"Oh." he went, keeping the pace with Rydia. "I don't need cooling off, I don't sweat." He scratched his head. "But thank you for the effort. Did the ice help?" he asked, putting his arms behind his back and continuing forward. "Sorry, but I don't think it'd be a good idea to split up currently. You could always go back and hide again if you wanna be left alone." He suggested, figuring that would be at least a good idea for the girl. He reached into his cloak and yanked out his notebook, writing down a couple of things before glancing at Rydia. He then finished and tucked it away. "I'm curious, but how do you reload your gun?" he asked. As far as he knew, she probably used magic to summon the bullets in the first place, so they didn't really need to be reloaded. Otherwise, he was lost as to how it worked.
Master Thallasa was able to explain their magic to Fflam, at least. So that made Qamar feel a little more at ease. As they walked down the dark corridor, she looked over to Aria and saw her breathing out her mouth. Qamar stepped closer as Master Thallasa stopped, deciding which way to go next. Once they continued, Aria spoke briefly before she continued. Frowning, Qamar put a hand on Aria's shoulder. "I take it tight spaces aren't your thing?" she inquired, letting go of Aria. "You're doing good at keeping calm, I'll give you that." Her eyes looked forward at Master Thallasa. "I can't help but shake this feeling of dread..." Qamar muttered.
Qamar put a finger to her lips and bit on it, not sure why she had a bad feeling. She listened to Master Thallasa and Aria and she agreed. "Yeah, a torch...but...you're the only Master here..." she mumbled, glancing over at Aria again. "Though, I can...not feel the light, I get...the feeling she's not like any other person...it's an odd feeling..." Qamar mused, not really talking to anyone. Master Thallasa had started to cut a hole in the wall with magic, to which Qamar watched. She was lost in thought for a moment as she started to ponder what they were going to do now and what kind of scolding she was going to get. After all, Illiana could be dead for all she knew and it would be her fault for leaving the girl alone with a hapless pig keeper. Qamar stepped through the hole, behind the two, and she blinked a few times, her eyes letting off a faint glow. It wasn't Torrin levels of brightness, seeing as this room was just dark from no source of light. "We need a torch of some sort..." she mumbled, turning back around. She stepped towards a torch in the room that was currently not lit. She grabbed it and used another torch to light it, going back through the hole in the wall and stepping closer to Thallasa. "I figured this would help." she spoke, holding it towards Thallasa. "I can carry it if you don't need to."
Daeni kept looking forward, staring at the ground. She heard Cerdic's words, feeling what he was saying was honestly right. She couldn't help feeling this way, it was going to stay like that. Her eyes were full of sadness as she was turned to face Cerdic. She looked up at him and nodded. It wasn't like her parents despised her, they just despised the thing that had chosen her. Or at least, this small group of wielders. Daeni was just about to speak when Cerdic pulled her into a hug. Her eyes widened and she soon felt tears pricking at her eyes again. Everything he said was right and he hit the issue on it's head. She soon reached up and covered her eyes, trying to stop herself from crying. The whole series of events that unfolded her hard on the entire group. Everyone suffered in some way, if not more, and she certainly got the brunt of it. It was as if a weight was on her the entire time, what with everything that went on. Even now, her head was trying to wrap around the fact she'll never get to see Relli or Marley again. Those two were probably her closest friends along with Cerdic. She still had Alder, Cerdic, and Chrono. So it wasn't like she was completely alone. Taking a deep breath, she turned around and listened to Alder. The talk of teachers was funny, considering she had no idea where their own Master was. Daeni took one more step to Mora and she placed both her hands on Mora's shoulders. "Well, you've got a choice to make. Keep her here, with no way to be trained, and possibly calling the heartless back. Or maybe letting her go with us so she can be properly trained and thus able to return to protect this world when she's a Master." Daeni looked Mora's mother in the eyes. She hated that look that mother's got. The one where they think they know everything.
