With one last wave and goodbye, Aislinn departed from the world. They were almost done now, their exams were over and it was time to find out if they had what it took to become keyblade Masters. This was not how she had thought things would go when she was swallowed by darkness protecting her home, but Aislinn wouldn't turn this down. This is what she wanted, this is what she needed to do in order to protect her family properly. Her world had warriors, but no one could combat the heartless without a keyblade. If she became a master, perhaps she would stand a chance at being able to stop the heartless. Stepping out of the portal, Aislinn found herself stretching her arms and seeming to be getting used to her human body again. "Well that was interesting." She commented to herself before looking over at the other group that was starting to come back and giving them a wave. "Hope it all went well with you guys!" She called out to the two boys that she had worked with previously during this exam.
After having had a talk with Chrono, followed by the much needed bath, Tinarah found too soon the time came to meet with the council of masters. She didn't know if she was ready to face them, or talk to them. She at least knew that she wouldn't pass out on them this time, but that was only a small comfort as being around only a few people had made her uncomfortable thus far, made her miss the time back with other Stamatis in the quiet castle surrounded by a wooded area. When Choma came to get her to go to the meeting, he found her sitting on the bed meditating much like Stamatis taught her to. She wasn't as into the meditating thing as Stamatis was, but she had, over time found that it helped with her nerves, even slightly. Following the others Tinarah stuck close to Choma as they lined up in front of the council. Tinarah barely offered a glance up before turning her gaze to the floor. She noticed Stamatis and felt bad, she could see that he might still be a bit hurt. It made it even harder to be here as all the masters looked down at them, but given her journey so far, she felt like they were all looking at her. Whether that was true or not was up for debate, but that didn't stop Tinarah from shifting uncomfortably, fidgeting with her sleeves a bit as Master Gero began addressing them. As the talk turned from the Light Chaser to his absence, Gero brought her up, and Tinarah took a step back a little as she glanced up. She wasn't fond of being called out as she had been. What was worse was that he was motioning her to step forward, asking for her story. There was a moment of hesitation before she finally took a step away from the line of people she had been brought in with, not quite sure if she would call them her friends at this current time. "From the very beginning?" Upon receiving a nod from Gero, she cleared her throat and tried to think of what to tell them exactly. She had been over parts with Take, she should have known what to say or do, but now with all the pressure on her, her mind was falling blanket as she stammered to get the first words out. "W-well... I... You see... We were in a world and I tried to go off and defend the world from darkness and all that. And well... I tried to save the man who brought me out on the boat to fight the heartless instead of looking after myself. I was knocked in the water and passed out.... I think... I don't really know... It was all a blur and-" Tinarah stopped herself, taking a few deep breaths and centering herself, using more techniques that Stamatis had taught her as she touched the necklace that he also gave her. Exhaling she started speaking again, a little more calm this time. "When I woke up again a young man brought me to The Light Chaser. He healed me, warmed me up and dried me off. He healed a scar on my wrist..." Tinarah held up her arms to show the scarred wrist and the one that was healed, before lowering them and adjusting her sleeves again. "After that he brought Aria to me... At that time I thought Aria was dead, so to see her alive it was a miracle. He then promised to send me home but said Aria couldn't come with me because she was repairing the world... or something like that. I took his offer to go back to the others, I was going to tell them Aria was alive and try to lead them to her, but when I reached the other side of the portal I found myself on a foggy bridge. After a while of walking, Chrono," Tinarah turned to her brother for a moment. "found me. I was panicked and he was trying to calm me down, but I insisted that he take me to the others so we could save Aria. He got mad that I wasn't calming down and... he threw me off the bridge, to what I was sure was my certain death." There was another pause where she touched her necklace again as she drew the strength she needed to continue, not from the necklace, but from in herself, the necklace she just found helped calm her thoughts. "When I woke up next, I was in a bed. A boy said he found me on the street and dragged me to his home. Somehow I wasn't hurt either. A stayed with me for a bit, he was going to get his father to help me find my way home, but before he could, the heartless came. The world was lost. A and I ran, but his parents had to buy us time. Then there