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Steel felt a small flash of annoyance towards Ananta and Kross; his empathetic nature picking up on a lot more than he would like to admit. Ananta acting like she pretty much pulled all their weight just because she could afford to act a bit more often, and Kross going about the fight like he had something to prove. Both of them happy, like they finally found someone who wanted to be their friend.

He had wanted to be their friend.

He had tried to open up to them, even if he wasn't positive about exactly how to do it, he had tried to show he cared, and he had tried to show how valuable life was to him. Maybe he just didn't go about it the right way. Maybe it was just them that didn't care. Whatever the case, he was determined to stop caring what they thought. He had chosen that path along time ago; intangibility to such matters had long been his path just as cheshire had said. So why did he always come craving the attentions of others? He hardly interacted with them in the first place. He shook his head, it was a problem that he simply could not decipher. Perhaps it was that he wanted it simply because he knew he couldn't have it? Such a thing was in a human's nature after all. He quickly dismissed that thought however: he was not human, and in hindsight, he never really had been.

He hadn't really spoken much since his transformation into a Ninja. The sound of Ananta's applause suddenly found it's way into his head. As if she had found some form of improvement in his actions. Of course she had, he had been fighting instead of talking, he had been focusing on the fight instead of the others. Why was he trying so hard to be seen by others? Why did he pretend he had a heart? He shook his head once more, casting away another shred of flawed logic as he dropped his keyblade and clutched his hand to his chest. He technically did have a heart. The fact remained however that it wasn't good to anyone anymore: it was useless. He felt the darkness around him thicken. He looked up to see that a Behemoth had come to tower over him. As Ananta and Kross had finished off the last Behemoth (No thanks to him obviously), they would be looking to attack a new target... if they hadn't found one already. It occurred to him that they might even be about to attack this one, and after a brief moment of thought realized that he did not want that to happen.

He took the other gauntlet from his arm to show that it was entirely symmetrical to his other one; bandages claws and all. He held the gauntlet by the middle and slowly squeezed. It began to make audible noise as steel slowly crushed its' center. As he did, the gauntlet began to glow with golden light. It began to deteriorate, and before long it was not but golden glowing dust. However, it stayed suspended in a glowing orb around his clawed, furry, and still clenched hand. He brought it up to his eye level, observing it for but a moment, as he had little time to do so. He wasn't in any danger: the Heartless that threatened him stood powerless as the glowing orb in Steel's hand paralyzed it's movements. The reason he had little time is because if his "friends" saw him facing down a heartless alone, they'd be clamoring to help; suddenly mindful of the boy they had all but ignored just minutes ago.

Steel raised his hand and the orb of light into the air. The Behemoth hissed in pain, wincing at the bright light. Upon consideration of this, it was a shame he couldn't just blast all of the remaining heartless right now and be done with the pitiable creatures. But alas; there were rules he had to follow. Without further delay, he sent the orb of light outwards, encompassing the area around him and the Behemoth within a bright light. Every drop of light then solidified into a impassable wall, that surrounded the two of them. The heartless, upon realizing that it could now move glanced about at the barrier that held it back from the others and vice-versa. It wasn't willing to go near that light anytime soon, but it need not worry; there was suitable prey right in here.

Steel's large opponent turned back towards him as he picked his keyblade back up and readied his stance. He didn't say a word to the others, for the force field spoke plainly enough: Until the other two Behemoths were beaten, this opponent would be his alone. The Behemoth stomped it's large foot against the ground, but Steel leaped backwards several yards, dodging both the foot and the shockwave it sent out. He ran around the back end of the Heartless and jumped up on to it's back. Seeing as how the Behemoth couldn't do much to him from his current position, Steel casually walked up to monster's head before he began whacking the horn with his keyblades. He paused however, when he realized that there was a less strenuous approach to his current situation.

