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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 5, 2018 15:33:02 GMT -5
It had been some time since Seamus Cray had been to Radiant Garden. Ever since he and his friends had found a new world to call New Yuio they spent most of their time there. It was nice finally having a place to call home, especially since they have been building it like how old Yuio was. It had been fun the past few years making a new hideout and all, but he had gotten used to hopping from world to world with his friends and finding themselves going on adventures on those worlds. Having a break was nice but Seamus was eager to get back into the swing of things, he couldn't let Riley and the others have all the fun plus he didn't want to end up like Kai and Zero and fall behind. " It's been too long since I've seen those two." he said to himself once he recalled the last time they were all together. In fact, now that he thought about it Kai and Zero haven't been seen on New Yuio yet. " Huh, knowing them they probably got caught up saving another world."
Seamus had made his way though the Bailey when he notice some posters. He got closer to them to get a better look at them. " To any brave warriors interested, there are a few larger than normal heartless roaming around the worlds and destroying everything in their path. If any of you feel you are up to the challenge of taking out these beasts please find our booth at the Marketplace. If you are successful in defeating them all who participated shall be handsomely rewarded." He read out loud.
After he read the poster a little orb of darkness came out of his pocket. It flew up before the darkness faded revealing his new fairy companion Celeste. " You should help out, you could use the workout after the feast you had at lunch today."
" The sign said all you can eat, besides not like i'll pass up easy munny."
Celeste just rolled her eyes as she and Seamus started to make their way to the marketplace.
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Post by Ziya on Jul 5, 2018 23:36:10 GMT -5
Yet another uneventful day was halfway over for Lucia as she strolled through the Marketplace window shopping. The past few years had been a blur since her transformation, but she was happier than she'd ever been even with nothing to do. Still, old habits die hard and all, and she certainly stood out in the crowd with her punk-ish work clothes on. She wasn't sure why she had chosen the outfit over her usual casual attire, but something seemed special about today.
Sure enough, just as she was starting to get bored a fresh poster caught her eye near the path to the Bailey. Why would there be a poster with a Darkside on it in the middle of town? She tilted her head slightly as she approached, allowing her bangs to fall away from her left eye as a grin grew at each word she read. "Big Heartless that need killing huh? Looks like we're back in business!"
Technically speaking they still were in business, seeing as both Jennifer and Jason were off on missions, but Lucia hadn't had anything remotely close to an adventure since the incident with that sword and keys years ago. She wondered how those guys were doing as she turned to find this booth, only to see a familiar aura walking past in the crowd. Her grin only grew bigger as she ran over to none other than Seamus Cray.
As she reached him Lucia dropped back into a casual walk, hips swaying slightly thanks to the small heels on her boots. She noticed a small unfamiliar fairy-like being clearly accompanying Seamus, but chose to address only him for the moment. "Seamus Cray, it's been far too long! I see you changed your hair. How have you been?"She almost hoped he didn't recognize her; it would be much more fun to play along for a bit.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 6, 2018 0:23:26 GMT -5
Seamus and Celeste had been wondering around the market place before Seamus stopped. " Hey Celeste, you ever get the feeling that someone's watching you?" he asked her.
" Not really, why? Are you expecting anyone?"
Before Seamus could answer he heard a voice call out his name. It wasn't a voice he recognized, so he had no clue who it was. Great, he thought more interruptions getting in the way of munny. He turned around to find a rather tall woman. He had never met a girl this tall before, at least one he could remember. " Oooh hey..." He thought for a moment about all the possibilities of who she could be. She knew his current green hair wasn't always like that so she would had to have known him, or someone else that knew him, before it change two years ago. He had an idea of who she could be. " Let me guess, you're another daughter of Riley i haven't met yet and he or one of your sisters sent you to come find me."
" I'm pretty sure if Riley got with a woman that could produce a girl this tall he would have bragged about it by now" Celeste stated, flying around the woman inspecting her.
" You're right.." Seamus scratched his head. " So where do i know you from? Do i owe you some date i forgot about?"
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Post by Ziya on Jul 6, 2018 0:52:15 GMT -5
Lucia giggled brightly at what could only be called the most confused look she had gotten since the spell. Her newfound love of pranks had been a surprise even for her, but she quickly realized she was simply being true to herself at long last. This particular one never got old, a good thing since she could only pull it once per person.
