"Good evening Sir Sigmund." Matilda replied giving a small nod of her head. She watched as Sigmund then addressed her little brother. Gregory however was acting shy and hiding behind Matilda as he held onto her hand. "Tilly I want to go home." He told his sister instead of responding to the man talking to him. With his free arm he was rubbing at his eyes. Matilda could tell her younger brother was tired, usually he loved people and wasn't nearly this shy. It could also have something to do with the warning Talon had given, either way, if Gregory wasn't going to be polite, she would be. "My apologies for Greg's behaviour, he is tired. He was supposed to be going to bed right now but Talon went out and couldn't watch him, so I had to bring him along." Matilda explained to Sigmund in a soft polite voice. Sigmund then asked if they needed anything. A place she could set her brother to sleep would be great, but she didn't want to ask for that much, he could manage to stay up a bit longer while she worked. "No, we are fine thank you. Just let me know when your guests are ready." Tilly gave Sigmund a small smile as she bent down and picked up her brother once more, hoping that would make the child at least slightly more happy. Talon sipped on some ale as he sat at the back corner of the tavern. From what he could hear there was some interesting things around town. The king had adopted a young girl and named her princess. He felt back for the child who would soon be brainwashed by the royal ways and not really given a chance to be a child. Then there was rumours of a great bounty put out for the return of some whore to her brothel. However as rumour had it there was more too it then a run away whore. It sounded like there had been a mage involved as well. If that was the case it would be a more dangerous mission for the poor saps who would take the job because they needed the money. The last piece of information he caught was word of a doppler attack in Oxenfurd. By the sounds of it the city was lost. Talon thought that sounded a little far fetched, but who knew. He couldn't afford to go there and see for himself, so listening was the best he got. That being said it didn't matter all that much to him, he just liked to be informed. Talon sat back in his chair letting his hood obscure his face as he glanced around looking for something interesting to happen or another rumour to emerge, or just a poor sap who thought to try his luck at gwent against him. By now though he had quite a reputation around this particular tavern for his skill in gwent. Few dare challenge him. The stone cage had gone back into the earth leaving Annabelle free and the mage that caught her none too impressed. "I-I am sorry. It is just so boring and stuffy in that room and I just wanted to do something. Please don't get me in trouble." Annabelle begged the woman as they walked. She had already said that the king wouldn't be too happy about it, which probably meant that she planned to tell him. Annabelle didn't want to get in trouble with him. She was going to go back to her room soon anyways. Though she doubted no matter what she said, if this woman decided something she would stick too it. So instead to try to break any angry silence, Annabelle started a less hostile conversation. "How did you get your earth magic so strong? I wasn't able to push those rocks back into the earth." Annabelle asked wondering if it was just to do with her age or if there was a way to make herself a stronger mage.
Laurentinus did not understand what happened with the water and the healing and Alice, but he didn't care. What mattered was that Kara was better and she seemed in a better mood too. She even took him by the hand to lead him back to the rest of the group. Ren gave her a small smile as they got ready to go and Shyra yelled at them more. He didn't care too much about that, she could yell as she wanted, it wouldn't change anything. The walk down the path was silent for the most part except for a few lame attempts from Ren to make Kara laugh. When they reached the end of their passage, Laurnetinus and Kara came across a stone door. Reading the sign carefully Ren then turned to Kara. "So do we want to take the risk and open it? I mean we have dealt with spiders twice already. What is more? Or would you rather meet back with the others?" Laurnetinus offered Kara the option to choose what they did.
One for each of them. That seemed fair. Roxanne didn't like it but it seemed fair. It just meant she had more time to play with her prey. That being said, Hedrick wasn't being fair and keeping just to his wolf. It was so mean. She could take care of it herself. Her face now looked very determined as she started circling around the wolf. The hunter would now become the hunted. Roxanne was the first to make a move, lunging at it aiming for a strike to it's shoulder. The wolf managed to dodge however and almost caught her in the leg with it's teeth. Lucky for Roxanne she was able to avoid it, if just barely. Now it was time that she went on the defense and let the wolf go on the offense. It snarled and jumped at her, though it's movements were a little more sluggish thanks to it's injuries. This gave Roxanne time to counter and take out it's other leg. The wolf now could barely stand, perfect. "It is fun time!" Roxanne announced as she approached the wolf who seemed to be looking at her with pleating eyes. "Aw did the puppy get beaten?" She asked as she held her kitchen knife up wondering just how she could make this things death as painful as possible. Soon she came up with her idea. "Down puppy. On your back now." She instructed and she forced the wolf onto it's back and started to make an incision on it's stomach. From there she started to skin it alive while it whimpered and clawed at her. It was not able to do much more damage then shred the bottom of Roxanne's shirt before it lost the energy to struggle anymore. Slowly the light began to fade from it's eyes as well as Roxanne worked her knife just under it's skin, taking off the pelt for herself. Who needed to carve out a heart when you could have wolf skin boots?
