some kind of plan to get this bitch off your back."

::The mermaid glares at Paz.::

"Ugh. Fine."

::She walks out of Paz's apartment and into the hallway::

"wha'?"

::Paz sees the mermaid exit the apartment and hurridley picks up his coat to chace after her::

"Where are you going?"

::Paz passes through his door and out into the hallway::

::Paz comes rushing in from the hallway, with the mermaid lady close behind being dragged by her wrist. The door is slammed behind them::

"What is up with you? Look, just calm down here for a while and when you're ready to start all over again you can just come and talk to me"

::Paz goes to the kitchento grab a bottle of water from the fridge then goes to lie down on his luxurious bed for a while until the mermaid feels ready to talk::

::Chadwick runs behind the mermaid and Paz and makes it in right before Paz slams the door::

(Holy crap! Why am I doing this again? Okay sooner or later, they are gonna find out)

::He walks over to the corner and sits down crossed-legged::

::Hearing a knock at the door Paz walks to it and opens it. He is presented with Justin, the guy in the corridor::

"Hello?"

::Guessing that he either has something important to say or has some form of bitchy retort for his own bitchy nature out in the corridor Paz is hesitant to be nice, and hesitant to be cruel::

(What does this guy want? A go at the fish?)

::Justin looks up as Paz answers the door. For a second, he looses his train of thought.::

(Wow but he's got pretty eyes... shut up and get to the point dipshit. Wake up time!!!)

::Shaking his head, he closes his half-gapping trap and looks at Paz somewhat worriedly.::

"I know this is going to sound totally nuts, but there's an invisible guy following you. I kinda saw him for a couple of seconds when you went inside. He slipped in behind you and, um, kinda flashed semi-trasparent."

::Justin realesed a nervous laugh.::

"You pretty much think I'm a absolute schizo now don't you?"

::The mermaid smirks at Justin.::

"We know."

::She says icily before pointing at the invisible Chadwick.::

"He's right there. You probably can't see him though."

::As Justin speaks a secptical look crosses Paz's face::

(Invisible...right...makes perfact normal sense. Actually, the same kinda sense as all the other freaky things going on...erm hello! Mermaids, magic powers! Invisible is totaly possible! Duh!)

::The mermaid suddenly points to a corner and states clearly that the invisible intruder is there::

"What? There's someone in my apartment...and I can't see them? But aparently you two can...I'd call you both crazy but...y'know."

::Paz stares at the spot where Chadwick sits::

"What do we do now? I'm kinda freaked out..."

::Justin stares at the corner then back at Paz.::

"It's not so much that I can see him, just that he like, i dunno, fucked up for a second or something."

::Justin walks over near the corner where Chadwick sits. On his way, he grabs a broom which conveniently happens to be leaning up against the wall.::

(Okay, once again I'm armed with a piece of wood. You know, that'd be incredibly funny if I wasn't so freakin scared.)

"Okay, Mr. Stalker-Guy-Person, come out or show yourself or... whatever. Just let us see you or I'm just going to start swining."

(Ooooo scary. What am I, some sort of supernatural exterminator? Well, I guess I'd do just about anything to impress... oh my God. A. I don't know his name and B. What the hell am I thinking?!?!?! Note so self. Do some self discovery... after you find out his name and get his number.)

::The mermaid rolls her eyes.::

"It'd be funny if he was naked."

::She wanders over to Justin and looks at him curiously.::

"Why don't you just use your power?"

::Paz stands there, thankfull for Justin being there...being all protective and all::

(Go get the freaky invisible person with your wood...Heh! Wood!...Nice ass)

::Paz cocks his head to one side....then as the mermaid comments he laughs, stifling it slightly, feeling it was inappropriate considering that there was a psycho invisible thing in his penthouse. The mermaid continues to talk to Justin::

"Wait...power? You have a power?"

