"Your nightmare did that?" There wasn't even an attempt to hide the disbelief in his voice, well disbelief mixed with surprise. The proof was there and he had seen it for his own eyes, yet that's what made it all the harder to believe. This was the same nightmare that she had told him about, which was worry some to see that it could physically harm her. At the same time, Chrono was thankful none of his nightmares had an physical effects on him. The rest of her explanation had brought up more questions, but Chrono didn't ask any of them. However Torrin managed to get into her dreams, he was glad that he did as it allowed Aria to still be standing before them. "Is the nightmare gone then?" "Yeah, I'm fine mostly." Adalric's death had still been a surprise to see, but it didn't hit him as hard as it had to have hit Qamar. Chrono knew that he'd gotten off lucky compared to everyone else and he knew exactly why. Whatever that quirk of his was had occurred a fair amount of times throughout the battle, allowing him to avoid attack that would have landed if not for it. If he knew what it was or how to control it, then perhaps he could put it to better use. He glanced down at Qamar who was eager to treat Aria's wound, wounds that could just be healed by Thallasa's magic.
Tinarah's explanation did help put some things into perspective and more so clarify some of the things that he had assumed. That said it didn't quite mean that how he felt changed all that much. "I'm not saying that you should leave them to that fate, no one should have to go through all that, but instead of leaving things to chance it might be better go after you know what caused that Torrin to turn out like that." He had given his two cents while being the make shift crutch for Tinarah to walk back to the mansion. It seemed like whatever they were going to do it would be tomorrow, least according to Thallssa who had also offered them additional healing. He gave Tinarah a nod when she had said that she was going to speak with Take and when she did, Chrono found himself walking towards Aria who had been by Qamar's side. "So what happened while we were fighitng?" At the time he had been preoccupied with pay too much attention to hers and Take's conditions when they got back, but he did noticed the crimson stain before Boreas took the time to treat her.
Karina had successfully reawakened her keyblade and all Kel could do at this sight was to simply smile. Smile and let her enjoy her moment. Kel looked to his keyblade and flipped it once more so that he was holding on the handle again, then put it away. Its purpose being fulfilled and was no reason that he could see to keep it out any longer. The smile remained on his face as he spoke. "We're friends after all, this is the least that we could do." It was a notion that he had truly started to accept himself and he couldn't deny that doing so had left a good feeling.
3 AP 1 HP Upgrading Water Learning Ruin And taking Red Mage
Chrono listened to what Tinarah was telling him and thought about each and every part of it. To hear that she wanted to go back was a shock and not something that he had considered. It wasn't exactly something that Chrono wanted her to do either. Ignoring how she would be in a whole different realm, it would be a somewhat relief to know that she'd be with people that she considered to be 'family'. Stamatis seemed alright and he's never met 'Uncle' Fost at all. The problem however was Torrin, well the Torrin of that realm. Going back to that realm would mean that she would have to deal with him again that wasn't something something he wanted his sister to go through once, let alone twice. Then there was another problem, one that more so affected him than anyone else. He's never been one to keep someone away from something that they really wanted to so, regardless of who they were. Despite all the risk and the likely worry he would have to go through, the fact of the matter was that being there made Tinarah happy. Something that he'd wanted for her for some time now. He was conflicted as he didn't know what to say at all. Thus he sat there, silently, for a bit before breaking it with a sigh. "I honestly wasn't expecting that to be what's wrong." There was another pause before Chrono continued. "You sure that you want to go back. I know you spent five years there, but the risks are still there." Chrono could practically hear Tinarah's voice retell everything she had been through while there. "Everyone has something that their strong at and well we can help you make friends." Optimism and hopefulness. He wanted this to be true, but she's actually tried while he's kept his distance to make things uncomfortable for her. Some brother he is. Once again Chrono sighed, this time running his hand through his hair. "If I'm being honest, I'm not sure to to feel about you going back to that realm, but if its something that'll make you happy though, maybe something might happen after those 'risks' are dealt with." A compromise, more so with himself than Tinarah. Without those risks, it'd be one less thing to worry him. He stood up having said all that and reached his hand out for his sister to grab. "Sure, no problem." A part of him wanted to offer to carry her, but he didn't quite now how she would take it given that she was older.
Both of his offers to Karina had fallen short, which was probably for the best. Mainly in the regards to punching Aux as it probably wouldn't have done much in way of a permanent solution. Karina then turned to walk away, only to be stopped by Beuce once again. Both him and Ignis had given her words of encouragement before the former held out his keyblade to her. A realization followed hearing what Beuce had said and such after Kaida had spoke, Kel brought out his own keyblade and stepped forwards towards Karina once again. "Its wielder you shall one day be." Kel stopped, flipped his keyblade around and held it out towards Karina.
