View attachment 50631 He spent most of the day over looking the sky alone. While he was able to relax somewhat he knew that it would not and could not last forever. The days went on more or lest with nothing happening and for the most part he kept to himself as he thought about the last couple days and the trail. Soon they left on got onto a ship and landed. Everyone found themselves in a barren forest where the trees cast shadows that looked disturbed and haunting. They found themselves in a clearing surrounded by several trees, each with interesting symbols on them. A colorful egg, a turkey, a Christmas tree, a heart and various other ones. Faust then said, 'wonder what's up with this? you don't normally see someone carve a tree into another tree at least from what I've seen.' Followed by Karina saying, 'No clue why they would do this.' As he looked around the various tree they all had a symbol of some sort. "I do not know why be the they likely represent or mean something. People or whoever did this just don;t typically just carve something into the tree for the fun of it it has to be here for a reason or mean something perhaps it is a clue to some sort of puzzle?" He then pointed to one with the shape of a heart. "This one for example is rather common were i come form or use to be just not anymore, anyways this heart means love between two people usually but normally there is letters and not just a heart. It looks almost unfinished in this state." As he looked around at the rest of the trees they were all different. "Maybe there is a common thread between all the trees." After he had a good look at more of them he was sure he could figure it out.
View attachment 50630 After he got the last AJ there was nothing left to do but head to the Shiro's training session. Soon DJ showed up saying to go to the Council Room. 'HADES. God of the dead. You guys ran into him on Olympus, but from what Alex told me, he severed ties with the group for ' It did not matter if what DJ had said was true or not the hellfire members were dangerous it it should not be taken lightly. "He seemed to be planning something when were were at Olympus more then the fighting something else. So him going MIA seems odd." he said off handy. Karina said something about having the rest of the night while that would be nice they had to keep fighting and to keep moving forward because who they were fighting would not just stop. With the meting over there was nothing to do but to leave the meeting and go somewhere until they had to leave. He sat on the edge of a over hang over looking the castle and he looked towards the sky enjoying the peace while he could.
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View attachment 50629 He turned his attention to Quill when he said 'How do other 'AJs' appear out of nowhere? And weren't you just doing your training?' "Well I came out of the pod in the spiritual training room and one moment there were was nothing in the room but the other pods and Yen Sid. In the next moment, the room was filled with seven other AJ's. Yes, I was doing my training but this is part two I guess?" The statement came out more of a question as he was not sure himself. "I do not really know. It is all very confusing to me." He looked at Quill for a moment. "The other AJ's completely destroyed the pod that I was in and part of the room." 'Yen Sid's training really does a number on you I guess.' "Yes it does. If you ever want to talk about it i am here." Kaida may want some time to process everything that had just happen to her. Thinking about the first part of his test he did not even get a chance to process what was happening before he had to got into the second part of his test if that was what all of this was. Echo and the whole mountain and getting into the clouds. Echo repeating everything he said then acting different. Then there was the fake out test where he was still in the pod but he was in the castle. Then he was back on the island in the dream state once more and he saw Aldwin and Connie. He wondered if that was his mind telling him something at the time or now that he tohoight about it it was all apart of the dram state. Then the pods and the AJ coming out. The destroyed pod it was all to much really but now was not the time to dwell on on there would be a time to process everything what happened in that dream state. That was when Beuce said, 'Well if it makes you feel any better you aren't insane. There's actually a bunch of AJs running around. Its his test, apparently. Not really sure we should interfere more than we already have...' "I suppose you are right if you helped me more then you already have then it would not be a test now would it. You helping me would make the test to easy." He sounded disappointed but at the same time it came out like he understood at the same time. "Thank you for all you have done already. We are here for each other." He told Beuce. He was not sure if he expected them to help him or not but what they had done so far had more than enough. "I don't know about the rest of you but this training has been interesting." It kind of made a interesting twist to the test the way it all played out. Before he left he turned his attention to Quill. "I guess it would be easier to show