It seemed that she was not the only one getting fed up with the amount of creatures waiting to be killed. The other girls seemed to be complaining too, or the younger one was at least. "Don't worry Xara, we will take care of them eventually. If you like you can slow your pace a little, I will watch your back while you catch your breath. No one will judge you. We will all do what we can to help each other get through this, okay?" The motherly side of Aislinn kicked in as she spoke to the girl, making her way a little closer to her. Of course on the way over she had to deal with a few annoyances in her way, namely a dark ball and a couple of shadows. Instead of moving about these with her normal grace and style, Aislinn got straight to the point with attacking them head on, trying to take them out as quick as possible. She had to get over to Xara to watch the girls back. Then perhaps after that she would go over and offer the same to Veera. She was sure the woman needed to rest equally as much. Heartless Kill Grand Total: Shadow: 112 Dark Ball: 12 Injured Heartless: Total Experience Gained Veera: 550 EXP (46 Shadows, 2 Dark Ball) Xara: 550 EXP (30 Shadows, 4 Dark Ball) Aislinn: 585 EXP (5 Dark Ball, 36 Shadows)
Roxanne glanced up for the first time when Brianne put her hand on her shoulder. All Roxanne could manage to do was give her a nod that she would be okay before Brianne moved on. There was not much left to be said to Hendrick in this situation either, so Roxanne escorted him to the bunker in complete silence as she fought the demons in her mind, slowly getting stronger with each kind act from those around. She was feeling a little more confident at the moment in herself, though the situation made it hard for that to mean anything. Reaching the room Roxanne left Hendrick to rest on a bed as she pushed one aside to make more room for her. Trying to cheer herself up, Roxanne focused on the one thing that she was good at, tumbling. When she started she was a little hesitant in her movements, but soon she got into a rhythm of rolls and flips, cartwheels and kicks. She couldn't practice fighting in here, but she used these techniques in fighting so in a way she could. The more Roxanne flipped around the bigger of a smile grew on her face, till a giggle could be heard. Gymnastics was her favourite thing before she lost it and it continued to be now. Her mind for a moment forgot all that was happening around her and focused on getting all the moves just right as she practiced in her corner. The more she tumbled the more confident she got that she could beat anything out there threatening them. She was ready for a fight now, oh she was looking forward to one. This time not to try a new carving technique, but just for the thrill of it. The fun of taking out possible threats to those around her. She was supposed to protect the humans, but really she just was protecting the other shadow hunters, afraid that if she didn't they would turn out like her, a fate she wished on no one else.
Carson was caught on the defense for the time being, jumping back and out of the way of the footsteps from the giant heartless threatening to kill him. He had to wait for a moment when it stopped stomping his feet in order to attack, these moments were few but when he saw them he didn't hesitate to take them. Carson ran forward at the feet and swung his keyblade a couple times before jumping back again. This process repeated several times before one of the feet dissipated. Carson let out a sigh and glanced at Ana to see how she was doing. She seemed to be holding her own, meaning he had to turn his focus back to the thing trying to kill him so they could get this battle over quickly. As the night went on Destiny found the confidence to take back out the glowing piece of rock she found. It sounded like Derick might have passed out so she was safe from his wrath for now. Destiny sat in her window holding the rock. "Dad I don't know what happened to you and I don't want to ask for much, but please just give me a break. Come home and make Derick let me out just for a day. All I want is to be among the people I see from my window for one day? Is that so selfish to ask?" Destiny spoke to the rock quietly. As she sat there on her knees, something happened. The rock began to glow brighter and suddenly she felt it almost yank at her. All at once the area was blurred and she felt like she was moving. There was nothing Destiny could do but hold on as she flew through the air at a speed that didn't even seem real. The next thing Destiny knew she had fallen to the ground on top of something, or someone. The girl opened her eyes slowly to see that she was on top of a boy. "Oh! I am sorry!" She said as she hurried to get off the boy. All her injuries ached all at once from the travel and crash landing, yet she didn't seem to mind them, instead looking concerned for the boy. Destiny quickly found her way to her feet and offered the boy a hand up. "I am so sorry. I don't know what happened. One minute I was in my room, and the next... Well I was here. I didn't hurt you did I? Perhaps I can help. I know this magic but it doesn't work on myself. I think I can only use it on others." Destiny explained quickly as her hand began to glow. From there she blew at her glowing hand and green sparkles broke through the glow and landed on Lumen, healing any injuries. That was when Destiny noticed someone else was there too. "OH! I interrupted something didn't I? Here I will just leave. Don't worry about me." She stated as she turned to walk away, though her steps were small and a little tentative, not wanting to push her injuries too far. Destiny didn't know where she was or how she got there, but she was sure she could figure it out. Someone was sure to be kind enough to escort her home.
