Beuce had went ahead and unlocked the manacles. Small white lines remained on her skin where the healing had tried to happen around the metal that was cutting into her skin, but aside from that and the tears in her dress, it was all that remained as evidence of her time in that cell. Karina rubbed her wrist absentmindedly while she listened to AJ. "While you aren't necessarily wrong AJ, the best place to start is here in the prison block. Vanitas told Aux and I that he put our mothers in prison somewhere, and unless you want to face the wrath of Aux when he gets his wits about him. You should have seen how he lost it when he found out." Karina was clearly more concerned about Aux and his mother than anyone else. "And if they did that to us, I am sure if any of you have people you care about on the ship, they might be in the same situation. So we either rescue those taken and then find the red society, or we find the red society where the prisoners are. Either would help." She pointed out again as a starting point. If this didn't pan out, then they could go for AJ's thoughts on where to look. After that they split up to find an empty cell block beyond. As they strolled through to continue to the next one, Karina found the guilt eating away at her every time she glanced over at Kaida or Beuce. She felt like she wronged them both, and as much as she wanted to hide behind the wall she had created in her heart, there was a part of her that realized how much she had been longing to connect with her friends again after her father separated her from them. She would just be hurting herself if she didn't face it. She would let herself be the same barrier her father had been for her, then she would have no one to blame but herself. "Look... I have to... um, apologize for everything that has happened to you guys on this ship." She started, slowing her step a bit as Karina looked for how to say such things. Apologizing wasn't something that she normally did and thus the words felt strange coming out of her mouth. "When I woke up and found my father waiting for me, I lied to him. He wanted me to marry a man from our world for his own military gain. Where I am from, the only way that he doesn't essentially own my life, is if I belonged to another man... through marriage. Out of panic I told him I was engaged... to Beuce...." Karina hated that she could feel herself blush. Hated it enough that she found her fist clenching at her side. "My father claimed that he was going to tell you that I somehow died. I assume that he couldn't come up with a logical excuse, so instead he told you I ran away and made sure to get a recording saying you guys would leave to looking for me to him." She knew at this point it didn't seem like she messed up too much, but Karina dreaded the part that came next. "He blackmailed me into getting engaged to this man. He told me he would make sure those of you in jail would suffer if I didn't accept the proposal. I tried. I really did. I let my mother dress me in this crap, do my hair and everything. I stood obediently as my father presented Scott to me, but I couldn't do it. When he started talking about life back home, about kids and being his happy little wife, I snapped." Karina admitted, seeming to be on the verge of snapping again. "I had stolen a pair of scissors from my mom and stabbed Scott in the neck, and when my father grabbed me I tried to fight against him as hard as I could. He threw me in max security and vowed you would get the worst punishment possible. I am sure that the reason you and Aux had to deal with that judge is because he called for it just to spite me. He made me watch! I know you didn't do what they accused you of because I was the last to see Lea and Shiro, if they are truly dead, then it is my fault, not yours, and certainly not by my hand!" There was some trepidation as Karina snapped, like she was expecting something to come. She hadn't so quickly forgotten about the collar that had kept her barely functioning. "So if you see my father feel free to punch him." She finished, but really she meant herself. She understood if they were mad at her and would want to punch her for this, expected it really. As Aislinn ran ahead, she found herself in a predicament. Aislinn ran her fingers through her hair trying to decide what to do. She wanted to keep looking to find Zeke, but there was a worry about these people getting beyond the prison block and making things worse for those who were hiding from all the chaos as it was. Aislinn looked to the prisoners and then back to the group. Aislinn looked to all of them before she slammed her keyblade into the ground as she transformed into pure white armor, letting the power from that transformation radiate off of her. "Calm down and get back into your cells. The guards might be out right now, but don't think we don't have the power to keep you in check. If you create any issues for those on the ship then I will have to stop you." She tried to threaten the prisoners putting on an air of power. One of few things that she figured might have a chance of working against this many prisoners without having to start a fight with them, which she really wanted to avoid.
