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Xara Casts cure on Hikaru!!

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Zoey peeked up when she heard the new voice, turning to the young man that spoke. She could see a black soul and her mouth fell open just a bit. It wasn't like anything she'd seen before...

She heard his comment to the lady, and she responded better to him than her approach. They were up for a challenge.

The mood seemed to shift in the air, and she turned just in time to see Dana walk away and the other off-red soul stand there in... anger? Uh-oh. Something must've happened.

She then remembered what Spirit said and breathed in through her nose. She felt overwhelmed by it all, but they'd have to come to a compromise or they could all fail. She looked over her shoulder to the woman and the DWMA student, waving a bit and then she walked toward the light red soul.

Zoey tapped Blake on the shoulder. "Hey," she said softly, trying not to make the girl explode or draw attention to herself. "I'm not sure what happened... but I apologize on behalf of my partner." She breathed out and tugged at her blindfold ribbons just a bit to make sure it stayed secured. "I'm Zoey. Let me make this clear; I don't want to sabotage your mission, but I need to let my partner succeed. This is your first mission, yes? And you need a soul. There's two, so why don't we each focus on one and gather as much intel as possible. And since we already got our first soul, maybe I can convince my partner to stay back if you really want that second soul so badly."

She then glanced over her shoulder at the other partner talking to the lady and smiled. "Your partner is doing extremely well over there. Spirit told us we needed to stick together with our partners. How about we focus on the guy, and you focus on the woman. That way we can stay out of each other's way and maybe get somewhere without all of us failing because we keep butting heads with one another." Zoey shrugged and smiled gently at Blake, hoping the girl would listen to her. "And if your partner is successful, you'll be there to help him in the nick of time without being completely spread apart from each other."

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Zoey saw that the man wasn't paying much attention and someone else was already moving to him. Welp, there goes that target. "Phase two."

She moved to the woman in the middle of the crowd with her fruit punch in hand. She had to engage in conversation somehow... she placed her fruit punch on a tray that was passing and moved in.

She walked next to the woman, tripping over her feet and bumped slightly into her shoulder. "O-oh, I'm so sorry!" She turned to the woman and curtsied lowly. She focused on the silver outlines of the woman, and felt the mood around her. She wanted a good time... well, she wasn't a man, but she could casually start a conversation. "My eyes aren't what they used to be," Zoey said with a slight smile, pointing to her mask.

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Zoey was following Dana's lead. She was immediately overwhelmed with the majority of souls she saw, and how they all seemed blue... she saw one red in the middle, and another against the wall. She then spotted two other different colored souls walking in, black and a different tint of red from the usual Kishin colors... perhaps they were the pair from DWMA also on this mission.

Before she had a chance to think about talking to them, she realized that her and Dana were hanging close to one of the targets. She also had a fruity, non-alcoholic drink in one hand.

Zoey then heard Dana call her a different name. Lacie? Well, that was better than Bonnie. "What would make the ball more interesting, my dear sister?" She asked so casually. "There's so many walks of people around, all with an interesting story to tell. At least, I would assume so. You can't go throwing accusations and judgements just yet, Cara." Zoey smiled kindly to her partner and took a sip of her drink.

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"I knew I could count on you," Zoey said with a smile. She pulled the mask over her blindfold, tying it behind her head as the limousine seemed to be slowing down. "The only thing we really need to keep quiet about is to take out our targets without anyone knowing what's going on, avoid civilian casualties, and keep the ball running smoothy. So we might get some dance time in while we're figuring out how to do this..."

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Zoey breathed out after the details of the mission were dished out to them. Ice cream would have to wait, they were going to head out to a party. "Well, let's get to it then," she said to Dana.

~~Time Skip~~

The pair rode in a limousine. Zoey never rode in one before, and she couldn't see to care much anyways about it. But the seats felt nice, and the engine ran smoothly. She was wearing a formal dress, something Lord Death had give them. She wasn't sure of the color, but it felt nice. It could be something she could move around easily in at least. Her masquerade mask sat on her lap, ready to be placed over her blindfold. She figured it would look kind of silly, but hopefully she would blend in alright with everyone else.

"Hey Dana," she said quietly. "Since there's another team already there ahead of us, we need to be careful. We can't draw attention to ourselves... and since we already got our first soul and they probably hadn't, we might have to work with them as a team and let them get a taste. Maybe we can get another Kishin egg since there's two targets." She moved her head to glance at the blue soul and smiled a bit. "Think we can handle that?"

