Kaida used Thunder Bell (x2) Kaida used Firaga (x2)
Feeling inspired by his teammates, but his writer not inspired to flavor this nicely. Takehiko went in and threw on a couple attacks, trying to aim for Mezmerella but knowing how unlikely it was, before he backed away and pointed at Mr Incredible and screamed,"Hey you! Muscle man! Stay away from the gunner and yellow and gray one. Aiight?! Fight me instead!" Take used provoke to protect Glyde and Chrono HP: 12/85 AP: 10/42 MP: 5/20
The writer could probably afford to be more creative with this post since Kaida got two turns but the voices in the writers head are just telling her to get it over with. Kaida used Splattercombo Kaida used Firaga (x2)
Well, so much for attempting conversation with AJ in the battle. Since he was more focused on the battle itself. She wasn't exactly sure what was different about this fight and the battles before it. But that didn't matter, when Ignis mentioned puns being the lowest form of comedy Kaida said, "I disagree with that. You know what I think is the lowest? Deadpan comedy. Or even anti-humor. Or a mixture." Kaida shivered and noticed the darkside charging up some sort of attack and she mumbled, "Well that looks like it's gonna end in hurt... alright then." Kaida felt like she needed to end the battle faster, and in that moment her body seemed to agree and in an instant, her speed aura was activated. Kaida swirled her keyblades and seeming to be even faster than she normally was, she dualcasted fireballs and they launched at the darkball with a much faster velocity. Kaida activated Speed Aura and used Firaga (x2)
Kaida giggled a bit when Stratos joined in on the puns, and was immediately shut down by Ignis over the puns. What? It wasn't like she was dancing or doing something that wasn't fighting. She just spoke, that was a free action she was pretty sure. When Luna seemed to be more hyper-focused on the boss she let it go, but then Aux made an accidental pun. Kaida grinned and said, "That counts that totally counts!" and then AJ joined in on the puns and Kaida said, "See? Even AJ know how to make a good pun and not complain that 'this isn't the time'. Don't get your bottoms in a bunch." The blonde twirled her keyblade and mumbled, "It's like no one has time for games anymore. All busy and 'not the time'. No Kaida, let's not throw some excitement in though some of us were singing earlier when surrounded by hordes. Gotta plan. All plans no games, like we're not just kids in soldier positions... grr..." then Kaida pointed at the darkside and shouted, "Firaga!" as dualcast activated, another fireball flew on our of her other keyblade and that threw off Kaida minute, though it really shouldn't have, and she backed up and looked at AJ, "I'm surprised you jumped in on the puns though. You don't seem like the kind of guy to jump in on a group gag." Kaida used Firaga (x2)
Takehiko was a bit surprised at being suddenly pulled away, he must have missed out on some sort of order since everyone seemed to be moving and he had not. That surprised him more than it should have. As he felt the hats come in at him, he braced himself for impact, but fortunately it didn't hurt nearly as much this time. He watched the hats completely ignore Frozone and bit his lip before shouting,"You better be right, I don't like the idea of feeling these hats attack me as I'm running off!" and Take bolted down the tunnel, without throwing an attack at any of the hats.
Kaida took a deep breath as she looked up at the darksides and whistled, "That escalated far too quickly." when the demon tides decided to swarm over, Kaida quickly jumped to the side, feeling her angle kind of twinge in a bit of pain. She fixed her hair and looked up towards the red darkside, now focused on them. She looked towards the rest of her team and stood up and resummoned keyblades, this time whittling promises settling into her left hand, while her right hand glowed with oathkeeper. She twirled them slightly and pulled back a little saying, "Hope you guys are ready for this to get... electrifying." and Kaida quickly heaved back as a thunderbell came crashing down on the red darkside. Her other keyblade glowed as she tossed another one and threw it at the demon. There were two different ringing tones as the bell hit and Kaida smirked a bit, a little amused. Kaida used Thunder Bell (x2)
Take was more focused on the battle at this point in the game but when Chrono finally responded, by just repeating what he said in a question, he looked over and asked, "Did I stutter?" he took the hit from the hats fairly okay, but Take was definitely starting to feel it. He took a deep breath in and started taking down a few more before saying, "Yes, another one. Do you have a good idea on who it could be?" he looked over at Boreas when he heard him scream something about a ripped cape and then looked around to see how the others were doing and saw Glyde holding up fairly well and he shouted, "You're doing great, Glyde!" He looked over to see how Tinarah was doing but he must have just missed what she did do, and was more focused on one had flying in that he didn't get. Take slash upwards and the hat broke into several pieces. He looked at Chrono and said, "If you get worried you're gonna go down, please stand behind me. I've got you." HP: 19/85 AP: 2/32 MP: 5/20 Enemies Defeated: 5 Helping Hats Enemies Remaining: 22 Helping Hats
I'm unequipping musketeer hat and wearing apprentice sash. Uh... new stats MP- 5(+4) Strength- 25 (+6) Speed- 46 Magic- 25(+11)
As the machine began, the form glitched. To the creature it felt like static, as if the hair it may have would stand on end. But it knew it wasn't the case, and it knew why it was doing that. The creature growled and managed out, "What? YOU FIXed iT? IMPOSSIBle!" The beast fully formed and stood closer, every step it took, the floor shook. It reached out as if to attempt to destroy the machine, but it was much slower in this state. It ended up swinging at Cerdic as a result, purely because he was closer, and he did ask for it. The battle has begun.
