As the trio had made their way to the detention center, they entered the building, making their way through and being directed to where their target was. While Stratos had no idea who "Bellwether" was, thankfully the people who actually were from this world did, and thus finding them wasn't all that hard. When they finally made it into the room with the sheep, they were given a table to sit at, with their suspect on the other side. "Hello there Ms., uh, Bellwether, was it? Me and my friends here are here on behalf of the uh..." Stratos was blanking on who it was they were helping before saying, "the police. And we'd like to ask you a few questions, if you wouldn't mind? We're a bit new, so, mind telling us what a uh, sheep like you is doing in a place like this?" That was about as far as Stratos's plan had gone. He didn't actually know who this person was, and thus, didn't actually know what they had done to be in here in the first place.
As the group was given the work to be done, which was apparently questioning some convicted criminals, he walked alongside his two partners for the mission. As they began to move out, Beuce seemed to wonder what exactly they were supposed to be doing in this world. While Stratos thought about it for a bit, he nodded as Ignis gave her answer. "Our mission is probably so unclear because it's our last one. But, you know," he seemed to ponder a bit before seeming to keep a positive expression up. "It's not like this is the first time this has happened. When we first went to Camelot it's not like we had any clue what we were doing there, but look how that ended up. So, I think as long as we keep moving forward, we'll stumble upon trouble in no time." As he said this, the group seemed to be in front of the penitentiary that they were told to go to. "And this seems like a perfect place to stumble onto that trouble."
Stratos continued to use his parking ticket gun thing, as unsure as ever. There were moments when he had started to figure things out, but when he had felt as though he made an error on the write up, he wasn't entirely sure how to delete said error. So instead, he would just print out multiples of the same one, placing them on the car. Continuing to move around, he eventually saw Kel and Luna start to place tickets across the cars and then saw where Luna was in particular. "Oh." Seeing the sign that said, "restricted parking zone," he then said aloud, "well, that would've been a good place to start. Good eye Luna." Trying to find more places like that, the boy then turned back towards everyone else. Pointing at the vehicles, he said, "so like, does anyone know what these actually are?" 90/100
As Stratos continued to go on his montage of ticketing, Ignis seemed to have an equal confusion as to whether or not they were doing the right thing. Or she knew exactly what she was doing and Stratos just happened to be doing everything right the whole time. Unsure of which was actually true, the boy shrugged, thinking there was no harm or foul in actually continuing this process, until the blue lupin figure of Steel made his way over to instruct them as to what they actually needed to be doing. Stratos scratched his chin a bit at the explanation, and was a bit skeptical given Steel didn't seem to know much about what they were doing either, but figured his instructions looked right enough, so he went along with it. Looking around at vehicles he had been putting the tickets on, Stratos wasn't entirely sure what constituted a "parking violation." But since a violation just meant they were doing something wrong, he figured that if a car looked off or funny to him, it was probably in violation? Looking at the machine, the raccoon boy began to fiddle around with it, now actually putting information on it as opposed to just posting blank tickets all over the place. He wasn't exactly sure how it was used, but fiddling around with the buttons seemed to produce some results of text on a ticket. And so, printing it out, he placed on a car that was between two other cards a ticket that had a jumbled mess of words on it. Shrugging, the boy then went to repeat this process, finding any car that he thought looked weird or out of place and merely placing tickets there. 40/100
Stratos was a bit confused by the whole exchange that was going on. He wasn't exactly keeping up with what direction the conversation was going as the man talked about when he started to speak to someone else known as "the chief." The boy stood around, waiting for the conversation to end, only for the man to then seem to think they were officers from a far away place. While Stratos might've tried to tell the man otherwise, the situation already seemed to be escalating a bit, and they were still on a mission in this world. The missions generally involved helping others, and that was a police man's job, so Stratos figured the misunderstanding probably wasn't too bad to go along with for now. Looking to everyone he shrugged and said, "well uh, we're cops now. Go figure. " He still seemed to be confused by all of this but didn't elaborate on that any more. After changing into the new police uniform and finding their way to the parking lot, the boy looked at the bundle of tickets he had on hand. "So, what do I do with these?" Unsure what the point of the tickets was, the boy simply started to move around and place a few of them on anything he could. Cars, signs, a trash can, all had a ticket placed on them before the boy looked back to the others and gave them a thumbs up before going back to the task at hand. 10/100 Tickets
Stratos looked around to see that everyone else was taking in the fact that they were animals, to which he merely nodded at Ignis. "I uh, don't want to be in this body any longer than I have to." The boy the nodded at Luna's suggestion and Kel's affirmation for this suggestion, saying, "yeah, let's go find it." With that, the groups started to wander around the city until they found the building in question, entering it, and seeing a rather portly looking...leopard, at the desk. While it was far from the only animal that Stratos had scene here, it still felt odd to be in a world entirely of walking and talking animals. Regardless, he walked up to the front desk saying, "hello, um, sir. We're a bit new around here and a bit lost. Could you tell us where we are?"
