Video Game: Kingdom Hearts SOS: The Road To Light

Steel Inquired silently to himself as the group continued to fight. The three ducks had given them a choice of where to go, and he was determined to think on the situation thoroughly. Training, on one hand was important, but wasn't his best field and could be done later. The hall of records sounded quite intriguing; In fact he'd like nothing more than to go. Gathering intel would be necessary upon arrival at what would seem to be their new headquarters, and he did love reading. However, so many people were already going, and if they did indeed wind up making this their new base of operations, than it seemed perfectly logical that he could make the time to visit the wondrous hall later. His final option was the main hall. It seemed that a few other wielders outside of the order had been found. Some new allies. He did think it was best to meet every one of the groups members for respectful reasons, as well as personal motives. The motives are what got him. He winced back to the allies that he couldn't sneak close enough too before they disappeared; he had no idea where they were now. He thought to himself as he watched Ananta and Kross walk in that direction that perhaps some of the wielders there were allies from times past. It was this thought that made his final decision as he walked after them.

As he caught up to them, he found himself walking in on a rather fun moment.

"Matter of fact, is this your girlfriend or something?"

Steel couldn't help but smile briefly as Ananta said that. He decided to get in on the fun. He walked up behind Ananta as she finished speaking. "I agree wholeheartedly. We Shant tell a soul." He corrected. "Come now Kross, do tell." He jibed in a smug manner. "I want to hear every detail." aside from the current subject, Steel was pleased to see that all three of the wielders were people he recognized: Two from brief encounters in Castle of Dreams and the Land of Departure, and the third from the Holo-Almanac.

 

Anora closed her eyes, tightening her embrace around Kross. The young female didn't realize how long it had been since she last saw him until now. She could feel her heart beating fast at the excitement of seeing her friend, but even with happiness she felt the sting of hurt. Taking in a deep, shaky breath she pulled away, clearing any hints of pain from her expression as to not worry her old friend that she had just been reunited with. and it seemed that their reunion was just as much as an impact as she felt it to be, yet she did not cry, instead there was a sad smile. "I'm sorry. I wish I didn't have to leave, but at the moment there was no choice." She said feeling guilty about leaving him when already many of their old comrades had disappeared, whether darkness took them, or they were somewhere else. But she did not want to tell him just yet why she needed to leave, she would leave that for later after this moment they currently were sharing with one another. Her hands touched his shoulders, long thing fingers touching his shoulder blade. "Did you get taller?" She asked, a happier, brighter smile appeared as she attempted to lift his spirits and hers as well. Kross had maybe change a little, but to her it was a sight for swore eyes to see him again.

Hearing a female's voice, light blue eyes went from looking up at Kross's head to a woman with beautiful unique minty green hair who stood behind Kross. Anora quickly stepped away from Kross after her comment, ceasing their moment, and faced her hoping that she did not offend the older female for not acknowledging her presence earlier.
"We aren't dating, I'm not his girlfriend or anything of the sort! It is nice to have been reunited with such a great friend like Kross. He helped me through a lot before in the past. " She said pale cheeks turning pink. Why must everyone always assume things like that. Anora still found the whole relationship ritual/assumptions to be a little odd, than again she was not use to foreign customs and even though she researched so many books here in Central Haven about that subject of love/liking between a man and woman (or whoever you love), she would probably never understand it. A pointless effort to ever figure out that mystery, especially from someone who grew with women being hidden and kept away from men.

Than another man appeared, coming up from behind the grey eyed woman. He had bluish hair and, yet another person, assumed that she was Kross's girlfriend. Her cheeks darkened, ears heating under her light colored hair. "No. I met Kross a long time ago...well at least it feels like a long time ago. We both met each other when Master Yen Sid first sent the letters calling for the keybladers to unite against darkness." She was not rude at all, she understood that some customs were foreign from her own. Annoying, well after so many assumptions or even males getting to close to her, she did find it a bit unbearable. But that hadn't happen in a very long while...well of course Lea sometimes would throw in his comments here and there, but it was Lea. One thing was for sure, she was embarrassed and didn't know what to really say. She just looked to Kross and sent a silent Sorry hoping he was not feeling as awkward and embarrassed as she was.

