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It was probably best that Renza got out of the town for a bit, and get to enjoy the farms and animals. While what they were dong was rather grim work, it didn't mean that the child had to view it that way, for her it could just be fun, it was allowed to just be fun for her. Meanwhile the Chieftain himself would go with Everette to look into the water sources. Seemed like a fair enough divide. Giving Conrad one more look he nodded to the other boy. "Good luck." He hoped at least one of them would find something, if not Everette wasn't sure what to do next, unless of course Samuel found something, which was a possibility as well, this mission was right up Sam's alley after all. "After you, Chief Yolvun." Everette stepped aside letting the chief take the lead towards the water supplies, following pretty close behind him, looking around the town a bit as he did so. "Is there many others who have managed to avoid being sick so far? It seems that there are not many left around to help out." Trying to get a feel for just how many people were effected might prove beneficial, since they had only met Renza and Yolvun so far, and the rest of the town seemed like a ghost town, Everette assumed that most of the town was infected, but perhaps there were just as many in the town hall caring for the sick, as were actually sick. If that was the case it might not have been quite as horrible as he originally thought, still bad, but not quite as bad. Gavin and Zephyr didn't seem sold on Thea's idea of the plan, but the Mayor confirmed that anyone that was not her age or younger would be put to sleep. He then essentially dismissed them soon after that, calling in a butler to escort them out. Thea crossed her arms as the teen boy came in to show them out and to where they would be sleeping, but that didn't stop Thea from talking as they walked. "See the flute puts you guys to sleep. But even if I am under the trance for a bit, surely they won't expect a great and powerful wizard that has come to save the town to be so young. They will be caught completely off guard. Maybe I can even get the flute from them before I signal for help. I am not some helpless child like the other kids. I have been training really hard for this. Unless you have a better idea on what to do, but I doubt you do. So lets just try." Thea tried to tell the other two boys. She wasn't a fan of how protective they were being, Thea herself didn't see a problem with it. She didn't care if Kyo, or even the mayor overheard while she was talking, there was no issue in them hearing the plans, unless they were going to try and stop her, but if they did she would prove to them why she is a wizard in Divine Rose like everyone else.
As they walked Torrin informed her that they had rescued Aria already. There was a smile on her face to hear that. "Good... I couldn't keep my promise." She sounded a bit upset but kept going. Walking through the portal she felt the chill as they go to the mountain castle, before they warmed getting closer and in through the door. She relaxed as they were in the warmth but she was still shaking a little bit. "The Light Chaser... he sent me back but.... I was on a bridge and Chrono found me. I tried to tell him about Aria, but he got mad cause I wouldn't calm down. He threw me off the bridge..." Tinarah repeated the same basic story she told people when they asked, it was all she could think to do, not knowing how to expand on that at the moment. Boreas asked where to bring Master Gero and while he was asking Atmos, it was Tinarah who lived here a while before. "Upstairs, last room on the left is my room...." She offered. She then leaned more heavily against Torrin. She hated having to rely on him like this, even tried to push off and move on her own. A couple steps had her near collapsing again as she caught herself on the wall and looked to Atmos for help before she finally tried to tell them what she needed right about now. "Food..." Her stomach grumbled almost in response. She didn't know how to explain that she hadn't eaten for a week, but she didn't know how much longer she could go like this.
It started to feel like everyone was talking like she wasn't there. Torrin still was questioning if she was who she said she was and refusing to take her back to the others in case it was a trap. Tinarah would rather not return to the others in her condition anyways however. She wouldn't be of much help to them in her shape and it was just another thing to worry about. They had more important things to worry about... Aria! Tinarah tried to sit up a bit, though she was barely able to lift herself to her elbows. At least she could remain in that position after Torrin finally cured her. It didn't help with the cold, or the hunger pains, but there were still small injuries and ailments from being locked up that it did help with, restored some energy to her at the very least. "He... he has her. The Light Chaser has Aria. You have to help her." Tinarah tried to tell them as they argued about how Torrin knew where Choma's castle was. She had promised Aria that she would bring help, and if it really was only two days that passed, then maybe it was not too late to get that help to her. For five years she felt guilt over leaving Aria there with no one even knowing she was alive, now she could do something, pass on the message, even if it was to someone she didn't really trust. Atmos was there, she would at least make sure that things went over smoothly. Torrin helped her up and Tinarah leaned on him, letting him support her mostly, but still making an effort to walk on her own two legs, if what she did was called walking. It was more like she was shuffling her feet along. "I am sure he would be. After all I didn't fall to my death like he wanted." Tinarah didn't seem like she was really ready to talk, but she still couldn't just ignore the issues altogether. She knew that she had a long story to share, but it could wait, for now she needed food and rest. What she really needed was time to recover from the time in the dungeon, but time always felt like it was in short supply, she had to take what she could get.
