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OH NO, THIS IS TOO PERFECT. SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN'T EXIST UNLESS I HAVE IT.

WHY DON'T I HAVE IT? ; ~ ;

WELL THEN, IT'S A GOOD THING I'M NOT A VETERAN, MMM?

I DON'T REALLY MIND THE COLOR SWAPS, BUT I WILL AGREE THAT SOME OF THEM ARE . . . LESS THAN SAVORY. IF THE OPTION OF SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH IS AVAILABLE, I'LL PROBABLY BE USING THAT A LOT BECAUSE THERE ARE COLOR SCHEMES FROM BOTH VERSIONS THAT I DO LIKE.

BUT YES, THE FINAL MIX COLOR SCHEME WILL BE THE ONE PRIMARILY AVAILABLE IN 1.5 REMIX.

I DON'T RECALL ( HAVEN'T NOT PLAYED KINGDOM HEARTS II FINAL MIX ), WERE ANY OF THE HEARTLESS IN THAT RECOLORED?

IT SEEMS TO BE A TURQUOISE//SEA FOAM-GREEN COLOR. DOES THIS MEAN I'M OBLIGATED TO GO TO A RAVE?

TSK.

" Hopefully they got out alright, " Harley replied, slightly doubtful. He looked back a Kallisti who seemed to be quivering in her seat. Probably over Madeline; he rolled his eyes. He honestly didn't know what she saw in that skeleton chick anyway. Her face was pretty, sure, but not the rest of her, " We can't go back, " he told her and she glared at him.

" Time to sleep. "

For some reason, Harley felt like they were going to be sleeping for a long time. About a week, to be exact.

One week. Somehow, they all feel asleep.

Woo.

The trucks were all at a rest now, but there was no sign of the third truck or it's occupants. Harley hopped out, told the others to wait, and then listened in on Cherno and the kid with black hair. Casey, wasn't it?

" Marina, " Harley called, quickly making his way over to the car. She'd fallen. Damn, she looked worse than when he had left her, " Glad you kept the promise, " he said to her, pecking her on the forehead, " C'mon, Casey says we're going to his place for rest. Things were pretty crazy before we got here.

Harley helped her to the truck and Kallisti moved aside for her to sit.

Harley continued to drive every which way until finally, there was an exit. He didn't think he'd be so happy to get out of the tunnels and into the poisoned air, but he was, and then they were on their way to meet Marina.

Marina. That kiss. Maybe it had been a little bit more than that, but he knew the rules, and Harley wasn't a relationship-kind of guy anyway . . . He was just so sad about her. He didn't want her to die. The damn girl had basically slapped gusto into him again, gave him a reason to go on. Hell, maybe he could win this game, who knew?

. . . He'd have to tell Vanille not to kill him while he slept. " Harley, watch where you're driving! " Kallisti chided as Harley moved out of the path of a large boulder. In his rear-view mirror, he saw Theo's truck . . . driving backwards. What the hell was that kid doing? He was going to get them killed.

He looked at the three passengers of his truck, and considered going back, but that'd mean death. Maybe.

Some time later, they arrived on campus, on bombed campus, and he drove to the Heliocanthea.

OH ****, Kallisti shot . . . who were those people?

That wasn't mattering, Theo was yelling at them now to get the **** out of there. The one stranger that was still standing had this . . . super high tech weapon that was causing explosions, and Harley didn't have to be told twice to drive. His truck was in the front now, and he spared no time racing forward, keeping an ear out for flowing water and going accordingly.

Damn, he really wished he could have run over that one that was still alive . . . " Don't go that way! " Kallisti said, and he swerved to make a left, and then she told him to make a right for good measure. More explosions.

They weren't safe down here anymore.

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{ OOC : OMFG }​

{ DAY : 50 - 3/3 } • { JANUARY 18, 2013 } • { LOCATION : TUNNELS }​

{ YOU • ME • NAMES • LINKS • DISDAIN } • { MOOD : . . . }​

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The trucks stopped and Kallisti leaned out of the window from behind Harley's seat to see what was going on. For some reason, Theodore was getting out of the truck and walking somewhere. She told the others that she was getting out to wait for his return, and so she did.

