She might never say it out loud but Karina was very thankful for the constant support from Luna, keeping her healthy. If it wasn't for that girl, Karina knew that she would have been down already. Giving a slight nod towards Luna Karina rushed forward in her ink like form once again, taking a few good slashes at Ursula before backing off a bit. "You know, I could do more, but I think I will hold off." Karina taunted as she studied Ursula and started to draw connections to weak points, things that she could exploit. Turned out she learned a thing or two from her dear old man after all, and she was going to use it to her advantage. Karina attacked with a combo Karina used Magnify 22/30
"Is it never nothing else? I feel like in this place there is always something." Tinarah commented turning away from the window and jumping as she noticed Enzo standing there. "Beautiful isn't the word I would use to describe it." Tinarah muttered as she looked around, glancing back outside for a moment before looking back to Enzo who was distracted now by her tray of food. "We were just heading to Stamatis to have breakfast with him. I could share some food with you if you want, and I will just get something else later." Tinarah didn't really want to share, she was actually hungry for once, but she wanted to be polite at the same time. He seemed really focused on food, but that at this point seemed like nothing new to her. Tinarah did not expect that her offer would turn into what it did though. "W-what? What are you talking about." Tinarah started to blush and just push past Enzo. "That is not what any of this is. I was trying to be nice, there is nothing between us." She protested, but he was already off addressing Chrono. If it wasn't for the fact that Chrono was joining her for breakfast, she would have used that moment as an escape, but instead she stood a few feet up the hall and waited until her brother could catch up before walking up to Stamatis' room, and entering without knocking. It wasn't to be impolite, but she became comfortable enough with this Stamatis that it was alright that she did just let herself in. "I brought breakfast. Chrono is joining us this morning too. I hope that is alright." Tinarah called out into the room as she set down the tray, unloading the plates and the tea pot, ready for breakfast. She was still slightly awkward about the situation with Enzo, but she chose not to bring it up anymore, she did not want to talk about it at the moment.
Tinarah had been stretching her magic to the limit more and more these days, and it wasn't entirely from just training, though that had pushed her to become better as well. Whenever she spent time at Stamatis' side, she would pour a little more of her own magic into healing him, despite Selene's insistence that it would just take more time at this point. She would often play for him, her violin mostly, but occasionally try her hand at the piano. When she wasn't there, she was slowly bridging relationships with those around her, trying to fix what had been lost, and rebuilding her relationship with Aria. Sure she liked having Take and Chrono around, got along with them well, but she realized she missed having a female companion, that was something that she had not had for a very long time. In this time she had also gained back some weight. She was still thin, but between starting to eat full meals again, and muscle put on by some training, she found herself able to keep on her feet longer, being of more help to those around her. She could almost completely hide the marks left by her time in the prison cell. It was around the time that Stamatis was finally up and walking that Tinarah noticed the different atmosphere around the castle. She has been on her way to bring Stamatis some breakfast that she had made when she stopped and looked around, just feeling like something was off. "Is it just me, or does it seem oddly quiet today? Maybe it is just the rain, but I don't like it, it makes me uncomfortable." Tinarah stated as she looked around and glanced out the window, seeming a bit distracted, almost forgetting entirely about the breakfast she was about to bring to Stamatis.
Tinarah is getting Blade Buster Tinarah is upgrading fire Spending 3 points on hp to bring it up to 200 Spending 7 points in AP to bring it up to 30 Spending 2 points in defense to bring it up to 15 Spending 8 points in MP to bring it up to 110 Spending 1 point in Focus to bring it up to 18
Buying MP Haste
Karina gave a nod of thanks to Steel before looking back to Ursula, well this would be helpful. Karina watched as Beuce changed forms into something that was more blue in colour and nature. Taking his queue Karina went into a form of her own, this one not as appealing in aesthetic to Beuce's but more functional for her. In an inky blot form, Karina swam around, now this was better. Closing the distance Karina started to attack Ursula once more, not giving the witch a moment to breath before continuing her torrent of attacks. This wasn't over yet, but she would make it as quick as she could. Karina goes into blot form Karina Combo's twice. 21/30
Turning form Kaio, Tinarah sighed. This was going no where. "Chrono do you know where Take is? I want to try again, this time with a friend." Tinarah asked her brother, offering him a small smile but not too much of one, she wasn't lying when she said she was feeling a bit drained. She wanted to get through this time training until her masters came back. Perhaps in that time Fost would change his mind, but she doubted it. She knew what betrayal felt like it. She knew how hard it was to heal after that sort of thing. She had been working on it for a very long time. She wanted her uncle back, but she wasn't willing to let herself get more hurt in the process of all of this.
