Zephyr saw no reason to respond to Yukyo once the small group of cats had appeared and rubbed up against him. He did smirk though at the evidence that had conveniently shown itself. He was however surprised by Yukyo's sudden outburst of fish and how casually Thea said she wanted to ride on a yacht. Sometimes he forgot that she was rich. "I appreciate the concern, but I'm fine." He assured Gavin, then glance over to the pet sitting mission. It sounded easy enough and an easy mission would be appreciated right now. "If that's the case, we can take that mission off your hands." He offered. As there was nothing urgent that needed her attention, Maira had just been lingering around up until Lakoda had run into her. Even though the charm had done the job of greeting her, she still attempted to figure out Lakoda signing it to her. She never picked it up despite her many attempts at trying to do so. Alas, the attempts ended with little success. "Hmm, she should be in her office last I checked. What mission did you choose?"
First it had been a dragon that had caught Chrono's attention, then it was a horde of the undead heading their way. Chrono took in a breath to mentally prepare himself then proceeded to head down into the fray alongside the others. His glider reverted to its keyblade form once he was inches and the ground and despite the somewhat rough landing, Chrono kept his footing and turned his keyblade into its gun form. Now was as good as a time as any to get some practice in with it. Standing his ground, Chrono started firing shots towards the horde of cauldron-borns to both keep them at bay while knocking them back.
The crack of wind was a clear answer to his own question. He wasn't sure what kind of luck had them face someone a much higher level than them right after they had gotten through with the tutorial fight, but it couldn't have been good. "I'd be careful back there." Evie had hidden behind him once more and he'd rather not her get injured due to an attack knocking him back. Turning the pages of his spellbook, Gale unleashed a combination of fire and wind towards Hector. Gale cast Great Tornado and Blaze Column
Following the strange wolf had led them to find Stratos, Kaida, and AJ there talking to someone who was apparently the 'Maui' that Moana had been looking for. First however Kel greeted the ones that he actually did know with a quick wave. He then went ahead and shook his head 'no' to Kaida's question, during said time Maui had heard of the boat Moana had and promptly ditched them to sailed off in the distance. "He actually ditched us." There was slight disbelief that hung in Kel's voice. He may not have had any idea on who this Maui guy was or what he did besides stealing the heart of Te Fiti, whatever that was, so this wasn't helping his case. He followed the lead of his comrades and called out his own glider and wasted no time boarding it and chasing after Maui.
His conversation with Midarah did help him feel at ease, the underlying concern he felt was still there and not going anywhere anytime soon. Zephyr managed to distract himself from it over the coming days with a variety of things. His usually training routine with the occasional new thing thrown in there to help with his magic, plus speaking with Izra. All this had made it so his worries were not at the top of his mind, but unfortunately, there were still there, leaving him with little to do beyond trust in Midarah's words and not dwell on this. Now, however, Zephyr found himself in a new predicament, he had no idea what to do right now. He didn't feel like training right now, nor did he wish to visit the library. He'd ponder on this as he walked towards the main hall and stopped upon hearing a small mewl in front of him. The reason being that there was a little kitten in front of him, staring at him. Zephyr stared back at the kitten, then the latter walked up to his leg and rubbed its head against him. Crouching down, Zephyr picked up the kitten and it very quickly found its way to his shoulder and perched up there. This seemed like something Yukyo would know about this. The stray kitten had effectively given him something to do as he made his way down to the main hall, he spotted Yukyo by the job board next to Thea. He still needed to get a look at those anyway, but first thing first. "Hey Yukyo, you have something to do with this?" Zephyr motioned to the kitten that was still comfortably perched on his shoulder.
Kel had immediately looked to the strange wolf who had just appeared between the two of them. It didn't look native to the island at all, not that a wolf being on an island like this was something he'd thought he'd see anyway. Not mention it had shaken its head to Moana's question, meaning that it could understand them. "Okay? What's on your mind?" A valid question seeing as it had made an effort in showing them something by biting into his clothing. Maybe it was about the rock it was currently sitting on and the oddly shaped tally marks. "You think that this 'Maui' person left those?"
Despite the punch like nudge to his gut, Chrono remained standing as the dragon took its turn sniffing him while his sister continued to pet it. He stood still for the first bit of this before finally reaching out to pet the dragon himself. It was acting more like a pet dog than a dragon, harmless and just wanting to know more. With the potential threat of being attacked appearing to be gone, how cool it was to be actually petting a dragon started to sink in. The sudden gust of wind had knocked Chrono back a bit and it looked like their dragon friend had noticed something. He gave Take a nod, summoned his own glider and took off. He flew until he was essentially right besides Take and then maintain the same speed as his friend. "If it makes you feel any better, I can hang back with you." It must've been odd for Take to have a dragon not trying to kill him.
Despite how on edge Chrono had been throughout the entire conversation with this man, he found himself unable to move after the pillar of white flames rain down onto the exact spot Ardyn had been standing. Surprise had turned to confusion and shock when the source of the attack had been a dragon. Flesh, blood, massive and staring down right at them. Chrono took a second to glance over to Take, who had fortunately been restrained by Boreas when he'd tried to attack the dragon, and back to the dragon. Maybe this dragon was friendly, it hasn't tried killing them yet and it certainly had a golden chance to do so. "Do you want to help us?" Chrono relaxed slightly, yet his keyblade was still in hand in case it turned out to be needed. Hopefully, the dragon wouldn't be the reason why it was needed.