Spoiler: Zack and Adelina's Children Over the last two years Adelina helped everyone settle back into life. She did her best to stay strong, with Zacks help. Adelina took care of many people during the weeks following the kings death. The town was in a bit of chaos as Queen Amber did her very best to settle into her new role and catch up on everything that her father had been doing. Soon after that Adelina settled down into a life of her own, having a set of twins with the man she loved, Zack. On this summers day, Adelina found herself at the entrance of the kitchen, a sleeping child in each arm. "You need to cut the garlic finer." She instructed Chrono from the entrance, it was the first time that she made her presence known. Though Adelina was supposed to be taking a break from work in order to take care of her kids, she wasn't. She couldn't keep herself away from the kitchen, constantly checking up on the young lad that was supposed to be taking her place. Taking a step further into the kitchen she glanced around making sure Chrono was keeping it nice and tidy to her standards. Adelina trusted the boy, but this kitchen was still pretty much her baby and she wanted to make sure it was cared for properly in her absence. Though if Zack found her here yet again, he would probably murder her. "So how is preparations for the day coming? Are you keeping up with everything okay?" It had been three months since the birth of her children, plenty of time for Chrono to be used to working on his own, but still she had to check. Queen Amber had awoken early that morning and made her way down to the training grounds. As the Queen she found herself spending a lot of time around town checking on things, talking to people, seeing how she could improve life, and overall just trying to be the best queen that she could be. Amber was not entirely sure what she was doing still but with the support of her new husband, Drake, she was slowly learning. Down on the training ground Amber let herself embrace a small amount of her former self as she attacked the training dummies in bother her fae form and her leopard form. He form was a good as ever as she moved and attacked. It seemed that two years of minimal training had not effected anything. That being said Amber knew that she had to train more when she could so like her father she could be one to lead her people into war if there was going to be one. Amber had slipped out before her self proclaimed guards arrived or Drake was out of bed. She needed some time to herself this morning. She was always surrounded by people and it got a little much sometimes. Amber knew they would find her soon enough and she would be back to the life that she had become accustom to, but for now she would enjoy the silence. Her mind drifted to the thought of having a family, something suggested to her, but she didn't know if she was ready. She understood the fact that an heir would be needed, but she still wasn't ready. She wasn't ready for any of this. That being said it hadn't stopped her from fulfilling her role in this society.
Hendrick had actually offered her support. Roxanne didn't have any plans on taking it, after all, what was going on in her mind was her problem and hers alone. That being said, knowing someone was willing to be there for her after all this time... it felt almost good. It had been a year since she had completely and utterly lost it, and after that no one really came to her aid, instead mostly avoiding her. She understood why; heck she even drove people off herself. However it was still painful. It was painful to not have anyone to help her, but it was scary to let someone get close just so Slavko could take another person away from her. She didn't want to give him any more reason to target her. She didn't want to give him anyone else to hurt. However now it was Nicholas' turn to endure the torment and that was just as scary as him going after her again. It meant that she had to watch someone else go through what she went through, and she was not okay with that. When Hendrick had finished speaking Roxanne finally found some words to speak herself, though it wasn't much. "Thank you.... For the offer to help." She said before she glanced up and saw Brianne. Given how Brianne looked at the moment and everything that had been happening, Roxanne was getting a little nervous. She would be okay though, she had to be okay. She just needed to get out fighting again, that always seemed to cheer her up. Or bring out the side of her that seemed more cheery. However if you looked closely at the gleam in her eyes when she was fighting, you would notice behind it was not real joy but a fractured soul hiding behind fake cheer of fighting. But it was the best she got. That fractured soul could not function properly anymore. When the insane mask faded it only left someone who could do nothing but shake and cry and relive the past in her mind. That was why she was insane. It was in the end the only way for her to cope, but she felt few understood that.
