TRACES OF SOLITUDE [a kingdom hearts roleplay]

[Endless Warrior Sora]

"Ohhhh... the Keyblade Master figure it out all by himself? Let's give the kid a prize!"

The sarcasm made Sora frown. It wasn't the most pleasant thing he wanted to hear.

"Just for fun? Think about it. Would I really go through all the trouble just to turn you into a host if it was 'just for fun'?"

"Well then what do you want with me? Is it my Keyblade you're after? Or my heart?" He stated, as he looked over to the cloaked figure.


"Yes, actually. How did you know? I figured I had done a fairly good job avoiding that subject, but no matter. If we must fight, so be it. But I figure I must warn you of this. If we do engage in combat, the chances are that you will die. If you run, you can have a chance of survival much higher. Well?"


Sora gave Nelox a scowl.

"Get real! I've gone through too much just to lose to you!" He retorted as he saw Nelox begin to prepare for battle. Sora jumped back and drew his Keyblade. He heard about another member, Fox. He clenched his jaw as he looked to Nelox, who gave Sora the first move.


Sora knew the fog could hinder him if he let it bother him, but he wouldn't. There was light no matter how deep the darkness. Sora was not about to allow himself to be killed by this Nelox person. He ran toward Nelox and leaped through the air.

"Fire!" He yelled, as he threw the Keyblade and let fire engulf the blade as the spinning flame headed straight for the Nobody.


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Kaijen stared quizically at Abeo, detaching the crab from his face.

"Um...is that a crab?"

"Oh..no. Oh no no no no no. Da king iz gonna get me for sure!" The crab...said?!

"Is that a talking crab?!" Kaijen asked bewildered. He looked to Abeo.

[kingdomkeylight]

"Oh goody a fight" the enigma said as the ice spell drawed ever so closer by the second. "Guess its time to have little fun" as the enigma said that he pointed his hand right at the ice spell. "Gravitaga" with those words a few feet away from the spot a dark orb started to form though before it sank down into the ground the ice spell collided with it causing a small explosion.

"Ten so nice to see that your magic hasnt wavered at all and Isnu still knowledge hungry as usual" The enigma said throwing the hood back as he stared at the two.

"Well if it isn't Castex, what do you want empty shell" Isnu didn't give the enigma time to respond as it charged at full speed the shock blade on its head charging at overload. Not wasting any time Castex lifted his right hand and summoned his Diamond Shield as it also began to charge. "Die you pathetic excuse for a being" The horse yelled releasing the blades full electrical blast at Castex.

"Absorb" The shield immediately stopped charging changing into a pure metal like stat then lifting his hand as to use the shield for its purpose he simple stared blank at the Horse. After a second the spell slammed into the shield though there was only one problem for Isnu it was slamming it was going into it being completely absorbed by the weapon.

"You Totema are so easy to read its a amazement that Monte even keeps you around well besides Rashnear, Claria and Anima" Castex said as he looked at Ten. "Tell your leader that his so called plan in the end will get you all killed you have your immortality don't waste it" Then as the horse went for a back stab maneuver Castex turned the shield to point at Isnu unleashing the whole amount of energy from Isnu's last attack. As the horse was thrown back Castex looked at Ten and smiled.

"How funny its going to be when you realize just like those Totema how much of a puppet you really are" After that statement Castex was enveloped by a surge of a dark portal leaving no one for Ten to unleash her anger on or questions.
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"Oh really Kuxei... why not we will call it a date" Yixll said with a evil grin as she followed Kuxei into his portal. After a second Yixll stared at the moon that was currently above Taverse town.

"so where to monsuir"Yixll said staring at him with her Yellow eyes.

[Aphex]

"Umum... Can you make those portal things at all?"

When it came to a time like this, Derrick didn't even know whether or not if he could actually make a portal for them to enter. Seeing how Wrath was actually hiding within his body, maybe he did have some access to his ability. It was definitely worth a shot to conjure up one.

With a shrug, the heartless extended his hand out towards the end of the train in hopes of actually opening a portal. Yet, nothing happened. Truth is, he really didn't know how to make one at all. He tried the same thing again and as before, nothing appeared at all. Apparently having the essence of his brother didn't grant him that ability.

"Uhhh. . . . I have no idea how Wrath does it." he said, now somewhat embarrassed.

