Everything happened so fast, she was up trying to defend Aux and Kaida and the next moment he grabbed her and tossed her at Steel. While it hurt, it was next to nothing as Aislinn tried to get up again, she would be okay, she could still deal with things, she could keep defending them, even as No Heart tried to bring them all down. Almost to her feet, Ignis got knocked into her again and knocked her back to the ground just in time fore him to cast a spell on them, binding them to the ground. Aislinn fought against the spell with all her might, she could get through this, she had to get out of this. She couldn't watch everyone trying to be the heroes if they were just going to end up with getting themselves killed. With every fiber of her being she started struggling against the spell, apologizing to Ignis and Steel as she did so just in case she was hurting them in any way.
As they were wrapping up the conversation, Qrow entered the room again and told them that it was time to go. Sighing a bit she knew that they needed to go but didn't quite want to, still struggling with her confidence. Either way she could get over it if need be, well she had to, there was a mission to do and she couldn't really just walk away from it now. She may have tried but got stopped and now here she was. Slinging her pack across her shoulder, and ensuring that her weapons were strapped tight to her, Auburn got ready to head out and meet the rest of the group. Upon appearing with the other group, Auburn sunk into the background again. Sure she was doing a little bit better with her own group, but given the big group, she still was shy. She didn't know what to do about this. At least they were moving on soon, as soon as they moved on and started doing something, she could be distracted by that instead. "Who knows." Arian brushed of Noires question on how long it took people to get ready. "I am sure they have their reasons." Thankfully those reasons didn't take them too long before the other group started to file back and meet up with them, not long after a conversation Noire seemed to be having with who could only guess would be Qrow. Rolling his eyes at the next comment, Arian was truly getting bored with the woman more than intimidated. "We know, you said that already. Can we just go now?" He pushed not wanting to stand around any longer.
Take came up and took Nini from her, playing with the cat for a moment. As Take started talking to Nini, it caught Tinarah off guard and she found herself laughing a little bit at the fact that Take was laughing at himself. She seemed a bit surprised and thrown off by the fact that she laughed as her hand went to her mouth. She was surprised to find herself laughing, she hadn't in months and it was a strange feeling. Even as Torrin tried to cut things short, he made a pun of his own, and Tinarah looked at him equally surprised as she smiled a bit at that, looking down after feeling a bit weird for smiling at Torrin. Apparently they needed to use the new gliders now, and Tinarah was a little unsure about everything. Looking at her keyblade, she held it out for a moment before finally tossing it out and waiting for it to return as a glider. The glider, surprisingly came to her, she had not expected it to work if she was being honest with herself. Still a little reluctant she climbed onto her glider, though unstable at first. Looking back, Tinarah hoped that Take would follow soon behind her so that if she fell behind, at least someone would know, and she trusted Take.
Tinarah was surprised that Torrin actually liked her idea. Though she supposed it was better to draw them out and fight them on their terms, then find where they were and face them on their home turf. That being said she did start to regret the idea when Torrin told them to put their outfits back on. While hers was not in perfect shape, it was at least still wearable. Mumbling something about being right back, Tinarah returned to her room and put on the too tight supersuit. It had to be at least at as tight as the clothing Mika had lent her, the only difference was that Mika's clothing showed more skin, but was more attractive looking. After getting her own outfit on, Tinarah looked down at Nini sitting there waiting, guarding the door. "You know Ms Mode should have made you an outfit. After all you are closer to a hero than I am. Protector of all, loved by everyone, bravest of us all. I can't imagine how you must be hurting right now." "Meow." Nini rubbed up against her leg but looked a little sad herself, almost to confirm that she was hurting as well. With a small sad smile, Tinarah bent down and picked the cat up, quickly scanning the room for something to use before ripping off a part of her left sleeve, so it matched the tattered and ripped right sleeve of her outfit, then tied the fabric around Nini's neck. "There you go, now you fit in. Come on lets get back out there." Taking the cat with her, Tinarah emerged to meet with the rest of the party. Upon approaching, Tinarah stood a bit awkwardly near the back. "Well I am ready to go whenever. Hopefully we can prepare enough to make this work to our advantage." Tinarah said quietly, but who was she to act like she knew what she was doing. Boreas and Torrin were both trained warriors, and she was just... well herself. Sure they went with her plan, but that didn't mean she actually knew what she was doing. She could pretend though, at the very least. She couldn't let herself cower again, she could face this. She had to face this, she had escaped that horrible place, she could at least pretend to hold her head high and not collapse after a mere moment of strength. She would never get stronger that way.