With a shrug and little effort, he pointed both of his keyblades down and thrust them into the root of the Behemoths' horn. The monster began to roar in agony as dark wisps of smoke rose from the base of the horn. Steel left the keyblades sitting there, leaning against the horn casually (but with a tight grip), and contenting himself to letting the creature "bleed out" for a while. He couldn't wait too long of course; such strategies only worked for so long against monsters this big. He was surprised when the next roar the Behemoth let out visible sound-waves. He covered his ears as the sound rippled across the walled in area. It was rather impressive and it gave the Behemoth the right to its own name, but he would save that for the next post so he could extend his word count then. He had more than enough now.

OOC:
Words: 1,042
EXP (Post): 30 (MAX)
EXP (Total): 315
42 BP spent on Behemoth
2 Total towards Taciturn Observer
All Friendship levels with the Exception of Kel, Karina, and Krowley have decreased by 1

Alright then... I suppose I'll just have to keep a close eye on things.
I'll go fix that in just a minute... unless you already did?

One day, I will have the money to go to this... or the Magic kingdom period. I may not be a cosplayer, but the sentiment of this still remains. So for now, I'll just have to satisfy myself with the news feed. Have another good year over there!

I would just like to state that for boss battles my keyblades will change to Stroke of Midnight and Rumbling Rose.

Steel watched as Ananta used a large amount of her power to finally destroy the Behemoth that had been giving them trouble for so long. However, he was aware that it was not the last of their opponents, and his knowledge was confirmed when another Behemoth appeared out of nowhere. Ananta began to attack it, but was apparently stopped by a large set of hands. Steel shook his head as she called for help against the "Behanzmoth." It seemed there was a great variety of Behemoths present if what was happening to the other groups was of any indication. What really seemed strange though was that none of these varieties seemed to exist prior to this battle... and by strange, he meant totally ridiculous and reality bending.

Steel put his thoughts aside as he ran up to the behemoth and jumped to the top, within seconds thanks to his new found speed as a Ninja. In one precise movement, he severed the hand holding Ananta with his two keyblades. He nodded to her as she dropped from it's grasp, and prepared himself as it slowly started regenerate. Perhaps he could leave it stunned for a bit if he destroyed the other hand now. It moved to punch him but missed him miserably as he leaped to the side, having aimed poorly in the first place thanks to his new protective smokescreen. He landed digitigrade on one foot and dove back towards the other hand. He pierced it with umbrella, and gave an upward swing with Llama head, doing a severe amount of damage, but not quite destroying it. He remembered to credit his earlier easy destruction of the other hand with the fact that he had found a particularly weak spot and gave another few slices with his keyblades. He destroyed the other hand and effectively returned the horn to what it originally had been: an easy target. He now had to make use of that fact before the hands came back.

He re-positioned himself next to the horn and stabbed umbrella into the Behemoths head near the root. Given the slight roar of pain from the creature, he gathered that he had been successful in his goal, though he gave a tug to the side, just to make sure it held securely. He then leaped up and, using the umbrella as a sort of axis pole, span around it, slicing the horn with his other keyblade as he came around and landed in the position he started in. He instantly leaped back up and repeated the process, again and again as he built up momentum and damage. Before long, he was just a rotating blur, dealing seemingly endless damage to the monster that stood before him. Of course, there was the BP limit, but hey, it was still a lot of damage.

As he pulled the umbrella from the Behemoths head, it began to fall toward the ground. Using the momentum, Steel leaped from the creature and landed in front of it as it collapsed in a heap on the floor... again. Turning around, he silently waited for... the ATB segments at the bottom of the screen to charge... There were four of them, and they were each labeled with a ovular module that read "Attack." True, he could just push triangle and charge ahead, but then he'd still have to wait for the gauge to fill up again, and the monster had only just fallen so there was certainly no rush. As the last of the gauges filled, he charge forward with keyblades ready. Steel formed them into an X formation and slashed downward before bringing them both back upwards in another. He brought both of them behind him and swung them in an arc over his head as his feet left the ground for a brief moment. With the keyblades below him, he brought them back up and slashed across the horn one final time. He leaped back a bit as he waited for his ATB gauge to recharge, preparing his strategy for the moment. He repeated his four hit combo about three times before the Behanzmoth rose from the ground and sent out huge bolts of lightning that crashed down on him. He took a moment to recover from the sting before bringing his attention back to the creature that stood in his path.