[Tyrant Raver]

Disoriented, the superhero woke up in an isolated place and with vision still blurred, Mr. Incredible struggled to pull himself back together. As seconds pass by, he cleared his eyes and the place is now recognizable from what he remembered. He is in warehouse 7 found in the abandoned industrial district of Metroville.

He slowly stood up from the makeshift bed and then veered to left. To his surprise, he found his daughter, Violet Parr unconscious and lying on the same bed he was on earlier. "Violet!" he rushed beside her and then checked her pulse. Seems okay. From the looks of it, she is sleeping very soundly.

"She will be fine don't worry. I took the necessary precautions and procedures to take care of her. She should be awake in a matter of minutes."

A stray voice suddenly echoed from a distance. And then a mysterious silhouette approached them. He is armed with bulky mechanical limbs and a mechanized armor; Ragna. Out of parental instinct, he charged Ragna and then grabbed him by the collar. "You!" he was furious, "What have you done with my daughter?!" he threatened as he pulled his fist and ready to punch the cyberpunk. Ragna in response just swatted the superhero's grip off him and then approached the patient. "You're welcome..." he said in a very sarcastic way.

He approached the shelf nearby and then gave Mr. Incredible then medicine. "Here, make sure she takes it after waking up. It can help her gain her strength back." ashamed and embarassed, Mr. Incredible took the medicine and then sat down. "I found this thing on your daughter---as well as on you earlier." Ragna showed to him the heartless bug in a jar that has brainwashed them all the time. "Now tell me what happened." the cyberpunk crossed his arms, eager to get to the root of this problem.

"I don't know--I... All I remembered was---I was making my way home then all of a sudden." Mr. Incredible paused before continuing his story. "What? what happened?" Ragna leaned towards him. "I-I just saw a big dark cloud that came above us and---I just blacked out. I don't remember."

Did he just say a black cloud? Sounds deadly familiar with Ragna which takes him back during his hunting career. That fateful day where he almost lost everything, a black cloud swoop down on him. And then it all made perfect sense. "I knew it." he said, "Wait what?", "Stay here, I'll get to the bottom of this right now." he retorted, he really needs to hurry before it's too late. "I'm coming with you." , "No! Stay here and stay put, you should keep an eye on your daughter the moment she wakes up. Just be sure to do what I told you." Ragna instructed the superhero. And besides he is going out of this world and into another, it's impossible for him to tag along. "Alright." Mr. Incredible nodded.

He knew it, Number Zero has came to Metroville and made all of its denizens his puppets. In order to save the world, he would need to go to another in search of the rogue heartless. Now he has more reasons to finish him off once and for all.

[kingdomkeylight]

"Depressing as ever" Castex said as he walked around the empty halls of the castle. Also the members were currently doing something everyone besides the superior himself. Turning around as if expecting someone to be there Castex simple coughed as he pulled out the white orb he always had with him.

"Lets see if we can get a look at what Sleifs doing" After a second the orb started to show a picture a place Castex knew all to well. Some could say it was his birth place while others could say it was just the place he woke up when he became a nobody.

"What are you doing in Roads End" The enigma asked himself as Sleif came into the picture along with Maleficant. "So thats where that witch has been, no wonder certain people have been making there moves at this time" then behind him a samuri appeared.

"Really I believe that job was given to Nelox tell Fox to immediately return along with Tora I have a more important job for them at this time" Bowing they nobody left to deliver its message to the two. Staring at the orb Castex seemed to be eyeing something. As far as he could tell Sleif wasnt talking to Malifecant he was looking at someone else.

"Who are you chatting with Sleif, possible a new player" Castex said putting it away. He had used it to long Sleif would notice by now.

"I need a walk" Castex then disappeared. After a second he reappeared right out side the castle walking around The World That Never Was. As usual it was pitch black the only light coming from the tall buildings and the heart shaped moon. Though it was still complete Castex couldnt activate the moon he needed Rena to do that but then again that wasnt what he was worried about. He was staring at the tallest of the towers the one where so many years ago he and Sleif had one of there most deadlest battle which almost got them and several other people at that time killed.

"So many years ago, yet so little anwsered how about it Sleif lets have a little chat" Castex said aloud as if expecting Sleif to hear it but what nobody knew was in fact Sleif was going to hear that message even if it took a few minutes to reach him.

[Tyrant Raver]

"Messatsu! Gou Satsu!"