Reaching out she tool the mans pinkie in her own and shook it. After that she relaxed and let herself fall back into a deep sleep. It was a few days before the doctors stopped worrying about Auburns wounds reopening or getting infected. She was almost ready to be able to go home, but the issue was figuring out where that would be for her. It has already been decided that Lukas was going to go to a foster family, given that one volunteered to take the baby, but they had yet to find someone willing to take both kids and the debate was whether it was better to leave Auburn in an orphanage where she might find a forever home, or send her to a foster parent until she was doing a bit better, then bring people to see her as people were looking for a girl to adopt. Of course Auburn was left oblivious to all these conversations, left to rest as the adults decided her future.
Cerdic was at least able to protect Daeni, though with all his might going towards just getting in the way, he couldn't properly block for himself. As the claw struck out and slashed Cerdic down the middle, pain flashing through him as it seemed nearly unbearable. However before he completely collapsed a glow of green energy surrounded him, allowing him just enough fortitude to keep himself standing, if barely. Cerdic looked back to Daeni and gave her a weak smile trying to assure her that he was alright. "Looks like you have to protect yourself now kid. I don't think I can handle another one of those, and I am not going down without a fight." The creature was now attacking the machine that they worked so hard on getting up and running again. He might not have had a ton of strength left in him, but at the very least he could go down swinging. Charging forward Cerdic took his keyblade and tried to swipe at the hands that were attacking the machine, tried to push the creature back and away, or at the very least bring the attention back to him. If he could do at least that then he could buy more time for everyone else, knowing that he was cutting his own time short.
Auburn snuggled into bed and seemed nearly ready to go to sleep as she continued to talk with Onyx. "I am Auburn." She introduced herself quietly. She didn't really know what else to say to the man, but he seemed nice enough. "That is Lukas." She pointed to her baby brother that was still laying in his crib where the nurse had placed him, fast asleep and completely oblivious to everything that happened that day. The boy was too young to really understand what was going on, unlike his older sister who was still a little terrified of it all. "I don't want to go to a home." She had heard the occasional story of orphanages, usually from books and fantasy stories, but every time she heard about them it was not very pleasant, so the idea of having to go to one bothered her.
Alright well here is my attempts at a character sheet and the backstory is at the bottom. Bare with me, I barely know pathfinder stuffs, so this is a learning experience for me.
Auburn shook her head. She was fine, if anything she was simply more tired than anything else and after the blood and everything that she witnessed that day, she felt more sick to her stomach. It was not a pleasant day and she was still figuring out on how to deal with the stuff. Looking at the man she just sat there for a while. "What is going to happen to us now?" She asked him knowing going home was not an option.
Auburn barely looked up at the man who saved her. She didn't know what to think of him and she was still a little dizzy. With a pale face still and tired expression she looked over to the man who had save her life. "I'm okay." It was a lie, a complete and udder lie. Nothing about this situation was okay. She wasn't in pain anymore, but she had a nagging feeling that she knew what happened to her parents. Her mind was a little fuzzy thanks to the medication that she was on, but she was holding up for the time being. "They say I will be okay." She tried to assure him, not knowing what else to offer.
