As they waited for the other witcher, instead the man who had been staying at her tavern the past couple nights had shown up. "Good thing that most people are too drunk to listen in to conversations most of the time." She commented back, sheathing her knife and crossing her arms, standing up straight. She wasn't fond of the reception that she was getting for being there offering to help with a mission that she had no reason to even be a part of, except that she felt like helping a friend. She would have thought at least the witcher would be a little more grateful that she was helping him rescue his teacher, but she supposed she couldn't please everyone. The idiot of a witcher kept talking digging himself into a bigger hole with her, each word she spoke. She was nearly ready to turn around and walk right back in the tavern. "It is a blessing of the elves. I am sure you wouldn't be able to begin to guess my real age." She let the height thing slide because she had a feeling he would be defensive calling it a joke, however good jokes were usually built on truths, and standing at 5 foot 11, Dayla wouldn't be considered short by any means. Finally the last Witcher arrived, they could be done with this stupid conversation then. "Great the gangs all here. Lets get moving before the cold stiffens our joints too much to do this stealthily." She was already flexing her fingers and rotating her shoulders, keeping the blood flow strong with this cold weather. They were breaking someone out of prison, it was better to not risk making mistakes because of the cold.
Tinarah lingered at the doorway when she brought Stamatis to see Gero. She watched how gentle and concerned he was over the man, it was true that that Gero had seemed to touch many peoples lives. She heard Stamatis say something about his successor and Tinarah wondered if this old man was once Master Stamatis's teacher. It was interesting to her, this interaction. Stamatis seemed to be a bit tense though as he went back to being more serious, needed the number to oppose the Light Chaser. The world shifted again and Tinarah looked around a bit confused. Suddenly there was a familiar voice but not in a good way, as a hand on her shoulder moved her out of the way, and she was left staring at the back of a cloaked figure. It might have been a long time since she had seen him, but she knew who this man was, knew that voice. He complimented her and Tinarah couldn't help but feel this was all her fault, her own stupid fault. Stamatis was going to die because she was so weak and desperate to just know he was alive. The conversation caught Tinarah off guard though. He would have never acted out against his master? Stamatis trained the Light Chaser? How did he turn into such then? How did all of this come about? Tinarah wanted answers but there was a battle to be had. Summoning her keyblade, Tinarah was almost ready to jump in and help. She wanted to protect Stamatis, but she knew, she knew that in her current condition she would be taken out in seconds. She needed help and there was only one man she could think of that she trusted enough right now to ask for that help. Darting out of the room Tinarah ran for her own bedroom again, slamming the door behind her, locking it, even if the effort really wouldn't stop anything. Planting her keyblade in the ground she closed her eyes again. "Master Fost." She spoke the name in a little bit of a panic as she waited for that feeling that someone picked up. When the sensation came over her Tinarah started to speak without thinking. "Listen Uncle Fost, I know you don't remember me, but Master Stamatis came to see me and the Light Chaser tracked me... or us... I don't know. Now he is here and I think he is trying to kill Stamatis and Master Gero. I am not strong enough to stop them, but you might be. Please come and help, you are the only one I can trust. Search your heart, remember me. Remember Tinarah. Please! We need your help. I am begging you for this one favour, please before it is too late. I am at Master Choma's castle. Please. I beg you Uncle Fost." Tinarah called out for help. She couldn't fight but she could maybe get someone who could and save Stamatis.
