Keystones

Solare jumped with a yelp as the siren went off, Danger so early on?! she thought as she whipped off her seatbelt. And then Risit went and said they had to abandon ship! And because of what, a old wooden ship-thing? Man . . . "Okay, so exactly what do you have in mind once we're all hanging out on the enemies deck?" Ahhhg, she knew that the mission was going to be a bit of trouble, but she just didn't know how much.

Still . . . she was ready. "Well . . . whatever you've got, Risit, I'm ready! Let's do this!" she said with a burning confidence, prepping herself.​

 

"Well, we can't start our legacy if we don't even get to the starting place of it." Allen said. Aside from the fact that the fate of a bunch of world rest on their shoulders, this was their chance to show there skills and probably become heros along the way. It would be nice to be called a hero and have our own legacy.

 

Pain in the ass.

Just when he thought he could get some peace, out the window he saw the other ship. Far larger than this one. It was true - they couldn't stay on the gummi ship. He would wait until the last of the others on the ship got out, then he would follow. The gummi ship shook - more fiercly than it had since they had left the ground. Sirens wound in his ears and he blocked it out with some difficulty. The single figure continued to look out the small window he had made his place in, out the window to the rapidly nearing ship, it constantly firing rounds in his group's general direction. A surprising many flew out into the darkness, nowhere near this ship.

How primitive.

 

Risiel looked down at her seat and then out the window. The shaking made her nervous but she figured it was because of what Risit said. Leaning back in her chair, she closed her eyes before they quickly shot open. The siren pierced her ears and she quickly brought her hands to cover them. She bit down on her lip and looked up at Risit and then at the others. She could barely hear what Risit had said but she was still able to make out what he said. Already?! She shook her head in response but then nodded, knowing it was unsafe on the gummi ship.

 

[Kei]

Kei lounged in his seat as they began their journey, looking at the ceiling of the ship with far-away eyes. He really hoped his sister would behave herself, and more so about her safety. Granted, she could handle herself quite well, but he worried. That was what older brothers were for... to worry and care. After a while, Kei became conscious of the surroundings when the ship shook and the siren went off. "Ack!" he spat, dizzy from the impacts. Risit was spouting what sounded like nonsense, but the urgency of his tone made him leap out of his seat.

"It's already time to party?" He asked. Kei was quick to begin stretching, pumping himself up for the inevitable battle. When he finished his brief moment of limbering up, he looked around and noticed his companions (perhaps for the first time). Risit's body was quite stiff, and he felt an immense sense of rage and urgency flowing from him. Risit was quite the serious one. Risiel seemed nervous but determined to venture on... so long as Risit was there. Solare was also nervous, but she was also more than ready to strike head-on. His eyes then drifted to Kusameruko, who appeared annoyed. Kei always found that guy lazy, but he knew not to judge him for his outward appearance... despite the fact he was so morose.

"So," he began. "Shall we go?"

Kei, himself, was quite excited and ready to go. He wasn't necessarily a show-off as he was eager to help the people of the other worlds. If attacking that old, wooden ship deemed it necessary, he would do everything in his power to help everyone that he possibly can. Besides, this whole entire thing may also be a misunderstanding. He hoped.


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[Kurai]

Kurai suddenly reddened with rage as her eyes narrowed at Beucefilous and his idiocy. "Either get a brain or lose your head, you white-haired devil!" She growled, turning away and stomping towards a seat. She crossed her arms and legs, glaring at Beucefilous. She listened her comrades joke on him and smiled slightly, though in truth she was thinking about smashing Beuce's head in with her keyblade. "Someone hurry up and fly this thing!" Kurai exclaimed, impatience getting to her. "For all we know, my brother and his group may already be ahead of us in finding the keystones!"

 

Beucefilous ignored their comments on his driving and focused on finding Radiant garden. Then Kurai started screaming at him and called him a devil. at which point he jerked the controls to the side for a moment, causing everyone who wasn't expecting it to fall to the side of the ship before returning to regular driving. Smirking, he chuckled to himself. Then a World came into view. It appeared to have a large castle on it which fit the description so he drove closer to it. Sure enough it was Radiant garden. "See? Told you i could find it. I knew right were it was the whole time" He lied.

 

Fourtunaly for Allen, he'd somewhat expected Beucefilous to do something after Kurai's comment. Beucefilous, do you enjoy getting payback that much. He let of a sigh of relif once Radient Garden came into view. They made it there in one piece, now well would the landing process go.

 

[Kei]

In a matter of moments, they appeared on the ship. Kei already had his own keyblade ready, but when he realized that the crew was... strange... he let his guard down for a moment. When Captain Amelia appeared above them, Kei let go of his keyblade and smiled upwards at her. She leaped down and his smile widened. Risit spoke first, then the feline-captain spoke in turn. When she finished, Kei crossed his arms. "Who are we, you ask?" He replied rhetorically. "We are the apprentices of Yen Sid and we're on a quest to find something our master kept hidden for a long time. In all truth, we're heading to the Etherium." Kei said honestly, though there was a slight question in his tone as to whether or not he pronounced "Etherium" right.


