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Thirteen Children

2014-04-02T00:37:04Z

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|Date of Scene=2014/04/01
|Location=Mysidia
|Synopsis=Chita goes to Mysidia in search of information on the man called Garland. He finds more than he thought, and in the process, Garland deposits knowledge for the Viera to find, or destroy, in thirteen unlikely locations.
|Cast of Characters=Garland, Chita
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:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' So much happening, so little time. What is it with rabbits and too little time? Only there was no pocketwatch with this particular flop-eared party, it was a self-imposed timeline of 'Not enough' that kept him pushing so hard to try and find answers here, and now, before worse things(tm) happened. His failure with keeping Rhiannon imprisoned, his failure to end her life when he had so many chances, his failure to contain her research before it got delivered, to someone named Garland unless coincidences were too high and this didn't feel like such to him. Normally Chita knew only so much, and that seemed an amount he could work with. It let him plan, it let him try to play the hero, it let him /try/ to have some semblance of ability to keep others safe. Now? He has nothing to grasp. Just the twisted results of a failed prototype of the Heartless Weapon project of Rhiannons and a vague idea of three routes to go. Maester Yo Mika, a Castle of Memories... and a man named Garland. Despite saying he was going to check on the castle, Chita's goals took him to a detour first, deciding to look into the man named Garland while he tried to determine whom he should ask with him to the Castle. ... if he even asked anyone. He needed somewhere to learn, somewhere to research. What better place than a village of mages he heard about some time ago? A town where learning is what those there do, and despite it being for the purposes of magic... surely they must also have a great many tomes and information on history. Did Garland come from their world? Did he not? Did he come from any world? Had to, somewhere. Somewhen... The Vieran Judge was currently standing insie the village by the waterfall as he waited for one of the townsfolk he spoke to when first coming in to get back with him regarding whom he should speak with about his query. At the moment he was wearing a nice set of black slacks and a pink dress shirt, a not-quite-matching pair of shoes on his feet. That, and at his side a peace-bound weapon tied into the makeshift 'scabard' composed of leather ties to keep him from drawing it. One hand rested on the hilt of it, the sword parallel to the ground as he quietly stood there, not looking at anyone in particular. At least, visibly, considering he had a blindfold of black silk wrapped around his eyes, blind to anyone whom he had not informed that his connection to the sword allowed him limited sight through it. In truth he was watching a frog hop around, mind wondering if that was a real frog or someone who pissed off a mage. Chita di not like magic much.

:'''[[Garland]] has posed:''' Every second, people are born and people die. Every minute, some new event threatens to change the tapestry of the universe, only to be counteracted by another event elsewhere. Every hour, the potential for the end of the world spikes, only to fall again. Every day, the world changes, but in truth, in the grand tapestry of all time, nothing truly changes - the shapes may shift, the names may be different, but the patterns are always the same. There are oh so few, however, who have that sort of perspective on the tapestry of time - so few who have that special combination of age and vision and power and will to see into the depths of reality and understand it not as a part of it but as one beyond it. Chita could be forgiven for imagining that time is finite, because from the inside, at the radius of perception, it must be overwhelming. The mages of Mysidia are kind, however. They offer Chita access to their libraries easily, to research as he pleases. They are gentle men and women, to whom the Tapestry of Time is contained in their records. The mages fancy themselves outside that ever-whirling pattern, recorders and observers whose duty is to learning first and all else second. They believe that, because they are neutral, they are exempt from its passage. They believe that, because they have access to one of the greatest stores of history, they can see the patterns it forms. They repeat platitudes like 'those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it', as if they could possibly *know* history. They cannot. Only one who has lived history could *know* history. Garland has lived history. Garland has lived for far longer than any being should. It has given him a most unique perspective, one that other, smaller beings cannot possibly comprehend. For Garland, the world stretches out before him, and its patterns are simple and easy to understand through the Enlightenment that he has won across the countless aeons. The Samsara Of Battle. The villager Chita awaits will be seeking the knowledge requested of him for a very long time. There is little information on the ancient demigod - what little there is is misinformation, spread by Garland's spies intentionally to hide the truth. The truth is so much worse. Space and time tear open as Garland steps out of the Corridors of Darkness next to the waterfall. Chita would feel his presence instantly - a suffocating Darkness, a physical presence like the sound of an explosion or the light from a star up close. Garland is a yawning Abyss, a chasm of evil from which there is no escape for those who fall into its depths, and he leapt into the chasm willingly and now waits for others foolhardy or brave enough to follow. Garland stands, his armor and cape without noise despite the weight they must surely bear. He is within striking distance of Chita, though his stance is not an aggressive one. He is silent, his terrible red eyes roving across Chita, twin pinpricks like the inside of a scanner dissecting the rabbit thoughtfully. Finally, a rumbling voice echoes forth from the helmet. "I am Garland." He says nothing more.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Frogs weren't really Chita's thing. They didn't really bother him, though. They were alive, they had just as much right to be here as he did, at least far as he was concerned. Only... suddenly the frog went to jump, and into the water it went. The frog was the smart one in this case. That sudden presence and passage caught Chita by surprise enough that he didn't actually move, able to see perfectly well through the weapon, not needing to turn to see such. His blind spot was the /other/ side, and close to his body. Where the weapon could not see -through- him. Yet when that figure stepped through, the familiar armor and chill, Chita recalled him quite quickly from Baron. Baron, the night he lost his sight. So hard to forget something like that. When Garland stepped out fully, it was then that Chita turned towards him and his grip on the sword shifted, no longer resting with the palm over the 'pommel' of the nobody symbol so much as coming to let his fingers loosely slip around the 'guard' of the weapon, the handle pointed towards Garland now so he could properly see without any strange gaps in his 'sight'. Would Garland be surprised that when the portal closed behind him, Chita nodded his way once almost respectfully? Would he realize that it wasn't fear, or awe that caused him to do such so much as general respect? Chita was odd. Not to say he wasn't quite freaked out, but his manner of greeting was simply how he was. There was no reason to be rude, or confrontational to anyone even if they are seemingly about to crush him with a stare. He shared tea with Maleficent. Garland at least deserved a proper nod first. Before he could even question who he was, Garland spoke and Chita actually let out a small laugh. A mixture of everything falling into place, as well as the comedy of the situation. He came here to try and research this fellow whom he was unsure of, and suddenly here said being is, and now a lot more makes sense. "Thank you for answering my query. Well, one of them." Primarily, who or what WAS Garland, the name. Him being here answered a lot. All that was left was pleasantries. There was always room for pleasantries. "Lady Maleficent is well I hope. I have not heard much of her doings for some time now."

:'''[[Garland]] has posed:''' Garland didn't care one way or another how people reacted to him. Some had bravado - the willpower to look him in the eye for a scant moment before breaking that horrible gaze before they fall into the abyss of his helmet. Most people trembled and quailed. He had met all kinds in his endless life - very little surprised him these days. Chita's pleasantries are allowed to flow over him like water over a rock. Garland does not respond to the pleasantries. He does not bow politely, nor nod respectfully. He simply cuts to the chase, slicing through the pleasantries as his shadows sliced through the air. "Few seek Garland without knowledge of my face," Garland rumbles at the rabbit. His voice is as bleak and terrible as his presence, as black and cold as the void between the stars. It is also dreadfully businesslike - detached and uncaring, without a hint of the curiousity that drew him forth. It is distant, as though Garland spoke from a thousand miles away, as though the world around him was not something he particularly cared to be for. Indeed, it seems that the world does not particularly care for him - there is a *wrongness* about him, a subtle violation of all that should be, and the world seems as though his mere presence causes it some greater pain. The animals stray away from him, flowers and grass attempt to bend the opposite direction...subtle, quiet, but noticeable to those who pay attention. It is as if Garland is a wound in the world itself. "What business do you have with me?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Nothing was said until Garland finally asked his question, Chita not noticing the smaller things if only because he was focused on Garland through the sword itself. Sure, he could 'see' the grass, and everything around, but that wasn't what he was focused on. It was still strange, even to Chita himself. Seeing in that fashion. "My business with you... is this." His voice was soft as, with one hand, he worked on undoing the bindings that held the sword in place. It took him several moments to do such, and while he did, he spoke. "Unless there is another named Garland whom is dealing with Keyblades of Darkness that feed upon hearts... which I assume given my limited knowledge of the byproduct I hold now is that they are a heartless in truth, somehow... you tasked a woman named Rhiannon Zellen with researching such." Finally the binding was undone and Chita raised the weapon in front of him, not in a challenge, but sideways and in clear sight. He was pretty certain that even this ... thing that was Garland, entity, had not actually seen the weapon yet. Did he even care? Was it a failure, or simply another possible result? Chita did not truly know himself. "Her research is now delivered, either to you, or another who is dealing these weapons. I wish to see an end to these damnable creations, and all the knowledge that has come of the research. I wish to get that research, look for a way to reverse the weapons out of existence, and that knowledge itself. And, if possible, use that research instead to restore these broken worlds to how they were." What point was there in attempting to hide the obvious truth. Anyone could see Chita was no power-hungry villain. He wasn't out to get the darkness for himself, or to make any more deals with entities of power for the sake of doing the right thing. He learned his lesson, he paid his price... he was however, still, blind in his pursuit of justice and the light. "I suppose, in effect, I seek to undo everything you have sought to do in relation to this madness."

:'''[[Garland]] has posed:''' Garland listens. He is utterly still and utterly silent. It is unnerving - the lack of the telltale rise and fall of the chest, the lack of the rattle of metal against metal, the stillness of the cape and the armor and the eyes. There is absolutely no motion, no reflex, no automated processes. Everything about Garland is under Garland's control, under the titanic willpower that is Garland. Even his terrible presence is his to control, should he see fit. For now, he simply allows his power to spread outwards, resting across the area like a fell winter. Mysidian sages cross themselves or cast spells of protection at the ill omen. Some of them may even venture out to see what goes on. Garland simply listens to Chita's words. Finally, he speaks. His voice is devoid of anger - it is merely the same distant, mocking tone as before, the cold, echoing amusement. "Knowledge can never be destroyed. It can be hidden, the web of shadows pulled across it to hide it from prying eyes. Those who seek it can be diverted, strung along as mere puppets on the string. But knowledge can never be destroyed by any force in this world - except one." Garland's head snaps back towards Chita. "A secret can only be purged when every creature who holds its knowledge is slain. When every book has been burned, every database purged, every single thinking mind that has ever contained it brought low before that mind has a chance to record the knowledge again." "Do you believe yourself capable of such a feat, little rabbit? Is your arrogance so mighty that you can stand here before Garland and imagine that you can slay him?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' In turn listening to what was said, finally noticing the way the world seemed to step away from Garland so to speak, Chita did feel a bit lost. What was he supposed to do in the face of something like this? Hope, one of his strong suits, blind optimism, was something he was slowly losing in the moment. Garland had several points, the primary one being, that in the end... could he even do it? Did he think himself capable of doing it? Finally, several long moments after Garland stopped speaking and had made his place clear, Chita shook his head. "Likely not." Even without Hades' curse keeping him from deceiving himself, he knew full well he had no chance. "Just like I doubt I ever have the might to stand against others of similar nature, such as Maleficent. Fear has long since kept me in check, kept me from even using what strength of my own I have. It is not going to suddenly vanish. I know this. My bold recklessness in attempting to deal with this hideous research is simply me closing my eyes to the fear I have, of failure, of death. I waste time, I try to reason away why I cannot do something, even though I know in my heart it is simply my own fear." The weapon was shifted and slid back into place by his side, not rebinding it for the moment. "But I will not give up in my efforts. I still intend to find a way to do this... even if it means going through you somehow. Because I have let my fear control me... live my life for me... for too long, I have only failed repeatedly. Perhaps it would amuse you to set me on a path that would put me closer to my goals, then, as ultimately they will still lead back to you, Lord Garland. Grant me access to that knowledge, and I shall see if the sun, stars and moon align in my favor. Even if I cannot destroy it, knowledge is power... and that is a task I am arrogant enough to think I can handle. I am arrogant enough to think that, given the chance, I can find a way to stop your plans... whatever they are."

:'''[[Garland]] has posed:''' Garland laughs. He laughs, long and hard. It is a laugh without kindness, without love, without joy or delight. It is a cold, cruel, mocking laugh, just as his voice is cold and cruel and mocking, a laugh that is almost a parody of joy, a sick and twisted inside-out laugh as bleak and terrible and empty as a wasteland. He laughs, and laughs, and continues to laugh, until abruptly he cuts himself off. "Oh, yes. I have no doubt. You and you alone will see to this task, will you? You will rise up and be hailed as a hero for tearing down the great Darkness, a *true* hero of the Light. Uncompromising, fearless!" "The words come easily to you, little rabbit," Garland's voice drops to a mere hiss, "They roll from your tongue like honeyed wine, words far older than you, spoken by others far more worthy than you. I have heard them more countlessly than you could ever imagine. Even I can speak those words, little rabbit - even I can be a hero, if I so choose." "But do you mean them?" He hisses, "Do you understand what it means to fear? Do you understand what it means to doubt yourself? What it means to fail? No...no, I think you do not." "You have decided upon a zealous path, little rabbit. To be without fear is to be certain. To be without fear is to be all-knowing. Even the bravest of men cower at my gaze, for they know that fear is wisdom, wisdom to be heeded. The greatest of Heroes fears. You have turned yourself into naught but a tool." Garland's eyes swing down to the blade for a moment, then back up. Garland straightens and waves his hand to the side. "If you fear nothing, if you doubt nothing, then I will put that to the test. Perhaps you will learn something, if you have the capacity to pull the trigger." "I will give this knowledge to children, little Viera. Innocent, kind-hearted children, embedded with the knowledge of the Dark Keyblade I have designed on the research of that curious girl. I will pass it into as many children as I see fit - let us say thirteen, no more, no fewer - and I will tell you their names." "And then I will sit back and watch, and see if you are truly willing to do what must be done to eradicate knowledge." Garland turns away from Chita. "I look forward to seeing if you have such a strong heart."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' The brief moment of confidence in himself was quickly cut away and Garland began to speak, making it quet clear that Chita's mouth had gotten him into a not-quite-good situation yet again. Yet, the further he spoke, the more he became aware of what Garland intended... especially since Garland said it himself, clearly. He gave him access to the knowledge he asked for... Just not how he desired it. There was a small throaty sound from Chita before he choked the frustration and anger back, silent entirely even as Garland turned away. Sure, Chita could lash out, attempt in vain to strike Garland down... but what good would that do? Petulance, at best. Garland had given him exactly what he wanted. A chance to gain that knowledge. Or so it seemed. For the first time in a while, the Viera stayed entirely quiet, letting Garland be on his way and doing nothing to stop him. Nothing at all. If he was going to leave, there was no desire in the least to keep him there longer. But when would he find these names out... whose children would they be, and how would he even find them? Most importantly... Who else is going to find out, if anyone. Will he need to keep them safe somehow, or does Garland truly mean to try and make him destroy them to get rid of that knowledge?

Chita

2014-03-21T07:15:43Z

Evja:

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|firstname=Chita
|age=Physically 20's
|image=Split_Personality.jpg
|species=Viera
|sex=Male
|height=6'1" without ears, 7'1" with ears
|weight=Slight, 120's without his armor, 200+ with
|series=Final Fantasy Tactics A2
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|hometown=Fluorgis
|alignment=Wandering Force
|group=None
|occupation=Judge
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=Profile=

Chita is a male Viera who has been around in the World of Ruin for some time now. Since just before the Hades Cup, in fact. Having a history as a Judge of the Jylland lean as well as a background in a now-defunct clan, he is quite a capable fighter with various weapons and forms of combat, from swords and spears, to aerial-based combat more suited for Dragoons. His time in the World of Ruin has led him to making quite a few odd allies and more than a few enemies, mostly due to his generally overbearing sense of Morality combined with being stubborn about his choices to the point of seemingly uncaring about his own safety. At most points he can be found with his Chocobo whom he has jokingly begun calling Senra, and is, as of the moment, wanted by the company Shinra for 'liberating company property' in the form of a weapon from their R&D dept.

=Background=

Chita was born, like many other Viera in Jylland, outside of the forests. Born to a happy Vieran mother and a father he never met, it was at a young age when she was talked into giving him to the safety of a secluded village which was meant to make sure the rarely-born Vieran males were kept safe in the 'best interest' of their kind. Never really having met his parents past when he was newly born and quite young he has no memory of them. He grew up with the other malefolk in the village and being governed by the womenfolk like most other things were that was simply his way of life.

This went on for several decades, Vieran aging and society different as it was from others. Only having been allowed out of the village while supervised by others, besides a few sneaking trips that he got punished for as a child, he was quite naive when it came to the outside world. He only knew it from stories from the wandering Viera who came and went for various reasons, a friend of his whom he had grown quite fond of and the books he was always reading.

Despite having grown to care for his friend, whom had the name of Evja, she never returned his level of affection. Despite that, though, she agreed to help him find a way to get away from the village proper and join her clan out in the open of Jylland to explore and live his life without waiting it away to be told how to live it. Traveling with her and a few others to a nearby town, near the Targ Woods, a distraction in the form of some monsters presented them with the opportunity to vanish when no one else was looking and make off towards freedom. As fate would have it, though, they were attacked on the way by something and Chita found himself close to dead. By the time he came back around and realized what had happened, all he could find was his friends bloodied cloak and no signs of her running off so much as whatever had attacked them making its way off.

Assuming the worst and not wanting to damn his chances of following through with their plan, he put on the cloak and hid his face, and when the other Viera came, he pretended to be Evja, sending them off after where whatever attacked him went by claiming it had taken himself. Using the chance, he slipped away and came across Evja's previous clan that he was going to join, Verda. Explaining what had happened, and knowing what they were planning, the clan leader agreed to play along with it and he was taken elsewhere to safety and healed. What actually became of his friend he still has no idea to even to this day, despite only being able to assume the worst.

Time lead him to move on, and at that point he decided he'd have to throw away his old identity since Chita was assumed dead and carry on as Evja, despite hating the guise. Not having any real talent for magic or other normal Vieran classes of fighting led him to taking training under the clan Bangaa, who happened to be a Dragoon. And for years after 'she' traveled with the group as Evja and was allowed to explore the outside world as she'd always wanted to... even if the price that came with it made her wish, at times, that she'd never even tried.

Eventually she came to find out that her clan had been abusing the Clan Judge's powers and obtaining favors in the form of benefits in battles, which had lead to a string of victories that were garnering quite a but of rumors about them. Angry that they had the nerve to cheat the battles she had so long fantasized over from the books and stories of her youth Evja struck out and found another clans Judge and explained what was going on. Working with the Judges in secret for a time it was only when the Judges stepped in to strip Clan Verda's Judge of his power and imprison the clan itself for abusing the laws that Evja openly switched sides, joining with the Judges to detain her own clan.

Thus, she was offered a chance to join the Judges ranks, to join the academy and work hard with the chance that she, too, could eventually take a new, more lawful, way of life. Or go to jail with them since she was technically part of their clan when they were cheating the laws. She agreed to being a Judge, of course, and eventually a few years later graduated to becoming a proper Judge. A Clan Judge. When she went to meet her new clan, however, the Heartless came and destroyed what there was of her world, eventually casting the Judge out alone into the World of Ruin.

Once in the World of Ruin she wandered for some time and eventually learned of the state of the worlds, the Heartless, about various things like World Shards and of an up and coming tournament where world shards could be won. Seeing a chance to try and do something for the sake of another world, she made a bargain with the God who was running the tournament, Hades, Lord of the Dead of another world, for a guarantee of entry. In exchange, later down the line, he could call in an unspecified favor, lawful upon the ground she stood upon and carried out the favor in, at the time of asking.

Joining one of the teams there, she worked with them and eventually took second place. The shard, though, went to another.

Time passed and she went about attempting to help out others here and there in the World of Ruin as she could, and eventually Hades called in the favor. Kill Mercade Alexander. Murder being illegal in almost all worlds, as his planning had it, he demanded such of her on his own soil where he made the rules, he made the laws. And her oaths and the magic placed upon her when she became a Judge, to guarantee she would not betray them and carry on illegal activites, forced her to uphold the contract.

Several failed attempts on Mercade's life made her quite a few enemies. Seeking out a boy by the name of Luso while staying on grounds that dampened the law magics of the Judges, a Jagd, she hired him to find some way of breaking the magic upon her. The magic that was forcing her to try and kill someone. Eventually seeking out Lezaford, the very sage who helped to create the Law System as it is now in Jylland, the magic was broken and Evja informed Hades that she now had no intention of following through with the contract that she had the ability to, no matter the consequences.

Hades didn't like that, and she paid, with a part of her soul, eternal damnation and being cursed into being unable to deceive anyone again. Herself included.

Stripped of his ability to maintain the life he had been living until then, as a female Viera named Evja, or even pretend to be female, Chita lost his home in Fluorgis, his friends there and even quite a bit of confidence in himself.

During the time Chita had started the contract with Hades, and ended it, he had helped to destroy a monster that attacked the town of Goug. When it fell, he discovered that the beast temporarily formed into a keyblade before the weapon seemed to collapse on itself and become misshapen. Following the one who claimed the weapon, who admitted she had created it, a brief confrontation with the woman he discovered the name of was Rhiannon Zellen brought him on a much different path.

He couldn't bring himself to simply kill her and destroy the weapon, not having the nerve or heart to actually kill someone of his own choosing. So, instead, he walked away and tried to think up some method of settling the ordeal. He decided eventually on getting closer to her, to try and keep her from finishing it in her own ways. He couldn't bring himself to kill her, destroying it would simply leave her to make another, putting her in jail and destroying it would likely just leave her to get out of jail somehow and start over again and, ultimately, she still had all the research on it somewhere and he had no idea how much or where it was, or who had access.

If it had to be finished, he'd find a way without killing anyone else, or having it steal any other hearts... and along the way, he'd find a way to save the hearts in the weapon. Or at least, that was the plan.

Time went on and she played along with it, even giving him the weapon knowing she could simply take it back when she wished. What he didn't realize was how much the weapon was going to affect him, how much the hearts inside were going to drive him into a depressive state that made him reckless and aggressive in his desires to see the weapon redeemed and the hearts inside saved. His efforts eventually had him crossing paths with a powerful sorceress named Maleficent during which encounter he lost his sight due to being used as an example to get at someone he knew by the name of Avira.

Now blind, fate or chance had him come across another whom he had only briefly met before, a flowergirl by the name of Aerith. She saved him from falling into the darkness when he attempted to cross paths with Maleficent again to stop her from finding some artifact of power in Burmecia and in the process she exposed his heart to herself, despite it being accidental. Over the next several months they played a back and forth game of her trying to get him to calm down and let her help with things and him being too uneasy around her due to her having discovered a good bit about his thoughts and feelings on various subjects, and having had his very heart exposed to someone else - the last place he had to hide since he could no longer deceive others due to Hades' curse.

Rhiannon eventually took back the weapon and re-unleashed it on Narshe. While no one was hurt, it was destroyed despite his efforts to prevent that, and keep Rhiannon safe. It eventually reformed into a monstrous creature hellbent on killing Rhiannon, who was now with child from his time with her, having fallen victim as many males do to flirting, now that he was able to be openly male. Despite his morals and the weapon being the only reasons he had kept her safe before, or simply didn't kill her himself, now there was another reason.

Not long after the remnants of the hearts that had fallen to becoming a monster attacked them again in Shinra HQ during a meeting with others where Rhiannon openly bragged about her role in the creation of the Black Beast. The beast fell, but in it's place a new sword appeared. A sword that was pale white and almost alien-looking, as compared to the black misshapen sword that the last one was. Not to mention it was sentient and still wanted her demise. A fight ensued over control of the sword between various parties there and while no one in particular won, Chita was able to destroy the room they were in and use it as a distraction to escape with the weapon.

In the inbetween Aerith followed him, and he admitted to her that he was quite fond of her and wanted her to stick around more, given he was quite certain he wouldn't get to see her again after the events at Shinra took place.

It was not long after that he came to find out that all of his efforts, success and failures alike, had culminated to nothing as the research had seemingly gotten out to a man named Garland, whom had given a similar weapon of his(?) creation to a Dark Knight named Kaydin.

Frustrated and uncertain what to do, he made his way to the wizard Merlin to ask his advice on the matter, and discovered there that the weapon no longer even had any hearts in it... just the angry memories and wills of those who had fallen. Chita managed, once he realized this and once again made clear he had no intention of killing Rhiannon and that the sword had best make the best of the situation since he was the most likely one of anyone not to abuse it to hurt others, or lock it away for research or let it rot somewhere no one would find it, to convince the sword to aid him.

Only then finding out that he could see while he was holding the sword, now that it was willing to aid him for the time being.

Now with his sight back, and Shinra still out for his head, if the sword doesn't come away from him willingly, where will time take him?

=Personality=

Chita is generally a pretty good dude. He's friendly around most people he meets, goes out of his way to help others if he can, and looks at life with a pretty black and white view on what is right or wrong.

Despite that, though, he is quick to anger and since his time with the Black Beast weapon has gotten quite a temper. His views on right and wrong were cemented even more, his morality going to an extreme almost, in his stubborn desire to see the 'right thing' happen, that being solving every problem he had without any more lives being lost. Due to the fear of death he has that came along with losing someone he cared dearly for many years ago, along with his upbringing that life be cherished and not thoughtlessly destroyed, Chita now goes out of his way to avoid inflicting harm where he can and killing anyone is out of the question outside of radical moments where even his optimistic mind cannot think up some other way out of a situation.

Being a Judge still leaves him with a black and white view on the law, wanting to see it upheld and having no problem lambasting others with his morals and desire to see them do just that - be more lawful, hurt and kill others less, and generally follow and obey the laws as they were meant to be by society. This does leave him to come off as overly preachy and probably annoying to others though despite his intentions.

While his views on right and wrong are pretty set, his own ability to separate what he is doing from 'right', as he always tends to think what he is doing is 'right' in the sense that it is just and good, leaves him to annoy many people because of this. Likewise, his views on the Light and Darkness, and the power that comes with it, tends to be pretty absolute when regarding others actions and choices. Yet, his own, he loses sight of due to his involvement and inability to realize that his own actions aren't always the most 'good' despite his intention.

At times he hides openly behind his morality when put in a situation where he is brought to do something he doesn't like, often willing to go to lengths that would even hurt himself, greviously if necessary, to avoid breaking away from his morality.

Chita prefers to resolve things peacefully if possible, this includes talking things out, rationalizing things, bargaining and bartering and being willing to do things that others might not understand - like sitting down and having tea with Maleficent despite her quite clearly being an evil mastermind behind a lot of things and even being the source of his blindness. Despite his goals, and others goals, he is still generally willing to talk things out if possible and find a solution that works for everyone if it means less harm or killing overall.

Also, damn the heartless. He wants nothing to do with them.

=Combat and Powers=

Dragoon

Weapon skills

Chorus - [[File:Chorus.png|500px]]

Knowledge and Abilities

-Vieran Benefits

-Laws and Jylland

Connections

Inventory

[[File:Evja-FK-Profile.gif]]

= Relationships =

==The most important==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Aerith]]||"Seems you finally got me to crack. Here's to hoping, hm?" After the events at Shinra and having to accept he had probably screwed himself royally, he began to think he might not see Aerith again. And, of course, he also began to realize how much he would miss her and didn't want that to happen. Not thinking much, when he met her again, a hug and a kiss, followed by embarrassment on his part, led him to finally admit he had a thing for her... and that he wanted her around, and to help him. She finally seems to have gotten to him, at least regarding accepting her help and not trying to do everything himself. Only time will tell if it makes things better. He's certainly happier now though.
|-
|}

==Friends, or what can amount to such==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Hati|Hati]]||"I must admit it is quite a new thing to have someone show an honest interest in me not simply because of my appearance. A pity she seems so smitten with Faruja... else I might have even given her a chance, despite my own preferences and problems with non-Viera. But she probably hates me now that I said I would not be an executioner for her. Oh well... I hope not."
|-
|[[Tifa_Lockhart|Tifa]]||"I trust you to protect everyone if I fail."
|-
|[[Quistis_Trepe|Quistis]]||"A good woman and someone I can hopefully get to know better. Not to mention she seems to have ferreted out my secret. Tch... at least she is kind about it."
|-
|[[Maira]]||"How can you be so blind... If you are so lonely that you must cling onto another to feel safe, at least do that with someone who is not a madman."
|-
|[[Lia the Gria]]||"Please stay safe."
|-
|[[Priel_Aylin|Priel]]||"What has happened to you... and where have you gone?"
|-
|[[Shiki_Misaki|Shiki]]||"You obtained a Keyblade... save us all."
|-
|}

==Coworkers==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Gabranth]]||"According to Judge Magister Zargabaath, this one is a working leader of the Archades Judges due to his closeness with House Solidor, whatever that may be. So he is akin to their Judgemaster. A strong fighter too, though I am uncertain of his lurking in shadows and standoffishness among other Judges, he helped without a need, so that is good enough for me."
|-
|[[Zargabaath]]||"A well-spoken and just Judge, who also helped to take down the last rogue member of my old clan. If it weren't for these two... would Hermann still be alive? Would I be perished? No, I cannot blame them for what happens during a fight, especially one where they intended to help. Even if it was Gabranth's uncontrolled attack that knocked Zargabaath into Somer... and lead to the explosive activating."
|-
|[[Riku]]||"So he lives... and is a Judge too. What is this world coming to?"
|-
|[[Cirra_Constantine|Cirra]]||"Archadian Judge who attempted to arrest Rhiannon, blind in her mission and pursuit of justice. I do not fault her, nor hold any animosity towards her. Ironically I respect her all the more for doing her job. Yet still, I pity that we had to meet like that, on opposite sides of a fight."
|-
|}

==Amusing/Friendly==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Echo]]||"Apparently a bat-lady, and her personality is quite cute as well. I think I shall enjoy spending time with her more often if such is possible."
|-
|[[Freya_Crescent|Freya]]||"A polite and nice-enough Burmecian female I met."
|-
|[[Lumeria]]||"Still not quite sure if she is as old as she says she is, or rather, is not younger than she claims to be. Either way, still cute."
|-
|[[Faruja_Senra|Faruja]]||"Idiot, overly-pious rat. Still, he seems... morally inclined."
|-
|[[Rinoa_Heartilly|Rinoa]]||"I wonder what she would say if she saw me now, openly as a male."
|-
|[[Avira]]||"Be safe from Maleficent, and please trust in my intentions."
|-
|[[Mercade_Alexander|Mercade]]||"Please stay safe and protect us all, and trust in my intentions."
|-
|[[Deelel]]||"Finally you have realized I am not crazy or evil. Hopefully that will remain true."
|-
|[[Luso_Clemens|Luso]]||"A good kid, and responsible. He may go places one day."
|-
|[[Merlin]]||"Wise wizard who knows a lot about everything. I could only hope to be a fraction as wise as he one day."
|-
|}

==Met In Passing==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Pixi]]||"I cannot believe I let a female Viera catch me unawares, and let alone not have bathed recently enough that she was able to pick my sex out by scent on the air. Still... she cared for my wounds, and claimed to have no interest in forcing me back to the warren. I can only hope that is true. Besides, this is the first womanfolk of my kind I have spoken to openly in... years, since I fled the warrens safety as a boy. It felt nice to not hide."
|-
|[[Pete]]||"..."
|-
|[[Fran]]||"Stubborn Viera who was wounded yet still refused help. I hope she is well."
|-
|[[Ramza_Beoulve|Ramza]]||"Self-proclaimed heretic for killing an demonic archbishop or something of the sort. It is not my problem. I only helped him because he was about to be slaughtered in such a manner."
|-
|[[Artemis_Eurus|Artemis]]||"Works with Ramza. Nothing of note."
|-
|[[Sanel]]||"...strong grip. And how did you come to associate with Lia? More and more questions... just who are you, or what?"
|-
|[[Seymour_Guado|Seymour]]||"Maester of Yevon, whatever that may be. I am thankful to him for helping heal me though. Seems nice enough."
|-
|[[Professor Mister Green]]||"Self-Important Jackass, from the sounds of him. But, still, his control of magic... hopefully we never cross weapons."
|-
|[[Artyom]]||"No real opinion, seemed competent in a fight."
|-
|[[Sora]]||"Wielder of a mysterious weapon called a Keyblade. Despite being young, and untrained... he still did well enough in a fight. I am sure he could be a force to be reckoned with if given proper training. But until then... "
|-
|[[Isaac_Hanlon|Isaac]]||"Seriously, what was his problem? I do not even know who his 'friend' is that he claims to have 'learned of me' from. Is he... associated with Verda somehow? They are the only ones who truly have issue with me past the idiots in the last rounds of the tournament. ... was one of them badmouthing me?"
|-
|[[Brooklyn]]||"Strong fellow, not sure what he is though. Looks vaguely draconic though."
|-
|[[Will_Sherman|Will]]||"I do not like this one. He is a thief and a coward, stealing that and fleeing as he did, putting the rest of us in danger and leaving us on our own. I shant be trusting this one again."
|-
|[[Dameon]]||"...idiot."
|-
|[[Leida]]||"I do not understand this one. And... admittedly, for whatever reason, she cannot seem to understand me."
|-
|[[Rage]]||"Fool bounty hunter who took on a mark for me without researching who I was. Thankfully, she came to her senses when she realized it. I cannot say I felt bad for the shape she was in at the time, but I do hope there is a lesson learned."
|-
|[[Skoll_Ulfang|Skoll]]||"Hati's brother, I do not know much of him."
|-
|[[Oriane_Guado|Oriane]]||"Seems like a nice lady, some part of that Yevon religion."
|-
|}

==Adversaries==

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|+ '''''
|-
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! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Angantyr_Vespar|Angantyr]]||"Bloodthirsty would-be murderer. How did you ever get a Keyblade... and why, throughout it all, does everyone treat you like a hero when all you do is try to kill everyone and everything that you lay eyes on. How... are you considered by anyone to be a force of good and trustworthy... and yet, I, despite all I have ever tried to do for everyone, for... everything... get treated like I am a criminal and cad."
|-
|[[Hades]]||"I paid my due. I am, however, still angry at you that you tasked me to kill a man. You kept your word, though."
|-
|[[Clan Verda]]||"My old clan, the ones whom I betrayed and turned into the Judges for breaking the laws, whom I sided against in combat with the Judges and whom likely now want revenge on me. I have never been happy with how things turned out, though I know I did the right thing. But to know they all hate me so..."
|-
|[[Louis_Leblue|Louis]]||"Bastard crusader of Faram, attempted to kill a boy and my oldest friend to get at me. No mercy for this one."
|-
|[[Rhiannon_Zellen|Rhiannon]]||"After everything... how could you?"
|-
|}

==Unknown==

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|+ '''''
|-
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! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Maleficent]]||"Your power will destroy worlds... but could you be the one who will teach me how to control darkness?"
|-
|[[Garland]]||"Who is this being of darkness?"
|-
|[[Seith]]||"What you did to me... I will never forget that anger, or fear, even if it was all a falsity. One day, you will regret it. Until then... perhaps my pursuit of darkness will have to deal with you."
|-
|[[Kaydin]]||"You are an idiot for accepting darkness and a horrible person for being willing to kill others just to protect the one person you seem to care for. Yet, now you may have to pay for your mistake with your life... can I even help you? Despite not wanting to, I am going to try if possible. Please... do not propogate the research that I tried to snuff out for so long."
|-
|}

= Misc =

Page, y u no fill urself out

= Gallery =

[[File:EvjaDiveLineart.png|500px]]
[[File:Cloak.png|500px]]
[[File:KHOutfit.png|500px]]
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[[File:Evjaarmor.png|500px]]
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1-6 Random poses and clothing

7/8 Assassin and Elementalist custom design for Chita

9 and 10 Hades taking his due from the reneging Viera.

= Logs =
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= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Chita

2014-03-21T07:14:55Z

Evja: /* Combat and Powers */

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{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Chita
|age=Physically 20's
|image=Split_Personality.jpg
|species=Viera
|sex=Male
|height=6'1" without ears, 7'1" with ears
|weight=Slight, 120's without his armor, 200+ with
|series=Final Fantasy Tactics A2
|styles=
|hometown=Fluorgis
|alignment=Wandering Force
|group=None
|occupation=Judge
|quote=
|footer=Trying to
}}

=Profile=

Chita is a male Viera who has been around in the World of Ruin for some time now. Since just before the Hades Cup, in fact. Having a history as a Judge of the Jylland lean as well as a background in a now-defunct clan, he is quite a capable fighter with various weapons and forms of combat, from swords and spears, to aerial-based combat more suited for Dragoons. His time in the World of Ruin has led him to making quite a few odd allies and more than a few enemies, mostly due to his generally overbearing sense of Morality combined with being stubborn about his choices to the point of seemingly uncaring about his own safety. At most points he can be found with his Chocobo whom he has jokingly begun calling Senra, and is, as of the moment, wanted by the company Shinra for 'liberating company property' in the form of a weapon from their R&D dept.

=Background=

Chita was born, like many other Viera in Jylland, outside of the forests. Born to a happy Vieran mother and a father he never met, it was at a young age when she was talked into giving him to the safety of a secluded village which was meant to make sure the rarely-born Vieran males were kept safe in the 'best interest' of their kind. Never really having met his parents past when he was newly born and quite young he has no memory of them. He grew up with the other malefolk in the village and being governed by the womenfolk like most other things were that was simply his way of life.

This went on for several decades, Vieran aging and society different as it was from others. Only having been allowed out of the village while supervised by others, besides a few sneaking trips that he got punished for as a child, he was quite naive when it came to the outside world. He only knew it from stories from the wandering Viera who came and went for various reasons, a friend of his whom he had grown quite fond of and the books he was always reading.

Despite having grown to care for his friend, whom had the name of Evja, she never returned his level of affection. Despite that, though, she agreed to help him find a way to get away from the village proper and join her clan out in the open of Jylland to explore and live his life without waiting it away to be told how to live it. Traveling with her and a few others to a nearby town, near the Targ Woods, a distraction in the form of some monsters presented them with the opportunity to vanish when no one else was looking and make off towards freedom. As fate would have it, though, they were attacked on the way by something and Chita found himself close to dead. By the time he came back around and realized what had happened, all he could find was his friends bloodied cloak and no signs of her running off so much as whatever had attacked them making its way off.

Assuming the worst and not wanting to damn his chances of following through with their plan, he put on the cloak and hid his face, and when the other Viera came, he pretended to be Evja, sending them off after where whatever attacked him went by claiming it had taken himself. Using the chance, he slipped away and came across Evja's previous clan that he was going to join, Verda. Explaining what had happened, and knowing what they were planning, the clan leader agreed to play along with it and he was taken elsewhere to safety and healed. What actually became of his friend he still has no idea to even to this day, despite only being able to assume the worst.

Time lead him to move on, and at that point he decided he'd have to throw away his old identity since Chita was assumed dead and carry on as Evja, despite hating the guise. Not having any real talent for magic or other normal Vieran classes of fighting led him to taking training under the clan Bangaa, who happened to be a Dragoon. And for years after 'she' traveled with the group as Evja and was allowed to explore the outside world as she'd always wanted to... even if the price that came with it made her wish, at times, that she'd never even tried.

Eventually she came to find out that her clan had been abusing the Clan Judge's powers and obtaining favors in the form of benefits in battles, which had lead to a string of victories that were garnering quite a but of rumors about them. Angry that they had the nerve to cheat the battles she had so long fantasized over from the books and stories of her youth Evja struck out and found another clans Judge and explained what was going on. Working with the Judges in secret for a time it was only when the Judges stepped in to strip Clan Verda's Judge of his power and imprison the clan itself for abusing the laws that Evja openly switched sides, joining with the Judges to detain her own clan.

Thus, she was offered a chance to join the Judges ranks, to join the academy and work hard with the chance that she, too, could eventually take a new, more lawful, way of life. Or go to jail with them since she was technically part of their clan when they were cheating the laws. She agreed to being a Judge, of course, and eventually a few years later graduated to becoming a proper Judge. A Clan Judge. When she went to meet her new clan, however, the Heartless came and destroyed what there was of her world, eventually casting the Judge out alone into the World of Ruin.

Once in the World of Ruin she wandered for some time and eventually learned of the state of the worlds, the Heartless, about various things like World Shards and of an up and coming tournament where world shards could be won. Seeing a chance to try and do something for the sake of another world, she made a bargain with the God who was running the tournament, Hades, Lord of the Dead of another world, for a guarantee of entry. In exchange, later down the line, he could call in an unspecified favor, lawful upon the ground she stood upon and carried out the favor in, at the time of asking.

Joining one of the teams there, she worked with them and eventually took second place. The shard, though, went to another.

Time passed and she went about attempting to help out others here and there in the World of Ruin as she could, and eventually Hades called in the favor. Kill Mercade Alexander. Murder being illegal in almost all worlds, as his planning had it, he demanded such of her on his own soil where he made the rules, he made the laws. And her oaths and the magic placed upon her when she became a Judge, to guarantee she would not betray them and carry on illegal activites, forced her to uphold the contract.

Several failed attempts on Mercade's life made her quite a few enemies. Seeking out a boy by the name of Luso while staying on grounds that dampened the law magics of the Judges, a Jagd, she hired him to find some way of breaking the magic upon her. The magic that was forcing her to try and kill someone. Eventually seeking out Lezaford, the very sage who helped to create the Law System as it is now in Jylland, the magic was broken and Evja informed Hades that she now had no intention of following through with the contract that she had the ability to, no matter the consequences.

Hades didn't like that, and she paid, with a part of her soul, eternal damnation and being cursed into being unable to deceive anyone again. Herself included.

Stripped of his ability to maintain the life he had been living until then, as a female Viera named Evja, or even pretend to be female, Chita lost his home in Fluorgis, his friends there and even quite a bit of confidence in himself.

During the time Chita had started the contract with Hades, and ended it, he had helped to destroy a monster that attacked the town of Goug. When it fell, he discovered that the beast temporarily formed into a keyblade before the weapon seemed to collapse on itself and become misshapen. Following the one who claimed the weapon, who admitted she had created it, a brief confrontation with the woman he discovered the name of was Rhiannon Zellen brought him on a much different path.

He couldn't bring himself to simply kill her and destroy the weapon, not having the nerve or heart to actually kill someone of his own choosing. So, instead, he walked away and tried to think up some method of settling the ordeal. He decided eventually on getting closer to her, to try and keep her from finishing it in her own ways. He couldn't bring himself to kill her, destroying it would simply leave her to make another, putting her in jail and destroying it would likely just leave her to get out of jail somehow and start over again and, ultimately, she still had all the research on it somewhere and he had no idea how much or where it was, or who had access.

If it had to be finished, he'd find a way without killing anyone else, or having it steal any other hearts... and along the way, he'd find a way to save the hearts in the weapon. Or at least, that was the plan.

Time went on and she played along with it, even giving him the weapon knowing she could simply take it back when she wished. What he didn't realize was how much the weapon was going to affect him, how much the hearts inside were going to drive him into a depressive state that made him reckless and aggressive in his desires to see the weapon redeemed and the hearts inside saved. His efforts eventually had him crossing paths with a powerful sorceress named Maleficent during which encounter he lost his sight due to being used as an example to get at someone he knew by the name of Avira.

Now blind, fate or chance had him come across another whom he had only briefly met before, a flowergirl by the name of Aerith. She saved him from falling into the darkness when he attempted to cross paths with Maleficent again to stop her from finding some artifact of power in Burmecia and in the process she exposed his heart to herself, despite it being accidental. Over the next several months they played a back and forth game of her trying to get him to calm down and let her help with things and him being too uneasy around her due to her having discovered a good bit about his thoughts and feelings on various subjects, and having had his very heart exposed to someone else - the last place he had to hide since he could no longer deceive others due to Hades' curse.

Rhiannon eventually took back the weapon and re-unleashed it on Narshe. While no one was hurt, it was destroyed despite his efforts to prevent that, and keep Rhiannon safe. It eventually reformed into a monstrous creature hellbent on killing Rhiannon, who was now with child from his time with her, having fallen victim as many males do to flirting, now that he was able to be openly male. Despite his morals and the weapon being the only reasons he had kept her safe before, or simply didn't kill her himself, now there was another reason.

Not long after the remnants of the hearts that had fallen to becoming a monster attacked them again in Shinra HQ during a meeting with others where Rhiannon openly bragged about her role in the creation of the Black Beast. The beast fell, but in it's place a new sword appeared. A sword that was pale white and almost alien-looking, as compared to the black misshapen sword that the last one was. Not to mention it was sentient and still wanted her demise. A fight ensued over control of the sword between various parties there and while no one in particular won, Chita was able to destroy the room they were in and use it as a distraction to escape with the weapon.

In the inbetween Aerith followed him, and he admitted to her that he was quite fond of her and wanted her to stick around more, given he was quite certain he wouldn't get to see her again after the events at Shinra took place.

It was not long after that he came to find out that all of his efforts, success and failures alike, had culminated to nothing as the research had seemingly gotten out to a man named Garland, whom had given a similar weapon of his(?) creation to a Dark Knight named Kaydin.

Frustrated and uncertain what to do, he made his way to the wizard Merlin to ask his advice on the matter, and discovered there that the weapon no longer even had any hearts in it... just the angry memories and wills of those who had fallen. Chita managed, once he realized this and once again made clear he had no intention of killing Rhiannon and that the sword had best make the best of the situation since he was the most likely one of anyone not to abuse it to hurt others, or lock it away for research or let it rot somewhere no one would find it, to convince the sword to aid him.

Only then finding out that he could see while he was holding the sword, now that it was willing to aid him for the time being.

Now with his sight back, and Shinra still out for his head, if the sword doesn't come away from him willingly, where will time take him?

=Personality=

Chita is generally a pretty good dude. He's friendly around most people he meets, goes out of his way to help others if he can, and looks at life with a pretty black and white view on what is right or wrong.

Despite that, though, he is quick to anger and since his time with the Black Beast weapon has gotten quite a temper. His views on right and wrong were cemented even more, his morality going to an extreme almost, in his stubborn desire to see the 'right thing' happen, that being solving every problem he had without any more lives being lost. Due to the fear of death he has that came along with losing someone he cared dearly for many years ago, along with his upbringing that life be cherished and not thoughtlessly destroyed, Chita now goes out of his way to avoid inflicting harm where he can and killing anyone is out of the question outside of radical moments where even his optimistic mind cannot think up some other way out of a situation.

Being a Judge still leaves him with a black and white view on the law, wanting to see it upheld and having no problem lambasting others with his morals and desire to see them do just that - be more lawful, hurt and kill others less, and generally follow and obey the laws as they were meant to be by society. This does leave him to come off as overly preachy and probably annoying to others though despite his intentions.

While his views on right and wrong are pretty set, his own ability to separate what he is doing from 'right', as he always tends to think what he is doing is 'right' in the sense that it is just and good, leaves him to annoy many people because of this. Likewise, his views on the Light and Darkness, and the power that comes with it, tends to be pretty absolute when regarding others actions and choices. Yet, his own, he loses sight of due to his involvement and inability to realize that his own actions aren't always the most 'good' despite his intention.

At times he hides openly behind his morality when put in a situation where he is brought to do something he doesn't like, often willing to go to lengths that would even hurt himself, greviously if necessary, to avoid breaking away from his morality.

Chita prefers to resolve things peacefully if possible, this includes talking things out, rationalizing things, bargaining and bartering and being willing to do things that others might not understand - like sitting down and having tea with Maleficent despite her quite clearly being an evil mastermind behind a lot of things and even being the source of his blindness. Despite his goals, and others goals, he is still generally willing to talk things out if possible and find a solution that works for everyone if it means less harm or killing overall.

Also, damn the heartless. He wants nothing to do with them.

=Combat and Powers=

Dragoon

Weapon skills

Chorus - [[File:Chorus.png]]

Knowledge and Abilities

-Vieran Benefits

-Laws and Jylland

Connections

Inventory

[[File:Evja-FK-Profile.gif]]

= Relationships =

==The most important==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Aerith]]||"Seems you finally got me to crack. Here's to hoping, hm?" After the events at Shinra and having to accept he had probably screwed himself royally, he began to think he might not see Aerith again. And, of course, he also began to realize how much he would miss her and didn't want that to happen. Not thinking much, when he met her again, a hug and a kiss, followed by embarrassment on his part, led him to finally admit he had a thing for her... and that he wanted her around, and to help him. She finally seems to have gotten to him, at least regarding accepting her help and not trying to do everything himself. Only time will tell if it makes things better. He's certainly happier now though.
|-
|}

==Friends, or what can amount to such==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Hati|Hati]]||"I must admit it is quite a new thing to have someone show an honest interest in me not simply because of my appearance. A pity she seems so smitten with Faruja... else I might have even given her a chance, despite my own preferences and problems with non-Viera. But she probably hates me now that I said I would not be an executioner for her. Oh well... I hope not."
|-
|[[Tifa_Lockhart|Tifa]]||"I trust you to protect everyone if I fail."
|-
|[[Quistis_Trepe|Quistis]]||"A good woman and someone I can hopefully get to know better. Not to mention she seems to have ferreted out my secret. Tch... at least she is kind about it."
|-
|[[Maira]]||"How can you be so blind... If you are so lonely that you must cling onto another to feel safe, at least do that with someone who is not a madman."
|-
|[[Lia the Gria]]||"Please stay safe."
|-
|[[Priel_Aylin|Priel]]||"What has happened to you... and where have you gone?"
|-
|[[Shiki_Misaki|Shiki]]||"You obtained a Keyblade... save us all."
|-
|}

==Coworkers==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Gabranth]]||"According to Judge Magister Zargabaath, this one is a working leader of the Archades Judges due to his closeness with House Solidor, whatever that may be. So he is akin to their Judgemaster. A strong fighter too, though I am uncertain of his lurking in shadows and standoffishness among other Judges, he helped without a need, so that is good enough for me."
|-
|[[Zargabaath]]||"A well-spoken and just Judge, who also helped to take down the last rogue member of my old clan. If it weren't for these two... would Hermann still be alive? Would I be perished? No, I cannot blame them for what happens during a fight, especially one where they intended to help. Even if it was Gabranth's uncontrolled attack that knocked Zargabaath into Somer... and lead to the explosive activating."
|-
|[[Riku]]||"So he lives... and is a Judge too. What is this world coming to?"
|-
|[[Cirra_Constantine|Cirra]]||"Archadian Judge who attempted to arrest Rhiannon, blind in her mission and pursuit of justice. I do not fault her, nor hold any animosity towards her. Ironically I respect her all the more for doing her job. Yet still, I pity that we had to meet like that, on opposite sides of a fight."
|-
|}

==Amusing/Friendly==

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|-
|[[Echo]]||"Apparently a bat-lady, and her personality is quite cute as well. I think I shall enjoy spending time with her more often if such is possible."
|-
|[[Freya_Crescent|Freya]]||"A polite and nice-enough Burmecian female I met."
|-
|[[Lumeria]]||"Still not quite sure if she is as old as she says she is, or rather, is not younger than she claims to be. Either way, still cute."
|-
|[[Faruja_Senra|Faruja]]||"Idiot, overly-pious rat. Still, he seems... morally inclined."
|-
|[[Rinoa_Heartilly|Rinoa]]||"I wonder what she would say if she saw me now, openly as a male."
|-
|[[Avira]]||"Be safe from Maleficent, and please trust in my intentions."
|-
|[[Mercade_Alexander|Mercade]]||"Please stay safe and protect us all, and trust in my intentions."
|-
|[[Deelel]]||"Finally you have realized I am not crazy or evil. Hopefully that will remain true."
|-
|[[Luso_Clemens|Luso]]||"A good kid, and responsible. He may go places one day."
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|[[Merlin]]||"Wise wizard who knows a lot about everything. I could only hope to be a fraction as wise as he one day."
|-
|}

==Met In Passing==

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|-
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|[[Pixi]]||"I cannot believe I let a female Viera catch me unawares, and let alone not have bathed recently enough that she was able to pick my sex out by scent on the air. Still... she cared for my wounds, and claimed to have no interest in forcing me back to the warren. I can only hope that is true. Besides, this is the first womanfolk of my kind I have spoken to openly in... years, since I fled the warrens safety as a boy. It felt nice to not hide."
|-
|[[Pete]]||"..."
|-
|[[Fran]]||"Stubborn Viera who was wounded yet still refused help. I hope she is well."
|-
|[[Ramza_Beoulve|Ramza]]||"Self-proclaimed heretic for killing an demonic archbishop or something of the sort. It is not my problem. I only helped him because he was about to be slaughtered in such a manner."
|-
|[[Artemis_Eurus|Artemis]]||"Works with Ramza. Nothing of note."
|-
|[[Sanel]]||"...strong grip. And how did you come to associate with Lia? More and more questions... just who are you, or what?"
|-
|[[Seymour_Guado|Seymour]]||"Maester of Yevon, whatever that may be. I am thankful to him for helping heal me though. Seems nice enough."
|-
|[[Professor Mister Green]]||"Self-Important Jackass, from the sounds of him. But, still, his control of magic... hopefully we never cross weapons."
|-
|[[Artyom]]||"No real opinion, seemed competent in a fight."
|-
|[[Sora]]||"Wielder of a mysterious weapon called a Keyblade. Despite being young, and untrained... he still did well enough in a fight. I am sure he could be a force to be reckoned with if given proper training. But until then... "
|-
|[[Isaac_Hanlon|Isaac]]||"Seriously, what was his problem? I do not even know who his 'friend' is that he claims to have 'learned of me' from. Is he... associated with Verda somehow? They are the only ones who truly have issue with me past the idiots in the last rounds of the tournament. ... was one of them badmouthing me?"
|-
|[[Brooklyn]]||"Strong fellow, not sure what he is though. Looks vaguely draconic though."
|-
|[[Will_Sherman|Will]]||"I do not like this one. He is a thief and a coward, stealing that and fleeing as he did, putting the rest of us in danger and leaving us on our own. I shant be trusting this one again."
|-
|[[Dameon]]||"...idiot."
|-
|[[Leida]]||"I do not understand this one. And... admittedly, for whatever reason, she cannot seem to understand me."
|-
|[[Rage]]||"Fool bounty hunter who took on a mark for me without researching who I was. Thankfully, she came to her senses when she realized it. I cannot say I felt bad for the shape she was in at the time, but I do hope there is a lesson learned."
|-
|[[Skoll_Ulfang|Skoll]]||"Hati's brother, I do not know much of him."
|-
|[[Oriane_Guado|Oriane]]||"Seems like a nice lady, some part of that Yevon religion."
|-
|}

==Adversaries==

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|[[Angantyr_Vespar|Angantyr]]||"Bloodthirsty would-be murderer. How did you ever get a Keyblade... and why, throughout it all, does everyone treat you like a hero when all you do is try to kill everyone and everything that you lay eyes on. How... are you considered by anyone to be a force of good and trustworthy... and yet, I, despite all I have ever tried to do for everyone, for... everything... get treated like I am a criminal and cad."
|-
|[[Hades]]||"I paid my due. I am, however, still angry at you that you tasked me to kill a man. You kept your word, though."
|-
|[[Clan Verda]]||"My old clan, the ones whom I betrayed and turned into the Judges for breaking the laws, whom I sided against in combat with the Judges and whom likely now want revenge on me. I have never been happy with how things turned out, though I know I did the right thing. But to know they all hate me so..."
|-
|[[Louis_Leblue|Louis]]||"Bastard crusader of Faram, attempted to kill a boy and my oldest friend to get at me. No mercy for this one."
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|[[Rhiannon_Zellen|Rhiannon]]||"After everything... how could you?"
|-
|}

==Unknown==

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|[[Maleficent]]||"Your power will destroy worlds... but could you be the one who will teach me how to control darkness?"
|-
|[[Garland]]||"Who is this being of darkness?"
|-
|[[Seith]]||"What you did to me... I will never forget that anger, or fear, even if it was all a falsity. One day, you will regret it. Until then... perhaps my pursuit of darkness will have to deal with you."
|-
|[[Kaydin]]||"You are an idiot for accepting darkness and a horrible person for being willing to kill others just to protect the one person you seem to care for. Yet, now you may have to pay for your mistake with your life... can I even help you? Despite not wanting to, I am going to try if possible. Please... do not propogate the research that I tried to snuff out for so long."
|-
|}

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7/8 Assassin and Elementalist custom design for Chita

9 and 10 Hades taking his due from the reneging Viera.

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2014-03-21T07:14:17Z

Evja:

Chita

2014-03-21T07:12:56Z

Evja: /* Amusing/Friendly */

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{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Chita
|age=Physically 20's
|image=Split_Personality.jpg
|species=Viera
|sex=Male
|height=6'1" without ears, 7'1" with ears
|weight=Slight, 120's without his armor, 200+ with
|series=Final Fantasy Tactics A2
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|hometown=Fluorgis
|alignment=Wandering Force
|group=None
|occupation=Judge
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}}

=Profile=

Chita is a male Viera who has been around in the World of Ruin for some time now. Since just before the Hades Cup, in fact. Having a history as a Judge of the Jylland lean as well as a background in a now-defunct clan, he is quite a capable fighter with various weapons and forms of combat, from swords and spears, to aerial-based combat more suited for Dragoons. His time in the World of Ruin has led him to making quite a few odd allies and more than a few enemies, mostly due to his generally overbearing sense of Morality combined with being stubborn about his choices to the point of seemingly uncaring about his own safety. At most points he can be found with his Chocobo whom he has jokingly begun calling Senra, and is, as of the moment, wanted by the company Shinra for 'liberating company property' in the form of a weapon from their R&D dept.

=Background=

Chita was born, like many other Viera in Jylland, outside of the forests. Born to a happy Vieran mother and a father he never met, it was at a young age when she was talked into giving him to the safety of a secluded village which was meant to make sure the rarely-born Vieran males were kept safe in the 'best interest' of their kind. Never really having met his parents past when he was newly born and quite young he has no memory of them. He grew up with the other malefolk in the village and being governed by the womenfolk like most other things were that was simply his way of life.

This went on for several decades, Vieran aging and society different as it was from others. Only having been allowed out of the village while supervised by others, besides a few sneaking trips that he got punished for as a child, he was quite naive when it came to the outside world. He only knew it from stories from the wandering Viera who came and went for various reasons, a friend of his whom he had grown quite fond of and the books he was always reading.

Despite having grown to care for his friend, whom had the name of Evja, she never returned his level of affection. Despite that, though, she agreed to help him find a way to get away from the village proper and join her clan out in the open of Jylland to explore and live his life without waiting it away to be told how to live it. Traveling with her and a few others to a nearby town, near the Targ Woods, a distraction in the form of some monsters presented them with the opportunity to vanish when no one else was looking and make off towards freedom. As fate would have it, though, they were attacked on the way by something and Chita found himself close to dead. By the time he came back around and realized what had happened, all he could find was his friends bloodied cloak and no signs of her running off so much as whatever had attacked them making its way off.

Assuming the worst and not wanting to damn his chances of following through with their plan, he put on the cloak and hid his face, and when the other Viera came, he pretended to be Evja, sending them off after where whatever attacked him went by claiming it had taken himself. Using the chance, he slipped away and came across Evja's previous clan that he was going to join, Verda. Explaining what had happened, and knowing what they were planning, the clan leader agreed to play along with it and he was taken elsewhere to safety and healed. What actually became of his friend he still has no idea to even to this day, despite only being able to assume the worst.

Time lead him to move on, and at that point he decided he'd have to throw away his old identity since Chita was assumed dead and carry on as Evja, despite hating the guise. Not having any real talent for magic or other normal Vieran classes of fighting led him to taking training under the clan Bangaa, who happened to be a Dragoon. And for years after 'she' traveled with the group as Evja and was allowed to explore the outside world as she'd always wanted to... even if the price that came with it made her wish, at times, that she'd never even tried.

Eventually she came to find out that her clan had been abusing the Clan Judge's powers and obtaining favors in the form of benefits in battles, which had lead to a string of victories that were garnering quite a but of rumors about them. Angry that they had the nerve to cheat the battles she had so long fantasized over from the books and stories of her youth Evja struck out and found another clans Judge and explained what was going on. Working with the Judges in secret for a time it was only when the Judges stepped in to strip Clan Verda's Judge of his power and imprison the clan itself for abusing the laws that Evja openly switched sides, joining with the Judges to detain her own clan.

Thus, she was offered a chance to join the Judges ranks, to join the academy and work hard with the chance that she, too, could eventually take a new, more lawful, way of life. Or go to jail with them since she was technically part of their clan when they were cheating the laws. She agreed to being a Judge, of course, and eventually a few years later graduated to becoming a proper Judge. A Clan Judge. When she went to meet her new clan, however, the Heartless came and destroyed what there was of her world, eventually casting the Judge out alone into the World of Ruin.

Once in the World of Ruin she wandered for some time and eventually learned of the state of the worlds, the Heartless, about various things like World Shards and of an up and coming tournament where world shards could be won. Seeing a chance to try and do something for the sake of another world, she made a bargain with the God who was running the tournament, Hades, Lord of the Dead of another world, for a guarantee of entry. In exchange, later down the line, he could call in an unspecified favor, lawful upon the ground she stood upon and carried out the favor in, at the time of asking.

Joining one of the teams there, she worked with them and eventually took second place. The shard, though, went to another.

Time passed and she went about attempting to help out others here and there in the World of Ruin as she could, and eventually Hades called in the favor. Kill Mercade Alexander. Murder being illegal in almost all worlds, as his planning had it, he demanded such of her on his own soil where he made the rules, he made the laws. And her oaths and the magic placed upon her when she became a Judge, to guarantee she would not betray them and carry on illegal activites, forced her to uphold the contract.

Several failed attempts on Mercade's life made her quite a few enemies. Seeking out a boy by the name of Luso while staying on grounds that dampened the law magics of the Judges, a Jagd, she hired him to find some way of breaking the magic upon her. The magic that was forcing her to try and kill someone. Eventually seeking out Lezaford, the very sage who helped to create the Law System as it is now in Jylland, the magic was broken and Evja informed Hades that she now had no intention of following through with the contract that she had the ability to, no matter the consequences.

Hades didn't like that, and she paid, with a part of her soul, eternal damnation and being cursed into being unable to deceive anyone again. Herself included.

Stripped of his ability to maintain the life he had been living until then, as a female Viera named Evja, or even pretend to be female, Chita lost his home in Fluorgis, his friends there and even quite a bit of confidence in himself.

During the time Chita had started the contract with Hades, and ended it, he had helped to destroy a monster that attacked the town of Goug. When it fell, he discovered that the beast temporarily formed into a keyblade before the weapon seemed to collapse on itself and become misshapen. Following the one who claimed the weapon, who admitted she had created it, a brief confrontation with the woman he discovered the name of was Rhiannon Zellen brought him on a much different path.

He couldn't bring himself to simply kill her and destroy the weapon, not having the nerve or heart to actually kill someone of his own choosing. So, instead, he walked away and tried to think up some method of settling the ordeal. He decided eventually on getting closer to her, to try and keep her from finishing it in her own ways. He couldn't bring himself to kill her, destroying it would simply leave her to make another, putting her in jail and destroying it would likely just leave her to get out of jail somehow and start over again and, ultimately, she still had all the research on it somewhere and he had no idea how much or where it was, or who had access.

If it had to be finished, he'd find a way without killing anyone else, or having it steal any other hearts... and along the way, he'd find a way to save the hearts in the weapon. Or at least, that was the plan.

Time went on and she played along with it, even giving him the weapon knowing she could simply take it back when she wished. What he didn't realize was how much the weapon was going to affect him, how much the hearts inside were going to drive him into a depressive state that made him reckless and aggressive in his desires to see the weapon redeemed and the hearts inside saved. His efforts eventually had him crossing paths with a powerful sorceress named Maleficent during which encounter he lost his sight due to being used as an example to get at someone he knew by the name of Avira.

Now blind, fate or chance had him come across another whom he had only briefly met before, a flowergirl by the name of Aerith. She saved him from falling into the darkness when he attempted to cross paths with Maleficent again to stop her from finding some artifact of power in Burmecia and in the process she exposed his heart to herself, despite it being accidental. Over the next several months they played a back and forth game of her trying to get him to calm down and let her help with things and him being too uneasy around her due to her having discovered a good bit about his thoughts and feelings on various subjects, and having had his very heart exposed to someone else - the last place he had to hide since he could no longer deceive others due to Hades' curse.

Rhiannon eventually took back the weapon and re-unleashed it on Narshe. While no one was hurt, it was destroyed despite his efforts to prevent that, and keep Rhiannon safe. It eventually reformed into a monstrous creature hellbent on killing Rhiannon, who was now with child from his time with her, having fallen victim as many males do to flirting, now that he was able to be openly male. Despite his morals and the weapon being the only reasons he had kept her safe before, or simply didn't kill her himself, now there was another reason.

Not long after the remnants of the hearts that had fallen to becoming a monster attacked them again in Shinra HQ during a meeting with others where Rhiannon openly bragged about her role in the creation of the Black Beast. The beast fell, but in it's place a new sword appeared. A sword that was pale white and almost alien-looking, as compared to the black misshapen sword that the last one was. Not to mention it was sentient and still wanted her demise. A fight ensued over control of the sword between various parties there and while no one in particular won, Chita was able to destroy the room they were in and use it as a distraction to escape with the weapon.

In the inbetween Aerith followed him, and he admitted to her that he was quite fond of her and wanted her to stick around more, given he was quite certain he wouldn't get to see her again after the events at Shinra took place.

It was not long after that he came to find out that all of his efforts, success and failures alike, had culminated to nothing as the research had seemingly gotten out to a man named Garland, whom had given a similar weapon of his(?) creation to a Dark Knight named Kaydin.

Frustrated and uncertain what to do, he made his way to the wizard Merlin to ask his advice on the matter, and discovered there that the weapon no longer even had any hearts in it... just the angry memories and wills of those who had fallen. Chita managed, once he realized this and once again made clear he had no intention of killing Rhiannon and that the sword had best make the best of the situation since he was the most likely one of anyone not to abuse it to hurt others, or lock it away for research or let it rot somewhere no one would find it, to convince the sword to aid him.

Only then finding out that he could see while he was holding the sword, now that it was willing to aid him for the time being.

Now with his sight back, and Shinra still out for his head, if the sword doesn't come away from him willingly, where will time take him?

=Personality=

Chita is generally a pretty good dude. He's friendly around most people he meets, goes out of his way to help others if he can, and looks at life with a pretty black and white view on what is right or wrong.

Despite that, though, he is quick to anger and since his time with the Black Beast weapon has gotten quite a temper. His views on right and wrong were cemented even more, his morality going to an extreme almost, in his stubborn desire to see the 'right thing' happen, that being solving every problem he had without any more lives being lost. Due to the fear of death he has that came along with losing someone he cared dearly for many years ago, along with his upbringing that life be cherished and not thoughtlessly destroyed, Chita now goes out of his way to avoid inflicting harm where he can and killing anyone is out of the question outside of radical moments where even his optimistic mind cannot think up some other way out of a situation.

Being a Judge still leaves him with a black and white view on the law, wanting to see it upheld and having no problem lambasting others with his morals and desire to see them do just that - be more lawful, hurt and kill others less, and generally follow and obey the laws as they were meant to be by society. This does leave him to come off as overly preachy and probably annoying to others though despite his intentions.

While his views on right and wrong are pretty set, his own ability to separate what he is doing from 'right', as he always tends to think what he is doing is 'right' in the sense that it is just and good, leaves him to annoy many people because of this. Likewise, his views on the Light and Darkness, and the power that comes with it, tends to be pretty absolute when regarding others actions and choices. Yet, his own, he loses sight of due to his involvement and inability to realize that his own actions aren't always the most 'good' despite his intention.

At times he hides openly behind his morality when put in a situation where he is brought to do something he doesn't like, often willing to go to lengths that would even hurt himself, greviously if necessary, to avoid breaking away from his morality.

Chita prefers to resolve things peacefully if possible, this includes talking things out, rationalizing things, bargaining and bartering and being willing to do things that others might not understand - like sitting down and having tea with Maleficent despite her quite clearly being an evil mastermind behind a lot of things and even being the source of his blindness. Despite his goals, and others goals, he is still generally willing to talk things out if possible and find a solution that works for everyone if it means less harm or killing overall.

Also, damn the heartless. He wants nothing to do with them.

=Combat and Powers=

Dragoon

Weapon skills

Chorus

Knowledge and Abilities

-Vieran Benefits

-Laws and Jylland

Connections

Inventory

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= Relationships =

==The most important==

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|[[Aerith]]||"Seems you finally got me to crack. Here's to hoping, hm?" After the events at Shinra and having to accept he had probably screwed himself royally, he began to think he might not see Aerith again. And, of course, he also began to realize how much he would miss her and didn't want that to happen. Not thinking much, when he met her again, a hug and a kiss, followed by embarrassment on his part, led him to finally admit he had a thing for her... and that he wanted her around, and to help him. She finally seems to have gotten to him, at least regarding accepting her help and not trying to do everything himself. Only time will tell if it makes things better. He's certainly happier now though.
|-
|}

==Friends, or what can amount to such==

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|[[Hati|Hati]]||"I must admit it is quite a new thing to have someone show an honest interest in me not simply because of my appearance. A pity she seems so smitten with Faruja... else I might have even given her a chance, despite my own preferences and problems with non-Viera. But she probably hates me now that I said I would not be an executioner for her. Oh well... I hope not."
|-
|[[Tifa_Lockhart|Tifa]]||"I trust you to protect everyone if I fail."
|-
|[[Quistis_Trepe|Quistis]]||"A good woman and someone I can hopefully get to know better. Not to mention she seems to have ferreted out my secret. Tch... at least she is kind about it."
|-
|[[Maira]]||"How can you be so blind... If you are so lonely that you must cling onto another to feel safe, at least do that with someone who is not a madman."
|-
|[[Lia the Gria]]||"Please stay safe."
|-
|[[Priel_Aylin|Priel]]||"What has happened to you... and where have you gone?"
|-
|[[Shiki_Misaki|Shiki]]||"You obtained a Keyblade... save us all."
|-
|}

==Coworkers==

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|[[Gabranth]]||"According to Judge Magister Zargabaath, this one is a working leader of the Archades Judges due to his closeness with House Solidor, whatever that may be. So he is akin to their Judgemaster. A strong fighter too, though I am uncertain of his lurking in shadows and standoffishness among other Judges, he helped without a need, so that is good enough for me."
|-
|[[Zargabaath]]||"A well-spoken and just Judge, who also helped to take down the last rogue member of my old clan. If it weren't for these two... would Hermann still be alive? Would I be perished? No, I cannot blame them for what happens during a fight, especially one where they intended to help. Even if it was Gabranth's uncontrolled attack that knocked Zargabaath into Somer... and lead to the explosive activating."
|-
|[[Riku]]||"So he lives... and is a Judge too. What is this world coming to?"
|-
|[[Cirra_Constantine|Cirra]]||"Archadian Judge who attempted to arrest Rhiannon, blind in her mission and pursuit of justice. I do not fault her, nor hold any animosity towards her. Ironically I respect her all the more for doing her job. Yet still, I pity that we had to meet like that, on opposite sides of a fight."
|-
|}

==Amusing/Friendly==

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|[[Echo]]||"Apparently a bat-lady, and her personality is quite cute as well. I think I shall enjoy spending time with her more often if such is possible."
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|[[Freya_Crescent|Freya]]||"A polite and nice-enough Burmecian female I met."
|-
|[[Lumeria]]||"Still not quite sure if she is as old as she says she is, or rather, is not younger than she claims to be. Either way, still cute."
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|[[Faruja_Senra|Faruja]]||"Idiot, overly-pious rat. Still, he seems... morally inclined."
|-
|[[Rinoa_Heartilly|Rinoa]]||"I wonder what she would say if she saw me now, openly as a male."
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|[[Avira]]||"Be safe from Maleficent, and please trust in my intentions."
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|[[Mercade_Alexander|Mercade]]||"Please stay safe and protect us all, and trust in my intentions."
|-
|[[Deelel]]||"Finally you have realized I am not crazy or evil. Hopefully that will remain true."
|-
|[[Luso_Clemens|Luso]]||"A good kid, and responsible. He may go places one day."
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|[[Merlin]]||"Wise wizard who knows a lot about everything. I could only hope to be a fraction as wise as he one day."
|-
|}

==Met In Passing==

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|[[Pixi]]||"I cannot believe I let a female Viera catch me unawares, and let alone not have bathed recently enough that she was able to pick my sex out by scent on the air. Still... she cared for my wounds, and claimed to have no interest in forcing me back to the warren. I can only hope that is true. Besides, this is the first womanfolk of my kind I have spoken to openly in... years, since I fled the warrens safety as a boy. It felt nice to not hide."
|-
|[[Pete]]||"..."
|-
|[[Fran]]||"Stubborn Viera who was wounded yet still refused help. I hope she is well."
|-
|[[Ramza_Beoulve|Ramza]]||"Self-proclaimed heretic for killing an demonic archbishop or something of the sort. It is not my problem. I only helped him because he was about to be slaughtered in such a manner."
|-
|[[Artemis_Eurus|Artemis]]||"Works with Ramza. Nothing of note."
|-
|[[Sanel]]||"...strong grip. And how did you come to associate with Lia? More and more questions... just who are you, or what?"
|-
|[[Seymour_Guado|Seymour]]||"Maester of Yevon, whatever that may be. I am thankful to him for helping heal me though. Seems nice enough."
|-
|[[Professor Mister Green]]||"Self-Important Jackass, from the sounds of him. But, still, his control of magic... hopefully we never cross weapons."
|-
|[[Artyom]]||"No real opinion, seemed competent in a fight."
|-
|[[Sora]]||"Wielder of a mysterious weapon called a Keyblade. Despite being young, and untrained... he still did well enough in a fight. I am sure he could be a force to be reckoned with if given proper training. But until then... "
|-
|[[Isaac_Hanlon|Isaac]]||"Seriously, what was his problem? I do not even know who his 'friend' is that he claims to have 'learned of me' from. Is he... associated with Verda somehow? They are the only ones who truly have issue with me past the idiots in the last rounds of the tournament. ... was one of them badmouthing me?"
|-
|[[Brooklyn]]||"Strong fellow, not sure what he is though. Looks vaguely draconic though."
|-
|[[Will_Sherman|Will]]||"I do not like this one. He is a thief and a coward, stealing that and fleeing as he did, putting the rest of us in danger and leaving us on our own. I shant be trusting this one again."
|-
|[[Dameon]]||"...idiot."
|-
|[[Leida]]||"I do not understand this one. And... admittedly, for whatever reason, she cannot seem to understand me."
|-
|[[Rage]]||"Fool bounty hunter who took on a mark for me without researching who I was. Thankfully, she came to her senses when she realized it. I cannot say I felt bad for the shape she was in at the time, but I do hope there is a lesson learned."
|-
|[[Skoll_Ulfang|Skoll]]||"Hati's brother, I do not know much of him."
|-
|[[Oriane_Guado|Oriane]]||"Seems like a nice lady, some part of that Yevon religion."
|-
|}

==Adversaries==

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|[[Angantyr_Vespar|Angantyr]]||"Bloodthirsty would-be murderer. How did you ever get a Keyblade... and why, throughout it all, does everyone treat you like a hero when all you do is try to kill everyone and everything that you lay eyes on. How... are you considered by anyone to be a force of good and trustworthy... and yet, I, despite all I have ever tried to do for everyone, for... everything... get treated like I am a criminal and cad."
|-
|[[Hades]]||"I paid my due. I am, however, still angry at you that you tasked me to kill a man. You kept your word, though."
|-
|[[Clan Verda]]||"My old clan, the ones whom I betrayed and turned into the Judges for breaking the laws, whom I sided against in combat with the Judges and whom likely now want revenge on me. I have never been happy with how things turned out, though I know I did the right thing. But to know they all hate me so..."
|-
|[[Louis_Leblue|Louis]]||"Bastard crusader of Faram, attempted to kill a boy and my oldest friend to get at me. No mercy for this one."
|-
|[[Rhiannon_Zellen|Rhiannon]]||"After everything... how could you?"
|-
|}

==Unknown==

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|[[Maleficent]]||"Your power will destroy worlds... but could you be the one who will teach me how to control darkness?"
|-
|[[Garland]]||"Who is this being of darkness?"
|-
|[[Seith]]||"What you did to me... I will never forget that anger, or fear, even if it was all a falsity. One day, you will regret it. Until then... perhaps my pursuit of darkness will have to deal with you."
|-
|[[Kaydin]]||"You are an idiot for accepting darkness and a horrible person for being willing to kill others just to protect the one person you seem to care for. Yet, now you may have to pay for your mistake with your life... can I even help you? Despite not wanting to, I am going to try if possible. Please... do not propogate the research that I tried to snuff out for so long."
|-
|}

= Misc =

Page, y u no fill urself out

= Gallery =

[[File:EvjaDiveLineart.png|500px]]
[[File:Cloak.png|500px]]
[[File:KHOutfit.png|500px]]
[[File:Summer_Dress.png|500px]]
[[File:Evjaarmor.png|500px]]
[[File:Evjacommish9.png|1000px]]

1-6 Random poses and clothing

7/8 Assassin and Elementalist custom design for Chita

9 and 10 Hades taking his due from the reneging Viera.

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Chita

2014-03-21T07:11:45Z

Evja: /* Combat */ - in progress list to be fleshed out when I get the combat card adjusted

{{CTable}}{{RTable}}

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Chita
|age=Physically 20's
|image=Split_Personality.jpg
|species=Viera
|sex=Male
|height=6'1" without ears, 7'1" with ears
|weight=Slight, 120's without his armor, 200+ with
|series=Final Fantasy Tactics A2
|styles=
|hometown=Fluorgis
|alignment=Wandering Force
|group=None
|occupation=Judge
|quote=
|footer=Trying to
}}

=Profile=

Chita is a male Viera who has been around in the World of Ruin for some time now. Since just before the Hades Cup, in fact. Having a history as a Judge of the Jylland lean as well as a background in a now-defunct clan, he is quite a capable fighter with various weapons and forms of combat, from swords and spears, to aerial-based combat more suited for Dragoons. His time in the World of Ruin has led him to making quite a few odd allies and more than a few enemies, mostly due to his generally overbearing sense of Morality combined with being stubborn about his choices to the point of seemingly uncaring about his own safety. At most points he can be found with his Chocobo whom he has jokingly begun calling Senra, and is, as of the moment, wanted by the company Shinra for 'liberating company property' in the form of a weapon from their R&D dept.

=Background=

Chita was born, like many other Viera in Jylland, outside of the forests. Born to a happy Vieran mother and a father he never met, it was at a young age when she was talked into giving him to the safety of a secluded village which was meant to make sure the rarely-born Vieran males were kept safe in the 'best interest' of their kind. Never really having met his parents past when he was newly born and quite young he has no memory of them. He grew up with the other malefolk in the village and being governed by the womenfolk like most other things were that was simply his way of life.

This went on for several decades, Vieran aging and society different as it was from others. Only having been allowed out of the village while supervised by others, besides a few sneaking trips that he got punished for as a child, he was quite naive when it came to the outside world. He only knew it from stories from the wandering Viera who came and went for various reasons, a friend of his whom he had grown quite fond of and the books he was always reading.

Despite having grown to care for his friend, whom had the name of Evja, she never returned his level of affection. Despite that, though, she agreed to help him find a way to get away from the village proper and join her clan out in the open of Jylland to explore and live his life without waiting it away to be told how to live it. Traveling with her and a few others to a nearby town, near the Targ Woods, a distraction in the form of some monsters presented them with the opportunity to vanish when no one else was looking and make off towards freedom. As fate would have it, though, they were attacked on the way by something and Chita found himself close to dead. By the time he came back around and realized what had happened, all he could find was his friends bloodied cloak and no signs of her running off so much as whatever had attacked them making its way off.

Assuming the worst and not wanting to damn his chances of following through with their plan, he put on the cloak and hid his face, and when the other Viera came, he pretended to be Evja, sending them off after where whatever attacked him went by claiming it had taken himself. Using the chance, he slipped away and came across Evja's previous clan that he was going to join, Verda. Explaining what had happened, and knowing what they were planning, the clan leader agreed to play along with it and he was taken elsewhere to safety and healed. What actually became of his friend he still has no idea to even to this day, despite only being able to assume the worst.

Time lead him to move on, and at that point he decided he'd have to throw away his old identity since Chita was assumed dead and carry on as Evja, despite hating the guise. Not having any real talent for magic or other normal Vieran classes of fighting led him to taking training under the clan Bangaa, who happened to be a Dragoon. And for years after 'she' traveled with the group as Evja and was allowed to explore the outside world as she'd always wanted to... even if the price that came with it made her wish, at times, that she'd never even tried.

Eventually she came to find out that her clan had been abusing the Clan Judge's powers and obtaining favors in the form of benefits in battles, which had lead to a string of victories that were garnering quite a but of rumors about them. Angry that they had the nerve to cheat the battles she had so long fantasized over from the books and stories of her youth Evja struck out and found another clans Judge and explained what was going on. Working with the Judges in secret for a time it was only when the Judges stepped in to strip Clan Verda's Judge of his power and imprison the clan itself for abusing the laws that Evja openly switched sides, joining with the Judges to detain her own clan.