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Xara was half expecting to be down for the count, but was surprised she survived another round. That, and she felt a surge of power when cats were summoned. How weird. "Cats and dogs, fighting together, mass hysteria," Xara said to herself as she attacked the target.

Xara attacks for 50!!

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Zoey listened attentively to Dana's report, smiling as she felt her partner carefully put the new blindfold on her. Her partner accepted everything about her up to this point which made the girl feel at peace within. She was nervous that others wouldn't want to partner with her, or would be too nice to say anything and then explode at her later. But Dana seemed to speak everything that was on her mind. And the way Dana defended her just a half hour ago stuck in her mind as well. Her partner seemed perfect okay with Zoey, curse and all. And Zoey felt the same way about Dana.

The meister heard the question her weapon had and snorted, covering her mouth with her hand. Zoey was fighting so hard not to burst out laughing on the spot in front of everyone. She knew Dana was outspoken, but she didn't think she would actually ask Lord Death if she would get fat from Souls.

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Xara attacks for 25!![

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Zoey tilted her head up in surprise. The last thing she expected from anyone was to be so accepting of her. Then again, Dana seemed like a laid back person. Zoey felt her eyes sting under the gauze and her lips turned into a smile as her chin quivered. The girl reached out her arms to the outline of Dana's body, her fingers searching through the air before she connect with fabric and skin. She then wrapped her arms around Dana, hugging her close. "Thank you so much Dana," Zoey whispered as she hugged her partner a little tighter. "They really gave me the best partner in the whole DWMA."

The girl then heard a familiar voice and perked up. She couldn't see the soul, but she saw a familiar outline and let go of her partner. "O-oh, Lord Death, hello." She bowed in respect, tucking a wisp of hair behind her ears. She listened carefully to his words while standing back up to attention. Boy, was she glad to let Dana know ahead of time before Lord Death walked in personally to see how she was. "Dana knows the whole story," Zoey said with a smile and a tilt of her head. "And the blindfold thing... It's not the school's fault it happened. It was the ignorance of other people. Guess I walk around so well they thought it was... odd for me to have something over my eyes." Zoey knew it wasn't the whole point of what happened, but she didn't want to get people more in trouble than they already were. "Dana took good care of me. Oh, um, Lord Death..."

Zoey poked her pointer fingers together nervously, making the gesture to look at the floor with her head. "Do you know where to find a fabric strong enough to not be cut with blades? I think I heard something like that existing, but I haven't found out where yet." She blushed and smiled sheepishly. It was kind of embarrassing to ask for any kind of help from time to time, and she was mentally kicking herself in the head for not finding a fabric like that in the first place before coming to school. She was lucky enough as it was to not have the pharaoh or his mummies rip off her blindfold at any point during the whole mission.

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That cure spell didn't do much. Only thing left to do was attack. The more they cured, the longer the enemy was going to be standing. Xara figured the people knocked out would have someone with a more powerful spell help them. She went and attacked the witch again, hoping to help with what she could. Though it felt like she was throwing some pebbles at a bear than anything.

Xara attacks for 25!!

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The girl smiled a bit at Dana's words, listening to them carefully. The nurse touched her chin and the top of her head, prompting her to look down. The tears that replaced the blood was wiped away, and her eyes felt cooler now than the boiling heat that plaugued her moments before.

She looked over to Dana, her eyes seeming like they saw right through her. "I was really nervous coming to the DWMA," Zoey started as the nurse made preparations to wrap her eyes with a dark colored gauze. "I didn't think anyone wanted to be partners with me because of... this. I worked so hard to make sure it wouldn't be a problem, but I knew I couldn't force anyone to be with me if they didn't want to."

Zoey smiled more as her eyes tried to adjust looking right into Dana's eyes. She could see the silver outline of her face, and could see where her eyes were, but she couldn't see the details or the color of it. "I like you because you're you... Your personality helps me to be happy, and you don't coddle me like a lot of people tend to do." She grinned, moving her head a bit to the side. "I like your mind and the way you think. It helps me to stay optimistic and keeps a smile on my face."

Soon, her eyes were covered by the dark bandages, darkening the room further. Once it was finished, the nurse moved over to the curtains and pulled the blinds so the room could have some light to see, but enough dimness that one could see around. "All set. Let me fill out some paperwork and then you're free to go." With that, the nurse left the pair alone, closing the door behind her.