Something shifted and Master Stamatis stood in front of her. Tinarah just sat there, it was the only thing to do to keep herself from running and hugging Stamatis. This Stamatis didn't know who she was, it would be weird to do such things no matter how much she wanted to. "From what I could tell.... he was distant before I arrived I think... I think as he put it, I made him soft. I want to reach out to him, but I am scared that he will just reject it because he doesn't remember me." Tinarah told Stamatis, as if she was talking to the one she spent five years training with, the one that knew her story. Stamatis had asked her about Gero and Tinarah nodded, she supposed that she needed to explain again. "I found Master Gero after you... or other you tried to help me get home. You gave me this necklace and told me to focus my magic but where I ended up... it was still not in my time, somewhere in my future. I... I got in trouble trying to defend what you and Fost died fighting for and was thrown in prison to be used for something else later. It was there I met Master Gero. He said his student locked him there after he failed them, in that realm. When I finally was able to summon my own keyblade I fought back just enough to get him out, he created a portal for us, and now it is two days after I left, but I was gone almost 6 years." Tinarah tried to explain the meeting, giving some context but not all of it. "Anyways Gero is this way." She said, getting up off the bed and feeling dizzy for a moment before manage to get her balance. She slowly lead Stamatis towards Master Choma's room where the man was sleeping. She hadn't really got a good look at Gero since they went through the portal, she hoped he was doing alright, managing well. Perhaps the rest would help him. She just hoped that she had been sufficient in helping him through this all.
The heartless was going down easily but there were so many. In the background he could hear conversation, but couldn't afford to focus on it at the time, not until Alder yelled out a warning to Daeni. Whipping his head around he could see a fight break out with Mora, who shortly after turned into Ria. This was bad, this was very very bad. He had saved Ria.... He had put her under their protection. He was stupid, so stupid and now he had to fix the mistake. "Daeni control yourself, don't act out recklessly, Ria will get whats coming. Watch your back!" Cerdic called out before turning back having to knock away a few more heartless away from himself. It was four against one, they could do this.... they had to do this. At this point Cerdic knew it was their last chance to get rid of Ria or they might die to Ria, he wouldn't let that happen. After Daeni struck at Ria's arm Cerdic tried to put himself between Ria and Alder, giving Alder a chance to recover. "So what if I am stupid, at least I am stupid because I care for my friends." He retorted taking up a defensive position instead of offensive. If he could draw Ria's attention and protect himself, perhaps the others could strike them down.
At least Stamatis believed her, even if he didn't remember her. She guessed Gero was right, in his mind he didn't know but he did know her in a way. He didn't respond however to her asking, mentioning that she wanted to know if Fost was alright, instead asking about where she was. Tinarah didn't mind telling him, but first she had to know. "What about Fost? Is he okay? He was the one who rescued me and figured out that I wasn't from the timeline, he brought me to you and I made him visit us often. He... He was kind of like an Uncle to me then. I wan't to know if he is okay." Tinarah insisted. Finally Tinarah forced herself to relax, something that had been hard time doing recently. "I am at Master Choma's castle... in the mountains." Tinarah actually didn't have any clue where exactly his castle was. She was just there. "And no I didn't come alone, Ge- Master Gero brought me out of the realm in which I was trapped." She hadn't called him master in jail, but the way that Atmos spoke of him, she knew he deserved a lot of respect that she hadn't given him before. "We found our way to Master Atmos, Torrin and his friend Boreas, they are here at the castle now." Tinarah informed him so he was prepared if he showed up that it wasn't just her there. She didn't feel like letting him in on how tense things were between her and them though, she would let him figure it out for himself while she hid in her room a little longer.
