There was a lot of stuff that seemed to go on in a short span of time, Kaida looked back and forth between the conversation with Nala and whatever Aux was on about. At the rate Aux was going, Kaida wasn't necessarily worried about Aux getting in the way. Kaida dropped the keyblade after a bit and she stretched her jaw going, "Kweh.. oh man why does that keep happening? What was that...." Kaida looked over at Aux when he was speaking and she shook her head and said, "He always speaks for the group at this point... Also, uh, we've interfered with a few worlds prior. In my defense, Hikaru did it first. I'm a victim here as much as you." she looked over and flapped her wings a little as she started following towards Hikaru, "Actually, I'm wrong. You did it the very first. Just go with it, less stress on the mind. Unless you're weaker than me now?" and the blonde moved faster to follow.
Kaida wasn't necessarily appreciative of the comments for her to use her "animal abilities". She didn't want to get too adjusted to this body to the point she tried to claw out a heartless of something. She would rather keep herself used to using the keyblade. Kaida kept on her swinging and clashing with the hyena that seemed disinterested in the battle anymore. She was at least getting used to the body at this point, but it still threw her off when she made a weird bird noise as she hit it. Either way, it looked like Ed was starting to finally feel it, and with the other hyenas apparently dealt with, it was time to put soul focus on finishing up this one. Banzai - 0/150 BP Shenzi - 0/150 BP Ed- 10/180 BP
Take looked between Aria and Chrono wondering if those explanations would even suffice. It might just make them sound... crazier? What if the ship didn't even need their help at all. I mean, there appeared to be no immediate danger going on. He was fairly certain wherever Illiana was she was just leaning back in a chair eating crumpets and drinking tea making whatever snobby noise she did to make herself seem holier than thou. They were probably going to end up thrown off no matter what the outcome was cause as far as they were all aware they were still stowaways. But he would rather go with what Aria was attempting since it at least seemed more logical that they were drifters than pirates. All Take did was nod in agreement, since he didn't want to put his words on this plan.
Kaida's mouth was full, and she was being asked questions. When Hikaru had made a joke well... she didn't get it. When Hikaru turned to ask her for approval, she answered with her mouth still holding her keyblade, "y dn geddit. Aw hyanesss inhewentwy funny? Issh thathe jowk?" then the hyena began... going after a tree. After Hikaru's question about him forgetting to fight, Kaida raised her wings up almost in a sort of 'iunno' shrug before she ran at the hyena again, throwing her keyblade at Ed. As her mouth was free she said, "Carrying these things is annoying and these animal bodies are less exciting when you're using the keyblade and you're a BIRD." the keyblade then swung back and she caught it with her mouth again and kept trying to use the keyblade, regardless of whether or not everyone else used their bodies. Banzai - 88/150 BP Shenzi - 52/150 BP Ed- 82/180 BP
Uva took the hits fairly well, but it did fling her back quite a few feet and she felt the wind get knocked out of her. She stood herself up and held her stomach a brief moment before charging head first into the fray with a bit of a yell. The girl jumped up and stabbed at one of the beowulfs, who let out a death cry. Uva flipped backwards off of the beowulf into one other one and stabbed at it as well. Some fire dust shooting into the beowulf and blasting that one away as well. Uva hit the ground and said, "One more." under her breath. 1/10 beowulfs left.
Aalis felt the attack pretty hard and she cursed under her breath a bit as she moved to ready her new attack and felt the sneeze come on and a look of fear crossed her face before the sneeze came. When she did, her sneeze was extremely loud and incredibly painful to the ears, even Aalis had to cover her ears over the volume and some of the Grimm recoiled. Aalis blinked as a Grimm seemed to just... die from the suddenness. Aalis shrugged and went for it, as she gave another full charge and sliced through the next one. She fluttered her fan a bit as she regained balance and sliced again for it to go down. Aalis looked over at Arian and smirked, "3 down." Grimm left: 1/10
Kaida saw the preparing for the pounce and backed away slightly before tried summoning her keyblade. The keyblade ended up appearing in her mouth and Kaida was a bit off balance as she found herself charging forward and hitting Ed. Kaida was a bit taken aback at the suddenness of how she moved, and she wasn't fond of keeping the keyblade in her beak but there wasn't much she could do. She turned to look over at Aux and Hikaru in a bit of surprise before Ed moved to retaliate and Kaida let out a frightened noise and used the keyblade again. Trying to get a hand of maneuvering it in this manner. She couldn't fly, so she couldn't get it in her claws, so this would have to do. The blonde got a few more hits in before she backed away looking at the others, hoping maybe they'd jump in soon. Ed: 148/180BP The others still at full BP
Melus blinked at Luther's response and tilted her head, "You don't have to make promises you can't keep. I understand it was the necklace. But harm will come and you can't help that. But, I appreciate the gesture. Thanks." she looked back over towards Koa at his response and said, "Pff naaaah, my problems aren't worse than yours. Everyone's got their demons and problems, and for them, they may take things harder and that's just how it is. If you love her and you want to see her, that's equally as important. So don't apologize." Melus strummed her harp and sat down... wherever she could sit down cause the setting is unclear and Melus continued playing, "I just figured it was relevant to bring up, I don't know why many people are here, or why they are doing what they're doing. I like knowing." Melus put on a small smile, but it wasn't real, it couldn't be. She didn't care though.