"Aw, and here I thought we were friends after all those days we spent together, even if it has been four years." She knew she could string him along a bit longer if she wanted to, but giving a few hints was more fun. Her violet eyes flashed briefly as she leaned toward him a touch, grinning all the while. "You're not the only one who's changed a bit. Though," she straightened again, putting a hand to her chest, just below the duality pendant of her necklace, "I will admit that I've changed a lot more than you."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 6, 2018 1:40:49 GMT -5
Seamus could only raise an eyebrow as the woman giggled. When she mentioned spending a few days with him four years ago he got worried. Did he forget an event extremely important? He wouldn't forget meeting a girl as tall as she was, would he?
" Wow Seamus looks like going on all those adventures with Riley has finally corrupted you." Celeste smirked at him. " And here I thought we taught you better than this. Guess it's time to start calculating how much you owe her for running from her for four years."
Seamus just glared over at his fairy before looking back at the woman. He didn't like where this was going. " Listen lady i don't know what you're on about, but i'm pretty sure would remember meeting someone like you". It wasn't until she leaned towards him and pointed to her necklace he started to put two an two together. " D-David?!" Seamus lost his balanced for a fit before he finally got himself back together. He rubbed his eyes before looking back at her. " H-How did you- when did you"
Seamus quickly ran around his old friend a bit before stopping after not finding a curse mark on him. " Come to think of it, you would have an exposed part of yourself opened to get a curse like Riley. So you did this on purpose, you look good. I don't mean it like that, well i guess i do since you're now, but you... you know what i mean!"
" Smooth"
" Ignoring you!" Seamus looked back at his old newly changed friend. " So are you going to be like Nazo and the others and keep he same name, or do you go by something else now? Do Jennifer and Jason know?" Seamus had already been though his best friend being turned into a girl, then later transform into a goddess so this wasn't the most surprising thing he's seen but it was still up there.
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Post by Ziya on Jul 6, 2018 13:35:03 GMT -5
Lucia's grin grew into a genuine smile as Seamus finally realized who she was. Though the mention of her deadname stung just a bit he couldn't have known, and his surprise more than made up for it. As she waited for his questions to stop she adopted her new usual pose, with her left hand on her slightly cocked hip and her right hanging freely.
"No curses here; I did this to myself for myself. Let's answer those questions in order, shall we?" Her right hand rose with a single finger up. "First, my name is Lucia Talec now, and I'd appreciate it if my deadname stays dead. I'm still using my Elemental Title of Mizan though; I worked way too hard to get it." A second finger joined the first during the slight pause. "Second, Jason and my sis both helped with the research and actual casting of the spell I used, so if they don't know then there's no hope for them."
After her explanation Lucia glanced over at the small being hovering around her old friend once more. It had an aura unlike anything she had ever seen, but seemed friendly enough, and so a third finger rose. "Third is a question of my own. Who's you're new companion, and what brings you here?" She had a feeling she knew the answer to the second part, but it was an odd coincidence nonetheless.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 6, 2018 23:07:39 GMT -5
Seamus was from a world where anything was possible, so it wasn't too strange that there was a normal spell that turned people into the other gender now that he thought about it. " Lucia huh, i'll try to call you that consistently."
" Looks like it's off to sensitivity training for you." Celeste giggled.
It was then revealed that his sister and Jason who helped cast the spell on him. " I should have guessed, we tried something similar with Riley to get his old body back, but it was only lasted a few minutes because the curse put on him is pretty advance." Lucia then asked about his opinionated fairy friend. " Oh that's right you two haven't meet yet. Lucia this is Celeste, my fairy summon. I got her back on New Yuio, in fact there where four of them we found, so naturally I took the darkness one. She's supposed to help me out in battle but her favorite hobby is nagging me."
" A nag a day keeps the mistakes away." Celeste stuck her tongue out at Seamus before flying in front of Lucia, giving a little flash of darkness before she suddenly appeared as her four foot tall form. " Hi there, Seamus already told me all about the story of the seven keys. Thanks for making sure he didn't charge head first into everything and die. Seamus doesn't like it when I try to give him my comments but he'll always cry for me to heal him."
" That was one time!" Seamus protested. He was so caught up about the news about Lucia he almost forgot why he was here. " Oh yeah, I was world hopping when I came across some poster asking people to take out some strong heartless. I figured it would easy munny so i decided to try to find them and check it out."