was this chasm. I managed to jump across, but when I turned back... A was gone. The ground he was standing had fallen into the chasm and I was left on the other side with a keyblade wielder that I had never met before, that I now know as Uncle.... well Master Fost. He brought me somewhere safe and promised to help me find Master Choma. However when we found him... it was, but wasn't Master Choma, this one was still a student and he was a lot younger." Tinarah looked back at her master and shuttered when she remembered the looks the younger version gave her, like she was some strange broken object. "Upon seeing my reaction Uncle Fost brought me to a friend... Master Stamatis. According to him I was outside my own timeline. He agreed to train me until I was strong enough to go back. The only problem was that I was unable to wield my keyblade ever since I had met the Light Chaser." That part made her uncomfortable enough that she glanced up for a moment at the other masters to see how they reacted to her own weak nature. "I trained with Master Stamatis for five years after that, with only the occasional visit from Uncle Fost during that time. While I was never able to summon my own keyblade again, at one point in which I was pushed to the limits, I managed to summon my brothers. I had used it for the rest of my time with Master Stamatis. At the end of the time training with him, he tried to send me home, gave me this necklace that he poured his own magic into. Between his magic and my own magic I should have been able to get back to my right timeline, however the place in which I reappeared, it wasn't my timeline." This was the part that it was starting to get hard for Tinarah to talk. She felt her throat close up a bit as her voice grew softer and more distressed. "The world I found myself in was Eventide, but not the one I had seen in my timeline. This one was dark, most buildings destroyed, and there were hordes of heartless everywhere. Too many for me to fight off on my own. Torrin managed to find me though... or an older version of him at least. He helped fend the heartless off as he took me back to a safe place in that world, the mansion there." "According to Torrin I should have been dead, and many of my friends had already died in a war between the light and dark realms. Master Stamatis, and Uncle Fost were among the list, as well as Take, and Aria..." Tinarah glance back at the beautiful young woman who had always been there for her, her fist clenched as she tried to force herself to speak more. "Mika was alive however, a queen of that place, Torrin was its king." As she said those words it hit her that Mika wasn't at this meeting either. At this point it was likely that she wasn't in the castle at all, but Nini was. Mika never left Nini behind. Tinarah glanced around at everyone in the room, maybe she just missed the girl? Panic was written on her face when she didn't see sign of Mika. "M-Mika provided me clothes and a place to stay, Torrin however had to go attend to the war that they were still fighting." Tinarah tried to continue, finding it harder to speak suddenly. She was forcing herself through the rest of the story at this point. "I... I trusted Mika, and assumed what they were doing was restoring light, so I offered to help Torrin fight. After all I wanted to do something Master Stamatis and Uncle Fost could be proud of me for, even if more than anything I wanted to return to them and train. Torrin set me on a training routine, claiming that I couldn't use my keyblade for it attracted more heartless and made them more aggressive. I trained with him and his men for a month, hardly having time to myself, getting ready to help with the war. However when the time came and the enemy was cornered. I found a group of keyblade masters were who we were facing. They spoke of experiments that Torrin had done to his friends, the darkness he wished seen brought to the world. When I tried to question it, tried to question which side of this fight my friends, Masters and Mentors where on... He knocked me out. When I awoke I was in prison, Mika there to break me out. She was convinced that the darkness wasn't bad and I was just locked up to keep me safe, but she didn't want this life for me so she took me and we ran." Tinarah was nearly in tears at this point as she continued on, looking around to see if she could spot Mika again. "Torrin caught us.... He murdered Mika... his wife. When I tried to fight him with my... Chrono's keyblade, it shattered with just a single swipe of his. To answer my questions from before about the experiments, he called this... this creature. This heartless monster that was supposed to be my brother. While it recognized me, called me sister, it wasn't Chrono. I think... enslaved to Torrin it was suffering. He threatened to purge my light as well, however without putting me in that form. Chrono, it seemed was the only one to survive his experiments, if you could call that surviving. He however wanted me to keep my form, but was going to deal with that later. He locked me up again, and that is where I met Ge- Master Gero." She hoped the council would know the rest from there, but for the sake of covering everything, she took one last deep breath to finish