Annabelle was getting excited for her lessons when a messenger came in. She stood quietly waiting for them to finish talking and everything settle. However that didn't happen. The pouch opened and in it sat a severed head. Annabelle let out a scream and backed off. She was instantly in tears. She didn't know what to do. Annabelle backed into a corner before the servant came to get her and take her back to her room. Once in her room Annabelle curled up on her bed. Who had sent the head? Did Yana find her and this was her form of a threat? Was she in danger here now? Where did that head come from? Tears streamed down the girls face. She stared at her door ready to cast some sort of magic in case Yana came into the room. But then she remembered her best defense she couldn't make it quickly enough. Annabelle walked over to the window and opened it, bringing some rocks through it to create a gollum. She then shut the window and locked it. Annabelle went back to her bed and sat down and watched the door, her rock creature ready to protect her. Aaron parried Bryce's counter attack. His arm stung as he did so, but that was not something to be paid attention to. Aaron did not allow Bryce's word to get to him more than it already had as he fought. Taking his eyes off Bryce for a moment Aaron noticed that he was not only fighting Bryce, but his two body guards were getting in on it too. One being the annoying ranged person, while the other approached slowly. The situation would be grim and hard, he knew this, but he was determined to get out alive. Casting Quen to protect him from the next arrow, Aaron jumped back slightly. He needed to attack and take them out quickly. If he stayed on the defense he would tire himself out before he could actually kill them. Aaron took a deep breath, casting quen once again before running off. He kept his eyes pealed as he attacked Bryce. Take out the one in control first, that was what needed to be done. As he charged in, swinging his sword at Bryce his mind was filled with images of his sister, Veera, Veceslav, and Derrick. They had all touched his hear and he had to do this to protect them. His eyes were filled with anger as he went straight for Bryce's head. One shot to the neck and he would be dead. That was all it took. It was simple right? It didn't matter how much pain his arm was in. It was simple, right? Right?
"I am not doing anything. Perhaps your mind is tricking you." Laurentinus suggested trying to calm the situation. Though that only went so far when he himself saw something moving in the shadows. Laurentinus stepped back in a protective way in front of Kara. Two giant spiders appeared in front of them, similar than before. "Well we already took on three of them, what is two more? I will protect you." Laurentinus said as he drew his sword ready for a fight. "Are you still sure they are simply off fooling around, this could be dangerous." Ren said, his voice serious, protective even.
A crash was heard downstairs, followed by the shattering of something. All this was soon followed by feet pounding on the stairs. Destiny quickly hid the star shard she found and curled herself up against the wall looking slightly more fearful than she felt. Of course she was scared but she was used to it so she was not overly scared. The door lock clicked open and then the door slammed open and smacked into the wall as Derick burst in. He was quite obviously drunk and angry. "Why did you place something in a way that it would fall at the smallest touch? Because of you me bottle of scotch fell an the ground and broke. That was worth more than you ever will. Get the hell downstairs and clean it up now!" Derick grabbed her arm with a lot of force and shoved her towards the door and then kicked her. "Hurry the hell up so I don't have to see your face!" He yelled. Destiny stayed quiet and kept her head down as she scurried downstairs to clean up. She knew it hadn't been her fault and that Derick was simply drunk, but she wouldn't dare say that to him. She would simply do as she should and get back to her room as soon as possible. As she worked, her injuries from earlier ached but she kept her head down and kept working and ignored it. She could deal with the pain later, for now she just had to get it done. "Agreed." Carson responded as he carefully headed further into the woods. He was on guard. Who knew what kind of heartless and darkness lurked on this planet. However when it was all done and over with, no matter what they could do for this place, he supposed he should head back to town, see if there was a gummie ship for sale, then he could help this girl out. He didn't know why his mind kept wandering to how he could help her, but it did. He was always the kind to help people in need no matter the situation. As he got further into the woods her could hear something in the bushes in the distance. Carson went on guard, keyblade ready for whatever was to come. Birds flew away and then he heard a footstep of something big. Next thing he knew he spotted some armour type heartless, a guard armor. "Stay on guard. This will be no pushover." Carson warned as he ran at the heartless and attacked it.