As he had feared, the dark hands had reappeared, and it seemed they were not restricted to the Behanzmoths' back. They floated down to the side preparing to attack anyone who came near. Steel decided that he would use the same strategy he had used just a few moments ago and ran to the side of the Behanzmoth to attack the right hand. However, this time the had was more prepared; both for his smokescreen and his speed. Without giving much time to move, the hand flailed about randomly, hitting everything in its' general vicinity. Steel was hit and fell on his back, letting out a short cough. The combination of sound and touch allowed the hand to located him. It grabbed him and lifted him up, squeezing tightly for a few moments before bringing him back down and slamming him on the hard floor of the library.

He wanted to gasp at the pain but stayed silent to avoid detection as he rolled to his left. The hand hovered in the air, trying to locate him. He downed a potion in one gulp. That was the primary downside to his current form: he no longer had the ability to cast magic with which to heal himself. However, the magical energy itself was still there, and it did still have it's other uses. Steel shook his head, casting thoughts of the future battle strategy away for another time. He instead decided to focus on one of his advantages: his overwhelming speed. He leaped towards the still searching hand and slashed at it numerous times with Umbrella and Llama head. He gave a smirk as it vanished within seconds. He then ran around to the left hand; coming from behind as to not allow it the same opportunity as the other one. Before long, it had been vanquished again as well, and the horn was an easy target once more.

OOC:
Words: 1046
EXP (Post): 30

42 Points spent on Behemoth

+1 towards taciturn observer achievement.
1 total

I agree with Beuce: Stratos has been posting for the 1000 heartless match like mad. I really can't see the award going to anyone else, as that fact alone means he has been the most active player of us all. My vote is for Stratos as well.

As Steel struck down a wyvern that had been giving him a particularly and pointlessly large amount of trouble for the last little while, he felt a surge of power within him. He smiled as the power grew outward into a dark aura: the conditions had been fulfilled, a new form had awakened. With a quick motion, he grabbed his cape and threw it off. This event in turn caused his aura to grow wider, into a large, semi-transparent black sphere which his strange blue scarf had taken to circling. He removed the keychain from his keyblade, leaving a white orb surrounded by black smoke to appear, which he placed in front of him. He considered it for only a moment; the keyblade, a power forged by the fires of ones own heart. As the majority of his remaining ensemble began to disintegrate, he reached up to grab his chin and pulled. His face seemingly came off in the form of a mask, leaving behind a faceless silhouette in Steel's place.

The shadow like creature was interesting in that it had a large heart shaped gap in the middle of it's chest, similar to certain forms of heartless. Unlike heartless, however, there was a large glowing orb of light suspended in the middle of the gap. The shadow that was obviously Steel dispersed the mask with a flick of his wrist; only to summon forth an entirely new one only moments later. He placed the mask on his face, causing the dark energy to rush back to him. His form became clear once more, but before any new traits could be determined, his miraculous cape flew back towards him as well. It wrapped itself in multiple patterns around his head, covering all but his one eye and the side of his mouth before ending in a small trail of cloth behind his head (Think DiZ's bandages, but blue with extra length).

Only his right gauntlet reformed, while his other arm had bandages wrapped around his hoodie sleeve, and a fingerless glove on his hand, revealing fur and a set of sharp claws. A similar thing transpired with his leg armor, though the covered leg was the left one. A sharp fang jutted up from his lower jaw and he opened his eye to reveal the blue iris was now accompanied by a strange golden pupil. He reached out in front of him and grabbed the orb from earlier, pulling it into two separate orbs. A keychain appeared on each, forming two keyblades; Umbrella and Llama head. He smiled his strange creepy smile, which could now be seen. "Let's teach these guys a lesson or two, huh?!" He shouted to his comrades, his partially visible mouth causing the fabric to move and stretch as he talked.