The monk didn't held back at the rogue heartless. She just delivered her most powerful blows without any remorse. Because he truly deserved it. Number Zero clearly approached the wrong person to ask to in search of Ragna. The rogue heartless squirmed and struggled to regenerate, those strikes were more than just physical beatings. Her fists and kicks are capable of such destructive capability.

"I knew it." uttered the heartless as he regenerates the hole left by Chiyu's last attack. "The power of nothingness. She's not a nobody but she can use the power of nothingness--Gahh!" Chiyu just appeared in front of him and punched another hole through his thick biomass. With such speed, he didn't even felt her presence. "Damn you woman! Hyper Clock Up!" streams of energy then began channeling throughout his whole body, activating his adaptive skill the Hyper clock up system that sends everything around him in suspended time.

Now its his chance, he moved away from the monk trapped in suspended time and then regenerates a huge blade off his arm and then dashed right at Chiyu. As he went inches away from eviscerating the woman, Chiyu threw another destructive punch that sent the heartless plummeting through the forest grounds. "What!? H-How---that's impossible!" he was overwhelmed, no one and no being can withstand the clutches of the Clock Up system.

"Your tricks won't work on me foul being!"

Suddenly, a high sidekick connected that disabled his hyper clock up system. Chiyu then took another stance and stomped the ground; the tremor sent Number Zero in Mid-air. Chiyu crouched and then charged her chi upon her right fist until it was ablazed by a blue flame. As her opponent dropped down, She launched herself up and then

"Tenryu Rekkou"

An explosive impact by a flaming rising uppercut. "Uuagh!" with that blow, Number Zero was badly bruised and damaged. As he crashed to the ground, he dissolved himself into liquid form and then made his escape.

The monk landed on her feet and then took her ease stance. From a distance, she noticed something on the ground, probably Number Zero dropped while making his escape. Chiyu picked it up and it began to glow and then all of a sudden she disappeared or teleported out of sight maybe to an another world.

[lumine]

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"Noraxeen, well isn't this a surprise, and to what do I owe this meeting of an old friend?"

"what? can't I just come for a chit-chat?like the old days..." Noraxeen answered back folding her arms in front of her as her smile shifted to a playful smirk. however, the sudden movement of the witch behind her drew a glance from the azure nymph.

"So that is the reason why you're here huh?"

Noraxeen just shifted her weight to the other leg as she looked behind her back, the soft smile still drawn on her lips as she spoke. " You know, I was really caught by surprise when I encountered her... I didn't expect that you'd go so far by creating this..." her piercing aquamarine gaze slid back slowly to the ancient heartless standing in front of her. Though she was still smiling a hint of seriousness wavered from her when she childishly tilted her head to the side.

"Sleif..., What have you done to this child's heart?..." Noraxeen finally asked. For some time the only sound that disturbed the meaningful silence was the gentle rolling waves of the ocean. The soft breeze slipping through her reddish brown hair causing it to sway, allowing the pale rays of the moon to illuminate her curious face for one brief second. The fact that something like this came into existence disturbed her greatly that she had to interfere. Much more important is why did Sleif bother to create such a thing...

"When I found her," She said as she walked to the shoreline, "she was seeping Darkness... too much darkness when it is already sealed..." She paused for a second as her eyes went on admiring the limitless Ocean. "What are you exactly planning to do with this much darkness?" again She turned around facing the sinister yellow gaze of the heartless. She'd be surprised if he answered her truthfully but she couldn't help but ask him.

[Takushi Rena]

Uhhh. . . . I have no idea how Wrath does it.

The girl seemed suspended in a little, tiny bit of disbelief. Why she thought that Derrick could create portals was beyond her, but the fact that he couldn't seemed so much worse right then and there. How were they supposed to get to Traverse Town? That was so dire!

"Aw man..." Her stomach seemed like it was twisting in a knot, the girl swaying side to side for a moment at the thought of getting sick. Ugh.

"What'd we do? I don't think it's gonna stop..."

The train kept on rolling down that track made of lights, heading straight (for certain, now) towards the world of Halloween. Perhaps it didn't understand: it was Traverse Town, not Halloween Town! Yet... it seemed like it did understand, but there was a reason.

Her hand pressed against the wall where the front of the train was, hoping that searching around for a door would get to the control panel and get the train to stop! Yet, there was no control panel; this train was entirely controlled by magic, or something else.