"Aislinn, pleasure to be fighting with you." Aislinn introduced herself with a small smile as she turned back to the heartless. "I would like to ask how you got into this situation, but that can wait till these things are gone." She continued as she spun around and took out the two heartless that had been injured before. Aislinn's hair was flowing behind her as she twirled and spun around the heartless. She dodged and twirled until she found a place to go on offence properly. Aislinn found her way to behind Xara, watching the girls back. One eye was kept on Veera just in case. She headed toward a dark ball, stashing at it, taking it out in only a couple of hits. She then spun around and hit the shadow. Dark mist surrounded Aislinn, shrouding her white and black clothing, and her face. She broke through the dark mist to be prepared for the heartless that lay beyond. BP Heartless kill count: Shadows: 16 Dark Balls: 3 Shadows injured: Total Experience Gained Veera: 115 EXP (7 Shadows, 1 Dark Ball) Xara: 60 EXP (6 Shadows) Aislinn: 130 EXP (2 Dark Ball, 4 Shadows)
Runa shifted uncomfortably as Kara spoke of Alcohol. To be honest as much as she served alcohol for occasional jobs, she had never druken any. She had no desire to. People acted weird when they were drunk. She wanted no part of it. Runa was pulled from her thought when Kara asked her witch why to go. "Oh, um. Left." Runa spurt out trying to just choose something before it was too late. "Lets go." Runa said as she took off towards the left. Runa was on guard as she ran, obviously a little shaken still.
Flame didn't look up as Drake knelt next to her. She simply stared at the two sets of rocks side by side. One for her mother, one for her father. She felt Drake's hand squeeze hers as he talked. "It isn't that I don't think it is possible to lead... I don't want to. Never have. It is a burden that I never cared to carry but was forced to, so I decided to learn. I barely started when he went and left me. I am all alone, I have no family anymore and a crown heavier than I would like. It isn't that I can't do it, father believed in me, so did.... so did mother. But I didn't think I would have to do it so soon." Flame explained. Her voice was quiet and sad. Silence hung in the air between the two of them for a moment before Flame turned and hugged Drake, tight. "I am just glad I didn't end up losing you too. I was so afraid of that. I never thought I would be that afraid of anything, but when it happened... I completely lost it. I don't know what came over me at the time, but I think... I think I love you...." Flame said as she finally released Drake of her hug. Slowly the new queen got to her feet, looking at the river one last time. "We should get back and rest up. There is a ceremony tonight and I must be prepared for a speech and everything. I will see you there." Flame addressed Drake before turning around and walking off back towards the town. Her eyes dried of the tears but her face still sad as she headed towards her place for a small amount of rest. Stepping inside her room Flame glanced at a diamond Tiara on her dresser. Her family never looked like royalty unless for something special, and that would be tonight. She glanced in her closet at one of her nice dresses that she was to wear. As she lay on the bed she thought of her friend who often was around at this time. She was home resting as per instructed after the battle, but still, the house seemed too quiet and lonely. She wished Kala was here, even to clean, just someone else being in the house would be nice. Adelina clung tight to Zack as he brought her back to the main city. She felt like she might lose her grip and fall at any moment, so she felt the need to hold on tighter. Upon landing she looked up at Zack. "I really must get to work. You should go see how Tessa is. I know you worry about her. I will see you later." Adelina said with a small smile before giving Zack a kiss on the cheek. Her head pounded but she was sure she could make it through. It would be in her own way how she was strong like the others.
"No such luck unfortunately. I guess we are just going in blind. Stick close to me. Hold my hand if you are nervous about getting separated." Laurentinus offered his hand as he stepped inside the dark cave, squinting to try to see past the darkness. He had one hand out in front of him as to make sure he didn't accidentally run face first into anything. He tried to say slightly ahead of Kara just in case, in order to protect her too. He just hoped somewhere Conrad and Tessa were in here somewhere and then they could all get out and go together. But until he took a good look for it himself he was not going to leave the cave. Not until he was certain they weren't here.