After a while of cleaning Matilda had finished cleaning all the pudding from Gregory's room. She was finally able to relax and play with her younger brother for a bit while her older one prepared their dinner. As she sat and played simple games with the boy her mind wandered to her parents, where they were, what they were doing. She hoped that they were well. Perhaps they would even write soon. Tilly played with the ring that hung on a chain around her neck. It was something her mother left her when they set off on their journey. It was a promise that she would return to them, Matilda just hoped that was soon. They were doing fine taking care of themselves, but she didn't like the fact that Greg had to grow up without his parents at home. "Tilly, I am hungry!" Gregory demanded bringing Matilda from her thoughts. "Talon will have dinner ready soon. Just sit tight Greg." Tilly told him in a calm voice. "But I don't want to. I want food now!" He demanded growing ever more angry. "With that attitude you wouldn't be eating until after Talon and I eat. Is that what you want, to watch us eat while you wait?" Matilda hated to discipline Greg, but someone had to and it was rare that Talon did it. He got angry but when it came to following through threats he couldn't do it. He couldn't be the bad guy. It was almost sweet, but that still left her with the icky job. Seth sat down in front of Tessa when she beckoned him to. He didn't sit for long before he was told to stand back up and check something. Seth got up and check the bottle. "No such luck Michael, it is just water. But the wound isn't that bad is it?" He asked as he paused to actually take a good look at his hand. "Oh... hehe... it is that bad isn't it?" Seth said as he used his good hand to rub the back of his neck. "Perhaps Sigmund knows of an herbalist near by. Then maybe we can pick something up to help your wound as well." Seth suggested as he sat back in front of Tessa, knowing she would probably demand it anyways. At this point there was no use fighting, the girl was simply too stubborn for her own good.
Well Anthea was well protected, that was for sure. That being said, she started to feel slightly claustrophobic with so much around her. She knew everyone was just trying to keep her safe, but that didn't help. She could take care of herself and she wanted to prove it. Instead she had everyone else protecting her. Anthea watched as a wolf started toward another member of their party after attempting to attack Baldomar. With that person seeming pretty unresponsive, Anthea knew that she had to do something to help. Anthea sent a gust of wind at the wolf hoping to push it away from Arthur before taking up a more defensive stance once again. "Sorry my dear, you are stuck with a simple city guard." Laurentinus responded laughing slightly. "Not a single noble cell in my body." He continued as Kara crawled across him. He didn't think much of it until he notice Kara ripping her skit to press it against his wound. He was going to say something when Kara began to joke about the noble girls. "Have no fear young maiden I will take care of that dangerous spider!" He announced proudly in his mock noble voice. Kara looked at his wound and seemed worried, making a comment on his armour. "Think of how much worse it would be if I didn't have it. After all they seemed damn determined to get through it and kill me. They didn't succeed so that is good." Ren stated not seeming too worried. "It isn't that bad is it? And I can see you just fine. I told you Kara, I am okay. How about your leg. Are you okay?" He asked trying to deflect the worry to her. What Anthea did: Anthea used gust on Scrawny Wolf 3 (7AP) Anthea used defensive stance (3AP) Total AP used: 10AP
~Two years later in a city far away~ Spoiler: Koldo Spoiler: Damion Spoiler: Wilkin Spoiler: Lexander Koldo sat in his manor relaxing... waiting. A man was coming to see him today according to his sources. It was a human from the walled city. Rumours had it that he had a job for them. Koldo normally wouldn't have anything to do with the inferior race of human's, but today it seemed like it might bring something interesting. "Sir, you have a-" "Send him in." Koldo interrupted his butler. "Send in the intern as well." He demanded. Sitting back he waited for the man and his intern to enter the room. The man was tall and broad, a scowl permanently plastered on his face. "I have a job that requires your specialty and you are going to help." The man said getting straight down to business as he sat across from Koldo in his office. "Very well I will listen to your request, but first..." Koldo waved off the man, not intimidated by him despite how intimidating he was attempting to be. "INTERN! Make my guest and I some tea. Then go fetch Wilkin and Damion. Hurry up. I will not stand for tardiness!" Lexander was startled by the sudden command and winced at Koldo's shout "Yes Master Koldo" he obediently replied, and hurried away, his ragged cape flowing behind him. At the door he hesitated suddenly and turned back "I