Karina was surprise when Beuce came straight over to her and hugged her. What surprised her more is how much Karina realized that she needed it. She thought that she had built a pretty strong wall around her emotions through all of this, but the moment Beuce hugged her they broke down. As Beuce held her, she gripped him back, seeming to not be willing to let him go just yet. "I was scared you wouldn't come... that my father won." She whispered back so only Beuce could hear. Karina didn't need anyone else hearing and judging her for such things, but after the recording her father had played for her before, Karina couldn't help but have some minor doubts about it all. This moment managed to wipe them all out though. Soon however they had other matters to handle and he suggested splitting off into two groups. Karina stepped back and just nodded, trying not to look too flustered at what just happened with Beuce. After the talk back in Olympus, followed by whatever her father might have said to him after she said that they were engaged, she didn't know if he would want anything to do with her. "Sounds good to me, though before we go too far." Karina held out her wrists with the manacles on them, the chains just dangling loose. At least now, thanks to AJ the pain had eased a bit, the best it could while parts were still actively cutting into her skin. That being said all the small cuts from punching the mirror and the bruising from her father had started to heal over. Now all she needed was to get the metal out of her skin and she would be as close to fighting shape as she could get while wearing the ungodly outfit her mother put her in. "Can someone please unlock these. It was the one thing that Aux couldn't do with brute strength, even though he had his keyblade in hand." She stated still a little annoyed that he never managed to pick up on the fact that she wanted the manacles off first and foremost, yet it was the one thing he never helped her with. Aislinn arrived down to the prison a few minutes after the rest, just in time to see Aux being dragged away and Beuce starting to formulate a plan. "Alright the faster we find them the better." There was an annoyance in Aislinn's voice that she didn't normally carry. It was clear that she was still annoyed about everything, but the way that she was already walking gave the impression that she wanted to move fast. She didn't have the patience to stand around and talk right now. The longer she took to find Zeke, the worse it could be for him, and the more she would worry about what was happening with her sister. Adrian looked ready to bite her head off when she shoved Dayla into his arms and said she had to find Zeke. Apparently she was to be everyone protecting everyone at all times if he had it his way. He wasn't much of a fighter, wouldn't have done any better. He might have actually lost Dayla too if he was in her position. He had no right to judge her, and yet still his words cycled through her head, pushing her forward with less regard for those around her than she would usually have.
Stubborn prick. Karina knew full well that Aux wasn't as fine as he was trying to lead her to believe, but she decided to think of something else. "And I don't think you understand exactly what he can be like when he is truly angry. I am pretty sure so far he has been trying to save face, but now that things have gone to hell, his fury can best mine." She stated, phantom pains starting to ache in her back as Karina closed her eyes for a moment to just breath and try to forget it. "I am not saying I can't take him, but given that neither of us are in prime fighting state, it is better that you can at least tell the others what happened. He is in charge of this whole area, I would be surprised if he didn't show up." Because they were all bound to escape and that was another bit of control her father would be losing, and it would drive him insane. It was the same reason that he wanted to drag her back home. It wasn't because she meant anything besides the fact it was one thing that he couldn't control. The conversation didn't mean that much when the elevator opened and they were standing in front of two guards and their friends. There was no sign of her mother or anyone that could be Aux's mom anywhere here. Though from the other elevator stood her friends. Karina tried not to show the tremendous amount of relief that she was feeling as she stood there, looking towards Beuce and the others. She also became very acutely aware of the state she was in. Wearing a torn, dirty pink dress, with the back completely open by this point. The shackles around her wrists still remained, dented in as blood slowly leaked from under them, signs of the damage that may be beneath. Her hair was still half up, but some strands were loose, including one that was far too short and cut at a weird angle, not to mention the slightly swollen cheek from the slap her father gave her. Karina was just glad that Aux had managed to get the collar off, but she still wondered if that had managed to leave a mark as well. Before much could be said between the group, the guards managed to make Aux all dopey, and some other random guys claiming to be friends of Luna's decided that he needed to go to the med bay. Karina could only imagine how bad of an idea that was, given that they were prisoners. That being said, maybe they would at least fix him up a bit before locking him away again, if they were lucky. Karina's eyes then darted to Kaida and she instantly felt guilty. "Come on. lets get you all out of here. Apparently Vanitas and friends locked up some other people too we should probably find, then I will kick my fathers butt for rigging you damn trials. It is the least I can do for messing them up in the first place." Karina wanted to apologize, but she didn't want to touch that side of her right now. She had just been learning to let it out, but while they were still here, she couldn't sort through it again. Any emotions she showed outside anger would be used against her. It was because she cared for Beuce that her father made sure they wouldn't look for her. It was because she finally decided to be friends with Kaida and Aux that her father decided to torment them to get back at her. Any more connections that she showed would continue to be used against her, and not just by her father. No she had dealt with Vanitas enough to know he would use that to his advantage as well, and just because he left with that remnant of his, didn't necessarily mean that he was done. They would see him again soon, she was sure of it.