A few minutes passed with Kallisti thumbing the string of her bow, leaning against the truck. The tunnels were mostly dark, but there was a little light with the truck lights.

Coming to an ease, she saw Theo walking back to his front truck and was prepared to hop back into hers, until she spotted three unfamiliar figures following him. Oh . . . No. Had they been found? No, no shooting yet. She quickly contemplated the situation, and moved against the side of the truck on the dark side, in the shadows.

Before Theo got into the truck, she tried to motion to him, but he didn't see her. Her heart rate began to pick up as she fumbled with her bow and arrow slightly. Calming herself she pulled back an arrow, getting ready to pick another one and launch it. God, if she missed . . . Her aim was at those of the three strangers.

She let go of the first arrow, then nocked another one, aiming it shakily, and then letting it go. And finally, a third was almost panickingly shot. Oh, please don't let her miss.

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( OOC :: TIREEEEEEED )​

( DAY :: 50 - 3/3 ) • ( JANUARY 18, 2013 ) • ( LOCATION :: TUNNELS )​

( YOU • ME • NAMES • LINKS • HATE ) • ( MOOD :: CURIOUS )​

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Ooooh, Quin and her party returned with . . . with Cherno! Cherno? What was he doing down here? She thought to ask how he made it down, but was too distracted by Theo's question to say anything.

❝We're probably gonna need masks and suits❞ she responded, playing drums with her flat belly distractedly, "And since we're gonna use all three trucks, Harley and Cherno should drive the other two.❞

❝Alright, start moving the supplies into the backs,❞ Harley directed and Vanille was on it. they were gonna leave the safety of the tunnels, so she was expecting people to die, but that was . . . okay? Not really. Harley said nothing to her about their plan, but she felt like he had . . . changed his mind, or something.

After filling her share of the trucks with stuff, she hopped into the truck Harley was driving, behind Bernie who was taking shotgun. Just a few minute later, after starting off they came to a stop, and Quin, sitting next to her, leaned out the window to check what was going on.

They waited.

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{ OOC : TIRED. }​

{ DAY : 50 - 3/3 } • { JANUARY 18, 2013 } • { LOCATION : CAMP }​

{ YOU • ME • NAMES • LINKS • DISDAIN } • { MOOD : TIRED }​

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Cherno Plume certainly did talk a lot, didn't he? Kallisti could tell that he had been with lack of company for a long time - or so it seemed, but she could also tell that her patience was thinning out as time went on - as her solution to everything was becoming to just lodge an arrow into everything and leave it at that.

. . . It was probably better to keep the thought to herself, though.

" Well, now that you're here, you might as well help us check around. " she said, following closely after Heidi. " We will have to return to camp, soon. I fear it is getting late, and we might lose our way if we take too long. We're going this way. " She pointed with her bow, looking in that direction.

Oh. Heidi had disappeared. Fantastic. Kallisti picked up her pace and followed after, but then she heard the call, " I . . . I found some stuff, " Heidi called, and she raised an eyebrow. More supplies, maybe? There sure was a lot of it down here - not that it was a bad thing in the least.

" Here, this is what's down the dark tunnel. Oh, and a big hole. We can't go that way. " . . . She was wearing a good deal of labcoats. Why were they down here? Or rather, down that particular hall? But there was a hole, so it wasn't to be traversed. The coats looked to be a burden on Heidi, so Kallisti took a few of them. She thought of what they should do next.

It seemed like the day was coming to a close soon . . . " We should head back to camp, " she told the others in reply to Elliot's question, " It's late, and we might move again tomorrow, so we should save energy. "

She began to walk. Arriving back at camp, they'd come just at the end of Vanille's explanation to Theodore - oh, Theodore was awake. " It is nice to see you among the living again, Mr. Weldon. " she said as she took a seat on the dolly.