Kaida followed Hikaru for the sake of following him at this point and Kaida was amused that Aux was a Lion. The charms she ended up whittling turned out to be more accurate than she expected. Or maybe it was chance? She had no idea. heard Aux's comment and wasn't sure if she was insulting how she looked or her height and she huffed and looked away, "Least I don't have a stupid hat on WHILE I'm a lion." she looked between the two and turned around, "So there must be a reason why we're here, right? Let's just try and get this over with..." Kaida didn't seem interested in trying to warm up to Aux at all, and the sooner she could finish up the world, the better off she felt this would be.
The sudden hug from Aria had made Takehiko visibly tense up for a moment at the suddenness of it. He was not used to physical contact that didn't end in pain. Not that he was unfamiliar with the hug. He had gotten some from his brother's at home, and the most recent one having come from Atmos during training. But this was different. By all accounts, Aria was a stranger to Take, not someone he had exchanged more than a few sentences with. But he didn't push her away, he let it happen, and the longer it went on, the more his shoulders seemed to relax before by the end of it, he didn't hug back, but he returned in some way by rubbing her back a bit. Not weirdly just, in a way to try and indicate comfort but he wasn't particularly good at it. When Aria stopped hugging he would be lying to himself if he didn't say he got something out of the hug too. When Aria mentioned the other students he said, "Oh, Illiana split up and... Glyde? went to follow her. So they should be on this boat... uh. We were... talking to Jim when we were..." Take walked over and saw Jim just kind of staring at the three of them at the bottom of the stairs and he said, "She's with us too. This is Aria. Don't worry, she doesn't bite... maybe."
There was a lot of stuff he had to process with Aria's reply. First, she'd seen Tinarah briefly, which at least confirmed that the Light Chaser had something to do with her being kidnapped. But then the Princess of Heart thing came up. Which... okay, so Aria was apparently one of them. So that accounted for two. Which would confirm that Kida being kidnapped had something to do with it as well. Then Aria began struggling with the bracelet and he walked forward and said, "Well, Torrin had a feeling that the Light Chaser was going to be coming after another Princess of Heart next, since he took the one from Atlantis when we were there... which is why we ended up... here... wherever here is." he stopped when he was close enough and looked at the bracelet and paused at what she said and looked up at her and said, "Well... he had you and lost you again. Maybe this is his way of finding you. Unless this was some branding of a promise or something... I don't know but... if he is going after Princesses of Heart, he might come back for you?" Take looked at the bracelet and asked quietly to himself, "There's gotta be a way to get it off though... right? It would be a tactical disadvantage to keep it there if it actually tracks you..." the boy stood in thought for a moment before snapping his fingers in realization, "I've got it." Take looked Aria dead in the eyes and said with no hint of irony to it, "We cut off your arm.... nah... just maybe loping it at the wrist." Nini hissed a little at Take before he looked at the cat and said, "What? Her life or her hand? You make the choice." Nini growled and Take held his hands up, "Fine fine. We won't cut off her hand. Sheesh cat." Take let out a sigh of defeat and rubbed the back of his head, "I just don't want another person gone again that we just got back."
Take wasn't exactly sure what he was going to answer for Jim's situation, but he hoped maybe this sudden flash of light made it so Jim was potentially distracted. He had no idea who exactly was here for a moment, then his eyes adjusted to see Torrin briefly before the flash of light happened again. Take could see it was a portal. He shifted a bit and said, "Wait... that was Torrin... did he bring back Tinarah?" As soon as he said that, there was a faint mew that came from his bag, and Nini ran out. Take had forgotten about the little cat, but when she reacted the way she did, Take couldn't help but quickly follow the cat up. Nini had made their way to the girl first, seeing the familiar face and letting out meows of excitement and rubbing against her leg. Take climbed up and looked and had a pause. It wasn't Tinarah... but, "Wait... Aria?" he didn't know the girl very well, he only knew her through introductions as he walked forward, "I thought you were... well... dead. Not meaning anything by it, I'm glad to see you're alright. I just... I was expecting Torrin to have found Tinarah." Nini kept meowing at Aria.
