Kingdom Hearts: Kingdom Hearts: Light Chaser

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As Aria reached a dead end, she realized she was on her own. Behind her was a balcony of sorts that overlooked a mote, and in front of her were several large men with deadly looking weapons. She held her keyblade tightly in one hand, her mind racing as she was trying to figure out some way out of this. As far as she knew, she was on her own in this situation. The last thing she wanted to do was fail Master Thallasa and lose Hen Wen back to the Horned King.

An idea came into her mind. She knew that pigs couldn't fly, but maybe they could swim.

Aria suddenly raised her keyblade above her head and shouted with all her might. "THUNDARA!" Lightening rained down from the skies, hitting the bandits closest to her and leaving the rest in confusion. Were they fighting a wizard? Aria then turned to Hen Wen and unsummoned her keyblade, taking off the collar around Hen Wen. "It's alright girl, that's it. You're going to have to swim. Ready?" Aria lifted up the pig to the edge, having to stand on her tiptoes a bit to reach over it. "Swim, Hen Wen!" Aria gave the pig a shove and sent the animal over the edge and heard a splash in the water below.

Not being able to have enough time to scramble over the top and go after the creature, Aria hoped for the best for Hen Wen and then summoned her keyblade once more. The bandits had overcome their confusion and little scare and yelled as they raised their weapons to fight her. Aria growled under her breath and lifted up her keyblade, charging boldly at the bandits. She began swinging left and right, remembering her brief training sessions with Torrin a few nights ago. She blocked successfully, and counter-attacked like her life depended on it. She then transformed her keyblade into a spear, knocking back a few more before turning it into a bow and arrow and shooting at one that was scrambling up to get to her. Aria then shoved the doors to the balcony closed and locked it from the inside by pulling a board over it to stop them from opening it quickly. There wasn't time to take a breather though. With her heart racing, Aria took off down a hallway away from the ruckus, hoping that the others were successful in their missions.

 

Illiana watched on as the Horned King had entered the room. Hen Wen had then been dragged into the room. Before Illiana could think about her next move, Taran had immediately charged for Hen Wen. She sighed as she watched the others spring into action. "And this is why we come up with plans..." Illiana looked on as the rest went in after Taran. Thallasa had then faced her and Qamar. "Get Taran out of here! I'll try to hold them off for you!" She shrugged her shoulders before speaking. "You're the master...No need to tell me twice." Illiana jumped from the ledge the group was on and landed next to Taran. "Alrighty kid, you're coming with me." Illiana picked up Taran over her shoulder. Once Taran was secured, Illiana had begun to run off with the boy. Taran began to struggle. "Hey!! Easy back there! Stop struggling or you're gonna have to take an early nap." Illiana continued to run off with Taran as the others continued to hold off the Horned King's soldiers.

 

Since Illiana had Taran, Qamar watched Aria run in her own direction. Not wanting to leave Aria alone, Qamar tried her best to follow the girl. Getting sidetracked, Qamar was confronted with some men who glared her down, smirking at her and licking their lips. "Disgusting..." Qamar mumbled, holding her keyblade defensively. The men raced towards her, ready to cut her to pieces. Luckily, they were rather easily defeated by Qamar. Though she had to fight through this, she didn't exactly have to worry too much about them hurting her. She had more formal training than these men, so she was able to outsmart them. They got an A for tenacity, however.

Qamar continued onward and heard a Thunder spell above her. "Aria!" she spoke out loud, finding the nearest stairs and climbing them. At the top, more bandits were lurking that needed disposing of. Qamar was able to stun them with her keyblade through a sneak attack. She shoved them down the stairs, not caring what happened. She watched them fall and she backed away, readying to run forward again. Just as she was building momentum, she ran straight into Aria, bumping hard into the girl. Qamar fell to the ground with the girl, dazed. "Augh....what the...." she shook her head and looked at Aria.