her story. "I don't know exactly how long we were down there, I stopped counting pretty quickly, but Master Gero tried to help me summon my own keyblade. After not being able to do it, I decided to starve myself rather than bare Torrin's heir. When he came down to confront me about it... somehow I managed to fight him off, in one last stand my keyblade came to me and I froze Torrin long enough to get Master Gero out. He then made a portal for us to return home. I assume you know the rest from there." Tinarah didn't think what happened in the portal important. She didn't even know if anyone else would have been able to see it, it could have been a delusion in her starved and possibly sick state. When she was done speaking she spared one last glance up but as she did she showed the silent tears that had been running down her face ever since she started talking about Mika again. "S-she isn't here and isn't coming back is she?" Tinarah's voice fully cracked as she looked down at her hands that were currently gripping the hem of her shirt, her knuckles white as she stood still central not knowing what to do now.
Speeched at him? Well that was an interesting term, but Tinarah wasn't going to question it too much. She had a feeling she knew what he meant. Stamatis was fond of talking if you would listen, offering advice, especially if he knew that you didn't want to talk back but needed help. She smiled a little at that comment, the thought of her master. She knew the one that Take would have met was not the same as the one that taught her, but still, unlike Torrin, their personalities seemed to line up rather well. Moving closer Choma asked about what had happened in her room before and that was something Tinarah had been trying to avoid talking about. She knew the melt down she had would be concerning. However not telling him anything would just worry him more. "It... well the girl locked the door and I just reacted badly. I panicked." Tinarah admitted. "I tried to run off but the door was locked and I didn't know what to do. Sorry if I worried you." It was an awkward thing now and she didn't know what to say. He asked what she needed, offering more food but Tinarah shook her head. "I think it will hurt my stomach." Tinarah admitted. Soon Choma started feeling guilty, claiming he failed her as a master. It reminded her of Stamatis when he felt bad about not getting her home when he had wanted. "It's... Okay..." Tinarah tried to comfort him but didn't really know how. "Master Stamatis and Uncle Fost took good care of me in your place.... Everything was fine until... well they tried to send me back to you when I was strong enough and it didn't work." It was a vague explanation, but at least she tired. "He never hurt me. He actually healed my wrist." Tinarah held up her one hand. It wasn't that she thought the Light Chaser was good, but she didn't want Choma to worry.
So she had to go get her violin from her brother eventually. While she wanted to get her violin, she wasn't going to rush back for it or anything. "Thank you for getting it for me. That violin... means a lot." Tianrah told him, not going into detail. The last time she spoke of her mother.... well she was training with Torrin and none of those memories were all that pleasant. The thought of Torrin wanting to name his heir after her mother... especially when, if Tinarah was correct in her assumption, it would share the same blood line as her mother, it made the topic difficult again. She had gotten better with talking about her mother while with Stamatis, that comfort she had gotten disappeared with Torrin. As they spoke Take mentioned music being something Stamatis would be into and Tinarah looked curiously at him. "You know Stamatis then?" She asked as he continued to tell her it was okay if she didn't adjust right away. Tinarah shifted a bit. "I... haven't been around anyone my age since I left. It was always just me and Master Stamatis. Even when Uncle Fost did stop by it was only for an hour or two." It was probably being in prison that was bothering her the most but she didn't want to talk or reflect on that part. As they continued their conversation, Tinarah heard a voice behind her and jumped at first. She relaxed a bit to see it was Master Choma standing there with Boreas. The other man still made her uncomfortable but he had saved her life so she knew that she needed to at least pretend to be okay around him. Looking back to Choma, Tinarah tried to smile, but it wasn't much of one at all. "My stomach hurts less today. I have a bit more energy today.... but I could have said that yesterday until.... everything." She said softly. She wasn't truly feeling horrible until they fell out of the portal and into the water. A little dizzy, sure, but she was still functioning at the time. Her mental health was probably still questionable, but she wasn't about to bring that up to Choma quite yet... or at all. She needed to train and get stronger. She didn't want to be benched because Master Choma was too worried about her and wouldn't let her do anything. "I think the rest helped... and the food. The food really helped." She looked back at Take as to say thank you for her breakfast. She would have to properly thank Atmos later.