Of course Veceslav wouldn't make things that easy on him. He could never just keep what he did a secret for the time being. The damn witcher had everything planned out so he knew his fate wasn't so certain. He considered trying to be a smart ass about the situation and avoid the actual meaning behind the question, however Tessa sent that idea out the window when she said she would take any punishment. "Tessa's not to blame for any of this. It is my own doing and she had nothing to do with it, she just is trying to protect me. I hope you at least take tat into consideration." Seth mumbled quietly. "Why he sent me to you, I assume it is for the crime I committed. You want to know what I did? Well here it is. After a fun night with a prostitute, I found her at her home later. She was with a witcher so I thought I would have some fun with that. I raped the girl and then nearly killed her, leaving her to bleed out. Figured it would put the poor girl out of her misery and give me a fun little chase. But of course I needed a head start so I didn't completely kill the girl yet. In the end she lived and turned out to be the sister of a witcher. I fled to Oxenfurt and met Tessa who showed me that my life could be different. That being said I realize that I am lucky to have been allowed to flee this far." Seth explain. He kept his tone neutral and low, hopefully Tessa couldn't hear all of what he was saying. Despite the tone of his voice he was freaking out inside about how the man would react. This could be the end of the line here and he would be leaving Tessa on her own. He didn't want to do that, he wouldn't if he had the choice. However they needed whatever help that this man could offer, without it Tessa might not make it too much further. With each word Bryce spoke, Aarons grip on his sword tightened. He glared at the doppler in front of him, preparing to attack. He had to remember to remain on the defense though. Bryce spoke about killing a witcher too. Aaron could not think of who he might have met, but there were more witcher schools than his. On top of this he didn't necessarily believe the dopplers story. It was probably just something made up in order to get to him. The story didn't get to him, however what did was when Raymond stepped up to speak instead of heading back inside like instructed and ended up getting shot in the chest. Aaron was left in silent aw, not sure how to react. But he couldn't react not with the words that Bryce was then speaking about his sister. "Don't you dare go anywhere near her." Aaron's voice was barely a whisper, but it was clear that was the last straw to break the camels back. "You will die." He threatened. Running forward Aaron almost didn't notice the arrow heading towards him. He didn't have time to do anything about it but angle himself so it did the least damage, striking him in the upper arm. Aaron grunted in pain but he kept his eyes on Bryce. As he got closer he cast Aard at the doppler, trying to stumble him enough to swing his sword for the mans neck, wanting to finish this quickly, for Tatiana, for Veera, and for the man he came to protect, Raymond. Due to MoK's lack of a real post, lets just say Tatiana continued to lure Kruez into the bed and pleasure him the best she could as payment for him saving her life. But no one needs me to go into detail. You don't need to read that. The man seemed insistent that she remain till she was fully healed. As much as she didn't like the idea it didn't seem like she had much of a choice. "I guess I am stuck then, not like I could go far on my own if I tried." Terra said with a dry laugh. "Since I am stuck with you, mind telling me a bit about yourself?" Terra then asked Sweallow as she moved back to a laying down position. It was a more comfortable way to rest with her back, but it did make her feel that much more helpless which she hated.
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Silvia uses Mine Shield Thea didn't know if she wanted to forgive Vance. She didn't know if she wanted to accept him back as her father after everything he had said and done. She just wanted to go back to the guild and hide. She wished she could not be here right now, but there was no where else for her to go. She couldn't just return now. She supposed that she would have to do something to keep going so they could return. "Can I... Can I decide later? Can we just keep going so we can get home?" Thea finally asked in a slightly shy voice. Hopefully the answer would be yes so she could leave this behind for now and face it all later when she was hopefully a little more prepared. Thomas uses Arcane bolt "Me and my comrades can take care of ourselves just fine thank you. But are you sure that you don't know anything of the woman in whom I speak of?" Trevor persisted. "She would have been really young when she was here, sent a way while still a child. Her mother was said to be very beautiful and I was told that both you and the Judge knew of her. I am not here to accuse anyone of anything or asking you to have any involvement with my friend at this point. I simply wish to return to give her a reason why she was sent away instead of her wondering her entire life what happened with her past fully, where she came from and why she ended up where she did. I promise if there is any information that you have it will not be used against you in any way. Moreso I am willing to pay for the information." Trevor offered the Beadle.