Qamar shrugged at the bard. Sure they had seen the Horned King, but he didn't seem as threatening as what they had been put up against previously. Though he was pretty creepy, so he had that going for him. As Aria tried to calm Fflam down, footsteps could be heard. Qamar drew her keyblade and had it ready as Aria stood in front of Fflam. Nearly jumping forward, Qamar stopped when she saw Master Thallasa. "Master." she spoke, lowering her blade, but not returning it. Aria explained a little of what happened, and Qamar knew she had to explain why she was with Aria. "Master...I...truthfully, I was doing what I felt was my duty. Aria is capable of protecting herself, but it never hurts to have a companion. Especially when a lot more bandits come after you just because you've got an ocular pig. I know Aria is capable, I just didn't want her to get overwhelmed." she spoke, glancing at Aria. "Before I could even make it to her, I heard Thunder cracking and...well, I had a feeling she was the source. I followed after her and we ran into each other. Eventually we found Feflm here and were cutting him free." Looking straight at Fflam, Qamar tilted her head and then back to Master Thallasa. "How'd you know where we were?" she asked, curious.
Ananta listened to Kaida's plan and she...didn't think it was a good idea. Not at all. If Stitch is as dangerous as they were told he was, why would they try to brute force the whole thing? As they bantered, Ananta looked at Lilo and then Stitch and she tapped her chin. "Kaida, why don't we just ask Lilo if she could...I dunno, show us some cool places to hang out?" Ananta suggested. "Or maybe even let us give Stitch a walk. Something that doesn't involve showing off our magic." Aux 20 Ananta 20 Steel 20 Stratos 19 Kaida 20
Dastgir returned his spear to whence it came and patted his hands together, doing a small prayer. Obviously the statue looked to be some kind of important statue, well was, so he prayed nobody would be angry. He looked to see that Rydia was already gone. He shrugged, not really caring at this point. Trying to be on friendly terms with her was proving fruitless, so why bother at this point. He soon started to follow her, readjusting his clothes to cover his head and crystal. Where else was he to go? Back to the start seemed to be the most logical choice, besides, he had some notes he wanted to jot down. So he pulled his notebook out and hastily scrawled a few things before tucking it away again. Without warning, he felt his body and clothes get wet and he looked straight at Rydia. "What was that for?" he asked, the water freezing onto his clothes. He still didn't have complete control of these strange powers over ice, but at least he wasn't just shooting at people. "I mean, it's water and it didn't hurt, but why did I need to get wet?" he dusted off the bits of ice, flinging them. One last piece was in his hand as he snickered and ran forward, dropping it into Rydia's shirt from behind.
Well, Stitch was a nice name for a dog. A dog that currently was destroying furniture. "Maybe you ought to stop him or your sister won't get a job..." she commented, scooting over towards Kaida and whispering. "Ok you gotta have something in that bag to keep Aux from destroying this entire hotel." she looked at him and then went back to Kaida. "I mean, he looks ready to just pounce on the first person to cross his path." Ananta tapped her chin and looked towards Stitch again, seeing how much he enjoyed destroying the pillow. "At least he's having....fun?" she said, glancing back at the badness level drawing. "Oh wait, that drawing. It reminds me of Aux." she said, joking. "Except his badness level is further down....I think." Aux 20 Ananta 20 Steel 17 Stratos 17 Kaida 20
"Yes, tourists." Ananta chuckled. "Aloha to you, too!" Though Aux's reaction to all of this was....unsavory, Ananta looked at him and frowned. "Aux, calm down. A tourist isn't something bad. She's basically saying we're not from around here." Ananta made a face and motioned that Aux should just go with it. "And that's exactly what we're doing, isn't it?" she turned back towards Lilo. "Your dog's cool. What's his name?" she asked the girl. Once she had a chance, Ananta looked at Kaida and waved her over, hoping that maybe she could reign Aux in if he got too violent. Aux 20 Ananta 19 Steel 17 Stratos 17 Kaida 20
"I hope Hen Wen can swim." Qamar said, a little surprise that Aria tossed the pig. Though, usually, pigs knew how to swim...usually. Aria motioned for them to get out of the area as the sound of dogs and bandits grew louder from a nearby door. "Right." she spoke, following Aria down some rather creepy steps. The sounds of dogs and people faded away as cries for help could be heard. The two approached what seemed to be the prison area as rats fled. Bones were strewn about here and there from previous tenants. Qamar made a face of disgust, not understanding why you'd just keep bones laying about. They approached a stone cell that had bars covering holes. The sound of a man pleading and protesting could be heard. Qamar glanced at Aria, who put a finger to her lips to signal Qamar stay silent while they observed. Her eyes moved from Aria to the man in the cell who was fighting back a dog that, eventually, got pulled out by a bandit guard. Aria moved to go in the room, to which Qamar followed. Aria began her usual talking down and calming of new people, to which Qamar stood there, keeping an ear out for the sound of a dog or bandits. Once Aria freed one hand, she spoke about the Horned King capturing people. "Yeah, I'm surprised he hasn't captured a princess yet. He doesn't seem the type to have sired his own, after all." she said, crossing her arms. "So, Fflewddur, you're a bard, hm? You're much luckier than this guy." She nodded towards the remains of another bard. "We'll get you out of here. Aria's great at casting spells. You should have seen her earlier, kicking bandit butt and all." A smile spread across Qamar's face.
