The heartless had always been a problem, if that was the case then there had to have been people to deal with it, which again was proven true. That being said the keyblade masters were no longer around anymore. According to Mora one of them had been killed, and the other disappeared. He wondered if the disappearance and the appearance of Ria were related. While Cerdic had no memory of this, they were apparently hired to find out what had happened to the missing Master. So what had happened exactly during that quest? Something with the extractor and pain and Aevum who was Chrono, and the birds. There was too many gaps, too much that he didn't under. Cerdic didn't claim to be the most intelligent of the group but he at least tried to think things through. Of course a keyblade master would be more qualified, but it still made Cerdic 'tsk' with dissatisfaction. He didn't like being told that he wasn't good enough for the job he was apparently given. Cerdic perked up to what Alder had to say. A place to make a stand."Sure that would be a great plan if it didn't seem like a logical place for Ria to look for us. Hard to prepare to make a stand when we don't know the area well enough to prepare for it. There has to be a better option. Something we could do, some better way to prepare. We are safe in the tunnels, but for how long. We can't stay down here forever but we can plan as we walk, get a solid plan, and MAYBE we can get out of this alive."
As Kiara struggled with Krista, Vallus approached from behind. At first Kiara became tense wondering if Krista somehow had him under her control still. However as the blade came down it manged to miss her and impale itself into Krista. Clearly someone wanted her dead. Of course because of that blood splattered everywhere including on her face and Kiara scowled as she got ready to get up and clean herself up a little bit. Kiara only got a single step away however before Luther approached with his rather confusing set of movements that Kiara tried to track to have not the best success. She couldn't help but watch as Luther made sure that Krista was dead, getting even more blood on her. With a sigh she stepped away and observed her team. Seeing Melus Kiara turned to Lea. "Hey do you mind checking on her. I am not good at you know the comforting thing or whatever you do when someone collapses with duplicates around them." Kiara said with a bit of a shrug, it seemed like an emotional thing or something or other and she wasn't good with that sort of stuff, unlike Lea, she was sure that Lea was okay with it. She then looked to everyone else, they seemed to be coming out of their trance. Kiara still glared at Arctus, even if he was mine controlled she still didn't like the guy too much. "So how long before her friends come looking for her when I have this?" Kiara flashed the necklace for a moment before she slid it back into her pocket hoping that no one would try and take it. It wasn't like Kiara was going to try and use it or anything.
The awkward silence that was left in the room was only interrupted by the the game masters returning. So Glen failed his exam in the end and he wouldn't be coming back. While it was sad this was an exam and it was bound to happen. Not everyone was expected to pass, even still Aislinn wished that they could have all moved forward as a group. Then of course there was a bit of an argument about the Aux thing again, at least this time it made a little bit of sense since it was supposed to be a closed exam and in the end it turned out not to be so closed. Well at least they had their new partners and were going to finish the exam. Aislinn turned to AJ, it seemed the two new people were together. Everyone else was with someone they knew. Aislinn just hoped that they could keep up with everyone else. She was sure it would be fine though as she turned and approached AJ. "Hey, I guess we will be working together this time around. Lets do our best." Aislinn told the boy with a smile not sure what else to say to him at the time.
This girl was truly crazy. Kiara didn't know how what she endured compared to Kiara's own suffering but it didn't matter she would never go to the lengths that Krista was going to here and now. "Destined for great things. It chose you so you had a chance at a better life. Watch, it will reject you soon enough. You will learn your lesson well enough soon." Kiara said staring Krista down as Krista started commanding their comrades again, first with a wall of fire, it was the perfect distraction that Kiara needed. "When that day comes the difference between you and me, at least I have something to go back to." She couldn't go home but she now had this group and she had the SoS group. If anything happened to her while she might not be liked she was accepted, she doubted Krista could say the same thing. As the wall of flames went up Kiara let herself get hit and knocked further to the side. Let herself be injured as the flames from Lea heated her skin. She sat there waiting for Krista to completely lose it. The girl was busy yelling die, busy trying to command everyone to do what she wished. Taking advantage of this time, Kiara slowly engulfed some of the flames, keeping herself in top shape as she slowly moved across the ground still trying to seem injured as she made her way closer to Krista. She could see that the people who were supposed to be on their team starting to fight again, she couldn't let it go too far, she needed to stop this before the damage was irreversible. Just as Lea turned his attention to her, Kiara took the moment to spring to her feet, she was close enough now. Using her whip blade she managed to catch Krista in the arm, getting her attention for a minute, hopefully making her concentration falter as she close the last small space between them. While Kiara would just wanted to kill her here and now, she had to get that necklace away from her first. "Too bad that with all that time you had to grow bitter, you never bothered to grow stronger." She said when it was too late for Krista to call everyone back to stop her, then she ripped the necklace from her neck, pocketing it herself and using her physical strength to keep Krista down for the others to deal with.
As she helped get Kaida's stuff together, the young woman decided to play the recorder against Aislinn's warning. That was her decision and Aislinn didn't think too much of it. While it turned out it was something personal, Aislinn looked away and took a step back. She didn't know the full story, but once more this was a person who they all clearly knew before and she out of the loop. The girl in the recording sounded scared. It left an awkward hollow silence after that. Ananta started mumbling something but Aislinn decided to stay out of the situation again. There was only so many things that she could do to help in situations that she didn't completely understand. The fact that the information was out there made things a little awkward but it was more for their sake but Aislinns.