Roxanne followed behind Nick and Brianne, keeping to herself for the most part. She was fighting back the demons in her mind the best she could while she watched, not really looking around. She listened however, listened to whatever was going on around her for any signs of trouble, luckily there was none. As they neared the institute, Roxanne spotted something on the ground, blood. Roxanne looked up and saw the source of the blood, Hendrik. "What the hell happened?" She growled, seeing one of their comrades in such a bad shape set her off once again. "I will kill the bastards that did this! I swear I will find them!" Roxanne cried out, her tone incredibly dark. She may not have gotten along with Hendrik for the most part, but she wasn't about to have someone else taken away from her. The orders being barked by Brianne barely reached Roxanne's ears as she prepared to take off out of the institute and back to the streets, searching for the person or people who had hurt him, or at least ordered it. However she was not able to do so. Roxanne struggled against Nicholas as he took her by the arm and tried to guide her towards the library. "Let me go! I will kill those b*stards!" However it was clear that she was not getting out of this. Nick had soon got her through the door and locked it. From there he let her go. Roxanne started to feel hopeless. She slowly sunk to the ground, her body shaking. "I-I can't lose someone else.... No one else can die. Let me out so I can kill them" She said as she reached for her knife and began to stare at it, thinking what she could do.
Aster did as he was told and got to his knees, however he kept his back tall. "I didn't know you were in to that kind of thing Car....issa." He caught himself and said her full name instead of his shorter name for her. He made sure he was nice and close to Carissa as he took everything she said with a dirty mind, he believed that the fact that Carissa wanted him on his knees meant that she wanted something specific. Aster did not respond to anything that Onamakritos had said to Carissa. In fact he had barely reacted to what Carissa had said, that was until she called him a dear. "Oh you don't know just how much of a dear I can be. I will be perfectly sweet towards you my little doe." Aster responded in a calm sly voice. "But not before we see my sister. I mean after all it should be fun seeing you interrogate her. You are hot when you are angry."
Anthea listened to the discussion of which way she was supposed to go without saying much on the subject. She was just a servant girl, she got no say on matters like this, she was sure of it. The others could bicker as much as they liked, she would have no part of it. Anthea did however place her hand on the stone in her pocket, remembering her promise to herself to mark the path along the way so if they did get it wrong they wouldn't get lost. When they finally took off in the direction that was decided in the end. AS the walked forward they heard a scream. While Aston wanted to help, Kellen didn't seem to agree on that matter. Anthea tensed up a little. She didn't want to speak, she didn't think she should speak, but still she couldn't just walk away from the scream. "I-I am going to help them...." Anthea said, her voice shaky and quiet. She turned towards the scream and slowly took a step towards it. "Sorry for the disrespect. Please don't hate me for it." She then said before heading towards the scream, gripping her staff tightly. Laurentinus let out a smile as Kara finally stopped being so tense and let herself enjoy the ride. However her enjoyment put a lot of pressure on Laurentinus to make sure she didn't fall off, but he didn't mind so much given her joy. He kicked the horse slightly faster and let out a laugh himself. Riding like this is when he truly felt free. Reaching the cave he brought the horse to a halt. "Just hang on, I will help you off." Laurentinus told Kara as he dismounted the horse. He then reached up to help Kara. "Alright bring one leg around so they are both on this side of the horse then just slide down, I am right here to catch you." He instructed. As she started to slide off the horse, he grabbed her around the waist and lowered her to the ground. "Now then shall we see what is in the cave?" He asked as he headed towards the cave. "Whatever is in there I am sure we can have a little fun, but hopefully we can find Tessa and Conrad."
Seth nodded as they spoke and went to look for the "sword fish." When they came back and was offered a drink, despite his better judgment he ordered an Ale. He sat and waited in awkward silence until an older man sat next to him asking who had sent him. "An old Witcher named Veceslav said that you would give us a hand. You see my friend here is injured, betrayed by a friend and we had to leave the city. The problem is, she is too hurt to travel any further and quite frankly we don't really have money or supplies to keep traveling. I was hoping for some help, or at least suggestion on what to do next." Seth told him. He glanced at Tessa to see if she had anything else to say on the matter. "What happened is we were supposed to have an organized battle with the dopplers at noon today. This morning they have started to raid the city. Now stick close." He told Raymond before he started moving forward. Though heading back to Veera would not be as simple as it should reasonably be. Nothing was just that simple for a witcher, there was always some sort of force to make life hard. Aaron turned around to see a doppler nearly challenge him. He listened to the dopplers words before bothering to respond. "So I assume that is was you who challenged Veera to this battle. Well I won't let you take this any further. You will not reach Veera because you will die here first." Aaron threatened "Raymond, get back inside and lock the doors. Do not come out unless I say it is clear to do so." Aaron instructed as he held his Silver Sword at the ready. Aaron was not dumb enough to take offense first, he would remain on the defense. He would protect himself and Raymond and not rush forward in order to take them out. Speed was not the key, planning was. Aaron kept his eyes on his surrounding, watching for any more dopplers that might show up. Three seemed like a manageable number, but more, especially ranged ones, may be a problem. Aaron took a deep breath and prepared himself to be attacked. "Training to be a princess?" Annabelle thought about the idea, but if it made her more like a real princess then it might be good. "Sure! Can we start now? Pretty please?" Annabelle asked as she jumped up from her seat, leaving her plate still half full of food. "I am full anyways." She announced almost proudly. She went towards the door. "So where are we going to study? What are we learning? It is going to be fun? You won't hurt me if I do something wrong will you?" Annabelle went from very excited to slightly worried at the end. But still she looked forward to learning to be the princess she was supposed to be.