"Aria, you're okay! Where...where's the pig, though? They didn't get her, did they?" she asked, moving to get back up. She helped Aria up. "I think I know where we can get to Illiana, she took Taran and ran off. I figured since they wanted the pig so bad, they'd harass you a lot more, so I followed you." she spoke, dusting herself off.​

 

Chrys staggered to her feet. Having taken such a heavy blow, she quickly cast Curaga on herself as well as Koa, who wasn't doing all that great at the moment either. No one really was doing all that great at the moment, but they were getting close to defeating the enemy, so letting up too much now wasn't an option. Zeno and Avra were thinking along those lines it seemed, and the two seemed all fired up and ready to finish it off.

"I'll prepare to hit it extra hard then!" Rather than throw the brunt of her force in now, Chrys instead raced forward to hit it with a relatively weak, mana draining blow before retreating again and setting up her guard. The next chance she got she would be unleashing a tremendous amount of force on her opponent.

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OC:
AP: 44/64
Used MP Drain
Used Curaga on Self and Koa

 

Torrin and Darkwing finished the machine off and for a moment it looked like it would rise up once more but the super heroes of this world destroyed it for good. Boreas snorted when Darkwing complained. "It's a thankless job, Darkwing." Boreas said with a smile. Mr incredible gave them a compliment albeit a little back handed one. Boreas was still going to play along though. He put away his keyblade and joined Take and Tinarah that were talking to the heroes. Take asked how it had been possible for those super heroes to be overwhelmed that easily and it was something Boreas was interested in hearing too, the hats were rather flimsy after all, even taking them by surprise it would require several dozens of the flimsy things to get it done.

As Boreas listened to the conversation he was thinking, it made sense heartless were a lot harder to fight without the keyblade. Torrin had an idea on how to solve it but according to him they ought to rest. "Alright so what is the plan to resolve this issue? What might lie at the core of all this?" Boreas inquired if they knew what they were up against then perhaps it'd be easier to convince the others to rest up for a little bit. As green light washed over him he looked around for the source of it and finding Tinarah was the source of it he gave an appreciative nod in her direction before turning back to Torrin. He trusted his friends judgement and clearly he had an idea of what might lie at the core of this all and if he figured rest would be beneficial it'd be fine, even if he himself wasn't in particular need of it.​

 

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Outside of wondering why Torrin hadn't done all that sooner, Chrono looked to the Bowler Hat guy as the others talked about whether or not they should rest. As it stood right now he couldn't see how it was that they weren't done with all this. He looked over to Doris, who he could've sworn had made some sort of noise right as he'd said that. Okay, they would need to clean this all up, but that was a issue for a different time. Chrono had then walked up to the Bowler Hat guy. "What did you need these heroes for? It had to have been something more then just heavy lifting." While he may have been restrained by ElasticGirl, Chrono still remained cautious to some degree in the event he tried something.

 

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"ACK!" Aria smacked right into Qamar, falling on her bottom. The girl groaned and rubbed her head before shaking it and looking up to see Qamar offering her a hand. "No, they didn't get Hen Wen. I tossed her into the moat. I didn't have time to go after her, but I didn't want to risk them capturing her again if I held onto her." Aria said as she stood up and dusted herself off. "I dunno, maybe Gurgi will be hanging around somewhere and take care of her." The fact that Aria had the target they wanted made sense to why it was thought of Aria would need assistance, but it still left a bad taste in her mouth. The thoughts of Master Choma hiding the fact she was a princess of heart to protect her, and the Council wanting to lock her away, she didn't feel like she could ever be trusted to handle something completely on her own. Then again, it was good to have a helping hand... Even though help wasn't much needed now.

"There was a lot of them, but I handled them alright," she finally said. The girl looked back behind her to where she left the door locked by the board, seeing that the bandits were getting anxious and trying to break through now. "Uuuuh, we need to keep moving. I don't know where, but away from all this mess." She then looked to a flight of dimly lit stairs heading downwards and gestured to Qamar. "Let's go, come on." And with that, Aria was off to hurry down the stairs before anyone could spot her.