Thus, she was offered a chance to join the Judges ranks, to join the academy and work hard with the chance that she, too, could eventually take a new, more lawful, way of life. Or go to jail with them since she was technically part of their clan when they were cheating the laws. She agreed to being a Judge, of course, and eventually a few years later graduated to becoming a proper Judge. A Clan Judge. When she went to meet her new clan, however, the Heartless came and destroyed what there was of her world, eventually casting the Judge out alone into the World of Ruin.

Once in the World of Ruin she wandered for some time and eventually learned of the state of the worlds, the Heartless, about various things like World Shards and of an up and coming tournament where world shards could be won. Seeing a chance to try and do something for the sake of another world, she made a bargain with the God who was running the tournament, Hades, Lord of the Dead of another world, for a guarantee of entry. In exchange, later down the line, he could call in an unspecified favor, lawful upon the ground she stood upon and carried out the favor in, at the time of asking.

Joining one of the teams there, she worked with them and eventually took second place. The shard, though, went to another.

Time passed and she went about attempting to help out others here and there in the World of Ruin as she could, and eventually Hades called in the favor. Kill Mercade Alexander. Murder being illegal in almost all worlds, as his planning had it, he demanded such of her on his own soil where he made the rules, he made the laws. And her oaths and the magic placed upon her when she became a Judge, to guarantee she would not betray them and carry on illegal activites, forced her to uphold the contract.

Several failed attempts on Mercade's life made her quite a few enemies. Seeking out a boy by the name of Luso while staying on grounds that dampened the law magics of the Judges, a Jagd, she hired him to find some way of breaking the magic upon her. The magic that was forcing her to try and kill someone. Eventually seeking out Lezaford, the very sage who helped to create the Law System as it is now in Jylland, the magic was broken and Evja informed Hades that she now had no intention of following through with the contract that she had the ability to, no matter the consequences.

Hades didn't like that, and she paid, with a part of her soul, eternal damnation and being cursed into being unable to deceive anyone again. Herself included.

Stripped of his ability to maintain the life he had been living until then, as a female Viera named Evja, or even pretend to be female, Chita lost his home in Fluorgis, his friends there and even quite a bit of confidence in himself.

During the time Chita had started the contract with Hades, and ended it, he had helped to destroy a monster that attacked the town of Goug. When it fell, he discovered that the beast temporarily formed into a keyblade before the weapon seemed to collapse on itself and become misshapen. Following the one who claimed the weapon, who admitted she had created it, a brief confrontation with the woman he discovered the name of was Rhiannon Zellen brought him on a much different path.

He couldn't bring himself to simply kill her and destroy the weapon, not having the nerve or heart to actually kill someone of his own choosing. So, instead, he walked away and tried to think up some method of settling the ordeal. He decided eventually on getting closer to her, to try and keep her from finishing it in her own ways. He couldn't bring himself to kill her, destroying it would simply leave her to make another, putting her in jail and destroying it would likely just leave her to get out of jail somehow and start over again and, ultimately, she still had all the research on it somewhere and he had no idea how much or where it was, or who had access.

If it had to be finished, he'd find a way without killing anyone else, or having it steal any other hearts... and along the way, he'd find a way to save the hearts in the weapon. Or at least, that was the plan.

Time went on and she played along with it, even giving him the weapon knowing she could simply take it back when she wished. What he didn't realize was how much the weapon was going to affect him, how much the hearts inside were going to drive him into a depressive state that made him reckless and aggressive in his desires to see the weapon redeemed and the hearts inside saved. His efforts eventually had him crossing paths with a powerful sorceress named Maleficent during which encounter he lost his sight due to being used as an example to get at someone he knew by the name of Avira.

Now blind, fate or chance had him come across another whom he had only briefly met before, a flowergirl by the name of Aerith. She saved him from falling into the darkness when he attempted to cross paths with Maleficent again to stop her from finding some artifact of power in Burmecia and in the process she exposed his heart to herself, despite it being accidental. Over the next several months they played a back and forth game of her trying to get him to calm down and let her help with things and him being too uneasy around her due to her having discovered a good bit about his thoughts and feelings on various subjects, and having had his very heart exposed to someone else - the last place he had to hide since he could no longer deceive others due to Hades' curse.

Rhiannon eventually took back the weapon and re-unleashed it on Narshe. While no one was hurt, it was destroyed despite his efforts to prevent that, and keep Rhiannon safe. It eventually reformed into a monstrous creature hellbent on killing Rhiannon, who was now with child from his time with her, having fallen victim as many males do to flirting, now that he was able to be openly male. Despite his morals and the weapon being the only reasons he had kept her safe before, or simply didn't kill her himself, now there was another reason.

Not long after the remnants of the hearts that had fallen to becoming a monster attacked them again in Shinra HQ during a meeting with others where Rhiannon openly bragged about her role in the creation of the Black Beast. The beast fell, but in it's place a new sword appeared. A sword that was pale white and almost alien-looking, as compared to the black misshapen sword that the last one was. Not to mention it was sentient and still wanted her demise. A fight ensued over control of the sword between various parties there and while no one in particular won, Chita was able to destroy the room they were in and use it as a distraction to escape with the weapon.

In the inbetween Aerith followed him, and he admitted to her that he was quite fond of her and wanted her to stick around more, given he was quite certain he wouldn't get to see her again after the events at Shinra took place.

It was not long after that he came to find out that all of his efforts, success and failures alike, had culminated to nothing as the research had seemingly gotten out to a man named Garland, whom had given a similar weapon of his(?) creation to a Dark Knight named Kaydin.

Frustrated and uncertain what to do, he made his way to the wizard Merlin to ask his advice on the matter, and discovered there that the weapon no longer even had any hearts in it... just the angry memories and wills of those who had fallen. Chita managed, once he realized this and once again made clear he had no intention of killing Rhiannon and that the sword had best make the best of the situation since he was the most likely one of anyone not to abuse it to hurt others, or lock it away for research or let it rot somewhere no one would find it, to convince the sword to aid him.

Only then finding out that he could see while he was holding the sword, now that it was willing to aid him for the time being.

Now with his sight back, and Shinra still out for his head, if the sword doesn't come away from him willingly, where will time take him?

=Personality=

Chita is generally a pretty good dude. He's friendly around most people he meets, goes out of his way to help others if he can, and looks at life with a pretty black and white view on what is right or wrong.

Despite that, though, he is quick to anger and since his time with the Black Beast weapon has gotten quite a temper. His views on right and wrong were cemented even more, his morality going to an extreme almost, in his stubborn desire to see the 'right thing' happen, that being solving every problem he had without any more lives being lost. Due to the fear of death he has that came along with losing someone he cared dearly for many years ago, along with his upbringing that life be cherished and not thoughtlessly destroyed, Chita now goes out of his way to avoid inflicting harm where he can and killing anyone is out of the question outside of radical moments where even his optimistic mind cannot think up some other way out of a situation.

Being a Judge still leaves him with a black and white view on the law, wanting to see it upheld and having no problem lambasting others with his morals and desire to see them do just that - be more lawful, hurt and kill others less, and generally follow and obey the laws as they were meant to be by society. This does leave him to come off as overly preachy and probably annoying to others though despite his intentions.

While his views on right and wrong are pretty set, his own ability to separate what he is doing from 'right', as he always tends to think what he is doing is 'right' in the sense that it is just and good, leaves him to annoy many people because of this. Likewise, his views on the Light and Darkness, and the power that comes with it, tends to be pretty absolute when regarding others actions and choices. Yet, his own, he loses sight of due to his involvement and inability to realize that his own actions aren't always the most 'good' despite his intention.

At times he hides openly behind his morality when put in a situation where he is brought to do something he doesn't like, often willing to go to lengths that would even hurt himself, greviously if necessary, to avoid breaking away from his morality.

Chita prefers to resolve things peacefully if possible, this includes talking things out, rationalizing things, bargaining and bartering and being willing to do things that others might not understand - like sitting down and having tea with Maleficent despite her quite clearly being an evil mastermind behind a lot of things and even being the source of his blindness. Despite his goals, and others goals, he is still generally willing to talk things out if possible and find a solution that works for everyone if it means less harm or killing overall.

Also, damn the heartless. He wants nothing to do with them.

=Combat and Powers=

Dragoon

Weapon skills

Chorus

Knowledge and Abilities

-Vieran Benefits

-Laws and Jylland

Connections

Inventory

[[File:Evja-FK-Profile.gif]]

= Relationships =

==The most important==

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|[[Aerith]]||"Seems you finally got me to crack. Here's to hoping, hm?" After the events at Shinra and having to accept he had probably screwed himself royally, he began to think he might not see Aerith again. And, of course, he also began to realize how much he would miss her and didn't want that to happen. Not thinking much, when he met her again, a hug and a kiss, followed by embarrassment on his part, led him to finally admit he had a thing for her... and that he wanted her around, and to help him. She finally seems to have gotten to him, at least regarding accepting her help and not trying to do everything himself. Only time will tell if it makes things better. He's certainly happier now though.
|-
|}

==Friends, or what can amount to such==

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|+ '''''
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! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
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|[[Hati|Hati]]||"I must admit it is quite a new thing to have someone show an honest interest in me not simply because of my appearance. A pity she seems so smitten with Faruja... else I might have even given her a chance, despite my own preferences and problems with non-Viera. But she probably hates me now that I said I would not be an executioner for her. Oh well... I hope not."
|-
|[[Tifa_Lockhart|Tifa]]||"I trust you to protect everyone if I fail."
|-
|[[Quistis_Trepe|Quistis]]||"A good woman and someone I can hopefully get to know better. Not to mention she seems to have ferreted out my secret. Tch... at least she is kind about it."
|-
|[[Maira]]||"How can you be so blind... If you are so lonely that you must cling onto another to feel safe, at least do that with someone who is not a madman."
|-
|[[Lia the Gria]]||"Please stay safe."
|-
|[[Priel_Aylin|Priel]]||"What has happened to you... and where have you gone?"
|-
|[[Shiki_Misaki|Shiki]]||"You obtained a Keyblade... save us all."
|-
|}

==Coworkers==

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|[[Gabranth]]||"According to Judge Magister Zargabaath, this one is a working leader of the Archades Judges due to his closeness with House Solidor, whatever that may be. So he is akin to their Judgemaster. A strong fighter too, though I am uncertain of his lurking in shadows and standoffishness among other Judges, he helped without a need, so that is good enough for me."
|-
|[[Zargabaath]]||"A well-spoken and just Judge, who also helped to take down the last rogue member of my old clan. If it weren't for these two... would Hermann still be alive? Would I be perished? No, I cannot blame them for what happens during a fight, especially one where they intended to help. Even if it was Gabranth's uncontrolled attack that knocked Zargabaath into Somer... and lead to the explosive activating."
|-
|[[Riku]]||"So he lives... and is a Judge too. What is this world coming to?"
|-
|[[Cirra_Constantine|Cirra]]||"Archadian Judge who attempted to arrest Rhiannon, blind in her mission and pursuit of justice. I do not fault her, nor hold any animosity towards her. Ironically I respect her all the more for doing her job. Yet still, I pity that we had to meet like that, on opposite sides of a fight."
|-
|}

==Amusing/Friendly==

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|[[Echo]]||"Apparently a bat-lady, and her personality is quite cute as well. I think I shall enjoy spending time with her more often if such is possible."
|-
|[[Lumeria]]||"Still not quite sure if she is as old as she says she is, or rather, is not younger than she claims to be. Either way, still cute."
|-
|[[Faruja_Senra|Faruja]]||"Idiot, overly-pious rat. Still, he seems... morally inclined."
|-
|[[Rinoa_Heartilly|Rinoa]]||"I wonder what she would say if she saw me now, openly as a male."
|-
|[[Avira]]||"Be safe from Maleficent, and please trust in my intentions."
|-
|[[Mercade_Alexander|Mercade]]||"Please stay safe and protect us all, and trust in my intentions."
|-
|[[Deelel]]||"Finally you have realized I am not crazy or evil. Hopefully that will remain true."
|-
|[[Luso_Clemens|Luso]]||"A good kid, and responsible. He may go places one day."
|-
|[[Merlin]]||"Wise wizard who knows a lot about everything. I could only hope to be a fraction as wise as he one day."
|-
|}

==Met In Passing==

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! scope="col" | Thoughts
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|[[Pixi]]||"I cannot believe I let a female Viera catch me unawares, and let alone not have bathed recently enough that she was able to pick my sex out by scent on the air. Still... she cared for my wounds, and claimed to have no interest in forcing me back to the warren. I can only hope that is true. Besides, this is the first womanfolk of my kind I have spoken to openly in... years, since I fled the warrens safety as a boy. It felt nice to not hide."
|-
|[[Pete]]||"..."
|-
|[[Fran]]||"Stubborn Viera who was wounded yet still refused help. I hope she is well."
|-
|[[Ramza_Beoulve|Ramza]]||"Self-proclaimed heretic for killing an demonic archbishop or something of the sort. It is not my problem. I only helped him because he was about to be slaughtered in such a manner."
|-
|[[Artemis_Eurus|Artemis]]||"Works with Ramza. Nothing of note."
|-
|[[Sanel]]||"...strong grip. And how did you come to associate with Lia? More and more questions... just who are you, or what?"
|-
|[[Seymour_Guado|Seymour]]||"Maester of Yevon, whatever that may be. I am thankful to him for helping heal me though. Seems nice enough."
|-
|[[Professor Mister Green]]||"Self-Important Jackass, from the sounds of him. But, still, his control of magic... hopefully we never cross weapons."
|-
|[[Artyom]]||"No real opinion, seemed competent in a fight."
|-
|[[Sora]]||"Wielder of a mysterious weapon called a Keyblade. Despite being young, and untrained... he still did well enough in a fight. I am sure he could be a force to be reckoned with if given proper training. But until then... "
|-
|[[Isaac_Hanlon|Isaac]]||"Seriously, what was his problem? I do not even know who his 'friend' is that he claims to have 'learned of me' from. Is he... associated with Verda somehow? They are the only ones who truly have issue with me past the idiots in the last rounds of the tournament. ... was one of them badmouthing me?"
|-
|[[Brooklyn]]||"Strong fellow, not sure what he is though. Looks vaguely draconic though."
|-
|[[Will_Sherman|Will]]||"I do not like this one. He is a thief and a coward, stealing that and fleeing as he did, putting the rest of us in danger and leaving us on our own. I shant be trusting this one again."
|-
|[[Dameon]]||"...idiot."
|-
|[[Leida]]||"I do not understand this one. And... admittedly, for whatever reason, she cannot seem to understand me."
|-
|[[Rage]]||"Fool bounty hunter who took on a mark for me without researching who I was. Thankfully, she came to her senses when she realized it. I cannot say I felt bad for the shape she was in at the time, but I do hope there is a lesson learned."
|-
|[[Skoll_Ulfang|Skoll]]||"Hati's brother, I do not know much of him."
|-
|[[Oriane_Guado|Oriane]]||"Seems like a nice lady, some part of that Yevon religion."
|-
|}

==Adversaries==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Angantyr_Vespar|Angantyr]]||"Bloodthirsty would-be murderer. How did you ever get a Keyblade... and why, throughout it all, does everyone treat you like a hero when all you do is try to kill everyone and everything that you lay eyes on. How... are you considered by anyone to be a force of good and trustworthy... and yet, I, despite all I have ever tried to do for everyone, for... everything... get treated like I am a criminal and cad."
|-
|[[Hades]]||"I paid my due. I am, however, still angry at you that you tasked me to kill a man. You kept your word, though."
|-
|[[Clan Verda]]||"My old clan, the ones whom I betrayed and turned into the Judges for breaking the laws, whom I sided against in combat with the Judges and whom likely now want revenge on me. I have never been happy with how things turned out, though I know I did the right thing. But to know they all hate me so..."
|-
|[[Louis_Leblue|Louis]]||"Bastard crusader of Faram, attempted to kill a boy and my oldest friend to get at me. No mercy for this one."
|-
|[[Rhiannon_Zellen|Rhiannon]]||"After everything... how could you?"
|-
|}

==Unknown==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
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! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Maleficent]]||"Your power will destroy worlds... but could you be the one who will teach me how to control darkness?"
|-
|[[Garland]]||"Who is this being of darkness?"
|-
|[[Seith]]||"What you did to me... I will never forget that anger, or fear, even if it was all a falsity. One day, you will regret it. Until then... perhaps my pursuit of darkness will have to deal with you."
|-
|[[Kaydin]]||"You are an idiot for accepting darkness and a horrible person for being willing to kill others just to protect the one person you seem to care for. Yet, now you may have to pay for your mistake with your life... can I even help you? Despite not wanting to, I am going to try if possible. Please... do not propogate the research that I tried to snuff out for so long."
|-
|}

= Misc =

Page, y u no fill urself out

= Gallery =

[[File:EvjaDiveLineart.png|500px]]
[[File:Cloak.png|500px]]
[[File:KHOutfit.png|500px]]
[[File:Summer_Dress.png|500px]]
[[File:Evjaarmor.png|500px]]
[[File:Evjacommish9.png|1000px]]

1-6 Random poses and clothing

7/8 Assassin and Elementalist custom design for Chita

9 and 10 Hades taking his due from the reneging Viera.

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Chita

2014-03-21T07:07:39Z

Evja: /* Relationships */

{{CTable}}{{RTable}}

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Chita
|age=Physically 20's
|image=Split_Personality.jpg
|species=Viera
|sex=Male
|height=6'1" without ears, 7'1" with ears
|weight=Slight, 120's without his armor, 200+ with
|series=Final Fantasy Tactics A2
|styles=
|hometown=Fluorgis
|alignment=Wandering Force
|group=None
|occupation=Judge
|quote=
|footer=Trying to
}}

=Profile=

Chita is a male Viera who has been around in the World of Ruin for some time now. Since just before the Hades Cup, in fact. Having a history as a Judge of the Jylland lean as well as a background in a now-defunct clan, he is quite a capable fighter with various weapons and forms of combat, from swords and spears, to aerial-based combat more suited for Dragoons. His time in the World of Ruin has led him to making quite a few odd allies and more than a few enemies, mostly due to his generally overbearing sense of Morality combined with being stubborn about his choices to the point of seemingly uncaring about his own safety. At most points he can be found with his Chocobo whom he has jokingly begun calling Senra, and is, as of the moment, wanted by the company Shinra for 'liberating company property' in the form of a weapon from their R&D dept.

=Background=

Chita was born, like many other Viera in Jylland, outside of the forests. Born to a happy Vieran mother and a father he never met, it was at a young age when she was talked into giving him to the safety of a secluded village which was meant to make sure the rarely-born Vieran males were kept safe in the 'best interest' of their kind. Never really having met his parents past when he was newly born and quite young he has no memory of them. He grew up with the other malefolk in the village and being governed by the womenfolk like most other things were that was simply his way of life.

This went on for several decades, Vieran aging and society different as it was from others. Only having been allowed out of the village while supervised by others, besides a few sneaking trips that he got punished for as a child, he was quite naive when it came to the outside world. He only knew it from stories from the wandering Viera who came and went for various reasons, a friend of his whom he had grown quite fond of and the books he was always reading.

Despite having grown to care for his friend, whom had the name of Evja, she never returned his level of affection. Despite that, though, she agreed to help him find a way to get away from the village proper and join her clan out in the open of Jylland to explore and live his life without waiting it away to be told how to live it. Traveling with her and a few others to a nearby town, near the Targ Woods, a distraction in the form of some monsters presented them with the opportunity to vanish when no one else was looking and make off towards freedom. As fate would have it, though, they were attacked on the way by something and Chita found himself close to dead. By the time he came back around and realized what had happened, all he could find was his friends bloodied cloak and no signs of her running off so much as whatever had attacked them making its way off.

Assuming the worst and not wanting to damn his chances of following through with their plan, he put on the cloak and hid his face, and when the other Viera came, he pretended to be Evja, sending them off after where whatever attacked him went by claiming it had taken himself. Using the chance, he slipped away and came across Evja's previous clan that he was going to join, Verda. Explaining what had happened, and knowing what they were planning, the clan leader agreed to play along with it and he was taken elsewhere to safety and healed. What actually became of his friend he still has no idea to even to this day, despite only being able to assume the worst.

Time lead him to move on, and at that point he decided he'd have to throw away his old identity since Chita was assumed dead and carry on as Evja, despite hating the guise. Not having any real talent for magic or other normal Vieran classes of fighting led him to taking training under the clan Bangaa, who happened to be a Dragoon. And for years after 'she' traveled with the group as Evja and was allowed to explore the outside world as she'd always wanted to... even if the price that came with it made her wish, at times, that she'd never even tried.

Eventually she came to find out that her clan had been abusing the Clan Judge's powers and obtaining favors in the form of benefits in battles, which had lead to a string of victories that were garnering quite a but of rumors about them. Angry that they had the nerve to cheat the battles she had so long fantasized over from the books and stories of her youth Evja struck out and found another clans Judge and explained what was going on. Working with the Judges in secret for a time it was only when the Judges stepped in to strip Clan Verda's Judge of his power and imprison the clan itself for abusing the laws that Evja openly switched sides, joining with the Judges to detain her own clan.

Thus, she was offered a chance to join the Judges ranks, to join the academy and work hard with the chance that she, too, could eventually take a new, more lawful, way of life. Or go to jail with them since she was technically part of their clan when they were cheating the laws. She agreed to being a Judge, of course, and eventually a few years later graduated to becoming a proper Judge. A Clan Judge. When she went to meet her new clan, however, the Heartless came and destroyed what there was of her world, eventually casting the Judge out alone into the World of Ruin.

Once in the World of Ruin she wandered for some time and eventually learned of the state of the worlds, the Heartless, about various things like World Shards and of an up and coming tournament where world shards could be won. Seeing a chance to try and do something for the sake of another world, she made a bargain with the God who was running the tournament, Hades, Lord of the Dead of another world, for a guarantee of entry. In exchange, later down the line, he could call in an unspecified favor, lawful upon the ground she stood upon and carried out the favor in, at the time of asking.

Joining one of the teams there, she worked with them and eventually took second place. The shard, though, went to another.

Time passed and she went about attempting to help out others here and there in the World of Ruin as she could, and eventually Hades called in the favor. Kill Mercade Alexander. Murder being illegal in almost all worlds, as his planning had it, he demanded such of her on his own soil where he made the rules, he made the laws. And her oaths and the magic placed upon her when she became a Judge, to guarantee she would not betray them and carry on illegal activites, forced her to uphold the contract.

Several failed attempts on Mercade's life made her quite a few enemies. Seeking out a boy by the name of Luso while staying on grounds that dampened the law magics of the Judges, a Jagd, she hired him to find some way of breaking the magic upon her. The magic that was forcing her to try and kill someone. Eventually seeking out Lezaford, the very sage who helped to create the Law System as it is now in Jylland, the magic was broken and Evja informed Hades that she now had no intention of following through with the contract that she had the ability to, no matter the consequences.

Hades didn't like that, and she paid, with a part of her soul, eternal damnation and being cursed into being unable to deceive anyone again. Herself included.

Stripped of his ability to maintain the life he had been living until then, as a female Viera named Evja, or even pretend to be female, Chita lost his home in Fluorgis, his friends there and even quite a bit of confidence in himself.

During the time Chita had started the contract with Hades, and ended it, he had helped to destroy a monster that attacked the town of Goug. When it fell, he discovered that the beast temporarily formed into a keyblade before the weapon seemed to collapse on itself and become misshapen. Following the one who claimed the weapon, who admitted she had created it, a brief confrontation with the woman he discovered the name of was Rhiannon Zellen brought him on a much different path.

He couldn't bring himself to simply kill her and destroy the weapon, not having the nerve or heart to actually kill someone of his own choosing. So, instead, he walked away and tried to think up some method of settling the ordeal. He decided eventually on getting closer to her, to try and keep her from finishing it in her own ways. He couldn't bring himself to kill her, destroying it would simply leave her to make another, putting her in jail and destroying it would likely just leave her to get out of jail somehow and start over again and, ultimately, she still had all the research on it somewhere and he had no idea how much or where it was, or who had access.

If it had to be finished, he'd find a way without killing anyone else, or having it steal any other hearts... and along the way, he'd find a way to save the hearts in the weapon. Or at least, that was the plan.

Time went on and she played along with it, even giving him the weapon knowing she could simply take it back when she wished. What he didn't realize was how much the weapon was going to affect him, how much the hearts inside were going to drive him into a depressive state that made him reckless and aggressive in his desires to see the weapon redeemed and the hearts inside saved. His efforts eventually had him crossing paths with a powerful sorceress named Maleficent during which encounter he lost his sight due to being used as an example to get at someone he knew by the name of Avira.

Now blind, fate or chance had him come across another whom he had only briefly met before, a flowergirl by the name of Aerith. She saved him from falling into the darkness when he attempted to cross paths with Maleficent again to stop her from finding some artifact of power in Burmecia and in the process she exposed his heart to herself, despite it being accidental. Over the next several months they played a back and forth game of her trying to get him to calm down and let her help with things and him being too uneasy around her due to her having discovered a good bit about his thoughts and feelings on various subjects, and having had his very heart exposed to someone else - the last place he had to hide since he could no longer deceive others due to Hades' curse.

Rhiannon eventually took back the weapon and re-unleashed it on Narshe. While no one was hurt, it was destroyed despite his efforts to prevent that, and keep Rhiannon safe. It eventually reformed into a monstrous creature hellbent on killing Rhiannon, who was now with child from his time with her, having fallen victim as many males do to flirting, now that he was able to be openly male. Despite his morals and the weapon being the only reasons he had kept her safe before, or simply didn't kill her himself, now there was another reason.

Not long after the remnants of the hearts that had fallen to becoming a monster attacked them again in Shinra HQ during a meeting with others where Rhiannon openly bragged about her role in the creation of the Black Beast. The beast fell, but in it's place a new sword appeared. A sword that was pale white and almost alien-looking, as compared to the black misshapen sword that the last one was. Not to mention it was sentient and still wanted her demise. A fight ensued over control of the sword between various parties there and while no one in particular won, Chita was able to destroy the room they were in and use it as a distraction to escape with the weapon.

In the inbetween Aerith followed him, and he admitted to her that he was quite fond of her and wanted her to stick around more, given he was quite certain he wouldn't get to see her again after the events at Shinra took place.

It was not long after that he came to find out that all of his efforts, success and failures alike, had culminated to nothing as the research had seemingly gotten out to a man named Garland, whom had given a similar weapon of his(?) creation to a Dark Knight named Kaydin.

Frustrated and uncertain what to do, he made his way to the wizard Merlin to ask his advice on the matter, and discovered there that the weapon no longer even had any hearts in it... just the angry memories and wills of those who had fallen. Chita managed, once he realized this and once again made clear he had no intention of killing Rhiannon and that the sword had best make the best of the situation since he was the most likely one of anyone not to abuse it to hurt others, or lock it away for research or let it rot somewhere no one would find it, to convince the sword to aid him.

Only then finding out that he could see while he was holding the sword, now that it was willing to aid him for the time being.

Now with his sight back, and Shinra still out for his head, if the sword doesn't come away from him willingly, where will time take him?

=Personality=

Chita is generally a pretty good dude. He's friendly around most people he meets, goes out of his way to help others if he can, and looks at life with a pretty black and white view on what is right or wrong.

Despite that, though, he is quick to anger and since his time with the Black Beast weapon has gotten quite a temper. His views on right and wrong were cemented even more, his morality going to an extreme almost, in his stubborn desire to see the 'right thing' happen, that being solving every problem he had without any more lives being lost. Due to the fear of death he has that came along with losing someone he cared dearly for many years ago, along with his upbringing that life be cherished and not thoughtlessly destroyed, Chita now goes out of his way to avoid inflicting harm where he can and killing anyone is out of the question outside of radical moments where even his optimistic mind cannot think up some other way out of a situation.

Being a Judge still leaves him with a black and white view on the law, wanting to see it upheld and having no problem lambasting others with his morals and desire to see them do just that - be more lawful, hurt and kill others less, and generally follow and obey the laws as they were meant to be by society. This does leave him to come off as overly preachy and probably annoying to others though despite his intentions.

While his views on right and wrong are pretty set, his own ability to separate what he is doing from 'right', as he always tends to think what he is doing is 'right' in the sense that it is just and good, leaves him to annoy many people because of this. Likewise, his views on the Light and Darkness, and the power that comes with it, tends to be pretty absolute when regarding others actions and choices. Yet, his own, he loses sight of due to his involvement and inability to realize that his own actions aren't always the most 'good' despite his intention.

At times he hides openly behind his morality when put in a situation where he is brought to do something he doesn't like, often willing to go to lengths that would even hurt himself, greviously if necessary, to avoid breaking away from his morality.

Chita prefers to resolve things peacefully if possible, this includes talking things out, rationalizing things, bargaining and bartering and being willing to do things that others might not understand - like sitting down and having tea with Maleficent despite her quite clearly being an evil mastermind behind a lot of things and even being the source of his blindness. Despite his goals, and others goals, he is still generally willing to talk things out if possible and find a solution that works for everyone if it means less harm or killing overall.

Also, damn the heartless. He wants nothing to do with them.

=Combat=

Yup, this needs to be updated too.

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= Relationships =

==The most important==

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|[[Aerith]]||"Seems you finally got me to crack. Here's to hoping, hm?" After the events at Shinra and having to accept he had probably screwed himself royally, he began to think he might not see Aerith again. And, of course, he also began to realize how much he would miss her and didn't want that to happen. Not thinking much, when he met her again, a hug and a kiss, followed by embarrassment on his part, led him to finally admit he had a thing for her... and that he wanted her around, and to help him. She finally seems to have gotten to him, at least regarding accepting her help and not trying to do everything himself. Only time will tell if it makes things better. He's certainly happier now though.
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==Friends, or what can amount to such==

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|[[Hati|Hati]]||"I must admit it is quite a new thing to have someone show an honest interest in me not simply because of my appearance. A pity she seems so smitten with Faruja... else I might have even given her a chance, despite my own preferences and problems with non-Viera. But she probably hates me now that I said I would not be an executioner for her. Oh well... I hope not."
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|[[Tifa_Lockhart|Tifa]]||"I trust you to protect everyone if I fail."
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|[[Quistis_Trepe|Quistis]]||"A good woman and someone I can hopefully get to know better. Not to mention she seems to have ferreted out my secret. Tch... at least she is kind about it."
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|[[Maira]]||"How can you be so blind... If you are so lonely that you must cling onto another to feel safe, at least do that with someone who is not a madman."
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|[[Lia the Gria]]||"Please stay safe."
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|[[Priel_Aylin|Priel]]||"What has happened to you... and where have you gone?"
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|[[Shiki_Misaki|Shiki]]||"You obtained a Keyblade... save us all."
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|}

==Coworkers==

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|[[Gabranth]]||"According to Judge Magister Zargabaath, this one is a working leader of the Archades Judges due to his closeness with House Solidor, whatever that may be. So he is akin to their Judgemaster. A strong fighter too, though I am uncertain of his lurking in shadows and standoffishness among other Judges, he helped without a need, so that is good enough for me."
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|[[Zargabaath]]||"A well-spoken and just Judge, who also helped to take down the last rogue member of my old clan. If it weren't for these two... would Hermann still be alive? Would I be perished? No, I cannot blame them for what happens during a fight, especially one where they intended to help. Even if it was Gabranth's uncontrolled attack that knocked Zargabaath into Somer... and lead to the explosive activating."
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|[[Riku]]||"So he lives... and is a Judge too. What is this world coming to?"
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|[[Cirra_Constantine|Cirra]]||"Archadian Judge who attempted to arrest Rhiannon, blind in her mission and pursuit of justice. I do not fault her, nor hold any animosity towards her. Ironically I respect her all the more for doing her job. Yet still, I pity that we had to meet like that, on opposite sides of a fight."
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==Amusing/Friendly==

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|[[Echo]]||"Apparently a bat-lady, and her personality is quite cute as well. I think I shall enjoy spending time with her more often if such is possible."
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|[[Lumeria]]||"Still not quite sure if she is as old as she says she is, or rather, is not younger than she claims to be. Either way, still cute."
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|[[Faruja_Senra|Faruja]]||"Idiot, overly-pious rat. Still, he seems... morally inclined."
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|[[Rinoa_Heartilly|Rinoa]]||"I wonder what she would say if she saw me now, openly as a male."
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|[[Avira]]||"Be safe from Maleficent, and please trust in my intentions."
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|[[Mercade_Alexander|Mercade]]||"Please stay safe and protect us all, and trust in my intentions."
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|[[Deelel]]||"Finally you have realized I am not crazy or evil. Hopefully that will remain true."
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|[[Luso_Clemens|Luso]]||"A good kid, and responsible. He may go places one day."
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|[[Merlin]]||"Wise wizard who knows a lot about everything. I could only hope to be a fraction as wise as he one day."
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==Met In Passing==

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|[[Pixi]]||"I cannot believe I let a female Viera catch me unawares, and let alone not have bathed recently enough that she was able to pick my sex out by scent on the air. Still... she cared for my wounds, and claimed to have no interest in forcing me back to the warren. I can only hope that is true. Besides, this is the first womanfolk of my kind I have spoken to openly in... years, since I fled the warrens safety as a boy. It felt nice to not hide."
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|[[Pete]]||"..."
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|[[Fran]]||"Stubborn Viera who was wounded yet still refused help. I hope she is well."
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|[[Ramza_Beoulve|Ramza]]||"Self-proclaimed heretic for killing an demonic archbishop or something of the sort. It is not my problem. I only helped him because he was about to be slaughtered in such a manner."
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|[[Artemis_Eurus|Artemis]]||"Works with Ramza. Nothing of note."
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|[[Sanel]]||"...strong grip. And how did you come to associate with Lia? More and more questions... just who are you, or what?"
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|[[Seymour_Guado|Seymour]]||"Maester of Yevon, whatever that may be. I am thankful to him for helping heal me though. Seems nice enough."
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|[[Professor Mister Green]]||"Self-Important Jackass, from the sounds of him. But, still, his control of magic... hopefully we never cross weapons."
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|[[Artyom]]||"No real opinion, seemed competent in a fight."
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|[[Sora]]||"Wielder of a mysterious weapon called a Keyblade. Despite being young, and untrained... he still did well enough in a fight. I am sure he could be a force to be reckoned with if given proper training. But until then... "
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|[[Isaac_Hanlon|Isaac]]||"Seriously, what was his problem? I do not even know who his 'friend' is that he claims to have 'learned of me' from. Is he... associated with Verda somehow? They are the only ones who truly have issue with me past the idiots in the last rounds of the tournament. ... was one of them badmouthing me?"
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|[[Brooklyn]]||"Strong fellow, not sure what he is though. Looks vaguely draconic though."
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|[[Will_Sherman|Will]]||"I do not like this one. He is a thief and a coward, stealing that and fleeing as he did, putting the rest of us in danger and leaving us on our own. I shant be trusting this one again."
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|[[Dameon]]||"...idiot."
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|[[Leida]]||"I do not understand this one. And... admittedly, for whatever reason, she cannot seem to understand me."
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|[[Rage]]||"Fool bounty hunter who took on a mark for me without researching who I was. Thankfully, she came to her senses when she realized it. I cannot say I felt bad for the shape she was in at the time, but I do hope there is a lesson learned."
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|[[Skoll_Ulfang|Skoll]]||"Hati's brother, I do not know much of him."
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|[[Oriane_Guado|Oriane]]||"Seems like a nice lady, some part of that Yevon religion."
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==Adversaries==

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|[[Angantyr_Vespar|Angantyr]]||"Bloodthirsty would-be murderer. How did you ever get a Keyblade... and why, throughout it all, does everyone treat you like a hero when all you do is try to kill everyone and everything that you lay eyes on. How... are you considered by anyone to be a force of good and trustworthy... and yet, I, despite all I have ever tried to do for everyone, for... everything... get treated like I am a criminal and cad."
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|[[Hades]]||"I paid my due. I am, however, still angry at you that you tasked me to kill a man. You kept your word, though."
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|[[Clan Verda]]||"My old clan, the ones whom I betrayed and turned into the Judges for breaking the laws, whom I sided against in combat with the Judges and whom likely now want revenge on me. I have never been happy with how things turned out, though I know I did the right thing. But to know they all hate me so..."
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|[[Louis_Leblue|Louis]]||"Bastard crusader of Faram, attempted to kill a boy and my oldest friend to get at me. No mercy for this one."
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|[[Rhiannon_Zellen|Rhiannon]]||"After everything... how could you?"
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==Unknown==

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|[[Maleficent]]||"Your power will destroy worlds... but could you be the one who will teach me how to control darkness?"
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|[[Garland]]||"Who is this being of darkness?"
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|[[Seith]]||"What you did to me... I will never forget that anger, or fear, even if it was all a falsity. One day, you will regret it. Until then... perhaps my pursuit of darkness will have to deal with you."
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|[[Kaydin]]||"You are an idiot for accepting darkness and a horrible person for being willing to kill others just to protect the one person you seem to care for. Yet, now you may have to pay for your mistake with your life... can I even help you? Despite not wanting to, I am going to try if possible. Please... do not propogate the research that I tried to snuff out for so long."
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= Misc =

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1-6 Random poses and clothing

7/8 Assassin and Elementalist custom design for Chita

9 and 10 Hades taking his due from the reneging Viera.

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Chita

2014-03-21T07:03:49Z

Evja: /* Personality */ - Temp save on Personality, finally getting around to fixing the wikipage

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|age=Physically 20's
|image=Split_Personality.jpg
|species=Viera
|sex=Male
|height=6'1" without ears, 7'1" with ears
|weight=Slight, 120's without his armor, 200+ with
|series=Final Fantasy Tactics A2
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|hometown=Fluorgis
|alignment=Wandering Force
|group=None
|occupation=Judge
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=Profile=

Chita is a male Viera who has been around in the World of Ruin for some time now. Since just before the Hades Cup, in fact. Having a history as a Judge of the Jylland lean as well as a background in a now-defunct clan, he is quite a capable fighter with various weapons and forms of combat, from swords and spears, to aerial-based combat more suited for Dragoons. His time in the World of Ruin has led him to making quite a few odd allies and more than a few enemies, mostly due to his generally overbearing sense of Morality combined with being stubborn about his choices to the point of seemingly uncaring about his own safety. At most points he can be found with his Chocobo whom he has jokingly begun calling Senra, and is, as of the moment, wanted by the company Shinra for 'liberating company property' in the form of a weapon from their R&D dept.

=Background=

Chita was born, like many other Viera in Jylland, outside of the forests. Born to a happy Vieran mother and a father he never met, it was at a young age when she was talked into giving him to the safety of a secluded village which was meant to make sure the rarely-born Vieran males were kept safe in the 'best interest' of their kind. Never really having met his parents past when he was newly born and quite young he has no memory of them. He grew up with the other malefolk in the village and being governed by the womenfolk like most other things were that was simply his way of life.

This went on for several decades, Vieran aging and society different as it was from others. Only having been allowed out of the village while supervised by others, besides a few sneaking trips that he got punished for as a child, he was quite naive when it came to the outside world. He only knew it from stories from the wandering Viera who came and went for various reasons, a friend of his whom he had grown quite fond of and the books he was always reading.

Despite having grown to care for his friend, whom had the name of Evja, she never returned his level of affection. Despite that, though, she agreed to help him find a way to get away from the village proper and join her clan out in the open of Jylland to explore and live his life without waiting it away to be told how to live it. Traveling with her and a few others to a nearby town, near the Targ Woods, a distraction in the form of some monsters presented them with the opportunity to vanish when no one else was looking and make off towards freedom. As fate would have it, though, they were attacked on the way by something and Chita found himself close to dead. By the time he came back around and realized what had happened, all he could find was his friends bloodied cloak and no signs of her running off so much as whatever had attacked them making its way off.

Assuming the worst and not wanting to damn his chances of following through with their plan, he put on the cloak and hid his face, and when the other Viera came, he pretended to be Evja, sending them off after where whatever attacked him went by claiming it had taken himself. Using the chance, he slipped away and came across Evja's previous clan that he was going to join, Verda. Explaining what had happened, and knowing what they were planning, the clan leader agreed to play along with it and he was taken elsewhere to safety and healed. What actually became of his friend he still has no idea to even to this day, despite only being able to assume the worst.

Time lead him to move on, and at that point he decided he'd have to throw away his old identity since Chita was assumed dead and carry on as Evja, despite hating the guise. Not having any real talent for magic or other normal Vieran classes of fighting led him to taking training under the clan Bangaa, who happened to be a Dragoon. And for years after 'she' traveled with the group as Evja and was allowed to explore the outside world as she'd always wanted to... even if the price that came with it made her wish, at times, that she'd never even tried.

Eventually she came to find out that her clan had been abusing the Clan Judge's powers and obtaining favors in the form of benefits in battles, which had lead to a string of victories that were garnering quite a but of rumors about them. Angry that they had the nerve to cheat the battles she had so long fantasized over from the books and stories of her youth Evja struck out and found another clans Judge and explained what was going on. Working with the Judges in secret for a time it was only when the Judges stepped in to strip Clan Verda's Judge of his power and imprison the clan itself for abusing the laws that Evja openly switched sides, joining with the Judges to detain her own clan.

Thus, she was offered a chance to join the Judges ranks, to join the academy and work hard with the chance that she, too, could eventually take a new, more lawful, way of life. Or go to jail with them since she was technically part of their clan when they were cheating the laws. She agreed to being a Judge, of course, and eventually a few years later graduated to becoming a proper Judge. A Clan Judge. When she went to meet her new clan, however, the Heartless came and destroyed what there was of her world, eventually casting the Judge out alone into the World of Ruin.

Once in the World of Ruin she wandered for some time and eventually learned of the state of the worlds, the Heartless, about various things like World Shards and of an up and coming tournament where world shards could be won. Seeing a chance to try and do something for the sake of another world, she made a bargain with the God who was running the tournament, Hades, Lord of the Dead of another world, for a guarantee of entry. In exchange, later down the line, he could call in an unspecified favor, lawful upon the ground she stood upon and carried out the favor in, at the time of asking.

Joining one of the teams there, she worked with them and eventually took second place. The shard, though, went to another.

Time passed and she went about attempting to help out others here and there in the World of Ruin as she could, and eventually Hades called in the favor. Kill Mercade Alexander. Murder being illegal in almost all worlds, as his planning had it, he demanded such of her on his own soil where he made the rules, he made the laws. And her oaths and the magic placed upon her when she became a Judge, to guarantee she would not betray them and carry on illegal activites, forced her to uphold the contract.

Several failed attempts on Mercade's life made her quite a few enemies. Seeking out a boy by the name of Luso while staying on grounds that dampened the law magics of the Judges, a Jagd, she hired him to find some way of breaking the magic upon her. The magic that was forcing her to try and kill someone. Eventually seeking out Lezaford, the very sage who helped to create the Law System as it is now in Jylland, the magic was broken and Evja informed Hades that she now had no intention of following through with the contract that she had the ability to, no matter the consequences.

Hades didn't like that, and she paid, with a part of her soul, eternal damnation and being cursed into being unable to deceive anyone again. Herself included.

Stripped of his ability to maintain the life he had been living until then, as a female Viera named Evja, or even pretend to be female, Chita lost his home in Fluorgis, his friends there and even quite a bit of confidence in himself.

During the time Chita had started the contract with Hades, and ended it, he had helped to destroy a monster that attacked the town of Goug. When it fell, he discovered that the beast temporarily formed into a keyblade before the weapon seemed to collapse on itself and become misshapen. Following the one who claimed the weapon, who admitted she had created it, a brief confrontation with the woman he discovered the name of was Rhiannon Zellen brought him on a much different path.

He couldn't bring himself to simply kill her and destroy the weapon, not having the nerve or heart to actually kill someone of his own choosing. So, instead, he walked away and tried to think up some method of settling the ordeal. He decided eventually on getting closer to her, to try and keep her from finishing it in her own ways. He couldn't bring himself to kill her, destroying it would simply leave her to make another, putting her in jail and destroying it would likely just leave her to get out of jail somehow and start over again and, ultimately, she still had all the research on it somewhere and he had no idea how much or where it was, or who had access.

If it had to be finished, he'd find a way without killing anyone else, or having it steal any other hearts... and along the way, he'd find a way to save the hearts in the weapon. Or at least, that was the plan.

Time went on and she played along with it, even giving him the weapon knowing she could simply take it back when she wished. What he didn't realize was how much the weapon was going to affect him, how much the hearts inside were going to drive him into a depressive state that made him reckless and aggressive in his desires to see the weapon redeemed and the hearts inside saved. His efforts eventually had him crossing paths with a powerful sorceress named Maleficent during which encounter he lost his sight due to being used as an example to get at someone he knew by the name of Avira.

Now blind, fate or chance had him come across another whom he had only briefly met before, a flowergirl by the name of Aerith. She saved him from falling into the darkness when he attempted to cross paths with Maleficent again to stop her from finding some artifact of power in Burmecia and in the process she exposed his heart to herself, despite it being accidental. Over the next several months they played a back and forth game of her trying to get him to calm down and let her help with things and him being too uneasy around her due to her having discovered a good bit about his thoughts and feelings on various subjects, and having had his very heart exposed to someone else - the last place he had to hide since he could no longer deceive others due to Hades' curse.

Rhiannon eventually took back the weapon and re-unleashed it on Narshe. While no one was hurt, it was destroyed despite his efforts to prevent that, and keep Rhiannon safe. It eventually reformed into a monstrous creature hellbent on killing Rhiannon, who was now with child from his time with her, having fallen victim as many males do to flirting, now that he was able to be openly male. Despite his morals and the weapon being the only reasons he had kept her safe before, or simply didn't kill her himself, now there was another reason.

Not long after the remnants of the hearts that had fallen to becoming a monster attacked them again in Shinra HQ during a meeting with others where Rhiannon openly bragged about her role in the creation of the Black Beast. The beast fell, but in it's place a new sword appeared. A sword that was pale white and almost alien-looking, as compared to the black misshapen sword that the last one was. Not to mention it was sentient and still wanted her demise. A fight ensued over control of the sword between various parties there and while no one in particular won, Chita was able to destroy the room they were in and use it as a distraction to escape with the weapon.

In the inbetween Aerith followed him, and he admitted to her that he was quite fond of her and wanted her to stick around more, given he was quite certain he wouldn't get to see her again after the events at Shinra took place.

It was not long after that he came to find out that all of his efforts, success and failures alike, had culminated to nothing as the research had seemingly gotten out to a man named Garland, whom had given a similar weapon of his(?) creation to a Dark Knight named Kaydin.

Frustrated and uncertain what to do, he made his way to the wizard Merlin to ask his advice on the matter, and discovered there that the weapon no longer even had any hearts in it... just the angry memories and wills of those who had fallen. Chita managed, once he realized this and once again made clear he had no intention of killing Rhiannon and that the sword had best make the best of the situation since he was the most likely one of anyone not to abuse it to hurt others, or lock it away for research or let it rot somewhere no one would find it, to convince the sword to aid him.

Only then finding out that he could see while he was holding the sword, now that it was willing to aid him for the time being.

Now with his sight back, and Shinra still out for his head, if the sword doesn't come away from him willingly, where will time take him?

=Personality=

Chita is generally a pretty good dude. He's friendly around most people he meets, goes out of his way to help others if he can, and looks at life with a pretty black and white view on what is right or wrong.

Despite that, though, he is quick to anger and since his time with the Black Beast weapon has gotten quite a temper. His views on right and wrong were cemented even more, his morality going to an extreme almost, in his stubborn desire to see the 'right thing' happen, that being solving every problem he had without any more lives being lost. Due to the fear of death he has that came along with losing someone he cared dearly for many years ago, along with his upbringing that life be cherished and not thoughtlessly destroyed, Chita now goes out of his way to avoid inflicting harm where he can and killing anyone is out of the question outside of radical moments where even his optimistic mind cannot think up some other way out of a situation.

Being a Judge still leaves him with a black and white view on the law, wanting to see it upheld and having no problem lambasting others with his morals and desire to see them do just that - be more lawful, hurt and kill others less, and generally follow and obey the laws as they were meant to be by society. This does leave him to come off as overly preachy and probably annoying to others though despite his intentions.

While his views on right and wrong are pretty set, his own ability to separate what he is doing from 'right', as he always tends to think what he is doing is 'right' in the sense that it is just and good, leaves him to annoy many people because of this. Likewise, his views on the Light and Darkness, and the power that comes with it, tends to be pretty absolute when regarding others actions and choices. Yet, his own, he loses sight of due to his involvement and inability to realize that his own actions aren't always the most 'good' despite his intention.

At times he hides openly behind his morality when put in a situation where he is brought to do something he doesn't like, often willing to go to lengths that would even hurt himself, greviously if necessary, to avoid breaking away from his morality.

Chita prefers to resolve things peacefully if possible, this includes talking things out, rationalizing things, bargaining and bartering and being willing to do things that others might not understand - like sitting down and having tea with Maleficent despite her quite clearly being an evil mastermind behind a lot of things and even being the source of his blindness. Despite his goals, and others goals, he is still generally willing to talk things out if possible and find a solution that works for everyone if it means less harm or killing overall.

Also, damn the heartless. He wants nothing to do with them.

=Combat=

Yup, this needs to be updated too.

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= Relationships =

Only updated section, and still a few missing.

==The most important==

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|[[Aerith]]||"Seems you finally got me to crack. Here's to hoping, hm?" After the events at Shinra and having to accept he had probably screwed himself royally, he began to think he might not see Aerith again. And, of course, he also began to realize how much he would miss her and didn't want that to happen. Not thinking much, when he met her again, a hug and a kiss, followed by embarrassment on his part, led him to finally admit he had a thing for her... and that he wanted her around, and to help him. She finally seems to have gotten to him, at least regarding accepting her help and not trying to do everything himself. Only time will tell if it makes things better. He's certainly happier now though.
|-
|}

==Friends, or what can amount to such==

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|[[Hati|Hati]]||"I must admit it is quite a new thing to have someone show an honest interest in me not simply because of my appearance. A pity she seems so smitten with Faruja... else I might have even given her a chance, despite my own preferences and problems with non-Viera. But she probably hates me now that I said I would not be an executioner for her. Oh well... I hope not."
|-
|[[Tifa_Lockhart|Tifa]]||"I trust you to protect everyone if I fail."
|-
|[[Quistis_Trepe|Quistis]]||"A good woman and someone I can hopefully get to know better. Not to mention she seems to have ferreted out my secret. Tch... at least she is kind about it."
|-
|[[Maira]]||"How can you be so blind... If you are so lonely that you must cling onto another to feel safe, at least do that with someone who is not a madman."
|-
|[[Lia the Gria]]||"Please stay safe."
|-
|[[Priel_Aylin|Priel]]||"What has happened to you... and where have you gone?"
|-
|[[Shiki_Misaki|Shiki]]||"You obtained a Keyblade... save us all."
|-
|}

==Coworkers==

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|[[Gabranth]]||"According to Judge Magister Zargabaath, this one is a working leader of the Archades Judges due to his closeness with House Solidor, whatever that may be. So he is akin to their Judgemaster. A strong fighter too, though I am uncertain of his lurking in shadows and standoffishness among other Judges, he helped without a need, so that is good enough for me."
|-
|[[Zargabaath]]||"A well-spoken and just Judge, who also helped to take down the last rogue member of my old clan. If it weren't for these two... would Hermann still be alive? Would I be perished? No, I cannot blame them for what happens during a fight, especially one where they intended to help. Even if it was Gabranth's uncontrolled attack that knocked Zargabaath into Somer... and lead to the explosive activating."
|-
|[[Riku]]||"So he lives... and is a Judge too. What is this world coming to?"
|-
|}

==Amusing/Friendly==

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|[[Echo]]||"Apparently a bat-lady, and her personality is quite cute as well. I think I shall enjoy spending time with her more often if such is possible."
|-
|[[Lumeria]]||"Still not quite sure if she is as old as she says she is, or rather, is not younger than she claims to be. Either way, still cute."
|-
|[[Faruja_Senra|Faruja]]||"Idiot, overly-pious rat. Still, he seems... morally inclined."
|-
|[[Rinoa_Heartilly|Rinoa]]||"I wonder what she would say if she saw me now, openly as a male."
|-
|[[Avira]]||"Be safe from Maleficent, and please trust in my intentions."
|-
|[[Mercade_Alexander|Mercade]]||"Please stay safe and protect us all, and trust in my intentions."
|-
|[[Deelel]]||"Finally you have realized I am not crazy or evil. Hopefully that will remain true."
|-
|[[Luso_Clemens|Luso]]||"A good kid, and responsible. He may go places one day."
|-
|}

==Met In Passing==

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|[[Pixi]]||"I cannot believe I let a female Viera catch me unawares, and let alone not have bathed recently enough that she was able to pick my sex out by scent on the air. Still... she cared for my wounds, and claimed to have no interest in forcing me back to the warren. I can only hope that is true. Besides, this is the first womanfolk of my kind I have spoken to openly in... years, since I fled the warrens safety as a boy. It felt nice to not hide."
|-
|[[Pete]]||"..."
|-
|[[Fran]]||"Stubborn Viera who was wounded yet still refused help. I hope she is well."
|-
|[[Ramza_Beoulve|Ramza]]||"Self-proclaimed heretic for killing an demonic archbishop or something of the sort. It is not my problem. I only helped him because he was about to be slaughtered in such a manner."
|-
|[[Artemis_Eurus|Artemis]]||"Works with Ramza. Nothing of note."
|-
|[[Sanel]]||"...strong grip. And how did you come to associate with Lia? More and more questions... just who are you, or what?"
|-
|[[Seymour_Guado|Seymour]]||"Maester of Yevon, whatever that may be. I am thankful to him for helping heal me though. Seems nice enough."
|-
|[[Professor Mister Green]]||"Self-Important Jackass, from the sounds of him. But, still, his control of magic... hopefully we never cross weapons."
|-
|[[Artyom]]||"No real opinion, seemed competent in a fight."
|-
|[[Sora]]||"Wielder of a mysterious weapon called a Keyblade. Despite being young, and untrained... he still did well enough in a fight. I am sure he could be a force to be reckoned with if given proper training. But until then... "
|-
|[[Isaac_Hanlon|Isaac]]||"Seriously, what was his problem? I do not even know who his 'friend' is that he claims to have 'learned of me' from. Is he... associated with Verda somehow? They are the only ones who truly have issue with me past the idiots in the last rounds of the tournament. ... was one of them badmouthing me?"
|-
|[[Brooklyn]]||"Strong fellow, not sure what he is though. Looks vaguely draconic though."
|-
|[[Will_Sherman|Will]]||"I do not like this one. He is a thief and a coward, stealing that and fleeing as he did, putting the rest of us in danger and leaving us on our own. I shant be trusting this one again."
|-
|[[Dameon]]||"...idiot."
|-
|[[Leida]]||"I do not understand this one. And... admittedly, for whatever reason, she cannot seem to understand me."
|-
|[[Rage]]||"Fool bounty hunter who took on a mark for me without researching who I was. Thankfully, she came to her senses when she realized it. I cannot say I felt bad for the shape she was in at the time, but I do hope there is a lesson learned."
|-
|[[Skoll_Ulfang|Skoll]]||"Hati's brother, I do not know much of him."
|-
|[[Oriane_Guado|Oriane]]||"Seems like a nice lady, some part of that Yevon religion."
|-
|}

==Adversaries==

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|[[Angantyr_Vespar|Angantyr]]||"Bloodthirsty would-be murderer. How did you ever get a Keyblade... and why, throughout it all, does everyone treat you like a hero when all you do is try to kill everyone and everything that you lay eyes on. How... are you considered by anyone to be a force of good and trustworthy... and yet, I, despite all I have ever tried to do for everyone, for... everything... get treated like I am a criminal and cad."
|-
|[[Hades]]||"I paid my due. I am, however, still angry at you that you tasked me to kill a man. You kept your word, though."
|-
|[[Clan Verda]]||"My old clan, the ones whom I betrayed and turned into the Judges for breaking the laws, whom I sided against in combat with the Judges and whom likely now want revenge on me. I have never been happy with how things turned out, though I know I did the right thing. But to know they all hate me so..."
|-
|[[Louis_Leblue|Louis]]||"Bastard crusader of Faram, attempted to kill a boy and my oldest friend to get at me. No mercy for this one."
|-
|[[Rhiannon_Zellen|Rhiannon]]||"After everything... how could you?"
|-
|}

==Unknown==

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|[[Maleficent]]||"Your power will destroy worlds... but could you be the one who will teach me how to control darkness?"
|-
|[[Garland]]||"Who is this being of darkness?"
|-
|[[Seith]]||"What you did to me... I will never forget that anger, or fear, even if it was all a falsity. One day, you will regret it. Until then... perhaps my pursuit of darkness will have to deal with you."
|-
|}

= Misc =

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1-6 Random poses and clothing

7/8 Assassin and Elementalist custom design for Chita

9 and 10 Hades taking his due from the reneging Viera.

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Chita

2014-03-21T06:54:12Z

Evja: Temp save on Background, finally getting around to refleshing out the wikipage.

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{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Chita
|age=Physically 20's
|image=Split_Personality.jpg
|species=Viera
|sex=Male
|height=6'1" without ears, 7'1" with ears
|weight=Slight, 120's without his armor, 200+ with
|series=Final Fantasy Tactics A2
|styles=
|hometown=Fluorgis
|alignment=Wandering Force
|group=None
|occupation=Judge
|quote=
|footer=Trying to
}}

=Profile=

Chita is a male Viera who has been around in the World of Ruin for some time now. Since just before the Hades Cup, in fact. Having a history as a Judge of the Jylland lean as well as a background in a now-defunct clan, he is quite a capable fighter with various weapons and forms of combat, from swords and spears, to aerial-based combat more suited for Dragoons. His time in the World of Ruin has led him to making quite a few odd allies and more than a few enemies, mostly due to his generally overbearing sense of Morality combined with being stubborn about his choices to the point of seemingly uncaring about his own safety. At most points he can be found with his Chocobo whom he has jokingly begun calling Senra, and is, as of the moment, wanted by the company Shinra for 'liberating company property' in the form of a weapon from their R&D dept.

=Background=

Chita was born, like many other Viera in Jylland, outside of the forests. Born to a happy Vieran mother and a father he never met, it was at a young age when she was talked into giving him to the safety of a secluded village which was meant to make sure the rarely-born Vieran males were kept safe in the 'best interest' of their kind. Never really having met his parents past when he was newly born and quite young he has no memory of them. He grew up with the other malefolk in the village and being governed by the womenfolk like most other things were that was simply his way of life.

This went on for several decades, Vieran aging and society different as it was from others. Only having been allowed out of the village while supervised by others, besides a few sneaking trips that he got punished for as a child, he was quite naive when it came to the outside world. He only knew it from stories from the wandering Viera who came and went for various reasons, a friend of his whom he had grown quite fond of and the books he was always reading.

Despite having grown to care for his friend, whom had the name of Evja, she never returned his level of affection. Despite that, though, she agreed to help him find a way to get away from the village proper and join her clan out in the open of Jylland to explore and live his life without waiting it away to be told how to live it. Traveling with her and a few others to a nearby town, near the Targ Woods, a distraction in the form of some monsters presented them with the opportunity to vanish when no one else was looking and make off towards freedom. As fate would have it, though, they were attacked on the way by something and Chita found himself close to dead. By the time he came back around and realized what had happened, all he could find was his friends bloodied cloak and no signs of her running off so much as whatever had attacked them making its way off.

Assuming the worst and not wanting to damn his chances of following through with their plan, he put on the cloak and hid his face, and when the other Viera came, he pretended to be Evja, sending them off after where whatever attacked him went by claiming it had taken himself. Using the chance, he slipped away and came across Evja's previous clan that he was going to join, Verda. Explaining what had happened, and knowing what they were planning, the clan leader agreed to play along with it and he was taken elsewhere to safety and healed. What actually became of his friend he still has no idea to even to this day, despite only being able to assume the worst.

Time lead him to move on, and at that point he decided he'd have to throw away his old identity since Chita was assumed dead and carry on as Evja, despite hating the guise. Not having any real talent for magic or other normal Vieran classes of fighting led him to taking training under the clan Bangaa, who happened to be a Dragoon. And for years after 'she' traveled with the group as Evja and was allowed to explore the outside world as she'd always wanted to... even if the price that came with it made her wish, at times, that she'd never even tried.

Eventually she came to find out that her clan had been abusing the Clan Judge's powers and obtaining favors in the form of benefits in battles, which had lead to a string of victories that were garnering quite a but of rumors about them. Angry that they had the nerve to cheat the battles she had so long fantasized over from the books and stories of her youth Evja struck out and found another clans Judge and explained what was going on. Working with the Judges in secret for a time it was only when the Judges stepped in to strip Clan Verda's Judge of his power and imprison the clan itself for abusing the laws that Evja openly switched sides, joining with the Judges to detain her own clan.

Thus, she was offered a chance to join the Judges ranks, to join the academy and work hard with the chance that she, too, could eventually take a new, more lawful, way of life. Or go to jail with them since she was technically part of their clan when they were cheating the laws. She agreed to being a Judge, of course, and eventually a few years later graduated to becoming a proper Judge. A Clan Judge. When she went to meet her new clan, however, the Heartless came and destroyed what there was of her world, eventually casting the Judge out alone into the World of Ruin.

Once in the World of Ruin she wandered for some time and eventually learned of the state of the worlds, the Heartless, about various things like World Shards and of an up and coming tournament where world shards could be won. Seeing a chance to try and do something for the sake of another world, she made a bargain with the God who was running the tournament, Hades, Lord of the Dead of another world, for a guarantee of entry. In exchange, later down the line, he could call in an unspecified favor, lawful upon the ground she stood upon and carried out the favor in, at the time of asking.

Joining one of the teams there, she worked with them and eventually took second place. The shard, though, went to another.

Time passed and she went about attempting to help out others here and there in the World of Ruin as she could, and eventually Hades called in the favor. Kill Mercade Alexander. Murder being illegal in almost all worlds, as his planning had it, he demanded such of her on his own soil where he made the rules, he made the laws. And her oaths and the magic placed upon her when she became a Judge, to guarantee she would not betray them and carry on illegal activites, forced her to uphold the contract.

Several failed attempts on Mercade's life made her quite a few enemies. Seeking out a boy by the name of Luso while staying on grounds that dampened the law magics of the Judges, a Jagd, she hired him to find some way of breaking the magic upon her. The magic that was forcing her to try and kill someone. Eventually seeking out Lezaford, the very sage who helped to create the Law System as it is now in Jylland, the magic was broken and Evja informed Hades that she now had no intention of following through with the contract that she had the ability to, no matter the consequences.

Hades didn't like that, and she paid, with a part of her soul, eternal damnation and being cursed into being unable to deceive anyone again. Herself included.

Stripped of his ability to maintain the life he had been living until then, as a female Viera named Evja, or even pretend to be female, Chita lost his home in Fluorgis, his friends there and even quite a bit of confidence in himself.

During the time Chita had started the contract with Hades, and ended it, he had helped to destroy a monster that attacked the town of Goug. When it fell, he discovered that the beast temporarily formed into a keyblade before the weapon seemed to collapse on itself and become misshapen. Following the one who claimed the weapon, who admitted she had created it, a brief confrontation with the woman he discovered the name of was Rhiannon Zellen brought him on a much different path.

He couldn't bring himself to simply kill her and destroy the weapon, not having the nerve or heart to actually kill someone of his own choosing. So, instead, he walked away and tried to think up some method of settling the ordeal. He decided eventually on getting closer to her, to try and keep her from finishing it in her own ways. He couldn't bring himself to kill her, destroying it would simply leave her to make another, putting her in jail and destroying it would likely just leave her to get out of jail somehow and start over again and, ultimately, she still had all the research on it somewhere and he had no idea how much or where it was, or who had access.

If it had to be finished, he'd find a way without killing anyone else, or having it steal any other hearts... and along the way, he'd find a way to save the hearts in the weapon. Or at least, that was the plan.

Time went on and she played along with it, even giving him the weapon knowing she could simply take it back when she wished. What he didn't realize was how much the weapon was going to affect him, how much the hearts inside were going to drive him into a depressive state that made him reckless and aggressive in his desires to see the weapon redeemed and the hearts inside saved. His efforts eventually had him crossing paths with a powerful sorceress named Maleficent during which encounter he lost his sight due to being used as an example to get at someone he knew by the name of Avira.

Now blind, fate or chance had him come across another whom he had only briefly met before, a flowergirl by the name of Aerith. She saved him from falling into the darkness when he attempted to cross paths with Maleficent again to stop her from finding some artifact of power in Burmecia and in the process she exposed his heart to herself, despite it being accidental. Over the next several months they played a back and forth game of her trying to get him to calm down and let her help with things and him being too uneasy around her due to her having discovered a good bit about his thoughts and feelings on various subjects, and having had his very heart exposed to someone else - the last place he had to hide since he could no longer deceive others due to Hades' curse.

Rhiannon eventually took back the weapon and re-unleashed it on Narshe. While no one was hurt, it was destroyed despite his efforts to prevent that, and keep Rhiannon safe. It eventually reformed into a monstrous creature hellbent on killing Rhiannon, who was now with child from his time with her, having fallen victim as many males do to flirting, now that he was able to be openly male. Despite his morals and the weapon being the only reasons he had kept her safe before, or simply didn't kill her himself, now there was another reason.

Not long after the remnants of the hearts that had fallen to becoming a monster attacked them again in Shinra HQ during a meeting with others where Rhiannon openly bragged about her role in the creation of the Black Beast. The beast fell, but in it's place a new sword appeared. A sword that was pale white and almost alien-looking, as compared to the black misshapen sword that the last one was. Not to mention it was sentient and still wanted her demise. A fight ensued over control of the sword between various parties there and while no one in particular won, Chita was able to destroy the room they were in and use it as a distraction to escape with the weapon.

In the inbetween Aerith followed him, and he admitted to her that he was quite fond of her and wanted her to stick around more, given he was quite certain he wouldn't get to see her again after the events at Shinra took place.

It was not long after that he came to find out that all of his efforts, success and failures alike, had culminated to nothing as the research had seemingly gotten out to a man named Garland, whom had given a similar weapon of his(?) creation to a Dark Knight named Kaydin.

Frustrated and uncertain what to do, he made his way to the wizard Merlin to ask his advice on the matter, and discovered there that the weapon no longer even had any hearts in it... just the angry memories and wills of those who had fallen. Chita managed, once he realized this and once again made clear he had no intention of killing Rhiannon and that the sword had best make the best of the situation since he was the most likely one of anyone not to abuse it to hurt others, or lock it away for research or let it rot somewhere no one would find it, to convince the sword to aid him.

Only then finding out that he could see while he was holding the sword, now that it was willing to aid him for the time being.

Now with his sight back, and Shinra still out for his head, if the sword doesn't come away from him willingly, where will time take him?

=Personality=

Totally am not procrastinating more and more

=Combat=

Yup, this needs to be updated too.

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= Relationships =

Only updated section, and still a few missing.

==The most important==

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|[[Aerith]]||"Seems you finally got me to crack. Here's to hoping, hm?" After the events at Shinra and having to accept he had probably screwed himself royally, he began to think he might not see Aerith again. And, of course, he also began to realize how much he would miss her and didn't want that to happen. Not thinking much, when he met her again, a hug and a kiss, followed by embarrassment on his part, led him to finally admit he had a thing for her... and that he wanted her around, and to help him. She finally seems to have gotten to him, at least regarding accepting her help and not trying to do everything himself. Only time will tell if it makes things better. He's certainly happier now though.
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==Friends, or what can amount to such==

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|[[Hati|Hati]]||"I must admit it is quite a new thing to have someone show an honest interest in me not simply because of my appearance. A pity she seems so smitten with Faruja... else I might have even given her a chance, despite my own preferences and problems with non-Viera. But she probably hates me now that I said I would not be an executioner for her. Oh well... I hope not."
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|[[Tifa_Lockhart|Tifa]]||"I trust you to protect everyone if I fail."
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|[[Quistis_Trepe|Quistis]]||"A good woman and someone I can hopefully get to know better. Not to mention she seems to have ferreted out my secret. Tch... at least she is kind about it."
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|[[Maira]]||"How can you be so blind... If you are so lonely that you must cling onto another to feel safe, at least do that with someone who is not a madman."
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|[[Lia the Gria]]||"Please stay safe."
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|[[Priel_Aylin|Priel]]||"What has happened to you... and where have you gone?"
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|[[Shiki_Misaki|Shiki]]||"You obtained a Keyblade... save us all."
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==Coworkers==

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|[[Gabranth]]||"According to Judge Magister Zargabaath, this one is a working leader of the Archades Judges due to his closeness with House Solidor, whatever that may be. So he is akin to their Judgemaster. A strong fighter too, though I am uncertain of his lurking in shadows and standoffishness among other Judges, he helped without a need, so that is good enough for me."
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|[[Zargabaath]]||"A well-spoken and just Judge, who also helped to take down the last rogue member of my old clan. If it weren't for these two... would Hermann still be alive? Would I be perished? No, I cannot blame them for what happens during a fight, especially one where they intended to help. Even if it was Gabranth's uncontrolled attack that knocked Zargabaath into Somer... and lead to the explosive activating."
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|[[Riku]]||"So he lives... and is a Judge too. What is this world coming to?"
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==Amusing/Friendly==

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|[[Echo]]||"Apparently a bat-lady, and her personality is quite cute as well. I think I shall enjoy spending time with her more often if such is possible."
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|[[Lumeria]]||"Still not quite sure if she is as old as she says she is, or rather, is not younger than she claims to be. Either way, still cute."
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|[[Faruja_Senra|Faruja]]||"Idiot, overly-pious rat. Still, he seems... morally inclined."
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|[[Rinoa_Heartilly|Rinoa]]||"I wonder what she would say if she saw me now, openly as a male."
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|[[Avira]]||"Be safe from Maleficent, and please trust in my intentions."
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|[[Mercade_Alexander|Mercade]]||"Please stay safe and protect us all, and trust in my intentions."
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|[[Deelel]]||"Finally you have realized I am not crazy or evil. Hopefully that will remain true."
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|[[Luso_Clemens|Luso]]||"A good kid, and responsible. He may go places one day."
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==Met In Passing==

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|[[Pixi]]||"I cannot believe I let a female Viera catch me unawares, and let alone not have bathed recently enough that she was able to pick my sex out by scent on the air. Still... she cared for my wounds, and claimed to have no interest in forcing me back to the warren. I can only hope that is true. Besides, this is the first womanfolk of my kind I have spoken to openly in... years, since I fled the warrens safety as a boy. It felt nice to not hide."
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|[[Pete]]||"..."
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|[[Fran]]||"Stubborn Viera who was wounded yet still refused help. I hope she is well."
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|[[Ramza_Beoulve|Ramza]]||"Self-proclaimed heretic for killing an demonic archbishop or something of the sort. It is not my problem. I only helped him because he was about to be slaughtered in such a manner."
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|[[Artemis_Eurus|Artemis]]||"Works with Ramza. Nothing of note."
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|[[Sanel]]||"...strong grip. And how did you come to associate with Lia? More and more questions... just who are you, or what?"
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|[[Seymour_Guado|Seymour]]||"Maester of Yevon, whatever that may be. I am thankful to him for helping heal me though. Seems nice enough."
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|[[Professor Mister Green]]||"Self-Important Jackass, from the sounds of him. But, still, his control of magic... hopefully we never cross weapons."
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|[[Artyom]]||"No real opinion, seemed competent in a fight."
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|[[Sora]]||"Wielder of a mysterious weapon called a Keyblade. Despite being young, and untrained... he still did well enough in a fight. I am sure he could be a force to be reckoned with if given proper training. But until then... "
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|[[Isaac_Hanlon|Isaac]]||"Seriously, what was his problem? I do not even know who his 'friend' is that he claims to have 'learned of me' from. Is he... associated with Verda somehow? They are the only ones who truly have issue with me past the idiots in the last rounds of the tournament. ... was one of them badmouthing me?"
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|[[Brooklyn]]||"Strong fellow, not sure what he is though. Looks vaguely draconic though."
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|[[Will_Sherman|Will]]||"I do not like this one. He is a thief and a coward, stealing that and fleeing as he did, putting the rest of us in danger and leaving us on our own. I shant be trusting this one again."
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|[[Dameon]]||"...idiot."
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|[[Leida]]||"I do not understand this one. And... admittedly, for whatever reason, she cannot seem to understand me."
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|[[Rage]]||"Fool bounty hunter who took on a mark for me without researching who I was. Thankfully, she came to her senses when she realized it. I cannot say I felt bad for the shape she was in at the time, but I do hope there is a lesson learned."
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|[[Skoll_Ulfang|Skoll]]||"Hati's brother, I do not know much of him."
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|[[Oriane_Guado|Oriane]]||"Seems like a nice lady, some part of that Yevon religion."
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==Adversaries==

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|[[Angantyr_Vespar|Angantyr]]||"Bloodthirsty would-be murderer. How did you ever get a Keyblade... and why, throughout it all, does everyone treat you like a hero when all you do is try to kill everyone and everything that you lay eyes on. How... are you considered by anyone to be a force of good and trustworthy... and yet, I, despite all I have ever tried to do for everyone, for... everything... get treated like I am a criminal and cad."
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|[[Hades]]||"I paid my due. I am, however, still angry at you that you tasked me to kill a man. You kept your word, though."
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|[[Clan Verda]]||"My old clan, the ones whom I betrayed and turned into the Judges for breaking the laws, whom I sided against in combat with the Judges and whom likely now want revenge on me. I have never been happy with how things turned out, though I know I did the right thing. But to know they all hate me so..."
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|[[Louis_Leblue|Louis]]||"Bastard crusader of Faram, attempted to kill a boy and my oldest friend to get at me. No mercy for this one."
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|[[Rhiannon_Zellen|Rhiannon]]||"After everything... how could you?"
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==Unknown==

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|[[Maleficent]]||"Your power will destroy worlds... but could you be the one who will teach me how to control darkness?"
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|[[Garland]]||"Who is this being of darkness?"
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|[[Seith]]||"What you did to me... I will never forget that anger, or fear, even if it was all a falsity. One day, you will regret it. Until then... perhaps my pursuit of darkness will have to deal with you."
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= Misc =

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1-6 Random poses and clothing

7/8 Assassin and Elementalist custom design for Chita

9 and 10 Hades taking his due from the reneging Viera.

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Chita

2014-03-14T04:10:25Z

Evja: /* The most important */

Chita

2014-02-14T20:03:53Z

Evja: blah

Chita

2014-02-14T19:49:28Z

Evja: /* Relationships */

Chita

2014-02-14T19:34:33Z

Evja:

Chita

2014-02-14T19:33:28Z

Evja: /* Background */

Chita

2013-12-26T06:25:12Z

Evja: /* Unknown */ Adding in Seith

Dark Tides

2013-12-19T21:36:02Z

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|Date of Scene=2013/12/18
|Location=Petrified Forest
|Synopsis=Attempting to listen for signs of a lost girl on the Mist Plains, Chita's chocobo wanders him into the nearby Petrified woods following said 'girl' and it is soon revealed it was all a trap of sorts.
|Cast of Characters=Seith, Chita
|Tinyplot=In Darkness
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}}
:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' While in Goug, upon leaving, it had come to Chita's attention while traveling roughly toward Lindblum atop his Chocobo that there was a rather drunk fellow attempting to get some help. Most people were ignoring him because, well, to be honest he was apparently a known drunk, liar and sometimes saw things while drunk. A few others had reluctantly agreed to help if only to try and make sure his story had no credence. He claimed that while wandering towards Goug, he looked back towards the plains in the distance and thought he saw a young girl wandering into them alone. Claims he called out to her, got no response, and he was too scared to go there on his own because sometimes monsters showed up. Chita knew full well he was worthless when it came to looking around for things. Being blind kind of made that a way of life. However, the hopeless hero combined with the altruist and optimist in him did lead him to believe what the fellow was saying. He seemed a little disgusted that he hadn't gone after her, was why. Which was why Chita had let his Chocobo wander him through the plains at its' own pace, no real rush, while listening. Listening for the sounds of movement. His Chocobo was well-trained enough and sensible enough to not go towards monsters unless told to, and knew basic enough things like 'Find the girl' and 'Go here' and other such things that he wasn't all that worried. Though he did begin to get worried when the sounds changed and so did the air, noticeable even though he had put on the Archadian armor he had, with the cloth padding inside, as well as covered his face. Not to hide or deceive others, but to try and protect himself, and possibly others, from him being exposed to the Mist that he knew was here. He'd had faint issues with it in the past after all. "Where are you taking me Senra? Are we still on the plains?" The Chocobo gave no real response other than a simple soft chuff of a 'wark' sound as if acknowledging him to a point. The eerie silence and strange feeling did leave him wondering. Surely they hadn't wandered so far that they were in that forest... right?

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' The Chocobo had followed something. In fact, it had done exactly as Chita had desired it to do. To find the girl. There had been little moments where Senra had spotted the girl in the plains here and there. She'd appear, and then disappear from sight once more. It's an event Chita would not have been able to sense. This girl had lead him exactly that that place which Chita did not wish to visit. Though once, it was a far more dangerous place. Once, this Petrified Forest had been one filled with caniverous and fully mobile plant monsters. But thanks to a strange magic, this has changed. And nobody has yet to try and cure this place. The Chocobo draws Chita further into the forest, until the forest finally starts becoming thicker. The branches start getting in the way, scraping past the Viera's armor. This is followed not long there-after by a lone sound. That of a little girl letting out a cry in the distance. But also something else. The creepy 'clicking' of a monster - a giant insect perhaps?

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' It wasn't until the cry out in the forest that Chita was even hearing anything. It was a sound that a regular hume might not even here, given the distance. Of course that strange clicking sound that followed caused him to let out a little sound of worry before leaning down close to his Chocobo's back and letting his head rest alongside the birds, "Alright then, take me to her - fast." Perhaps it's a good thing that Chita has been taking him to Serendipity a lot, letting him race there for the fun of it. Because Senra was actually getting pretty fast. Looking around quickly as if searching for something, he found a fairly-open path and darted off through it, hopping along trees and really using the forest as an obstacle course of sorts. With Chita laying nearly flush against the Chocobo, it was probably quite a bit easier to get through things given it was just Chocobo-sized. But what was that sound? And... was it a monster, or a Heartless? Something that has always worried him was that, truly, since he was cursed by Hades - he has never actually attempted to kill a Heartless. He'd always heard a strong heart and determination were required, that most couldn't do it. Could he even still do it if he was forced to? Up until now he'd mostly just batted them aside, and not really dealt with them much other than Seith's Cat heartless.

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' The Chocobo suddenly halts. Not sudden enough to throw Chita off, but it's sudden. Being unable to see, all he can do is listen. To feel. The clicking sound is close. Very close. In fact, it is right before him. There's the sound of needle-like hard objects touching the ground as a creature approaches him further. Clack. Clack. Clack. So go its spindly legs as it moves in on his position. And then suddenly there's the sound of a girl at his side. "You were too late." They whisper to him at a most pitiful tone. There's the feeling of wretched breath that comes forth from whatever stands before him.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Confusion showed on Chita's face as they stopped and he heard the sound. Was the mosnter coming towards him instead of the girl? But... why would Senra move towards the monster instead of moving away from it to get to the girl? Before he could say anything, just as he pulled out a single spear, Chita heard the voice next to him and frowned. Something was strange here. Who spoke like that? Too late? Anyone in their right mind would say to save them, help them... not that they were too late. They would be clinging to life... trying to survive. Why was she saying it was too late? That rancid breath caused Chita to shake his head and feel thankful he had the facial wrap of cloth to keep his nose covered on at the moment before reaching his left hand under the Chocobo's beak. "Look at its' head." and he felt where the Chocobo moved. "The top of it... okay, where is the bottom of the head?" He couldn't see himself, but Senra could, and he was trying to figure out how large this thing was. He had a good idea of how far away it was if only by the sound, and generally about how long... but one thing he couldn't determine without trying to base it off the Chocobo's response was how TALL it was. For all he knew, it was long and thin or it could be giant and long as well. "I do not know what has happened to you... but I am willing to still try and protect you. Are you trapped? Bound somehow... or can you take my hand?" Chita shifted the spear into the hand opposite the side where the girl seemed to be and took a chance on extending his hand - hoping that the girl herself wasn't some kind of trick by this monster. He'd heard tales of beasts and creatures that could make illusions to lure people to it.

