Kingdom Hearts: Kingdom Hearts: Light Chaser

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Before he could get further, Tinarah stopped him in his tracks. Perhaps it was slightly silly of him to go into a place that he hasn’t been before. He stopped so the other two could catch up, when they caught up he fixed his scarf and continued to walk with them. “Oh, really? That’s why he left? Huh, guess I’ll have to keep a close eye on Kosmo. Ain’t that right girl?” Lumen says as he pets the dragon on her forehead, until she looks up to see something flying up in the sky and follows it. “Well, guess she’s preoccupied for right now, anyway how bout that-” In mid sentence he started to smell some sweet aroma. He spoke out to Tinarah, “What’s that amazing smell?! It smells sooo good! That from the kitchen? If so, can ya take me there?” The boy knew the way there, he was just wanting to see what the reaction to the other two seeing if they were generous enough.

 

Chrys didn't get much of a chance to answer Tinarah, as Lumen hastily gave a reply of his own and bolted off. Tinarah's comment at the event caused Chrys to let out a small chuckle. She climbed up the stairs after the two of them, listening quietly. It seemed Take had rushed off earlier due to a dislike of dragons. She briefly wondered about the cause of such a fear, though it wasn't as if having a negative experience with dragons was much of a stretch.

As they reached the front hall Lumen didn't take long to start begging to go to the kitchen. Chrys smelled the food as well. Her stomach was growling. Not much of a surprise, since she hadn't managed to get anything to eat at all the morning Zeno had come to wake her up, and of course the way things had gone after that... She hadn't eaten at all yesterday. Still, she was hesitant to go to the kitchen. Someone was clearly in there if the scent of cooking could be detected, and she knew there were many students she had yet to run into. Just because there was food in the kitchen, didn't mean the chef would be willing to give her any. Besides that, Torrin had to be lurking around somewhere. Nevertheless, she was hungry and unlikely to get food from anywhere else. She would have to just deal with it. Still, that was only if their tour guide said it was okay to make the stop.

"I don't have anything against it if you don't." She spoke to Tinarah with polite indifference, not wanting to sway her opinion too far one way or the other.​

 

The mention of sustenance drew Kal's attention back to the focus on the group. It seemed exhaustion really was catching up to him. He followed of course. The scent drew out a tiny smile. Nostalgia.. He took a seat himself, watching Aria as she worked and took the cup offered to him."Thank you. It smells great." And he took a drink, savoring the sweetness."And it tastes amazing."​

 

Illiana yawned a bit as Boreas had asked if there was anyone she could really trust aside from herself. "Must be a lonely life you're living otherwise, but hey if that's how you like it who am I to judge." She closed her eyes when finished yawning before opening them back up. "Rather that than lead a life of just trusting anyone without a care in the world. The only people I can trust really is my family but it's been about two years since I last saw my parents so...eh. Not much I can do." She paused before continuing. "If I'm being honest here, the council hasn't really shown me they can be trusted. They've just gotten shadier and shadier in my eyes, but hey it's only my opinion." Boreas continued his sentence on his preferences as a soldier on the subject of 'Trust'. "You're all in the line of fire together anyways so might as well make the most of it, even if it hurts losing them later." Illiana stopped in her tracks as a small memory of her life back home as a soldier. She stood there silent for a few moments before holding her head in her left hand. She rubbed her temple before shaking her head. "Did that. Didn't work out in the end." She paused as she continued forward before turning around. "Let's just say....things got messy between me and another twisted council." She kept walking after she finished her sentence.

Boreas went on to discuss Chrys' way in a fight before something Boreas had said irked her a bit. "After all when you were making a miserable attempt at fighting your brother, and Adalric fought Dentro, I was charged with fighting her." Illiana reached in her pocket before quickly turning around, releasing a dart. The dart went flying past Boreas and into a tree that was next to him. "Ever heard of 'Think before you speak'? No? Learn it." Illiana turned around and continued walking. "You think I would actually try and fight my own brother?" Illiana turned back before a smirk ran across her face, yet in her eyes lied a deep pain in her brown pools. She walked up to Boreas before continuing. "Imagine that was your own family member? Or a loved one? Or better yet...Torrin? Both of you on opposing sides, one of you had been missing for two years while everyone else that they had died only to find them alive and well......Tell me something, Boreas. Would you go all out to fight them?" Illiana backed away and turned around.