⛸️彡♪ Don't stop us now, the moment of truth
The thing was, Tinarah at the time wasn't sure how bad The Light Chaser actually was. It was his student that saved her life, he healed scars no one else could. He rescued Aria when they had all left her for dead, then he offered to let her go. Tinarah didn't trust him fully because he refused to let Aria go, but still she was confused and conflicted about her feelings towards him when she left and Chrono found her. She wanted to say something, wanted to explain it all, but she didn't think he would take it that well, and Torrin warned Boreas to back down a little bit. Boreas continued to push her on why she was looking at them how she was and Tinarah's mouth went dry as she opened to explain it. "Because you... you wouldn't stop him. You helped him kill the keyblade masters, you let him kill his wife, you let him kill Mika." Tinarah was about ready to cry as she stared at Boreas a moment longer before Atmost showed up questioning what she was overhearing. Torrin answered for her, which was fine, except that lead into a conversation that had Tinarah feeling like she was invisible. Right in front of her questioning the legitimacy of it actually being her. They couldn't have waited until she had gone to sleep even? It was making her rather uncomfortable. Coming over Atmos checked her temperature as she offered to make Tinarah more food, but Tinarah shook her head. "I am not feeling well. I think I am just going to rest." Tinarah informed them as she excused herself from the table. She was still feeling weak, but the food had helped a little bit, and at this point she just needed to get out of the room. All the talk, how they doubted her and how they looked at her, it didn't sit well, even though Tinarah glared at them back. She needed time to clear her head, and there was still something she promised to do. Heading to her room, Tinarah shut the door behind her and sat on her old bed. She caught herself staring out the window for a moment,daydreaming before finally summoning her keyblade. Placing it in the floor in front of her, Tinarah closed her eyes, picturing the kind face of the man who trained her. "Master Stamatis." She whispered sitting there anxiously until she heard a voice come through. Instantly she realized that she didn't know what to say, but she had to say something, she didn't even know if Stamatis would know who she was. "Master Stamatis? I know you might not know who I am, or this sounds crazy.... but my name is Tinarah. I am...trained with you in the past, but it was another realm as well. I just needed to hear your voice, know that you were okay. Uncle... Master Fost as well. I need to know you are both alive and okay even if you don't know who I am. I am sorry to disturb you for something so stupid, but I just needed to hear your voice again, after all that I have been through." Tinarah tried to explain. She knew, she knew she sounded stupid, that is why she hoped somehow these connections that Gero said they would still have, ran deep enough for him to remember her. She felt alone with Torrin, Boreas, and Atmos, she needed someone on her side.
Auburn looked away when Lazuli mentioned this could be another mistake. She liked to believe that she was fixing a mistake, not making one. Being here was a mistake, going to Beacon was a mistake, thinking she could ever work with a team and make it as a huntress, that was a mistake. She knew that she couldn't talk to people, so why did she even try to do this? It was a waste of time and money, at least she didn't have to waste more time than she needed to here. "I wouldn't call it a change of heart. I just thought I could do this, and proved I couldn't." Auburn said bluntly before tearing away. She could feel the tears stinging her eyes and didn't want to make things worse for herself by crying while she was attempting to run away. She could have some dignity in it at least, hide the tears and just walk away, not turning back. Auburn would have liked to say with her head held high, but that would be a false statement as her shoulders were curled inwards, her head down as she reached for the door to leave once more. She hesitated but finally pushed the door open, taking a step away from Lazuli.
Boreas came down soon after she had spoken the first time. He had put Gero in Master Choma's room, which she supposed was more appropriate than her room. It wasn't like it mattered that much where he stayed just as long as he had a place to rest and food to eat, food that Atmos was soon delivering to him. She really hoped that Gero would be alright, Tinarah had done all she could to help him at this point, there wasn't much else she could offer at that point, it wasn't like he had any other choice to get them out of there, Tinarah had never been taught about portals, and she knew she would never be able to outrun Torrin with Gero, it would probably end up worse than Gero putting so much energy into opening the portal. Boreas started speaking to her and Tinarah slowly looked up at him, trying to stop her glaring as she thought through all those two had put her through. "Look, I don't know. I don't know what happened anymore. I only found out last month, while locked in prison, that I was in a whole other realm, not just another time. When I saw him, that was Chrono, I would recognize my own brother. I was getting upset because he wasn't listening to me and he got mad. Chrono doesn't usually get mad, but I don't know I was never supposed to follow him in the first place, maybe he really was mad at me and let his emotions get to him. I was told I was being sent back to the others and I saw my brother, what else was I supposed to believe." Tinarah glared at Boreas again, her hollow looking eyes drilling into Boreas as she seemed to already be a bit out of breath from that rant. From there Torrin continued to ask questions as well. Of course it was natural for them to want to know what happened, but Tinarah at least wished that it was Atmos, not the man... or a version of the man who had tormented her for the last few months. Tinarah let out a sigh as she pushed away her empty soup bowl, her stomach starting to feel a little better already. "I remember helping the people in that world. I was on a boat fighting heartless with a guard. I think I got knocked off the boat protecting the guard. After that a boy took me to Eventide town and I met the Light Chaser. He brought Aria too me but said she couldn't go home. He was going to send me home and I promised to bring her help. After that The Light Chaser opened a portal for me to go back to the others. I was on a bridge, saw Chrono, we got in a fight, and I was thrown off the bridge. When I woke up I was in a different time line." Tinarah gave him a quick explanation, clearly still not impressed with the questions. Tinarah looked at the bowl, wondering if she should ask for seconds, but a odd gurgling in her stomach told her that while she was hungry, eating too much after not eating at all would be a very bad idea. She put a hand on her stomach, starting to feel at her ribs that were more pronounced than they should have been. When she was training she kept in decent enough shape that she was reasonably thin, now though, even though it had only been just over a month, she was clearly underweight and just being able to feel that, it bothered her.