Roxanne and Hendrick walked further inside, Roxanne taking lead. However when they came across another werewolf Hedrick didn't even give her a chance to attack, instead pushing her out of the way and fighting it himself, shooting arrow after arrow into it. "I could have handled that myself you know. You are supposed to be staying back and not putting too much strain on yourself. It would help you know." Roxanne instructed Hendrick once the wolf was dead. She didn't like the fact that he was taking kills that could have been hers. She was just using his injury as an excuse to complain. As they started off again Hendrick mentioned he didn't like how things were going. "So you noticed too?" She responded as she continued forward. She just hoped they weren't too late. Another death of a friend, she didn't know if she could handle that. Actually she knew she couldn't, she had to hurry, but she couldn't leave Hendrick behind either. Moving as fast as bother her and Hendrick could manage she made her way towards the courtyard. As she got there she saw a sight that she didn't one to see. Brianne was pushing the dead body of one werewolf off as her as three others looked prepared to attack. "Stay back and stay safe. I have to help Brianne!" She shouted at Hendrick. She didn't want to leave the older nephlim's side, but she had to for Brianne's sake. "Lets have a little fun!" She giggled finding the side of her saved for killing, the side that found it very fun. She darted at the wolves as quick as she could. She jumped over one and landed between it and Brianne. "Yoo hoo! Guess what? Roxi is here! You have to get through me to get miss serious over here. Good luck with that!" Roxanne announced proudly as she got ready to fight. Her eyes danced as she prepared for the first attack. One wolf lunged and she spun out of the way slashing it's leg before looking at the next who was preparing to attack. None of them she wanted to die too quickly, she wanted to have a little fun with them before they died. So right now she aimed to simply injure. The second one jumped at her and she ducked under grabbing it's tail with one hand and stabbing it's back thigh with the other, taking advantage of the strength rune she wore to throw it to the side. All three were on their feet once more but two being injured found it harder to attack. "So is miss serious going to help or does Roxi need to take care of these mean pups?"
"Fine 1000 Jewel it is, be we are still going to somewhere better than an ally to talk." Trevor grumbled as he responded to The Beadle. He was so going to make Dale pay him back for part of that cost since Dale was the reason he was here and it was Dale that wanted to find the information so bad so he could get on Johanna's good side. He was lucky that he still felt so guilty for Georges actions earlier. Thomas uses Arcane bolt again (Cause you need to with that skill so I will use it again) Thea will go to numbers 20,21,22,23,23, 34,35,36,27,38,and 39 to fill in gaps that were left. (happy now Cal that I actually chose the numbers cause you won't just assign randoms ones or make any post for me to bother responding to as Thea.)