Giving the chief a slight nod Everette looked back to the town hall. "Thank you very much Chief Yolvun I will make my way up there as soon as I meet back up with Conrad and Samuel." After all Everette was a little paranoid about being late coming back after he was so strict telling the other two that they had to be back on time. Venturing up to the river outside of town would not be a good example. "It was a pleasure having you guide me, I will ensure we do our best to figure this out and help restore your town." With that Everette started to stroll back towards the town centre. Thea smiled and nodded at the boys. "Yep! I am a mage with Divine Rose! We are here to help your town so you guys don't have to be locked in here all the time. It must be boring being in here isn't it? Having to play with those little plastic blocks and all. They kinda look boring. And why do they have a bunch of dots on them anyways?" The crouched down next to them to get a better look at the domino's that the boy was putting down. "Oh! I am Thea by the way!" She stated as she lit a small fire at the tip of her finger and spelled her name in the air, the red flames lingering for a moment before they disappeared.
Frowning Tinarah watched him try to move his hand and not have too much success in it. She lifted her own hands, placing them in such a position that she would play violin. "Yeah... I would hate losing the use of one of my hands. Sorry that happened." If she was there could she have even stopped it? When she was twelve probably not, perhaps now... but how many other people were around. There was no use feeling guilty about it, and surprisingly she didn't feel as guilty as she thought she would. Being around people her age and friends again had been confusing to say the least. She had thought when she got back things would go back to the way they were when she left, but Tinarah hadn't seen Mika or Aria since coming back. She had spent the most time talking to a boy she didn't talk to before much, and hadn't said a word to her old master. On top of that with the meltdowns she wasn't doing too well on this whole adjusting and going back thing. "Did anyone get my violin back? I honestly don't remember much of yesterday... but I remember Stamatis came... then the Light Chaser. I think he might have hurt Master Stamatis, and I want to see him, but he always played piano with me so I want to play him one of our favourite songs." Tinarah explained. "Though maybe... Did Master Choma worry about me?" She asked. She worried he didn't even notice, after all he hadn't been her master that long, but if he had noticed and worried about her, maybe she should visit him first, after all he remembered her, Stamatis just had a feeling he might know her. It hurt to think about. She wanted to go back to where she knew she was loved and cared for, but right now her mind was still filled with questions and doubts. She tried to keep the worry off her face as they turned from the kitchen, focusing on Nini instead to keep herself occupied. Maybe Take wouldn't notice, or wouldn't care, but it was better than facing her own thoughts. The facts of what happened scared her, some parts hard to talk about, but what was worse than that was the thoughts and doubts in her own mind, since none of those were facts. She had nothing concrete to hold onto and that was what tended to push her further back into herself, close herself to others. While talking with Take now, she knew she was already down that path, and didn't know if it was better that way. If she was just going to leave again, perhaps she shouldn't open herself up to others only to hurt them.