The idea of spitting up didn't sit well with Karina. After all, didn't they know to never split the party? It was only asking for trouble. That being said she had been trying to get rid of the leader role and here she was ready to argue the moment someone else took lead. At least they were following long enough to make sure they got to where they were going. Karina lingered near the back as they entered Shibuya since she was not here to participate but only an escort for the time being. However the change of management that was mentioned did bring a little concern to Karina. "So if someone new is running the game, are you even fit to run the Mark of Mastery? Are you the ones who ran it last time, or has the change been since then?" Karina pressed for information, not trusting a single thing about this place. She didn't know what it was about it that bothered her but it did. Trying to push back those thoughts Karina just stared down Charlie, waiting to either leave, start their exam, or perhaps even fight this guy, if worse came to worse.
Nini hissed but at least didn't attack as Qamar approached. At least that was a start for the cat not attacking everyone near her, though she did seem to not like being restrained in Tinarah's arms as Qamar approached. Patting the cats head, Tinarah was more focused on controlling the cat than she was on what Qamar was saying. Tinarah gave her and Aria a wave goodbye and a small fake smile. She couldn't muster a real smile yet but she could at least offer something. When they left Tinarah was about to put Nini down, hoping the cat would behaved, when Edna came running in being as loud as ever. Tinarah could only imagine how bad that would go if Nini was on the ground being protective while Edna was around. They might end up having to rebuild the house again, and then all of Take's hard work would be for nothing. Tinarah stayed back and listened to the explanation of what was happening and looked concerned. So the Unforgivables were not yet completely dealt with after all. That could cause some bigger issues than they first thought. Letting out a bit of a sigh Tinarah prepared herself, putting her backpack on the ground and helping Nini inside so she would stay out of the way for a bit. The cat wasn't happy about it, but Tinarah knew she couldn't let her wander on her own, not with this much danger around. It was the last thing she had left from Mika, she would protect her. "If they are going around taking all the heroes, perhaps we just need to pretend to be heroes to draw them out. It could be as simple as going around and fixing everything that has happened since yesterday." While it was practically making themselves traps, they could at least control the situation more than if they were marching in on wherever this group made their layer and hoping for the best.
After weeks of challenges and harsh judging, a winner has finally been decided. Everyone was so beautiful, so wonderful. I don't know how any of our judges decided. I am glad I didn't have to judge it, I think it might have been impossible. Either way they did it and I am sure you are all done listening to me ramble on about this and just wanted to know who actually won. Well that is easy, here we go. In Fifth Place we have @Rat with 0 Points In Fourth Place we have @GarrettFinch with 11 Points In Third Place we have @LadyAzura with 18 Points In Second Place we have @Day~Dream with 28 Points And in First Place we have Spoiler @Mixt !!!!! With 39 Points Congratulations to everyone! If any of the contestants want to know the scoring for their entries, feel free to talk to me in private and I will happily share the judges scoring with you. Otherwise, good luck next you, I hope to see all your beautiful faces again.
A man showed up after they were frozen, talking to Aux. Aislinn was annoyed with the way the man talked to Aux but she couldn't do too much about it. She watched Aux come into his own, think for himself and to seem to actually have emotions. She wanted to see him fight it off but the longer this conversation lasted, the less likely it seemed that he could manage to do so. As she watched, suddenly Steel managed to break free of the spell. He then jumped on attacking the man and freeing them from their frozen state. Breaking out of her frozen state, Aislinn moved quickly between Aux and the man, protecting him to the best of her abilities. "Don't you dare do anything else to him. Leave Aux be." Aislinn shouted at No Heart, preparing herself to fight.
