Kaida cringed when she saw AJ get knocked out and mumbled, "Sorry...!" and she took a breath, thinking of what to do, but she backed up a bit and raised hey keyblade up to assist this time instead of doing damage, "Heal!" Kaida healed AJ
Spoiler: Episode Takehiko Part 3 A Matter of Time Atmos had not shown up to give the lesson for the day. She had not been seen in the halls of the castle nor on the castle grounds but, at the same time, she had made no announcement that she would be leaving for business. That day, she remained in her room, her door locked, and speaking to no one. Takehiko had been coming out of his shell a little bit more as the training progressed, it hadn't exactly been too long, but it still was leaving an impression on him. Or perhaps it was just being out of his homeworld environment that was allowing him to flourish. He truly couldn't tell. But he had been waiting excitedly and somewhat impatiently for the next part of his training, curious what possible thing he could learn today. But Atmos' seeming disappearance was odd to her, and he didn't remember the lesson being dismissed for the day or anything. So after waiting about an hour after the time declared, Take made his way over to Atmos' room and knocked on the door, "Master, are you in there?" he was at least hoping she was... well, okay. Her room was nearly pitch black with the curtains covering the windows and the sole source of light in the room was a lone candle hovering in place in front of Atmos. When she heard the knock come at her door and her student speak she realized that she was late. She rose up, feeling that her knees were sore from having knelt down for so long, and went to the curtains to let in the sunlight. Her eyes stung. Atmos snapped her fingers and caused a small gust of wind that blew out the candle and flew it over to lay on her drawer. She opened the door to greet Take. Directly behind her was a small portrait of a young blonde woman Take had never seen before clearly in view standing on the floor. It had never been displayed in her room before. "Apologies. I had not realized what time it was. I was..." Her eyes were red and her cheeks were puffy as if she had just finished crying. "I was distracted." She spoke quietly. Takehiko was silent as he recognized the aftereffects of tears still on her face. The boy was more concerned about that, but his eyes did shift as he saw the picture of the girl. He stared at it longer than he probably should have, indicating something was amiss before Take looked back at Atmos and said, "It's alright... but are you alright?" his face showed clear concern as he added, "Cause... you... don't look alright. I just said alright a lot I'm sorry." Atmos tilted her head, noticing that Take had noticed something in her room and used the opportunity to turn around. She sighed quietly and knelt down to retrieve the portrait before moving to place it inside her drawer where the candle was still smoking. "It's been two years to the day." She looked over at Take, a small smile on her face. "You would have liked her, I think. My sister. She was blunt, confident, hot-headed, but she always had the loudest laugh of my sisters. I hated it. She sounded like a hyena." She chuckled and shook her head. It took a bit for the boy to realize the context, but one he did, he felt a pain in his chest and probably a lot more empathy. Take thought about the laugh comment and thought more about his relationship with his brothers. Iwao messing up his hair when he was little telling him that his laugh was stupid but it just made him laugh more. He knew he didn't laugh anymore, he didn't like the sound of his own laugh. He almost feared it. He walked a little further into the room only cause a distance had been created when she picked up the portrait. Take leaned a little against the wall and finally spoke up, sounding a bit nervous to ask about it, "What's her name?" Atmos picked up the smoking candle and eyed it for a long moment as she remained silent. When the last wisp of smoke faded away she finally placed it back down and took in a deep breath. "Her name was-" Before she could answer the question there was a powerful gust of wind that caused dust and pebbles to pelt her window. Atmos raised her eyebrow and turned her head to look outside. She walked over towards the window and blinked. "Strange...the breeze here never gets that violent. There might be a storm coming. Take, tell Chrono that today's lesson is cancel-" Atmos froze in place, staring off into the distance. The wind that had picked up had ceased and the trees remained still. It was dead quiet. Atmos did not move a muscle nor did she blink. Any signs that she was breathing were gone. "Takehiko, I must speak with you. Please meet me at the courtyard." The soft unfamiliar voice belonging to a man rang out through the hallways of the castle as if it echoed from everywhere with no clear source. Takehiko heard Atmos cut off and freeze in place, and he walked closer and placed a hand on her shoulder, "Are you alright?" then the voice rang out and Take dropped his hand and faced over towards the door. He then looked back towards Atmos and realized that everything was quiet. Everything had stopped. Take's face changed to hide his nerves a bit. Then he, reluctantly, began making his way towards the courtyard. Take had run the whole way, making it there without having lost any breath over the run as Take immediately started looking around asking, "Hello?!" "Hello there." A silver-haired man approached Takehiko from behind, his armor glistening in the sunlight. "Do not panic. I am not here to hurt anyone. My name is Stamatis. It is good to finally see you face to face after all this time, Takehiko. Are you doing well?" The man asked simply, clasping his hands together in front of him, his posture straight and still. He smiled at the boy. "I know you must be wondering what I did to Master