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' Chita is right. A normal little girl wouldn't say any such thing. Yet still she speaks to him again; "Why are you too late... /Chita/?" No, something is wrong. He knows something is wrong. And whatever is causing all of this isn't trying to hide that this isn't 'right'. Beneath him, Chita feels his Chocobo move. Whatever is before it is at least twice the size of Senra. It clambers closer, but doesn't appear to be attacking. It just hovers before Chita with its gigantic maw. The girl reaches her little hand out, and taking Chita's. It doesn't appear to be part of the creature. But there's something else about her touch that seems familiar. Like there is something 'wrong' about her presence. What's more, the touch doesn't seem to quite match up against what he is expecting. It's a little big.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' All of this was rather disorienting for the Viera, who was using all of the things at his disposal to figure out what was going on except his sight and still couldn't figure much out. Monster, yes, girl, supposedly... someone who knows him? Senra generally stays still, though as it moves closer, the Chocobo moves back a little to try and keep prepared to run if need be. It was obvious the Chocobo did not like this situation, but was trained well enough that it didn't just buck Chita off and take off running. When his hand was taken, that wave of uncertainty goes over him again before he forces himself to ignore it and use his thumb to see if the hand was her right hand, or left, feeling for some sign of that. Upon figuring it out, he lifted up carefully while attempting to pull whoever it was onto the Chocobo in front of him. The size, while confusing, wasn't enough of a factor to make him think otherwise. "Now is not the time... whoever you are, ask me later. We need to leave, now, before whatever this thing is changes its' mind."

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' The moment the Viera trie to pull the girl up, he finds the receiving end rather heavy. The other's grip firmens, and he's suddenly pulled down and off of Senra - possibly even sent sprawling onto the ground. "No, it won't change its mind. I am in full control over it." The feminine voice warps into one more masculine. "You're really useless, aren't you? You can't even see anymore, and you would not attack what was obviously your opponent." There is a moment of pause, before the voice adds; "I can't believe how you managed to hurt my as much as you did that day." The person and the monster move audibly. "Tell me your secret."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Being pulled like that from the one he tried to help up was actually surprising, enough that he was indeed jerked off and landed on the ground. His spear slid a ways off and out of his reach for the time being. Senra started to respond, fluffing up like an angry bird might, but Chita's sharp, "Senra, stop." caused it to give a reluctant sound before calming down and stepping back a little. It was a voice he hadn't heard too often, so he wasn't entirely certain, but there was something familiar about it. Hurt him the other day? "The one who was controlling the Heartless beneath that castle..." Chita stayed on the ground for the moment as he simply listened, listening for what they were doing before pushing himself to a stand and ignoring the beast to the side. "I have no opponent here." came his response quite simply. "My only purpose here was to rescue a girl who was lost, if I could. And if you still need help... I will still offer it." His hand came out towards Seith, seemingly quite serious about what he meant. "I hold no enmity with you or yours, I oppose your actions and goals, at least what of them I know, on principal alone. I have no secret that you are looking for beyond determination, perhaps... and a desire to protect others." And leaving his hand out, he finally just asked, "Or did you mean something else?"

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' "Seith." the man answers Chita. "My name is Seith." It's a name Avira had already discovered - so it would not take long to spread. Or at least, so the man has figured. "And you are wrong. It it was not for me, this monster would have devoured you. I can't believe how you can be so... careless with your own life. Here I thought I'd find a hero here." The man steps around Chita, ignoring the hand which Chita is offering to him. "There is no girl. I do not need your 'saving'. Not from someone who doesn't even value his own life." Seith halts behind Chita, crossing his arms impatiently. "You are a fool to hold no enmity with me if you oppose my actions and goals... not that I believe you even know what my goals are. Nor what my actions truly mean." Still, Chita is right; "I meant something else. Where does your power come from? And don't give me such intangible rubbish like friendship or determination."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "I hold no enmity towards you... because I imagine, if I walked down a different path... I could be just like you. It would be arrogant of me to think I am better simply because I consider myself 'good'. Like you told me long ago... seeking the path to light will blind." A grin of sorts came to his mouth as he said that. Ironic, really, that. How true it was now. Literally true. "There are very few in this world I hold a true enmity towards, and those are two who would act as cold-blooded senseless killers. A man of the Church of Faram, who attempted to kill a child and a friend of mine simply to get to me... and one of the idiots who was also there that day we fought last, a man by the name of Angantyr, who has attempted to kill others, myself included, for speaking positive of an Archadian Judge. Senseless violence is the only thing that will gain my enmity." As Seith walked and moved, Chita turned towards him, not to protect himself, but to speak with him properly. That is what he wanted, so it seemed. To ask. "Where does my power come from? All I know it from is determination. Determination, effort, and certainty in myself. Likely the same certainty that you hold of your own actions. Knowing that I have to succeed to save lives. Knowing that eventually, I will have to swallow my pride and learn to navigate and control darkness to keep hundreds, possibly thousands of lives from being lost to madness born from a desire to know." His hand goes out once more towards Seith, "My power comes from knowing where I am, and where I have to go, not what I have to climb over to get there. You simply happened to be in my way, even if I was not able to, in a sense, climb you at that point."

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' "Quite right." Seith comments in regards to the blinding quality of light. "But know this - I would, and have, acted as a cold-blooded killer many time. And in a manner that most would quantify as senseless. You will not see much better with me." Indeed, enough reason to hate him. It doesn't seem like Seith particularly cares about the names Chita gives him. He knows Angantyr, Chita knows that -- but even during that last battle he'd made a comment that alluded to his lack of caring. "I care about strength. About /power/. Not power for the sake of having power, but power for the sake of using it - controlling it." There's a long pause, during which the heavy armored elf stares at Chita's hand. There's annoyance in his gaze. "Stop reaching out towards me. I refuse to hold your hand, Chita." Seith moves again, stepping towards the side of the chitanous monsters. "So you wish to try and control darkness to save lives? Why? Why do you think you're that important that they'll listen to /you/?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "They?" Chita sounded confused as he pulled his hand back and crossed his arms in front of his armored chest. "Important that who will listen to me? The Heartless? I have no desire to control those creatures. I said Darkness, not the Heartless. I am not important in the least, as far as I am aware, past that I hold many lives in my hand and I can do nothing and let them likely expire... hearts taken and used to fuel some weapon, or I can act and move to complete the weapon with the hearts that have already been taken, the lives that have already fallen, and make certain their deaths were not meaningless. Make their deaths count in stoping others from suffering the same fear." Senra has since slowly moved around the group to stand near Chita again, not quite wanting to be on the side of the beast in case it decides to lash out. As such, Chita reaches up a hand to pat the Chocobo's beak lightly. "I need to learn how to navigate darkness and how to control it, and eventually I will use that to save lives. It may mean little to you, but you wish to know the source of my power... perhaps you can find it through such. Watch as I bullheadedly overcome any obstacles I am put in front of and eventually succeed. I will not stop until I do..." "...not even if it costs me my life." The way he says that might make one believe he was relatively certain he could complete his goals even if something were to happen to him.

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' "I meant those lives - those lives you want to keep from eing lost to madness, born from the desire you know. I presume - the desire for darkness." Seith explains, as Chita did not seem to catch onto the meaning of his words. "The heartless are but pawns to be used. Yet they are also the greatest threat. Without power, one can not hold back the heartless. Without power, one can not control the darkness. But for darkness... without darkness, you can not play with darkness." Though his intonation on the word 'play' suggests that it is the least appropiate word to use in that moment. Seith knows what Darkness can do to a person. He's seen it very clearly. What it takes out of someone. "Yet here you are, wanting to nagitvate and control the darkness. You think just being Bullheaded will help you get through that? It'll take more than that." Seith shakes his head. "Angantyr's darkness comes from within himself - both the darkness that is his own, and the darkness that is not. But for you... what is your source of darkness?" The man approaches her and tries to touch a finger to Chita's chest. To his heart.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' All in all... that was the question. A heart of pure light, a single heart of pure light, was supposedly enough to finish the weapon. His heart was not such, he knew this. Yet... what was his darkness? When Seith put the hand against his chest, the finger, even through the armor - perhaps Seith could tell. The 'curse' Hades had placed upon him, that something was missing, something was not as it should have been with the Viera. "My Darkness... is my desire for power. My rage, when I finally succumb to it. My passion. I want power. I NEED power. Until now, I have only sought the light for my power... and I thought it was enough. Now I know otherwise."

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' "If you wish for the darkness, you must first forsaken all light." The man reminds him. "There is no path in between, if you truly want power." Perhaps a false statement, but not something he states knowingly. Seith looks down at his fingers where he touches Chita's heart, and then takes a step back. "And why do you truly need this power? I am not talking about the grand scheme? I am asking you - what would you do with it the moment you had it?" He turns his back to Chita and starts toying with his gauntlets. "How far would you be willing to go /down the rabbithole/."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "No. I will not forsake the light. I will, however, accept the darkness. And... as for what I would do with it..." Damn Hades curse, being unable to deceive. He sighed before saying, "There is a weapon of darkness, a weapon created that feeds off the hearts of those it steals, grows, and eventually, when completed, could turn into a Keyblade. Within it are hundreds, maybe a thousand lives or more, a thousand hearts or more, that are all locked in despair and the darkness. They are weak... unable to satiate the weapons need for strong hearts." Chita turns towards the monster as if 'looking' at it despite being unable to see. "Yet hearts... can grow. They can become stronger. A heart alone is weak, but many hearts working together can become strong. I am too ignorant as it stands, too weak, to go into the darkness where the hearts lay, rally them and return to make sure the weapon does not fall into hands that would abuse those fallen. I need to be able to control the darkness, walk through it, to conquer it and make it submit. To make the Black Beast tame."

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' Keyblades can be made 'that easily'? Seith doubts this. But when Chita brings up the weapon, Seith smirks. It's not something for Chita to see, but there's a /definite/ smirk. Even if it would not complete, it might be worth seeing the result. "So you would wield this weapon?" Seith asks Chita. "Then bring it to me. Along with yourself. Complete the weapon and bring it to me, and I will teach you how to control it to the best of my abilities." Seith answers Chita. He turns to face him. "But I warn you. If you do not forsaken the light, and wield that weapon... something far worse might very well happen."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Still facing the monster insect nearby when Seith says that, Chita turns towards him and says, "No. I may not think of you as an enemy, but I am not ignorant enough to trust you. I freely expect if I came to you alone with that weapon, you would attempt to kill me and or try, and possibly succeed, in stealing it for yourself." While Chita /is/ an Altruist, he is not completely ignorant of bargains that seem too good. Hades can be thanked for that. "It will not be completed, however, unless I learn to control the Darkness, period. Do I need to seek out another for this task of mine, or does my power still intrigue you enough that you would find out what makes me tick and show me how to learn for myself how to control the Darkness? You asked how far I would be willing to go?" As he returns the question to Seith, Chita pulls out a single large spear, the last of his crystal lances, his Judge spears, only to leap straight up and spin around before throwing the spear right towards the top of the giant insects head. He fully intended to impale it straight through the head to the ground. He hasn't been ignoring it this entire conversation with Seith. In fact, he was listening for small things, minor movements, to figure out exactly where the top of its' head was.

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' "Pity. Though it's not a lack of ignorance that I pity." Seith reminds Chita. "But then, you'd be a fool to trust a Shadow Lord." The man chuckles and shakes his head, turning away from Chita again and moving upon one of the petrified trees. "Though what need have I of a dead minion? Or a weapon such as that? It'd be a useless tool in my hands." "But why do you need to control the darkness in order for the weapon to be completed?" He makes a little handmotion, and then suddenly hears Chita's strike. What his lance meets is something soft. It strikes through. And a strained 'Wark' follows. Senra is still safely besides himself, but the monster... "Did you know that my most precious ability is that of illusions, dear Viera?" He asks. "You can't even see through a weak illussion yet. Even blinded - you walk around blind." Seith plucks a piece of wood off of one of the trees. The Chocobo which Chita had struck falls down before him. A wicked smile appears. "You said your source of darkness... was anger?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Chita may have a broken heart of sorts, part of him torn apart by Hades' curse, but when he hears that sound his heart sinks. The sudden confusion and honest fear that comes from hearing that pained wark, Chita nearly starts to tear up. The moment he lands he sinks down to his knees and reaches out in confusion towards the scent of, at least what he thought was now a wounded Chocobo. It couldn't be Senra... could it? His hands shook, the Viera looking like he might simply break down crying right there before his own Chocobo walks up behind him and nudges him with his head, making him realize it wasn't Senra, but another Chocobo. Or perhaps it was the monster the whole time simply illusioned to seem like a Chocobo. Shaking a tiny bit as he stood up, shivering, Chita said softly, "Senra... return." And with that, despite looking uncertain with the command, the bird turned and walked through a portal to wherever it was that Judge Chocobos go when they aren't with them. It simply left Chita there, and Seith, and the fallen... thing, be it a Chocobo, or a beast. Anger? Indeed, Chita looked like he was ready to choke Seith. He was trying to keep from lashing out, but he failed to keep himself in check. Perhaps it was remnants of the darkness that had flooded him courtesy of Hades, or the repeated darkness that had wounded him over and over since the time he had come to the world of Ruin, but something snapped in him. Snapped when he vanished with a light spellcircle forming on the ground beneath his feet, the Fairy Boots he had letting him vanish and reappear in a blink right behind where he thought Seith was in an attempt to grab the Shadow Lord by the back of the head and smash him face-first into the ground. There was no words at this point. Simply unbridled anger and what was probably one of the few times Chita wanted to inflict pain on someone on purpose. True pain.

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' Chita's fingers wrap into Seith's hair and take a solid grip. And the first smash seems to respond to him with a satisfying crack. And with each attempt that follows, there's another disgusting sound. A crack. A gasp. The crunch of something. There's a firm weight in Chita's hands. Armor rattling with each move. And a laughter that comes from that which he holds without stop. Laughter, time and time again. No matter how much he tries, the laughter doesn't stop until he finally tries for a good last thrust. A last crunch... and then silence. The forest grows entirely quiet. No sound around him. Just the feeling of something liquid against his fingers, and a broken something.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Shivering faintly and feeling fairly disgusted with himself, the Viera stands and pants, listening and not hearing anything. Just the sickening smell in the air from what he thought was blood, something he knew the smell of, and that strange warmth seeping through the cracks of the glove on his hand. He started to pull out a whistle, a thin silver whistle, to call his Chocobo. Then he realized that whatever was done to him, whatever magic caused him to not realize what he attacked earlier, may still be in effect. It could cause him to attack Senra, and he couldn't handle that. He was in the middle of the forest, alone with nothing around him, no idea where in it he was, which way was which direction and he couldn't get his Chocobo to come get him. But he couldn't just sit here... couldn't stand around and wait. He knew this place had monsters in it somewhere, and at one point heartless. He wasn't alone no matter how quiet it seemed. He had to leave... but how? "Forsake the light to use the darkness?" he asked aloud. "What is my darkness?" Closing his eyes, he faintly recalled when he could still see seeing various peoples that used darkness create portals. Hades, Seith, Angantyr, Riku... "Q@#$ him. I will succeed." And with that, for the first time, he actually attempted to use Darkness, not even certain if he could, to open a way for him to leave this place. If it failed... he wasn't even certain what he'd do.

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' No, Chita would fail. The portals of darkness are a high level skill, and something normally only learned when taught by a Shadow Lord or a group of equal standing. But as he focusses his darkness, a voice joins him. "You have no focus." Seith. Walking right behind him, crunching the petrified grass. "Anger is a source of darkness, but it is the worst kind of source. It certainly can draw forth its power, but it lacks one very important aspect..." "Control." The man lays a hand to Chita's shoulder, but does nothing else. "I am sure you feel it. That kind of rage... it has nothing to do with control. It only makes things worse. You must learn to overcome that rage, Chita. You need to focus your anger, not into a raging font, but into a aimed single strike - and never dwell on it."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' The voice, and sound, caused Chita's hand to fall to his side. When he felt the hand touch his shoulder his body tensed and with how his 'bloody' hand clenched, one could easily assume he was preparing to attack Seith again. Yet he didn't. While he was still angry, that senseless moment he had at first had passed. He's hardly in control, but he isn't in that bloodthirsty moment anymore. "Forsake the light? My darkness is the worst kind?" He quickly spun around and knocked aside the arm that was raised to place the hand on his shoulder, not knowing if it was real or fake. "I have no desire to be in this damnable forest any longer. Whatever you wanted with me, you could have discussed it with me in a civil manner. Instead you chose to deceive me, cause me to take the life of a harmless animal..." he still shook slightly regarding that, feeling like he just committed a rather grave crime against nature, "...and on top of that, have caused me to try and take your life in turn." It was easy to see he really didn't even know how to respond at this point, what to say, or what to do. Part of him wanted to try and harm Seith further, part of him wanted to run, part of him wanted to cry as he dug a grave for the poor bird/monster/whatever the hell it was and the other part? The other part still had no idea what the hell was even going on. "Are you satisfied? What do you want with me, Seith? You know full well what I want from you, and yet... you took it upon yourself to not only get revenge on me, but manipulate me in the process. WHY?!"

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' "I didn't cause a thing. When you chose to stab through the beast that I told I had in control, that was of your choosing entirely." Seith reminds Chita. "Do not so easily blame another for your own foolishness. Whether their shape be monster or animal - you /took the life of a living being/, Chita." The man laughs. "And I didn't 'cause' you to try and take my life. You chose that by not being collected. By not being /in control/." Seith is clearly lecturing him. "Let me tell you what I am to you. Why I did what I did." The man takes a few steps away from Chita. "I am... a mirror." "I show you that which you really are. You try to push your own flaws onto my deeds, but I know that you are perfectly aware that your own deeds are just that. Your own. What I /want/ from you, is to learn to control your rage. But you can't do that if you're going around blaming other people for your own anger. For your own deeds." "What I am, is a man who wants Power, and Control. I am a Teacher. And I /hate/ those without power, and I /hate/ those who do have power, but do not know how to control it." Seith has begun pacing. "Don't believe me to be so 'petty' as to try and get revenge." He stops again. "People do not believe in words. People do not believe a Shadow Lord. And so, I will help people see things of their own accord. So tell me Chita..." "Do you think you could try and control your rage -- your darkness?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' To an extent... Seith was right. It was his own doing. His own desire for power that put him on his path... his desire to keep others safe that led him to try and strike down what he thought was a monster in an effort to keep it from hurting others in the future. His rage was his own, even if brought about by Seith's magic. It is why he felt so sick inside. It was his own doing, even though he could not see... After all is said, and the question is asked, the response Seith gets is rather simple. "I have to..." No matter how much he wanted to hate Seith, no matter how much he wanted to feel warm again inside, secure in his own belief that he was a good being... he couldn't. Not now. All that was inside was the coldness and emptiness. A feeling of defeat. "I have to do whatever it takes to control Darkness, otherwise everything I have done is meaningless and more lives will be lost."

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' "Then take this." Seith answers Chita and offers him a small ring. "It's not much, but it will help." He throws it at Chita, expecting the Viera to hear the Ring being flicked his way, and be able to catch it. "Any time your rage overflows, it will punish you by electric shock." Painted on the ring is a red X. A particularly special Shadow Lord mark. In truth, Seith could watch him as long as he would wear that ring. He could punish him from afar by his own judgement. For to create a ring that could truly measure rage... would be foolishness. "May it help you internalize your conflict, and lead you on the road to control. I will seek you out again in the future. At a time of my own choosing."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' While he did hear the sound of something being thumped towards him in a sense, he had no way of determining the trajectory or anything of that sort. Instead, it hit him and bounced off, landing on the ground. Squatting down he felt around with his left hand, the one that didn't feel tainted to him, before finding the ring and holding it that hand thoughtfully. "Very well then. Though I have a question, about what darkness is capable of." he paused there a moment before reaching up with his left hand, still clenched mostly, to grab at and remove the blindfold he always wore now around his eyes. "Maleficent took my sight away from me with her magic. Yet... in passing, she did something that let me see again briefly, but only certain things. Others have spoken of being able to see without sight. Is such a thing possible with Darkness?"

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' "Yes, such is possible. Darkness is capable of many things. But I believe that if Maleficent took away your sight, that it was done through Sorcery. It likely does more than just take away your sight, for Sorcery is rarely so simple as to perform one deed." Seith answers Chita, as he himself opens a gate into the realm between. A portal into a Corridor of Darkness. "Such fine control of darkness will require just that - control. To use wisps of darkness to reach around you and become part of your senses." The man steps into the portal, and glances back at Chita. "Good luck... and in case it bears mentioning... /not a word of this to anyone/." And with that, the portal closes - leaving Chita along within a monster infested forest, with the blood of a Chocobo that is sure to attract unwanted attention. Seith is a cruel man.

Chita

2013-11-25T09:21:19Z

Evja: /* Amusing/Friendly */

Chita

2013-11-20T23:55:20Z

Evja: /* Amusing/Friendly */

Chita

2013-11-20T23:49:05Z

Evja: Fixing typo

Chita

2013-11-20T23:45:23Z

Evja: Updated relations.

Chita

2013-11-20T23:27:07Z

Evja: /* Relationships */

Chita

2013-10-30T06:27:13Z

Evja:

Chita

2013-10-30T06:26:42Z

Evja: In preparation of updating.

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{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Evja
|age=Physically 20's
|image=Split_Personality.jpg
|species=Viera
|sex=Male
|height=6'1" without ears, 7'1" with ears
|weight=Slight, 120's without his armor, 200+ with
|series=Final Fantasy Tactics A2
|styles=
|hometown=Fluorgis
|alignment=Wandering Force
|group=None
|occupation=Judge
|quote=
|footer=Trying to
}}

=Profile=

=Background=

Evja was born in Flourgis, where he led a generally non-descript life. Kept apart from general society because of being born a male did lead to him having a somewhat romantic view of the outside world, particularly clans. This wasn't helped by the fact that he was whisked away to the Rupie mountains just after birth to keep him from being in harms way. For nearly thirty years, Evja was raised much like one would expect a sacrificial virgin would be in some more extreme cases. As Males were so rare in the Vieran culture, any who were born were to be raised for the good of all, not themselves. This meant that his only real friends often times were books, and stories that he heard from the females that came and went from the mountains. Given he only ever got to leave when in the company of a female on official business, and even then when he was fully garbed from head to toe to try and keep him even safer, his life was quite sheltered.

Eventually he ignored the demands of his elders and left his home to join a roaming clan, fully intending to lead said romantic life. By planning out a method of escaping, Evja finally was able to slip away from his band of escorts when he came across a roaming clan and promised to help them out if they created a distraction. Given the Clan had no Viera for him to learn from, not to mention being unable to seek out other Viera and having been sheltered since he was little, he wound up taking on the trades of a Bangaa. Specifically, he began training to be a Dragoon. Which was actually quite beneficial as he had a natural knack for jumping and using spears.

When out and in clan outings, however, he still had to hide the fact that he was male. This often led to him doing things like crossdressing as a female Viera or wearing long, flowing clothing despite being of a Dragoons lean to hide his gender. Eventually he was able to get some armor to help with this, though he still had to hide what he actually was.

However, a peaceful and fun life in a clan simply was not to be. As it turned out, the reason for a string of victories was a flood of beneficial laws that happened to be coming from the clan Judge, who was being bribed. With others having no way to prove the issue, though, it went unmolested until Evja took the issue up with another Clan's judge. During the scuffle that ensued when the Judges came to detain their Clan Judge, Evja sided with the Judges force against his own clan and the disgraced Judge and proved to be quite beneficial. Enough so that when the Judge was finally stripped of his armor and magic, and cast to Jail, Evja was offered a chance in thanks to take up Judgehood with the proper training.

Which he jumped at, no pun intended. It took him several years of hard effort, but he finally graduated. This was not without its own share of problems though. The ranks of the Judges were almost entirely Human, only select other near-humans were Judges as well. Not that he was unique by any means, but effort and determination paid off in graduating. Just when he was on his journey to meet the clan he was to be hosting... the Shadows came, and he was swept away into a new world.

=Personality=

=Combat=

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= Encounters =
{| class="CTable RelationTable"
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Size
! scope="col" | Outcome
! scope="col" | Condition
! scope="col" | Comments
|-
| Hydra
| Many
| Won
| Conscious
| Injured leg from Hydra tooth puncture.
|-
| Coyote Heartless
| Several
| Won
| Conscious
| Hurt back in fight.
|-
| Crushatrice
| Many
| Won
| Conscious
| Knocked around
|-
| Rage
| 1v1
| Won
| Conscious
| Knocked around
|-
| Somer
| 3v1
| Won
| Conscious
| Fairly injured
|-
| Mammoth/Hyena Heartless
| Many
| Won
| Conscious
| Largely not hurt
|-
| Team Punishment Detail
| 3v3
| Won
| Unconscious
| Knocked out protecting teammates
|-
| Faruja/Hati
| 1v2
| Draw
| Conscious
| Detained before it got out of control
|-
| Baigan and Heartless
| Many
| Won
| Conscious
| Largely unharmed
|-
| Team DLC
| 3v3
| Won
| Conscious
| Exhausted
|-
| Team No Sleep 'til Brooklyn
| 3v3
| Lost
| Unconscious
| Generally beaten around/hurt by Isaac's Anathema spell
|-
| War of the Magi Machine
| Many
| Won
| Conscious
| Untouched
|-
| Sora
| 1v1
| Won
| Conscious
| Spar with blunts of weapon
|-
| Angantyr
| 1v1
| Lost
| Unconscious
| Fought successively while still exhausted after bout with Sora, nearly won despite
|-
| Mercade & Co
| 1v3(5)
| Lost
| Unconscious
| Fought 1vs3, and later vs 5+, Mercade/Deidra/Emi at once originally then Zia and Sora jumped in after Hades left to attack
|}

= Relationships =

==Friends, or what can amount to such==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Hati|Hati]]||"I must admit it is quite a new thing to have someone show an honest interest in me not simply because of my appearance. A pity she seems so smitten with Faruja... else I might have even given her a chance, despite my own preferences and problems with non-Viera. But she probably hates me now that I said I would not be an executioner for her. Oh well... I hope not."
|-
|[[Tifa_Lockhart|Tifa]]||"Did she really just flip that giant beast over? Still, she is a good partner in the Hades cup, and I shall henceforth be happy to assist her how I can, because she is a good woman."
|-
|[[Quistis_Trepe|Quistis]]||"A good woman and someone I can hopefully get to know better. Not to mention she seems to have ferreted out my secret. Tch... at least she is kind about it."
|-
|[[Maira]]||""
|-
|[[Lia the Gria]]||"So she is alive... And though she likely hates me, I do not hate her. Lia, please be safe."
|-
|}

==Coworkers==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Gabranth]]||"According to Judge Magister Zargabaath, this one is a working leader of the Archades Judges due to his closeness with House Solidor, whatever that may be. So he is akin to their Judgemaster. A strong fighter too, though I am uncertain of his lurking in shadows and standoffishness among other Judges, he helped without a need, so that is good enough for me."
|-
|[[Zargabaath]]||"A well-spoken and just Judge, who also helped to take down the last rogue member of my old clan. If it weren't for these two... would Hermann still be alive? Would I be perished? No, I cannot blame them for what happens during a fight, especially one where they intended to help. Even if it was Gabranth's uncontrolled attack that knocked Zargabaath into Somer... and lead to the explosive activating."
|-
|[[Riku]]||"So he lives... and is a Judge too. What is this world coming to?"
|-
|}

==Amusing/Friendly==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Pixi]]||"I cannot believe I let a female Viera catch me unawares, and let alone not have bathed recently enough that she was able to pick my sex out by scent on the air. Still... she cared for my wounds, and claimed to have no interest in forcing me back to the warren. I can only hope that is true. Besides, this is the first womanfolk of my kind I have spoken to openly in... years, since I fled the warrens safety as a boy. It felt nice to not hide."
|-
|[[Faruja_Senra|Faruja]]||""
|-
|[[Rinoa_Heartilly|Rinoa]]||"I'M NOT A MALE VIERA DAMNIT *.* I'm just... flatchested. Right. >//> (why is everyone calling me male lately?! Stupid humans!). At least she has promised not to accuse me of being a male anymore. Yet she seemed awful friendly."
|-
|[[Aerith_Gainsborough|Aerith]]||""
|-
|}

==Met In Passing==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Pete]]||"..."
|-
|[[Fran]]||"Stubborn Viera who was wounded yet still refused help. I hope she is well."
|-
|[[Louis_Leblue|Louis]]||""
|-
|[[Ramza_Beoulve|Ramza]]||"Self-proclaimed heretic for killing an demonic archbishop or something of the sort. It is not my problem. I only helped him because he was about to be slaughtered in such a manner."
|-
|[[Artemis_Eurus|Artemis]]||"Works with Ramza. Nothing of note."
|-
|[[Sanel]]||"...strong grip. And how did you come to associate with Lia? More and more questions... just who are you, or what?"
|-
|[[Seymour_Guado|Seymour]]||"Maester of Yevon, whatever that may be. I am thankful to him for helping heal me though. Seems nice enough."
|-
|[[Professor Mister Green]]||"Self-Important Jackass, from the sounds of him. But, still, his control of magic... hopefully we never cross weapons."
|-
|[[Artyom]]||"No real opinion, seemed competent in a fight."
|-
|[[Sora]]||"Wielder of a mysterious weapon called a Keyblade. Despite being young, and untrained... he still did well enough in a fight. I am sure he could be a force to be reckoned with if given proper training. But until then... "

|-
|[[Isaac_Hanlon|Isaac]]||"Seriously, what was his problem? I do not even know who his 'friend' is that he claims to have 'learned of me' from. Is he... associated with Verda somehow? They are the only ones who truly have issue with me past the idiots in the last rounds of the tournament. ... was one of them badmouthing me?"
|-
|[[Mercade_Alexander|Mercade]]||""
|-
|[[Avira]]||""
|-
|[[Deelel]]||""
|-
|[[Brooklyn]]||"Strong fellow, not sure what he is though. Looks vaguely draconic though."
|-
|[[Will_Sherman|Will]]||"I do not like this one. He is a thief and a coward, stealing that and fleeing as he did, putting the rest of us in danger and leaving us on our own. I shant be trusting this one again."
|-
|[[Dameon]]||"...idiot."
|-
|[[Priel_Aylin|Priel]]||""
|-
|[[Leida]]||"I do not understand this one. And... admittedly, for whatever reason, she cannot seem to understand me."
|-
|[[Rage]]||"Fool bounty hunter who took on a mark for me without researching who I was. Thankfully, she came to her senses when she realized it. I cannot say I felt bad for the shape she was in at the time, but I do hope there is a lesson learned."
|-
|[[Skoll_Ulfang|Skoll]]||"Hati's brother, I do not know much of him."
|-
|[[Luso_Clemens|Luso]]||""
|-
|}

==Adversaries==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Angantyr_Vespar|Angantyr]]||""
|-
|[[Mercade_Alexander|Mercade]]||""
|-
|[[Hades]]||""
|-
|[[Clan Verda]]||"My old clan, the ones whom I betrayed and turned into the Judges for breaking the laws, whom I sided against in combat with the Judges and whom likely now want revenge on me. I have never been happy with how things turned out, though I know I did the right thing. But to know they all hate me so..."
|-
|[[Lia the Gria]]||""
|-
|}

= Misc =

= Gallery =

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[[File:Cloak.png|500px]]
[[File:KHOutfit.png|500px]]
[[File:Summer_Dress.png|500px]]
[[File:Evjaarmor.png|500px]]
[[File:Evjacommish9.png|1000px]]

1-6 Random poses and clothing

7/8 Assassin and Elementalist custom design for Chita

9 and 10 Hades taking his due from the reneging Viera.

= Logs =
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Freya Crescent

2013-10-27T07:31:23Z

Evja:

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Freya
|lastname=Crescent
|middlename=
|image=Freyasprite.png
|age=21
|species=Burmecian
|sex=Female
|height=5'8"
|weight=a lady never tells
|series=Final Fantasy 9
|styles=
|hometown=Burmecia
|group=
|occupation=Dragoon
|alignment=Good
|themesong=
|quote="To be forgotten is worse than death."
|footer=
}}

=Background=

Freya was born in the castle town of Burmecia, in the Burmecian Kingdom--her early years are not entirely detailed, and remain something one would need to consult her about. What is commonly known is she became a member of the Knighthood of the Dragoons there and was in the king's employ. At some point, possibly during her teenaged years, or even sooner, she became familiar with a certain other knight of the dragoons, one Iron tail Fratley. He was a celebrated member of his order, revered by his enemies and beloved by his colleagues and friends. However at some point he took up on a personal journey to gather information and prepare his people for war in years to come, one which he never returned from. Freya, fearing him lost or worse, forsook her duties to set out to find him, becoming persona non grata in her homeland.

=Abilities=

As a dragoon, and an accomplished one, Freya is host to a handful of skills secret to them alone, as well as several spell-like abilities, as well as the ability to leap great heights. This is a skill that might be commonly associated with her kind, who have powerful legs, but hers is due to her dragoon training. Her special abilities run the gamut of spear techniques that can flay an opponents magical energies, to calling upon winds of physical regeneration from patron dragon spirits. Her ingrained martial prowess and physical abilities allow her a limited flight by jumping in battle and casting her spear down like a javelin from the heavens.

=Friends, and others=

*[[Chita]] You're a strange one, you know.

*[[Faruja_Senra]] Nice to meet another Burmecian around, but..

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= Cutscenes =
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Paving the road to hell

2013-10-23T18:49:47Z

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{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/10/15
|Location=Business District-- Lindblum
|Synopsis=Avira and Chita cross paths in Lindblum and discussions are had with the best of intentions. But you know what they say about the road to Hell.
|Cast of Characters=Chita, Avira
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' It'd been a good couple of weeks since Baron, and going towards a week since the incident in Burmecia with Maleficent. With how badly the encounter had gone, with how badly Chita had been injured, he'd only just gotten to where he could stand on his own again. Stand on his own, walk around, general every day activities. Which was what the rather poor-looking excuse for a Viera was doing at the moment. He was still looking quite banged up even with all the healing he had. Bandages here and there, blindfold and bandages over his eyes and a stick next to him that he was using for a walking prop. His Chocobo was tethered nearby at the moment and he was using the opportunity to sit at a little street cafe in the business district, a small cup of tea held in one hand, saucer in the other. He was by himself today, having decided he wanted some air and time alone, which left Aerith to wander elsewhere or not, doing whatever she wished. On the table in front of him was a plate with some various appetizers on it.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Lindblum is a very classy city! Classy enough that Avira will opt to not ride her true mount amongst it. The giant beetle would cause a whole lot of fuss that she didn't want to deal with. Right now Avira's got plenty of fuss going on anyway. Between the Maleficent thing (though that seems to be over for her) and Maira going missing, there's a lot on Avira's mind right now. And things being the way they are, she is far from alone. Incidents with Shadow Lords have made her institute a sort of "buddy system," mostly at Maira's request. With her is a gruff-looking mercenary, not Angantyr today, that had joined up at the Gummi Test Site a few weeks ago. How ironic. If Maira had someone with her, she might still be around right now. Leads were not forthcoming at the moment either and Angantyr was left to extract what he could from the prisoner. For now, she was out and about, trying to get things on the impossible list that Arthur Drover has for synthesis materials. Lindblum was a big place. Maybe they had something. Her attention is divided between the shops around and the paper, but she is not so oblivious that she misses noticing certain things. Certain things like Chita. She stops in the street to stare at him from afar, seeing his state and remembering that he had been at Baron. A thoughtful noise escapes her and she approaches the viera's table, stopping before it and resting one hand on the edge. "Hey." she greets, "How have you been holding up?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' The sound of a nearby voice speaking caused Chita to stop sipping at his tea and perk his ears up a bit more(they were previously slightly flopped over). Were they speaking to him? Someone else? He wasn't sure, but the voice sounded familiar. He took another sip of the tea before setting it down and looking towards the voice, "You sound familiar. Forgive my not being certain... I have never been good with voices only." He thought about it a moment more and asked, "Avira, right? I've been better certainly, but for the moment I am well enough thank you. Sit?"

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "Well, give me a look, you'll probably recognize me then." Between her size, the scars, and the white streak in her hair, Avira was pretty distinctive-looking. For a human. Not exactly in a good way either. By now she's gotten used to being recognized on sight-as opposed to being more or less invisible in her previous life. He gets her name and she nods with a grin. "That's right." she gestures to the man shadowing her. "This is Zander. Sort of my bodyguard for the day." The paper in her hand quickly disappears into a pocket as both she and the man sit at the table. "Baron didn't give you much trouble, did they? I would have stayed but I have had issues with that Kingdom in the past. It's been some time since then but I really didn't want to risk it. So I tried to get you to a good inn before making our exit."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Chita reaches up to gently tap the blindfold around his eyes, which washolding some bandages to his eyes. "I could not do that, in case you did not realize. When... that woman in Baron hit me in the face with her magic, the fire hit my eyes. I appreciate everything the white mages in Baron did for me. Their healing took care of most of my injuries... the rest would heal in time. Except my eyes, it seems. They said it may return in time, but for now, it has not. ... and trying to stop her from taking something from Burmecia several days back, maybe nearing a week now... did not help." Seems he's been busy. She had mentioned someone else nearby and he took a moment to listen before turning towards the sound of the closest person nearby and nodding at them. "Hi." He offered, pointing towards a nearby empty table, "I, ah... think that table is still empty, so if you want to sit too?" The saucer and cup were picked up again as he slowly took a drink. "Have some of the food if you wish." It was just bits of various appetizers, and a bit of gyshal pickle. Stank horribly but tasted good. "And... thank you. I know you probably don't trust me even still, but you could have just left me."

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "I was hoping they could come off." Avira frowns at the bandages, feeling sad to hear just what happened to Chita to necessitate such measures. "I'm glad to hear they were able to take care of you when they could. You were attacked pretty viciously and I..." she trails off. She wants to say that she was responsible for that, for not defeating the witch fast enough, but she reminds herself that Maleficent would have hurt those people whether or not she was there. "I'm very sorry. I hope your eyes heal." "Hello." The man's voice is deep. He's probably very tall and intimidating-looking. A few seconds pass before he drags up a chair to their table. Avira examines the food, but doesn't take anything while the bodyguard takes a gyshal pickle. "The past is the past." Avira shrugs, "Dealing with Hades teaches its own lessons. Besides, just leaving you there bleeding in the streets would have been an awful thing to do. Especially to someone that came to help me that day."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' The waiter, a rather rotund-looking hippo fellow, walks up and Chita softly orders a pot of tea. A refill of his tea was given in the meantime and the waiter stayed around long enough to ask the other two if they wanted anything. "You didn't owe me anything Avira, then or ever. I do not like people to feel they owe me. It is... just how I am. Always have been I suppose." He sighs softly and tilts his head back as if looking up, though really he was just trying to clear his mind. "Playing Hero even still. Never was good at just letting bad things happen. That's why I made the deal with Hades to begin with. I had to do everything possible to try and save Manhattan. ...it's why I turned my old clan in to the Judges when I found out they were attempting to extort the laws. It's why I moved to help you then. It was the right thing to do. That is all." Something caused him to chuckle softly, almost a huff of a snort of a chuckle, that little sound someone makes when something funny or ironic crosses their mind briefly, then he just falls silent. Sniff.. sniff.. "Thank you for eating that wretched pickle. I hate the smell of those things, but did not wish to offend the server, given it is the specialty of this place." Smell must not be lingering anymore.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "Well, I don't feel like I owe you now." Avira points out. Though at that moment in Baron a few weeks ago it was a different story. This does not get brought up. For the rest, though, it seems Avira has nothing to say about that. No admonishments or thank yous. The past was the past and now it simply serves as a reflection of how Chita operated. It's a very helpful thing to know. "Oh don't thank him." Avira scowls, giving her bodyguard a look, "I'm going to have to walk around with him having pickle breath for the rest of the afternoon. Woe is me!" She pauses, "But as a viera, I suspect your sense of smell is a lot more powerful than a hume's so we certainly did do you a favor. Regardless, where do you go from here, out of curiosity?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' The remark about pickle breath causes Chita to laugh softly, nose scrunching up a bit in a wince as he reached to put a hand on his chest. Lingering pain from Maleficent, possibly. "Indeed it is. Incidentally... now that you mention it, I think your shampoo you used recently smells quite nice." As for her question, he wasn't sure himself. It took him a few moments to think up a response, in which time the waiter returned with a pot of tea. Chita thanked him and reached to pour himself some. Another two cups and saucers were brought for Avira and Zander. "As for what is next..." He trailed off once again, completely lost as to how to respond. "I do not truly know. I have a lot on my mind and... how to deal with it eludes me."

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Zander makes a face at Avira, which earns him a small swat from the huntress. The horseplay abruptly ends when the waiter returns, a nod of thanks given to their server for providing the two of them with cups and saucers. About to take a sip of her tea, she stops with the comment about shampoo. "Wow, it's true! I certainly cannot smell it anymore right now. But you..." she grins, then sips, watching Chita as it is now his turn to trail off, a flicker of concern on Avira's face. "Well...if you don't mind me asking, what IS on your mind?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Chita didn't respond immediately, though after nearly half a minute of looking as if he had intended to say something, and not, he finally says, "I cannot speak directly of it in the open. At least, give any proof... but if you had the choice between possibly saving everyone from the heartless at the cost of a few lives... or you could save a few lives for certain and possibly damn us all to the heartless by killing a single person... what would you do?" His hands were shaking a little, unsteady, nervous. The tiny bit of clattering of the cup against the saucer quieted as he sat the pair down onto the table. "Despite my misgivings and past with Mercade... I am not capable of killing anyone, for any reason. Even to save lives. The only reason I was in the situation... was because I was being forced to against my own will by Hades. I..." and then silence. He couldn't quite figure out what to say at that point.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' When posed this question, Avira lowers her cup, then lifts her hands to fold them over her chest. She looks contemplative for a long while as she weighs these options in her mind. But eventually, before Chita can continue, she softly answers: "I'd try to find another way. Those choices are terrible. Chita, is this a choice you've had to make?" As he continues, it then occurs to her that he might be referring to the whole Hades thing to begin with. "And this all still weighs heavily on your mind." Avira concludes. "Why? In the end, nobody was killed, if only because of your holdout."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "Have had to and will have to make again. There is no other way. Arresting the one responsible... will not do anything. Those they are assisting will simply get them free somehow. I have thought about this for months now... been unable to sleep for days over it. If I ever think of a way to avoid any loss of life and still fix this, I would take it without hesitation. And yes... it does. I do not know why, but it bothers me still." Chita falls quiet and leans forward to rest his face upon his hands carefully, upset now that he's brought this up again. "I'm sorry." he said softly into his hands, meant towards Avira, "This is not your problem."

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Another frown, "This is an ongoing situation? Then who are you referring to? Who amongst the Shadow Lords has this dubious honor?" No argument is made concerning whether or not Chita had a voice in the matter. That would be cheating. "Don't apologize. It sounds like something nobody should experience, alone or even with allies. One day this could very well be my problem. Or anyone's problem."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Picking up just the teacup by itself, he took a long drink before sighing and saying, "Yes. Though I do not know for certain they are working with those who control the Heartless. I... I suspect it. But I do not know for sure. If they are... then I do not understand. But, similar... when we set out to rescue a friend of mine named Shiki, I think you may know her, we came across a man whom we thought was working with them. And yet... his goal, so he claimed, was to make sure Shiki obtained a Keyblade. A Keyblade... destroys Heartless. The Heartless destroy worlds. The Shadow Lords... are using Heartless to do just that. Why would they want anyone to have a Keyblade? ... this problem of mine, Avira..." He thought about it a moment before he shook his head, "No... no. My problem is that a Keyblade may become the end product of what is happening. Of what is going on. A Keyblade could save us all. At the time I did not know there could be more than one Keyblade, I only knew of that boys. Yet Shiki has one now. And this could be one too..."

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' As perceptive as viera are, Chita would certainly sense a definitely shift in Avira's demeanor when the subject of Keyblades is breached. Slowly, she lowers her teacup and leans forward, listening intently as the bold rescue of Shiki is described. Eventually, she chimes in, "Was his name Lucas? Was there any mention of wizards and the denial of keyblades? I have a few people I know that describe undergoing trials...seeing things...and being guided by a mysterious man named Lucas. But nowhere along the way were they given the impression that he was working with the Heartless or Shadow Lords." She threads her fingers together, "This man did mention that the wizards-such as Merlin-had been withholding information about keyblades and who knows what else from everyone because they were dreadfully afraid we would misuse it. It's my understanding that this keyblade-giving man is acting in direct defiance of that...?" But as Chita continues to speak, something hits her. "...what...precisely is happening to you?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "The name Lucas sounds familiar." Chita answered quite honestly, without any pause. "I do not recall anything spoken of Wizards or a denial of Keyblades. Only that... if we interrupted Shiki, it would ruin something and she needed to do it herself. She emerged, after we kicked him around, with a keyblade. And he was gone. I had wanted to ask him questions after, but I was unable to and since then... the one time I returned there, I could not reenter the place." He sighed softly at that, and then her question caught him by surprise. "Happening? Nothing, to me at least. That I know of. I have been told that I am... different somehow. That I am not acting the same. That I am rash, easily upset... quick to fight. Perhaps I am. I honestly have not noticed that myself. It is simply what I know will happen if I do not act, but if I do act, I also know what will happen. There is no..." he paused there and made a defeated little sound, "...no option that feels right. As of now I have chosen to try and find a way to bring this to fruition with the least amount of bloodshed possible, none directly by my hands. Tell me, Avira... do you recall hearing of something referred to as the Black Beast? It attacked a city known as Goug some time back, many, many lives were lost."

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "There..." Avira frowns, "'There' being Castle Oblivion." Her voice is grave as she looks Chita in the eye, "Going into that place is a gigantic risk. It can show you things. It can show you horrible, horrible things that you can /never/ unsee." There's a haunted echo in her voice at this and something flickers in those brown eyes of hers. She is undoubtedly speaking from experience. "To be honest, I daresay it's not that you are rash, you just seem to get caught up in asking the wrong people for help. Granted, I know firsthand that it's not easy to know who the /right/ people are. You have this choice before you and you know what /you/ need to do...but have you tried asking other people what they can do for you?" Falling silent again, she resumes sipping her tea. "I remember hearing about this, yes. I wasn't at this event personally but it's been talked a lot in hunter circles. Is that somehow connected?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "Perhaps." a smile came to the Viera's lips as he said that, "But I am already quite haunted... by just this, in fact." He didn't go on further regarding the Castle. Instead, he moved over to remarks of the Black Beast. "I... suppose I trust you well enough, but there are those around you whom I do not trust. Angantyr, for one. I know he is willing to kill with no regard for morals. ...given he has twice tried such with me for little more than words or occupation." Reaching out, Chita poured himself another cup of tea then asked, "If I... If I tell you exactly what is going on, and my thoughts... could you guarantee me, both, that you will not try to kill anyone or do anything without getting me involved?"

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "Yes. I'm /very/ aware of the issues between you and Angantyr." Given that she was actually present for some of their spats. The incident in Narshe comes to mind, in particular. "Let's not make him a part of this conversation." Avira smiles thinly, knowing full well that Angantyr was a difficult personality that didn't get along with several people around her. Frankly, that was his problem to deal with. "...I never have any desire to kill anybody. I've never killed anyone." Avira says softly, "I can promise you both these things."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' A few moments silence as he thought about how to say things, perhaps, then Chiat reached up to rub a palm over one eye sorely. "Thank you for that assurance. The Black Beast... was a monster created by someone. It was created with the purpose of researching, from what I understand, how to create a Keyblade. I was in Goug when the beast attacked. In fact... I was one of the ones who struck the beast down. I coordinated an attack with a Shinra Gunner and together we were able to fell it. Yet after it fell... the body collapsed into darkness, and it condensed into the shape of something that looked similar to that boys Keyblade. Only for a few moments, though, before the shape just... returned to something unlike a keyblade and more like a badly-forged sword of Darkness. I... have that weapon. As I found out not long ago... that weapon is the Black Beast. I took it to ensure it was not released on another town, released so it could become complete. I took it to try and ensure it could be... controlled. Kept from being misused. But I cannot just destroy it as the one responsible would just recreate such likely. Start over. I am..." Another moment mulled on how to word it, then he out and said, "...I am only in this because I did not have the heart to strike them down when I first found out, and to this day I cannot bring myself to do it."

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Avira patiently listens to Chita explain the incident further. She does not comment nor does she really show much of a reaction, be it approval or disapproval of this event and Chita's actions. "I think you did the right thing. Simply killing the one responsible is not the answer. Such research has documentation and to kill the one responsible would only embolden an apprentice or someone else to take it over. Only they might do it even more carefully and in a way that people like you could not stop them." She leans forward and looks pensive. "You are right, though, this effort to make a dark keyblade cannot continue."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "And yet the only way I have thought of to stop it would be to fulfill the research myself... or to destroy them and any record of their research." Letting that sink in a moment, Chita says, "Forgive me, I need to stand and move a moment. I am still quite pained from that witch." And with that he slowly goes to stand and uses the nearby stick, once taken, to carefully walk towards his Chocobo. Left alone, he would be doing just that - taking a minute or two to slowly and carefully walk around, one hand on his Chocobo's saddle, before coming back to sit.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "Take your time." Avira offers politely, watching the viera excuse himself to examine his chocobo. In the meantime, Avira thinks, occasionally sharing a word or two with her bodyguard. Zander really hasn't offered much in the conversation. In fact, it's hard to say if he's been paying attention at all. Sometime during the talk he had pulled out a copy of Clan Weekly to browse. When he's returned and sat himself down, only then does Avira offer up a suggestion, "Maybe you could sabatoge the research. Have it fail in such a way that this person would no longer believe forging a keyblade of darkness to be possible?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' As he sits down and reaches carefully with both hands to cup the cup in his hands, Chita takes a sip before giving a happy little sigh. "Pardon my addiction to this drink. I have found very little to relax with in the past month or two and... it is a nice change of pace to just be able to enjoy tea. As for what you suggest... if a way could be found, I would certainly not be opposed to doing whatever I could. Did you have any thoughts?"

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "It's the little things." Avira remarks, reaching for the teapot so she can refill her own cup. "Well. Then you must find a way. A good start would be to find out as much about how the experimenter's methods work. That could provide opportunities to introduce flaws. Or if there was someway to slowly weaken this dark keyblade and make it look like it cannot be sustained for meaningful amounts of time. This does mean you also may need to get closer to this..experimenter. If you can stomach such a task."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "Of course... I have tried such already." Sip. "To what degree I was successful... the beast, the weapon, was created to destroy and consume hearts. Something of an artificial heartless from what I imagine. It uses them for power, or so I believe, and it did not have enough because I and the others ended it prematurely. Yet it could come back. ... will, likely. Something I have thought of..." Chita took a deep breath and sighed it out before 'looking' towards his right hand, the left holding his cup. "I heard the screams and cries of those who died that day. More than anyone else. When I touched the weapon... they flooded my mind. Hundreds... of men, women and children, their last thoughts... fears, regrets. Hearts in terror. I do not know for certain, but I assume those hearts were not strong enough. Were simply consumed into it like the rest. What if a strong enough heart was consumed? What if it were given access to a heart that was capable of feeding it? Of giving it power... of not being consumed. " That was the question. One may even assume he meant himself as said 'offering a heart', but he'd also claimed he didn't have the heart, possibly considered himself weak of heart. "And I have found myself a bit closer than I intended to said party. My own loneliness mixed with curiosity has led to... an interesting association, to say the least." He didn't elaborate on that.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "That's just /wrong/!" Avira blurts out without warning, suddenly losing her cool. "Hearts shouldn't be held captive like that! That weapon /really/ needs to be unravelled at some point. It sounds like a strong enough heart would either make it /worse/ or tear it apart. This abomination doesn't need to be fed any more than it has already." As if exhausted, she leans back in her seat, rubbing her head. "Look hard enough and you might find someone of strong heart willing to try and break it." She notably doesn't suggest herself, though. She didn't think her heart had the strength since Manhattan was restored.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' The strong shout caused Chita to wince, cup clattering as he sat it down and reached up to cover his ears. When she calmed down, he moved his hands and relaxed again to listen. "I do not know for certain, that is just my assumptions. I am... well aware of the morality of things Avira. Please understand that. There is no reason to be anything but calm." Though now he had to think about such. Could he turn it over to someone else? How could they possibly offer their own heart? Could he even do such? "Another thought I had... was offering it a heart capable of controlling the dark. Letting it try to consume a heart capable of breaking it with will alone. Not long ago, the one who created the weapon... extended to me the bait of learning control over darkness, as I understood it. I... I admit I have been tempted recently. Not to use or abuse the heartless, but to learn it so I can better combat it. I am weak Avira. Ever since Hades cursed me... ripped a part of my heart or soul or something out... I have been so very weak."

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "You said you feel them, right? If it's true, then we really must find a way to destroy that weapon." Avira points out, still pretty worked up over this issue. Eventually, she does shake her head. "I wouldn't seek a heart capable of controlling the dark...mostly fofr the reason you mentioned. The temptation would be strong, very strong, to simply take the weapon and use it themselves. No, we need someone with strong willpower. More importantly, though.." She looks upon Chita with...pity? Yes, it's pity alright. "If you are weak then I would definitely not go around messing with darkness. It's too easy to get...lost in it." Speaking from experience, maybe? Avira doesn't really seem to into elaborating on this position.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "Here is the thing... I don't know if I can. And, again... if we do, then it's entirely possible that they would simply start over again. More lives would be lost." The tea drained, he sets the cup and pot aside before stretching and facing up at the sky thoughtfully. "And I know that. Trust me... I know all too well. But I have to Avira. I have to prove it to myself. If I do not, I will never be able to be confident in anything. Thank you, though, for the concern." He took it as concern. Could be. "Besides..." he didn't quite finish that thought as he lost himself in his own thoughts.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "Either of those things aren't exactly the most compelling of reasons to not to try." Avira points out. "Hope for the best, plan for the worst. So if you do succeed in destroying the weapon, you know the methods used for its creation. This time, you or other people could take steps to stop this person before a second Black Beast is unleashed." Zander nudges Avira and whispers something to her. Chita's acute hearing would pick up something being passed about sundown. "Just...be careful. Don't let the darkness take you in its thrall." Again. Avira shifts and stands up, her bodyguard following. "Sorry Chita, but I need to get moving. I came out here to run some errands for Arthur."

Heart to Heart Talk

2013-10-12T16:20:03Z

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{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/10/11
|Location=Lindblum - Inn
|Synopsis=Sometime after the encounter with Maleficent in Burmecia, Aerith attempts to keep Chita from falling too far into the darkness.
|Cast of Characters=Aerith, Chita
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:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Was this... someone's heart? Was this how it felt to be connected with someone, and if so, was the only way to do it in the halls of Darkness? She'd tried something foolish, she knew. But Chita ran away far too often, especially from her. Perhaps it was time to stop that. But now she was here, in the depths of his very being, and she was shocked it'd actually worked. All it took was a brief effort of her will, and she was linked. Aerith shook her head. Enough of that. She'd have time to consider it later. Right now, she had to bring him back, and that meant getting to the root of the evil that plagued him. And so for her first time, she dived...

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' As Aerith descended into Chita's heart, she might be welcome to something quite strange. Where one might think a heart was whole, warm, bright - in the case of someone who was well-intentioned... something was off about the Viera's. Everything was dark, pitch black. Darkness seemed to cling and linger over everything. Blot out everything. It clung and stuck like tar to the creases and crevices. There was a platform right in the middle of everything, odd colors peeking out of the blackness that was covering it. Almost like stained glass being covered by a curtain. Yet, the platform seemed broken... cracked, vertically and down the center, part of it simply missing. Half of it was left there, atop the platform was the shape of a Viera. Chita. Yet he wasn't moving, wasn't speaking, wasn't doing anything other than staring off into nothing towards a bit of light - where Aerith had come in from. It was as if he was feeling drawing towards it, but something was keeping him there. Something keeping him chained. Guilt. Sadness. Fear. Darkness.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' There he was. But what was that he was on top of? What was that thing that looked like stained glass, broken and unfinished? And why did she feel so sad when she looked at everything wrong here? Aerith lighted on the platform, some of the blackness clinging to her shoe as she stepped in it. Moments later it retreated from the light of her Spirit Staff, and she lifted it just a few inches off the ground, acting as if it were a torch. Indeed, the darkness retreated as if afraid... But closed right back behind her when she'd passed. She looked behind her, a frown marring her soft features. "I know what this is." She looked toward the Viera as she approached. "You won't let go, will you?" She looked down at the stained glass floor. "Your heart is broken. That's what this is. It's broken, and no one's been here to take care of it." She closed the distance with Chita... and simply sat next to him. Silence reigned as she sat there, sharing in his misery and sadness. Then she took in a breath and began to speak. "It's pretty all the way up there, isn't it? Just like a star."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' That he had fought so long, lasted so long, in this condition - it goes to show just how hard he tried to succeed. How hard he pushed himself not to fail. Not to fall. He had told her before what Hades had done to him, had said he wasn't sure exactly what happened but something had happened. Perhaps it was this. Just this. The darkness was clinging to him as well the closer she got, it was more obvious anyways, almost like it was gluing him down. Chains of darkness wrapped around his arms and shoulders, holding him down. At first, he didn't respond. Echoes in the darkness could be heard. Pained sounds, fearful sounds, regrets, worries... begging. Memories, perhaps, combined with the haunting of that weapon that had vanished. The cries of those that had fallen to the Back Beast. They had always haunted him, weak-hearted as he was, unable to push them aside fully. She was the first, truly, to know what was plaguing him. The cries of men, women... children... all terrified, begging anything and everything to save them. Something he'd failed to do. "I'm sorry..." he mumbled softly to no one, truly, gaze still at the light, not even at the girl that was sitting next to him.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Aerith glanced at him for a moment. It was then that she noticed the chains that held him in place, unable to move. Maleficent had defeated him soundly, but there was something else here... some reason why the glass image was missing. What could possibly have... Her eyes widened. He'd told her something about someone taking something from him as payment, some kind of contract. It was something that left him... like this. He'd taken a piece of the Viera's heart. Her eyes narrowed. "What was his name again? Hades?" She nodded. "Yes, that was it." Her jaw tightened. "Fine. Now I know who to talk to." She glanced around at the darkness. "But first, it's time to do something about this." She stood and cleared her throat. "Spirits, hear me. I open myself to you." She closed her eyes and spread her arms, motes of green light rising even from the pitch darkness. This, she knew. This, she was good at. "Commune with me. Reveal to me what plagues this tortured soul. I am your instrument... play me as you will."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' The light surrounding her finally caused the depressed-looking Viera to raise his head and look quietly towards her. His eyes wandered her body briefly, looking at her from feet and slowly up before he seemed to lose focus and stare off at nothing in her direction. As she continued, everything began to change, began to look different... it changed, into Goug. Into a first-person view, from his eyes, as he fought the rampaging Black Beast. It was a rough fight, but he, combined with an attack from Montag, managed to slay it. The beast fell, and suddenly everything changed. Streaks of red and black came from the fallen form as it congealed into a blob of darkness and shot out over Goug, slowly pulling the hearts of those it connected with back towards it. The congealed form changed, compacted, tightened... into the form of a keyblade. A keyblade of darkness. or at least, what looked like one, briefly. Chita slowly walked towards it and as he got closer, it may be obvious that it was the weapon that he had previously that appeared in his hand. His hand reached out to grab it and darkness flooded everything once again. The world was gone. Goug was gone. The pain of the thousands of people that died that day, combined with the last thoughts before they died, flooded him all at once. Screams, begging, cries of fear and pain. Regrets. Hopes. Anguish. The scene changed briefly. The Shinra building. He was standing inside a room there, looking towards a female Shinra scientist. Rhiannon, if she knew her, a spear pointed at her throat. His whole body was shaking, his hand shaking, like he was trying to kill her but couldn't bring himself to do it. The look on her face was victory, as if she knew he didn't have it in him. The guilt that plagued him at that moment was probably quite obvious now too, the feeling of despair, of being unable to carry through with destroying the one responsible.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' No. She'd met that woman before, met her in Seventh Heaven. She'd just walked in and inquired about something she had no idea about. But to think... to think that she was responsible for THAT? The destruction of an entire world? Her eyes narrowed. There was no way the scientist had that kind of power. She'd gotten information, sure. But it wasn't enough. She cleared her throat, blinked the tears from her eyes. The despair and anguish, for a brief moment, flooded her as well. "C-could you..." She took in a breath. "Could you show me more?" She had to know one last thing. If she could only reach that far, then this would make sense. She would know how to stop this... and perhaps stop something else.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' That anguish of a thousand hearts was enough to drive a weaker person mad. It might have actually done that to him. Yet, he seemed to still be here, still seem to be reasonable. At least as much as one was in this state of mind. Brief flashes of anger, of fear, came to existence. Unimportant things that were flashing here and there into sight in his heart. The scene changed again to the Underworld. Hades was standing in front of him, badgering him about the contract. Chita's voice could be heard telling him 'No, I will not kill Mercade'. Eventually Hades stepped in and seemingly ripped something straight out of Chita, from his chest, and flicked it out the window into Styx, only to punt his form away as the world seemed to break around him. Then nothing. For a bit, there was nothing. It was as if he had started to fall away again, then more memories returned. Once again Chita confronting Rhiannon in her lab in the Shinra HQ. Banter and what seemed to be flirting was going back and forth, witty remarks followed by witty remarks, trying to verbally one up each other. Conversing about the weapon, about a sample of his blood, about Viera, and then... Hopefully she wasn't too embarrassed as things transitioned because it seemed there may have been a brief night of passions followed by him feeling guilty about having let himself sink to such. A constant loneliness was plaguing him, though. Of feeling empty, needing to cling onto others to try and make himself feel full - feel alive. His fascination with Rhiannon, that no matter how much she disgusts him for her lack of morals, her actions... she still fascinated him. Enough that he had succumbed to such base things.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' So that was the guilt. On top of his defeat, and the confirmation that Hades had indeed taken half of his heart, it was that one act that caused him to sink even lower. Aerith simply observed, her features placid and serene. It was like watching a movie, only it actually happened. She closed her eyes after a while and turned toward Chita. "Spirits, speak now. I ask one question, and one only... will you have mercy on this broken heart? Will you forgive?" She knew the answer, but he had to know first-hand.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "How... am I supposed to forgive myself?" he finally asks, speaking, something other than apologizing. Chita turns to look towards her, the darkness creeping up on him a little more, one arm making the chains clink a bit as he tried to move it to reach out towards Aerith. "How... do I stop being a coward? How can I... how..." he trailed off before finally saying, "If I turn her over to others, they will kill her. If I do nothing, more will die... if I destroy the weapon, she will start over. If I aid her... less will die, but they will still die... and maybe, just maybe, a keyblade may be created. A Keyblade... to save us all. How am I supposed to choose between saving a few and maybe damning us all... or damning a few and maybe saving us all?"

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Aerith grimaced. She had a feeling she knew who this woman was. But she had to know, to be sure. "What is this woman's name." It wasn't a question, more of an affirmation. "I'll answer you after you say it."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Chita started to speak, then stopped, looking away. He couldn't say it. He couldn't trust Aerith not to hurt her, or to have someone else hurt her. To kill her... to kill another. He couldn't do it, even to save himself.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Aerith sighed. She knew where this was going, so she shook her head. "I need to know so that I can solve this." A smile, then. "I promise not to hurt anyone that doesn't deserve it. What is her name, Chita?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "No." His will on this seemed resolute. Ironstead. "I will not tell anyone. I will not put another in danger like that. ... I could not live with myself if something I did lead to another being killed. I will not take that chance." then the words he had started with so long ago, "I'm sorry." He wasn't asking for forgiveness, he was apologizing.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Aerith sighed and gave a nod. "That's okay. I bet I can tell who it is already. You don't even have to say it." Rhiannon had told him something, promised him something. Made some sort of deal, perhaps. Something about a keyblade that could solve his issues. Aerith cleared her throat. "I asked you before what your truth was. You asked me what that meant, and now I think I have an answer for you. Your truth is this: That you won't let anyone in need go without aid." She smiled. "You won't stop in your quest for justice. You've faced this," she said as she gestured around her, "For so long, and it's courage itself to do it." Aerith placed a hand on one of his chains, removing it from the shoulder it rested upon with a gentle touch. "But it's even stronger to move past it... to let go of it. These chains on you? No one put them there but you. It's time to take them off now, and I'll help you." She let the chain drop to the floor with a rattle, then raised her staff and channeled her energies into it again. The light from the weapon flared as she focused her will, pushing the darkness back. "Go ahead, take them off!"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Chita stared silently at Aerith as she spoke, as she made her claims. Was that true? Did it make sense? He became so lost in his own thoughts that he didn't even notice the chain over his right arm dropping down and vanishing into the darkness. A bit of the darkness vanished next to him, a bit of light starting to shine through from the broken pillar, a pane of what seemed to be glass visible, an eye, shut. "Why... are you doing this for me?" he asked finally, softly, looking towards her. The confusion may be obvious on his face. "Everyone hates me when all I have ever done is attempt to protect everyone. Everything I've ever done has been my best attempt to do the right thing. Why... don't you wish me dead and gone too?" Even though he hadn't noticed the one chain was gone, Chita reached across himself with his hand to try and take one of Aeriths, trying to hold onto it. Clinging, perhaps, trying to greedily find his own comfort in another actually wanting to be around him.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Greedy, perhaps. But everyone needed to be accepted, to feel loved, to have that sense of greatness. They needed to feel important. Aerith grabbed onto his hand. "Because it's who I am. It's what I do. I can't help but be this way. Whenever I see someone hurting like this, I want to fix it. I might not know how to help everyone, but this?" She smiled. "This is how I can help you. And I think I can use it again if I try hard enough." She tilted her head to the right. "Smile for me?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' The silence remained until she broke it, and when she took his hand and spoke, he listened to what she had to say. She could probably feel him shiver faintly by the hand she had held, the darkness slowly pulling away from him before he slowly stood and looked down at her quietly, thoughtfully. "...thank you. Though..." he actually looked a bit embarrassed, not smiling at her so much as looking away, "Keep it up and you might find yourself with a new admirer. I admit I have a weakness for altruistic females." A joke at his own expense, the darkness on the platform receding slowly. More of his heart began to let the light back in, though in the end... it was still only a fragment. There was still only so much left, even as he stood there, the one hand still in hers until she let such go.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Only so much left... but it was enough. She'd saved what was left. How to get the rest of it back was a whole different bottle of wax, but she would find a way. This Hades was bad news, and she had a feeling it was not the last she'd hear of him. For now however, she raised her staff high, spreading the light throughout the hall, scattering it across the dais upon which they stood. The radiance from her staff touched every wall, every inch of the stone and glass, and the darkness vanished from it, revealing what lay underneath. It wasn't perfect. A big piece of it had been stolen from him and he needed it back... but it was there, and clean. Aerith lowered her weapon and turned toward Chita. "Come on. Let's get you out of here."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' An offer to leave... it was tempting. When she turned towards him, she might be surprised as he steps close and attempts to pull her into a hug. As strong as he was, it was quite gentle truly. "Thank you... for putting up with me. I am pretty sure you put yourself in danger and... if you ever need me, ever need my help... please." His hands dropped from around her to his sides, though one attempted to take her left hand, his right, and bring it up to kiss the back of it. "I owe you everything."

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Aerith giggled. "Be careful. A girl could get used to the chivalrous treatment." She glanced toward the opening she'd created. "I want you to accept yourself from now on. Warts and all. Now that we're here, you need to stay here. We'll do something about the rest of your heart, but if you want to keep what remains of it intact..." She looked at him again. "You have to love yourself."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' He finally smiled, bringing the hand up again to playfully kiss at the back of it, with another kiss against the back of her fingers before letting go of it. "I could do such all day, I enjoy pampering good-hearted people. I am not sure I can, however... accept myself. I have never been comfortable in my own body since I was young. Since I was young I was treated different because I was male... expected to act different for being male. With Hades curse forcing me to openly be male... I have barely been able to look in a mirror without feeling exposed, like I should hide myself away. You ask a lot, Aerith. More than you realize. Not everyone is born perfect like you." It may be obvious he is simply teasing her at this point, despite the honesty in what he'd said, his own problems with himself being quite simple, but still rearing itself constantly.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Aerith gave him a genuine laugh at that. "Are you kidding? I'm the farthest thing from perfect there is!" The laugh died down to a chuckle. "Just coming in here was dangerous enough, I could have broken something else. But once I got in and saw how bad it was, well I couldn't just sit there. This place really needed a good cleaning, and it shows." She looked toward the light again. "So don't get too comfortable with me. You might find something you don't quite like." She tightened her grip on his hand. "Time to go home." Aerith pushed off of the dais with her heels, floating upward toward the exit she'd made. As they got closer, the light seemed far larger and brighter than it was from where they'd been sitting, and soon enough, they found themselves right in the middle of it. Before everything faded, Aerith gave Chita another smile. "If it's any consolation... you're handsome, Chita. Never hide this ever again."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Chita laughs softly at that himself and goes along with her, though at the last thing she says, he nods. "Thank you again." And let himself be consumed by the light. A part of him briefly thought that perhaps he was simply passing over to the afterlife. Hell, he didn't realize this was his own heart. As far as he knew, Maleficent had fully done him in and all. Back in the real world... Chita was laying in a bed, bandaged and beaten and looking quite bad. But... he would live, but it'd probably be quite some time before he was conscious again, or knew what was going on.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Aerith however would not only be fully intact, but would perhaps be awake within the next few hours, almost as if she'd experienced a lucid dream of sorts. But even she realized that what she'd done was real, and a part of her mind knew that what she'd seen, she could never un-see. No, she would remember. She HAD to remember, because she might have to do this again with someone else...

The Rat Rings A Bell

2013-10-12T16:19:25Z

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|Date of Scene=2013/10/11
|Location=Burmecia
|Synopsis=Maleficent follows up on rumors of a divining bell located within the ruins of Burmecia. Some of those who are there for various reasons take offense to this. A long lost relic of Burmecia is returned, and Freya departs with it in search of something lost.
|Cast of Characters=Faruja Senra, Katyna, Deelel, Vespa, Aerith, Maleficent, Chita, Helena Celba, Freya Crescent
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:'''[[Maleficent]] has posed:''' The rainy city of Burmecia. Home to the Burmecian warriors and an enemy of Alexandria. Then again, who isn't, these days? Maleficent has been scouring the continent of ruin, often provoking whispers, but not engaging in any active combat unless challenged. Unwise brigands and slavering monsters are beneath her notice. She's fought alongside a warrior periodically, but he has vanished to later return. The Shadow Lords have grown more active in recent days, and their many goals all trend toward a theme of searching and finding. Any instrument of scrying has fallen to Maleficent to be captured. So much so that an attempt on the water crystal was prefaced some time ago by a testing voyage to Baron. In the rains of Burmecia, she moves - a faint halo of green light keeping the water off her pale green flesh. Her staff flashes, and a hole bores itself neatly through a nearby building. A warrior who charges the sorceress falls to his knees unconscious from sheer magical pressure before he can even launch a blow. Her eyes scour the rooms. Anything as obviously magical as a divning artifact would surely be obvious. "It is not here... perhaps I should recruit some assistance." A wave of her hand, and her voice is magically magnified. A sound like a whisper from over the shoulder of every living individual in the city. "I seek a bell. A small thing - a magical source of finding. A diviner's tool. Old but pristine. Bring it to me, and you shall be rewarded." The smile on her features is thin and cold. The gates to the inner city sweep open at her approach. Darkness enters the holy city.

:'''[[Freya Crescent]] has posed:''' Hearing that there was some trouble heading toward her native land, Freya Crescent deigned return there despite the fact she was something of a persona non grata, though she did not often speak of such. Hearing the voice, she immediatley knew what was wrong--though she jus hoped she could rush there in time to try and stop it. While she normally was the type to try and scale buildings in leaps and bounds, she took care with the ancient architecture of Burmecia, both from respect and the understanding the usually smooth and delicate craftsmanship became quite slick in all that rain. It was much easier to climb buildings made by other folk.

:'''[[Vespa]] has posed:''' "I wish I had brought my raincoat.", Vespa says using her massive axe as a makeshift umbrella as the rain come down. "No you won't rush Al. I don't think you will. I'll give you a good cleaing later okay?", the axe maid sighed to herself. She had better thing to worry about that getting wet. She had heard something was going down her in Burecica and she had been pretty lax lately so she was her to see what's going on.. Someone was here...

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Wandering. Aerith was rather good at that, and frankly her travels had brought her somewhere she never thought she'd be. The whispers on the wind however informed her that something was going on here, and it was not pleasant at all. Perhaps that was the reason for the rain; the heavens were crying about something, though she could not ask what. The whisper unsettled her, it was not that of the Planet or her ancestors. Still she made her way through the city at a leisurely pace, not minding how the rain soaked her hair or the denim jacket on her shoulders. Others entered, moving toward the same general direction, yet she kept silent for now. Identities would be revealed in good time and stories shared, but for now she kept her senses open and her eyes forward, all while maintaining a casual air. All things in due time...

:'''[[Helena Celba]] has posed:''' A figure moves from the shadows of the ruined city. "A reward you say?" Her voice is sweet, but sweet in a way Maleficent knows to be poison. The woman, seems to not be touched by the rain, for similar reasons. A spell is easy to make to protect oneself from the rain, Though her outfit screams more martial artist than mage. However, the spells on her speak for themselves, as she walks gracefully towards the witch without fear of retribution. "There are many bells, it would depend on what kind of bell you seek...as well as the reward itself. What is it you wish to offer? If it is wealth, I am in no need for wealth..." He pauses, and a smile, "Now, secrets of magic...I am always willing to learn a new spell or two."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Before the assault had happened, at least as far as a single figure seemed to be assaulting the city and those that are attempting to defend it, Chita was wandering through the streets careful with one hand on his Chocobos harness near him. The Viera had bandages over his eyes and a blindfold wrapped around to hold them in place, otherwise wearing a simple enough robe to try and keep dry. At least as dry as one could hope to stay in this place. Which wasn't very, but more for the sake of attempt. Yet there were shouts, an explosion, and then that whisper - a familiar sound. A familiar voice. It sounded like that woman who had been in Baron not long back. The one whose magic had hurt him so badly, enough to damage his eyes. Hopefully Freya didn't do something rash to try and defend this place, he didn't want her hurt. "Please be safe Freya." he said softly before shifting his weight and pulling himself atop the Chocobo, "Find the source of the voice and hurry, Senra." That was the Chocobos name, even if he disliked the one he named the Chocobo after at the moment. And off the Chocobo went, hopping atop a few walls and ledges to get high enough as it looked around and tried to find the source of the problem.

:'''[[Maleficent]] has posed:''' The witch laughs at Helena's approach, but it is not a particularly dangerous laugh. "If you are one apt to know any secret I might teach, you would know the bell in question by the sight and the touch. Legends do say it is likely to be found here." She waves her staff - a nearby wall vitrifies into glass and shatters. Peering inside, the Sorceress frowns. "Of course, I did not expect it to be obvious or easy. But it shall be worth the search." Her smile returns, cold and thin. She does not lash out at the newcomer - perhaps she might offer some conversation and entertainment during the search. "And certainly, were you to find it and bring it to me I would do my best to meet any request - be it for wealth, protection - or secrets." At the last word, a plume of flame echoes from Maleficent's mouth and goes whisking off along the ground - into the distance. Searching for something. Maleficent is not hard to find. She is probably easier for the Viera to find, magically sensitive as Chita seems to be, with his eyes closed. She is a pillar of dark flame - the reason she stays out of the world much of the time is because the world outside the dark confines of Hollow Bastion is constantly trying to reject her and force her out. Nowhere near as bad as the opposition the laws of physics try to put up to Garland's presence for example, but still unpleasant. Still, the other Shadow Lords are doing their parts and she will not slack. As much as she is easy to sense, the Dark Fairy gets a sense likewise - that she is being watched by hostile eyes. Considering a fight this soon after her recent expenditure of force to be undesirable - the sorceress raises one hand over her head. A black bird, plumage shining like night, emerges from a ripple in reality which formed behind her. Diablo alights on her staff, and is petted for his trouble as he preens. But he is not the only one to emerge from the dark corridor. A blonde warrior in a leather hat, feather facing backward - ratlike Burmecian face and long tail offsetting his features. He emerges and looks about with surprise and wonder. He spies Burmecian refugees cowering in the distance. At once, he levels his long lance toward Helena, but a wave from Maleficent quiets that motion. "Do you see, Lancer? I have taken you to a place where you might find answers, as I promised. And you were so reluctant to come with me when I found you wandering." The man was a fine combatant, and a knightly, polite one at that. He could be pleasantly officious, but objected to SOME of Maleficent's behavior. So she had kept him at her castle until they arrived. Now he looks around, frozen in wonder at perhaps familiar architecture, ready to defend her as he had promised. The Sorceress walks on, bodyguard in tow, not objecting to the fellow magic user's presence, or turning her fel power upon the following figures as they float in the game general direction. Burmecia's heights loom ahead, including the temple and the huge belltower that conceals a passage into the high mountains.

:'''[[Helena Celba]] has posed:''' Helena easily keeps her head, as Maleficent calls her skills into question, or when the spear is pointed at her. She runs a hand along her side, winking at the Rat who is called off. "Hmmm...I could know, I could not know. My lands are not from here, but the theory into which you speak is a universal concept that I have witnessed in many worlds like this.." She speaks, relaying a bit more intelligence than she might seem to have. Appearanaces can be decieving. She moves with the witch, paying the rat no more mind, "And here I thought any magical artifacts would have been taken when the city fell, perhaps the lady of Alexandria is as careless as they say...or perhaps her minion, the fancy one with his poetry missed it? An interesting oversight." Or an intended one...but why is this lady here now...hmmm...curious. However, Helena pushes her small framed glasses back, and pulls out what looks like to be a PDA, her fingers carefully look through it, before her glasses seem to shine a bit, she releases a spell of sight, refining her searches to magical items. Filtering by great to lesser than great. The PDA is placed away, back into her... Funbags of holding. Yes, she takes and removes it from her cleavage, which should no right contain such things.

:'''[[Freya Crescent]] has posed:''' It had been years since she last spied him, so when Freya turned the corner to be confronted with not only SIR Fratley, the Iron Tail, she is definitely perplexed. She stopped in her hurried pursuit almost completely, then totally--her feet completely still and her hands down at her side, holding her spear in her left as always. She stared at him for a long moment--before a white furred hand went out as if to reach after him. "F-Fratley, it's you?" nails clicked softly against cobble stones as she took a few steps forward, like a sleep walker--even not heeding the subtly baleful presence of Maleficent. "You have returned to us!" she sounded astonished, and she was. It had been at least 3 years since she had seen him last, and she'd been banished for deserting her order to look for him.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel has recovered quickly from her injuries over the last week then again her kind could recover quickly so long as an injury wasn't fatal and someone with the proper skill could look over the damage. Deelel was lucky to have such connections so here she was. She wasn't suited up as she normally was, no she had a cloak on solid black face plate, and her circuit line were not giving off as much light as she was normal. She'd been coming, she'd heard the voice that was enough to spur her on alone to follow. She'd caught sight of someone else she thinks think she know sand now she's making up the wall to get a chance to survey things better now. The basic does not like this the Shadow Lords had had something light a fire under them to the point their leader was in the field far more often then expected. Just what was going on here?

:'''[[Vespa]] has posed:''' "What the heck is going on here?', The maid says stepping out of the darkness spotting the the scene unfolding. . She hms looking up at the dark fairy and her bodyguard standing in front of her. Seems like the lady in the trencoat knows the bodyguard.. She grabs her massive axe holding it in a defenive postion. It start to lightly varibarte in her hands. "Al? What's wrong?? Don't tell me your scared of her?", she looks back at the dary fairy a bit of worry coming across her face..

:'''[[Katyna]] has posed:''' Katyna had been wandering the world, searching for an old friend with what little clues she could gather. Eventually, her searches took her to the ancient misty city of Burmecia, a place rich with culture and history, and yet tinged with a certain amount of sadness. Kat doesn't know much of its history however, but when she sees a mysterious woman with a black bird - a sorceress-like woman, it piques her curiosity. During her days as a Shadow Lord, Katyna had never spoken directly to Maleficent, but she had once heard her voice, hidden within the shadows, underneath Manhattan. For now, she approaches the small group, noting only a small number of familiar figures. However, most of her attention is focused upon Maleficient, catching something about..A bell? "Heh, all this trouble for a little bell? What does this bell do anyway?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' The fast movement of a Chocobo wasn't something Chita was in the least unfamiliar with. He'd ridden atop this particular red chocobo for some time now, since raising him from a chick after all. So when the Chocobo jumped down to ground level and stopped, turning to face something, the tall Viera sat perfectly still atop it a moment, ears perked, listening, trying to get some idea of what was going on. People were speaking. A voice that sounded familiar, a voice that didn't, Freya... speaking to someone she knew, sounding as if she was elated. That shiver that ran down his spine was the same as the while back in Baron where his injuries had come from. This woman was the source. Chita slipped off from his Chocobo and a spear appeared in his right hand, walking carefully forward while using the butt of the spear to push along the ground in front of him - checking for any possible rubble in his way. "You do not belong here. Leave." It may be obvious he was speaking to Maleficent. It was also probably obvious to anyone there he had no way of seeing anything or likely defending himself or others... or fighting efficiently for that matter. Kind of hard to do when bandages are over ones eyes and you are blindfolded. The spear was for show, and emergencies.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Fratley. Whoever this voice belonged to knew this person, shocked as she was. Aerith stopped just before the corner to merely observe the conversation that would take place. Ah, there it was. The oppressive presence that weighed on her shoulders and whispered in her ear not but moments ago. A heavy, dark aura that wanted to eat everything around it, including her. Whoever this was, they were strong, and it was the kind of strength that did not care what it trampled underfoot, so long as it had what it wanted. But nothing was going on yet, so she closed her eyes and tuned her senses even further, content to merely listen until it was time to act. When things happened, she would move, and the evidence showed as the gemstones within the silver bangles beneath the sleeves of her jacket came to life. Though their glow was hidden from the world, she could feel her materia whisper to her, a far more comforting sound than the other one from before. And so she waited, and listened.