Looking at the path ahead of them, trying to sneak around might not be the best idea, given from what she could see there was simply a straight path leading to them. While Aeira took the first step out, Kiara prepared to follow close behind. "I will tell you what, why don't you try that and see how it goes for you, I will back her up. Two against one, I am not so fond of those odd, you have seen how he fights." Kiara eyed Uniform. "Just do me a favour and try not to get yourself killed. It would be incredibly dull around here if you died." She added on before stepping up beside Aeira and looking straight at Uniform. "So are you ready to finish this? Or should I assume you are going to go running back to my daddy to tattle on me." She taunted him. While Kiara might still have had problems with her own father, seeing how this guy had used it against her earlier, she wouldn't let him do it again. She held the reins now, she knew what to expect from this guy and could prepare herself accordingly. Seeing a man from her past while running from her past had gotten to her the first time, but she couldn't let it get to her again. Letting her whip uncurl, the metal lengths thudding to the ground Kiara took a battle stance, they were going to end it here and now, but first they had to get passed the guards. Giving a nod towards Aeira, she made sure the other girl was ready. Kiara wasn't going to be brash this time, she wasn't going to run in blindly, no, she would wait for them to come to her. She could draw them out a bit before the rest of the group ambushed them.
Keeping his head down, Cerdic tried to make quick work of moving the rock, tossing them off to the side, barely paying enough attention to make sure that they didn't hit anyone else. If they could get this dealt with sooner rather than later, he would be happy, the threat of heartless or Ria showing up making him rather nervous. As everyone jumped into help, Cerdic had hoped one would have stood watch, but without anyone doing that he just figured they needed to work faster. A small grunt and then a thump, Cerdic turned around just to see Mora try to pull herself back on top of the cliff. He dropped the rock he was holding and ran towards the girl as quick as he could. "Hold on Mora, I've got you." Nearing her he dropped to the ground beside the cliffs edge and reached a hand for Mora. Cerdic for a moment looked over the cliff, paling at the sight of the long fall down before turning away and closing his eyes, trying to grab Mora's hand to pull her away from the cliff to safety.
Auburn was just reaching for the side door when she heard a voice and spun around to see Lazuli standing there, the guy who had tried to talk to her on the ride here. At that point their conversation was short lived, not really having time to talk to the boy. Why would he care now though? Just as she was trying to leave now she was worth talking more to apparently. Slowly Auburn turned to look at the other boy, her fingers fidgeting, intertwining with her shirt as she looked at him quietly for a moment, clueless on how to approach this. "I-I was just leaving... getting out of your way before I could make another amateur mistake and put more people in danger with it." She informed him in her small quiet voice, barely looking up at the boy. She kept her eyes down turned, like she did most of the time she had been there, confidence clearly wasn't her strong suite. "I was just going to find a way home, leave the hero work to my father. He is the real hero, not me." She added turning back to the door. She wondered what her father would think of her leaving. Would he be upset with her? He had always supported her, more than she could ever repay him for. He was her biggest idol, and she always wanted to be like him, but now...now she thought she could never be good enough, never live up to that legacy, so why even try?
Returning to the Pridelands, they met up with Nala again and started to formulate a plan. The plan that they were formulating however didn't sound like a good one. Live bait... as in all of those who were prey, not predators. She looked over at one of her teammates, and Kaida, who she had grown quite fond of. Timon and Pumbaa were also dragged into this crazy scheme, and while it wasn't going to be fun, they had to at least try. If this is what it took to get Simba to do what he needed to do, then so be it. As they got ready to do some spur of the moment, impromptu baiting, Aux and Hikaru seemed to be a bit concerned about the plan and Kaida, the latter more than the former. Meanwhile Aux was making some snide comments towards her. While Aislinn would have loved to ram him in the face, she knew that it wasn't the most ideal thing to do at the time, instead being the better person and turning towards Kaida."If you want to sit on my back, we can watch out for each other after this mess is done with." Aislinn suggested, perhaps it would make Hikaru feel a little better about things. If they hyena's caught them, Aux would get his wish and she would buy Kaida a bit more time to escape. "So are you ready to dance the hula?"