A dark smoke seemed circle him, lowering his enemies ability to detect him, and a new speed was felt coursing through his veins. With a sinister smile, he charged forward and unleashed a brutal assault of pure agility on the injured Behemoth.

OOC:
Yes, I did indeed just find a way to make Steel creepier.

-1 Wyvern
32 BP spent on Behemoth

Yeah, I took a bit of a roundabout route to get there...

Okay, so... Jobs... I believe I'm ready for one.

First though, I'm gonna buy the Mystic Chain accessory. Just for future purposes.
I save 25 munny with my discount, so that comes out to 475 munny spent.

Next, I'll unequip
combo plus, Item Boost, Magic Lock-On, Ariel Sweep, Cheer, Hunter's Strike, Stopra, and Fire... or do magic commands still fit in the command slots? I am somewhat confused on that matter. Anyway, I believe that should make everything nice and ready for me to equip...

Ninja!

I suppose my second keyblade will be Llama Head. I'll make any necessary wiki adjustments in a little while; as well as add a description for his Ninja appearance... if I can find a good way to change him up that is.

In BbS, there is a spell set similar to the KH2 version of Cure (Basically the same thing). It can be bought with medals in the mirage arena and goes under the name "Group Cure," with a respective -ra and -ga. It can even heal the temporary party members you get in the story line. However, as only Aqua has a party member in her final battle, the spell is unfortunately useless outside of the Mirage arena by the end of the storyline. In fact, if you're like me and have no one to play multiplayer with, then it is useless; little more than eye candy.

A black pool of shadows swirled quietly on the library floor. It bubbled and churned in a violent manner; it's dark color not allowing a single glimpse of what lie beneath the surface. An Air Knocker, ever curious about it's surroundings, approached the cesspool in an attempt to investigate the strange phenomenon. As it came near, it looked down into the pool to see what it could see. It stared and stared but could not see a single thing. Suddenly, a clawed hand shot out of the pool, grabbed the Air knockers face and dragged it down into the darkness. Silence filled the air as a small group of heartless had taken notice of the event and stood petrified at the implications of what had just happened.

As they stared on the curious black pool, it began to rise from the ground. A large bulge of black goo was quickly formed before taking on an ovular shape, eventually growing to a size rivaling that of the Behemoths. It formed into a slightly frayed tip at the top, having now taken on a teardrop shape. Slowly, the black goo solidified. After several moments, the form had become a thin structure of questionable origin. Without warning the object began to open from the top. The Heartless looked on in terror as the sides came lower and lower. They trembled at the revelation of a terrible form... Steel asleep in the middle of a giant flower and cuddling the air knocker from earlier as if it were a teddy bear?

The heartless came closer, curious as to what the heck was going on. Steel yawned and cuddled the Air Knocker tighter. Said Air Knocker looked absolutely terrified and confused at his strange predicament. Two of the other Air Knockers looked at each other and shrugged. They were supposed to try and kill this guy, and he was vulnearble so...

The Air Knockers flew closer and prepared to attack. As soon as they made the motion, their target jolted awake, squeezing his cuddle victim into a death grip. As his first victim disappeared into black smoke, thick vines flew up from the ground and grabbed each of surrounding Heartless. He gave a panicking glance around as the vines faded from view, having left a Stop effect on his other 3 opponents. He managed to calm down as he took a brief glance at his watch. He realized that he had somehow fallen asleep in the middle of the battle... likely because of the mandatory school hours which the rper had to attend. Deciding he had been asleep long enough, he rushed towards one of the stopped enemies and impaled it on his weapon. He then flung it toward the second knocking them together before he impaled them both. They were likely dead by now, but the stop spell would not yet allow for their disappearance. So he added the third to his "Kabob" and quickly located the Behemoth. Once he found it, he rushed forward and made his way to it's head. Without even the breifest hesitation, he impaled all three victims on the Behemoths horn. He then cast a fire spell before directing a furious volley of physical attacks upon the horn.