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Post by Ziya on Jul 6, 2018 23:49:43 GMT -5
Lucia had to resist taking a step back as Celeste suddenly grew larger right in front of her. Caught off guard by the transformation, she did forget to keep from blushing mildly as well at the fairy's comment. Trying to act casual, she waved her hand in front of her face a but. "Nah, it was actually Seamus and the others that saved me. I doubt I'd have survived that first Heartless if it weren't for them. Nice to meet you, by the way."
It was only then that Seamus' words clicked and excitement sparked in her eyes. "Wait, you're here cause of the posters too? Great, then let's team up!" With her height it was fairly simple to look across the crowd and find the booth in question, pointing at it once she did. "There it is! I've been looking for an excuse to get back out there again. It took far too long to get used to thi-"
She cut off abruptly and grabbed her vibrating phone from a hidden pocket mid-stride. "Hey sis, you'll never guess who I just ran into... It's Seamus Cray! From the key thing where we somehow made the Aspect Augmentation work? Yeah, that one! We're gonna hang out and go kill some Heartless for some people..." A furious blush swept across her face at whatever was said next. "NO OF COURSE THAT WON"T HAPPEN! Oh yeah, what about that one guy with the tattoos on his arm? Uh huh, I thought as much... Yeah, you too. Bye!"
As Lucia hung up and realized Seamus was still right next to her the blush came back only slightly diminished. She knew it was probably too late to hide it, but nonetheless she spun in the direction of the booth once more and began to cross the square, calling back as she did. "Come on Seamus, if we don't get there soon there might not be any left for us to fight!"
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 7, 2018 0:57:29 GMT -5
Celeste giggled as Lucia reacted to her taller form. " Sorry, sometimes i forget my species of fairy isn't that common on other worlds. Nice to meet you too, I can already tell it'll be fun to be around you." She then reverted back to her smaller form before flying back to hovering around Seamus.
Seamus kind of sighed a bit after finding out Lucia also saw the posters. More people meant less munny for him, but teaming up with her always proved to work well in the past Besides he had some new moves to show her. " Why not, it's been awhile since we've teamed up. I can show you what i came up with during my training." After Lucia managed to find the booth Seamus turned to go check i out before stopping when hearing the vibrating phone. From what he could hear it was her sister who called her. Seamus just raised an eyebrow after seeing Lucia blush at whatever Jennifer said. It was going to take some time getting used to her new personality. he gave a small laugh as he tried to play it off and quickly run off to the booth.
Seamus followed her up to the booth, where there was a man organizing papers. He looked up at them. " I take it you two are here to try and take out dangerous heartless?"
" Yeah sign us up, I figure we can show them a thing or two, provided the reward will be worth it."
" Trust me if you two can manage to take them out the reward will be worth it" The man moved around a few papers before turning two of them to the them. He pointed to different parts of the paper. " Just need you two to sign here, here, and here, initials here and here and you two can be on your way." Celeste floated over the papers reading them before nodding to them that it was okay. After Seamus started signing the man gave them another paper. " There's the list of worlds they are in. If you find them too hard for you you can always quit, many that have tried do."
" I think we'll manage." Seamus took the list before he started walking off. One was in Keyblade graveyard, one in Sugar Rush, and the last in Agrabah. " Great one's in keyblade graveyard, the last time i faced a heartless there it took me, Riley, and like four other people to take it out. But then again with my new powers and you it shouldn't be that bad. Where should we go first?"
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Post by Ziya on Jul 7, 2018 1:32:34 GMT -5
Lucia wrinkled her nose as she started on the forms before her, reading everything out of habit from when she ran the Twilight Brigade years ago. The paperwork was one of the things she missed the least, to be sure. After a few moments she nodded and signed everywhere necessary before winking at the man cheekily. "Don't worry, you've got Mizan on the job now, and this guy isn't too shabby either."
The lack of reaction showed him for the foreigner he was, seeing as most of Radiant Garden had at least heard of her, and a decent number of them knew her face after she had to talk her way out of trouble for "unstable spellcraft" a few times. Was it really so bad to set your own house on fire a few times? She put it out at least, and it's not as if she hadn't saved the place a few times as well.
Lucia quickly caught up to Seamus and peered over his shoulder at the list, listening to his explanation as she did. A moment's consideration was all she needed to decide. "Let's go to Agrabah first. I've never been to Sugar Rush, and if we hold off on the Keyblade Graveyard till last Jason or Jennifer may be able to provide some backup. Besides, "I'd rather deal with all that sand while I still have some energy left. I just know I'm gonna have to take a bath afterward, cause that stuff gets everywhere." She grimaced at the thought. "on that note, as I see it we have three options for getting there: however you got here, my Corridors, or my gummi ship. Any preference?"