No control panel and controlled by magic. Plus, it listens to you! Weird train, though still not creepy.

"Hey..." her mouth agog, words came flowing out as she glanced around, "does it seem like the train wants to help or somethin'?"

Help what, though, wasn't very clear right then and there. Why did it need to help something?

The train started to turn once more, heading into the world now. Starry skies made way to grey, dark skies, the train suddenly growing dark.

They weren't getting to Traverse Town any time soon, were they?

[Going to post as Ten later D: Sorriiiiiiies.]

[sephiroth2]

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"You know, I was really caught by surprise when I encountered her... I didn't expect that you'd go so far by creating this..." Noraxeen said to the Heartless, as her eyes slide back with her head, locking onto Sleif's yellow versions, still watching her and almost appearing to never blink. "It was another life ago. Sooo many things have happened since I created, this...." the tall man said, slowly walking past the Nobody as she simply tilted her head in both a childish and yet serious manner, something only she could do...especially back then.

"Sleif..., What have you done to this child's heart?..." asked Noraxeen, this sudden question seemingly bringing the entire area to a silence, the only sound heard coming from anything infact, being that of the ocean waves, rolling agaisnt the shoreline before receeding and repeating the entire process over and over again. "That is the most intriging thing about it!....." the heartless suddenly stopped, as if trying to think before finally replying to Noraxeen. "..huh, I've seem to have forgotten. My isn't that always embarressing!" said Sleif, turning back so he was looking at Norxaeens eyes yet again, a small smirk on his face making it almost impossible to know whether he was indeed telling the truth of forgetting, or was simply lying.

"When I found her, she was seeping Darkness... too much darkness when it is already sealed...What are you exactly planning to do with this much darkness?" asked the Nobody, her gaze clearly focused in admiring the possibly endless ocean before her, while Sleif stood tall before the unconscious body of the young girl, noticing the seapings of darkness from small wounds, that Noraxeen had mentioned. Running one of his fingers along this, the heartless smiled as a small trail of the dark blood slowly slide down his finger, before suddenly burning away from existence.

Turning his head to Maleficent, the witch smiled as she moved into place just to the opposite of Sleif, on the other side of the girl, just as a dark green aura enveloped the child while Sleif stepped back slightly. "All will become clear in due time. Everything is starting to happen just as it should..." the heartless began to say as he turned around, his back now facing both the child and witch as she continued with whatever she was doing, while Sleif's gaze continued to watch Noraxeen. "...And very soon, you shall even bare witness to what this child can do!" said the man, smiling more and more as Maleficent moved away from the body, the wounds that were persent now healed while the darkness that was coming from them had seemed to fade away already.

Bending down on one knee onto the dark sand, the Heartless' smile never faded, as he watched the childs sleeping face, smiling more as the same finger he used to see the dark blood, slowly touched the child's forehead, causing a black aura to appear around both himself and the child, and just as quickly causing Sleif to back away from the body quickly, almost afraid of what he sensed but continued to smile, not showing any sign of worry to both the Witch or Nobody...or anyone watching infact.

"Thank you for your help Maleficent! Please...continue with your monitoring. I look forward to good things to hear." Sleif said as the Witch simply bowed and erupted in blinding green flames, and within seconds was completely gone from the beach, leaving only Noraxeen, Sleif and the child. "It has been rather long since last we spoke like this...hasn't it?" said the heartless, standing to the side of Noraxeen, gazing out towards the ocean with his bright yellow eyes, while the water seemed to only just barely touch the front of his boots, before seemingly retreating from him. "I mean...I believe you haven't even seen Castex yet. And what might that be like I wonder?" the huge man said, turning and facing the female nobody before him, while his yellow eyes stared at her, just like a heartless would. "I guess there's no sense in leaving the child here, hmm?" he asked, raising his hand towards the unconcious child before a group of Neo Shadows slowly rose up from the ground, each one holding onto a side of the child keeping the body just above the ground while their claws held onto her.

Smiling to himself, the heartless simply continued to look out towards the ocean infront of him as he once again spoke to Noraxeen. "It seems our old friend is trying to communicate with me. I'm sure he would be more then, happy, to see you after so long!" the heartless said smiling at the nobody.