He jumped from the head of the Behemoth and into the middle of the crowd. "I'm awake and ready to kick some heartless but!" He shouted to his companions.

OOC:
-4 Air Knockers
14 BP spent on Behemoth

Steel rushed forward, aiming a few deft slashes at one of the Air Pirates he had injured earlier. It gave a sharp cry before it vanished into a puff of darkness. As he turned around, he saw another Air Pirate rushing towards him. He quickly threw up his mask; once again entering a guard stance before shoving it back and charging through it. effectively eliminating another. He looked up at the Behemoth towering over the group and decided that now was the time to start dishing out damage again. He rushed back through the field, dodging various kick and corkscrew attacks from the Air Pirates and Wyverns. As he approached he made his way to the purple monsters head and prepared to attack. He focused his power together and used to create a barrier around him. He then dashed towards the horn and pushed outward, causing a small burst of Kinetic energy.

OOC: Yeah, I know. Way shorter than my usual post, but I can only do so much at once people.
Unfortunatley, I am not in the position where I can do many of the calculations either, so I'll add that later.

Enemies defeated:
-2 Air Pirates (Previously injured. 3 BP each)
15 BP spent on Behemoth

Steel dived from the top of the Behemoth Heartless drawing a glyph in mid air on his way down. "What I seek is thunder: Izuchi!" A bolt of thunder emerged from the sigil and zoomed towards four Air Pirates causing a small amount of damage to be dealt to each. He landed, once again in an overly dramatic manner, with a flutter of his cape. There was a pause as nothing but silence seemed to fill the air: quite unusual since they were in such a large scale battle. It was not long however before the silence was broken. "How did you even do that?" A familiar voice in his head asked somewhat incredulously. "I should think that brand of magic wouldn't work properly here." In a flash of cartoonish pink smoke, Exodus made his presence known and quickly voiced his agreement. "Indeed: I would not expect such a technique to work outside the realm of its origin, as most unique magics don't." Steel merely shrugged. "No matter the rendition; a basic thunder spell is still a basic thunder spell. The other two stated their acknowledgement in turn.

"Ah, I see..."

"Surprisingly simple..."

They were interrupted as the Behemoth sent out a massive rain of energy orbs. Steel got hit by a few before he managed to leap to a safe location underneath the lumbering heartless, effectively avoiding the rest of the projectiles. Seeing this as a sign that he had been talking for a bit too long, Steel shook off the pain and waited for the energy showers to end before he rushed back out into the field of battle. He sprang towards the four Air Pirates he had struck earlier and grabbed it by the neck (Because had yet to do that). The other three attempted to rush him in a futile attempt to rescue their hopelessly doomed ally. The first one found his skull firmly pounded by the poor creature in Steel's clutches. The second nearly punched Steel, but he ducked before coming back up using the first one as a shield. The third one attempted to attack low, but was easily jumped over before Steel, once again, introduced the face of his personal heartless to the attacking one's own. Dodging an incoming Air Knocker, Steel made his way back to the Behemoth, which had jumped to a location much farther away. While there were far fewer heartless than before, there were still enough to annoy him as he dashed for his goal, all making various attempts to bash him into dropping the ill-fated Air Pirate he carried.

He eventually made it to the Behemoth and began to circle around to the back, where the access ramp was. As he arrived, he was ambushed by a fifth Air Pirate, which succeeded in punching his gut. Taken aback, Steel lost his grip on his would-be victim, and it flew from his grasp. As both Steel and the Air Pirate caught their breath, the Fifth Air Pirate wound up for another punch. Steel, however, was not keen on being punched again, and lunged to grab its neck instead. It gasped for air and struggled to break free, which Steel found immensely satisfying. He jumped up on the Behemoths back, leaving the other Air Pirate to register what had just happened. He leapt for the head and quickly impaled another of his many victims on it's sharp horn, before finishing it off with his umbrella as was customary. Like always, Cheshire just had to interject something and faded into existence nearby. "Has anyone told you..." he began with his signature smile. "That you are a brutal and viscous combatant." Steel nodded. "Why yes. I believe someone did tell me that once. If memory serves, it was your sister." There was an uncomfortable silence as those words hung in the air between them. "Yes... well. I see your point." The cat said quietly.