:'''[[Maleficent]] has posed:''' "It does not seem to be there, I have trekked over the continent looking for it. There is every possibility THEY would not recognize such a thing, or that its hiding place is more obvious to me than to others. My offer was directed at those who might already know its location, so if you do not, that is alright." When Helena mentions the minion with the fancy poetry, she smirks - remembering Kuja and his flamboyance, the Dark Fairy would not exactly hold him up as the paragon of efficiency. "If it is not here, that is also worth knowing." The sorceress, unphased by Helena's presence, raises her staff high overhead. A faint green light shines forth from it -straight upward. This then splits into two beams, both of which fall in the upper echelons of the city. "There is something magical higher up. Something alive, and something not." Her eyes glow with that same eerie light, and she speaks as though reading. The Iron Tail sees what appears to be an enemy. She is approaching as if in a daze, gripped in heat stroke or delirious with hunger. His weapon does not waver - pointing directly for Freya as his legs tense. He does not respond to his name, and only Maleficent's pale hand on his shoulder stops the leap. He untenses, taking his bodyguarding somewhat seriously in this unfamiliar place. But some part of the warrior is keen to speak to this woman, to anyone who looks like him. "Speak, friend or foe?" he asks, somewhat formally, weapon still at the ready. When Katyna and others approach, the weapons sweeps, ensuring enough clear space for the Dragoon's unique combat style. Maleficent sees the blinded figure of Chita approach, and her smile remains throughout. Maleficent responds to Katyna's presence with a quirked brow, and an explanation: "Useless on its own, useful for finding more useful things - if one knows its use." More interesting to the sorceress is Freya's interest in her new bodyguard. "Step closer, my dear. You know this man?" She gestures obliquely to Fratley, allowing her own protective field to drop so it would be more comfortable for people to approach. But she beckons the entourage of onlookers after her, as she begins making toward the temple at the height of the city, with Fratley watching her back.

:'''[[Helena Celba]] has posed:''' "Hmmm...Impressive.." Helena says at her control over the fundlmental forces of magic, as if they were mere toys for her...her reach was also much greater...or perhaps she already knew where to look. Still, Helena is intrested in where this is going, what the witch has planned...and of course, what just exactly is going on here. She places a hand on her hip as she continues to make a good impression on the Leader of the Shadow Lords. "My sight does not reach that far, it seems my divergance in physical arts limits others...or perhaps you are simply that much more experienced than I?" she says, shrugging, "Alas, it always seems to be the case these days. It is not easy to admit one's own lack of experience." She continues, though seemingly not really bothered by it at all. Still her eyes come upon those gathered, "Hmmm...oh a Rabbit, another rat, a clueless flower girl..." "A program, and a maid. Sounds like the begining of a crude joke, if I ever saw one." she taps the side of her head to cycle her thin framed glasses again. "So are you saying the creature ahead is undead?" If that's the case, Helena reaches out...if it's undead, she'll find it. She makes up for lack of experience in specialization.

:'''[[Katyna]] has posed:''' Katyna smirks, but pauses a few steps away from the dark fairy and her body guard. "Heh, surprised you dont remember me.." She doesn't elaborate further than that - for now..But of course, Kat's exposure to Maleficent back then was somewhat brief. Did she know of her betrayal? Or was she more focused on bigger things to even have noticed at the time? whatever the case, the former Shadow Lord is hoping she might use it to her advantage. "So, some sorta seeker, eh? Heh, well, I hear Burmecia is a pretty ancient kingdom, full of all sorts of artifacts. I wouldn't doubt you'd find something like that here." She peers upwards when Maleficent points her staff skywards, and scratches her chin thoughtfully, "A magical creature, of some sort? Protecting this..Bell, maybe?" Or was it the bell itself she sensed, or both? Chita approaches then, and tells Maleficent to leave. Katyna arches a brow, wondering how this blindfolded bunny could possibly be a threat, much less back up his words. "Hey, chill. Let's not fight, 'k? Actually I'm pretty curious about this bell too. Why not search for it together?" She takes a step past Maleficent and her bodyguard, peering upwards as she ponders where the stairs are. "Alright, let's check this out then."

:'''[[Freya Crescent]] has posed:''' "Yes, I do--he is Burmecia's hero, Sir Fratley the Iron Tail," Freya uttered his name and title with reverence and from memory, from deep in her being. "What is wrong with him and why are you hear? You are simply here for the bell?" Freya shook her head as if in disbelief, not wanting to raise her weapon lest Fratley and her should come to blows, obviously--he seemed to be protecting this dark lady as it were. Her leathern gaiters splashed through the pools of water that ran between the cobblestones at their feet, unable to perhaps believe or take her eyes off the male Burmecian before her. She was transfixed, and quite unsure of what was even going on.

:'''[[Vespa]] has posed:''' "Calm down Al. Okay..", she squeezes her axe a bit tigher, it stop virbating in her hands. She still not sure what's going on, definlty a good mix of people here.. She keeps her eyes on Maleficent and her bodyguard, she really doesn't like being lead on like being leds on this like but she defer to the rest of her Valriki teammates. She gets into a more relaxed stance. "Sure why not? Let's all go see if we can find this bell."

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' It's been far too long for Faruja. Too many painful memories lay in the rotting shell of what was once a thriving city. All due to the Heartless and Alexandria, it's a dead place. But he could not put it off forever, and so he didn't. For the past two days the Templar's picked through the old city, through familiar alleyways now ruined and festering. He found little to bring back from his trip; an old tavern sign he'd frequent back in the army, an old uniform to replace his own aging one from his time in service, and several other trinkets to remind him of home. The Burmecian's golden armor clanks as a light meets the sky. Stillness shattered, it certainly gets his attention. Away from the deeper parts of the city, he leaps towards the source, only to land with a clacking of claws. White light spills from the Holy Knight, his voice ringing out. "Whom goes there!? Be ye fell scavenger, or do ye come to make this place whole?" The rat calls out to the group, as he peers through the rain.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Well then. That explained a bit. She came out from around the corner, following at a distance. If those two were here for some kind of bell, this had to be one very special thing. Still, she didn't trust either of those two any further than she could throw them. As soon as they found this bell, what then? What would they do with it? Part of her didn't want to know, but the question still presented itself. There was no doubt in her mind that the woman in black was a Shadow Lord. She just didn't know which one, and she didn't want to ask. At least, not yet. For now, she followed, and prepared to do something should something need to be done.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Why was anyone even attempting to work with this woman? This dark creature that controlled Heartless and seemingly was responsible for the fall of Manhattan, from what he understood. It would certainly be foolish of him to start a fight, yet could he allow her to go where she wished? To be in such a place? To search for something that may give them a great power that none of them could fathom? Even blinded as he was, a Viera did have good senses. Hearing, smell. He could hear the footsteps walking away, the strike of the staff Maleficent had with her making itself clear where she was. And apparently this 'Fratley' was with her as well. Freya's voice hadn't changed locations, yet there were seemingly two others with Maleficent. With a deep breath, Chita turned and said, "I said BEGONE! I do not know what lies within this city, but I will not stand by and allow you to collect it with no resistance. I will fight to my demise against those who side with the Heartless." The spear that had been pointed towards the ground is instead pointed towards Fratley and Maleficent now. Towards, anyways, not exactly at. It wasn't an art form, it was a rough science of 'They sound like they're over there'. Which is why the blinded Dragoon might be an easy-enough target when he vanishes from sight as he leaps in the air, reappearing at the peak of a single jumps height in an attempt to crash down, spear out, at where Maleficent seemed to be.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel had already clicked to the idea this was not the sot of situation to run into, no this was not the sort of thing to run into yelling. No this was time for a far more cautious approach here. She is perched, perhaps she's spotted at this point. Deelel is life, but not in the sense of life in the worlds beyond her own. She's alien in her nature, but here she is. Perhaps someone else has picked up upon something else? She doesn?t know after all. She has spotted Faruja at this point she's now dropping in, landing in a crouch and she looks to him. There are a few of her kind in this world but not very many, so it wouldn't be too hard to guess whom might it be. Should she be spotted but she's keeping to cover and trying to gather information. This is not an normal situation after all.

:'''[[Maleficent]] has posed:''' "No, some annoyingly verdant magic. A creature of purity and light, it seems to be incidental, and it is not near the other source. I shall refine my search closer-to." And she hovers gently up the slope. Maleficent will not toil on the slick stones, her feet are a few inches above the cobbles, wafting higher into the city with Fratley on her heels. But the dragoon is walking slowly because he is turned to face the others - especially Freya. Then the entertainment for the night truly intensifies. "I come to take something I suspect no one knows is here, if it is here at all. Scavenging anything else is beneath my notice." Her reply to the Holy Knight is sedate and calm. Fratley quirks his head to the side when Freya explains who he is. He is about to open his mouth to speak, and Maleficent doesn't seem inclined to forbid it - she doesn't know if Freya really IS someone who knows Fratley, she just knows Fratley is useful. "Well, my dear, if you want to come back to my castle and visit with this man, you may. I am helping him to find... his memories." Fratley appears sorrowful but resolute. She HAD been kind, even if the warrior has misgivings about the Fairy. Then Chita leaps. Fratley does not get to say anything more to Freya - he leaps into the way of Chita's attack. Fratley's tail wraps around the boy's spear. The dragoon takes the blow full in his chest on purpose. At that moment, his own lance finds the boy's chest. It is the blunt end of the lance though. Fratley does not intend to kill a blind boy. Memories or not, he is still The Legend at work. The Burmecian dragoon attempts to hurl Chita to the ground and use the blunt end of the spear to rattle the boy's ribs. Forceful, but intended to dissuade rather than kill. "Cease - this fight is unwarranted, do not attack further." He is frowning, displeased with the tussle, but the promise of memory and the suddenness of the boy's incite to battle had left him little enough choice. Maleficent adjusts her robes, and continues: "As I was saying before this rude interruption, this warrior is one I found in a distant land. I do not object to his fraternisation with you on duty, my dear." A thin smile at Freya. Maleficent seeks to walk past Faruja, as if he were not there, just as she has consistently failed to acknowledge Chita. Diablo preens mockingly.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' There it was. And that voice, she knew from anywhere. He was trying to fight blind, a tactical mistake unless one was well-trained in the art of defending one's self without their sight. Such a hot head, when he was once possessed with an iron calm. He leapt for the shadow lord, only to be sent packing by her bodyguard, the one known as Fratley. Admirably, he'd managed to stave him off without dealing a lethal blow. But Chita had done it now, and there was no helping it. Aerith's materia just beneath her sleeves flared to life, and with a flash of light, spheres of pale blue enveloped several of their entorage, including Chita. If he was going to keep this up, then she might as well keep him from getting severely injured.

:'''[[Helena Celba]] has posed:''' Helena blinks as the Bunny goes into attack mode... Helena moves quickly, her hands quickly touch Maleficent, and the Sir Fratley(?) before leaping back, poping her own pressure points. The results are easy, her magic travels through the points touched, opening up chakra up and allowing greater hights of magic and physical power, it's part magical and part metaphyiscal, and Helena seems to be performing the technique on herself, though inwardly and slightly different than performing it on others. Then she stops, narrowing a gaze towards the others. "You know, I really don't like it when people bully others..." except when I do it, "And You all seem to be a bit out of your league here, so lets go back to being peaceful and happy, alright? <3"

:'''[[Vespa]] has posed:''' Oh joy. More people. This is getting a bit tense.. and then Chita give a speech and leaps into the air aiming for the dark fairy. "See? it wasn't me who launched the first attack Al. You owe me a milkshake." A wide grin crosses the maid face, she looks at Helena. "Yah know, I don't really give a <GOOSHONK> and I won't know till I try right?", she runs towards Maleficent swinging her axe hoping to strike the dark fairy.

:'''[[Katyna]] has posed:''' Katyna narrows her eyes upon the blind Viera as she takes to the skies, and dares to attack a clearly dangerous woman. No, this was not the time nor place for battles, not until she had found this bell, and what it was for. Only then... "Heey..I said chill already!" When Vespa advances upon Maleficent, she pulls out her dark sword which bursts to flame. The black heart keychain that once hung from its hilt had since been replaced by the Mickey Mouse keychain that Skoll had once given her. Tracing a flaming rune in the air, she redirects protective magics to surround Maleficent. "Knock if off you guys! We'll never find that bell if y'all keep at it!"

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' Deel seems to be sneaking! A smart plan. Faruja seems to pay her no heed, letting her fade off into the rains if she wants to continue her plan of stealth. Instead, he keys up his radio to her quietly. Chita's attack, and then Fratley's subsequent repulsion has him almost grinning. "Ever the true Dragoon, M'Lord." Mutters the Templar, not one to question the hometown hero. It's only then that he notices Freya. Slowly, the Burmecian scowls. "Lady Crescent, what in the name of Faram is going on here? Whom is this woman? And doth she seek to pick our fallen homeland clean to the bone?" Of course, Maleficent answers, the rat's single red eye moving from sorceress, to hero, and back again. "HALT!" Comes the rat's voice, far too loud for someone so darn short. The blade of his weapon is pointed at the strange woman. "Be gone from this place. This land and all its holdings belongs to Burmecia, and the nezumi people. There is naught for ye to claim." Then, his gaze is solidly on Fratley, even as the Templar leaps back, well away from the fighting. So many familiar faces, and so much confusion. "By the Lord, knew I should never have come back...Lord Irontail, shall ye truly allow this woman to take what is rightfully /ours/? Forget ye duty to King, God, and country, M'Lord?" Prods the Templar. Certainly the Dragoon will snap out of whatever's wrong with him! Of course, the Burmecian takes a few moments to cast protective spells on him. Just in case the Sorceress /or/ Maid decides to turn on him.

:'''[[Freya Crescent]] has posed:''' "Memories?! Is that why...?" Freya felt her stomach drop several dozen stories just then, it was like finding out that your best friend or a family member had died... but not so. The sudden news and shock had left her almost catatonic--and she raised her eyes again, rain water dripping freely from the brim of her hat to behold Chita and Fratley in combat. She did not know what to think of this--or the other people moving to attack him. "I can't have come this far only to lose you again!" Freya felt bad, she was also partly terrified of what might happen. "Please, stop this at once!" she raised her spear not in aggression but in defiance, as if she was trying to protect the other Burmecian.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' When Fratley jumps up and intercepts the attack, Chita looked confused for a moment before he realized what happened. Freya's friend... or at least someone she knew. Damn... he would interfere, naturally. "I do not wish to harm you." comes a curt growl towards Fratley before the spear collides with Chita's chest, a strange sound happening. It was a metallic clink of sorts. Seems the Viera was wearing armor beneath the robe he had on, of some kind. Yet it does knock him back well enough, skidding to the ground as he uses his own jerked-free spear to jam between the cobblestones and catch himself, by luck mostly given it was a blind guess. "This confrontation /is/ warranted, Fratley, is it? Do not stand in my way! Freya is a companion of mine and I do not wish to harm someone she is close to! But this woman must not be allowed to have her way, she has destroyed worlds in the past and will do it again!" He meant 'worlds' as in 'Manhattan', which was a world as far as he was aware. Which is why he waits for the sound of feet to land on the ground, judging Fratley's location based upon such, only to leap towards him. Another spear appeared in his other hand as he began to spin and whirl along the way, the spears dancing as the wind and rain around him whipped up into a frenzy which he attempted to use to dislodge the Burmecian into flying away from them. He was solely after Maleficent... no matter how dangerous he knew her to be. When Aerith's magic surrounds him the viera looked confused, but didn't respond as it didn't seem like a bad thing. It felt like some form of protection spell as it was, so he wouldn't turn that down.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel knows her friends and others re righting but Deelel is not as bull headed as she used to be she can obverse listen, learn and perhaps gather more information. she's a media program after all. She boots up several system forming light constructs which act as additional recording gear for her. She knows they have little on Maleficent and her abilities, she hopes to change this. As the fight continues, she has to wonder about whom else is here notably the Rat knight whom is not Faruja she continues to watch not moving in yet. If things get bad she will jump in, after all she's not heartless.

:'''[[Maleficent]] has posed:''' "My, so violent." Maleficent's expression radiates every sign of glee. But she does hate to see her warriors damaged. "Really, this is foolish. Stand down, warrior." Fratley raises his spear, aiming to intercept Vespa's charge with a long sweep and bracing himself. But Maleficent steps in the way, taking the blows on her own fae personage. Now Deelel would really get to record something. Faruja speaks to the amnesiac warrior, but Fratley is a little perplexed to hear the call to arms, or exhortation to be a good soldier. He's under fire, and he managed to see Vespa coming quickly enough to get in the way. The protective magic empowers him and he moves that tiny bit faster. In keeping with Maleficent's request, he doesn't strike back - he doesn't feel in much danger from either the axemaiden or the blind boy, and he stays his spear accordingly. Instead, his eyes find Freya, quizzical and confused, no sign of recognition there. "Fools! You know only the blind rush, the maddened charge." Maleficent's voice sounds legitimately exasperated now. "Warrior." she addresses Fratley here, "Go back to my castle, your friend may accompany you if you wish." Normally, Maleficent would avoid stepping into the fray - but this continued blithe insistence on charging her headlong had to stop. Where before she would break off and leave, she now had a good reason to simply stand and fight. And Fratley was too useful a general purpose bodyguard to lose him in combat with the rabble. A dark corridor opens, and Diablo flies through it. Fratley offers his hand, tentatively - almost EMBARASSEDLY - to Freya. "My dear, you can perhaps help reclaim his memories. Aren't memories so important?" Maleficent's voice is sweet as honey, and she steps forward instead of Fratley now. A thin green shield of flame surrounds her, and the Sorceress herself takes the field. "Too often lately I have had to swat down presumptuous attempts at murder in the streets." By now, Fratley is through the portal, whether Freya follows or not is upto her, but it will close absent her departure or with it.

:'''[[Freya Crescent]] has posed:''' "You can restore him?!" Freya did not really need to be told twice. She did not want to fight her friends there nor did she want to give up this chance in finally getting Fratley back--so very simply off she goes. Through the dark portal, and to whatever dark designs might be laid out for her. Simply stupid perhaps, but there are quite foolish things done in love's name, after all.

:'''[[Helena Celba]] has posed:''' Helena frowns, so many accusations! "Quite the accusations, bunny." Helena says, "But as I see it...the lady here seems to be trying to help the Knight regain his memories...and you are attempting to hurt her for being kind. And accusing her of destroying words? Not only that, being /quite/ insulting!" Helena scalds, and turns towards Faruja, "And you, I thought you HONORED valor and the like? The wise woman here offers her aid, and only seeks a bell for divination...and nevermind that your city has fallen, by all rights under the rule of the Alexandrians. Really, YOU are the tresspassers here, by the rules of warfare...but I won't tell them after all, I did help you save your king, I am not without mercy." She says, rolling her shoulders. But through the shield she moves, threatening it to once more work her magics on Maleficent and herself. "So I guess my good deed of the day is to stop a bunch of rabid animals and criminals from assaulting a well meaning and kind scorceress.." Tsk..

:'''[[Vespa]] has posed:''' Vespa rushes fowards but her axe is blocked. Then she get thrown back by Maleficent magic attack. "ow ow ow.. Okay that wansn't one of my finer moments.. I'm going to lay her for a few mintues..." The maid is also getting much restiance from her axe it was resting her motions to attack the dark fairy!

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Kind, and well meaning. This was not what she felt from the woman in black, not at all. She felt *wrong*. But the point was made... she hadn't done anything to them yet, she was just looking for a bell. Aerith frowned as Freya left, however. So easily moved. This was why they had to stop them. But now, in the middle of the street, against someone who felt so... Aerith shook her head as she wove yet another spell. The least she could do was keep people from dying.

:'''[[Maleficent]] has posed:''' Maleficent, with the twin rat warriors gone, flexes her long thin fingers. Dark power fulminates from beneath her. Anyone like Helena, Katyna, or Deelel who might be making notes, would see a true mistress of the dark arts at work. The power that rises from under her flows over her body and makes her cloak billow outward. "I will send a message to the rabble who continue to infest my presence. Anyone who does not leave now will wish they had." The voice is sweet as candy, and pleased as punch to see all of them. The look in her eyes is cold and manic. When Chita rushes at her, he manages to land a blow - so too does Vespa's strike which bores into her but then rebounds off. Her staff raised high overhead, Maleficent bellows: "Your souls themselves will nourish me!" A huge green fireball zooms for Chita, and one for Vespa too. But that is not all. With the same spell, briars made of purple energy rise from the earth and try to choke the life out of most of those present. There is so much power massed there that it burns the cobblestones and melts some away. Maleficent's hands clench shut, and the briars try to squeeze life from the enemies and feed it to the dark fae. "Your bodies and minds will nourish such magnificent Heartless servants." Crushing black force follows the flares, to try and eat alive the closest warriors first. There is enough sorcerous power that the atmosphere begins to display bright coruscating lights in tune to her every murmured spell.

:'''[[Katyna]] has posed:''' Katyna sighs and facepalms as the battle continues. Seriously? Any other time, she'd also run headlong into battle, intent on taking down a Shadow Lord..But then again, she's pretty sure Maleficent is more than just another shadow lord. Afterall, wasn't she ordering even Riku around the last time? However, this bell was clearly important to the Shadow Lords..Katyna needed to know WHY, and she needed to know where it was. It was the only reason why she hadn't attacked Maleficent yet. Then the lady Burmecian steps towards the portal, and Kat hesitates. "Wait a minute, where does that even go? Wait up!" She'd follow but, for now, she's more concerned about that darned bell..And the chaos erupting in fromt of her.. Turning back to the battle, she frowns a little as she grasps her sword more tightly, uncertain of what to do...Until Maleficent rains down fury on almost all those present! Yegads, what power! She shudders..And a part of the dark knight almost yearns for that same power, as she did in the old days. But dammit, they're getting no closer to finding out about this bell! "Seriously, this is a pointless battle! She just came here looking for an innocent bell, and now yer all gonna go beserk?"

:'''[[Helena Celba]] has posed:''' Helena sighs... "Oh I see...she's dark so she's evil. Such /SIMPLE/ minded fools! I'm done. I am done with dealing with this and /people/ like you." Helena's hands glow dark. Helena /dives at Chita and Faruja. Her movements are light, fast, and careful, as she dives in with her hand... To touch both of their foreheads. The attack is...well too light to be a normal attack, but what follows is nothings hort of hell itself. Helena digs into their subconcious only for a moment, her eyes flashing...and aims to bring out the darkest fears, the worst memories...she touches their fears themselves, and brings them out to scar their very spirits. And she devours the exess magical energy as she walks slowly back towards Maleficent. "Let your own minds be your downfall."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel is contiuning to gather information, she may have to find one of her own kind whose able to go over this sort of thing. Also be able to trust them. She remains at her post recording eveyrthing. She listens to Maleficents' words. If Lexus has taught her anything when the villains rant it can be junk data, but it can also be a time when they let things slip. She watches the brave and prehaps foolish fight onwards. She's a basic, she's a creature of purpose and order as often as that doesn't show, she is what she is. You use the right tool for the job, and they don't have the right tool yet to deal with the Dark Fairy, she hopes her worl here might get something of use to help fix that problem. Helena is also a new factor and she also has caught Deelel's intrest, just who is she?

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Wrong. This was all wrong... Aerith gritted her teeth as the battle quickly turned south for the impromptu attackers. Whoever said attacking them was a mistake was dead on, and even the flower girl knew when to observe. It was what she tried to do earlier, but then Chita had to leap into action. It all felt wrong, and her spine tingled as the oppressive auras continued to build. Even Faruja attempted to stop it... and got attacked for his trouble. Another one of Aerith's materia flared to life, this one meant to recover. Attacking was not the best option at the moment, as made evident by those in the forward position.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' It was only by chance that Maleficents flare misses Chita, the Viera thrown flat on the ground by the sudden change in what he had thought was there. Fratley wasn't where he struck out at and the balance was gone. Splat, flat on the ground. And a burning sensation flew right over his back, leaving him grateful he hadn't eaten that to the face like had her last attack. Then she speaks... and another speaks. Defending her, accusing him of attempting to murder her. "I have no desire to kill you, I only wish you to leave this place alone! I wish death on none!" Yet he didn't have a chance to respond as he felt his body suddenly covered in those vines, grasping at him around his armor, holding him in place to the extent he couldn't dodge what followed. The Dark Firaga spells burned almost through him, looking as if they were simply going to erase him from existence. The Viera was blown backwards and landed in a heap, barely keeping himself 'upright' by grasping onto the spears in his hands as a last hope. His clothing, the robe, was burning in places. His armor was half melted, the pain of such obvious on his face. There was nothing he could do... no matter how much he tried, how hard he struggled... he was beginning to feel the despair of feeling powerless to combat something. His light wasn't enough. His heart wasn't enough. ... he wasn't enough. Then something touched his forehead. There was no response from him as the attack took place, too much pain going through him to manage that and a response. Yet it did something... something happened to him. Suddenly he was flooded with thoughts and memories he didn't want to recall. Fears he didn't want to relive. The screams and dying sounds from all those people that were devoured by the black beast. "I don't want to die!" "Help me!" "Mommy! Daddy!" "And to think I was going to propose tomorrow..." "I just wish I could have had one more drink..." "It's not fair!" "Why me? What did I ever do!" "Someone help me! Please!" Yet, it wasn't just them... there was something else. The Viera shivered where he was, looking like he might collapse from just that. What no one else could see, or hear, save perhaps Celba if she had the ability - was to taste just how terrified he was of hearing all those he held dear screaming for mercy, hearing their last thoughts before they died. Hearing their regrets, feeling their fear. Not being able to do anything. The fear of being too powerless to save the ones important to him. And there he knelt, doing nothing, completely still and silent besides the shivering. His spears clattered to the ground as his hands grasped at the cobblestones in failure.

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' The strange woman tears open a dark portal, and Faruja's eye goes wide. Memories of Riku flood him, and his gaze narrows upon the woman. "...A Dark Portal. Such as that boy would use...Hmph. Corrupt after all. WAIT! Lord Fratley, Lady Crescent! That is a thing of Darkne..." Too slow. "Lord give me strength." Mutters the Templar. This has certainly gotten out of hand. But Helena has the rat practically growling. "...You speak of that which you know nothing of. Those fell hounds of war shall never rule this place. Lady Celba, you did thyself much honor in doing so, and indeed, I would fight by thy side. But as I said before, I shan't have scavengers in the bones of my fallen country, no matter what thy rules may say! Now by all that is holy, take thy darkness-loving friend, and be gone! This place hath suffered far too much blood as it stands." For all of his yelling, at least the rat isn't attacking either of them. Then, his gaze is back upon Maleficent. "As for thyself..." Whatever tirade he had planned stills on his muzzle as dark energy fills the area. Her words, about soul nourishment and the Heartless, fills him with rage and despair. This woman was a user of Heartless, here again to truly ravage the lands of his people. The tendrils of dark power rip at the Templar's soul. He bleeds, feeling his strength sucked from him. It's then that fears, memories, of Heartless looming over him ravage his psyche. Once more, he sees the very city they are in covered in Heartless as friends and fellows are devoured like cattle while Alexandrians watch...And the burning farm house, with nothing but ashes where his parents once lived. His knees buckle, red eye's veins flaring as struggles with them. Faruja screams. "NO! GIVE THEM BACK YE FOUL HUMANS! FELL ALEXANDRIAN KNAVES, BE GONE FROM MY HOME!" The Burmecian's shining spear lashes out at both sorceress and Necromancer alike, clean, holy thrusts towards the chests of both. Columns of Light descend from above to envelope the pair, fueled by fear, anger, and hate for those who took all he loved and cared for.

:'''[[Vespa]] has posed:''' "I hope they all get a tummy ache!, Vespa says putting her axe in front on her to block Maleicent huge powerful attack it taking most of the damage. "..and people call me crazy.." "oh well. Into the fray we go Al!", she charges blindly at Maleficent, again.

:'''[[Maleficent]] has posed:''' Maleficent asides to Helena: "They always do this. I took a stroll in the park the other night, and both my paramour and myself were subjected to attempted murder on a truly impressive scale. What ARE the worlds coming to?" She says it all with a smile, one hand on her staff. "Still, their presence bores me. Yours does not. Move closer." She calls this even as Helena leaps forward to inculcate the enemy with their own worst fears - impressive move. She would remember its specifics. Katyna calls for calm. "As I said, they always do this." An expressive shrug comes from the Dark Fae's small frame - it has a lot to say about idiots. Deelel is far enough away, and unobtrusive enough, that she goes unnoticed. Maleficent has no interest in killing the destitute Burmecian refugees. They are of no consequence- they might fall with their worlds, but they are not worth killing personally, and harming them is tacky - an insult to her power. The kneeling boy, Chita, blind, seemed to have accepted his fate. As a favor, she would make it quick. Then the Holy Warrior steps forward. The spear does thrust into her chest, and green fire spits from the wound toward the Templar. But when the spear dives for Helena, Maleficent neatly steps in front of it with surprising speed. A blast of lightning zooms out of her chest then, and she cackles. "You fool, you think you can overcome me in a frontal attack, with force of arms alone? You lack the resolve! And your body will shatter in that lack!" AHAHAHAHAHA-HAAAAAAAAA The staff rises. A curse from out of time begins. Maleficent would consider it poor form to simply leave a crater here. Among other things, that would not be a sufficient show of her might. Vespa lashes into her, the axe manages to cut Maleficent's robe, but the sorceress does not show any visible signs of true harm. She buckles back a little - her staff is still aloft. Beneath the kneeling Chita, beneath Faruja nearby, beneath Vespa nearby, even as the axe is soaked in the golden ichor of the dark fairy. A sigil of darkness appears and begins to burn black - obfuscating lasers rise from it. Each sigil tries to delete its victim, wiping the unlucky three from existence or else leaving them reeling in the sheer physical and psychic shock of being exposed to a hungering darkness. The darkness from between worlds. The same reason people could not survive without a gummiship - the stuff of the Lanes Between, controlled and freed into the world. "Learn, girl." This is directed at Helena. "The darkest and most powerful magic is simply to strip away the protections, the light, the life, the whole of the belief in sanctity and safety. Truth is the darkest magic of all. And the truth is that you exist a razor's thickness away from - that." she references the coruscating hellish energy with a wave of her hand, so casually freed to wipe away her enemies, but not as powerful as it would be if Maleficent had true control of it.

:'''[[Helena Celba]] has posed:''' Helena watches as Maleficent's barrier moves to protect her, and she is thankful for the assistance...the holy would not be pleasant to feel on her soft and supple skin. She turns, now a bit angrier at Faruja...and then watches as the powers of hell rains down on them. She whistles, and smiles...oh she /loves/ displays of power, this woman...this witch is someone to respect and honor. One day, she will be like her, someone of power...but she is young, she is willing to wait and learn...she is not that impatient. However, her eyes look at Faruja, as Chita is wiped out because of her intervention. "Mr. Rat, you made a big mistake..." And she turns towards Vespa, "And I even made a bathing suit for you, tsk...Well let me make this clear, I do /not appreciate/ your kind acting like they have the moral authority over others! So..." She moves a flury of blows aiming to repeatedly strike at Faruja, and Vespa, aiming to litterally devistate their defenses, before darkness spreads over her hands... This is a technique that is made to destroy those of the light, thos who follow order and the very gods of order themselves. The Chaos Hammer. Her leg comes down, aiming to crush the light beneath her blows.

:'''[[Katyna]] has posed:''' Although she turned to the side of light, Katyna never truly relinquished her hunger for more power..When she watches Maleficent's display of sheer power, she feels an old tinge of desire again, although she cringes and stumbles back, losing her footing from the massive blast that follows, even as it is aimed at the other three. Eyes widen in shock and concern at the sight of her allies, nearly wiped out completely from that attack. She's sooo tempted to smack Maleficent silly for what she did to her friends; And even if Kat doesn't know half these people, she can tell they are good, honorable folk. However, she does not wish to follow in their doomed footsteps. Maleficent has at least shown a pretty good display of her power. But did she have no weakness, whatsoever? The Former Dark knight notices that the bunny and her fellow Valkyrie are already knocked out and down for the count, however, she is certain that Faruja still has some life left in him. "Faru..Dont be a fool..Get out of here! It just ain't worth it!" Glancing back at Maleficient, she gives a slight, nervous grin. "Wow, you're pretty amazing, Lady..." As for this other girl..Who is she? A shadow Lord? Kat doesn't recognize her, but who knows, maybe they recruited some more?

:'''[[Vespa]] has posed:''' The Maid is on fire! She pats her outfit doing the best to put out the fires. Have to wonder how many of those maid outfits she goes throught. Then she sees the space between and it burns into her head her very soul. "What?", is all she can say as she her knees start to buckle under her, she barely able to stand up now. Helena blows strike her a what little strenght she had left is shattered and is pounded into the ground.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Aerith's eyes widened. No... this was impossible. Her mind reeled at the sheer destructive force, the immense, crushing wave... No. This kind of power could only belong to a Shadow Lord. Chita was swept up in the wave, his figure obscured by the energies unleashed. "No..." The crazy woman who decided a constant attack was the best option was knocked aside as well, and Faruja fared no better, though his resilience held up. Yet and still... Aerith clenched her fists. They caused so much despair. They didn't even seem to care about it, they just... Chita was falling. She could feel him fading away even now. Two others quickly fell to similar assaults... but something else was going on. The Voice screamed in her ears, and all she could focus on was Chita. The Viera was far worse off, and before she could think twice, Aerith moved to him, heedless of the two titans before her. "No... *No!*" A pool of darkness surrounded him, sucking him downward into the street. Aerith gritted her teeth and dove toward him, reaching out, her fingers stretching for all they were worth. "I won't let you take him!" At the last second, she grabbed onto the fabric of his cloak... and felt herself pulled down with him. Didn't matter. She couldn't let this stand.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Darkness. The pain of reality was beginning to fade for the Viera as he literally felt like he was floating in Darkness. There was nothing around him but his own fears, his own worries, the screams from everything he might have cherished and the memories of that damnable moment he chose to touch the remnants of the Black Beast in Goug so long ago. The remnants that had coalesced into something weaponlike. He could hear a growl, a hungry growl, see something red in the distance. It was starved, it wanted more hearts. He could feel it hungering. Feel the pulse of the Black Beast... Feel the coldness of the Darkness, of the Lanes Between. The emptiness and void that Maleficent had punished him with for his foolishness of standing in her way. [[User:Evja|Evja]] ([[User talk:Evja|talk]]) Everyone else might or might not feel something off with the Viera, around the Viera. Those with a strong magical sense, the ability to sense darkness, could feel a darkness surrounding him. Something in his possession seemed ravenously hungry. Dark, evil... some twisted creation that wanted to consume everything around it. It pulsed outwards from the fallen Viera, the smouldering form that was laying still on the ground in a heap, one hand stretched out. Slowly something began to appear in his hand, a vaguely sword-like shape wrapped in cloth, plaid, a scarf most likely. Yet the handle of the weapon was unwrapped, his hand clenched onto it. [[User:Evja|Evja]] ([[User talk:Evja|talk]]) 'So this is it?' he thought to himself, floating in the darkness in his mind, feeling it closing around himself. 'I failed... to keep it in check. Is it going to come back to life? The Black Beast?' All the thoughts that were going through his mind until something happened. Before everything faded, before he fell, a last thought passed his mind. 'I'm sorry everyone.' [[User:Evja|Evja]] ([[User talk:Evja|talk]]) Then someone grabbed him. If she managed to keep him there, and for that matter managed to keep that weapon of darkness from reviving in the worst possible way, remains to be seen. The Viera was completely and entirely unconscious, despite his hand clinging to the weapon.

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' Hellish fires of chaos rain upon the Burmecian, drowning out whatever words of chastisement the Templar had for Celba and Maleficent. He can't even retort about his straightforward manner! Not that he needs to, given the power that crushes his body. Only once before has Faruja felt such Darkness, when gazing into the eyes of the Armored Nightmare. But this time he doesn't merely gaze, but he /swims/ in the apocalyptic, soul-searing dark flames of Maleficent's power unleashed. White light, bright and burning, leaks from the depths of Faruja's very soul even as the flames leap upon his body. Armor melts away, his already burnt body's burns redouble, layered again. In some spots along chest and arms, one might spy the rat's very flesh seared to the bone. It will take quite the expert doctors and White Mages of the Church to heal him from /this/. And yet, even as his armaments fall away, the burning, hungry zealous fires within rake and leap back at the Darkness. Perhaps foolishly, it seeks to destroy it's polar element, the very substance of his soul seemingly abhorred by what Maleficent has unleashed. The rat has no defenses at this point, sunken to one knee as he visibly tries to hold his broken body together. After several strikes, the sounds of bones breaking under their force fill the air, several ribs cracking. Then, the dark energy of the Chaos Hammer hits Faruja, sending him flying. His light flickers, gutters...only to slowly seep from wounds, even as his blood flows, defiantly remaining. It's as stubborn as the rat himself. Hacking up blood, the Burmecian stands. What remains of his weapon is little more than a walking stick. Breathing heavily, he glares at the pair, laughing. "...S...Such power! So THIS is the workings of those who are kin to the ones that destroyed my home! Nay! NAY! I shan't fall here! Nor shall ye have the souls of these ones!" So much as he wished a glorious death to be his end, he could hardly let the rest die, to be turned into Heartless. Faruja whistles, and the flapping of wings fills the air. With a roar, the great wyvern Arista lands. With a nod, the rat makes a decidedly weak leap upon her back, even as the wyrm gathers the fallen (lightly!) in her jaws. "We shall meet again, when those of the Light have the strength to purge thy vile existance! On my honor as a Temple Knight!" His gaze quickly turns to Aerith, his vision swimming before him. "Lady Aerith, come!" Arista's wings flap, and away they fly, once Aerith has hauled the downed bunny upon the wyvern's back! Right before he blacks out on Arista's back, the Templar's eye gazes at Katyna. He mutters into his radio.

:'''[[Maleficent]] has posed:''' Maleficent brings her hands together, clapping extremely slowly. "Oh, bravo." Once the rabble cleared off, she could seek out her bell in peace. The holes of darkness close up, leaving the ground pristone in their wake. And Maleficent continues floating toward the heights. She wouldn't shun Katyna or Helena's continued presence, but she now isn't much in the mood to talk.

:'''[[Helena Celba]] has posed:''' Helena rolls her eyes at the heroic speaking... "Such words...or only words if you can not back them up, rat." She says, and shakes her head...the witch seems to be moving on...a pity, she would have liked to speak to her more... perhaps when she is in a better mood. "Well, I guess with them clear, we can search for the bell." She says, and walks off, obviously to cover ground.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Aerith vanished into the dark with Chita, Faruja's call for her to make her escape unheard... ~I'm sorry, everyone.~ Aerith blinked. "Sorry... for what?" She looked down at the Viera as they floated in the darkness. Her eyes narrowed, glancing to and fro as if attempting to decide what she would do next. Then she smiled. "You'll have to forgive me, I'm not too good with this. But I think I have something that might help." She reached out into the aether, green motes of light coalescing into a sphere of light. She closed her right hand around it, and a six foot white wood staff appeared, glowing with a pale light. "This came from a friend of mine. I don't know if it'll help, but..." She glanced at the sword in one of his hands. "Whatever that is needs to go. Or at least, sleep." She grimaced at the aura the weapon gave off. "Silly thing..." Aerith shook her head. "Never mind that." She put her forehead against Chita's. "Tell me what's wrong. Let me in, please."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' The Viera was entirely limp at this point, simply a rag doll for whatever was holding him. The dark weapon still hungered or so it seemed, but with Aerith's presence there, it almost seemed to hide, like Shelob ducking back into her lair away from the light of the vial. There was no response from him at this point, the weapon vanishing from sight after a moment, hand falling slack like the rest of him finally. Vulnerable to light, or darkness, or anything else - whatever happened to him was unresisted. Be it being saved by Aerith or otherwise. The lingering thought haunting his own personal mental darkness remained in the form of 'I'm sorry.'

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel banishes her gear in a flahs of light he leaps in and she drops in almost lioke Dragoon Man. The masked program doesn't say a thing makes no hostile act, but she does look at Helena for a moment before she grabs Vespa with suprising strength for her buukd and is going to depart with her. Unless Helena attempts to stop the masked program.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Aerith frowned. "You're stubborn, you know that?" She smiled as the weapon vanished. "Well now that that's done..." She channeled her energy through the staff, and the light flared, creating a haven for them in the darkness. "I'm going to try this again. Maybe this time we'll get something done..." She took in a breath. "Let me in. Please. Open yourself to me." She closed her eyes. "I can't help you unless you let me." Her will pressed against his, a gentle coaxing thing.

:'''[[Maleficent]] has posed:''' "Indeed." Maleficent speaks as she floats a little higher in the city. Though not hopeful for what she might find, she is at least determined to search out some answers. And hopefully those pests would think twice before throwing the first punch

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Amidst the darkness, the coldness, something began to change. Chita wasn't sure what it was, but the total darkness in his mind, the only thing that he could feel, was somehow warmer. Warmer... and in the distance, a light. It was far away though. It'd taken him some time to actually reach the opening Aerith had made for him, something that would take time, but he does have a way out now. Eventually. With Aerith prying as she was, she may find his heart just a bit more open. She probably wouldn't get any further at this point, though, beyond realizing he had been swallowed by his own fears, possibly thanks to Helena, combined with Maleficent mopping the cobblestones with him.

:'''[[Aerith]] has posed:''' Aerith frowned. "So she *is* a Shadow Lord. I suspected but I never guessed..." She shook her head. "No, that doesn't matter. You're important now." She pressed further, tried to make her way inside even while providing him with an exit. "I'm going to resolve this, once and for all." She was rewarded for her patience as his heart finally gave way for her. "All right. Let's take a look."

A Shocking Departure

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|Location=Goug
|Synopsis=After getting knocked around and beaten up by a monster in the Targ Woods, Chita made his way to nearby Goug looking for medical treatment. Eventually Rhiannon happens to stop by an after a bit of back and forth conversation, she departs in a shocking fashion.
|Cast of Characters=Rhiannon Zellen, Chita
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:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' It had been some time since Chita and Rhia parted ways since...that night. Rhia's activities remained largely the same. Experimenting with blood samples and occasionally dabbling in machinery. Sometimes, she would take time out to actually do something Shinra required of her, which was rare. But it was on this particular day that our intrepid scientist, while taking a brief break and looking over some new medical files that had come in, discovered that one of their branch hospitals had gotten a unique visitor. "Oho..." Usually, the patient lists weren't anything she'd concern herself with. Sometimes they might have an interesting name or two in there. In which case, she'd pay the facility a visit. But usually, they were filled with boring cases she'd seen countless times before. "I suppose my work could use a bit of time to cool off." Rhia decided to herself, standing up from her chair and moving towards the door. Grabbing her lab coat and smoothly putting it on, she left her lab and made her way to her destination. It was a simple matter, leaving Shinra HQ and strolling through the streets of Goug, on her way to the hospital in which their unique patient was being held. It would seem he came in rather battered. Likely from fighting some manner of beast. The details failed to pique her interest. Eventually though, the eastern attired woman arrived, stepping through the doors of the hospital and moving straight past the front desk. Her face was recognized and the receptionist offered not a single word of protest. Taking the elevator up to the next floor, Rhia stepped out and approached the designated room number. "Here we are..." And with that, she opened the door and stepped through, into the room.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Just a while. And the Viera had departed quickly enough in the early morning to take care of something somewhere, apparently work-related. And since then hadn't really been heard from. Until just now, of course. When Rhiannon arrived in the room, it would seem that the majority of the healing/doctoring work had already been done. The simple enough room, with window, had it raised and open and Chita was sitting in the chair near the window while looking out it, not really paying attention to much. Most of his body was wrapped up in clean bandages that could be seen anyways. He had on a pair of simple enough pants and was currently without a shirt. His wet hair implied he had just bathed not long ago. The reports did mention what appeared to be 'magic' wounds, combined with various injuries from being thrown around apparently a great deal. Maybe he got into a fight with the Midgar Zolom? A Zolom? No, actually. When the door opened, though, Chita's left ear cocked a bit and he turned to look towards the one who entered, "Did you forget some-- oh, Rhiannon." Probably was expecting the nurse when he responded, and in fact he was, the one who had applied the bandages and such when he got through bathing.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' Upon seeing Chita, awake and well, Rhia deflated visibly, actually looking disappointed. Though mostly for show. "Oh. You're awake." A dramatic sigh was given then. "What a shame. And here I was hoping that I could take a blood sample while you were out. What a shame~" Shrugging airily, the scientist shut the door and stepped further into the room then. "Well, I suppose I must change my plans, since you are wide awake and all." A brief chuckle escaped from her at that before she sobered up and continued. "So, tell me." Rhia began, casually seating herself atop the edge of his currently unused bed, crossing one leg over the other and letting it dangle carelessly "What happened to you? I read the reports and your case sounded quite...irregular." Perhaps there was some rare creature out there that she could order some grunts to try and capture! ...Or not.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Chita couldn't help but chuckle at the reaction he saw, shaking his head a little before reaching up to idly rub at a sore ear a moment. "Well, you still can I suppose, although I dislike needles. Though I would ask why you need another when you had the one from before." As for the question, he thought about how to respond for a moment before standing and walking over to place a hand on her shoulder to pat it gently. "Hello to you too by the way." That was followed with a kiss on her cheek if she allowed such and him saying rather simply, "There had been rumors of some thing in the Targ woods killing passerby's indiscriminately. I... went to try and put an end to such. Others showed up, chaos broke loose and... somehow that thing shrugged off everything I threw at it. And proceeded to abuse the thing I am weakest to while nearly killing me. I suppose I am lucky in that regard. There was a healer in the group that was able to heal me enough I could get here atop my Chocobo." And there you had it. As to what happened to it? He had no idea. In fact, he didn't know if it survived or died. He was unconscious/beaten around at the time pretty badly.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "I have no need for one. But just the act of taking without permission is exciting, no?" AKA, it's all for nothing. Funny. She didn't offer any resistance when he approached and placed a hand on her shoulder. Nor did she resist when he kissed her cheek. All she did in reponse was smile mysteriously and listen to his story. "I see. So you were one of those(brave fools) who stepped in to investigate the rumors." She nodded slightly at that, tapping her cheek lightly with a finger. "Hmn, so it was that powerful? Shame. I would have liked to see it for myself. But alas, Shinra had no interest in following up on those rumors." And she herself was too hampered with prior work to bother. All that aside, a shrug was given and she chuckled at his expense once again. "So, how do you feel, returning from being a big hero? Hm?" Clearly patronizing Chita, Rhia asked that rather mocking question with her usual pleasant smile. "Do you feel as if you performed a great deed?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' A soft snort came from the Viera as she continued to speak and when he sat down on the side of the bed behind her and turned to rest with his back against the headboard, the final remark did earn a rather sour look from him. "Sometimes I wonder about you. You go from being somewhat personable, and even enjoyable to be around... to making me dislike you all over again." One leg crossed over the other, his arms crossed just beneath his chest and he studied her a moment more before giving his answer. "I am no hero. I have never been a hero and likely never will be. Though I imagine it is every little boys dream at one point to do something heroic in their life, or all throughout... everyone has to grow up at some point. I grew up long ago, Rhiannon. I have no whimsical notions of being a hero. I simply... try to do what I feel is right, and will continue to do such as long as I can."

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "Mhmhm~" Rhia brought a hand to her mouth, covering it as a brief giggle escaped. It always did amuse her to see his mood sour. "You are all too easy to rile up." Staying beside herself with amusement for a little longer, she listened to his answer. "My, that was surprisingly...exactly the answer I expected from you." Shaking her head, Rhia continued on, uncrossing her legs and crossing them the other way again. "You grew up, you say?" A rhetorical question as a follow up soon came after. "...Then please, do explain to me that significance of that forged keyblade you carry around."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "I suppose I am." he admits freely, not quite sure why anyone would enjoy pissing others off, but hey, to each their own he supposed. What she brought up next, though, was different. Forged Keyblade? He had shown her that? Not that he ever recalled. The false keyblade that had been forged for him, upon request, by the Legendary Weaponsmith the group he had been with found in Duagerreo, /was/ always something he kind of clung to and he wasn't even sure why. Why did he even carry that thing around? "Truth told I had hoped it would allow me to fight the heartless properly. Or to do something to help save the worlds." Holding up his right hand, Chita pulls out... the broken, shattered husk of what was once the false keyblade, the keyblade-shaped 'weapon' that had no power whatsoever, before, or after that monster he'd fought had shattered it. "Destroyed. In the fight I was in that left me in this shape. Along with one of my few remaining Judge Spears." The broken hilt was sat down on the bed near his legs, fully within reach of Rhiannon. "Does that suit your question? Or does my pursuit for power over the Heartless seem childish?"

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "Hmn..." She listened to him, watching as he produced the broken keyblade. "Well, would you look at that. All broken and sorry looking. What a shame~" Smiling in amusement now, Rhia reached out and grasped the broken remnant of the weapon, picking it up to test the weight, as well as to have a closer look all around. "Much like one's heroic ambitions. This keyblade is a fine representation of the end result. Mhmhmhm~" Unable to keep it to herself, the scientist wound up letting out another fit of giggles. Once that subsided, she set the remains of the fake keyblade down and shook her head. "Your pursuit for power over the heartless is not entirely childish I would say..." There was a pause then as Rhia allowed time for her response to sink in. "...But rather, there are alternatives to relying on the concept of a weapon that seems to be rather choosy about who owns it...something...darker." And that statement was topped off with a smile to belie the nature of the conversation. "Surely, you know what I speak of, yes?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "..." Not the most fun conversation. She did have a way of making him feel rather useless at times. But what she began to speak about next caused him to cock his head. Surely she did not just suggest controlling the Heartless. Or, simply, using Darkness instead of Light. Well, she wasn't the most scrupled person in existence, and in fact her scruples were curved the wrong direction, so he should have known she would have that inclination. Not to mention the Black Beast thing. "No." A simple response. Did he mean no he didn't understand what she meant? Or no that he had no intention of doing such. Up to her to assume which.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "Alas~" She didn't argue, or attempt to pursuade him otherwise. It was just a suggesstion after all. "Well then, seeing as how you are quite alive still, I suppose my business here has ended." That said, the eastern attired woman stood from her spot on the bed, smoothing out her dress and coat after. "Do try not to get yourself almost killed next time however." And then she paused in thought. "Ah, but then, if you are killed, I can harvest your body for research. Win, win~" Giggling at the prospect, Rhia moved along, heading for the door and intending to leave without a proper goodbye. To be expected, considering she never offered a proper greeting either.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' This woman was frustrating. Frustrating beyond belief. As she so simply stood back up, keyblade husk left on the bed, and intended to leave - he watched her start to walk away. Should he say something? Stop her? Then a thought ran through his mind. How can he ever learn to control that blade, to keep it from being abused. Misused. But... was he strong enough? As she walked towards the door of the room Chita silently slipped off the bed and the next thing she would feel was him, as he had done several times in her lab, walked up behind her and placed his arms around her, wrapping them about her stomach. "Slow down there and wait a moment." What did he want? He didn't say exactly, though he remained silent from that point, leaving her to assume. Well, he /had/ intended to see just what her remark was fully about, but who knows how she'll take it.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "...?" Stopped just short of the door handle, Rhia could feel Chita's arms wrapping around her again. This was becoming rather familiar now. "Yes? Was there something else?" She asked, giving him a glance out of the corner of her eye. "I don't believe I have any further business with you." Saying that, she fell silent and just stared still. And then an idea came to her. "Oh, I know! Is this an appeal for mati-" Conveniently, a truck drove by in the streets outside, honking it's horn loudly. Ah, traffic.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Blink. Blink. Her confusion was expected, though her actual response caused him to laugh softly, actually taking a moment to rest his forehead against the back of her head a moment as he laughed before saying, "No, no. I mean, I am not dumb enough to turn such down but... no. I had actually intended to find out just what exactly you had meant by what you said earlier. I... have no intention of ever using heartless to further my own means - if that is indeed the darkness you were regarding. But... all the same... it would be foolish to turn down the knowledge of how. Or, for that matter... foolish to turn down being taught." He did laugh again, however, one of the hands, his right, reaching up a bit and playfully poking her stomach. "Such a one track mind you have. If I did not know any better, I would think you were hoping for such."

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "Nonsense. I have greater things to focus on. Besides if I wanted pleasure, then I could simply..." She paused at that, and then brought a hand to her cheek, feigning embarrassment. "Oh my, I shouldn't say~" Leaving it at that, she moved on to his previous statement. "You realize that there is more to darkness than controlling Heartless, yes?" Explaining calmly, Rhia let her hands lower back down to her side as she spoke. "Take for example; Angantyr Vespar. He controls Darkness to perform a plethora of different abilities. All without ever involving a single Heartless." And casually, she began to list people off the top of her head. The fact that she was bothering to recite names was a feat all by itself. "His former teacher; Garland, seems to be a very embodiment of darkness. And again, nothing to do with Heartless." He also assisted in the creation of that weapon. Or at the very least, provided some base material. But that's not a detail he needed to know. "And then we have individuals like Seith, Morrighan Alazne, Leida, Riku, Raine Arland...None of them focus on Heartless as their power source. Or so I understand anyway. Some of my information needs updating." But the point was made clear at that point. "All that I am trying to explain here is that darkness is not inherently evil. Just as light is not inherently good. Understand~" And with all that said, Rhia smile playfully and began to peel Chita's arms off from around her, apparently ready to be off again.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Chita snorts again in that 'yeah right' manner that he did now and then, though this was more of an angry response to something. "To Hell with Angantyr. That bastard would have died months back by my spear if I had no issue with killing others. Quite frankly I still fully believe existence would be better off without him. Even considering..." he trailed off, not fully explaining such. But what she began to remark though... Seith? Riku? That arrogant boy focused on darkness? He'd never even thought about it, but Chita had seen him open one of those dark portals once. But could he trust a Shadow Lord? He didn't even know any of the others she rattled off. Well, there was that one girl named Leida that he knew, faintly, but... He was lost in thought a moment and before he realized it, she had already peeled his arms from around her. He didn't move to stop her from leaving at this point, though he did reach a hand down to smack at her backside as she left simply to irritate her. Or attempt to. Who knew aiming to do such could be seen as fun. "Do me a favor and do not do anything crazy between now and next time we meet?"

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "Oh my. Typical male rivalry. How fascinating." Rhia mused in a tone that suggested she wasn't facinated in the least. Not to say she was fond of the man herself. But he was useful still. Regardless, she had said her piece and the door of the room was opened. Rhia was ready to make her way out when she felt a hand actually smack at her backside. Her response to that was simple. Almost in the blink of an eye, she had returned next to Chita, smiling up at him. "That is not something I can promise." As she said so, she rested a hand against his chest. "Now be a good boy, and--" Her hand began to emit an electrical current that transferred stright to him. Not enough to do any real damage, but enough to potentially scare him into thinking so. All the while her violet eyes took on a glow that made them stand out. "--Keep your hands where I can see them." And then she casually hooked one of her legs behind his and shoved forward, a simple trip, using his falling momentum to put him to the ground, should he fall for it. And with that done, the glow left her eyes and her hand ceased sparking. "Now then, if you will excuse me~" Rhia turned away then and strode out, humming a random tune to herself.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Suffice it to say - Chita was /extremely/ weak against Magic. As in - even a child throwing a basic fire spell will often hit like a fira or even Firaga if he gets hit directly. Hence why that little shock, followed by the trip, had /no/ issue laying the Viera flat on his back. It took a bit before he realized what even happened, actually a full minute after she left, given he was already relatively weak and still wounded. "Huh." Yes. He most certainly didn't get this woman.

Deadly Fascinations

2013-09-09T23:22:05Z

Evja:

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/08/19
|Location=Goug - Shinra HQ
|Synopsis=Chita stops by to inquire various things of Rhiannon, the resident Mad Scientist. And in the process, an exchange of words, witty banter and light flirting.
|Cast of Characters=Chita, Rhiannon Zellen
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' It has been quite some time since Rhia had made any outlandish moves in public. The Black Beast incident of several months ago had receded from the forefront of people's thoughts and restoration efforts were nearing their finishing point. Shinra HQ, which had suffered quite a bit of damage from the creature breaking out the side of the building, was as good as new now. The power of rich corporations no doubt. Rhiannon Zellen, resident scientist of Shinra, seemed to have gone completely under the radar in the aftermath, her thinking that it would be prudent not to cause much more trouble now. And thus, the woman spent her time researching and experiment on minor side projects. On this day however, the scientist had decided to leave the confines of her laboratory, her domain, for a time. Smiling her usual pleasant, yet somehow unpleasant, smile, Rhia strode through the reception area of Shinra HQ, a thin tube of blood idly held between her fingers in one hand, and a clipboard with written notes held under her other arm. That must have been the subject of her latest study. Whose blood could that be, I wonder...

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "Ah, speak of..." The voice of a nearby receptionist mumbles as she puts down a phone that was about to be used to give the scientists' office a call to see where she was. "Miss Zellen, you seem to have a visitor. One... Chita, was it?" The receptionist turned to ask a nearby figure leaning against a wall, wearing a somewhat typical mens outfit, hands in the pockets of a knee-length coat. Who was it? Well, seems it was a Viera, and a male at that, obvious given the clothing and lack of veil on their face. Would Rhiannon recognize them? He was simply staring at her as she was walking by, curious if she'd respond or what.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "Hmmhmhmm~" Humming a happy little tune to herself, the significance of which would have been lost to anyone not her, Rhia paused upon being called and looked over at the receptionist who had dared to interrupt her happy little reverie. "Oh? A visitor? I was not expecting any visitors today." Or tomorrow...or the day after that, or ever. Well okay, maybe Montag, Cissnei, or Reno would pop up now and then, so no visitors might have been a lie. For better or worse. That aside, the woman in the lab coat arched a brow lightly as she looked over towards 'Chita'. "....Hmn." One look at the apparently male Viera and Rhia adopted an amused smile upon her features. "Well, fancy meeting you here. I was just running some experiments with your DNA." And she said that as if it were as casual as going out to lunch. Regardless, Rhia couldn't imagine why he'd be paying her a visit. ...Well okay, that was a lie. She knew full well just why he may have shown up again. And yes, he. She didn't bat an eye or react in any adverse way to seeing the Viera dressed as a male. Perhaps the vial of blood being played between her fingers held the reason to that. All that out of the way, the scientist merely continued to smile and gestured aside. "Well, shall we go somewhere quiet then? Perhaps my lab would do?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "...right." Chita still had little to no idea about science things and her talking of DNA or anything else for that matter was only as foreign as she'd previously explained to him. That being why anyone would ever want to study such a thing to begin with. He paused a moment more before shifting upright to stand on two feet proper and begin walking towards Rhiannon, pulling a small badge out that he had been given to show he was an 'official visitor' and wasn't in fact one of those sneaky types who snuck in. Quickly clipped onto the edge of a pocket, he stepped closer to Rhiannon and leaned in close enough to say, "I do hope things remain peaceful today." softly towards her. He wasn't looking for a confrontation at this point, and meant to make that as obvious as he could.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' Giving the visitor badge only a second's regard, She then turned and walked off, leading Evja through the complex. Various rooms and people were passed in the process as Rhia had no business with anyone or anyplace besides her own. Having heard the comment, she glanced aside at him, pleasant smile remaining. "Well, it would hardly be me who causes the problem today. If anyone." Shrugging nonchalantly, they arrived at the door to her lab, one ocular scan later and the door slid aside, opening the way within. "Well, come along then. I am a busy woman. Do try to make this worthwhile, hm?" Rhia spoke as she stepped into her lab, moving past various machinery and half done parts seemingly belonging to robots and high tech weaponry. Crossing the lab, she arrived at her desk area, plopping into a comfy looking swivel chair, casually turning to face Chita. She didn't offer him to have a seat, but there were other chairs place about rather messily. Immediately setting to multitasking, the scientist opened up a laptop at her desk and began to type away once the screen powered on. As she did so, she spoke. "So, why are you here? I can hazard a guess, but I would rather hear it from you."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' As he followed along the Viera's eyes and ears were both paying attention to everything around him, learning what he could of the place while not trying to appear a snoop. No one liked a snoop. Not to mention he still didn't quite feel comfortable 'Naked' as he were. Underdressed. Forced into the open with his gender. So her place of work opened simply by seeing her face? Or part of it? He cocked his head a bit and followed inside to lazily look around. And when she spoke, he looked back towards her. "I have had a lot of things happen to me lately that have made me realize a few certain key things. Among them that your research is not near as valuable as it was to me before. After all, I have come to realize others can obtain such things presumably without killing so many people as you have." Step. Step. Step. Chita walks up to the desk and stands in front of it, the desk between him and Rhiannon. "I suppose I should ask you the same thing I was asked not long ago, when my usefulness was brought to question. Primarily... naming a reason to why I should not do everything in my power to end this madness." Despite the context of the conversation, his tone was quite soft, hands still in his pocket. No weapons out, no loud voices, threats, or anything of the sort.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "Is that so?" Rhia replied over her typing, not sparing the Viera a glance. Her tone was easy and casual, if a bit distracted. Pausing in her typing, she took a moment to shuffle through some papers next to her computer, picking on out and reading it while resuming typing with one hand. "Well, you have my congratulations then." It wasn't a sarcastic jab, or hostile in any way, but something about it wasn't sincere either. But then, that seemed to be the rule of the day with this woman. Finished with that particular sheet of paper, the scientist set it back onto the stack and resumed typing with both hands, remembering to save every so often. After several paragraphs, she hit the enter key, and several other consoles whirred to life in the back of the lab, their screens flickering to life. All the while she worked, she listened as well, and his words elicited a faintly amused chuckle from her. "This again." There was a shake of the head, and then she went on. "I believe I already told you last time; if you really want to 'end this madness' then please, do try. I would rather enjoy seeing such actions." The chuckle turned into a giggle, which Rhia made no effort to repress. She stood then, closing her laptop and moving along to the consoles at the back end, producing that blood vial once more. "My research is meant for one thing only. For the advancement of knowledge. What comes with that knowledge is simply a secondary result. People's lives, the greater good, alleged evils...all secondary." Her words were direct and to the point. She really meant what she as saying. And for all Chita had said, Rhia hadn't put up her guard. In fact, she moved past him when she had gone to the consoles in the back, putting her back right to him. She was open and she didn't seem to care at all. "Now, is that all you had come to say? I must say, it certainly was a waste of time in any case." Another chuckle as her fingers danced across a keyboard, eyes illuminated by the light of the screen. "But then, I expected nothing more."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "..." Chita stared at Rhiannon as if she had grown a second head. Her complete lack of care had always confused him, and even now it didn't make understanding her any easier. It was almost as if she had no morality whatsoever. If she didn't... maybe that was why she could do such things so efficiently. She seemed to know full well he wouldn't harm her. That much was apparent as when she moved past him, he didn't even flinch like he was going to do anything. Instead, he simply watched, quietly, while thinking of what to say, what to do. "No... that was not all I had come to say. I had hoped that perhaps you had some faint hint of conscience grow within you since we last met, but it would seem otherwise." He knew full well nothing he would do would intimidate her and thus, he had to somehow bribe her curiosity, play to her interests... somehow. But what could this woman possibly want that he could even offer? If she was so fixated on knowledge... what did he know that she didn't? The sound of his shoes could be heard approaching her from behind and perhaps it may surprise her when he stepped right behind her and placed one hand on either side of her against the desk, leaning down over her shoulder to watch what she was doing, as well as continuing the conversation. "You say you simply want the advancement of knowledge. What is that to you? I have no disillusion that I hold much knowledge you would have interest in. In fact, I severely doubt anything I have to offer would even make you pay attention to me." Not to mention he was trying to judge more about her at the moment, to find out how she may react... to find any amount of 'I don't get this woman' that he can of himself and remove it so that perhaps... just a little... he might understand something about her. Even if she just wanted knowledge... there had to be more simple ways.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "Hmm?" She hummed lightly in acknowledgement. She continued her typing, eventually stopping and taking the blood vial she had with her and inserting it into an open slot in the computer console. A tiny bit was drawn from it as a sample and then transferred to some unseen location within the lab as readings began to stream across the screen. Chita's approach and subsequent watching drew only a moment's glance from the woman before her eyes slowly moved back to the display. His choice of position was questionable however. If she didn't know any better, then she would have figured this was some way of keeping her where she was. Clever. But nevertheless, she had no reason not to answer his statements, and so she did just that, speaking while working. "Knowledge is what drives the advancement of people. Race hardly factors into the equation. The more one understands the world and how things work..." She switched to one handed typing then, gesturing with her other hand. "All manner of things. Technology, science, biology, magic, darkness, light, all of it." And then her hand returned to the keyboard. Changing the settings of the apparent experiment. On screen, Chita would be able to see a small sample of his blood through the monitor. Soon a small sample of blackened material was introduced. It looked like blood as well, but it was...well, black. Whose could that be? Probably Leida's. Either way, the moment it was introduced, the two substanced began to mix, followed by a sickly glow, which drew a hum and a stroke of the chin from the woman. "I see, I see...oh, where was I? Oh yes, as I was saying. When one has an intimate knowledge of the world and the things around them, they become more capable people. They become able to address the problems the world has, they can make a difference if they so choose, no?" A simple question. Maybe.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Well, yes, he had intended to keep her still, or at least try to, while testing exactly what limits she seemed to have. The fact that she did nothing more than glance up at him, which was met with a glance back at her, didn't give as much information as he had hoped for. Though she did continue to speak, something she excelled at and didn't mind doing. "So you would destroy a world, and all the people in it, all in the name of what possible knowledge might be garnered for it? That seems a bit irrational. What is the point of destroying one thing and possibly learn how to save another. You could have simply not destroyed the first and possibly still saved both. ... or neither, I surrender, is an outcome as well." The outcome that bothered him the most. Those with keyblades were not immortal that he knew of... were finite, and thus were almost sacred in his view. They had to be protected, nurtured, to protect and save the worlds at large from the Heartless. And yet again he fell back on the same issue... This woman may have, or may soon, discovered a way to forge such a weapon. The Viera did not move from where he was, though as the 'infection' as it were begins to happen he steps a bit closer until he was pressed fully against her from behind and reached a hand up towards the screen, one finger pointing, "You said you were studying me... something of mine. It is a guess to say one of those is a part of me. ...what did you to it?" Even still, as close as he was, he was trying to use this as an opportunity to see what made her tick. What was she scared of, if anything. Did anything at all bother her? He needed /some/ form of leverage and so far he had nothing, even as he had her nearly pinned against that console. One thing the Viera was fairly good at was reading others. That was something he had learned a lot about over the years - watching expressions, body language, trying to determine if anyone had any sort of problem with him at any point or something that he was doing.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' Well, she didn't seem to mind. Yet anyhow. "Destroy a world? Come now, do I seem that irrational?" And then a pause as she really thought about the question. "...However, logically speaking, the answer to that question would have to depend on the circumstances given at that time." Pausing in her experimentation, leaving the mixture of blood and data readings to sit on screen, she simply leaned back and smiled, staring up at Chita. "...You know, I am not dim. I know exactly what you are trying to do. Testing my limits? Trying to find a chink in the proverbial armor? Looking for some angle in which to understand me?" Her smile turned amused at the questions fired back at him and then she added. "You are not very good at being subtle, are you?" Apparently that question was rhetorical as she didn't bother waiting for an answer, leaning forward again and turning her attention back to the computer screen. My, he was close though. Was he trying to annoy her? It wasn't working so much as entertaining her at the moment though and she answered his questions with an easy tone. "Yes, I happen to be studying your blood. You...donated a sample quite a while ago. A male Viera is not something I have ever heard of. This is a rare specimen." Observing the reaction on screen, Rhia paused a bit to examine the result's data. "To be quite frank, I was surprised to find Y chromosomes in your blood. But of course, genetics cannot lie, therefore...this became that much more, ah...interesting." She'd go with that. "What you see happening here is..." The woman was going to continue explaining, but...what was he doing? She was nearly pressed against the computer as they were now. "...You know, if you were intending to do something like this, I do believe that a bed would be a much more suitable place for those kinds of activities." That statement was followed by a mischievous smile as Rhia glanced aside, giving Chita a sidelong glance. "Taking a woman in her place of work is simply barbaric. Perhaps I should call for security, hm?" And here comes the riposte. Minor as it may be.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' And he was busted. Chita sighed softly but did not move, instead at this point deciding to simply amuse himself with the situation. This woman was impossible. At least at the moment. If she could pick up on his reasoning so simply, no reason not to just leave the situation as it had become and glean what he could. As he watched it further, trying to understand all of what was there, the retort she came up with simply caused him to shift one hand slightly and poke at her stomach with a thumb. "And so is unleashing a monster onto a city. Barbaric that is. Besides, as much as you like to study things I would have thought one such as you would rather do things like that in a place like this, where everything is forever stored away in those silly computers of yours." He was not serious in the least, though perhaps he had relaxed just a bit when it came to being around her. She was going to do nothing to him, and he had no intention of doing anything to her. His dislike of her actions meant nothing if he wouldn't do anything as it was. He didn't have the spine to just end it now. "So how about telling me, then, Miss Zellen was it? What is it that makes you tick? At the risk of sounding crass given our position at the moment, I was looking for a leg up on you as it were. You are certainly a very... self confident person, confident as well that I will not actually do anything to harm you. So humor me, and perhaps I will let you collect some other sample one day." Now he was teasing back. That's her own fault. Even if the conversation was pleasant enough considering the context of it all.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' Having her stomach poked, Rhia squirmed just a tad, suppressing a laugh. "Ehehe, I suppose you may have a point. ...Or multiple points." She replied in kind, giving a moment's pause before amending her statement. "Actually, I do believe I would rather do it in a bed after all. Much more comfortable." Another amused chuckle escaped from her at that. Well, at the very least, she didn't seem offended. Not that there was any apparent possibility beforehand either. "You want to know what makes me tick?" Smiling wider as her amusement grew, the scientist brought a hand to her cheek, feigning embarrassment like a demure maiden. "You fiend, one does not just up and ask those types of questions!" Clearly having plenty of fun with this situation, she went on. "And now you want a leg up on me? Completely horrible!" Covering her mouth then, a fit of giggles escaped from her and it took a bit before she could compose herself. "Phew...you truly are an amusing one." Sobering up, Rhia did little to resist their current posture and just sat there, letting it happen as she wasn't really being harmed, nor was anything utterly inappropriate happening. "Collect another sample? ...I wonder, whatever could you be talking about? Blood?" And then a small, entertained smile found it's way to her face. "...Or something else? Ah, I wonder how you would propose I extract it..." And the teasing went back and forth.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "I think I finally understand something I never did before." What was that? Well, he continues, smiling a bit himself despite everything. "Humes... and some other species fascination with things that are dangerous. Things that could kill them." His thumb pokes again at her stomach before he says in timing with the poke, "Snakes... spiders... womenfolk with the last name of Zellen. All this time I have been trying to find something, anything, personifying about you. Something... simple. Anything." As he spoke, that hand slipped a bit further around her until he was practically hugging her from behind, "And you know? All in all... despite your flaws... despite everything about you that I hate and if I had the nerve would kill without hesitation..." Pause. Pause. "I still find you absolutely adorable for some reason. Like the one who has a pet spider named fluffy, a giant venomous thing that would just as soon kill someone, and yet he cares not if it walks freely in his abode or wanders across a hand. So what does that make you, hm? A spider? Snake? Scorpion? Or something entirely alien perhaps, as you seem only interested in knowledge and teasing me back. How can anything so... devoid of morality as I coin it be so... cute when they giggle?" He didn't get this woman. Period. She was... a puzzle to him. He wanted to hug her and stab her at the same time

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "Oh? You understand something? Do tell." And tell he did. She just listened to him, the results of the experiment partially forgotten for now in the wake of this bout of entertainment. It was nothing she hadn't heard before so far. She had plenty of death threats in her life. Heck, some even made good on them. ...Let's not ask how she's still here in that case. But once he called her adorable, she paused. "....?" Remaining quiet in order to allow Chita to speak further, her expression was unreadable, and neither did she resist the fact that this man, that would have loved to kill her, had he the spine to do it, was practically hugging her from behind. "Adorable? ...Cute? ....Pfft- ehehehe! A-Are you serious? Do you know how old I am? One does not usually attach adorable and cute to an adult woman! You truly are amusing!" Yet, despite her words, her arms lowered, covering his own nearly around her. "I have not been this amused in quite a while..." A pause then, and she added. "...You know, you would not be having this struggle if you simply found the resolve to do what others might deem as necessary." Another pause. "But then...what do you deem as necessary?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' And there she goes with that laugh again. Chita takes a deep breath and sighs, ears folding back a bit before he says in response to her, "I am older than you I guarantee. Viera do not age as humes do. So I maintain my right to refer to you as both cute and adorable, despite your flaws. As for my resolve..." he paused there before saying, "You well know I will not kill you, I do not have the resolve as you just stated. In fact I told the God of Death himself I would not kill a man even to save my own life or soul and paid the price. Perhaps that is why I am here now, uncaring except my desire to see something good come out of your madness. What do I deem necessary? That is the question..." Another long pause as he goes silent, looking at the screen again before saying, "In the end, I suppose I desire that weapon. I desire the ability to make a difference in this world. The ability to destroy those damnable creatures that are going to eat everything they come across, that have caused more pain and misery than you could ever hope to cause." A moments thought further and then he declared, "I deem it necessary to keep close to you at this point, until I am certain that your work comes to fruition. My soul is already damned so I have little concern at this point, even with my morality nagging at me. Something good can come out of this. It can. And quite frankly..." ... pause ... "...if I get to stand here despite it all and flirt, then perhaps we could find something to get along on."

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' Listening to the Viera recount his past experiences, Rhia hummed lightly to acknowledge that she had been listening. "Is that so. You would never kill a man? Ever? Not even to save your own existence? Not even in the face of the Lord of the Dead?" A pause then as she processed this information. It didn't take long. "You really are a fool." And bluntly enough, she came to that conclusion. "To be quite frank, my weapons research has halted due to media attention." Turning her head a bit to glance at him, she continued. "If you wish to claim that disfigured blade, attempt to find good in it, then by all means, do try." Raising an arm, palm facing upwards, a dark magic glyph formed above her hand, expanding a bit before a solid object began to slowly drift upwards through it. Some sort of matter transferrence spell? It would seem that way. Before Chita's eyes, a familiar disfigured, black handle and hilt, pulsing with lines of red energy, appeared from the glyph. It was the nameless black sword she had forged from the lives of countless people some months back. And to think she could just casually summon the weapon up whenever she pleased. Yet, Rhia hardly had any intention to go swinging it around. Apparently not going to reveal any more than just enough to be grasped and pulled, she held the glyph containing the partially revealed blade to him. "You know what happened the last time you held this." She spoke plainly, with a calculating tone. "I have zero intention to turn you back, should you fall." Though she probably had the power to. "If you wish to proceed, here you are. I can gather some good data from your experience." There was a pause then as the woman allowed for her intention to sink in. "...Of course, if you find your resolve lacking, I can simply cancel this matter displacement spell and return to my work."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' ~~ "I don't want to die!" "Help me!" "Mommy! Daddy!" ~~ Chita stared at the object as it formed, actually hesitating. She could feel that one arm he had around her half tighten before it relaxed and fell back down to the desk in front of her, rather than against her. And so the mood of things had soured into being rather blunt all of a sudden and that fascination he had going with her, almost enjoyment of her personality when she wasn't doing something horrible... is gone. But there it was. That blade, that weapon that he had intended to eventually claim, try to use... try to do... something with it. He had watched her take hold of the weapon before and not suffer as he did. She had put something between the hilt and her own skin. "Well, considering that then... I suppose it would not hurt to take it off your hands until such a time you can continue that research. Of course, I have no intention of destroying it." Reaching up to his own neck he slackens the long scarf he had around it and goes to tug it free, planning to wrap the cloth around the hilt a few times before grabbing at it, should she not just jerk the weapon away.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' She didn't budge any once he reached for the handle, actually giving him a few points in her mind for not being a fool and grabbing it directly skin to surface. So he wasn't quite that stupid. Good. "Take it then. If you find some use in it, let me know." She was really casual about simply handing off an amalgamation of people's lives, people's hearts. "Just know that the Black Beast is still within. It is simply dormant. Should you fail to control it correctly, it will awaken. And if that happens, you can bid farewell to another city. Or perhaps more." A rare warning from her. She was tempted to just let him fumble around with it, if he dared, and bear witness to the impending catastrophe. But in this case, a bit of prudence was required. There were eyes on her, and she couldn't go playing around again until they were drawn elsewhere. "That said, I do have one minor stipulation for parting with this blade..." Ah, a catch. Whatever could it be? The smile on her face was rather disconcerting, but in the end. "...Do come by more often. You entertain me after all."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Scarf-wrapped handle taken, Chita looks at it a bit more before he stepped back from Rhiannon entirely and shrugged his shoulders so that long coat he had on slipped off his left arm entirely onto his right hand which was holding the Black weapon. He used his now free left hand to carefully slip the coat over his other hand and scarf and flip the coat a few times round the weapon before tossing it into the air and letting the entire package vanish. Seems he has some inventory management techniques as well. "Stipulation?" he asks before she smiled and said what she did. "..." sigh. He looked away a moment and reached up with his right hand to scratch behind an ear before nodding, "Likewise, when you aren't busy doing horrible things, I seem to find you rather enjoyable to be around. Not to mention I still owe you a second sample, hm?" He teased there in an attempt to lighten the mood, hands coming down to rest in his pants pockets as he stood there looking at Rhiannon, considering something perhaps. "Actually, how about that, hm?" He didn't /mean/ the sample, but who knows how she'd take that remark before he continued, "I am feeling a tad peckish. Perhaps you could show me around this place if you are not too busy? I am sure there is somewhere here one could get something to eat. Or if you were that enchanted earlier by my offer I'm quite sure you also have some place quiet and relaxing to wander off towards." Chita is still quite male in the end. Can't blame a guy for trying his luck.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "I'm charmed." She replied, chuckling a bit before turning her attention to the experiment's progress on the screen. The sickly glow of the black blood mixture seemed to have gained red spots all over now. It was constantly changing shape like some manner of amoeba. But considering that there was no time to continue at the moment, Rhia pressed a single button off to the side, causing everything to freeze. Instant cyro-stasis? It looked that way anyway. "Hmmmn~" Murmuring in a low tone her contemplation, Rhia swiveled around in her chair to face Chita, crossing one leg over the other. "Well, there is a cafeteria within the building. According to the soldiers and staff, the food there is actually good. I have yet to confirm these claims as I have not eaten there before." Come to think of it, no one in the entire building could claim to have seen her eating at all. Another mystery. "Personally though..." Uncrossing her legs, the scientist then crossed them the other way and leaned forward a tad, resting her elbows in her lap and her chin in her palms. "...I think I would rather collect that sample." A playful smile found it's way to her face then. "What do you say? Care to keep me company tonight~?" Certainly she must have been teasing him. Probably.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Chita makes a little grumbling sound before he says with a laugh, "Knowing how you collected my blood, I'm almost convinced any other sampling of that sort would involve a needle. To which I say no thank you." Stepping closer again to peer towards the suddenly frozen state of the stuff on the screen, Chita looked back at her and reached one hand out of a pocket to poke towards her stomach once more, which had previously gotten at least a tiny squirm out of her. "Don't tempt me too hard though. I have lived too long pretending to be a female. The amount of company I have enjoyed of another in the last half of my life I can count on one hand. At least pleasurable company anyways." He does consider stuff before shrugging, "Though why not, I certainly have nothing better to do and I amuse you. I am yours for the night, unless you pull out more needles." Mentally he hopes he didn't just sign himself on to become a lifesized version of what was on that computer screen.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' Another squirm as Rhia slightly edged away in her chair from his poke. "Tempt you? Hardly. It was a mature offer between two adults that would result in...various mutual benefits." She nodded sagely at that and then stood from the chair. "Right then, to the cafeteria to get you fed. And then...to my room." That said, she passed Chita again carelessly leaving everything behind as she headed for the door of the lab. Once she got there, she turned back to look at him. "Well? Or are you not quite as hungry as you had first professed?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "..." Sigh. Chita shrugged a bit before tucking his hands back into his pockets and following along behind the moral-absent scientist. "Truth told I'm getting a tad fat, in my view, so I'm more than happy to skip out on a proper meal if that suits you all the same."