"You better have damn good reasoning then. I have been here far longer than you have. I have met with world leaders and council members alike with my brother-in-law to help with his role as world leader. Whatever you see here might not run as deep as you seem to think. I ask you to just think before you so brazenly decide to do something that would effect so many lives. And if it comes down to it, I am not afraid to stand against you if it means that my family and so many others will be safe." She would hear Beuce out, later of course, but she was annoyed with him, and on edge about the entire situation. Things were falling apart fast and Zeke was already in danger. She wouldn't stand for anything that would put him, or Dayla, or their parents in any more danger. "Now if you excuse me, I am going to get Dayla back to her parents and try and explain what happened to her son, then I will help you find the rest of the group, followed by my family and anyone else's that may have been taken as well." With that Aislinn turned with a huff and started walking away, her mind running with how the hell she was to explain to Sarah what happened to her son. It was a conversation that Aislinn wasn't looking forward to.
At first Aislinn was on the same page as Beuce, nodding to him. "Good to see that you guys aren't dead either. I was surprised to see you guys show up here." She mentioned trying to calm herself enough to seem cheerful and not in a slight panic. Beuce then continued to mention his last part of the plan, and that is when Aislinn turned serious. "You will not be doing such things if I have anything to say about it. Just how exactly do you plan to move thousands of people? Where do you think you will move them to? What makes you think this entire ship is evil? From what I have heard you have had dealing with what? General Xares? As far as I am aware, that Sho guy has nothing to do with this ship, neither do any of those who just attacked us. And Xare's is a sexist prick, that is for sure, but he is one man, he does not decide the fate of this entire ship. It certainly isn't as rotten as you seem to think it is, because guess what? My entire family would be dead if it wasn't for them! When I was sucked into the realm of darkness I had managed to by time but not stop the heartless. No they still invaded, but this ship swooped in and saved those who weren't fighting. That is hundreds of widows and children now on this ship from Ashen Rose. And we aren't the only ones." Aislinn stated her point very strongly as she spoke. "We need to find the others, save Kel, save his father and my god damn nephew, and then we will figure out what to do with Xares and maybe get you more acquainted with those running the ship, then you can see what to do. Certainly not jump straight to blowing the whole damn thing up. Blowing up thousands of peoples livelihoods."
Karina goes into level 2 power aura and attacks
Aislinn couldn't believe what she was witnessing. She wanted to yell at Kel to fight, but it was already too late. "Kel! Leave him alone!" Aislinn tried to reach out and grab for Kel but it was too late, he was dragged away and they were left standing their, all their enemies retreating. Aislinn stood still almost in shock as she watched the scene unfold, AJ working on freeing her in the meantime. The sound of the crying baby was drowned out as Aislinn's mind just turned. "They took Zeke, then Kel.... I won't let them get away with this." Aislinn said as she started to look towards the others in the room, spread out as they were. "We need to find out where they are, we need to get them, just... how. Do we know where they would take them?" Aislinn kept talking out loud as she walked away a bit with her legs now free, closer to where Beuce, Luna and Ananta were, so they could all participate in the conversation at hand. Well that was anticlimactic. While Karina was grateful that she didn't have to actually fight Vanitas, she was left unsettled and unhappy with how it ended. All Aux even got was his butt handed to him. Karina didn't give Aux a chance to say no as she stepped a little closer to him and grabbed his arm, wrapping it around her shoulder so that she could help carry him. "I don't care if you think you can walk on your own, this is faster." Karina stated to Aux keeping her voice even and cold towards him. She was trying to be helpful but didn't want it to come off as being too nice, not with Aux, not right now. "We need to find your mother as well. Guess we will just search the prisons until we find something." She knew that some of her friends were locked away, but Karina couldn't say where, meaning this was all a game of guessing as they searched bother for their friends and Aux's mother. His mother, not hers, because she was not as worried about finding her own mother, though if she did then of course Karina would free her. The only worry Karina had was if she was locked with her father. At this point she was sure her father would be frustrated enough that he wouldn't be able to keep his calm demeanor. If he was with her mother, or if she ran into him, it wouldn't be good. "I don't know what is going on on this ship anymore, but if we run into my father, leave him to me and run. Get the others." She instructed as they got closer to the elevator to bring them out of the deepest floors of the dungeon and hopefully to where the rest of the people they were looking for would be.