Aston was getting healed thankfully and the group seemed to be just standing around talking to the stranger. Anthea herself had nothing to say to the man, and no one else seemed to really have anything to say to her, so that left her simply standing there. She supposed that was good however, after the fuss they all made when the battle began, treating her like she couldn't take care of herself. It was better they ignore she was there than continue to fuss and get on her nerves. While others talked Anthea took a step away from the group glancing at the landscape around her. They needed to get back to the path, and the battle ended up getting her slightly turned around in which way that she had come from. She glanced around looking for something she recognized but most looked the same. She had only wished she wasn't in so much of a rush and took the time to place a stone like she intended to every time they went a different direction. How could she be so stupid? Anthea turned back to the group now simply picking out the tree that the man was in. She assumed it was the one he was still near, so that was helpful. Using that information she made an estimated mental map of which way they came. With that she turned back to the group wondering if anyone else had gotten momentarily confused of which way they came from and how to get back to the path. If they had, they would soon enough be trying to figure it out, since this Kellan guy before seemed in such a rush to get to this place. It was only a matter of time before he would remember why he dragged them all out here and want to set out once more. What the serious hell was Alice doing just dumping water on him. That didn't do a damn thing to help but make him wet and miserable. Though given the way she looked at Kara, she didn't seem to like the girl, so probably didn't like the fact he was kissing her. But dumping water on him? How childish could she be? But in the end the girl did heal him, but not Kara. Of course. What good was this girl? While Laurentinus pouted in his wet misery, Kara seemed to be having the time of her life laughing at him. Meanwhile Shyra seemed ready to order them to go right away. Laurentinus got off the ground and started to strap his armour back on as they walked along. Having it over top of wet clothing made it uncomfortable, but he better wear it and stay safe. When they reached where the tunnels split, Shyra suggested splitting up. She was sure the woman was eager to get rid of him, and he was eager to get away from Alice. "Kara, mind going right with me. We will let the other two go left?" He asked Kara. Kara wasn't right with the group however he noticed. She stayed behind a bit. Walking back towards where she was he stopped in front of her. "Hey, are you okay? What is wrong?" He asked her. They had to get going but she seemed a little upset and he couldn't just leave her like that. She seemed not in the best mood currently, but neither was he, so did it matter? Well sure it did he wanted to see her smile again. However at the same time they couldn't be left too far behind.
Delia The sharp claws of Delia clicked across the cement floor of her cage as she paced it in her newly discovered wolf form. Her ears were up listening to what was going on around her, mostly they boys in the cage next to her. So her father's prize subject ended up being some poor sick kid in the end? That was what was worth missing her mothers death for? That is why he had to pretty much left the family. For this kid? That being said it wasn't like she could blame the kid, he obviously didn't want this and was barely holding on. Eventually she reverted to her mutated form and sat on the hard cot she called a bed. The boy, Colton was having another coughing fit and she couldn't do anything to help. She cringed as all she could do was listen. It was her father, her own relative who did this to him and she couldn't help but feel guilty for it. Soon she would break them all out, she was going to get them out. She knew the lay out of the labs, she had been there enough before her own father decided to force her into one of his twisted experiments, which in the end went bad. She was a human just a couple days ago, but then he forced her into a room, experimented and prodded her, implanting a gene he made based on one he got from Colton. He tried to make her into a spyrix user with his own idea of powers. However the gene rejected her body and instead she became half wolf. Now she was lock up as another one of her fathers test subjects for him to do whatever he wanted with. They were at his mercy in a way. But not for long she was going to get them out. She had to get them out. "Colton, Alarick, hang on a little longer." She whispered not sure if the boys would hear her, not that she really cared. She knew that they had little choice and they would do their best to survive. In the mean time she had to come up with a plan to get them out. Perhaps when her father took her out for another experiment. He was not an overly strong man, that being said he had studied the Spyrix users for years as well as mutants. He would be prepared for attacks, she knew it. She just had to find a way around it and she would, for Alarick and Coltons sake. Curled in the corner of the cage he shared Colton couldn't stop his coughing fit. His coughs were dry and raspy and caused his eyes to water. Though he had a blanket around him he still shivered cold. Ever since the scientist, Doctor Rolland Sorrow, had come across this other boy for his experiments, he stopped giving Colton any medication. It seemed like now that he had another subject, keeping him alive was not important. It was almost like he was trying to kill him now with all the experiments that he kept running despite the illness. Colton slowly lifted his eyes to look at the boy he shared the cage with. For the most part he didn't say much, he kept to himself. Colton didn't trust many people, not after what he had been through. That being said this boy was just as much of a victim as he was. Colton figured that he was done for here, but perhaps he could get the boy out. He had been saying that for the past two months but still he was determined to do so. One day he would get the upper hand on Doctor Sorrow and he would get them out. Until then he could try not to die, just to distract the mad doctor from Alarick onto him. He would still do experiments on him and then less time to torment Alarick. Doctor Rolland Sorrow The doctor paced his office, sorting through papers. "Where did I go wrong? How did I make Delia mutate?! Now I have to find another human to experiment on. Those two spyrix users were hard enough to get my hands on and one of them is useless. It was his genes that caused Delia to mutate. Perhaps I will have better luck with the other." Doctor Rolland adjusted his glasses on his face as he sat down at his desk to start reviewing the plans for experiments that day. He had several in line for the three of them. Mostly exercises to test their powers, and break their souls. The first boy Subject 556 still decided to lip him off most day. He was forced to put up with it before, being the only subject that he had, however now that he had another he could let the boy's own shortcomings kill him. In the meantime he could torment the boy and still experiment on him. Perhaps one of these days he would learn to keep his mouth shut and cooperate, then perhaps he could get the medication he obviously needed. The other boy that was now in his possession was not nearly as stupid, he obviously wanted to stay alive. There was a certain quality of that in which the doctor admired, and part of it he hated. He kind of wished that he would fight back more, it would make things more fun. Either way in the end it didn't matter. As long as his experiments got done, how the boys acted was none of his concern.