forget, what kind of tea master?" "Caramel Vanilla tea! You should know this by now. You are worthless, why do I keep you around? Just hurry up, our guest is waiting." Koldo scolded his intern. Lexander cringed. It was torment working under this man. But if he wanted to advance his magical talent, Koldo was the only option. "Yes Master" He quickly hurried out of the door, closing the door behind him and breathing a sigh of relief to be out of the room. Heading to the kitchen, he began to make the tea, brewing it slowly, stirring it the exact right amount of times. Lexander made the best tea in the world. Without a doubt. Once the tea was done, he waved one hand casually. The teapot levitated, and poured the tea into the two cups. Lifting them into the air, he headed back into Koldo's room and magically set the cups on the table without a word. Backing back out, he ran off to find the others. As Lexander came in and set down the tea, Koldo watched impatiently. He waited for his intern to leave the room before reaching for his cup. "The boy may be a bit of a numbskull, but he makes good tea. That is as good of reason as any to keep him around." Koldo stated as he took a sip. The other man stood there, staring at the boy. He was impressed with what little magic that the boy had. "So it is true, you people are good with magic. I am impressed." "Impressed? By that? You are pathetic. Do you want to see true power?" Before the man could answer Koldo shifted into his other magic form and rushed towards the man, pinning him to the wall by the neck. "You want to see real magic power?" He asked the man. Wilkin was out in the grounds having a stroll. Spotting the red-haired man, Lexander hurried towards him. As he approached he leaned over and put his hands on his knees, panting for breath. The grounds were massive. "Hey... Koldo wants you... in the manor" he gestured to the big house. "I know..." Wilkin said as he continued his walk about the grounds, it was a nice day out and he liked it around here. Koldo wasn't his favourite person to deal with but he'd better get it over with. Damion was with him walking the grounds, now Damion wasn't someone he minded dealing with. "Well, let's not keep Koldo waiting then..." Wilkin said reluctantly as he turned to walk back to the manor he wasn't going to run back to meet with Koldo merely walking back at his own paste. If Koldo wanted him to show up then it would be on his own terms. "Alright." Damion said with a slight shrug of his shoulders. When he had decided to go for a walk today, he wasn't expecting to run into Wilkin. Not that there was a problem with that. Wilkin was one of the ever shirking list of people he a) had no problems with and b) didn't want to punch in the face. The latter probably being the bigger part of the list. Not having anything more to say, he followed behind Wilkin as they went back to the manor. Wilkin walked into the room at the sight of Koldo pinning some other bloke to the wall and asking him if he wanted to see real magic power. Wilkin merely sighed "Is that really necesarry Koldo?" Wilkin said as he took himself a seat and looked at the sight of Koldo trying to impress someone he didn't know "Pleased to meet you" He said told the man being pinned to the wall, then looking at Koldo "Aren't you gonna introduce us?" The sight in the room was not one he was expecting. Koldo holding up some random dude against a wall. "And here I thought I was the aggressive one." Damion remarked, going to take himself a seat as well. "So who is this guy?" "Would anyone like any scones?" Lexander asked the group uncertainly "Is that necessary? Well this ******* thought that he" Koldo indicated to Lexander "was impressive. I was simply showing him true power of this society." Koldo stated as he let go of the man. Koldo transformed back into his normal form before straightening his jacket and walking back around the back of his desk and sat. "Bring enough for everyone then you are permitted to sit in." Koldo told Lexander. Turning back to the rest of the men in the room. "As for who this man is. I will let him introduce himself." Koldo stated. The man walked back to his seat, rubbing his neck. "My name is Jarvan Lightshield. I am here to.... request aid." He said remembering how the demand was passed off. "And what do you want aid for?" Koldo asked in an uncaring voice. "Well we want to destroy a civilization. a magic one to be particular. I heard you are the best of the best." The man said flatly, getting his request out on the table. "And what would be in it for us?" Koldo asked. It wasn't that he needed anything out of it to do it, he just wanted to know. It would be his pleasure to destroy the civilization. "I will let you decide what you want and our city will do our best to fulfill it." He stated. "Alright dismissed. The rest of us will discuss your proposal and we will send a runner with what we want for pay. However I will take the job. Now go. We will take the job if you can meet our pay. We need to talk without you here." He instructed Jarvan.
