Kingdom Hearts : Heartfelt Adventure {Day 8 ; Invite Only}

[Je suis a toi]

[HT ~ Sewers ~ Labyrinth of Nightmares]

Noelle didn't want to just tear off a piece of Al's clothes and wipe her bloody hands on it, so she just rubbed them on her skirt knowing that it would clean itself. Then Jo and Louis started snapping at eachother and she felt caught in the middle. Then came the 'we have a lady with us, that would make it our job as gentleman to watch out for her well being' comment. Oh no, she was not going to just take that. Sure she was a girl but she was a highly competetive one that prided herself in her abilities.

"Eh?! Ch-gneh, pffff, no!" She spluttered defiantly, trying to get words out, "I may be a lady but I sure as hell am no debutant! A little help is good but I don't need some guy throwing his coat over puddles for me."

The agromancer tried not to be too harsh, keeping her tone light to avoid Louis feeling like they were ganging up on him. Jo and he already didn't agree with eachother, she didn't need to contribute. Plus, she didn't think he could be that bad, he just needed a chance was all. But even so, she wouldn't just let him think that she needed a gentleman watching out for her well being.

"Here, gimme a sec." She said, trying not to interrupt Al's work as she dug in her seed pouch and pulled out a few impossibly small seeds.

Summoning her spear, she hit the stone ground with the butt end of it. A mound of earth pushed up from underneath it, breaking through the stone. The agromancer dropped the small seeds into the little hole and grabbed the larger pieces of stone that had just been taken from the sewer chamber. She used her magic to shape the pieces of stone into a small canteen-like bottle with a top and an engraving on the side (something harder to do than she expected; Noelle moved large mounds, not small flecks for detail work.). As she did so one of her "golden pitcher" plants grew from the seeds she dropped, but it looked slightly different. She added honeysucke seeds this time to see if the nectar that would be added to her organic healing mixture would make the usually bitter taste be sweeter. The blonde pulled the three pitchers the plant produced and poured each one into the stone canteen before holding it out to Louis.

"There. We're going to have to split up, it would be foolish not to. But now you don't have to worry about healing, I've got your back." She smiled.

Noelle's smile quickly faded however when she saw Bobbi come down as well. She was going to move towards her to help but Jo was still healing her knees. "Oh! Jo, go help Bobbi, I'm fine now."  

[AldrickZearse]

[HT: Sewers: Labyrinth of Nightmares]

Joseph looked at the handiwork of his healing, nodding in approvement, before heading over to Bobbi. He was biting the inside of his lip even more. Splitting up? More splitting up? Oh, he was not happy about it. But, of course, it's not like anyone would really notice his worry unless they noticed his jaw had been basically locked into place.

After reaching the Archer, Joe knelt down, placing his hands over her, his body on autopilot as he started healing her...though, she wasn't that hurt. Physically, at least, from what his magic could tell.

"Uh...Bobbi? You okay?...Want a hug?"  

[phoenixianCrystallist]

{Bobbi .:. HT .:. Sewage and muck Labyrinth of Nightmares}

A little mewling sound escaped Bobbi as she huddled in her ball for a bit. It took her a moment to register exactly what Jo was saying, and even then she had to force her mind to get out of panic-mode.

"F-f-f-fine," she managed to stammer out, rolling over so that she was facing the floor. The blessed, slime-covered, disgusting floor! "No hugs. J-just don't... don't like vertigo... falling... whatever. Dun like it. Is bad. Real bad. Need legs to stop shaking so can stand. I'm not going near a cliff for the rest of the week. Heights are awesome and all, 's just... falling... System error, brb*."

As she spoke, she seemed to be getting more coherent, until the last statement which basically meant "I'll be fine in a sec."

*pronounced b-r-b, not burb  

[AldrickZearse]

[HT: Sewers: Labyrinth of Nightmares]

Couldn't help it. Joe gave Bobbi a strange look. He wasn't used to people saying 'System error, brb'. Then again, he guessed most people wouldn't be used to that. Oh well.

Assuming nothing could really be done, he stood, dusting off his hands and looking back at Louis and Noelle. "Do we really have to...you know...split up?" He wasn't scared, no really. Just...worried. Then again, fighting as a group in a maze like this? Not practical, nor safe, so...yeah. "I guess we do...," he said with a sigh.  

[fractalJester]

[Kyle : HT : Labyrinth of Nightmares]

"Well... the paths are all-" he began, only to be interrupted by the sound of more sliding. Quickly glancing behind him, he saw Nanaki get spit out of the tunnel, and make an all-too-familiar stance. Kyle had raised plenty of cats and dogs. He knew what came next.