Uniform kept trying to taunt her, but Kiara put on a bit of a swagger as she stared him down. "Good thing I don't care about daddy's approval anymore. There is such a thing as doing this for myself." Kiara retorted simply knowing it wasn't much of a taunt, more of trying to prove she put the past behind, even if it was still a work in progress. She could at least pretend for the sake of getting through this day. The conversation didn't go much further when Finlay stepped in and managed to get into more of a fight with Uniform. This wasn't going to end well, she just hoped that they were enough of a distraction for the other three to flank and catch them off guard. Of course Finlay was the first to run in and steal her fight, but Kiara supposed that she could share, as to not end up in the same mess as last time. "You like to hear yourself talk don't you. Almost as much as Juliet did. Do you really think we were that dumb?" Kiara wondered if he really thought they didn't know about the necklace or if he just liked hearing his voice that much. Either way Finlay was already in fighting, so it was time for Kiara to join the fray as she approached at a walk, behind Finlay, waiting until he gave her an opening before lashing out with her whip at Uniform. However as much as she wanted to focus only on him, there was two enemies. If Aeira focused on the other enemy, she would jump between the two. Better yet, she could try and lock one in until they had time to deal with it. Barely turning to Lima, flames erupted form the ground surrounding him in full before she turned some of her flames back to her whip, channeling them through the metal, as she took another lash at Uniform with it.
Well that had to be one of the most embarrassing things that Aislinn had ever had to do. There was no time for embarrassment however as the hyena's started to charge after them, clearly hungry. At least the distraction worked, but that left them fleeing. Aislinn managed to keep a larger group of hyena's on her so Kaida and Ananta could split off and find safety first, she was the biggest prey there, which meant she had the most attention on her. Unfortunately for Aislinn though she was't the fastest of the bunch and ended up getting a corner of her cloak torn as she narrowly escaped the hyena's on her tail. After a while Aislinn managed to circle around and join up with the group again, tired and out of breath. She had arrived just in time to hear Scar claim that he killed Mufasa. Aislinn looked at Simba, pinning Scar and gave him a slight nod. The lost lion was starting to become a king, it was time that he took up his throne. This was one battle that they didn't need to be involved in, it was something that Simba had to do, and he had to do alone. AJ then turned to them and commented that he was glad they were safe. "Unfortunately for some people." She eyed Aux for a moment. "I hope you enjoyed the show at least, it was a pain to put on, but it looks like the king is finally ready to take his place, so I guess it was worth it."