you what this is all about than to tell you." He walked up to Quill and took a hold of Studious' arm and leg followed by lazy's head. They both disappeared and all that was left in there place was two pieces of crystal, which fell to the ground as the AJ's disappeared. He picked them up and joined them with the rest. He guessed that showing was far better than telling them and what he should have done in the first place. "I will enplane everything in detail if any of you want after this is all this craziness with the other AJ is over." He turned to leave but before he could get very far a other AJ entered the room. Well this was odd but why would a AJ enter this room? That would just make this interesting he guessed. Tryhard who was quite bored of watching the test of Kel, Karina, Faust and Ven moved his body a bit. He was hoping to have and conversation with them when there test was over but it was not met to be. There was this whole water raft thing that was going on and it looked to be fun. Maybe he would get to try it at some point. He would get to try really hard at this raft test or maybe not. trying was doing and doing was trying. But seeing that there test was still going and it might be a while it was time to go check out more of the castle. He wondered where everyone was at. There was four at the rap water ride and the rest of this castle's people he had no idea but it was time he have some fun or at least find some people to talk to. He then left the area. He first went to the bell tower and noticed the setting. The tower was large and tall and he had to make his way up there to see the view. Once at the top of the tower he noticed how far he could see. The sky the clear and he could see for a good distance away. He did not see anyone at the bell tower. Maybe they had just left or they where out of eyesight but he did not see anyone that did not mean they did not see him. He climbed back down the tower the same way he had made his way up still not seeing anyone on the way up or down both times. He then walked the castle some more not really seeing anyone that was until he rounded the halway and entered into the hallway where Quill, kaida, and Beuce were at. "Hey hey hay what is happen' my cool folks? this must be where everyone is at." He reached into his pocket and placed some cool shades on top of his head. "What is the down low? What are you cool peps doing?" At first, AJ was shocked that this AJ did not see him but after some time past he came to the thought that this AJ was just choosing not to pay any attention to him. This AJ had a odd way of talking it way like he had no care in the world or he cared to much he could not be sure. "This must be where everyone hangs out in a cool hallway. YEah, lean-in and what not. That was when he walked over to the wall and leaned onto it.. He put his had through his hair. "I was not able to find anyone until I saw you. The other are doing some sort of boat rafting water thing it looks hard. Everyone just doing some task trying their hardest. I bet all of you did your best. Yeah. working hard at everything you do." AJ took a step forward this AJ was trying to hard to impress or do whatever he was trying to do. That and this AJ talked a lot more than he thought he would. What was this AJ trying to do? He guessed that he should not question it at this point. He looked over the Aj that was moving closer to him. "Well I got to be going this cool dude is cramping my style." He left the room before AJ could get to him. AJ looked at the others not sure what that was all about. That was one of the oddest experience he ever experienced. He felt like he was going to die. He would never do what this AJ just did or would never say what he would say it was like this AJ had a mind of his own. If he did not know better he would say it was almost like this AJ was not apart of him all all but he knew he was. He guessed that at this point he should not question what was happening and everything was just going to be odd no matter what was going on. He looked to Beuce and hoped that he would get to ask him the question that popped in his mind when this training started. Now was not the time to ask he had already stood in one place for far to long not going after the others. He gave them all smile and wave and left the room. Mentally facepalming as he did so. He could not believe what the other AJ just did actually he could as he just saw it but it was unbelievable all the same. He left the room and into the next where tryhard was and the emotional AJ were at. So the one from before had not gotten that far after all and he was talking to the other AJ he just kept talking and taking. "Do you ever stop talking?" The AJ said in an angry tone. "I thought that this one was bad just thinking all the time but you are somehow worse than that." "Hay hay hay now we are all cool here. We are all on the up and up." They both turned to look at him and when he got closer. As they went to leave they crashed into each other and fell on to each other. As they crashed into each other this was his one and only chance to get them. The tryhard AJ had fallen on top of the emotional AJ and it looked like it was a twist of body parts. This was the last two of this test thing. After this was