Noting that the partners had shifted, Stratos was a bit concerned at his new one. Given that she had all but emotionally fell apart after nearly hitting him straight on with a keyblade, Stratos wasn't feeling the most comfortable around Ignis. All the same, she was more than likely reliable, his only real experience being with her in the fight against the blots and Mizrabel, and that was a quality he could appreciate. All the same, the trio was getting ready to move out, and with the world portals opened, he followed after his partners. When next he opened his eyes, he found himself somewhere sort of different. The surrounding area around him had still reminded him of Shibuya, a major city of steel and roads, though with far more color and life. As the boy started to walk around though, he began to realize that the way he walked felt a bit different. Furthermore he felt something behind him, touching the ground. A confused look crossing the boy's face, he soon realized just how bizarre the feeling was, realizing that it felt like he had suddenly had another part of his that had never been there before. Turning around, he saw a patterns of brown and black circles across a fur covered tail...that was attached to him. "What the-" as the boy continued to turn he realized his hands were now more like paws, as were his feet. "Uhhhh-," the boy was growing more confused at this, trying to come to terms with the fact that he was now a walking animal; specifically a raccoon...in a hoodie. The boy tried to get a grip on what was going on, as he looked around and saw other walking and talking animals. The fact that they were walking and talking was not at all a shock to him. The fact that he was able to identify them as his companions, though, was. Walking over he nodded as she noted how weird this was saying, "yeah, I don't think I ever realized how uncomfortable a tail is. Hi guys," the boy gave a small wave. "This is a really bizarre clause to the exam, don't you think? But I uh, guess we're just animals?" He looked equally as lost as everyone else. "Still, we have a mission to do here, right? So, where do you think we're best off going guys?"
Stratos to Zootopia
The fight seemed to be over as quickly as it started. The group having managed to stop the charm on the males and said males retaliating with lethal force had caused the fight to end as quickly as it started. Aeria went back into a more relaxed state, being slightly more disappointed then anything else, but was overall fine with everything. Shrugging as Lea broke the amulet, the girl felt it would be simply better to hold onto it so that they could lure Nequa's forces to them rather than have to keep hunting them out. It probably was far more dangerous, but Aeira figured if it got the job done faster it'd be better. She also didn't really feel like she did anything today, but all the same, if the boss was saying it was a good time to rest then she wasn't about to complain. "Call me when you need me then." After flatly stating that, Aeira walked away from the mess of the whole thing, seemingly uninterested in it all, and simply looked around for a place to sit or lie down at for the time being.
Stratos merely stood by, awaiting the next leg of their exam and unsure of what to do about all of this. While he had been strangely confident in his own abilities to get through this exam so far, every time he met up with the others, it appeared at least one or two more people were missing. Worried for their safety, especially Glen's as he had just disappeared in front of them, he was already a bit antsy. Coupled onto the fact that Aux had suddenly made a surprise, confusing, appearance left him with nothing but more questions than anything else. As he stood around, the boy caught the recording of Karina, being played which only further soured his mood. He knew that the girl definitely had some rough past to her, and hearing her as she was when she first escaped it was not something that he found any joy in. Wondering how things were going for her, Stratos didn't seem to do anything else until the groups for the next stretch of their exam were announced. The boy's expression brightened as he saw who his partner was, thinking that it was probably the best possible partner for him. However, his expression only worsened once more as he saw that Aux was indeed taking the Mark of Mastery Exam with them. Of course, he had heard the argument between Yue and the other game master about his inclusion, but it still stung to see him working with them here. Especially given who he was working with. Looking over to Hikaru and Kaida he simply said, "good luck guys and, be safe." With that, the boy walked over to Beuce with a smile on his face saying, "ready to ace this?"