 

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Aria heard voices up ahead and suddenly ducked into the shadows. She pulled Qamar in with her and put a finger up to her lips while listening in on the conversation. It seemed very one-sided though and that someone was in need of help. Once the dog and the man went away, Aria nodded her head to Qamar that it was probably safe to go out and ventured carefully into the cell. "Hi there, I'm Aria. This is my friend Qamar. You look like you're in a pickle, so let's get you out of there." Aria pulled out a pocket knife from her bag and then went up to the bard, cutting away at the rope carefully. "We're kinda trespassing as well, but we're planning to bail as soon as we can regroup. We were on a rescue mission, but it kind of got crazy and now we're all split up. There we go." Aria freed one of the hands from the ropes and then started to work on the other one. "Looks like the Horned King is capturing all sorts of people today..."

 

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Chrono was pleasently surprised to see that the "Bowler Hat Guy" was actually willing to tell him about their plan. He was expecting things to be difficult, like what Xerek was trying to do. Thankfully Elastigirl had agreed to giving him a good word cause Chrono had no say in that. As the two bickered, Chrono made note of the key information that was slipped out. A Clown named Kefka, hooded woman and the magiteck. It all came back to the magikteck and he had no idea who the clown was, he'd imagined that even that would stick out in a world of heroes. Same with a hooded women.

The rest of the argument had just left Chrono perplexed. The Bowlcape Emporium? Could that really be considered something a villain would do. Even taking into account that they had brainwashed heroes to help them, with that being the end goal? He made the smart move and choose not to dwell on that any further and walked away from the two. Just in time to hear Torrin mentioned 'the heart of the world'. "That's something we, rather, you can do?"

 

"I hope Hen Wen can swim." Qamar said, a little surprise that Aria tossed the pig. Though, usually, pigs knew how to swim...usually. Aria motioned for them to get out of the area as the sound of dogs and bandits grew louder from a nearby door. "Right." she spoke, following Aria down some rather creepy steps. The sounds of dogs and people faded away as cries for help could be heard. The two approached what seemed to be the prison area as rats fled. Bones were strewn about here and there from previous tenants. Qamar made a face of disgust, not understanding why you'd just keep bones laying about. They approached a stone cell that had bars covering holes. The sound of a man pleading and protesting could be heard.

Qamar glanced at Aria, who put a finger to her lips to signal Qamar stay silent while they observed. Her eyes moved from Aria to the man in the cell who was fighting back a dog that, eventually, got pulled out by a bandit guard. Aria moved to go in the room, to which Qamar followed. Aria began her usual talking down and calming of new people, to which Qamar stood there, keeping an ear out for the sound of a dog or bandits. Once Aria freed one hand, she spoke about the Horned King capturing people.

"Yeah, I'm surprised he hasn't captured a princess yet. He doesn't seem the type to have sired his own, after all." she said, crossing her arms. "So, Fflewddur, you're a bard, hm? You're much luckier than this guy." She nodded towards the remains of another bard. "We'll get you out of here. Aria's great at casting spells. You should have seen her earlier, kicking bandit butt and all." A smile spread across Qamar's face.​

 

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Takehiko looked at Torrin skeptically after he mentioned them going to the heart of the world and he said."Wait. I don't understand. Was the keyhole not at the heart of the world? Is there just... other ways to get there? Are you using the wrong terms?" the boy looked over at the others and said, "And... ya know... what they said... would that be something safe to do? For us and for the heart of the world of course. I'm... concerned." he said concerned with the most monotone voice he'd probably ever had which probably accidentally pushed the fact he might not have been concerned.
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Chrono asked the villains what they were up to and Boreas wasn't really interested in their plans too much, they weren't here for those plans. One thing was notable however... a woman in a dark robe provided them with the plans for the machine. Boreas turned to the villains. "Woman in a robe, what can you tell us about them? Ever seen them before, anthing more unusual about them than simply wearing robes? Did she mention where she showed up from? Just anything." Boreas asked, before Torrin explained what the next move forward was. Headed for the heart of this world? As Take, Chrono and Tinarah questioned whether it could be done, the rather monotone tone of Take making him raise an eyebrow. "Obviously it would be dangerous hence why Torrin wanted to make sure we were all in good shape before moving forward." Boreas said.

