Kingdom Hearts: Kingdom Hearts: Light Chaser

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Chrono let Tinarah do most of the explaining as to why they wouldn't want to actually see their father and simply put he didn't know how to explain any of this to their father. Part of him didn't even know if he could bring himself to face his father after being gone for 3 years on top of everything else that's occurred. The time to ponder this was cut short when Master Fost opened up a doorway to their homeworld. The immediate first thing that went through his mind was why did Fost pick this place to drop them off. The only reason he didn't immediately walk out of the alleyway was the risk of him being recognized by anyone. "Well, ignoring the smell, this is home alright." His attention was aimed at the skyscrapers up above and in the distance.

 

Qamar scratched her head when Torrin looked at her. "Hey, it was just a suggestion, never said it'd work." she spoke in her defense. Soon enough, he had made the portal and they were walking through it. On the other side, Qamar shivered on the other side and looked to Torrin and Boreas. Their eyes were glowing and she sighed. That meant hers would be giving off a glow as well and that kind of annoyed her. Walking along, she held her hands behind her back. Enzo was singing an odd song and she only half paid attention to the lyrics at first. Then she heard names and she started to listen more carefully. She heard her name and looked at Enzo with a frown. Oh great, his eyes were also glowing faintly. How lovely. He had finished his song by forgetting to remember Lumen's name. "Enzo, please, no singing. That's all I ask. Especially since you said some pretty choice words. You're lucky I haven't punched you yet..." she mumbled the last part.

"Man, the last time I was here, I got attacked by heartless." she spoke idly. "Glad to see it's not...well, as bad so far."​

 

Lumen and Enzo had joined them as they were about to leave, Qamar wondered if they should act like soldiers behind him, he didn't say he sincerely doubted that she could actually manage it, even without the uniform that Torrin mentioned. Torrin didn't seem to be too thrilled to be heading home, he could understand why. "Good luck out there." Boreas said to the other group. As Torrin nodded at him he too held out his hand, they'd open the way together. Boreas followed Torrin closely the portal felt more familiar to him than other ones he had used out in the Realm of Light. Emerging on the other side he felt the familiar weight of the darkness settle on him, he had missed it in the Realm of Light, it never felt quite right to him. He breathed in the salty air, and closed his eyes for a moment to listen to the gentle lapping of the waves. This... this was home...

He looked at the sky for a moment to get an idea of what time it was and then turned to Torrin who remarked on not wanting to be outside of town when night fell. "Might want to get moving then. I mean the guards may have fallen back because they are anticipating a horde last I heard we haven't had one in a while... but we really don't want to get caught out here if that's the case... furthermore fewer guards we run into the easier it is for us to move around." Boreas said to his friend. The absence of fighting in the area was good, it wasn't too long ago that the rebels had dared attack the Castle itself, thinking of that day caused him to wonder where his company was right now and how they were faring without him, and who was his substitute. As Enzo was singing his song, Boreas got slightly annoyed, however as the song drew on he couldn't surpress a smile, it was a rather funny song and rather impressive that he made it up on the spot so he didn't say anything about it. Others weren't as pleased with Enzo's singing but for different reasons, he glanced to Enzo noting how his eyes glowed, just like Torrin's and his, was he from out here too? Boreas knew next to nothing about Enzo. Boreas kept pace beside Torrin surpressing the urge to tell Qamar they had only just gotten here and while Heartless were more prevalent here it didn't mean they would immediately get attacked.​

 

Chrys merely shrugged at Take's response to her words and nodded at Tinarah's thanks. She left the room not far behind them, and mostly stayed quite as Chrono and Tinarah discussed what to do about their father. She listened carefully though, and tried to consider what might be the best course of action. However, there were too many variables, so she wasn't sure she should give an honest opinion about what to do. Maybe that was for the best, though. Though she knew on a conceptual level that it was best not to overthink things, it was unfortunately a lesson she still had some trouble putting practice too. As they were joined by Illiana and departed for their destination, she briefly noted and subsequently tried to shove her observations about Tinarah and Fost continued... issues to the back of her mind. Chrys stood back silently as Tinarah and Chrono began talking, waiting to see what the group was to do. ​

 

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"Let's investigate the company first. If that doesn't work out then we'll go with that." Chrono said. Even though he did plan on coming back here at some point, actually being back here right now was felt as odd as it was discomforting. Not because his sister and some of his friends had ended up coming here as well, but the lack of mental preparation was slowly taking a toll on him. He would be able to bear with it for now, but for how long he wasn't sure about. Especially if they ended up needing to go home. "Everyone okay with that?" He'd asked mainly to see if anyone else had any ideas or suggestions.

 

Illiana followed the others until she found herself in a city. "Not quite like Stella Nihil but it still has that city air." Illiana opened her umbrella and kept following the others. Tinarah and Chrono were discussing with one another. Illiana kept looking around until Chrono asked the group. "This is your home not ours. We don't know where we're going so not like we have much choice." Illiana shrugged her shoulders as she gave her opinion on it.