Atmos. She will be fine. I merely froze time to give us some peace and quiet so that we may talk for a while." Take looked a little on edge at the man, well, knowing his name and he still backed away slightly even though the man tried to reassure him not to panic. He wasn't panicking but the boy was far from trusting. He tried to relax slightly before he responded, "I'm... doing fine..." he stepped another step back as he asked, "How.. do you know my name?" Stamatis smiled at the boy and nodded, pleased with his answer. "We have never met." He tilted his head observing Take. "I was a student of the one who allowed you to wield the keyblade. Master Atmos is a capable woman. From the looks of it, we were right to choose her to train you." Stamatis turned to look off towards the trees and the dirt path leading away from the castle. "Have you used your spare time to take a walk and enjoy the nature of this world? It truly is quite lovely. Not as forested as mine was but beautiful nonetheless." He spoke calmly, his attention still focused on the trees that were frozen in time as leaves were blown in the gentle breeze and stopped in midair. Stamatis plucked a leaf from the air and looked at it curiously. "Finding time to unwind and meditate is just as important as any physical training." Takehiko was surprised by the man's reply, his eyes widening a bit when he mentioned that he was trained by, well, the man who had given Take the keyblade. Listening to the man talk made Take feel very out of a loop of some kind and for a moment, he didn't like that, he didn't like not knowing what was going on. But it didn't take very long for a part of Take to remind himself it wasn't his place to know. But he didn't necessarily trust this man, he didn't give him that. When the man asked about unwinding and meditating, Take simply stated, "It's not what I'm here for. The part of my life where I can waste my time doing something so pointless has passed. I don't understand how my master can wake up late in the day, let alone spending time to meditate. I can't stand still for five minutes without feeling like my time is being wasted." Take paused a bit and said, "We may be frozen in time right now, but that doesn't last." Take was speaking like he was someone nearing the end of his life, not nearing the beginning. It was like the boy was mentally prepared to die at any moment, and the question seemed to make him tense up even more. Stamatis chuckled and twirled he leaf he had plucked in his fingers. "Ah yes. To be young and so eager to move at lightning speed." He released the leaf into the air where it froze in place once more. "Takehiko, you have time. You have so much more time than you realize. Meditation is not just about taking time to relax, it is about reflection. If you cannot see within yourself to find who you truly are, all other lessons are wasted on you. From what I know of your training here, that is one of the many lessons Master Atmos is trying to impart on you." Take stared at the man after what he said and slowly moved to rub a spot on his own wrist as he said, "I already know who I truly am... I don't want to be that." the boy looked away and said, "It just makes things worse. I don't want to reflect on that...?" there had been a hint of certainty to what he was saying before, but in the end it fell apart as he made his last statement a question. Takehiko stopped rubbing the spot on his wrist and crossed his arms and finally just asked, "What do you want from me?" "There's a more important question that you must ask yourself, Takehiko. One that every wielder must ask themselves. Some never truly know the answer but it is important that you at least ask yourself this." Stamatis's keyblade appeared in his hand. "What do you want from yourself?" His keyblade began to glow and every so slowly the leaves began to inch their way to the ground as time began to restart. "Take care of yourself, Takehiko. You are in good hands with Master Atmos. It has been good to see you. Perhaps next time we speak there will be more important matters to discuss. But until then," Stamatis snapped his fingers and with that he vanished and time resumed its normal flow. In the distance from within the castle, Atmos called Take's name... Takehiko was a bit... confused to say the least at Stamatis' response and question... he was even more confused if the entire trip for this guy was to run over and just... small talk with him. Which on it's own would have been weird but would have been better if the conversation had a more solid conclusion. He reached out for a leaf when Stamatis was gone and held it, before he heard Atmos call his name and he turned back towards the castle. He realized that, if time froze, it all but looked like Takehiko had just vanished into thin air. Take let the leaf go and began to run back towards Atmos' room. Take couldn't even breathe in the satisfaction of this victory, though he definitely wished he could since this one felt so worth it. But with only two minutes or so before the planet exploded. The boy let out a deep breath and mumbled, "Of course this is ending in an explosion." Take stopped a moment and looked back at where Scroop had been and he picked up a single coin, flicked it in the air a moment before placing it in his pocket. Just so he could savor the moment later with a bit of a souvenir, then he turned around and mumbled, "Well, we better run then..." and he ran on towards the ship
3 hp 3 ap and some tasty tasty mp rage? (am i allowed to take that?)
When Scar changed into lightning and knocked out Simba. Kaida cringed and said, "Oh no I hope I didn't just make things worse..." she tried to think of what to do, but it wasn't like she had anything Earth related. So Kaida just swung her keyblade for a second and charged on in and just did her standard default action. Go combos! Kaida used a combo or something, swelly... on one knee.
