Chrono admittedly had felt a bit more comfortable once Master Stamatis had said that his presence was welcomed. The actual confirmation may not have been needed, but it was helpful nonetheless. "Can all keyblades do that or is it something that just Masters can do?" He had been referring to cane he had made to assist his movement. If it was just another keyblade transformation, then he was curious as to how he could get it to take a form not blatantly made for combat like the ones currently at his disposal. "I've slept better than I usually do." Which was true for the most part. There wasn't a lot on his mind lately so he wasn't waking up in the middle of the night. He did, however, still wake up at least an hour before the sun actual rose, at which point he just stayed awake til it actually did.
As Chrono was about to respond to his sister, he noticed how Enzo just happened to be behind him which prompted him to instead ask, "How long have you been right there?". The follow-up question would've been 'why were you standing there so long' depending on the response, but the response made had made Chrono simple look at Enzo with a clear look of confusion as he proceeded to describe the beauty of outside when it was very clearly raining and cloudy. Unfortunately, Chrono had picked an odd and quite possibly concerning time to tune back into what Enzo was saying. "Excuse me, what!?" Now, normally Chrono wouldn't focus on things regarding his sister's love life as he saw it as 'things that their father would be the one dealing with in an ideal world' which kinda went down the drain when the age gap between himself and her got a lot smaller. This time was different as while he was certain Enzo was spouting nonsense, Tinarah's reaction helped confirm this, he didn't know how serious Enzo was about these so-called 'feelings'. He instinctively moved himself to further obstruct Tinarah after she had pushed past Enzo while the latter soon left to get food of his own. "I'm going to assume I can just ignore what he just said." It'd make him feel better and hurt his head less. He said not a word to this to Tinarah once he caught up to her and just waved to Master Stamatis upon being introduced followed by a "Good Morning." Chrono found himself a place to sit afterward, though he looked somewhat awkward doing so as he didn't want to accidentally mess up anything in the room.
The next area had been as straightforward as the as last one. Thankfully Marx's answered his question which provided a break from the monotonous pattern these chambers seemed to have. "Okay, do you remember what those worlds were like?" It seemed like a fair question, one that if asked to him he probably wouldn't remember quite everything from the worlds he's currently been to. 30/30
In the days that Chrono had spent training, he found himself pushing himself further and further to try and keep up with the new abilities he had learned. It had been more of a physical matter than a magical one, though his magic skills were something that was becoming actual helpful to him. The occasional training sessions from Atmos did help, as did Torrin's assistance though admittedly he was very confused by some of the transformations his keyblade was able to do and in some cases he had no idea how he would use them, but that was something that could be thought about later. His time had not been spent purely training though as there were times in which he interacted with his sister, Take and Aria (and trained with them as well, but that wasn't the point). The point was that he had actually taken time to interact with some of his other comrades. Now however he had chosen to tag along with Tinarah as she was bringing Master Stamatis breakfast. He didn't do much to help out with Stamatis's healing, but there were moments in which he did offer to help her help the recovering master, such as now. "The rain certainly isn't helping." Chrono had said with glance outside. The clouds completely covered the sky and the rain had just started to fall. It left a gloomy vibe overall that didn't sit well with him. "Hopefully it's just the weather and nothing else."
Chrono shall learn MP Drain Boosting HP by 3 DEF by 5 FOC by 9 SPD by 4 Current Standings HP: 160 MP: Same AP: Same DEF: 25 FOC: 71 SPD: 20 FLUX: Same
"Where have you been on your travels anyway?" Kel asked. Marx's did have experience sailing a boat which was helpful for them before they swallowed by a giant whale. The fact that that had happened to them in the first place still bothered Kel slightly, though not as much as the fact that they were currently looking through said whale stomach for some missing kids. So learning more about Marx would be a good distraction from all this until said kids were found. 29/30
"I don't actually." Chrono answered. The last he had seen of him was before they had gone into their respective simulations and he hasn't seen any sign of him since. There weren't that many places that he could think Take would be, the kitchen was one of them. Though that was the only cause of when he had first met it had been in the kitchen back at Atmos's castle. "I can help look for him though."
While it wasn't entirely his intentions to comfort her, he was glad to hear that she was fine. It didn't look like she was just saying that for his sake either as compared to how she seemed to be before they had gone through these simulations she was looking better. "That's good to hear." He said, followed by nodding to her offer. "Sure, I can always lend a hand if you need one." His own battle had gone well, but what was intended for four people ended up being a three-man battle and even then most of the fighting seemed to be spilt between himself and Aria. Then Kaio gave his response to Tinarah and so did she to him and Chrono, Chrono just stood there unsure of what to say and MoK didn't know what to have him say either so...
"Thanks."Zephyr placed the list into his back pocket and grabbed the perfume and brush. He examined them both briefly before handing the brush over to Gavin. "I'll spray it with some of the perfume then you brush it." So Zephyr entered the cage gently as to not freak out Fluffkins and started spriting it with the perfume. She was given a good 5 sprays around her entire body before Zephyr hopped out. Not before he had accidentally breathe in some of the perfume, causing him to cough. "Well, that's done." He said in between coughs. Flulffkins actually grimaced when the perfume was sprayed but took joy in seeing the blonde start coughing as a result of his actions. Then looking to Shawn and how he had lowered his head to her, only one thing came to mind. Leaning forward and one bite was taken out of Shawn's head. Fortunately she didn't snag a lot of hair with that bite, but still, it had to hurt while Fluffkins casually chewed on it. In that span of time, Zephyr had looked away to check the instructions once more, having only glanced upward to see that Fluffkins was currently biting Shawn's head. "Hey. Hey! Let him go." The teen had resorted to waving his hand in front of the alpaca in an attempt to get her to let Shawn go.
