Have a Bootiful first day of October~ <3
My Saturday is LIT... with autumn scented candles
Aria laughed as the tears freely flowed, overcome with joy to see someone she knew again. She hugged the girl close to her and gently ruffled her hair. "I missed you, kiddo. I'm alright. Just a little beat up from a big monster I just defeated with one of the Light Chaser's students, but I'm okay," she assured, knowing how caring Tinarah could be of her teammates. The happy reunion came to a close as the girl brought up an issue at hand. She frowned as she glanced up at the Light Chaser, wiping away her tears. "Yeah, why is Tinarah here? Did she get swallowed up in the darkness too?" She didn't mind how close Tinarah stood by her and placed a hand on the girl's shoulder, letting her know she was there and willing to protect her if needed. She saw the Light Chaser as a neutral party, part-way trusting him and at the same time ready to stand to arms if things changed suddenly. "I know I'm stuck here until further notice, but what about her? How did she get here?"
Aria couldn't believe her eyes. That huge dark monster was taken down between just the two of them. Although as she looked over at Chrys, she knew she had a long ways to go. Chrys probably could have taken that beast on all by herself with her skills and experiences, which gave Aria a peek into how much she had to work towards to be even considered good. It was sort of disheartening, but at the same time she was glad the bad guy, or not so bad, Mister Light Chaser found her and showed her what needed to be done. "You're really good," Aria mentioned to Chrys after catching her breath. She unsummoned her keyblade and gave the girl a small smile and a thumbs up. "Thanks for saving my butt with your awesomeness~" She then looked back over her shoulder to where they left the Light Chaser and the other kids and then shrugged her shoulders. "I guess this means we report back?" Aria rubbed the back of her head and then headed towards where they had come from. As they approached, Aria saw the Light Chaser and then noticed a new person sitting casually on a bench. She blinked when familiarity washed over her mind when her eyes landed on the smaller figure next to him. "No way... is it...?" Aria looked over to Chrys as many questions flooded her at once, but then she peered back at the pair, focusing on the girl. "Tinarah!" She called out with a big grin on her face as tears of happiness came to her eyes. The bubbly, semi-beatened and tired girl broke out into a run, wanting to reach her as quick as she could. Even though the Light Chaser tried to assure Aria that everything would be alright, she couldn't help but to think she was lost forever in this world and would never see any of her friends again. Tinarah was shy and quiet, but that didn't stop Aria from loving her all the same as she did with everyone she came in contact with. She did her best to make friends with this timid girl, gifting her with bracelets and tiaras made out of twigs and various flowers, trying to offer cookies she made, or listening in on her violin playing once in a while. Aria didn't know why Tinarah was here, but boy was she grateful to see her.
Aria was running out of energy already and was kicking herself in the head for it. She swore she trained hard with Master Choma, but it seemed as if it wasn't paying off too well. She was hit hard, again, and swore she saw stars on that hit. Well this was annoying. At this rate, she was probably going to be dead again, and she wouldn't be much use then. Staggering and struggling to lift her keyblade, she cast a green glow on herself and then prepared for the final blow. "I'm okay," she panted out as she blew some lose hair from her eyes. "Just finish it already," she said to Chrys as she braced herself to defend with what little she had left. LVL: 2 Healed for 10HP HP: 12/20 AP: 0/10
"I got hit pretty hard," Aria replied as she held her ground and stood with her keyblade in hand. She felt like she didn't have enough fight in her left, but she was going to give it all she got. She jumped at the monster, slashing it with all of her might. LVL: 2 HP: 12/20 AP: 0/10
Aria was clearly caught off guard by the huge shadow thing made out of their own shadow. "Whoa! Man! We're not safe anywhere..." She gripped her Colorful World keyblade and observed how her new friend was handling this. Seeing Krys was giving her an opening for an attack, she jumped in and started to hit one arm a few times before hopping, and spinning over to the other arm and attacking that as well. Might as give everything her little newbish self got! "Do you fight these things often?" She called to Chrys as she continued to swing and slash. LVL: 2 HP: 20 AP: 4/10
Aria looked to the Light Chaser and then back to Chrys. She then nodded her head. There wasn't really anything else to do right now, unless she was going to spar more with the students of the supposed bad guy. "Alright, let's head out." Aria summoned her fancy rainbow keyblade and then ran towards the direction the guy in the hood told them to go. She was actually going to face the monsters that Master Choma warned her about. She could feel her heart pumping with excitement as she sped forward, ready to finally fight with something.