Hoping a little that someone else had a thunder ability on them and took advantage of the showers, Kaida charged on into Scar (since she felt no need to assist yet) and with an electrical surge she struck him, hoping for the best. Kaida used Powerline
The hit itself was hard enough, but after experiencing the gift of flight for 30 feet, Take didn't take the ground very well. The gold knocked up and nearly covered the boy and he began to feel faint, everything slowly turning black for a moment. Then he felt a warm sensation as he was healed and brought to his feet. A bit disoriented, he was surprised to see Silver stepping up. But once the cyborg ran ahead, Take couldn't help but smirk a bit at that, then the boy closed his eyes and used his keyblade to d-link. He felt a sudden connection with Atmos, even if she wasn't there, he felt himself surge with a bit more power and the boy lifted his keyblade to cure himself, then repeated that just the same and he took a deep breath and charged on back in once more, this time with even more force behind his swing and following it up with blitz and a couple more attacks. Then the boy leaned back into a defensive position to provoke him again. HP: 25 AP: 10 MP: 0
Ria wasn't stupid enough to keep his hands on Alder while Daeni went for the slash. Ria quickly pulled away only for Cerdic to come in between him and he let out a sort of a growl. Ria reacted on out towards, almost expecting him to attack next and tried to paralyze him instead, but ended up getting thunder for his trouble from Alder instead. His leg was distorting into whispers of darkness as the creature backed away. He couldn't react fast enough to avoid the rock, but managed to block it hitting his head by blocking his face instead with his hand. As his leg distorted, darkness from the heartless slowly began to feed darkness into his leg, and Ria's leg slowly began repairing itself. He smirked, almost feeling like he had the upper hand here as he spoke, walking so he was facing all of them with his back towards the cliff's edge, "You can keep on trying to break me, kids, heck you can even try to kill me, but you're living in an unfortunate reality where I can repair myself. Just takes a bit of time, but not too much. So what are you gonna do?" Ria raised his arms outward, almost challenging them to come and try to hit him as he said, "How will you try to break me toda-" Suddenly, a loud blast could be heard and suddenly Ria was struck in the back by what looked like a blast of... darkness. Either way, it tore straight through Ria's back and through his chest and he began to clutch it, letting out an inhuman scream. At the same time, Chrono should have felt the same pain as well, immensely and in the same exact spot. Everyone else could also feel this pain, but it wasn't nearly as intense. But only Ria gained a physical wound. Ria distorted into a blackened shape, with parts that still remained looking like Aevum, but it mostly looked like a heartless, a shape-shifting heartless type. As the screamed ended he yelled in a distorted voice, "i'LL MakE YOu ALl SuFFER SlOWER anD MORE PAinful DEaTHs For thIS. JusT WatCH. I'LL SuCK OuT wHAt'S LeFT oF yOUR LIghT beFORE I forCE ALL Of thE AiR AnD ENERgy OUt oF YOUr bODIES UNtIL YOu're BEGging ME To KILl you." Ria's wound repaired, and the creature seemed to slowly grow larger and more distorted as a result. But for this moment it's first instinct was to flee, and the creature reluctantly disappeared into the shadows. As Ria disappeared, the spot behind him had Mora standing there. Her head was bleeding as were her hands, and her side seemed to have the same lingering darkness on a spot on her side that Ria had pretended was there. In her hand though, pointed in the direction where Ria was, was a keyblade. Mora lowered the keyblade and looked at the others and tried to walk forward saying, "Everyone dig... I'll... I'll keep watch." she didn't look in the state to watch anyone, but she insisted.
When Hikaru spoke to her, Kaida nodded at him and said, "We'll become masters together!" the bird summoned out her keyblade and while Scar began to surround himself in flames, she knew it would be best to use water against something like that. Kaida motioned her keyblade towards him to begin April Showers, and water began to pour on top of him, and she hoped the others maybe had something better, but she couldn't imagine this was the worst attempt. Kaida used April Showers!