After the last attack, Aislinn sagged with relief as Aux approached them. She couldn't help but feel sorry for the hyena's though. Like while Aislinn would have fought them no problem, by the sounds of it, Aux might have gone a little overboard. "Helping others isn't so bad is it? I mean you got to rip apart those poor Hyena's after all." Aislinn tried to joke with Aux, though she knew it wasn't going to well in general so far. That didn't mean she would stop though, one day she would get him to lighten up a bit, though that was not going to happen anytime soon. Either way she could at least try. Seeing Simba as the new King, Aislinn smiled, finding it rather entertaining that Aux joined in roaring. There was no problem with that in her opinion as she reared up and stomped her hooves in celebration. After that Timon and Pumbaa approached them, mostly talking to Kaida but also to her and Ananta. "Thanks but..." Aislinn shot Kaida a playful glare. "I am never going to do the Hula again..... ever!" She made a pointed glance at Kaida from the comment during battle. "... unless really needed." She added but it would have to be a big deal for her to do that again. After that was settled she turned her attention to AJ and Pumbaa. "I suppose our job here is done. We just have to move forward and make the next stride to becoming masters." Aislinn said not wanting to talk about other worlds or anything, but still get the point across that they had to go and finish their Mark of Mastery. This wasn't over yet, but soon, they could become masters, and maybe then she could properly protect her world and her sister. Until that time however their work wouldn't be done.
"Neither will I." Tinarah said following behind Take. "I plan to go back." She admitted to him. This was her brothers friend, she probably shouldn't be telling him stuff that she hadn't planned to tell her own brother, but Tinarah just needed to talk to someone and he was here and easy enough to talk to. "Don't tell Chrono yet.... But I think... I need to get stronger, then I will send myself back, protect that realm and stop that future. I promised A that his sacrifice wouldn't be in vain. I won't let any of their sacrifices be for nothing." She didn't really know why she was telling him all this, and she probably wouldn't tell anyone else yet, but it felt good to get it off her chest. It had been far too long since she had a friend. Even with Mika in the other realm, Tinarah never took the time to be friends with her, nor was she given it with all the training that she had to do. After saying her bit, she continued to follow Take, the last bit of the short distance to the kitchen to drop off her plate. Since he was carrying it for her, Tinarah hung in the background scratching Nini. As she stood and watched Tinarah looked at Take's hand. In an effort to not make everything about herself, she spoke up for a moment, trying to make conversation. "So what happened to your hand?" She asked having noticed him seeming to rub at the cast.
Tinarah had fully planned to carry her plate, but when Nini jumped in her arms, she was more happy to just cuddle with the cat as they went to leave the room. Sparing Chrono a glance, Tinarah didn't particularly feel bad for walking away with Take, she still was trying to work through everything that she had thought of her brother, trying to figure out what was true, and what wasn't. How much of what she experienced was real in some sense. Chrono had felt real, he wasn't an illusion of her mind as he actually picked her up, and she couldn't imagine it having been the Chrono of that realm if it wasn't something already existing in the Chrono of this realms heart. After all, though there wasn't much cross over between people, aside from Torrin from who she met where, what she saw in them, she had a sense that part of their hearts, part of their thoughts crossed between the two realms. Even Torrin, though fighting for different things, when he found her, his spirit for what he was doing, it felt familiar, though his war was different than the one that he fought here. Walking from the room, Nini purring in her arms as she stroked the small cat, Take turned and asked about what happened. She knew she would have to explain it all eventually, perhaps it was best to try to say something at least before she was overwhelmed with people searching for answers. "I... don't mind trying to share." She told him before continuing. "It actually wasn't all bad though. The Light Chaser... He said he was sending me back, but instead I found myself in another place. I was on a bridge... and long story short I got thrown off." Tinarah started to glaze over the parts that were particularly painful, only sharing the basic details that she didn't mind talking about. She didn't mean to withhold information, she was simply finding it hard to talk about. "Anyways I somehow survived that without injury... another one of the Light Chasers tricks perhaps. I awoke in a town that was being taken by darkness. A kid had found me and brought me into his home. We managed to run, but he didn't make it over the gap, I did. That is where I met Uncle Fost. He tried to help return me to you guys but when we found Choma... Well he was still a student. So Uncle Fost brought me to Master Stamatis and he confirmed I was in another time line. In the past." Tinarah also decided to skip the part that she lost her keyblade, that wasn't relevant to what had happened to her and why she came back like this... well not yet at least, but she hadn't thought ahead to her escape. "Master Stamatis trained me for the next five years to be strong enough to send myself home. Uncle Fost