Torrin explained why it was necessary with an interesting analogy, it was a sound analogy though and it all made sense. Torrin had been prepared for this occasion and mentioned that the two of them would feel right at home, Boreas was still going to wear his armour though, he also did that back home, up to the point it had pretty much become his second-skin. "Let's get to it then..." Boreas said, eager to go after getting the answers from the Villains there was hardly any reason to get to it right away then, it was a pressing matter and they didn't have anything else left to be done.​

 

Take listened to Torrin's explanation trying to remember what he was telling him and at least understand. He was pretty sure he got it only because of the basement analogy otherwise he might have just pretended to understand. After catching the cloak and the glove he looked at it a little confused as to how to put it on. And he didn't know how layered he wanted to be. So he got himself out of his costume fairly quickly (his clothes were beneath it) and he put on the coat and the gloves and kept readjusting it since no matter what it just felt just a bit too big for him. ​

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"I feel like I'm about to start reflecting on my life choices while staring down sadly at a city in the rain." the boy looked at his cloak a bit longer, still readjusting before looking over at the others with a raised eyebrow, "Too specific? I don't know but if they get the job done they get the job done." He tried putting the hood up but it covered over his eyes way too far so he threw it back mumbling a bit before acknowledging Boreas' question as he thought, "Is it not someone we've already dealt with? A woman in a cloak? Maybe we should keep a lookout just in case. What color was the cloak? This color?"​

 

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There was no way Qamar could have seen what Aria has done earlier. Still, it was nice that someone believed in her somewhat. Or maybe they were just trying to flatter her. The only one so far who openly said she was capable was Master Thallasa, and Aria knew Master Thallasa seen her fight before making that statement. So it was more believable. Everyone else had just tried to protect her or hold her back... but she wasn’t there now. She was here, and she was handling herself with what was thrown at her.

She smiled a bit and then freed the other hand before slipping her pocket knife back into her bag. “There you go...” She stepped back to give the bard some space. Now that they had someone else on their hands to get out of here, Aria wondered if it was really that wise to try to attempt another rescue mission with Fflewddur with them. After all, he said he was an artist earlier. She didn’t want to drag anyone else into this conflict. “I guess the others are going to have to wait,” Aria muttered to herself. “Let’s get you out of here.” She then looked to Qamar. “After that, we’ll figure out what to do next. Unless only one of us should help him out of here while the other goes back for Taran, Illiana, and Master Thallasa?”

 

Illiana rolled her eyes as Taran continued his attempts to escape. "You don't have to carry me!!" Illiana could faintly hear dogs barking along with the sounds of footsteps. "...Not good..." Taran had then spoke up again. "You're going to have to put me down if you're going to fight!" Illiana knew he was right though she still wanted to find another way out of their situation. "Dammit..." Illiana had then put down Taran and immediately took out her keyblade. She raised an arm in front of Taran as if to keep the enemies away from him. As the bandits grew closer and closer, Illiana was trying her hardest to think of a plan.

All of a sudden, an explosion of fire had eliminated the bandits. She looked around to find the source of that fire. She looked over to see Master Thallasa. "And here I thought I might need to start praying." She shrugged her shoulders as the Master ran over to the two. "Thank goodness you two are alright. I had to circle around after causing a distraction. Hurry! We need to get to Glyde! He's in deep trouble! We need to get moving now!" Thallasa had brushed the fire off her hands as she spoke to the two. Illiana nodded her head as Thallasa explained the situation. She turned her head to Taran and grabbed his hand. "If you don't want to be carried then start running!!" Illiana started running after Thallasa, dragging Taran behind her.​