Ashir broke his trance, nodding. "Zexion wanted us to find you... for something I guess." Parma landed onto his shoulder, happily nuzzling his cheek. Hestia nodded, skipping just getting a key and burning off the lock. "There now dearies. Fly around your home." she smiled, acting like a mother. Mage bit her lip. "But I don't like lying..."
First thought a moment. "Isn't Ratatosk with Xenree?" he frowned. Hestia looked at her sketches compared to the harpy, observing every detail. "Amazing... You're just amazing." she whispered, as to not awaken Zexion. "Deary, let's go into another room. Dear Zexy is all tuckered out, and I don't want to wake him." Mage nodded. "But how am I going to show Repliku Xenree if he thinks I stole Akii from him?" her ear twitched, not liking Saix's comments. "H-He didn't actually hurt me Saix... besides, Vexen made him too so... it's sorta like having a brother?" Ashir started to sway dreamily at the scent of such a fresh perfume, his nose twitching closer to it. Parma had no luck finding it, she could sense the darkness, but never smell.
Mage sighed in relief, but shivered. "I don't know if we can go again since Repliku's out in the corridors still..." she growled at his memory. Hestia smiled at Zexion, looking around for a blanket to cover the schemer. She did so, and gave the tired Zexion a blanket. "Sleep well." She had plenty of energy, her insomnia days helped her with that. She watched over the little harpies, smiling. "Hello dearies." she cooed. Ashir followed Nympha and Nixio, wondering if he could smell Akii as well. Parma went ahead on her own to track the little dark embodiment on her own. First shrugged, unsure what to do. "First things first, getting off this damn mark of hers!" he tried scratching it off to no avail.
First growled, trying to force away the voice of Zant. "I know that! I just have this feeling they already knew. Besides, if my sister was there then I'd be found out and could be slaughtered." he bit his thumb. "I'd rather not take my chances." Ashir nodded, looking to the empty tanks. He wondered what it was like to swim without constantly being weighed down. Hestia continued to sketch, wondering about a deep red Orgy XIII coat. But maybe she'd first explore worlds, hopping once more. "Ah, traveling, how lovely. Now if I understand my body's ability I'd be able to go as I please no problem!" she stretched, yawning. "Oh, my insomnia's back." she murmured. Mage panicked, summoning Nightmare. "We have his body! But... Adrien's body isn't able to do anything Nightmare."
Eden winced further, annoyed. "Leave me alone!" she screamed at the air, remembering the deal. She didn't understand most of it, and didn't want to agree.
Eden groaned in pain as she was hit with her memories, holding her dizzy head. "Owww..." she cursed, but was slightly thankful to have her own memory, even if recent.
Hestia watched her son, and Nympha. She was pleased that in all that time neither went against her, she believed them stable enough. She went to work once more, sketching more of her own little creations to keep her mind busy. Ashir sighed. "Rachel and Karl used to be together at one point, but I'm not allowed to say anymore." He lightly smiled, looking away from his father and bird, petting his own. "Mom says that I shouldn't tell if Unknown didn't." Mage quietly came towards the Castle entrance, opening the door to see a Adrien. His body had been protected from the slight fall by his armor, but she could not sense any beating hert about him. She couldn't hear the sound of him breath. "Adrien...?" First watched, invisible for now, then flew off to find something else he could rebel against. He gingerly touched his burning mark of Xenree's, whishing he could just rip off that piece of skin and throw it away forever.
Eden looked around, keeping far away from the bones due to some sort of odd instinct. She would quickly move away, even jumping if necessary.
Hestia paused, calming herself down. "Aye, we'll let the girls out for a swim." Ashir stared at his frozen father, coming a bit closer. He stared at the scar at the left eye, with three jagged scratch marks across it. He could really only stare in a dazed trance, sad by the looks of it. He wished his father was kinder but that wasn't possible... "Rachel, why...?" he murmured, wincing at the painful memories. Mage followed, though hearing a thud somewhere nearby. "Hm?" she turned to the direction of said noise. First dropped off the body of Adrien to the Entrance of The Castle That Never Was, wondering if his sister was there. "After what I've done, best leave it alone." so he went off, figuring out what to do with the rest of his life.
Eden followed close to Wesely, staring at the empty spot of air that had shimmered with fright. She went ahead faster then she realized, gagging slightly from the strong smells of time.