As Hotel shot at her, Aislinn turned her body, protecting Dayla with everything she could. Luckily nothing hit the child, but Aislinn found herself routed in place as Hotel seemed to pay no mind to AJ. Perhaps she should have gotten away while AJ had been providing cover, but she hadn't wanted to leave without Zeke at her side too. Now it didn't seem to matter. She clearly wasn't going to be going anywhere out of her own volition and Dayla was getting more upset and scared. At this point Aislinn was getting desperate to figure out what to do about this. She was locked in place, and because of the way she had turned to protect Dayla it wasn't a comfortable place. There was very little fighting she could do from this position. She knew that this was not ideal and that AJ would likely be mad at her for such things, but Aislinn couldn't care at this point. She needed to protect her family. "Let me get Dayla back to her family. If I can return her, then I will go with you, willingly, no fight." Aislinn called to Hotel. She would have to trust the other three to get Zeke back, but given that Nathan was gone as well, she knew that Kel would already be on the search, she could trust him to do it. Of course he had to deal with two of them as one of them gave up. "Aw come one, can't you deal with the blonde one. He seems to be a pain in the butt." X-ray complained as he still stood there watching everything happen. No one had attacked him, so he wasn't going to attack them. Perhaps they would just give up, if not then he would dispense of them quickly so he could get out of there. Well Zulu was as uninteresting as ever. He seemed to think his mere words could stop Karina from doing what she wanted, but of course, Karina couldn't care less about what he had to say. "Give it up already." But it seemed that he didn't have a choice. Something stabbed Zulu, and it wasn't one of them. Karina watched for a moment as she suddenly saw Vanitas appear. He immediately began to taunt her, and Karina found herself rolling her eyes at him. "Is one of those loved ones my fiance? And was that place outside the ship?" Karina seemed completely unfazed about the news of her mother. It wasn't that she didn't care about what happened to her mother, it was more that she knew that her mother had dealt with worse for longer. She would be fine sitting in a cell for an hour or two while Karina cleaned up this mess. Aux on the other hand didn't take the news as well. She could hardly act in time to stop his rage, as the one that had stabbed Zulu. Karina could only listen as a small conversation took place between Aux and Vanitas. This was Aux's battle to fight, she knew that. She didn't not wish to step in. That however left her to deal with Vanitas, which he happily reminded her of. Karina stood up straight and just looked at Vanitas as he turned back towards her. "I agree, I can let Aux beat that thing again. I think it will be good for him. Now I get to get my anger out on you, and I have had a crappy day so far. It will feel good." Karina said it with more confidence than she actually had. Vanitas has been a handful for a group of them, on her own she didn't expect it to be easy, and she was still in pain. "Clearly your threats are idol though, you speak as though you are confident in your plan of using loved ones against us, but jokes on you because I don't really have any." Those she care for most would be fighting right now. Being sent to a different part of the ship wouldn't stop them. "So lets go." She held her keyblade up, but wasn't ready to make the first move.
Karina did not expect things to go the way that they did. She figured that with his keyblade, Aux would do the magic keyblade unlock thing. Instead he opted for brute force. Normally Karina would have called him out on his methods, but given his freakout earlier, and the fact that they still needed to escape, she held her tongue. It did however leave her hands locked up, the first thing that she was hinting at him getting off. Either way for the most part she was freed, her bracelet even seemed to clink to the ground on it's own accord. Whatever was happening now seemed both helpful and worrisome, especially given the voice that came over the intercom. "Maybe my fa-" Karina had started to give an optimistic reasoning for what might have happened, but before she could get too many words out, someone else stepped in the area that made Karina grown. "Oh great, it is you. Here to bore us to death with your attempts at being cool?" Karina asked dryly as she slowly worked at getting out of her manacles. She might not know as much about slipping out of manacles as Aux, but if Aux could break her collar with his strength, certainly she could do something here. He had already taken enough force from the shock that she wasn't going to ask him for anymore help. Instead Karina started putting all her strength behind yanking her hands a part. Each time she did, the metal bit into her skin more, causing her to wince even though she didn't want to, but on the third try, the chains between managed to break free, separating her two hands, even if the shackles themselves still remained on her wrists. With her arms now free, Karina swung them forward, flexing a bit and doing everything she could to rip her dress more in the back, making it easier to fight. She could feel the dress rip to her lower back, and in many ways, Karina was embarrassed by this. It wasn't because she thought it was scandalous and no one should see, though that was certainly something they concerned themselves with on her world. Karina was more embarrassed by the scars on her back. Mainly she didn't want anyone to look upon her with pity. Though given it was Aux, she doubted that she had to worry about that. Now that she was free and able to move Karina summoned her keyblade to her and just looked at Zulu. "I appreciate you trying to be a threat and all, but I need to go expose my dear father to be the *Kupo*face that he really is. I am sure you will understand." Karina stated as she tried to start pushing her way past Zulu towards the elevators back up to where her room was so that she could wear proper clothing before making a fool out of her father. It would at least be better than in a torn dress, after all, she needed to be able to move, and Karina highly doubted that her father would have a guard watching an empty room at this point.
