Kel wasn't surprised to hear that his aura was ice after watching the orb turn a light blue. He'd figured as much from the times he'd used it and not to mention back on Olympus how ridiculously cold he felt after it had gotten stronger. "Well, it certainly won't be the worst thing I've had to endure." He replied with a quick shrug. Being put in the same class as Karina was expected once strength was mention, but Faust actually was a surprise.
As Kel headed off to find a room for the night, fiddling with the gummiphone had eaten up most of Kel's night so some varying degrees of success. On the one hand he'd figured out the basic uses like turning on and off and actually how to add contacts to it besides the ones already pre added. And on the other hand through messing around with the other functions, he briefly blinded himself in a flash of light. A perfect cue to get some sleep. ~~ It wasn't much sleep that he had gotten, but it was sleep nonetheless. He still had the energy to get up and actually go to the training grounds as agreed yesterday. To see Master Eraqus up and well was nice and to see Master Yen Sid was unexpected, but welcomed all the same. The sunglasses on the other hand were another surprise that he couldn't help but to have some skepticism about, but since DJ was the one handing them to him he would trust his decision. "Well temporary is better than nothing at all." Now he would be able to keep up with the information without risking giving it out to Nequa as well. "Is these going to be an order in which we take these classes?"
Kel stared at the phone he was handed and fiddled with it for a bit. The most he was able to achieve was to turn the screen on and off, one point even getting past that to a vast array of other functions that left him very confused. This was supposed to help them keep in contact? "Maybe that will make more sense once I figure out how this thing works." A daunting task that he would save for later, for now he just pocketed the device and looked to AJ. "The problem with looking now is that DJ left to go take a nap and he's one the people who knows this place and its security system better than anyone else. I'd much prefer him be around if we actually go looking for something like that." If he hadn't come alone, then Orion very well could've just used force to try and get them to agree when it was just Karina and himself alone with him. Instead he just made a plea using their common enemy. "We were just in the training room if you want to punch something."
It wasn't long after 'Terra' had burst through the door that Kel gave chase behind Karina back to the meeting room. Spotting the downed 'Terra' on the floor wasn't expected, but an amusing relief at the very least. "I told you so." He mused. Before turning his attention back to every one to hear what was going to be done about current circumstances just as Karina addressed Aux about his grandfather. "Your grandfather's the one possessing him?" He didn't comment further on that as he didn't know just how much of that Aux would even be willing to share. "He also said something about a secret exit, don't know how true that might be but it does sound like something that should be looked into should it be so."
He could only shake his head as 'Terra' walked past the two of them. "It's equally as amazing as how foolish you are if you think that any of our friends would just agree to help you." Kel retorted as he remained firm before turning to maintain eye contact. Should these 'negotiations' turn to combat, then he wanted to be as ready as possible to react. "Our goals may be the same right now, but beyond that, I don't trust that you don't have some form of ulterior motive."
Even though Kel could see the logic behind his words, there were two main factors that were truly hindering it. The first had been the overall tone he'd spoken in. It wasn't a deal he was giving out of the kindness of his heart, but one to further his own plans. PLans that could come back to bite them later. The next was the general lack of trust Kel had for him. So when Orion looked away from Karina to him, he took in a breath before giving his answer. "Information like that is very given and take. You said you wanted to be part of the seven lights again, that Terra needs to be trained to 'your standards', and what about after that? Who's to say that you won't demand more of us in exchange for the knowledge you're offering. Information like that may be of great use to that, but I won't make a deal with the devil to achieve that. Even if it means forsaking an easy means of getting rid of this damn mark Nequa put on me!" He'd rather deal with that than condemn everyone else to dance in yet another person's hand just to advantage one of the many issues that daunted over them.
Unlike Karina who had her suspicions about Terra laid bare, Kel's own suspicious had been slowly growing throughout the conversation. Certain points did make sense, such as being unable to leave this world as it was the same reason they were unable to use their own gliders to traverse the worlds. Then there were the inconsistencies such as his earlier claims of escaping now turning to him having just woken up here. Not mention the so-called secret exit that sounded way too convenient given what they had to do the leave this world a year ago. "Say we did take you to where Master Eraqus was, what then? You still won't be able to leave this world."
He just escaped? Ven had been turned evil/stuffed into a suit of darkness, Aqua was still MIA and yet Terra was able to escape. It sounded odd to him, but for the sake of not starting any pointless arguments right now, he would keep those doubts to himself. The same sentiment was not shared regarding what Terra had said next. "Warn them about what exactly?" Kel asked, dismissing his keyblade as its purpose had been served. It couldn't have been good and with Ven now tagging along with them, it would affect the rest of them now as well.
As much as it sucked to admit it, Karina did have a point. Their defeat had been sound and it had been proven time and time again that their enemy was more than capable of beating them in combat. Nothing about this really made sense, but he could only hope that it wasn't part of yet another scheme that they were walking right into unknowingly. Just as he was about to speak they were greeted by someone else, them being completely unfamiliar to him and also having a keyblade as well. He couldn't up to raise a brow in surprise when the man introduced himself as Terra. "To answer your first question I'm Kel, that's Karina and as you can see we don't plan on harming you otherwise we would've done so already." He summoned forth his own keyblade to further show that they all were keyblade wielders. "As for your second question, both Ventus and Eraqus are here. I can at least tell you that."