Original | Karaoke It is that time again. Time to claim your lines for the KHV Chorus. This month we will be doing, How Far I'll go. There is currently eight spots available for sign up. If all the spots are full but you still want to participate, please feel free to still comment and I will make sure there is a place for you in the Chorus. As always I ask that you sing to the karaoke version of the song if you can. The line claim will close on Sunday November 12th, and lines must be submitted to me by November 19th. When submitting your lines you can send them directly to me on discord or skype, or you can send me a link to a host site in this thread or in a private message. When sending in your lines, please also send in a rendered picture that you would like to have used as a representation of you for the video. If there is any additional questions or concerns please feel free to let me know. Lines: Spoiler [I've been staring at the edge of the water Long as I can remember, never really knowing why]-1 [I wish I could be the perfect daughter But I come back to the water, no matter how hard I try]-2 [Every turn I take, every trail I track Every path I make, every road leads back]-3 [To the place I know where I cannot go Where I long to be]-4 [See the line where the sky meets the sea. It calls me] – 1,3 [And no one knows, how far it goes] – 2,4 [If the wind in my sail on the sea stays behind me] – 5,7 [One day I'll know] - 6,8 [If I go there's just no telling how far I'll go] -1 [I know everybody on this island seems so happy, on this island Everything is by design]-5 [I know everybody on this island has a role, on this island So maybe I can roll with mine]-6 [I can lead with pride, I can make us strong I'll be satisfied if I play along]-7 [But the voice inside sings a different song What is wrong with me?] -8 [See the light as it shines on the sea. It's blinding] -8,7 [But no one knows, how deep it goes] -6,5 [And it seems like it's calling out to me, so come find me] -4,3 [And let me know] 2,1 [What's beyond that line, will I cross that line?]- 8 [The line where the sky meets the sea. It calls me And no one knows, how far it goes If the wind in my sail on the sea stays behind me One day I'll know How far I'll go] - everyone 1- Fearless 2- Maka 3- Mish 4- Aelin 5- Glen 6- Marushi 7-Sebax 8- Day~Dream
They weren't moving along as fast as Aislinn would have hoped. They needed to get out of there and to a more secure area, but here two of the members were fighting, one even punching the other before they left. Aislinn might not have understood why the tension was so high, but she did know that this wasn't a good thing. Of course Ananta couldn't just take it and let the situation drop, instead she insisted on following Kaida through the portal. At least they were both through now, but likely still fighting on the other side about this Aux person and defending him or what not. As far as Aislin knew he wasn't that bad of a person, rude but not horrible. That being said she had only a short conversation with him. These people must have met him before however to react like this to the situation. Counting silently to herself as each person entered the portal, Aislinn waited until they were all through before stepping through to the other side herself. By the time she made it, Kaida was trying to pick up all her stuff that was scattered everywhere. Ananta seemed to be trying to help, but Kaida quickly got distracted by what seemed to be a voice recorder. At least it got everyone's attention off the argument that they were having. Aislinn took slight interest in it, but instead of thinking about it too much, Aislinn knelt and helped Kaida organize the rest of her stuff, folding and stacking the remainder of her items next to her backpack, but leaving it for Kaida to put it away. "Should you be listening to it here? You don't know what is on it, what if it is private?" Aislinn pointed out as a general observation. If they chose to listen anyways she wouldn't stop them, it was simply something to think about.
Cerdic followed quietly, in his own mind he was ranting about being dragged along and how stupid this entire idea was. He couldn't stand the thought of walking straight into danger, but here he was following Alder and the others because he couldn't stand to just up and leave. His anger just made things worse however given he had become less observant while he was wrapped up in his own thoughts. While the first tunnel was long and straight he wouldn't put it passed himself to become lost if they came across numerous tunnels in the time ahead. Every time there was noises from above, Cerdic found his keyblade in his hand ready to fight off the attack he was so sure that was coming. Each time nothing happened and they kept moving forward through the dark tunnels, which Mora later apologized for. They had passed through a room with beds, and while the beds looked inviting Mora was right saying that it wasn't the time, Cerdic also knew that he wouldn't have been able to rest even if they stopped. They weren't safe enough they needed to keep going, just deal with the situation before they got comfortable. Going ahead they entered another tunnel that happened to be lined with disk like objects. Cerdic spared them a glance, but didn't give it too much of his time as he felt the need to keep his eyes ahead and behind them, instead of on odd trinkets that were around. He did however catch some of what Mora was saying though, and her phrasing seemed odd at times. "What do you mean that the world was bigger, a world doesn't just shrink, perhaps the amount of people shrunk, but if that is the case, why would that been. I mean for there to be a substantial difference, there would have to be clear current evidence or it would take quite a bit of time. While Ria is a lot of things, I don't imagine them to be immortal, so that leaves the question, what chased all the people away? Is there a bigger problem here that we are failing to see?" Cerdic pondered aloud.
Come January comes up to six years of video editing for me, so coming to this, and trying to get myself to edit a little more, I remade the first AMV I ever made. In this process I tried to hang on to the essentials that I had in the original video, hold true to what I was doing in it. I stuck to the basic editing styles trying not to use too many overlays or fancy transitioning. Instead deciding to fix it by adding more scenes to replace longer scenes and small details like that. So without further adieu, Old: vs New:
