『 ☆ LIGATURES 。』！！•• - [ in character. ]

[m i s s __ m e r r y]

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXLadies and Gentleman, introducing...

REM ! !
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxXX...Summoner of Team Epic.

❝Once, I watched two birds doing it.❞




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There are four things every girl should do before she dies.

One: Sneak out to meet a boy after dark (bonus points if your pops hates him.)

Two: Take a leak in an ocean. If you are not within the proximity of an ocean, any large body of water will do.

Three: Moon an Esper. In her case, it had been Carbuncle and it had just cocked its head to the side and frolicked away so the effect was somewhat lacking.

And four: Christen your team with the finest bottle of champagne you can't afford.

Rem had seen it been done once on TV with a boat. The guy had smashed a bottle of wine against the hull and then offered a second bottle to the gods of the sea.

Because even Rem had enough sense not to club either Dante or Aries with a champagne bottle, she'd made a rousing toast to the epicness of the newly formed Team Epic and then hit the champagne bottle against the side of a tree instead.

But it wouldn't break. All it did was make an embarrassing thud. She tried three more times before giving up.

“Well that's not what happens in the movies.” Rem had said before shrugging and opening the champagne. In hindsight, maybe it was good thing the bottle couldn't be smashed open-- one should never waste good alcohol. Rem's life tip #28.

Thus, Rem proceeded to head deeper into Corobokkle Forest, chugging champagne out of the bottle as she went.

Unlike her dear husband Kanta who had made a pie-chart of the world's best-looking Espers and strategically grouped the most desirable ones in accordance to his team-mate's abilities and experience, Rem had no plan for which Esper to go to first. She didn't even recall most their names, let alone which ones would be most suitable to her team. She vaguely remembered discussing a phoenix and one that looked like an old man wearing a dress in class, but that was it. Luckily, technology would do most of the thinking for her as she had an Esperdex with her that told her the closest Espers to the Academy were living in the Corobokkle forest.

"To Lumen Spring!" Rem roared in triumph before she lost her balance and had to pause momentarily to prop herself up against a tree. Damn, it was a far walk. True, she had just drunk half a bottle of champagne but she thought that could only help.

Rem took another huge swig of sparkling wine and stumbled back onto the forest pathway.

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Team Kanta was currently gathered inside a quaint little ice cream shop at the bustling seaport of Han Dana Island.

Kanta frowned down at his bowl of vanilla ice cream as he flipped his cell-phone shut. Still no call or text from Rem. He understood there were such things as bad reception and long-distance charges but dammit, he was hoping she'd be the first to apologize. Then again, knowing her, she'd probably forgotten their fight a few days ago-- how he'd caught her smuggling an expensive bottle of champagne in her backpack and accused her of wanting to get drunk and do the nasty with her team-mates.

Kanta reached for the jar of fudge on the table and liberally poured another swirl into his bowl. 'When in doubt,' he thought bitterly, 'ice cream heals all wounds.'

But alas, pursing his lips, Kanta figured it was about time to start the team debriefing. Taking out their map, he laid it on the table in front of them, careful not to get any ice cream on it, and pulled out a laser-pointer from his pocket.

Kanta, being Kanta, had planned their entire trip down to a 'T'. Obviously, he had already informed Mir and Dame that Han Dana was their first destination but it had only just occurred to him however, that it might be a good idea to let his teammates in on his entire game-plan. And so, he had called for a quick huddle.

“As you already know, we're ideally here to find Empyrea.” Kanta stated, using his laser-pointer to circle the island they were presently on in the map. “The ability to heal is, by far, one of the most useful abilities to have. I won't face any level four Esper without It.” He took a bite of his ice cream before continuing on. “While we're here, we can also procure a pact with Siren and Aska.”

Kanta moved his laser-pointer south-west to a large continent. “In the case that we aren't able to find Empyrea on this island, Byzel will be our next stop in locating It. Then Mintos for Shiva--” Here, Kanta began guiding his laser-pointer back over to the eastern countries. “And then possibly Sylph and Martel if we have time.”