As they kept walking, Boreas had also asked her why she was so interested in his and Take's conversation prior to Fost's arrival. "Simple. To answer that.....nope. No reason in particular. Just being a curious kitten." Illiana stretched her arms up before yawning again. "Any other riveting questions?"

 

She was assured that their time would come, but they did need time to train. Qamar could agree with that, definitely. She knew that even she had more training to do. Though for her, it was mostly refining what she already had been training to do. Hopefully, she could learn a few things from Boreas and apply that to controlling her darkness. Gero assured her that whether or not they won was all up to the Masters and what they saw in each student. Whether they showed they were ready to be a Master or not was totally up to them and the Masters.

Gero answered to her about not needing food yet, but he did point her to where Kidemonas was. Qamar gave Gero a bow. "Thank you Master Gero. I'll go to him and see this project of his. Good day." she said, turning and leaving the room. Hurrying along, Qamar could smell hot chocolate. "I only know one person who can make a hot chocolate smell that good." she smiled, walking quickly. Upon reaching the kitchen, she could see the two newcomers along with Torrin, Aria, Tinarah, Enzo, and Chrys. Practically everyone was here enjoying the hot chocolate. Though she saw Tinarah leaving as Qamar approached the doorway.

Upon entering the kitchen, Qamar headed for the fridge and pulled out the things she needed to make sandwiches. Tomato, lettus, avocado, mayo, mustard, cheese, and of course meat. Of course there were plenty of other things for sandwiches, but that was the basic of what she was using. Qamar went along and made three sandwiches, cutting each in half and setting one whole sandwich plus a half onto two plates. Grabbing a tray, she sat the plates down and turned to Aria. "Hey, sorry to grab and go, but I gotta go check up on my Master and his project. Last I saw him, he hadn't slept for a few days." she chuckled. Qamar sipped on her cup of hot chocolate and made an "MMm~" and gave Aria a quick little hug.

Eventually, Qamar made her way to the basement and wandered inside. She stopped and looked around for Kidemonas. "Master Kide? I got lunch. I know you're hungry." she called out.​

 

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“I could teach you another time,” Aria offered Torrin. “There’s easier recipes and techniques. And thank you,” she said to Torrin and Kal. She then blinked with wide eyes at Enzo’s take on the hot chocolate. “Um, wow! I never seen someone scald their whole mouth for the sake of hot chocolate. Here.” She took Enzo’s cup and headed to the fridge, opening the freezer part and pulled out two ice cubes. She plopped them in the cup, then poured in the steamy hot chocolate next. “There we go,” she declared, handing the mug back to Enzo. “It shouldn’t burn you this time.”

And since Maka was out of the house while making this post originally and reading things wrong and forgetting certain elements and not having a clear vision of character placements, Aria noticed Qamar wandering into the kitchen to make herself things and greeted her with a nod. She even gave her a quick hug in return before Qamar wandered off again.

 

When Tinarah abruptly left them, Chrys wasn't sure what to do. There was no one left to vouch for her allowed presence. If Torrin was in that room, she was screwed. In fact, a fight was likely to break out the minute someone saw her. It was a disaster waiting to happen, and she would take all the blame for it. Not in any particular rush to get her keyblade taken away again and kicked out, Chrys quickly left the vicinity of the room. She headed back towards the courtyard, desperately searching for some obscure corner to hide herself in, or perhaps a familiar face that wouldn't trounce her. ​

 

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With no real reason to refuse the offer of hot chocolate, Chrono followed behind the others to the kitchen. With cup in hand, he drank some of the drink while listening to what was going on. Following Torrin's original statement, Enzo had thrown in his own two cents. Admittedly as Chrono took another sip of his hot chocolate, he didn't know if Enzo actually know what it was he was talking about or not. He didn't seem like the type that did, but that didn't mean much in regards to him.

His thoughts soon transferred to wondering about the realm of darkness and a hypothetical trip there. There was some appeal to it, but in the aspect that whatever was currently ailing, there was resolved. It would suck if they got dragged into yet another mass scale conflict. "Well, more so things to do. Afterward, though it should be fine." Presuming all went well with his own goals at least. The sudden intrusion of Gero's voice caused Chrono to put his cup down and look in his direction. Wonder what he wants that he didn't say earlier?