No. You deserve no explanation. Just no. You sadden me.
Seth slowly brought his hand up for Tessa to look at finally. He wanted to keep int hidden. He didn't want her to worry about him, but he wasn't getting away from it this time. Seth stopped walking to let Tessa look at his hand properly. "You shouldn't worry about me. You are hurt more and you need rest. I can go deal with this later. It is only a small wound." Seth stated, but didn't fight against Tessa. He looked away from the ugly wound on his hand to Tessa's eyes. "Gods you are beautiful." He said quietly, it wasn't an attempt to distract her, but if that happened too then that was fine by him. "Thanks." Terra said as she took the pen and paper from Sweallow and pushed herself back up into a seated position. It was a slight bit of a struggle, but she managed. Once up in a proper position to draw, she grabbed the first sheet of paper and the pen and began her art. Terra knew exactly what she would draw as well. The woman quickly and quietly set to work on a drawing that resembled a face of a very young girl. As the face evolved to have noticeable features, other things were also added to the picture, flowers, her favourite toys. Different small things in memorial to the girl. At the bottom in small numbers, was a date. The picture continued to develop after that with shading and more things to make the picture unique to the person as well as the page full. When she was done with that drawing, she planned to move onto a drawing for the next youngest child. "Okay..." Was all Tatiana manage to respond with. She was just too tire. She hoped that they would find somewhere to stay soon. Somewhere that she could just rest for once. They kept making her move. She had to keep running. She just wanted to be at peace somewhere and just sleep. But even if there was no danger right outside, she was not safe until someone put an end to the brothel she had worked for. They would keep sending people after her. She couldn't always rely on mage's and witchers to save her, and she couldn't really offer to pay them either. She supposed that in the end her fate was inevitable. For now however she would rest in Kruez's arms, hoping what she offered him earlier was enough payment to carry through to now.
Roxanne hesitantly took another step into the room as Hendrick called her in. Her eyes remained averted and she remained quiet. When he asked if she was alright Roxanne didn't know what she wanted to respond. She wanted to tell him the truth, but could she? No she had to be strong. She didn't want to be treated like someone with a handicap. "I-I am fine. I mean I can handle it." She tried to tell him as she fought against her own mind with all she had. Even without looking up she knew Hendrick was having a little trouble standing and walking around. "Sorry that I had to drag you out of bed., you probably need more rest. I don't know what is fully going on but Brianne's brother is here. Things don't seem good. Let me help you head to Brianne. I am sure she can explain better." Roxanne offered as she reached for the man's arm to put it over her shoulder so she could help support him. "And for the record... I am going to murder them all. The people who hurt you. Whoever was in charge of them... Slavko.... I will find a way to stop that b*stard from coming back into our world.... He marked Nick you know... He is going to keep going after him till he is as broken as I." Roxanne said quietly as she began to lead Hendrick out of the room.