Looking extremely pleased with himself, Kanta straightened the cuff of a sleeve and smoothed a wrinkle down his shirtfront, before asking stiffly: “Any questions?”

[farewell sweet prince]

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"Hn."

Eli paused and threw questioning glances to either side before looking down at his map again - completely bewildered by all the unfamiliar markings and complicated directions. For the past thirty-minutes (give or take some), the pair had been wandering around the Corobokkle Forest with little to no success in locating the woodland Esper, Martel. And, to make matters worse, somewhere between now and the last right, Eli had, stupidly, trailed off the prescribed route and guided them into the middle of what would appear to be nowhere. But, determined to make their first hunt a success (and to prove his competency), the brunette was rather reluctant to share this recent development with Jevin, who, thus far, had been following his lead with little to no complaints.

Sucking in his breath and squaring up his shoulders, Eli folded the map, stuck it into his back pocket, and pushed ahead; his eyes squinting to see past all the leaves and foliage. Somehow, this was turning out differently from how he had imagined everything. "I think we're getting closer," he hedged, trying to sound more certain than he felt. He could only hope that by walking in a straight line they would, eventually, run into something or someone. "Yeah, we're getting closer."

Preferably someone to something.

But any confidence he had managed to drum up was quickly depleted when his eyes settled on a familiar-looking tree trunk. Scratched across its graying and peeling bark were the letters "J" and "E" - letters that he and Jevin had put up to avoid becoming lost. "Frick." Exhaling deeply, Eli, slowly (and somewhat embarrassedly), turned to face his partner and friend; his shoulders sagging in dejection as he finally confessed. "Dude, we're so lost."

And even though he was laughing (still trying his hardest to appear cool), Eli looked nervous and unhappy. This wasn't how he had imagined their first trip and the disappointment of reality really hit home hard.

[chinki minaj]

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___________________________________________________________ THIS IS A CELEBRATION, BITCHES— MAZEL TOV!
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Aries frowned. "Can you text Kanta or something and tell him to stop sulking?" she asked Rem, prodding experimentally at a tangle of vines. "Seriously, I can actually hear him thinking miles away, okay, and it's kind of ruining the epicness of this team christening." Team Epic was, of course, a reverently anti-thinking team.

Rem was a cutie, but goddamn, her husband scared the s**t out of Aries. It probably had to do with his creepy huge ears— he could, like, hear all with them or some s**t. She paused, and then— loudly, "Hey, Rem, I would really like to pressure you to have sex with me right now. Everyone's doing it. I won't get you pregnant. You would do it if you loved me."

Satisfied with the knowledge that her words would be reached and keep Kanta awake for nights, Aries grabbed the bottle of champagne that Rem's arm was flailing about with, waggled her eyebrows at her new team mates, and promptly downed a good fourth of the bottle.

"Bottoms up!" she crowed, and surreptitiously filled her flask with champagne and stashed it back into her bag when Rem and Dante weren't looking. You never knew when a self-congratulatory event might arise, after all, and Aries didn't get to drink the good stuff too often.

"Here, babe," she said, holding out the bottle to Dante and grinning at him easily. "We're trying to get Martel, right? So— how environmentally friendly do we have to be to get this chick?" Aries nudged the cork that Rem had tossed over her shoulder immediately upon opening the champagne with her foot pointedly and sniggered. "Come on, you've worked with Earth Girl before— let's hear it. Why do you think we let you on the team?" she teased, knocking the bottle against Dante's knuckles lightly to hint at him to hold it. "Hmm. I guess you're pretty good in the sheets, too, but help us get the damn Esper so I can seduce you in the comfort of a rash-free environment, yeah?"

[farewell sweet prince]

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x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x xCAN YOU, TELL ME HOW WE GOT IN THIS SITUATION
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As usual, Kanta had come prepared with a plan - a habit that Mir had found both useful and likable (it was what had drawn Mir to Kanta in the first place).