"My name is Anora. I am a keyblader who chose the path of the mystic. And these are my other friends, Aden and Raisor." She said pointing and turning to each one. "We were all here before but than found our way through here, some earlier than others." She said meaning herself.

(Sorry for such a late reply, I hope this is fine!)

 

Kross took in the embrace, managing to wipe his eyes with the back of his hands. That smile..that smile melted him, even if he was the coldest of people. Anora pulled back but put her hands on his shoulders. Her words made his honey brown eyes widen."Y..You really think I got taller?" He asked, feeling himself fly with joy at the compliment. He heard Ananta behind him and he turned to her. His eyes widened at the question, and he was about to answer quite vocally when Steel cut in, poking fun at him. He gave a shocked expression, his face red."I..uh..I..."He didn't know what to say,"I have no idea what you're talking about!" He exclaimed with shock, it was then Anora intervened on his behalf, saying they were not together and they were just friends. He smiled at her at her explanation. He turned to the two."She's an amazing Mystic too, I remember whenever she came with me to a world, we'd succeed in all of our missions, and it was thanks to her!" He said. He smiled at Anora."Aden and Raisor are here too? I hope they are okay."

 

Ananta smiled at Steel coming up from behind and adding on his own jokes. When Anora had finally pulled from the hug and looked at Ananta, she had started to blush. Ananta smiled at that, "Wow, a cute smile too?" she said, her sharp teeth looking quite menacing compared to her smile. If it weren't for the teeth, Ananta may have actually made a lot of friends with her smile. Maybe. In any case, Anora seemed to be very vocal about her and Kross not actually dating and being very old friends from ages ago. Taking note of Anora's deeply red face and ears, Ananta giggled. "Well, Kross IS foreign guy. I can't help but feel he has cast a spell on me, making me want to be near him and fawning over him." she sighed dreamily. Once Anora introduced herself, Ananta stuck a hand out. "Well, my name is Ananta. I've only actually been around for, like, maybe two worlds and an eighth? I mean, I joined the ragtag group of keyblade warriors in a place called the 'Castle of Dreams' but that was because I actually woke up there from...my world..." she said, a noticeable tone of sadness dwelling in her voice. Shaking her head, Ananta smiled yet again. "And, well, Kross and I only just started to talk to each other a bit before we headed this way, but I already can feel a strong relationship building up between us. I have a feeling I'm gonna be stuck with Kross for the rest of my time as a keyblade wielder with your guys. And, you know..." she started, turning to each of the people around her, especially fixating her eyes on Kross. "I don't think there's any other group I'd rather be in than with you guys!" she exclaimed, her hands shooting up in the air and her arms pulling the three wielders in front of her into a hug. Yes, she pulled Steel into a hug.

 

Glen listened to what Braum Kuma had to say, and immediately understood what he meant by giving him fifty. That didn't mean he was going to do it though. He shook his head. "Uh uh, I'm here to learn to fight, not to learn how to push my body off the ground. What good will that do in battle? Are we going to knock them onto their back and repeatedly push them into the ground with our abdomens? I don't want people to think I'm into that kinda thing" he responded. His ears caught the sound of both Karina showing off and Eon either being stupid and trying to take his job from him, or genuinely not knowing what Kuma meant.

Out of all that was said though, the thing that caught Glen off-guard the most was Eon's admittance to owning a copy of 50 shades of grey. He hadn't read it himself, but he had heard rumours about it. Nudging Karina with his elbow quietly, he spoke. "Looks like your boyfriend's been studying" he whispered. He then took a step back and over next to Eon. Nudging him, too, he spoke once more. "Looks like your girlfriend's a dude. I mean just look at how easily those push-ups are done, no woman can be that strong, seriously" he whispered. He then stepped back into line and stared Kuma right in the eye. "I'll give you 25 and promise to not embarass you in front of everyone here by kicking your ass, does that sound good enough for you?" he challenged.