After Beuce had finished with what he had to say, there was a few more questions before Adrian had stood up. Aislinn silently cheered for her brother-in-law, hoping for the best for him. It wasn't long though before she realized that those hopes were in vein. He was nervous and stumbling all over his words. With a sigh, Ailsinn waited a moment before standing up to interject, much to some of the council's dismay. It was mostly General Xares however that had a problem with her speaking up as a non-world leader. This was overruled, but Aislinn couldn't say that she was surprised by his annoyance. She had once tried to join the guard on the ship, but Xares had made it clear they didn't need her. He had implied that she would be of more use watching children. It was this attitude that brought them to the talking point that she and Adrian had prepared. It was mostly about education for the children in a place where so many cultures collided, and support for those who wished to educate just kids from their own world. It was a bit of a complicated matter, she knew that, but at least it was now being thought about. For that Aislinn was grateful. It was moments later that her bracelet fell off and Aislinn looked around concerned. They seemed to not be making a big deal about it, but Aislinn wasn't sure that it wasn't a big deal. Something seemed off and she wanted to find out. Before that was really a possibility a voice came on the intercom and Aislinn cringed. This wasn't good. Suddenly a portal appeared and Zeke was sucked through. Aislinn was on her feet in seconds, Dayla in her arms. "Zeke!" She cried out, looking around to see that Nathan was gone too. "Zeke!" She cried out again as a sudden x appeared on her. "You are so noisy. Why don't you just behave?" The man on the skateboard said as she shoved his hands in his pockets looking at the group, and at the girl who was crying out. "Make our jobs easier and surrender, maybe I won't hurt the kid." He said lazily, eyeing the infant that Aislinn was holder. Aislinn was not willing to give up that easily. She knew that these guys meant trouble, and she wouldn't get Zeke back by just walking away. A flash of light enveloped Aislinn as her form was now surrounded by brilliant white armour, as she went into her paladin form. With all the sudden changes, Dayla started crying, and Aislinn tried her best to bounce the infant while summoning her keyblade to her free hand. "Zeke is four, if I find out you hurt him in any way, there will be no end to my wrath." Aislinn promised.
Karina uses a combo
Zeke began to clap and laugh as Faust was doing the trick for him. "Cool. Show me, show me!" The kid begged wanting to know how to do the magic, but was becoming rather loud in the process, causing a lot of people in the near area to turn and look at them. Aislinn cringed from behind, realizing how loud Zeke was getting. "Zeke, you can watch, but you have to be quieter." She tried to instruct the small child. Zeke nodded and whispered back. "Okay... So can you show me mister?" He continued to ask wanting to learn.
"This is boring... Tell me a story." Zeke complained to Nathan while sitting on the mans lap. Aislinn looked over and tried to shush her nephew. The boy pouted and squirmed before squirming his way off Nathan's lap, having spotted something that could be cool. He ran past Aislinn, and with her hands full with Dayla, she couldn't grab him. "Trick. Show me a trick." The boy was suddenly in front of Faust, who he remembered for the magic trick earlier. He wanted to see more. Aislinn sighed and cringed as she leaned forward and whispered to Faust. "You can say no if you want to."
Karina had let her wall crack a bit to admit that she was glad he was there, but the way that Aux reacted make Karina put those walls right back up and leave her with a stoic expression as she just looked at Aux, and listened to the alarm. "Turns out there are guards here. I was starting to think that they didn't exist." Karina commented before sitting up and turning so her hands were visible to Aux. The manacles she wore were dented to the point where Aux could probably guess that they weren't comfortable for Karina. Some of the spots were dented in at the edges, where the most visible damage could be seen from them cutting into her wrists. Karina didn't seem to acknowledge it though as she glanced over her shoulder at Aux. "Just help get these things off so that I can help you." She snapped at him, hoping to get Aux's mind back to the task at hand and not worrying about the alarm. Her father was in the summit right now, and she imagined he would want to deal with her himself. That meant they might have some time to actually do something. Even if it wasn't escaping, they could possibly send some sort of signal to the others. She couldn't do that if her hands were still locked though. Kel mumbled to himself and Aislinn leaned over and scolded him. "Watch your language, there are children around." She told him before turning her attention back to the meeting, smiling when she saw Beuce stand up and talk, asking his questions. She found it interesting, the questions that he was asking, and for the most part agreed with his points. She had been there to fight No Heart herself. She didn't think it would be as easy as these two gentlemen seemed to think it would be. However without being a world leader, she had no right to speak here. At least not until Adrian called for her help, but right now was not the time for him to speak, not with a conversation this heavy at hand.