Aislinn kept up her fighting like a dance. She spun and twirled, her keyblade like an extension of her arm. Her skirt stirred up the smoke rising from the heartless that was taken out. She spun once more to be faced with a dark ball. Rolling her eyes Aislinn got to work on taking the thing out. This dark ball thought itself so clever to sneak up behind her, but he underestimated her ability. Stupid heartless didn't know what they were doing, and it would be the end of him, literally. Soon enough Aislinn had taken out the dark ball and turned to two shadows, one helping another one that was injured. It was kind of cute but they had to be exterminated none the less. Aislinn looked at them with somewhat sad eyes before turning to take them out. She felt bad for killing the ones not attacking, but she had to do what she had to do. Heartless Kill Grand Total: Shadow: 104 Dark Ball: 11 Injured Heartless: 1 Shadow- (2bp) Total Experience Gained Veera: 490 EXP (40 Shadows, 2 Dark Ball) Xara: 480 EXP (30 Shadows, 4 Dark Ball) Aislinn: 520 EXP (4 Dark Ball, 34 Shadows)
They finally reached the shadow blot. It was bigger than Karina expected it to be. That being said it didn't scare her that much. Karina was still confident in her ability to beat the creatures to the ground. She had the strength to do it, she just needed the back up in order to complete the battle. That being said she was knocked out before she could even do anything. So much for taking out the blot herself. Luckily for Karina, she actually had good support, and was back on her feet rather soon. "Thanks." Karina nodded at Hikaru before turning back to the shadow blot. "So what do you guys say we start this battle off with a bang?" She asked the other before letting a grin cross her face. Karina went still for a moment as cherry peddles began to fall. Suddenly Karina took off towards the shadow blot with a Zantetsuken.
"Ow! Roxanne complained as she got back up after being thrown at the training dummies. "Would it have killed you to at least pretend to care to fight me. Geez." Roxanne put her Stele away and crossed her arms. "I still want that ice cream by the way!" She called after Alarick as he took Brianne aside. With them out of the room, Roxanne really had nothing to do except practice a few high speed tumbles before removing her runes. When she had done that, Brianne had entered the room once more. "You know your brother is cute and a good fighter! Too bad his downfall is he is too serious. If it wasn't for the fact he was your brother he would be perfect for you! Oh well I guess I can take him and then teach him to take that stick out of his *ss" Roxanne stated to Brianne almost in a proud voice. However when Brianne gave Roxanne her instructions, her eyes fell to the ground. She didn't know if she was ready to deal with seeing Hendrick yet, but she had to try. She had to learn not to lose it. Roxanne walked away in silence towards where Hendrick was resting. As she approached the room, she knocked lightly on the door before entering. Roxanne refused to look up and see the state that Hendrick was in. She was holding onto her sanity at the moment, but she wasn't sure how long that would last. "Brianne said there was a change of plans. You cannot rest anymore. We are to meet her in the bed room right away." Roxanne told Hendrick, her voice quiet and missing her normal giddiness.
"Well you are good at it, so why not. The world doesn't need more war, it needs people to save them from the war." Terra responded quoting something Eric used to always tell her when she wasn't sure if she should be running the orphanage or not. It fell silent for a moment, Terra not knowing what to say. She wasn't particularly used to being around people that weren't the children she cared for, and talking to them was a lot different. Moving was still too painful to imagine getting up to do something, but she had to occupy herself somehow. "Any suggestions of what I can do while I am stuck sitting here waiting for my injuries to heal? Do you have paper and a pen I can draw with perhaps. Or gwent cards that you can share so we can play that? Something? I don't want to be a pest but I am not so good at just sitting around doing nothing. It drives me a little insane." Terra stated. "Don't worry about my hand. I will be fine." Seth tried to urge Tessa, though it was obvious that wasn't the case. His hand was red and slightly swollen. "Listen Tessa. I will not leave you. I promise." He said as she placed his hand on her cheek and lifted her head. He slowly brought his lips to her. He gently kissed her as his good hand caressed her cheek. As he broke away he looked her in the eye once more. "Lets get you back to your room. And I promise I will sit beside you the entire time you rest. I won't leave you." He said as he brushed the hair from her face. Placing his hand on her back he started to guide her towards the bedroom, trying not to give her the option to not go. "Stay in the chambers today? Okay...." Annabelle responded. She didn't like the idea of staying in the room by herself all day. She would probably get bored first of all. Second if she was left alone and something did happen there was no one to help her. Though she did suppose she had her rock Golem to help. On top of this it would get boring sitting in her room alone. But in the end it was probably for the best and she knew that. So Annabelle went back to the shelf of books and picked up another one on princess's to start looking at the pretty pictures in them.