over he was not sure what he wanted but he knew that things would be different and him and those that saw the other AJ's. He was unsure if he could ever explain any of this or if it would just a hard as the test but this SOS group was the family and friends he never had back home and he got that now. It was a family not everyone got along and there were fight but that was made it a family all the same. He took off in a full run after the two before they could get up and do anything. Reaching tryhard first as he had fallen on top of the swinging Emotional AJ. He pushed the Tryhard AJ off the one AJ momentarily forgetting that it would disappear. As the AJ lifted off the Emotional one he disappeared he took a hold of the other AJ before he could get up and run away or anything else and he vanished too. He picked up the two crystals that had fallen to the ground and joined them with the rest he was not sure what he was to do with his completed crystal but the answer would come in time he guessed he was done trying to think of answers that would not come for some time and now he real only had to think when there was a reason to. As the crystal was complete he felt different. He felt tired and rested at the same time it was a odd feeling but he was not going to dwell on it for to long. He felt all different things all at the same time it was like the AJ that left were a physical part of him and when they left him they had left him a shell. but this till felt different then before this test maybe they were locked away behind a door or maybe something else was at play here he could not be sure. Now that he was alone once more there was nothing to do but wait for the next hing to happen and hopefully it would not be till the next day. As he had to do something about how he was feeling it was really hard to explan because it felt so different and odd he never felt this way before and he wondered if this would stay with him or if this felling would go away only time would tell but more then anything he felt alive. All AJ's found. TLDR all AJ's were found and things happened.
View attachment 50628 AJ walked some more around the castle. He did not find any other AJ's so far. He was just entering the bell tower area when on the opposite side he was just able to catch a glimpse of another AJ waving to Aux and Luna before they headed out. Picking up his the speed of his walk to faster speed he quickly went towards the AJ that just left heading after them Andrew yelps and runs away AJ was on a full run at this point as he went after the other AJ. He runs faster. "I'm not going back!" studeous The wind was knocked out of him from Beuce's attack. He saw the other AJ that was with Quill but failed to get away as Beuce had knocked the wind out of him and his attempts came out weak. AJ was getting tried of this whole going after all other AJ's at this point. This trail was not what he expected. He guessed that was why it was one. He did not really know how to respond to what the AJ had said. Every Aj he was going after so far all them seemed pretty different this one was happy and care free one second and the next seemed almost upset. He was not really giving the other Aj much of a choice. "I am not going to stop I am not going to give up on us. I will never stop fighting." He said this as he closed the gap between them but was still a good couple feet away. As he continued to chase the other AJ ready to continue going after the AJ until he got him. He picked up more speed and continued after the other AJ. Emotional rounded the corner and onto a hall way where Quill and Beuce and two other AJ were at and momentarily stooped in his tracks. AJ rounded the corner and spotted Other AJ's Quill and Beuce. The one AJ he had been chasing was between him and Beuce and Quill. "Hay Beuce and quill." He voice was of shock that Beuce and quill were there and had other AJ at that. Um I guess I should enplane this." He gestured to the other AJ's. "The short version is they appeared out of nowhere and i am supost to tag them to get past this trail?" He shrugged. "I don't know how it works to be honest. I appreciate your help all the same." He said.
View attachment 50626 As he walked he tried to think of where the other of him would be. Quill and Kaida where still training as far as he knew, That left Aux, Luna and Beuce where the other potential other AJ could be. But truth be told they could be anywhere. As he had found the other ones of him he thought it might be easier but as he found them there was less of himself to find so in the end it would only continue to get harder. It would have to find one of the others, check everywhere or get lucky and find another AJ. He shrugged and just continued walked around the castle. As he would have to check the cassle once over of just find one in a place he had not checked yet. Lazy who was more of a dead weight more then anything else did not move did nothing. The movement that were there were slow and seemed to take all the effort and energy in the world. " R E L A X ." The word cam out slow to Quill and almost like he was out of breath and the act of just speaking took more energy then he had. After he spoke to quill he closed his eyes and just remained like a dead wight to quill once more.