After saying her name Torrin began to pepper her with questions, searching her face for something he recognized. Tinarah's head was spinning as it was as she nodded to confirm that she was indeed Chrono's sister. However he said only two days had passed, Tinarah would have found it weird if she hadn't had her fill of time travel already. She had been to the past, and what she assumed the future, as well as existing in another realm. For it to have been only two days in this world shouldn't have surprised her at all, but it still did, slightly. As soon as Torrin started questioning her, Master Atmos walked up, deactivating her armour so that Tinarah could see her face. "Master Atmos... You're... here..." Tinarah nearly said alive, but she had to remember where she was, what time she was in. There was another pain in her stomach and Tinarah curled up on her side, holding it. She hadn't thought of how painful starving herself would be. She had gone maybe a few days while eating minimal amounts of food but a month eating next to nothing, followed by a week of nothing, that was something she never wished to do again, though she had no regrets on doing it. The longer they were there, the more Torrin's tone changed, the more he started to question her, wanting her to prove who she was. The other man, one she remembered as Torrin's right hand man, from the other realm, walked up also looking down at her. With all three facing her, and Tinarah in such bad shape, she grew uncomfortable. At least Boreas this time was helping her slightly, trying to get Torrin to settle for less. Tinarah would prefer none of this questioning, but she supposed after being gone for two days and coming back as 18 when she left at the age of 12, was something that would concern many. "Master Stamatis." It slipped out before she could realize what she was saying. She should have known that he wasn't looking for the Master she trained with while she was gone, but the one she trained with before. "No... Sorry, Master Choma trained me when we met." She cleared up before turning to the next question. Her mind flashed to the second time meeting Torrin, same place as the first time, but it held a different sense of fear, one that made her realize she had to keep talking, keep moving before that Torrin managed to find her, laying here on the beach she would be easy target, she wouldn't be able to catch Torrin by surprise again and escape. "The mansion.... In Eventide..." She told him closing her eyes for a moment. She didn't seem to be doing too well, she wasn't holding much of a conversation and she seemed to be losing energy and fast.
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Another man jumped in the water and went to help Gero, meanwhile that meant that Torrin was coming her way. Tinarah tried not to seem to uncomfortable with that thought as he grabbed her and helped drag her from the water. When they were in shallow enough water that she could stand, Tinarah tried to help Torrin a bit, putting some weight on her own two feet. It was clear however that she wasn't going to be walking very far very fast as she shivered, dragging her feet along. The moment they reached the shore, she let Torrin put her down, and Tinarah laid on her back looking up at the sky. Warmth came from a fire spell and Tinarah found herself moving closer to it, trying to gather the warmth, sitting up only slightly. She put a hand to her head trying to make the fuzzy dizziness go away long enough to interact. Instead she was forced to push her way through it to talk. The woman spoke first however and Tinarah found herself a little shocked to recognize the voice of the armoured woman, if vaguely. "Master... Atmos?" Tinarah questioned, feeling a little more confident that she was in her own timeline. Master Atmos however was more preoccupied with Gero, meanwhile Torrin was more interested in her. Apparently Gero seemed very important and Tinarah was a little surprised. She knew he was formerly a keyblade Master, but the way Atmos spoke, it seemed like he was more than that. She looked over to the unconscious man as Torrin asked who she was and what they had come through. It gave her a little confidence that this Torrin wouldn't hurt her, at least not yet. Tinarah looked up at him wiping some dirt from her face as it ran down with the water. She didn't want to imagine how horrible she looked right now. She could feel her stomach twist, and make sounds. "I know who you are...." She said quietly as she looked away for a moment. "I know... I have met you before." She admitted. She had no clue how long she had been gone, not even sure if she was in the right realm, but she had to hope she was. "Tinarah... As for what we came through though, I don't know. Gero created it using my keyblade." She informed him trying to be at least a little helpful.