Aside from listing their target-Espers and their respective capture-order (most which, as Mir was quick to notice, were confined to the Eastern hemisphere with an efficient path leading back to the academy), the brunette had mapped out the entire course of their journey. But as Kanta went over the details (discussing something rather obvious), Mir zeroed in on several points of interest. This was a good plan, but it was also riddled with rookie mistakes.

"Any questions?"

For a moment, Mir said nothing (he never liked to speak first, in case someone else had a better point), but when Dame - the other avatar on Kanta's team - didn't make any immediate comments, he cleared his throat and, with one gloved finger, traced a circle around the Bashkar Mountains. "With what Espers you listed, taking Shiva would be difficult and largely unsuccessful. It may be better to avoid her, save time, and try Sylph instead. It's not a necessity to possess a level four for the tournament."

Beginners, as Mir discovered, almost always included a high level Esper in their initial pursuit - mistakenly assuming that stronger spirits would offer greater leverage in a fight. It was something that he had, once upon a distant time, also believed in. Tugging at his mask, Mir continued, this time tapping his finger on the Navarre Mountains. "And, out of curiosity, if we are in Byzel for Empyrea, why are we not trying for Titan too? He's a great asset to any team and may prove more useful than Shiva."

But even before the question left his mouth, Mir had the sinking suspicion that he already knew the answer. After all, just as Kanta's use of a laser pointer was easily predictable, so were a few of his other quirks.

[farewell sweet prince]

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x x x x x x x x x x x x x BACK ⇡ SEAT x x : x x ❛D.KEHNTIMENTIU
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x xBUT, UH, IT'S KINDA BEEN FOREVER SINCE I BEEN IN
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The day had started out on a rather regular (and somewhat boring) note before quickly transforming into something on a comedic sitcom that involved miraculous reunions and unbreakable glass.

As Rem toasted the team (probably meaning to sound more encouraging than insane), Dante cast various sideway glances at Aries - silently admiring the view. Before today, he hadn't known which other avatars Rem had managed to secure. Thinking that they would be people closer to her age and class, he hadn't been too interested or concerned. While younger girls were generally more enthusiastic, they were also a hell of a lot more annoying (and at times, a hell of a lot more boring). They always wanted things like attention, flowers, and kisses - things he, at the moment couldn't be assed to care (the divorce had really taken its toll on his bank accounts and his ex-wife's lawyer was about as forgiving as ex-wife). So, when he saw Aries standing by the pink-haired graduate, Dante was, to say the least, pleasantly surprised (and privately welcomed the implied distraction of her presence).

Laughing, Dante took the nearly-empty bottle away from Aries and, like a boss, finished it off. If there was one thing Dante was good at (other than picking up chicks and ******** around), it was drinking. And even though he hated the taste of champagne (it always tasted like rubber chicken and too-ripe oranges to him), he still sighed in content, licking his lips in further show of his enjoyment. To be frank, Dante wasn't into the whole classy cheese-and-wine scene. He was more of a beer guy - ordering things straight from the tap and chugging it down like some frat boy determined to prove how much of a "man" he was.

Yeah, you'd think Dante, at thirty-two, would be a bit more health-conscious and a whole lot more mature.

"I'm excellent in the latter," Dante quipped, easily following up on Aries' remarks, as he draped an arm around the shorter girl, pulling her slimmer body closer to his while his grin widened to reveal the tips of his canines. "And, Aries - did you go back to that old perfume? It smells good - we're going to Lumen Springs for the twins. Not after Martel."

Leaning down and closer to the blonde's ear, Dante, in a staged whisper, said, "Is that a 'no' to outdoor sex then? We can play like Adam and Eve."

Straightening up, the avatar said, louder, "You're more than welcomed to join us, Rem. No husband, no worries - all secrets."

Stashing the empty bottle into his bag (despite Dante's somewhat obnoxious behavior, he really disliked littering - hey, everyone is entitled to one or two unusual, misaligned quirks), the man, with his arm still around Aries, asked, "So, aren't I the luckiest guy alive? Two beautiful girls accompanying me. I think I can die happy now."

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"I knew it." Jevin said flatly. He stalked over to his friend and yanked the map from out of his pocket. "I knew we shouldn't have taken that last right, asshat."

