The doubt was still there, but there was nothing that could be done about that now. "Then I'll wish you good luck in your endeavors." Was all that he could say with a nod before walking off alongside the others. Now for the trial itself, he had no idea what to think about any of this and not at all because of his lack of understanding of how all of thing worked. He didn't have much faith in how this was going to play out before getting here, but now actually this was on a different level 19/30
Kel had turned to look at General Xares when he had arrived to inform them of the end to visiting hours, offering his own words that didn't really do anything to reassure him about the trials his friends faced. Before he did leave however there was one thing he decided to ask of Cares before everything started. "How goes the search for your daughter?" 18/30
It seemed that one way or another that he was still roped into doing all this regardless of how he felt about it. Their first task had been a bunch of investigations that they currently lacked the proper amount of information to conduct. They were given a starting place in the form of the letter sent over to Danni, but she had been the only properly give it a read. "Whatever you think will be helpful." The letter was a good place to start and since Danni was currently holding it up, Zeke moved himself to that he too would be able to get a look at it as well.
Verdant Paradise and Demonic Front, a stark contrast in names and given the brief insight into Quill's homeworld that he was given, it did well to paint a picture onto it all. Kel committed both names to memory and nodded. "Got it, I'll let you know if I learn anything." He would've tried to decide upon a place for them to meet up, but with all the uncertainly surrounding the trials, it would be best to not set any false expectations. Though he wasn't sure why he had been locked in here. "The same way you ended up here behind those bars if I were to take a guess." This remark had been directed solely at Vanitas after he once again tried to put them on edge again with more mole talk. As much as he did acknowledge the concerns behind it, worrying too much on it with next to nothing to go off of would only be just what they wanted from them. 17/30
Bob finally left, name dropping someone as he did so though, to be honest, he couldn't really bring himself to care about most of what he told them. "Oh, hey you guys." Kel said, addressing Luna, AJ and the two guys that Luna had brought with her. Were they some of the other people from her home that was here as well? Certainly seemed possible as Luna offered her own solution to the troubles of their jailed friends. "Its basically as Faust said so I suppose your best chance at appealing for the others would be during the trials." The summit was technically an option as well, but that would take a fair amount of convincing that they might not be willing to listen to. Speaking of, he turned to Quill. "I don't mind keeping an eye for them, but what was your homeworld called so that I know what to keep an ear out for?" 16/30
His patience was already starting to run low with this guy, especially with how vague he was being. He didn't or really care about whoever this Aldwin person was or even if there actually was someone with that name. For all, he knew that these were just names he was making up just to further put them on edge. "Word of advice, if you're actually going to try and be helpful, maybe be a little less cryptic about it." Kel then turned away, fully wanting to be done with him now. 15/30
Ignoring the taunts of who could they trust from Vanitas, Aux had confirmed that it was Ven as the group of guards had moved to assist him out. "The med bay, got it." He muttered to himself as he nodded to Aux's instructions. If Ven's condition then it would make his job a bit easier. Now it was his turn to address the stranger who had walked up to Beuce, claiming to know who the supposed mole was. And why exactly should we trust you?" For how internalized this issue was, to have some complete stranger claim to know the solution was pretty suspicious by itself. 14/30
Kel blinked in noticable confusion as Kaida's impression of Karina left her an electrocuted mess on the ground. Certainly explained why Aux looked worse off than he usually did. "As fishy as that is, as long as the 'evidence' is in his favor we can't really call him out on anything. Also are you okay?" It actually looked like it might've hurt. 13/30
"Yeah, its a lot of work that needs to be done." He himself wasn't sure if he actually wanted to attend the summit or not, but depending on how his talk with his father went as that was yet another concern on his mind. Still, he hadn't thought that there would be someone for Beuce to confront at the summit. The nurse did mention someone about the Riven faction when they were informed of who was looking for them and with the little information that he had to go off of, he assumed that confrontation was not a reason for seeking him out. Kel slowly trailed out of the elevator and absorbed the scene around him. Everyone was here and with the exception of Aux, seemed to be in good shape given where they were. One weight had been removed from his shoulders in just knowing that small amount of information. Granted there wasn't a whole lot that he could think to say as he ended up standing by Kaida's cell as well, offering a quick wave as she was one of the two people down here that he was closer to. 12/30
"I will be sure to keep that in mind." Kel said as Alexander finished shaking his hand and did the same to Beuce before leaving. Karina's actual location was still unknown, but they were at least able to see their arrested friends sooner than planned. A good outcome but in the end, his doubts were still dancing about in his head. What he wanted was some sort of coherent answer and it seemed that that would be the last thing that would learn. Kel then groaned, annoyed with all these doubts and none of the answers. He then turned to Beuce, partially wondering if he guidance or at least knew what to do. "So, what do you plan on doing after we visit our friends?" 11/30