Aria was surprised she was being handed off to someone else already. Maybe the Light Chaser still had to attend his Light Chaser duties... whatever they were. She looked to the new girl, hearing what the Light Chaser said about her being his first student. Oh dang... if I thought Koa was hard to fight... Aria looked to Chrys with apprehension, and then suddenly realizing something else. OH NO! IM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO REMEMBER THAT NAME! CRAPCRAPCRAP! And then she silently breathed out in relief when she mentioned that Chrys was a fine name to call her. Aria flinched when the hand was jutted out to her, only to realize then it was a friendly gesture. The light red headed girl smiled a little and took the hand in hers with newfound confidence. "Nice to meet you too!" She said with a tilt of her head as she shook Chrys' hand.
Aria wondered why the kid was smirking, only to find out once her keyblade smacked into an invisible force field of sorts. "Huh?!" And then she was thrown back before she could do anything, tumbling on the ground before coming to a stop. She groaned as she sat on her bottom and rubbed her head. "Darn it," she seethed through her teeth. The girl was about to protest that what Koa did wasn't fair, but then she looked at the others and bit her tongue. The Darkness that seemed to have plague them too in some way or another, and the Darkness was no fair. If she was to be stronger, she needed to anticipate any surprises in the furture much powerful than what Koa demonstrated just now. Something that Master Choma failed to teach her or any of the other students. Instead of losing her cool because she had lost, she took in a deep breath and let it out slowly as she stabbed her colorful keyblade in the ground and forced herself to get back on her feet. She winced as she felt the impact of her tumble throughout her body but then placed her keyblade on her shoulder and looked over to the Light Chaser. "Do you want me to keep sparing or.,. Not?" Aria asked as she glanced over at Koa to make sure he wasn't going to pull a fast one on her. "Because at this point, I feel like I'm a flimsy cooked spaghetti noodle sparring with a fork."
Aria jumped back on her feet as soon as Koa started to fall. She then saw his fancy pinwheel turns with the keyblade and knew she made someone seriously cranky. Here it comes! She braced herself for the offense to rain down on her and began to block and step around in a circle in time to the swings. One of the first things she learned growing up was defending herself and standing her ground, and she was going to do just that. Her eyebrows furrowed as she concentrated and stepped carefully, watching the swings and trying to anticipate every move Koa's keyblade made. It seemed like they were at it for some time as she began to prespire on her forehead. He was super good, and she was almost having difficulty catching up with him. But Master Choma, though distracted sometimes, taught her well. Finally, she locked keyblades with Koa and used this opportunity to shove him off balance if possible. "My turn," she said under her breath. She spun around Koa, letting her keyblade slide off of his and then let out a yell as she moved in to be the one making him defend himself. She began to swing back at him hard and relentlessly, going back and forth in an x formation with both hands on the handle and tried to push him back. If she was going to be defeated, Aria was not going to go so quietly and willingly.
Uck, he mocked her! Still, she kept her smirk to herself as she prepared for him to make his first move. He jumped down and swung at her with his keyblade, which she was quick to block and anticipated him to come at her like so. Aria felt his strength resonate through her arm as she held the keyblade there and locked with his eyes for a moment. He was holding back, trying to see what she was made out of. It was kind of creepy to say the least, but she figured if she was on this depressed team of antidarkness, she'd have to defend and fight somehow. Suddenly he swung up, which took the pressure off her keyblade. Aria grew serious as she held her balance and dropped down low, kicking one leg out and quickly tried to sweep at his knees while using her keyblade as a shield over her head.