would stop by and visit sometimes." Tinarah had a sad smile on her face, fond memories of those years in peace before she tried to go home. The smile dropped however as she had to continue her story. "When it was time to go home, I tried, but I didn't end up in my own time. I think... I was in the future and the world was dark. Torrin found me and he brought me to Mika. Apparently most of our friends had died as well as masters in some war between the light and the dark. I offered to help him fight and he trained me a bit. I didn't realize they were fighting for the darkness. When I realized that and questioned him he locked me away. Mika tried to help me escape but...." Tinarah sounded near tears as she paused for a moment, stopping petting the cat for a moment. "Torrin found us. He killed Mika and locked me away again. That is when I met Gero. I don't know how long I was down there, but enough I decided I wouldn't let Torrin do to me what he tried to do to all of you and I stopped eating. He confronted me, and my keyblade returned to me. I stalled him long enough to free Gero, and he opened a portal for us... It turned out we were in another realm altogether." Tinarah started to walk again her head down a bit now, unsure of what Take was thinking now based on the story. "Atmos said only two days have passed since I went missing, but I was there for over five years." She told him though he likely gathered all that from her story.
The strange girl said she had to go, and Tinarah relaxed a little bit knowing that the person she was least comfortable with was going. It wasn't that she purposely intended avoid the girl, but the entire situation was bad and she was still struggling to get over the last few months. After the girl left Take spoke up again offering to take her plate. He also offered to take her to the kitchen if she wanted to go herself. Looking around the room, Tinarah considered it for a moment. She knew that she needed to bathe, and badly, but the walls were starting to feel tight and she was feeling enclosed again. "C-can you show me where the kitchen is. I need to get out of here for a bit." Tinarah informed Take before turning to her brother who was also speaking to her. "Yes please." She told him, trusting he wouldn't show up with quite as tight clothes as she had been wearing... which weren't all that tight anymore. They still showed a bit more than she was comfortable with but they didn't hug her skin like they did when she first had put them on and started to question Mika on her clothing choices. Slowly Tinarah got herself up from the bed holding the plate in her one hand while steadying herself with her other hand. She was still a little unstable, but was certainly doing better than the day before and at this point she didn't feel like it was a risk of collapsing as much as it was a case of getting her balance again. After a moment of steadying herself she stepped forward looking down at the cat that was now by her side again. "Are you coming with us too Nini?" She asked as she gave Take the nod to lead the way.
Cerdic looked a bit confused before looking back to Daeni. "Why do we need to find them? I don't understand." He hadn't thought rocks and trees meant anything, but if Daeni was remembering similar and seemed to think it important, than it was worth following the lead to see where it went. Cerdic then turned to Mora. "Is there a large castle around here? If so what is the safest route to it? What we are talking about, those three trees with rocks around them, they are near the castle. I think I was just exploring while the others work from what I remember but I can't recall how to get there." Cerdic pointed out before turning to Alder. "Perhaps this will help jog your memory too. I don't know but it is worth a try."
It isn't always about keeping events or plans a surprise. In this case with the YouTube channel, it is simply a large undertaking. While going forward in the future we would love to hear member feed back, implement some of their ideas and get them involved, at this stage of planning that is more difficult. Currently while still working on the basics of the change and planning the first bit of content, it is difficult to find the time to give member siggestions the time and attention to get them started in such a way that pays respect to the original idea, while working with it to make sure it works for the site in the best way possible. Personally I don't want to have to say "We might look at your suggestions later, eventually when we have more time to consider it." It simply feels more like we don't care, when we do. By working among staff to create the basis for everything first, we then open up time, post launch to address and work with member suggestions, and change and adjust things based on how they are received going forward. That being said it doesn't mean we won't or can't include members during the planning stages, we just need to get to such a point we start thinking ahead and planning for that. Essentially it isn't that we don't want feed back and want to keep it all a secret, as much as it is a matter of already having ten ideas in our own heads that we are working through and adding ten more means not giving any the time they need and deserve. Going forward however we will try and keep your suggestion in mind and consider opening feedback for projects and events as we create them instead of after launch. Perhaps we will even utilize the premium or contributor section to test some ideas, allowing for it still to be a surprise in large but giving one of those user groups a chance to give their opinion and help us correct and improve our content.