"Guhblah!" Kyle spat out, immediately turning away and ducking his head down as Nanaki sent sewage flying on all of them. The clothing would get rid of it in a matter of moments, but uggggggggggggh.

"No, no injuries, Red. Just...," he began, tossing the Starlight sphere down one of the open doorways. As it hovered down the pathway, its light reflected off the walls and revealed what Kyle had feared.

"The paths are too narrow for any more than one person," he explained, groaning as the Starlight sphere dissipated without an explosion. "We could try and stick together, but if we ran into any sort of trouble, it would just become a train wreck..."

"So that means we have to split up... you guys each have your potions, right?"

[Sora : HT : Labyrinth of Nightmares]

"Wires?" Sora asked, looking to James with a face revealing his confusion. Stepping forward, he lightly waved his Keyblade through the doorway- only to get zapped the moment it touched the wires. Sora jumped lightly, but shook his head and began to head into a different path.

"Hopefully we'll run into the others... but these paths are too small for any more than one-per," Sora muttered, looking back to the others with a reassuring smile. "But we'll all be fine, I'm sure. We're the heroes, we always win!"

And with that upbeat comment, Sora vanished into the shadowy corridor that lead into one of the labyrinthine paths....  

[Kaegoe]

[Dawn : HT : Labyrinth]

Dawn glanced over at James hearing him make his observation.

"How many carrots did you eat this morning, to find that out?" she asked in a sarcastic question to her friend, "I can't see any wires."

With that she took a step forward, unconsciously putting her right hand to her side, onto one of the wires as she stepped through the doorway in front of her.

"Ouch!" she cried out as she pulled her hand to chest holding it there, from that one shock her hair had started frizzing up, "Just great..." she reached up to pat it down. She failed miserably at the attempt and gave up with a growl before she turned to the others,

"Well good luck in there..." Dawn said just as Sora left.

With that she summoned one of her fans to her left hand before walking into her chosen path.  

[RhikoDemson]

[[Louis : HT : Labyrinth of Nightmares]]

Louis took the pitcher-like plant and held it in front of him, looking at it with somewhat curious eyes, but when his eyes looked up from it and got that momentary glimpse of her smile, his eyes paled. Not this feeling again, uuugghh... I think I'm going to be sick, "Uh, well, alright then. Thank you very much. I guess you have things covered here," he looked to Al and Bobbi, "I'll go ahead in then if there are no objections. Everyone... take care. I'll see you on the other side!" Louis waved with a free hand, holding the pitcher in the other as he slipped through one of the doors towards the middle of the semi circle.

 

[phoenixianCrystallist]

{Bobbi .:. HT .:. Labyrinth of Nightmares}

"'N why can't we go single-file down the tunnels? Follow one after the other?" the Archer asked, her speech slurring a little since she was still basically rebooting. With tremendous effort, she managed to shove herself into a sitting position, and reached up towards Jo to find a handhold.

"You, c'mere and be a handily placed, non-slimy wall for me so I can stand," she said groggily. As soon as she got to her feet and began walking without fear of falling again she'd be alright.

"Anyway, what's-his-name up there could take point, then Noelle, then me, then Jo. If anything sneaks up from behind Jo could take it out, if we get ambushed Louis could handle it. As for me an' Noelle, she could Agromance anything coming to attack us if the boys can't handle it, and I can shoot my arrows above your heads at anything far off down the hall. Also, I throw spiky ice balls of death. It makes more sense to stick as a group, or at least take a partner so everyone has their backs covered."

Seemed logical to her.

{Nanaki .:. HT .:. Labyrinth of Nightmares}

Nanaki winced as he saw the sewage he had shaken off of himself land on the others. He'd forgotten for a moment that it would fling that far.

"My apologies," he said about the muck. "But thank goodness no one has been hurt in the slide."

As Kyle mentioned the paths and the potions, Nanaki gave the best frown his features could manage.

"Do I look like I have pockets?" he retorted, then sighed. "I suppose should I run into any issues, I shall just have to make due. Unless..."

He looked straight at Jenny. He remembered her "weapon" was a flute, and she primarily had effect magic, not attack magic. She would need protection, he was sure. Kyle and Zeba he knew had perfectly reasonable weapons, however Jenny could probably use a pair of teeth and set of claws to make sure no Heartless took her down.

"How would you feel about having a bodyguard, miss?"

((Please don't tell me I'm the only one who thought of the single-file-down-the-hall thing?))  

[Je suis a toi]

[HT ~ Labyrinth of Nightmares]

Noelle frowned a little at Louis quickly made his exit. Awesome, guess not. Looks like you don't need us. She looked over to Bobbi and shook her head.