Jevin unfurled the map and squinted down at the markings but had about as much luck deciphering it as Eli had. He quickly crumpled the map back up again and hurled it dramatically to the ground. "This blows more than a cheap imported whore whose rent is due Friday!" Jevin raged before stopping and glancing over at Eli's dejected form. There was a pause in which Jevin's mouth twisted into an uncomfortable expression and then he folded his arms and leaned against a tree trunk.

“You are so hopeless.” Jevin sighed, rummaging around in his pocket for a granola bar. “I swear you'd lose your own d**k if it weren't always in your hand.” Smirking slightly, he tossed the snack at Eli for him to catch. “Eat up bro, you gotta keep up your strength while we get this s**t on the road.”

His tone was cold and bored, but there was a warmth in his eyes that betrayed him. The Jevin Paradox. Crunchy outside, creamy center.

A sudden thought immediately sprung into mind. Straightening up, Jevin walked back over to Eli and casually took the Esperdex from his friend's pocket. “What did it say about Martel again?” He questioned, pressing a few buttons and scrolling through the display screen for Martel's stats.

“Hey, maybe instead of trampling around trying to find her and getting lost again, what if we can somehow get her to come to us?” Jevin looked up from the screen at Eli with a shrug.

[farewell sweet prince]

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x I AM A SEXY BEAST!
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x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x HEY, HEY — LOOK x x ♛ x x IT`S ELI. !
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"It was supposed to have been a shortcut," Eli protested, sulking harder when the blond shot out a few more choice insults all involving something inappropriate.

But as Eli bent over to pick up the crumpled piece of paper (even though they were lost, it was still a good idea to keep the map on hand. In case - well, in case they managed to, somehow, get back onto route), the flying granola bar ended up hitting him square on the head before bouncing to the floor. "What the hell, man!?"

"Eat up bro, you gotta keep up your strength while we get this s**t on the road."

Rubbing the back of his head and mumbling incoherent curses, Eli stashed the slightly warm and somewhat mushy bar into his knapsack - he'd save it for later, dropping it right beside the bagels he had smuggled out of the cafeteria. Even though the cafeteria served generous portions and always allowed students to take a few items out, Eli always acted as if stealing twenty bagels from the breakfast stand made him a big-time thug.

Real G, brah.

"Hey, maybe instead of trampling around trying to find her and getting lost again; what if we can somehow get her to come to us?"

Coming out of his fantasy of being recognized as the notorious bagel-thief of Kamisad (he'd have an entire home - no, mansion - built from the stolen bagels), Eli blinked dully at his friend before snatching the machine from Jevin's grasp.

He didn't know why he did that, but it made him feel good so he pretended like he knew what Jevin was looking at. Despite having been taught how to use the Esperdex, Eli actually had no idea how to make use of the information it provided. For starters, he didn't understand why the Esperdex couldn't have a sensor program that LED them to an Esper. Useless piece of crap.

The concept didn't sound bad, but the practice of it sounded difficult and Eli wasn't up to thinking about solutions. Right now, he just wanted a break, play some video games, and maybe eat a slice of cheesecake. "Alright, so... what do you want to do? We can set this place on fire or do a rain dance... Maybe if we just called out her name... repeatedly, she'd come to us. You know, like a lost dog or something..."

Stomping over to another bushy part of the clearing, Eli lifted up the leaves and yelled out the spirit's name - hoping that he'd find something other than trees and patches of ugly-looking flowers, but when he pulled away the blockage, there was nothing but trees and more trees in the not-so distant horizon.

"I hate this."

It hasn't even been 24 hours since the start of their "real" journey to being summoners and avatars and Eli was already beginning to feel the pinch of damning failure. "We should be able to be like: COME TO US, FREAKING OLD a** SPIRITS OF THIS GOD FORSAKEN FOREST."