This whole scenario felt familiar, as if they had already gone through a 'whether or not to trust Aux' thing prior. His position since then hasn't change either considering the lack of anything that would change how he felt. Once again if this had been Nequa his stance would have easily been 'get rid of her' or something to that nature. Aux on the other hand, well the idea that Kel was in favor of was either letting him speak his peace. Ideally it was a good idea and what Kaida had added in was something to take into consideration. That was when Karina and some other guy had come rushing in to attack Aux and what happened next was simply Kaida stopped both of them, Beuce went to restrain Karina while Steel went to the other guy. Ananta on the other hand had made things worse in a way, which really had Kel glad that Beuce was keeping her at bay. "As good as it is to see you in good health, this isn't how I pictured things would go." Much more anger then what he had pictured. Kel sighed while Aux had spoken and Kel tried to think of a way to defuse this. "Look, I get that you want to make Aux pay for what he's done and it's probably well warranted in your case." At this point Kel had positioned himself to be between her and Aux, then continued. "But right now isn't the best of times for that and he seems more than willing to let you get some form of payback on him. So why not just calm down, let this mess get handled first and then you can punch him. Hell, you can punch me too if you really want to." Maybe the promise of being able to get back at Aux later would calm her down to the point where she wouldn't need to be restrained. The whole punching him was just something he threw in sweeten the deal kinda. Off the top of his head he couldn't think of any exact reason she'd have to do so, but she just might take him up on that offer. You never know.
Chrono saw the attack heading right at him and knew that he wouldn't be able to dodge it in time. As quickly as he could, he brought his hands up to protect as much of himself as he could. That has succeeded, though having been sent back a bit due to the sheer force that attack had, Chrono still was in a bit of pain. "I've been better." He said at first, getting back to his feet. "But thanks for the concern." Avoidance wasn't looking like a viable plan for him anymore, making his next course of action pretty clear. Chrono went forth to attack the mass of darkness, striking at the nearest limb to him.
Watching Boreas break through the concrete in what could be described as an angry fit had Chrono briefly stunned. Fortunately he was on their side, so being on the receiving end of it was a less likely outcome. Boreas had calmed down shortly after and Chrono didn't say much about what he saw, not that there was much that he could say. As Aria was being treated by Boreas, Chrono had taken a seat near Tinarah. "How are you holding up?" He let the question settle, then thought about how vague it was. Especially given how they had just gotten out of a massive battle. "I don't mean physically, I can kinda tell that answer. Just in general given all of this." None of this was what he had thought he'd be doing when he left home that day. At the time his plan seemed much simpler, figure out what the keyblade was, learn how to be better use it and go off on his own goal. That was all, nothing more and nothing less. Now look at him. "This world is still here though, we can at least help out after we've rested." Last time something like this had happened, they were left with little choice but to run. This time however they managed to stop it. Meaning there was a chance that they could do more if they tried.
Kel let out a sigh of relief once the heartless had been defeated. This whole ordeal had been both long and grueling, but finally it had reached it conclusion. "Maybe, though not sure where we would find any of those." Hot springs aside, just being able to relax would be a welcome changed all things considering. A sudden gust of wind cause Kel to instinctively cover his face. Kel peered in the direction the wind was coming from and caught sight of the after math of Shiro and Hughes battle. Fortunately the former was the victor. With the wind subsiding, Kel had ventured over to where Shiro was as well, just in time to see Aux be restrained by Mizu's magic.
From the moment that Chrono had stepped in between Illiana and Koa, he had been on guard. He wasn't going to make the first move and give him a reason to fight back, but he certainly waging to move from this spot either. They stood there as Dentro had fallen in the ravine and Chrys narrowly avoided an attack from Boreas due to a bright flash of light. The light faded and all was quiet beside a remark Chrono had heard Tinarah say. It annoyed - no, irritated- not that, it pissed him off. He hid it well, well he thought he did. His fist were pretty tightly clenched for a short while after hearing that. Relaxing his hands, Chrono spied the piece of the paper in which Tinarah had picked up. It reminded him of the scrap he'd found back on the R.L.S Legacy. Being the one who read it, Tinarah spotted the potential connect first and he handed the scrap the he still had over to her. "Sure, they seem more useful with you." To be honest he wasn't quite sure what it all meant, but what he could tell was that these pieces were connecting and finding them all would clear up the picture. The arrival of Take and the others was welcomed. "Least they're all back here." He didn't want to have to go through someone else dying.
Chrono may have been doing well so far in fending off the heartless, but his magic was running low and that was with the help of Atmos. If this battle were to be drawn out for much longer, then he would most certainly run out. From there it would be a battle until his body gave out as a result of all the attacks. The ground shook once more and all the heartless around them had gone away. The red orbs above still loomed above them which was concerning. As things had seemingly calmed down, Chrono used this time to look around to check on everyone else. Qamar was still going at it with Dentro, which was good in its own way. Next he spotted Boreas fighitng the girl that Tinarah had tried reasoning with, Chrys. He didn't feel much reason to be concerned about Boreas in this instance. Surely something like this would be no trouble for him to handle. As it stood, the situations hadn't changed a whole lot. Illiana was still unaccounted for out of all of them who had stayed behind. His eyes did a quick scan just to spot her in the process of collapsing on the ground. Perhaps some, or at least one of them, would listen to Tinarah. Regardless of if they did or not, Chrono had already headed off in Illiana's direction and used the last bit of magic that he could muster to cast cura on her after stationing himself to be in between her and Koa.