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Running, running, and more running was all that was heard as the long wings/legs of the Gargoyle child continued to place him a head of the three other children that were chasing after it, as they all ran deeper and deeper into the depths of the forest. "Do you see him yet?" a girls voice said, as a young child wearing a purple witches costume and a plain green mask stood holding onto a low branch. "No...nothing yet! But we better hurry!" this time a boys voice called out, this one from a boy dressed in a very life like devils costume, with a red devil mask. "Yeah....em...why do we need to hurry again?" a third different voice was spoken this time, coming from possibly the shortest of the three children, as he also wore a costume, this one askeleton, with a similar round face mask.

"Ah you dumb head! We need to find him or else we'll be the ones to replace him!" the girl stated quite clearly, causing both boys to shake and continue to move deeper ahead through the trees, as the young girl followed quickly after them. Meanwhile, the young gargoyle seemed to realise he had stopped being chased by the three kids, but also noticed, that in doing so, had also become lost himself. "Ohh, what am I going to do now? I-I can't go back on my own! A-A-And Jack isn't here yet, so I...woah!" the child was saying to himself, before suddenly hitting something metalic behind him. Upon stopping and turning around, the Gargoyle noticed a strange sight. Something resembling a platform of sorts, wile metal railing like tracks ran along the ground infront of it, running deeply in both directions and seemingly having no end in sight.

"W-What is this place?" The child asked himself, having never seen anything like this in his life. Whatever it was, for some reason he knew that stepping onto those metal tracks would be bad, but the strangest thing was, the small metal sign he had bumped into. Tilting his head straight up, the child saw that a small piece of metal stuck out from the pole, which read simply the word..."A-Arriving? But...what's arriving?" the child thought to himself as he heard the faint sound of some kind of bell ringing from the darkness, which only continued to get louder.

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Abeo continued to look in shock, at the strange sight of the talking crab infront of them. "I-I think it is?" the young man said, as the Crab continued to speak in a worried tone. "Da King iz gonna be in trouble unless I get some help!...YOU..all of you, can you help me?" the Crab asked, though Abeo was still slightly in shock in seeing a talking crustacean. "Em...s-sure! Is there anything we can do to help?" he said, while the crab swam slightly in front of them. "A few days ago, these strange pair of people came to da palace. One looked like a young girl, while da other was like an older man, wore a strange white coat." said the Crab, though to Abeo, he had no idea what was being said at all, but maybe the others could have known.

"Well, he told us to surrender our kingdom, but da King refused and ordered the two away, having to actually use his trident to do so. They were very powerful, but no match for his majesty." the crab said, his face beaming with pride at that statement before it suddenly fell. "But...da other day, strange shiny creatures started to appear in the oceans. Da king tried his best to repel them, but...there was too many of them. Da palace is completely overrun, and da creatures have taken the king and his trident away. I-I just managed to get out before they could get me, but maybe you can help us?" the crustancean asked, though Abeo had no idea what they should do, looking around to the others. "Well? What do you think?" the young man asked, holding onto his golden sword as he floated there

[kingdomkeylight]

"What this vibe I am getting" Castex said aloud to himself concentrating on a secondary source near Sleif, it wasnt Maleficant no she couldn't produce energy like this but there was someone he knew who could a friend as old as Slief.

"Noraxeen" Castex turned around to a couple of figures each staring at him. "To what honar do I owe the visit Claria" Castex said as the blue skinned Totema walked forward. The other two were Rashnear and a hidden figure only staring at Castex with one eye.

"Ah Monte sent his special, toy did he guessing your here to elliminate me" Castex asked as he summoned his Diamond Rapier. As Claria and Rashnear summoned there the third figure started to ozoo out darkness.

"Of course are Monte cant have complete victor if there are people around who can kill him" Claria said as Castex chuckled.

"No I guess your right so lets have some fun how about it Anima one on one" Animas single eye blinked as it nodded its head in agreement however the other clearly didnt like the what was happening but were not about to argue with Anima no in truth they actually feared Anima. There were other orders they had though so this little agreement saved them time.

"Well then I am expecting guest so if you dont mind, I am going to drag you down into the true twilight realm" After saying that Castex grabbed the white orb and threw it to the air.
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"Welcome to Halloween Town" a voice said to both Derrick and Rena at the same time as the voice spoke the room inside the Train started to get very cold almost freezing and then Claria apeared on the other end of it. "Didnt expect you to get here so early but then again where would the fun be if everything went according to plan" Claria said as she summoned her staff.