 

The doors to the library itself screamed impressive. One didn't even have to enter to know what lay beyond would be of a similar nature. Sure enough, the room didn't disappoint. Books as far as the eye could see, and sunlight to illuminate the room. The only inhabitant of the room aside from the group that just entered was a silver haired man named Seiza, but they left shortly. The thought as to what happened if they touched something other than specified device briefly crossed his mind, but he had better things to worry about.

Beuce immediately went to work, searching for the book he wanted. If he was going to be able to take on someone as ridiculous as Nequa, he wasn't going to be able to close a gap that big through hard work and dedication alone. Some things just can't be overcome with force of will. He needed something extra, something only a certain few things in all creation were capable of granting. "Maybe...But what section would it even be in?" He searched through the books, until finally in the section about magic, he found it. It was an incredibly dusty, ancient book. On the cover it seemed to be written in a different language, but luckily enough someone of this world had taken the liberty of translating this particular copy. Taking it over, he sat down next to the girl who had been looking in the same section as him, the one that stood on Glen earlier. He hadn't caught her name. She had a determined expression on her face, as though she were trying to force information out of the book by force of will. "So, what're you looking for? I'm Beuce, by the way." Well, so far he wasn't hitting on her. That was impressive for him, although if you placed a bet that he would by the end of their current conversation, you'd likely have made a wise investment. "What the hell?" He asked to no one in particular. "It's always gotta be riddles with these people...I hate riddles. Why can't they just say "This guardian is here, this is what it is, also here's a detailed description of how to beat it. have a freebie, on us." Sighing, He looked to the girl across from him. "You're not by any chance good with riddles are you?"

 

Cat looked over at the boy who'd also been rummaging through an older book. If memory served, he was the one Glen had launched into Karina, so she already felt for him a little. Still, he didn't seem like he was generally so innocent. He introduced himself and without looking away from the pages of her volume, she replied. "Name's Cat. I'm looking for healing magic. Something a little stronger than a cure." She heard him mention riddles, and then a guardian of some sort. She looked up at him, now interested in what he was doing. Maybe seeking out some kind of healing guardian was what she needed to do. He promptly asked if she was good with riddles, and she couldn't hold back a smile. "I'd like to think so. In fact, you might as well call me Professor Layton." She loved that game back home. The whole series was puzzle and riddle based, and she'd beaten every single one near to completion.

 

This whole time while events unfolded before him, D'daear had stayed silent, becoming another prop in the background scenery. From being transported to the future known as Central Haven, to being removed from the computer room through an elevator. He had kept still, merely following the group like a silent ghost, drawing no attention to himself. It was a muted cry. The pupils in those blue irises had been dilated for some time now, with thoughts dwindling to faint whispers of broken truths. Caught in this momentary reverie, young ears barely grasped what had been unfolding before him. For starters, they had left Beast and Vincent behind; leaving Beast with a desire to save his beloved. Yes, a sad ending to a tale meant to end in happiness, and an ending the young keyblade wielder was not pleased with. Thereafter, they ended up in the computer room where they encountered a person named DJ. Things were revealed to some extent, but he didn't catch most of the conversation. What he did realize, however, was that Krowley was really Hikaru, and that his identity had now been revealed to everyone. From there, they ended up heading down an elevator where they eventually met three ducks by the name of Huey, Dewey, and Louie. The three were assigned to escort them to one of three locations, which left D’daear in a small conundrum. He felt so apathetic about the decision of whom to follow. Training grounds, the library, or the main hall where he would meet others? A part of him wanted to head to the training grounds. He did want to become stronger, right? A small unnoticeable sigh escaped those aquiline nostrils as irises averted themselves to the floor. This way of feeling... It drained what little motivation he attempted to lay hands on. Again, apathy took its place within D'daear. He stood idly as he laid eyes on those whom initiated their own decisions. Once everyone had taken their paths, everyone began to walk away towards their destination. Louie motioned for the remaining few to follow him toward the main hall. The group consisted of Kross, Ananta, Steel, and himself, two of which got their rear ends handed to them by Aux, just like himself. The recollection still stung, a reminder of just how twisted everything had become. They were so powerless, so weak.Considering the beating they just had, training would have been the better choice. Reluctantly, the purple haired adolescent followed Louie, pausing momentarily to turn that young face to look back at the other groups as they slowly faded from view.