The heartless like things were cleared out enough that they were able to start moving forward, following Mora, but keeping close in case any heartless decided to show up and make their lives even more of a living hell. As they ran, Cerdic took a quick assessment of everyone there, they all seemed to be doing fine still, all safe, though he had caused Daeni to lose her scarf thing, he didn't think that was a big deal. He merely shrugged it off as they continued to go. Soon they managed to make it to a cave that had caved in. Apparently the extractor was in there, meaning they had to get to work. Cerdic was more than glad for his keyblade armour, it would keep his clothes from getting dirty and his hands from getting scratched up. He could polish the armour later, when they were safe. For now however Cerdic just worried about getting out of the open and into that cave before Ria managed to catch up with them. The heartless had taken no time to find them last time, it was likely that it was going to be the same this time.
Stepping out the other side of the portal Tinarah instantly found herself falling, unable to keep hold on Gero as they hit the water. The cold of the water shocked her for a moment, enough that she could somewhat register that she needed to do something or else she would drown. Glancing around she tried to see if Gero managed to swim, before she noticed someone run into the water, likely to help them. Tinarah tried to swim towards him a bit but after only swimming forward a couple feet she found herself shaky and too weak to keep going, she focused more on keeping her head above water as she scanned the shore to see two more people standing there as well. "Help him... please." She was at least floating for now but Gero was barely able to walk when they had left, there was no way that he could swim in. As the figure got closer however, Tinarah recognized who it was. She panicked for a moment that he had found her too soon, but then after a second look she realized he was younger, her realms Torrin probably, and while she didn't trust him, she hoped he wouldn't hurt her. Tinarah didn't know what lay beneath the kind facade that he had when they had brought him with them to safety, but he might be her only way of not drowning. The realm thing still didn't make much sense to Tinarah, she didn't know if this realms Torrin would have the same heart or ambitions as the other realms, but at least he likely wouldn't be as powerful at this age, there was still time to stop it, though they had the Light Chaser to stop first. As Tinarah floated however waiting for help to come her head started to spin again and she found herself sinking slightly. Her head went under a couple times but she manage to get it back up. How much longer she could keep that up though, Tinarah didn't know, long enough to get to shore she hoped.
Little Miss HotHead, Kiara wanted to deny it, but well it wasn't worth it at that point. "You might have got the jump on me, but you know I thought I would shake things up and trust my team. Apparently that was too much to ask though." She said rolling her eyes. Kiara knew it wasn't Arctus' fault and she was as much to blame for it, but she wasn't one to just admit that outright. Arctus then suggested a rematch. Kiara smiled a little bit. "I would like that, but this time a fair match, no sneaking up and attacking from behind." She warned him as her attention turned back to Finlay. Soon they headed out and came across those standing guard at the front. The sight of Uniform instantly got Kiara worked up a little, sparks coming to her finger tips, but she didn't bother taking the attack. Instead she turned to Arctus. "Little Miss HotHead won't act out this time, be by guest Arctus." Kiara made a dramatic bow to him waving him forward so that he had nothing to complain about her.
Teliana was the first one to respond when Dayla had come down. Apparently their plan was to wait for the witchers and then see what they were doing since they were going after a witcher, which brought up another question, one that Alyse asked her, why were they doing this? Dayla shrugged and let out a sigh in response. "I don't know, you asked, being a barmaid never has been my speed. I don't know, lets just make sure we get away with it, okay? If we get arrested, who will run the bar?" It wasn't a big deal who would run the bar, Dayla didn't actually care. In the end what she cared about was repercussions of getting caught for her personally. Dayla didn't even care that much for her bar, it was a cover life that she began to get bored of. Soon one of the witchers showed up and Dayla was a little weary as he eyed her up, commenting on how well prepared she was. He asked what she did before and Dayla didn't feel comfortable sharing that information, not yet anyways. Flashing him a fake smile she responded to him "Oh nothing. I have always run a bar, but you know being a little ol' girl in a big city, one needs to protect themselves." Dayla said clearly not telling the truth but the glare she gave Derrick was a clear enough indication she didn't want to be questioned on it, and she knew how to use the weapons that she wielded. She then walked over a leaned against the wall to her tavern, glancing at the window above to try and see if anyone was watching, when satisfied she grabbed out one of her knives and started just playing with it while they waited to go.