It was odd having someone stand on his hand, but at the same time, he didn't really say much about it. Auburn didn't look like she wanted to talk about it at all. Lazuli could understand that and hoped that she'd at least give him a head up for when she started returning to her normal size. Over time there weren't any signs of that happening, but they get closer to the temple. By that, they'd really only gotten close enough to see it and not actually there yet. "I don't suppose anyone else has a semblance that could help here?"
Kel hadn't gone all that far from where he started before he heard someone else's voice. This leads to him spotting a smaller boat that had also crashed here and the presumed captain of said boat yelling at the sea. Pretty normal up until the part in which Kel swore he saw the water trip the girl. First talking trees, then magical oceans. It further made it clear that he wasn't in the same world he was in before. While dusting herself off, the girl noticed him and got him confused for someone else. "Um, no. I'm Kel. Not Maui and certainly not a demigod."
Once again it didn't seem like this guy was lying to them about Torrin's whereabouts, but that didn't change how he generally felt about him. Not to mention he'd specifically said 'other members of your party' meaning he must've run into them at some point. More and more the reasons for Chrono to not trust this guy grew which furthered the desire to get as far away from this guy as possible. Really the only thing that kept him from bringing back out his own glider was the lack of directions they had, which while they were given vague ones and the landmark should be enough. Just up and leaving without knowing what this guy would do wasn't something Chrono wanted.
It didn't take long for them to catch up to the guy after Evie had tripped them and about all of their elemental attacks hit their mark. The actual confrontation part had its own set of issues as with the first few things this guy had said and the fact that he'd sent dot flying into the distance made it even clearer that they weren't the talking type. "There's no way around this, is there?" Gale said to himself more so than anyone else.
The man didn't seem like he was lying about Torrin being sent to a dungeon, but at the same time Chrono saw no reason to outright trust him. The guy had just taken a glaive to his chest and pulled it out like it was nothing. This guy was a monster, plain and simple. What made matters worse was what Tinarah had said. Her guard seeming to be lowered as she following her statement. "There's no guarantee that he'll take you to the same dungeon Torrin's in even if he's telling the truth. It's better if we stick together." There was no way in hell he was going to let some guy like that whisked away his sister to who knows were.
Moments passed as Kel continued to lay motionless on the sandy surface he'd washed up on. Gradually though he started to awaken, first signaled by minor twitching in his fingers. That soon escalated to full-blown coughing as his lungs worked to clear themselves of the seawater that had found its way there. When all the water was finally expelled from his system, Kel's eyes opened and noticed that he was someplace highly unfamiliar. Not to mention that he didn't see Luna or Aislinn anywhere. Were they both still on the ship? It would be good if they were, but he had no way of getting in contact with them should that be the case. By this point, Kel had been sitting up on the sandy surface long enough for him to decide that getting a look at where he'd ended up was the better course of action. He pushed up himself up to his feet and started to move despite his clothing being damp. It was bothersome, but on the grand scheme of things, it was the least of his concerns right now.
With the Englishmen being willing to give them a ride on their ship Kel sauntered aboard the ship and found himself a place by the side to watch the waves as they sailed. At the time it had seemed like a good idea, getting a close look at the seas and the animals that might choose to breach while he was looking out. In a sense, he was getting close to nature without actually getting into the water. That had been the intention behind his actions. However, when the storm had struck the boat, the first major wave that hit them both knocked the keyblade wielder off balance and off the boat towards the waters below. At first, Kel was able to keep himself afloat, as it was all he really knew how to do, but wave after wave continued to crash into him, knocking him back under water and slowly sapping away at the stamina. Try as he might, this wasn't a battle he was going to win mad evident by the darkness that engulfed his vision as the waves collided into him one last time.
Despite the fact that Boreas had just sped on past him, he caught notice of the thumbs up that was thrown his direction as he sped off. It left a sense of accomplishment was felt as he continued to fly off. As good as it felt, Chrono made sure to not let that distract him. The last thing he wanted was to fall from this height. No sooner than he'd said that, Chrono managed to catch the glimpse of the crimson blade that flew past them and Torrin starting to fall. The first thought that ran through his mind was where had the blade come from? It came from beneath them but with all the trees that covered the area that little piece of knowledge wasn't helpful. Despite his previous thoughts prior to this occurrence, Chrono dove down into the thicket behind Tinarah and the others. During the descent down he'd heard an unrecognizable voice which led to more concerns for him to feel. His glider had pulled up a few feet off the ground and Chrono got off and landed on the ground effectively between Tinarah and whoever it was she was speaking with. His glider deformed and his own keyblade appeared in his hand and at the ready depending on what would happen next.
Chrono might not have disagreed with the notion of them needing to get more practice in with their gliders, he didn't think that meant that they couldn't learn another means of travel alongside it. After all, it wasn't like they were going to lose their gliders anytime soon anyway and flying on their own accord, somewhat, as a result of fairy magic would be a once in a lifetime thing. Of course with that being that case he would want to try it once while they were here. Still, Chrono summoned his keyblade and turned it into its glider form and hopped on it. He had a much easier time getting on the glider and getting it to move. Not quite as easily as he would've liked, but this was the only second time he's ever ridden it. There was still plenty of room to improve.
