Take nodded in understanding with his 'good be better, could be worse' response and stared a little confused and unsure at his response afterwards. He couldn't tell if what he was saying was supposed to be literal or metaphorical, but he wasn't much more metaphors so he went with the physical response, "Well, you're in the same boat as the rest of us. Or at least me. I'm not sure where we're going, only really the goal in mind... as for where you've been. I can't really help you there." Take took his left hand and massaged it slightly just to get a quick check on it before continuing, "As for it being a mess. I think that comes down to limited information. Something I'm not fond of..." the boy sighed and let go of his arm and looked back to Glyde, "But I've gotta live with for now." The black haired boy had a sudden moment of realization over everything and said, "Oh shoot. I completely forgot that you were like... in a coma just a few days ago. Are you recovering well from that or is that part of the 'could be better, could be worse' response? I'm... sorry I didn't ask sooner. I really should have."
When Tinarah thanked him for coming with her, he simply nodded and replied, "It was no trouble..." and watched her head off to her room for the night. The boy considered finally getting some patchwork started when he noticed Glyde sat on the couch staring off. Remembering how he had been a few minutes before being transfixed on the statue, he could only imagine something was up. Or maybe his mind was wandering. Either way, the boy wouldn't know until he asked. Takehiko walked over towards the couch and looked to Glyde and said, "Hey." he paused a moment before asking, "Is... everything alright? I know the fight took a lot out of people so, I just wanted to make sure you were okay."
Kaida smiled when Karina ended up being able to summon out her own unique keyblade. She felt like despite the previous test she had being a failure, maybe it wasn't after all and what happened afterwards was the real test. But she really had no idea. The girl turned her attentions towards the conversation with Shiro, Mizu, Hikaru, and Aux once that one started. Mainly because the rest of the conversations had seemingly wrapped up by that point. Listening to Shiro talk about Hikaru in a manner that almost made him seem like some sort of accident creation rather than a person... bothered her. Immensely. Sure, she understood what was going on, but she still held onto the fact that her memories with Hikaru were genuine and not artificial. He was more of a person to her than half of the members of the order. But she didn't say anything. She didn't know why, but she figured it was better to stay silent at this rate. Kaida felt Mizu tap on her shoulder and looked over to hear the young, blue haired girl attempt an apology. Kaida didn't know if she necessarily liked how much of a slap-in-the-face apology it was, but at this rate she didn't really want to fight over her genuinely trying to apologize. The blonde smiled a bit and said, "Mizu, are you admitting I'm worth something? This is such an honor."
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When she mentioned she would get healed but only if he got healed too, he grumbled a bit but then finally nodded in understanding, "I was going to wait until everyone who was critically injured was healed but... okay." he walked with her over towards Thallasa before saying, "Hey Master Thallasa? Tinarah needs healing. I need healing too but she needs it first." he crossed his arms a bit while he waited and then immediately said, "Uh... if it isn't any trouble..."
Take listened to her replies trying to understand it from her side, but he really couldn't help but feel the way he did. But that didn't really matter at this point. He watched her body language a bit and said, "I'm grateful all of you made it out either way. But please don't neglect yourself here." he got quiet and said, "I might be the pot calling the kettle black with that. I haven't gotten healing and I probably should... I just...." he tried to figure out how to justify the hypocrisy there and he really couldn't, "I just. I don't want to see anyone here drop because they kept pushing themselves when they need to rest and heal." he was almost glaring in Torrin's direction as he said that before looking back to Tinarah, "Teammates are supposed to worry about each other after all." Takehiko paused again as he thought about how many people have died so far and he admitted, "I don't think this is going to be the end of seeing lives lost. But if I can... I'll protect those I have the power to save." he looked Tinarah in the eyes and in a rare moment of lack of emotional restraint, his smile broke through just a bit more and a small chuckle came out as he said in a break of his monotone, "So get healing, I'll shove a potion down your throat if I have to."