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[Kurai]

Kurai yelped as Beuce abruptly turned the ship, making her fall out of her chair and onto the floor. When Beuce spoke next, she glowered at him. "Yeah right," she growled skeptically, lifting herself from the floor of the gummi. She sighed and sat herself back down onto her seat with a mighty "harrumph!" She couldn't wait for Beuce to land the gummi so she could wack him in the side of his head with her keyblade.

 

Beucefilous looked down at the world and noticed several black spots appearing on the world. Not knowing if that was normal or not, He just flew closer and landed smoothly on a flat surface. He grabbed his sword and re-strapped it to his back before opening the doors and proceeding outside.

The warrior of light stood on atop the hill leading up to the castle, gazing down on the city. His eyes widened at the opening fissures in the square releasing heartless and enormous tendrils. He drew his sword and readied himself to fight and long and brutal battle if need be. Once he was finished he charged down to the thick of things and slashed away at heartless after heartless. A shadow pounce at him from behind but he quickly spun and drug his sword in an arc like fashion across the ground. "Fade into the light!" He yelled as large columns of bright white light burst up from the ground and obliterated the heartless attacker, along with a few others behind it. Conjured several red swords which slowly moved along and tracked down heartless to impale whist the warrior took them out at close range. But there were so many of them, and he had to protect the citizens as well. Running towards the fissure, he cut down a few of the black tendrils as he looked for a way to close it.

 

"Alright, I don't know what's going on, but this place doesn't look all that radiant right now." Eli suddenly said from behind 'Brucey'.
He didn't like this one bit. Were these Heartless? He hadn't expected to take them on so soon, and he definitely didn't feel comfortable with his own skills enough to trust he even could.
"Guessing that one of us is going to suggest we help out right about now, hm? Any takers?" he asked sarcastically from his position at the doors.

 

Ooc: oh wait...Warrior of light is supposed to be in the land of departure....Derp

 

Guess it might as well be me. Allen said, getting up from his seat and moving towards the doors. "I'm going to avoid stating the obvious by saying something like 'We have to save them' or something like that. We all know what we have to do, so let's go ahead and do it."

 

They had filed through the portal and now found themselves on the wooden deck of those who had been firing a them. It seemed empty at first, but then they surrounded the small group. Cat-like but still humanoid. A female one - the leader - was speaking to Risit. They were successfully trapped. Kusameruko couldn't see much to do other than wait and listen.

 

"Let's destroy some heartless, YEAH!" Maiko said excitedly, smiling as she pushed past Eli and Allen and jumped out of the gummi ship. She summoned Wayward Wind and began looking around to spot the nearest of the shadows. She saw one close by and smiled. "This is gonna be fun!" She ran towards it, Keyblade ready.

 

Guess she's egar for this. Allen thought as he summoned Two become One and followed Maiko out of the ship. Once he was out, he found the group of shadows tha was the nearest and said. "Showtime." Before heading towards the shadows.

 

Beucefilous looked around at the heartless swarming the town. He undid the chuckle from his sword and took it by the handle, then summoned oblivion. "Showti- Allen that was my line! Ah to hell with it!" He said before charging the heartless, slashing two with the keyblade then one with his sword.

Meanwhile, the warrior of light was attempting to fend off the heartless coming directly out of the holes in the ground. He raced from one to another, using his command over light to slay them. They just kept coming. He needed to retreat to the other parts of town if he was to survive. He wouldn't be of use to anyone as a heartless, and he needed to make sure the other parts of town were safe. He headed down an alleyway into the castle town, where he spotted a group stepping out of an odd ship. When a group of shadows appeared near them. He was about to run and save them but they materialized Peculiar weapons that looked almost like keys..He slowly inched out of his hiding place to see how capable they were.

 

"Guess there's no real way around it." he muttered to himself, before summoning Pumpkinhead to his hand in a single fluid movement.
"Maybe I'm not great with this thing, but even I know when to get in gear."
He ran to the side of the others, performing a quick flourish to knock back the Heartless closest to him, before joining the fight properly.
His style was slightly more defensive than the others, since it played on Eli's natural tendency to flinch at hits that got too close, and use that reaction to manouver his edge to where it was needed. The rapid blocking he managed with his style almost managed to look intentional, and he looked far more skilled than he actually was. And therein lied his trick; getting the enemy to be more afraid than he was.
Of course, he'd never taken on the real thing before. This was his first time putting it into practice.

 

[Kurai]

Kurai looked out the window as they were landing, finally noticing the pouring of shadows. Or, that's what it appeared like. She gasped and quickly rose, bringing forth Kingdom Key D. It was an inverted version of her brother's own keyblade, the Kingdom Key, which had a silver key and a golden guard; whereas her's was a golden key with a silver guard. However, Kurai never paid much notice to it until her brother pointed it out. How that idiot ever came up with that, it's beyond me... she thought. For a moment, Kurai felt sad... but only for a moment. When everyone was heading out, she followed suit. However, she didn't attack like they did, nor did she defend. She just gawked. Shadow Heartless. "Oh my gosh!" She squealed, running to one of them with open arms. She hugged it and cradled it. "They are so cute!"

In all honesty, this was her first time ever seeing a Heartless. Especially a Shadow Heartless, which appeared like a child in an oily ghost costume with antennae. "I'll name you George, and I'll hug you, and pet you, and feed you, and..." this went on for a while, and she was unaware of the rest of her surroundings.