Well this was a change of pace from what had been happening as two large Darksides loomed over them and a couple demon tides started swirling around themselves ready to attack. It seemed almost natural as the groups divided readying for the fight, Aislinn just assigning herself to one of them, seeing wherever she was needed. Looking at her group she nodded at them, they all knew what they were doing. Watching Kel do his special attack she decided that it was a good idea. "I think I might just follow your lead Kel." Aislinn smirked as she prepared her stance and time seemed to slow as she came from another angle at the Darkside using Zantetsuken herself. Aislinn used Zantetsuken. Oh dear he was sulking if his attacks said anything about what was going on. Sighing Karina just shook her head. There was no winning with this boy, were guys always this difficult? She had spent her entire life being pissy at them that he never really realized how hard they were to deal with. She normally just avoided them. "Are you going to sulk the rest of the fight now?" Karina asked over her shoulder as she laid into the Demon tide once more. Demon Tide Blue: 2,750/5,000
Well at least finally Arctus seemed to get his mind together enough to start fighting again, and he shut up, so it seemed the mission accomplished. That being said, now that she thought about it, she started to worry about how this would come back for her later. She didn't mind the kiss or anything, but she had done it just to get him to stop talking and claimed to mean nothing. That wasn't entirely true but now she didn't know how Arctus was going to go about this when he got his mind about him. For now in his current stated there was no use worrying about it as she blasted it with fire, jumping back, now trying to avoid Arctus's gaze. Demon Tide Blue: 3,050/5,000
Oh this was too good, this was great to watch Arctus stutter and try to call her out. It wasn't working so well. "Yes I am a female, glad you noticed." She retorted. "Try not to slobber too much we are still in the middle of a fight." Walking past Karina reached over and pushed Arctus's chin up trying to get him to close his mouth. Well he certainly stopped talking but now he was pretty useless. There just was no winning was there? Either way she could carry his dead ass around if she had to and deal with the demon tides herself. Demon TIde Blue: 3,350/5,000
"I think I got that handled now." Karina called over to Aeira with a bit of a smirk hearing the stammering from Arctus. She couldn't help but smile a little bit at that, keeping her face away from him until she had dealt with the demon tower a little more before turning back to Arctus. "What happened to that random string of words you had a moment ago. I thought you were supposed to be the big strong Arctus. One meaningless kiss is going to be your undoing?" Meaningless might not have been the entire truth but she would pretend for the time being just to see how much she could get under his skin now that he was left agape not able to form words. Demon Tide Blue: 3,650/5,000
What... what was this guy on? What was going on in that mind of his? Without an answer but desperate to get him at least making sense again, Karina sighed and did something that she never thought she would do even days ago. Dropping her whip blade she walked up to Arctus, grabbed his face in her hands and planted a kiss right on his lips. After a moment she broke away and without a word turned around picking her weapon back up and heading back into the fight. She snuck a glance over her shoulder though, wondering how he was going to respond to that. Karina herself was blushing slightly but she tried to push it off like it was nothing as she purposefully let her hips sway with a sort of swagger to help pretend that she was more confident about what just happened than she actually was. Demon Tide Blue: 3,950/5,000
Rolling her eyes she grinned a little bit. "What is there to be jealous of. I mean they have everything you don't have. They are cute, quiet, fighting spirit. What is not to love about them. How can I possible be jealous. You just want me to be because you seem to like it when I am angry. Nice try lover boy but I have a secret for you, I am always angry." With that she patted him on the cheek and then took off to fight more of the heartless. If they could get rid of this tide, then they could move on to the other one and eliminate the danger for those who had to fight the bigger creatures. Red Demon Tide: 4,260/5,000
"Do you just like hearing yourself talk or are you crazy. I mean sure Shadows CAN be cute, but not when they are giant swirling masses of death." Karina responded to Arctus rolling her eyes at him. "We really should kick ass first and deal with everything else later." Karina agreed as she launched herself forward at the demon tide ready to deal with that as well. They were easier to deal with than Arctus, he was just.... strange. She didn't know what to do with him, it felt like she had a lost dog running around with her. Red Demon Tide: 4,410/5,000
It wasn't long after they had gotten Auburn a seat to look at her wounds that she had passed out on them. That much blood loss was taking a toll on the small girls body and it was considered lucky that she managed to stay with it for as long as she did. It wasn't until shortly after she got moved to a room to rest that she began to come to once more, pain killers now in her system to help with everything. Waking up, Auburn slowly sat up as a nurse ushered her to lay back down as to not bother the stitches. "It is okay sweetie we are going to find out what is happening with your family soon. Your brother is right there. Do you see him?" She pointed to a small crib set up in the corner of her room and Auburn nodded at the woman choosing not to speak, but instead watching her brother, thankful that he was alright.
