"You are an idiot if you think that is going to help." Aislinn put herself between Ratcliffe and the path towards the natives. "They are only getting violent because you are getting violent. If you stay back we might convince them that you aren't evil but at this pace there is going to be a ton of bloodshed, bloodshed that I won't allow." Aislinn stated as she even summoned her keyblade to make a point. "I am not on their side or your side, I am on the side of no pointless bloodshed because you your stupid lust for gold." She stated angrily towards them.
"O-Oh. Okay" Sasha nodded holding her shoulder the best she could. She was trying to be strong and brave, she was trying not to let the pain get overwhelming, but it was and all she could think about was that her parents were in that ballroom when the explosion happened. She couldn't hold back the tears before the girl came back into the room and Sasha did her best to compose herself. She wasn't sure if she knew of what happened at the castle yet, or how long till the news got out. While it was possible that people didn't know yet, Sasha knew better than to talk about it. She needed to make up an excuse if asked what happened and lying wasn't something Sasha was good at. She didn't even know how to repay the girl when she was done fixing up her arm.
Sasha slowly nodded and quietly started to follow the woman since Harry seemed to insist and they seemed to be waiting for her to leave the room with the other woman. As they walked Sasha started undoing the make shift dressing on her shoulder to show the full bloody damage of her shoulder, the skin where it seemed to be torn a bit wider than just the entry wound. The sight wasn't pretty and Sasha could barely stand to look at the full extent of the damage. With the pressure off, blood started to flow anew and soon Sasha was noticeably more pale as she sat down just so she wouldn't pass out on the woman. Her markings of what she was were also clearly visible under neath the blood that coated nearly her entire shoulder and upper arm.
They walked in and Harry immediately drew attention to her should, but Sasha was more worried for Harry. "It is wrapped and okay for now. But His-Harr-Harold hurt his ankle earlier and has been walking on it. You really should look at it." It was a hard adjustment for her to make and she probably sounded like an idiot, but the princes health was far more important than her own, so she didn't care, as long as it got someone looking after him first. She was a mere servant girl, her life meant nothing, but Harry's meant everything, it was her duty to make sure that he was healthy, even at her own cost.
Tinarah sat with her brother a moment longer. In Theory it shouldn't be too hard to get her and Torrin talking, but theories tended to not work out as they were planned. "Should we check to see if the food is ready. I uh..." She looked down at her own body and how thin she really was. "I am still working on getting my strength back." It was the less worrisome way of trying to tell her brother she needed food before she hurt her body even more. The toast she made last night had not been enough, but it had stopped the shaking and pain enough for her to fall asleep, but now she knew she had to do something about it, more so when they had time to rest, but for now keeping an eye of her eating habit was a good start.
Sasha could understand why, but she couldn't help but wonder if she was capable of treating Harry any less than the prince he was. She would have to try, but she wondered if it would be better if she didn't say anything at all. "Yes your majesty. Lead the way, please." She didn't trust herself not to screw something up if she took lead, knowing her she would say the wrong thing or accidentally let it slip who she was with. There was enough that could go wrong, she didn't trust what could go right.
"I don't think trying to reason with him is going to get us anywhere Kel. We just need to keep them from attacking long enough to deal with that headless horseman, because something is telling me that he is a bigger priority than we are making him." Aislinn warned, still eyeing Radcliff, still ready to fight if need be. She wasn't going to let anyone hurt each other, but she couldn't be in three places at once and that was starting to become a problem. Sure they could split up, but could any one of them deal with a group by themselves? Likely not, the needed to work as a team, and they needed more time. OOC 4/30
Looking down, Sasha mumbled an apology for not getting them there as well as she hoped. At least she got them somewhere recognizable. Sasha's eyes darted around as they were about to enter a rather open area. Looking back towards the town she could see smoke rising up, and a few people fleeing town, but no one who looked unsavory as of yet. "Alright, I will be right behind." She looked around again. She would watch the prince's back and make sure that he was safe as they made it across the open planes towards where the place of worship should be.
Where have they been? Like he even cared. Aislinn rolled her eyes before he started making comments about Nanaki, which put Aislinn on edge, stepping between him and Radcliff. "There will be no battle, and there is no savages. The only savage one I see here is you." Aislinn finally just talked back to Radcliff, not even feeling a little bad. She could see the darkness radiate off of him and she wouldn't let him anywhere near Pocahontas. "It is because of you that Smith is in trouble and if you lay down your arms maybe we can help, but an all out war will do nothing to help your cause, only damn you more!" Aislinn tried to make her point but had a feeling it would go unheard.