Zoey listened and waited for the steps to recede before she glanced up at Dana. "I need to tell you something more... only Lord Death knows about this and handful of other people. But you're my partner, and you need to know." She then pointed to the bleeding moon tattoo on her cheek, her smile disappearing all together. "This... this is the symbol of a witch's curse. My dad, he was a meister for the DWMA. He made many enemies, and that included kishins and witches." Zoey pressed her hands together and folded them in her lap. "My dad, he took out a powerful witch before I was born. The witch had a twin sister, but he didn't know that. She was angry for what my dad did, and wanted revenge... she came to our house when I was four, and found me. She decided to curse me instead of destroying my dad, saying that I'll feel the pain she feels every day for the rest of my life; that I'll never see the world the same way again, just like she does. She took away my sight, and told me I'll never see the light of day again, because her own world was dark and unkind..."

Zoey breathed out slowly, raising her head up a little to glance at her partner. "My dad had to put me in the darkest room for a long time, trying to find a cure to what the witch did to me. But we didn't find one... and then we found out if I covered my eyes with something, I could bear the curse a bit better. Then we worked on maneuvering through my own world without bumping into anything, and then I made him teach me how to fight..."

The girl pressed her lips together and looked down towards her lap. "Lord Death told me he was going to try to find a way to break the curse, or make it easier to bear... but we both came to the conclusion the only way to be healed from this is to defeat the witch that gave me the curse in the first place. And since I trained myself to fight, he let me enroll in the DWMA."

Zoey blew more air and then hopped off the table, raising her head once more. "Not everyone knows about this because of the stigma of witches... but you're my partner. I needed to tell you, because partners tell each other everything." She smiled a little and rubbed the back of her neck. "I... hope we can still work together. I know it's a lot to take in with me..."

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"Ow, ow, ow," Xara muttered under her breath as she stumbled back from the attack. She was finally hit, and boy did it stung. She felt whatever was blocking her earlier from helping others was gone. On instinct, she raised her keyblade and cast a green light over the girl she didn't know, but looked like she needed some help.

Xara casts Cure on Aislinn!!!

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"A-are you plotting?" Zoey asked with a half-smirk. "Y-you're so into him, a-aren't you?"

The nurse looked up when the door opened and saw the pair standing there. She gasped when she saw blood coming out of Zoey's eyes, and quickly stood up from her rolling chair. "Oh my, what happened Zoey?"

Zoey felt the gentle touch of the nurse and felt herself being led in the office. "S-someone c-c-cut my blindfold o-o-outside."

The nurse pressed her lips together, and then glanced over to Dana. "You may need to leave-"

"N-no, let her stay," Zoey stated quietly.

"Very well." The nurse led Zoey over to an examining table, helping the girl sit down. She then opened the medicine cabinet and grabbed what appeared to be eyedrops, except the liquid was glowing a strange blue color. The nurse then grabbed some other equipment and turned off all the lights, she then closed the blinds, making it as dark as possible. "Okay Zoey, the room is dark."

Zoey nodded and carefully lowered her hands from her eyes. Strange enough, they were glowing, just like the contents in the bottle. Blood was trickling down her face, and her eyes were stormy greenish grey and glassy, staring off into nothing. There were strange symbols etched into her eyes in what it looked like silver ink.

"It's a curse..." Zoey whispered quietly to Dana. The nurse moved over and used the glowing light from Zoey's eyes to open the eyedrops and put them in. "I can't handle light of any type... that's why I have to wear the blindfold." The blood began to run clear as soon as the eyedrops were put in. "So, I can see... except all I see are outlines, shadows, and the color of souls." She smiled sadly as the nurse worked on cleaning her up. "I used to see everything, when I was very little."

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Zoey felt a weight on her head and shuddered with relief when the sunlight disappeared from her body. She kept her hands over her eyes, letting Dana and this grumpy Professor guy lead. He was going to call Lord Death? Oh, great. Just what she needed.

She frowned at the insult of Dan. "H-Hey, she's really g-good," Zoey stammered, leaning heavily against the wall outside the nurse's station. She then pressed her hands to her eyes and turned to Dana. "T-take this off of me," she referred to the jacket draped on her head. Last thing she wanted was to cause more conflict with her condition and bleed on this guy's coat. "Th-thank you for br-bringing us here," she called to the man. "Take your c-coat back." She started to shrug it off of her, being as careful as possible to make sure it didn't brush against her face where the blood was.