 

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Take was probably not as bothered by the smell as much as others, since he'd certainly smelled worse things. But the locations and the reason for the smell was enough to at least have that same gross feeling. He tried to walk out of that area a bit and looked up at all the skyscrapers and took it in a minute before admitting, "It's a nice city and all, but it just makes me realize how much Illusia feels like home to me. Must be the mountains." he put up his hood cause he felt the urge to considering they wanted to be stealthy and whatnot. Regardless of whether that really helped. Then he looked over at the two and said, "You guys are the bosses really. Unless something sounds really unreasonable I won't have much to say when it comes to how to handle this." he then looked back over to the skyscrapers while keeping an eye to follow the others when they moved along.
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Whilst wishing the others good luck, soon Aria found herself spirited away to the other realm. The darkness was pressing, that much she noted. She swore she could feel the dark creature within her churning and maybe even giggling in glee with the surroundings...

Aria was barely paying attention to the group when Enzo suddenly broke out into song. It was a strange one at that, and the outlook of the mission in the song was dim, but the tune was sort of catchy. Aria blew some lose strands of hair from her face, grounding herself back on the task at hand. They were heading to the castle where it was mentioned there was no guards. With really not much to say or do, Aria quietly followed behind the others, hoping that the dark being inside her would sit this one out for a while and leave her be.

 

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"Oh great. It's you." Takehiko hadn't even turned yet, that voice was recognizable without the face he knew seeing it would piss him off anyway. Take turned to look back over at the man and yelled, "Don't you have anything better to do with your life than harass a couple of kids? You seem more competent than that." he then heard Tinarah speak her mind and replied quieter towards her, "I think he already answered the question about why he's here when he mentioned the orichalcum... wait..." he looked over at Ardyn and said, "How did you even know we were coming here? Who told you?!"​

 

The way Enzo talked really got under Qamar's skin, but she kept quiet. Though the part about casualties of war piqued her interest, so she glanced to Enzo. "That's oddly specific..." she thought to herself as they walked to the town gate. They were immediately let inside, but were met with odd looks for Qamar and Enzo. Glancing back to Torrin, Qamar raised an eyebrow. He mentioned this being the noble district...she was a little confused, but nonethless, they seemed to fit in....with the reds and purples at least. "Honestly...I'd hate to see the other districts." she spoke quietly towards Torrin. "Ah, I just thought of something. Do we still call you by name or should we address you as something else? Perhaps just Master...? Odd question, I know, but it's a little necessary."​

 

Lumen was humming while they made they’re way to the castle up ahead, while doing so he was playing the lute to what Enzo was saying earlier and gave a smirk as Kosmo was peacefully sleeping. “I suppose we just don’t because he’s our friend. It’s more so personal.” He said while finishing off one of his tunes and smiled to Qamar before looking to Torrin again. “So we’re on the search for some sort of material for armor if I recall right? What are we looking for exactly?” The boy asked curiously with his hand behind his back.​

 

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"Did the Light Chaser to keep an eye on us, or does he need the Orichalcum for his own purposes?"Despite the seeming calmness in his voice, Chrono was very much on edge and glaring at Ardyn. This was the last thing that Chrono wanted to deal with right now and the fact that he knew about their father somehow only made things worse. The tension of the situation had left him ready to act the moment it became needed.

 

Boreas remained at Torrin's side, Boreas was rather amused by Enzo's song but understood Torrin's objection to singing, at the very least without guards out here it was harmless. Even if it was a grim outlook on the mission ahead of them, which might not even come to fruition if his assesment was right, not liking their chances when a horde came along was an understatement. It was the one thing that broke up open battle and have both sides stand side by side to simply survive. With this team, sure they were all wielders of the blade but all it took was for one to fall and they'd all be overwhelmed. Eventhough the questions weren't directed to him, Boreas couldn't help but think the last question was rather specific, something Qamar seemed to share. He understood the feeling of not wanting to get the others involved in the family politics though, not that as outsiders they had any real influence and Boreas doubted he held any sway in that regard anyways.

As they reached the gates Boreas returned the bow to the guards, he knew one of them, seen him often enough they sometimes spoke and if it weren't for the others with him he would take the opportunity to see how things had gone for the man. They were quickly let into town and the scent of freshly baked bread and the smoke of the forge filled his nostrils. His own family home wasn't too far off, if they had time he might visit home, but other than Torrin he wasn't too sure if he wanted the remainder of this group at his home. Boreas didn't need to adjust to walking around in the noble district, his military service made sure he knew how to walk upright and with his head held high, between that and his upbringing it was second nature, his torn and singed green cloak was rather out of place here but it mattered very little to him. "The material we're looking for is a rather trivial matter, it wouldn't take long to acquire it, if our request is granted that is." Boreas said, Qamar raised a reasonable point regarding the name and figured that it'd just be best to refer to him as Master, either that or just not talk until they reached the castle.​