Karina had not expected Aux to snap in such a way. Given what she had been through that day with her family, Karina found herself instinctively flinching and curling away from Aux again. At any moment Karina expected some form of pain to come. It wasn't that she thought that her collar would shock her, but a part in the back of her mind remembered the beatings. It had been what she expected from her father, but had not come, he hadn't lost his cool to that degree yet. There was a good couple moments after Aux stopped yelling that she stayed away from him, before she realized what was really going on. It was just Aux. Aux got as angry as she sometimes did. It shouldn't surprise her that much, but she had not thought her comment would be taken in such a way. Especially when she tried to keep things light by talking about how she stabbed Scott. Though she supposed that was still a heavy subject for the most part, it just was a bit entertaining to think about. "Calm down Aux. I just...." It was hard Karina realized. She had been rapidly building walls, protecting herself for what she thought was to come. Admitting any feelings was rather difficult. "Aux, I am glad you did." She finally said, looking back towards him. "I think it was a matter of time before I broke completely. I had to watch Kaida's trials, and yours. One more and.... I have never been good at dealing with my anger, and the pain from the collar has been getting to me." She didn't think she would be able to take much more before breaking down and choosing to deal with Scott instead. "Since you have been here talking to me I have felt more... in control I guess. I am grateful for that." Karina told him as she watched him managed to break out of his handcuffs without the collar going off. She didn't think she had the resilience to do what he just did. Her pain tolerance was not that high. "So you think you can get us out of here?" There would be no point in getting off the manacles and bracelet if he didn't. All that would do was alert the guards to a problem. Speaking of that though she was surprised they weren't actively watching the cells. Maybe that would make things a bit more convenient to get out. Once they were out however, she didn't know where they could safely go.
Karina would trust the group more if she could be around the group. If she could talk to them and make the decision with them, but that was not an option. Instead she had to make the choice and trust them to be able to deal with it. When she was locked in her room she was a bit more confident they could get her out than in Maximum Security. That was probably exactly why her father went to such extreme measure. But before Karina could really finish contemplating that thought, Aux said something else that had her moving to look at him more. She still didn't fully sit up yet, she felt like it wasn't worth it, knowing it was likely a matter of time before she got knocked down again by another shock, but she propped herself up the best she could with her hands still secured behind her back. "You purposely got yourself thrown in here?" She asked before sighing. Aux definitely was trying to be a good person. "Idiot, now we are both stuck. If that guy got you the information to where I was, wouldn't you have been more help on the outside, where you could actually talk to people?" She asked, not having high hopes that the two of them could break themselves out of there. Aux also asked about her stabbing her fiancee, and Karina gave off almost what could have been considered a smile. "No he did not cry unfortunately. This dress is far too tight to get a proper swing in, but trust me, I tried." Karina stated before remembering the torn and tattered back of the dress from her fighting and wondered if any of her scars were visible. Though she supposed at this point there had been a few people who had seen them. Kaida, Ananta, anyone who was there first to offer her aid when she saw her father in that illusion. "He did cut off a bit of my hair to keep while I 'made him wait.'" Karina said with clear disgust. "And threatened me back with the same scissors, but at least I know even if he comes back around he won't try and kill me. That is too boring for him, so I have time for the others to come around. I think Scott and my father underestimate my ability to deal with their bull*Kupo*" As she said the last part the collar gave off a slight shock, this one was lighter though, more of a warning to keep her calm than the full blown shocks she had been getting. Aislinn had not known that Luna was engaged, she had honestly thought that Kel might have had some interest in her. "Oh I was not aware. Good for her." Aislinn stated before Nathan reminded them that it was about time for the summit. She watched as he picked up Zeke and put him on his shoulders. Zeke was giggling the entire way, and Aislinn smiled. She sometimes felt bad that her nephew constantly bothered Nathan, but he was so good with the kids and took some stress off all of them, she couldn't help but appreciate