Aria wrinkled her brow as Koa furrowed his. She wondered what was going on in his mind exactly to make his forehead all crinkled like that. When he began to explain his story, well their story more like it, it started to make some sense to her. The mention of darkness consuming worlds through Koa's voice somehow triggered odd visuals in her head. She could see darkness crawling on a pastel rainbow colored ceiling, feel a familiar fear creep inside of her chest, and then a warm light and embrace from someone... just like that, the images stopped. They seemed so fuzzy and gave her a slight headache. Aria rubbed at her forehead before focusing back on Koa again to let him finish simplifying things for her. So The Light Chaser to these guys was their master pretty much. Master Light Chaser... that sounded better than mister, but miser would have to do for now for Aria. Calling someone in a hood who was making obscure references towards something dire master didn't have a good ring to her at the moment. She was stuck here though, as the Light Chaser mentioned. The world was asleep. If she left, for some reason it would fall to its doom... Maybe he was making it up? But Aria didn't know how to leave, even if she wanted to. She would have to play along with them, just as she originally planned to do. She broke out of her trance when Koa basically challenged her and her abilities. She frowned and tilted her head at the odd nickname he gave her, feeling a bit miffed about it. "Pft, excuse me? Princess? Listen mister, I grew up on a farm." Aria held out her arm and summoned her brightly, multi-colored keyblade and then dropped down to a defense stance. "I ain't no princess," she half-joked as she smirked right at the young man before her. Now was her chance to prove herself, but she felt like she was going to be a fool in the end. She had some training in her homeworld, mostly to defend against some monsters that roamed around the woods and wildlife, but Master Choma helped her hone in on those abilities the best he could in the short time they had together. Still, she felt a little iffy sparing this guy with all the motionless soldiers and the hooded man watching... were they going to banish her to the darkness if she couldn't keep up?
More for another time? Well that sounded daunting. Aria then looked to the guy that was summoned forth by Mr. Light Chaser, and had a double-take. For someone dressed in menacing looking armor, he had a pretty face. Oh wait, spar? How can I spar him? He looks super nice!! She then caught on to what the mysterious man said and blinked. "Wait, if I face you?" She then looked to Koa and then back to the Light Chaser. Questions were beginning to flood her mind as she got over the initial shock she wasn't completely dead. Just mostly so. "Hold on, who are all these kids? Er, teens?" She held her hand up to Koa and the others standing behind him. "N-no offense on the wording, I'm just a little befuddled and confused. Are they the students of the missing masters? Or did you just recruit them by chance like me?" Ooc// will format later, lolz
This felt like a trap. She really didn't have a choice on the manner though. She figured the "bad guy" would come up with any reason to repute his evilness somehow. Unless they were one of those that liked to gloat how evil they were. And him talking about Master Choma like that left a bitter taste in her mouth. She looked up to her teacher. He accepted her for who she was; clumsy, silly, and all. At least The Light Chaser wasn't asking her to experiment with the darkness like she anticipated him to do. And he did save her... For what purpose, she didn't know. She chewed the inside of her cheek as she looked at the soldiers that seemed to be the same age as her but stood completely silent. She had a lot of questions floating through her head, but she wanted to get this on the move. She cleared her throat and swung her legs around so they were planted on the ground now. She stayed seated though as she looked at the two hooded people before them. "Um... thanks Mr. Light Chaser for saving me and all... I don't know why you did." Aria looked around once more to figure out if she could catch up with her friends or not, but this place seemed eerily quiet. She had a feeling they were the only ones here. Finally making her choice, she sighed out. "I guess... until I figure this whole keyblade thing out better and the Darkness stuff, I should stick around with you guys for a while. But as soon as I catch up with my friends, I'm heading out with them. Deal?"