Since Illiana had Taran, Qamar watched Aria run in her own direction. Not wanting to leave Aria alone, Qamar tried her best to follow the girl. Getting sidetracked, Qamar was confronted with some men who glared her down, smirking at her and licking their lips. "Disgusting..." Qamar mumbled, holding her keyblade defensively. The men raced towards her, ready to cut her to pieces. Luckily, they were rather easily defeated by Qamar. Though she had to fight through this, she didn't exactly have to worry too much about them hurting her. She had more formal training than these men, so she was able to outsmart them. They got an A for tenacity, however. Qamar continued onward and heard a Thunder spell above her. "Aria!" she spoke out loud, finding the nearest stairs and climbing them. At the top, more bandits were lurking that needed disposing of. Qamar was able to stun them with her keyblade through a sneak attack. She shoved them down the stairs, not caring what happened. She watched them fall and she backed away, readying to run forward again. Just as she was building momentum, she ran straight into Aria, bumping hard into the girl. Qamar fell to the ground with the girl, dazed. "Augh....what the...." she shook her head and looked at Aria. "Aria, you're okay! Where...where's the pig, though? They didn't get her, did they?" she asked, moving to get back up. She helped Aria up. "I think I know where we can get to Illiana, she took Taran and ran off. I figured since they wanted the pig so bad, they'd harass you a lot more, so I followed you." she spoke, dusting herself off.
"Oh dear, there he goes again..." Ananta mumbled, tucking the magazine away and following after Aux. She certainly didn't like how unsubtle he was being, but she couldn't stop the guy. She ended up standing next to him as they watched the older woman talk to the receptionist about finding a job. "Ouch..." Ananta said, realizing they were basically spying on a woman looking for a job. A young girl approached Aux and Ananta glanced between the two before Aux got this look on his face. Ananta reached over and put a hand on his arm. "Calm down, big guy, you can't cause a scene here." she spoke low to him. She may have been shorter than Aux, but she knew if push came to shove.... Well hopefully it didn't. "Well, little one, if you know who we are, mind keeping it a secret for us? We'd hate to be...discovered." she said, a smile spread across her face. Aux 19 Ananta 18 Steel 16 Stratos 17 Kaida 20
Of course things weren't as peachy as they seemed. People woke up, but many more did not. A somber look spread across Daeni's face as she listened to Mora's Mother go on about the troubles their group had caused. Clearing her throat, Daeni spoke up. "We...understand. We lost people as well, just...not as many..." she muttered, fiddling with her sleeve. Mora summoned her keyblade and Daeni looked upon it, then towards the Mother. It seemed she wanted all of them to leave. Cerdic already voiced his opinion before Daeni, too, stepped forward. She put an arm behind Mora and kind of pulled the girl closer. "If you want to throw her out, then we'll just take her. It's not fair to leave her out to die after she also helped save all of you." she spoke. "Things would have been far worse had she not been there to help us. We're grateful for it and I would gladly take her away from this place if even her own mother was beginning to despise her for it." Daeni spoke, venom in her voice. She already knew all too well what it was like to be cast out by your family.