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 7, 2018 1:53:57 GMT -5
" I don't like sand either, being someone that uses wind it just gets everywhere." Seamus remembered the last time he used his wind abilities around sand he was still finding it in his clothes days later. He would have to work around that this time. " I've only ever watched Riley, Shade, and Nazo play Sugar Rush, it's a racing game where everything is made of of candy and sweets. I could probably get them to help us there if needed depending on what they are up to when we get done in Agrabah."
Celeste sighed. "I hate dealing with the sandstorms there, they just keep going."
"Gummi ship? I've heard of them but never been on one myself let's take it. Besides last i remember your Corridors always have a catch to them, and i'd rather not fall face first into the sand."
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Post by Ziya on Jul 7, 2018 2:15:27 GMT -5
Lucia pouted at his comment, once more adopting her signature pose. "Hey, I've gotten better at those!" Her voice dropped to a mutter as she added, "Even if Jason's still better..." She quickly smiled again to show she was joking before pointing to one of the smaller alleys nearby. "Here, if we take this we'll get to my place in a few minutes."
Motioning for Seamus to follow, she slipped back trough the crowd with practiced ease, turning this way and that to avoid people rushing about the afternoon. Once she got to the alley she looked over her shoulder at him while continuing to walk. "Gummi ships are pretty neat, if you don't mind taking longer between worlds. Back before Jason taught me how to use Corridors the Alyson was my only choice for transport. Haven't used her myself since..." She abruptly realized the last place her Gummi ship was as her voice grew softer. "Since we stumbled across Celderat again. Has it really been six years since then?"
A quick shake of her head banished the thoughts once more, though she did have to pull her hair out of her face after. "Anyhow, I think you'll like it. Once we get there, of course."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 7, 2018 3:05:27 GMT -5
Seamus laughed a bit as Lucia insisted she was better at aiming her Corridors. " I'm sure you have, knowing you you probably found way to use them in combat three different ways." Seamus had forgotten that Lucia had made this her new home world after her old one fell. " Oh yeah you live here now, guess that's why you know your way around so well."
Seamus followed Lucia though the alleys, dodging people as he listened to her explain Gummi ships. Celeste, not in the mood to weave through people, simply sat on Seamus' head. " I don't remember this place being so crowded," she complained. " Last time we where here there was barely anyone around." Seamus thought about something. "Guess it would be like how the airships on old Yuio were, some would use them to go to different counties and continents, but if you could get a horse and wagon it would be a lot faster unless you had t travel by sea."
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Post by Ziya on Jul 7, 2018 3:34:30 GMT -5
Lucia shook her head as the crowd started to thin slightly. "Nah, this is normal for this time of day. We've had a large amount of people settle in ever since the Restoration Committee fixed up the claymores enough to keep most Heartless out of the city." In truth even she was surprised by the population surge, but it still was nothing compared to Celderat at it's prime.
Before long they arrived at a large complex right on the edge of town, fairly generic on the outside if you didn't count the medium sized gummi ship parked next to it. "Seamus, may I present to you the Alyson. She's been through nearly as much as I have."
The ship was a gleaming crimson with purple accents, main body in a narrow cone with swept back wings that curved forward once more before ending in several batteries of cannons each. One press of the hidden release on the side of the cockpit lowered the ramp for the three, and Lucia wasted no time climbing in, waving Seamus and Celeste to follow.
Inside was exactly as she remembered, with steel flooring and panels everywhere, only broken by the simple black of two joysticks and a few colorful buttons in front of the pilot's seat. Two more seats sat just behind and to either side of the pilot's, and an inset door lay at the back of the room. Lucia sat before the joysticks, but instead of grabbing them spoke seemingly to nobody. "User Identification Mizan. Artificial Intelligence Activate Mode One." A few screens slid into view from hidden slots in the panel, then a female voice spoke through the speakers. "Artificial Intelligence Aura is online. Greetings Lucia, it has been six years, 8 months, 12 days since you were last on the Alyson. Jennifer last updated your profile 3 years, 11 months, 14 days ago."