Well the two ladies seemed to be perfectly happy taking care of themselves and didn't seem to care much for her offer, which was fine but it meant very little to say or really do. She could continue fighting the heartless in silence, but what fun is that? Aislinn couldn't help but feel a little alone in the silence but what could she do? There was nothing to do but continue to fight, so that is exactly what she did. Shadow after shadow dissipated to her keyblade as she spun and danced to the music in her own mind. A song that played endlessly as she danced to it, taking out heartless as she went. Fighting and dancing were one in the same and it was beautiful. That was simply how she was taught to fight, in the way of a dance. While her sister was raised and trained to have a family, she was a warrior and she was proud of it. Heartless Kill Grand Total: Shadow: 144 Dark Ball: 17 Injured: Shadow 1: 1BP Total Experience Gained Veera: 720 EXP (54 Shadows, 4Dark Ball) Xara: 745 EXP (52 Shadows, 5 Dark Ball) Aislinn: 770 EXP (6 Dark Ball, 50 Shadows)
Roxanne gave Hendrick a nod as he told her to open the door. She drew her knife and held it at the ready as she reached for the door handle and flung it open. Roxanne expected a horde of enemies, she was surprised to see only one, disappointed even, and perhaps a little worried. She was surprised that there were so few guarding the entrance. Disappointed that there was so few because it meant she couldn't show off. And she was worried because if only one was here, where were the rest? It could mean that Brianne was in great danger. "Helloooooooo......." Roxanne said to the wolf to really draw it's attention and annoy it slightly before she began attacking. One damn little wolf didn't scare her. "Stay back old man. I got this!" She told Hendrick before being forced to start the fight by the wolf that was getting ever more annoyed with her. She kept her movements swift as she attacked and dodged. She got the wolf worked up so it's movements were sloppy then did a single flip landing her feet on it's back knocking it to the ground. "Bye bye!" She announced as she stabbed it a couple times to kill it. "Lets go find Brianne now old man!" She called back at Hendrick.
Matilda was quietly cleaning the kitchen, and Talon was off putting Gregory to bed when a knock was heard at the door. Tilly answered the door keeping her normal shy manner as she took the piece of paper from the servant, shutting the door again. "What is that?" Talon's voice was heard behind Matilda as she quietly read the paper. "Sir Sigmund has summoned me to take care of some of his guests, they are injured." Matilda replied. "I should head over right away." "So I guess I am staying in tonight with Greg then?" There was a hint of annoyance in Talon's voice as he spoke. "No. I will just take him with me, it is fine. You go out and relax." "And what about you? Are you ever going to just relax?" He asked his sister, seeing how hard she had worked all day already. "I am not one for just sitting around and relaxing, you know that Talon. Go, have some fun." Matilda told him. "Just do my one favour and get Greg ready to go as I collect some of my supplies." Matilda had soon gathered what she needed and Talon came down with Greg, who was still is night clothing but good enough to go. "Matilda listen to me. Be careful. I don't totally trust Sigmund, and it is getting dark." "I can take care of myself Talon." Matilda responded, a small amount of hostility in her voice. "I know you can, but you are still young, I don't want you getting hurt. Just be careful." He told her before turning and heading out the door. Talon soon found himself at a local run down tavern, in clothing that looked the part. He found places like this were better for information then high end establishments. People were more willing to talk about what they shouldn't be talking about. This is where poor saps down on their luck went to unwind, damn the consequences, and that meant a good amount of news and information for him. Meanwhile Matilda found herself heading for Sigmund's house, caring Greg in one arm and a bag of supplies in her other. Approaching the door Matilda set down Greg to stand on his own while she knocked on the door. She stood with proper posture, but her eyes were downcast, a little nervous because of Talon's warnings, but she was sure she would be fine. On top of that she was nervous because no one ever asked her to do a house call before, she was only sixteen, hardly old enough for most people to consider her a good option for this sort