Hope you got something in mind, Cal
Even RNG supports the farce
The small amount of penguins that remained were soon dealt with and another bird had appeared to seemingly gloat. Listening to it all, Kel found it all that predators and prey were able to coexist without trying to eat one another, but birds were unable to. A lion, tiger or something along those lines would've made more sense to him if he had to be honest. A third voice voice had spoken up, once again mentioning the names of the officers that they were supposed to be looking for. Kel was equally as confused as to where the voice had come form right as Fairbeak was shocked and spasm out a bit. When Fairbeak had spoken about his struggles with fitting in and being treated equally, there was a part of Kel that couldn't deny that he has felt that way before. Always being compared to his father had taken its toll on him growing up. Still he had fond ways to cope with it and couldn't agree with what Fairbreak had tried to do.
Well even if he didn't want to jump down towards the now in danger Silver, the fact that just about everyone else had done so left with with little choice but to actually follow behind them. Jim had managed to safely escort Silver away from the soon to be battle field and Scroop was none too happy about that. An explosion of darkness later and instead of fighting the red crab pirate, they were now having to deal with a heartless version of him. It was concerning that all that had happened due to darkness, but that was the least concerning of things right now. They still needed to fight this and and such Chrono attacked. HP: 45 AP: 14 MP: 20
Lazuli folded his arms across his chest as he listened to Auburn's explanation. It made more sense than after hearing it, not that he agreed with her decision. "I dunno, I'd wager that going out to find a way home is another mistake." His arms unfolded and fell down to his sides before finding a place to rest in his pockets. Overall he was pretty relaxed in contrast to both how she was and the current situation. On the ride here Lazuli had pointed out how compared to the rest of them, she was the only one who looked like they had some actual training behind their combat, a point that hadn't changed. "What brought about this change of heart anyway?" Lazuli had an idea, but wanted to be certain.
So many technicalities and potential hindrances to his idea and yet Zephyr didn't intend to let that stop him from trying. Thea on the other hand, while her plan did make sense and had the risk been any less severe he might've let her go through with it. by no means did he doubt her abilities or what she was capable of as she was a part of their guild. "Alright we'll try it your way." Zephyr said, seemingly giving up on trying to convince Thea otherwise. "Only if you leave some sort of trail for us to follow. This Necos guy could have another trick up his sleeve other than a magic flute and if he does, three great and powerful wizards beats one." Not that he thought as himself as 'great and powerful' at all. It was merely something that he had learned from his sister as she'd made the same kind of deals with him when it came to getting him to train when he really didn't want to. She was always good at finding something that he really wanted to use against him.
Despite being suddenly blasted back, Moira had avoided falling down the cliff. With another batch of heartless showing up, Chrono worked to move as many rocks out of the way as he physically could while Cerdic and Daenit bought them time by fending off the heartless.
Chrono had figured that B.E.N wouldn't remember, but it was still worth a shot. Since that was not the case, Chrono idely looked at the rest of the markings until he heard Jim. Company? None of his immediate thoughts were good. He took a peek outside himself and seeing Silver himself standing outside was precisely what he didn't want to see. A silver lining shown when Illiana asked about a backdoor and, according to B.E.N, the did have one. Once again Jim had called for them and Aria gave them a update on what was going on outside. Wanting to confirm this with his own eyes, Chrono peeked outside and very soon spotted both Master Choma and Take, guns aimed towards them just as Aria had said. The idea of using the backdoor to escape faded with the hostages before shown to them. Little choice was left for them but to comply and stepped outside of the hideout. "So much for not being found." He muttered to himself.
The heartless that had surrounded them had dwindled, which made progressing under Mora's guidance an easier task. The journey behind her had taken them back to the cave. Chrono was reminded of when they first left the cliff and his lack of memory didn't quite bother him as much as it did now as the extent of what he did know was lost to him. He was happier when compared to how he was now. All that aside, there was still the task at hand with the large quantity of rocks blocking the path to the extractor. Chrono crouched down in front of the nearest one and started moving it out of the way before doing the same with the next one. Starting with the ones that didn't look to be all that heavy made it easier for him to quickly get to another rock.
The unimpressed manner in which the man had introduced himself as 'the guy who hits stuff" upon walking down the stairs equaled how unimpressed Zephyr was upon seeing him. He hadn't been expecting anything grand or special, not knowing what to expect made making that presumption easier for him. Pushing those first impressions to the back of his mind for the time being, Zephyr made a mental refresher of the name that Dylan had mentioned. The Fisheries, no surprise that he's never heard of it given how little he explored outside his range of typical places. If it was as questionable as Dylan claims it to be, it certainly would be a good thing that that was the case.
Give it some thought, and come meet us. Lumen did in fact give it some thought and the result of said thoughts were the exact reason behind Lumen currently heading back towards the inn. He had with him the traditional weapons that a witcher used on his back. He wasn't heavily armed given the task at hand, but well enough that he felt comfortable and not ill prepared for this whole thing. "I hope you weren't waiting long." His eyes scanned around the room, taking in the faces of those that were already there. It was an interesting looking group to say the least.