Kruez sounded like he was slightly worried but not enough that he wasn't going to take up her offer. They were going to be here a while and if things did go south and something happened at least he would go down pleasured. Tatiana stood up from the bed and walked up behind Kruez. "Well I guess we should at least have a little fun as your reward, if we are stuck in here and all." Tatiana said as she slipped her hands over Kruez's shoulders and down his chest. She brought her lips to the back of his neck kissing it gently, taunting him for what she was sure he wanted, because it was what every male wanted, especially at his age. "Well what do you want me to do about it? If I stay here you are all possibly in danger." Terra replied getting slightly annoyed. As she did she shifted and ended up grunting in pain. That did not help prove her point. She sighed. "There is too much for you all to lose if I stay here and they find me." Terra explained to him. She didn't know what else to say or do. She doubted she was even getting out of the bed that day in her shape.
Aster had a shower and was found in his room when he was sitting there with a face mask over his face. "Don't know know it is rude to walk in on a man while he is working on his complexion. Though I suppose if Car commands it and it is time for the interrogation then I should come." Aster said as he began to wipe off the mask from his face. He did not rush as he got up to head to meet Carissa. "Hey, Car! Is it time?" He asked as he walked up behind Carissa taking a moment to appreciate her fine behind. He smiled slightly at her as he leaned against the closest wall and watched Carissa for what she was going to do next, what she would say. He was supposed to be in service to her for this day, but perhaps she would take it easy on him. It would be a small kindness that he wasn't planning to extend it to her if he had managed to win.
Runa stood in shock for a moment as burnt corpses lay everywhere around her. So much death and murder, and she had helped with it. She had not directly killed anyone, but she helped set it up so Kara could. Runa took a slow tentative step forward, finding it hard to walk, however the realization of where they still were spurred her forward. "They are all dead... you killed them all." Runa managed to say as they headed towards the caves exit. She couldn't believe everything that had happened. She wanted to curse and she wanted to run. She wanted to leave the cave and the bodied behind. Runa squinted as they got closer to the light. It felt like days since she had seen it and it hurt her eyes at first. She had no idea where they were or what they would do. As much as Runa hated to rely on other people. As much as what Kara had done to the men, shook Runa to the core, she had no choice but stick close to the lady for now until they found a place that was safe. "Where should we go from here? Any idea where the closest safe place is?" Runa asked Kara.