Being lead to the table, once again by Torrin while Atmos walked away, Tinarah felt a little alone. She couldn't bring herself to trust Torrin, and the way he questioned her only made her feel worse about things. At least after Torrin helped her into a chair he seemed to zone out and pay no more mind to her. It felt weird, sitting in Master Choma's chair, a place where she had never been allowed. While Tinarah sat there, waiting, she summoned her keyblade to her, just staring at it for the longest time. Having her own back, not Chrono's it felt weird, and it felt like she had finally fully just let her brother go, moved on from that part. That being said the other family she wanted to turn to, might not even know who she was here, she knew that she might be on her own for a while until she managed to get stronger and send herself back to a world that needed help, a world that would one day be controlled by him. By the time Atmos returned Tinarah found herself glaring at Torrin who was in his own little world. The longer she sat the more the aches in her stomach subsided to a mere whisper of what they were before, to a familiar feeling of emptiness that she had become used to during her time in prison. She knew she had over exerted herself earlier while escaping, likely causing her to really feel the hunger again, but she did what she needed to in order to escape. It was the only chance she got and she had to take it. When the soup finally arrived she sipped on it slowly, careful not to eat too fast. The pain started to ease and ever so slightly did a little bit of colour seep onto her overly pail face. It took nearly half of the bowl of soup before Tinarah could bring herself to say another word, and at the pace she was eating, the others would have likely finished. "You might want to bring soup up to Gero for when he awakes. My bread was barely enough to sustain him." She informed Atmos before turning back to her soup, if only to try to hide the anger that she harbored towards Torrin at that moment.
Don't make me dive back down this hole. I really don't want to, but this is getting sad.
After helping Mora back onto the cliff, Cerdic turned to Alder. "She is alright, managed to catch herself." He yelled back before turning his attention to Daeni and Mora. "Thanks for the help kid." He patted Daeni on the head even though he didn't think her holding his legs did much, at least she tried. Understandably, Mora seemed a little shaken by the entire thing asking to make sure that it didn't happen again, and while he didn't really know what happened to stop it, he could take measures to help. "If you and Daeni take watch, then we shouldn't be surprised again, and you can leave the heavy lifting to the big strong men." He informed her as she turned to grab more rocks, but seemed a bit injured. Soon after Mora moved back to the other two, heartless showed up. Cerdic clenched his teeth, so much for taking watch. "Get the cave cleared, get Mora cover, I will take care of the heartless, hold them off." Cerdic shouted back summoning his keyblade to his hand. "Ready kid?" He asked Daeni ad he charged towards the shadows, hoping between the two of them they could fend off the heartless while Chrono and Alder finished digging. If the heartless were here, it was only a matter of time before Ria showed up as well.
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It was probably best that Renza got out of the town for a bit, and get to enjoy the farms and animals. While what they were dong was rather grim work, it didn't mean that the child had to view it that way, for her it could just be fun, it was allowed to just be fun for her. Meanwhile the Chieftain himself would go with Everette to look into the water sources. Seemed like a fair enough divide. Giving Conrad one more look he nodded to the other boy. "Good luck." He hoped at least one of them would find something, if not Everette wasn't sure what to do next, unless of course Samuel found something, which was a possibility as well, this mission was right up Sam's alley after all. "After you, Chief Yolvun." Everette stepped aside letting the chief take the lead towards the water supplies, following pretty close behind him, looking around the town a bit as he did so. "Is there many others who have managed to avoid being sick so far? It seems that there are not many left around to help out." Trying to get a feel for just how many people were effected might prove beneficial, since they had only met Renza and Yolvun so far, and the rest of the town seemed like a ghost town, Everette assumed that most of the town was infected, but perhaps there were just as many in the town hall caring for the sick, as were actually sick. If that was the case it might not have been quite as horrible as he originally thought, still bad, but not quite as bad. Gavin and Zephyr didn't seem sold on Thea's idea of the plan, but the Mayor confirmed that anyone that was not her age or younger would be put to sleep. He then essentially dismissed them soon after that, calling in a butler to escort them out. Thea crossed her arms as the teen boy came in to show them out and to where they would be sleeping, but that didn't stop Thea from talking as they walked. "See the flute puts you guys to sleep. But even if I am under the trance for a bit, surely they won't expect a great and powerful wizard that has come to save the town to be so young. They will be caught completely off guard. Maybe I can even get the flute from them before I signal for help. I am not some helpless child like the other kids. I have been training really hard for this. Unless you have a better idea on what to do, but I doubt you do. So lets just try." Thea tried to tell the other two boys. She wasn't a fan of how protective they were being, Thea herself didn't see a problem with it. She didn't care if Kyo, or even the mayor overheard while she was talking, there was no issue in them hearing the plans, unless they were going to try and stop her, but if they did she would prove to them why she is a wizard in Divine Rose like everyone else.