Lucia teared up a bit at the simple gesture, having expected to hear her deadname once more before updating it herself. A quick scrub of her eyes wiped away the evidence as she spun to face her friends. "We can leave whenever you're ready. Once we're off I'll give you a tour of the rest."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 7, 2018 17:07:32 GMT -5
Seamus had to stop to admire the Alyson. He had only seen similar things during his encounters with Rebecca, so it was nice to see a cool ship that firing at him. "I like the colors, you really like purple don't you?" He got the idea of getting his own one day, but he decided it wouldn't be as fun as being randomly transported to different worlds. It was how the two after all.
Once Lucia lowered the ramp Seamus followed her inside, only to find that instead of a wheel it seemed that the ship was controlled like an arcade game. Celeste got off of Seamus' head and started flying around looking about the place. When the voice came on Seamus started thinking. " A little over three years," He said to himself. Now that he thought about it, three years ago meant it would have been about a year since they last saw each other. " So you got the idea to do to research and find that spell.. after meeting Riley." He thought about what she said about doing the spell for herself. "Seeing him with that body made you think about and realize what you really wanted to be didn't it?"
" So you finally put the pieces together." Celeste had already made herself comfortable in one of the other chairs.
" I'm ready whenever you are. I'm eager to get back in action."
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Post by Ziya on Jul 7, 2018 18:22:58 GMT -5
Lucia sobered up for a moment as Seamus and Celeste put the final pieces together about her, nodding once they were finished. "Yeah, meeting Riley set everything in motion. Once I was aware of the disconnect, what people like me call dysphoria, it got much worse. There was a good two months near the end where I couldn't even look in a mirror without a panic attack." She paused for a moment, allowing herself to remember, before clapping her hands before her and becoming cheerful once more. "But that's all in the past now, so let's get rolling!"
Turning back to the screens, she pressed a button that retracted the ramp, sealing the cockpit once more. "Aura, initiate launch procedure one. Once clear set destination to Agrabah and go full standard." There was no response at first but the ship lifted off on it's own moments later as the inertial dampeners transferred only a fraction of the force to it's occupants. Within a few minutes the sky gave way to space, at which point Lucia moved over to the inset door and opened it using the panel beside it.
Within the steel flooring gave way to a dark oak with a hallway painted a bright gray, three doors on each side with a seventh at the end. So, welcome to the Alyson. On the left is the captain's cabin, followed by the bathroom and a small living area. On the right is a spare bedroom with two beds, followed by the kitchen and the simulator. And at the end is the engine room, which I will not be showing you right now as I'm pretty sure neither of you want to roast alive. It gets hot in there after all. Would you like the full tour, or is there a particular place you are interested in?
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 7, 2018 22:23:02 GMT -5
"Well it's nice that you finally have the body you want." Celeste told her.
Once the ship took off Seamus looked out the window. He had never seen what the worlds looked like from Gummi Space before. "So this is what it's like to be in Gummi Space. I guess if you can't warp to worlds or use Corridors yourself this is the next best thing." He then thought about how far most of the worlds he had been to were from each other. "Do you think anyone has made a map that shows where all the worlds are in relation to each other?" He kept looking out until Lucia went over to the door at the end.
Seamus followed her, with Celeste flying to sit on top of his head again. They looked in each direction as she told them where everything is. "Wish we had something like this during our earlier adventures. This is much better than those old ships and wagons we had to use."
" Go ahead and give us the full tour. We may need this for prolonged use some time in the future."
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Post by Ziya on Jul 7, 2018 23:14:25 GMT -5
"Actually, all of the known worlds are already mapped out and uploaded to any gummi ship with a Navi gummi installed. This one even has some hidden worlds, thanks to us finding an old map in Twilight Town's mansion." With that out of the way, Lucia began the tour with the nearest door on the left. "So, here's the captain's cabin, a.k.a. my room."
The room was somehow larger than it should have been, easily thirteen feet to a side, and featured a darker gray plush carpet rather than the hardwood of the hallway. Every inch of the walls was either a shelf, cabinet, or drawer, with half of the left wall devoted to a large collection of fantasy and science fiction novels. A queen size bed sat against the back wall, complete with grey sheets and a comforter that matched the hull of the ship. Lucia noticed a beaten up licence plate resting on a shelf above the bed beside a slightly faded photo and laughed. "Looks like she left this room exactly the way I left it. That's the plate off of my old car. Saved our butts from a couple of Twilight Thorns back on Celderat. That's the only picture of me I can stand from back then next to it. It was taken at Jennifer's Ascension Celebration back before I learned how to use Twilight, hence the dark blue eyes."