It felt as if the light was sucked out of her... literally and figuratively. One moment she was standing with bread girl in a tavern trying to figure out a mystery, and the next she fell into a dark void without warning. Well, there was a warning, but no one was really paying attention. She felt as if she was falling deeper and deeper into darkness when suddenly she was pulled out of it. How? She had no idea. Aria could feel gravity steadily catching up to the rest of her body. It was like she was in dream paralysis though, knowing that she had to wake up at some point but had a hard time getting to that. A soft groan came from the girl as her eyelids finally fluttered opened. She was laying on something wooden, that much was emanate. "What...?" She turned her head to look around, only to spot something that she was told to be on the look out for... Something that Master Choma told them to be wary of... Blue eyes widened in horror as she suddenly found strength to sit up, nearly falling off the bench as she did so. She caught herself and pulled her knees up to her chest in protection mode, pointing a finger at the ones clad in shadows. "AH! THE LIGHT CHASER!!!.... But wait, there's a second one in a hood?! WHO ARE YOU?!?!" She clenched her fist and looked around, realizing that she was in a very lonely looking place... and none of her friends were to be found. This is bad, she thought, scooting away from the pair as much as possible. Never mind the people in armor behind them, the hooded ones were the real threat.
Hey, so, yeah. I'm not back, back... and idk who would be willing to help at this point. Hearts suggested I post here too though. Dunno if it's applicable or not... feel free to move it. So -sighs- here it goes; Most of you know, my mom passed away suddenly on March 27, 2017. Long story short, my dad hasn't been doing so well and used the Life Insurance from my mom to pay for some of the service, his debts, and to take care of my older brother who has severe Down syndrome and needs round the clock care. My mom was our rock, and having her gone really shook things up. But now my dad says there's no funds to get a headstone for my mom. So, me and my older sister want closure and to honor our mom. We found the cheapest headstone possible, and set a goal. Problem is my sister has a family of three little boys to take care of, and I have some expensive medical/dental things that need to be taken care of. More information is in the link below: https://www.gofundme.com/our-mothers-memorial-headstone We need some help. My dad is not willing to help us at this time, and it's really hard on my sister and I. Anything will help, even a dollar. If you can't donate money, please, please, PLEASE share this publically on any social network you have. It would help us both very much. Thank you for taking a look, and have a wonderful day. <3 ~Maka
Xara had done her best for most of the fight, but let the others have their go at him. She wasn't feeling much into it after being thrown off of Baymax at some point. Luckily, Kel took the lead and inserted the chip back into Baymax. Hopefully things would go back to normal.
Aria was taken aback when her partner decided to have a drink after all, and even offered for Aria to have juice or a soda. She crinkled her nose at the thought of either one and then put her hands on her hips. "Hold on, I don't think he meant he shows up here, persay. Do you know where the rumors say he appears after sunset?" Aria asked the bartender as she folded her arms. Maybe they could get a little more information out of the bartender before they headed out. Last thing Aria wanted to do was sit around and wait for something to happen. She had a feeling that perhaps something was already going down and felt apprehension within her.
"No Zombie," Zoey groaned out from where she was. Her shoulder was throbbing from being shanked by the wooden shiv, and her mind felt a little blurry. She hadn't heard anything form Dana this whole time and wondered what was going on with her partner exactly. She turned her head toward the sound of the boys and winced as her shoulder strained. "He knocked us out and now we're here... Where here is exactly, I'm not sure. Dana, are you awake?" Zoey leaned her head back and gently bumped it with her partner to try to stir her to consciousness or get some kind of response out of her. "That's it, there's one down." Mikio was trying to be encouraging to his partner, though he felt nervous himself as his heart pounded in his chest. "Sorry I couldn't be a long-range weapon or something." He knew how uncomfortable it was to Matthew to have to do that to the girl, because it was uncomfortable for him too. Matthew did pretty good for not having any fighting experiences. "Now we just need to take Clyde down. Can you do it?" 10/20