“I probably wouldn’t have had the energy to train anyway…” he uttered in justification, looking down at the floor once more. Cheeks suddenly felt heavy, drooping slightly, while tensing the mandible. With shoulders sagged, he put away limp hands into his pockets while keeping those blue eyes averted to the floor, slowly catching up to the group Louie was escorting. Grey sneakers echoed through the hallway as D'daear walked along the marble floor, making way to the group in depression. D'daear's mind went to work, still trying to process the events that had taken place in that world. It was a quick walk, stunting the boys trail of ethereal ideas. “See, you guys aren’t the only one’s out there ya know…” spoke Louie. Everything else the duck had to say was muffled through the small attention D’daear had bothered to give him. Standing ahead of them were three other keyblade wielders, one of which Kross was apparently excited to see. Eyebrows raised themselves while eyes widened in brief surprise while D'daear silently stood in the back, becoming one with the background. Everyone seemed so familiar with one another. How would he go about this? Kross, Steel, and Ananta advanced towards the other three. The one with which Kross familiarized himself with had taken the initiative to introduce herself along with the other two.

"Anora, Raisor, and Aden..." he repeated under his breathe.

They all began to embrace one another in their moment of glee, evoking a weak sympathetic smile from D'daear while he watched from a distance with hidden ambivalence.

 

Raisor got up from where he was sitting. His attacks against Anora were really just him trying to wear here down so she wouldn't do anything, but then she had to go and use that Aero attack. From the looks of it, her spells were damaging her in some way. He didn't want to worry about it, but if he was going to fight with her, he wanted to make sure she wasn't going to put herself in danger for any silly reasons. Then again, it wasn't like he wasn't really one to talk. He stretched a bit, and moved his arm. He certainly went a little to hard with it. The whole lower part of his to his hand was a bit stiff, with his hand being a little numb from how much he had hit his keyblade in such a short amount of time. He was willing to call that fight a draw, but he really couldn't help but feel like Anora ran away from that fight.

After getting past his thoughts about the sparring match, he walked over to the group that showed up. Anora was catching up with Kross, and Raisor didn't recognize the other 2. Though he was guessing that if these guys were here, the rest of the keybladers were somewhere around as well. He figured that it would be best if he got a bit of a rest before they left then, because if all of them were gathered in the same place, he was sure Lea was going to pop up some time soon and have them all leave for something. That just seemed like the kind of guy he was: Go and work on something and immediately pop his mind to something else. At the very last, that's the impression Raisor has gotten from him so far. Though he figured it wouldn't be a bad idea to at least get the story of what was going on from these guys either.

"So, what exactly brought you guys here? Anything interesting happen that you might want to let us know about? We've kinda been out of the loop for a little while, some of us more then others."

 

"Beast of Rage, Breath of Fire
Eversleeping, Noble flier
As it stays dormant in its tomb
Just follow the sun, and extinguish the fume"
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Having read off the first riddle, Beuce looked at the girl in hopes of an answer. "That was the hint for the guardian of fire. Given the first few lines, i'd say it's some kind of dragon. Not only that, a dormant one. One that's been sleeping for a long time. Although, the part about the tomb and the sun may both be indications as to where it's at. I don't know of a lot of sunny tombs..." Beuce said, thinking for a moment. What could it mean by that? "Maybe the sun is some kind of metaphor...You know this would be a lot easier if we could just google worlds that fit the descriptions of these things on the order's holo-internet thing. In fact, we should ask Seiza about it when he gets back.." Beuce turned to a new page, and a new guardian. "...You said you were looking for healing magic, right? Light is usually the element paired together with healing. Maybe the guardian is what you're looking for." He skipped ahead until finally he reached the Light guardian's page. Then he awaited posting the riddle as Krowley hadn't told it to his writer