Lucia stared at the picture for a minute lost in the memories before remembering that she was giving a tour. "Right, sorry! I zoned out for a second there. Anyhow, let's move on, shall we?" She gave the picture one last look, especially the two older figures behind the trio Seamus knew, before heading back out to the hallway and shutting the door. "Next is..."
She showed them the bathroom, with slightly rough gray and blue swirled tiles on the floor and deep blue glazed tiles along the walls and ceiling, complete with an enclosed shower.
She showed them the living area, carpeted with beige instead of gray and with a couch, large TV, and a few game consoles.
She showed them the simulator, a smaller steel room with oddly patterned blue lines running across the walls, where nearly any situation can be imitated for training.
She showed them the kitchen, with it's smooth white tiled floor and white granite counters, somehow equipped with a full pantry and all the appliances once could ever need. (It turns out both Lucia and Jason love to cook)
By the time she showed them the other bedroom even Lucia was getting bored, especially given its generic nature as a guest room. Similar in size to the captain's cabin, the only furniture was two twin beds with black sheets and comforters on opposite walls with a two drawer nightstand next to each, and a wall of cabinets and built in drawers behind them.
She stifled a yawn behind her hand as she gestured to the beds. "And here's the guest room, where the two of you can sleep and store anything you want to bring back from this adventure. Sorry for the long tour, part of it was just for me to see if Jennifer changed anything in the last few years. At this point we should be arriving in an hour or two, so if you want to take a nap or get something to eat feel free."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 8, 2018 1:06:09 GMT -5
"I should have figured there was something like that, if any of us had something like that we wouldn't always be so lost." Seamus couldn't could the number of times he and the others have ended up in worlds they had no idea where they were in relation to the others. None of them had Gummi Ships, so it was next to impossible for them to map it out. " Hidden worlds? I've been to a few of them by accident. Sometimes there are special portals or items in a world that will transfer you to a hidden world."
When they reached Lucia's room Celeste got off of Seamus' head and flew around exploring it. "It's so roomy." She floated over the shelf full of books reading the titles. When Lucia mentioned the licence plate she hovered over it, before going over to the picture. " So that's what you used to look like."
"Twilight Thorns? I thought you would be a fan of them." Seamus then noticed that Lucia had spaced out. " Still zoning out as always. Some things never change, even when you do."
After they went though some more of the ship they finally reached the guest room. With a flash of darkness Celeste was back to being in her four foot tall form. " Oh thank goodness, I was starting to get tired tired since we've been out for so long."
"Around two hours huh? We'll probably sleep the whole way there then."
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Post by Ziya on Jul 8, 2018 1:49:29 GMT -5
A tired nod was all the response Lucia gave at first, but managed to add a quick "same here" before leaving the pair alone to return to her own room. Rather than follow her own advice however, she simply grabbed the photo and made her way back to the cockpit before plopping into the pilot's seat. "Aura, play flagged video 2."
Another screen rose up from the console and began playing footage of the very room she was in, only much more crowded. Jason and Jennifer were there, as was Lucia from before, but two more as well, all badly wounded and filthy, and her sister was collapsed on the ground sobbing. Their voices were muffled, but still understandable, as Jason attempted to get them off the ground.
"Come ON you piece of junk! Get us out of here!" "Uh, guys? Those things are getting closer..." "Yeah I know Ian, but none of us can Aspect right now, and we couldn't fight off that many boss-tier Nobodies even if we could! "Hey, I saved us all once. Bet I could do it again." "Atsuma if you go out there you're gonna die, then she's gonna kill ME. Stay here." "Finally! We're getting out of here NOW!"
The scene jerked suddenly as the ship lurched into the air in the recording to the cheers of four of the five onboard. Jennifer's sobs made an odd accompaniment to the triumph as she whispered two things over and over.
"Mom, Dad, everyone...
"We could have saved them..."
Tears fell freely from Lucia's eyes in the present as the video ended. A broken whisper was all that passed her lips as she stared at her happier past self, best friend, sister and parents. "I'm sorry... I failed you twice. I couldn't even cry then, since I had to be the strong one. It's okay to cry now, right?"
Clutching the photo to her chest, her tears grew to sobs as her tired eyes shut at last. She cried herself to sleep in the chair.
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