 

Kidemonas popped up from around a corner and gave Qamar a frighten. She nearly dropped her tray, but she managed to compose herself. Kidemonas came forward and tried to eat and talk at the same time, which made Qamar raise an eyebrow. "Sometimes I wonder if I became the Master and you became the student at some point." she shrugged. In any case, she listened to him go on a tangent about the weather being nice and whatnot. "I'd rather talk to my Masters for a little bit. Who knows how long I have this time? Honestly, I miss all of you quite a bit since this is all I've known the past 6 years." she admitted, scratching her head. She took a piece of sandwich and ate into it, glancing around the room. "And you put sensors on everything finally? I thought you finished this months ago. What happened?" she asked. It was still really weird that they put sensors on stuff, but then again, after learning about the book earlier, she totally understood why now.

"Any reason why Master Gero doesn't like Torrin? Is it because of his lineage or something?" she shrugged, walking around the corner Kidemonas popped out of. She found a table and made some room, setting the tray down carefully. "Oh yeah, you finished your project, so now I wanna try it." she said, leaning against the wall and munching on her sandwich.​

 

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Aria glanced up when she heard a familiar voice and her name being called. She saw none other than Master Gero standing at the doorway. She looked at Torrin and the others and shrugged her shoulders. "I'll see you all later I guess." She trotted to the door and clasped her hands behind her back. "Ready to go," Aria stated, walking out of the doorway. She nodded to Lumen, and then walked a ways away from the kitchen door. "Yes, Gran- I mean, Master Gero?"

 

Boreas listened to Illiana's words on trust and shook his head his questions did seem to have struck a nerve. "You do realise there are more options than blindly trusting anyone and shutting yourself off like some hermit on an abandoned island no one ever comes to, right? those are just the extremes. Either way as I said who am I to judge." Boreas said. She hadn't been with her family in two years now, that must have been rough, he had been away from what remained of his family for extended periods of time but nowhere near two years. If she could only trust her family then it must have been a right mess she had made with that council, at the very least it confirmed the fact that she had served in the military. "I'm sure they have a plan in place, even if it is kept under wraps and away from us. I won't deny they made rather questionable decisions, but they're the ones in charge and it is their duty to come up with a way to combat this." Boreas said, he had raised his concerns with Torrin and Master Skia he didn't need to raise them with Illiana as it was pointless, even if she had seen his outburst to Fost, she was in the same rank and file group as him and she didn't need to know, he'd trust Torrin's judgement and see this all through, Council or no.

Boreas anticipated a reaction to her combat effectiveness against her brother but he didn't quite expect such a violent reaction. The dart flew past his head and embedded itself in a tree. He didn't doubt it was a deliberate miss intent on scaring him. Boreas glared at her for the dart throw, he had thrown down with Take over less than a direct attack towards him albeit that was without the Council anywhere nearby. Boreas fought down the urge to punch Illiana there and then as he did put it rather bluntly. He bit back a retort when he saw how deeply his words had cut. He thought about her question, would he have killed Lysandros had he gone traitor? He'd fight him and capture him deliver him to the King for judgement, his father had told both of them that loyalty to the throne was what had made House Thessalian what it was today and Boreas had seen that loyalty shaping their House. "If my brother had become a traitor, he knows the consequences, I would fight him if it is asked of me and if possible leave the final judgement to my King, such is the burden of loyalty, they know the price for betrayal. As for Torrin, until a couple days ago, I hadn't seen him for six years without a word from him." Boreas said and walking with Illiana quietly for a while when she asked him if he had any other questions. He did but they weren't very impotant questions and merely his own curiosity, he doubted he'd get an answer anyways, but after all she had been curious about him. "The war back home, what is or was it about?" Boreas asked, not thinking he'd get much of an answer. "And what about you, is your curiosity sated or do you have more questions?"​

 

Illiana looked at Boreas was ready to strike her down over her little dart attempt. With his next words, Illiana was surprised but not surprised. "If my brother had become a traitor, he knows the consequences, I would fight him if it is asked of me and if possible leave the final judgement to my King, such is the burden of loyalty, they know the price for betrayal. As for Torrin, until a couple days ago, I hadn't seen him for six years without a word from him." Illiana didn't have any words. The burden of loyalty? Illiana turned her head down. She clenched her fists as it shook ever so slightly. "Burden....of....loyalty? Burden of...loyalty??" Her fists continued to shake slightly all while she was suppressing the urge to start a fist fight. "Burden of loyalty?! Don't screw with me!! You're telling me you would take down your own damn brother to 'face the consequences'?!" A deep glare ran through her face and over to Boreas. "What happened to loyalty to your family huh?! You're honestly saying you would just leave your brother's fate in the hands of another?!?! What if your king decides to execute him?!?! Then what huh??" After a few moments, she decided to calm down before turning away.

