Video Game: Kingdom Hearts SOS: The Road To Light

Eon followed along with the others. The idea was brilliant and didn't need much recollection of thought. Karina's reaction to his question was... odd. When he was older? Was it something he shouldn't know at his age. He would just brush it aside if he were too young. Next came her mumbling something strange regarding something much different. "Karina, you okay?" He asked, worried she was catching Beuce's schizophrenia.

 

"Well, You might know it, but i'm pretty sure none of you have ever actually seen it though, or maybe even know much about it. It's called Reluctancy." Beuce said, beginning his explanation on the spell. Despite the carefree slacker impression he gave off, he was actually somewhat well versed in academics. He lead an army. He had to be somewhat smart. Whether he acted on the intelligence or not varied like the direction of the wind. "It's an advanced type of thaumaturgy, originally used by dragons, that bends the world between you and your enemy, creating a barrier of sorts. It's not that it's difficult to break in and of itself, but it drains the willpower of anyone who thinks about trying down to nothing. You don't want to break it no matter what. You still want to get to your opponent, just not badly enough to break that field. There's not a being alive willful enough to break the Reluctancy shield. Thing is it works both ways, so it's best used to provide some cover while you heal up and get ready for the next attack." He stopped and thought about what he just said. He was being useful again. Why was he doing that so much in this world? He was meant to be comic relief, not the leader of the group.

 

Stratos listened to what Beuce had to say about this new spell of his, known as Reluctancy. Beuce seemed to know a good deal about the power behind the magic, though Stratos was curious as to how he had learned a type of magic that doesn't fall into the basic archetypes of magic. Stratos had heard of different variations of the archetypes, such as switching gravity to zero gravity or combing thunder and gravity to create magnet, but this seemed so far a deviation from any of those that he had no idea how one good about using it. However, once Beuce had finished his explanation, Stratos said, "so basically, its a spell that makes people not want to attack each other? That does sound useful if we're going to have analyze our opponent in our fight."

Stratos then went to thinking about the fight and then said, "though even with all the spells we have, we still run into a few problems with the plan. No offense Kel, but I don't really get the whole, magically talented vibe from you, and so the damage output from him using spells probably won't be the greatest. Not to mention we are going against a witch, who probably knows a few things in terms of having magical defense. Not to mention, we have the whole limited amount of spells we can cast, and I'm pretty doubtful we'll all have enough mana to last us through the entire battle. In that case, do you think we should try improvising weapons from the environment around us and not use them as swords but rather some other archetype of weapon?"

 

Beuce's explanation of this ability or magic or whatever he had was pretty far fetched. it sounded like it could possibly work, but why would they not want to attack a boss or enemy? Ananta rattled her brains, trying to think, and it dawned on her. "Oh! Do you mean, it let's us have a moment to wait and see what the enemy wants to do next and thus we get a chance to heal or take a rest?" she said. Stratos spoke next and she nodded. "Yeah, I was thinking of something we could use. Like...this?" she said, holding up a rather decently sized stick. It was pointy and thick, perfect for smacking people or things with. Though it could use a bit more sharpening to be a bit more deadly. "It needs a bit more sharpening, but I guess we could all try and sharpen our own sticks while we wait for Madame Mim to do something." she said, grabbing a sharp rock and using it to try and sharpen her stick some.

 

Kaida wasn't quite sure if her clothes stood out like the other three, but she didn't see a problem with trying to get something else to help them blend in. The best she figured they could do was pretend to be outsiders from another town coming in and getting clothes in the heat of the moment. Yeah, that could work, except her plans never seemed to actually be fully realized.

Within a few minutes, Rapunzel and Flynn decided that they all should enter the kingdom silently. When they got there, there was a mention of the group splitting up. But before Kaida could even put in a word about it, Rapunzel and Flynn were off, Rapunzel with her trusty frying pan.

She wasn't entirely sure if she truly wanted to chase after them, so she looked at the rest of the group and spoke, "I think they'll be fine... for now... we got her to the kingdom right?"

 

Remaining somewhat quiet while the discussion of appearances was being carried out, Glen now felt he should actually say something. Something about the way things were didn't quite make sense. Yeah, they had gotten Rapunzel to the 'city with the floating lights' like she had wanted, and they hadn't really run into any trouble on the way, but Flynn had proved before that he could abandon people at a moments' notice. "Maybe she will be fine, maybe things will go beautifully for her and she'll live happily ever after. Maybe. Kaida, you weren't here when we got here, but Flynn left us for dead. He's a thief, seems only interested in himself, and I don't even trust him as far as I can throw him, who is to say he doesn't go and leave Rapunzel out here alone and abandoned once we're not around to keep him in line?" he questioned, believing himself to have a valid point, but having a feeling that the others wouldn't necessarily agree.​

 

As Kel listen to the explanation that Beuce gave, he thought back to the time in Castle of Dreams where they sat there and did nothing. Both the keyblade wielder and the unversed before them. "Oh, that spell." He probably did know it, but didn't give it any thought at all in the slightest. Then came Stratos's comment at his magical ability, which Kel had no problems with. "None taken, I'm more of a physical/magic enhanced fighter." Then cam the mention of improvising weapons as oppose to swords, Kel opened his eyes. While unfortunately most of his weapon ideas were sword based, there was one thing he had in mine that could use. So he took a second to roll back before leaping onto his feet. "If we're going to improvise weapons, then I got something in mind." He said before adding. "I'll be back before the senile old hag realizes I'm gone."