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "Your call~" She responded, leaving the lab and allowing the door to slide shut with a whirr and a thunk. "To my room it is~" And so she led him off through the halls and to the resting quarters. Considering she had her own room, there was little to worry about. Little at all.

Deadly Fascinations

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|Synopsis=Chita stops by to inquire various things of Rhiannon, the resident Mad Scientist. And in the process, an exchange of words, witty banter and light flirting.
|Cast of Characters=Chita, Rhiannon Zellen
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:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' It has been quite some time since Rhia had made any outlandish moves in public. The Black Beast incident of several months ago had receded from the forefront of people's thoughts and restoration efforts were nearing their finishing point. Shinra HQ, which had suffered quite a bit of damage from the creature breaking out the side of the building, was as good as new now. The power of rich corporations no doubt. Rhiannon Zellen, resident scientist of Shinra, seemed to have gone completely under the radar in the aftermath, her thinking that it would be prudent not to cause much more trouble now. And thus, the woman spent her time researching and experiment on minor side projects. On this day however, the scientist had decided to leave the confines of her laboratory, her domain, for a time. Smiling her usual pleasant, yet somehow unpleasant, smile, Rhia strode through the reception area of Shinra HQ, a thin tube of blood idly held between her fingers in one hand, and a clipboard with written notes held under her other arm. That must have been the subject of her latest study. Whose blood could that be, I wonder...

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "Ah, speak of..." The voice of a nearby receptionist mumbles as she puts down a phone that was about to be used to give the scientists' office a call to see where she was. "Miss Zellen, you seem to have a visitor. One... Chita, was it?" The receptionist turned to ask a nearby figure leaning against a wall, wearing a somewhat typical mens outfit, hands in the pockets of a knee-length coat. Who was it? Well, seems it was a Viera, and a male at that, obvious given the clothing and lack of veil on their face. Would Rhiannon recognize them? He was simply staring at her as she was walking by, curious if she'd respond or what.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "Hmmhmhmm~" Humming a happy little tune to herself, the significance of which would have been lost to anyone not her, Rhia paused upon being called and looked over at the receptionist who had dared to interrupt her happy little reverie. "Oh? A visitor? I was not expecting any visitors today." Or tomorrow...or the day after that, or ever. Well okay, maybe Montag, Cissnei, or Reno would pop up now and then, so no visitors might have been a lie. For better or worse. That aside, the woman in the lab coat arched a brow lightly as she looked over towards 'Chita'. "....Hmn." One look at the apparently male Viera and Rhia adopted an amused smile upon her features. "Well, fancy meeting you here. I was just running some experiments with your DNA." And she said that as if it were as casual as going out to lunch. Regardless, Rhia couldn't imagine why he'd be paying her a visit. ...Well okay, that was a lie. She knew full well just why he may have shown up again. And yes, he. She didn't bat an eye or react in any adverse way to seeing the Viera dressed as a male. Perhaps the vial of blood being played between her fingers held the reason to that. All that out of the way, the scientist merely continued to smile and gestured aside. "Well, shall we go somewhere quiet then? Perhaps my lab would do?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "...right." Chita still had little to no idea about science things and her talking of DNA or anything else for that matter was only as foreign as she'd previously explained to him. That being why anyone would ever want to study such a thing to begin with. He paused a moment more before shifting upright to stand on two feet proper and begin walking towards Rhiannon, pulling a small badge out that he had been given to show he was an 'official visitor' and wasn't in fact one of those sneaky types who snuck in. Quickly clipped onto the edge of a pocket, he stepped closer to Rhiannon and leaned in close enough to say, "I do hope things remain peaceful today." softly towards her. He wasn't looking for a confrontation at this point, and meant to make that as obvious as he could.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' Giving the visitor badge only a second's regard, She then turned and walked off, leading Evja through the complex. Various rooms and people were passed in the process as Rhia had no business with anyone or anyplace besides her own. Having heard the comment, she glanced aside at him, pleasant smile remaining. "Well, it would hardly be me who causes the problem today. If anyone." Shrugging nonchalantly, they arrived at the door to her lab, one ocular scan later and the door slid aside, opening the way within. "Well, come along then. I am a busy woman. Do try to make this worthwhile, hm?" Rhia spoke as she stepped into her lab, moving past various machinery and half done parts seemingly belonging to robots and high tech weaponry. Crossing the lab, she arrived at her desk area, plopping into a comfy looking swivel chair, casually turning to face Chita. She didn't offer him to have a seat, but there were other chairs place about rather messily. Immediately setting to multitasking, the scientist opened up a laptop at her desk and began to type away once the screen powered on. As she did so, she spoke. "So, why are you here? I can hazard a guess, but I would rather hear it from you."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' As he followed along the Viera's eyes and ears were both paying attention to everything around him, learning what he could of the place while not trying to appear a snoop. No one liked a snoop. Not to mention he still didn't quite feel comfortable 'Naked' as he were. Underdressed. Forced into the open with his gender. So her place of work opened simply by seeing her face? Or part of it? He cocked his head a bit and followed inside to lazily look around. And when she spoke, he looked back towards her. "I have had a lot of things happen to me lately that have made me realize a few certain key things. Among them that your research is not near as valuable as it was to me before. After all, I have come to realize others can obtain such things presumably without killing so many people as you have." Step. Step. Step. Chita walks up to the desk and stands in front of it, the desk between him and Rhiannon. "I suppose I should ask you the same thing I was asked not long ago, when my usefulness was brought to question. Primarily... naming a reason to why I should not do everything in my power to end this madness." Despite the context of the conversation, his tone was quite soft, hands still in his pocket. No weapons out, no loud voices, threats, or anything of the sort.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "Is that so?" Rhia replied over her typing, not sparing the Viera a glance. Her tone was easy and casual, if a bit distracted. Pausing in her typing, she took a moment to shuffle through some papers next to her computer, picking on out and reading it while resuming typing with one hand. "Well, you have my congratulations then." It wasn't a sarcastic jab, or hostile in any way, but something about it wasn't sincere either. But then, that seemed to be the rule of the day with this woman. Finished with that particular sheet of paper, the scientist set it back onto the stack and resumed typing with both hands, remembering to save every so often. After several paragraphs, she hit the enter key, and several other consoles whirred to life in the back of the lab, their screens flickering to life. All the while she worked, she listened as well, and his words elicited a faintly amused chuckle from her. "This again." There was a shake of the head, and then she went on. "I believe I already told you last time; if you really want to 'end this madness' then please, do try. I would rather enjoy seeing such actions." The chuckle turned into a giggle, which Rhia made no effort to repress. She stood then, closing her laptop and moving along to the consoles at the back end, producing that blood vial once more. "My research is meant for one thing only. For the advancement of knowledge. What comes with that knowledge is simply a secondary result. People's lives, the greater good, alleged evils...all secondary." Her words were direct and to the point. She really meant what she as saying. And for all Chita had said, Rhia hadn't put up her guard. In fact, she moved past him when she had gone to the consoles in the back, putting her back right to him. She was open and she didn't seem to care at all. "Now, is that all you had come to say? I must say, it certainly was a waste of time in any case." Another chuckle as her fingers danced across a keyboard, eyes illuminated by the light of the screen. "But then, I expected nothing more."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "..." Chita stared at Rhiannon as if she had grown a second head. Her complete lack of care had always confused him, and even now it didn't make understanding her any easier. It was almost as if she had no morality whatsoever. If she didn't... maybe that was why she could do such things so efficiently. She seemed to know full well he wouldn't harm her. That much was apparent as when she moved past him, he didn't even flinch like he was going to do anything. Instead, he simply watched, quietly, while thinking of what to say, what to do. "No... that was not all I had come to say. I had hoped that perhaps you had some faint hint of conscience grow within you since we last met, but it would seem otherwise." He knew full well nothing he would do would intimidate her and thus, he had to somehow bribe her curiosity, play to her interests... somehow. But what could this woman possibly want that he could even offer? If she was so fixated on knowledge... what did he know that she didn't? The sound of his shoes could be heard approaching her from behind and perhaps it may surprise her when he stepped right behind her and placed one hand on either side of her against the desk, leaning down over her shoulder to watch what she was doing, as well as continuing the conversation. "You say you simply want the advancement of knowledge. What is that to you? I have no disillusion that I hold much knowledge you would have interest in. In fact, I severely doubt anything I have to offer would even make you pay attention to me." Not to mention he was trying to judge more about her at the moment, to find out how she may react... to find any amount of 'I don't get this woman' that he can of himself and remove it so that perhaps... just a little... he might understand something about her. Even if she just wanted knowledge... there had to be more simple ways.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "Hmm?" She hummed lightly in acknowledgement. She continued her typing, eventually stopping and taking the blood vial she had with her and inserting it into an open slot in the computer console. A tiny bit was drawn from it as a sample and then transferred to some unseen location within the lab as readings began to stream across the screen. Chita's approach and subsequent watching drew only a moment's glance from the woman before her eyes slowly moved back to the display. His choice of position was questionable however. If she didn't know any better, then she would have figured this was some way of keeping her where she was. Clever. But nevertheless, she had no reason not to answer his statements, and so she did just that, speaking while working. "Knowledge is what drives the advancement of people. Race hardly factors into the equation. The more one understands the world and how things work..." She switched to one handed typing then, gesturing with her other hand. "All manner of things. Technology, science, biology, magic, darkness, light, all of it." And then her hand returned to the keyboard. Changing the settings of the apparent experiment. On screen, Chita would be able to see a small sample of his blood through the monitor. Soon a small sample of blackened material was introduced. It looked like blood as well, but it was...well, black. Whose could that be? Probably Leida's. Either way, the moment it was introduced, the two substanced began to mix, followed by a sickly glow, which drew a hum and a stroke of the chin from the woman. "I see, I see...oh, where was I? Oh yes, as I was saying. When one has an intimate knowledge of the world and the things around them, they become more capable people. They become able to address the problems the world has, they can make a difference if they so choose, no?" A simple question. Maybe.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Well, yes, he had intended to keep her still, or at least try to, while testing exactly what limits she seemed to have. The fact that she did nothing more than glance up at him, which was met with a glance back at her, didn't give as much information as he had hoped for. Though she did continue to speak, something she excelled at and didn't mind doing. "So you would destroy a world, and all the people in it, all in the name of what possible knowledge might be garnered for it? That seems a bit irrational. What is the point of destroying one thing and possibly learn how to save another. You could have simply not destroyed the first and possibly still saved both. ... or neither, I surrender, is an outcome as well." The outcome that bothered him the most. Those with keyblades were not immortal that he knew of... were finite, and thus were almost sacred in his view. They had to be protected, nurtured, to protect and save the worlds at large from the Heartless. And yet again he fell back on the same issue... This woman may have, or may soon, discovered a way to forge such a weapon. The Viera did not move from where he was, though as the 'infection' as it were begins to happen he steps a bit closer until he was pressed fully against her from behind and reached a hand up towards the screen, one finger pointing, "You said you were studying me... something of mine. It is a guess to say one of those is a part of me. ...what did you to it?" Even still, as close as he was, he was trying to use this as an opportunity to see what made her tick. What was she scared of, if anything. Did anything at all bother her? He needed /some/ form of leverage and so far he had nothing, even as he had her nearly pinned against that console. One thing the Viera was fairly good at was reading others. That was something he had learned a lot about over the years - watching expressions, body language, trying to determine if anyone had any sort of problem with him at any point or something that he was doing.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' Well, she didn't seem to mind. Yet anyhow. "Destroy a world? Come now, do I seem that irrational?" And then a pause as she really thought about the question. "...However, logically speaking, the answer to that question would have to depend on the circumstances given at that time." Pausing in her experimentation, leaving the mixture of blood and data readings to sit on screen, she simply leaned back and smiled, staring up at Chita. "...You know, I am not dim. I know exactly what you are trying to do. Testing my limits? Trying to find a chink in the proverbial armor? Looking for some angle in which to understand me?" Her smile turned amused at the questions fired back at him and then she added. "You are not very good at being subtle, are you?" Apparently that question was rhetorical as she didn't bother waiting for an answer, leaning forward again and turning her attention back to the computer screen. My, he was close though. Was he trying to annoy her? It wasn't working so much as entertaining her at the moment though and she answered his questions with an easy tone. "Yes, I happen to be studying your blood. You...donated a sample quite a while ago. A male Viera is not something I have ever heard of. This is a rare specimen." Observing the reaction on screen, Rhia paused a bit to examine the result's data. "To be quite frank, I was surprised to find Y chromosomes in your blood. But of course, genetics cannot lie, therefore...this became that much more, ah...interesting." She'd go with that. "What you see happening here is..." The woman was going to continue explaining, but...what was he doing? She was nearly pressed against the computer as they were now. "...You know, if you were intending to do something like this, I do believe that a bed would be a much more suitable place for those kinds of activities." That statement was followed by a mischievous smile as Rhia glanced aside, giving Chita a sidelong glance. "Taking a woman in her place of work is simply barbaric. Perhaps I should call for security, hm?" And here comes the riposte. Minor as it may be.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' And he was busted. Chita sighed softly but did not move, instead at this point deciding to simply amuse himself with the situation. This woman was impossible. At least at the moment. If she could pick up on his reasoning so simply, no reason not to just leave the situation as it had become and glean what he could. As he watched it further, trying to understand all of what was there, the retort she came up with simply caused him to shift one hand slightly and poke at her stomach with a thumb. "And so is unleashing a monster onto a city. Barbaric that is. Besides, as much as you like to study things I would have thought one such as you would rather do things like that in a place like this, where everything is forever stored away in those silly computers of yours." He was not serious in the least, though perhaps he had relaxed just a bit when it came to being around her. She was going to do nothing to him, and he had no intention of doing anything to her. His dislike of her actions meant nothing if he wouldn't do anything as it was. He didn't have the spine to just end it now. "So how about telling me, then, Miss Zellen was it? What is it that makes you tick? At the risk of sounding crass given our position at the moment, I was looking for a leg up on you as it were. You are certainly a very... self confident person, confident as well that I will not actually do anything to harm you. So humor me, and perhaps I will let you collect some other sample one day." Now he was teasing back. That's her own fault. Even if the conversation was pleasant enough considering the context of it all.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' Having her stomach poked, Rhia squirmed just a tad, suppressing a laugh. "Ehehe, I suppose you may have a point. ...Or multiple points." She replied in kind, giving a moment's pause before amending her statement. "Actually, I do believe I would rather do it in a bed after all. Much more comfortable." Another amused chuckle escaped from her at that. Well, at the very least, she didn't seem offended. Not that there was any apparent possibility beforehand either. "You want to know what makes me tick?" Smiling wider as her amusement grew, the scientist brought a hand to her cheek, feigning embarrassment like a demure maiden. "You fiend, one does not just up and ask those types of questions!" Clearly having plenty of fun with this situation, she went on. "And now you want a leg up on me? Completely horrible!" Covering her mouth then, a fit of giggles escaped from her and it took a bit before she could compose herself. "Phew...you truly are an amusing one." Sobering up, Rhia did little to resist their current posture and just sat there, letting it happen as she wasn't really being harmed, nor was anything utterly inappropriate happening. "Collect another sample? ...I wonder, whatever could you be talking about? Blood?" And then a small, entertained smile found it's way to her face. "...Or something else? Ah, I wonder how you would propose I extract it..." And the teasing went back and forth.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "I think I finally understand something I never did before." What was that? Well, he continues, smiling a bit himself despite everything. "Humes... and some other species fascination with things that are dangerous. Things that could kill them." His thumb pokes again at her stomach before he says in timing with the poke, "Snakes... spiders... womenfolk with the last name of Zellen. All this time I have been trying to find something, anything, personifying about you. Something... simple. Anything." As he spoke, that hand slipped a bit further around her until he was practically hugging her from behind, "And you know? All in all... despite your flaws... despite everything about you that I hate and if I had the nerve would kill without hesitation..." Pause. Pause. "I still find you absolutely adorable for some reason. Like the one who has a pet spider named fluffy, a giant venomous thing that would just as soon kill someone, and yet he cares not if it walks freely in his abode or wanders across a hand. So what does that make you, hm? A spider? Snake? Scorpion? Or something entirely alien perhaps, as you seem only interested in knowledge and teasing me back. How can anything so... devoid of morality as I coin it be so... cute when they giggle?" He didn't get this woman. Period. She was... a puzzle to him. He wanted to hug her and stab her at the same time

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "Oh? You understand something? Do tell." And tell he did. She just listened to him, the results of the experiment partially forgotten for now in the wake of this bout of entertainment. It was nothing she hadn't heard before so far. She had plenty of death threats in her life. Heck, some even made good on them. ...Let's not ask how she's still here in that case. But once he called her adorable, she paused. "....?" Remaining quiet in order to allow Chita to speak further, her expression was unreadable, and neither did she resist the fact that this man, that would have loved to kill her, had he the spine to do it, was practically hugging her from behind. "Adorable? ...Cute? ....Pfft- ehehehe! A-Are you serious? Do you know how old I am? One does not usually attach adorable and cute to an adult woman! You truly are amusing!" Yet, despite her words, her arms lowered, covering his own nearly around her. "I have not been this amused in quite a while..." A pause then, and she added. "...You know, you would not be having this struggle if you simply found the resolve to do what others might deem as necessary." Another pause. "But then...what do you deem as necessary?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' And there she goes with that laugh again. Chita takes a deep breath and sighs, ears folding back a bit before he says in response to her, "I am older than you I guarantee. Viera do not age as humes do. So I maintain my right to refer to you as both cute and adorable, despite your flaws. As for my resolve..." he paused there before saying, "You well know I will not kill you, I do not have the resolve as you just stated. In fact I told the God of Death himself I would not kill a man even to save my own life or soul and paid the price. Perhaps that is why I am here now, uncaring except my desire to see something good come out of your madness. What do I deem necessary? That is the question..." Another long pause as he goes silent, looking at the screen again before saying, "In the end, I suppose I desire that weapon. I desire the ability to make a difference in this world. The ability to destroy those damnable creatures that are going to eat everything they come across, that have caused more pain and misery than you could ever hope to cause." A moments thought further and then he declared, "I deem it necessary to keep close to you at this point, until I am certain that your work comes to fruition. My soul is already damned so I have little concern at this point, even with my morality nagging at me. Something good can come out of this. It can. And quite frankly..." ... pause ... "...if I get to stand here despite it all and flirt, then perhaps we could find something to get along on."

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' Listening to the Viera recount his past experiences, Rhia hummed lightly to acknowledge that she had been listening. "Is that so. You would never kill a man? Ever? Not even to save your own existence? Not even in the face of the Lord of the Dead?" A pause then as she processed this information. It didn't take long. "You really are a fool." And bluntly enough, she came to that conclusion. "To be quite frank, my weapons research has halted due to media attention." Turning her head a bit to glance at him, she continued. "If you wish to claim that disfigured blade, attempt to find good in it, then by all means, do try." Raising an arm, palm facing upwards, a dark magic glyph formed above her hand, expanding a bit before a solid object began to slowly drift upwards through it. Some sort of matter transferrence spell? It would seem that way. Before Chita's eyes, a familiar disfigured, black handle and hilt, pulsing with lines of red energy, appeared from the glyph. It was the nameless black sword she had forged from the lives of countless people some months back. And to think she could just casually summon the weapon up whenever she pleased. Yet, Rhia hardly had any intention to go swinging it around. Apparently not going to reveal any more than just enough to be grasped and pulled, she held the glyph containing the partially revealed blade to him. "You know what happened the last time you held this." She spoke plainly, with a calculating tone. "I have zero intention to turn you back, should you fall." Though she probably had the power to. "If you wish to proceed, here you are. I can gather some good data from your experience." There was a pause then as the woman allowed for her intention to sink in. "...Of course, if you find your resolve lacking, I can simply cancel this matter displacement spell and return to my work."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' [[User:Evja|Evja]] ([[User talk:Evja|talk]]) "I don't want to die!" "Help me!" "Mommy! Daddy!" [[User:Evja|Evja]] ([[User talk:Evja|talk]]) Chita stared at the object as it formed, actually hesitating. She could feel that one arm he had around her half tighten before it relaxed and fell back down to the desk in front of her, rather than against her. And so the mood of things had soured into being rather blunt all of a sudden and that fascination he had going with her, almost enjoyment of her personality when she wasn't doing something horrible... is gone. But there it was. That blade, that weapon that he had intended to eventually claim, try to use... try to do... something with it. He had watched her take hold of the weapon before and not suffer as he did. She had put something between the hilt and her own skin. "Well, considering that then... I suppose it would not hurt to take it off your hands until such a time you can continue that research. Of course, I have no intention of destroying it." Reaching up to his own neck he slackens the long scarf he had around it and goes to tug it free, planning to wrap the cloth around the hilt a few times before grabbing at it, should she not just jerk the weapon away.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' She didn't budge any once he reached for the handle, actually giving him a few points in her mind for not being a fool and grabbing it directly skin to surface. So he wasn't quite that stupid. Good. "Take it then. If you find some use in it, let me know." She was really casual about simply handing off an amalgamation of people's lives, people's hearts. "Just know that the Black Beast is still within. It is simply dormant. Should you fail to control it correctly, it will awaken. And if that happens, you can bid farewell to another city. Or perhaps more." A rare warning from her. She was tempted to just let him fumble around with it, if he dared, and bear witness to the impending catastrophe. But in this case, a bit of prudence was required. There were eyes on her, and she couldn't go playing around again until they were drawn elsewhere. "That said, I do have one minor stipulation for parting with this blade..." Ah, a catch. Whatever could it be? The smile on her face was rather disconcerting, but in the end. "...Do come by more often. You entertain me after all."

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Scarf-wrapped handle taken, Chita looks at it a bit more before he stepped back from Rhiannon entirely and shrugged his shoulders so that long coat he had on slipped off his left arm entirely onto his right hand which was holding the Black weapon. He used his now free left hand to carefully slip the coat over his other hand and scarf and flip the coat a few times round the weapon before tossing it into the air and letting the entire package vanish. Seems he has some inventory management techniques as well. "Stipulation?" he asks before she smiled and said what she did. "..." sigh. He looked away a moment and reached up with his right hand to scratch behind an ear before nodding, "Likewise, when you aren't busy doing horrible things, I seem to find you rather enjoyable to be around. Not to mention I still owe you a second sample, hm?" He teased there in an attempt to lighten the mood, hands coming down to rest in his pants pockets as he stood there looking at Rhiannon, considering something perhaps. "Actually, how about that, hm?" He didn't /mean/ the sample, but who knows how she'd take that remark before he continued, "I am feeling a tad peckish. Perhaps you could show me around this place if you are not too busy? I am sure there is somewhere here one could get something to eat. Or if you were that enchanted earlier by my offer I'm quite sure you also have some place quiet and relaxing to wander off towards." Chita is still quite male in the end. Can't blame a guy for trying his luck.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "I'm charmed." She replied, chuckling a bit before turning her attention to the experiment's progress on the screen. The sickly glow of the black blood mixture seemed to have gained red spots all over now. It was constantly changing shape like some manner of amoeba. But considering that there was no time to continue at the moment, Rhia pressed a single button off to the side, causing everything to freeze. Instant cyro-stasis? It looked that way anyway. "Hmmmn~" Murmuring in a low tone her contemplation, Rhia swiveled around in her chair to face Chita, crossing one leg over the other. "Well, there is a cafeteria within the building. According to the soldiers and staff, the food there is actually good. I have yet to confirm these claims as I have not eaten there before." Come to think of it, no one in the entire building could claim to have seen her eating at all. Another mystery. "Personally though..." Uncrossing her legs, the scientist then crossed them the other way and leaned forward a tad, resting her elbows in her lap and her chin in her palms. "...I think I would rather collect that sample." A playful smile found it's way to her face then. "What do you say? Care to keep me company tonight~?" Certainly she must have been teasing him. Probably.

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' Chita makes a little grumbling sound before he says with a laugh, "Knowing how you collected my blood, I'm almost convinced any other sampling of that sort would involve a needle. To which I say no thank you." Stepping closer again to peer towards the suddenly frozen state of the stuff on the screen, Chita looked back at her and reached one hand out of a pocket to poke towards her stomach once more, which had previously gotten at least a tiny squirm out of her. "Don't tempt me too hard though. I have lived too long pretending to be a female. The amount of company I have enjoyed of another in the last half of my life I can count on one hand. At least pleasurable company anyways." He does consider stuff before shrugging, "Though why not, I certainly have nothing better to do and I amuse you. I am yours for the night, unless you pull out more needles." Mentally he hopes he didn't just sign himself on to become a lifesized version of what was on that computer screen.

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' Another squirm as Rhia slightly edged away in her chair from his poke. "Tempt you? Hardly. It was a mature offer between two adults that would result in...various mutual benefits." She nodded sagely at that and then stood from the chair. "Right then, to the cafeteria to get you fed. And then...to my room." That said, she passed Chita again carelessly leaving everything behind as she headed for the door of the lab. Once she got there, she turned back to look at him. "Well? Or are you not quite as hungry as you had first professed?"

:'''[[Chita]] has posed:''' "..." Sigh. Chita shrugged a bit before tucking his hands back into his pockets and following along behind the moral-absent scientist. "Truth told I'm getting a tad fat, in my view, so I'm more than happy to skip out on a proper meal if that suits you all the same."

:'''[[Rhiannon Zellen]] has posed:''' "Your call~" She responded, leaving the lab and allowing the door to slide shut with a whirr and a thunk. "To my room it is~" And so she led him off through the halls and to the resting quarters. Considering she had her own room, there was little to worry about. Little at all.

Chita

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Evja: Fixing sizing issue

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{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Evja
|age=20's
|image=Split_Personality.jpg
|species=Viera
|sex=Male
|height=6'1" without ears, 7'1" with ears
|weight=Slight, 120's without his armor, 200+ with
|series=Final Fantasy Tactics A2
|styles=Clan Judge
|hometown=Fluorgis
|alignment=Wandering Force
|group=None
|occupation=Judge
|quote=...carrots are for rabbits, not Viera. ... ... *grabs* ...I hunger, say not a word.
|footer=As of late, Evja has been wandering, looking for a new purpose in the wider worlds now that the Hades Cup is over and he has no immediate goal.
}}

=Profile=
Evja is a Viera whose home rests within one of the many worlds consumed by shadow. Thus, all Evja has left from his previous and original home is the armor and weapons he has with him. Currently, with no clan of his own in this new world, he wanders and works freelance jobs as they come up, for any spare munny. By normal standards, Evja would be considered of a Dragoons training, despite being a Judge. His preferred weapons are his collection of lances, he wears plate and jumps quite well.

=Background=

Evja was born in Flourgis, where he led a generally non-descript life. Kept apart from general society because of being born a male did lead to him having a somewhat romantic view of the outside world, particularly clans. This wasn't helped by the fact that he was whisked away to the Rupie mountains just after birth to keep him from being in harms way. For nearly thirty years, Evja was raised much like one would expect a sacrificial virgin would be in some more extreme cases. As Males were so rare in the Vieran culture, any who were born were to be raised for the good of all, not themselves. This meant that his only real friends often times were books, and stories that he heard from the females that came and went from the mountains. Given he only ever got to leave when in the company of a female on official business, and even then when he was fully garbed from head to toe to try and keep him even safer, his life was quite sheltered.

Eventually he ignored the demands of his elders and left his home to join a roaming clan, fully intending to lead said romantic life. By planning out a method of escaping, Evja finally was able to slip away from his band of escorts when he came across a roaming clan and promised to help them out if they created a distraction. Given the Clan had no Viera for him to learn from, not to mention being unable to seek out other Viera and having been sheltered since he was little, he wound up taking on the trades of a Bangaa. Specifically, he began training to be a Dragoon. Which was actually quite beneficial as he had a natural knack for jumping and using spears.

When out and in clan outings, however, he still had to hide the fact that he was male. This often led to him doing things like crossdressing as a female Viera or wearing long, flowing clothing despite being of a Dragoons lean to hide his gender. Eventually he was able to get some armor to help with this, though he still had to hide what he actually was.

However, a peaceful and fun life in a clan simply was not to be. As it turned out, the reason for a string of victories was a flood of beneficial laws that happened to be coming from the clan Judge, who was being bribed. With others having no way to prove the issue, though, it went unmolested until Evja took the issue up with another Clan's judge. During the scuffle that ensued when the Judges came to detain their Clan Judge, Evja sided with the Judges force against his own clan and the disgraced Judge and proved to be quite beneficial. Enough so that when the Judge was finally stripped of his armor and magic, and cast to Jail, Evja was offered a chance in thanks to take up Judgehood with the proper training.

Which he jumped at, no pun intended. It took him several years of hard effort, but he finally graduated. This was not without its own share of problems though. The ranks of the Judges were almost entirely Human, only select other near-humans were Judges as well. Not that he was unique by any means, but effort and determination paid off in graduating. Just when he was on his journey to meet the clan he was to be hosting... the Shadows came, and he was swept away into a new world.

=Personality=

As one might expect from a Judge, Evja tends to have a no-nonsense attitude about right and wrong. The Law is the Law, breaking the Law is bad and not something any law-abiding citizen should do. This is especially true for Clans who knowingly do this despite being Adjudicated. Otherwise, he still has a rather romantic notion of how the world works. Despite being a Judge, being raised away from Society kept him mostly sheltered. He is by no means naive, having lived many years in the proper world, but still some things tend to come across as a bit romantic.

Likewise, outside of his duty, he has little in the way of direction or something to do. His life is currently what it is. He is a Judge, working towards one day becoming more, perhaps even Judgemaster, should he obtain the opportunity. He has suffered many years of bunny jokes, and due to such has little taste for them. He still likes carrots however.

Despite his manner of being raised, he holds no ill will towards Viera or their culture, he simply chooses not to subject himself to that life. Though to that effect he never has had the chance to find anyone to be intimate with emotionally of his own kind, or even admit who he really is past the Judges whom he had little choice in revealing the truth to. Not that non-Viera cared about such things. That's actually something he has always hoped for, to find a Viera who would choose to keep his secret safe and not attempt to force him back into the lifestyle that is subjected to practically all males born of the Viera.

This in mind, though, he goes out of his way to avoid situations in which it might be discovered his identity and/or gender both. When in armor, Evja is just that, a Judge, a male, likely human Judge that has nothing to do with his normal self. When out of armor, though, Evja will often revert to a more reserved appearance, donning robes and cloaks and things to cover his face with, most especially never wearing anything that would be considered relaxed or open.

=Combat=

Evja is a Judge by profession, with a fighting style of a Dragoon. While physically he is a tank, due to his Vieran heritage and being a male thus, he is extremely weak to magic. And, personally, is actually incapable of casting proper magic. Combining the armory of a Judge with his training as a Dragoon, he tends to be the type who plows in first while expecting others to make up for what he can't do, primarily, keeping him protected from mages that he cannot simply lay into himself when the time comes.

As far as his abilities with weaopns, Evja is a master of using multiple lances at once, having had the opportunity to forge a collection of lances for himself when he graduated the Law Akademy. This is to say while he could get by using normal lances in multiples, he is most proficient when using his own, which he can summon to and dispel from himself as necessary.

Otherwise he carries around with him a generic Judge Sword, which he can use but prefers not to, instead simply using it as a formality of his position. As far as his other equipment goes, from his time within his Clan, he was able to obtain a rare set of Faerie Shoes, which he has since reworked into a set of Knight Greaves to look like proper Judge attire. After all, who would take a Judge wearing Faerie shoes seriously? Even if they happen to be a Viera. They still work the same, however, allowing him to flash short distances instead of moving 'manually', if he so chooses.(They can't be used to break into high security places and would simply be a combat/cantrip thing to represent his accuracy and attack. I have no plans to walk through walls.)

[[File:Evja-FK-Profile.gif]]

= Encounters =
{| class="CTable RelationTable"
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Size
! scope="col" | Outcome
! scope="col" | Condition
! scope="col" | Comments
|-
| Hydra
| Many
| Won
| Conscious
| Injured leg from Hydra tooth puncture.
|-
| Coyote Heartless
| Several
| Won
| Conscious
| Hurt back in fight.
|-
| Crushatrice
| Many
| Won
| Conscious
| Knocked around
|-
| Rage
| 1v1
| Won
| Conscious
| Knocked around
|-
| Somer
| 3v1
| Won
| Conscious
| Fairly injured
|-
| Mammoth/Hyena Heartless
| Many
| Won
| Conscious
| Largely not hurt
|-
| Team Punishment Detail
| 3v3
| Won
| Unconscious
| Knocked out protecting teammates
|-
| Faruja/Hati
| 1v2
| Draw
| Conscious
| Detained before it got out of control
|-
| Baigan and Heartless
| Many
| Won
| Conscious
| Largely unharmed
|-
| Team DLC
| 3v3
| Won
| Conscious
| Exhausted
|-
| Team No Sleep 'til Brooklyn
| 3v3
| Lost
| Unconscious
| Generally beaten around/hurt by Isaac's Anathema spell
|-
| War of the Magi Machine
| Many
| Won
| Conscious
| Untouched
|-
| Sora
| 1v1
| Won
| Conscious
| Spar with blunts of weapon
|-
| Angantyr
| 1v1
| Lost
| Unconscious
| Fought successively while still exhausted after bout with Sora, nearly won despite
|-
| Mercade & Co
| 1v3(5)
| Lost
| Unconscious
| Fought 1vs3, and later vs 5+, Mercade/Deidra/Emi at once originally then Zia and Sora jumped in after Hades left to attack
|}

= Relationships =

==Friends, or what can amount to such==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Hati|Hati]]||"I must admit it is quite a new thing to have someone show an honest interest in me not simply because of my appearance. A pity she seems so smitten with Faruja... else I might have even given her a chance, despite my own preferences and problems with non-Viera. But she probably hates me now that I said I would not be an executioner for her. Oh well... I hope not."
|-
|[[Tifa_Lockhart|Tifa]]||"Did she really just flip that giant beast over? Still, she is a good partner in the Hades cup, and I shall henceforth be happy to assist her how I can, because she is a good woman."
|-
|[[Quistis_Trepe|Quistis]]||"A good woman and someone I can hopefully get to know better. Not to mention she seems to have ferreted out my secret. Tch... at least she is kind about it."
|-
|[[Maira]]||"She knows! And yet... she still says she wishes to be friends with me. I... hope I can trust her."
|-
|[[Lia the Gria]]||"So she is alive... And though she likely hates me, I do not hate her. Lia, please be safe."
|-
|}

==Coworkers==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Gabranth]]||"According to Judge Magister Zargabaath, this one is a working leader of the Archades Judges due to his closeness with House Solidor, whatever that may be. So he is akin to their Judgemaster. A strong fighter too, though I am uncertain of his lurking in shadows and standoffishness among other Judges, he helped without a need, so that is good enough for me."
|-
|[[Zargabaath]]||"A well-spoken and just Judge, who also helped to take down the last rogue member of my old clan. If it weren't for these two... would Hermann still be alive? Would I be perished? No, I cannot blame them for what happens during a fight, especially one where they intended to help. Even if it was Gabranth's uncontrolled attack that knocked Zargabaath into Somer... and lead to the explosive activating."
|-
|[[Riku]]||"So he lives... and is a Judge too. What is this world coming to?"
|-
|}

==Amusing/Friendly==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Pixi]]||"I cannot believe I let a female Viera catch me unawares, and let alone not have bathed recently enough that she was able to pick my sex out by scent on the air. Still... she cared for my wounds, and claimed to have no interest in forcing me back to the warren. I can only hope that is true. Besides, this is the first womanfolk of my kind I have spoken to openly in... years, since I fled the warrens safety as a boy. It felt nice to not hide."
|-
|[[Faruja_Senra|Faruja]]||"Will he consider me his enemy now that I stayed his hand from trying to slay a man? Hmph... hopefully that ill will, if it exists, will not spread even further. I am already hated enough as it is."
|-
|[[Rinoa_Heartilly|Rinoa]]||"I'M NOT A MALE VIERA DAMNIT *.* I'm just... flatchested. Right. >//> (why is everyone calling me male lately?! Stupid humans!). At least she has promised not to accuse me of being a male anymore. Yet she seemed awful friendly."
|-
|[[Aerith_Gainsborough|Aerith]]||"Seems nice enough. Knows Zargabaath and Pixi as well, as a student/friend/something. Hm, who is she?"
|-
|}

==Met In Passing==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Pete]]||"..."
|-
|[[Fran]]||"Stubborn Viera who was wounded yet still refused help. I hope she is well."
|-
|[[Louis_Leblue|Louis]]||"Do not know this ones name, nor what to think of them. They seem to be part of Faruja's church, and seemed intent on killing that man. Ramza. Mmph. Must all be so crazy?"
|-
|[[Ramza_Beoulve|Ramza]]||"Self-proclaimed heretic for killing an demonic archbishop or something of the sort. It is not my problem. I only helped him because he was about to be slaughtered in such a manner."
|-
|[[Artemis_Eurus|Artemis]]||"Works with Ramza. Nothing of note."
|-
|[[Sanel]]||"...strong grip. And how did you come to associate with Lia? More and more questions... just who are you, or what?"
|-
|[[Seymour_Guado|Seymour]]||"Maester of Yevon, whatever that may be. I am thankful to him for helping heal me though. Seems nice enough."
|-
|[[Professor Mister Green]]||"Self-Important Jackass, from the sounds of him. But, still, his control of magic... hopefully we never cross weapons."
|-
|[[Artyom]]||"No real opinion, seemed competent in a fight."
|-
|[[Sora]]||"Wielder of a mysterious weapon called a Keyblade. Despite being young, and untrained... he still did well enough in a fight. I am sure he could be a force to be reckoned with if given proper training. But until then... "

|-
|[[Isaac_Hanlon|Isaac]]||"Seriously, what was his problem? I do not even know who his 'friend' is that he claims to have 'learned of me' from. Is he... associated with Verda somehow? They are the only ones who truly have issue with me past the idiots in the last rounds of the tournament. ... was one of them badmouthing me?"
|-
|[[Mercade_Alexander|Mercade]]||"Fought against him, do not know anything of him."
|-
|[[Avira]]||"How did she even survive that attack for the mage? Still, it would seem she, too, made a bargain with Hades. But why?"
|-
|[[Deelel]]||"I am not sure what she is, or who, but she seems to be under the impression only those who fought for this Manhattan place or Residents thereof deserve to compete for the sake of it. What an idiot. Though I cannot blame her, for that is the very reason I gave it my all to beat their team. I know them not and am doing everything I can to ensure the shard gets safely restored. Perhaps one day."
|-
|[[Brooklyn]]||"Strong fellow, not sure what he is though. Looks vaguely draconic though."
|-
|[[Will_Sherman|Will]]||"I do not like this one. He is a thief and a coward, stealing that and fleeing as he did, putting the rest of us in danger and leaving us on our own. I shant be trusting this one again."
|-
|[[Dameon]]||"...idiot."
|-
|[[Priel_Aylin|Priel]]||"Carrot Stew!"
|-
|[[Leida]]||"I do not understand this one. And... admittedly, for whatever reason, she cannot seem to understand me."
|-
|[[Rage]]||"Fool bounty hunter who took on a mark for me without researching who I was. Thankfully, she came to her senses when she realized it. I cannot say I felt bad for the shape she was in at the time, but I do hope there is a lesson learned."
|-
|[[Skoll_Ulfang|Skoll]]||"Hati's brother, I do not know much of him."
|-
|[[Luso_Clemens|Luso]]||"Apparently this boy leads Gully. Hm... still, I wonder why he let me flee when he knew there was a mark on me. Was it because he knew I was a Judge?"
|-
|}

==Adversaries==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Angantyr_Vespar|Angantyr]]||"Even though I now know your dysfunction, I shall deal with you as soon as I can. None should wander with free pass and act so."
|-
|[[Mercade_Alexander|Mercade]]||"More by circumstance than choice, I must kill this man. As much as I hate Hades for tasking me with this... this fool has caused me more than enough grief simply by demanding I kill him on two occasions despite knowing I wish not to do it. I am beginning to have little pity for this one."
|-
|[[Hades]]||"To think that you would task me with killing a man from our bargain... I shall remember this when the time comes."
|-
|[[Clan Verda]]||"My old clan, the ones whom I betrayed and turned into the Judges for breaking the laws, whom I sided against in combat with the Judges and whom likely now want revenge on me. I have never been happy with how things turned out, though I know I did the right thing. But to know they all hate me so..."
|-
|[[Lia the Gria]]||"And yet, you most likely want me dead. I cannot let you kill me, Lia. Not yet. If you are still alive in the years to come when I an no longer needed... if you still wish vengeance upon me, you may have it then."
|-
|}

= Misc =

NOTE 1: Yes, Evja is a crossdresser. He is a male Viera who dresses as a female Viera(in concealing clothes, not revealing, explicitly concealing) when not in his armor, and pretends to be a male human while in his armor. This is not in any way sexual, it is more akin to the style of crossdressing like in Mulan. It is done out of necessity to keep himself safe, in his view. You DO NOT know he is male simply by looking at him, unless you assume all things without massive breasts are male. He is quite good at this and has done it for many years, and since most people have never even heard of a male Viera, please assume he is female unless it comes up in RP that your character learns otherwise. I feel a bit silly having to note this, but there have been several people who lead off with, "A male Viera?!" ... so, yeah.

NOTE 2: Please, if you've only ever met him in armor, you shouldn't recognize him out of it! That's just common sense people :x Likewise, if you've never seen Evja before, and all you've seen is the Judge Armor, or you are simply meeting him in his Judge Armor, one should likely assume he is a) Male, given the imposing nature of the armor, and b) Human. There is no reason to know right off the bat, without outside knowledge(someone told the character otherwise) that it is a 'Bunny Judge' or anything of the sort. Again, I would think that is common enough sense, but... well, yeah, I've been proven wrong.

NOTE X: I don't bite! Sorry if these notes seem a bit... harsh, but it's things that bother me quite a bit and I want to make sure it's known, in some fashion.

= Gallery =

[[File:EvjaDiveLineart.png|500px]]
[[File:Cloak.png|500px]]
[[File:KHOutfit.png|500px]]
[[File:Summer_Dress.png|500px]]
[[File:Evjaarmor.png|500px]]
[[File:Evjacommish9.png|1000px]]

1-6 Random poses and clothing

7/8 Assassin and Elementalist custom design for Chita

9 and 10 Hades taking his due from the reneging Viera.

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Chita

2013-08-20T05:32:36Z

Evja:

{{CTable}}{{RTable}}

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Evja
|age=20's
|image=Split_Personality.jpg
|species=Viera
|sex=Male
|height=6'1" without ears, 7'1" with ears
|weight=Slight, 120's without his armor, 200+ with
|series=Final Fantasy Tactics A2
|styles=Clan Judge
|hometown=Fluorgis
|alignment=Wandering Force
|group=None
|occupation=Judge
|quote=...carrots are for rabbits, not Viera. ... ... *grabs* ...I hunger, say not a word.
|footer=As of late, Evja has been wandering, looking for a new purpose in the wider worlds now that the Hades Cup is over and he has no immediate goal.
}}

=Profile=
Evja is a Viera whose home rests within one of the many worlds consumed by shadow. Thus, all Evja has left from his previous and original home is the armor and weapons he has with him. Currently, with no clan of his own in this new world, he wanders and works freelance jobs as they come up, for any spare munny. By normal standards, Evja would be considered of a Dragoons training, despite being a Judge. His preferred weapons are his collection of lances, he wears plate and jumps quite well.

=Background=

Evja was born in Flourgis, where he led a generally non-descript life. Kept apart from general society because of being born a male did lead to him having a somewhat romantic view of the outside world, particularly clans. This wasn't helped by the fact that he was whisked away to the Rupie mountains just after birth to keep him from being in harms way. For nearly thirty years, Evja was raised much like one would expect a sacrificial virgin would be in some more extreme cases. As Males were so rare in the Vieran culture, any who were born were to be raised for the good of all, not themselves. This meant that his only real friends often times were books, and stories that he heard from the females that came and went from the mountains. Given he only ever got to leave when in the company of a female on official business, and even then when he was fully garbed from head to toe to try and keep him even safer, his life was quite sheltered.

Eventually he ignored the demands of his elders and left his home to join a roaming clan, fully intending to lead said romantic life. By planning out a method of escaping, Evja finally was able to slip away from his band of escorts when he came across a roaming clan and promised to help them out if they created a distraction. Given the Clan had no Viera for him to learn from, not to mention being unable to seek out other Viera and having been sheltered since he was little, he wound up taking on the trades of a Bangaa. Specifically, he began training to be a Dragoon. Which was actually quite beneficial as he had a natural knack for jumping and using spears.

When out and in clan outings, however, he still had to hide the fact that he was male. This often led to him doing things like crossdressing as a female Viera or wearing long, flowing clothing despite being of a Dragoons lean to hide his gender. Eventually he was able to get some armor to help with this, though he still had to hide what he actually was.

However, a peaceful and fun life in a clan simply was not to be. As it turned out, the reason for a string of victories was a flood of beneficial laws that happened to be coming from the clan Judge, who was being bribed. With others having no way to prove the issue, though, it went unmolested until Evja took the issue up with another Clan's judge. During the scuffle that ensued when the Judges came to detain their Clan Judge, Evja sided with the Judges force against his own clan and the disgraced Judge and proved to be quite beneficial. Enough so that when the Judge was finally stripped of his armor and magic, and cast to Jail, Evja was offered a chance in thanks to take up Judgehood with the proper training.

Which he jumped at, no pun intended. It took him several years of hard effort, but he finally graduated. This was not without its own share of problems though. The ranks of the Judges were almost entirely Human, only select other near-humans were Judges as well. Not that he was unique by any means, but effort and determination paid off in graduating. Just when he was on his journey to meet the clan he was to be hosting... the Shadows came, and he was swept away into a new world.

=Personality=

As one might expect from a Judge, Evja tends to have a no-nonsense attitude about right and wrong. The Law is the Law, breaking the Law is bad and not something any law-abiding citizen should do. This is especially true for Clans who knowingly do this despite being Adjudicated. Otherwise, he still has a rather romantic notion of how the world works. Despite being a Judge, being raised away from Society kept him mostly sheltered. He is by no means naive, having lived many years in the proper world, but still some things tend to come across as a bit romantic.

Likewise, outside of his duty, he has little in the way of direction or something to do. His life is currently what it is. He is a Judge, working towards one day becoming more, perhaps even Judgemaster, should he obtain the opportunity. He has suffered many years of bunny jokes, and due to such has little taste for them. He still likes carrots however.

Despite his manner of being raised, he holds no ill will towards Viera or their culture, he simply chooses not to subject himself to that life. Though to that effect he never has had the chance to find anyone to be intimate with emotionally of his own kind, or even admit who he really is past the Judges whom he had little choice in revealing the truth to. Not that non-Viera cared about such things. That's actually something he has always hoped for, to find a Viera who would choose to keep his secret safe and not attempt to force him back into the lifestyle that is subjected to practically all males born of the Viera.

This in mind, though, he goes out of his way to avoid situations in which it might be discovered his identity and/or gender both. When in armor, Evja is just that, a Judge, a male, likely human Judge that has nothing to do with his normal self. When out of armor, though, Evja will often revert to a more reserved appearance, donning robes and cloaks and things to cover his face with, most especially never wearing anything that would be considered relaxed or open.

=Combat=

Evja is a Judge by profession, with a fighting style of a Dragoon. While physically he is a tank, due to his Vieran heritage and being a male thus, he is extremely weak to magic. And, personally, is actually incapable of casting proper magic. Combining the armory of a Judge with his training as a Dragoon, he tends to be the type who plows in first while expecting others to make up for what he can't do, primarily, keeping him protected from mages that he cannot simply lay into himself when the time comes.

As far as his abilities with weaopns, Evja is a master of using multiple lances at once, having had the opportunity to forge a collection of lances for himself when he graduated the Law Akademy. This is to say while he could get by using normal lances in multiples, he is most proficient when using his own, which he can summon to and dispel from himself as necessary.

Otherwise he carries around with him a generic Judge Sword, which he can use but prefers not to, instead simply using it as a formality of his position. As far as his other equipment goes, from his time within his Clan, he was able to obtain a rare set of Faerie Shoes, which he has since reworked into a set of Knight Greaves to look like proper Judge attire. After all, who would take a Judge wearing Faerie shoes seriously? Even if they happen to be a Viera. They still work the same, however, allowing him to flash short distances instead of moving 'manually', if he so chooses.(They can't be used to break into high security places and would simply be a combat/cantrip thing to represent his accuracy and attack. I have no plans to walk through walls.)

[[File:Evja-FK-Profile.gif]]

= Encounters =
{| class="CTable RelationTable"
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Size
! scope="col" | Outcome
! scope="col" | Condition
! scope="col" | Comments
|-
| Hydra
| Many
| Won
| Conscious
| Injured leg from Hydra tooth puncture.
|-
| Coyote Heartless
| Several
| Won
| Conscious
| Hurt back in fight.
|-
| Crushatrice
| Many
| Won
| Conscious
| Knocked around
|-
| Rage
| 1v1
| Won
| Conscious
| Knocked around
|-
| Somer
| 3v1
| Won
| Conscious
| Fairly injured
|-
| Mammoth/Hyena Heartless
| Many
| Won
| Conscious
| Largely not hurt
|-
| Team Punishment Detail
| 3v3
| Won
| Unconscious
| Knocked out protecting teammates
|-
| Faruja/Hati
| 1v2
| Draw
| Conscious
| Detained before it got out of control
|-
| Baigan and Heartless
| Many
| Won
| Conscious
| Largely unharmed
|-
| Team DLC
| 3v3
| Won
| Conscious
| Exhausted
|-
| Team No Sleep 'til Brooklyn
| 3v3
| Lost
| Unconscious
| Generally beaten around/hurt by Isaac's Anathema spell
|-
| War of the Magi Machine
| Many
| Won
| Conscious
| Untouched
|-
| Sora
| 1v1
| Won
| Conscious
| Spar with blunts of weapon
|-
| Angantyr
| 1v1
| Lost
| Unconscious
| Fought successively while still exhausted after bout with Sora, nearly won despite
|-
| Mercade & Co
| 1v3(5)
| Lost
| Unconscious
| Fought 1vs3, and later vs 5+, Mercade/Deidra/Emi at once originally then Zia and Sora jumped in after Hades left to attack
|}

= Relationships =

==Friends, or what can amount to such==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Hati|Hati]]||"I must admit it is quite a new thing to have someone show an honest interest in me not simply because of my appearance. A pity she seems so smitten with Faruja... else I might have even given her a chance, despite my own preferences and problems with non-Viera. But she probably hates me now that I said I would not be an executioner for her. Oh well... I hope not."
|-
|[[Tifa_Lockhart|Tifa]]||"Did she really just flip that giant beast over? Still, she is a good partner in the Hades cup, and I shall henceforth be happy to assist her how I can, because she is a good woman."
|-
|[[Quistis_Trepe|Quistis]]||"A good woman and someone I can hopefully get to know better. Not to mention she seems to have ferreted out my secret. Tch... at least she is kind about it."
|-
|[[Maira]]||"She knows! And yet... she still says she wishes to be friends with me. I... hope I can trust her."
|-
|[[Lia the Gria]]||"So she is alive... And though she likely hates me, I do not hate her. Lia, please be safe."
|-
|}

==Coworkers==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Gabranth]]||"According to Judge Magister Zargabaath, this one is a working leader of the Archades Judges due to his closeness with House Solidor, whatever that may be. So he is akin to their Judgemaster. A strong fighter too, though I am uncertain of his lurking in shadows and standoffishness among other Judges, he helped without a need, so that is good enough for me."
|-
|[[Zargabaath]]||"A well-spoken and just Judge, who also helped to take down the last rogue member of my old clan. If it weren't for these two... would Hermann still be alive? Would I be perished? No, I cannot blame them for what happens during a fight, especially one where they intended to help. Even if it was Gabranth's uncontrolled attack that knocked Zargabaath into Somer... and lead to the explosive activating."
|-
|[[Riku]]||"So he lives... and is a Judge too. What is this world coming to?"
|-
|}

==Amusing/Friendly==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Pixi]]||"I cannot believe I let a female Viera catch me unawares, and let alone not have bathed recently enough that she was able to pick my sex out by scent on the air. Still... she cared for my wounds, and claimed to have no interest in forcing me back to the warren. I can only hope that is true. Besides, this is the first womanfolk of my kind I have spoken to openly in... years, since I fled the warrens safety as a boy. It felt nice to not hide."
|-
|[[Faruja_Senra|Faruja]]||"Will he consider me his enemy now that I stayed his hand from trying to slay a man? Hmph... hopefully that ill will, if it exists, will not spread even further. I am already hated enough as it is."
|-
|[[Rinoa_Heartilly|Rinoa]]||"I'M NOT A MALE VIERA DAMNIT *.* I'm just... flatchested. Right. >//> (why is everyone calling me male lately?! Stupid humans!). At least she has promised not to accuse me of being a male anymore. Yet she seemed awful friendly."
|-
|[[Aerith_Gainsborough|Aerith]]||"Seems nice enough. Knows Zargabaath and Pixi as well, as a student/friend/something. Hm, who is she?"
|-
|}

==Met In Passing==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Pete]]||"..."
|-
|[[Fran]]||"Stubborn Viera who was wounded yet still refused help. I hope she is well."
|-
|[[Louis_Leblue|Louis]]||"Do not know this ones name, nor what to think of them. They seem to be part of Faruja's church, and seemed intent on killing that man. Ramza. Mmph. Must all be so crazy?"
|-
|[[Ramza_Beoulve|Ramza]]||"Self-proclaimed heretic for killing an demonic archbishop or something of the sort. It is not my problem. I only helped him because he was about to be slaughtered in such a manner."
|-
|[[Artemis_Eurus|Artemis]]||"Works with Ramza. Nothing of note."
|-
|[[Sanel]]||"...strong grip. And how did you come to associate with Lia? More and more questions... just who are you, or what?"
|-
|[[Seymour_Guado|Seymour]]||"Maester of Yevon, whatever that may be. I am thankful to him for helping heal me though. Seems nice enough."
|-
|[[Professor Mister Green]]||"Self-Important Jackass, from the sounds of him. But, still, his control of magic... hopefully we never cross weapons."
|-
|[[Artyom]]||"No real opinion, seemed competent in a fight."
|-
|[[Sora]]||"Wielder of a mysterious weapon called a Keyblade. Despite being young, and untrained... he still did well enough in a fight. I am sure he could be a force to be reckoned with if given proper training. But until then... "

|-
|[[Isaac_Hanlon|Isaac]]||"Seriously, what was his problem? I do not even know who his 'friend' is that he claims to have 'learned of me' from. Is he... associated with Verda somehow? They are the only ones who truly have issue with me past the idiots in the last rounds of the tournament. ... was one of them badmouthing me?"
|-
|[[Mercade_Alexander|Mercade]]||"Fought against him, do not know anything of him."
|-
|[[Avira]]||"How did she even survive that attack for the mage? Still, it would seem she, too, made a bargain with Hades. But why?"
|-
|[[Deelel]]||"I am not sure what she is, or who, but she seems to be under the impression only those who fought for this Manhattan place or Residents thereof deserve to compete for the sake of it. What an idiot. Though I cannot blame her, for that is the very reason I gave it my all to beat their team. I know them not and am doing everything I can to ensure the shard gets safely restored. Perhaps one day."
|-
|[[Brooklyn]]||"Strong fellow, not sure what he is though. Looks vaguely draconic though."
|-
|[[Will_Sherman|Will]]||"I do not like this one. He is a thief and a coward, stealing that and fleeing as he did, putting the rest of us in danger and leaving us on our own. I shant be trusting this one again."
|-
|[[Dameon]]||"...idiot."
|-
|[[Priel_Aylin|Priel]]||"Carrot Stew!"
|-
|[[Leida]]||"I do not understand this one. And... admittedly, for whatever reason, she cannot seem to understand me."
|-
|[[Rage]]||"Fool bounty hunter who took on a mark for me without researching who I was. Thankfully, she came to her senses when she realized it. I cannot say I felt bad for the shape she was in at the time, but I do hope there is a lesson learned."
|-
|[[Skoll_Ulfang|Skoll]]||"Hati's brother, I do not know much of him."
|-
|[[Luso_Clemens|Luso]]||"Apparently this boy leads Gully. Hm... still, I wonder why he let me flee when he knew there was a mark on me. Was it because he knew I was a Judge?"
|-
|}

==Adversaries==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''''
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" | Thoughts
|-
|[[Angantyr_Vespar|Angantyr]]||"Even though I now know your dysfunction, I shall deal with you as soon as I can. None should wander with free pass and act so."
|-
|[[Mercade_Alexander|Mercade]]||"More by circumstance than choice, I must kill this man. As much as I hate Hades for tasking me with this... this fool has caused me more than enough grief simply by demanding I kill him on two occasions despite knowing I wish not to do it. I am beginning to have little pity for this one."
|-
|[[Hades]]||"To think that you would task me with killing a man from our bargain... I shall remember this when the time comes."
|-
|[[Clan Verda]]||"My old clan, the ones whom I betrayed and turned into the Judges for breaking the laws, whom I sided against in combat with the Judges and whom likely now want revenge on me. I have never been happy with how things turned out, though I know I did the right thing. But to know they all hate me so..."
|-
|[[Lia the Gria]]||"And yet, you most likely want me dead. I cannot let you kill me, Lia. Not yet. If you are still alive in the years to come when I an no longer needed... if you still wish vengeance upon me, you may have it then."
|-
|}

= Misc =

NOTE 1: Yes, Evja is a crossdresser. He is a male Viera who dresses as a female Viera(in concealing clothes, not revealing, explicitly concealing) when not in his armor, and pretends to be a male human while in his armor. This is not in any way sexual, it is more akin to the style of crossdressing like in Mulan. It is done out of necessity to keep himself safe, in his view. You DO NOT know he is male simply by looking at him, unless you assume all things without massive breasts are male. He is quite good at this and has done it for many years, and since most people have never even heard of a male Viera, please assume he is female unless it comes up in RP that your character learns otherwise. I feel a bit silly having to note this, but there have been several people who lead off with, "A male Viera?!" ... so, yeah.

NOTE 2: Please, if you've only ever met him in armor, you shouldn't recognize him out of it! That's just common sense people :x Likewise, if you've never seen Evja before, and all you've seen is the Judge Armor, or you are simply meeting him in his Judge Armor, one should likely assume he is a) Male, given the imposing nature of the armor, and b) Human. There is no reason to know right off the bat, without outside knowledge(someone told the character otherwise) that it is a 'Bunny Judge' or anything of the sort. Again, I would think that is common enough sense, but... well, yeah, I've been proven wrong.

NOTE X: I don't bite! Sorry if these notes seem a bit... harsh, but it's things that bother me quite a bit and I want to make sure it's known, in some fashion.

= Gallery =

[[File:EvjaDiveLineart.png|500px]]
[[File:Cloak.png|500px]]
[[File:KHOutfit.png|500px]]
[[File:Summer_Dress.png|500px]]
[[File:Evjaarmor.png|500px]]
[[File:Evjacommish9.png]]

1-6 Random poses and clothing
7/8 Assassin and Elementalist custom design for Chita
9 and 10 Hades taking his due from the reneging Viera.

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

File:Evjacommish9.png

2013-08-20T05:31:03Z

Evja:

Taking his due

2013-08-07T02:51:15Z

Evja: Evja moved page Have No More to Taking his due: better name, feel free to delete the old page or something.

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/08/06
|Location=The Underworld
|Synopsis=Hades is tired of waiting on the Vieran Judge to follow through with his contact. Words and Threats are bandied, punishments meted.

Things shall never again be the same.
|Cast of Characters=Evja, Hades
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Hades]] has posed:''' Hades has burned this guy's how down, set Negaduck on his people, but the Detective still is not dead. It's only one gumshoe, this shouldn't be too hard...or Evja was just THAT bad. Still, he can only work with what he has...and he's used to worthless minions. Hades snaps his finger, shifting on his throne as Pain and Panic show up, they look at him, "What's up your horribleness?" "What's up!? We're still without a dead Gumshoe! That's what's up! I have half a mind to complain to the judges bout this bunnies' incompetance...it's time to have a MEETING." Hades snaps his fingers, invoking the ability to summon people to him who have made bargins with him. So Evja would find himself infront of him, in the Underworld. "Oh hey, how're doing? Relaxing? Getting your Judge on? Good good...but I think we're gona need to discuss something that I think I have a contract for you to do..." "Something about a certain dashing hero detective? Yeah..."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' The sudden change in location was jarring. Evja was just leaving New Ivalice at this point, heading back towards the outside worlds atop his Chocobo, when fire enveloped him and suddenly he was standing somewhere entirely different. Entirely... alien. And there was Hades. "..." Silence was all that came from Evja for the time being past a look of surprise, armor on except the helm, veil wrapped around the face at the nose and down. The look of surprise slowly faded in exchange for a more impassive expression, eyes closing towards the end. "When we made our bargain, Lord Hades..." an attempt at formalities, Evja was fine being formal. What else would one call a god? "I specified something within the laws of where we stood, an attempt to make clear I had no intention of following through with something immoral or illegal. Apparently the encounter took place upon a place that had no laws, or otherwise surely killing another outside of self defense or defense of another would be illegal - yes?" They had been over that then, though. Divinely-mandated killing, as Hades had put it in slightly other words, wasn't murder.

:'''[[Hades]] has posed:''' "Don't even try that." Hades says, "I made the rules in that place, as I make them here. If you even try to try and out legaleese me here, I'll make your suffering something that will give Malificent nightmares." Hades says, unamused, "You failed in your side of the bargin, where as /I/ upheld mine. Besides, if my actions were not legal, you wouldn't have been bound by them." "So Stop trying to give me escuses, and TELL ME WHY HE IS NOT DEAD!" the fire turns red, as he stands up, litterally flaming to the ceiling. You know one thing. In this place, he is the absolute authority. None can challenge him here.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "..." Evja doesn't step back, but not so much out of a lack of fear so much as resignation. They knew this was likely the situation, and him stating it now made it all the more clear. When Hades yells and flares, Evja bows his head and closes his eyes once more before saying after a moments thought and looking back up to Hades, "That is why, until recently, I felt compelled to try and kill Mercade when given the opportunity. On those occasions others stopped me. The magic upon me, the laws of the Judges, kept me to that word." A pause. "They no longer bind me. And as such, I am reneging on killing Mercade. I am still willing to do something for you if you so desire it, within my morals and possibly some things out, but I will not kill anyone. Mercade included." The Judge was one who had seemingly come to grip with his likely fate. He says as such. "I will not follow through with the contract." in plain words again as if to make it clear. His hands were held together behind him, no weapons, no attempts to escape or run, he was facing up to his own willing choice to disobey.

:'''[[Hades]] has posed:''' Hades' flare dies down and he returns to his normal blue Flame...he doesn't look very happy to hear that...the little rabbit is renigging...which means his usefulness to him is nil. Hades sits down, considering the rabbit for a moment, he has a few ideas...but he IS being respectful...that does go a long way in tempering him a little. Mercade's death was little in the end...it wasn't like he was actually important...he could get anyone to do that job...but Avira's importance lately fell under someone else' problem... Still...it was the principle of the thing. "Well, there was no refusal clause in my contract...so give me one good reason why I shouldn't make you..." "A permanent resident."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "I make no excuses, nor do I have any witty statements or preconceived thoughts." Evja finally says after a while. When Hades didn't seem to immediately desire to kill him and instead seemed almost calm, Evja took that as a chance to breathe again, fully expecting it may be his last. "I am fully aware of what I am doing, Lord Hades, and for that I apologize. I had every intention of honoring the contract when I made it. I am also well aware that you have not yet ended my life is something I should be appreciative of." The Viera paused just a few moments, silent as he thought of what to say, then said simply, "I am appreciative you had given me this long to live up to my word, especially considering that I just betrayed my word to you. I had intended to come before you myself, soon, when I discovered where to go to do such. I had not intended to call upon you as I had when we first met given it was I who was failing to live up to my end of the bargain."

:'''[[Hades]] has posed:''' "Answer the question. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't take what you owe me out of your life?" Hades says, annoyed...the flickering of annoyance coming back into his features as he considers the rabbit. "If I am unconvinced, I am going to take something..."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Evja took several long moments to consider this, maybe thirty seconds, before finally having decided to what to say. "I have no reason, good or bad, why you should not. I never expected to leave our next meeting whole, let alone alive. Whatever punishment you... see fit, I will not fight."

:'''[[Hades]] has posed:''' That...insufferable dignity he has suddenly. However, Hades smiles once...oh no...he wasn't going to kill him. That would be too easy. Only people who haven't ticked Hades off get to progress.. He walks over to Evja...and then... REACHES into his chest. He grabs at something metaphysical there for a moment, and then RIPS it out...throwing it into the River Styx without a second thought. It was something...something important. "If you won't uphold your end of the bargin...then I'll take something of equal value to your skills in combat. You will never, ever, ...lie, be decieteful, or live in a life of trickery again. The life you live now is a lie, and I refuse you it. For now on, you'll live in the sun like everyone else...and when you are allowed to die...you won't find salvation here. You will wonder the worlds forever...without peace." "Enjoy this last look at the underworld, it'll be your last."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Hades was... smiling? Surely there was no reason for the God of Death to be smiling at the moment. As Hades walked up, Evja watched, only to feel an arm rip straight through the armor he had on and grab at something. He gasped softly, slowly gasping in a heavier manner as if searching for breath as the color fled him just a bit, seeming slightly less lively. And when that bit of him was ripped free and thrown away, and the arm of the god was out of his chest, he fell to his knees and wound up kneeling on the floor with both hands used to hold himself up, completely disoriented. It took a bit for the Viera to even orient himself as to what had happened, trying to make sense of it. Had he taken his soul away? Something else? What was even going on? The armor Evja had on, as well as the veil and decorations that led to a more feminine appearance slowly began to fall off before simply collapsing to the floor entirely around him, leaving the Viera bare except the tunic and trousers he had on beneath it. The armor was custom-formed to give a more feminine appearance after all, to try and make it less obvious it was a male beneath. "..." The silence was finally broken when Evja said softly, "Yes... Lord Hades." He had resolved to whatever fate was left to him some time ago, but this... was he shaking? Evja was, indeed, shivering a bit. To him, a fate worse than death, was the fear of living a life openly where he could be forced back into the Vieran Society and never be able to leave again.

:'''[[Hades]] has posed:''' "Contract...OVER! Thank you for playing." he says, grabbing a nine iron out of nowhere... "Lets see..." A few portals appeared...one to the Viera forest, one to Traverse Town...specifically the TDA building, and one to a certain familar desert town.. He squints at the choices...brings the nine iron down for a moment and makes a perfect golf stance... "A one...a two... a three!" And he swings, the force transmitted from a invisible ball, to Evja, who will be propelled right through... The portal to the familar desert town.

Taking his due

2013-08-07T02:47:59Z

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Turnips ain't just for Plumbers

2013-07-11T20:11:21Z

Evja: Faruja wasn't in the scene, I was though :P

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/07/11
|Location=Northern Continent - Carwen
|Synopsis=Shego is getting by doing various requests, when a issue over pay comes up with a client. Deelel and Evja end up wandering smack into it.
|Cast of Characters=Deelel, Shego, Evja
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Shego]] has posed:''' "You said 'I left my old cow, Bessie, back at the farm when the Heartless came', and you ~specifically~ mentioned a great reward," says an angry voice. It was feminine, of course, because it belonged to Shego. The colorful villainess was here, on the main road leading into town. She was talking to a slightly (okay, more than slightly) nervous looking farmperson, whom Shego reaches over and grabs the front of his clothing with, her eyes wide as she drags him closer to her, staring wildly into his eyes. "And a /great reward/ is /not/ a wheelbarrow full of turnips." Shego starts to shake him a little bit, a low growl underscoring her tone of voice. "/Do you know what I had to go through to get that DUMB COW for you/!?"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Of course, the Vieran Judge had been wandering through the various towns and ports and pathways on the various continents slowly over the last couple of weeks to make 'her' way towards the northern continent and, ultimately, Macalania. Having split off with Luso and decided to meet him there, that gave the Viera, and Luso, chances to take care of their own things before the conversation with Lezaford. Which is why Evja was conveniently wandering by on her tall light-blue Chocobo, actually eating a carrot. Likely blasphemy to a turnip farmer. The shouting and angry sounds caused the Judges ears to perk a bit and she turned to look towards Shego and the farmer in the distance. She didn't move to do anything just yet, no shouts, no attempt to play the law woman. Evja simply watched. For all she knew it could be innocuous despite how it sounded. She'd been tricked by strange types before and things she thought was obvious.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel is likewise travelling a bit disguised herself not wanting to get too much attention she's managed find several functions she's only recently regained access to once. She's got a cloak on and pulled up over her head. If one were to get a good look under the hood all that would be seen is a black smooth faceplate with not a single feature upon it. She'd just got off the road to be fair however, however. Evja is noticed a bit head but she thinks nothing of the judge one way or another perhaps that's best her passions have cooled enough, still for the moment it's hard to tell whom the woman is that's coming up Shego is seen ahead. She hears the argument as they go on about the cow. "You may wish to consider just reselling them and food for work isn't that a fair trade? Failing that I'm pretty sure you could find someone who'd buy that off you." she pulls back the hood revelling a helmet over her head that has no seems at all, no seeming way it could have got on the woman's head. She seems not hostile at the very least, though Deelel's really forgot she's got the helmet actually rezzed up at the moment, it may take her a moment to twig to this as she's focused on what's going on before her.

:'''[[Shego]] has posed:''' Giving the farmer and extra shake, Shego pauses a moment, and casts a glance over her shoulder. Not /specifically/ at Evja, but more people who were staring in general, of which there were probably a handful of gawking passersby. "What are you guys staring at, huh?" she says, her eyes flickering to the Viera on horseback, giving 'her' a special stinkeye. "It's just..." Shake farmer. "A business transaction," Shake shake. "Nothing more." Drawing a deep breath, she turns her eyes back to the farmer. "AND ONE MORE THING..." Pause. A beat, and the terrified farmer looks pleadingly towards Deelel, even while Shego gives the helmeted young woman an unimpressed look. "Seriously? Are you going to do the hero thing right now?" she says, sounding exasperated. "What a /fair trade/ would be, for a woman!" Shake farmer for emphasis. "Of /my/ talents, would be /gold/. Or /munny/. I wasn't expecting barrels of it from Farmer Brown here, but! Turnips! That's just insulting!"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Indeed, perhaps playing the hero wasn't the best thing for anyone to do if it was just an argument. However, Evja could still attempt to rectify the situation in an easily enough manner. One side has vegetables, the other wants coin. And Evja was always generally hungry. Even if turnips weren't quite her thing. Giving the Chocobo she was on a light tap with a heel, it turns to trot towards the group that was talking. "I apologize for overhearing - unavoidable." A finger is raised to point at the tall ears, "I could, ah... possibly buy them from you? Though I would much rather some carrots instead, or Gyshal." It was an offer in the least. Carrots for herself, Gyshal for the bird. Evja's voice was on the soft side, forcibly controlled to sound rather feminine. Of course, this was the same 'work' voice as it was that everyone else got to hear. Deelel went unnoticed really mostly because Evja didn't recognize her, but wouldn't really bring attention to her even if she had. People who were, in her mind, irrationally angry at her weren't the ones she wanted to converse with anyways.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel shrugs a little bit at the other for a moment she recalls her and that she did have quite the temper when they ran into each other last. She seems to not make any aggressive moves. "I'm not saying your talents are not worth that but have you considered that in some places food might be worth more. I'm pretty sure it would sell for a bit in Manhattan given how people pay for premium natural food. I think the term is." Then comes in Evja with the offer to buy which might settle things. Deelel stakes a bit of a step back for the moment and looks back to Shego she adds "It seems a solution may have just appeared for your problem."

:'''[[Shego]] has posed:''' A long beat, and Shego kinda just turns her eyes from Deelel to Evja when the viera approaches. "Really? Two of you now?" she says, releasing the farmer with a little shove. He fell on his butt, and while it wasn't pleasant, he was probably okay, considering he was skittering away. Turning around to face both of them fully, Shego holds up two fingers. "Look. Bunny, I..." she pauses a moment, her eyes narrowing. A long beat. "For the whole lot...!" she says, naming a price then that was a fair bit more than a wheelbarrow full of turnips. "And then you can "trade"," yes, she was fingerquoting, giving Deelel an overly cheery look then (it was mocking, a bit), "These turnips for carrots, gyshal, or whatever floats your little fuzzy boat. That sound good?" she says, moving to cross her arms before herself, seeming like she was more or less ignoring what Deelel was saying. Until she pauses, and kinda leans over towards the programme. "...you look familiar. Have we met?"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "..." Evja stared evenly towards Shego before sighing and mumbling something about 'Good deeds deserving a reward'. "Very well then." Yes, the Viera just let herself get ripped off, pulling out a pouch full of munny to count through it a moment, pull some out to pocket, then offer the rest towards Shego. "Viera do not appreciate being called bunny, or rabbit, much as Bangaa do not enjoy being called Lizards." peer, "Or whatever humes do not enjoy being called."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel crosses her arms at Shego's words and her head tilts a little bit as she looks at her. She had hoped Evja's offer would actually work sating the lady's desire for cash with some actual money. Well that may be going out the window or it may not. Deelel thinks about hiding herself but there's no real reason to for Shego, its' Evja there is a history between them. Deelel has moved on realizing there's other things she needs to deal with and holding a grudge too tightly in that case would end up being bad. Yet she's not really seen Evja since Manhattan was restored. There has been no communication since and well? She has a feeling taking off her helmet may make things worse "I do get around. So long as you get your cash? What problem do you have?" An idea does form in her head to tell Evja if they can settle this issue with Shego first, that might recover some of their money from keeping the peace.

:'''[[Shego]] has posed:''' "Hey, so long as I'm getting cash, I have no problems," says Shego, responding to Dee at first. For a long moment, she kinda squints at the other woman, pursing her lips tightly together. "You know... why don't you take off that helmet of yours, alright?" she says, kinda twitching her index finger higher as a suggesting gesture. But it was the Viera that drew her attention mostly, next, Shego sighing heavily at the other as she reaches a hand out to take the munny. "Looks like you just bought yourself a wheelbarrow of turnips," she says, giving the man-in-disguise a dazzling grin. Although she does roll her eyes at what he says, "Yeah, bite me, hopalong. You don't look a /thing/ like a bunny rabbit then, satisfied?" she says, murmuring to herself as she takes a minute to thumb through the munny, keeping one eye on the others as she does so.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel thinks this may be a good time to go with Evja likely going to arrange to deal with the produce issue later. Deelel herself she thinks it's time go, she looks to Shego for a moment "I would but I need to get back on the road, I have a lot of ground to cover before I get to where I need to be." Deelel once again concerned about Evja more and revealing herself making it worse. She chose to depart with a bit of a wave as she pulls the cloak back about her and quickly is gone like she was never there.

Q&A with a Shadow Lord

2013-06-07T16:40:30Z

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{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/06/05
|Location=Darkness - The Crossroad
|Synopsis=Evja sought out the only 'Shadow Lord' that he knew for some questions.
|Cast of Characters=Seith, Evja
|pretty=y
}}
:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' It had been a good long while since Evja actually came to this place. Ever since he was trying to find out where the Manhattan Princess was. Which had resulted in Evja trying to push away the thought of Darkness ever being stronger than Light and getting his ass handed to him. Twice over and painfully. So why ever would that Judge come back here? Well, that may be found out by asking, perhaps. Evja was standing at the same place that the last encounter happened, no weapons out, no armor on and not looking particularly threatening. 'She' was wearing the typical white cloak and veil and seemed to be staring off into the distance. The Viera actually had no idea if that Shadow Lord would find her here. Was it coincidence last time? Was this his lair, similar to Hades' being the coliseum and underworld?

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' No, the Crossroads are most certainly not Seith's lair. It's far too boring of a place for him, short of the many travelers that come through here. No, not that. However, he does keep an eye out on the place. After all, you never know if someone interesting might pop up there. Thing is, Evja gets to wait for a while. He doesn't always watch the place after all. In fact, it's probably not until a good half an hour later - or just when Evja's patience might have started to grow thin, that the man comes wandering out. That is to say, a Dark Portal opens closely behind 'her', and the heavily armored man steps out. The portal quickly closing not a second later; "Are you waiting on someone in particular, miss Viera?" It doesn't sound like Seith even bothered to learn this one's name. Or perhaps he just doesn't recognize Evja in this particular style of clothing. After all... supposedly, other races think all Viera look the same.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "..." Well, it did take a while, but the Viera was a patient type. Quite patient, actually. The longer he waited, it simply gave him more time to think and fret and worry and be his typical self. Without turning around immediately, Evja finally said, after a moment of silence, "You, actually." And with that, she turned around, arms crossed beneath the cloak. Maybe now it'd be obvious who it was, if he hadn't picked it up before. "I needed to ask something of a... seeming Shadow Lord and I knew none others to whom I could speak with." There was no open signs of aggression or visible fear, simply perhaps resignation of something or another.

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' "I see." When the Viera speaks up, is when Seith recognizes her. "I didn't recognize you without the armor and the big spear." The man takes a few steps aside, circling Evja as if he were trying to decide if the Viera is interesting enough to stick around for. "I am what I am." Seith answers them, neither confirming or denying. But he is fairly sure that this one knows the truth in that regards. Then finally, a bit indignant, Seith adds; "What do you think the Shadow Lords are? Comfy neighbours to pay a housecall to? Unless you have something valuable to say or trade, this will likely be a very short visit."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Heh." There was a quick laugh, then Evja laughs a bit more pronounced as he makes his remark. "Perfect. You... brought up just exactly what I had come to ask you, actually. I want to know what would be considered valuable to a Shadow Lord. Hades... is amongst your ranks, I imagine. After all, the God uses the Heartless to his own bidding and I have... personally felt his darkness. I want to know what could possibly be of value to a Shadow Lord so I might be able to trade it in exchange for a contract to be nulled." Blunt, and to the point. "And likewise... if you could convince Hades to nullify the contract, perhaps by giving him something he desires more than what he has tasked me to do... I could, in exchange, attempt to get you something in trade."

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' Seith shakes his head a little. "Those with great darkness in their hearts, or even those with great power, can control the heartless. A powerful being with darkness - doesn't mean they are a Shadow Lord." It's a title that doesn't just get thrown around. And Seith is not in a place where he can go and out Hades in that manner. "If you wish a contract to be nulled, you have to speak to him. I don't know what this is about - nor do I interact with said 'God'." Seith makes a little handmotion, before crossing his arms and giving Evja a bit of a look. "Though I wonder what it is you think is so valuable that /you/ can offer?"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Sigh. Well, there goes that. "Perhaps I shall. I had hoped to get some knowledge first, however, before I did." That was of course a fools endeavor but he had hope. "And I yet do not know what I have that may be more valuable than what he desires. That is why I had hoped perhaps you could give me some insight as to what one strong in the darkness may consider... valuable." Well, Evja did have an idea, and hopes certainly, but he wanted to try and poke around at just what may be involved first. All the while he was fairly impassive past the slight changes in voice, disappointment, that came with being told 'You won't find here what you want.'

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' "There are but few things such a person would find valuable. Power - would be the main thing." Seith answers Evja. "Much as you might have already noticed yourself." He gives the Viera a rather poigniant stare - suggesting that Evja is the one seeking power. "Power comes in many ways. Loyalty - manpower - minions - equipment. Even Shards that open up worlds are interesting or important to such a person. However, I do not know if such is true for someone such as a 'God'."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Well, he can't deny it. He does wish to be strong enough to never lose. But... who doesn't? To an extent, at least. To lose what he cares about. "And what could possibly give a god more power than they already hold? He holds sway over the things that eat the very hearts of people and worlds, he is seemingly immortal... he is already a God. What more could one possibly seek control over? The power that can dethrone him? Does such a thing even exist?" Grumble grumble. "What about the power to unlock a shard? Is that not something only one with a keyblade can do?"

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' Seith laughs. "Yes, isn't that the question? Perhaps he rather have entertainment. Which - from what I understand - perhaps you are. Entertainment to a God." The man shakes his head a little once again. He doesn't 'deal' with the God of Death. He doesn't generally even /interact/ with the God of Death. There's nothing that man can give of which the 'price' is right. But then Evja says something interesting. "Ah, a Keyblade you say? Well - that is a rather interesting item indeed. But I doubt you could possibly get your hands on one of those rare items."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Of course, of course." Surely he couldn't get his hands on a real keyblade, but he did have the fake one. Not that he was about to admit that it was fake. To this fellow, anyways, or give him a chance to find out. Nor Hades. Perhaps he could do something to give him simply a blunt trade for a weapon that could have the power to unlock the shards. .. he'd have to word it right to avoid any way to detect lies. Evja looked down towards the ground quietly for a few moments, perhaps revealing the Viera /did/ have some amount of plans on the factor. Perhaps that is what they were working towards all along. "The boy, Sora. He has a Keyblade. Perhaps the only one, as far as I know. But you just spoke of their being more than one. Items. Which is to say more exist." Which is much to his benefit of course.

