Karina, the one who could stand up to almost anything without batting an eye seemed shaken. She was ready to raid a Nequa base as clones came after them and she wasn't this unsure. Karina just looked down at her hands trying to figure out how to explain things, by she asked. These generic answers were somewhat helpful, but she didn't think that Beuce fully grasped that she didn't even have the experience of seeing other people in love. "Where I come from, love doesn't matter. You don't love your spouse, at least not when you get married. Marriages are just what pairing would be best to benefit both families most, or in some cases, who would be able to handle the wind non-conformist daughter of the general. Who cared if you loved them, as long as the wife would listen and respect her husband that was all they cared about." She sounded very bitter and resentful when she spoke of the process of marriage in her world, her knuckles were white as she gripped her hands together. "You should know by now there is far and few times where I can say that I am truly happen, much less wanting to share it with someone. Those don't help me, but..." Karina trailed off for a moment. She wasn't naturally a bashful person and would rather just get the words out, but even as Karina wanted to be blunt, she found herself blundering a bit, tripping over her words as her chest squeezed tightly. "I haven't stopped thinking about you since you stopped me from leaving so you guys could give me my keyblade back. No one has ever done as much for me as you have Beuce, no one has cared. I doubt most people trying to figure out if they like someone approaches that same person and asks them about the emotion first, but I can't think of another person here I could ask. It is sad I know, but I am not good at this people stuff, so there you have it. There is why I keep getting distracted and what I wanted to say. And for the record now that it is out there, I still don't know what to do about it, but whatever. I will deal with that later." Karina's voice turned to her normal, slightly annoyed voice when she began talking about other people and her inability to talk with them. She still wasn't letting herself get too soft, just enough to get things off her chest, an experience that was rare for her and Beuce was the only person here that really helped with that before.
Karina wasn't really in the mood for Beuce's joking, but mostly because she was trying her best to stay determined and not come up with something else to do instead. Karina waited until they were well out of the way of anyone who she cared that would listen. The random people that paced through Olympus didn't bother her as much as the thought of any of their comrades hearing. Ducking into an ally she scanned the area nervously before deciding it was completely safe to speak. Taking a deep breath and just blurted out what she wanted to say. "How do you know if you like someone? I mean, like, like. I mean love. How do you know if you love someone?" Karina asked sounding near desperate as she did. More desperate than Beuce likely ever heard her sounding before, even in her worst state of health, when she was nearly unconscious from a beating she took. Losing her keyblade had made her desperate, but that form of desperation was something different, she shut down more when that happened. Now she seemed to be reaching out. "I keep getting distracted with trying to figure it out and I can't. I can't help but think about it and it is distracting. I can't be bothered to even pretend to care about the worlds we are in when all my mind wants to do is sort this out." Karina did her best to explain her reasoning before continuing. "And if you tell anyone about this I will make sure you can't speak for quite a while." Karina threatened Beuce as she fought blush down and did so well.
When a wise man claims that
And here I am soaked to the bone working in the rain
Don't trust those who say:
Arch
Is that a threat?
Damn it our plan is fooled. Flee
Well I can't cheat now while everyone sees us talking about it. I have to wait until they all forget
Wow, Kel was even dumber than she first though. Karina let out a sigh and a shake of her head as Kel came to the realization that he had followed her for no reason at all. To make matters worse, Karina could see two out of place ships starting to approach the world. Well there was the people she claimed to be looking for. Since she couldn't use that as an excuse anymore, Karina supposed she had to go back. Turning around, Karina went towards the oncoming ships, only to see Beuce already walking towards theirs and calling out. For a moment it felt like her heart did something strange and Karina didn't know what to do with it. She stood there for a moment as he got closer to the boat trying to sort out what it was, then realized how stupid she was being. She hated the confusion and awkwardness and she was going to fix it. Karina started marching directly towards Beuce, determination in her eyes as she grabbed his glass arm, not hard enough to damage it but hard enough to make it clear she was trying to get him to follow. "We need to talk." She stated bluntly sounding almost annoyed.
If I posted and then tale posted locking the thread I could in theory win. Also there is nothing saying we can't make jokes about cheating. We wouldn't stoop to that level, but we can joke
Karina hated to admit it, but Kel managed to sneak up on her and startle her while she was lost in thought. "If we are lucky, no one." Karina responded with a tone that seemed like she was trying to make it abundantly clear to Kel that she wasn't actually looking for company, she was just off wandering by her self. Now she didn't know if she would have to be more blunt and spell it out for him or not, but she hoped she didn't. She knew that Kel was doing this in an innocent way, but she couldn't help but find herself annoyed by it all. She needed to figure things out and she didn't think Kel would be of much help in that realm. "So what brings you along?" She added thinking it was possible that there was a reason for this and it didn't just exist to bother her.
It seemed that Ignis wanted to stay behind, and honestly Karina couldn't care less about it. If the girl needed to go, then so be it, everyone had their reasons to be places and if her reasons didn't align with what they were doing then so be it. Karina didn't bother with goodbyes or anything of the sorts, but waited quietly until the departures were said and done. Karina was just glad to get to where they needed to finally be, no more side trips. That being said if everyone else made it here too, which she expected them to, it would mean facing something that had been on her mind and she wasn't sure if she was fond of that idea. Without thinking about it, Karina grabbed her necklace as she stepped out of the vessel and onto the streets of what seemed to be a bustling town. Everyone seemed to be talking and whispering about some tournament coming up, that could be interesting, but first they would need to find the others. "I am going to head around town, see if any of the other groups made it yet. See you guys in a bit. I will head towards wherever this so called tournament is being held when I find people." Karina called out as she turned around and began to walk towards an area that seemed to be a market of some sort, not giving time for people to respond as she began to run her fingers through her hair. "Perhaps being told who to love really is the easiest way. I don't understand this." Karina mumbled to herself as she tried to sort through her emotions again before she did run into others, or more specifically Beuce. Part of her really wanted to see him again, but part of her dreaded it. It would mean really facing whatever it was that made her feel awkward around him, and less brash, and she didn't know if she was ready for that yet.
Yes it is, and Thank you Garrett. Some of those staff files made my day though.
Okay bringing up those puns again is a great birthday gift. I love them so much. They were so terrible and great.
You fool, don't you know everyone is already your enemy. You have no friends or allies.
You are welcome. Am I your friend now? c:
They managed to deal with the situation on time, but now there was the matter of escaping and there was a bit of an issue with the ship. Karina watched Aux summon his glider and Jim suggested that they just push. As big as Aux was, Karina knew that he wouldn't be that much help, but Kel on the other hand. He might have been a skinny ass kid, but he could be useful at times. "Hey Aux let me on for a minute and get me close." Karina instructed not giving him a choice as she hopped on the back of his glider, getting ready to push off. "Hey Kel! Lets show them what we can do!" She called to Kel, hoping he would pick up what she was saying as she prepared herself, letting her power aura shine as she got ready to not just push, but kick to boat out of the portal and to safety.
Karina uses a combo for 8 hits then mushu will blast the shit out of that tail and hopefully kill it.