 

Cat listed as they discussed the matter of clothes. It might be helpful to change out their wardrobe, but they'd managed just fine before -- then again, they hadn't been wanted before. Before anyone could object, they moved into town and the group was split into natives and foreigners. She listened to Kaida and Glen discuss Rapunzel's well being with such a jerk and waited until Glen was finished to put her two cents in. "He's right. I trust Flynn about as far as Rapunzel could throw him, but she's not alone with him. Max is there too, and a horse from the royal knights wouldn't just let him do what he did to us." She hated to admit it, but she might be better off away from their group. They were wanted, and while Flynn was too, none of the posters they'd seen had his... likeness. "For now, I think some new duds might be a good idea. We'll figure out our next move from there."

 

Kaida raised up her hands in defense and spoke, "I wasn't saying just to leave and let the two do their own thing. I meant just keep a distance to... let them do their own thing while we make sure Flynn doesn't pull anything." she looked over at Flynn and continued, "I'm aware he is a trouble maker, I came here with a guard horse to arrest him."

Kaida fixed up her hair again and spoke, "So new clothes and... oh." she saw an advertisement for the festival and Kaida read it. From what little she had researched on this world, she was aware of what this festival was for. But, she still wasn't about to tell them her whole reason for being here. Kaida looked over to them, playing dumb a bit, "A festival landed on her birthday? That's pretty neat. Did you guys know about that?"

 

Steel nodded to Belle from across the room, still leaning against the pillar. He stood straight once more, and started to walk to the door when he seemed to pause in remembrance. He turned around to look at the Beast. With an elegant movement of his hand to his breast, and a bow, he respectfully stated: "Sir." With that, he turned back to face the door and walked slowly over to Belle. He crossed his arms and rubbed his shoulders as if he were cold; and perhaps he was. His familiarity with the situation made him slightly uncomfortable. He could sense the groups' allies were coming, but he wasn't sure how that would bode for coming events.

 

It was quite sad to see the evening grow depressing. The two really seemed to have been getting along rather well; despite the fight they had at the east wing...which now that he thought about it wasn't too long ago. D'daear walked close to Steel, basically following his lead. "Alrighty, ma'm. Let's be on our way..." he managed to say, not helping to feel a bit of sympathy for the Beast that stood there. He was really rooting for them too. To have seen the curse broken, and to see the two find that special mutual love in one another would've made this visit; in his opinion, a successful one. A deep depressed sigh escaped him, not helping but to feel down-casted. He could only cling to hope that somehow, the two would be reunited sometime down the road; whether he was there to see it or not.

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(This IS a bodyguard mission, right?)

 

He was surprised that the trip was going so well, Kross would have expected to run into monsters by now, but it looked like Vincent's way was safer. they weren't too far either. Words were exchanged between the steely Karina and the ever so curious Eon. He heard Karina's outburst, and looked at Eon."We shouldn't be long from the castle. We need to get there and warn the prince, and then back him up when he needs help, so let's stop this and figure out how we're going to take down Gaston. I'm pretty sure everyone in this general area hates him..and I can't be the only one that saw that darkness."He said, shivering at the last part. He couldn't deny that Gaston was a little off, and he was quite thankful they left in a hurry. They needed to reach the castle and they would possibly fight the mob, he hoped not but at this point.. He just wanted to complete this and go home.

 

Stratos watched as Ana and Kel went off to make their own weapons as Stratos continued to just stand there thinking more on this fight. It was then that he remembered that he had something that was probably going to be pretty helpful in this fight that he hadn't mentioned yet. "Oh right, another thing that would probably be helpful in this fight would be a magic attack akin to throwing a sun at someone. Oddly enough it's not that hard of a spell to learn, so I wouldn't be surprised if you guys knew it as well. Unfortunately, the requirements of this spell seem to fluctuate in terms of power needed to generate it, not to mention it's said to detract from other skills you might know. But seeing as it is one of the most powerful things I've heard of, it'd probably be really helpful in this battle. So, do any of you actually know it?"

 

Unfortunately Kel didn't find what he was looking for in his search. However he did managed to find a stick big enough to be a staff and returned to the others with it. All he needed to do was to smooth out the edges, so he bent down to pick up a rock and got to work. Upon hearing Stratos's question, he took a second to think about it before answering. "I don't think so, then again I'm not quite up to date on most of the spells that I know."

 

Beuce looked over at Stratos as he talked about the equivelant of throwing a sun at someone. "Yeah, i know it. Pretty sure that falls under a category on its own. While you fight, your heart builds up power inside it. You can draw that power out in a lot of different forms, Generally the path you took will shape how the power manifests, but there are exceptions. Like, for example, the sun thing. That takes all the power your heart can muster to dish out, but there isn't much which can stand up to it. To be honest, i've never seen it. I'm curious as to what exactly it looks like. Maybe it's different for each person..." Beuce said, then began thinking to himself. While making a pondering face, he walked over toward Mim. "Oi! Quite NPCing and respond! Do you accept the rule?"

 

Eon nodded towards Kross. He was right, but really, they had time to kill until they reached the castle. There couldn't have been too much harm in conversing with one another. Kross really could learn to lighten up a bit from time to time. Why so serious all the time? "Sigh, okay."

 

Finishing her stick and looking at how pointy it was, Ananta felt proud of herself. "This is a great stick. I'm sure it'll get me out of some sticky situations!" she said, standing up and dusting herself off. She heard Beuce explain something to Stratos and perked up. "Oh, I know that one too. it really is powerful, but I can't imagine the strain it'd have on a person." she nodded. "Especially somebody who isn't that strong, like you Stratos. You're pretty new, so you're not that strong yet I'd imagine..." she said, tapping her chin. And then, Beuce approached Mim and accused her of being an NPC. "Now, now, Beuce. If somebody can't make up their mind, that doesn't automatically make them an NPC or whatever." she chuckled.