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( OOC :: WHAT DOES THE PM SAY???? )​

( DAY :: 50 - 3/3 ) • ( JANUARY 18, 2013 ) • ( LOCATION :: STORAGE )​

( YOU • ME • NAMES • LINKS • HATE ) • ( MOOD :: OKAY )​

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With Harley gone on his medicine mission, Vanille had mostly been holding down their newly-moved fort. The area that they had come to was a lot more spacious and she was able to stretch and do low acrobatics without hitting anyone! That was how she mostly passed the time until Harley came back, yelling about something to do with the Doc, who had gone on a scouting mission with Quin and Heidi just a little while before.

Their chances of survival hadn't shot through the roof when Theo woke up, but she did feel a lot better about them! His health was less than stellar, but it definitely wasn't anything that couldn't be taken care of with some water and a good meal. She as just happy that he was alive and that he hadn't died under her watch or care.

❝Where is everyone else?❞ he asked after unlocking some stuff with a code she locked away for later reference.

❝Let's see . . .❞ Vanille began thoughtfully, ❝Quin, Elliot, and Heidi went scouting, Marina is on the surface, Harley just came back from the surface, and we're the rest,❞ she motioned to the group, ❝Oh, right. Benjamin is probably dead. Other than that, I don't know about everyone else!❞ It was sad, but she knew that she had to focus on them here and now.

❝Theo, I need the trucks accessible and ready to go,❞ Harley said, ❝I've gotta meet Marina on the surface to go pick up some fugitives. I told her I'd be there.❞

Harley sounded . . . different, somehow. Vanille frowned. Almost pleading? She mentally checked the time. He couldn't go out at this time of the night . . . Definitely not.

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{ OOC : SO ACTIVE AT THE LAST MINUTE, DEAR GOD }​

{ DAY : 50 - 3/3 } • { JANUARY 18, 2013 } • { LOCATION : TUNNELS }​

{ YOU • ME • NAMES • LINKS • DISDAIN } • { MOOD : AAAAH SIGH }​

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Heidi had yet to reply when there came another voice, and Kallisti sighed with exasperation; she didn't know how many more surprises she could take down in these tunnels before she shot someone else.

" WILL YOU KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN, YOU BAFOON! " she yelled in a whisper, but the loud voice came again, and she shipped her bow and arrow away, " Good lord, you are quite bent on having us found, aren't you?! " she hissed.

. . . They tripped. Kallisti raised her eyebrows.

" . . . Cherno? " she said, but he had been to busy crashing into Elliot to even pay the slightest attention to her.

" Could you not have have paid more attention? " Elliot grumbled, and Kallisti laughed at this little scene. It was a little refreshing to have such silliness go on. She went over to the two boys and set them up on their feet.

" Well, if it isn't Cherno Plume, " she commented, " Come to have us all found now, have you? " Her eyes carefully scanned the all that they were in, looking for anyone that might have heard. She then looked to Heidi, and returned her attention to the others. " We were just scouting. Pleasant enough surprise, running into you down here. "

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{ OOC : . . . }​

{ DAY : 50 - 3/3 } • { JANUARY 18, 2013 } • { LOCATION : TUNNELS }​

{ YOU • ME • NAMES • LINKS • DISDAIN } • { MOOD : SUSPICIOUS }​

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While walking, Kallisti couldn't help but feel that the two people she was accompanying were not to be trusted. There was a certain . . . atmosphere around the both of them that was very suspicious. Their small party walked for a little while, made two rights and then came to a fork in the road. Both tunnels were relatively the same size as the one they were in now, but the question was -

" Wh - which way? "

Kallisti looked to Heidi, and then to Elliot. It would probably be better for them to stay in the large tunnels so that the trucks could drive through them, but their extent of scouting was . . . difficult.

" Straight. " Kallisti said, and she hoped that whatever might be down this path didn't kill them off just yet. Off in the distance, she thought she might have heard a faint yelling, but it might have been her imagination. She waited for the other two to begin walking before following after them, " Here is to hoping that we find something worthwhile and not our deaths, mm? "

There was something wrong with the both of them, and Kallisti wanted to not be walking in front of them, just in case they tried anything sneaky. They were only moving for a few minutes before she heard one of the flashlights clatter to the floor, and she immediately removed her bow from its resting place, grabbing an arrow and nocking it.