While everyone was trying to reassure and comfort Ignis after her breakdown, it seemed that the latter was not in the mood to talk about things. Stratos wasn't sure what specter haunted her past, and though it seemed like something terrible for her, he also knew that he was in no real position to help her. So, leaving her be until she was ready to talk about with anyone was all he could really do. Turning around to face everyone else, everything seemed to grind to a halt as a man appeared before them. While Stratos had no idea who this person was at first, he soon recognized the voice as their temporary game master. While he began to berate the group for their performance, as Glen talked back, he was soon sent away in some kind of data stream thing. Eyes going wide in shock, Stratos seemed ready to fight, only to find himself paralyzed. Gritting his teeth in frustration, Stratos could only listen to the game master talk about the mysterious figure with them, and his eyes went wide in shock as a reveal took place. With the figure that was with them, appearing to be Aux, Stratos couldn't help but feel a burning fury and fear build up inside of him. Seeing the sight of the man that was responsible for their demise last time, the boy was filled with uncertainty if they were truly ready to face him again, yet all the same their was a burning desire to get what was right. Yet, Aux had seemed far more confused than anything else. Seeming unsure of what was going on, apparently missing some of his memories, his fury turned to confusion briefly as the scene continued on. Before the situation got any more out of hand, though, their first game master had appeared once again, sorting everything out as Sho left and he had sent Aux away. Telling them to go on to the last part of their exam, Stratos was freed from the paralysis, left only unsure as to what had just happened. However, his thoughts were given direction once again as Kaida made her comment, nodding in agreement. If who he was there was just a result of not knowing who he was, then Aux would almost certainly be their enemy once again when this was all over. Getting ready to leave, Stratos was following Kaida as he heard Ananta's comment about Aux having a "reason," for doing what he did. Stratos was baffled at this, as if the girl was trying to redeem the man by simply stating he had a reason. Sure, he had a reason. A very clear one to Stratos. He wanted to descend all the worlds into darkness, that was plenty a reason. The boy was still worried about Glen as well as she attempted to reassure them, and with a flat, monotone, "yeah, I'm sure you're right," Straots made his way to the portal and left.
What had happened next wasn't exactly what Stratos was expecting. While the girl was still in a brutal rage towards the surrounding area, she didn't seem to hear him, just sort of caught in whatever it was she was doing. It was then that the girl raised her keyblade, nearly slashing at the boy, stopping mere inches before his face. The boy stepped back a bit, with his eyes a bit wide and gulping a bit. As the girl fell to the ground crying, Stratos merely held his hand up saying, "it's fine. Everything's alright," trying to reassure her. While he wasn't sure what to actually do here, Luna soon came over and checked on them , to which Stratos said, "yeah, I'm alright. I'm uh, not sure what came over her, though." Soon enough, others began to make their way over to them, and while Stratos was concerned for Ignis he wasn't sure what the problem he was having one, and so he left it to Aislinn and Luna to handle. Looking over towards Kel, the boy shrugged saying, "I dunno, but whoever it is she saw in The Grid must've really rattled her." Though, what she was showing right now wasn't even really anger of frustration. Stratos didn't really know much about Ignis at all, in fact it was only recently that they had at all learned that she was even a girl, and so he wasn't exactly sure what it was she was experiencing, though it was worrying all the same.
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Aeira merely sighed, looking at the group with an unamused look as they began fighting amongst each other. She had no idea what was actually going on, and started to feel her frustration begin to build further, only for this to come to a boil as Vallus went to strike at her. Summoning her gauntlet to her hand, the girl matched the speed of Vallus, blocking his slash with her armored arm. With an intense look in her eyes and a cold seriousness in her voice the girl merely asked, "are you sure you want to do this?" Before the fight between them continued, though, he backed off, along with all of the males in the group. Sighing as the situation turned from bad to worse, it seemed that Koa was still fine, which she didn't really get but she didn't really dwell on it all the same. Looking towards Kritsa, Aeira merely turned to Koa saying, "violent solution now?" With a gust of wind surrounding her, and cages of iron being used to form around the other males, it didn't take a genius to figure out that the fight had started for real. Cracking her knuckles, Aeira looked forward, summoning the other gauntlet onto her hand. As she seemed ready to charge in, Kar-Kiara started rattling off orders. While Aeira didn't really think of her as a leader type, it made sense enough to keep guard on Koa. Besides, Aeira wasn't really one for charging headfirst, nor did she have any real complaints with most of what the girl said. As such, she merely said, "roger," as she took a more defensive stance, standing near Koa to stop any incoming danger.
As the groups had met back up at their hideout, it had seemed that the other group had a story to tell. While most of Aeira's face had been obscured by the shadow cast by her hood and her long hair, a single red eye could be seen peaking out, glaring at the newcomer. As who she was was discussed, Aeira's eyes then glanced over to Kar-Kiara, followed by Arcturus and then to Luther, as each gave their description. The situation was pretty simple to understand, and the only real thing worth discussing as a product of it was the girl with them. However, as the talk devolved more into petty insults between the group, Aeira started to grow more annoyed as she looked to Mellus and Arcturus, saying an annoyed, "shut up." Addressing the whole group, the girl said, "now, we either trust this girl or we don't. If we don't then we can just let her roam and if we do then she tells us what we need to know. And if she lies to us then we just beat her up. Simple." Her voice was level and matter of fact, before stating, "so, what do we decide?"