"That is not how I sound! And the armour is not from Tra la la land you goof." Laurentinus responded as he gave Kara a light shove and laughed. Though after he did Kara pointed out her wounded leg as she asked to sit. He felt slightly guilty, but he didn't quite show it. He figure if he did that it would bog down the mood and he didn't want to do that. "You can rest, it isn't a problem. I would rather Get you out in one piece than push you too hard." He responded as Kara sat down. Unfortunately he had no way of helping her wound or he would. "Those spiders have tried to hurt us twice now. As much as I am not a fan of killing, if they are a threat to peoples lives then I do not regret it. If it was possible to reason with them, it would be helpful, but we can't, so I wouldn't give it too much thought. We did what we had to and will continue to do so. I know you are disappointed in being wrong but if you change the names you can be right later." Laurentinus said with a wink as he tried to cheer Kara up with the last part. Change the subject to more of a light hearted one. Then Kara asked him to go rest with her. He supposed a good rest was needed, he did take his share of damage, just didn't like to admit it. He sat down next to Kara. "So when did I get downgraded from a Duke to a knight? Was I not playing the roll of a duke right? Here let me try again." Lauentinus took off his chest plate and smoothed out the shirt underneath for effect. Clearing his voice he spoke in the most snobby tone possible. "Excuse me young maiden but I notice you are a female and I am extremely horny right now. Given my status and power this entitles me to you. Now then I will escort you to my place for the time of your life and in a week forget who you are. In the mean time I will get all those under me to wipe my *ss for me because I am far too important to do that myself." He finished breaking out into laughter. As he did he noticed a pain. He brought his hand up to his shoulder and felt a bloody wound. "Oops." Was all he said as he chuckled again.
"When will these things let up?" Aislinn asked with a sigh as her fight continued. Shadow after shadow threw itself at her, trying to overwhelm her, and time and time again she would knock each of them back. The training this provided was good, it was helpful. At least these were all weak things. Aislinn knew that on her adventures she would meet bigger, stronger, and more protestant enemies that she would have to be prepared for. Right now this was only the start of her journey and it was a suitable challenge for the start. However even still it was a bit of an annoyance to have to fight this many. It almost seemed like it would never end. Shadow after shadow went down to Aislinn's keyblade, leaving only a cloud of black smoke around her to dance through and continue on, but it wasn't enough. BP Heartless kill count: Shadows: 89 Dark Balls: 10 Shadows injured: Shadow 1: 2 BP Total Experience Gained Veera: 420 EXP (33 Shadows, 2 Dark Ball) Xara: 420 EXP (24 Shadows, 4 Dark Ball) Aislinn: 455 EXP (3 Dark Ball, 32 Shadows)
Annoyed wouldn't begin to describe how Roxanne felt that Alarick was ignoring her to fight his sister. She considered yelling at him for it, however it was a far better plan to let him be distracted and attack while he was, over draw his attention to her attacks. Roxanne was now on her feet standing tall, stele tight in hand. Brianne was beat, that much was obvious. Now it was time to show them what she could really do. A speck of her former glory before she completely lost it. One slow stepped followed but one quick one soon turned into a run as Alarick pinned Brianne's wrist to the ground forcing her to yield. It took only a few steps to gain the momentum needed, and a few steps to close the distance. As she neared Brianne, Roxanne launched from the ground and somersaulted over Brianne, landing on the other side of Alarick, landing on the side he was holding the package. Roxanne was not a complete idiot, no she saw how he held the thing, he wasn't going to let anything happen to it. If she aimed for that she was sure to throw him off guard and distract him, leaving an opening for her. Roxanne took a risk with her next move. She started a back handspring, kicking one of her legs up to try and catch Alarick's arm, making him drop the package. The risk to this was it left it open for him to grab her leg, if he was quick enough. But that is where the speed rune came into play. All her actions were accelerated. Perhaps, just perhaps this would actually work and she would best Alarick when Brianne couldn't.