::Not wanting to take his eyes off the corner for very long, Justin half turns his head to Paz, wincing slightly.::

"Um... kinda. It's not like I can control it or anything. I have premonitions. I guess you could say I'm kinda psychic, but in a completely useless way that seems to get me into more trouble than anything else."

(Wow, aren't you just a regular fricken Casanova today. Rainman much?)

::Chadwick sees the group of people now looking right at him and even pointing::

(Damnit I knew I would be caught! What do I do!? What do I do?! Think Think!)

::Chadwick stands up and starts to become visible again, hoping they wont beat him to death::

"Please dont hit me! I was just curious. I got a strange vibe from you guys and then I saw that girl and then you and that light. I dunno it was just so weird. But in my gut I knew that I had to follow you. Please dont hit me please!"

::He says it all in one breath frightened yet in his mind he knows he wont be hurt::

::Paz stumbles back as a person appears in the corner::

(Whoa...freaky)

"Ok, you followed us? What are you some kind of stalker freak...I don't believe this...I have a supernatural stalker...there anymore of you freaks around here?"

::Paz looks at the mermaid, for some kind of answer as he knows she can somehow see them::

"Okay I know this all seems weird, but I couldnt help it. I just felt drawn to you. Sorry about the whole invisible thing. I saw that you have a gift, and I heard her say that he has a gift."

::Chadwick puts his head down scared of whats gonna happen::

(Why?! Why....?)

::Paz is dumbfounded as Chadwick provides excuses for his intrusion::

"So that makes it ok? You were drawn to us so you trespassed in my home? That's just wrong, no matter what way you spin it"

(I'm supposed to feel safe here...well I can say buhbye to that!)

"What are we gonna do with him guys?"

::He looks at the mermaid and at Justin for an answer::

(This guy looks about as harmful as a grapefruit. He does need to learn a lesson though.)

::Justin turns to to Paz with a thoughtful look on his face and winks signifying that he is to play along with him.::

"You know, I think he needs to be punished, and I am a witch after all. Maybe I should turn him into something. A frog? Nah, that's not creative enough. How about an ardvark seeing that he's so nosy?"

::He taps Chadwick on the nose lightly with the broom before turning back to Paz expectantly::

"What do you think?"

::Paz smirks a little at the playful nature of Justin and takes his cue to play along::

"Great idea...do with him what you will, just get him the fuck out of my apartment. The loon"

::He looks at Chadwick standing in the corner and his lip furls. Then he turns to Justin, the smallest of grins on his lips::

(Wow, I'm kinda sorry I was an ass to him in the hallway, he's turning out to be kinda usefull. Easy on the eye too! Naughty Paz, naughty!)

::Justin looks back at Chadwick, a menacing look on his face.::

(Okay, he looks scared enough. I'll just throw him out now I guess. Besides, I kinda wanna get back to that guy.)

::Getting right up in Chadwick's face, Justin hisses at him through barred teeth.::

"I'll let you off with a warning this time, but if I ever catch you bothering my friends here, or anyone else, you'll be walking on all fours for the rest of your life. Get it? You got it."

::He gets behind him and pushes him out into the hallway.::

"Now get lost!"

::He slams the door in his face turning back to Paz.::

"You shouldn't have much trouble with him anymore. I'm Justin, by the way."

::Paz is impressed by the show of manlyness and begins to smile slightly as Justin throws Chadwick out::

"Thanks Justin, the names Paz."

::Paz presents his hand as he does with all the people he meets, this time keen for the contact::

"Look, sorry for being such an ass before, I was kinda peeved with the fi-... lady, with the lady"

::Paz nods his head toward the Mermaid::

(Shit, nearly gave it away!)

::Justin takes Paz's hand and shakes it.::

(Oh my God, I'm touching him. I'm touching him. Keep it steady kiddo. The lady. I had almost forgotten about her. Probably the girlfriend. Shit.)

::He looks over at the woman, a little disapointed and back at Paz, motioning towards her with his head, subconciously not wanting to release the hand.::

"Your girlfriend?"