"So before we begin lets get rid of the extra player shall we Derrick" Claria then pointed her staff at Rena creating a portal under her one that would send her straight to Halloween Town. "Dont worry I only sent her to the world below you shall easily find her that is if theres anything left of her once Rashnears done" Claria then lunged at the dark boy slamming her staff into his left rib cage sending him off the seat and into the other end of the Train.

"Then again I would worry about yourself first especial confind as we are to fighting space until we land which is about 8 minutes better hope Rena can last that long" Claria then tapped her staff on the ground creating a purple aura to go around the whole area of the train stopping all ideas of portals or any other excpae methods.

"Your move"
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Let me go you other world Creature you have no right to.."

"Oh put a stop to it your rambling can only go for so long king Trident" Monte said in his regular lab coat get up. He had left Ten to deal with Olympus in regards to capturing the Underworld, as he dealt with capturing this world along with his other Totema creations and of course the unbirth. Which at the time were causing chaos behind him the yells and scream clear as a bell to the two figures. Then agian Monte was holding onto the mans weapon the Trident. As for the king he was entombed in his own chair trapped in a crystal veil well besides his head.

"You will regret this human" The king shot trying to think of a plan of getting out of this trap tensing up everytime he heard a scream knowing what was happening.

"Really well I offered the easy way and you shot at us so now I am doing it the hard way just like I did to Olympus" Monte said with a dark smile.
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As the portal reopened spitting out Rena the girl was only given a a few second to breath as Rashnear started to walk towards her.

"Well, well if it isnt the keyblade Brat or do you prefer your actually Title Keyblade Master of Twilight" Rashner said as his helmed appeared on his face the same time as his Hammer appeared.

"I got you for a good 7 minutes before your boyfriend and Claria get here so lets have some fun" Rashnear jumped into the air his hammer coming down fast for Renas head.
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After the huge blare of light Anima opened his eye loking around the area it was almost the same the Tower was in front of him but there was also the fact that was besides that object they only had a circle of area.

"Sleif and Noraxeen should be here soon I doubt Sleif will be patent enough to let me have a match so lets Get as much as we can" Castex then appeared behind Anima going for a complete lung technique though before it connected Anima dodged it sending a beam of darkness from his eye at Castex who reacted by Dropping like a cat to the ground then before Anima could redirect his eye Castex delivered a kick to Anima while at the same time delivering a powerful spell.

"Gravitaga" Anima Struggled as the spell forced him to the ground Though before the spell could take its full blow Anima disappeared ina black fog. "Oh thats not fair" Castex said as the twilight realm disappeared into his hand as the white orb again.

"Oh well I do have things to do" castex said wondering why Anima acted out a retreat so early.

[Skitty Cat]

Erin quickly followed the group, not saying anything after some mild snippy comments. She stopped and stared at Abeo, curious on what had caused him to stop. Looking at him with a raised eyebrow, the fifteen-year-old's gaze softened when she saw the crab and it was talking. So cute, she thought. Shaking herself mentally, Erin followed the crab as it led the way to the palace and explained, "A few days ago, these strange pair of people came to da palace. One looked like a young girl, while da other was like an older man, wore a strange white coat. Well, he told us to surrender our kingdom, but da King refused and ordered the two away, having to actually use his trident to do so. They were very powerful, but no match for his majesty."

Her stomach tightening, she listened as the crab finished, "But...da other day, strange shiny creatures started to appear in the oceans. Da king tried his best to repel them, but...there was too many of them. Da palace is completely overrun, and da creatures have taken the king and his trident away. I-I just managed to get out before they could get me, but maybe you can help us?"

Before she could say anything, Abeo asked, "Well? What do you think?"

A soft frown on her face, Erin replied truthfully, "I think it'd be a good idea, but if we did help than we're meddling and we're not supposed to. I'm game for what ever you guys decide." Taking in the scent of darkness, she wrinkled her nose and hissed, "Unbirths, their master must not be too far behind."

~- Destiny Islands -~

Anna smiled at Lilla, her sightless eyes moved around her, not seeing any of the details of the world; but hearing, smelling and feeling them instead. Her attention returned to Lilla when she asked, "Any idea where to go?"