[paper peony]

____________________MASON CAEN - GYNOPHOBIAC & SUMMONER OF TEAM ???. __"PLEASED TO MEET YOU. JUST DON'T TOUCH ME."



Mason stopped at the entrance of the forest and collapsed. He lay on the grass, back slightly moving up as he took in deep breathes to steady his heart rate. Maybe (breathe) we should have (breathe) rented (breathe) some bikes...(siigh) The boy rolled onto his back and took in one last deep breath, releasing the air slowly through his lips. Much better.

The freshly graduated Summoner had decided that it'd be a good idea to make his first official pact with Martel, seeing as she was of the Earth element and Kent, his new avatar and friend, had an affinity to the same element. His father always told him it was a good idea to make pacts with espers of the same element affinity as the avatars in your team and, being the good son that he was, he was going to follow his father's advice. After learning that Martel was environmentally friendly, Mason's first official order as leader of Team Whatever was to run all the way to Corobokkle Forest because that was the earth friendly thing to do and plus, it was good training. Before he let his companions complain, the boy had already bolted from the gates of Kamisad, yelling for them to keep up, and was on his way towards the forest.


Once he regained his breath, Mason did kip-up and landed perfectly on his feet before straightening up. He rested a hand on his forehead to block the sun away and looked ahead, hoping to see Kent or Pippa in the distance. Not seeing Kent's brute figure or Pippa's fiery red hair, Mason shrugged and sat down cross-legged on the grass.

Mm, they're pretty slow. Might have to give them some hard training after the pact... He mused, as he put his hands together to form a hollow square. Assuming his usual meditation pose, Mason closed his eyes and searched for his center.

Mason's golden rule: when there's nothing to do, meditate.

waddup.

[paper peony]

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__________________________ROMANTIC & SUMMONER OF TEAM ???

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"Oh, stop it! Hehe, you're so silly!"

Clover sat at a picnic table in the Quad with her body leaning against the edge and her fingers curled gently on her cheek while her chin rested in the palm of her hand. Her eyes were glossed over, indicating her dreamy state, as she re-enacted cute scenes of her and her one true love in the depths of her mind. A content smile rested on her lips as she continued to wonder and dream, her heart fluttering at all the romantic gestures she could think of. She was in a state of total bliss and tranquility, and nothing could bring her out of it unless... a door was loudly pushed open and through it came a bunch of loudmouthed teenagers.

And that's exactly what happened.

Clover snapped out of her reverie and darted her head towards the people who ruined her daydreaming. She shot them a glare and watched as they continued walk across the Quad towards the far west end and talk loudly all the way. She huffed, turning back towards the table and shook her head. "Teenagers..."

Now that she wasn't busy daydreaming, Clover recalled the notebook she had taken out from her bag earlier and looked at it as it lay on the table, untouched. The girl had gotten so distracted with her dreamt-up romances that she hadn't come up with a strategy for the journey she and her two new avatars were about to embark on. She rubbed her mess of fiery red hair and slammed her forehead onto the book, stressed that she couldn't think of what to do. The girl went about banging her head several times before abruptly stopping after coming up with an idea. She grabbed the pen and quickly started to scrawl words onto the blank page.

"Team _____ Wonderful Quest to Winning the Tournament!" She spoke the title outloud as she wrote it down, doodling a small heart next to the exclamation point afterwards. She then went down a couple of lines and marked a dash, "Step One: Figure out a Team name." Okay, good start to the plan. Clover marked another dash underneath, "Step Two: ..Hmmmm. . ." She was having trouble with this one and began tapping the pen on the page over and over again as she thought.

"Step Two..... Hey, wait a minute." A thought suddenly occured to her as she was thinking: where were her avatars? Clover remembered telling them to meet in the Quad and yet, they both were nowhere to be found. The girl dropped her pen and looked around the Quad, seeing no familiar face in the area. "I hope they didn't forget." Was all she thought before picking up the pen again and beginning to doodle hearts on the page. She was sure Anita and Livadia would come soon, hopefully...

Clover continued to draw hearts on her notebook until she was drawn back into dreamland with a blush slowly forming on her cheeks and a smile spreading wider and wider across her face.