Lucian rolled his eyes. "I know the area." He had to work in that area enough that it was hard to not be familiar with it. It brought about enough trouble that he was shipped of there to deal with situations every now and then. The man then offered to tell him why, and while Lucian normally didn't care, it would be good for his job to know what was going on. "Sure you can fill me in on the way. If I am going to save your sorry butts, I would at least like to know why." He stated flashing a smile in Kara's direction as she made a comment of Dylan not wanting his pretty face cut. He couldn't help but laugh a little bit at that. "I am sure his face will be fine. I am pretty damn good at hitting things after all." Lucian stated as he glanced quickly at Kara's mechanical arm. He didn't mind the arm thing, after all he had a mechanical eye. "I think I can manage that, and I will be sure to make the fighting an evil legion thing more interesting, because as much as you like to think it. I know you aren't that helpless girly. If you were you wouldn't have been able to keep up with me back at the bar." Lucian pointed out before turning to the door. "Are we don't with the chit chat then? Lets go."
The other guide would be Renza, that had Everette a little worried. He didn't know if he should be taking this little girl around with them, but at the same time, the fresh air might be good compared to being inside helping the sick people. Everette rubbed the back of his neck and looked at Conrad asking if they should split up. It wasn't Conrad that he worried about but he still had to take a moment to consider. Conrad made a good point on how they should split up and how it would be quicker, and that could work to their advantage, however experience had told him to never split the party. "We will split up for now, but we meet back here in an hour, no longer. If there is still stuff to collect after that then we will talk about it then." Everette instructed before turning towards Sam. "That goes for you too, I want to see you out here taking a break in an hour, we will regroup and reassess then." He told the other boy before turning back to the chieftain. "Up to you who takes who." Everette shrugged letting the chief decide if Renza should stick with him or go outside the city walls with Conrad to see the cattle. Thea listened to the man when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Looking up a little surprised she saw Maliel shake her head as a warning against her playing with the flame. Thea pouted a little bit as she let the ribbon of flame drift back into the fire place. Thea rocked on her feet getting kind of bored of the conversation but there wasn't that much she could do as she knew that part of missions were just sitting there finding out information. "So basically we need to wait until night and then I can go see if I can find where the guy is. I mean I am not an adult so I won't fall asleep right? When I find him I can send up a small flame so Zephyr and Gavin would know where to find me." Thea stated thinking her plan was genus. Never mind it was super dangerous to do but she thought it was a good idea.
╔════»Lloyd wasn't the first person that Arian had thought would help him when Noire got pissed, but he did and Arian took a step back putting his hands up like to surrender."Chill out, I mean no harm. Yes I care that it is in trouble or I wouldn't be here. I don't have to be here you know. If I didn't care I would have taken the path my parents preferred, but here I am. Now can I go get ready?" Arian snapped back at her. He wasn't impressed at how Noire handled things, he was rather annoyed when his jokes were turned into violence when that was not the intent. »Turning away, Arian stormed back towards the inn, while he seemed mad, his ears were flat on his head, almost like he was more worried than anything, the tail tucked close to his legs. The boy walked back to the inn without a word, collecting his stuff from his room trying not to let the emotions show, though what he kept hidden from his face couldn't be hidden from his animal like features. By the time he left his room to rejoin the others, he had forced a goofy smile back on his face, his ears perked up a bit, but his tail still tucked ever so slightly. ════╝Heading back to the inn, Auburn really didn't have much stuff to collect, she just needed the space. They had sent two people home, two people they didn't need. If they didn't need those two, then they clearly didn't need the man power. If they didn't need the man power, then why was she even there? She didn't fit in, she didn't belong. Everyone seemed to be starting to get along, but no one took a second look at her. She faded into the background like she was nothing. Perhaps she could fight, but only after years of training with an actual Huntsmen, this other kids, they were like naturals. She could never keep up as soon as they trained more. She wasn't ever going to make it that far. She had already failed as a grimm managed snatch her and she had to be saved by some other woman. It was proof enough that she wasn't good enough. Entering her room she threw the few items she had into her backpack, looking down at the last message from her father. "I am sorry dad. I can't do this anymore." She said softly shoving her phone in her pocket, making sure that her weapons were secured properly, before turning around and walking out of her room. Auburn kept her head down while she shuffled towards a side door out of the inn, not planning on even going close to the main party of she could help it. At least she wasn't going to walk straight passed them on her way out, though Auburn wasn't trying to hide the fact she was leaving. Her head was down as she walked, letting her hair hide her face a little bit. Only once did she look over her shoulder before reaching for the door. She was convinced no one would notice though, it was hopeful that someone cared, but she knew they didn't. Why would they? She hadn't done anything that would be worth caring about.
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