Kingdom Hearts: Kingdom Hearts: Light Chaser

Master Thallasa listened attentively to his explanation and nodded in understanding. His work had paid off it seemed, she didn't seem to condemn his actions even appreciating his trust in her. Thallasa had concerns regarding not everyone would exactly fall in line and she felt that in time most would but not all of them, he felt the same way most people would eventually fall in line, but the few trouble makers he would bring to heel, especially now that his actions had been sanctioned by Thallasa. As she patted him on the shoulder he nodded. "I'll keep my eyes on them, remind them of their duty if necessary, Master Thallasa." He said with a small smile on his face. "Thank you for your time and understanding."

With the healing taken care off and a rather surprising exchange with Thallasa Boreas left for his room, if they were to move out today then he would take a part of his costume with him that he liked. The green cape, minus the high collar though that part he wasn't too fond off. He fastened the torn and singed cape to his normal outfit and used the activator to put on his armour, minus the helmet. With everyone busy among themselves Boreas remained quiet and sat down until Thallasa called for them to move out and meet her in the front if they were ready to go on with the business. Boreas filed out behind her immediately as he was ready to go where ever it was that duty required him to go.

As Torrin joined them outside and said he needed to explain a new trick to them, first of he showed the other students how to make keyblade gliders. Then however came the keyblade transformations again, Torrin had taught him the trick back in the Dark Margins and was now teaching the others and Torrin seemed confident he was ready for another transformation. Boreas took a moment to think about it and then set his mind to the task. He summoned his keyblade and started working on the new transformation, lengthening the grip of his blade until it alone was like a staff reaching seven feet in length, at the tip of the staff the wing design merged with the cutting edge of the hook on his blade forming the blade with the guards twisting upwards to support and frame the blade, near the back of it a small hook formed completing his weapon. It was a weapon he was very familiar and skilled with as an infantryman and Boreas was glad that he could now use it in this war. It had taken him a while but he had transformed his keyblade into a Glaive-guisarme. He stepped away from the others to get enough free room to give his new weapon a few test swings, satisfied with the result of it, Boreas joined the others again, resting the butt of the glaive on the ground next to his feet and letting it lean lightly against his shoulder as he supported it with his hand.

Boreas looked to Torrin and smiled. "Now this, my friend is something I can really work with. Thanks again for teaching me that trick." Master Thallasa said that those that wished to come with her ought to join her now. And those that wished to stay behind should do so, he knew that Torrin wanted to stay behind, Take had spoken up about the fact as well and Tinarah seemed to have the wish to stay as well. He wasn't sure where to go, on the one hand he didn't necessarily feel like he had to stay to clean up after the battle from last night and might be useful to Thallasa to keep everyone in line. On the other hand leaving would separate him from Torrin again, sure they had been separated last night during the battle but that was only for a short while and if Tinarah was going to stick, Boreas might be needed to bring Torrin back to his senses. Furthermore, Torrin might need a seasoned warrior at his side. "Master Thallasa, Torrin, I would prefer to remain behind, but should my duty require otherwise I would follow despite my own objections. Guide my blade to where it is needed most." Boreas asked their advice, the two of them both had ideas as to what sortof manpower they might need going forward, he would follow the path to where his duty would lead him.​

 

"I think I'm going. You are, too....right Aria?" Qamar looked at the girl. Torrin had just taught the others how to make a keyblade glider. He then taught them how to transform their keyblades. Qamar decided on something she figured would be pretty cool. She summoned forth her keyblade and gripped the handle with both hands. She then pulled apart the keyblade, revealing it having split into two. She spun them in her hands a moment and gripped them tightly. One had the main teeth of the blade and the other had the smaller, but equally deadly, part. She was satisfied, seeing as her keyblade was able to be split and be nearly identical. Save for the blade and tip, of course. She then merged the keyblade together again and sent it off. "I like this. I almost tried for a bow and arrow but...." she shrugged. "Didn't really care for ranged combat."

Qamar looked up and saw Tinarah shuffle awkwardly closer to Torrin, not making a sound. Qamar glanced around and walked towards Tinarah, being mindful of the meowing cat. "You don't scare me, kitty." she mused, smiling as she leaned closer to Tinarah. "Good luck. I know you're strong. You are better than this." she spoke softly, giving Tinarah a pat on the shoulder before she wandered back to Master Thallasa.

"Master Thallasa, I'll come with you. I need to leave this place behind. Torrin'll do a good job anyway, I'm confident of that." she thumbs upped Torrin. "But I have to ask, Master...where the heck are we going?"​

 

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Aria said her goodbyes to the group, giving Tinarah a quick hug and a word of good luck, and telling Take he did a fantastic job putting the place back together. It was kind of weird moving forward with the people she wasn't the most comfortable around, or knew that well while leaving the ones she had grown attached to behind. She had to be able to adapt to changed like this though. She never expected the world to wait on her hand and foot to give her what she wanted.