Anna felt a gentle smile touch her face, she nodded and replied simply, "Yeah, Anna needs to rejoin up with Erin, she's a friend. Do you want to come with Anna?" She held out her hand, and smiled at Lilla, already planning on "acquiring" her as a new "friend," or at least that's how she put it instead of how the other parasites worded it.

~- Library, Riku's POV -~

He cut through the last one, looking around to find the cause of the Nobodies attacking him; his lips pinched into a frown, Riku's aquamarine eyes found nothing. Scenting the air, he thought he smelled a being of darkness, it didn't smell like that dark-haired girl, what was her name? He had told her to choose something, but he couldn't remember her. Riku did know that he shouldn't even be able to remember that, but how could he than?

Riku walked toward the person, he caught a glimpse of a hooded female. Soul Eater still in hand, he eyed the female, why did he feel as if he knew her? Maybe it was just the way the black coat hugged her delicate frame. "Do I know you?" He asked.

She shook his head and backed up, not saying a word. His gaze snapping to a samurai nobody, he tensed automatically, tightening his grip on his sword until his knuckles started to turn white. Riku watched and listened while it said, "Lord Castex wishes to speak to you and Fox, Lady Tora. He has a very important mission for you two."

Riku looked at the girl in time to see her nod, so her name was Tora, was it? That was confusing, normally they had a x in their name. Only after the samurai left did Tora move away from the bookshelf. Grabbing her wrist as she walked past, he hissed, "Who's Castex?"

Tora didn't answer him, making Riku feel frustrated by her silence. Unintentionally he tightened his grip around her wrist, causing a soft squeak and shudder to come from her, realizing what had happened, he loosened it but didn't release. It was enough for the Nobody to yank her arm free, wheeling to face him she sneered, "That is none of your business. Now, I truly must be going!" Without another word on the matter, Tora opened a portal and stepped through it, shutting it behind her.

Riku stood there staring at where she had been moments ago, shaking his head he snatched the book off of the table before summoning a portal himself. The black and violet combining nicely, stepping into it having decided to leave for the time being; he stalked through the corridor frustrated by Tora’s reactions toward him. She seemed to be afraid of him, like she was use to males being far stronger than she was. "What's that all about?" He asked quietly.

~- World That Never Was -~

Tora stepped out of the corridor of darkness, rubbing her wrist from when Riku had grasped it. It smarted, looking up at the heart-shaped moon, she smiled softly. "Kingdom Hearts," she whispered. Tossing together a fast report in her mind, she realized that it was right on. Riku was rusty, yes, but he was still strong; quick to anger if you brought riddles into it; but it seemed as if he was trying to suppress his darkness. Her wolf gold eyes scanning the area, she spotted Castex and timidly walked over.

"Um, Lord Castex, I've finished that mission. I apologize for taking so long though." She said hesitantly.

[Tyrant Raver]

Ragna boarded his gummi ship heading towards for Halloween town. It was pin-pointed by his tracking device designed for finding even the slightest drop of darkness coming from the rogue heartless. And the world nearest to Number Zero's essence was Halloween town, not to metion this world reeks with darkness.

As he entered the outer layer of Halloween town, he then spotted the Twilight express heading towards that world too. But something drove him to get closer to it and give it a good look. He browsed through the train cabs and then noticed something. His device then began going off, darkness is strong aboard this train.

Regardless. He already entered the world's atmosphere. Which means there's nothing he could do what could be happening in that train. Perhaps he'll know once he landed.

[Rhapsody]

This way!

Her head snapped in the direction of Kaijen's voice just in time to see the group head away from the swarm of Heartless and towards an opening. Thistle barely dodged a hit from one of the lethal Heartless before hastily followed behind as quickly as she could.

Not long after the escape the group found themselves slowly approaching an underwater city, littered with flashing lights and sea creatures. Thistle's eyes widened, amazed that a place like this even existed underwater. A whole city!

The slow swim came to a sudden stop as her eyes averted to Abeo, her chocolate orbs widening even more at another peculiar sight: A crab, seemingly out of nowhere, landed right on Abeo’s face! Kaijen and Abeo appeared quite bewildered at the sight of the talking crab; Thistle looked as if she had seen a ghost! With cautious eyes, she listened intently to the crab's current dilemma.

"Let's help him out." Thistle chimed in after listening to the creature, directing the statement and her chocolate gaze to Kaijen. Her eyes flashed with a hint of excitement and hopefulness as she continued speaking to the black-haired boy.