 

Anora didn't know how to feel about Ananta's comment about her 'cute smile', something about it made her feel uncomfortable, maybe how it was how the woman smiled at her, the connection didn't feel quite right. Almost like she was upset about something. "Thank you." She said either way, her smile slowly falling when Ananta began to make a comment about her world before cutting off. Anora got the idea of what could have happened and nodded her head, a sad feeling took over her as it reflected from her eyes, but that became a caring smile as the woman took her and the other two males into her arms for a big hug. Anora wrapped her arms around the grey eyed woman and said, "I understand, and don't worry. Soon we'll get all of our homes back." She said and looking at both Ananta and Kross. She remembered the conversation from so long ago about their home worlds, his of Pepper Island and hers of Vamacara...How she missed her home. When she left it was still there but now, who knew. "And yes Kross is someone who is very special and kind." She said, looking at him with a smile, of course she didn't realize how her comment could be misjudged or the look her eyes made when smiling at the male. Of course she herself didn't read in between the lines of the comment or assume anything of any sort.

Moving to the side, after their group hug, Anora looked to Raisor, and than to his body. it was a precaution that she was always in tune with ever since she learned how to use cure from her mystic mother. She especially needed to be watchful for him, which was hard because he tended to not show his emotion when it came to pain. Stepping closer to the green eyed male she asked in a whisper only he could hear, "Do you need me to heal anything?" Anora did not want to embrace him, she learned from taking care of her brother's at a young age that boys didn't want to appear weak in front of others, no matter if they were bleeding or it hurt. She looked at him with a look of so much care in her eyes, she had grown close to him and Aden and if anything were to happen to them she wouldn't know what to do.

Looking back to the other three, she noticed another person in the corner. At first she wouldn't have noticed if it wasn't for the way she was turned. But one thing Anora knew what to read was when someone didn't want to be talked to, whether they were observing since she, Raisor and Aden were knew to him, or because he didn't want to talk to them just yet. She said nothing, except for acknowledge him but catching his eyes with hers and giving a silent hello with a small curve of her pink lips.

 

At the request of Krowley, the rest of them had left and were in the elevator. Kaida was itching to ask a question but was trying to hold back from saying it before it finally slipped out, "So you guys mean to tell me all this time you knew EXACTLY where Hikaru was?"

Lea looked over towards her and replied, "It was best to leave him be. He had more people helping hilm to observe. I figured so long as the holo-almanac recorded the events that happened, we'd know, what they know."

"I don't care about the fact you wanted to leave him alone. You people told me you had no clue where he was!"

Right at those words the door to the elevator had opened and DJ. was there, "What do you mean, you people?!"

"How about all six of the people I'm supposed to be working with. What did you have a reason to leave me in the dark about it?"

"What's wrong with being dark?!"
"DJ..." Lea retorted
"Sorry."
Lea looked back at Kaida and answered, "We didn't want anyone leaving that still had to. And you're still kind of..."
"Inexperienced." Yue chimed in.

"Inexperienced..." Kaida growled and shouted, "Why do I even bother if that's all you people ever think about me! I'm just the inexperienced one?! Does experience even matter here because last I checked the person who's quote "more experienced than I" is currently someone's new damsel in distress!"

During that moment Merlin silently slipped out of the way and headed towards the library.

Yue responded almost immediately and with slight hostility, "You insisted on the opportunity and it was given. Part of the job is being able to deal with spontaneous variables. We all are at fault, and the best thing we can do is regroup... maybe it's best for everyone if you just sit this one out."

"I'm not sitting out, that's the last thing I'm going to do at this point." Kaida spoke angrily. The group just stared at her in silence, unsure of how to continue this conversation. Kaida took the hint and looked over at Jax floating nearby and grabbed him while he shouted, "K-Kupo!"