For the next sequence of events Chrono had found himself standing in place, which bothered him greatly. Why was he unable to move when it mattered most. His sister had just gotten kicked in the gut as well as Adalric died. Regardless of how well he knew the guy, there was no reason for him to be killed in such a manner. It was just like five years ago when his mother had been killed and he just watched as it happened, not doing anything until it was too late. Was he really about to stand there and allow something like that to happen again? No he wasn't, not if how tightly he was gripping his keyblade was anything to show. A strong desire to punch Dentro was still there, but now wouldn't be a time for that. Quickly Chrono sprinted over to where Tinarah was and helped her to her feet while casting cura on her. From there he started channeling the power of Atmos in case he would need more magic. "You okay? If so then we need to leave Dentro to Qamar and deal with these heartless." To be honest he didn't even know if Qamar would be find on her own, but after that display she didn't seem like she'd be in a cooperating state. Chrono casted Cura on Tinarah Chrono actived Atmos's D-Link HP: 61/80 AP: 40/40 MP: 15/30 DP: 3/3
Swatting away heartless that had approach him ha become a simple task at this point. Not because of the difficulty, but solely due to his body working on auto pilot to deal with the smaller nocturnes and rhapsodies that floated around him. The various pelting of ice and fire did nothing to stop him, but it did leave leave him unprepared for the neoshadows that had snuck over to where he was. Chrono was lucky enough to notice the sudden shadow overhead and get in a defensive position. The attempt did stop any major damage from being struck to his back, but he was still knocked both down and back a bit from the attack. Chrono had groaned once he'd somewhat gotten up. The neoshadow that had attacked him was nowhere to be seen, however that one heartless wasn't a prime concern. Seeing Tinarah be downed was the first and last thing on his mind. From there his body worked on autopilot and ran over to where she was. Even if she had been healed and gotten up by the time he's actually got there, it didn't stop him from casting cura on his sister. 'Are you okay?' Was what he wanted to say, but the words had gotten stuck in his throat. Chrono cast Cura on Tinarah Heartless Defeated Blue Rhapsodies - 4 (One beaten through Combo Plus) Red Nocturnes - 4 HP: 61/80 AP: 12/40 MP: 15/30 DP: 3/3
Kel used Trip Around the Sun
"I thought it had already run out." Kel said off handedly to Steel's comment. Luck certainly hadn't been on his side throughout this battle, which was nothing new if he were to be completely honest. Kel used Cross Slash
Hacking away another cluster of heartless that were near, Chrono soon found himself briefly losing his balance when the grounds shaking had reached a new level. Using his keyblade to maintain his balance, which gave Chrono time to notice the the crack in the ground that had opened up. Things were progressively getting worse and having looked around at the situation, nothing gave any implications of stopping. At this point, even if Master Thallssa had found the keyhole, would it magically undo all of the damage that had been caused right now? It was a possibility that Chrono didn't want to think about right now. Spying two Blue Rhapsodies charging up another ice attack to be sent at him, Chrono was quick to move out of the way of said attack then swatting away the two heartless. From his new location, Chrono was able to spot Illiana and Qamar with Glyde standing in between them. From the implications of the scene, Chrono assumed that they were having some sort of dispute that Glyde was intervening in. if that actually was the case, then this was most certainly not the time to be doing that. Heartless Defeated Blue Rhapsodies - 4 (One beaten through Combo Plus) Red Nocturnes - 2 HP: 68/80 AP: 20/40 MP: 30/30 DP: 3/3
No sooner than Chrono had put his attention on the heartless around them, a group of 10 Blue Rhapsodies flew over to him and pelleted him with a variety of ice shards. The damage taken to his arms were nothing as he focused more on protecting his face. Fortunately their attacks were short lived, which allowed Chrono to move his arms away from his face. At this point the Blue Rhapsodies had scattered, yet still remained within range of Chrono. From that point on Chrono went about striking down heartless from that cluster until none were left. Heartless Defeated Blue Rhapsodies - 4 (One beaten through Combo Plus) HP: 68/80 AP: 28/40 MP: 30/30 DP: 3/3
Compared to the electric feeling that he had to deal with earlier, Kel would much rather deal with the coldness from the last attack of the heartless. The pain on the other hand he could do without, but that most certainly wasn't going to happen. Firmly grasping his keyblade, he went and attack with a combo of sorts. Kel used Splattercombo
Now being able to move his limbs without feeling an annoying shock throughout his body, Kel dashed in an attacked with a Zantesuken Kel used Zantesuken, as stated above