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A faint laugh fell from Zoey's lips, then she cringed when her eyes throbbed under her hands. "D-Dark place. N-no light," she said again.

She stopped talking when she heard another voice addressing them. She never heard them before, but he referred to her name and Lord Death. Dana flirted to the man, and Zoey cracked a smile, only to feel light headed once more. She leaned heavily into Dana's framed, trying to keep her head away from her clothes so she didn't bleed on her partner. She felt tired, her eyes sore from the pressure of her hands, but also from the light that burned her eyes like fire.

"L-Lead..." she whispered softly, sticking close to Dana as possible. Dana was her guide for now. All she could see was blurred silver outlines that ran together. She couldn't see clearly in the darkness, not with her hands pressed so firmly against her eyes,

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Zoey was shaking as she knelt on the ground, doubled over in pain. Small whimpers came from her hunched form as she kept her hands over her eyes tightly. Crimson liquid was trickling from her hands and into a puddle under Zoey's face. She heard Dana's words speaking to her through the haze of pain and cringed as her palms dug deeper into her eyes. "H-help m-me g-get t-to a d-dark.... p-place," she stammered out, forcing the words from her mouth. "N-no l-light..."

The meister gasped as she touched her forehead to the ground, knowing she'd had to move from where she was at from the ground eventually. This was so embarrassing to her... How humiliating it was to be this weak in front of her partner and others who saw the situation go down. The girl forced herself to raise her head up, keeping her palms flat on her eyes. Blood was dripping from behind her hands and down her arms and her teeth were clenched in agony. "I-I'm sorry," she muttered, trying to stand back up from the ground without removing her hands from her face. "I don't want you to s-see me like th-this..."

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The girl giggled as she listened to Dana making up her mind about what she wanted. "Whatever you want Dana. I got this covered for us." She could see the line of souls in front of them and realized they would have quite a while before they could get ice cream. "Seems like this place is pretty popular." She placed her hands in her pocket and leaned her head back while standing behind Dana. "I might want what you're having, but I may have to ask you to help me know what other flavors they have. Just in case I want-"

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The sound of shears close to her ear made Zoey tense. She felt the blindfold slip, and felt herself reaching up to grab it in time before it fell from her eyes. But it was too late. It was as if someone had poured scalding, boiling water over her eyes when the sunshine reached her pupils. She heard herself scream and hunched forward, digging her palms into her eyes as the blindfold and some strands of her hair fell in a heap on the ground before her.

"Come on, do you really need that thing on?" a girl with blonde hair chided as she held the scissors in her hand. "It seems like you can see just fine without them."

Zoey's body shook as she clenched her teeth together. The pain was stabbing her through the head and she could hardly think. She couldn't even speak as her tongue froze in her mouth as she fought so hard not to make a bigger scene than what it was.

"So dramatic," another girl with black hair sneered, standing close to the blonde. "Is that how you got into the DWMA? By acting like something's wrong with you?"

The words hurt and stung, just as bad as the ache her eyes were going through. Crimson droplets formed under her hands, rolling off and hitting the pavement under her. Her knees began to feel weak, her head heavy and dizzy, and her ears ringing from the noises of the place. "D-D-Da....na..." She finally blurted out. Her tongue felt thick and hard to control. Her body swayed to the side, losing her place in line as the pain began to cloud her mind.

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Zoey wrinkled her eyebrows in confusion when she heard the cellphone music coming from somewhere, only to be bombarded with questions and statements about sports. "Spirit? Er, I hear he's a bit creepy..." She smiled sheepishly and rolled her shoulder that was previously hit. "I'm glad it's over and done with... Now we can get out of here. Maybe we should practice a bit before going on the next mission..." The girl then remembered Dana's personality and smiled gently. "But first, let's get some ice cream. With chocolate fudge, sprinkles, and anything you want. I think we deserved it."

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Xara couldn't help but to shudder when she heard the old hag's words. Creepy! She couldn't wait to kick this witch down for good. But things would flip once more.

One minute, everyone was fighting. The next minute, she was locked back in the chest. "Ugh! How annoying!" She pushed against the lid, only to not feel it budge. She heard her lock click, and she was freed once more. "Thanks again!" She shouted to the blond hair boy. She then raced over to the chest that was closet to her once more and tapped the top of it with her keyblade, freeing the girl she didn't know once more.

Xara freed Luna!