Aislinn had been wandering the realm of darkness for a while now. She was searching, for what she wasn't sure, but she was searching nonetheless. In the end she was simply hoping to find a way to protect those she cared most about. Aislinn was blessed with the power to protect people, so she took that power seriously, training to know how to use it properly. When confident enough in her abilities she set out on her little adventure, that is what landed her in the realm of darkness. Not knowing where to go, or what she was trying to find, Aislinn wandered aimlessly, that was until she saw three figures in the distance surrounded by creatures. It felt like so long since she had seen another person and now there were two and they seemed to be in danger. As she got closer Aislinn realized that they were fighting the heartless and handling themselves pretty well. Even still she felt the need to step in and help. She didn't even want to know how these other people got here too, it wasn't a place for many to be. Soon enough Aislinn picked up a jog towards the group. When close enough she called out to them. "Let me help you!" She offered them not having time to bother asking any of the questions swirling in her mind. Aislinn summoned her keyblade to her hand, wasting no time before jumping into the battle. The woman moved with grace as she slaughtered a larger heartless, a Dark Ball that was. She turned from that and did a low sweep with her keyblade taking out a shadow and finishing off an already injured one. "Hope you don't mind me joining the fun." Aislinn stated as she straightened up and winked at the group. BP Heartless kill count: Shadows: 14 killed Dark Balls 1 Killed Shadows injured: Shadow 1: 1 BP left Total Experience gained: Xara: 60 EXP (6 Shadows) Veera: 60 EXP (6 Shadows) Aislinn: 65 EXP (1 Dark Ball, 2 Shadows)
"I am afraid as far as I know magic will not be enough to protect you, and I am not willing to risk trying." Carson told Ana with a slight sigh. He wished it was that easy. She also spoke of having a keyblade and stopping it all. "Having a keyblade doesn't just stop things from happening. It isn't that easy to just stop things from happening. It has power but not enough." Carson explained a slight bit of sadness in his voice. He wished having a keyblade meant he could stop things from happening, save people, yet he couldn't. "The keyblade certainly helps with adventures but you can still do something without one. I can already tell you for a fact that darkness still lingers in these woods." Carson turned slightly so the runes on his arm were more visible to Teliana. "You see these, this is my curse, the runes need darkness or else they cause me pain. When they glow, they are taking in darkness. They glow faintly now but still glow, they are taking in darkness so yes there is still some here, just not near. The question is where. Shall we see what we can find then, and perhaps along the way we can figure out a way to transport you safely between worlds." He suggested.
Okay sum of everything that will happen for the remainder of the time since it is all getting repetitive and will take a while to complete it so no worth posting for all it. The amount of titan's in the city were quickly thinning. With a temporary barricade made to keep out the titans they were able to empty the city of the remaining Titans. Soon Flame managed to convince the humans to help rebuild a wall under the expert instruction of Akari who is using pieces of already torn down buildings as supplies to create the new wall, this one taller and stronger than the gate that was there before. Everyone who had helped fight now is helping with the wall. At the end of a long day they were able to create a wall to block out the Titans and fulfill their part of the deal. Returning the the inner city they collected the kings body and regrouped before leave back to Kaynta, the people of the walled city clearly not happy to let them walk away alive, despite allowing them to leave. Soon they made their way back to the city. There is a ceremony planned for the next day, but until then everyone has dispersed to do their own thing around town. Flame did not return to the city, instead found her way to a quieter part of the woods outside the city near a river. Alone she dug up a plot of land near the river and laid the broken body of her father in it, covering it back up. From there Flame continued to Stack rocks in a monument to her father. This stack of rocks sat next to another one similar however a lot less well stacked. Bowing her head tears dripped from her eyes for the first time since she found out about her fathers death. "Why did you leave me? I am not ready for this. I am not you. I can not lead these people. I am not meant to be queen. You, mom, you were both great rulers, but that is not me. Why did you have to leave me? Why did you go? Please nothing makes sense anymore." Flame cried as she knelt on the ground in front of the two graves. Here lay her father and the memories of her mother. Now on top of all of this her name she had taken on lay here with this. She would have to shred it to be a proper queen. The name she used to escape her fate was not one to use to face her fate. She knew that she had to go soon, return to the town and prepare to face the people, however that would require her to move, something she didn't want to do. She couldn't seem to find the strength to stand at this moment. Her eyes were stained with tears. Her body was fatigued by her outing. Her spirit nearly broken. They escaped the humans but she was sure they would come again. She didn't know when but she was afraid, and if they did they didn't have a strong leader to defend them, they had her. "Please don't make me do this." She cried quietly staring at the river. Soon enough she would go back, but not yet. Adelina awoke, her head pounding after the amount of alcohol she had drunk the night before. She still had no clue of the threat that was below but she realized that she needed to get back. "Zack, wake up, it is morning. The group should hopefully return soon and I need to start on preparations for today's food." Adelina said as she rubbed her eyes and tried not to focus on the headache that remained. She honestly felt like crap but she wouldn't let it show that much. She didn't want to seem too out of it and have Zack or anyone else worry about her. "Can you take me back, please?" Adelina asked. She didn't want to leave Zack's side for work but she had to, she had responsibilities.