"Tch, I gave her the heart to BE stable. When a creation starts thinking without a heart, that's when it becomes unstable. I've seen it before hundreds of times, people die from that mistake." Hestia growled at Vexen, a slight dark purple hue tracing her eyes. Ashir walked towards Nympha, realizing the scent as well. "I recognize that scent Nixio! It's of Hestia's home! It usually smells of home cooked food." Mage gulped at the thought. "Let's check on them, just to be sure." First growled at Adrien, wishing him to shut up. "Idiot! Shut up before she kills you and ends me!" he hissed, vanishing to the portals to drop him off anywhere. "I'm tired of working for Xenree, she hasn't done a damn thing for my goals! It also seems she's just a dog in the main plan and I don't work for dogs."
ooc: But there are NO HEARTLESS! Nasele called them off as a peace offering! DUDE YOU NEED TO READ
"Valerie, we're safe..." Eden kept her voice calm, but a cool breeze tickled her back. This caused her to shiver, freezing still. The air felt old, wet, and moldy.
Mage looked at to Saix, a bit worried. "Maybe we should check on Vexen and Zexion. Who know? They might know what happened...." Hestia sighed, first answering Zexion. "Yes yes, I used to like Karl. I created Ashir out of his memories, some of his energy, my energy, memories... and a bit of my chemical makeup. But I stopped with that since I soon saw it silly, but I can't just throw a child away like an old toy. And Parma was an idea, I was going to make a stuffed Arma, but I only had black buttons and white cloth." she paused a moment, then answered Vexen. "So Vexen, you were right. I did do something to Nympha. Not all that drastic so you don't have to go senile old man on me. I just gave her a small fragment of my heart. Simple as that. No messing with coding, just a heart fragment." First, from his disappearance, was trying to get rid of Xenree's mark. It burned every time he tried to use his energy against it, causing him to hiss at it. "Infernal bond!" he yelled, infuriated that he decided to join someone who did nothing for him, and did nothing at all! All these great promises he believed in caused him to just float around playing errand boy! He decided, that maybe in his possible final acts, he would rebel further. Slipping into the castle and going towards the body of Adrien, he burned off his chains. He went into the body, going to regret possessing him due to the possibility of constant threats.
Eden went down as well, though reluctantly since she was defenseless at the moment. She steadily climbed down, until finally feeling water and swung to Wesely and Gexln. She wasn't an acrobat, but the landing was decent.
Hestia nodded, she knew these three very well. "Climber." She pointed to the mannequin. "Jackie." she pointed to the short one-armed statue. "Karl and Arma." To which she pointed to the last two frozen in mid-attack. She turned away, returning to what little business she had to complete. "So, now that I'm in this body, I should tell you my secret." she sounded almost glum about it. Mage stared at the arrivals coming in, then noticing Larxene... Whom she hid from behind Saix. She still remembered throwing sand in her face, hitting her with rain... And her temper.
"Probably." Eden muttered, hugging herself For comfort. None came.
Eden panicked at the mention of the Darkran soldiers." She tried to hide it, worried. Just go away, I don't even really remember the deal! she internally screamed.
"We're retreating." Hestia sadly absorbed the last bit of Castle's energy, now that all the artists have left. "I'm taking with me a few souvenirs." She quickly put out a portal to take them back to Vexen's lab, taking with her Climber, a statue and his black bird, and a little statue midget with a large hat. Ashir and Parma sank in, pride horribly bruised. Back at the Lab, Hestia and Ashir quickly moved aside these new shut down guests, putting the mannequin in the corner, The statue against the wall to lean him, and the statue midget in the same leaned position. "We'll be watching these guys until the park is rebuilt." Parma explained. Mage seemed blank a moment. "It stopped... That was really weird..." She wiped away her tears, sniffling a bit.
Mage paused, she didn't know the way either. She focused on the now whispering words of pain from the hearts, now confused. "The hearts are getting quieter..." she bit her lip, unsure. Hestia and the other artists scrambled, with her tripping a few times, over to what was left of the Castle. His glass glowed brightly, growing gradually dimmer as each artist took some energy and fled throughout the worlds. There was nothing they could do, and realized that for the first time... The Castle of Nations Amusement Park has fallen from the massive amounts of damage. Hestia couldn't help but shed some tears.