it. Aislinn followed Kel and Nathan to the Auditorium, where they say near the back. It was further away than Aislinn would have liked, but she could manage. Technically it was Adrian, not her that was registered as their world leader for the time being, so only he was allowed access to the inner circle, but Aislinn didn't think that would last long. It wasn't that she didn't have faith in her brother-in-law. She really wanted to think he could do this on his own, but organizing... and public speaking were never much his specialty. At least when she was in the city guard she had to deal with enough political stuff that she adjusted, and could figure it out. That was why tucked into her pocket was bullet points of what they should say and how to go about this meeting, just in case she needed them. However for now she gave Adrian a thumbs up as he entered and sat down in her seat, proceeding to take out a jar of baby food to feed Dayla during the meeting. 30/30
Aislinn almost laughed as Nathan spoke to them. "Girlfriend? Hardly, if anything this was one of my missing friends. We were traveling together and him and Luna fell off the ship. I tried to find them with no such luck. If you are looking for a girlfriend for Kel, look more to Luna than me. He is a bit young for my tastes." Aislinn said winking at Nathan as she laughed and took a seat with them, feeling like it wouldn't be too intrusive to do so. She appreciated Aux's attempt to help, but Karina didn't find it as helpful as Aux might have thought. She listened to him talking about his past a bit and all Karina could think about was that she wished her father cared to train her. She wished she didn't have to see her family. "Trust me, I learned that lesson when I lost my keyblade. I found out exactly how far my strength got me. It did next to nothing for me. Vincent died to protect me from a phantom version of my father. I let my father scare me into submission then. But not anymore. I fought back, and not what it got me." Karina took a deep breath, because it was hard to look someone in the eye that you were responsible for getting them into their current situation. "Not only did it get me put in Maximum security... though it might have something to do with me stabbing my supposed fiance with scissors I still from my mom. But my father swore that he would make sure every one of you were punished to the maximum degree. Because I fought, you and Kaida's lives are hell. What am I supposed to do?" Karina was earnestly asking. If Aux said she should marry Scott... well Karina just might if it meant getting her friends to safety. "I am not ready to give up yet, but when must you stop fighting and accept your fate for the sake of others. I want to believe that everyone else will rescue us, but how long will that take? Is it better for me to just marry who my father wants me to and get you guys out?" If her spirit was broken it was more because she couldn't figure out how to deal with things. The shocks caused constant pain, to the point where when they happened she could barely move anymore, but she still always found a way to defy her father. However she worried when it would get too much and bring things to the point where her friends couldn't help them no matter what they tried. She feared she had already crossed that line. 29/30
"Yeah that is the plan." Aislinn confirmed for AJ. She wanted to give him some sort of motivational speech about there being more he can do than he thought, but she was cutting it close on time and didn't want to waste too much more. "I will talk to you guys later okay? I will make sure that Kel gets the notice about Karina." Aislinn confirmed as she grabbed Zeke's hand again and the boy looked up at her. "Auntie, I am hungry." Aislinn let out an exasperated sigh, when the summit started, food wouldn't be an option so she just nodded. "I will find Kel after I get Zeke a snack." She confirmed before walking off with the kids. When Aislinn went to get a snack, she had not expected to run into Nathan. Actually her back was turned ordering the food when Zeke ran off on her. By the time Aislinn turned around Zeke was already bothering his favourite person on the ship. The young boy had run up to Nathan who had sat down to eat with.... "Kel!" Aislinn strolled over towards Kel with a smile on her face. "Sorry Nathan. Is he bothering you? Zeke come here and eat your snack." She tried to tell her nephew as he niece tried to grab out for a piece of the cookie and Aislinn just sighed. "I will get you your food later." She tried to tell the baby knowing that she wouldn't understand as she tried to hand the cookie to Zeke. "I am glad you are safe Kel. I haven't seen you since you and Luna fell overboard on that ship." Aislinn said before remembering what else she had to say. "Oh right, apparently... Faust... I think that was his name, heard something about Karina. He said he heard a guy say she was in the deepest cells or something." Aislinn quickly added on as she switched Dayla to the other hip to ease her arm.