[Ocoo]

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“So, you all know what we’re doing, right?” Besides, obviously, being whisked away to Corobokkle Forest in Mona’s crappy SUV. Just like half of the Academy seemed to be doing, minus the crappy SUV, and the whisking part.

To be honest, it had been kind of awkward so far. They were like that one group of rejects that were just together by default. Like, the breakfast club of teams. Not that they were the crap pack or anything, but Nadia had that thing about the phoenix, and Fleur looked like she was fifteen, and Mona herself actually was like fifteen. Neither of them really screamed, ‘I KNOW WHAT THE ******** I’M DOING.’

Mona glanced at the avatar in the backseat in the rearview mirror, and then to the one sitting beside her in the passenger seat. Apparently they though her question was rhetorical.

Thunk!

Oops. They were off road. Only partially, really; nothing a swerve to the left couldn’t fix. Oh yeah. Her driving skills were right on par with her leadership skills.

“I’m new at driving, you know. Don’t blame me.” Mona said, for the sixth time since the start of their little road trip. She really was new. Like, probably-shouldn’t-be-driving-right-now new. But they were almost to where they were going, so who really cared?

“Anyway, we’re off to the forest to get a pact with Aselia and Nariki. You know the mermaid chicks. After that, we’re going to find Rassius for Nadia- you’re probably going to have to duel him, but I’m sure you’re good enough to pull it off. Then we train for a bit, especially you, Nadia. You’re going to have to be handle two espers at once, which shouldn’t be too hard, right?” There was a glance towards Nadia (a really quick one), and then back to the road to make sure they were still on it. “All this is so we can kick Leviathan’s a**. Then with his watery awesomeness, we can drown that creepy lightning sage ********. Sound good?”

It sounded real good. Tournament winning good.

[The Night Owl]

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Nadia blew off Mona's question, pretending that she hadn't heard her in the first place while staring out
of the SUV's window until - thunk! As the rickety vehicle hit a rough patch, the nineteen year old
slammed her forehead into the window. "Agh! s**t!" Nadia exclaimed suddenly, pulling away from
the glass and gently rubbing her reddening forehead. When Mona jerked the wheel back to the left to fix it,
Nadia fell into the door again. "Zeibel!" The avatar cursed, using their god's name in vain. She quickly
sat back up and yanked on her seat belt, forcing the safety lock to take effect so that Mona couldn't throw her around anymore.

“I’m new at driving, you know. Don’t blame me.” From the passenger side seat, Nadia shot a brief glare
at Mona. If that had been the problem then why hadn't she asked Nadia or Fleur to drive?! Instead of
voicing her annoyance, the avatar sighed. There was no point in doing a Chinese fire drill now since they
were already almost to their first destination.

Nadia listened silently as Mona reviewed the plan. The mermaids were two espers that Nadia had met
with her last summoner. Based on what she remembered, they really wouldn't be a problem to get a pact
with. Nadia let her gaze flit over to Mona as the summoner addressed her directly. "After that, we’re going
to find Rassius for Nadia- you’re probably going to have to duel him, but I’m sure you’re good enough to
pull it off. Then we train for a bit, especially you, Nadia. You’re going to have to be handle two espers at
once, which shouldn’t be too hard, right?”

"It shouldn't." Nadia responded thoughtfully, placing a firm grasp on the sword she'd brought with her.
The avatar had been using it for years but she'd never pursued Rassius before. It hadn't been one of
her former summoner's plans because he too had been determined to obtain Phoenix.

“All this is so we can kick Leviathan’s a**. Then with his watery awesomeness, we can drown that creepy
lightning sage ********. Sound good?” Nadia raised a brow at Mona. It sure as hell sounded like Nadia was
going to do all the work.

"Shouldn't Fleur try to get the lightning guy herself? And last time I checked, water conducts lightning so
drowning the 'creepy lightning sage ********' isn't exactly going to work." Nadia concluded then added, "Unless
you want all of us to fry then sure, your plan sounds awesome." The avatar was sure that Mona
wouldn't appreciate her sarcasm but if the dark haired girl didn't point out the flaw now, her summoner
would get them all killed. 'Well, that is if we can survive her driving to even get to the lightning esper.' Nadia
thought, gently rubbing her sore forehead again.