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' "I never assume anything is unique anymore." Seith points out. "Look at the worlds out there. How many came together, yet all shared the presence of Chocobos, magic in the same form - and the like? No, I would be a fool to assume there is but one Keyblade." The man steps around Evja again, still conducting some good old-fashioned sizing up of the Viera. "We are aware of Sora. What is it of our interest that you know him?"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Probably little of his interest, in fact. Seith already knew Evja was a 'do gooder' as far as that went and was one of those ardent believers of the light in general. Thus, Evja says such. "I suppose that is true. To assume anything is unique in this world is a bit narrow of a view. As for your interests and Sora, I know not, other than perhaps he is a bit naive and untrained in the ways of fighting." That much was probably more than obvious to anyone who had seen him fight. Or fought with him. He didn't have a lifetime of combat skills. He knew how to swing the weapon and how to fight to an extent, but he was not a master. And it was a tossup if he even went out of his way to /train/. Evja didn't sound very happy with admitting that. He never had been. After all, to think that boy is trusted to defend the worlds... he should be training constantly! Or so the Viera thinks.

:'''[[Seith]] has posed:''' "Will that be all?" Seith asks Evja, raising a brow at him and crossing his arms. "It's not like I might have something better to do - like planning the downfall of a few worlds and the like." He points out, before looking up at the sky. The stars to be precise. Each world is a star, but he seems to be looking at something in particular at the moment. Impatient about something.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' The Viera could only take that as sarcasm. Surely destroying worlds was pointless. And having no armor on today, the Viera didn't exactly feel she could do anything realistic against this fellow. Even if she didn't trust him. "I suppose that is." And with that, she turns and begins to walk off at a relaxed pace.

Artisanquest: Training

2013-05-09T07:28:42Z

Evja:

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/05/29
|Location=Forgotten Island - Daguerreo
|Synopsis=Lenn, Lily and Shiki train with Kumoto and his apprentice over the course of several days.
|Cast of Characters=Lily, Lenn, Shiki Misaki
|Tinyplot=Artisanquest
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' It's day one of training. The day after Priel left the party and gave us a hot parting gift, and after Shiki had a little heart-to-heart you may have been privy to. Kumoto is ready to meet you guys, and his apprentice is observing off to the side. But before anything can be done in terms of waving around bits of wood and steel, there's more important things to be done. Nobody ever picks up a weapon lightly. It is not a thing you take up, or so Kumoto says, to protect yourself: it is a thing you take up to harm others, even to kill them. It is a responsibility and a burden. Shiki says no, it's not for the purpose of killing. It's for the purpose of fighting the Heartless, and pushing back the darkness. Ah, but Kumoto says, would you turn the weapons I'll teach you to use on something other than Heartless if it comes to it? What stance will you take? This is a question to be answered before you go any further.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' Now that's a question and a half. One that Lily hadn't entirely considered until now. "... Oh..." If there's anywhere at all to sit, she'd simply fop down in it with her chin in her hand, rubbing at it. IF not, her shoulders simply sag. Her answer's not dissimilar from Lenn's. Lily's wielded lethal magic, and not always with so much control. What she hopes is to learn to focus and think better. Make these decisions when she needs to when it's smart to. All in all, her answer is some people are just as bad as the Heartless. At the least she has to be able to defend her friends no matter what.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Kumoto's assistant reminds her of their experience and the power they've displayed before. As the first day goes on, the issue of people closer to you is discussed. How does this goal work with regards to others? To put it another way, what makes you believe that your existing skills are not sufficient enough for your needs? Aren't there other people who already do what you want to better than you, whereas you have skills they can't emulate? Shiki admits that she doesn't know why she can still fight. As far as she knew, pins were for Players and that's something she's not... even though she has the power that lets her use them, eventually that may not be the case. She has already gone too far down the path of an adventurer to be left with nothing if she loses that quality. So what do you want to do, based on your existing abilities? How do you see yourself fighting with a weapon in your hands?

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' Another tough question indeed. These keep flooring poor Lily. Her response this time is that though her magic's been useful, she really doesn't have combat skills. Every time she's been called upon to help out in a situation that's endangered her or her friends and others would be counting on her, more often than not she's been the weakest, least reliable of the group. It was an awful feeling to feel like the least capable member of a group when other people could be badly hurt or worse because of it...

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' It's gonna be nothing but tough questions! The answers actually surprise both of them, for these seemingly strong girls who don't consider themselves such at all. Or at least, they don't consider themselves to be powerful. Kumoto mentions that other people who have come here before have made the mistake of saying the opposite. A wise man, supposedly, said 'I know that I know nothing'. The discussion goes on for some time. It seems as if it will be all that is talked about today. Do you speak of anything else? Raise any issues, or say anything to one another? As you all came here togehter, did this spur on your reasoning? What bonds you together?

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' Lily does have a question. Since it has come up. She asks Shiki why she's continuing on the adventurer path when it keeps getting everyone in trouble.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki Misaki couldn't have said it better herself. The next day it's going to be time for a training montage! But first... There's an awful lot of weapons out there, and a lot of weapons that Kumoto claims he knows how to make. His apprentice asks you, first: when you see yourself fighting, do you think of something specific? Is there something you /want/ specifically to know how to use? And failing that, what weapon are you best at using? We've got lots of wooden ones! Pick 'em up, handle 'em, see how they feel in your hands. You're going to have to pick a starting point. Shiki already has an inkling of an idea- her use of pin-created weapons has given her a little experience in using polearms, and weapons like rods and lances. She's taking to the long, defensive weapons. You?

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' It seems that Lily's not far from Lenn in this department. She tries several weapons, floundering with many of them. The polearms? Too long and unwieldy for her. The swords? Most are too heavy. This kind of procession continues for a while as she tries one weapon after another until she finally comes across a finely carved... wooden... is that a rapier? It certainly has the shape. A long, thin shaft for a blade and a grip just the size for her hands. The weight's really good as well. The moment she picks it up there's a change in her expression. An odd choice, given how clumsy she usually seems...

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' The trick is figuring out what sort of weapon fits your needs, really, isn't it? So you're already part of the way there! Kumoto does a lot of sitting back and nodding here, but it's his apprentice who helps out actually fetching and handing things for you to try, helping you get the hold and the posture right. Montage of warmups begin now! We've got training dummies and everything! There is always a certain way to carry a weapon- it's like gun control. The gun is always loaded! The sword is always sharp. If you don't carry it right, then you're going to be unable to draw it! So this is as good a way as any to spend... we're really going to spend the whole day on this? OK. The basics of weapon carrying, drawing, and so on. It's no good if you have a sword if you can't get to it! So practice begins with learning how to get comfortable with your weapon. These are only wooden examples, but everyone's gotta start somewhere. Imagine this as the part of the tutorial where you learn how to ready and put your weapon away. It's relatively easy for swords! Shiki picked the difficult one. But on the other hand, you can pretend it's a hiking... walking stick. Apparently. Not a good fashion choice, mind you. So how do you get comfortable?

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' Lily has a new belt for a holder for the wooden weapon. It's not quite the same as a real sheath, but it's close enough. The main issue's just learning to shift it to sit, or undo the belt in some situations. The rapier is very accessible and portable, it just takes a bit of getting used to when sitting and similar. She's having trouble sheathing it again, but doing it a few dozen times does help!

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' This is going to get more difficult, of course. As the day goes on, it quickly becomes obvious that it's a thinly veiled way of reflex testing- shifting back and forth, moving your weapon so it's askew, changing the position of it on your body based on combat positions, asking you to do something with one hand and then the other, using your off hand... eventually, by the end of it you're going to have very tired hands. Or will you? Day three! Now we're really getting into the montages! Day three is where the real training begins! Jogging! Board breaking! Weight lifting! All of these things will continue until someone questions their meaning, at which point they will stop because you need SKILL rather than strength and endurance to properly use the weapons you're training with. Which is when we move on to other things like balancing exercises, stances and this really weird thing where you spend about two hours threading needles. Even you, Lenn.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' Unfortunately Lily actually does need some of that physical activity. She doesn't seem to have the strength to break the boards, she tends to stumble during some of the jogging until she gets the bright idea to adjust her outfit to not get in the way... and physical stamina? That's gonna need work. She's wobbling after some of it, not from being out of shape but because her body and physical labor aren't really used to one another on a more fundamental level of how she's put together. And trying to sew, balance, stances? Also clumsy as heck. Eventually however, balancing she turns out to be vey good at once she get some strength in her arms and focus!

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Points for Lenn. Shiki also takes to it extremely well, since she's been doing this sort of thing for as long as she could be trusted with sharp objects. It sort of works out, though- since it's easy for them, surely they'll be able to help Lily out in the things that she's not as capable at. All the pinpoint accuracy training comes to a head. You know how archers practice with bullseyes? Imagine doing that at melee range with your weapons. With water-powered automatons, no less! Kumoto and his apprentice watch everyone closely to see the differences between how they handle themselves. Shiki, for example, uses her polearm to maintain a good distance and block wacky flailin' arms.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' Lily is NOT patient, though she's quite alert. The automaton's flailing arms are doing a number on her. She yelps, topples in one incident. Tries to protect herself with her arms in another. With a little coaching however... she's weaving carefully, nimbly waving back and forth to slip betwene the arms, reflexes leveled up just enough to peg some hits with thrusts that are slowly getting less and less clumsy... but not any stronger really!

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Interestingly enough, you may begin to notice something. Kumoto's mostly sitting back and observing during most of this. The one doing note-taking is his apprentice. He's also very hands-off, whereas the white-haired woman is the one who inevitably comments on Lenn's technique and encouraging her to work on slashing rather than stabbing, and giving Lily the coaching she needs for patience's sake. The next day Evja convinces them to give you part of the day off! Shiki uses it to go with Evja, Lenn and Leida to search for dragon watercress. Lily, however... Kumoto's apprentice takes her to a place she feels could be helpful with what Lily needs. They go deep into the source of Daguerreo's water, where the dragon god sleeps. Whatever happens there is something only she and Lily will know, but perhaps being in such a calm, pure and spiritual place will benefit her. On the way back, Shiki converses with Lenn, confiding in her fears- ones that she was hiding under the veil of exuberance on the adventure. She's worried that Neku's counter ran out, resulting in his death, and if not, his disappearence at Sho's hands. She asks Lenn for advice on how to go forward if she's really lost her original partner.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' It does indeed benefit her. The depths of the cave are a powerful balm, a way to connect to the reflective qualities of water. With The apprentice's help, Lily meditates deep within the cave, for the first time in her life, and communes with water. The pure springs where the water flows from are crisp, cool, and calming. For the first time in her life indeed, Lily's mind clears, as she lets her worries drain out into the gentle flow. All of the frustrations, the fears, the worries, the uncertainties, the panicking, the pain, for that time she lets it all go. When it's time to return, she's wearing a different expression. The young woman's eyes are still full of youthful wonder and curiosity, but a new and calmer confidence shines clearly in them. It's time to get back to work.

Artisanquest: Interlude

2013-05-09T07:28:11Z

Evja:

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/05/02
|Location=Forgotten Island
|Synopsis=Everyone takes a break from training to go see the sights of the Forgotten Island. However, strange things occur that may begin an interesting adventure for Evja...
|Cast of Characters=Shiki Misaki, Lenn, Leida, Evja
|Tinyplot=Artisanquest
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Today we're going to do something very special. We are journeying through the wilds on a quest, past monsters and terrible dangers, to retrieve a strange and unusual plant that can be made into a magical potion. This is so JRPG it is making Shiki skip and click her heels together. Kumoto even let us take time off training for it! Yes, as can be expected the libraries of Daguerreo held interesting information for everyone and we're going questing for something we found in one of those books. Supposedly, it is called the 'dragon watercress'! Or is it dragon watercrest? It can be found elsewhere on the island, in any case! And maybe we will even find an adamantoise too.

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn has fallen back on her staff, not confident with her swordskills yet. She's also keeping an eye on the ground through the water... Semi-precious stones can be found here, after all. "Any idea what this potion would do?

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Indeed. Evja had found a book in his searching of the Library for random things to find amusing to read, among those was a 'Childrens Storybook' regarding Chocobos! Amused at the concept, Evja had begun to read, and found himself surprised. ~Boco the Chocobo wanted to journey around the worlds, and in the end find a way to the Chocobos Paradise~ That was how the book began, anyways. It was an interesting book for a Childrens book, and it had pictures. Lots of pictures. Maps, clippings of things, and in truth it seemed more like a journal, a first-hand journey that was documented more to amaze children. But... the further Evja got into the book, the more he began to realize. Things seemed strangely familiar. The first chapters journey stated things that reminded him of Daguerreo. And the map on the next page pointing to a location therein caused him to laugh. "Ah... how amusing. This story has gone so far as to use locations in this world to make it seem more truthful. Hm, what is supposed to be there? Watercress? Well then, might as well try to give the ladies a break from training and propose this as a treasure hunt. They'll like that, probably." - - - - And that's how this little adventure began. The Judge sneakily slipping Shiki the map from the book that pointed to the spot in Daguerreo, acting like he had found a hidden treasure map. He had no hopes of actually finding anything, but figured none the less it'd be fun for everyone. So he came along too. "It's supposed to be a magical potion to Chocobos." he answered. "As for what effect it may have on us... perhaps we should leave the potion itself to the Chocobos and simply enjoy anything we find that is otherwise edible? Watercress is quite tasty." He was just playing the part at this point, though. He'd read the storybook and knew the supposed 'eventual thing' it was supposed to do. But he had no faith that it was real, let alone that there was truly anything at this supposed location.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Despite being kind of a third wheel on this odd training journey, Leida has been keeping herself amused ever since they found the massive library. While not particularly interested in learning about ancient secrets or mystical knowledge, she's never been one to pass up a good story, especially one with detailed illustrations. Intrigued by the dragon god of Daguerreo, she has been devoting herself to learning more about it and the library has had little trouble accomodating. The gemstone granted to her by the altar now rests against her chest, tied up as neatly as she can manage into a necklace of twine. The recipe for the magical potion was not her own discovery but anything to do with dragons has the young princess' attention for the time being. Leida trails along at the back of the group, as usual, her hood up to protect her from the sunlight. One of the libraries thick books is clutched in her arms, the massive tome so large she has to hug it to her body to keep a hold on it and it could probably double as a shield. She deflates a bit at Evja's explanation of the potion's properties, quickly losing interest, but having come all this way she might as well stick it out now.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' You know, it's funny, Shiki thought. Ramza's chocobo is named Boco, too. Maybe it's a common name for them? Like Spot or Fido for dogs. Of course, seeing as Shiki has no experience with chocobos, paradises for them or otherwise, she just jumped at the chance to go on a treasure hunt. Or, perhaps, to get a break from the training(!). She's been taking to it pretty well, but you need a change of scenery after a while! And she wanted to explore a little more of the island, too. It's such a nice island, too, what with all the running water, but she only brought one pair of shoes and she's gotten tired of training barefoot because she has to leave them out to dry. Why is so much of the floor covered in ankle-deep water, anyway? "C'mon, Leida!" she says, nudging her in the ribs. "Don't look like that. At least we got to explore all of this, huh? I've never seen anything like it! How about you?" And there are indeed rivers to cross! Lots of stones to step on, and we don't know how deep the water is so, make use of them. Shiki is treading as lightly as she does when dodging monster attacks. Skipping stones!

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Since today was more about having fun and relaxing, Evja, despite having his Chocobo with him, was walking. This wasn't work after all, it was just a relaxing spot of walking around to see things and hopefully get everyone having a fun time. The Chocobo looked fairly interested in the surroundins as well. Here and there he sniffed and seemed intrigued by it, almost like it was a large playground of sorts. Occasionally trotted off to peck at something but never far enough to get lost or separated from the group. "I am sure you all needed a break anyways, yes? You have all put quite a bit of effort into training, taking a while to hunt something fun should be stress relief. Could not be near as hard as weapons training or research, yes?" Or at least so he hoped anyways. When it came to the river and stepping stones, Evja had an advantage in being able to simply enough leap up and across, dragoon and all. Senra took running leaps as well, hopping from stones after the group made it across.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess winces at the friendly nudge, glancing away from the energetic Player as she hugs the book more tightly to her chest. She really has no interest in being here, especially after their very rude welcome. Her eyes remain fixed on the ground as she walks, occasionally glancing up to take in their surroundings but her consciousness remains embedded in the shadows all around them, watching for any further signs of unwanted visitors. "O-oh... sorry," she mutters back. The scenery doesn't seem all that special to her as she comes from a world long before industrialization began to carve away at the untamed wilderness of the planet. It's just another lush forest, pretty to be sure, but nothing to get excited over. Still, she puts on a timid smile for Shiki's enthusiasm and nods back at her. When they come to the river, Leida hesitates. Grace and agility are not things she's particularly gifted with and the idea of hopping across slick stones is not an appealing one. Wading through the water is even less enticing, who knows what kinds of things live in there? Eventually, the small girl gathers up her courage and begins to take the stones one at a time with great (for her) leaps. The weight of the book makes balancing even more tricky but after a minute or two Leida manages to make it across without mishap, though the small party is treated to a few bouts of girlish squeals and panicked flailing as she slips about.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "You can say that again!" Shiki replies. She's beaming. "I love this place! I love all sorts of places like this, actually," she says, stepping daintily. "I mean, I'm not glad I left Shibuya... not exactly..." "But there's nothing like this in there. Nature... water... rocks..." "I mean just look at it!" She pauses and stoops down to look at the moss on a rock. Then a crab on the edge of the water. Then, some flowers by the edge of the water. Then, she gets splashed in the face. "D-do you need a hand?" she asks Leida, stifling giggles. "Oh, I shouldn't laugh, I'm sorry. I'm doing it again, sorry."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' The Viera was trying to play the role of Knight a bit less today, letting them have their fun, or in the case of Leida, not-fun. The sudden squeaking and panicking that came about at times as she tried to cross did get Evja to laugh as well, softly, hidden behind a hand. "The lot of you never cease to amuse me. It is always something." Suddenly, the Chocobo looked up and around, sniffing at the air before /bolting/ off in a direction. "H-hey! Wait up!" Evja requested softly before whining out and sighing. "Meh. Must have smelled some greens or something. I swear ever since I started training him for racing he's been addicted to those things." Or maybe it was something else? Perhaps even this mythical Dragon Watercress thing?

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The leap from the final rock carries Leida safely to the other shore of the river but her clumsiness refuses to be defeated completely and she lands flat on her face, arms still wrapped protectively about the book. The princess' eyes go wide as she falls but there is little she can do to stop herself and so she ends up eating the grass. Fortunately, it's pretty thick and soft so there isn't too much damage done but she rolls over sputtering bits of grass and what little scraps of pride she still clings to. The princess sits up and wipes at her face with a sigh. "It is alright, Shiki-san... I am used to it..."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "I'm really sorry, Leida, I mean it," Shiki says. "I mean--" She winces a little, realising on reflection that if Leida's 'used to it' then people have... been laughing at her a bit. "I..." "Evja said to me when we were still in Fluorgis about why I didn't just learn from her if I wanted to get better at fighting. But..." "Even though Shibuya was so huge and so full of people, it was still kind of a tiny place. And..." "Well. It's kind of the same for you, right? We're both seeing all these new things in different ways... and we get to know more about each other at the same time by watching, right?" "Just like--" Cue her staring at the blank spot where Boco was. "AHHHHH THEY WENT WITHOUT US" omg run

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Hah... do not bother giving chase. He is quite fast. We could not catch him if we wished to. But perhaps heading that way is best though. I do have faith in that Chocobo, but there /are/ monsters on this island. There is always the chance that there is an Adamantoise around and I am... not wanting to chance him getting hurt." That said, Evja starts to trot towards where Senra took off towards with that large white Judges Cloak flapping behind him.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida pushes back to her feet and casually dusts herself off then does the same for the tome, picking bits of grass from the outer edge of its pages. She doesn't respond to Shiki's sudden awkwardness having already withdrawn into her protective emotional shell and when they take off after the wayward chocobo she just follows behind them quietly. Normally this is where she'd turn and head off on her own but as they are currently deep in unfamiliar and possibly hostile territory, the princess has little choice but to follow.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Right!" Shiki balls her fists up and puffs her cheeks out. "We've gotta watch out for Senra!" Point. "I'll do it, even if I get my socks soaking wet! Shiki charge!" Mr. Mew just gives her this look, as if to say 'don't I get any say in how soaking wet I get?' but Shiki, unsympathetic to the fact that some people are filled with fluff, just goes for the gusto. Well, eventually, anyway. She remains frozen in position for a second, looking at Leida, her face having this 'come on! come on!' expression, body straining against the head's decision to stand there and wait much longer and eventually winning. WOOOOSH and away we go! After all, you gotta live a little. We don't come up against too many problems! There are some ugly-looking crabs and, for some reason a freshwater Gigan-Octopus, but they just observe. Not every monster is immediately hostile, after all, and it looks as if there are no Heartless here either. Leida will be sad to hear that there is rock climbing to do. No sheer surfaces, but...

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Did he really get up there?" That was all the Viera had to say when they finally got to the rocks. Sigh. "If... any of you need help up, I could offer it. Unless you had the desire to do such yourself. I /am/ used to wearing that armor after all." Still, instead of beginning to climb ora nything like that, Evja simply pauses her to look around, trying to figure out what about this area had attraction to the Chocobo. There was nothing here that even remotely looked fun for one. Monsters, even if relatively peaceful. It was relatively wooded though. Maybe there was just something in the air that appealed to Chocobos. He'd hopefully find out in the end when he caught his Chocobo. Not that he couldn't just whistle for it. "How close do you think we are to where this Watercress stuff is supposed to be?" he asks towards Shiki, since she was handling the map. He did look towards Leida too, trying to think of something that might interest her. "I can cook us some of it as well, perhaps make us all a nice salad out of it? Well earned of course after all this journeying."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' "A-ah...! Wait...!" Leida gives a start when she realizes the others are pulling ahead of her by a significant margin. Hugging the book tightly against her body she scampers quickly after them but her short legs and extra burden make it difficult to catch up to the sporty Shibuya girl and the tall Viera. The strange water-life that meanders about the river's edge causes her to swing wide to avoid coming anywhere remotely close to the nasty looking things and in doing so falls even further behind. When she finally reaches the rocks, Leida is completely out of breath and she collapses onto her knees upon arriving. She spends the next couple minutes gasping for breath while staring up at the rocks with wide eyes. "I... I cannot go... any further..."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki, who feels bad for Leida quite a bit, probably lags behind every few seconds so that Leida doesn't feel quite as awful about herself. "I can dig it," Shiki says, when offered salad. "I love salad!" It increases her sync rate. Presuming it won't cause her to grow feathers or anything, you know. She thinks for a minute when Evja wonders how close we're getting, and pulls out the map. "According to the map, it grows a little higher up! Higher elevation! I don't think it's at the tallest part of the island, but higher than we are right now!" She looks at Leida. Pout. "I bet Evja would carry you. I bet the view up there is great, too! And we can have salad! And there won't be any adamantoises up there." Puppy dog eyes. "Please come?"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "I could, yes. And of course... higher." A pity it was higher, but oh well. Wait, why was he even getting into the thought of enjoying this watercress? It probably didn't even exist! Hmph. Evja sighed and grumbled in thought of such before mentally shrugging and looking towards Leida, turning a bit and extending a hand towards her. "I could either hold you in my arms, or if you rather... you could try and hold around my shoulders on my back? Unless you had another idea."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess looks back and forth between Shiki and Evja then down at the ground. She did agree to come with them so wimping out now wouldn't really be fair to either of them. That and they might just go on without her and leave her all alone so it's not really much of a choice either way. "Very well..." Getting to her feet, she walks over to the Viera and then up at her outstretched hand. "Um... I promised I would take care of this book... so I cannot hold onto you."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Of course it exists! IT'S IN THE MAP. WHICH WAS IN THE BOOK! Which was in a hermit's library, hidden far from society! If all of it wasn't true, then WHAT AM I LIVING FOR. Next thing you'll be telling me that Gimme Cat over there is a fraud. "Meow." Pay no attention to the Gimme Cat. It just slinks off and leaps up the rocks like a cat. Yep, no problem at all. "Hmm. Libraries usually get pretty upset if you don't return your books. Looks like you're gonna have to hold on to it!" Mr. Mew climbs onto Shiki's head. She can climb the rocks! Badly, but still. Oh, the scraped knees she will have...

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Taking Leida's hand softly in his own, Evja pulls her close without picking her up yet and leans down as he reaches to scoop his other arm beneath her legs, the arm that tugged her close going towards her lower back. "I shall not let you fall." Comes his soft reassurance before lifting her with relative ease. That slender frame hides a decent strength it would seem. Then again, Viera always have been claimed to be rather powerful in those lithe bodies in comparison to normal humes. This did leave her pressed up against the Viera's front as he stood there, eyes wandering the slope of the rockface as he searched with them the best path to take. He'd have to take a hoppier route of course, but he knew such and that's why he was looking. The Gimmie Cat caused him to glance at it briefly before elected to rather deftly hop back and forth at points between the nearby trees and the rockfacing. He'd land on a limb and bounce away onto the rock side before jumping off and doing it again. Soon enough the two were atop the tree and had quite a look over the island itself. "Quite pretty up here." Evja said softly, mostly to himself though given Leida was right there she could easily hear and respond to such as well. "Would you like to look? Or would you prefer I simply hurry to set you down?" He looked down at the held girl, smiling faintly behind the veil not that it could be seen. Perhaps it showed in 'her' eyes.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida allows herself to be picked up without any fuss. Her size and weight are comparable to that of a much younger girl so even without massive strength Evja would have little issue with lifting her. She instinctively curls up around the book and rests in the crook of the judge's arms, closing her eyes as she feels the first lurch that sends them bouncing up the rock face. When she feels their journey come to a sudden stop Leida allows her eyes to slide open and she peers around - only to find the ground is several feet below them. She immediately winches her eyes shut once more and nods her head vigorously at her carrier. "Y-yes, please... down..."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki takes a picture on her phone. And no-one will ever know. Especially because she can pass it off as taking pictures of the landscape! Which she does shortly afterwards. Click. Click, click! Ever wonder why phone cameras make a click when there's nothing /to/ click? It's because people wanted it that way. People are just so used to cameras going click! Shiki hopes she doesn't have to explain this. Also, I lied. A short distance away, there is indeed a field of aquamarine plants, just all over the place. There's sparkling motes of magic in the air, the most astounding flowers, a clear blue sky, a view of Cleyra, Senraprobably somewhere over there, the ocean all around, most of the island visible... And the Gimme Cat, sitting there on a rock. "This is my spot, meow!"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Haha... poor thing. Okay then." It wasn't hard to tell Leida was scared and he hadn't intended to leave her that way. Hugging her to himself a little tighter in hopes that the 'safety' of being held tighter would lessen that worry, Evja bean leaping again and after several more hops, including two that seemingly were on the air itself, Evja landed and looked over the edge towards Shiki, who was still climbing, steadily, though she had some device. "Huh." At that point Evja knelt down a little and slowly let Leida regain her feet, adding in, "My apologies for scaring you. I always forget others may sometimes be afraid of heights." Then the cat speaks and Evja peers towards it. "..." ~And when Boco got there, a cat upon a rock sat and declared the Watercrest his.~ The story did speak of... "...coincidence." Evja mumbled softly to himself before looking around and spotting the Chocobo in the distance, his, just rounding a different path that a Chocobo could make that others could not. He spotted them and warked happily, running towards Evja and Leida at a lazy pace.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Clearly quite glad to be back on the ground, Leida hops out of the Viera's arms and stumbles forward a few feet, turning to offer her a bow in gratitude a moment later. Atleast getting back down would be easier. The sparkly flowers quickly draw the girl's attention away from her short aeriel jaunt and she heads towards the field. And then there's a talking cat on a rock. Leida stares at the Gimme Cat for a few seconds but such things aren't particularly surprising at this point. She gives him a bow as well. "Your field is very pretty, neko-san."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' There are no coincidences! Not in storybooks! Wait, no, there are all the time. Well, this isn't... a storybook! Excellent recovery, narrator. Shiki points her camera phone at it, then decides that... she doesn't want to take a picture of this one. He's not as nice a cat as hers. Mr. Mew pokes his head out from under Shiki's hat, then climbs down. This is not a field of catnip, is it? So she just pops it back in her tote bag. The Cat looks at her for a minute. "You have some shiny things." "That we do," Shiki replies quite plainly. "...gimme a diamond!" "...why?" "...gimme! For, uh, coming up here! Yeah! Place looks pretty? Gimme a diamond! Pictures ain't free! Two diamonds! Three! Lemme confiscate that!" "What."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "..." Evja's expression and response is much the same as Shiki's at the cat attempting to hold them at ransom. Though for different reasons. Then the Viera begins to laugh softly as if something quite funny happened. Just what caused Evja to laugh isn't made readily apparent though he does say, "I... only have one diamond at the moment and it is for a dear friend of mine. I would prefer not to have to give such to you. Is there nothing else you would like to pass into your lands?" Besides, Diamonds were expensive! Oh, wait, that beaded brooch Evja got out of that Malboro. It had a diamond set into it! It was kind of small though. Fishing around beneath the cloak the Viera offered out the brooch. "Is... this enough?" It was /tiny/ though, albeit real.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida's cordial expression shifts into one of surprise as the strange cat begins demanding things; very expensive things too! She did say the field was pretty but a diamond? This is extortion! However, Evja seems to be quite willing to deal with the questionable feline so she just looks at her for a moment then shrugs. If she wants to cough up the fee that's her choice. The princess just goes to inspect the strange magical flowers.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' The Gimme Cat considers this slowly, sat, as it is, on the rock. Meanwhile, Shiki is mirroring its pose. There's something not quite right about this. "Hmm." "Hmm." The Gimme Cat's though bubble superimposes a picture of a diamond over the brooch. Big red x. Shiki's thought bubble superimposes a Shadow Heartless over the Gimme Cat. Shiki gasps! Then the Gimme Cat makes a horrible screeching noise. "Wait! Evja! I think it's evil!" /Then/ the Gimme Cat starts casting Comet, hurtling small blasts of energy down from the sky! "Now I know it's evil! Save Senra! Protect the Watercrest! I mean watercress!" Maybe Shiki's acting weird because she has less oxygen.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' THAT WAS NOT IN THE BOOK! "Senra, grab Leida!" And that said, the Chocobo darts towards Leida right past the Gimmiecat, despite attempting to land a kick on it in passing. Leida would be given a moment to hop onto the Chocobo before it took liberties if she didn't and would grab her by the scruff of her outfit near the neck to yoink her up and dart to a safer area, unless she directly ignored the Chocobo in favor of fighting. Evja, meanwhile, shouted towards the cat, "Hey! There's no need for that! I tried to give you a diamond, it simply wasn't that big! Now stop this before we have to act against you!" Even now the Viera was attempting to give the cat a chance to call it off, spears coming into his hands as he launched them upwards at the comets that were streaking down, trying to knock them away from those here. He didn't care about the stray ones, just the ones that looked like they might be of danger. Of course, even without his armor, Evja would still throw himself in the way of a comet if it came to protecting one of the others here.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Suddenly there is lots of shouting. The princess turns to peer back at the others with a quizzical expression on her face just as the speedy bird rockets over to her side and squawks at her expectantly. Leida, not exactly being quick on the uptake, stares at the chocobo until it finally gets tired of waiting and snags her by the collar. "E-eh...?!" Leida hugs her book tightly to her body as she's carted off like a young puppy, still not quite sure what's going on.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki is hiding behind a rock. "Evja! Quick! How did this go in the book?!"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "The Chocobo had a diamond studded into their harness! It wanted that! But I tried to give it a diamond and it attacked us for it! Besides, it's just a silly book, I hadn't expected any of this to be real! I just thought it might be a fun excuse for you all to get out and have fun searching!" And so the truth is there! Still, Evja did have another diamond, and that one was a fair bit larger than the other. "Here, take this and begone!" Evja grumbled and dug into his cloak to pull out another diamond, one that looks like it might have fit perfectly with a ring or necklace of some kind before throwing it towards the cat angrily. That was meant for someone else...

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida, meanwhile, is still dangling from the chocobo's beak some distance away while it waits for the situation to clear up or receives some signal from it's master. She doesn't look particularly pleased but she's in no reason position to argue.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Heyyy!" Shiki, again, has her cheeks puffed and fists balled. "Evja! No!" The Gimme Cat has a diamond! It's distracted! "You can't just give it up like that! That's your diamond! And he's a jerk! We came here to get stuff, not lose it!" Steely eye glint! Shiki points at the Gimme Cat. "Come on, Leida! Let's get that diamond back!" Snap cut over to Leida hanging from Senra's beak. "Come on, Senra! Let's get that diamond back!" Charge! This is just going to be so bad for her.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' The Chocobo finally sets Leida down instead of holding onto her, looking between the lot seemingly confused before shaking his head a bit in a 'sigh' manner and charging towards the cat. "Shiki, it is fine! I would rather lose a diamond than have someone get hurt! It's just a stone, it's not more important than someone else being safe!" Besides, if this cat wanted a diamond... surely it was doing something with them! Watch it run off to its' den and there'll probably be a lot of diamonds. Not that he says that, however, because then the cat, who could speak, would know his plans! This was just a monsters after all and he had no problem whacking a monster upside the head for being a butt.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess gives an indignant look to the feathery knave as it rushes off to battle the greedy cat. Even though it was just following orders, she ill enjoys being treated like a sack of rice. Smoothing out her clothes, Leida turns to watch the event unfold from relative safety though if the cat has magic at its disposal even a bit of distance doesn't guarantee that.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki pouts. Lenn is probably pouting too. Mr. Mew is just over there quietly picking dragon watercress, like any sane person should do since it's what we actually came here to collect. Meanwhile, Senra- a bird- gets in a fight with the Gimme Cat- a... cat. After no small degree of flailing, rolling, hissing, spitting, feathers and fur, the Gimme Cat runs off, blowing razzberries at everyone. Mr. Mew gives Leida a flower, both because she's had such a hard time of it and because Mr. Mew is a smooth operator.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' The Viera simply stands there at this point, palm on his forehead as he tries to think of what to do or say at this point. With the beast running off, however, and everyone seemingly in good shape - including his Chocobo who looks rather ruffled at the moment, like a giant yellow featherball - Evja lets it go and decides against chasing after the cat to get his diamond back. He can always get her another diamond later, a better one. "So... to think that the book was seemingly real and not just a story. I wonder if... the effects that stuff has on Chocobos is to be real as well."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess accepts the flower with a faint smile, offering Mr. Mew an appreciative bow in return before tucking it into her hair behind her ear. It kind of clashes with the girl's demonic appearance and plain attire but she doesn't seem to care much. Leida makes her way back to the others with a bored expression on her face, though she doesn't make eye contact with either of them, instead staring off to the side. "Are we done here?"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "I have mixed feelings about all this. On the one hand, we got the thing, and we found out the book was real, and we got some exercise, and we got to see some really nice stuff, and I took pictures, and I scraped my knees up for the first time in years, and we found some more monsters that didn't attack us on sight, and Leida didn't lose her book, and... wait, no, this was awesome! I'm almost completely happy!" "Shame about that jerk cat, though." SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE The Gimme Cat sits in a cave with about five diamonds, pawing it and snickering about how clever it is and how stupid people are. Several humanoid shadows loom over it. Gimme cat gulps.

Artisanquest: Awful Things Happen

2013-05-09T07:27:58Z

Evja:

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/04/28
|Location=Forgotten Island - Daguerreo
|Synopsis=After meeting with Kumoto, everyone is taking a rest when Neku stumbles in. Subsequently things go insane in awful, complicated ways and nothing will ever be the same again.
|Cast of Characters=Lenn, Lily, Shiki Misaki, Neku Sakuraba, Hades, Priel Aylin
|Tinyplot=Artisanquest
|pretty=yes
}}

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' It's a little while after meeting Kumoto. The group, having recently arrived in Daguerreo, is making preparations to set up and find places to bunk for a few days, as well as enjoying the local flavour. Everyone is free to explore, rest or eat. Shiki has some time to herself, and is using it to consider what Sho said to her... and to Priel, as well. Currently she's in a quiet corridOor near to one of the synthesis stores, watching a waterfall.

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' There's a shuffling, and a tall stack of books with legs starts down the hall... pointed ears sticking out from either side might betray who this is... but they're on a collision course with Shiki...

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' Priel meanwhile could be seen ambling along after Lenn. And of course, she offered no help for the stack of books the elf was carrying. It seemed like her thoughts were elsewhere... Where? Well, considering what Sho had said previously, perhaps it was not so hard to figure out what she was thinking about now...

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "My goodness, there's so many books around here they go walking around by themselves," Shiki says. She leans backwards, using her hands to support herself. "Collecting a bunch of stuff to chew through, Lenn? Uh, make sure nobody trips you." Naming no names.

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' Shiki's voice brings Priel back to reality and immediately, she eyes her, slinking over to the other girl from behind and playfully headlocking her. "Oh really? Maybe someone should worry more about not getting themselves set on fire. Hm~?"

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn stops in her tracks, and peers around the books, at Shiki. "These all have a bunch of cuts, and knotwork. I don't know if there's anything NEW for me, but I should try and see, yeah?" She smiles. "I think there was some with stitching patterns in there, too.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' Lily's been running all over town, but without a lot of Munny on hand there's been little to do exactly. So eventually she comes back to Shiki, after hunting around Town nd finally coming across her. "Ah... Shiki?" Lily charges forwar, beaming cheerfully at her. "Why are you just standing here...? There's fun things in town!"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Did I say 'oh no Priel's gonna trip you up, Lenn!'?" Shiki replies smarmily. "No. It was /general/ warning. She can't see where she's going! It's legitimate advice." She plucks a book from the top of Lenn's pile. "Skim-read 'em?" She leafs through it herself. "I wonder if you can borrow books out." Then she almost drops it in surprise as Lily CHARGES. DON'T DROP IT IN THE WATER. "Aaaah... I'm... I was just catching some me time," Shiki explains. "Free time is me time, y'know? Was thinking."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Please, we all know what you were talking about!" Pause. "...But then, it would be pretty entertaining to see Lenn go tumbling to the ground in an avalanche of books~" Not that there were enough books for an avalanche, but the mental image was sufficient enough to cause Priel to giggle to herself. Seeing Lily charging, Priel casually disengaged from Shiki and backed off a tad, crossing her arms and looking rather bored. "Thinking, huh...?" She muttered to herself, looking off at the waterfall after.

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn looks to Priel. "Then you missed me trying to get one off the top shelf." She smiles, wryly. "And I do plan on skipping sections I DO know, after all. So I'll probably only read about a third of this at best.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' "O-Oh..." LIly does NOT trip this time, but it's only after she gets close that she relaly blinks and starts looking about at the others, as if she missed them earlier. Knowing this girl, that might be the case. When she focuses, she focuses! "... Priiiiiiel." As usual, she's none too happy to see her, but leaves it at that. Instead, she seats herself on the nearest seat-worthy thing and starts kicking her legs. "... thinking's hard. Really important though. Did you get buried, Lenn?"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "You asked any of the guys who... uh... live here? Work here for help? I don't know if they live here or work here... I mean either way they'll probably know where the good stuff is," Shiki assures Lenn. She puts out a hand just in case we need to stop Lily from tripping over her own feet, and is eager to hear more about this supposed buried-in-books incident. We're not even here a day and we're already screwing everything up for everyone! "You should find a nice book to read too, Priel. It'll give you something to do."

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn nods, "Yup. Fell from the shelf, and then the books all came down on top of me. Nice big pile." She laughs. "Took a while..."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Liiiiiiiiiiy~" Priel greeted back, grinning mischievously at the other in response. Her attention turned away after that. "...Pffff! Ahahahahahaha!" Hearing Lenn's story, Priel just burst out laughing, holding her stomach as she did so. Eventually she just stumbled back and had to sit down, lest she trip. "You..what...I...Ahahahahaha!" Well, at least now she was having fun. For a moment anyway. After a couple more moments of laughing, she managed to calm down, wiping tears away from her eyes. "Phew! ...I wish I was there now...oh well!" Once she calmed down enough, Priel glanced at Shiki and shrugged. "A nice book? ...Yeah right! Like I came here for that."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Yeah, yeah, you just came here to heckle us, we know," Shiki says. "Long as that's all you came here to do."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Hmn...." Priel hummed, tapping her cheek lightly in thought. "Who knows? There could be much more.../worthwhile/ things to do..." she then said rather cryptically, smirking at Shiki after.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' "Please stop being weird." LIly groans at Priel, but otherwise she seems to be keeping quiet and thinking heavily on things herself. "... I didn't know Moogles could be so skilled at things when they're so tiny."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "No, really, I can think of a great book you could read, it's called 'How to Make Friends and Influence People'." Shiki says this with complete sincerity, as usual. Wait, no, no she doesn't. Pause. "Your reply will be, 'no, a cookbook.' See? So predictable."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' Priel just brought a hand to her mouth and yawned. At this point, she wasn't even entertaining Shiki's jabbing. "And yet, I knew you'd say that too. So boring." There must have been some point where it had stopped being funny and crossed over into the point where she simply did not care anymore. She shrugged then and rolled her eyes. Sho was right. She didn't need these people. Nor did she need to pretend to tolerate them. Why was she trying anyhow? ...Oh right, Ivo put in a good word for her to be standing here. And also their HQ was convenient. Convenient enough to deal with it anyway.

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn sighs. So much hostility, here. She looks between Shiki and Priel, wondering if there's something she can do...

:'''[[That Jerk Neku]] has posed:''' Speaking of hostilty! Neku Sakuraba hasn't had the really fun, whimsical time that everybody else in the worlds seems to have been having. Amnesiac, alone, and hounded by Reaper and Noise and Heartless alike, one could say that Sakuraba's time has been less than /pleasant/...but at the same time, it's exactly what Neku always wanted, right? To be alone. To shut out the whole universe with his headphones. To live defining where his world ends - with him. But he's not *happy*. He's not *satisfied*. He's not...okay. Something is missing from his perfect little world...and it's peace and quiet. The Reapers and the Heartless and the Noise are distractions, problems, things that keep intruding on his little bubble of reality and telling him that, No, You Can't Just Listen To Music Forever, You Have To Go Out And Fight. Thankfully, most of the things that have been sent at him have been.../weak/, at best. They've been shallow creatures unable to really get to him or harm him - Neku's skill with his Psychs was improving every day, as he racked up experience like it was going out of style in Shibuya. But then there was Sho Minamimoto. Sho was a thorn in his side from the day they met. Sho has continued to be a thorn in his side - powerful enough to put Neku on his toes, cunning enough to keep Neku second-guessing him, and skilled enough to keep hunting Neku down wherever he was. This time, however, Neku had turned the tables on Sho; this time, Neku came to /him/. Or...well, so Neku'd thought. But the aftermath said differently. As Neku arrives on scene, he takes a quick glance around - and immediately spies Shiki. The host of feelings that come sweeping up - of memories half-remembered, of thoughts half-thought, of ideas half-formed - come screaming through his head and his heart, and Neku winces, his neutral face shifting into a scowl as his hands slide into his pockets. "...Minamimoto's gone?" No 'hi Shiki, how are you'; no 'hello, partner, are you alright?' Then again...anything else would've been so wildly out-of-character for Neku...right?

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Well, you know, you don't have to hang out with us. You could go find a waterfall to watch too," Shiki says, shrugging. "The atmosphere around here's pretty relaxing. Or you could go look for an Adamantoise! You could probably beat one yourself." She's not even being sarcastic this time. She shrugs and puts herself back in her previous relaxing position. "Mmm. Waterfall." Waterfall /and Neku/. Gasssssp "/Neku/!" TShiki leaps up, recoils, clutches her hands together, stares at him, grabs. "Ahhhhh there you are I haven't seen you in months where have you been are you OK where did you go how did you get here?" Pause. "Yeah, he's gone."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' Apparently having run out of that precious resource known as patience, Priel just rolled her eyes again from where she sat, watching the waterfall boredly. Oh look there was some spikey haired lad approaching and asking about that rather entertaining fellow that had blindsided the group some time earlier! ...Wait a second. Why'd he know about that? Let's take a moment to have the gears turn in her mind. Shiki is alive. But she used to be dead. She was playing some sort of game that involved dead people. Sho was one of those who killed dead people. Apparently these dead people have partners if Shiki's constant insistence for pacts was any indication. "...Ohhhhh, this must be your boyfriend that you ditched for Reize, isn't he?" And of course that's the first thing that comes out of her mouth. Priel rests an elbow in her lap and her chin in her open palm, idly staring at Neku. "......" And then she asked. "So, tell me Shiki. If you're alive now, does that mean that he is too? Partner and all~?"

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn nods, "You probably COULD. And I'd even pay you for anything you find I could use for jewelry." She then blinks at Neku. "Wait, you're that partner Shiki had before she joined us, aren't you?"

:'''[[That Jerk Neku]] has posed:''' Shiki grabs his hand, and Neku is immediately assaulted with two very big realizations, backed up by Priel's helpful(ly bitchy) commentary. First: there's no counter on Shiki's hand, the blood-carved clock of her life that remains firmly sliced into Neku's. Second: that Shiki is just fine, despite all his predictions that she'd get herself killed on the second day. Lenn asks if Neku is 'that partner'; Priel calls Neku Shiki's boyfriend. Immediately, Neku throws his hand to the side, knocking it out of Shiki's grasp. "So what? I ditched her. I don't need a weak partner holding me back." Neku's hand slides back into his pocket, hiding the Countdown (it's been dropping fast) from Shiki and the others hurriedly. The fact that Shiki is alive has him angrier than before - subtly so, though, not a noticeable twist or anything but a slight slump of the shoulders and a slight lean to his spine. She was weak. She was indecisive; she stumbled around having fun with her friends. How did she come back to life and he didn't? She kept her memories. She got her life back. It wasn't fair. Neku turns away from the group, exhaling. "Congratulations," he observes flatly. He doesn't need to tell Shiki that he's not alive, and he doesn't need to tell the others - the presence of the Counter was proof of that, and Shiki would surely pick up on it the moment she grabbed his hand. "Which way did he go?"

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn frowns. That clock on his hand looks omin- And then he badmouths Shiki. "Look here, buster. Shiki Misaki is many things. Creative, a tiny bit vain, and pretty enough I get jealous. But weak is Not One Of Them! If you're not smart enough to have figured that out yet, she's probably the only reason you got by back then." The normally gentle elf... is PISSED.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Oh, for a brief, wonderful moment Shiki forgot you were here, Priel. That rather nice moment where Neku is here and hey, maybe we could catch up on life, and maybe he was feeling like a nicer person through the magic of travelling the world is interrupted in classic fashion. Shiki turns around to make a witty repartee! "Agh pfuh blah blat!" Waving her finger at Priel, too. OK, that didn't go well! "Yes, Lenn! This is Neku, who is a friend of mine! Indeed, he sure is a friend. A very good friend!" Hand behind head, a ha ha ha ha we're not involved and I'm not a stalker either. "Sometimes he says silly things!" Oh, and then something awkward comes up, when Priel mentions 'that thing'. There's a brief moment of uncertain tension, involving everyone looking at one another awkwardly. Shiki finishes it looking at Neku. Then, proving that although Shiki Misaki is many things, quick on the uptake is not one of them. "/Did/ you? I mean, it would be cool... if you... did...?" Oh my gosh this is so awkward. It gets more awkward when Lenn speaks up! And Shiki actually flinches and tries to cover her mouth mid-way through the spiel. "A ha ha, we're all kind of tired and stressed out, we were walking to get here for days! How do you like Daguerreo, anyway? It's pretty peaceful! Full of smart people! Sho's not here, though. I'm not sure where he went! But hey you must be tired after getting here too, right? Why don't we take a load off and go get some dinner?" "(I'm a bit vain?)"

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "...Well. That was totally a witty comeback. I'm at a loss for words." Priel spoke sarcastically, rolling her eyes at Shiki's response. Neku's observation of her character earns a chuckle from the redhead, who looks away briefly to laugh to herself. And then the addition of Lenn coming to Shiki's defense just made her laughing worse. "You guys are hilarious! Really...!" A couple more moments to laugh it out and then she sighed, calming down a little. "As for that guy you're looking for, wonderboy, he's gone. Disappeared. Without a trace. Poof." With each word spoken Priel made scattering gestures with a hand as if that would help illustrate her point. "Basically, you're not going to find him." Pause. Oh wait, she knew. Not that she'd be saying anything. Whoops! Par for the course then!

:'''[[That Jerk Neku]] has posed:''' Neku could care less about Lenn. He could care less that someone he's never met - let alone one of Shiki's friends - is ranting at him about how strong Shiki is. The introverted Player doesn't even turn around to face her. "Then would you prefer 'backstabber'?" Neku asks, his voice colder than the waterfall. "...that's fine. That's what life is. It's a series of people stabbing each other in the back. That's how you stay alive." "I don't need a partner I can't trust. And since I can't trust anyone, I don't need any partners." Neku shrugs. The music in his headphones gets a little bit louder, the modern hip-hop pushing against the world a little harder as Shiki speaks up. Again, that rush of hazy feeling and fragmented memory comes running through Neku's chest, and he reaches up, putting his hand against it. Why couldn't he remember anything? No, more importantly, why did he keep getting teased with these little fragmented shards of his life, the flashes of days that must've gone by but now are nothing more than ghosts? Neku throws his hand out to the side. "If he's gone, then tell me where he went. I don't have time to waste with a backstabbing partner and her cliche friend, and I don't have time to waste hearing about how wrong you think I am." Literally. The clock on his hand is almost *frighteningly* low. A little less than a day left. "So just hurry up and tell me where Minamimoto went, or get out of my way, unless you want to get hurt."

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn looks to Shiki, and whispers to the former Player. "(You don't rub it in, but a little. I am, too. But someone pretty as you is almost expected to have a tiny bit... You just don't throw it around. That's a good thing.)" She then looks at Neku, and whispers. "(What's that clock?)"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Lenn is /probably/ saying something. Shiki is having a little difficulty processing it, because Neku is still scaring her and things aren't any better than they were and now she's hurt and confused again and all the colour has drained out of her face. "Baglumh," she ekes out. "Bnh- N-neku, I don't, I don't understand what's going on any better than you do... honest... he, he just showed up and he was being all crazy again, and I don't know what he's talking about, and I don't know when it happened or how, how it happened, or..." Looking at Neku's clock shuts her up again and she just sort of turns off to her left, clutching her knuckles together and making a worried, whiny noise.

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Ahhh, the sound of misery. Lovely." Priel idly comments, looking over her nails meanwhile. No wait, those were clearly talons. Whoops! "It's been a pretty long time since I heard that. Ahhhhh...I missed it~" In which Priel gleefully continues to not help. ....Okay, maybe she'd help a /little/. If only because Neku running off on his own and getting vaporized would be an absolutely hilarious headline. Oh, she could see it now. 'IDIOT BOY OBLITERATED IN FUTILE STRUGGLE AGAINST IMMORTAL ENTITIES'. Oh god it was brilliant. "...Say, you know what Reapers are, yes? Use your tiny brain for a second." ...And that was about all the help she was going to give.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki is just kind of standing there, tiny voice. "i don't know, i hadn't seen him since traverse town and he just popped out of nowhere a couple months later and then he was gone again, i can't even remember /how/ he disappeared, but oh my gosh that clock's so low and he'll die if he doesn't do what he has to before it runs out oh my goooosh what're we gonna do lenn?" fret fret

:'''[[Hades]] has posed:''' There is a voice from off stage. "She's right, you know," Hades says leaning against the wall, looking...indifferent. "It is SUCH a wonderful sound. Your misery.." Looking to Shiki, "...And your despiration." Hades says towards Neku. "Though, your callousness is JUST amazing. Sho was right, you WOULD make a wonderful Reaper." He says towards Priel. "But enough with the pleasantries..." he says, looking towards Neku. "You're almost out of time...and I would hate for my star of this season of The Reaper's game to vanish before it even began!"

:'''[[That Jerk Neku]] has posed:''' SPEAKING OF IMMORTAL ENEMIES Priel and Hades are a tag-team of terror in this particular match; Shiki's cheering on the sidelines, but Neku's all on his own. The Player Pin in Neku's pocket is almost biting into his fingers - he was seriously considering just using it to read Priel's mind /right now/, but, well, with Hades' appearance...he'd probably know. Both Shiki *and* Hades remind Neku of exactly what the stakes are in this game, and he closes his eyes, tightening his grip on the pin. What did he have to lose? Neku throws out his mind to Scan - sure enough, Shiki's immune (Player Pin), Priel's thinking somethi- Neku suddenly doubles over in pain, falling to his knees as agony races from his Player Pin to his skull and back down to his toes. For a brief, horrifying instant, Neku understands what it means to be Hades, and immediately shoves the thought as far out of his mind as he conceivably can before it does any more damage. Not that it really needs to, obviously; he's already in intense and miserable pain. But Neku is nothing if not willful (ha ha haaaa). He pulls himself to his feet a moment later, wobbling, and then starts walking. "...fine. I'll find him myself. He'll show up. He can't not."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' the fact that Hade was just /there/ did not surprise Priel. Immortal beings tended to be like that. ...She'd know. Call it personal experience. The subject of being a reaper earned a shrug from her and she just shook her head. "So I've been told. It's a pretty tempting deal though..." Pause as she rests her chin in her palm again, watching Neku and Shiki posture where they stood. "...And it does sound rather entertaining." Of course, Priel had absolutely no idea that her mind was on the verge of being read. Instead, all she managed to take from the situation was the sight of Neku simply doubling over in pain for a moment. "...Oh? What's this? Giving up on life?" Another pause, and then she corrected herself. "Or well, giving up on getting your life back would be more accurate I guess~!" But no, spikey haired lad #78437287 rose back up to his feet, reaffirming the fact that he'd have to find Sho on his own after all. Priel just smiled and fluttered a hand after the boy mockingly. "Have fun~"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Neku-!" Shiki is really, extremely worried all of a sudden, not least of which because she recognises that a man whose head is on fire probably does not work in a library. This doesn't mean she can't rush over to catch-ish Neku when he doubles over, and try to help him up, even though he'll probably just brush her off. And he does, and he walks away. Shiki pauses for a moment, instinctively wanting to shy close to Lenn and Lily, but just as equally wanting to go after him-- and cognizant of what both options mean. "Wait-- don't go by yourself--"

:'''[[Hades]] has posed:''' Hades looks amused at Neku. "Not smart kid, not even remotely smart. I'd make myself immune to such little things, but it's so much more fun when mortal's kill themselves in th process. Hades laughs, "BUT...I like you, you've remind me of someone, not that his name matters right now, but you've got something I want to keep in this game." Hades says to Neku, suddenly appearing next to him with a puff of brimestone. His arm over Neku's shoulder, "I can grant you the one thing you need most right now..." he says, making an hourglass appear. "Time." "It's your choice, but I'd hate to see such a promising young person go so soon to the game...especially with something as important as you have on the line." Hades smiles. "Think about it.." He says, and is suddenly back next to Priel, "You on the other hand...you'd be a crowd favorite. Cruel, self interested, people would LOVE to hate you..." he grins at her, "So...I'd make you right to the Harrier Reaper ranks...get RIGHT into the spotlight, RIGHT into the meat of the matter...the ability to delete players if they cross you...to crush hopes and dreams, power to remove anyone you don't like...without actually having to lift a finger to do it." he says, and hands her a scroll. "Sign the contract, get the power, or don't. Reguardless, I think you have a future ahead of you...with me or with some of my...associates." he says, and vanishes, appearing before each one again. "...Oh right, you." he says to Shiki. "Well, enjoy the fruits of others hard work and sacrifice...you look pretty happy with yourself."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "I have absolutely no idea what's happening any more!" Shiki says, really pretty paralysed by... everything. Where's that helpful white-haired girl when we need her? "Hey." Oh, there she is. The woman with white hair over one eye, and the blue spaghetti-strap dress reappears, walking down the corridoor. She sniffs the air. "No smoking in the library. Hey, hothead with the brimstone. You have anything to do with the flaming blue wolves and foxes that one of the scholars said were on the east side of the island?"

:'''[[That Jerk Neku]] has posed:''' Don't go by himself? A little late for that right, Shiki? Neku's thoughts are as acid as his voice. Angry, disjointed thoughts. He's been fine by himself all this time, after all. Why would anything need to change? Even the Game's new rules hadn't been able to kill him. All that was killing him was Sho Minamimoto's cowardice. Running and hiding wasn't how this Game was played. It was a blood sport. Priel says something, and Neku bites off a retort. Her words were barbed, after all; her tongue was sharp, and she apparently was favored by Hades, who was /also/ apparently the new head of the Games. Neku probably got a mail about that on his phone. He also probably hadn't cared enough to read it when he saw it wasn't a Mission. Hades makes his offer, and Neku actually pauses in mid-step. He tilts his head over his shoulder, like he's actually considering it. More time would make his life a hell of a lot easier. He could find Minamimoto, rip him limb from limb... But wait. Hades had something Neku wanted. If he was in charge of the games... "No," Neku says after a long moment of consideration. "Not right now. I'm not desperate enough to rely on anyone else. I got this far on my own. I'll keep going until I know I can't go any further." Then, he'll probably die. But oh well. That was life, right? Nobody lives forever.

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' All of the qualities that Hades described about Priel did not insult her in the slightest. In fact, she smiled in amusement afterward. The contract was taken after and unfurled. "Hmn...yes, it does sound like fun now. Messing with idiots running around on dangled strings~" The perfect way to alleviate her utter boredom with her current state of life in these worlds. Shard Seekers? ...Well, they were convenient, but Priel horribly doubted that she would ever be seeing her world again, or at least any time soon. A glance was spared towards the utterly lost Shiki for a moment before she rolled her eyes and took the pen, signing her name onto the contract without a single ounce of hesitation. "There. Anything else you need from me~?"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Something goes *pop* in the fusebox connected to Shiki Misaki's brain, unfortunate as it all is. The terrible war between 'the need to follow Neku' and 'the need to stay by her friends' side', compounded by Priel's... infuriating behavior, Hades' sheer presence, the lingering revelation and-- the sudden intense crush of the days of slogging suddenly crush her in the face. Shiki realises she's a lot more tired than she thought. And then Priel goes and does /that/. Suddenly, Shiki has no legs. Giving up entirely on concious thought, she passes out like a flipped light switch, collapsing at Lenn and Lily's feet.

:'''[[Hades]] has posed:''' The Contract goes up in harmless flames, signaling that the contract was made. Hades smiles, "Excellent. Right now? Nothing...buttt..." A VOOOOSH of power, DARK power... Race: Reaper. Class: Reaper. Pin: Ask Neku OOCly because I am not familar with this. Abiltiies GET: Summon Noise, Heartless. Abilty Potential: Get Coorridors. Need to level up your rank with Hades. "For now...eh, nothing." he says, and hey, GET REAPER WINGS. "Though maybe mess with her. She seems nice and vulnerable." He thumbs at her, and blinks at the appearance of a person. "Wrong guy." he says to her, and watches everything turn up Hades.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' This couldn't POSSIBLY be any worse. Lily's been silent for much of this time, just making shocked noises... and giving Hades the absolute MOST DISAPPROVING look in the world while her mind whizzes to try and process what's happening. But then down goes Shiki, and Lily rushes to catch her - likely with Lenn's help... And Priel. Oh Priel. The little mage's eyes lock onto Priel as she witnesses what's happening... "... Why. You. Throwing away everything Ivo did... every bit of trust we've tried to give you, you've thrown it all away. Time after time. And now... now... you want to be like that awful man hunting after Shiki?!" Temperatures around Lily are STEADILY rising. "What's wrong with everyone... what's wrong with both of you?!" This she yells at Neku and Priel alike while her heart sinks!

:'''[[That Jerk Neku]] has posed:''' Shiki goes down; Priel signs the contract; Hades exploits the living Hades out of everybody involved, and Neku gains yet another enemy to keep a watch for - an enemy who's apparently a friend of Shiki's. He was about to say something, or at least do something for Shiki's sake, when Lily suddenly starts shouting at him. Neku closes his hands around his pin. The ground starts to shake around him as his Pin reacts; he's pissed, now, full-on pissed. They were friends with someone who'd just sign their lives away like that? Neku's getting really angry, and this is almost a battle, so he might even be able to wield his pins now. Heck...the world is different now. Maybe he can use his pins just fine. He's really tempted to try. ...but no. No, that was a bad idea. He didn't want to have to fight Hades, Priel, the Heartless, and an insane wizard thing, even if he was pretty sure he could take at least two of those things (Hades isn't one of them). The rumbling stops, and Neku loosens his grip on his pin. "Shut up." Neku snaps. "Everyone always wants something from me, thinks they're better than me, thinks they know better than I do about what's best for me. I just want to be left alone! Is that so hard to get through your self-righteous skulls? Leave me the hell alone!" He turns away from the scene and just walks away. Minamimoto was out there somewhere, and he was going to hunt the Reaper down and beat him to death with his bare hands if he had to. Beat him...more to death. To Erasure.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "No fighting in the library," the white-haired woman says to Lily, slight warning. She sighs, and presses her fingertips into her forehead, leaning the same elbow in her other palm. "Mh... I sense a lot of anger in you. You... you are going to need this training too. It'll benefit you." She leans down to pick Shiki up, with help. "Let him go. This situation will not get any better in an atmosphere like this. Discipline will be necessary..." "Ah, at least that's what Master Kumoto would say if he was here, I'm sure." She looks at Hades and Priel. "Sir, madam, you'll have to show yourselves out. I apologise."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' Priel watched at the contract burned up, and then as Shiki promptly collapsed into a useless heap. Well, that was funny! But inconsequential at the moment. She turned her attention back to Hades juuuuuust in time to be beset by DARK POWER. She can feel it run through her, feeling something fundamentally change. ...Well, the most obvious was that her usual tail seemed to have vanished, replaced by some sort of vague shape resembling the bone of the tail. And her wings, which were usually hidden were now in sight, also of similar vague shape. "Huh..." Priel mused to herself, angling her tail around to look at it. It was going to be weird not having that be flesh at blood anymore! ...At least not at the moment anyhow. And then there was the matter of the pin in her possession. A reaper pin. Funny design. "I wonder just what this does..." Shiki used these weirdo pins all the time. How did these work. Just focus? Or maybe- Oh, there it is! A couple Alterna Wolves flicker into sight before Priel and she whistled in appreciation. "Oooooh....! I see. So then..." Whoosh. They were erased like that, and she giggled to herself. "Ehehehe, interesting, interesting!" Lily's voice cut into her gleeful experimentation then and Priel glanced over to have a look. "...Throwing away? What did I throw away now?" The redhead asked, tilting her head slightly with a mocking smile on her face. "After all, one can't throw away what they never had in the first place, right? Riiiiight~?" Her smile widened into a grin then and she added on. "Please, as if any of you ever thought anything of me to begin with. This is easier. You go your way, and I'll go mine." That said, Priel nonchalantly rose up to stand, shooing Lily away with a hand. "Anyway, go on. I'm sure you and the others have 'best friends for life-yet also harem mates' things to engage in, yeah~?" Completely nonplussed about Lily's well known temper, Priel look more than ready to disappear herself.

:'''[[Hades]] has posed:''' Hades looks towards the white haired woman. "You know, I got a first job...right now." Hades says, looking towards the White haired woman with a small grin. "Burn this place down." Hades says, "The death of your former friends is optional, but the more the merrier in the underworld." he says, and poof. "Don't worry, I'll see my way out..." his disembodied voice says.

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' Priel pauses at the order and brings a hand to her chin in thought. "Hmmmmmn........Sure~" And with a snap of her fingers, Priel sparks a flame that begins to grow wildly, catching onto some books on a nearby shelf. "If you hurry, you miiiiiight be able to put it out in time~" And then she fluttered a hand cutely before hopping back and outside, her reaper wings taking flight. "Seeya~" With that, Priel was off, leaving the others to deal with the potentially problematic flames!

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' So much freaking out. So much noise. So much anger. Yet the library staff woman does the one thing that would possibly calm Lily down before she lashes out with building magical fury at Priel! "nhh...hrrggh... you--!" And then Hades gives the worst news possible. Burn this place down?! What. WHAT?! Worse, Priel goes through with it. Very quickly, Lily tries to calm herself as the flames begin growing. Focus, focus... The temperature around her instead plummets now as she reaches out with her mind and soul, reaching out towards the blaze-- The temperature goes absolutely FRIGID, sucking all the heat out of the area... which would certainly prevent any fires from burning. It may take a few moments but the fires will be subdued quickly. "... next time... next time I see her, I'm going to blast her." Lily's trembling hard. Shivery. Shakey. And on the verge of tears.

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn frowns, and produces a crystal, a very weak ice magic trickling out to work to snuff the flames. "Hmph. Make all the contracts you want. Come after Shiki or any others of us? You signed a death warrant instead. Ask the Dark Elf about me sometime... now that you're buddies..." She narrows her eyes...

Artisanquest: Sittin' Around Daguerreo

2013-05-09T07:27:10Z

Evja:

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/04/28
|Location=Forgotten Island - Daguerreo
|Synopsis=Shiki and friends finally reach Daguerreo! They sit around and she exposits a bit on Sho, and then we meet a moogle.
|Cast of Characters=Lily, Shiki Misaki, Deelel, Leida, Evja
|Tinyplot=Artisanquest
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' We finally made it! At the central point of the island's water flow, in a cave in front of a huge lake, is the Hermit's Library of Daguerreo. Having been journeying here following their violent encounter with Sho, the group will likely take some time to rest or explore the surrounding area. The entrance to Daguerreo is lined with torches, leading to a mostly central location that branches off into several different sub-locations. The ground floor level is covered in a shallow layer of water-indeed, water is everywhere, flowing all over the place. A central statue of a dragon god seems to be the source. This water doesn't seem to interfere with the many, many, MANY shelves of hundreds of books all over the place. Archways and corridoors lead to workshops and lecture rooms and there are many scholars and adventurers, especially on the upper floors of the area.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Much as the Viera had ever been doing, Evja had made it a habit to, once he felt strong enough to manage under the weight of his own armor again, get onto his Chocobo and keep a vigil regardless of where they were at the moment. As ever Priel had her napping/lounging spot if she wanted it, Evja wasn't the type to care about such. Plus it did give him an extra, though possibly half-asleep, pair of eyes as he slowly wandered with the group. When they finally got to Daguerreo, however, it may have been obvious that the Judge was starting to get tired. This could mostly be seen in that he took off his helm and hung it on the saddle and could be seen nodding off slightly. Yeah, probably hadn't gotten much rest at all during the journey here, though his attention did wander towards the various books and such, a bit of interest showing on his face. "I wonder why... the water does not damage the tomes."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Ever since their ambush at the edge of the island, Leida has been keeping to herself. Her outburst of dark power had robbed her of consciousness and it was not until only recently that she opened her eyes once more. Finding the party in new surroundings, she surmised that they must have ended up victorious against the strange young man who called himself Reaper, though the bruises still marring her delicate skin are reminders that such an encounter is not one she wishes to repeat. Seeing as no one has inquired about her short lapse of control, she chooses to let the matter rest for the time being. Even if they did ask, she wouldn't have any answer for them that was satisfying. Every so often she rubs at the arcane tattoo on her shoulder beneath the loose folds of her clothing. The seal has grown weaker but what that means, she does not know for sure. Nursing one of her arms in the other, the small girl wanders into the odd architecture, pausing at the entrance to look up at the circular rings of books lining the walls. She moves to the side to peer over the edge of the stone walkway down at the flooded bottom level, not quite sure what purpose the water or the crumbled archways that protrude from it serve. "Is this some sort of library?" she asks, turning to peer back at Shiki. It is the first time she has spoken since coming to and it is only her interest in books that finally manages to break her pensive silence.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "It is indeed a library," replies the white-haired woman, who decided to come along with them for some reason. "Supposedly there is a dragon god who resides here. It both creates the water and protects things here from it. If you like, you can make an offering at the statue," indicating it. Shiki has been moving along at the back of the group for a while now. After what happened with Sho, she's been surprisingly sedate. "It seems very peaceful here," she comments. The woman nods. "The people here appreciate the atmosphere." Shiki doesn't know Leida's situation, nor would she comment on it because it's not very polite to.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' The water's not bothering Lily at all. Now that they've made their way here safely, she's awfully relaxed and smiley. "Ahhhh. So many colors! Look at all the books!" She splashes a bit in the water, hopping about and giggling playfully, not really caring if she gets wet - but trying to make sure that the books don't get splashed!

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Huh..." Dragon god, huh? Evja slips off his Chocobo and walks over to Shiki, raising a hand to place it softly on her shoulder. "You going to be alright here by yourself? Or would you like someone to stay with you, in case that fellow comes back and tries to harm you? We have no way of knowing if this protection will extend to us after all." Of course, the woman they rescued does get a look as well as his ears wiggle above, visibly tired expression hanging on his face despite still being as protective and 'Judgelike' as he can.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel had been keeping back with the group after Priel's stunt and the fact Evja is here the basic has been pretty silent and guarded. What was going through her mind was hard to say but she'd not done a thing to cause any trouble at least. She looks at Evja and shurgs. "More data would be needed to know for sure. Water behaves strangely here anyway. Still there's so much information here it's worth the trip." She pauses for a moment seeming to be well uncomfotable with all the water. Hey if you viewed it like most people would view swimming about in molten steel, you'd not be comfortable with this idea of it being safe either. "At least your having fun Lily."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' "A god...?" Leida looks mildly excited for a moment. The concept of gods in most of the places in the World of Ruin that she has encountered revolves around omnipotent invisble figures who hand down judgements and rules from on high without ever actually showing themselves or their touch in any real way. In her world, gods were much more connected to the world, often residing within specific places in order to perform their sacred duties. This dragon god sounds the closest to anything from home she's yet encountered. The princess turns and heads across the central dias, crossing the small stone bridge that brings her to the base of the dragon's altar. She peers up at the tall engraved mural, taking in the beautiful craftwork that has rended the serpentine form in bas relief. Instinctively she claps the palms of her hands together and bows her head to the image, closing her eyes as she does so to silently request the god's blessing and protection during their stay here. Without having much in the way of a sacrifice to offer, she withdraws a small handful of coins from her satchel and lays them at the bottom of the altar. Bowing yet again to the statue, Leida turns and makes her way back over to the group but quickly diverts her attention to the many many books surrounding them. "I wonder what sort of books they are," she muses out loud. "Do you think they have interesting stories?"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' A small aquamarine jewel appears from the shrine for Leida. Isn't that interesting? Shiki... shrugs, although she looks visibly helpless for a while before. "I think if Sho really wanted me dead... well, again... he'd just keep coming. Hopefully we knocked some sense into him back then and he'll keep away for us... maybe... for a while." For someone with a second lease on life she seems to be really lifeless. Thankfully, watching Lily is enough to put a smile back on her face. "For now, let's just scope this place out and find out what there is to do."

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' Lily IS having fun. Deelel gets a slew of giggles as she glances over a shoulder and twirls in place, but then calms a bit. It's not good breaking the atmosphere of this nice, calm place, but she's all smiles while l ooking around even so. "What were all of those weird words that bad Sho guy was hollering? None of it made any sense," asks the girl a moment later over at Shiki.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "I am not quite sure myself." Evja says softly towards Lily before offering Shiki a slight pat on the shoulder where his hand had been. A moment later he offers her a small whistle. "Here, hold onto this then. I think I am going to find a book to read and try to get a bit of rest with my Chocobo. If you need me, or something comes up, you can blow on it and he'll hear it and wake me up." The Chocobo gets an affectionate rub behind the neck at the mention of that. Well, the Viera did look tired even as he looked around as if trying to decide where to go. "Does anyone else need anything? Lily? Leida?" he paused and looked towards Deelel, "And your name escapes me, though if you need anything of me I could give, I will try."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The small gem that appears in response to the girl's prayer almost goes unnoticed as she is not in the habit of expecting such things. She cautiously scoops it up, admiring it in her palm for a few moments before giving another, deeper bow to the dragon god. Evja gets a sidelong glance in response to his question indicating that she heard him but she has no reason to keep him from getting some rest. Lily's childish enthusiam gets a quirked brow but the question she raises does bring up an interesting point about their encounter with Sho, which is that Shiki seems to be the only one who knows anything about all of the nonsense he was talking. "I too would be interested in knowing what it is that drew such a villain to attack us without provocation." The girl tucks the gem into her pouch and wanders closer to the others, staring at Shiki in particular. "If you would be so kind as to enlighten us?"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki makes an awkward face. "If any of you want me to explain, we're probably gonna need to sit down and have a Skiki exposition session again." She takes the whistle gratefully, clutching it in both of her hands for a moment before slowly putting it into her tote bag. "Thank you, Evja." She looks at the woman with white hair, who shrugs noncomittally, but motions for them to follow and leads them over to some plush couches who just happen to be sitting around in an alcove. Much like all of Daguerreo, home comforts seem to be everywhere without any real definition of personal areas. It's not even damp! Shiki sits down. "Well, guys. Until ... well, since before the Heartless destroyed my world, I've been... well..." She holds her hands out and shrugs. "Dead. Functionally, anyway. Still up and walking about, at least." "I was supposed to be competing in the Reaper's Game for another chance at coming back to life, and I was still doing it as far as I was aware. Now Sho tells me I'm not. That I'm alive... a person again, not a Player. So I guess he wants to kill me so I can go back to being a Player, since Reapers like him erase Players as part of their livelihood."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel is looking about for a moment "He's already got one of the Shardseekers to betray us." she notes before she shifts gears and she looks over to Lily who seems t listen her mood for the momen. The topic is otherwise dropped, "He was using math terms, fairly basic math terms." She sighs inwardly many of these users really were from stone knives and bear skins eras weren't they she doesn't say much more on the topic. She meanwhile is looking about for books herself. "Like the remants of the users I saw on the Phantom train? We did pull back one of the network's units. Tch the reapers sound like a virus."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida follows along quietly and takes a seat on one of the wide couches, grateful to have something soft to sit on with all of the stone about. She eases into the plush cushions and lets out a soft sigh as all of the fatigue and soreness of their journey seems to come rushing back at once. Her attention is snapped back into focus rather quickly as Shiki lets them know that she was recently deceased. "You... you were dead...?" She stares quietly at the other girl in mild disbelief. People typically did not come back from the underworld to her knowledge, but then, one of Legion's sisters had also been brought back from death so things obviously work a bit different here. Still, with her connection to the darkness, and more pertinantly, her power over the souls of the dead, it is quite strange that she did not sense anything of the sort from her. "So we were merely convenient collatoral damage for this 'Reaper' then." She frowns and looks away. "What an unpleasant sense of entertainment your gods have."

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' "I'm fine!" Lily waves a hand happily over at Evja before leaning against a bookcase face-first to peer at some of the titles... then screws up her face.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' These are some complicated books! There's all sorts of books about everything. "Technically, she just sort of stood there and watched us while making insulting comments, which is basically how Priel operates ninety-nine percent of the time anyway. Iiii think Sho didn't really have all that much to do with that." "And yeah, math seems to be his damage. It's like how the Reaper I met before was obsessed with treating people like they were food." This just keeps getting more and more disturbing, don't it? Shiki mentions it casually, but goodness only knows what she'd act like if she met Higashizawa again in this unified world. However, when Leida calls him a god, she makes a long snort through her nose. "Sho's not a god. He was..." And then she screws her face up for a moment, clutching her head. Like she was trying to find a memory and only discovering a big nasty sore spot there. "He wasn't a god," she just repeats, at a loss for any further embellishment.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' "God or not, I think we can safely assume him to be unfriendly," Leida states softly as she leans back into the cushions once more. She allows one hand to rest gingerly in her lap while the other supports it in a comfortable position, keeping the tender bruises from being disturbed too much. "It is clear that this Sho was not a Shadow Lord, either. He did not command the Heartless," she says. "What were those... strange creatures that he sent against us? They appeared to be... well animated paintings."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel says "Prehaps you have a point, Shiki." Wel she's not fighting it for a moment ansd she looks at Shiki for a moment and just shutters at someone teating other people like that. "They did look like something I might paint soemwhere in town, I must admit." She istens a bit more but Shiki likely has defered future problems with a quick changing of trains of throughs for Deelel.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "They're Noise," Shiki replies. "Specifically, Taboo Noise. They're something like the Heartless..." "Because when the Heartless tore down my world, they were doing it too." "Regular Noise are monsters made of bad vibes and negative feelings that can possess people and objects and cause a vicious cycle. These ones are Sho's personal breed of creepazoids. Way more aggressive and a lot harder to hurt. So I guess that makes him something as good as a Shadow Lord."

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' "Trans... mog...rification..." Lily's opened a book and is turning it all about. She repeats the word in her head a few times. Eventually, she turns to face Shiki and Deelel. Her attention span right now is really, really short, it seems. "Does that mean turning into a Moogle?"

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida sniffs dismissively at the information, clearly not impressed. "Yet another annoyance to deal with." She supresses an amused smirk at Lily's question, tilting her head to peer at the strange young girl. "No, it means to transform from one thing to another. Though I suppose if one were not a moogle then turning into one would fit the definition as such." The princess looks around. "So... why did you bring us here, Shiki-san? Surely not to enjoy the esoteric atmosphere."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Kupo!" Shiki turns her head to see a little guy with a big red nose and a pom-pom on his head walk in. "Did someone call for me?" "Oh, hello," Shiki says, giving a little handwave. "You another resident?" The moogle nods. "The name's Kumoto!" "Well, Leida," says Shiki, turning back. "We heard that there was a legendary weapons master here. Me, Lenn and Lily wanted to come and train under him to get stronger and better at fighting. You know, since ... things didn't ... Sho kicked our butts." "But you still saved me," the white-haired woman says. "Your power is incredible, but it's untempered. You have a lot of passion and determination, though..." "I accept!" Shiki turns around. "Wha?" The moogle sticks his paw out. "Kumoto, the legendary weaponsmith, at your service!" "WHAAAA?"

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' "Mooooogle!" Squealing happily, Lily stuffs the book back in the shelf carefully and sprouts the BIGGEST grin. She has always liked Moogles. They are so very cute and fuzzy! So she's beaming at Kumoto's appearance... and ends up blinking a few times at his announcement. "Shiki, you didn't tell me the smith was a Moogle." But, sensing that Shiki is similarly surprised... the girl blinks a few times. "Oh... ahehe.. nice to meet you, Kumoto! My name's Lily!"

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' "I see," Leida says. She has little interest in weapons or anything of the sort. Every attempt at delving into the field of battle or adventuring has ended poorly for the princess so she's decided that a life of travel and excitement isn't something that she's suited for. Still, having people are who /are/ skilled at fighting is never a bad thing when the bad guys come calling like before. Her gaze shifts to the cute and fuzzy little moogle, trying to imagine how he would go about crafting weapons that are probably as large as he is. It's very cute and comical in her head with the moogle hefting an oversized hammer up in the air to whack away at a piece of hot steel on an anvil. She feigns a cough to cover her mouth, hiding the smirk that comes unbidden at this development. "It would seem you are slightly mistaken, Shiki-san. This little creature claims to be a weapon/smith/."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Same thing," Kumoto says. "...you're not going to hug me, are you? I mean, I'm OK with that." "Master Kumoto is the same," the woman says. "He is both an expert at synthesising weapons and using everything he makes." "Well, if what you said is true, then these people certainly have potential to use my wares," Kumoto says to the lady. "If you're willing, we can begin training to see if you're worthy of wielding one of my creations! Kupopo!"

Artisanquest: Taboot Camp

2013-05-09T07:26:57Z

Evja:

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/04/26
|Location=Forgotten Island
|Synopsis=Shiki and her friends begin their quest towards Daguerreo!

Then Sho Minamimoto shows up within five minutes and absolutely everything goes horribly, horribly wrong. A new record!
|Cast of Characters=Lily, Priel Aylin, Shiki Misaki, Deelel, Lenn, Sho Minamimoto, Leida, Evja
|Tinyplot=Artisanquest
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Forgotten Island! Just a smudge on the map, some distance off the coast of Cleyra. The huge tree can still probably be seen on the horizon. The island is a rather rugged, red-soil land with lakes big and small, scrubby vegetation, waterfalls running down sheer stone surfaces- in fact, there are large cliffs all over the island, making entry impossible by anything but airship. Which, helpfully, we got! It's a private rental, but it could only get us so far- the rugged terrain I mentioned means that travel to Daguerreo is going to mostly be done by chocobo and/or foot. And unfortunately it's going to be about a day and a half, even then... Shiki doesn't care! It's almost nostalgic! She swings her arms around and cheers as they walk away from the airship

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn is a little more reserved, simply following Shiki. But the elven woman has a wide smile of her own, nonetheless. Shiki's attitude is infectious. She's wearing a little lighter clothes, more ready for travel. And adventure, perhaps!

