Gabe grinned at the girls and stared at all the things, "Should I be concerned for my health?" He closed his hand around the cloth and shrugged off Eliza's concern, "I'm fine, or I will be until Gabriel catches a glance at this." He didn't sound concerned and randomly sat in the middle of the room. He almost gave April a nervous smile, but caught himself and slipped back onto his carefree look.
ooc: I'm kinda depressed and btw Axel, Demyx and the rest of the Organization are respectively dead until further notice. Que sera, sera. bic: Renee watched Raoxthu walk through the door and resisted the urge to run after him. With these people, she felt more alone than ever. Roxas and Xion watched them go with interest, "This place..." he started, "It's creepy." Xion finished, though Roxas shook his head slightly. He didn't know what the ending of his sentence really was. Xone continued to tend to Ash, bandaging up what remained of his wound and making sure Ash still had ahold of his keyblade.
Zain nodded, "I understand." When they arrived at home, Zain went to his room, picked up his guitar and sat on the window sill, playing whatever came to mind instead of a real song. It sounded familar to him, what he played now, but the memory was lost to him. Eden stood beside him, her voice was simple and pure. No words came from her but just sound. It was fitting with the song.
Gabe's smile broadened and he remembered his father's lecture during lunch, "Because my father believes I should stay away from each and every girl in this school and everywhere else. In his words, 'Treat them like delicate flowers, only to be observed and not touched.'" he laughed but his eyes darkened, "As if! I'd never hurt another girl..." He dropped his arm from around April's shoulders as if afraid it would happen again and looped his thumb into his pocket. He'd forgotten about his injured hand and ripped shirt as he lifted his hurt hand in a salute, "Never fear, Gabranth Coran, at your service, with promises you fair ladies won't be harmed." Gabe remembered how his mother had reacted when they heard Lulu was dead. She wasn't afraid he'd do it again like his father. Sorcha soothed his fears like always as the ever caring mother, not the woman his father and apparently everyone else knew her to be.
Luce snarled at him silently, "Hmph, only humans have fun. And the only fun they have is screwing each other. I don't need to have fun, nor do I need the knowledge of how." Closing her eyes she lifted her pistol and tapped it against her forehead, her voice quieter as she spoke, "We can't save everyone. I can't save everyone. I had to learn that the hard way. My father abandoned me...mom's dead and the orphans...they hated me. You don't know what it's like living on the street like that. Someone's bound to get too close to you, close enough to do a decent amount of damage." Her gray eyes opened and she felt tears burn at the backs of her eyes, Damage your body, mind and spirit. "They couldn't resist, it's what they told me. I was just too pretty for my own good, too painful to look at and know they couldn't have." She fell silent, lifted her gun and aimed at a deer she'd spotted outside. The gunshot echoed along the empty road and she brought the tip of the pistol to her bare arm, burning another unsightly mark on her wrist next to the others, "You wouldn't know what it's like...there is no gentleness in the world I've seen, mankind...who says they deserve my protection?" She never looked at Scott as she spoke or burned herself.
Gabe jerked almost comically and settled his arm around April's shoulders in a subconscious way. "Well I hope you're more fun and less tweak out than the others we've had today. I know for sure Gabriel's gonna flip on us when we get there." he gave her an easy smile that he always wore and lightly tugged on a strand of his hair to keep from touching his side where his sword would've been.
Vincent almost hugged her in his joy. His shoulder ached where a rock had hit his wing. Since the muscles in his wing were connected to the muscles in his shoulder, he would feel it until his wing healed. "Look at this. The great Vincent Valentine, Seraph angel, homesick for the sky. Ha, I'd be ridiculed if Alex or any of the other members found out about that." It was normal for any other angel to miss the sky, but one that chose to work with Ink, shouldn't miss it. He chose the restraints and had embraced them until now. Instead of hurrying Olive along like he wanted to, he walked calmly beside her and sighed, his memory of flying was becoming hazy. "The outside...I wonder if everything looks more or less the same anymore." it was more wishful thinking out loud than actual wondering, but said none-the-less.
Axel and Demyx stood before what remained of the Organization and glared at eachother. Saix growled, already in his beserker mode, "What do you want!?" Axel smirked and summoned his chakrams, "Nothing but a friendly chat, Isa. I thought we were friends." Saix growled louder at the sound of his old name, "We were, you changed!" Demyx watched them, amazed at how different they acted without hearts. While he remained still and they were cautious, "Guys, we're not here for a fight." "Aren't you?" Xaldin pointed a lance at them and the others snarled in agreement. Axel and Demyx shrugged, "If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get." Any other words were lost in the cries of battle and weapons clashing and magic exploding around them. A battle that would never end and a battle that had no victor.