Just a reminder that lines are due on the 18th along with a render. I look forward to hearing the finished product.
Take had entered the room with a plate of food, and at the time Tinarah hardly paid mind to it as the girl stepped closer again trying to talk to her more. Tinarah stepped back, looking to Take and then Chrono, both trying to offer suggestions while the girl tried to offer food. It felt like a lot going on at one time, a little too much for her to handle well in her current state. She didn't want to talk to the strange girl, she didn't care if she understood what happened to her. Tinarah was sure the story would have to be hold, but not here and now. Right now it was time to try and process herself everything that had happened. Her mind when she woke up was more clear than it had been in a week and so much had happened the day before. However instead of processing it, she was thrown into a panic attack that wasn't exactly welcome distraction. Tinarah was going to try and find some space by heading back towards her bed, but the smell of bacon hit her, and she finally looked over at the plate of food Take brought for her. Slowly Tinarah made her way over to the table, taking up the plate. The table wasn't exactly a dining room table, more just extra storage space in the room, so she walked back to the bed, looking up of a moment at the other three a little uncomfortable. "Thank you." Her for was quiet and she was still a bit uneasy as she took a bite of the bacon, seeming to highly enjoy it. After a couple bites she put down the bacon and picked up her fork having some of the waffles as well. "I haven't had anything like this in months. Thank you Take." She seemed a lot more settled now that she had food. Given her shape, her bites were small and she ate slowly, but Tinarah finished the plate given to her. She didn't really know what to tell everyone else in the room. The girl had offered her clothes but also talked a lot and it made her uncomfortable. She didn't really know how to talk to any of them. Tinarah still wasn't sure what she thought of her brother, but she remembered some of what Boreas had said the day before and he had provided her with enough doubt that her brother meant her harm that she could at least live with the fact he was around. Then there was Take and Nini. Take Tinarah never got to know, but she rather liked Nini, it was curious how she was with Take though. In the end Tinarah attributed it to Mika sleeping in. After a moment of awkward silence she finally held up the plate. "Um... where should I bring this?" She asked trying not to leave the place too much of a mess.
As Kaida spoke Aislinn shook her head. "Damn it not this again." She laughed lightly at the thought of the crap she had to pull earlier. However whatever worked worked. At least Kaida was willing to work together with her now. Going into this world it had been something that she was a little concerned about. That concern turned out to be misplaced. Ailsinn used Fusion Limit with Kaida
"I would never try to steel all the fun. Just some of it. There is no better way to keep me out of trouble after all." Kiara responded with a bit of a smile to Arctus. She watched as he made the first strike before she got ready to follow up with an attack of her own. However as she prepared she heard a particularly irritating voice behind her once more. Whipping around she heard Uniform continue to taunt her. Weak that was what he liked to think didn't he? He wanted to think she was weak that nothing she did would change that, but Kiara remembered the day she ran quite vividly, she was weak then, but not now. She had grown and she wouldn't let him take that away from her. Besides he was the one pinned. Unfortunately that didn't last long as Uniform managed to kick Finlay's feet out from him and pin him instead, continuing his taunting. "Funny the way things are remembered. As far as I recall I chose to be here. Saving the world in the light of day isn't really my style, doesn't make me weak though, no it just means I am not a fool with heroic fantasies like some." Kiara glared him down, fire finding it's way through her whip almost unwillingly. From the corner of her eye she saw movement, Lima was behind her dealing with Arctus rather swiftly. Fire was raging in her eyes as another flame came to her free hand. Barely turning she shot it back at Lima but her attention remained on Uniform. She wasn't going to just let this happen. Flames were completely engulfing the whip as with raging eyes she slashed at Uniform several more times. He couldn't possibly keep Finlay pinned while dealing with her attacks. If she could at least get Finlay free then they might stand a chance, but how it stood now, they were walking on thin ice.