" Go away. " Heidi said, and Kallisti looked warily at her; who was she talking to?

" Heidi . . . ? " she asked cautiously, lowering he bow just slightly. " Are you alright? "

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[ T U M B L R • CURRENTLY OBSERVING : MARINA // THEODORE • L A T E S T ]​

[ OOC : . . . ]​

[ DAY : 50 - 3/3 ] • [ JANUARY 18, 2013 ] • [ LOCATION : RUINS // TUNNELS ]​

[ YOU • ME • NAMES • LINKS • HATRED ] • [ MOOD : . . . ]​

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Rubbing the back of his neck, he listened to what their jewel might smell like, and then Marina was smelling the no-doubt slightly dangerous vials of liquid that seemed to glow from the refrigerator light. After a few nerve-wracking minutes, there was one she picked out, " I hope this does the trick. I really have know idea what it does, but if it makes him better, that is all that matters. "

He looked at the one in her hand, and then the others. Would it be alright for them to take all of the vials, just in case the one they had wasn't the right one? He grabbed a few of the others and slipped them into the pockets of his pants for security, and then looked at his partner, " Just in case, " he said. She was looking worse every minute. He didn't feel much different - maybe a little nauseated, but the effect that the radiation was having on her was almost unreal, and he was scared for her.

Harley didn't think Marina was going to make it through the night.

" We should be getting back. The sun is already setting. There is still a lot to - "

" Marina! " Harley explained, dropping to his knees with her and putting an arm around his shoulder. Fuck. Blood form her mouth - she was deteriorating from the inside, " Marina . . . " he said, slightly helpless.

Shakily, the girl got back to her feet and Harley kept her steady. " There is no way I will make it back, Harley. " she told him sadly, and a tear went down her face. He wiped it off, sighing as well, " Take them. I will catch up. Take the vials and heal Theodore. Get the trucks going. There are others still on campus. I know where they are. Meet me there. " And she smiled at him. Harley couldn't help but feel pain in his chest.

She leaned into him and he wrapped a gentle arm around her waist to keep her supported. Damn, this was too much for him. He was such a sensitive idiot. " Please. You may have given up on yourself Harley Jackson, but I know you have plenty of use. If only I could have seen some of that prior. " Marina laughed lightly and gave him a playful smirk before lightly shoving him towards the door.

He stood at the door staring hard at her for a long moment. She wanted him to just . . . leave her here? Harley contemplated it, but he wasn't sure he was capable of - " However, I will not protest you carrying me back down to the lobby, but there is no way I can make it down the ladder and there is absolutely no way you can carry me while climbing. "

. . . Well, he'd just have to settle for that, then. He grabbed Marina and swung her onto his back, not saying a single word until they'd gotten to the elevator shaft. He set her down and then peered at her. " You will meet me at the school, " he demanded, " you said that you would. I intend to hold you to that. Die before then, and I'll never forgive you. " Not that those words were much of a threat, but he meant it.

Harley grabbed Marina's frail shoulders gently, pulled her in and then kissed her. Just like that. She was cold, but he was warm enough to let it linger for a long moment. It wasn't any sort of . . . relationship-standard kiss, but more like from player-to-player in this god-awful situation. It wasn't desperate, messy, or anything like that. It was a kiss. A meaningful kiss. " Incentive. " he breathed when pulling away. " I'll see you there, Marina Sario. " and then he disappeared down the elevator shaft.

When he came back to camp, there was no Elliot to be found. Goddammit, where was that kid? Of all the times . . . " Vanille, where the hell is Elliot? " Was that Theo on a . . . dolly? Harley shook his head.

" He went out exploring with Heidi and Quin! " she told him, and he palmed his forehead. They needed communication radios. ****, this was a bad time for him to be gone.

" I have Theo's medicine, " he said in a hurry, pulling out the cotton-candy scented vial, " and I don't know how to give it to him! Does he just . . drink it? Inject it? Elliot! " Harley called out, he was in a hurry. He had to meet Marina at the school. Fuck it, he didn't have time to wait. He stocked over to the dolly, and moved Theo around so that he was cradling him.