Flipping through the magazine, Ananta followe the group absently. She looked up now and again to make sure she wasn't seperated, of course, but other than that she was totally engrossed in this thing. Determined to figure out an outfit that would help her fit in almost anywhere, Ananta was beginning to settle on something when that blue dog made a noise. Looking up from her magazine, Ananta looked at the hotel they were now standing in front of. "Well, we can always stay outside. We don't really need to go inside, after all...besides, I think that older woman's the reason they're going to all these places anyway." she said, nodding at the older girl leading the trio they were following. Aux 18 Ananta 17 Steel 16 Stratos 17 Kaida 20
"Alder's right. Anyway, Mora, take us to your home. I wanna meet your parents! And maybe get some food, take a shower, get some clean clothes.... "she listed off on her fingers, trying to think of more. She looked at Mora and then smiled. "That is, if you wouldn't mind." After getting her memories back, Daeni was feeling more confident in herself. She wasn't a crybaby now, or at least she thought so, and she was happier for it. She was going to miss the friends they lost, but she knew they were happier now that they were free. Daeni put her hand on her pendant, holding it gingerly. She remembered getting it as a gift from Relli back before the recent events. She wasn't sure if it meant anything to them, but she knew Relli got it as a present for her birthday.
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Dastgir stopped and turned to Seiryu, listening to her explain the eyes. Sadly for Dastgir, his weren't as special. "My eyes only do this due to some kind of trait my ancestors had. I have no idea what use eyes that glowed when using magic had, but it must have been useful, I suppose." he spoke. He removed his hood and turned his head, pointing at his own pointed ears. "My people all have these ears. Our teeth are sharp as well, but that's to assist in eating our food. Many things are tough on my world. Nobody has grown wings or a tail on my world, however....we don't usually get possessed by spirits of dragons or the like. Mayhaps ancestors, but that's very rare." Dastgir tapped his chin and wondered the last time somebody had been possessed. Probably that girl who couldn't stop scorching a wall in her house whenever her parents would clean it up. She ended up okay, but that spot was always there. "Ah, actually, I just remembered." Dastgir moved his scarf and showed the crystal around his neck. It was kept in place by a metal band that was fitted to his neck. "People may be possessed by spirits on my world if they wear a crystal like this one that belonged to an ancestor. Though they don't know it, it's thought that the ancestor gets a second chance at life. The case is proven by a person special to me." He smiled and covered the crystal back up. "Let's finish this!" he erupted, stabbing the statue, causing the last of the stone to fall and leaving scrap metal bars behind.
"I suppose you're right." she spoke, flipping through more pages. She folded over the edge of a page and smiled. She continued to look through the magazine until a loud noise could be heard. Ananta looked up and over at the blue dog to see it happily playing the guitar...until it broke windows. Covering her ears before the worst could happen, Ananta prepared herself and was lucky to not receive any type of damage. Opening her eyes once more, she removed her hands and followed after them, tucking her magazine away into her endless pocket. Of course she grabbed Steel to drag him along since he had a problem going anywhere without help. "I didn't mean your clothes were terrible Aux, I just thought the ones in the magazine would be a nice alternative." she spoke. "I even found ones I thought Stratos, Kaida, and even Steel might like. Just something fun, not like they gotta wear them." Ananta glanced backwards at Steel, letting go of his arm. Aux 18 Ananta 16 Steel 14 Stratos 16 Kaida 20
"I agree, I probably wouldn't have met any of you, so I'm somewhat thankful." she said this and looked around. She glanced towards a newspaper stall that had a fashion magazine. Ananta slipped over and grabbed the magazine, handing the vendor munny and walking back to the group. "Since the blue dog isn't as dangerous as they made him out to be, I think this will be rather straight forward, don't you think?" she asked, flipping through the magazine. "Oh this one would probably look good on you, Aux." she said, showing Aux a picture. She then returned to flipping through, looking intrigued by a few pictures. She was hoping she'd be able to find herself a new outfit idea if she kept looking through the magazine. So far, she had a few ideas, but she wasn't exactly one hundred percent on anything yet. Aux 17 Ananta 15 Steel 13 Stratos 15 Kaida 20
Just as Qamar thought, they brought the pig out. But not before they were treated to the sight of the Horned King. At least, that's who Qamar thought it was, all things considered. She watched the King walk forward and sit on his throne as some creature came and summoned forward the pig. Taran then got upset and ruined their chance at silently watching. The King yelled out and the bandits sprang into action, grabbing their weapons and lurching towards Thallasa and Taran. "Action!" Qamar yelled, jumping down. "Weeeeeeeee~" she went, stepping on three bandits' head and causing them to stagger. She ended up squishing one down to the ground and smiled. She moved back to stand beside the pig and Taran, keyblade at her side. "So how do you wanna do this, Master?" she asked Thallasa. "You grab the boy and I grab the pig?"