Coming across Chief Yolvun only made Everette feel so much worse than before, he felt that he had failed the mayor and it hurt his soul greatly to know that he let harm come to the girl that he promised to look after. Running his fingers through his hair Everette looked at the Chief and did his best to explain. "You might have to go back around. I would suggest that no one drinks the water, not for tonight at least. I don't know what happened. Renza went to get us rain water to have with dinner and she came back seeming really sick. Conrad and Samuel are with her now trying to make sure that she is alright, but we tested that water not three hours ago and it was fine. I don't know what happened but I want to find out. There is nothing natural about that happening. The water wouldn't have gone bad like that on its own in just a couple hours. I was just heading out to see if I could find anything off." Everette didn't want to admit the fact that in the process he got himself turned around and now was just running for the sake of running around hoping to see something off, without really knowing how to get to the pace he needed to check.
As they fought Tinarah thought she might have caught a comment about a Heart of Light from her brother. Were they talking about Aria again? Perhaps worrying about her. Tinarah was confident that she would be fine, even if she didn't trust Torrin, she did to some extent trust Thalassa, so she wasn't too worried about Aria. That being said Tinarah wasn't entirely sure of the context of the conversation having not heard the entire thing, so for the most part she kept to herself as Frozone warned them not to worry too much about creatures because he could block them out before more decided to join the party. With a nod of acknowledgment, Tinarah wasn't going to leave without at least a little bit of a fight. Switching from Torrins fight style, Tinarah tried to pick up a bit of what she remembered from Stamatis's teaching. That being said they had spent a lot of time focusing on magic, which wasn't an option here, so instead she was forced to just use whatever fighting styles she knew. The stuff Torrin had taught her was more prominent in her mind, but at the same time it bothered Tinarah to some extent to use it, hence her trying, and in the end failing to change. It didn't take her long to just go back to what she was doing before as she fought her way through the Helping Hats, moving forward as she did so so that Frozone could make that wall. HP: 27/60 MP: 0/20 AP: 2/38 Enemies Defeated: 6 Helping Hats Enemies Remaining: 16 Helping Hats
There was a small tentative smile on Auburns lips as she looked between the two boys. "My father is great, though I don't know if I am on the path to greatness. I couldn't even keep an eye for that Ursa... I don't know if I am quite cut out for all this. I might have to leave the hero work to my dad." Auburn told them hinting at her nearly leaving not long before. That being said now that they had gotten her to open up a little bit, she was already feeling a little more comfortable and a little more confident. She didn't like starting conversations, or talking much, but she realized that she hated being ignored equally as much. "So... I don't know about this hero work, but I think we are supposed to be meeting with the crazy lady. I am sure Qrow won't mind if we leave now, he has done what my father asked I am sure and now can't care less." Auburn laughed a little bit knowing a bit more about Qrows demeanor from his occasional visits to see her father and just stories that she was told. While she wasn't close with him she felt like she knew him well enough to make that call. Lingering around Arian started to wonder what was taking the other team so long to get back. He thought they were supposed to meet back pretty quickly and here he was waiting around, avoiding Noire while he was at it. While she tried to apologize and Arian tried to move on, it didn't mean that he wanted to deal with her any more than he had to. Looking over he noticed Lloyd giving a talking to to one of their members. Vice had seemed distant so far and while there is a part of Arian who wanted to say that it didn't matter, he also knew that wasn't true and that they would need to work better, he was sure he was guilty of that as well but chose not to think of it as he leaned back against the nearest wall. Flipping a coin his tail swished behind him, keeping himself a little more content than he had been so far. Perhaps it was just the fact that someone besides him was in trouble that made him feel better, he wasn't sure but didn't care much to question it as he waited for the point in which they were allowed to leave.
Pushing Daeni off of him, Cerdic stood up. "Impossible or not, don't be an idiot. I told you to stay back and stay safe. If that thing wants whatever is in your heart you are putting more than yourself in danger by stepping in front of attacks like that. I can handle myself. So for christ sake Daeni, STAY BACK, AND STAY SAFE!" Cerdic tried to beat the idea into the thick skull of hers and he stepped up in front of her again so that she could have a moment to recover as he looked towards the creature made of darkness. It didn't even deserve a name at this point. Readying his keyblade Cerdic knew that staying back he couldn't protect the machine and Daeni, he would have to keep the creature occupied. "This better be worth it. No one do anything stupid and don't try to stop me." Cerdic muttered to himself as he tried to muster all the courage that he could in order to be ready for this. He had always tried to take things carefully never stepping into obvious danger if he could help it, but looking back at his friends he didn't want to see them in danger either, it was the only thing he could do. He was so useless before now, he had to do something useful. Finally Cerdic got himself convinced to do what needed to be done and stepped forward and put himself on the offense, not paying much attention to the world around him as he laid attacks in on the creature to draw it's attention completely to himself.