View attachment 50607 As he chased himself through this course he realized that the one he was chasing was rather Contestant. Swinging across the pit and walking with such balance across the one rope that went over the pits. Where he had to take his time because he almost fell a few times. The other one of him had no problems at all. Contestant reached the monkey bars and made it to the third ring before falling to the ground below. As he reached the monkey bars he jumped down hoping to land on top of the other one of him. At the last moment Contestant rolled out of the way stared to stand up to run off again. he reached out his hand and took a hold of his ankle and Contestant disappeared. He stood up after grabbing the crystal that Contestant dropped he wonder what he should go next and stared walking the castle once again. (3/7 found) {dedicated, Farsighted, Contestant}
View attachment 50606 He took the rope in hand and swung across. Up ahead he could see that Contestant was crossing a rope bridge over another hole. This bride was different then ones that he had seen before as this one was just one rope over the fall. He could see that after that was some monkey bars. He was now on the other side of death trap and Contestant was just reaching the beginning of the monkey bars.
View attachment 50605 He ran after Contestant into a room where there were ropes, monkey bars and a lot of other things. It looked like it was used recently. Contestant rand onto the course swinging across a pit using a room. He had no chocise but to follow himself so headed onto the course. Studeous looked up at Beuce then back down and wrote down on his notes 'when threatened or scared summon a keyblade.' He looked back to Beuce with a blank stare and waited for Beuce to do something else. He might have been acting odd but information is key after all. He would continue to study these people and wright down everything he saw.
View attachment 50603 After telling Ven about what was going on somewhat it was time to go looking for the rest of the others. He figured that the rest might be somewhere near so of the other sos members. Seeing as Kel, Ven, Faust and Karina were here then that would me he should look for someone else. So he left the area starting to look for someone. Tryhard stood overlooking the raft test. lazy who had been there for some time looked to be sleeping next to a wall right next to Quill. studeous Who had been still writing note standing by Beuce looked up with a shocked look on his face and took a step back into the shadows somewhat but was still standing there writing everything that was going on. Contestant was walking down a hall trying to not be spotted he rounded a corner spotting AJ rounding the corner in front of him and took off back the way he came.
View attachment 50601 He was getting quite tired of chasing himself. Something had to change but he was not sure what. Farsighted was looking back at him not paying attention. At this point he cast blizzard onto the ground of past Ven and himself. Farsighted then tripped and feel slipping onto the ice. He tripped because of the scarf that was around him failing down too. Farsighted slid to the other wall hitting it with a thud. He reached Farsighted and touched him on the shoulder. There was a light and Farsighted disappeared and the crystal fell to the ground. He piked it up and the crystal fused with the other one. He looked back at Ven who had a confused look on his face. He was not sure what to say. "Um I do know what is going on or how to explain it." He still could vary well be still in the pod and this was part of the dream. "I woke up and saw several of myself running around. I have to find the rest of myself I guess?" For now this was all he had to go on so it was all he could tell Ven. (2/7 found) {dedicated, Farsighted}
View attachment 50598 He followed Farsighted into some sort of storage area with junk pilled everywhere. Ruining and ruining until this point he probably could not out smart this other him he was not really trying to. Getting this one of himself would require luck more then anything. He crashed into many different thing on his way through this storage area. Crashing could be heard in the next area over as different things were knocked over. He could see the exit of the storage area and ran out into the next area. some kind of training area running into the area he could see Ven standing there waiting for someone as Farsighted was getting past Ven. He was not sure how he was going to explain there being two of him but that did not matter now as he was now in the open area of where Ven was.