Take realized Tinarah was there a moment or two after she had asked if he was okay. What with him being hyperfocused on the statue and everyone else being hurt, he didn't know if someone else walked next to him. He looked at Tinarah and replied, "I'm alright. A little banged up but really out of everyone I got out of it without many scratches..." when she asked what happened with him and what was up with the statue, he turned back towards it and said, "You know how Thallasa went searching for the keyhole? Well, Torrin was trying to contact her and she finally got back and Torrin sent me over to where she was to help seal it." he raised his gloved left hand up and pointed relatively towards it's chest and said, "It was right there, right about where the heart would be." The boy lowered his hand and let it fall back to his side as he continued, "I don't really know how to explain it but, in the moment I was sealing the keyhole, it felt like I could briefly see the whole world... not like clearly and really all that visually but still as if I could see the whole world. Then the light flashed and the keyhole flickered and faded away. And that's when the heartless stopped pouring in." he sighed a bit and scratched the back of his head, "I am wondering if I could have saved a lot of trouble if I was just a bit faster or a bit stronger but... I don't know how much I'm dwelling on that. I'm more curious how something that seems so insignificant can end up hiding something so special." Takehiko stared at the statue a bit longer before he finally looked at Tinarah and said, "But enough about that, are you okay?"
With everything going on, it was a little overwhelming exactly to get all the information needed, and he figured at that point it really would be best for everyone to get some rest. When they got back to the Mode Mansion, Take looked around and got a good eyeful of the damage around. He was probably going to find himself up all night helping clean here. He didn't know if he'd be able to get sleep at all but he wasn't really thinking too much about that. Take walked towards the living room and looked up towards the statue in the middle once more. Somehow through all the chaos and damage it was the only thing still standing in one piece. It really wasn't anything he deemed spectacular before but now he knew what laid within it. Maybe it wasn't the permanent location of the keyhole, maybe it showed up there only this once and found another place it would appear in the future. But he still found the whole experience of locking a keyhole so odd. He doubted he'd ever do it again, but that didn't stop him from thinking about it differently. At this rate, Take had the headpiece of the costume off and was so focused in on the statue, he really wasn't paying direct attention to what others said. He just stared.
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Kaida was confused how things managed to go from 11 to 35 so quickly. Considering she thought this would pretty much end after she cast stopga and everyone held them back, the fact that Ananta still decided to go into a player vs player situation when she was arguably on the same side as Steel only made her question just why people did the things they did. When everything seemed to finally start calming down, Karina mentioned the blood on her sweatshirt and she blinked and quickly unzipped her new sweatshirt and flipped it over to see the stain and there was a look of pain on her face. She just got this new sweatshirt after all, and now it was ruined. But she didn't focus on it too long when she heard Beuce try to tell Karina to prove her worth, in a manner that was actually kind of nice. Then she heard the man start the words to the keyblade inheritance ceremony and there was surprise on her face. She didn't know how he knew it, she learned it from years of seeing others say it and having gotten the inheritance ceremony herself. But she didn't think it was something commonly known. Did it just come to him? Did he already know it? It didn't actually matter, because the idea itself was touching and Kaida was on the same page about it. She smiled a bit and quickly put back on her jacket and summoned out her keyblade. She took steps over towards the two and flipped her keyblade around and spoke, "So long as you have the makings..." Kaida shifted the keyblade so she was actually holding it out towards Karina before she continued, "Then through this simple act of taking..."
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The suddenness of Karina coming in and yelling at Aux just after she spoke threw the blonde off. And while she of all people definitely understood a good punch. The random guy Karina had been chilling with the whole fight was in and going in for a stab. There was a flash moment of panic that Kaida felt. She would definitely say at this point in the game she didn't want Aux dead, and they were in the middle of an intense conversation about whether to trust him in the first place. The sudden vigilante justice only made it so Kaida reacted out of reaction. The girl's time aura activated without her really thinking about it as she quickly drew out her keyblade and screamed, "Stop!" immediately having stopga activate. Her time aura blinking a lot more in reaction to it as Arctus and Karina froze in their spot.