As she stepped forward though the portal, she jolted in surprise when an elderly man screamed at them and called them demons. He seemed to have twisted something too since he was struggling to get up. "Ah! I'm sorry!" Aria apologized quickly as she bowed her head in respect. "We didn't mean to startle you. We're not demons, we're..." She trailed off, realizing that no matter what she tried to explain, this guy probably wouldn't believe her. She wouldn't believe complete strangers either if they popped out of no where and scared the living daylights out her.

"Here." She summoned her colorful keyblade and gently raised it above her head. "Cura!" With that, a glowing green light encircled the elderly man. Aria unsumoned her keyblade in a flash of light and walked up to the man, smiling softly as she extended a hand out to her. "There. All better? I'm so sorry we came in unannounced like that. Let me help you up." She then gradually extended a hand out to the man to get him off the ground and someplace more comfortable. That was, if he accepted her help at all after that grand entrance.

 

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As the group learned their new keyblade transformations and how to create gliders, Take was a little excited to have his own to use. It meant he wouldn't have to rely on someone else's when they needed to defend themselves. As they left, Take looked at the four who decided to leave and simply said, "Stay safe."

Then Edna came running in about superheros being captured again. And if there was ever a specific expression Take had for "are you kidding me?" it was the one he was giving now. How did these people handle themselves without them being here to begin with? Or maybe.. they were part of a plot.

Take took a step back to quickly get the words of players out of his head and he blinked and looked to Torrin and said, "Well, we could look for whereever the most recent robbery or explosion was. Or maybe just recent explosions. They really seem to like those. Then we could get a hint at least on something. Or uh... look at recent crime logs?" he looked a bit unsure and said, "I just think wandering aimlessly around the city might not be the most amazing idea."
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Illiana changed her bandages with the help of her creature charm. After changing her clothes, the creature went back to being a charm on her umbrella. She put on her bracelet and put her locket in her pocket. She walked outside to see everyone gathered around. She opened her umbrella to prevent any sunburns she might gain. The girl listened in as Torrin and Thallasa went into a discussion with the group. It had been decided that Torrin, Boreas, Tinarah, Chrono, and Take would stay behind while Thallasa, Aria, Glyde, Qamar, and Illiana would move on ahead. She nodded her head at Thallasa's instructions. Torrin had then proceeded to teach the group how to transform their keyblade into another weapon. Illiana closed her umbrella. She tossed it up into the air. "Aperta." Her umbrella had become her blade once more. She caught her blade and closed her eyes. She felt her keyblade change shape in her hand. Illiana opened her eyes and saw her blade was completely different. In her hands, twin fans decorated in white and light green and star at the end of it. She looked up and saw some trees just a few feet away from her. She looked back at her fans and back at the trees and an idea instantly popped into her head. Illiana opened up her fans and pulled them back. She jumped up and tossed the fans toward the trees. The fans cut through the trees and returned back to her hands. Placing one hand on her hip and using the other hand to fan herself with the fan, Illiana smiled a bit. "I can definitely get behind this." She closed her fans before returning them to its original state as Thallasa conjured up a portal. Illiana walked through the portal while giving out a small wave to the other group.

As she walked through, she saw an elderly man in front of the group calling them demons. "Wouldn't be the first time somebody called me that. Been called worse. Though they would usually call me Miss Demon or something else along those lines." Illiana shrugged her shoulders. She watched as Aria helped the old man onto his feet. She had then apologized for the unexpected arrival. "Well let's see, a random strange portal appears and some strange being from another land walk out from it......I think that's immediate grounds for that reaction." She looked at the two as she spoke. She then yawned a little bit before she walked around the room. She kept walking around and then spoke up again. "So you got a name or something?" She looked at the old man as she asked.

 

Qamar followed along with the rest of the group and stepped through the portal. As soon as they made it to the other side, they had already scared an old man and Aria was on the scene. "Uh, we shouldn't really be using magic on somebody who just called us demons. He's probably gonna have a heart attack or something." she pointed out. Qamar didn't mind the name calling. She'd definitely been called much worse by this point. Illiana did what she did best and attempted to get the old man's name out of him. Qamar rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. She then prouced a bandage and looked around for some wood. She grabbed two sturdy looking sticks and walked to the old man, kneeling down. Qamar fastened the sticks to the sides of the man's legs and used the bandages to keep them steady. "Here, a splint. Be careful from now on."​

 

With his questions unanswered Boreas took it as a hint to simpl remain behind with Torrin then as he would have prefered. Not that Thallasa had been right about him having made up his mind, had either of them said otherwise he would have simply gone with the people that left. "Good luck out there." Boreas said to those who left. After the others had left Torrin told them to get to work, Edna interrupted with some bad news and Boreas simply listened, holding his Glaive in his hand. The heroes had all been taken out as they fell back and regrouped springing a trap on them as they worked. After the fight they had been given the other day it didn't surprise him that the villains went about it that way.

He wasn't too surprised to hear of these developments if they had machinery to block out their magical powers, it didn't surprise him they had the resources to make all heroes disappear especially when taking them out while they were focusing on other matters entirely, now with a path forward being decided on Boreas listened to the plans put forward, Tinarah came with a surprisingly good plan, he liked it. It amused him that while the other day they objected to having a better plan than walking right into a trap and hoping for the best but right now they hardly had any alternative with the lack of information. It still amused him how attitudes had changed.