Tatiana shifted slightly as Kruez picked her up, however she was too tired to think of even opening her eyes. She really didn't want to leave the warm cozy bed in which she lay, but she had no choice. Tatiana assumed it was because of whatever was going on outside that he was moving her. She hoped to the gods that was all it was. She couldn't handle anything more. "Where are we going?" Tataina asked in a sleepy voice without bothering to open her eyes. Chances were she would be asleep again in a moment, but she had to know. Seth turned around to see Tessa at the door, looking rather upset. Seth fell silent, not knowing what to say now as she approached and started dabbing at the wound. He looked away for a moment, not knowing how much Tessa had caught and what she thought of it. He didn't say a word until Sigmund was about to leave the room. "Wait. If I go near her, her brother will murder me. I cannot take care of her without it costing my own life. You said I wouldn't die, but if you saw the look in her brothers eyes you would know that isn't true. I will accept a punishment, just please think of another." Seth said as his eyes glanced back at Tessa as he felt tears hit his hand. Seth turned back to the girl, pulling his hand away. "I am sorry. I don't know what you thought you heard but it is nothing to be upset over." He said as he wrapped his arms around Tessa, hugging her, all the while being careful of her wound. "I will be here and protect you. I promise. You showed me there is another option for my life, so it is the least I can do. You are the only reason I am alive. I owe you a debt bigger than I can repay. And I have made you cry too many times already. So let me try and help you, okay?" He said as he let go of the hug and looked her in the eyes, using his good hand to wipe away her tears. "Come on lets get you back to bed, okay? You need to rest." He said as he prepared to guide her back to the room. Annabelle nodded her understanding, but in truth she didn't understand. She didn't understand any of it. Part of her could get why some people might hate mages when there was people like Yana running around, by why hate all mages? Why send them a head? Why were they so cruel? However Annabelle didn't voice any of this. She did not want to seem that much like a naive child. She wanted to at least have some respect from her new father, the king. "Aren't you concerned about more people getting hurt before you can get the people on your side?" Annabelle asked, not wanting to even know about more people getting hurt. But having a more peaceful option did sound nice. Tilly sat down in Gregory's bedroom to see the mess of toys and food pressed into the carpet. "So he gave you pudding did he? Of course Talon had to give you something messy and let you eat it in your room." The girl sighed as she set Gregory down and went to grab a cloth. "Tilly no play?" Gregory asked as he stood up and started to follow Matilda. "I will play in a moment, I just have to clean up your snack. I will tell you what. Clean up your floor a little bit so there is more room for me, and we will play whatever game you want." Matilda offered. "Okay Tilly!" Gregory said happily as he walked back in the room and started cleaning up. Walking in the kitchen Matilda grabbed a cloth and glanced over at Talon. "Pudding? Really?" "What it was easy and he liked it." Talon said in his defense. "It is messy. You act like you don't know this kind of stuff. You are the oldest. Aren't you supposed to be taking care of us, instead of me taking care of you two." Matilda stated. "Well we both know that girls mature faster than guys. Sucks to be you." Talon retorted. "Besides taking care of Greg is a lot different than when you were a kid. You wouldn't even eat." "I ate, just wasn't whining to eat at all hours for food." "Yeah right. Let me get back to making dinner." "Alright. Well I need to clean up anyways." Tilly replied as she rolled her eyes and walked off back to Greg's room.
Anthea nodded when Kevin asked if she was ready. "I will be fine, don't worry about me." She stated. Anthea tried to stand up as straight as possible, but she still felt small compared to everyone. Well in truth she was small but it was more than that. She also felt like they were looking down at her, thinking she couldn't do anything herself. That wasn't true and she would show them that. Maybe after this she would feel like she belonged here. Anthea stood her ground as she held her staff tight in her hand. She thought back to everything master Grason taught her while training in his gardens. With that in mind she focused on the wolf in the middle and channeled all her power through her, into the staff and out at the wolf with an icy blast. She then brought her staff in front of her ready to defend. It seemed that Kara sucessfully scared off the spider after killing the one he was fighting. Laurentinus put away his sword and let a cocky grin cross his face. "Didn't know you cared that much about me to be that scared over an attack. Remember this armour is more than just a disguise after all." Ren said coyly as he walked over to Kara. "I am not hurt, are you? Should we head out of the cave now or keep looking for Conrad and Tessa." He didn't want to give up the search but if those spiders scared Kara or hurt her, he didn't want to push the girl. He wanted to keep her safe too. What Anthea did Anthea used Crystallize (6AP) Anthea went into defensive stance (3AP) Anthea used a total of 9/10 AP