Zain enjoyed the silence, his mind rattled with Orphan and Cara's disappearance and Eden's new arrival and attatchment to him. He could feel her light creeping around in his head, warming him against the chill. "Yuki?" he said, breaking the silence, "Your dreams...you always talk about them with Toji and Toya. Not saying I've been evesdropping but, the way they're kinda silent a lot..." He didn't know how to voice his thoughts, "I'm sorry Yuki, I've been so wrapped up in my own problems and now with Deathchild...I should be a better brother."
She laughed, a harsh, shaky sound, "You make that sound like I wouldn't throughly enjoy shooting you. I'll put it away when I feel nothing's gonna jump out at me, kay?" Luce didn't take well to being told what to do. She examined her pistol anxiously and settled into her seat. His words finally worked their way into her head, "Wait, what? Changing? Are you insane or just high? Why in hell would my opinion of you change?! I dislike you and the rest of them to the very core of my being." Her thoughts said otherwise, At least, isn't that what I've been telling myself? That I don't like them? scowling at the windshield she thought, He can't be right...can he?
Zee pulled on her clothes and glanced over her shoulder to see Zane's falcon sitting on his bed. It hobbled and lifted a limp wing, a note was attached to it's leg. "What the... That can't be Zane's falcon." Zane blinked in the light and shivered, "Depends...what's in the vial, Mya." His gray eyes were cautious as they caught on her and his fingers shook as he reached for the little bottle.
ooc: g2g last day of break and lots of homework to get to. i'll post tomorrow if I have study hall.
Renee shook her head and Axel opened a dark corridor, "Don't worry yourselves. We're just going to have a chat with what remains of the Organization." Demyx nodded and left, followed by Axel with a lingering smile.
Eden helped Zain stand and he spotted Daieko lurking in the shadows. "Why is he here? Yuki... we should go home, away from Deathchild." Daieko nodded as if he agreed and backed into the darkness.
ooc: recap please? School is starting again so I dont know if I'll be posting more frequently or not. Thnx much. bic: Xone stared around and forgot about where they were and tended to Ash, "Ash, are you okay?" He smiled up at his King and nodded. Renee raked her hand through her hair, "Raoxthu, what is this place?" Axel pulled Demyx up and whispered something to him hastily and turned to everyone, "Sora, everyone, I'm afraid Demyx and I must take our leave of you for the moment."
Zain looked up at her, his only solstice of normal, "Yuki...he's gone. What am I supposed to do without Orphan? And Cara...she...I have nothing." Eden tapped her staff beside Zain and touched a glowing pale hand to his shoulder, "you have me. I am your Persona now, I will take Orphan's place and protect you."
Vice curled her fingers around a packet of sugar and fiddled with a skull ring on her finger, she never could sit still. "Yeah...kids shouldn't die this way..." she sighed heavily, "What a sad world we live in." Vice usually copied what others did so she didn't look at her fellow reaper as she spoke and ripped the packet of sugar open, pouring it on her tongue like a pixy stick.
Daeiko rested his hand on Yuki's shoulder, "Take your time. Zain will get better. Though I wouldn't be surprised if Eden starts claiming she is his persona and calling him by another name. Yuki...your brother needs you in this time of dire peril."
Zee tipped her face toward him and kissed her. Zane's eyes slowly flicked open and he groaned.
Willow stood out in the sunlight dressed in her normal gray colors, her fans tightly tucked into her sleeves and her bag thrown over her shoulder. Noticing Helena, she didn't speak as she walked beside the woman. Willow's mindset focused on their task ahead as she listened to their steady footsteps. Zero stood off to the side and watched Risit and Eva work on his brother. He wasn't fond of Risit or Eva but at the sake of his brother he could put up with them for a moment. He winced internally as Risit pulled out the arrow and glared his cold gray eyes back toward the way Edmund had come. "Where was he when he was attacked? My brother is no coward and he is not unskilled in war, so where was he when he was attacked? I'll kill them myself." he spoke through gritted teeth as he kept a firm hold on his temper. He hadn't felt this violated and angry since one of the guards had landed a hit on him and corrected his mistake.