The desperation attack knocked Takehiko back a lot harder than he expected and the boy gasped out in pain as he tried his best to get up again. He was fine, it was just a shock how hard a hit that was, and he didn't know how many of those attacks he could handle. Or if his team could handle it at all. Take quickly charged forward and stabbed at Scroop towards the face and ducked down quickly in order to aim at his claws with two attacks. The boy took a step back and pointed the keyblade at him screaming, "Blizzard!" once more, letting a surge of ice towards Bright Eyes. He got on guard again and asked, "Everyone's alright, right?" HP: 30 AP: 15 MP: 0
YOU ALMOST MISSED IT (wait actually maybe you didn't time zones are a funny thing)
Take attempted to brace the attack to keep Aria from being getting hurt but it seemed he did not know the way and got a good hit for his troubles. Because the laws of nature compel the writer to continue anyway, Take pointed his keyblade to blizzard that mother before he attacked normally and braced once more. HP: 50 AP: 15 MP: 10
Yum yum yum yum ALL OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY REALLY CUTE I JUST WANNA EAT THEM UP
We were born to make history ⛸️彡♪
Daeni's questions hadn't seemed like something odd to answer, but before she could speak, she felt eyes on her and looked over in the direction as Alder had called out a warning to Daeni and ran straight at her. Mora looked scared for a moment before a sudden smirk appeared on their face and they quickly summoned out a keyblade to block it. But the keyblade itself was Xen's keyblade. A sigh was heard as the darkness seemed to leach off of them a bit and their skin and hair began to change, "I was hoping maybe your rush to get in there and Cerdic and Daeni's continued stupidity might have given me a little longer. But, I guess I was wrong." The darkness stayed but the form changed into the usual one to expect from them at this point. "That would have been really unfortunate if it turned out I was Mora and decided to make you suspicious but oh well. The fun of pretending to be Mora is over. It's a shame she died for a one minute act." Ria quickly attempted a kick at the stomach to push Alder back but instead got a keyblade to the leg. With a growl Ria ducked down and just grabbed a hold of Alder's leg. A quick shot of pain should have met Alder, and he should definitely have not been able to move and Ria sighed, "I thought we already had a lesson in close combat with me, but it'd be more fun to kill you first."
Mora raised up her arm when asked to show the injury and the spot seemed to just have darkness linger in the spot painfully (think like, Braig's face in BBS if you're having trouble imagining what I described). She took in a sharp breath and said, "Maybe focus more on the heartless?" The heartless seemed to double in number at that statement and a couple of them began running straight towards Cerdic and Chrono. The one's fighting with Cerdic seemed to go down fairly easily, as if they were weaker despite there being more in number. Mora covered up her injury again and hid behind Daeni when one of the heartless lunged her way. Two others ran towards her from behind but Mora looked at them and her eyes briefly flashed gold and the two seemed to awkwardly redirect themselves to Alder. Tunnel Completion: 50%
>aelin and cstar EVEN RNG KNOWS WHAT'S UP
Take wasn't particularly fond of the way this guy attacked, something about it rubbed him the wrong way and if this guy had a stinger he might have been going through a whole other kind of PTSD but for now Take at least knew he was handling this fight okay. Though he was surprised Aria didn't have a glowly glow glow bracelet reaction to being hit this time. He hoped that was a... good thing? He didn't think about it too long and instead tried to slash another attack in while the guy took a breath from his attack. Then he lunged and managed another one before getting back into a defensive stance, glaring daggers at Bright Eyes. HP: 56 AP: 15 MP: 20
Take held up his keyblade towards Scroop and immediately began attempting to provoke the guy to try and draw away the attention and he said, "Yeah yeah, kill crush kill crush, whatever, can't kill or crush when you're dead, crabby!" he went and got himself a decent hit in before he braced himself knowing full well that was probably not the greatest idea but it wasn't like he'd been a bundle of good ideas before this point anyway. HP: 60 AP: 15 MP: 20
Takehiko was a bit thrown off when Jim had yelled for them to help Silver and Aria was running off. The boy already had firsthand experience with Silver switching his position on opinions of people depending on whether it benefited him. So Take didn't understand why he should help, when the next thing he knew he might just be jumped by the cyborg again, maybe even dying this time. But then Take remembered the night before when they were just... talking in the kitchen of the ship. The fact that Choma could sense good in the man still. Take placed a hand on his head where the first attack landed, he knew Scroop probably would have killed him if not for Silver's orders. But... He always did see people as good with only some pieces of evil. It just seemed in this case, Scroop had a lot more of those pieces. Take scoffed a bit at himself before summoning out his keyblade and running to help as well. As he got closer, he noticed the wisps of darkness emanating from the bug again and Take's eyes narrowed at him. He held back a minute while Aria cast Thunder and threw himself at Scroop with his keyblade to knock Scroop off Silver. Take then stood between Silver and Scroop, hoping someone might pull Silver back to heal him. This time, Take wasn't going to attack Scroop again, he was in defensive this time. Take sighed and said, "Honestly is it gold you want or blood? Cause at this rate I think you're just hungry for blood."
Mora accepted the help and shifted over onto the cliff and took a deep breath, getting up slowly and saying, "C-can we make sure that doesn't happen again? What even happened?" she held her side and moved closer towards the cave. She tried picking up a rock but immediately stopped to hug her side as she looked around. Shadow heartless began to appear and she quickly shifted behind Alder and Chrono, "Well, I guess there's that..." Tunnel Clearing Percentage: 40%