Her other teammates didn't seem all that talkative, that was no fun, so instead Karina chose to ignore them, just focusing on mainly dealing with Ursula, it was their priority after all. Seeing how much damage she had done last time, Karina decided that in this fight it was her best bet to keep at what she was doing and attack. Karina uses a combo 20/30
Sighing and shaking her head slightly Tinarah didn't know what to do with this master. He seemed to just need something to say in order to get under peoples skin it seemed. "And that is why we are here isn't it? So I can get stronger and heal before going out against the real threats. I am no fool, I know if this was real life I would never make it. I have had enough close calls to prove it." Without thinking Tinarah covered her still scarred wrist. "And that is why I am going to keep training and fighting and learning. It is all I can do at this point. And without Stamatis or Choma here, and Fost not wanting to get his poor heart hurt again, I am stuck with you, and you with me, so make it easier on the both of us and stop trying to find ways to break me. My emotions are worn through for the day, and I just want to train and forget about the morning." She admitted.
"Funny," Tinarah started rather flatly. "that is what happens when one nearly starved to death and is just getting their strength back. But not to worry, I didn't go in expecting to win. I had gone in thinking I needed to prove myself to Un- To Fost that I wasn't about to go and get people killed, I wasn't that worthless. Show him I was strong enough to stand on my own two feet, and not give anyone an excuse to say I was hiding behind someone else. But that isn't what I got out of this. Turns out it was just a reminder of how awful it is to be alone. I thought I would be used to it by now, but I found myself wishing for help, not just cursing myself for being weak. I think this was what I needed to get over this morning and just get on with it. So thank you for not yelling at me, but I assure you, I do know my shortcomings." Tinarah bowed slightly to him, before thinking for a minute and admitting. "I had, at one point, thought that I could win, and I am sure this simulations were meant to be winnable. I have to say I am disappointed in myself, but at least I fought to the end." She didn't know if any of that is what Kaio wanted to hear, but she figured saying it out loud now, would be better than wondering if what she thought she learned was actually worth it. It was strange having to speak to him though. She felt like she was close to so many Masters compared to most due to her time in the other realm, but here she was with two strangers training her. Tinarah turned when she heard Chrono approach. "It's okay Chrono, you don't need to comfort me, I am fine." She was actually feeling better than she had in days, despite her loss. "I think next time I just need some back up. Perhaps you and Take would want to tag along." She added. She had done her one solo match, and she didn't plan to go back to it any time soon. Perhaps later in her training she would do it again as a bench marker for how she was doing, but for the time being, Tinarah was happy with only suffering through that once. Sure she was glad to work through some of her problems and sort them out, but it was emotionally draining and it was not something she wanted to experience again any time soon.
Tinarah takes Poison Tinarah upgrades Poison -> Poisona -> Poisonaga Tinarah is spending 4 points in MP. 2 points in HP and 3 points in AP Lvl: 52 HP: 185 MP: 100 AP:23 Def: 13 Foc: 17 Speed: 11 Flux: 4
She could only shake off the pain for so long, but Tinarah kept pushing forward despite it. She might as well go down with a fight, even if there was no real point in going either way with it at this point in time. Tinarah had wished that she could have done more, wished that she could have won this battle, but while the demon tower was significantly smaller than when she had started the battle, the hits she was taking from it, out did the damage she managed to do to it. She hadn't thought that she could win this when she went in, but as the battle went forward, she had let her hopes get high, only for her defeat to be more crushing. In a small twisted way, Tinarah hoped that she wasn't the only one who failed, if she was, then maybe she didn't belong here at all. Even with her health and trying to get back into shape, Tinarah believed she should be better than she was. Perhaps that was just wishful thinking. She hadn't even been able to force herself to eat a full breakfast that morning, she was struggling in more ways than one, yet she thought she could do this on her own. Putting a hand to her stomach, feeling the bones in her ribs, she let it sink in how unfit she still was, and how despite that she beat one of the challenges and nearly finished the other. Then in one last ditch effort to not go down without a fight, Tinarah ran forward, meeting the heartless with her blade. She fought back against them, standing her ground, but ultimately they overwhelmed her, leaving her on her back, barely able to move, as the illusion of Eventide faded and a warm healing light surrounded her, just before she could lose consciousness completely. Tinarah picked herself off the ground and dismissed her keyblade, as she exited the room, upset with herself, but not crying over it. Mostly she was just dreading what the Masters had to say about her performance.
