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Light closed her eyes, her pain and torment clear on her face. "If she is gone...completely from this world like the rest...then you have nothing to worry about. My fight isn't with the Sanctum anymore. Not like it was all those years ago. My fight is with Jenny, she's the one responsible for everything." She turned away from them and touched a hand to her brand that now was twisted and frozen in place...never changing. What now? What's my battle strategy...? If I go after Jenny...She'll turn me to crystal in that painful way she did Snow... Going back to our students isn't smart...I'll only lead them to their deaths. It's time they followed their own paths. She started to whisper to herself, "Hope...what do I do now? Without a plan...I'm useless." She could still clearly remember her sister's face and Hope's the last time they'd seen each other. If she could remember...why then, did it hurt so much when she did. Each day, she'd prayed Hope had lived his life to the fullest, but promises couldn't be made.

Ilipson Mountains (Amittai)​

The road wasn't too long. It wasn't long before they arrived at the base of the Ilipson Mountains. Dense forest surrounded the pathway through and up the mountain. The path branched at several points only to end at a dead end. With the fading light and warm air, it portrayed the image of a nice place. Ciel trudged onwards, "The forest will end soon after a few miles like this. Then it's sheer mountain. Just watch your footing."

Kalm (Erios)​

Mikatsu dove into her food with half starved grace and quickly devoured her food. "Thank you. Oh, I'm sorry...you asked my name and I still haven't given it. I'm Mikatsu Numara. Do you have a name?"

Jo shoved her pistols away and stared up at the cieling. "This is getting stupid. I just want a place to sleep..." She sat on the floor, drawing her knees to her chest. "Can't we just....go..." she trailed off, her head droping to her chest as she fell asleep.

Lightning rolled her eyes and set a hand on her hip. "Heh, look who's acting tough. Fine, you want me to talk, I'll talk. Crystal l'Cie destroyed Oerba. They've been amassing an army under a fal'Cie that's playing under the name of Jenny. I don't know what her real name is, but she's bound to destroy Cocoon. This isn't something one l'Cie can do!" Light knelt beside the little girl she'd saved and wrapped a linen towel around her leg. "There, you'll be alright." Standing, Lightning glowered at Argent's back. "If anything, would you at least help this little girl? It wouldn't have mattered what you threw at me, I'm not going to stop until I find Serah."

Ren lifted his arm and frowned, "Where is what coming from??"

The small skeleton barked sharply, 'Arf! Rrrr-arf!'

Bolting upright, Ren's hand flew to his leg, forgetting he wasn't wearing his pants. "I know that bark... Scraps, c'mere boy!" Out from under the bed, the little skeleton dog scrambled and circled Kaila's legs once...twice...and hopped up onto her bed, nuzzling Ren. "Hey boy. How did you get out? I thought I told you last time to stay in your box until I took you out."

The man chuckled, "That's unfortunate. I had hoped you knew him....but then you wouldn't be a good girl anymore. I wanted to talk to him." He brushed silver hair back from his face and looked up into the rain.

Lynne squeaked, "It hurts... Alex...I wish...we could just have a normal day for once."

Ryku tinkered with the bomb for a while, "Interesting....this is completely something Lazard would make...."

Jo glared at him. She knew that look. He was accusing her of dumbly leading the government to this little orphanage. "Idiot...do you think I'm dumb? I killed the moron who followed me. I don't take kindly to the government pulling a gun on me. Not....not after they...they murdered him..." Her memory flashed images of the young little white haired boy she called brother. Ichijo...I'll avenge you no matter what the cost.

Mikatsu blushed and yanked her hand away, "Oh...w-well...they usually just say the spell for the magic I'm using." Their food was brought and Mikatsu stared at it with her mouth open, drooling.

Crimson laughed and scratched his head, "Ah, nah. I'll probably just... be one of those old soldiers that hangs around the facility."

Ciel nodded, "Alright, we head off then." He started towards the gate with Lief trailing behind him. "The Ilipson Mountains stand in our path to Erios and Kallahi. We're going to take a side trip to Kallahi's outer boarders and find some sort of Magic Engine."

Jo flung her other hand with her other pistol out towards the new boy. "What the hell?! You just don't stop coming do you?" She gritted her teeth and narrowed her red eyes. Lowering her guns a bit, Jo sighed and laughed for a long time. "Damn, here I am doing it again. Yeah, yeah, I'll learn one day."

Ren frowned, "No...that doesn't make sense.... Enan wouldn't risk Nephil blood being passed on. Why would he suggest...? If that boy is Nephilim we'd have seen it by now. Some display of strength or...unnatural desire. Anything..." He growled low in his throat as he sat on Kaila's bed, laying back, he tossed his arm over his eyes.

Underneath the bed, a little skeleton head poked out and opened it's mouth, panting silently at Kaila.