The silence that had followed both his and Beuce's words were unsettling. All of his doubts aside, he would've thought that someone speaking to her other than her father would elicit some form of response. The truth of it all was revealed when the door was kicked open by Alexander and startling sight laid bare for them all to see. A room in tatters and a clear lack of Karina in the room. Her trashing the room was believable, even if a little extreme with how the door was locked from the inside, but what bothered him most were the claims that she had just left them. Out of all the doubts and disbeliefs that were swirling about in his head right now, the one thing that he could firmly believe in was that Karina wouldn't just abandon them like that and even with that belief it didn't explain the room, which what was heard over the radio. "It's not your fault." Is what he said, but how much of that he meant was a different matter entirely. 10/30
The disbelief that he felt upon learning what it was that his friends had committed sat with him as the elevator reached their destination and they were now standing before the door with the golden plate. Through all that disbelief, there was a surprise that they had actually been taken to where Karina supposedly was. The general knocked and was met with silence in return. Not surprising that Karina would be unwilling to answer if she thought it was just her father at the door. Then he stepped closer to the door and knocked on it himself. "Hey Karina, it's us." 9/30
The explanation was satisfactory and did, in fact, shed some light on things surrounding their situation. It was heavily not in their favor and even less so with this whole world border act thing that was just told to them. What made matters worse was that while the summit was likely their best chance at getting their friends out for whatever charges they were apprehended for. Then Alexander went through with the names of their friends, going over what it was that their friends had done. Each name mentioned had a different memory associated with it based on some instances in which he interacted with them. Most of the names and their charges he found to be surprised due to not know much about them, but what really struck him was when Stratos, Kaida, and Ventus There was no way that both Stratos and Kaida for charged with a form fo terrorism, especially with Kaida's being connected with No Heart. As for Ventus, that was the name of one of Master Eraqus's missing students. The fact that he was here was a surprise in its own right. "That can't be right," Kel said, still clearly in disbelief. 8/30
The cat may have been out of the bag with Faust too being detained, but there was still the chance of getting some answers to this situation in general. Naturally, a commanding officer would have access to enough answer to shed some light on their situation. "In addition to that, what exactly is this place? That nurse had said it was a salvation for worlds in danger, but there had to be more than that for this to be the first time we've heard of this." Kel asked. There had been a fair amount of world they had ended up on and dealing with the problems that No heart or whoever brought upon them. It felt odd to learn that this whole place was a thing that wanted basically the same thing that they had been fighting for this whole time. 7/30
The more that Alexander spoke and gave his own interpretations of Karina, the more that Kel doubted each word that came out of his mouth. A little incident such as lying to go the doctor wouldn't spark that much of a deep-rooted hatred. Deep enough so that she wouldn't even feel safe in her own home. He kept these doubts to himself though as an outburst or remark could poke a hole in Beuce's currently going plan. Then Alexander offered to take two of them up to where Karina was. "No problem. We'll inform you guys on what we see after the summit." This seemed to go easier than expected. Which only added more fuel to the fires of doubt. 6/30
When Karina's father had a walk up tot Luna and started speaking to them, Kel had remained silent and kept an eye on him. Naturally, his trust of him was low, but there was no reason to act on that now just yet. So he waited, listened to him speak and offer a short wave as his own name was mentioned. "It's nice to meet you too." Then came the pause before Beuce was finally addressed. The name had been wrong, completely wrong and he was just about to say something when Beuce spoke up going along with being Faust the traveling magician which led him to reconsider that. Beuce was smart and could come up with effective plans on the spot as he had done in the coliseum when the Cyclops attack. In that case he kept quiet and waited to see how this was to play out. 5/30
Kel briefly flipped through the pamphlet handed to him by Luna as she explained her plan. It wasn't a bad one by any mean, more information was always a good thing. "I do have one concern. Given our luck when it comes to being split up, wouldn't it be better to stick together until we know Karina's condition? Then we can use the layout to get a better understanding of this place afterward." Honestly, he'd feel a lot better about looking around once he knew that and as much as he did trust both Beuce and Luna, they really did not have the best of luck when it came to being separated. 4/30
"That's fine. Apparently he was looking for me, which it's not hard to imagine why when I did just up and leave without telling anyone where I was going." He didn't even say anything about the letter that he'd gotten, part of the reason that he had left anyway. No doubt that would be the first thing that when he got around to speaking with him later. It was odd thinking about how quick he wanted to leave his home back then and now, thanks to what the nurse had told them about this place, he wondered if something had happened in his absence. 3/30
Kel didn't really think that anyone was going to going to ask about his father given the situation at hand, but it wasn't like he had anything to hid about that. "That would be my dad, why?" He glanced down at the compass that was still pointing towards the section that his father was supposedly waiting for him at. He wasn't sure how he was going to explain everything that he's been up to or how much of it he had been informed of. 2/30
"Yes, ma'am." Well, that had been what he had suggested, which much less authority to it mind you, so when Luna walked off to do just that. So Kel just waited, arms up behind his head as she did the talking to the nurse. He didn't follow to get his stuff as he didn't have much that they could've taken. Unless for whatever reason they took the necklace he wore. On that thought, Kel took a quick moment to check that. Yup, it was still there. Right where it should've been. 1/30