View attachment 50597 AJ ran out of the pod area and turned a few corners. He found himself in abandoned part of the castle. Standing there was another one of himself. With another one of him self this one taking off right away in the opposite direction. tossing anything they could in his way. The one was smart crafty this one seemed farsighted. He was not sure how he would go about getting this one but he tried not to think of it to much a he chased after Farsighted. Continuing thought the castle ruining and running. The other AJ always one step a head of him. Knowing what he would do or what path he would take. Studious looked up when Ventus said something but it was not really acknowledging him. He was far to busy writing down notes so looked back down writing down every detail of there training after all knowledge was power.
View attachment 50596 The pod opened up and he got out. Something felt different he did not feel himself like something was missing. As he got out of the pod and stood up the pod hatch he was in closed and began to glow different colors. This was when he noticed he was holding something in his hand. Then the pod he was in opened up and smoke began to come out and standing there was himself. The pod closed again and open 5 more times. Each time more and more of him was standing there was was going on this had to still be the dream world right? The pod closed once more and this time when it opened the hatch door of the pod flew off nearly hitting him in the head. Hitting the wall behind him and exploding into peaces. He stood there looking at Yen Sid for a moment wondering what was going on. The room began to shake and the AJ started running out of the room over the rocks and peaces of the hatch lid. Two went to the left, to to the right and 2 to the south exit. He opened his hand and notice he was holding a broken crystal. He went over to chase one of them to see what was going on tipping and landing on himself. (dedicated) He put his hand out and touched his shoulder then there was a light. and he disappeared leaving behind a fragment of a crystal. He picked it up and it fused with the one he already had. He looked around the semi destroy room from the pod exploding lid. While he would normally stay around he had work to do. He wanted to ask Beuce something too but there was time for that another time. "I will be back to clean this up after i get myself?" It came out as a question only because he was not sure what was going on. He headed off to find the others. (1/7 found) {dedicated} Tryhand heading towards the training area were (Karina, kel and fust were) studious went towards the roof and the rest went to other locations. Studious made his way to the roof. Beuce, Ven, Aux and luna would find AJ standing there with a notpad and a penal writing thing down glancing up for a second only to look down again and continue to wright on the note pad.
View attachment 50595 He wasn't expecting much from echo. At this point he figured that echo was going to follow him anyways. So he took Echo's hand and made his way to the top of the mountain. The question in his mind what did he need help with? He did not need help. He turned around to see if echo was there. Echo was still walking behind him. As he held AJ's hand, AJ was beginning to turn transparent. His appearance slowly dimming as his footprints in the sand were getting lighter until the footprints were almost gone. He let go of echo's hand echo still there. Why was he here. Then a realization hit him as Yen Sid words came to him. "You will face your own faults and your fears." He was not afraid of himself sure he didn't want to hurt anyone but that was besides the point. Then it was himself. He doubted himself, questioned why? He was not himself he had to stop doubting himself. Ask for help from others and move on. When Yen Sid had said they would fight there faults he did not think it would be literately. He looked at Echo knowing what he had to do. He had to apologize to himself and forgive himself. "I am sorry. I have been blaming myself for what has happened doubted myself and I forgive you." He still had to question what was going on but he knew the rest of the SOS would be there when and if he needed them. AJ began to hover a bit off the ground "I am sorry," Echo repeated, a tear streaming down his face. As he floated above the ground there was now was good time to ask for help. As he thought of the Sos closed his eyes and took a breath. The faces of the Sos appeared. "Sos if someone could help me right now that would be nice." He screamed out to the wind. "That would be nice..." In a surprise turn of events, Echo spoke on his own. "But now it's just you... I'll take good care of the SOS while you're gone." AJ began to float higher and higher. "No one will notice if I take over for you... I may not have a heart, but it's not like you've shown much of yours. That big brain has just been holding us back. What's the point of being the smartest in the room if you're the only one in it!" he yelled, more tears streaming down his face. "You are right. I never really have thought of myself as smart. I just come up with ideas when the situation comes to mind." He was not really sure how it worked it more or less just happened. "People might not notice but they will know something is up when the smartness does not come out right. Let me help you. While I am not be able to give you a heart. I might be able to help you in other ways. I can't let you take my body but maybe there is something else you want. You still will be the only one in the room. You will be forever lonely in that room forever and always. Nothing will change unless you make it so. I have to change and so do you. There is a point to think and and point to act. I have been thinking lately