"No, I still think sticking together is a bad idea." Noelle told her walking over to help her; she looked as if she would fall over at any second. "It would take us way too long to get through. Plus, what if the one we take doesn't lead to an exit but a dead end instead? There would be a higher likelihood of one of us getting through if we split up."

The agromancer was about to go to her own pathway when the pathway Louis had taken became blocked. A door moved up from the ground and shut off the entrance. Once an entrance was taken by one person, another could not access it because it would become blocked off.

"Looks like following after people really isn't an option, heh . . ."

((Juuuust because it wasn't obvious enough before. XD))  

[RhikoDemson]

[[Louis : HT : Labyrinth of Nightmares]]

Louis jumped as the walls closed in behind him, "Oh, interesting... the bug bag isn't even giving us the option of sticking together, beautiful. Well, I suppose I can work with this though..." Louis kept walking a good bit taking his first turn.

Mateus...

Nothing but silence...

Mateus!

I thought you cut off your connections to me...

Not right now Mateus. You should already be aware by now that Ultima is nowhere to be found. We're not in any immediate range that she would sense you at this level of connection, not to mention I'm not accessing any of your powers, so there should be little to no emissions.

Fair enough, now, tell me... where have you gotten yourself?

Ooogie Boogie's trap... he's captured everyone as far as I can tell, and brought them all into his madhouse.

Fine situation you've gotten yourself into.

I don't need you to tell me that Mateus. Besides, I didn't bring you out here for advice, I wanted to talk to you about something I've been thinking about.

Thinking? You do that?

"Mateus... I don't have the patience for jokes right now..." Louis growled out loud.

What is it you want Louis?

Well, as I said... I've been doing a little thinking... about those soldiers...  

[AldrickZearse]

[HT: Sewers: Labyrinth of Nightmares]

He watched Louis leave, watched the door shut, then looked from Noelle to Bobbi. Physically, his brow was furrowed(I like furrowing my brow, apparently...) and his jaw was locked into place. Even his shoulders had squared.

Mentally, Joe was like &^$(*)*#$%()&^)(&%@)(#&^$%(&%)(&$%()$&)(%&#$)(%&$#)%*&$)(#.

With a sigh, Joe went to a doorway, standing in it and looking back at the two girls. Either he went now, or he'd procrastinate. "Hey...you two be careful. And make sure you get out of this place. Otherwise, I'll have to drag you out by your ears, and you won't like that."

And with that, he dashed forward into the doorway.

Of course, this exit would've been more epic if he didn't yelp in pain before the door completely shut. He'd run into a wire...  

[phoenixianCrystallist]

((... *^%)*# !@&% frikkin' *)^%)@^$ frackin' (*% ^)!#^% gersh dern *$%@#% POOP!!!))

{Bobbi .:. HT .:. Labyrinth of Nightmares}

Bobbi accepted Noelle's hand up, and cursed audibly when the door slammed behind Louis. In for a lamb... Or at least she thought that was the start of one of those age-old sayings. It seemed appropriate. Like herding a flock of sheep, apparently.

"I jinxed it," she growled. "Dammit, Bobbi, learn to keep your mouth shut!"

She stood as tall and straight as she possible could for someone who was still shaking from a bad fall, but she managed to face Joe with some dignity at least.

"Yeah, well, last one out has to make dinner!" she said as he left.

Myew... I don't want to go through one of those door-tunnel-thingies. My legs're still wobbly, and I don't trust the glass walls... she thought to herself, biting her lip as Joe's door shut. She of course either hadn't been there, or hadn't been coherent enough to know about the zappy wires of d00m. She was going to have such a fun time figuring those out~  

[fractalJester]

[Jafar ; Guards : LoD : Throne Room]

-Kichi (3)-

The guards were out for the count after the final blows, their blades dropping from their loose hands.

[5, 11 to go]

-Kyle (2)-

The blow to his chin did far more than disorient the guard, as the mere jolt caused by the strain in his neck sent him to the ground, knocking his head on the hard floor; he was unconscious, without a doubt.

[6 down, 10 to go]

-Leon / Shang (Four 1)-

The second guard that had come at Leon was knocked cold from the force of the blow.

The knocked out guard fell to the floor, just as the remaining one felt a rush of resolve. "I cannot allow you to harm the Emperor, traitor!"

[8 down, 8 to go]

-John / Amy / Riku / Mulan/Mushu (3)-

The guard Amy had shot gasped in pain- a pain he'd never experienced as the magic bullet tore through his knee- and went unconscious from the sheer shock.

The guard that had been going for Kyla, on the contrary, was knocked flat on his back from the blow to his face by Riku, unconscious.