Of course her father didn't address her accusations on the matter of the trails. He was off to do something else that was much more important. As her father walked away, Karina collapsed onto her side. Blood trickled out from under her manacles, where she had been tensing against them as he collar had been shocking her. In her moment of rage she had been able to ignore it, but now it was all that she could think about as a few tears managed to escape. Aux now had seen her in a dress, she figured crying couldn't be much worse as she managed to say, "it hurts, so much." But her words were barely audible as she curled up on her side like she could somehow protect herself from another shock if she curled up enough. "Thanks for trying Aux, but I couldn't even beat him in the elevator on our way down. He had me in restraints like all my fighting was nothing to him. I don't know if I can destroy him." She would have liked to think that she could beat him. For a while now she thought she stood a chance. But seeing how easily her father had been dealing with her, that didn't seem possible. The whole situation was AJ was weird and left Aislinn a bit uncomfortable as she thought about how to answer everything that he through at her. "AJ calm down. Look the guards aren't out to get you, they are here to keep the peace on the ship, that is it." She started by explaining before she held up her hand that had been on Zeke's head to AJ to show a similar bracelet. "But I can't use my keyblade either, it is just a part of being here. Most people you can just take away their weapons and that is enough, but you can't do that with us. No civilian is allowed to walk around here with a weapon, it isn't needed anyways." Aislinn tried to explain, keeping as calm as possible, hoping that if she showed how calm she was, that AJ would follow. AJ then went on to talk about where Kel and Luna were, which was not the same as Faust told her, but it was good to know. She would still have to try and talk to them soon when she found them. The conversation continued and it took a bit of an uncomfortable turn. "AJ, we can't just leave this place. I can't just hop on my glider and go, and I certainly can't just take only my family. I get that you don't trust it, but there are a lot of innocent people here that have no where else to go, and Sanctuary is doing good things for them. If it wasn't for this place, I would have lost my family, the only family I have left. I am helping my brother-in-law organize and lead the people who managed to get off my world before it entirely fell, if I take them and go, then I am leaving all these people behind and I can't do that. And while I don't know of anyone from the worlds you mentioned, that doesn't mean they aren't taking refuge here as well. How can I just pick up and leave that, even if there is something you don't trust here." Aislinn tried to explain, just as Faust showed up and reported what they found. This time she actually had some inkling of who he was talking about, though she didn't know the girl well. Faust had continued to entertain Zeke, while AJ continued to explain. The boy had a huge smile on his face, even though he still hid behind Aislinn a bit. He seemed rather pleased with it. Meanwhile Aislinn was left to think. "Well I can't say I ever really liked General Xares, but the trails, they sound like they might be rigged partly from the outside. Stacking up people against Kaida, which doesn't necessarily come from within. Though she was unlucky to get Karen as a judge. I can see who I can talk to about getting another trail maybe, but don't do anything too irrational. After all, while there might be problems, there is still a lot of good here." Aislinn tried to explain again before looking to Faust who had finished his tricks. "Those were great. Though perhaps you should see if you can track down some of the others and share the news you know. Unfortunately there isn't much I can do to help until after the Summit. Though I will let Kel know if I see him before the meeting." Aislinn told him. 27/30
Karina hated the way that her father spoke about her friends, but then Aux opened his mouth and she decided not to try and defend him. "Piss off Aux." She replied to the dress comment. Of all people to join her, it had to be Aux didn't it? Well he was also probably the only person capable of pissing someone off enough to end up in max security. Aux didn't seem to know when to stop either as he kept talking until her father electrocuted him and then turned to her for a moment. Karina glared at her father as he called her friends trash. "You might be right about this one. He isn't the best person in the world, but don't you dare call the rest of them trash! Most of them are better people than you will ever be. Kel, for example was the first one to offer me a place to go after finding out that home was not an option. Kaida offered me a cloak and a comforting hand when I was at one of my lowest moments. Beuce... Beuce is the best person I have ever met. He is good in a way you could never comprehend. I am actually happy when I am with him. Happy. Do you understand what that means for me? The only trash I know is you!" Karina couldn't help but yell at her father. It took a moment before Karina noticed she wasn't shaking because of rage, but from the electricity that coursed through her system. This wasn't enough however because her was asking Aux about things that he should have no business dealing with. Karina bit her lip and kept her mouth shut while Aux was speaking, but when he was done, and her father looked to her again sneering. "At least he is trying to be better, unlike you." She retorted before continuing. "At least he doesn't rig trials. You requested that judge didn't you? There is also the fact that you locked me up during them. I could have helped. I could have done something to help Kaida and you knew that, didn't you? You knew I last to see Shiro. He was the one who gave me my mark of mastery and returned to my friends. Kaida hadn't been away from us since then to do what they accused her of. Lea disappeared, but not when they claim. He put together a group of people to help against the one called Nequa. He took me with him and taught me that I am not defined by my past. I am not defined by you, but I define myself! He might have been betrayed, but not by Kaida." Karina stated. She didn't know if her father actually knew this, but she knew it was intentional keeping her away from the trials. "And you will never achieve the greatness you dream of. It doesn't exist." As Aislinn walked, she heard her name. Approaching was AJ and Aislinn smiled brighter. It was nice hearing her friends where alright, but actually seeing one was better. "AJ! Good to see you are alive and well. Is Luna and Kel around? They aren't among the ones in prison are they?" Aislinn couldn't help but blurt out her questions as Zeke started to hide a bit behind her, and Aislinn let go of his hand and put a hand on his head instead. "Sorry he is a bit shy when it comes to knew people. "How have you been?" She then asked finally regaining her composure a bit and speaking to him more normally. 26/30