Kiel watched Tori leave, confused. "Was it something I said? You'd think I'd suggested jumping into a barrel of acid the way she ran out of here..." He sighed and pushed his food around, no longer hungry. He really wanted to spend some time with Tori but knowing about the town made his skin crawl and his blood feel like it was on fire. He wanted to be around humans instead of angels for a while.

A silver haired man stepped out of the darkness in front of Tori. "Pardon me, miss..." his green eyes glittered in the dark as rain slid down a black suit he wore and beaded on his polished boots. "Is there a boy named Zadkiel in this school?" Pure black wings shifted behind him and lightly shook rain off.

Ryku pulled out a wickedly sharp dagger, "Not long. I just need to find the right wire to cut to defuse it before trying to take the wires around her heart out. Making sure it doesn't explode is first. Worrying about heart failure isn't as severe as her body in pieces." He trailed down the wires and around the bomb. "Dammit...it must be underneath... Lynne...this is going to feel really weird, but I promise you'll be fine. He stuck a hand inside her and underneath the bomb, reaching...fumbling for the wire he was looking for. He pulled out, frustrated. "Deep breath for me Lynne." Doing as he said, Ryku watched the bomb lift up and he snatched at the darker wire. Red is the pizza you want, blue is the sorrow you'll feel. Cutting the blue wire, all the lights died on the bomb and he lifted it out, tugging lightly at the red wires near her heart. "One last...thing." Cutting them as close to her beating heart as he could get, Ryku stripped the wires out and slowly pulled the plastic tubing away from her heart. Setting it all on the ground beside him, Ryku leaned backwards, "She's your patient now."

Lightning flinched from the explosion behind her and cast her icy glare at Argent. "The only one leaving, here that I see... is you." She held her ground and took a single step foward. Setting the little girl clutched around her neck on the ground she unsheathed her gunblade. "Only idiotic leaders of Sanctum would think like that. Other civillians live down on Gran Pulse other than people who lived there before. There are those who aren't afraid, unlike you." Taking another step, Light lifted a hand, magic glowed in her palm for a moment before covering her. Protect and Shell shimmered around her. "True skill? Hmph, this isn't the time for jokes. I came here to talk, not fight like barbarians."

Luce groaned, "You sound like you're bragging about her. I don't care if she was the baddest where she came from. This isn't where she came from. Just like I was just some freaky, broken plaything to all men where I came from. I'm not letting another man touch me like that ever again. This is my town now...our town. A place that I can be who I am...and show my face at resturants without people snickering and making accusations."

Jo's attention shifted back to him and she snorted, not entirely an attractive noise. "Burn down this building? Please! Obviously you know nothing about magic. My temper is perfectly under control. And so is my fire." She growled, her fire disappearing and she marched past him. "I don't have time to bug you. I need to be bugging someone else who's in charge of rooms around here."

Flicking out her hand, a wall of fire burst up in front of the boy. Jo snarled, "I was here for like five seconds! I have a right to be curious! I don't make mistakes." Hearing a bit of slight commotion outside, Jo tried to keep her fleeting attention on the boy. This wasn't the way to start her new life off, but she was irritated already from the police and lack of sleep.

Jo's red eyes narrowed on the boy pushing past her. One of her pistols slid into her hands and she pressed it to the back of his head, "You got some nerve shoving a girl! You tryin' to pick a fight or what?!" Bending her knees, Jo's magic flared around her like an angry swarm of bees. It manifested into the form of fire ants and crawled all around the boy. "You wanna die?"

Kallen watched him take off and laughed, "Geez, I can't run that fast! After all, I'm a girl, it's improper to run like that." She hurried after him, climbing rock stairs and panting as she went.

Ren wanted to hold onto her for a moment longer, but he could hear the annoying voice in his head whispering that she was his. Letting go of Kaila, Ren turned away, "No...I'd never ask you to join the Dark Court...it's...not a good place. Not even I like it there." He sat on the edge of her bed and massaged his hurt wing. "I suppose you have heard enough about the Nephil..." He watched her and sighed, "I know you probably want me to leave....but without my clothes, I can't go anywhere." Jumping up, Ren hovered over the food, picking through it and munching on bits of fruit and meat. He was quiet for a long time before giving her a quizzical look, "You said Enan. Has Enan asked you to join the Winter Court? He's spoken to you about Nephilim? Could it be...could he possibly know already?" His thoughts dominated his expression, leaving him slightly unresponsive.

Kiel shrugged, "Whatever you say." He would've laughed if his mouth wasn't full of food. Oh, hey, y'know what'd be fun? Going into town." He refered to the mortal town south of the school. A clear road through the forest led straight to it. The lights could be seen sometimes from the buildings through the forest trees. "C'mon, I heard they're having a festival soon. I don't remember what for, but it sounds like fun, right?" His blue eyes were bright as he spoke feverishly about the town.

Kallen followed quickly. "Whoa, wait up!"