Kel waited to see if anyone else would take him up on his offer, but when it showed to just be Karina, he simply turned and headed off in a random direction. That random direction had ended up taking them to the training grounds and along the way, there wasn't a single sign of a creeping shadow nor person. At the very least the lack of people could be explained by the meeting. "To put all that effort into taking this place only to just up and leave does not put me at ease really."
Now that the meeting had started he would need to find something to do to kill time until it was over even though when it did end it would still be better if he didn't know what was talked about in there. His eyes scanned the immediate area, admittedly still finding it a bit odd that there was no one else here besides them, then looked to Karina. "I know DJ said that there was no one here beside us, but I'd feel a bit better if I could confirm that for myself. Wanna tag along?" It was directed at her, but anyone that was just hanging out while the meeting was going could tag along should they desire.
"Well other than Nequa and her group, there's also The Hellfire Club and No Heart. He and his followers led a massive attack on this place the last time we were here. We had managed to hold off against the first massive horde of heartless, but we were forced to retreat after the next wave showed up." All the more reason why after all of that this place being a ghost town was unnerving, but if after all the precautions being taken and still nothing up was found, then he would allow himself to relax a bit more. Seeing Eraqus again after this long was a different kind of surprise. "I'd like to think he'd love to see you first thing when he wakes up." Kel said to Ven.
Kel really could only nod after Karina glanced at him. "None taken. I'd rather not be in a meeting like that unless we can somehow stop her from spying on me." However that would work, he still wasn't sure how that brand on his shoulder allowed for her to hear everything he did. He looked to the group that they currently had and nodded again. "I'm going to agree with Karina that they are probably our best bet as representatives."
From the moment they had arrived to the now empty halls of Central Haven, there was this sense of unease that lingered. It had been a whole year since they last been here and fought that massive horde of heartless and yet now there wasn't a single sign heartless here. Just remembering that incident sparked the dull pain in his back once again. "It feels like we're being allowed to get in this far." Kel whispered back, his eyes still scanning around in the event there was something that stood out beyond the silence.
"That makes sense, a wooden weapon is much safer to practice with." Unless your instructor doesn't hold back of course. Much like Ven, Kel at first didn't have much luck in finding clothing that interested him. Most of what he found was pretty standard save for the last that he had grabbed. Before potentially making this purchase he was certain to try on the outfit that he had picked out and for the second time doing so, they fit him well. So he paid for them and put them on once again before catching up with Ven. "I'm a master, haven't been one for long though." He said as he led the way back to the ship.
"Hmm, yeah I can see that." It was a certain vibe he got from the few times he actually spoke to Master Eraqus "Well, my dad did teach me how to fight, more with a wooden sword and less with a keyblade." He wasn't entirely sure how much about the keyblade his father even knew about, though that distinction was never a problem with how he could just transfer that to fighting with a keyblade.
"A clothing store, just as soon as I can find one." The task itself shouldn't be too hard to find as most of the places were good about displaying to some degree what their wares were, or there was just a sign that did the same. In some cases, there were signs with a picture on them, such as the one he would just barely make out in the distance. "What kind of teacher was Eraqus by the way?"
For having just agreed to head back to the ship and wait for everyone to regroup there, Ven was the only one who actually attempted to walk back there. It was a good attempt, but one clear wrong turn would've left Ven going the completely wrong way and so he quickly went to catch up to him. "Since everyone else is still roaming about, mind if we make a quick stop before heading back?" He may have still questioned the hair thing, but at change of clothes could help at least.
And just like that Ven was now officially a part of their team of misfits. "Don't worry about slowing us down, you'll do fine when you get the hang of things." After all, he did only recently wake up and likely still had a bunch of questions, in general, to be answered later. Kel then looked to AJ after he had suggested looking for the others. "Wouldn't it be better if we just waited back at the ship for everyone to return?" He didn't know who else had actually walked off the ship nor where they would've gone. If they went back they would be saved a massive search in this world.
After Luna had left Kel looked back at his reflection in the mirror. First, he focused on his eyes, then to his hair, wondering if by obscuring his vision that it would hinder what Nequa could see as well. To do that would mean to somehow get his hair back to how it was when he was a kid when it often ended up covering his eyes. He hated that, but it was something that he might consider depending on how much thought he gave it. He was surprised to see that Beuce had approached him, even more, when he spied Ven waving at him. Kel listened to Ven asked the first batch of his question, taking time to recall what he knew before answering. "I don't know the specifics, just what your Master, Eraqus, told me when I first arrived. You, Terra, and Aqua were all abducted by masked keyblade wielders, Nequa, Vanitas, and one other we haven't see in a while." He decided to do Aux a favor and not inform Ven that Aux did just to work with the one who kidnapped his friends. "We only just found you out of sheer chance, but nothing on your other friends. Sorry."