Watching Torrin and Adalric summon out their keyblade gliders, the boy crossed his arms and mumbled, "I wish I could do that...." but let it go as they walked to head towards the tunnels. Then hats showed up... well, he was pretty sure they were hats. But there was something off about them, and by off he totally meant that these things looked like cybernetic monstrosities with some 'take over the world' complex. He summoned out his keyblade and made a point to try and get some attacks in quickly at 3 of the hats, then the boy backed up towards Chrono and managed out, "I would have told you during the walk but everyone was a bit too quiet for my tastes." a fourth hat charged at him and he stabbed into it and slammed it into the ground as it broke and he looked at Chrono, "I uh... eavesdropped on Torrin and Thallasa's conversation yesterday and... they said there is a second heart of pure light in our party. Ya know, the people who we're supposed to be searching for an protecting? You don't happen to know anything about that do you?" 41 Helping Hats left AP: 8/32 left
Xehanort's darkness is stronger than the power of friendship.
So this morning just before it was light outside I decided to walk my dog for a little while. He has a collar with little keyblade designs around the edge and it's very adorable. But bless the poor thing's heart, he just can't be friendly with people. So I went early and there were friends that happened to be awake walking too. And this dog is a powerful dog and he kind of looks just like a heartless in color scheme and I underestimated by only holding lightly onto his leash and he just starts running right on out of there and i can't fight him so it just results in us having a far shorter walk than I expected.
Takehiko was still getting used to the costume while he listened to the plan of attack. He wasn't sure if it was a good idea to send less people after the big guns, but he supposed Torrin and Thallasa could make up the difference. It wasn't like Take was in their league or anything. When someone started mentioning a team leader he looked thrown off he was even mentioned and just waved his hands and shook his head no, but once Frozone was mentioned following their lead that made sense. But what if Frozone was down? He'd probably push for Boreas to take the lead in that instant anyway, and he didn't know if others would exactly argue against that. Take moved his mask out of his face so he could breathe a little better for a moment cause he was already sweating a little. He shuffled slightly towards Chrono and placed a hand on his shoulder and said for Chrono's ears only, "When we head, I need to talk with you about something. I wouldn't pull you away if I didn't think it was important."
musical mission~ it's the month so I get the double crowns and also i have counterpoint auto-equipped for these missions so my rewards are: 3 crowns, 200 Munny
Kaida continued on with her barrage of aerial attacks at the darkballs. Stopping time in midair to knock a few out before they could float out of her range. Or slamming them into the ground so the impact was what got them. When she finally charged up red slash again she let loose with that as well. She jumped down and landed on her leg the wrong way and needed to keep herself low. She decided to move to a safer spot to rest up at least for the rest of this wave. Next wave she would do far better. Word Count: 100 EXP Earned: 10 EXP Total: 930 Blessed Thief: 10 Munny Sweet Memories: 8 crowns Heartless Defeated: 30 Darkballs (6bp unused) Enemies Remaining: 101 Neoshadows 79 Darkballs
Takehiko was having a bit of trouble getting used to his outfit when he put it on. He wasn't used to things being so.. tight. He always had a slightly loose fit on his outfits and this was the opposite of that. Everything fit well though, it was built with a stretch to put normal clothes underneath them. The mask reminded him of the one he had ready for smoke protection, he wondered if she got the inspiration because of that... somehow. When Aria mentioned it being their cue, he looked to the letters and sighed, "I guess it is. Is everyone alright though, before we go. Is there anyone who's not up to snuff?"