of stuff. "Behave yourself Greg, please. I am here on business." Matilda instructed her younger brother. "Okay Tilly!" He replied seeming in a good mood. That would make things easier thankfully. Annabelle was simply enjoying running around outside when spikes of earth shot up around her. She let out a short screech in surprise as she looked for the source. The next thing she did was try to use her own earth powers to counter act the ones that were used to surround her. This didn't work unfortunately, her powers weren't strong enough to combat the powers of the other person. This left Annabelle with not much choice but to try to talk her way out of the situation. "I-I am Annabelle. Arc-the King just adopted me... or at least he plans to. I don't really know what has to happen to make it official. B-but I was up there in my room and got bored so I came out here. I mean nothing by it. Please, I swear." Annabelle tried to plea. She couldn't really stand up to someone who's magic was strong than her's. She had learned that long ago. She just hoped that this woman would believe her and not hurt her assuming she was lying.
You collect scars because you want proof that you are paying for whatever sins you have committed.
Rose was careful as she moved around the room, but her slow careful steps caused her to not be able to escape. One man in the room showed some shred of intelligence and when noticing she wasn't there, or at least visibly there, shut the doors. It wasn't like most of these idiots hadn't seen her powers earlier during the battle, so it wasn't surprising that they thought of that, it just took them a while. Being locked in the room it was inevitable that they would find her, so may as well reveal herself in a way that could do something of use. Rose kept silent as she snuck around the room, finding her way closer to Carissa. She was well known as a Demi-god slayer, and it was time her title was retired. Making her way behind the girl Rose make one quick movement to wrap her restrains around Carissa's neck, revealing her form as she attempted to strangle Carissa. Aster watched the door shut before walking over to a wall and leaning against it. "Face it sis, you cannot hide forever. May as well-" Aster stopped when he saw something appear around Carissa's neck. Well she was no longer hiding. "So that is how we are playing it?" Aster stated as he stepped towards his sister and Carissa, bringing a knife up to cut the ties from her hand. It was the quickest way to get her to stop strangling Carissa, however now she was not bound. That being said with the amount of them there were, taking down one girl who had no weapons shouldn't be impossible.
Above them. He just had to be a damn show off and fly above them. Who did this guy think he was. AND he dared to give them orders. Roxanne really didn't like this man and wished that Brianne had never agreed to let him help, but what could she do about it? In the end it was Brianne's choice, and Roxanne couldn't argue, not when she was already in trouble. Damn Roxanne hated being in trouble. Paragon then offered to fly one of them into the base, and leave the other two. So pretty much he wanted to fly someone into their death possibly because who knew how many werewolves were inside. The worst part of this was that Brianne volunteered to do it. Was she nuts, Roxanne didn't want to find her way in there only to find an injured or dead Brianne. They already had one person injured, they did not need another. But orders were orders and Roxanne had to follow. Next thing that came up was the fact that Roxanne trying to help Hendrick wasn't really helping at all but hindering his movement. Roxanne let go of him and took a step away. "Sorry." She mumbled under her breath as she kept moving forward. She hated making mistakes, but more than that she hated to face the mistakes she made, have them pointed out to her. So she did her best to move past without thinking about it too much. Hendrick seemed reluctant when he suggested the plan, as if he didn't like it but it was all that he could offer. Though what he was saying was true, originally he was going to stay out of the fight, or at least away and help when needed from a range, now with Brianne's instructions he was to be right there with her. "Don't worry old man! When I told you to come with us I said I would protect you. You didn't think I forgot, did you? I will keep you safe from those big bad wolves. It will be fine!" Roxanne assured him as she started heading towards the entrance, hoping she could catch them up to Brianne soon.