Alright May is upon us, and that means new chorus for us to do. This month is just a regular chorus, I randomly selected 4 songs from your general nominated songs, and now it is time for you to vote for which one you want to do. You have until May 13th to get your votes in. The song options for this month are: Weight of the World full song | instrumental Twister Original | Karaoke Blue Original | Karaoke Stand Out - Goofy Movie Original | Karaoke
Tinarah lingered a little closer to Torrin than Thallasa since she planned to stay behind with him. Before they got ready to go, Torrin showed them all a few new tricks, something Tinarah found quite interesting. She struggled at first to get the keyblade transformation right, however after trying for quite some time, she managed to get her keyblade to transform into an instrument that she was less familiar with, a harp. While Tinarah didn't really know what the harp did, she didn't want to try it out when she could hurt people with it. It was better to not bother and just put it away. After they learned their transformations Thallasa was getting everyone ready to go, meanwhile Boreas stated his desire to stay behind as well. Tinarah shifted uncomfortably as he spoke, moving a little bit away from him. She wasn't fond of having to learn to deal with both of them at once, but she would do it anyways. Tinarah had decided that she wanted to finish what she started and didn't want to let Torrin win. If she backed off and left, changing her mind about this, than she was still cowering when she just wanted to stop cowering. So with chin held as high as she could manage, Tinarah pushed forward and stood her ground, ready to start with whatever they were to do now.
So it begins All together that gains me 6 crowns and 900 Munny
It was almost surprising that Torrin was the one stepping away from her. Sure she wasn't too fond of him, but it wasn't like she was threatening... at all. Really she was just kind of a pathetic mess at the moment, so to have someone backing away, it was a bit off. Either way she tried not to think too much about it as Torrin looked her over seeming a little taken aback by the situation. He didn't seem to convinced about what she asked of him but she held her ground still. She wanted to back down, but she had done it once when things were much worse, she could do it again. "I will be fine. I can handle it. If I couldn't there is no reason I should be allowed out here." If she couldn't help here, she couldn't help in the next place either, she would have to force herself to be alright, despite the mornings events and the lack of food as well. As she spoke Thallasa called them to all meet at the front, and it was a convenient excuse to get away from Torrin now. She wanted to try and face him, but now that things were sufficiently awkward, she was happy to move along for a bit at least and focus on whatever else was happening. Going outside to meet them, she saw Aria and Qamar. One she felt bad for walking away on, the other not so much. She didn't really know what to say to either of them, so she just kind of held on to Nini and hoped the cat wouldn't attack anyone else for getting to close to her.
Just as he managed to get himself free, thanks to the help of Alder another attack came flying his way. Still recovering from the previous attack, Cerdic didn't have a chance to get out of the way before a ball of dark energy crashed into him. At the very least he had a chance to bring his keyblade up and deflect some of the damage. Staggering back, Daeni came to his side to help him but Cerdic didn't want to let her be in the forefront of this. He tried to step up and put himself between only to find his body not responding like it should. Cursing under his breath he tried his best to ready himself and move a little more on the defensive side as he still tried to keep himself between Daeni and the creature. She might not have liked being protected but they had to keep whatever it was she had from Ria, whether it was truly Marley's heart or not, he didn't want to risk Ria getting their hands on it, so he would gladly take the brunt of the damage if that is what it took.
This.. This was getting nowhere, Thallasa clearly wasn't understanding what Tinarah was trying to tell her and wasn't really helping all that much. She knew that she was safe from Torrin physically getting there to harm her, that wasn't the problem at the moment. It was the fact that even from a disance he was winning the mental battle, the control of her mind. Tinarah tried to think back to what she did before in order to face him. What had changed how she had the strength. There was no real answer for what she did, but she did know that she forced herself to face him, something that she was refusing now. If she could stand up and face the man who was able to kill her in a heartbeat, why could she not face the person who was just a shell of that power? Whether he was around or not the memories were still there, so at least she could make herself stronger. Tinarah was not convinced that the Torrin of the other realm wasn't going to find a way into her life again somehow, but it was better to be prepared to face him by facing the one that she might be able to handle, than avoiding it and jumping straight to the one that she wouldn't be able to handle. Having finished off the rest of the dishes, Tinarah grabbed a towel and dried her hands before scooping Nini up in her arms to prevent the cat from trying to attack anyone else. "Thanks for trying Master Thallasa." Tinarah walked passed her and set her eyes on Torrin. It was a tremendous effort of will not to look away or cower as she approached him. "I am staying here to help fix this world." She informed him, still seeming uncomfortable, but at least she attempted to talk to him, that was a step in the right direction at least.