OOC:
-1 Air Pirate
2 BP Spent on Air Pirate 1
2 BP Spent on Air Pirate 2
2 BP Spent on Air Pirate 3
3 BP Spent on Air Pirate 4
7 BP Spent on Behemoth

Words: 652
EXP.(Post): 30 MAX
EXP.(Total): 170

At some point, Steel had decided that using the Behemoth's horn as an execution range seemed like a good idea. Leaving the creature for now, he sought out a few more aerial enemies to impaled upon it. Before long he locked his gaze on an Air Knocker and promptly dashed towards it. It aimed it's gloved at him in an attempt to ward of its attacker with punches. However, every one of them was effortlessly dodged... the idea of being punched in the face again was not something that brightened his day. In fact, it made his blood boil to temperatures a volcano would not be likely to contain.

Acting upon this rage, he reached out and grabbed the Heartless around the neck. As the creature made futile attempts at escape he made his way back to the Behemoth; which had regained its senses and stood as tall as normal. He ran around towards the back and jumped on it's back, running up to the head where Ananta was working on dealing some damage. "Excuse me, miss." He stated quickly as he jumped over her and brought the Air knocker down on top of the horn just as she swung towards it. The creature vanished rather quickly after that: most likely the results of being impaled and chopped.

As Steel continued to move from momentum, he grabbed a hold of the horn and swung outward, grabbing and Air Pirate with his legs before coming back around and placing himself next to Ananta. He then summoned his umbrella and stabbed into the creature he had crushed beneath him, allowing another heart to fly free. Unfortunately, before he could do much else, the Behemoth began to thrash about, tossing both of them off. Ananta seemed to hit her head while he landed soundly on his feet. She observed the events around her and ran off to fight more heartless. "Fun times, huh?" He whispered to himself and chuckled.

"Indeed." The Cheshire cat said as he grinned his way into existence. The two of them grew eerily silent as they watched the others fight for a few moments. Ananta seemed to be making good progress, Kross was moving a bit slowly, and Rain had just taken a turn. He supposed he was also moving quite a bit slower than usual, but school had just started back up in the world the rp-er lived in; so it couldn't really be helped. He shook himself out of his thoughts and resumed contemplating his next actions. "Should I take out another Heartless?" He asked Cheshire. "Or should I just end it here?" The feline thought about it for a moment. "Well, How much free BP do you have left?"

"Nine." He replied. "So I can either take out an Air Knocker and do two points of damage to the Behemoth, or take out an Air Pirate and do four points of damage to the Behemoth." He shrugged. "Of course, that is if I decide to take out another Heartless at all." Cheshire considered the options briefly. While both of the other varieties of creature were annoying, the Behemoth was certainly more of a threat. They also hadn't been doing as much damage to it recently. "I think you should just end your turn as it is. After all; you always have the next post." Steel snorted. "Yeah, if I can manage to stretch it out long enough to get the Exp." Cheshire shrugged. "Well maybe you should just post more often." Steel slowly blinked as he stared back at Cheshire. "Right...busy." The cat muttered. Steel nodded to this. "Which is why I must have quality with the little quantity I have."