Torrin decided on going with Tinarah's plan making Boreas smile, he wasn't too much of a fan of the costumes though but he still like the idea of just being the rabbit, flying over the city on his keyblade glider drawing out the villains. Boreas excused himself and put his suit back on including the high collar of his cloak. Beneath his suit he kept his normal clothes on and for now he just activated his armour over it, he'd de-activate it when they were in the city. Going back outside he formed up his Keyblade glider and mounted up looking to Torrin. "Ready and waiting. Let's draw some attention to ourselves." He said with a laugh deactivating his armour to reveal the costume, after being patched up he felt great and this sort of direct action plan was rather nice, even if it were a gamble, but he was confident at least in his own abilities to hold up, it wouldn't be the first sticky situation and he doubted it would be the last.​

 

It would be a lie to say that Chrys hadn't been even mildly surprised to hear her Master bring up the Mark of Mastery exam. At the same time, it would have to come sooner or later. It was as he said after all: five years had passed since her Master had found her. To really think about it was shocking. Time had flown in a way she never would have imagined it to. Standing here now with the others, she knew that objectively they would all need the abilites and privelages granted by the title of master if they wanted to agaisnt their true opponent, no matter how well they might be able to hold up against the other wielders.

"Very well. I am ready to begin whenever you would have me do so Master."​

 

Qamar watched the man for a second before he introduced himself. She stood up and dusted herself off. "I am Qamar." she started off. "We....we're hunting these dark creatures with big yellow eyes that skulk around and attack you relentlessly." She scratched her head and looked towards the bridge. She saw the man's house and admired it for only a moment before turning back to the Dallben. "Honestly, if you're alright, we can give you some support towards wherever your apprentice is. I mean, I don't mind you leaning on me..." she looked at Thallasa. "Aren't we going that way anyway?" she asked, pointing off away from the house to try and buy them some time.​

 

Illiana looked over at the old man as he introduced himself. She was a little curious as the man said something about them being some king's servants. She went back to looking around the place as he continued to speak. He had then asked just who they were and what they were doing here. Before anyone else could speak, Qamar was the first of the group to speak up. She had then spoke of the heartless to Dallben. Illiana sighed a little bit. How about we not worry the old man more than he has to? Illiana looked back as Qamar had then offered to carry the man. She walked up and immediately spoke up. "He's already hurt as it is. If you carry him, it'll make it worse. So take a step back." She paused before continuing. "Besides, how can we go with him when we don't even know where we're heading? Did you even think about that?" Illiana placed a hand on her hip as she furrowed a bit while looking at the girl. Illiana was not even in the world for 5 minutes and she was already getting irritated.

 

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Aria could see that frustrations were rising, at least on Illiana’s side, and Qamar was “graceful” as ever with her social skills. Master Thallasa and Glyde were staying quiet. Aria scratched her head and then stepped by Illiana. “My name is Aria, this is Illiana. That’s our, uh, sort of teacher Master Thallasa, that’s Glyde, and you already met Qamar.”

Introductions were out of the way, now it was probably time to state their business and purpose. Qamar already said what they did, but not quite exactly who they were. Aria glanced around to get a feel for this place. It wasn’t anything like the last world they just came from but more like her farm on Amerath if not a little less modern.

She quietly went through a few terms in her head while chewing on the inside of her cheeks before looking to Dallben. “We’re sort of magicians. We wield magic with weapons of light to fight off dark creatures, as Qamar said. We only come to places where these creatures are around, or if anyone needs our help. We make sure everyone is safe and out of harm’s way.” She offered a smile. “But yeah, we are kind of strange folks in a strange land.” She decided to leave out the fact that why were looking for a princess of pure light. That seemed stranger than them fighting off monster and maybe sinister. Even if they were to explain that the princess was in danger and needed to go with them, Aria for sure wouldn’t trust them if someone came to her with information like that without any proof that they were good or bad.

“I don’t see any odd dark creatures, but uh...” she looked to the sprained ankle now splinted. “Maybe we can help you out? You said you were going to meet up with your assistant. Or if there’s something else we can help you with, I’m sure we’ll be more than willing to offer our help. Right?” She asked the group as she looked over her shoulder at them. “I mean, we did cause your ankle to be twisted. I’d feel bad if we couldn’t do something for you.”

 

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Takehiko got back into his costume fairly quickly since he at least now knew how tight to expect it to be. As he walked back outside and waited, he saw Tinarah come out with her sleeve ripped... and saw Nini with the little costume. Take approached Tinarah with kind of a straight face going, and he stood in front of her for a second before reaching for Nini who looked surprised and shocked at the sudden intrusion, but let him pick her up as he started scritching her under the chin and he could barely hide a childlike grin behind his mask as he said, "Superkitty! She's ininivinsible. Her damage is catastrophic." he looked Tinarah dead in the eyes and said, "I think she's lookin fefine."

He giggled a bit behind his mask as Nini purred from his petting.​