He hoped this was the right one, goddammit. He tilted Theo's head down gently, popped open the vial, and then poured it down his throat, moving his adam's apple all the while. This had better work.

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[ T U M B L R • CURRENTLY OBSERVING : MARINA SARIO• L A T E S T ]​

[ OOC : . . . ]​

[ DAY : 50 - 3/3 ] • [ JANUARY 18, 2013 ] • [ LOCATION : ANTILUM RUINS ]​

[ YOU • ME • NAMES • LINKS • HATRED ] • [ MOOD : SIGH ]​

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As he walked, his mind pondered on Marina's condition. She was fairly light on his back, and it was like she was too frail - that if he squeezed hard enough, she might break under his grasp. He quietly listened to her directions and followed them, making sure each of his steps was carefully placed before continuing.

The two of them were quiet, and Harley thought of his soft night resolve. It probably would have been better to have not said anything to Marina, but for some reason, he couldn't help himself. Huh. Maybe he was sad that he would be going, that he wanted someone else to know why? Vanille should have been enough.

" How can you say that about yourself? " Harley jolted slightly, but continued. Ah. Here came the lecture. " You are making yourself useful right now. If it were not for the fact that I am about two steps away from collapsing, I would just leave you. Letting yourself die is not helpful to anyone. " That depended. To him, it was all a matter of perspective. He could think of a few other candidates to die in his place, like Madeline.

Each person had a place in the party; the only question he had was, what was his? He was no damn leader. He wasn't willing to take the fall for anyone, or to go out of his way to direct all of the others, but hadn't he been doing that since Theo was out? Elliot was their doctor, Vanille was their survival specialist, and Theo was their navigator. Kallisti was a scout with a bow, John was extra muscle . . . Everyone else was just extra hands.

They ascended to the next floor.

" I thought - " she paused, taking a breath, " I thought we were a great deal similar, but I guess I was wrong. " He had thought that, too. Being honest, he still did. " For I will be lucky if I last another day, and yet I am still trying to do my best for the sake of everyone else. Whereas, you are plenty healthy and fine, and are removing yourself from the game for really no reason at all. " Y'know, see, that's why he kept it to himself. He coughed slightly.

What did she want him to do, survive? For what? Only one person could win the game, he was pretty sure that person wasn't going to be him. He was confident of that. It wasn't that he was unsure of his skills or anything, it was just that there were others more qualified, like Cherno, or Vanille. The game was just a game. Nothing more, nothing less. So what if their prize for winning was actually existing? Who cared about that, anyway . . .

A long wave of silence washed them over as they continued walking on the next floor.

" I would expect this sort of foolish behavior from a woman, but not someone such as yourself. " It sounded distant, small, to his distracted mind. Damn woman. His resolve was completely shaken now. Ah, fuck. He needed to talk to Vanille.

Marina pointed to a door on the right, " There, " she said quietly, and he made his way over to the door and opened it. A refrigerator, opened held a few doze different vials of who-knew-what. He looked at each of them - one of these were the magical serum that would get the kid back on his feet? Gently, he set Marina down.

" You're one hell of a woman, " he told her quietly, grabbing a few of the vials, " And bring on a fair point. Guess I'm just tired. Which one of these damn things do you think it is? "

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[ T U M B L R • CURRENTLY OBSERVING : MARINA SARIO • L A T E S T ]​

[ OOC : LADIDADI ]​

[ DAY : 50 - 3/3 ] • [ JANUARY 18, 2013 ] • [ LOCATION : ANTILUM RUINS ]​

[ YOU • ME • NAMES • LINKS • HATRED ] • [ MOOD : CAUTIOUS ]​

He eyed Marina's small frame slowly descending the rungs of the ladder, and then watched as her eyes scouted the gap, " Don't look down, " he whispered, still holding out his arms. She looked back up, took a deep breath, and then lunged at him. Swiftly, he caught both of her arms, and then moved his hand onto the small of her back, ringing her in and against his chest.