OOC:
-1Air Knocker
-1Air Pirate
9 BP spent on Behemoth

Words: 615
EXP (Post): 30 MAX
EXP(Total): 140

WOW! I GOT A RANK UP! Aren't you guys proud of me? XD

Steel stared at the events that went on around him. Two of the more noticeable things that had caught his attention were Karina's "dance off," and the admittedly tragic death of Paul the shadow. Well... it was a tragic comedy at least. It would have been better if they had first fully established Paul as a character, and then make it so that his sacrifice was for some noble cause instead of completely pointless... but that was just his opinion. He shook his head with a smirk and looked to his left, where an Air Pirate (realistically and originally labeled Steve; which was totally his real name) mirrored his actions. They both nodded to each other before looking back at the chaos that was going on throughout the library.

After a brief pause Steve suddenly seemed register what had happened and turned to look back at Steel... only to find sharp metal claws embedded in his chest. Steve convulsed as a searing wave of pain enveloped him. He could do not but stare dumbfounded at the man he had once called friend... "Uh, helloooo?" Steel exclaimed to Steve's face and causing him to snap back to reality... where there was no pain... just a sharp metal clawed gauntlet embedded in his torso. At this, Steve began to address Steel. "Why Steel? WHY?" The Air Pirate chirped and clicked in the heartless tongue. "How could you betray me lik-" He was cut off quite suddenly as Steel just rolled his eyes and snapped out a question of his own. "You do remember what happens to a persons' heart when their heartless is destroyed, right?" The Air Pirate looked confused for a moment before a look of realization dawned upon his face.

"Uh, yeah." Steel drawled with a look on his face that quite clearly read 'duh!' He looked back to the battle with just a tiny bit of regret though. Steve couldn't quite tell what was wrong until Steel decided to make it obvious. "I'm still gonna be using you as a weapon though..." Steve paled and squeaked a simple "Oh Joy" as Steel rushed back into the fight, slamming the skull of the Air Pirate on his arm with that of another before summoning his umbrella and running both of them through. He ran towards the nearby injured Behemoth, as all of the happenings with the cleverly dubbed "Derpy the Derpmoth" were kinda making him one kill something of that breed. He was nearly intercepted by a third Air Pirate, but it was merely added to his skewer as he raced to the Behemoths head.

With two quick movements he bashed the two of the Air Pirates against the horn, promptly ending them. Steve however was removed from the umbrella however, and was instead transferred back to Steels arm. With a slight squeeze of the dark energy inside of him, Steve was inclined to react by punching at the Behemoth horn that now stood in front of him before Steel used a quick spin strike to dispatch Steve and deal a last bit of damage to the Behemoth. The creature proceeded to fall forwards to the ground, and Steel jumped off as it crashed against the ground behind him; landing with a dramatic flutter of his cape. He rose slowly with a dark look in his eye. "Rest in peace Steve... You go on... to a better place..."

Next to him, Cheshire just stared with a blank face for a moment. After a brief silence he made his opinion of the subject known. "The HECK... was THAT!?" Steel merely shrugged back at his feline companion. "I just thought I'd stay on the same page as everyone else."

OOC:
Heartless Defeated:
-3 Air Pirates
6 BP spent on Behemoth

Words: 617
EXP (Post): 30
EXP (Total): 110

Steel sighed as he slashed at the Behemoth a few more times. He observed that Stratos had managed to help Karina out, and it annoyed him slightly; his own attempts to help anyone were almost always pushed aside, and yet he found they always seemed to come to him about things they didn't understand... things he didn't really have answers for. "You knew this would happen." A familiar voice chided him. "There is no point in getting upset over it; it is the path we have chosen." He looked to his side to see the Cheshire Cat grinning madly back at him. He gave a small nod: he had been aware that Beuce had summoned the feline, though he wasn't sure if he should expect any help from his... friend. "Could I have a status report?" He asked politely as he ran another hookbat through.