Covering his face to block the smoke, he was caught off guard by the low blow, forcing him to the ground. However, it was hardly enough to knock him out, and in his outrage, he swung blindly at her, though it wasn't close enough to actually hit her. John's Stun attack had hit the guard that was going for Mulan, knocking him to the ground and shocking him into unconsciousness.

[11 down, 5 to go]

- Demyx [FINISH THEM!] -

The remaining guards, in the middle of all their attacks, were knocked out by the sudden appearance of Demyx's clones, which clobbered and smothered them, though they were only unconscious.

All that was left now was Jafar, who seemed to be a more pleased than disappointed...  

[fractalJester]

[Jafar : LoD : Throne Room]

"Well, I must thank you," he said, his lips curling into a wicked, tight smirk. The ruby eyes of the snake scepter seemed to gleam, despite the lack of lightning in the room to make such a shine. He tapped the ground with it three times. "After all, witnesses can be such a hassle..."

Suddenly, ground itself turned black for just a moment, covered in a thick fog of darkness that came just above the fighters' ankles. The guards, however, were almost completely hidden from sight.

There was a loud, simultaneous shout of pain from the guards on the floor... and the dark fog vanished. As did their bodies, leaving behind only the tainted hearts that had once filled them. They all hovered lightly before flying over to Jafar, all but one of them being absorbed into the staff. The one remaining became completely enveloped in the Darkness-

Even if they had tried to interfere, a number of those below would have seen the light, protective gleam around Jafar- he was untouchable right now.

The last remaining heart rose into the air, a sphere of darkness covering it entirely until finally it began to take shape...

A white-and-gold armored Heartless fell onto the ground, towering over them, his six arms reaching out to his side, the middle pair holding a massive pair of curved blades. Some of the Earthlings may have recognized the monstrosity... the Heartless that was Kurt Zisa.

"Time to perish, meddlesome rats!" Jafar announced, a sadistic, joyous grin on his features as glowing spheres appeared in the two top hands of the Heartless. Magic and Special Abilities were completely unusable for the party.

Before there was any time to set up a plan of attack, Kurt Zisa swept his two massive scimitars across the room, aiming to hit each and every one of them.

[[Remember, Kurt is supposed to be really big. Almost as tall as a Darkside.]]  

[Psalm Grasshopper]

((Kurt Zisa Battle, starts at 1:00. For future reference. Remember the optional Agrabah fight? That's him. A secret boss of KH II I. Also, if Cloud seems overpowered, just tell me so. I'll edit.))

[Amy ; Cloud ; LoD : Throne Room]

The guards were now taken care of, all still alive -she assumed- but very much out of the fight. It looked like they had all been knocked unconscious, even though she hadn't really been able to see all the fights. Her blood was pumping faster from the sudden rush of the fight, but it wasn't over yet; she turned to the last remaining opponent, Jafar, and aimed her guns at him.

"Why, I must thank you," he said, seemingly addressing them all, "After all, witnesses can be such a hassle..."

Cloud lifted his sword up to block an incoming attack from above, pushing his weapon back down and from side to side to knock the other attacker back a bit, and disorient the first, and then watched as the two guards fighting him were taken out, not by any technique of his own, but by Demyx. Now all he needed to do is get closer to Jafar...

She screamed out as the guard's hearts were taken, all except one, and fired on Jafar. An overwhelming sense of guilt fell upon her, like it had been their fault the hearts were taken, her fault for beating them up to the point they couldn't defend against this wicked man. It was illogical to blame herself, of course, but... if she hadn't shot him in the knee, he wouldn't have been unconcious on the floor, wouldn't have been killed-

Her shots bounced harmlessly off Jafar's barrier.

What came before was enough to make her angry. What came next was enough to make her blanch, the color draining from her face as she recognized this latest Heartless. The thing was nearly three times as tall as Sora, and one of it's 'arms' alone was at least as long as the spikey haired hero. She remembered a bit about not being able to use Sora's magic... and orbs. Yeah, those orbs he had just formed.

"Time to perish, meddlesome rats!"

She realized she was staring, jaw open, at the huge creature, just as he started swinging his scimitars. She went from 'stupid jaw hanging open' to 'bug eyed shock' in the space of a second.

OH SHI- She attempted to dodge roll out of the way, but it might have been too late.

Cloud, meanwhile, was blocked from getting to Jafar by the appearance of Kurt Zisa. Moving out of instinct, as the creature didn't give enough time for a preemptive strike, Cloud jumped over the scimitar swinging in his direction, hitting it with his own sword to give him a boost to jump higher and clear the swipe. While in the air, he struck the creature twice. When he landed, he was still moving.