Listening the the entire story Thea was wide eyed and nervous throughout. Though there was no signs of her power sparking off anywhere, she still seemed nervous and the magic energy that was around her still remained as she clenched at her dress to keep herself in check the best that she could. "That is terrible! Why would they sacrifice children? That isn't fair! Of course we will help. I am not letting them get away with that. I won't let them hurt Maliel's little sister. She was so nice, Maliel helped us when we arrived and I think she was trying to protect me from the mayor. I don't know for sure but she lied about my age and stuff and kept telling me what to do and not to do." Thea stated earnestly as she looked up at them squirming a little bit. Feeling her fires burning under her skin, she really wanted to go and deal with the spider and save Selena as soon as possible, though she knew it wasn't her call. If Zephyr and Gavin said no, there was little that she could do on her own. Turning back to her two companions she looked at them. "We are going to go help now right? We really need to before it is too late. And I have lots of friends in the magic council, they will listen to me I am sure." Friends wasn't the right word for it, and there was no guarantee that they would listen to her. The only reason that they knew her was that they often checked up on her and they had dealt with her after the death of her parents. They were the ones that set up the agreement with Divine Rose and what she was to be doing. While Thea wasn't entirely sure the whole story and agreement, she just knew who the people were and they seemed nice enough, if not a little grumpy so she thought of them as her friends. "Thanks." Everette tried to laugh a little bit, but he was still a little out of it, just not speaking too much on the subject. Instead Everette just sat there waiting for Renza to get back. Since Conrad was finishing dinner and Renza fetching drinks, there was not much that he could have done anyways. It made him feel a bit useless, but that was the least of his worries. He would clean up after dinner and that was fine. For now he could relax and try and clear his mind a little bit, trying his best to relax a little bit. There was a sound and Conrad was the first to get up and see what it was. He heard Conrad practically yell Renza's name and Everette was on his feet as the chair fell back to the ground behind him. Before he could make it to the door Conrad was there with Renza who clearly wasn't in a good shape. She was fine just minutes ago and they knew that the water she was getting was fine. He made sure that she got the right water and everything. Perhaps he should have gone with her. There was no time for regret though as Everette got up and looked at the girl. "Make sure she is going to be okay. I am going to investigate. I took samples of several of those rain waters, they should have been fine. She should have been fine to get them!" Everette was a little annoyed as he turned and looked towards the door. "I will be back soon." Everette told both the boys as he ran outside and started to head towards the water store for the rain water. He made it about a block before he realized that he wasn't quite sure how to get to the water store house, so instead he just kind of ran around town, guessing the general direction, keeping his eyes peeled for anyone who might be out at this time. As far as Everette could tell there wouldn't be many people walking around at this time and he was sure the water Renza had gotten was fine just hours before.