Grin never faltering, the Cheshire cat gave him a brief list. "Well, things are running smoothly along all of the supply routes, Aiden is back from his trip, Leonidas blew up his lab again..." The cat's grin then grew to an impossible wideness. "...And my sister is totally crushing on you." Steel raised his eyebrows briefly as he stopped a Rapid thruster in it's tracks and threw it into another, effectively eliminating both. The news he had been given had both expected and unexpected events listed, but he needed to focus on the battle for now. "...And how is Tania doing?" He asked a little too smugly. The Cheshire cat's lips pressed together showing no teeth whatsoever as his eyes narrowed ever so slightly: his rendition of a frown. The fastest way to get his feline friend back on track was to throw a wrench into that pointy smile of his. "I was asking about the battle." Steel deadpanned. "Yes, yes." Cheshire sighed. This time he gave Steel a quick run through of what was going on in the battle: like the defeat of a behemoth, Hikaru's finally taking a more active role, and the fact that his side was making the least amount of progress. He grimaced as he grabbed hold of an air knocker and mercilessly pounded it into the Behemoths only known weak point. He would have to work hard if he wanted to speed things along. It seemed Ananta was in a bind, but she was calling for Kross so he somewhat bitterly ignored it and turned instead to another hookbat. He grabbed the creature in a manner similar to earlier and flew into a large cloud of them before swinging his umbrella around mercilessly. floating hearts popped up left and right as he viciously flung the flying rodent heartless around in such a manner that if the creature were human it would surely be throwing up at any second. When his heartless weapon vanished he fell to the ground beneath the small group of bats. He looked up to see that he had put a good size dent in their numbers and that many hearts were freed in the process. He decided he would take care of a few more of the smaller heartless before going back to the Behemoth.

Before that however, he turned back to face the Cheshire Cat. "Thanks Exodus." he said with a grateful tone. "If you want, and if your other self is okay with it, you could stay for a while." He didn't sound any different than normal, but both of them knew it was more of a plead than a suggestion. The cat however just shrugged. "I don't really know how much help I'll be to the others, but whenever you need help, I'll be with him." Steel gave him a grateful smile that no one could see... but both of them could sense. As Cheshire went off in some other direction, Steel momentarily wondered how Exodus was so much more serious than his Pink counterpart; what with having to share a mind and all.

Coexistent versions of the same being were so strange...

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-2 Rapid Thrusters
-11 Hookbats
-1 Air Knocker

1 damage to Behemoth

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Stereotype .

Steel was not too focused on the behemoth he was pummeling to notice a hookbat attempting to sneak up on him. As it inched closer he flipped his umbrella over and used the hook on the handle to grab the heartless' own. He swung it about in wide arcs, effectively blocking incoming attacks and knocking out an another Hookbat and a Rapid Thruster. As the Heartless cried out for dear life, it found it's face meeting the Behemoths' horn as it promptly exploded into black dust. He briefly considered the hearts left behind as three out of four creatures were defeated.

Meanwhile, things were looking up for the West end: Rain had finally joined the fight and now all four of them were finally taking an active role in the conflict around them. The positive progress on that front was balanced with the negative that pretty much no one had responded to a single word he said. He gave an exasperated sigh: He really didn't like being ignored all the time, but he supposed it was inevitable. Although, he honestly wouldn't mind so much if it weren't for the fact that he had been trying so much harder than normal.

Putting that aside, he grabbed onto the Behemoth's horn with a single hand, jumped up with his feet above the rest of him, and swung forward as he slashed the horn with his umbrella. He landed in front of the Behemoth as it came crashing to the ground. He turned to strike the Behemoth only to be punched in the face by a charging Air Pirate. Steel froze for a moment. Unfortunately for the instinctual creature, it was not intelligent enough to register that punching MC's of any kind (In this case a keyblade wielder) in the face via ambush was not a very smart thing to do. As the Air Pirate came around for another attack, Steel deflected the blow and stunned it for a brief moment. Within an instant, his keyblade vanished as he scratched across the creatures torso with his left arm before using his right to grab it by the throat. He ran forward and impaled the Air Pirate on the Behemoth's horn. He let go of the creature and as it was somehow still alive, spun around re-summoning his umbrella and slashing across the Heartless' neck.

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-2 Hookbats
-1 Rapid Thruster
-1 Air Pirate

13 damage to Behemoth

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