Catching up on the situation was fairly easy when they got back. Adalric was gone, and while it hurt to hear of a death, he would admit that the connection there was closer to watching an acquaintance die... and for him that was something he'd probably seen more than a hundred times in his life. He helped Aria stand and looked over at Illiana concerned why she was knocked out. He didn't have enough magic in him to heal everyone or anything. He did notice Boreas' burns and reached into a bag and held out another burn healing potion like the one he gave to Torrin and said, "Here. I have a bunch of these. It's a burn healing potion." he looked up to towards the sky and said, "Ya never know if a dragon just decides to show up and burn you alive... ya know?" When Torrin mentioned everyone heading to the mansion to rest and then leave, Take turned his head towards Torrin and said, "Getting out of here? Are you kidding me?" he let go of Aria and turned towards Torrin and looked visibly upset, "This city is very damaged right now, and even if every hero in this city were to just focus directly on it, that only means other villains could cause problems. I won't just leave here. Even if our objective is to find the princesses I do not feel comfortable leaving ruins in the wake." he looked over at Thallasa and Torrin and took a breath in and crossed his arms and said something he never thought he'd say, "I'll disobey orders if I have to, just to make sure I can at least start helping. Even though I know I can't fix everything in time."
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kaida photo by marushi c: There was an immense feeling of joy and accomplishment as the fight finally came to it's closing moments. With how she had survived, and how much she felt she helped, she knew she had grown and her abilities had gotten stronger. And the fact that she had made it with all of these people again just placed a level of trust in them she wouldn't have said she felt before, even though she wouldn't admit it out loud. Whatever events transpired with Shiro made her nervous he was dead for a moment, but then he sprung up just fine and that alleviated whatever tension was there. Then he asked Kaida to compare notes and she remembered the business end of this whole thing and sighed about it. But not before Aux said something, got his name out there, and ended up pinned down by Sprinkles. Everyone began speaking their mind about Aux. Ananta still held firm to her belief that Aux was trustworthy, Beuce advised caution more so than not trusting Aux, Stratos was in the same boat but seemed to be on the side of resolving this later, Steel mentioned this may have been the time to deal with this situation. Ignis couldn't believe that the argument was still existing and how he'd at the very least proven himself with the trials, Aislinn felt a similar way but was not as abrasive to those who felt otherwise. Kaida soaked in everyone's opinions before she found her eyes looking towards Hikaru. She remembered their conversation about who he was, who Aux was, how this whole situation even came to be. And how he was affected. She closed her eyes a moment to process everything, then opened them and looked back at Hikaru and there was a look on her face of apology as she looked back towards her two fellow members of the order and said, "I trust Aux. But I don't trust the situation." She took a moment to breathe before continuing, "Many of Aux's actions aren't really by his own consent. And while that can't change the face put to what he's done, I feel comfortable saying his actions weren't under his control. Maybe the inciting incidents were... but that's all." she looked at Aux and said, "He has taken a dark remnant, which is helping to fuel his more dark tendencies. I can't trust him not because of him, I can't trust him because of how that could be used." she side-eyed Hikaru very briefly before looking back at the others, "I only just found out this recently myself, don't think I was just holding this information from you guys..."
Take didn't really know how to respond when Torrin mentioned it being convenient that he had that potion. Yeah, he sure hoped it was convenient, he was always prepared for burns just in case of a dragon attack, even if that wasn't an out-of-world worry. He had at least two more of these potions in his bag and he wouldn't dare be caught otherwise without them. But he ignored it as he saw the two struggle to stand. He cast cure quickly on the two of them, and planned to heal himself but he didn't seem to have enough in him for that much. He just went with it otherwise, and once they mentioned leaving, he was pretty much ready to head back to the others to make sure they were alright. But as he was going to walk back towards the gliders, an old question returned to him and he stopped and turned towards Thallasa and Torrin and began, "That keyhole... it was cool to seal it and all but... why did you two need me specifically to do it?" he looked at the two masters curiously, but then a thought occurred to him. It wasn't because he had anything special about him, it was words that they used so Aria wouldn't run off, and he asked, "Is it because it was too dangerous a situation for Aria to go near, and you sent me because you wanted Torrin to stick with Aria while I headed into the fray? I mean, I know this whole crater thing happened but that wasn't expected or planned... so..." He also thought about the possibility of the fact he could have possibly died there. Was it another moment of him being disposable? He didn't want to think that way, but there was a part of him that believed it so. He simply waited, hoping one of them would tell him rather than dance around it.