Well at least they stopped trying to decide a leader and just moved on. However as they started to head forward, it seemed that Tinarah was falling to the background once more. This time she had not actually tried to fall to the back, but looking around there wasn't that many people here that she was comfortable talking to. Aria went with the other group, and Take was pulling aside Chrono to talk to him privately. Meanwhile Tinarah still didn't find herself all that comfortable with Boreas. He seemed a little harsh in her opinion. Even when Tinarah tried to explain her reservations about him and Torrin, he believed that it should be just so easy to just let go and be okay with them. To her Boreas almost seemed offended that it wasn't simply that easy to just move off of it and that made Tinarah not so comfortable with him. Then there was Qamar. They were getting a little better from the first meeting, but the first incident still played in her mind, making Tinarah not bother making any move towards interacting with her. Glyde was someone that she didn't understand and he was quiet himself so she didn't really know how to deal with that. As they walked on suddenly there was a bit of an issue as creatures showed up in front of her. At leas there was something that she could do now, and made use of her training for once. Perhaps she could not deal with things fully on her own yet, but she could just put training to use and make the bad useful. After all the training with Torrin had to be good for something after all. When the battle started, though Tinarah was not the first to jump in, she didn't hold back at all. Summoning her keyblade to her, she took a few deep breaths, centering herself like Master Stamatis taught her, before she jumped into a series of moves that Torrin had taught her. Of course what Torrin taught her was meant to be used with a sword, but there was no reason that it couldn't apply here. While she was cautious of those around her, their battles meant nothing to her as she focused mostly on her own battles and not on what the others were doing. In the end it turned to be effective as she glanced around at the ruined robots around her, just admiring how much she had grown. Her chest heaved up and down with heavy breaths but it seemed despite the fact she was still recovering from a rather rough shape that she was in, she could manage to fight still and that was very encouraging to Tinarah. HP: 35/60 MP: 0/20 AP: 2/38 Enemies Defeated: 6 Helping Hats Enemies Remaining: 12 Helping Hats
As they arrived Thea saw a child who very much seemed to like Izra. It was enough to convince Thea to trust her. She then saw Kyo and Jack, and looked at them curiously. She now really wondered what was going on here since she thought the two boys worked for the mayor. But instead they started asking about another child and Thea got quite concerned. "Oh no! I stopped you from saving another child. We need to go rescue them before they get hurt. You should have saved them not me. I can fight for myself. See I have magic." Thea made a small flame in her hand but noticed blue lacing through it and quickly put it out before it could go out of control. "Can we go back? Can we help them rescue the other girl? I don't want anyone to get hurt for me. That is unfair. We should go." She begged of Zephyr and Gavin. Sure she wanted to know what was going on here, but now she was more worried about the other girl that they were speaking of. Seeing the safe kids and familiar faces, Thea liked to believe that these people were good and now just wanted to help everyone. That being said she was being desperate and those more in tune to magic could feel it radiating off of her, for now she was containing it but it was clearly not a good thing to let her work herself up over such things. Rubbing the back of his neck, Everette looked away. He was supposed to be the one that they could go to and trust. He was supposed to be sort of leader like, he was the S-class after all, and here Sam and Conrad were comforting him. It wasn't surprising though, they were both good friends, Samuel was his best friend, they had both always had his back despite everything that he had been through. Even on mission they were still there for him even if he would rather forget it and move on. In truth Everette knew that wasn't necessarily the best thing to do, he knew that he needed to talk it out and not stew on it. He lectured Sam on the amount of sleep that he got, but Everette was well enough aware that if he left this unchecked he would lose sleep too it, worrying what he might forget, cursing his own mind. "You are right... thanks. I just I guess I need to work on not feeling responsible for everyone all the time. I know you are both capable of handling yourselves just fine without me. But if anything happened I wouldn't forgive myself, and it is always a fear that my own mind would get in the way. You know? I can't control it, no amount of studying fixes it, just.... it was damage that no one was able to fully fix. I guess sometimes when I remember how bad it can get, I just get concerned." Everette admitted as he finished what he was doing, handing the vegetables over to Conrad so that he could finish the cooking while Renza went to set the table. Renza offered to go get some water and Everette instinctively called out to her. "Make sure it is the rain water." After he was sure that she knew he took a seat and looked at the other two giving a small smile and laugh, though it seemed a little forced. "Some S-class I am, needing you guys to support me just to get through the task. But I appreciate it. It just shows you two would be good for the job one day. I will be rooting for you."
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After being told to sit around and wait, now she didn't even get to join in the fight. Tinarah tried not to show the disappointment as she felt she had been side lined. It was partly because since she had arrived they had told them they came here to help, but every step of the way had been pushed to the side and had to wait and watch. Sure she wasn't much of a fighter, but she wasn't going to get better or stronger if she was always forced to sit around and wait for the others to do all the work, and getting stronger was something that she really needed right now. This probably wasn't the best way of going about it, but if the council was going to let her in the field she at least wished she had been given the privilege of doing something and not just waiting around. At least they had some sort of mission to do and it would be helpful, especially since she relied a lot on magic. "Alright, stay safe." Tinarah told the other group before averting her gaze sighing quietly as she turned to Frozone. She got the feeling that he didn't overly like her, so she would have to be careful with going about this, probably keep her mouth shut about it for the most part though Qamar was already questioning leadership herself. "I think the idea is following Mr. Frozone's lead." Tinarah tried to tell Qamar. It wasn't a problem if they wanted another leader from their own team but at the same time this was his world, his friend, so why should they take lead? There was no point to it and it was a waste of time debating it. They should just get a move on and get going sooner rather than later so they could deal with the magic thing before whatever fight was to be had could go too south.
Cause we’ve been through hell and back. And back again. We turn around - go back and then; We play pretend, that we are the same people...