When handling the last of the heartless in the previous wave, Ananta had run up to her at some point, having been grateful that Kaida helped out. With her mind focused on other things, she was not paying too much attention. That was until the green haired girl asked if she liked Aux and Hikaru... in some "other" manner. The question threw off Kaida a minute and she paused combat to think about it. She certainly did not think so. She'd never thought about the two in that manner, but it made her wonder if she did. But it did not take her long before she settled on the idea that no, she didn't. She looked to Aux and Hikaru more like they were brothers. She had spent so much time with both of them sparring and going off on random adventures when they were in Central Haven that she never had the time to process anything other than that. Once she was in the Order she did not exactly have time to even ponder that kind of a relationship with either of them anyway. When that wave had finally cleared, she barely got time to breathe, then the second one began. But not before reinforcements seemingly arrived. She looked to see Karina had come back, with her new allies and there was at the very least a relief to see that she was still in one piece. Then Mizu showed up, and another relief was felt knowing that some other Order members were around. Especially since she had not seen Mizu since... when was the last time she had seen Mizu? It was not that important to her, she was still alive and that was the extent of how much she cared. Kaida was a little slow with this first wave, trying to catch a breather while the others started off strong and she got a good look at what these new reinforcements abilities were. Karina was using fire powers and had a boy following her around that was using gravity based abilities, which was unique enough. There was a girl fighting mainly with her fists and Kaida could not get a good grasp on what exactly her power was. Luna was having a reunion of some type with a boy, she did not want to pry too much into that. There was a man rushing through having waaaay too much fun destroying heartless in his wake. And then finally there was another boy, who clearly had a strong handle on time magic. If she had the time to only stare at someone fighting, she would probably watch how they were handling it. Since the flow of combat was something she was enjoying studying from a distance. After far too much time stalling, Kaida immediately went in after some darkballs. The invisibles were done by the time she got herself onto the battlefield. Having experience already with there balloon-like heartless, Kaida kept up an aerial combo going and trying to bring the heartless lower to the ground. After knocking quite a few to the floor, Kaida dropped down to take a breath and realized she may have taken too many into her aggro for her to handle. So she took a deep breath and was prepared to deal with that mess. She backed away a bit to get a good distance range for her spells, and shot blizzara and firaga at the same time with a flurry and finished off more of them. She placed down her keyblade and turned to see an ice colossus close enough to possibly step on her. Kaida blinked and said, "Wow. Sprinkles. You've grown..." then she turned her attention to the rest of the fight, her keyblades beginning to sizzle with the ability to use red slash once more. But she paused for a moment to breathe. Word Count: 644 EXP Earned: 60 EXP Total: 920 Blessed Thief: 80 Munny Sweet Memories: 7 crowns Heartless Defeated: 30 Darkballs (6bp left over) Enemies Remaining: 816 Neoshadows 800 Darkballs
Take was a bit thrown off by the idea of costumes. He didn't know that she was even making them and followed purely out of a curiosity. He heard Torrin and Boreas speaking to each other and tried to listen in, but gave up when he could barely get every fourth word. When Edna brought them into the room to showcase the costumes, Take looked at it in a bit of amusement before finally saying, "They... look... interesting?" he wasn't sure how to comment otherwise, he didn't think they looked bad it just wasn't something he'd normally wear. He wasn't sure why Edna picked black and white with a hint of green. He did like the hint of green though. But perhaps that was just because he was so used to wearing it. He whispered under his breath, "Looks a little small though... I think the size is wrong... Thank you... Edna." he was pretty sure her name was Edna and that someone said that name once or twice but he was pretty sure he never actually introduced himself formally to her which made this whole thing weirder.
The monitor flicked briefly before the password was accepted, and the very first thing presented was a selection menu. The problem was it wasn't exactly programmed with a how to or anything of the sort. It was only showing what was needed on the monitor. [o] Test [x]Full [o] Unlimited [x]Timed [5 min] Auto-Closure [x] Pre-Generate [1 min] generation time [x] allow interruption [o] no interruption [RUN] [TERMINATE] A memory begins to pierce through. "This will work, we have so much power at our disposal, how could we reject it? Isn't it great to lose that darkness anyway? You're just giving it to me... think of it like giving me a disease." "Give back what is mine!" The scene was through Aevum's eyes, looking down at Cerdic as he screamed those words at him, trying to reach out and grab him before exhaustion took over and he was out. Others began to follow and with confidence the boy began to turn towards the swirling darkness accumulating in the room. Aevum touched the portal and gasped out as his left arm reached to hold his right to keep it stable. His vision kept fading and then clearing up in random spikes, before a blur showed up out of the corner of his eye and Marley could be seen running full force at him and pushing him out of the way. As Aevum was separated from the darkness, something still was reaching towards it. Like the darkness was it's own human hand reaching towards it. Aevum couldn't fall down, like he was frozen in his spot. He turned to look towards Marley who was backing away a bit in fear over what was going on. The boy turned towards the computer and quickly began trying to keep the machine going. He pressed a few buttons saying, "Come on. Come on!" the boy looked at the core and summoned his keyblade and moved to smash it. "Marley don't-!" The smash of the core going flying caused the machine to let out a squealing noise. Marley took a step back to look at Aevum before the machine itself exploded. Marley felt the full force of the machine explode and flew back away from it and into the wall. They hit their head and were knocked out before they had the chance to react to anything going on. While Aevum began to scream and fell down, but it felt like something was torn from him. As he lay on the ground, a dark form began to take shape. The creature began to whisper, "MORe... I neED more..." it turned and quickly shot out of the cave. Aevum couldn't stay conscious anymore and his vision faded. --- "Pointless! POInTLESS!" The creature was finally beginning to show features, including a face as it grinned, "WhAT EXACtly is the point in every one oF THESE memORIEs. I wanTED To become what Aevum failed to be. But I can be stronger if I'm lESS of HIm. I just need more darkness. More. Less of you. I want to consume it all, the darkness can't DESTROY WHAT We love if I am all darkness is. Make thiS world the beginning... no..." There was a bit of a laugh as the creature continued, "Even that thought is too much like Aevum. Those motivations. I just hunger for darkness. I'll take what's left of it here and go." the creature's voice distorted more as it's eyes peered to look straight towards Daeni as it tried moving forward, "And there's one heart with darkness in it. Still hiding here. The one who messed all this up. Marley..." When mentioned, Daeni should have felt a sudden uneasiness in her heart, and that should have made her connect the dots there.