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' And indeed, as for Chocobos, Evja seems to have brought his along. Non directly on the airship of course, but once off, the Judge pulled a long silver whistle out of his cloak and blew on it, the Chocobo coming out of a portal that opened up briefly for him to hop onto. And that considered, he had been simply enough riding along with the rest at a lazy pace. He did have room for a second person to take a seat behind him, or in front if they preferred to have a safer perch than the backside of a Chocobo. And today found him in full armor. It was more for the sake of 'Not sure if I'm going to need it, so might as well have it and not than need it and not' logic. "Are you worried about Adamantoises?" he asks towards Shiki, "Or are they simply rare around these parts?"

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida's response to finding her feet on solid ground once again after the short jaunt through the clouds is more akin to worship than enthusiasm. She does her best to retain a regal bearing as the groups files out onto the island but her facade crumbles almost immediately upon setting foot on the ruddy soil. The small girl collapses to her knees and exhales loudly, her head and shoulders slumping as if completely exhausted. While there had been no physical strain on any of them as their hired coach ferried them across the ocean, her mixture of intense fear and distrust towards anything mechanical had worn her nerves down to a thread. "I... I need a moment," she gasps. Leida reaches into the small satchel she carries for travelling expeditions such as this and withdraws a small folding fan. Clearly a cheap souvenier bought from some street peddler, it nevertheless serves its purpose well enough as she uses it to coax the stagnant island air into motion. "Where are we, anyways?"

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' Priel who had been riding on the airship with the others, away from the general gathering of 'friends' however, remained mostly quiet throughout the journey. There was the occasional snide comment and threat to eat someone, but otherwise it was a fairly tame journey. All things considered anyway. Spying an opportunity to have someone else do the work for her, the redhead immediately hopped onto Evja's chocobo once the judge herself got on, she followed suit, totally without permission of course and got on behind Evja, sitting backwards and leaning back against the Viera. "Thanks for the lift~" Truly lazy. She could have walked or flown even. She definitely had dragon wings. But nope, she chose to be lazy and hitch a ride! Perfect plan!

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' ADVENTURE. It chills Lily to the bone. "I've got no idea!" Shiki says to Evja, standing next to his chocobo. "I don't ... like, I haven't ever been here before? I've got this map to Daguerreo, but nobody has really said whether they're rare or not. Maybe they're in the lakes? I dunno. I think they're pretty big! Like, the size of a buuuu...s... like twenty feet long?" Said with such a casual tone. "We're here on an island off the coast of the continent! Look, you can see Cleyra behind us." Indicate. "But we have to go on foot to get to Daguerreo." Pause. "Leida, did you not enjoy the journey?" Shiki, sometimes you can be so dumb. She unfolds the map, looks at it, and smiles. "OK, I know the way to go when we're ready!"

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn nods, and falls in behind Shiki. "So, err... These... adamantoises... How... err... dangerous are they?"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Very." It was an astute-enough statement on Evja's part as he reached one hand back, his right, to pat Priel on the hip in a relatively chaste fashion. "I shall be scouting ahead, so do hold on. Even if you have wings, I have no desire to buck you off." And that warning given, plus his hand attempting to briefly hold onto her, Evja taps his Chocobo with a foot and it gives a loud wark before he darts off ahead of the group to scout around and try to make sure nothings going to come flying out of anywhere nearby to kill them. Not to mention his Chocobo was going about it pretty fast. Racing chocobo fast. Seems somebirdy has been enjoying the tracks at Serendipity!

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida bites back the urge to be sarcastic, her lack of self esteem overriding her annoyance at the moment. That doesn't stop her from scowling but she covers it up by hiding the lower half of her face behind the folding fan with a demure flick of her wrist. "N-not really... I find it difficult to be around... machines."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' Leida's comment about machines drew Priel's gleefully mocking attentions as Evja was preparing to ride. "Aw, but machines are so much fun Leida! Remember that awesome joy ride we had in Goug? We should do it again sometime! I'll even get us a new car for the occasion, what do you say~?" Leave it to her to bring those shenanigans up again. Evja's warning drew her attention next and she just shrugged. "Nonsense, I'll be just fine!" Priel assured the Judge, not changing her riding posture at all. Even if she did get bucked off, she'd probably just take flight herself. The only downside was that she'd have to waste energy actually moving! So troublesome!

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel is happy yet unhappy Evja is given some distance but she's not caused any trouble otherwise. So she's moving along looking here and there and otherwise taking in their path and she's not on a chocobo she's on her light cycle. However she's going at a low pace to keep up with the chocoobos.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Yeah, I think we'd only be able to beat one of them if we find it, ha ha!" Shiki says, when Lenn and Evja discuss tortoises. "We got a big space in the airship hold, but it'll only fit one shell. That's how big they are." "You could make a little bedroom inside one if you hollowed it out." Evja can scout ahead with impunity for there seems to be no monsters, collosso-sized or otherwise, around here just now- just trees and scrub grass. The terrain is chocobo-friendly, although perhaps not entirely lightcycle-friendly because of the uphill slopes. It's not exactly a cliff climb, but still. The environment, at least, might help Leida's nerves- it's peaceful, with the sound of the rushing waterfalls, clear ponds, and terrain that's not unfriendly but not un-challenging. Shiki walks along with her hands behind her head.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Priel's constant attempts to goad the small princess have accomplished much over the last few months, usually earning her the sort of reaction that bullies and trolls thive upon. However, today Leida is ready for the dragon-girl's antics and she merely glances away, her small gaudily decorated hand-fan covering up the coy smile that touches her lips. "Ofcourse. I shall be certain to invite Faruja and his pet. They do so enjoy motor vehicles." Evja's mount takes off before she can see what kind of reaction comes from this verbal riposte but her interest in such is passing. Leida takes a moment to take in the view of their surroundings, not looking particularly impressed with the mostly barren stretches of dirt. Atleast there are a few trees to provide shade from the awful sunlight. "Why did we come out here, again?" She sighs the question out with obvious exasperation, pushing to her feet to shamble after Shiki like a child being dragged along to run errands.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Even after the clear scouting, Evja did make it a point to circle further out to be extra cautious. He /was/ the type who was extra cautious. Eventually, though, seeing nothing, Evja moves his hand from Priels hip where he had been lightly holding onto and slows the Chocobo to a walking pace as he wanders a short distance ahead of the group as a 'Out in front to possibly draw any ire from the locals', if there was any such here. Still within earshot though, and goading distance for Priel atop her mount.

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn blinks, "Wow, that's huge... But that could kind of be nice, too." She walks along, smiling as she imagines living in a huge turtleshell.

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Hmmm....it looks clear enough from here so far." Priel commented lightly looking about as Evja rode along. The hand at her hip was hardly any sort of concern for the girl who seemed to be hardly threatened or offended by the gesture. Perhaps because she was far too busy being amused with Leida's response. Grinning, the redhead leaned forward a tad and spoke out. "His pet? Are you talking about yourself now? You certainly fit the part! ...Ah, but then, I'm sure Sir Rat would rather have you exorcised~" ...The same thing went for her actually. In fact, Faruja must have had a long list of 'heretics to judge'. Oh well! Same deal!

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel is still moving along keeping to a slower pace due to her companions and the terrain, really they need a light craft of some sort that could deal with choaic landscapes. It's a thought for a nother time and it's too far out of her programming to really think about trying to fo on her own.. "It is indeed large...Lenn."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Sometimes the things you say don't even make sense," Shiki remarks from the peanut gallery, AKA 'about five feet behind you'. "Do you even think about what you say, or is there a little hamster in there stringing insults together from flash cards?" "Leida! We're here for ADVENTURE! And - we're going to the library of Daguerreo, to find a weapon-master, who's going to help train me and Lily and Lenn..." And that's when a call for attention might distract her, because as Evja moves ahead he will find something. Something that takes the mind away from whimsical thoughts of turtleshell tents. "Hello? Hello, is that a person over there?!" That's a female voice. It belongs to a woman- one with grey-white hair, a big lock of it covering one eye. She has a long dress with spaghetti straps, grey at the top and blue in the bottom third. She's also dangling from a tree like a pinata. "Can you help me, please?!"

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn nods. "And I want to have the training... I see you guys- You and Reize, especially- you go, I worry, you come back hurt- Especially Reize, and I heal you up... But I want to be strong enough that I won't have to be left behind.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Ears twitching slightly beneath the helm, Evja perks upright and shifts his feet against the stirrups of the saddle on his bird. "Keep them back, could be a trap." he mumbles conspiratorially at Priel before the Vieran Judge quite literally vanished and reappeared into the air towards the strung-up person. His Chocobo was still there so Priel didn't lose her ride, just her backrest. Vanishing once more from sight and reappearing at the strung-up woman, Evja attempted to grab her gently and at the same time slice through the rope closest to her with a strong jerk of his arm, Judge Sword held in his hand. His /goal/ was to keep off the ground beneath her if possible in that short flash-through-yoink-flashaway attempt. Of course, who knows if it'd work. If it was him leaving a trap, he'd booby trap the ground beneath someone that another might try to save. Though knowing Priel, she might not even care enough to stop the girls from getting close, since traps are amusing.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess straightens up as Evja's mount swings back around bringing the snarky passenger close enough to unleash another attempt to get under her skin. "Forgive me, I thought I heard you say 'exercise'. But that cannot be right, as you have made your inability to lift even a finger in effort abudantly clear." The fan comes back up to her face once more and she gives Priel a sidelong glance. "Tis no surprise you require a chariot of steel to ferry you about. One can only guess at which of you strains that poor beast more: the knight in armor or the layabout dragon, fufufu." Shiki's assistance in their little feud is unnecessary but brings a faint smile to her face. Her attention is drawn, like that of the other members of their group undoubtedly, to the sight of the suspended woman in the distance. Leida stifles an amused giggle at the image but does her best to hide it behind her fan. "Well... that is... not what I expected to find here."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel looks over to the formal viral user and gives her a nods however as she brings her rifle to a halt there eems to be a bit of a tought about the mention of the hamster which she finds funny as all get out. She now derezzes her bicke. Sure enough it could be easy enough to cut her down. but would someone be able to catch her? she pauses was that a fat joke out of Leida? She thinks it was but is too unsure if she's going to ask. She does pull her disc off her back and power it up just incase. "It would be simple enough to get her down we'd need to catch her."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Please, if it's not profitable, don't expect me to waste my time for your sakes." She shot back to both Leida and Shiki. Not at all having it for their cute little team up. And she was going to make it abundantly clear that she wasn't here to assist them. At all. Ever. Not even in a life or death situation even. ...Maybe. Priel just shrugged after and watched as Evja disappeared off into the air. "Hey, Ms. Rabbit says to stay put. But since you people are idiot heroes, I know you won't listen. So go ahead and assist him~" That was about the best Evja was going to get from her. She wasn't even going to stop them, but she had issued the Judge's request in a most basic manner. Her eyes meanwhile fell upon the strung up woman, watching curiously and observing her form. Now how in the world did she end up in such a state anyway?

:'''[[Mysterious Figure]] has posed:''' It seems to be a simple enough task to get the woman down. She's simply tied up to a high branch. A wind blows across the island as they move to bring her down. The wind is not pleasant. There is something off acout it. The trees speak of something dark... And then there is a hissing noise, a figure manifesting in the shadows, indistinct. "You know, I really thought better about you." There is another hiss, and the being is gone, appearing in the crevice of some rocks. A hand gestures out of the shade, clad in an odd blackness. "Everything was simple. Balanced. You ran where I told you, how I told you." They vanish again, the brim of a black hat barely visible behind a tree. "You struggled, you fought. And in the end, you could just vanish. Reduced to zero. A perfect circle." The being flashes into the darkness again, a sense of motion, a wind... "And then things got complex. I can't /express/ how annoying it's been dealing with things lately." They flash here and there. Some bangles seen, a beaded necklace, a red bandana... "But in the end, it all comes out to the same solution." There is a quick motion, and suddnely, the figure is behind Shiki. He leans in close, a malevolent smile visible as the shadows draw back from the figure...

:'''[[Sho Minamimoto]] has posed:''' "You're too zetta slow." Sho Minamimoto, Reaper of Shibuya and general threat to living beings everywhere, leans in even closer, and stage-whispers into Shiki's ear from behind. "Did you miss me?" A moment later, black figures static in from all directions, black graffiti forms reshaping themselves into the deadly Taboo Noise. In moments, the entire group is surrounded by black menagerie of grunting creatures.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Priel came along to troll us, of course," she explains. "And sometimes we save people stuck up in trees?" Shiki says, confusedly. Although we have to remember! Shiki hates Priel too, so she's totally gonna gang attack her if she can. In a war of words, at least! At least she made Deelel laugh. But there's no time for squabbling right now anyway because we've got trouble to deal with. Shiki'd rather have people to help than Priel warbling on in her ear, anyway. But before we can speculate on what exactly is going on, trouble! Shiki hesitates because of Evja's request, and that's clearly all /someone/ needs. Dramatic flash! "Wh-wh-what?!" Shiki squeals, almost tripping over her own feet as she yanks herself around. But as it turns out she needn't, because there will be something for her to see in every direction when the Taboo Noise appear! Bad times for everyone! "The game master," she snaps, balling her fists up. Darnit, who could know he'd be out here on this remote dot of land. "I did, but my aim's improving!" "I'm so sorry!" shouts the woman, off in the distance.

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Is this some kind of joke?" Priel muttered, looking around from where she sat on Evja's mount, observing the Taboo Noise that had began popping up all over, in addition to the fact that Sho himself decided to make his epic reappearance! "Eh. Well, you guys have fun then!" The redhead spoke to the others in a casual, carefree tone, reclining on the chocobo lazily. Yes, this was a dangerous situation. No, Priel still saw no cause to actually lift a finger to help them. "Since you guys are the heroes here, you should knock the evil down and triumph like in all those cliche storybooks, right? So go on! Do it! I'll be cheering for you from here~"

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida merely smiles as Priel seems to fold into a defensive posture in their verbal sparring. Unfortunately she doesn't get the chance to enjoy the minor victory. As usual, trouble seems to follow the Shard Seekers around like a desperate lost puppy, running away after a swat on the nose only to come bounding back a few moments later. She sighs and turns slowly about in a circle, taking in the strange shapes of the sentient graffiti. "Well, atleast it is not Heartless for a change." Leida ends her movement by shifting her gaze to Sho and peers at him as if sizing the man up. "Friend of yours, Shiki-san?"

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' "Troll?" Lily's been doing her darndest to ignore Priel for days and days. She's still unsure exactly what Ivo saw in her that was worth championing on some level, but isn't about to argue too much. As long as Priel doesn't directly make things worse, anyhow. ... which she usually is... Coming across someone caught in some sort of trap... only to be then ambushed by a guy who sends willies up Lily's spine is more than a little chilling. With a yelp she jumps behind Shiki, then peeks out from behind her at SHo, blinking bewilderedly at the Game Master. "Game... master. Like that woman with the penguins in the desert, Shiki...?!"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Target obtained, Evja kicks off the tree and lands back towards the group while still holding the woman carefully. He hadn't had a chane to try and undo the ropes around her so much as, well... was attempting to make sure she was safe. And suddenly there were Heartless. Or something. Looking around at them, he looks towards the woman and asks her bluntly, "Are you part of this?" Though he still wouldn't just abandon her if she was actually /in/ trouble. Yes, he has that 'hopeless hero' syndrome as well. Senra, Evja's Chocobo, looks back towards Priel as she lounges and might have just about rolled his eyes. Might. Maybe. Then suddenly there was someone else in the group. A young fellow... hume... or so Evja thinks. "Damn. It /was/ a trap."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel pauses at Show arriving she turns her head looking at him for a moment she's quite taken aback by this turn of events and she just stares at Sho for a moment she has no memory of such a man. She does seem to be on her guard at this a Shiki isn't happy to see them for a moment. The woman seems to be handled now right? Ot at least they can get to her and she looks at Priel for a moment like she's grown a second head. Users, she really wanted to get back to the grid. She wante to go home pretty badly today.

:'''[[Sho Minamimoto]] has posed:''' "Pathetic." Sho says simply. "I don't know how you even managed to pull it off. You're as lost and scrabbling and /whiny/ as ever." Sho turns away, gesturing idly as he walks a few steps away. "You're handed a get out of jail free card and you don't even /notice/. That's /insulting/." The Reaper looks back over the group, squinting at them all. "And you've even taken to raiding petting zoos and child care for help." He sighs overdramatically, eyes rolling up. Priel causes him to smile a little. "At least that one knows better than to get involved in this."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Yeah, you just sit this one out, Priel, didn't expect anything else," she snaps. She purposefully holds her player pin out for Lily to touch, because she remembers fighting these things in Traverse Town... oh, right, she wasn't here for that. "No friend of mine," she replies. "He's the Reaper's Game game master... and he's talking about a bunch of jargon I don't understand," warily. "These are worse than those penguins and just as bad as Heartless. We're gonna have to fight for our lives before we even get to Daguerreo! It'll be good practice..." Mr. Mew appears from underneath Shiki's hat. He's needed again! "He set me out as bait," the girl says apologetically. "Someone else already came past and ran. I was worried I was going to die..."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Don't mind if I do now~" Priel lazily replied to Shiki, grinning in response to her annoyance. She really wasn't going to help after all. "...Well, if it makes you feel any better, I can least scatter whatever remains of you to the sea!" Yes, because that was supposed to be something reassuring now. Sho's comment draws a brief laugh from the dragon as she shrugs her shoulders lightly. "Why would I? There's nothing profitable in this." All this talk of bait and heroic posturing and villainous speeches...Priel just brought a hand to her mouth and yawned, closing her eyes as she continued reclining on Senra's back. At least it would be an interesting show to watch. Once it began anyway.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' This situation was slowly starting to chap the Viera's ass, in more ways than one. They were set up, they were making it a habit to insult and belittle... and on top of that, someone else got dragged into this as bait. But for what? If someone else ran away, was this really for /them/? Walking up slowly towards the Chocobo, Evja sets the captive woman down onto her feet and gaves Senra a pat on the cheek. "I think you can undo knots still, yes?" Hopefully. Leaning down, the Chocobo begins to peck at the rope as if trying to figure out how to undo it. Of course, at this point, Evja also does something that might or might not be expected. He vanishes and reappears behind Sho with his Judge Sword in one hand and a spear in the other. With a flourish he attempts to knock Sho's legs out from beneath him with the sword before leaping up and plunging down with the blunt of his spear towards Sho's stomach. No, Viera isn't happy at the moment. Not in the least.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' Lily can only stare blankly at Sho, trying desperately to pierce his words for their meaning. In the end though all she can do is touch the pin Shii ofers oncs, then draw back a hand as her whole body takes on a faint luminescence stemming from the jewel in her forehead. It's a pleasant deep blue color that shifts shades in streaks and flows about her unevenly and thickly like clouds. Instead of taking any serious action though, she instead raises a hand and waves it at Sho to get his attention. "Um... I don't really understand what all of this is about! Why are you after Shiki?"

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The sound of the cheap fan snapping shut punctuates the surge of annoyance that floods the princess at Sho's unsubtle insult. Her small fists ball up at her sides and she stamps a foot in a gesture that is probably supposed to convey her irritation but ends up just making her look childish. "Hmph! Now see here! I am no child, the people of this world are all just very... tall." She turns to Shiki and quirks an eyebrow at the short explanation. "Reaper's Game? Game master? Penguins?" She shakes her head from side to side. "I am afraid you both speak in 'jargon' at you put it, Shiki-san."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel listens to Sho, he's at least creative with his insults he'll give them that and she looks over to Sho one last time. "Shiki? Jail? What is he talking about?" There's clearly some history here and some things going on she's unaware of but now that cna really wait a she knows what's coming, she runs a few commands to prepare for fight to come. The noise are not something she's used to but they seem a bit like heartless? She's not sure either wy it's time to fight and she's clearly ready for it.

:'''[[Sho Minamimoto]] has posed:''' Sho facepalms. "Look, she's dumb enough to stop for anyone." The Reaper replies. "I just grabbed her at random." He raises his voice. "HEY, YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY YOU'RE NOT DEAD! I CAN FIX THAT! NOW THANK ME AND GET THE HELL OUT!" He does, however, get an assload of confusion. "Fine. FINE! I'll explain this all to you zeroes, you factoring hectopascals." He folds his arms. "When people die, some of the lucky ones get to become Players. Players play our game. The Reaper's Game. IF you survive, you get to come back to life. IF you fail, and basically everyone does, you are Erased. You vanish, gone forever." Sho narrows his eyes. "Nowever, there is now a /problem/. The /problem/ is that we got a new boss." He then points at Shiki. "And that boss decided, for WHATEVER REASON, to do you a favor. Don't you get it, Misaki? Don't you understand-" It's at that moment that Evja strikes. She appears behind Sho, attacking... And as fast as Evja is, Sho vanishes, reappearing on the other side of the group. In his place, Evja finds that she's run through a spiny, angry-looking rhino made of blackened graffiti and anger. It snorts at her, moments before it explodes in a hissing blast of white noise. Sho picks up right where he left off. "- Understand why you haven't been getting Game messages? Don't you understand why you haven't been getting attacked by Noise?" Sho points. "IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE ALIVE RIGHT NOW, YOU DUMBASS!" He shakes his head, huffing. "But you know, that's all right. I have a solution. I have a solution to everything!" He whips out a bullhorn, and yells... "(IT'S X 2!) DIE!" <(================================> - <X3 - <=================================> - A FORCE OF DARKNESS HAS ARRIVED - - SHO MINAMIMOTO - - THE MATHEMATICAL PERFECTION OF DEATH - - PREPARE FOR BATTLE - <(================================> - <X3 - <=================================> It's at this point that the horde of Taboo Noise rush forward, swarming as they begin assaulting the group. Priel is left alone, while the rest are subjected to a series of black needles being fired by the Corehogs, while Carcinopunks, tiny crabs with huge black claws clamber forward, trying to clamp down on any exposed limbs. The Noise don't stop coming, trying to simply bum rush the group and mow it down where it stands.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "If we could save the explanations for when we're not surrounded by-" Shiki is about to continue that sentence, but there are more important things to think about all of a suddenalive. Unfortunately, because she's alive kind of distracted by what alive Sho just said to her, alive, she's alive not really paying alive attention to the alive taboo alive noise alive alive. She's /alive/? Yes, but not for much longer if you don't PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE CRABS MISAKI. Shiki goes down under a pile of big claws and quills, and this is suddenly really dangerous!

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' The woman in the dress, meanwhile, is definitely willing to run once Evja unties her... although within reason, apparently. She turns and bolts, but... slows down... and... eventually... Hides behind a rock to watch this pan out.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Bah." So the boy had tricks of his own, hm? No doubt he -- and suddenly a swarm of Noise/Heartless/Things. Dashing towards the one whom this fellow seems to be targeting, Shiki, Evja dives in next to her as she vanishes into the pile and spins the lance ferociously in a circle. The air around the two is cut and suddenly it suctions outwards, away from them, pulling things from Evja and out and away and leaving the center area, and hopefully Shiki, unharmed. Or in the least not in mortal peril. "Watch out! Do not let yourselves be pinned down! If you need assistance, ask for it!" The Viera extends a hand towards where Shiki was, not having had a chance to find out in what shape she is in, to help her stand while trying to keep close enough to do what Judges do, in his view. Protect. Though much at this point he begins to glow faintly as he sends the only real 'magic' he knows through himself and Shiki, hopefully, helping her to be a bit quicker on her feet.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' With Noise rushing in and Sho yelling like a madman, Lily's whole body tenses up, eyes narrowing and determination flickering to life within like a little wind-stoked fire. "No. No no NO. Not more monsters! Everyone, I've got your backs!" Hurriedly, she gathers her power with a bit more control this time around. The winds whip up, carrying her backwards and up, though some of the needles from the Corehogs pelt her and dig into her flesh through the rather flimsy cloth outfit she's wearing. "hnnngh...!!" Okay, it's just a LITTLE bleeding, just a little. But that winded her pretty badly. Nevertheless, the girl floats up about ten to fifteen feet, and while her flight's kind of wobbly and slow she spreads her arms out, and the winds respond, coursing outwards towards Shiki, Leida, and Deelel to wrap them up and empower them, granting synergy with the element itself.

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Hmmmhmhmhm~" Priel hummed a casual little tune to herself, draping one leg over the other and dangling her foot idly to the sounds of combat taking place all around her. Eventually though, her eyes opened again and she began to watch. Seeing Shiki get dogpiled caused her to burst out laughing. "Pffft-- Ahahahaha~! Oh wow, look at that!" Yes, now THIS is what Priel came for. To watch people get dogpiled by waves of monsters while she looked on in amusement. Hey, being a hero usually entailed having a shorter lifespan! Why? Because of stunts like this of course. "Don't drown now~" The redhead casually spoke out to no one in particular then. Hell, she could have been talking to Sho for all anyone knew.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel just kinda stares for a moment as Sho explains things she files this away and has to wonder what would be so sadistic to make a orld operate like that. he makes notes of everything Sho say it may of use later. For there are noise, so many noie here an they don't stop coming she attacks with her disc. She makes errors these are unknown enemies to her she has no experiance so she takes a pretty bad hit, but is quick to recover as she starts launching her own disc also sometimes moving to leap off the various noise.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida stares blankly at the black clad Reaper, not quite understanding the point of his posturing until he lets loose with a massive revelation. "Wait... are you saying Shiki-san... was dead?" The only answer she gets to her question is pain. Dozens of the deadly quills rain upon the distracted princess from behind, practically turning her into a twisted mockery of the Noisy porcupines themselves. A shrill scream explodes from the small girl as she receives a dose of unwanted acupuncture. The loose casual 'modern' clothing she wears proves little deterrant against such an assault and fares even worse against the scything claws of the crab-like Noise. Black ichor drips like liquid shadow from Leida's wounds, hissing and bubbling as it hits the dry earth. She struggles weakly against the onslaught but her miniscule strength is nothing compared to the horrible monsters that assail her. Lily's magic washes over her body, making her feel suddenly lighter but in her current situation it doesn't do much to help. "I will not... die here...!" The shadow that Leida casts suddenly becomes animated, bubbling up like oil from the ground and oozing its way along her legs to settle on her back in a small pool. From this wellspring of darkness a massive skeletal claw of pure shadow erupts, tearing and smashing at everything around her in an uncontrolled frenzy. The quills in her back are brushed away with a single swipe, sending several of them back into the horde from whence they came. Leida struggles to her feet, wounded and bleeding from the somewhat unexpected attack but clearly still in the fight. "Why do you attack us...? We are not dead, nor part of your 'game'!"

:'''[[Sho Minamimoto]] has posed:''' Sho doesn't seem to care about the ones who fall back and begin buffing people. With a gesture, he ensures that piles of Taboo Noise are sent charging into any gaps in the defenses he has erected. "/WAS/ dead. Now she's alive because the BOSS decided to give her a present. I don't know why... But hey, the rules are off here." Noise begin to explode. Even the Taboo Noise, as powerful as they are, can't withstand focused fire (and perhaps some clever puck passing. Anyone got a puck? Check under Shiki's hat?). Leida follows up with her own blade techniques and the assistance of a claw of darkness, the assault ripping into the mass of Noise around them. Soujiglares as the surrounding Taboo Noise are detonated, and he cuts a hand across. "ENOUGH!" The Noise fall back, vanishing as Sho crosses his arms. "I look at it this way. I kill you guys, Shiki goes back in the Game, and maybe we can get a few new Players." He smiles, and looks over to Priel. "Or maybe even a new Reaper. I like her style." He laughs, and then shakes his head. "Enough of this, yoctograms. It's time to show you the scale of power you're dealing with!" He throws his hands outwards, and there is an explosion of rushing power as six massive, black-steel wings erupt from his back, skeletal and thorned as they curl around him... And then explode, shattering as he... changes. His body morphs, the legs becoming gleaming, stylized graffiti. "Are you ready?" Sho says, moments before he vanishes, blurring around the battleground at speeds almost too fast to track. "TANGENT! TANGENT! SINE!" Sho yells, energy blasts streaking out and swirling in perect mathematically designed arcs.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki Misaki has reached a point where words are no longer relevant. She isn't sure where she reached it- whether it was before or after the support rushed to her side having been buried under a dose of crabs (or is it a cast?), but she's here now. All of a sudden, she's a dragon of the wind, forcing herself to her feet and scattering Taboo Noise off of her. She stands with the wind spinning around her, head tilting to one side in a centre of the storm. And despite Sho's streaking darkness being mathematical perfection, somehow, Shiki moves-- She raises a leg, swings her arms out, spins, almost like a ballerina. For some perverse reason, the piercings and crabclaw cuts on her body feel so much more real now-- adrenaline, pain. A living body. And then Shiki has a handful of pins. Tap, scratch, touch. The Eyes Have It, Earthshake, Nikkari. A cold wind now surrounds her as she summons up ice crystals to cluster around Sho, and drop him into a seething patch of shaking stone. She rushes forward with Mr. Mew hovering by her side, a lance-blade thrust smacking towards the Game Master. And Shiki remains silent.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' "Ugh, I have no intention of playing any game with you!" Leida takes a step back warily, eyeing the still sizable mass of strange creatures surrounding them. However, it seems that Sho has decided to take the stage personally. His transformation leaves the small princess in shock, her jaw hanging open at the twisted imagery, but his rapid aggression forces her on the defensive before she can say anything else. The gnarled bony arm takes a few swats at Sho's blurred form as he darts about unleashing a dastardly series of strikes that all add up to a whole lot more pain for the girl. Her efforts to keep track of him prove futile as does her attempts to ward off the Reaper's assault, quickly disproving the stereotype that all Asians are good at math. As more and more of the energy blasts rock her back and forth, Leida's weak counter strikes quickly turn into panicked flailing until she finally topples over in a heap, bleeding profusely from her wounds. Oddly the more of the shadowy ichor that flows from her body the more it seems to congeal and spread out over the injuries, closing some of the lesser gashes and gouges instantly. "Nrgh... too fast..."

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' Energy bolts flicker up at Lily, but the girl faces them bravely and braces with outstretched hands channeling more of her own power. The field around her concentrates and while she seems to list to the side awkwardly, she manages to deflect the blasts. They impact against her field and get slapped away, curving out into the distances and one into the sky. This knocks her about, but she remains airborne... if drifting wildly! "I don't get what you're even TALKING ABOUT. You don't kill people in games! You should never kill people even if it's not!" Now that she's bit angry, the winds about her heat up, and suddenly ignite. Flames join the blue aura along with the winds, and like before they stream out towards the others to harmonize them with the power of inner flames, bringing forth rage and greater strength and ferocity.

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' It sounded like our heroes were having a hard time with Sho here. The fact that he just turned into some antromorphic noise certainly didn't help their cases now. But Priel still didn't budge, watching the battle with a fair degree of interest. There were some interesting tidbits being thrown around though. Apparently Shiki was dead before? And now she's alive? Huh. And then there's this Reaper talk. ...Hey, if it was interesting and or profitable in some manner, she just might go for it. What? She's not a hero now! She can make morally ambiguous choices if she feels like it! "You people are just leaving yourselves open to get wiped out there now~" And that has been Priel's helpful comment of the day! Maybe she would have to scatter their remains into the ocean soon.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel inexperiance with the Noise are costing her but dead? Who had power over life and death she only knew of was one being and that filled her with some dread. She doesn't voice it as she's now fighting with Sho as he comes in and she looks at him. But then noise oh my pain but this time she's hurt enough there's a crack on her arm and it's bleeding light not blood. She looks at Sho for a moment snakes her head and contiunes her attacks. "This is something to do with things like the doom train and others I have obesed! Users linger after death!" She flips up into the air launches her disk lands and keeps moving. She bounds up again and lands again trying to not sit still and make her self less of a target.

:'''[[Sho Minamimoto]] has posed:''' Sho sees the Pins come out. He sighs, smiling. It feels good, like old times. No kids waving giant keys, or using crazy sword techniques or dropping on him repeatedly with spears. Just good old Psychs. Of course, this means he's more than capable of dealing with them, too. With a laugh, Sho blurs back and forth, launching himself out of the killbox. "YOU'RE TOO ZETTA SLOW!" He taunts Shiki, dropping in front of her and roundhouse kicking out at her, before he launches backwards. Lily gets Sho to laugh again. "Are you really so naive? This world is trask, girl. I will show it true beauty when I'm done with it! But I just have a few things to take care of first..." Leida causes Sho to drive backwards, peppering the area with blazing bolts of destruction. "All life is a game, girl. Sooner you get used to the idea, the sooner you can try... and fail... to win." It's at that moment that Deelel manages to blindside Sho, smacking him with the Disk. He staggers, glaring over at her. "Oh look, competence! This wasn't in the odds!" The Reaper backs off, vanishing and reappearing high in the air. "TANGENT!" He yells, moments before a salvo of Corehog spikes comes slashing into the battleground. "INVERSE MATRIX!" Interference from random Taboo Noise increases momentarily as they blitz the field... And then Sho lunges down, his body flickering through the area as he punches, kicks, it's all in the mind. "VELOCITY!"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Sho's foot grazes the side of Shiki's face. She's very attached to that face all of a sudden. She doesn't lose her hat, at least! But this isn't working out... very well. In fact, if anything, this is... sort of like proof that they need this whole 'learn how to fight a little better' sort of thing, doesn't it? That it does. So, we've established that. Hopefully when we get to Daguerreo we can practice in less fatal conditions. Because we're going to get to Daguerreo. Shiki hears the noise and chaos all around her- the chaos of people talking and shouting and Taboo Noise everywhere and friends being hurt- and tunes it out. You have to put something over your ears and ignore the rush of the world sometimes. I hate, she thinks to herself, people who don't get new material. More pins, more problems. Wind, become a binding chain... slash... and slash... and slash! Evja's there to take some hits for her, but Shiki knows they need to start /making/ the plays instead of /taking/ them. She's got a fistful of pins... Love Me Tether, Frozen Cool and Blizzard Cool for Sho. The sound of her heart pounding fills Shiki's mind. She'd never noticed it until now. Heart. Pounding. A pulse. She swings her hand and a cotton thread spools from it, snagging towards Sho and twirling and swirling into an entanglement. Once that's done... Ice. Just... ice, everywhere. Pillars rocking up and exploding all around Tigris Cantus.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' More spikes. More pain. This is why Leida is not an adventurer. She's got no experience with these kinds of life or death situations. No years of misadventure as a child to grant her insight on how to avoid danger or recognize threats. No actual training of any sort beyond a few sparring sessions with a handful of people. Only the darkness holds her together at this point and even that is proving to be no ward against whatever source of power seems to be driving Sho. The young girl falls to her knees, clutching at her body as she is pierced, trampled, and kicked around like a helpless doll. The towering demonic claw does its best to protect her, wrapping tightly around the princess, but even it quickly falls apart under the constant barrage of blows, leaving only the tattered and beaten young girl in a pool of her own blood. "H-help me..." she mutters weakly, seemingly at no one in particular. The air all around the demonic girl begins to waver with heat distortions as dozens of balls of eldritch green flame erupt to life, one after the other. Damned souls, absorbed and bound to her will, let loose a chorus of haunting screams as they are forcibly ripped from the well of cursed unlife within her body. In a frenzy of motion the ghostly orbs explode outwards like shrapnel, ramming and bouncing among the Noise like manic pingpong balls. Twisted evil curses pour forth from their torment, filling the air with motes of sickly purple energy that turns into a roiling, expanding mist that seeks to engulf everything in a terrible miasma.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel has been getting quite of bit of support form Lily and would likely be much worse off. Finally she's getting an idea of how the things fighting them are going. She looks over at Sho for a moment. "Tch, Games." She however is prepares this time as the attacks come? She's either not there or deflecting them with her disc and has for once come out unharmed. She'll attempt to bypass the fodder by getting airborn again and lobbing her disc over at Sho before she comes in for a landing. She's feeling a bit over clocked though from Lily's spells upon her, and she's left to wonder on some low level process just why does magic even work on her given what she is?

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' "Life is NOT a game, even if there's a lot of fun to be had!" Lily yells back angrily. "And it's not trash either. Don't you see any of the great things around in the world?!" Unfortuantely all her arguing doesn't do a lot good, because she's pummeled by Noise attacks. Corehog spikes, they huuuuurt. It's sho's blitz-assault that gets her the most though. Lily's slammed about, only managing to avoid a few of the blows. That's gonna leave bruises, maybe a cracked rib. She whimpers.. but now she's angry. Power ripples in piles from her body, filling the area with a grand light. Glints of magic glow everywhere, where before was just empty space. All of it's sucked in towards Lily at great speeds, little glints, great sparkles, all of them spiral in and join into a great disk-like structure, falling inwards and being absorbed into a tiny point between her hands. The winds become ferocious from the sheer amount of ENERGY she's pulling in. Eventually that one tiny point, full of a hurricane's worth of force, she raiess a palm up, and that little glint of light shimmers just once. Drawing that arm back, she yells at Sho, "But you won't see it if you hurt my friends. I'll knock you through ALL the trees!" That arm's then thrust forth, sending the little sparkle straight down at Sho. As it approaches it slows... and then detonates brilliantly. Enormous pillars of light spiral out, pummeling towards noise and Sho alike but avoiding everyone else. Amidst these great rays are thousands of smaller particles, saturating the area with a destructive force that threatens to vaporize the lesser Noise!

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Oh my. Look at them go." Priel casually commented, watching the battle unfold through half lidded eyes. "Is this their final stand? Will they survive much longer? Find out next time onnnnn....Shard Seekers Story...Z." After that, she wound up just giggling to herself and looking away. She was making real good on her vow of not lifting a single finger to help. Even if it might have made this go faster. The fact of the matter was that Evja's chocobo was simply too comfy! Nice and soft! There was no reason to bother expending energy to help! "Here it comes~"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' This wasn't exactly looking good. People all around were taking damage, hurting, looking to be in pain. Evja, himself, was among them. The Judge had been trying to play the role of moving shield to protect Shiki as best he could and thankfully it wasn't putting him in 'mortal danger' yet. That might change soon, however. "Why... why do you insist on doing this? She's alive now, you should be happy! I do not know why anyone would ever try to send someone back to their demise if they had the esper-given chance to live again! No, it does not matter!" Sure, he fell into the 'Hero' category too, but it wasn't quite the same thing Priel had been denouncing. Or maybe it was. He was doing this because it was, in his view, the right thing to do. To protect someone who was seemingly going to be hurt, or worse. "Whoever you are, leave, now!" Evja began to glow a soft golden color before the area around him darkened, only for the Viera to suddenly blaze with brightness as he lunged towards ShoLeo with two spears drawn, attempting to flatten the fellow with everything he had. No blunts of the spears this time. The man was too fast, too dangerous, and quite frankly? Had pissed him off. Leaps and dives, twirls and lunges, stabbing and pirouetting, Evja was dancing in and out of sight every which way before he leapt high and attempted a single, final dive with both lances.

:'''[[Sho Minamimoto]] has posed:''' He's Leo Cantus, dammit. Does he LOOK like a shadowy cast-iron <GOOSEHONK>? Didn't think so. Shiki tries to catch Sho in an Entanglement amidst a wave of deadly ice, but Sho slams his hands together. "STOP! FACTORIAL TIME!" There is a massive detonation, and a wash of energy blasts out, catching the ice and vaporizing it. Leida's Ghost Trick serves her better, however, as the miasmic force of the spirit strike swirls around Sho. Perhaps like attracts like in this case, as the energy sears at his body, causing him to fall back further away. "Factoring Hectopascal!" Sho yells, clearly irritated. Deelel's Disc takes another few strikes out of the Reaper, catching him in an aerial combo before he is sent floating in the air, observing the incoming conflagaration of annihilating magical force. Sho pauses. "Oh, right. I knew I remembered you from somewhere. RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" He screams, thrusting a hand into the blazing star of doom as it washes over him, blasting away dozens of Taboo Noise in the process. Sho vanishes in the light... And is left, floating there, wounded and smoking. Why is he not dead yet? He points at Lily. "Next time..." He says. "You." Evja asks a question. "You don't get it, do you? We're Reapers. We're immortal beings who are being given incredible power to make the lives of Players hell.. And then kill them. Kintanji might spout out some stupid lines about weeding out the unworthy but let's just do the math, shall we? NO ONE IS WORTHY. This world is a trash-heap. All worlds are! And one thing I hate... Is watching a Player get away." Sho clenches his fist... And Evja shreds into and through his position, crushing and piercing him. Blackness spatters everywhere as Sho is struck again and again and again, Evja giving her all in order to try to strike down the Reaper... And he is left standing there, bleeding and pained, wounds deep in his body as he stands, back arched unnaturally far... And then he laughs, a tearing laugh as he slowly straightens. "Oh, you're good. That actually hurt! Congratulations, now I actually have to kill you too." He shakes his head, and snaps his finger, his wounds beginning to regenerate in front of their eyes as his transformed body shatters out, the wings reforming behind him. "But later. I know where you are. You're not going anywhere." He gestures. "You're going to move on, and you're going to complain to your pal there about how she didn't help. But you know what? We all know why she didn't help. So instead of listening to the incompetent, impotent whining from you zeroes, I'm going to make a better offer. The Taboo Noise surges, the remains of them assaulting the group in a mad rush while Sho attends to something... quute nearby. He vanishes, reappearing and kicking back next to Priel. "I said I like the way you deal with things. I'm going to make you and offer. Join us. You can stop protending to put up with these two-faced losers who are just going to stab you in the back anyway. Come with me, talk to the Boss. You'll get what you're looking for there." Meanwhile, a massive Neoclassical Drake descends, crushing into the middle of the battlefield and roaring amidst the chaos, slamming its ponderous mass down amongst the battlers.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' No, Shiki thinks, she's not going to complain at all. That's just the way Priel is. She's a useless blowhard. Heck, she specifically brought her along on this because she wanted to make sure she knew where Priel /was/. She's harmless. Sho most certainly is not, and Shiki is still in her somewhat weird, warbling place where pain works differently and her world is Different. This world doesn't have a place in it for Taboo Noise, and it doesn't have a place in it for /him/. "Mr. Mew," Shiki says, as the Drake rears up in front of her-- And the psychokinetic cat slashes the Neoclassical with claws made of pure mental energy, giving Shiki the opening she needs to grab her Dangerous Buffalo brand pin. D+B Pride, yo. The pin hovers between her hands for a moment, and Shiki tears spiked pillars of ice from the ground, shooting up and binding them together with string and kinesis. She forms a huge spiralling pinwheel of ice, and FLINGS it at Sho like a buzzsaw. Get away from me and my friends.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' "Aaaaaaahhhh!" Lily's rather breathles after unleashing all of that power, but she's still with it. Apparently, these months with fight after fight have taught her a few things about finer control of her magic and staying on her toes. If just a little. Because with all of the noise slamming around, she hightails it with a burst of air that sends her swooping away from the Darke's main girth. One of its claws rakes her side, but just barely, and she ends up floating off to the side, gasping and painnting for some breath... a bit dazed. "The world is NOT trash!" She repeats emphatically to the wind!

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' So, Sho had gone over to talk to Priel, who was lounging on Evja's Chocobo. Evja, by this point, had started to respond before suddenly he was crushed beneath the drake and knocked backwards, skidding to a stop and slowly pushing himself up. Coughing and holding out both hands to quickly grab his spears and stab them into the ground, the Judge looked to be on his last legs as he stood there, leaning against the weapons. Welp, he gave Priel fair warning earlier. "TWEEEEEEEEEEEET!" Wait, what was that sound? It came from Evja! "Hey, Reaper!" he called out, trying to gain the mans attention just as Senra turned to 'trot off' and rared a leg back before kicking right at the monster mans head. With all the force of a chocobo who has recently been taking a /lot/ of race training. Hope you can hold on, Priel! Otherwise you're getting tossed onto the ground!(Or floating or whatever)

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Words are spoken all around her, people shouting things back and forth but to Leida all of the noise merely blends together into a hazy din of sound through the filter of pain that has engulfed her. She had fought several times in the past in an effort to be more like those who had rescued her and been kind to her, trying to finally step away from the past and her meek nature. But most of them had ended up the same way that she is now. Suffering seems to go hand in hand with the word adventure and she's come to the conclusion several times now that it isn't a lifestyle that she wants. Today is merely another strong bullet point on her list of reasons she hates fighting. The ghosts vent the fury that she is not able to though their rage is still pale compared to the power wielded by her opposition nor her allies. Despite the sacrifices she has made to the darkness, she's still just a weak little girl at the end of the day. A new surge of pain lances through her body even as that thought works its way to the front of her mind. Heat spreads from her shoulder, a constant searing touch as if a hot brand has been pressed to her flesh. She bites down on a scream, turning it into a garbled choking sob as the sensation spreads throughout her entire body. Shadow and flame erupt around Leida's prone form in a massive conflagration that sheds no heat nor light yet burns away the Noise seeking to destroy her as easily as if they were wax. The demon princess rises up off the ground on invisible currents of power. Her head tilts slowly to the side, corrupted eyes narrowing in on both Sho and the useless creature that he courts. She has no words for either of them, no pretty philosopy to guide her hand nor powerful threats to cow them. Only the overwhelming desire to see the both of them drown in an eternal void of darkness. A final flare of power geysers up around the girl in a pillar of sickly purple light. The energy seeps into her body, infusing itself around her like an aura of pure malice. Her long loose hair begins to flow together like oily water, billowing out around her in a protective cloak. Dozens of thin tendrils of the raven hair suddenly begin to grow exponentially in length, stretching and flowing in coiling razor wires to engulf the pair astride the chocobo. Leida holds up her hands and the black fire bursts from her fingertips, lancing into the entwining tendrils as they seek to bind the targets of her primal rage. Demonic corruption flows into them, raw shadow seeking to drown them utterly. But the moment of power is short-lived. The girl's eyes roll up moments later, her body going limp as she collapses once more to the ground. Beneath her ragged and torn shirt, one section of the arcane tattoo on her arm shimmers and then fades away.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel has got this former human? Love his math, loves his math so much he'd fit in with some spread sheets progams she knows but sadly he's not the most social of people. She looks to the Reaper for a moment and she smiles fainlty. "It was thought humans were immortal." She says nothing more on that as oh god it's a Drake! WHAM! She's not uick enough to get away from it she does look at Priel for a moment. She then looks away as she recofers and she's making an attack on Sho. "Go divide yourself by zero." It's simple reall it's all she's got the power for but well that disc's business end isn't very fun to get hit with.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' Lily's gasping and panting, but that took a lot out of her. is it any surprise? When she comes to her, getting out of her momentary daze, she sees something pretty bad. The others are still in some heavy trouble, and Sho's... well, taking a licking, but she raises her hands and focuses her power. Out flows the raw source of Life energy itself, heading straight for Deelel, Leida, and Evja, who seem to have taken the most harm...

:'''[[Sho Minamimoto]] has posed:''' The heroes go all in, trying to defeat the wave of Taboo Noise that threatens to Erase them all. Or rather, kill them so Sho can then proceed to Erase them. Minor difference, really. It's just that Sho gets the pleasure of killing you /twice/. Mr. Mew goes slamming into the mass of Noise, obliterating those caught within the pinwheel. The ring almost strikes him, but Sho raises a hand, throwing the Neoclassical Drake in the way with a gesture. The strike impacts the dragon, blasting it in half and shattering it in a wave of hissing sound. Lily retorts, causing Sho to simply shake his head. "You're being irrational. The worlds are full of people who don't give a damn about you. Why would they? They have their own problems. They get ahead by taking you down and keeping you there. They have no reason to do otherwise... And trusting them is idiotic. If you can't even refute that, you're never going to convince anyone otherwise." The chocobo kicks out, knocking Sho backwards and putting a claw gash into him. He looks seriously irritated, grimacing at the wound in his form. "Anyway, kid. If you want to join up, head to the Underworld. You'll know it when you get there." He turns away, throwing the remnants of the Taboo Noise in the path of the oncoming tendrils of darkness, letting them be torn to shreds amidst Deelel's Disc-based finishing strike that shatters through them. "Watch your back, Shiki." Sho says, as he blurs. "I've got your number." At that, he vanishes, leaving the rest of them, finally, in peace.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shattering sounds, huge monsters being torn apart into static and ribbons of swirling darkness. Ice falls in sheets, the ground burns from the explosions and skillful moves... And so, it's over. Shiki's heart is pounding in her ears. She stares at the space where Sho left, knuckles white, the rush of combat fading and giving way to a difficult world with complicated, terrible things to think about. The woman pokes her head out from behind that rock. "That was incredible power. Ridiculously fierce, but so desperate..." "Didn't go well. Not as well as I'd have liked," the girl replies. "...are you going to Daguerreo?" "Yeah. We were going there to see if we could train with the rumored weaponsmith, but... I think I've got some more things to think about... now..." "Do you mind if I come with you?" Shiki nods slowly in acknowledgement to the woman with the white hair, and pops the bones in her hand one after another. "You're kinder than the first person who passed me by," she says, walking along next to Shiki. "...come to think of it, he had one of those badges like you, too. Do you know him?" Shiki pauses, and looks at the woman. She raises her eyebrow way, way up. "...he had spiky, orange hair, and some big things like earmuffs... and he was wearing purple? And he was heading to Daguerreo, too." Shiki Misaki just stares. "...figures."

Artisanquest: ADVENTURE TIME

2013-05-09T07:26:37Z

Evja:

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/04/25
|Location=Fluorgis - Shard Seekers HQ
|Synopsis=Shiki Misaki rouses her friends and allies for a quest to distant lands!
|Cast of Characters=Lily, Priel Aylin, Deidra, Shiki Misaki, Lenn, Evja
|Tinyplot=Artisanquest
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Funtime! Shiki has been furiously working on stuff. Which is odd, because she hasn't actually BEEN around the HQ for a couple of weeks. Now, though, she's come back, set out all manner of maps and sextants and bills, and she's emptied out her tote bag and started raiding her room for things. Seems like someone's going on a journey? She hops off the couch and rolls up a particarly crusty map, then triumphantly shoves it in her bag. Somewhere, an archeologist cries. "Lily~! Lenn~! Come over here! I've got something to talk to you about~!

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn is working in her little workbench, loupe in her eye, as she puts the finishing touches on a ring. She looks up, removing the magnifier, as she turns to her fashionista friend. "What is it, Shiki?" She gets up to go check what she's going to show them, curiously.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' "Huuuuah?!" LIly's ponderous reply echoes down from the girl's doms, and soon so too does the sound of her footsteps as she bomes barreling out of them and into the room with Shiki. Standing in the edge of the hallway through, she raises a hand, waving over at Lenn and Shiki. "Something you wanted, Shiki? Hi Lenn!"

:'''[[Deidra]] has posed:''' Deelel had been bouncing a lot between the HQ and Manhattan given so far as anyone understood she was from there it wasn't to be unexpected. Still she'd just been checking back in and she was suprised to find sever people she'd not seen in a while as she calls out while heading over. "Greetings, users! What are you up to and Shiki good to see you home."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Unrelated to, and not actually paying attention to, the sudden flurry of girls and ladies heading towards Shiki, another figure seems to be slipping in from the Garden area. Probably familiar to most, though how long it had been since some last saw Evja who knows. Regardless, the Judge, not currently wearing armor so much as a long black frilly-looking dress and white cloak atop, seems to be walking towards where the kitchen is with whatever goal in mind she had. Likely food, given that's the case.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki puts her hands out gently just in case she needs to stop Lily from crashing into her. Fortunately, it doesn't come to that! So she just smiles at her instead. She leads both of them- hey, and Deelel while we're at it- over by the hand to the big table covered in stuff. "Check THIS out!" Shiki practically squeals as she picks up one particular map- a /very/ newly printed one- and points out what appears to be a mildew spot off the coast of Cleyra. "I have come into the possession and knowledge of something very interesting. And kind of related to world shards? I don't know! Maybe?!" She looks around, eyes going >.> and <.< as she glances at everyone. "I am going on an /adventure/."

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' Oh heavens. THAT WORD. That profoundly worrisome word. Now Shiki's infected by it too! Although she very nearly DOES crash into Shiki, that word, 'adventure,' stops her dead cold in her tracks, leaving a mystified look in the white-robed girl's eyes.

:'''[[Deidra]] has posed:''' Deelel for a moment and looks doown at the map for a moment "World shards I'm into it and you know just being here is techinally an adventure for me." seriously her gods are made of meat that's still a rather suprising revlation for her. "So a map I take it?"

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn smiles to Shiki. "Good luck!" While Lenn's been working on her physicality (resulting in a couple visits to Shiki to take in the waist of her dresses), Lenn doesn't consider herself adventure material yet.

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' While the girls were busy talking about their plans and upcoming adventures, the door to HQ opened with a bang! In came a certain familiar redheaded dragon girl afterward. Slung over her shoulder was a bag of likely ill gotten gains, but hey! No one knew that for sure, yeah? "Hey losers! I'm baaaaaaack~" And of course, she had to announce her return from absence in all the glory possible. And of course that meant interrupting their discussion with all the grace of a raging typhoon. Priel giggled to herself as she strode into the main area of HQ, looking about to see just who was here. "Aha~ Well, look who we have here! Reize's girlfriend number one, two, three, four, and five~! What's up?" ...She didn't specify who was who.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Having just walked out of the kitchen with a bushel of carrots, Evja could be seen to have one hanging from her mouth from beneath the Veil she had on as she paused at the greeting and remark, then answered simply, "I hope you are not insinuating I am number five. I barely know the boy, let alone why anyone would agree to be number four three or two." It was a simple enough comment as she moved to take a seat on one of the recliners that was here and crunch a chunk of the carrot off.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Oh, nonono," Shiki says, waggling a finger. "Nono, nonono." "Nono." She likes saying that word, apparently. When Priel comes in, she pauses for a moment, looks at her quizzically, and then adds in, in exactly the same tone, "Yesyes." And she continues without a beat. "See, this is an adventure, and it's a big adventure, and it's an adventure I don't-want-to-go-on-by-myself." She flumps down on the couch, and begins leafing through the paperwork again, trying to find something. "I've been going around by myself for like... a while now? Like, a couple months? Well, sort of by myself, I guess? Like... I was sort of, but Lily was there sometimes, and I met up with some other people and made new friends, but I like... started to miss you guys? And I found out about this and I thought, I /knew/ you guys might be interested in it! And if you weren't then I would ask you to come anyway because you're my friends and you know, solidarity, yeah!" She waves her arms and gesticulates a lot as she does this. "It's an adventure to... the lost library, on a forgotten island... a sodality of artisans and craftsmen and weaponsmiths named..." "Daguerreo!"

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn 's eyes widen a touch. "Artisans?" NOW you have her undivided attention, Shiki. "I wonder if they'll have some lost jewel-cutting techniques?" She hmms... "Yeah, that's definitely something I'd like to go... If you don't think I'll slow you down?"

:'''[[Deidra]] has posed:''' Deelel is paying attention here Shiki doesn't wnt to be on her own and she gets it. "I would be it might be worth out time to look into this. If only to get us out of the city. " Then she notes library. Information that gets the program's rappted attention. "You have my full intrest now." Gold? Money? Gems that means little to the basic other than a means to get supplies but information now that was something worth chasing. "I doubt so Lenn and your abilities would be of use on such a adventure. Given how hostile the native life of this world can be."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' Friends? Well, Priel had nothing to do with that now. Striding past them, she set her bag of loot down onto the table and plopped down by Evja, eyeing the carrots that the Viera was in the middle of eating. "Hmn...wouldn't you rather have those cooked in some form?" Seemed like she wasn't going to answer the girlfriend question. Not if the amused smile on her face was any sort of indication. Then again, it could just have been the sight of a rabbit-like creature consuming the very food that they're stereotypically known to eat. Sure, she could hear the discussion about lost libraries, forgotten islands, and treasures and such. But it seemed like she wasn't going to have anything to do with it!

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Well, yes, but I am lazy and sore and would rather not stand and cook such." Though at the thought of Priels cooking again the Vieras stomach growled softly and she gave a little coughing ahem. One could tell she was listening to Shiki and her gaggle, though. Daguerreo? Hm... not a place the Viera had heard of. Another bite was idly taken before Evja offered it towards Priel as if she might like some. "I would happily offer you money for another bowl of that lovely soup of yours though, Miss Aylin." Plus he was faintly worried there'd be another Malboro. "You do not... plan on sticking your arm down a Malboros throat again, do you, Shiki, was it?"

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' "Half of those words you'll need to explain, Shiki!" Lily calls out, a bit frowny all the while. "Soda lights?"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "(Psst,)" Shiki says to Evja, sliding over clandestinely. "Girlfriends one, two and three," indicating herself, Lenn and Lily. "In no particular order, of course!" "And no, that is not a thing we are going to do. Not since the last time!" Reize's harem and proud of it, no matter how bad they smell. "Ac-tually," she says, sliding back over to Lenn with just as little effort (heck, she probably did it literally, cartoon-style). "Now that you mention it." "I've heard stories of this place hanging around the guildhalls." Cue sepia-coloured sketch montage of images. "I've heard that Daguerreo is a place where a lot of wise and learned people squirrel away working on what they're good at. People who make weapons and items, art, books, but also..." "I've heard that somewhere in Daguerreo, there's a weapon master. Someone who makes unique weapons and trains people in using them. A wise guy... and rumor has it that since returning to Daguerro, because maybe someone discovered its world shard?, they're looking for new students who are pure of heart and willing to learn." "And..." Shiki sits back a little. "Since I'm thinking about what I wanted to do with my life, and because people have told me that I was good at the adventurer's life, I wanted to go to Daugerro. I want this weapon master to teach me how to fight."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Oh?" Priel's ears twitched and her tail flicked a bit as Evja mentioned money. Money for soup. Well, that had to be the easiest job she'd ever been offered! "Weeeeeell, if you really want it, then I guess I don't mind making it again~" That said, the redhead reached out, taking the bunch of carrots from Evja before standing up. "Carrot soup coming up. I'll be just a bit then~" And with that, she strode off to the kitchen, putting on an apron before beginning to get to work, the sounds of running water and carrots being chopped could be heard emanating from the kitchen then. While she began her work, she couldn't help but listen to what was coming from Shiki. Still utterly no comment on her issues though. Seemed like she really was not going to involve herself. A weapon master didn't sound very valuable anyway. Not to her.

:'''[[Deidra]] has posed:''' Deelel can get romace and such but it's more of a companionship thing for her kind. They don't have the biological drive screaming in their mind all the time like users seem to so she doesn't get this thing. Still she's more listening with intrest abotu where they mighrt be going for this lost storehouse of information. "This sounds like it's a plan i'm into this, when do we get started, Shiki?"

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn looks to Shiki, nodding. "Maybe he'll teach me, too." She smiles, brightly. "And she's got the right question. When do we go?"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "I see." Such a suspicious thing. A harem indeed. Most certainly not Evja's thing. But this was interesting to the Viera regardless. "A weapons master, you say? But why go so far on an adventure to find it when you could find someone to teach you much closer to home? What possible weapon are you searching to find a master of anyways? If it is a polearm, I could teach you myself. If it is a projectile, I've a friend who could much the same." A light sniff is given towards the kitchen. Yes, Evja is /waiting/ for the food. Waiting. Like a cat circling your feet when feeding them.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' That didn't really answer anything, but Lily seems to brighten at the mention of learning how to fight better. "That... that sounds really useful. I'm really tired of getting hurt all the time myself, Shiki! ... does he teach anyone and everyone?"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki shakes her head... a little. "Most of what I know is rumors from where I've been travelling. This weapon master is looking for... certain people. Like I said, 'pure of heart'. They have... very discerning criteria, apparently. And they've turned people away before. A lot of people. They won't help people unless they prove they're something special..." "That's, uh..." She scratches her head a little. "That's why I thought that even if we don't get this person's attention, it might be nice for you guys anyway. Daguerreo is full of other craftsmen, and it's a huge library, too... full of really old stuff. Maybe we could find out something about you there, Lily. Or the Heartless. Or the world shards... and if all else fails there's great big Adamantoises there! Which we could beat up. For loot." Fidget. "And..." she looks at Evja, and fidgets a little. "I want to go to further and further places, rather than just staying close to what I know. If I don't push myself... see all kinds of strange and faraway places... then... I feel like I'm missing something."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Hmmmhmhm~" Priel's humming could be heard from the kitchen as the smell of...carrot soup wafted out into the main area. Evja's apparent anticipation does not go unnoticed by the dragon girl who only took amusement in the fact, shaking her head to herself as she went on with her work. "Just a little bit more. I hope you're prepared to pay now~" Well, it was more tame than charging people for their love letters back. Ah, Faruja still wanted to run her through for that, didn't he? Not like it mattered to her anyway. A bit longer and eventually Priel turned the heat down, deeming the soup quite finished. "Annnnnd done." A tentative taste to make sure and then Priel took out a bowl, filling it with some of the soup before stepping out of the kitchen and bringing the bowl to Evja. "Here you go~"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "You know, you're almost tolerable when you're doing things like this, for people," Shiki says snidely to Priel. "Maybe you should consider doing it more often. Guild soup-kitchen matron... I think it'd suit you!"

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' Priel paused at Shiki's words, tail freezing as well. "......." And then slowly, she turned her gaze over to the girl, her eyes flickering slowly between normal blue and a feral slit yellow. "Excuse me?" The redhead asked, smiling pleasantly despite her eyes. "I could have sworn you just said. 'Please Priel, add my meat to your soup!'" She raised a hand slightly, flexing her talons and producing cracking sounds. "Well there's no need to be shy, you know? If you want to feed your friends that badly, I'm more than willing to make good on your heroic sacrifice." She chuckled then and added. "The soup could use some human meat after all~"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki Misaki and Priel possibly do that thing where they stare at one another for a few seconds and a bolt of lightning crackles between their eyes.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' A certain sound is made in response to Priel mentioning it wasn't much longer. Of course, that sound is cut short, the sound of SQUEEEE, when Shiki remarks as to why she wanted to go. "If such is the case, then by all means seek out whatever you wish. My offer still remains, though. Unless I cannot help you with such. For all I know you are looking to craft a giant button to throw at people like a shield and want to learn to fight with it." That was a joke. Meant as a joke, anyways. He didn't actually KNOW anything regarding Ten Pen or Tin Pin or Ten Pin or whatever it was called. Brain was too filled with thoughts of carrot and soup, to which he gratefully reached into his cloak and pulled out a pouch to offer to Priel. "Take what you think appropriate." And then his attention was on that bowl of marvelous-smelling soup. That bag he gave Priel actually had a lot of gil in it. A /lot/. Like... a months salary gil in it. Though he did tell her to take what she thought was fair. And the Viera had always been quite nice to her. "Tolerable?" Evja asks with a mouthful of carrot soup, quickly stuffing it beneath the loose veil over his face, careful not to get anything on it. "Beautiful more like it, any who can cook this well." Or he just really likes carrots.

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' "Pure of Heart?" Just more unfamiliar terms for Lily to ponder over. She draws back, bringing a finger to her lips and thinking on what that might mean with all her brainpower, troubled. "... I've no idea what that means. But there must be a reason to be picky. What does it have to do with weapons?"

:'''[[Deidra]] has posed:''' Deelel looks over to Lily for a moment and smiles at her friend for a moment "Getting yourself upgraded to better handle things is never a bad idea Lily." She smiles at her friend for the moment. Evja still has got nothing out of her, and prehaps won't. It may be for the best either way Lily's got hat attention and she shrugs a little bit. "I'm not sure myself Lily."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' Taking her eyes off of Shiki then, Priel took the pouch offered by Evja, opening it to have a look at just how much the judge had. ...It was a lot. Now, nornally Priel would have taken the whole thing and laughed all the way to the bank. But...well, the Viera had been pretty tolerable in all their encounters. Unlike certain members of this group. Therefore, only a couple coins were taken from the pouch and into her palm before she secured it and set the pouch back down onto the table for Evja to take back into her possession at her leisure. "You can have the rest of this back now~"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Iunno," Shiki says. "It's... one of those things. I think people who are really serious about fighting... they have a certain sense of purpose to it all. They're dedicated to it, just as dedicated as I am to like... y'know, fashion! They make weapons like I make clothes. And they have to be inspired, and they have to have inspiration to make a really special product. But it's the comment about being pure of heart that makes her stumble a little. In fact, she squints. "That's weird," she says to herself. "You know! It's about like... being a pure maiden...! With kindness, and innocence, and hard-working attitude! You know!" She quietly whispers. "'Not like Priel'."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Says the one willingly in a harem." Priel casually said out loud in response to Shiki's whisper, looking over her claws nonchalantly. Yes, those ears were not just for show now.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Ladies, ladies." Evja mumbles mostly to herself as she stuffs another spoonful of carrot soup. "If the two of you get into a fight I swear I shall card you both. Besides, being a pure maiden is not all it is cracked up to be. I think being a good, honest person is much more important than being pure. The pure types don't get to kiss and do fun stuff like that." Evja might have made a kissyface beneath her Veil. Might have. Hard to tell given it was between chewing and the likes. Though to hear Shiki liked, or was good at, making clothing... "What type of clothing do you enjoy making, Miss Shiki?"

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn nods, "I would hope I'd qualify... Despite... well, the engagement, and how that happened." She shrugs. "I guess it's worth a try, if nothing else for the rest of the library, hmm?"

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' Lily glances over her shoulder at Deelel, nodding excitedly. "Right. No more getting beat up all the time. That hurts!" Shiki's explanation just confuses her more... until the last words come out. Then... then she nods enthusiastically. "Ah.. I thiiiink that makes a bit of sense. Be nice!"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Oh pff," Shiki says, waving it off. "Just because that one thing happened! And it was like eight months ago! You're fine," arm around shoulder. Looks at Priel. "I have wonderful friends who care for me enough that jealousy isn't a thing that comes between us, and a guy with a heart big enough for three. I don't see anything wrong about it." And all of them protect me from you, she thinks. "Anyway! When do we start? We can go right now! Well, you guys can pack some stuff if you want. But we can get an airship to go there!" "I'm in such a good mood I wouldn't even mind if you came along, Priel. You can spend the whole adventure trying to annoy me or eat me and never succeed. It'll be fun!"

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' Priel just rolled her eyes at Shiki's rationalization regarding the harem situation. Hah, if it was her, she'd want someone just for herself! These girls were crazy! ...Not that she was actually interested in anyone anyway. That sort of put a damper on the whole thing to begin with. "You people and your love and friendship never cease to make me gag." The mention of coming along caused her to raise an eyebrow however and she took a moment to take off the apron that she still had on before addressing it. "Me? Come with you? Please! Now why exactly would I bother to waste my time watching you all flail about uselessly and cling to your lives in the great unknown?" Pause. "Actually, that does sound wildly entertaining now that I think about it." She grinned then, fangs clear to be seen. "I just might have to tag along for that alone now~" Because that was the only real reason Priel would ever accompany these people anywhere. Yes.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "I... suppose I can come along, if for no other reason than to help keep the lot of you safe." Surely the Viera couldn't have their own reasons, right? Nah. Surely not to just go and lay around and read herself to sleep. Nope. Not in the least. So many books at such a place, so it would seem *.*

:'''[[Deidra]] has posed:''' Deelel looks at Priel? Harem she still would not grasp a good many things the more she thought about it. and she kinda slunk back and she listened for a moment. "I see so it's more of an artform than just simple production of gear?" She asks Shiki thinking she now has an diea of what's up. This ontop of there being a Library has her intrest. Deelel does seem a but uncomfotable about certain things however. "As I said I'm in."

:'''[[Lily]] has posed:''' "I'll come with you, Shiki! ... Just, let's TRY to be careful, alright?" I"m going to stop being beaten up all the time. Not to get beaten up on the way there!" Lily chimes in with only a hint of wariness in her tone shining through. She reaches out to grab Shiki's hand and squeeze happily, showing her certainty on this!

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn nods, "Exactly, All for one, and one for all, right girls?" She nods. "I'd like to have some time to prepare a whole bunch of crystals, though, if that's okay? I have a feeling we'll need them." She indicates the pouch always on her hip.

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:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' It was a couple of days since the time of Hades appearing and meeting Neku and shit hitting the fan and lots of things happening at once. Which also meant the Viera was quite likely to have had two earfuls and more regarding how horrible Priel was and what all she'd done and how she was a traitor and... really, the Viera was simply worried about her. Had she just up and left the island? She'd gone out this far on just a whim to have fun being amused by their antics, so clearly she was bored enough to get here. Maybe she stayed? Which is why Evja now sat on top of Duagerreo, idly looking off in the distance. A part of the Viera had hopes of finding the dragon to find out if she was alright. Who was he to judge by who had a contract with Hades? Even if he's the only one so far, as far as he's aware, who made a contract to help others. Maybe she did too, secretly, because she felt she needed more power. Today found the Viera wearing a white mages robe while simply sitting there at the top of the building, veil covering 'her' face as ever. Alone. No weapons or any such. Her Chocobo was now down on the entrance to Duagerreo wandering around and playing on the shallow water. On, not in, as it was standing just on top of it. And light blue. Huh.

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' Priel had definitely gone, there was no doubt about that. But today, she returned, not to cause trouble...yet. Rather, she maintained flight, overlooking the building and it's surroundings. She didn't seem to have any real goal in mind as her eyes swept across the landscape, mentally taking notes. And for those that didn't believe that Priel had agreed to become a reaper, the proof was all there. Her wings and tail now consisted of vague shapes colored in a gradient of black to red. One could wonder how she even flew now without the proper anatomy, but they seemed to work regardless. As she passed over the landscape, her eyes spotted something strange. ...Was that someone on top of the building? Now who in their right mind would do something like that? Getting a little closer, Priel could spot familiar robes signifying that it was Evja. "Oh great. One of them." She muttered to herself, rolling her eyes after. Well, this one wasn't there when everything happened. She wondered what exactly the others told her now.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Seeing someone flying, and being pretty much the only one flying in the sky, did manage to get the Viera's attention. She watched a moment until she was pretty sure it was either Priel or a Gria and waved up towards them in a friendly manner. She... actually patted the top of the building next to where she was, though if that could be seen by the dragon girl remains to be garnered. She doesn't move, or seem angry, or pull out a weapon or do anything at this point other than sit there watching Priel to see what she had in mind to do. Though arguably knowing of her penchant and ability to leap off the air a couple of times, she /might/ have been able to reach Priel where she was if she tried. Maybe.

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' Priel saw the wave and just sighed. So much for a quick fly by to figure out the lay of the land. Ah well, what's the worse that could happen? Evja wasn't Lily after all. And so she descended, eventually landing onto the top of the building some ways away from Evja. "Well, I didn't expect to find anyone this high up. Aren't you going to train with the rest of those idiots?" Asking that, the redhead crossed her arms loosely, smirking as well as she stared evenly at the Viera. At least she didn't seem to be here to fight. That was always a good thing.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' When she landed, Evja leaned back a bit and looked towards Priel in a slightly sideways manner. The blustering, or rather perhaps even cruel, words did cause the Viera to smile. She did remind him of Lia. "No." he said softly, same feminine voice as ever, "I am not going to distract the one training them from doing that job. If they feel they need the training that badly, I am not going to stop them. I came here to keep them safe and to enjoy the sights, and to spend some time around those who do not hate me for my contract with Hades. Or what they want to imagine to be true about me despite things to the otherwise." Stretching a bit and popping a spot in her back, Evja took the Judges Coat that was laying next to her, the white robe she typically wore most otherwise, and folded it up to form a seat next to her. Should Priel care to take it. "Are you alright? You weren't hurt, were you?" A hand comes up to point roughly left and right at her 'wings'.

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Hmm? Me? Hurt? By what?" Priel asked incredulously, noting that he was referring to her wings after. "Oh, these. Nah, it didn't hurt. It just...happened." She shrugged afterward, sauntering over and unceremoniously plopping down onto the offered seat. "So tell me, why /are/ you talking to me right now? You do know what I did, right?" She chuckled to herself in clear amusement afterward. "I'm sure those shrill harpies had no problem giving you every last detail, am I right?" Not that Priel cared. Not even a little bit. The Shard Seekers was never a place for her. No matter how hard anyone tried, it just was never going to work. Not with the people that were already there.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Why shouldn't I be talking to you?" Evja finally asked in kind after a moments silence. "You have never done anything wrong to me. In fact... you've only ever been good to me. While I understand that you do cause them grief for your own amusement, and why they would take this as... a personal betrayal, I am not the type to judge before I know the truth of things. And even then, to a point." Evja's chocobo finally settled down on the water and rolled over, flopping around with his wings like a bird that's way too big in a tiny birdbath, trying to play around. Seeing this caused the Viera to laugh softly to herself before reaching into a nearby satchel on the Viera's other side and pulling out some wrapped food. "You're welcome to it if you want. And... as I told them, I was not there, and I shall make my own decision when I have heard it from you. You seemingly made a contract for the power, or perhaps something else I am not aware of... no, I suppose it is not my business. If you do not try to hurt me or anyone I know, or cause problems for us... no matter what you made a contract for, it is of no concern to me. And if you are forced into doing something against me, or I have to step in by your bargain with Hades... to protect others, I will not hold it against you unless you try to make it personal. I know what it means to be forced to hurt someone and not want to, to be forced to do things I have no desire to."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' ...Evja was way too optimistic. Priel just looked away and rolled her eyes. "Really now..." She didn't say much more after that, just watching the chocobo play in the water below. It was pretty amusing. "As for my reasons; ehhhh, that's not really anyone's business, yeah." Nope, there would be no explanations on that front. Of course, she didn't actually confirm or deny the possibility of her causing trouble for them in one way or another. The subject was jumped over entirely. "No, I don't have anything against you, or Lenn. ...Shiki and Lily are horribly annoying people though~" She giggled to herself as she said so, resting her chin in an open hand and her elbow in her lap. "It WOULD be pretty entertaining to see them flailing about uselessly~"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Well, if you could refrain from giving anyone reasons to spout conceited, judgmental monologues arund me, I would appreciate it. It amazes me how many there are in this new world we share who are so full of themselves, or without their minds, that they can jump to some things they do." That was his way of saying 'Please don't cause trouble if you can help it.' And then awkward silence, given the Viera wasn't quite sure what to say at this point. He'd been meaning to speak with her, but apparently whatever fluff that got stirred up, and now the fact that the others were angry at/hated Priel... it really took those questions aside. "Did you plan on staying in Fluorgis? If so, I have a home there. I imagine your home at the Shard Seekers will not be available until Reize has a chance to speak with you, so you could always stay there. I rarely do as it is."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Awwwww, but giving people reasons to spout conceited, judgmental monologues is funny!" Priel replied, pouting at Evja afterward. Surely she must have been playing around again. "Watching them stew in their own anger and rush to false conclusions is the best thing after all!" ...Of course, Priel, of course. Once the question of where she was staying was brought up, she just shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly. "Eh, I was just going to sneak in when everyone was asleep and get my stuff. After that....Ahhhh...It's been a while since I've been on the road. I was going to go back to doing full time traveling." Smirking at that, Priel added. "Buuuut if I'm in the area, I'll crash at your place, sure~"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Perhaps for you." And that's all Evja said on that part. Though at the mention of stew, the Viera's stomach grumbles just a little. "And... well, if you wish to do such then I shall say nothing of it. But I do ask you not to betray my trust on that. It takes all types, but you have never done anything wrong by me." Thinking about it a moment, Evja fishes around in the satchel nearby to pull out a map of Fluorgis, holding it up. "My home is right about here, in the residential district. Section four, home sixteen. Of course, there is no keyhole on my door. A Judge, and lady, must be more cautious in a land that has many thieves than for such. Just catch me next time you desire to stay there perhaps, maybe after you get your belongings, and I will change the magicks on the door to allow you entry. I may even pay you again to cook for me. I can do it myself, but it... is not as enjoyable to do it just for me, I mean."

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Right, right. Of couuuuuurse." She spoke lazily, laying back against the building and letting her legs dangle over the side of the building. Glancing aside, she studied the map that Evja had presented, noting the location indicated and nodded a bit. "I'll keep that in mind then. ...Whenever I get to it." Because surely hanging around in Fluorgis after pulling such a fast one on the Shard Seekers would be a pretty silly thing to do. Not that she was afraid of /them/, but still. "In any case, sure, if I'm around I guess I can whip up a carrot stew or something." Chuckling at that, she sat up and began to stand, stretching her arms above her head. It was amusing to her that Evja was perpetuating the carrot stereotype so badly, but hey! "I should be going though. I have so many things to do today." Saying that, Priel took a couple steps away, staring up at the sky. "Oh, and feel free to tell those idiots I was here. Their reactions should be pretty hilarious~"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' A small sigh comes from Evja as he shakes his head a little at her last remark. "I do not understand you dragon types sometimes." Truly. What is their interest in seeing others annoyed? "If you need help with anything, though... please, do not hesitate to ask. You had your reasons for doing this and I will not treat you different of them until I learn why. I do not want to see anyone I know hurt. Especially when it comes to things with Hades." A small pause and Evja sighs as he looks down towards the ground. "I am going to be heading, eventually, on another trip to find something for my Chocobo. I would enjoy having you along, it could prove amusing and you may get to taste /my/ cooking for a change. To that effect I can promise I will not allow anyone to start a fight with you, and vice versa, if you could hold off on goading them?"

:'''[[Priel Aylin]] has posed:''' "Hmmm..." Priel mused to herself, tapping her chin in thought. "Well, I don't know how easy it'll be not to mess with Lily and Shiki. I mean, that's where all the fun is. Buuuuuuuut...I can try. Maybe. A little...perhaps." She wasn't going to try at all. Nope. Shrugging then, the redhead took a little hop and then began to take flight. "Anyway, I guess I can come with you on a little wandering. Seems like it might be fun!" With that, Priel glanced back at Evja and waved a little. "Anyway, seeya~" And then she flew off, heading to parts unknown as she took in the landscape below one more time...

Artisanquest: Interlude

2013-05-08T17:53:41Z

Evja: Ugh. Finally got it fixed. --- and ~~~ and such were causing strange issues.

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/05/02
|Location=Forgotten Island
|Synopsis=Everyone takes a break from training to go see the sights of the Forgotten Island. However, strange things occur that may begin an interesting adventure for Evja...
|Cast of Characters=Shiki Misaki, Lenn, Leida, Evja
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Today we're going to do something very special. We are journeying through the wilds on a quest, past monsters and terrible dangers, to retrieve a strange and unusual plant that can be made into a magical potion. This is so JRPG it is making Shiki skip and click her heels together. Kumoto even let us take time off training for it! Yes, as can be expected the libraries of Daguerreo held interesting information for everyone and we're going questing for something we found in one of those books. Supposedly, it is called the 'dragon watercress'! Or is it dragon watercrest? It can be found elsewhere on the island, in any case! And maybe we will even find an adamantoise too.

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn has fallen back on her staff, not confident with her swordskills yet. She's also keeping an eye on the ground through the water... Semi-precious stones can be found here, after all. "Any idea what this potion would do?

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Indeed. Evja had found a book in his searching of the Library for random things to find amusing to read, among those was a 'Childrens Storybook' regarding Chocobos! Amused at the concept, Evja had begun to read, and found himself surprised. ~Boco the Chocobo wanted to journey around the worlds, and in the end find a way to the Chocobos Paradise~ That was how the book began, anyways. It was an interesting book for a Childrens book, and it had pictures. Lots of pictures. Maps, clippings of things, and in truth it seemed more like a journal, a first-hand journey that was documented more to amaze children. But... the further Evja got into the book, the more he began to realize. Things seemed strangely familiar. The first chapters journey stated things that reminded him of Daguerreo. And the map on the next page pointing to a location therein caused him to laugh. "Ah... how amusing. This story has gone so far as to use locations in this world to make it seem more truthful. Hm, what is supposed to be there? Watercress? Well then, might as well try to give the ladies a break from training and propose this as a treasure hunt. They'll like that, probably." - - - - And that's how this little adventure began. The Judge sneakily slipping Shiki the map from the book that pointed to the spot in Daguerreo, acting like he had found a hidden treasure map. He had no hopes of actually finding anything, but figured none the less it'd be fun for everyone. So he came along too. "It's supposed to be a magical potion to Chocobos." he answered. "As for what effect it may have on us... perhaps we should leave the potion itself to the Chocobos and simply enjoy anything we find that is otherwise edible? Watercress is quite tasty." He was just playing the part at this point, though. He'd read the storybook and knew the supposed 'eventual thing' it was supposed to do. But he had no faith that it was real, let alone that there was truly anything at this supposed location.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Despite being kind of a third wheel on this odd training journey, Leida has been keeping herself amused ever since they found the massive library. While not particularly interested in learning about ancient secrets or mystical knowledge, she's never been one to pass up a good story, especially one with detailed illustrations. Intrigued by the dragon god of Daguerreo, she has been devoting herself to learning more about it and the library has had little trouble accomodating. The gemstone granted to her by the altar now rests against her chest, tied up as neatly as she can manage into a necklace of twine. The recipe for the magical potion was not her own discovery but anything to do with dragons has the young princess' attention for the time being. Leida trails along at the back of the group, as usual, her hood up to protect her from the sunlight. One of the libraries thick books is clutched in her arms, the massive tome so large she has to hug it to her body to keep a hold on it and it could probably double as a shield. She deflates a bit at Evja's explanation of the potion's properties, quickly losing interest, but having come all this way she might as well stick it out now.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' You know, it's funny, Shiki thought. Ramza's chocobo is named Boco, too. Maybe it's a common name for them? Like Spot or Fido for dogs. Of course, seeing as Shiki has no experience with chocobos, paradises for them or otherwise, she just jumped at the chance to go on a treasure hunt. Or, perhaps, to get a break from the training(!). She's been taking to it pretty well, but you need a change of scenery after a while! And she wanted to explore a little more of the island, too. It's such a nice island, too, what with all the running water, but she only brought one pair of shoes and she's gotten tired of training barefoot because she has to leave them out to dry. Why is so much of the floor covered in ankle-deep water, anyway? "C'mon, Leida!" she says, nudging her in the ribs. "Don't look like that. At least we got to explore all of this, huh? I've never seen anything like it! How about you?" And there are indeed rivers to cross! Lots of stones to step on, and we don't know how deep the water is so, make use of them. Shiki is treading as lightly as she does when dodging monster attacks. Skipping stones!