Certainly sounds interesting, count me in.
No sooner than he proposed to not antagonized her, Noire had pretty much displayed his point about as perfectly as he could've expected. Each team would be having one of their members head back to help with survivors, thus rearranging the current teams. The longer in which he watched Loyd interact with Noire was proof that she wouldn't be the easiest to work with, but they would managed somehow. Well hopefully his team would, he could quite say the same for the other one. Lazuli had walked back towards the inn with a relaxed look on his face when considering all that had recently transpired. It was only natural for him to make such an expression, even more so when there was something on his mind. Sub Guardians, temples, relics. Not to mentioned whatever trials awaited them while trying to get to said temples. Sure was a lot to being handed a bunch of kids that had just been assigned teams. Lazuli still had his misgivings, but had long since decided to trust Professor Ozpin's judgment with this. At the slow pace he had been walking, there wasn't anyone else around when he had just gotten to the inn. That was what it looked liked until Auburn had walked right past him. It was odd since she certainly didn't seem like the type to randomly go out and walk around Mistral, that was his thing for sure. "Going somewhere?" That should grab enough of her attention to get her to stop walking. Lazuli had saw the backpack that she had on her back and was curious as to why she had it on. "I doubt you're planning on going to find the temple on your own."
Zephyr had made a mental note of the three times the mayor had mentioned and even more so the fog that was said to appear following the sounds of the flute. Perhaps his own magic would be better suited to combating the affects that the fog appeared to have on adults. He wouldn't know for certain unless he tried and he planned to do just that. It was a habit that he wouldn't he shaking anytime soon. "Uh." That was all Zephyr said at first, surprised by what Thea's plan entailed and less that she had come up with it. "One of us should go with you then. The guards are likely older than all of us so Gavin or I might not be affected by it." As it could've looked like Zephyr wasn't all that concerned with Thea's intent on going out on her own, he just wasn't going to let her take such a risk by herself if he could help it. Worse case was by the time they got to where she had sent her flame, she had already vanished.
With the brick building now ahead of them, Vallus waited at the back of the group while looking at what was ahead. Disregarding how rundown and borderline stereotypical the building looked, there wasn't much that could be considered special about it. The two in front of the gate were the current issues that needed to be dealt with and as such, when Finlay asked who wanted to be the one start it off he looked towards him. "Why don't you do it, you're probably better at that."
After turning down the offer of oil Chrono had turned his attention to the markings on the wall. B.E.N said that said he was told that whoever made the map that the pirates were the same as the ones who lived here. Maybe B.E.N could read what it was that the markings meant, presuming that he remembered. "Do you know what they mean?" He mulled over it for a bit before finally deciding to ask B.E.N. Maybe he did know something that would be useful to know.
Zephyr nodded at the answer he was given as they resumed following behind Maliel. It was a reasonable answer given the circumstances in which they were told. Making their way through the village, the lack of children running around became more evident with how seemingly void of life everything appeared to be. Had it not been for the ravens sitting atop the mansion gates, Zephyr would've thought that it was a refreshing change in scenery. Entering the room, they found the mayor had been waiting for them this whole time. Zephyr found himself standing by the door as he spoke to them, not out of rudeness, just what he was used to doing."What time do can the flute be heard. I know we were told at night, but do you have anything more detailed than that?" Zephyr had himself an idea, one that wasn't without its fair share of risks. Risks that would be worth it if everything went accordingly.
Chrono had been climbing at a moderate pace for him as he was less focusing on getting up there quickly and not losing his grip and falling down. He could use his apparent keyblade glider in the event something like that happened, but the lingering risk of detection was there and not something he wanted to be the cause of. Trailing behind the group, Chrono had managed to reach the top of the cliff. The attention of the heartless had been drawn towards the others and a few had turned towards him since he was up there now. His natural response was to summon his keyblade as a means to defend himself from anything that might've come his way.
Zephyr had honestly expected to hear something along the lines of Thea going to a private school, but private tutors did also make sense. As did the rest of her story with her burning her homework, a teacher and the rest of them being fired. With all that in mind, it was a good thing that she wasn't sent to a private school after all. "She has a point, unless something happened during the day." Zephyr asked, making note of the age range. It was wishful thinking to hope that maybe Thea wouldn't be affected by it thus giving them one less thing to worry about. Depending on what information that they could get, maybe they could come up with a countermeasure of sorts.
The sudden rustling had cause Chrono to stop looking around and focus in on the direction that the noise was coming from. He was expecting to see some sort of alien creature leap out at them. Hopefully it would be friendly and not try to rip off their faces. The robot running from behind them was just that surprise and fortunately it didn't want to kill them. It did want to hug them. "Back, back, back!" Chrono said in what was a futile attempt to avoid the hug from the robot. "Chrono...I'm Chrono." He said. A hundred years he was stuck here? Why, er maybe it was because of how he acted. Assuming it wasn't a result of being alone for all that time.