It seemed that Hendrick also had enough talking and decided to follow. Good, Roxanne didn't think she could stand just hanging around and waiting for him to be ready. Roxanne wanted to run ahead and catch up to Brianne quickly but she remembered Hendrick's injuries and wouldn't dare leave him behind. She wouldn't let him get hurt more and she wouldn't let him be alone with that creep. "Come on old man. Lets go!" Roxanne said as she ran back to Hendrick, slinging his arm over her shoulder like before. She didn't know if he wanted or needed the help, but if it would speed the old man up, then he was going to take her help whether he liked it or not.
"That is no reason to apologize. I don't expect you to know my life or exactly what happened. There is no way to know, so there is no reason to apologize for asking about them. Really it is my own fault for thinking that I can run from my past." Terra let out a grim laugh as she said that. Her past was as with her as her shadow, it would never leave unless her life was completely void of light, but wouldn't that just be worse? "Have you ever been married Sweallow?" Terra then asked getting the conversation off herself. "I guess we are. Hopefully Aaron will return soon, then he can take us to where we need to be, and you can be free to do what you want, not simply follow me around." Tatiana told Kruez as she started to look around. However simply being in a bed sheet and having to pull it up started seeming a little annoying, but she could fix that easy enough. Tatiana began to tie the sheet around her before walking over to a rack of training swords, all real, just blunted. All she was doing was cutting fabric, so the blunted edge was fine. Tatiana then started to cut at the sheet in numerous places, shortening the length so she could walk, and taking a strip of fabric and putting it through the knot holding the white sheet close to her chest. She then tied that piece behind her neck. In the end the make shift dress was kind of sloppy looking but it did the trick. Turning back to Kruez she gave him a small smile. "Alright I am ready to go find someone who can help us." She said, feeling good about what she managed to do with just a bed sheet. Now at least she could be slightly less embarrassed. With that Tatiana took lead in wandering around trying to find some form of life. Seth was about to fall asleep when he heard Tessa move. He glanced up to see her getting out of bed and then laying next to him, claiming to not leave him. He didn't realize that went to the extent of sharing a bed, or a floor in this case. It was hard enough keeping himself in check as it was, and now she insisted on laying next to him and holding his hand. However as he glanced over at her she was smiling one of the most beautiful, real smiles he had seen in a while. He couldn't bring himself to say anything or do anything that change that now. Seth gently squeezed Tessa's hand just to say he was there before closing his eyes once more and just listened to the silence around them. It seemed that Tessa finally fell asleep soon after. Perhaps he should sleep too, but he wasn't too sure. Eventually however it caught up to him. He was tired and his body was trying to fight off the infection in his hand, it was near impossible to keep himself awake given that. He didn't want to sleep and leave Tessa unprotected but he couldn't control it as his mind faded to the land of dreams. Annabelle was getting bored sitting in her room. She began to just pace pointlessly as the golem she had built lay crumbled in a corner. Sge didn't like being locked up or alone, it wasn't fun at all, however Archon had not given her the right to leave. Perhaps just a little run on the grass below would help. Walking to the window Annabelle opened it and looked down at the grass. She didn't want to risk jumping from the window, so instead she used the rocks that had created her golem, as well as some from outside, she built stairs from her window to the grass below. The young girl took one last look back at her door before slipping out the window and enjoying the grass on her bare feet below.
Well this Kala girl seemed very cold towards her, but at least the other boy liked her it seemed. "You! You haven't-" Destiny was cut off by Kala asking the boy a question, and in that process what she was going to say became irrelevant. As they walked and Kala and Lumen talked, Destiny tried to piece together what was going on between these two people. So far what she could figure out was that Lumen had agreed to help Kala with something. What Kala needed help with was something to do with people from worlds that had been lost. And over all it was a fairly urgent situation. Destiny decided that Kala was simply stressed, and that is why she was acting so harshly, so it was okay. As they walked Destiny began to hum to herself. She didn't want to interrupt anything between Kala or Lumen. She didn't want to get in the way or anger them in any way either. They were kind enough to let her come along and even explain why she shouldn't return to Derrick. They were giving her a day free of her room and her house and that was all she could ask for, so she would go along with a smile on her face, keeping out of the way but keeping up like she should. Ana had been able to finish off the hand and help him, that was good, it was very good. He poured some of the darkness in him into his keyblade causing it to be surrounded with a dark aura, providing it with more power. Carson rushed forward and struck at the armour while it was still distracted with Ana. He wished he didn't have to let her be a target, but now he was on edge using his darkness to fight instead of keep himself going. He had to make this battle quick. Carson had gotten several strong attacks off on the armour, bringing it close to death, however he was unable to carry on. The glow of the runes had all but faded as he backed up, grunting in pain. Dropping his keyblade, Carson gripped his right arm in pain. "You have to finish it off. Now!" He told Ana as he backed off a bit, pressing his back against a tree while fighting back the pain. Once the body was dead it should provide enough darkness to quell the curse for the time being, but right now he was in so much pain that he didn't think that he could go too far until it was dead.