"You're coming with me." she spoke as she ran off with the moogle.

The group stared at her as she ran and Lea spoke, "Maybe it's for the best... she's had a long day."
DJ stared at Kaida for a moment and replied, "Just as well." He then turned to everyone and spoke, "We've got a problem."

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Holding a bottle of water in one hand and a book in the other, Seiza made his way back into the library and smiled upon seeing all of the people using their time to learn. Seiza was a little upset that no one seemed to be using his telescope but that just meant he could continue with his work.

He took a sip of water and pulled out a book titled All The Worlds & Their Coordinates [Incomplete] and he skimmed through it and found the coordinates to the one he was looking for and set it. As he stood there he realized people may have questions and he turned and politely smiled, "If any of you have any further questions, you can come up and ask me... oh. And I forgot before to show you the book with world coordinates... I am sorry about that."

He pulled out a notebook again and wrote down, "Note to self... tell Lemon the world is doing fine."

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Kaida finally stopped running and let go of Jax saying, "Sorry if I hurt you..."
"Why do you need me, kupo?"
"I-I just need the company... sorry..."

Kaida walked a little bit around trying to figure out where she wanted to go, she wasn't really in the mood to do much now that she was in a pissed off mood, and she just felt alone again despite the fact Hikaru was back at the world. She looked around and then smiled in excitement for adventure, "Hey, Jax... do you know if there are any cool treasure chests around here?"

 

Well, after seeing Karina and Glen working off the Push ups, Eon caught onto what he meant. However Glen's reaction to his comment was odd, what did he mean by a copy of 50 shades of gray? Eon was just talking about showing him 50 different shades of the color gray after all. Another concern was Glen's reaction to him and Karina. Eon instantly jumped back and retaliated.

"S-Shut up! We don't have that kind of relationship you idiot! I-Its not like I'm old enough to be her boyfriend anyway, moron..." He yelled out, lunging to the ground and begin to do push ups. Good thing he was light or else that attack stat of his would really be eating him away right now.

 

The entrance to the Hall of Records was certainly an interesting one to him. Namely the emblem on the door. He had never seen any thing like that before, but considering where he was at, there was a good chance that he might found something about said emblem, if he found the right book that is. After listening to what Seiza said, he started looking for anything of interest. Kel had an idea of what he was looking for, but that didn't solve the issue of there being a wide assortment of books on magic.

Eventually he decided to see what Beuce was looking at and made his way to where he was. As he got closer, he overheard something about a riddle. From that he could assume that whatever was being looked at was something important or held some interest. Why else would they put a riddle instead of outright telling you want it was. When he'd finally gotten to where Beuce was, he'd just head him speak the riddle.

"Interesting. Yeah, the only thing that comes thing that I can think of that fits the description of the first line is a dragon. I'm Kel by the way." He threw in the introduction since the girl likely didn't know who he was. Back to the riddle, yes a dragon was the main thing that he thought of, but there was a chance that it could be something else. Heck, on his homeworld there a legends with creatures other than dragons breathing fire. However taking into account the second line of the riddle, a dragon was still more likely.

 

Cat listened as Beuce explained the riddle. And before she could even open her mouth, he let out all of his theories. They were good, though she agreed with him that it was a shame they couldn't just look up the answers. She noticed that another boy had come up to them and been talking as well. He introduced himself as Kel, and she nodded. "I'm Cat." She agreed that a light guardian would be most likely to heal, but when he turned to the page he didn't do a thing. As if he'd been given an incomplete script. She sighed. "Well, if there's nothing on a light guardian, I'll just go back to the spellbook. Thanks for trying, though." She moved back over to her seat and skimmed through pages written in an ancient text. She couldn't understand a thing, save for the pictures of the element. Other than some fireballs here or lightning bolts there, nothing she found was helpful. Seiza came back promptly and began telling them about the book of coordinates before resuming his work on the telescope. Well, that would've been nice to know about beforehand. She really did miss home, but she wasn't sure if she even wanted to know its state. She knew some of the others had lost their homes to darkness and... she just couldn't bear the thought of it. It was like Schrodinger's Cat: if you didn't look, if you didn't know, then you could still hope.