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Disgusting. To Dame, ice cream had always been the frozen, sickly-sweet bedfellow of nausea. So naturally, watching others stuff their faces with it was a repulsing site. But she said nothing, not even as Kanta slathered his bowl of solid fat with liquid sugar. There wasn’t even a twitch. Her teammates did not need to know she could barely stand the sight of them consuming non-vegan foods. So she just sat their, idly staring at the opposite wall.

Finally, after pouring another dollop of crap posing as chocolate, he moved onto business. His plan was expectedly flawed; it lacked direction, and the only way it capitalized on either avatar’s abilities was almost certainly doomed for failure. However, she listened intently all the way through, and remained silent even when Kanta opened the floor for questions. She trusted Mir to voice these concerns, and in a much gentler way than she could. And he did, with some variance.

“I agree with Mir. Mostly. It think, however, Shiva would be a great enough asset to at least attempt to make a pact with her.” Besides the want to cover for her own inadequacies, Shiva was certainly one of the most versatile of all the elemental espers. Still, Dame could hardly make the claim that she was necessary.

She paused for a few moments before continuing, “I’ve told you on more than one occasion that I will be most useful with either Titan or Bahamut, neither of which are far from you plotted course, so I suggest we acquire a pact with at least one of them. And I think from my previous experience with Bahamut, we would stand a fair chance to get Shiva.”

Dame knew as well as Mir did that this suggestion would conflict with Kanta’s petty fixation with beauty, but she more than willing to argue for it. The benefit of the whole team, after all, came before Kanta’s personal desires.



DAME, AVATAR of team KANTA

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“Let us take a little seed... Plant it gently; water it well...” Martel sang sweetly out-loud to herself as she knelt down on the forest floor and carefully patted the soil over several seeds she had just planted. “Little seedling, nestled in the ground, grow up safe and sound...”

Martel suddenly stopped singing. Did someone just call out her name?

She paused, craning her ears against the sounds of the forest.

"COME TO US, FREAKING OLD a** SPIRITS OF THIS GOD FORSAKEN FOREST."

Martel frowned slightly and picked up her watering can. Oh no no no, that just won't do! That type of language did not belong here. How were her plants supposed to grow and thrive in such a hostile environment?

Taking off in the direction of that terrible voice, Martel eventually came upon two young human males standing in a small clearing. One seemed to be pacing around in agitation.

“Excuse me.” Martel said, a kind but stern look on her face as she raised a finger to her lips in a shushing gesture, “Please keep your voices down. This is a place of peace and tranquility.”

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Jevin boredly watched as Eli thumped around, yelling his head off.

“Don't be a dipshit man,” he sighed, unwrapping a piece of gum and popping it in his mouth. “She's a ******** tree-hugger right? Let's just do some s**t to prove to her how one with the planet we are. Like.. ********, I don't know... pick up trash or something...”

Jevin happened to glance down at the gum wrapper he'd toss to the ground and guiltily bent over to pick it up.

“I hate this.”

“Whoop-dee-doo.” Jevin twirled his finger in the air, mimicking the turning of the earth.

"We should be able to be like: COME TO US, FREAKING OLD a** SPIRITS OF THIS GOD FORSAKEN FOREST."

“Settle the ******** down.” Jevin snapped his gum and pushed himself off the tree trunk he'd been leaning against. “No seriously – can I get you something?” He added with mock-eagerness. “Tylenol? Gum? Tampons for your a**, maybe?”

Jevin didn't get to finish the rest of his verbal exchange. At that moment, the bushes in front of Eli rustled and a shot of adrenaline burst through Jevin's limbs.

In half-a-second, Jevin had placed himself in front of Eli – knives out, in a subtle battle-ready stance. But almost instantly, the fierce expression on his face melted away to one of utter shock at seeing Martel of all beings – alive and in the flesh – reprimanding them from where she stood just outside the clearing. To think that Eli had actually done something useful..

Woah.

“..Woah.”