"You mistake my intentions dear Wilkin." Koldo said as he picked up a scone that his intern brought in for them. "I do not do this for the reward, nor do I do this because I think they are worthy opponents. Those half breeds won't stand a chance against the likes of us. That being said we can't let those scummy humans think we are pushovers and do things just because we were asked. They will pay for our service and pay for it dearly. Now it is just what we want to ask for it, our lives are pretty good here, don't you think?" Koldo seemed to be amused by this whole situation as he spoke. "Intern, this is where you will be in luck, you get to see what our magic can really do, as we take over an entire city of half breeds. I heard they have a very lovely leader that might actually be closest thing to a full breed in their little hell hole they call a sanctuary. Once I take her as my own and rip her throne from under her, perhaps it can be yours." A smile spread across his face. His intern would never take the throne, but it was fun to give him some false hope. Chances were when they were done the city would burn. No one needed the throne of a city like that. "So gentlemen what will it be? What do we want from the human scum, and how are we going to take down this tree house that those half breeds like to call a city?" Amber flew under the feet of Drake before he landed on her back. While his attempts to make her fall forward were good, she was better. Amber still fell, but instead of falling forward she fell to her side to knock Drake off before continuing to roll over and stand back up. Amber then began to circle Drake, a mischievous look in her eyes. Of course Amber couldn't talk in this form, but she didn't need to, her actions and eyes were all anyone ever needed to see to tell her movements, whether they were deadly or in a playful manner. In this case it was all just a game. Amber didn't care who won or lost, she just needed to unwind. Circling one last time the leopard stopped, flicking it's tail a bit before licking her lips. She was a patient fighter. She needed to be a little more unpredictable though, and the best way she had at doing this was not moving too fast but making people question what she was about to do before she leaped on them, like she planned to in three.... two.... then Amber jumped trying to tackle Drake once again. "You are continuing your preparations for lunch. I know it seems far off but think of how much food you have to have ready for everyone. I am making omelets and hash-browns for us in the meantime." Adelina instructed Chrono. Glancing out of the kitchen she saw that Tessa had joined them. A sad smile crossed Adelina's face. She really liked Tessa and could tell that she wasn't happy. Adelina almost felt bad for being with Zack so much, taking her best friend from her, but what else could she do? She loved Zack and she couldn't change that, they had two beautiful children on top of that to care for. Things were changing and she figured Tessa might just have felt left behind. Adelina stepped to the window and whistled as a bird came to meet her. She instructed the bird to go collect flowers with it's friends and bring them to Tessa. After that she turned back to Chrono, resting her hand on his shoulder. "I am sure your parents are very proud of you. I know they are. They are up there smiling down on you right now. When you were born I remember your mother referring to you as her angel, and now she is yours." Adelina encouraged the boy before turning back to the food she was making.