Stratos looked onward as Ignis explained that whatever had happened in their world, reminded them of someone from their homeworld. And it didn't seem to be a fond memory at that. Before Stratos could say anything regarding the issue, Ignis proceeded to bash another glass pane, followed by the murder of a lonesome station chair. Stratos looked onward, though, he seemed to be completely unfazed by the sudden and violent outburst that Ignis was going on. Sighing, he said under his breath, "really, another?" As Beuce walked near him, making light of the situation as was normal, he then went on to explain his lack of understanding of what was going on. As Beuce then asked him if he had picked anything new up, the boy said, "well, I didn't learn anything new there, per se. But, I mean I did use this for the first time." With that, Stratos's outfit changed color, becoming a combination of blue, red and yellow, with his keyblade becoming more of a rifle shape than a blade. With a smirk on his face he said, "pretty cool right?" It was then that Stratos realized that the slashing was continuing and, not wanting her to trash the entire station before her rampage ended, Stratos looked to Beuce. "Wish me luck," his tone was more business as usual then anything else. Firing a light green light from his key-rifle, attempting to heal the girl's wound, he said, "so uh. I know you're feeling bad but, I don't think beating the furniture is going to help."
Stratos was a bit confused about what the word, "NPC" meant but all the same, it didn't seem that they had done much other than fighting back in their world. When Ignis finished their statement, they seemed to have a sudden burst of anger as they slammed their fist into a wall, causing Stratos to just say, "oh." Pausing a bit he then said, "well, uh, doesn't sound like that fun of a time there. But hey, at least it's over with, and we're that much closer to becoming masters." Stratos watched as both Aislinn and Kel walked over to where Luna was sitting, and simply stood around with everyone else as he said, "yeah, they're probably still predisposed with their worlds. After all, they were only allowed to go in pairs and there were three worlds to go through. Hope everything's good with them." Looking back towards Ignis, with the blood evident on her hand he asked, "so uh, you alright there? Something happen?"
With the problems being solved and the password received, the group bid Tron farewell as they had managed to find their way out of the world. Arriving back at the Game Central Station, Stratos began to walk forward alongside everyone else. Soon enough, he saw the other group that had gone to the Grid having come back as well. As Beuce asked them how things went in their world, Stratos confidently responded with, "yeah, no issues on our end. There was only one guy who was really a threat, and he was like 12 feet tall, but we took him down no sweat. " He looked a bit proud in both himself, and everyone else as he pointed to the other keyblade wielders that he had partied with. A look of confusion crossed his face as he said, "we also had to do some kind of weird motor-bike thing tournament that was super deadly. I don't know." He shook his head before saying, "so what about you guys, how did things go over where you were?"
"Well, we know she's at least with keyblade wielders," Aeira stated. The girl continued to walk forward before saying, "so we'll just find them." The girl proceeded to crack her knuckles before bluntly saying, "and if we don't find her, then we'll at least beat them up. That'd be for the best." With the scowl still present on her face, the girl nodded to herself, seeming like she very much thought that would definitely be a good case scenario. With that done, the girl went back to being silent, as she continued to walk forward back to base. There wasn't much left for her to say, as the task at hand seemed very simple to her, and so she merely waited to see if the other group had anything else to complicate it, or it would remain just as simple.
Stratos wasn't sure what he was expecting to come from the password they were given, but he readied himself to try and remember all of it that would appear. And while he was prepared for a lot of things, seven, what appeared to be, names was not one of those things. As he looked at them, he was drawing a blank as to who they were and his attention was more centered on the first part of the code. "The door to darkness?" The boy muttered. He wasn't quite sure what that was, though it sounded ominous, and he wasn't exactly sure what these seven maidens actually were. While Hikaru seemed to know the general term for them, one he remembered Mizrabel stating back in Disneytown, he still shook his head as his partner asked the question. "Yeah, I'm not sure who those are either. But, the fact that we were sent on a mission with this as the result..." Stratos didn't finish his comment, but it was clear from his tone that something about this whole thing troubled him. Shaking it off he said, "well, thanks Tron, really. We would never have been able to find this without you, and I'm glad we could help keep your world safe." Looking to the other three he said, "and pleasure working with you all as well. Now uh...how do we get back?"