Good, she would never say it out loud, but her shoulder hurt to the point it was almost numbing the effect it had. Sasha worried if it could be getting infected already or if she was just being paranoid, but if they were almost there, then she was relieved. Part of her wanted to offer to help Harry too since she hadn't failed to notice a slight limp since the fall, but she couldn't drain her own energy anymore. They had to make it to this temple, rest a day or two, then she had no doubts that they would have to be on the move once more.
Thea nodded her understanding, but she still didn't like it. She was going along with what was said just for show more than her actually agreeing to it. She knew better than to spend too long arguing with Master Midarah. And when she spoke to Gavin, Thea shifted uncomfortably as happy as she usually seemed, Thea never liked talking about her past, or at least the part that brought her to the guild. She liked living out her high end life style that she had grown up with, but beyond that she tried to avoid most of the stuff about her past, she simply found it too painful to face. And then like that Midarah was called away and Thea was left waiting with Gavin and Zephyr, who she chose not to talk to for the time being. She didn't know how much they knew but didn't want questions asked about it either. It was fortunate that Midarah didn't take too long before she came out and told them that Izra would be able to come back with them. She didn't care if the older girl was under house arrest, at least it was a good sign that she wouldn't be in too much trouble. As they exited the building and Thea saw Izra, she got a little upset, the girl looked tired and not in good shape. "Izra! Areyou alright? You get to come home with us now! The guild is great, nothing like these grumpy old people. Come on. When we are back I will introduce you to Samuel and Everette, they are like big brothers to me. Oh and Nagata. She buys me a lot of pretty dresses." Thea went off before hugging the girl trying to make her feel better.
She shouldn't need some sort of warning word, she didn't need one. She knew how to control her emotions. The only time she was unable too was when they were in too much danger for the warning word to even help. "No, I think it is fine. I am usually good at controlling my emotions. All the danger had me scared is all. I won't let it happen again your majesty." Sasha bowed her head a bit, submissive to the end. "But if your majesty wishes it, I will try it."She assured him.
An option in her life? She could say with confidence that she never really had many of those. Sasha bit her lip and glanced around nervously. Everything she learned growing up was around treating her powers like they didn't exist, but after what happened back there, out of control powers seemed.... well dangerous. She had called lightning down around them. What if she had hit someone innocent? "Well... I... it might be good to know how to control them so I don't hurt someone." She admitted seeming a little nervous to even say that much.
Tinarah took another minute or two before she finally settled herself the best of her ability. "Things still aren't.... right... but I promise I will try harder to make them right." Tinarah tried to assure her brother. "Hey... Chrono... could you help me... um... well... learn how to talk to Torrin. I- I don't think this is healthy for the group... us avoiding each other and such." She could admit her own mistakes, and it would be hard, but maybe it was the first step into learning how to deal with the people who made her uncomfortable, and letting Chrono in to help with that might be the start in repairing the rift between them. At least she hoped it would.
"We will figure it out. I don't know how, but we will. I promise." Aislinn didn't know that she could make that promise, but she would at least try and do what she could. Her mind fell back into that of a guardian corps, just how it was her role to protect people no matter what and it didn't matter what the cost it was to her. She fell into almost a militaristic mindset, perhaps not as strict as that, but her own mind fell into a certain rhythm of planning, scannign the area's and figuring out what they were to do.
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Perhaps if they just went to the camp long enough to distract Radcliff for a while, maybe Pocahontas could come up with a way to save John. If there was no attack from the "white men" then maybe the chief would change his mind, at least with enough convincing it could be possible. It was worth a try, but then they would need to find the horseman and fast. Whoever t his guy was, he was bad news, especially one without a head. And Aislinn couldn't help but think of what the chief said, he claimed their hearts were now clouded with greed, but Aislinn didn't see that, so maybe Nanaki was right, it was something wrong with this world.
"The ability to manipulate something as wild and unpredictable as weather is a dangerous gift no matter who has it. He just wanted to make sure that if I grew up not as... docile... as he hoped that the danger would be limited by giving people knowledge of what they were getting into" Sasha defended the king. She always trusted and supported his decisions, she trusted that he would know best, much better than her at the very least.
Leaning into her brothers hug more, Tinarah cried harder. The way he held her, just the gentle embrace of her brother was something that she had really needed. Not since she left Fost and Stamatis had someone really hugged her like that. Felt that sort of love from someone and it cracked something, some wall she put up to protect herself from Torrin. "I'm sorry." She whispered. "I am so so sorry." Sorry for pushing him away. Sorry for believe he would ever do such awful things to her. Sorry that she stopped caring for herself so much that her brother was clearly worried sick, but she brushed it off like it was nothing. That it wasn't about him, but her actions affected everyone here, not just herself. She had so much that she wished to sort out but the way she had been acting wasn't acceptable, and she didn't have to protect herself in such a way.
Is it though? Is it? You aren't as bad as the rpa but still.