There was very little hope left. She was run so dry that she couldn't even think of a way to get out of this, but Tinarah was not going to stop yet. She wasn't going to be weak and give up. She could at least fight until the very end. There was strength in knowing when to run, but in a simulation, she wasn't going to die anyways, so she wasn't going to run from it. Tinarah did all that she could to force herself forward, channeling what energy she had left into moving a bit more quickly before striking the tower again. It was futile, she knew that, but she prayed for a miracle anyways. Maybe she if she could be just a bit stronger.... Tinarah used Dodge roll and attacked HP: 53/175 MP: 5/96 FOC: 0/17 FLUX: 0/4
Tinarah's eyes widened. She was beaten and bloody and she was desperate. There was no one to save her here. She couldn't call on another power, and this battle had been going on for too long. Perhaps if she had waited on her drive form. Perhaps if she didn't squander her magic. She had once thought herself with plenty to spare, but now she feared what she had was not enough. There was nothing left for her to grasp for, she just had to hold out as long as she could and hope for the best in what was to come. She had come so close though. Raising up her keyblade, in one last act of defiance, she put everything she had left into her own magic to pour into taking away some of the pain that was wracking her body. A little longer, that is all she needed. Tinarah used Curaga and attacked. HP: 83/175 MP: 1/96 FOC: 5/17 FLUX: 0/4
Dawn nodded to the so called leader of the group. She wasn't entirely sure why she came here at Karina's call agreeing to help. Clearly she wasn't needed, and Dawn wasn't too sure about her new powers either, but she supposed anything was better than waiting at home. It scared her, to have left, but she tucked that fear deep into her heart away from the sight of the people around her. "Alright lets go, see what we can find, and don't worry we won't touch anything." After all she had started talking about the plan, she could sure as hell follow it, she didn't need to be reminded. Keeping her guard up, Dawn started to walk towards the stairs down. She didn't look forward to finding out what was in that lab, but she would do what she had to in order to get them out, then she could figure out what she wanted to do with the mess that Karina had left her.
This was going to be close and Tinarah was getting nervous, she didn't know if she could do this anymore. Her magic was running dry and the tower wasn't shrinking enough to actually make her feel like there was a distance. Getting desperate, Tinarah shot another blast of ice towards the tower, following it up with a blast of fire hoping the contrast would add a bit of damage and hopefully making a difference. She didn't know if it would, but she burst forward slashing at it out of desperation. She knew that she was getting sloppy but she had to try. Tinarah used blizzaga, Fira and attacked HP: 73/175 MP: 15/96 FOC: 5/17 FLUX: 0/4
Looking around Karina debated her options. She was lucky that she managed to avoid the last attack and with Luna's help she was doing just fine. Smiling she turned back to Ursula, "Are you sure you want to do this?" She asked the witch as she moved towards her unleashing a powerful series of attacks, it was nothing special, which made Karina even more pleased. She could do so much, but just basic attacks managed to do a lot of damage in and of itself. Glancing around at everyone else she was glad to see they were working together and she could step back and didn't have to make sure everyone was alright. She was a leader no longer and she could honestly say she was relieved. Karina attacked with a combo 19/30
We are at it again. For those who don't know what this is, cstar and I challenge each other to a video editing contest of sorts. We choose a song and give ourselves a time limit, then we both sit down and edit to that song for the allotted amount of time. Just for fun we like to put it up for a vote to see who won this "contest." So happy voting, and like "Who's Line is it Anyways" the points don't matter, so no offending anyone here. cstar: Aelin:
As the form faded Tinarah had to rethink her planning. This wasn't going well at this pace, the tower of heartless was looking thinner, smaller, at least half the size it was before. That wasn't good enough though, not with the way that she was feeling. She couldn't keep this up forever and she was out of abilities to do. She was running out of energy and tricks and she didn't know what to do. She was scared and hated it. She could feel tears pricking at her eyes, but she tried to shove them off. "No! I am not going to fail this." She wasn't going to let herself get too emotional either, that was what he said her downfall was and she couldn't let that happen. Rallying her strength to her once more, Tinarah pushed forward and attacked the tower once more with her keyblade, before stepping back and blasting it with fire. Tinarah used Fira once and attacked. HP: 103/175 MP: 28/96 FOC: 5/17 FLUX: 0/4
So focused on the battle, Tinarah nearly forgot that it was a simulation, not when the heartless were still relentlessly hounding her. Whatever made her think that this was a good idea, she didn't know anymore, but at least it cooled her down and gave her a chance to clear her head. Having to focus so much on the battle, brought her mind back to a place that she actually wanted to talk to people, compared to avoid them completely. By this point she just wanted to get it all done with and be able to get out of this simulation. Sure she could just end it whenever she wanted to, but she was this close already, she wanted to prove that she could win it. Healing herself once more, Tinarah then fell back into her same routine of blizzaga and light that had gotten her this far. Perhaps not the most impressive plan, but it served her well so far, she saw no reason to stop. Tinarah used Curaga, Blizzaga and attacked. HP: 93/175 MP: 35/96 FOC: 5/17 FLUX: 0/4