waiting for a moment to act. I guess now is that time." He looked over to the ground and looked were he would land in the off chance he might be dropped. "You still don't get it!?" Echo yelled. AJ turned heavier and fell to the ground. Something was different though he had more pressure on him or something. "I don't want your comfort? You keep trying to come up with these quick solution but theyre not! Talking to you is like talking to a wall!" Echo began to float higher instead. "My problem is that I want to change and you don't! You can't try and pretend like you have all the answers." He looked up as he was floating higher. "And if you aren't willing to know how to change for the better, then you don't deserve to be out there!" Echo floated higher "I never claimed to know all the answers because I don't. I want to change and I am willing to do so." He understood what echo was saying. "You want to change and so do I." He could change and he planned on starting now. He had to stop doubting himself. He had to believe he could make a difference and make a change. It didn't matter if this was a dream or not he could make a stand here. It was time to end this he was on the edge of the mountain. "I believe I can change and I believe in myself and those around me." Echo was his doubts he took a deep breath and rolled off the edge of the mountain. As he fell he surrounded himself with Aeroga spell and activated his wind aura at them same time. He shot up into the sky as a guest of wind pushed him up. He passed echo on the way up shot through the clouds and landed on them. He was not afraid of falling. He took a few steps forward and noticed he was not that far from the crystal. Echo grabbed AJ by the foot. "You're gonna waste it again!" He pulled him down, as he tried to pass him. "What would i waste again? I am here to listen to you." “life.” "Life? how so?" he questioned “You just stand there like a dead fish when people talk to us! I think I can do a better job of helping people! Helping us! I see everything you see and I need to live instead of being stuck here with all your thoughts!" "Being invisable was somewhat a choice. I will make the choice to be seen. People will only listen when I say something or do something. I have to make that happen to be heard is to be listened to. It is because of what I did but I will change tht too. Not everyone wants help or needs it you need to find a balance in life." He felt sorry for echo. "You are all alone here. Do you want a friend to talk to? someone to share joy and life with?" "No," he gripped his fist. "I'm not an actual person. I'm just a part of you. A part of you that wants out. Talking to you is like talking to nothing. I need some one real to talk to." He looked up at the glowing crystal. "And I'm gonna find them!" he launched higher as he reached for the crystal. "You are as real as you want to be and invisible as you want to be. You are how you feel. You are the master of your own choices." He reached out his hand and clouds moved around Echo spinning around him at the same moment he took off towards the crystal reaching right before echo. He reached the crystal and took it in his hands "Things will be different now for the both of us. A promise that I will keep. I understand what you want. What I need to do is make difference out there to make a impact on the world. To make change in myself and maybe the world as long as i don't go over board, good, bad or indifferent. To show my emotions or talk them out. Just doing something is better then standing around like a wall being invisible to the world. It doesn't matter what I do as long as I am not standing around doing nothing. It could be actions or words or something elce." It was time to let the truth out there. "I have been afraid of myself if I let myself do something different. I have been standing behind a wall." As he said this a wall infrount of him disappeared that was there. "I have been scard of what others would think if I did something. As long as I don't hurt anyone it doesn't matter what i do. I have be so lost in my thoughts. It was all you could hear. Was it bad for you? Being invisible protected me. It is like a item of clothing that I could not take off." He looked at himself still transparent. He took his hands and stared pulling at himself this the invisible item coming off like a one peace coat. If he did nothing or stayed the same what would be the point of it he would be just standing there doing nothing he might as well be a wall. He held the item in his hands not sure what to do with it. He could see the usefulness of it when it came to the hellfire club or the red society. He tuned to echo. "I have be frustrated as this task." As he said this he slammed his hand towards the clouds causing some of them to split apart. "I did not know what to do about you. I don't know everything. Maybe the point of this task was to make a change to grow as a person. To show you that. I am sorry." That was when he began to cry. "As much as I want to change the past I can't. I cant change conversations. I can have a impact on how people feel, people are in control of what they do I control me. I will and can change me. I might not be able to change what has been but I can do something something about the future. Mistakes are opportunities to learn. If I keep doing the same thing over and over again then I have not really learned anything and did not grow. It is time for something different." Just then a clock appeared before him showing a date in the future. He took it in his hand and lines appeared and the date keep changing. He looked at echo still crying. The clock in his hands breaking apart as he looked at echo. It was not so much he was sad but upset. The invisibility coat in one hand and a broken clock.