This wasn't going as fast as she had hoped, but luckily for her she felt ready enough to do one of her more powerful attacks again. It wouldn't end it here and now but it would be of help, and right now all she could do is deal damage. Taking a deep breath, she slowed her heart as time seemed to freeze around her. As she exhaled she sprang forwards unleashing a powerful attack. Aislinn used Zantetsuken
With her back to the door Tinarah tried the door handle once more as Qamar tried to talk to her. It was clear none of the words were sinking in as Tinarah still held her keyblade out ready if Qamar got any closer to her. The girl might have let go of her keyblade, but Tinarah knew how strong people could be without their keyblade. What a little bit of strength or magic could do for one when they wanted to hurt someone else. She wasn't going to be naive anymore and think that just because someone didn't use their keyblade didn't mean that they weren't stronger than she. Tinarah didn't even believe herself that strong, she knew that she still had a long way to go and a lot of training to do. As Qamar stepped forward offering a hand Tinarah slashed at the girl trying to keep her away. She wanted to run but she was locked in here, the least she could do was fight until the end. She wasn't going to go down without a fight. She wasn't going to give up like she had after Mika died. She would fight for herself, she had to. The door to her room swung open, much to Tinarah's surprise as she heard her brothers voice behind her. Turning to Chrono and Take she studied them a little perplexed for a moment. "You're... you...." She said to Chrono lowering her keyblade a bit. It was almost like she didn't expect to see him the way she had last remembered. The broken words of the creature that Chrono became echoed in her mind, and Tinarah nearly lifted a keyblade to Chrono as well, spare him from becoming that thing, but her eyes rested on Take and Nini, both here, both alive. "You can't let him take your Light... it will kill you..." Tinarah's voice was quiet as she looked at him, then back to Chrono, before turning back to see Qamar standing there, suddenly not as intimidating looking as she had seen a moment before. Whatever had snapped in her mind Tinarah was still coming out of, she had not released her keyblade yet, but now, with an open door beyond and her friends standing there she at least became less hostile.
Aislinn Uses Barrier Surge
Tinarah had the door cracked open to the bathroom as she started to run the bath, taking any bath soaps she could find and putting them into the bath. Normally she wouldn't much care to use this sort of stuff, but she had such a need to get clean that she was willing to use the stuff provided for her. However over the sound of the bath running she heard the door close and lock. Tinarah jumped and hid herself in the bathroom as she summoned her own keyblade to her hand. There was a girl talking to her, asking about clothes, but none of that seemed to register as niceties. Tinarah remembered last time she stayed at a strange castle, and was offered shelter and clothes. She was lied to betrayed, and the clothes offered was still what she was wearing, itching to get off. "N-no! I don't need your help." The last time she had heard this girls voice she had been yelling and Tinarah took no comfort in any of this as she slowly reached for the door. Flinging it open she rounded the corner and shot a blast of blizzard at the strange girl as she observed the keyblade in the other girls hand. She wasn't here to help, why would she have a keyblade if she was. She was going to lock her in here. She was going to make her a prisoner again wasn't she? In a mind of sheer irrational panic, Tinarah ran from the bathroom, yanking the door open only to find it locked. Pounding on it with one fist trying to get the attention of Master Choma, or anyone she trusted more, Tinarah lifted her keyblade, readying it. "I won't be locked away again." She stated. If she had to she would fight until she collapsed again. She might have been malnourished, but at least she was better rested, and on her two feet once more. After pounding a few times she lifted her hand to her necklace, thinking of how Stamatis had tried to protect her and got himself hurt. It was time she tried to protect herself, even if she remained on the defense, not trying to take a strike at the girl quite yet.