"Maybe we can find our friends while we clear this place with... whatever it is that needs clearing?"

Not waiting for Kaijen's response, the girl averted her attention to the small sea animal and swam directly towards the crab. She was in the small crab’s face within an instant, merely inches from the red crustacean’s body. Thistle was never introduced to the little thing called, "personal space."

"Hey, Mr. Crab! My name's Thistle. And..." she dragged out the word as her body shifted a little to face the group. With her index finger she pointed at the group behind her. Bright orbs stayed on the crab’s beady little eyes as she went on to introduce everyone else to the creature.

"Spikey over there's named Kaijen, and the guy with the humongo sword is Abeo. That's..."

She stopped in midsentence when she remembered one small thing: A girl was also in the group's presence. Thistle tilted her head and looked to the girl, a puzzled expression etched on her features as she dropped her hand to her side.

"Um, who are you, again?"


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OoC: Long overdue post is long overdue, not to mention a bit rushed. D: But I might edit this post with Nala.

[Watson]

"What brought that on may I ask?" Asked the newly arrived girl in response to Ilxudiq's Badgers comment.
"Oh, nothing really. I'm just thinking, you never really here about them. I mean, you hear about all sorts of creatures all the time, but Badgers... it's like they don't exist. Oh, them and Wombats. I wasn't even quite sure what one looked like until a few years ago, and I think that might've been a Turtle of some sort and not even a Wombat. But, Badgers, I mean, they're never even mentioned. Wombats, sometimes they come up in casual conversation, but never Badgers. It's just a bit weird." Ilxudiq shrugged a bit, and looked at his feet. When his eyes returned to the people before him, they were... gone.


Of all the people to simply leave, he was the worst. Especially in this world. It didn't look much like any of them had been here before, and here his power was absolute. This world was mostly water, so he could destroy it. He could kill every living thing in this world. And of all the people to leave hanging, he was really a bad one in a world where he was a god. He didn't want to end up going near Alt, because he seemed less than sane, and certainly powerful. Or maybe he thought he was powerful and put on a good show. Either way. A few heartless swam by and attempted to strike him, so he killed each of them within a second. He could simply press the water on each side of their bodies together with enough force that they imploded, or something like that. As he pointed out, physics were a no-no in this world.



Sora had plans, none of which involved being beaten to a pulp or killed by Nelox apparently. But, Nelox had some rather useful things at his disposal. He jumped out of the flaming keyblade's way, and jumped at Sora, swinging his shortsword at the boy. Then he decided on something. A shortsword didn't have nearly long enough reach. He'd likely switch to a longsword, or bow and arrow, if things began to tip out of favor. Although, considering he was to simply gather intel, he could likely just leave as opposed to killing the boy. And his first strike wasn't very impressive. He'd benefit from throwing a few horizontal slashes at Sora, then a vertical one from the ground up, then came for a horizontal one from the left. If he blocked them all, he'd switch to a mace, most likely, and see if there was any change in battle style or strategy in his adversary. Then, of course, he could always use his element for more than just weaponry if he still needed to know more...

[kingdomkeylight]

"Um, Lord Castex, I've finished that mission. I apologize for taking so long though."

"Ah Tora good timing... my dear just call me Castex your not a lesser nobody, and anyways the lesser nobodies call me by that because.. well actually there is no reason they choice to, and Nelox does it because hes more of a noble type, as for you no reason my dear I am not a all high mighty leader just one of the few who will" Castex said to the girl hoping to ease her worries.

"So how was Riku hopefully not a handful" Castex asked as he started to feel a shift in the air. "Just in case get ready to run if I tell you to unlease you think you can fight then stay" Castex said quiet oddly but as they stood there waiting for Sleif Castex could tell that anything dealing with Sleif could turn sour quickly.

"Tell me your request why is it so simple and why not wish to leave the organization thats what most look forward to" Castex asked bringing up ideal chat.
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"Ah Anima that was quick I am guess you didnt kill Castex then" Monte asked turning his head to look at the dark figure now that it was in clearer light it could be seen fully. As mentioned before it only had one eye the rest of its body was covered in darkness ozooing bandages with to iron bent shields on both of his side chained together as if holding something back on Anima.

"Nevere mind we shall be having guess soon be ready Adrammelch should be here soon once he find the keyhole" Monte said eyeing the King with a wicked smile.