 

Steel chuckled slightly at Kross' and Anora's reactions. They were priceless. His chuckle grew into quiet laughter before Ananta drew the three of them into a group hug. He paused somewhat at this. He felt as though she did this to him often even though it was only the second time she had hugged him. Nevertheless, he was touched; so few people had made it known that they enjoyed being friends with him. Sure, Base appreciated his tactical abilities and respected him, and the others didn't really have many complaints... Except for Karina but she would find something to complain about if everything she ever wanted was up and given to her as if she were Queen of the known multi-verse. He couldn't really blame any of them though, as he did maintain a rather distant persona.

That being said, he was surprised an Ananta's actions, though he didn't let them freeze him up for too long. He gave a small smile, though it couldn't be seen. "Thank you Ananta." He said gently. He would've also hugged back if she had not grabbed him in such a way too pin his arms to his body. So instead he was just content to wait for her to let go. His smile grew bigger as Anora mentioned that Kross was "Special and Kind." But he just shook his head, opting to stay silent.

As he was lowered to the ground, Steel heard Raisor ask a question that he quickly addressed. "Oh, you know, the usual. After going on an crusade to find more Princess's of Heart, they were kidnapped anyway by the ever deluded apprentices of darkness. Some order members happened to be around this time, and we found ourselves being brought in for "A few questions;" which is really just another way to say interrogation, only to find that we couldn't even have gone back to our old base anyway as it has mysteriously vanished." He said all of this in a calm and collected manner as he pretended not to notice Anora's interaction with Raisor. Though he didn't bother to treat Anora's reaction to D'daear the same way.

"Oh, and that's D'daear. He's not very comfortable since Base isn't around." He paused to consider he had been so rude as not to even introduce himself yet. "I'm Steel by the way." He bowed politely before turning to look at D'daear. "Hey, uhh.... I haven't really met most of these guys before either, I just know from my analysis and info gathering..."

"The same sort of analysis that makes me figure that you not knowing them is the problem." He thought briefly before resuming.

"I won't make you come over here... but you're more than welcome too." He gave a nonchalant wave of his hands. "After all, you may be able to see Ananta's sharp and pointy teeth, but i'm the only one who's really liable to bite." He stated rather flatly.

 

Kel had approached the two, also agreeing with his theory. "Hey Kel, you can summon a dragon can't you? Maybe they know something about a sleeping one." Beuce suggested. If Mushu actually did know of other dragons, then that might make their job a whole lot easier. It was then that Cat said it was alright if he couldn't find anything. Reading over the riddle, he made a thinking face. "Actually...I found it. I feel like the answer is on the tip of my tongue too." He said, possibly giving cat some confidence in the book. He was somewhat curious as to why exactly she needed a powerful healing spell. He made a mental note (literally he pictured himself writing a sticky note and putting it on the refrigerator) to ask her about it shortly. Opening his mouth, he began to read the hint as to the guardian's location and identity.

In the depths of darkness, awaits the light.
Guarded by sages of time, made older.
Unlikely, these three, now hold the key
In the mystic eye of the beholder.

"I feel like i know this one..." It was then that Seiza entered the room once more. As he asked if they had any questions, Beuce walked over to him, motioning for Cat and Kel to follow. "Is there a holo-almanac we can use somewhere? I've seen them before, and one of those things would be really handy. If not..." He placed the book on the table, the page containing the riddle of the light guardian open. "What do you know about the elemental guardians?" Beuce questioned the gentleman. He seemed to be the librarian of the world. He'd probably have read that book, possibly even been the one to translate it, and had much more time to think about it than any of them. Plus, he'd been able to study the different worlds. It's entirely possible he would outright know the answer as to their identity.