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There was a wave of relief felt when they woke up, and once Thallasa healed the two, he was a lot calmer about it. When Torrin asked how he was holding up, he forced a slightly smile as he said, "I'm alright." it was a lie though, but he didn't know if he was bad or good at it. He stared at Torrin's arms again and shifted to look in his bag and he pulled out a potion that was a red color and held it out towards Torrin, "Here. It's a burn healing potion... it's... not going to make it go away immediately, but it'll help with the pain and healing up at least..." he looked at the potion a bit before looking at the two, "So was the explosion from the red eyed thing? Are you both holding up okay? Anything broken?" his worry began to return to his voice, but he caught it in time in order to take a deep breath and revert back towards the monotone.
As soon as the heartless disappeared, Take took only a moment to breathe, looking up out the window towards the sky and seeing the red eyes still there... and seeing smoke in the distance. Take quickly ran outside to look for Thallasa, unsure if all the heartless disappeared and she wasn't still out fighting. Thallasa's keyblade was planted in the ground beside her, the woman hunched over attempting to catch her breath. She was bruised and cut up but showed no signs of any major injury. "Takehiko?" She spoke, her voice now able to be heard normally. "You did it. Good work." She stood upright. "Even something as powerful as that will be forced back." She added, eyeing the beast above the clouds. Take looked up and nodded a bit and looked to try and find Torrin's glider, but at this point it was gone. He remembered Torrin mentioning being able to fight without a keyblade but perhaps towards the end it got worse. But then when he looked out towards where Torrin and Aria were last, he realized that's where some of the really big damage was. The boy's eyes widened as he said, "No..." he looked back towards Thallasa and said, "Aria and Torrin were over that way." there was a shaky nervousness to his voice that he was trying to hide behind the monotone, but was failing. Thallasa's eyes widened when she heard Takehiko's words. She looked back upon the destruction left behind by the beast's last attack, doubting anything could have survived such a blast. "Are you certain?" She spoke with urgency, picking up her keyblade. "Yes." he looked back at her and said, "Cause I came from that direction." There was another violent earthquake that caused Thallasa to stumble. Up above the beast began to fade away and vanish from sight. The woman had no time to feel any sense of relief and immediately turned her keyblade into a glider. "Alright. Let's go!" Take nodded and quickly got onto the glider with her once it was ready and they took off. Thallasa spared not a single second as she sped towards the last location Takehiko had seen Aria and Torrin at. She did not have to look hard as the smoking remains debris and a massive crater surrounded by melted cars and ruined buildings gave their position away immediately. At the epicenter were two bodies huddled together. Aria and Torrin. "Oh no..." She brought them down to land and immediately went to the two. Torrin's costume had completely burnt away at the arms leaving red skin all the way up to his elbows. She didn't check to see if he had other injuries as her attention immediately went to Aria who appeared to be...actively suffocating. "Gero told me of this...we need to wake her!" Take looked between the two, but his eyes stared at Torrin's arms. The way everything was burnt, the damage around them, it was causing Take to remember his last battle with the dragons. He could swear there was a part of him that could imagine them screaming. He moved to try and rub his wrist, but he still couldn't feel it. Frustrated at being unable to calm himself down, he gave up on that and looked to Thallasa when she mentioned waking up Aria, he moved quickly to her and shook Aria saying, "Aria? Aria! You've gotta wake up!"