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Since today was more about having fun and relaxing, Evja, despite having his Chocobo with him, was walking. This wasn't work after all, it was just a relaxing spot of walking around to see things and hopefully get everyone having a fun time. The Chocobo looked fairly interested in the surroundins as well. Here and there he sniffed and seemed intrigued by it, almost like it was a large playground of sorts. Occasionally trotted off to peck at something but never far enough to get lost or separated from the group. "I am sure you all needed a break anyways, yes? You have all put quite a bit of effort into training, taking a while to hunt something fun should be stress relief. Could not be near as hard as weapons training or research, yes?" Or at least so he hoped anyways. When it came to the river and stepping stones, Evja had an advantage in being able to simply enough leap up and across, dragoon and all. Senra took running leaps as well, hopping from stones after the group made it across.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess winces at the friendly nudge, glancing away from the energetic Player as she hugs the book more tightly to her chest. She really has no interest in being here, especially after their very rude welcome. Her eyes remain fixed on the ground as she walks, occasionally glancing up to take in their surroundings but her consciousness remains embedded in the shadows all around them, watching for any further signs of unwanted visitors. "O-oh... sorry," she mutters back. The scenery doesn't seem all that special to her as she comes from a world long before industrialization began to carve away at the untamed wilderness of the planet. It's just another lush forest, pretty to be sure, but nothing to get excited over. Still, she puts on a timid smile for Shiki's enthusiasm and nods back at her. When they come to the river, Leida hesitates. Grace and agility are not things she's particularly gifted with and the idea of hopping across slick stones is not an appealing one. Wading through the water is even less enticing, who knows what kinds of things live in there? Eventually, the small girl gathers up her courage and begins to take the stones one at a time with great (for her) leaps. The weight of the book makes balancing even more tricky but after a minute or two Leida manages to make it across without mishap, though the small party is treated to a few bouts of girlish squeals and panicked flailing as she slips about.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "You can say that again!" Shiki replies. She's beaming. "I love this place! I love all sorts of places like this, actually," she says, stepping daintily. "I mean, I'm not glad I left Shibuya... not exactly..." "But there's nothing like this in there. Nature... water... rocks..." "I mean just look at it!" She pauses and stoops down to look at the moss on a rock. Then a crab on the edge of the water. Then, some flowers by the edge of the water. Then, she gets splashed in the face. "D-do you need a hand?" she asks Leida, stifling giggles. "Oh, I shouldn't laugh, I'm sorry. I'm doing it again, sorry."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' The Viera was trying to play the role of Knight a bit less today, letting them have their fun, or in the case of Leida, not-fun. The sudden squeaking and panicking that came about at times as she tried to cross did get Evja to laugh as well, softly, hidden behind a hand. "The lot of you never cease to amuse me. It is always something." Suddenly, the Chocobo looked up and around, sniffing at the air before /bolting/ off in a direction. "H-hey! Wait up!" Evja requested softly before whining out and sighing. "Meh. Must have smelled some greens or something. I swear ever since I started training him for racing he's been addicted to those things." Or maybe it was something else? Perhaps even this mythical Dragon Watercress thing?

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The leap from the final rock carries Leida safely to the other shore of the river but her clumsiness refuses to be defeated completely and she lands flat on her face, arms still wrapped protectively about the book. The princess' eyes go wide as she falls but there is little she can do to stop herself and so she ends up eating the grass. Fortunately, it's pretty thick and soft so there isn't too much damage done but she rolls over sputtering bits of grass and what little scraps of pride she still clings to. The princess sits up and wipes at her face with a sigh. "It is alright, Shiki-san... I am used to it..."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "I'm really sorry, Leida, I mean it," Shiki says. "I mean--" She winces a little, realising on reflection that if Leida's 'used to it' then people have... been laughing at her a bit. "I..." "Evja said to me when we were still in Fluorgis about why I didn't just learn from her if I wanted to get better at fighting. But..." "Even though Shibuya was so huge and so full of people, it was still kind of a tiny place. And..." "Well. It's kind of the same for you, right? We're both seeing all these new things in different ways... and we get to know more about each other at the same time by watching, right?" "Just like--" Cue her staring at the blank spot where Boco was. "AHHHHH THEY WENT WITHOUT US" omg run

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Hah... do not bother giving chase. He is quite fast. We could not catch him if we wished to. But perhaps heading that way is best though. I do have faith in that Chocobo, but there /are/ monsters on this island. There is always the chance that there is an Adamantoise around and I am... not wanting to chance him getting hurt." That said, Evja starts to trot towards where Senra took off towards with that large white Judges Cloak flapping behind him.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida pushes back to her feet and casually dusts herself off then does the same for the tome, picking bits of grass from the outer edge of its pages. She doesn't respond to Shiki's sudden awkwardness having already withdrawn into her protective emotional shell and when they take off after the wayward chocobo she just follows behind them quietly. Normally this is where she'd turn and head off on her own but as they are currently deep in unfamiliar and possibly hostile territory, the princess has little choice but to follow.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Right!" Shiki balls her fists up and puffs her cheeks out. "We've gotta watch out for Senra!" Point. "I'll do it, even if I get my socks soaking wet! Shiki charge!" Mr. Mew just gives her this look, as if to say 'don't I get any say in how soaking wet I get?' but Shiki, unsympathetic to the fact that some people are filled with fluff, just goes for the gusto. Well, eventually, anyway. She remains frozen in position for a second, looking at Leida, her face having this 'come on! come on!' expression, body straining against the head's decision to stand there and wait much longer and eventually winning. WOOOOSH and away we go! After all, you gotta live a little. We don't come up against too many problems! There are some ugly-looking crabs and, for some reason a freshwater Gigan-Octopus, but they just observe. Not every monster is immediately hostile, after all, and it looks as if there are no Heartless here either. Leida will be sad to hear that there is rock climbing to do. No sheer surfaces, but...

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Did he really get up there?" That was all the Viera had to say when they finally got to the rocks. Sigh. "If... any of you need help up, I could offer it. Unless you had the desire to do such yourself. I /am/ used to wearing that armor after all." Still, instead of beginning to climb ora nything like that, Evja simply pauses her to look around, trying to figure out what about this area had attraction to the Chocobo. There was nothing here that even remotely looked fun for one. Monsters, even if relatively peaceful. It was relatively wooded though. Maybe there was just something in the air that appealed to Chocobos. He'd hopefully find out in the end when he caught his Chocobo. Not that he couldn't just whistle for it. "How close do you think we are to where this Watercress stuff is supposed to be?" he asks towards Shiki, since she was handling the map. He did look towards Leida too, trying to think of something that might interest her. "I can cook us some of it as well, perhaps make us all a nice salad out of it? Well earned of course after all this journeying."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' "A-ah...! Wait...!" Leida gives a start when she realizes the others are pulling ahead of her by a significant margin. Hugging the book tightly against her body she scampers quickly after them but her short legs and extra burden make it difficult to catch up to the sporty Shibuya girl and the tall Viera. The strange water-life that meanders about the river's edge causes her to swing wide to avoid coming anywhere remotely close to the nasty looking things and in doing so falls even further behind. When she finally reaches the rocks, Leida is completely out of breath and she collapses onto her knees upon arriving. She spends the next couple minutes gasping for breath while staring up at the rocks with wide eyes. "I... I cannot go... any further..."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki, who feels bad for Leida quite a bit, probably lags behind every few seconds so that Leida doesn't feel quite as awful about herself. "I can dig it," Shiki says, when offered salad. "I love salad!" It increases her sync rate. Presuming it won't cause her to grow feathers or anything, you know. She thinks for a minute when Evja wonders how close we're getting, and pulls out the map. "According to the map, it grows a little higher up! Higher elevation! I don't think it's at the tallest part of the island, but higher than we are right now!" She looks at Leida. Pout. "I bet Evja would carry you. I bet the view up there is great, too! And we can have salad! And there won't be any adamantoises up there." Puppy dog eyes. "Please come?"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "I could, yes. And of course... higher." A pity it was higher, but oh well. Wait, why was he even getting into the thought of enjoying this watercress? It probably didn't even exist! Hmph. Evja sighed and grumbled in thought of such before mentally shrugging and looking towards Leida, turning a bit and extending a hand towards her. "I could either hold you in my arms, or if you rather... you could try and hold around my shoulders on my back? Unless you had another idea."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess looks back and forth between Shiki and Evja then down at the ground. She did agree to come with them so wimping out now wouldn't really be fair to either of them. That and they might just go on without her and leave her all alone so it's not really much of a choice either way. "Very well..." Getting to her feet, she walks over to the Viera and then up at her outstretched hand. "Um... I promised I would take care of this book... so I cannot hold onto you."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Of course it exists! IT'S IN THE MAP. WHICH WAS IN THE BOOK! Which was in a hermit's library, hidden far from society! If all of it wasn't true, then WHAT AM I LIVING FOR. Next thing you'll be telling me that Gimme Cat over there is a fraud. "Meow." Pay no attention to the Gimme Cat. It just slinks off and leaps up the rocks like a cat. Yep, no problem at all. "Hmm. Libraries usually get pretty upset if you don't return your books. Looks like you're gonna have to hold on to it!" Mr. Mew climbs onto Shiki's head. She can climb the rocks! Badly, but still. Oh, the scraped knees she will have...

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Taking Leida's hand softly in his own, Evja pulls her close without picking her up yet and leans down as he reaches to scoop his other arm beneath her legs, the arm that tugged her close going towards her lower back. "I shall not let you fall." Comes his soft reassurance before lifting her with relative ease. That slender frame hides a decent strength it would seem. Then again, Viera always have been claimed to be rather powerful in those lithe bodies in comparison to normal humes. This did leave her pressed up against the Viera's front as he stood there, eyes wandering the slope of the rockface as he searched with them the best path to take. He'd have to take a hoppier route of course, but he knew such and that's why he was looking. The Gimmie Cat caused him to glance at it briefly before elected to rather deftly hop back and forth at points between the nearby trees and the rockfacing. He'd land on a limb and bounce away onto the rock side before jumping off and doing it again. Soon enough the two were atop the tree and had quite a look over the island itself. "Quite pretty up here." Evja said softly, mostly to himself though given Leida was right there she could easily hear and respond to such as well. "Would you like to look? Or would you prefer I simply hurry to set you down?" He looked down at the held girl, smiling faintly behind the veil not that it could be seen. Perhaps it showed in 'her' eyes.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida allows herself to be picked up without any fuss. Her size and weight are comparable to that of a much younger girl so even without massive strength Evja would have little issue with lifting her. She instinctively curls up around the book and rests in the crook of the judge's arms, closing her eyes as she feels the first lurch that sends them bouncing up the rock face. When she feels their journey come to a sudden stop Leida allows her eyes to slide open and she peers around - only to find the ground is several feet below them. She immediately winches her eyes shut once more and nods her head vigorously at her carrier. "Y-yes, please... down..."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki takes a picture on her phone. And no-one will ever know. Especially because she can pass it off as taking pictures of the landscape! Which she does shortly afterwards. Click. Click, click! Ever wonder why phone cameras make a click when there's nothing /to/ click? It's because people wanted it that way. People are just so used to cameras going click! Shiki hopes she doesn't have to explain this. Also, I lied. A short distance away, there is indeed a field of aquamarine plants, just all over the place. There's sparkling motes of magic in the air, the most astounding flowers, a clear blue sky, a view of Cleyra, Senraprobably somewhere over there, the ocean all around, most of the island visible... And the Gimme Cat, sitting there on a rock. "This is my spot, meow!"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Haha... poor thing. Okay then." It wasn't hard to tell Leida was scared and he hadn't intended to leave her that way. Hugging her to himself a little tighter in hopes that the 'safety' of being held tighter would lessen that worry, Evja bean leaping again and after several more hops, including two that seemingly were on the air itself, Evja landed and looked over the edge towards Shiki, who was still climbing, steadily, though she had some device. "Huh." At that point Evja knelt down a little and slowly let Leida regain her feet, adding in, "My apologies for scaring you. I always forget others may sometimes be afraid of heights." Then the cat speaks and Evja peers towards it. "..." ~And when Boco got there, a cat upon a rock sat and declared the Watercrest his.~ The story did speak of... "...coincidence." Evja mumbled softly to himself before looking around and spotting the Chocobo in the distance, his, just rounding a different path that a Chocobo could make that others could not. He spotted them and warked happily, running towards Evja and Leida at a lazy pace.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Clearly quite glad to be back on the ground, Leida hops out of the Viera's arms and stumbles forward a few feet, turning to offer her a bow in gratitude a moment later. Atleast getting back down would be easier. The sparkly flowers quickly draw the girl's attention away from her short aeriel jaunt and she heads towards the field. And then there's a talking cat on a rock. Leida stares at the Gimme Cat for a few seconds but such things aren't particularly surprising at this point. She gives him a bow as well. "Your field is very pretty, neko-san."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' There are no coincidences! Not in storybooks! Wait, no, there are all the time. Well, this isn't... a storybook! Excellent recovery, narrator. Shiki points her camera phone at it, then decides that... she doesn't want to take a picture of this one. He's not as nice a cat as hers. Mr. Mew pokes his head out from under Shiki's hat, then climbs down. This is not a field of catnip, is it? So she just pops it back in her tote bag. The Cat looks at her for a minute. "You have some shiny things." "That we do," Shiki replies quite plainly. "...gimme a diamond!" "...why?" "...gimme! For, uh, coming up here! Yeah! Place looks pretty? Gimme a diamond! Pictures ain't free! Two diamonds! Three! Lemme confiscate that!" "What."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "..." Evja's expression and response is much the same as Shiki's at the cat attempting to hold them at ransom. Though for different reasons. Then the Viera begins to laugh softly as if something quite funny happened. Just what caused Evja to laugh isn't made readily apparent though he does say, "I... only have one diamond at the moment and it is for a dear friend of mine. I would prefer not to have to give such to you. Is there nothing else you would like to pass into your lands?" Besides, Diamonds were expensive! Oh, wait, that beaded brooch Evja got out of that Malboro. It had a diamond set into it! It was kind of small though. Fishing around beneath the cloak the Viera offered out the brooch. "Is... this enough?" It was /tiny/ though, albeit real.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida's cordial expression shifts into one of surprise as the strange cat begins demanding things; very expensive things too! She did say the field was pretty but a diamond? This is extortion! However, Evja seems to be quite willing to deal with the questionable feline so she just looks at her for a moment then shrugs. If she wants to cough up the fee that's her choice. The princess just goes to inspect the strange magical flowers.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' The Gimme Cat considers this slowly, sat, as it is, on the rock. Meanwhile, Shiki is mirroring its pose. There's something not quite right about this. "Hmm." "Hmm." The Gimme Cat's though bubble superimposes a picture of a diamond over the brooch. Big red x. Shiki's thought bubble superimposes a Shadow Heartless over the Gimme Cat. Shiki gasps! Then the Gimme Cat makes a horrible screeching noise. "Wait! Evja! I think it's evil!" /Then/ the Gimme Cat starts casting Comet, hurtling small blasts of energy down from the sky! "Now I know it's evil! Save Senra! Protect the Watercrest! I mean watercress!" Maybe Shiki's acting weird because she has less oxygen.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' THAT WAS NOT IN THE BOOK! "Senra, grab Leida!" And that said, the Chocobo darts towards Leida right past the Gimmiecat, despite attempting to land a kick on it in passing. Leida would be given a moment to hop onto the Chocobo before it took liberties if she didn't and would grab her by the scruff of her outfit near the neck to yoink her up and dart to a safer area, unless she directly ignored the Chocobo in favor of fighting. Evja, meanwhile, shouted towards the cat, "Hey! There's no need for that! I tried to give you a diamond, it simply wasn't that big! Now stop this before we have to act against you!" Even now the Viera was attempting to give the cat a chance to call it off, spears coming into his hands as he launched them upwards at the comets that were streaking down, trying to knock them away from those here. He didn't care about the stray ones, just the ones that looked like they might be of danger. Of course, even without his armor, Evja would still throw himself in the way of a comet if it came to protecting one of the others here.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Suddenly there is lots of shouting. The princess turns to peer back at the others with a quizzical expression on her face just as the speedy bird rockets over to her side and squawks at her expectantly. Leida, not exactly being quick on the uptake, stares at the chocobo until it finally gets tired of waiting and snags her by the collar. "E-eh...?!" Leida hugs her book tightly to her body as she's carted off like a young puppy, still not quite sure what's going on.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki is hiding behind a rock. "Evja! Quick! How did this go in the book?!"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "The Chocobo had a diamond studded into their harness! It wanted that! But I tried to give it a diamond and it attacked us for it! Besides, it's just a silly book, I hadn't expected any of this to be real! I just thought it might be a fun excuse for you all to get out and have fun searching!" And so the truth is there! Still, Evja did have another diamond, and that one was a fair bit larger than the other. "Here, take this and begone!" Evja grumbled and dug into his cloak to pull out another diamond, one that looks like it might have fit perfectly with a ring or necklace of some kind before throwing it towards the cat angrily. That was meant for someone else...

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida, meanwhile, is still dangling from the chocobo's beak some distance away while it waits for the situation to clear up or receives some signal from it's master. She doesn't look particularly pleased but she's in no reason position to argue.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Heyyy!" Shiki, again, has her cheeks puffed and fists balled. "Evja! No!" The Gimme Cat has a diamond! It's distracted! "You can't just give it up like that! That's your diamond! And he's a jerk! We came here to get stuff, not lose it!" Steely eye glint! Shiki points at the Gimme Cat. "Come on, Leida! Let's get that diamond back!" Snap cut over to Leida hanging from Senra's beak. "Come on, Senra! Let's get that diamond back!" Charge! This is just going to be so bad for her.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' The Chocobo finally sets Leida down instead of holding onto her, looking between the lot seemingly confused before shaking his head a bit in a 'sigh' manner and charging towards the cat. "Shiki, it is fine! I would rather lose a diamond than have someone get hurt! It's just a stone, it's not more important than someone else being safe!" Besides, if this cat wanted a diamond... surely it was doing something with them! Watch it run off to its' den and there'll probably be a lot of diamonds. Not that he says that, however, because then the cat, who could speak, would know his plans! This was just a monsters after all and he had no problem whacking a monster upside the head for being a butt.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess gives an indignant look to the feathery knave as it rushes off to battle the greedy cat. Even though it was just following orders, she ill enjoys being treated like a sack of rice. Smoothing out her clothes, Leida turns to watch the event unfold from relative safety though if the cat has magic at its disposal even a bit of distance doesn't guarantee that.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki pouts. Lenn is probably pouting too. Mr. Mew is just over there quietly picking dragon watercress, like any sane person should do since it's what we actually came here to collect. Meanwhile, Senra- a bird- gets in a fight with the Gimme Cat- a... cat. After no small degree of flailing, rolling, hissing, spitting, feathers and fur, the Gimme Cat runs off, blowing razzberries at everyone. Mr. Mew gives Leida a flower, both because she's had such a hard time of it and because Mr. Mew is a smooth operator.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' The Viera simply stands there at this point, palm on his forehead as he tries to think of what to do or say at this point. With the beast running off, however, and everyone seemingly in good shape - including his Chocobo who looks rather ruffled at the moment, like a giant yellow featherball - Evja lets it go and decides against chasing after the cat to get his diamond back. He can always get her another diamond later, a better one. "So... to think that the book was seemingly real and not just a story. I wonder if... the effects that stuff has on Chocobos is to be real as well."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess accepts the flower with a faint smile, offering Mr. Mew an appreciative bow in return before tucking it into her hair behind her ear. It kind of clashes with the girl's demonic appearance and plain attire but she doesn't seem to care much. Leida makes her way back to the others with a bored expression on her face, though she doesn't make eye contact with either of them, instead staring off to the side. "Are we done here?"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "I have mixed feelings about all this. On the one hand, we got the thing, and we found out the book was real, and we got some exercise, and we got to see some really nice stuff, and I took pictures, and I scraped my knees up for the first time in years, and we found some more monsters that didn't attack us on sight, and Leida didn't lose her book, and... wait, no, this was awesome! I'm almost completely happy!" "Shame about that jerk cat, though." SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE The Gimme Cat sits in a cave with about five diamonds, pawing it and snickering about how clever it is and how stupid people are. Several humanoid shadows loom over it. Gimme cat gulps.

Artisanquest: Interlude

2013-05-07T07:39:50Z

Evja: DASHED LINE GOES HERE BLAH WHY U KEEP DOING THIS WRONG OATHKEEPER INSERT A DASHED LINE HERE OR SOMETHING FFS

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/05/02
|Location=Forgotten Island
|Synopsis=Everyone takes a break from training to go see the sights of the Forgotten Island. However, strange things occur that may begin an interesting adventure for Evja...
|Cast of Characters=Shiki Misaki, Lenn, Leida, Evja
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Today we're going to do something very special. We are journeying through the wilds on a quest, past monsters and terrible dangers, to retrieve a strange and unusual plant that can be made into a magical potion. This is so JRPG it is making Shiki skip and click her heels together. Kumoto even let us take time off training for it! Yes, as can be expected the libraries of Daguerreo held interesting information for everyone and we're going questing for something we found in one of those books. Supposedly, it is called the 'dragon watercress'! Or is it dragon watercrest? It can be found elsewhere on the island, in any case! And maybe we will even find an adamantoise too.

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn has fallen back on her staff, not confident with her swordskills yet. She's also keeping an eye on the ground through the water... Semi-precious stones can be found here, after all. "Any idea what this potion would do?

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Indeed. Evja had found a book in his searching of the Library for random things to find amusing to read, among those was a 'Childrens Storybook' regarding Chocobos! Amused at the concept, Evja had begun to read, and found himself surprised. ~Boco the Chocobo wanted to journey around the worlds, and in the end find a way to the Chocobos Paradise~ That was how the book began, anyways. It was an interesting book for a Childrens book, and it had pictures. Lots of pictures. Maps, clippings of things, and in truth it seemed more like a journal, a first-hand journey that was documented more to amaze children. But... the further Evja got into the book, the more he began to realize. Things seemed strangely familiar. The first chapters journey stated things that reminded him of Daguerreo. And the map on the next page pointing to a location therein caused him to laugh. "Ah... how amusing. This story has gone so far as to use locations in this world to make it seem more truthful. Hm, what is supposed to be there? Watercress? Well then, might as well try to give the ladies a break from training and propose this as a treasure hunt. They'll like that, probably." DASHED LINE GOES HERE BLAH WHY U KEEP DOING THIS WRONG OATHKEEPER INSERT A DASHED LINE HERE OR SOMETHING FFS And that's how this little adventure began. The Judge sneakily slipping Shiki the map from the book that pointed to the spot in Daguerreo, acting like he had found a hidden treasure map. He had no hopes of actually finding anything, but figured none the less it'd be fun for everyone. So he came along too. "It's supposed to be a magical potion to Chocobos." he answered. "As for what effect it may have on us... perhaps we should leave the potion itself to the Chocobos and simply enjoy anything we find that is otherwise edible? Watercress is quite tasty." He was just playing the part at this point, though. He'd read the storybook and knew the supposed 'eventual thing' it was supposed to do. But he had no faith that it was real, let alone that there was truly anything at this supposed location.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Despite being kind of a third wheel on this odd training journey, Leida has been keeping herself amused ever since they found the massive library. While not particularly interested in learning about ancient secrets or mystical knowledge, she's never been one to pass up a good story, especially one with detailed illustrations. Intrigued by the dragon god of Daguerreo, she has been devoting herself to learning more about it and the library has had little trouble accomodating. The gemstone granted to her by the altar now rests against her chest, tied up as neatly as she can manage into a necklace of twine. The recipe for the magical potion was not her own discovery but anything to do with dragons has the young princess' attention for the time being. Leida trails along at the back of the group, as usual, her hood up to protect her from the sunlight. One of the libraries thick books is clutched in her arms, the massive tome so large she has to hug it to her body to keep a hold on it and it could probably double as a shield. She deflates a bit at Evja's explanation of the potion's properties, quickly losing interest, but having come all this way she might as well stick it out now.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' You know, it's funny, Shiki thought. Ramza's chocobo is named Boco, too. Maybe it's a common name for them? Like Spot or Fido for dogs. Of course, seeing as Shiki has no experience with chocobos, paradises for them or otherwise, she just jumped at the chance to go on a treasure hunt. Or, perhaps, to get a break from the training(!). She's been taking to it pretty well, but you need a change of scenery after a while! And she wanted to explore a little more of the island, too. It's such a nice island, too, what with all the running water, but she only brought one pair of shoes and she's gotten tired of training barefoot because she has to leave them out to dry. Why is so much of the floor covered in ankle-deep water, anyway? "C'mon, Leida!" she says, nudging her in the ribs. "Don't look like that. At least we got to explore all of this, huh? I've never seen anything like it! How about you?" And there are indeed rivers to cross! Lots of stones to step on, and we don't know how deep the water is so, make use of them. Shiki is treading as lightly as she does when dodging monster attacks. Skipping stones!

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Since today was more about having fun and relaxing, Evja, despite having his Chocobo with him, was walking. This wasn't work after all, it was just a relaxing spot of walking around to see things and hopefully get everyone having a fun time. The Chocobo looked fairly interested in the surroundins as well. Here and there he sniffed and seemed intrigued by it, almost like it was a large playground of sorts. Occasionally trotted off to peck at something but never far enough to get lost or separated from the group. "I am sure you all needed a break anyways, yes? You have all put quite a bit of effort into training, taking a while to hunt something fun should be stress relief. Could not be near as hard as weapons training or research, yes?" Or at least so he hoped anyways. When it came to the river and stepping stones, Evja had an advantage in being able to simply enough leap up and across, dragoon and all. Senra took running leaps as well, hopping from stones after the group made it across.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess winces at the friendly nudge, glancing away from the energetic Player as she hugs the book more tightly to her chest. She really has no interest in being here, especially after their very rude welcome. Her eyes remain fixed on the ground as she walks, occasionally glancing up to take in their surroundings but her consciousness remains embedded in the shadows all around them, watching for any further signs of unwanted visitors. "O-oh... sorry," she mutters back. The scenery doesn't seem all that special to her as she comes from a world long before industrialization began to carve away at the untamed wilderness of the planet. It's just another lush forest, pretty to be sure, but nothing to get excited over. Still, she puts on a timid smile for Shiki's enthusiasm and nods back at her. When they come to the river, Leida hesitates. Grace and agility are not things she's particularly gifted with and the idea of hopping across slick stones is not an appealing one. Wading through the water is even less enticing, who knows what kinds of things live in there? Eventually, the small girl gathers up her courage and begins to take the stones one at a time with great (for her) leaps. The weight of the book makes balancing even more tricky but after a minute or two Leida manages to make it across without mishap, though the small party is treated to a few bouts of girlish squeals and panicked flailing as she slips about.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "You can say that again!" Shiki replies. She's beaming. "I love this place! I love all sorts of places like this, actually," she says, stepping daintily. "I mean, I'm not glad I left Shibuya... not exactly..." "But there's nothing like this in there. Nature... water... rocks..." "I mean just look at it!" She pauses and stoops down to look at the moss on a rock. Then a crab on the edge of the water. Then, some flowers by the edge of the water. Then, she gets splashed in the face. "D-do you need a hand?" she asks Leida, stifling giggles. "Oh, I shouldn't laugh, I'm sorry. I'm doing it again, sorry."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' The Viera was trying to play the role of Knight a bit less today, letting them have their fun, or in the case of Leida, not-fun. The sudden squeaking and panicking that came about at times as she tried to cross did get Evja to laugh as well, softly, hidden behind a hand. "The lot of you never cease to amuse me. It is always something." Suddenly, the Chocobo looked up and around, sniffing at the air before /bolting/ off in a direction. "H-hey! Wait up!" Evja requested softly before whining out and sighing. "Meh. Must have smelled some greens or something. I swear ever since I started training him for racing he's been addicted to those things." Or maybe it was something else? Perhaps even this mythical Dragon Watercress thing?

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The leap from the final rock carries Leida safely to the other shore of the river but her clumsiness refuses to be defeated completely and she lands flat on her face, arms still wrapped protectively about the book. The princess' eyes go wide as she falls but there is little she can do to stop herself and so she ends up eating the grass. Fortunately, it's pretty thick and soft so there isn't too much damage done but she rolls over sputtering bits of grass and what little scraps of pride she still clings to. The princess sits up and wipes at her face with a sigh. "It is alright, Shiki-san... I am used to it..."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "I'm really sorry, Leida, I mean it," Shiki says. "I mean--" She winces a little, realising on reflection that if Leida's 'used to it' then people have... been laughing at her a bit. "I..." "Evja said to me when we were still in Fluorgis about why I didn't just learn from her if I wanted to get better at fighting. But..." "Even though Shibuya was so huge and so full of people, it was still kind of a tiny place. And..." "Well. It's kind of the same for you, right? We're both seeing all these new things in different ways... and we get to know more about each other at the same time by watching, right?" "Just like--" Cue her staring at the blank spot where Boco was. "AHHHHH THEY WENT WITHOUT US" omg run

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Hah... do not bother giving chase. He is quite fast. We could not catch him if we wished to. But perhaps heading that way is best though. I do have faith in that Chocobo, but there /are/ monsters on this island. There is always the chance that there is an Adamantoise around and I am... not wanting to chance him getting hurt." That said, Evja starts to trot towards where Senra took off towards with that large white Judges Cloak flapping behind him.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida pushes back to her feet and casually dusts herself off then does the same for the tome, picking bits of grass from the outer edge of its pages. She doesn't respond to Shiki's sudden awkwardness having already withdrawn into her protective emotional shell and when they take off after the wayward chocobo she just follows behind them quietly. Normally this is where she'd turn and head off on her own but as they are currently deep in unfamiliar and possibly hostile territory, the princess has little choice but to follow.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Right!" Shiki balls her fists up and puffs her cheeks out. "We've gotta watch out for Senra!" Point. "I'll do it, even if I get my socks soaking wet! Shiki charge!" Mr. Mew just gives her this look, as if to say 'don't I get any say in how soaking wet I get?' but Shiki, unsympathetic to the fact that some people are filled with fluff, just goes for the gusto. Well, eventually, anyway. She remains frozen in position for a second, looking at Leida, her face having this 'come on! come on!' expression, body straining against the head's decision to stand there and wait much longer and eventually winning. WOOOOSH and away we go! After all, you gotta live a little. We don't come up against too many problems! There are some ugly-looking crabs and, for some reason a freshwater Gigan-Octopus, but they just observe. Not every monster is immediately hostile, after all, and it looks as if there are no Heartless here either. Leida will be sad to hear that there is rock climbing to do. No sheer surfaces, but...

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Did he really get up there?" That was all the Viera had to say when they finally got to the rocks. Sigh. "If... any of you need help up, I could offer it. Unless you had the desire to do such yourself. I /am/ used to wearing that armor after all." Still, instead of beginning to climb ora nything like that, Evja simply pauses her to look around, trying to figure out what about this area had attraction to the Chocobo. There was nothing here that even remotely looked fun for one. Monsters, even if relatively peaceful. It was relatively wooded though. Maybe there was just something in the air that appealed to Chocobos. He'd hopefully find out in the end when he caught his Chocobo. Not that he couldn't just whistle for it. "How close do you think we are to where this Watercress stuff is supposed to be?" he asks towards Shiki, since she was handling the map. He did look towards Leida too, trying to think of something that might interest her. "I can cook us some of it as well, perhaps make us all a nice salad out of it? Well earned of course after all this journeying."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' "A-ah...! Wait...!" Leida gives a start when she realizes the others are pulling ahead of her by a significant margin. Hugging the book tightly against her body she scampers quickly after them but her short legs and extra burden make it difficult to catch up to the sporty Shibuya girl and the tall Viera. The strange water-life that meanders about the river's edge causes her to swing wide to avoid coming anywhere remotely close to the nasty looking things and in doing so falls even further behind. When she finally reaches the rocks, Leida is completely out of breath and she collapses onto her knees upon arriving. She spends the next couple minutes gasping for breath while staring up at the rocks with wide eyes. "I... I cannot go... any further..."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki, who feels bad for Leida quite a bit, probably lags behind every few seconds so that Leida doesn't feel quite as awful about herself. "I can dig it," Shiki says, when offered salad. "I love salad!" It increases her sync rate. Presuming it won't cause her to grow feathers or anything, you know. She thinks for a minute when Evja wonders how close we're getting, and pulls out the map. "According to the map, it grows a little higher up! Higher elevation! I don't think it's at the tallest part of the island, but higher than we are right now!" She looks at Leida. Pout. "I bet Evja would carry you. I bet the view up there is great, too! And we can have salad! And there won't be any adamantoises up there." Puppy dog eyes. "Please come?"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "I could, yes. And of course... higher." A pity it was higher, but oh well. Wait, why was he even getting into the thought of enjoying this watercress? It probably didn't even exist! Hmph. Evja sighed and grumbled in thought of such before mentally shrugging and looking towards Leida, turning a bit and extending a hand towards her. "I could either hold you in my arms, or if you rather... you could try and hold around my shoulders on my back? Unless you had another idea."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess looks back and forth between Shiki and Evja then down at the ground. She did agree to come with them so wimping out now wouldn't really be fair to either of them. That and they might just go on without her and leave her all alone so it's not really much of a choice either way. "Very well..." Getting to her feet, she walks over to the Viera and then up at her outstretched hand. "Um... I promised I would take care of this book... so I cannot hold onto you."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Of course it exists! IT'S IN THE MAP. WHICH WAS IN THE BOOK! Which was in a hermit's library, hidden far from society! If all of it wasn't true, then WHAT AM I LIVING FOR. Next thing you'll be telling me that Gimme Cat over there is a fraud. "Meow." Pay no attention to the Gimme Cat. It just slinks off and leaps up the rocks like a cat. Yep, no problem at all. "Hmm. Libraries usually get pretty upset if you don't return your books. Looks like you're gonna have to hold on to it!" Mr. Mew climbs onto Shiki's head. She can climb the rocks! Badly, but still. Oh, the scraped knees she will have...

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Taking Leida's hand softly in his own, Evja pulls her close without picking her up yet and leans down as he reaches to scoop his other arm beneath her legs, the arm that tugged her close going towards her lower back. "I shall not let you fall." Comes his soft reassurance before lifting her with relative ease. That slender frame hides a decent strength it would seem. Then again, Viera always have been claimed to be rather powerful in those lithe bodies in comparison to normal humes. This did leave her pressed up against the Viera's front as he stood there, eyes wandering the slope of the rockface as he searched with them the best path to take. He'd have to take a hoppier route of course, but he knew such and that's why he was looking. The Gimmie Cat caused him to glance at it briefly before elected to rather deftly hop back and forth at points between the nearby trees and the rockfacing. He'd land on a limb and bounce away onto the rock side before jumping off and doing it again. Soon enough the two were atop the tree and had quite a look over the island itself. "Quite pretty up here." Evja said softly, mostly to himself though given Leida was right there she could easily hear and respond to such as well. "Would you like to look? Or would you prefer I simply hurry to set you down?" He looked down at the held girl, smiling faintly behind the veil not that it could be seen. Perhaps it showed in 'her' eyes.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida allows herself to be picked up without any fuss. Her size and weight are comparable to that of a much younger girl so even without massive strength Evja would have little issue with lifting her. She instinctively curls up around the book and rests in the crook of the judge's arms, closing her eyes as she feels the first lurch that sends them bouncing up the rock face. When she feels their journey come to a sudden stop Leida allows her eyes to slide open and she peers around - only to find the ground is several feet below them. She immediately winches her eyes shut once more and nods her head vigorously at her carrier. "Y-yes, please... down..."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki takes a picture on her phone. And no-one will ever know. Especially because she can pass it off as taking pictures of the landscape! Which she does shortly afterwards. Click. Click, click! Ever wonder why phone cameras make a click when there's nothing /to/ click? It's because people wanted it that way. People are just so used to cameras going click! Shiki hopes she doesn't have to explain this. Also, I lied. A short distance away, there is indeed a field of aquamarine plants, just all over the place. There's sparkling motes of magic in the air, the most astounding flowers, a clear blue sky, a view of Cleyra, Senraprobably somewhere over there, the ocean all around, most of the island visible... And the Gimme Cat, sitting there on a rock. "This is my spot, meow!"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Haha... poor thing. Okay then." It wasn't hard to tell Leida was scared and he hadn't intended to leave her that way. Hugging her to himself a little tighter in hopes that the 'safety' of being held tighter would lessen that worry, Evja bean leaping again and after several more hops, including two that seemingly were on the air itself, Evja landed and looked over the edge towards Shiki, who was still climbing, steadily, though she had some device. "Huh." At that point Evja knelt down a little and slowly let Leida regain her feet, adding in, "My apologies for scaring you. I always forget others may sometimes be afraid of heights." Then the cat speaks and Evja peers towards it. "..." ~And when Boco got there, a cat upon a rock sat and declared the Watercrest his.~ The story did speak of... "...coincidence." Evja mumbled softly to himself before looking around and spotting the Chocobo in the distance, his, just rounding a different path that a Chocobo could make that others could not. He spotted them and warked happily, running towards Evja and Leida at a lazy pace.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Clearly quite glad to be back on the ground, Leida hops out of the Viera's arms and stumbles forward a few feet, turning to offer her a bow in gratitude a moment later. Atleast getting back down would be easier. The sparkly flowers quickly draw the girl's attention away from her short aeriel jaunt and she heads towards the field. And then there's a talking cat on a rock. Leida stares at the Gimme Cat for a few seconds but such things aren't particularly surprising at this point. She gives him a bow as well. "Your field is very pretty, neko-san."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' There are no coincidences! Not in storybooks! Wait, no, there are all the time. Well, this isn't... a storybook! Excellent recovery, narrator. Shiki points her camera phone at it, then decides that... she doesn't want to take a picture of this one. He's not as nice a cat as hers. Mr. Mew pokes his head out from under Shiki's hat, then climbs down. This is not a field of catnip, is it? So she just pops it back in her tote bag. The Cat looks at her for a minute. "You have some shiny things." "That we do," Shiki replies quite plainly. "...gimme a diamond!" "...why?" "...gimme! For, uh, coming up here! Yeah! Place looks pretty? Gimme a diamond! Pictures ain't free! Two diamonds! Three! Lemme confiscate that!" "What."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "..." Evja's expression and response is much the same as Shiki's at the cat attempting to hold them at ransom. Though for different reasons. Then the Viera begins to laugh softly as if something quite funny happened. Just what caused Evja to laugh isn't made readily apparent though he does say, "I... only have one diamond at the moment and it is for a dear friend of mine. I would prefer not to have to give such to you. Is there nothing else you would like to pass into your lands?" Besides, Diamonds were expensive! Oh, wait, that beaded brooch Evja got out of that Malboro. It had a diamond set into it! It was kind of small though. Fishing around beneath the cloak the Viera offered out the brooch. "Is... this enough?" It was /tiny/ though, albeit real.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida's cordial expression shifts into one of surprise as the strange cat begins demanding things; very expensive things too! She did say the field was pretty but a diamond? This is extortion! However, Evja seems to be quite willing to deal with the questionable feline so she just looks at her for a moment then shrugs. If she wants to cough up the fee that's her choice. The princess just goes to inspect the strange magical flowers.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' The Gimme Cat considers this slowly, sat, as it is, on the rock. Meanwhile, Shiki is mirroring its pose. There's something not quite right about this. "Hmm." "Hmm." The Gimme Cat's though bubble superimposes a picture of a diamond over the brooch. Big red x. Shiki's thought bubble superimposes a Shadow Heartless over the Gimme Cat. Shiki gasps! Then the Gimme Cat makes a horrible screeching noise. "Wait! Evja! I think it's evil!" /Then/ the Gimme Cat starts casting Comet, hurtling small blasts of energy down from the sky! "Now I know it's evil! Save Senra! Protect the Watercrest! I mean watercress!" Maybe Shiki's acting weird because she has less oxygen.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' THAT WAS NOT IN THE BOOK! "Senra, grab Leida!" And that said, the Chocobo darts towards Leida right past the Gimmiecat, despite attempting to land a kick on it in passing. Leida would be given a moment to hop onto the Chocobo before it took liberties if she didn't and would grab her by the scruff of her outfit near the neck to yoink her up and dart to a safer area, unless she directly ignored the Chocobo in favor of fighting. Evja, meanwhile, shouted towards the cat, "Hey! There's no need for that! I tried to give you a diamond, it simply wasn't that big! Now stop this before we have to act against you!" Even now the Viera was attempting to give the cat a chance to call it off, spears coming into his hands as he launched them upwards at the comets that were streaking down, trying to knock them away from those here. He didn't care about the stray ones, just the ones that looked like they might be of danger. Of course, even without his armor, Evja would still throw himself in the way of a comet if it came to protecting one of the others here.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Suddenly there is lots of shouting. The princess turns to peer back at the others with a quizzical expression on her face just as the speedy bird rockets over to her side and squawks at her expectantly. Leida, not exactly being quick on the uptake, stares at the chocobo until it finally gets tired of waiting and snags her by the collar. "E-eh...?!" Leida hugs her book tightly to her body as she's carted off like a young puppy, still not quite sure what's going on.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki is hiding behind a rock. "Evja! Quick! How did this go in the book?!"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "The Chocobo had a diamond studded into their harness! It wanted that! But I tried to give it a diamond and it attacked us for it! Besides, it's just a silly book, I hadn't expected any of this to be real! I just thought it might be a fun excuse for you all to get out and have fun searching!" And so the truth is there! Still, Evja did have another diamond, and that one was a fair bit larger than the other. "Here, take this and begone!" Evja grumbled and dug into his cloak to pull out another diamond, one that looks like it might have fit perfectly with a ring or necklace of some kind before throwing it towards the cat angrily. That was meant for someone else...

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida, meanwhile, is still dangling from the chocobo's beak some distance away while it waits for the situation to clear up or receives some signal from it's master. She doesn't look particularly pleased but she's in no reason position to argue.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Heyyy!" Shiki, again, has her cheeks puffed and fists balled. "Evja! No!" The Gimme Cat has a diamond! It's distracted! "You can't just give it up like that! That's your diamond! And he's a jerk! We came here to get stuff, not lose it!" Steely eye glint! Shiki points at the Gimme Cat. "Come on, Leida! Let's get that diamond back!" Snap cut over to Leida hanging from Senra's beak. "Come on, Senra! Let's get that diamond back!" Charge! This is just going to be so bad for her.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' The Chocobo finally sets Leida down instead of holding onto her, looking between the lot seemingly confused before shaking his head a bit in a 'sigh' manner and charging towards the cat. "Shiki, it is fine! I would rather lose a diamond than have someone get hurt! It's just a stone, it's not more important than someone else being safe!" Besides, if this cat wanted a diamond... surely it was doing something with them! Watch it run off to its' den and there'll probably be a lot of diamonds. Not that he says that, however, because then the cat, who could speak, would know his plans! This was just a monsters after all and he had no problem whacking a monster upside the head for being a butt.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess gives an indignant look to the feathery knave as it rushes off to battle the greedy cat. Even though it was just following orders, she ill enjoys being treated like a sack of rice. Smoothing out her clothes, Leida turns to watch the event unfold from relative safety though if the cat has magic at its disposal even a bit of distance doesn't guarantee that.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki pouts. Lenn is probably pouting too. Mr. Mew is just over there quietly picking dragon watercress, like any sane person should do since it's what we actually came here to collect. Meanwhile, Senra- a bird- gets in a fight with the Gimme Cat- a... cat. After no small degree of flailing, rolling, hissing, spitting, feathers and fur, the Gimme Cat runs off, blowing razzberries at everyone. Mr. Mew gives Leida a flower, both because she's had such a hard time of it and because Mr. Mew is a smooth operator.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' The Viera simply stands there at this point, palm on his forehead as he tries to think of what to do or say at this point. With the beast running off, however, and everyone seemingly in good shape - including his Chocobo who looks rather ruffled at the moment, like a giant yellow featherball - Evja lets it go and decides against chasing after the cat to get his diamond back. He can always get her another diamond later, a better one. "So... to think that the book was seemingly real and not just a story. I wonder if... the effects that stuff has on Chocobos is to be real as well."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess accepts the flower with a faint smile, offering Mr. Mew an appreciative bow in return before tucking it into her hair behind her ear. It kind of clashes with the girl's demonic appearance and plain attire but she doesn't seem to care much. Leida makes her way back to the others with a bored expression on her face, though she doesn't make eye contact with either of them, instead staring off to the side. "Are we done here?"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "I have mixed feelings about all this. On the one hand, we got the thing, and we found out the book was real, and we got some exercise, and we got to see some really nice stuff, and I took pictures, and I scraped my knees up for the first time in years, and we found some more monsters that didn't attack us on sight, and Leida didn't lose her book, and... wait, no, this was awesome! I'm almost completely happy!" "Shame about that jerk cat, though." SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE The Gimme Cat sits in a cave with about five diamonds, pawing it and snickering about how clever it is and how stupid people are. Several humanoid shadows loom over it. Gimme cat gulps.

Artisanquest: Interlude

2013-05-07T07:39:00Z

Evja:

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/05/02
|Location=Forgotten Island
|Synopsis=Everyone takes a break from training to go see the sights of the Forgotten Island. However, strange things occur that may begin an interesting adventure for Evja...
|Cast of Characters=Shiki Misaki, Lenn, Leida, Evja
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Today we're going to do something very special. We are journeying through the wilds on a quest, past monsters and terrible dangers, to retrieve a strange and unusual plant that can be made into a magical potion. This is so JRPG it is making Shiki skip and click her heels together. Kumoto even let us take time off training for it! Yes, as can be expected the libraries of Daguerreo held interesting information for everyone and we're going questing for something we found in one of those books. Supposedly, it is called the 'dragon watercress'! Or is it dragon watercrest? It can be found elsewhere on the island, in any case! And maybe we will even find an adamantoise too.

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn has fallen back on her staff, not confident with her swordskills yet. She's also keeping an eye on the ground through the water... Semi-precious stones can be found here, after all. "Any idea what this potion would do?

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Indeed. Evja had found a book in his searching of the Library for random things to find amusing to read, among those was a 'Childrens Storybook' regarding Chocobos! Amused at the concept, Evja had begun to read, and found himself surprised. ~Boco the Chocobo wanted to journey around the worlds, and in the end find a way to the Chocobos Paradise~ That was how the book began, anyways. It was an interesting book for a Childrens book, and it had pictures. Lots of pictures. Maps, clippings of things, and in truth it seemed more like a journal, a first-hand journey that was documented more to amaze children. But... the further Evja got into the book, the more he began to realize. Things seemed strangely familiar. The first chapters journey stated things that reminded him of Daguerreo. And the map on the next page pointing to a location therein caused him to laugh. "Ah... how amusing. This story has gone so far as to use locations in this world to make it seem more truthful. Hm, what is supposed to be there? Watercress? Well then, might as well try to give the ladies a break from training and propose this as a treasure hunt. They'll like that, probably." [[User:Evja|Evja]] ([[User talk:Evja|talk]]) (CDT) And that's how this little adventure began. The Judge sneakily slipping Shiki the map from the book that pointed to the spot in Daguerreo, acting like he had found a hidden treasure map. He had no hopes of actually finding anything, but figured none the less it'd be fun for everyone. So he came along too. "It's supposed to be a magical potion to Chocobos." he answered. "As for what effect it may have on us... perhaps we should leave the potion itself to the Chocobos and simply enjoy anything we find that is otherwise edible? Watercress is quite tasty." He was just playing the part at this point, though. He'd read the storybook and knew the supposed 'eventual thing' it was supposed to do. But he had no faith that it was real, let alone that there was truly anything at this supposed location.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Despite being kind of a third wheel on this odd training journey, Leida has been keeping herself amused ever since they found the massive library. While not particularly interested in learning about ancient secrets or mystical knowledge, she's never been one to pass up a good story, especially one with detailed illustrations. Intrigued by the dragon god of Daguerreo, she has been devoting herself to learning more about it and the library has had little trouble accomodating. The gemstone granted to her by the altar now rests against her chest, tied up as neatly as she can manage into a necklace of twine. The recipe for the magical potion was not her own discovery but anything to do with dragons has the young princess' attention for the time being. Leida trails along at the back of the group, as usual, her hood up to protect her from the sunlight. One of the libraries thick books is clutched in her arms, the massive tome so large she has to hug it to her body to keep a hold on it and it could probably double as a shield. She deflates a bit at Evja's explanation of the potion's properties, quickly losing interest, but having come all this way she might as well stick it out now.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' You know, it's funny, Shiki thought. Ramza's chocobo is named Boco, too. Maybe it's a common name for them? Like Spot or Fido for dogs. Of course, seeing as Shiki has no experience with chocobos, paradises for them or otherwise, she just jumped at the chance to go on a treasure hunt. Or, perhaps, to get a break from the training(!). She's been taking to it pretty well, but you need a change of scenery after a while! And she wanted to explore a little more of the island, too. It's such a nice island, too, what with all the running water, but she only brought one pair of shoes and she's gotten tired of training barefoot because she has to leave them out to dry. Why is so much of the floor covered in ankle-deep water, anyway? "C'mon, Leida!" she says, nudging her in the ribs. "Don't look like that. At least we got to explore all of this, huh? I've never seen anything like it! How about you?" And there are indeed rivers to cross! Lots of stones to step on, and we don't know how deep the water is so, make use of them. Shiki is treading as lightly as she does when dodging monster attacks. Skipping stones!

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Since today was more about having fun and relaxing, Evja, despite having his Chocobo with him, was walking. This wasn't work after all, it was just a relaxing spot of walking around to see things and hopefully get everyone having a fun time. The Chocobo looked fairly interested in the surroundins as well. Here and there he sniffed and seemed intrigued by it, almost like it was a large playground of sorts. Occasionally trotted off to peck at something but never far enough to get lost or separated from the group. "I am sure you all needed a break anyways, yes? You have all put quite a bit of effort into training, taking a while to hunt something fun should be stress relief. Could not be near as hard as weapons training or research, yes?" Or at least so he hoped anyways. When it came to the river and stepping stones, Evja had an advantage in being able to simply enough leap up and across, dragoon and all. Senra took running leaps as well, hopping from stones after the group made it across.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess winces at the friendly nudge, glancing away from the energetic Player as she hugs the book more tightly to her chest. She really has no interest in being here, especially after their very rude welcome. Her eyes remain fixed on the ground as she walks, occasionally glancing up to take in their surroundings but her consciousness remains embedded in the shadows all around them, watching for any further signs of unwanted visitors. "O-oh... sorry," she mutters back. The scenery doesn't seem all that special to her as she comes from a world long before industrialization began to carve away at the untamed wilderness of the planet. It's just another lush forest, pretty to be sure, but nothing to get excited over. Still, she puts on a timid smile for Shiki's enthusiasm and nods back at her. When they come to the river, Leida hesitates. Grace and agility are not things she's particularly gifted with and the idea of hopping across slick stones is not an appealing one. Wading through the water is even less enticing, who knows what kinds of things live in there? Eventually, the small girl gathers up her courage and begins to take the stones one at a time with great (for her) leaps. The weight of the book makes balancing even more tricky but after a minute or two Leida manages to make it across without mishap, though the small party is treated to a few bouts of girlish squeals and panicked flailing as she slips about.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "You can say that again!" Shiki replies. She's beaming. "I love this place! I love all sorts of places like this, actually," she says, stepping daintily. "I mean, I'm not glad I left Shibuya... not exactly..." "But there's nothing like this in there. Nature... water... rocks..." "I mean just look at it!" She pauses and stoops down to look at the moss on a rock. Then a crab on the edge of the water. Then, some flowers by the edge of the water. Then, she gets splashed in the face. "D-do you need a hand?" she asks Leida, stifling giggles. "Oh, I shouldn't laugh, I'm sorry. I'm doing it again, sorry."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' The Viera was trying to play the role of Knight a bit less today, letting them have their fun, or in the case of Leida, not-fun. The sudden squeaking and panicking that came about at times as she tried to cross did get Evja to laugh as well, softly, hidden behind a hand. "The lot of you never cease to amuse me. It is always something." Suddenly, the Chocobo looked up and around, sniffing at the air before /bolting/ off in a direction. "H-hey! Wait up!" Evja requested softly before whining out and sighing. "Meh. Must have smelled some greens or something. I swear ever since I started training him for racing he's been addicted to those things." Or maybe it was something else? Perhaps even this mythical Dragon Watercress thing?

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The leap from the final rock carries Leida safely to the other shore of the river but her clumsiness refuses to be defeated completely and she lands flat on her face, arms still wrapped protectively about the book. The princess' eyes go wide as she falls but there is little she can do to stop herself and so she ends up eating the grass. Fortunately, it's pretty thick and soft so there isn't too much damage done but she rolls over sputtering bits of grass and what little scraps of pride she still clings to. The princess sits up and wipes at her face with a sigh. "It is alright, Shiki-san... I am used to it..."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "I'm really sorry, Leida, I mean it," Shiki says. "I mean--" She winces a little, realising on reflection that if Leida's 'used to it' then people have... been laughing at her a bit. "I..." "Evja said to me when we were still in Fluorgis about why I didn't just learn from her if I wanted to get better at fighting. But..." "Even though Shibuya was so huge and so full of people, it was still kind of a tiny place. And..." "Well. It's kind of the same for you, right? We're both seeing all these new things in different ways... and we get to know more about each other at the same time by watching, right?" "Just like--" Cue her staring at the blank spot where Boco was. "AHHHHH THEY WENT WITHOUT US" omg run

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Hah... do not bother giving chase. He is quite fast. We could not catch him if we wished to. But perhaps heading that way is best though. I do have faith in that Chocobo, but there /are/ monsters on this island. There is always the chance that there is an Adamantoise around and I am... not wanting to chance him getting hurt." That said, Evja starts to trot towards where Senra took off towards with that large white Judges Cloak flapping behind him.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida pushes back to her feet and casually dusts herself off then does the same for the tome, picking bits of grass from the outer edge of its pages. She doesn't respond to Shiki's sudden awkwardness having already withdrawn into her protective emotional shell and when they take off after the wayward chocobo she just follows behind them quietly. Normally this is where she'd turn and head off on her own but as they are currently deep in unfamiliar and possibly hostile territory, the princess has little choice but to follow.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Right!" Shiki balls her fists up and puffs her cheeks out. "We've gotta watch out for Senra!" Point. "I'll do it, even if I get my socks soaking wet! Shiki charge!" Mr. Mew just gives her this look, as if to say 'don't I get any say in how soaking wet I get?' but Shiki, unsympathetic to the fact that some people are filled with fluff, just goes for the gusto. Well, eventually, anyway. She remains frozen in position for a second, looking at Leida, her face having this 'come on! come on!' expression, body straining against the head's decision to stand there and wait much longer and eventually winning. WOOOOSH and away we go! After all, you gotta live a little. We don't come up against too many problems! There are some ugly-looking crabs and, for some reason a freshwater Gigan-Octopus, but they just observe. Not every monster is immediately hostile, after all, and it looks as if there are no Heartless here either. Leida will be sad to hear that there is rock climbing to do. No sheer surfaces, but...

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Did he really get up there?" That was all the Viera had to say when they finally got to the rocks. Sigh. "If... any of you need help up, I could offer it. Unless you had the desire to do such yourself. I /am/ used to wearing that armor after all." Still, instead of beginning to climb ora nything like that, Evja simply pauses her to look around, trying to figure out what about this area had attraction to the Chocobo. There was nothing here that even remotely looked fun for one. Monsters, even if relatively peaceful. It was relatively wooded though. Maybe there was just something in the air that appealed to Chocobos. He'd hopefully find out in the end when he caught his Chocobo. Not that he couldn't just whistle for it. "How close do you think we are to where this Watercress stuff is supposed to be?" he asks towards Shiki, since she was handling the map. He did look towards Leida too, trying to think of something that might interest her. "I can cook us some of it as well, perhaps make us all a nice salad out of it? Well earned of course after all this journeying."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' "A-ah...! Wait...!" Leida gives a start when she realizes the others are pulling ahead of her by a significant margin. Hugging the book tightly against her body she scampers quickly after them but her short legs and extra burden make it difficult to catch up to the sporty Shibuya girl and the tall Viera. The strange water-life that meanders about the river's edge causes her to swing wide to avoid coming anywhere remotely close to the nasty looking things and in doing so falls even further behind. When she finally reaches the rocks, Leida is completely out of breath and she collapses onto her knees upon arriving. She spends the next couple minutes gasping for breath while staring up at the rocks with wide eyes. "I... I cannot go... any further..."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki, who feels bad for Leida quite a bit, probably lags behind every few seconds so that Leida doesn't feel quite as awful about herself. "I can dig it," Shiki says, when offered salad. "I love salad!" It increases her sync rate. Presuming it won't cause her to grow feathers or anything, you know. She thinks for a minute when Evja wonders how close we're getting, and pulls out the map. "According to the map, it grows a little higher up! Higher elevation! I don't think it's at the tallest part of the island, but higher than we are right now!" She looks at Leida. Pout. "I bet Evja would carry you. I bet the view up there is great, too! And we can have salad! And there won't be any adamantoises up there." Puppy dog eyes. "Please come?"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "I could, yes. And of course... higher." A pity it was higher, but oh well. Wait, why was he even getting into the thought of enjoying this watercress? It probably didn't even exist! Hmph. Evja sighed and grumbled in thought of such before mentally shrugging and looking towards Leida, turning a bit and extending a hand towards her. "I could either hold you in my arms, or if you rather... you could try and hold around my shoulders on my back? Unless you had another idea."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess looks back and forth between Shiki and Evja then down at the ground. She did agree to come with them so wimping out now wouldn't really be fair to either of them. That and they might just go on without her and leave her all alone so it's not really much of a choice either way. "Very well..." Getting to her feet, she walks over to the Viera and then up at her outstretched hand. "Um... I promised I would take care of this book... so I cannot hold onto you."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Of course it exists! IT'S IN THE MAP. WHICH WAS IN THE BOOK! Which was in a hermit's library, hidden far from society! If all of it wasn't true, then WHAT AM I LIVING FOR. Next thing you'll be telling me that Gimme Cat over there is a fraud. "Meow." Pay no attention to the Gimme Cat. It just slinks off and leaps up the rocks like a cat. Yep, no problem at all. "Hmm. Libraries usually get pretty upset if you don't return your books. Looks like you're gonna have to hold on to it!" Mr. Mew climbs onto Shiki's head. She can climb the rocks! Badly, but still. Oh, the scraped knees she will have...

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Taking Leida's hand softly in his own, Evja pulls her close without picking her up yet and leans down as he reaches to scoop his other arm beneath her legs, the arm that tugged her close going towards her lower back. "I shall not let you fall." Comes his soft reassurance before lifting her with relative ease. That slender frame hides a decent strength it would seem. Then again, Viera always have been claimed to be rather powerful in those lithe bodies in comparison to normal humes. This did leave her pressed up against the Viera's front as he stood there, eyes wandering the slope of the rockface as he searched with them the best path to take. He'd have to take a hoppier route of course, but he knew such and that's why he was looking. The Gimmie Cat caused him to glance at it briefly before elected to rather deftly hop back and forth at points between the nearby trees and the rockfacing. He'd land on a limb and bounce away onto the rock side before jumping off and doing it again. Soon enough the two were atop the tree and had quite a look over the island itself. "Quite pretty up here." Evja said softly, mostly to himself though given Leida was right there she could easily hear and respond to such as well. "Would you like to look? Or would you prefer I simply hurry to set you down?" He looked down at the held girl, smiling faintly behind the veil not that it could be seen. Perhaps it showed in 'her' eyes.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida allows herself to be picked up without any fuss. Her size and weight are comparable to that of a much younger girl so even without massive strength Evja would have little issue with lifting her. She instinctively curls up around the book and rests in the crook of the judge's arms, closing her eyes as she feels the first lurch that sends them bouncing up the rock face. When she feels their journey come to a sudden stop Leida allows her eyes to slide open and she peers around - only to find the ground is several feet below them. She immediately winches her eyes shut once more and nods her head vigorously at her carrier. "Y-yes, please... down..."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki takes a picture on her phone. And no-one will ever know. Especially because she can pass it off as taking pictures of the landscape! Which she does shortly afterwards. Click. Click, click! Ever wonder why phone cameras make a click when there's nothing /to/ click? It's because people wanted it that way. People are just so used to cameras going click! Shiki hopes she doesn't have to explain this. Also, I lied. A short distance away, there is indeed a field of aquamarine plants, just all over the place. There's sparkling motes of magic in the air, the most astounding flowers, a clear blue sky, a view of Cleyra, Senraprobably somewhere over there, the ocean all around, most of the island visible... And the Gimme Cat, sitting there on a rock. "This is my spot, meow!"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Haha... poor thing. Okay then." It wasn't hard to tell Leida was scared and he hadn't intended to leave her that way. Hugging her to himself a little tighter in hopes that the 'safety' of being held tighter would lessen that worry, Evja bean leaping again and after several more hops, including two that seemingly were on the air itself, Evja landed and looked over the edge towards Shiki, who was still climbing, steadily, though she had some device. "Huh." At that point Evja knelt down a little and slowly let Leida regain her feet, adding in, "My apologies for scaring you. I always forget others may sometimes be afraid of heights." Then the cat speaks and Evja peers towards it. "..." ~And when Boco got there, a cat upon a rock sat and declared the Watercrest his.~ The story did speak of... "...coincidence." Evja mumbled softly to himself before looking around and spotting the Chocobo in the distance, his, just rounding a different path that a Chocobo could make that others could not. He spotted them and warked happily, running towards Evja and Leida at a lazy pace.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Clearly quite glad to be back on the ground, Leida hops out of the Viera's arms and stumbles forward a few feet, turning to offer her a bow in gratitude a moment later. Atleast getting back down would be easier. The sparkly flowers quickly draw the girl's attention away from her short aeriel jaunt and she heads towards the field. And then there's a talking cat on a rock. Leida stares at the Gimme Cat for a few seconds but such things aren't particularly surprising at this point. She gives him a bow as well. "Your field is very pretty, neko-san."

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' There are no coincidences! Not in storybooks! Wait, no, there are all the time. Well, this isn't... a storybook! Excellent recovery, narrator. Shiki points her camera phone at it, then decides that... she doesn't want to take a picture of this one. He's not as nice a cat as hers. Mr. Mew pokes his head out from under Shiki's hat, then climbs down. This is not a field of catnip, is it? So she just pops it back in her tote bag. The Cat looks at her for a minute. "You have some shiny things." "That we do," Shiki replies quite plainly. "...gimme a diamond!" "...why?" "...gimme! For, uh, coming up here! Yeah! Place looks pretty? Gimme a diamond! Pictures ain't free! Two diamonds! Three! Lemme confiscate that!" "What."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "..." Evja's expression and response is much the same as Shiki's at the cat attempting to hold them at ransom. Though for different reasons. Then the Viera begins to laugh softly as if something quite funny happened. Just what caused Evja to laugh isn't made readily apparent though he does say, "I... only have one diamond at the moment and it is for a dear friend of mine. I would prefer not to have to give such to you. Is there nothing else you would like to pass into your lands?" Besides, Diamonds were expensive! Oh, wait, that beaded brooch Evja got out of that Malboro. It had a diamond set into it! It was kind of small though. Fishing around beneath the cloak the Viera offered out the brooch. "Is... this enough?" It was /tiny/ though, albeit real.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida's cordial expression shifts into one of surprise as the strange cat begins demanding things; very expensive things too! She did say the field was pretty but a diamond? This is extortion! However, Evja seems to be quite willing to deal with the questionable feline so she just looks at her for a moment then shrugs. If she wants to cough up the fee that's her choice. The princess just goes to inspect the strange magical flowers.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' The Gimme Cat considers this slowly, sat, as it is, on the rock. Meanwhile, Shiki is mirroring its pose. There's something not quite right about this. "Hmm." "Hmm." The Gimme Cat's though bubble superimposes a picture of a diamond over the brooch. Big red x. Shiki's thought bubble superimposes a Shadow Heartless over the Gimme Cat. Shiki gasps! Then the Gimme Cat makes a horrible screeching noise. "Wait! Evja! I think it's evil!" /Then/ the Gimme Cat starts casting Comet, hurtling small blasts of energy down from the sky! "Now I know it's evil! Save Senra! Protect the Watercrest! I mean watercress!" Maybe Shiki's acting weird because she has less oxygen.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' THAT WAS NOT IN THE BOOK! "Senra, grab Leida!" And that said, the Chocobo darts towards Leida right past the Gimmiecat, despite attempting to land a kick on it in passing. Leida would be given a moment to hop onto the Chocobo before it took liberties if she didn't and would grab her by the scruff of her outfit near the neck to yoink her up and dart to a safer area, unless she directly ignored the Chocobo in favor of fighting. Evja, meanwhile, shouted towards the cat, "Hey! There's no need for that! I tried to give you a diamond, it simply wasn't that big! Now stop this before we have to act against you!" Even now the Viera was attempting to give the cat a chance to call it off, spears coming into his hands as he launched them upwards at the comets that were streaking down, trying to knock them away from those here. He didn't care about the stray ones, just the ones that looked like they might be of danger. Of course, even without his armor, Evja would still throw himself in the way of a comet if it came to protecting one of the others here.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Suddenly there is lots of shouting. The princess turns to peer back at the others with a quizzical expression on her face just as the speedy bird rockets over to her side and squawks at her expectantly. Leida, not exactly being quick on the uptake, stares at the chocobo until it finally gets tired of waiting and snags her by the collar. "E-eh...?!" Leida hugs her book tightly to her body as she's carted off like a young puppy, still not quite sure what's going on.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki is hiding behind a rock. "Evja! Quick! How did this go in the book?!"

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "The Chocobo had a diamond studded into their harness! It wanted that! But I tried to give it a diamond and it attacked us for it! Besides, it's just a silly book, I hadn't expected any of this to be real! I just thought it might be a fun excuse for you all to get out and have fun searching!" And so the truth is there! Still, Evja did have another diamond, and that one was a fair bit larger than the other. "Here, take this and begone!" Evja grumbled and dug into his cloak to pull out another diamond, one that looks like it might have fit perfectly with a ring or necklace of some kind before throwing it towards the cat angrily. That was meant for someone else...

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' Leida, meanwhile, is still dangling from the chocobo's beak some distance away while it waits for the situation to clear up or receives some signal from it's master. She doesn't look particularly pleased but she's in no reason position to argue.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "Heyyy!" Shiki, again, has her cheeks puffed and fists balled. "Evja! No!" The Gimme Cat has a diamond! It's distracted! "You can't just give it up like that! That's your diamond! And he's a jerk! We came here to get stuff, not lose it!" Steely eye glint! Shiki points at the Gimme Cat. "Come on, Leida! Let's get that diamond back!" Snap cut over to Leida hanging from Senra's beak. "Come on, Senra! Let's get that diamond back!" Charge! This is just going to be so bad for her.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' The Chocobo finally sets Leida down instead of holding onto her, looking between the lot seemingly confused before shaking his head a bit in a 'sigh' manner and charging towards the cat. "Shiki, it is fine! I would rather lose a diamond than have someone get hurt! It's just a stone, it's not more important than someone else being safe!" Besides, if this cat wanted a diamond... surely it was doing something with them! Watch it run off to its' den and there'll probably be a lot of diamonds. Not that he says that, however, because then the cat, who could speak, would know his plans! This was just a monsters after all and he had no problem whacking a monster upside the head for being a butt.

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess gives an indignant look to the feathery knave as it rushes off to battle the greedy cat. Even though it was just following orders, she ill enjoys being treated like a sack of rice. Smoothing out her clothes, Leida turns to watch the event unfold from relative safety though if the cat has magic at its disposal even a bit of distance doesn't guarantee that.

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' Shiki pouts. Lenn is probably pouting too. Mr. Mew is just over there quietly picking dragon watercress, like any sane person should do since it's what we actually came here to collect. Meanwhile, Senra- a bird- gets in a fight with the Gimme Cat- a... cat. After no small degree of flailing, rolling, hissing, spitting, feathers and fur, the Gimme Cat runs off, blowing razzberries at everyone. Mr. Mew gives Leida a flower, both because she's had such a hard time of it and because Mr. Mew is a smooth operator.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' The Viera simply stands there at this point, palm on his forehead as he tries to think of what to do or say at this point. With the beast running off, however, and everyone seemingly in good shape - including his Chocobo who looks rather ruffled at the moment, like a giant yellow featherball - Evja lets it go and decides against chasing after the cat to get his diamond back. He can always get her another diamond later, a better one. "So... to think that the book was seemingly real and not just a story. I wonder if... the effects that stuff has on Chocobos is to be real as well."

:'''[[Leida]] has posed:''' The princess accepts the flower with a faint smile, offering Mr. Mew an appreciative bow in return before tucking it into her hair behind her ear. It kind of clashes with the girl's demonic appearance and plain attire but she doesn't seem to care much. Leida makes her way back to the others with a bored expression on her face, though she doesn't make eye contact with either of them, instead staring off to the side. "Are we done here?"

:'''[[Shiki Misaki]] has posed:''' "I have mixed feelings about all this. On the one hand, we got the thing, and we found out the book was real, and we got some exercise, and we got to see some really nice stuff, and I took pictures, and I scraped my knees up for the first time in years, and we found some more monsters that didn't attack us on sight, and Leida didn't lose her book, and... wait, no, this was awesome! I'm almost completely happy!" "Shame about that jerk cat, though." SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE The Gimme Cat sits in a cave with about five diamonds, pawing it and snickering about how clever it is and how stupid people are. Several humanoid shadows loom over it. Gimme cat gulps.

Artisanquest: ATE - The Jeweler and the Judge

2013-05-02T18:09:26Z

Evja: Evja moved page Artisanquest: The Jeweler and the Judge to Artisanquest: ATE - The Jeweler and the Judge: Marking this as an ATE/SideRP, plust it's FF9-based, so might as well!

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/04/29
|Location=Forgotten Island - Daguerreo
|Synopsis=Lenn comes across the resident Judge that had accompanied them on this journey after 'her' rest and the two converse about jewelry, and a possible commission.
|Cast of Characters=Evja, Lenn
|Tinyplot=Artisanquest
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' It had been over a day since Evja had come out to search with the rest. At least, not having had his Chocobo whistled for using the whistle he gave Shiki, Evja had taken the time to simply fall asleep tucked underneath the Chocobo's wing and rested there with it for a good while. Catching up on lost sleep is always something one needs to do after all, otherwise it hangs on. Yet, now that he was awake, the Viera took a shower and put on a clean set of clothing that he'd brought with him, a simple White Mage's outfit. No armor at the moment, really, though he did have it in his 'inventory' rather than leaving it with his Chocobo to possibly be pilfered. The moment would find the Viera sitting on the ground floor of the Hermits Library, feet hanging over the edge into the water where they swished lightly back and forth, eyes reading a book he had held in his hands. Of course, all the 'he' aside, Evja as always looked rather feminine and given his face was covered by the veil, none could really tell anything otherwise, with the loose robe he had on and his long, still wet hair hanging unbound behind him. Just a nice, relaxing day, trying to read a bit of the lore here to understand exactly what this place was.

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn has been training herself for the past several months, resulting in some improvements to the elven lady's waistline... This doesn't mean a thing though, Lenn is still EXHAUSTED. To that end, she's fallen into a cushion near Evja, a notebook in one hand, and an old book in another... This *IS* an artisan's library, and at her core, Lenn *IS* still an artisan.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' It wasn't an immediate thing, but eventually Evja did look up and peer towards whoever had sat down next to him. It took a few moments, but eventually he asked softly, "You are... Lenn, yes?" He was still getting used to the names of the various types here. He wasn't the /best/ with names, even of those in the Shard Seekers. At least, not of most. Some he recalled. Odd names, different names. "Have you found anything of import to you or the others here?"

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn nods, "I've learned something very. Very important..." She sighs, still settling into her cushion. "Moogles can inflict a LOT of pain when they want to. But It's gotta make me stronger for it, right?" She indicates the book. "I got this to try to see if I can learn more for my own crafting, though...

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Heh. What made you think they could not? Also... why are you training? I thought it was Shiki who desired to find the weapons master to train under? Is he willing to train anyone for weapons?" That was an interesting thought, but really, it was just weapons. What could a single weaponsmith really do that would prove to be so amazing that they had to travel this far? "I still wonder what makes this fellow so... well, different from other smiths. Is it only that he can train you too?"

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn closes her book. "I see Reize leave on adventures... he comes back hurt a lot. Shiki travels a lot, and I worry. I don't WANT to stay home and worry anymore. So I have to make sure I don't hold them back. But most importantly... I AM NOT going to lose anyone else precious to me. Not ever again, and certainly not to no Heartless, noise, or mathmatical freak." If fire in eyes was literal, those books would be ash.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Hm. Well, at least she was passionate about it. He knew the feeling behind that, but... was getting a weapon you aren't familiar with to train with really going to help? "So, can this fellow, moogle... make any weapon?" At the thought, though... he returned to something that had plagued his mind in the past. That Keyblade thing Sora had. How did it even work? Was it because it was key-shaped? Because he tried harder? Did it have some unique magic? Ugh. He just... didn't know. "Perhaps I should speak with this Moogle as well to see if he can put an idea of mine into practice."

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn shakes her head. "I don't know what he can make, but having seen some of his work? I know for a *FACT* he's an expert. Novices don't make lines like those. He's at least as good with swords as I am with jewels, and probably better.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "I see." Well, that was surprising. "And what do you do yourself? With Jewels I mean." Folding up the book that was in his hands, Evja turns a bit, feet still idly kicking a little in the shallow water around the edge of the area. He seemed faintly interested in the idea of working gems, but probably knew little of it.

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn says, "Well, for one, I'm a jeweler. Rings, pendants and things like that. For two..." She reaches into her everpresent belt-pouch, and retrieves a blue gem, which glows, before a small swirl of water appears in her hand... then goes into her mouth."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "..." Evja stared quietly for a few moments at the revealed trick before shaking his head and sighing. "Magic. Such strange, wonderous things that can be done with it. Though technology in the outside worlds still amazes me so. I would ask, however, how much you would charge if I asked you to make something for me. Well, not for ME, but for another I know. I had been meaning to get them a gift and... if I could find the materials for you, could you give me an estimate of how much you would ask?"

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn hmms. "Well, it would all depend on how intricate a gift you're looking for." She smiles. "If you provide the materials, it WOULD be a whole lot less expensive, though. Jewels can be hard to come by, sometimes.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' Evja nods to that. "Of course. I... actually do not know. Beyond that which I wear..." A hand is stretched out, a ring hanging there. It contains within it the symbol of Jylland Judges, and said hand also points to the kind of dangly, gaudy rings hanging from the Viera's tall ears, "...I know little of jewelry. I have always focused on other things. What... what would you suggest as a gift to someone I have known for many, many years who I know has also cared for me perhaps a bit more than I have cared for them in return? I want to thank them for not abandoning me after all this time and..." Evja fades off at that, uncertain how to make the point.

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn hmms. "A male friend, or female?" She gets out her notebook. "There's a lot I could do, but we should start there."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Female. She is a Gria, for what it is worth. You may have seen them from time to time within Fluorgis - they have wings and a dragon-like tail. Horns and such. Hard to miss."

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn nods. "Okay. Hair color, how tan is she, and can you sum up a personality?" She smiles.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' That question causes Evja to laugh softly. "If I told you of her personality you would think I was slandering her. So I suppose I will simply say she is... blunt, quick to anger, prickly. I... am still unsure why she ever began to care for me of all Viera, let alone any others. As for her hair, it is a light shade of red and she is... I suppose I am bad at judging a humes tone. She does venture into the sun, however, so she is by no means pale."

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn says, "If she's quick to anger... Probably not a ring... A bracer, then... Maybe a design like the wings, with Emerald and Aquamarine settings..." She starts to sketch."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' The logic of no ring for someone quick to anger confused the Judge faintly. "I must inquire as to why you would think a ring would not be suitable for one with the patience of a gnat? Of course, I shall trust your judgment, but... I am curious."

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn says, "Because if you haul back and hit someone while hitting the ring, at best, you'll break the ring. At worst, your finger." She keeps sketching."

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "..." Suddenly Evja starts to laugh at that, feeling rather ignorant for having missed something so simple. "I suppose such is true. Mm... I wonder if it should be something fully themed to her, or perhaps more something of myself, to thank her. What would you suggest?"

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn says, "Well, that's actually something there, too." She smiles. "Aquamarine represents deep friendship, and a desire for that to continue. Emerald represents hope, and superstitions go that wearing it brings love, presence of mind, courage and foresight. In essence, 'you are a good friend, and I wish you nothing but the best'.""

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' It was here that the Viera went quiet, unsure how to actually respond. Mostly because he didn't want to give her any finite message. Sure, he'd told Lia plenty before he was only interested in other Viera and even then... because of obvious 'in hiding' reasons he had no hope to pursue these things. But... Sigh. "I do not wish to hurt her by giving her an answer, so I would prefer nothing of the sort. At least for now."

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn hmms. "I think I see... Perhaps simple clear crystal eyes in a dragon engraving, the wings wrapping around the arm.

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Maybe so. I shall trust you to that, then. Or maybe I am looking too hard into this and in the end she will not even know the difference. I cannot imagine her caring enough to know about such things either." On that thought... "So... how about rubies?"

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn says, "A DEEP red ruby might work, as it does represent passion, and in ancient times, was believed to be the blood of dragons. Which your friend certainly seems to resemble, yes?""

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "I shall find such, then. And... as for the setting, I have a material in mind already. It may be rather hard to work with however, as I imagine you have never had the opportunity to deal with it before." To show exactly what, Evja held his hand out and a large translucent crystal-looking sword appeared. "I was hoping for something that is made out of this material. Judges Steel. I... cannot get you very much of it, but I can obtain it."

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn says, "No, I've never worked with that metal before... I'd need to have a look at some of it to see if I can work what you want me to." She hmms. "Looks like a pretty hard metal, though...""

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "It is a type of glass-like crystalline metal that is as about as moldable as steel, despite being quite a bit stronger. It is one of the rarest materials in my world, found only in one place we are aware of at the moment. So... please, would you be willing to try? Or perhaps even you could work with this mythical weaponsmith and master who can do anything?" That last bit showed just a hint of the Viera's suspicion regarding the smith.

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn says, "I'm certainly not saying *NO*. I'm saying get me a little bit of the metal to work with, and I'll see about shaping it proper? A professional artist needs challenges to stay that way." She looks to him. "Of course, it does mean more work, so I'll have to charge for that. Just making sure you know from the beginning.""

:'''[[Evja]] has posed:''' "Very well then." And with that, Evja shifts and tucks her legs underneath herself before standing, looking around as if thinking about something. "It is getting to be about time I go check up on my Chocobo however. It is about time for his dinner after all and I imagine he cannot wait to enjoy the gyshal I have for him." She stretched and a spot in her back could be heard popping. "Is there anything else you need immediately to plan for such? I... have no excess of this material on me, so I could not give you any now. I only have my weapons at the moment."

:'''[[Lenn]] has posed:''' Lenn nods, "I can wait until we get back home. After all, you know where my 'workshop' is." She smiles, brightly.

Artisanquest: The Jeweler and the Judge

2013-05-02T18:09:26Z

Evja: Evja moved page Artisanquest: The Jeweler and the Judge to Artisanquest: ATE - The Jeweler and the Judge: Marking this as an ATE/SideRP, plust it's FF9-based, so might as well!

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