"I guess I can't blame you. This is far more entertaining than aimlessly walking around. Just promise me, both of you, if you get tired let me know. I don't want either of you exhausting yourselves and slipping up and getting hurt." Aislinn instructed them. The two girls were doing amazing, it was true, but worry still tickled Aislinn's mind, so she had to ask. Turning her attention back to the heartless, Aislinn started on the offense again right away. Her eyes darted among the heartless around her before she finally started forward towards a dark ball. Her step were slow and fluent, like she was in an elaborate dance and was being judged for perfection. Aislinn paid no mind to the other heartless around, they were not going to interrupt her and her dance with the dark ball. Each move was swift and precise, each dodge looked intentional. Soon enough she was dancing through dark mist towards another 2 heartless, and ended only when a third had been injured. Heartless Kill Grand Total: Shadow: 129 Dark Ball: 15 Injured Heartless: Shadow 1; 2 BP left Total Experience Gained Veera: 665 EXP (53 Shadows, 3 Dark Ball) Xara: 675 EXP (45 Shadows, 5 Dark Ball) Aislinn: 710 EXP (6 Dark Ball, 44 Shadows)
The entire conversation started to make Roxanne very uncomfortable. There was a mam who just traveled through the phone, and appeared in front of her. He wanted their help taking down the wereworlf, and he seemed to know stuff about them. The man claimed to be watching them all the time, and that is what Roxanne hated most. A shiver went up Roxanne's spine as she looked at the man, slowly picking up her phone. Roxanne examined it for any damage before putting it away. She couldn't bother speaking to Paragon. She had nothing to say to him. Hendrick and Brianne could handle it. Though in the end it seemed Brianne agreed to let Paragon help them before she ran off. Why did she have to go off on her own, what if she ended up like Hendrick did? "Well we can't just leave her can we?" Roxanne said, her voice sounding cheerful though she wasn't. Turning away from Paragon, Roxanne rushed to the door to follow Brianne, hoping the others wouldn't be far behind. She knew she wasn't allowed to go too far on her own, and she didn't need to deal with another punishment from the Clave, so she had to stick close to Hendrick. Hopefully he would simply follow her lead.
"I won't let him take me away from you. I will always be by your side." Seth confirmed once again as he stroked her hair. "You really should rest though. Don't worry, I won't leave your side, I need rest myself." Seth told Tessa and he brought his arms under her and lifted her, taking her over to the bed. He tucked her in the best he could before grabbing a spare pillow and making himself at home on the floor next to her. He wasn't sure if sleeping was a good idea, but he could at least make himself comfortable and rest while Tessa slept. She was the one that really needed it, and she was the one that was really hurt. Tatiana couldn't deny the truth of the matter, it seemed that trouble always seemed to find her. She didn't want it to, she didn't want anyone to have to take care of her, however that was just the way her life seemed to be. Luckily in the end Kruez agreed to take her to Kaer. Tatiana wasn't entirely sure if she was welcome back there, but she was confident that her little brother would be able to do something to help her. He had grown into such a strong, handsome young man, she was certain that what she had done for him was the right thing and that he would live a good life now thanks to her sacrifice, and just that knowledge made it worth while. Stepping through the portal, Tatiana found herself in Kaer, but not the same area she was in before. The fact of the matter was she wasn't quite sure where on the grounds she was. "I don't suppose you know your way around this place do you?" Tatiana asked Kruez awkwardly as she began to wander aimlessly through the training ground. Perhaps a witcher would find them and help them out if Kruez didn't know his way around. "These? They are just memorials to all my children... Well they weren't mine but they were." Terra began sounding a little awkward about the situation. "I am drawing memorials for the children I took care of at my orphanage, starting at the youngest and going to draw till the oldest." Terra explained to Sweallow before closing her eyes for a moment, trying to fight back the sadness. "There were fourteen of them. Fourteen children that I failed to protect, and now they are gone... along with Eric's legacy." The woman put down the pen and paper, tilting her head back slightly as a tear slipped from her eye. She knew that after her injuries there was no way of sticking around longer to save them, but part of her wished that she had. "I-I'm sorry, I was fine a moment ago." Terra said as she took a deep breath and a shutter when down her spine. This caused Terra to wince in pain but passed it off soon enough. With dinner finished Matilda got up and started to collect the dishes. "I will clean up if you watch Gregory tonight." "I was going to head out to some of the taverns tonight though? Just listen to what is going on around the city and such." Talon replied to his sister. He sometimes hated when she took charge like that, but it was what was needed and he knew that. "You can do that after you put Greg to bed, but I have been working all day, and cleaning up after him, and taking care of him. It is your turn to do something." Matilda's voice was strict as she spoke. She rarely used that tone with anyone other than Talon, and only because they were so close. "Fine.I guess that is a fair enough deal. Just do me a favour and make sure you get proper rest while I am out. Don't bother with any of the extra stuff I know you are thinking you need to do. Don't need to send mom and dad a letter saying that you passed out from exhaustion recently because I let you over work yourself." Talon stated. With that he took Greg by the hand and lead him out of the kitchen to get the child ready for bed, leaving Matilda to hum and clean up after dinner.