The only response that Chrono could muster was an annoyed 'tch' as Master Kaios went off to lecture the other groups. Even if he did have a point, the man sure knew how to get under his skin with the way he talked. Even if he had a point, it was by no means presented in a way that was bearable to hear. Still, Kaios did still have a point and it was one he wouldn't ignore. According to Thalassa using my drive more will help me get used to it, but what else can I do? That had been the root of his frustrations right now. Originally he had been poised to leave the room and find someplace else to be for the moment, either going to the library or just getting some fresh air outside, but as he was doing so Tinarah had finished up with hers. Despite not actually seeing how well she had done, he could infer that she had at least lasted a while considering that she was one of the last ones who finished. He would've assumed she won, but Kaios word had implied otherwise. Before actually leaving, he decided that he should at least try to say something to her. "If its any consolation, you lasted in there longer than most of the others."
Chrono shall Boost his MP by 1 his DEF by 1 his FOC by 4 and SPD by 2 Spell Learned - Magnet Ex-Art Learned - Spell Fencer (also swapping out Blade Beam for Zantesuken) Ability Learned - Once More Spell Upgraded - Thundara -> Thundaga (Soon Stopza shall be mine) Current Standings HP: Same MP: 36 AP: Same DEF: 20 FOC: 60 SPD: 16 FLUX: Same
With it being agreed upon that they would stick together, had arrived in the next with no trouble. This one is very reminiscence of the first one they had entered as there was only one direction that they could go in, which was good for keeping them from getting lost. So he continued to venture towards the exit to the next one, stopping before he actually walked through it though. "Ya know, I didn't think everything would be so...similar when we left to go look for Sora, Riku, and Pinnochio." 28/30
Marx's wanted to spilt up while Kaida preferred to stick together for the time being. Kaida did have a point, plus they had Kairi along with them who to they're knowledge she didn't have any means of defending herself. "Kaida's right, we are technically still inside of a whale and that's not someplace I'd rather get lost if I can help it." This was still a whale, right? Even after saying that and looking around at the chamber, Kel still wasn't all that sure about that fact. 27/30
Kel merely gave AJ a nod as well as a thumbs up as they step foot into the second chamber. Before address the actual paths that they had, he thought about what AJ had said. "Well if no time had passed then it'd be easier to explain my sudden disappearance. Otherwise, I'll need to come up with something." Fortunately, this wouldn't be an issue anytime soon, so he had time. As for the more pressing matter right now, there was actually two paths for them to take. "Do we go left, right or spilt up for now?" 26/30
Having arrived in the first chamber, Kel was at first surprised to find that this was inside of a whale. This didn't look like anything you'd find in one normally, granted this wasn't a normal whale either. He then proceeded to look left and found it blocked off, then right which was also blocked off. Lastly the next open was straight ahead and found that to be the only way that they could go. It probably didn't need to be said, but Kel decided to say so anyway. "So, guess we keep going straight." 25/30
Chrono too shared the frustration his teammates felt. Not only out of five rounds had they only managed to complete two, but by the end of the first one, he had practically exerted himself which only made going onward a harder task. It had been to the point in which Enzo's question didn't even register in his head with on where exactly he went wrong. Kaios word didn't exactly help, not that he thought they were supposed to, and really only just added to the annoyance he was feeling. Easier said than done. Had been what he thought. It wasn't like he'd perfectly mastered using his drive form after getting some help from Master Thallasa. All he'd gotten was an actual idea on how to use it compared to having no idea on what to do. Not that that would change how Kaios felt, which lead to what Chrono actually said. "If sounding condescending and talking down to us and your way of training, then I doubt it's going to be more painful for you." Said under his breath of course.
Hearing Marx's question, Kel couldn't help but feel like this wasn't the first time he had been asked that. If that was the case, it didn't change how he didn't know how to answer that question. In fact, he had even less of an idea on what he wanted to do. "Probably go back home but after that..." He trailed off after that. Given that he just up and left his home without telling anyone, he had no idea how his sudden return would go and not even how to explain what he had been up to this entire time. 24/30
With heavy breaths, Chrono felt his body ache after the repetitive battles. Even if the battle themselves were all that challenging, the problem came how much he had exerted himself in the earlier fights. This being his second time using his drive form too and it was easy to tell that he wasn't completely used to being in it. "End Simulation." While he couldn't speak for the others, he knew that he wouldn't last much longer if they kept to the next battle.
Chrono attacked as well
The information given to them was memorized, including a brief surprised to learn that they would be looking for a puppet as well, definitely taking the cake in regards to 'strangest world inhabitants' he's come across. It had taken Kel a bit for himself to process what Kaida had told him, evident by the time it took for him to respond himself. "That sounds strange enough to hear, let alone go through." Going off of his vague understanding on how time magic worked, what Kaida said sounded within the realm of possibility even if the actual chances of that were something he didn't feel like figuring out. Kel had remained silent as AJ explained the reason behind his odd statement. "All of our homeworld's are complex in some way, so you're not alone there." His had its giant wall, Kaida's with it everlasting night time and Marx's with its giant tree. Still, he gave AJ a reassuring pat on the shoulder. "Don't worry about it too much, we got time to stick together. I don't see this adventure of our ending anytime soon." 23/30