As they walked Torrin informed her that they had rescued Aria already. There was a smile on her face to hear that. "Good... I couldn't keep my promise." She sounded a bit upset but kept going. Walking through the portal she felt the chill as they go to the mountain castle, before they warmed getting closer and in through the door. She relaxed as they were in the warmth but she was still shaking a little bit. "The Light Chaser... he sent me back but.... I was on a bridge and Chrono found me. I tried to tell him about Aria, but he got mad cause I wouldn't calm down. He threw me off the bridge..." Tinarah repeated the same basic story she told people when they asked, it was all she could think to do, not knowing how to expand on that at the moment. Boreas asked where to bring Master Gero and while he was asking Atmos, it was Tinarah who lived here a while before. "Upstairs, last room on the left is my room...." She offered. She then leaned more heavily against Torrin. She hated having to rely on him like this, even tried to push off and move on her own. A couple steps had her near collapsing again as she caught herself on the wall and looked to Atmos for help before she finally tried to tell them what she needed right about now. "Food..." Her stomach grumbled almost in response. She didn't know how to explain that she hadn't eaten for a week, but she didn't know how much longer she could go like this.
It started to feel like everyone was talking like she wasn't there. Torrin still was questioning if she was who she said she was and refusing to take her back to the others in case it was a trap. Tinarah would rather not return to the others in her condition anyways however. She wouldn't be of much help to them in her shape and it was just another thing to worry about. They had more important things to worry about... Aria! Tinarah tried to sit up a bit, though she was barely able to lift herself to her elbows. At least she could remain in that position after Torrin finally cured her. It didn't help with the cold, or the hunger pains, but there were still small injuries and ailments from being locked up that it did help with, restored some energy to her at the very least. "He... he has her. The Light Chaser has Aria. You have to help her." Tinarah tried to tell them as they argued about how Torrin knew where Choma's castle was. She had promised Aria that she would bring help, and if it really was only two days that passed, then maybe it was not too late to get that help to her. For five years she felt guilt over leaving Aria there with no one even knowing she was alive, now she could do something, pass on the message, even if it was to someone she didn't really trust. Atmos was there, she would at least make sure that things went over smoothly. Torrin helped her up and Tinarah leaned on him, letting him support her mostly, but still making an effort to walk on her own two legs, if what she did was called walking. It was more like she was shuffling her feet along. "I am sure he would be. After all I didn't fall to my death like he wanted." Tinarah didn't seem like she was really ready to talk, but she still couldn't just ignore the issues altogether. She knew that she had a long story to share, but it could wait, for now she needed food and rest. What she really needed was time to recover from the time in the dungeon, but time always felt like it was in short supply, she had to take what she could get.
Looking at the path ahead of them, trying to sneak around might not be the best idea, given from what she could see there was simply a straight path leading to them. While Aeira took the first step out, Kiara prepared to follow close behind. "I will tell you what, why don't you try that and see how it goes for you, I will back her up. Two against one, I am not so fond of those odd, you have seen how he fights." Kiara eyed Uniform. "Just do me a favour and try not to get yourself killed. It would be incredibly dull around here if you died." She added on before stepping up beside Aeira and looking straight at Uniform. "So are you ready to finish this? Or should I assume you are going to go running back to my daddy to tattle on me." She taunted him. While Kiara might still have had problems with her own father, seeing how this guy had used it against her earlier, she wouldn't let him do it again. She held the reins now, she knew what to expect from this guy and could prepare herself accordingly. Seeing a man from her past while running from her past had gotten to her the first time, but she couldn't let it get to her again. Letting her whip uncurl, the metal lengths thudding to the ground Kiara took a battle stance, they were going to end it here and now, but first they had to get passed the guards. Giving a nod towards Aeira, she made sure the other girl was ready. Kiara wasn't going to be brash this time, she wasn't going to run in blindly, no, she would wait for them to come to her. She could draw them out a bit before the rest of the group ambushed them.