Next to him, Harley sat her down and he watched her breath heavily and run her hands over her thighs. " You really should not have taken off your suit. If I do not get you sick from contact, the air certainly will. " she told him, and then slipped on a hat.

Harley shrugged and snorted a bit, " I'll be alright, " he told her, " I've run out of usefulness anyway, and the party will be better off with a smaller number. More supplies to go around - I don't intend to survive the night. " He said the last bit more to himself, but she probably heard it.

The both of them stood up and Marina directed that they should probably get going. His pale eyes followed her and her shaky legs, making sure that he'd be able to catch her if she fell. She was pretty sick, wasn't she? It'd be a shame if she didn't make the return trip.

The staircase did seem fairly stable and they both slowly went up. The medicine that Theo needed was probably in his room, or in some other room. At this rate, they'd never make it before the day was out. Harley marched up to Marina, grabbed her arm, and then swung her up onto his back, still going up the stairs all the while.

" Tell me where to go, and I'll carry you. " he told her, " Don't worry about instability, I'll be able to handle it. "

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Everything had been finished moving, and all that was left was Theodore. She inspected him from all the angles and Vanille seemed to be mumbling to herself about calculations and a pulley system. That would probably . . . not be the best idea.

Behind a lot of the boxes in the storage area, there was a dolly-type cart that was found, and then Theodore was plumped onto that and then carried over to the new camp. Dragging him around as if he were a doll . . . Their only hope was that Harley and Marina were successful in finding this medicine they needed.

She watched Elliot and Heidi have a conversation, grab flashlights, and start walking into the darkness of the corridor that none of them had been down yet. It was probably not the best of ideas to let two . . . not-so-strong members of their party go by themselves, so Kallisti turned to Vanille and told her that she was going scouting after them, and for her to keep an eye on camp.

Kallisti grabbed her quiver, a knife, and a flashlight, then followed after them. " It isn't a particularly good idea to leave on your own without anyone knowing, you know. " she commented when she reached the both of them, " I will be going with you. "

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{ OOC : MAN, I GET HEADACHES TOO EASILY. * SOB * }​

{ DAY : 50 - 2/3 } • { JANUARY 18, 2013 } • { LOCATION : TUNNELS }​

{ YOU • ME • NAMES • LINKS • DISDAIN } • { MOOD : CONTEMPLATIVE }​

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Her dim blue eyes followed Marina and Harley into the darkness until the both of them were gone. She had been surprised - to say the least - when Marina had showed up with the small girl named Heidi. What did the world on the surface look like? Was it really that bad?

They were moving camp. Half of their things had already been moved, but when she came back after her third trip, she began to speculate how they were going to move Theodore. He was mostly dead weight - dead weight that could become useful, so they couldn't get rid of him yet. Earlier, Harley had said something about carrying him on his back, but now that the idiot was gone, they had only John.

John could probably pull it off, she thought to herself, thumbing at the sturdy sling of her bow across her chest. It plinged against the diamond necklace she wore, that she had brought down from Antilum when they were escaping. Summoning the demoness would need something like this, so she kept it on her at all times.

The small brunette that Marina had brought with her was a curious person. Her facial expressions were fairly animated, Kallisti thought, as if she were talking to someone in her mind. Overall, perhaps she was a little sad. It was a fiercely cold atmosphere down here, and all of them weren't exactly the warmest bunch. Considering the circumstances, none of them should have been expected to be.

To show the small girl comfort, Kallisti silently and gently clapped a hand on her shoulder, flashed her a brief smile, and then got back to work on moving. " John, " she said, " Will you be able to move Theodore from here to the new camp? " The distance wasn't so far, but he'd been moving around most all day, so he was more than likely tired.

While waiting for his response, her mind flipped through the numerous questions she had for their demoness. Per experience, she knew that detail and exactness was needed in her inquiries, otherwise her answers would be dodged. First and foremost, she wanted to find out what was known about this woman that was after them all. It couldn't really be Crestatia, could it? Ridiculous, the woman had control over all of them already.

Her dirty fingers played with the clear diamond necklace.

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