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Melus tilted her head at Koa's response and said, "I'm not disappointed... why would I be disappointed in you being or not being gay? I was just asking out of curiosity. But hey, pre-congratulations to the wedding. You must be real dedicated to your girl and I respect that 100%." Melus strummed a couple more times and paced away from him a bit before turning around and saying, "So, you doing this so you can eventually head on back home to your bride to be? A noble cause. I don't think I've said this before but I'm here because my world is gone." she strummed a little more before saying, "Aaaand my heart is gone." she strummed a little more and paused before saying, "I haven't addressed that before either. Probably more important than liking girls. I am a nobody. Benefits to it, I don't have to worry about emotions, clarity in mind is fantastic. Bad news. Don't have emotions, faux enjoyment. It's all an act. An act I am horribly used to." she turned to look at Luther and pointed straight at him, "It's good news for you, meatbag, because quite honestly, I'm gonna still manage to have PTSD after this despite not having emotions, but I won't hold it against you... too much..."
Melus wasn't necessarily talking at that moment. Even when Lea had come over and given the potions, she had only been on edge a bit more because of what just happened, and the clones had come closer. He hadn't really eased her mind, but when Koa spoke up, she realized the tone he was speaking at was like trying to console a child. She knew he didn't mean it in that manner, but she figured maybe at that point it was a little safer. Melus took a deep breath and she held her hand up for a moment and waved it. The clones stopped and simply faded into the air until they were no longer present. Melus looked up at Koa and reached out for one of the potions and used it. She felt a wave of healing relief wash over her and she looked up at the boy and said, "I'd keep that one on standby in case we need it later." Melus got up from the ground rubbing her arm a bit and looking around and she kind of scoffed at herself before saying, "So... everyone else got out with minor scratches?" she looked around and put on a small, relatively fake smile before saying, "How about next time someone might potentially be working for the enemy, we don't... well... bring them back? This was our first encounter... I don't even wanna know what the others are like yet." she held her hands up and her harp materialized and she started playing it a bit to calm herself a little more, "But uh... we did it. That's a... that's a start." Melus looked over at Aeria and Kiara and said, "Maybe we've got a psychological damage issue going on instead? Alright, Shrink Melus ready for deployment. Tell me your troubles today." she looked over at Koa and said, "You. You didn't get under her control. Fascinating. Are you gay?" she paused for a moment with her playing before she held her hand up, "It's okay, if you're uncomfortable with the subject, allow me to break the tension." she placed her hand towards her heart, "I'm gay. Though uh, hm. Maybe that raises questions about me not being controlled by... wait she said men's hearts. Whatever misandry she was spilling. So yeah. If your heart set on a man?"
"Alright boys!" Aalis at this point was no longer glowing blue. She did for quite a while but now she had no aura which made no difference to her but probably made her teammates grateful for the lack of distraction. Aalis braced herself a minute and rubbed her nose before pulling out her fan and saying, "Let's get this party started! Yee haw!" and the girl ran at the Grimm. She got herself a slice straight across with one of the Beowulfs and sniffled a bit as she managed to defeat at least one Beowulf. Aalis got a good hit in with the Ursa. Aalis backed on up afterwards, hopping a bit to keep herself moving while she swished around her fan saying, "I bet I can get more of these down than any of you." She looked over at Arian and had a mischievous grin on her face, "'Less ya think you're better than me?" 9/10 Beowulfs left. Ursa has 7BP. Aalis has 15HP left Uva, having not really interacted with her team much, didn't really wait for her team to get started. Uva charged on in silently and tried her best to sneak behind the group. She kept herself low to the ground until she was behind the Ursa. She decided to go after the one that stood out from the crowd first. She didn't know if it was stronger or weaker by design, so she just went with it anyway. Snapping some fire dust into her boot she charged up and kicked hard into the back of it's leg and it let out a cry while some fire blasted out. Uva let the blade extend a bit as she backed away and did a flip to get out of the way. Rubbing her face while she was aware she'd just put herself as central focus in the crowd. She sighed a bit and fixed up her hood and held her hands out for balance as she got ready to do more kicking. 10/10 Beowulfs left. Ursa has 3BP left. Uva has 15HP left.