She sighed before continuing to walk. Boreas had some questions of his own. "The war back home, what is or was it about?" Illiana crossed her arms. "Was. Our war ended when I was 16. It was a struggle for power. The opposing side couldn't stand the peace and quiet era that we had been living in for the past 5000 years. So he decided to break it. So in like fashion, we needed to defend ourselves but it was getting to a point where there getting to be too many casualties on our side. So our Parliament decided to take extreme actions." She paused before finishing her sentence. "Child soldiers. Once they came into play, it kept going for 5 years." She stretched for a few moments. "As for my questions, I got none left at this time."

 

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Lumen was taken aback by the amount of people in the room, he didn’t know that there were more than he expected. After seeing Tinarah go, he spotted an older figure that stood out from the rest of the group. He eyed one cup of beautifully made hot chocolate and picked it up for a sip, it satisfied the young boys stomach with delight. “This is amazing! I give credit to whoever made this!” The boy was simply enjoying his cup of hot coco as he gave a nod to Aria as she left the kitchen. Then Lumen decided to make his presence known to the others and spoke, “Hello everyone! My name is Lumen Hindell, I was one of Master Sanda’s students. I got here not too long ago, can’t wait to be working with you all!” The boy said in a cheery voice, he always worked well in groups, but can be a loose cannon if cooped up for too long. He stepped more inward to the kitchen, looking around, and continued to speak in a curious voice to the group, “Also, who was it that just left? The older figure and the girl?” He wanted to make as many friends as possible, regardless of how they act.

 

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The girl was stunned at the mention of her parents. They would be proud of her? She never met them in her life, and rarely heard anything about them. Her fingers instinctively prodded at the ring she wore. It had her family name on it, yet as hard as she tried, she didn't feel such a strong connection from them. Maybe it was her imagination, but if she thought hard enough, she could feel a tiny bit of something there. She wondered if they knew of her, or Master Gero met with them as he had with her while she was growing up.

Before she could ask though, a question put her on the spot. Her lips twitched downward and her eyebrows furrowed in concentration, trying to think back to the time she spent with the Light Chaser. "He seemed... lonely. Secretive. He never showed his face." She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear and looked where Gero seemed to be gazing. "Maybe a little angry... or hurt. He felt like what he was doing was right, even with the doubts I voiced... with the whole plan of erasing all of the darkness from others I mean..."

She glanced at her wrist, more naked now that the bracelet fell off. "Master Kaio told me about the origin of the bracelet this morning," she mumbled. She held her wrist in her hand and looked up at the old man she used to fondly call Grandfather. "I think I reminded him of her... That's probably one of the reasons why he gave it to me... It kept me safe for a while." Saved my life too, she thought the last bit to herself.

Her eyes darted away, holding her hand close to her chest as she stared at the ground for a moment. "Where... did I come from Grandpa Gero...? No one's ever told me. I mean, what were my parents like. Or what are they like...?" So many questions began to flood her mind and she voiced them as they came to her. "And this... thing inside of me... The nightmare, infection... whatever it should be called... Do you know how or why it stays with me...? Even though I'm a 'pure of heart'...? Where it comes from...?"

 

"I dunno, if we were able to even go there in the first place..." Qamar started, biting her sandwich. She thought for a moment and shrugged. "Maybe there's a way to go back."

Kidemonas mentioned what the project was and Qamar looked excited. "A training room? That sounds awesome. And uh, yeah, Master Gero is kind of scary. Not as scary as Kaio when he lost a battle." she joked, sipping her hot chocolate. "Try this hot chocolate, it's really good. Aria made it." she said.

Qamar finished her food and sat there, watching Kidemonas. "If you don't mind, I'm just gonna stick around here and be in your hair while you finish. It's...been awhile since I did this, anyway." she smiled. For awhile, Qamar just sat there, watching Kidemonas, but she did finally pipe up. "Remember when I first came to the council? I only really talked to you, Master Stamatis, and Master Aster. Though I did always hang out wherever you were so long as it wasn't super top secret." she said, leaning back in her chair. "I kind of miss those times, you know? Much simpler those days..." she sighed. Blinking, she remembered something. "And I"m trying this simulator out first!"​