View attachment 50594 He was half way up the mountain. He had just past a narrow part of the mountain. He could see a glit of Quill's crystal below him not far off but far down. Farther past the tree he could see the water and the glow of kaida's crystal. That was when someone came up behind him and shoved him to the ground. Had this happened any earlier he would have fallen off the mountain. He really did not want to deal with another dream like thing. Getting up and looking at who was behind him it was himself. The first thing that came to mind was this echo did not have his personally what so ever and the second thing he noticed was he had not spoken and not thought of anything so his thought that this echo was appearing because of his thoughts was out the window. He still was not sure what the point of echo was and he was not going to fight himself. Being friends with himself seemed silly at this point and the only other thing that he could think of was this echo needed help. He stood there and thought what do you need help with. He knew that Echo could only repeat what he said well at least so far. He gestured to the sky above and the crystal of his sheen could be seen above the mountains and on the clouds above. He smiled at the Echo not saying anything but maybe there was other way to talk to this Echo. The dirt of the mountain was below his feet and reaching down he wrote the following in the dirt. What do you need help with? He stood back up and smiled at the echo knowing full well that the likely hood of Echo repeating what he had done was just there. Then something else came to mind. and he bent down once more and wrote. Nice to meat you Echo everyone needs a name and this name seems fitting if you want to be called something else then that is fine too. He stood back up one again and looked above him at the clouds know he could not stay long and had to get up there.
View attachment 50593 All he did was continue to put one foot in front of the other. Step by step. The mountain continued to get closer and closer until the mountain was not far at all. He continued to walk until he reached the base of the mountain the rock wall continued to the left and right as far as he could see. In the distance almost out of sight he could see a shine of a crystal with a brown sheen to it must be the earth crystal he thought to himself. Quill could be not that far as he thought about going to check up on him but no he had a task at hand and that was to get up the mountain. Besides Quill had said he wanted to do this on his own. He turned towards the mountain. He knew at some point there might be some hard parts and began his track up towards the top. He took a breath and no thoughts came to mind and he just continued to walk. As he walked the path up the mountain got narrow in some parts he could see but that was not for some time.
View attachment 50592 There was darkness and then a bight light. Soon after the light was the sound of wind. "Do you think he is alive?" "Do not be stupid. AJ is fine." "Well I am going to wake him." He soon felt a sharp pain like he was being poked with a stick. As thirst the he did not recognized the voice but it sounded so familiar. He shot up and he could not believe his eyes he must have died. Standing not far from him was Aldwin and the person poking him well that was Connie. Aldwin he thought not believing what he was seeing he must have died. before he could say anything Aldwin spoke "No you are not dead and yes it is me Aldwin. And your next question is how am i am live well AJ maybe I never did or maybe you have to have a better look around." Aldwin walked over to him and yanked him up. Looking around he saw that he was on some island and not far from him was a mountain with a huge endless cloud with a green light poking through. At first he thought it might be the sun but that could not be because the sun well it was in the east and slow moving towards the noon position but this light did not move. Then he remembered what was going on. Man he was going to have to have a talk with what ever mad man made this stupid dream thing and its pods. What was that drak figure or who was it and everything that had happened was to test him. There was a slight pain in his side where Connie had poked him. "And one last thing AJ You need to figure out what had gone on, on your trip on that ship." He turned around to have better look at the view around him then turned back to ask one last question. But when he turned around there was no Aldwin or Connie just a mountain in sight and the question rank in his mind but most of all nothing Aldwin said had really any impact because it was something he already knew about. This dream could only know what he did and he looked towards the mountain and began his walk towards it without any more thought in his mind as he had turned off his brain the moment he had set off. The mountain began to get closer and closer as he walked towards it but still quite a distance away.