Takehiko was glad he had a name to associate with the cabin boy now. Though he was a bit more distracted by the pink floating blob that came close to his face. There was a moment where he found himself smiling a lot more at the thing before he caught how much he was actually grinning at it at he stopped. Take covered his mouth a little to calm himself down. There was a reason why he was reacting the way he did. Just looking at the thing, he could just hear his little brother's voice screaming 'look at it, it's so squishy looking' and Take found so much humor in that. But he managed to contain laughter. Didn't hurt that Morph got so close it almost tickled. Take removed his hand when he was certain his emotions were contained and he pointed to himself and said, "My name's Takehiko, you can call me Take And this is Chrono. You can call him Chrono." Take had motioned over towards his partner. He probably figured the white haired boy wouldn't care whether or not he introduced himself. He didn't see the harm in giving this boy their real names. If Chrono didn't like it, he'd take an earful later.
Spoiler: A flashback Kaida was all set and ready for the Mark of Mastery, but she wanted to visit Hikaru before she started it. Hikaru at this point had been in a coma for a month, and it only made Kaida more and more anxious by the day. But she liked to keep him updated, though she wasn't exactly sure how much he could hear. She made her way to the chair most people sat in to talk while he was sleeping. Kaida took a deep breath and began speaking, “Hey Hikaru… I’m taking the Mark of Mastery today... again... I know you would have wanted to wish me luck before I go… so I decided to come in.” Kaida chuckled a little and said, “You’re missing everything man, you better wake up soon or I’m gonna get mad. But, maybe when you wake up I’ll be a master, and then you can be jealous…” she shifted to stand up and said, “I’m gonna probably be late… so-” “Ya know, I was gonna have him on my shoulders cheering for you from the sidelines, but that seems inappropriate.” Kaida looked over to see where the voice came from and saw Aux and rolled her eyes, “Have you been practicing his voice?” “No..” Aux responded, sounding slightly unsure. Kaida looked at him with an eyebrow raised and he replied, “Maybe…” then Kaida tilted her head entirely and Aux looked away from her direction as she said, “Shut up.” Kaida laughed and imitated Hikaru poorly, “You go Kaida! Don’t let Aux get you down!” There was a pause in the dialogue between the two before Aux cut through it, “You ever feel we’re getting too disrespectful around him?” “Honestly? He’d be doing the exact same thing if one of us were in his position instead.” Kaida quipped right back. “I just want him to wake up.” Aux bluntly replied and Kaida sighed saying, “I do too, but he’d probably rather us be doing something with our lives rather than moping around.” “I don’t mope.” Aux replied very quickly. “Then what emotion is this, mister “I don’t mope”?” Kaida replied rolling her eyes. “Heartache?” Kaida looked a bit thrown off by that reply and scratched the back of her head, “I mean… I get it. But you gotta get out and do something. Give him stories to tell. Don’t tell him all you did was sit bedside for a month while he was sleeping.” Krowley seemed to walk in right just as she said that and looked towards the blond before crossing his arms a bit, “Kaida, you’re still here? You’re going to be late.” “I was just about to leave, I didn’t wanna cut Aux and I’s conversation short.” Kaida admitted. Aux shifted his head towards the door and said, “Go, and good luck. We’ll be here when you get back.” Kaida nodded and waved saying, “See you later.” As she ran off as he replied, “See you later.” See you later. Goodbye. See you later. Goodbye. "Why then... why does Aux seem to remember up until then? Why?" Kaida hissed to herself before the light of the new world finally touched her eyes. Kaida was a bit surprised when she found herself... shorter than usual. She thought maybe it was a size difference type thing before she saw her feet and moved them a bit. She tried to move her arms but felt them a little harder to lift before she realized she had wings. That was when it clicked to Kaida that she was a bird and she rolled her eyes. Of course. It only clicked further when she saw Hikaru was a wolf, a very blue wolf, that Kaida waddled her way over towards Hikaru saying, "Of course you'd be a wolf. What else would you have been..." Kaida teased a bit. She tried moving a bit as well, realizing she was pretty fast in this little body, but she didn't feel quite as nimble. She could get used to that. She heard Hikaru mention the lands and she looked towards them and asked, "Is it a drought? This looks like it's a drought of some kind. Unless it has something to do with heartless... i wouldn't be surprised if it did."
(I was totally following this game from behind the scenes and I'm just gonna say, Gabi is never gonna trust Maru again)
The reason I personally have problems with Kairi wielding the keyblade being determined by her being a Princess of Heart is that... does this mean you could hand out a keyblade to all princesses of heart? This seems odd to me. If a princess of heart is able to USE the keyblade because of their strength of heart that makes sense to me, but being chosen by the keyblade cause Kairi accidentally touched Aqua's keyblade is a little.... aha... poor in terms of writing? I mean, I get it, I just don't like it. Now, the Xehanort situation. The keyblade as far as I am aware is not inherently good or evil, it it a tool simply given to those based on their strength of heart (which I personally look at as strength of resolve/determination) so it isn't THAT weird to me, honestly. Not nearly as much as the Kairi situation.