View attachment 50590 As he continued to walk he ran into himself again. Come on you are going to have to do better then that he thought. As first he thought maybe his test would be that he would be alone considering Quill and kaida left but this test made no sense what so ever. He had to outsmart himself from the looks of things. Yea nice try. He simply turned a different direction and turned off his thoughts as he did so only having the goal in mind. This place might be able to see his thoughts so the simple thing to do was not to think at all. He walked until he reached a clearing as he looked around there did not seem to be anything in sight. only trees and not a signal one tall enough to see anything that was close to the clouds. Continuing in a different direction this time other then the way he came in he went back into the forest. As he continued he came to as clearing again and once again left only to arrive at a clearing. Ok this dream was getting old. Time and again he would end back at the clearing at first it might have been a different one but no he was sure it was the same. To make sure he set a rock down in the clearing and left when he arrived back there was no rock in sight. God he hated this dream so much. Right this time he would go in and keep making turn and turned off his brain once more as he set out. As he walked he saw some light and he arrived back at the back at the beach. It looked like like the same one he first he started at. He left again and arvred back at the beach oh come on Yen sid I hate this so much this game was getting old was this place made to make someone go mad? Right he closed his eyes and took a deep breath and found himself on a small island when he opened his eyes and floating there was the crystal on a cloud well that was interesting. It began to float towards him. The was a pain and he found him self opening his eyes in the pod. Well that was easy almost to easy. Yen sid standing there looking at the others. "You are the first to get done." Yen sid said. "Was it supposed to to be that easy?" Something did not feel right. The dream was to be a test but he was already done. He walked out the room and into the castle and found the casle completely destroyed. None of the other SoS in sight. What had happened? Then there was a voice of Yen sid but no Yen sid in sight. "You took to long Was it supposed to to be that easy. the voice said in the same voice as his. What was going on? "You failed." No but how? None of this made any sense. He looked for the pod room again but was unable to find it. As he turned around a dark figure stood there. "Well time to meet your end like the others. Time for your fate to end." The figure took a hold of him held him over a cavern one hand hold him the other on what looked like a sword. "Any last words?" the voice said before lunging the sword towards him. He closed his eyes before it hit He could feel a feeling like he had been dropped. Then there was darkness around him...
View attachment 50589 He turned his attention to Kaida who was still standing there. "Remember that this place is only are real as you want it to be." At this point he walked to the edge of the forest and pick a good size stick. "So what..." He turned around and Kaida was gone and the ripples of the ocean where she want in was the only thing that could be seen. That was when you could hear Quill say, 'AJ don't follow me, this path is too rough for you just stay back.' Seriously he could take care of himself. He had not actually planed on following him. That was when a second AJ appeared next to him and repeated what he had just said. There was two possibilities here one Quill and kaida were still standing on the beach with him and he could not see them or two they left. He did not think it was the first option. So he turned to the second AJ which he had ignored up to this point and thought you are not real. Looking for a good size rock and he just kept on thinking it. As he found one the AJ that was standing there disappeared. So this dream could see there thoughts some how and he wondered if he had already figured out what it was doing. So the options left was not to think or just ignore what the dream had come up with next. Taking the rock and banging it one a larger rock until it was just the right size and sharp enough to cut something he looked to the forest and attached the rock to the stick and made his way into the forest using his makeshift weapon to clear a path. He kept walking looking for some tall tree or a mountain just something that would get him closer to the clouds. He had figure that Kaida had left wanting to do her trail on her own.
