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

[Kaegoe]

[Dawn : HT : Guillotine Square -> The Waterway]

Dawn listened to Jack nodding a little before she followed the group. When they got to the waterway. She didn't mind the water bit, she didn't mind getting wet. But if there were fish down there, that was a different matter all together.

She shivered at the idea of fish. As much as she knew there were no fish in Halloween Town.... as she knew. There were bugs though, and they needed to be squashed.

"Sooo...." she said as she came over and stood next to James, "Anyone remember the bug spray?"

[Mulan & Mushu : LoD : Imperial Square -> Palace Gates -> Throne Room]

Mulan walked silently by Shang's side, out of the Imperial Square and through the palace gates. As she walked glanced back at the group that brought back with him. She couldn't help but smile at the lightheartedness of them all.

She turned to look in front of her as they entered the Throne Room. She bowed quickly and lowered her head. His voice was not as harsh as before, but he was still different then the normal.

Mulan looked up into the Emperor's eyes as she prepared to answer his question.

"They arrived here with Riku," she said in a steady voice, "I am afraid it was the only way to get him to come to see you, you're Excellency."  

[Mizz_FUJIN]

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[Maggie - Palace Gates > Throne Room ]
[Current flaw Noted - Anxiety]

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Maggie paced herself up the steps, it was almost an automatic motion. She didn't know why she was here, she was following, she didn't know what the outcome was gunna be, only Destiny knew.

She caught what looked like a disoriantated Demyx, his nervous jitters that he seemed to be producing, as if over compensating, was somewhat endearing to the girl, it took her out of her own critical self analysis in order to explore his own. 'I guess even Nobodys have their...' Then a horrible thought hit her.

'Zexion... Now Demyx, Now Axel?
Zexion's trusted enough, but what about these guys? Can we trust them? everyone else seems too, I don't really want to see them as bad guys. Getting to know them would be pretty cool then I could stop with this over judgemental nonsence. It's not like they plan to brake us up from the inside out...Do they?'

Her thoughts were her own at this stage, flesh eating bacteria that grinded at her scull untill she would give it her full attention. At this stage, conversing with people for the sake of being sociable would be jarring and dammit! She knew she was being anti-social, not to mention feeling the unwelcomed anxiety of being too clingy to Kyla. She felt she was deserting herself from others and it weighed her down like a cold bag of sick.

As she got close enough to hear just about the end of Li Shang's speech. She began to ponder escape routes in order to sort her head out, however each out come looked grim 'I'd like to stay too, But i'm a reprisentative of Earth, I have to set a good example.' Her mind mumbled too her as she got close enough to hear just about the end of Li Shang's speech.

Trying too peice together her scattered thoughts, she finally came to the conclusion..She was just anxious. Overly anxious, incredibly anxious.

Throne Room.

Maggie was in total awe, this would proably be the closest to Royalty she was ever going to get
Her immediate reaction to being under such high presitge was too immediatly show the highest sign of respect for him-in this case, a bow. she got on her knees and dipped her head to the floor almost screaming 'We're not worthy!' at the top of her lungs.

'This is right? Right?' She was too nervous too bob her head up too see if anyone else was doing it, so she meerly stayed commited to that position, holding it till the emperor said otherwise.

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[Beatrix: Imperial Square - Palace Gates - Throne Room]

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The General seemed to follow along without much of a complaint, her observations were on the movements of the group, some people were more open to conversation than others, typical and compeletly normal teenage behaviour. Her amber coloured hair bounced to the rythem of her steps as she scaled the heights of the Palace, she seemed to be even more awed by the building as the gates creaked open, as she followed the group into the throne room, Beatrix could only fathom one word.

"Glorious" She uttered weakly.

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[Yuffie:- Palace Gates]

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Yuffie grinded her teeth as the gargantuante doors slammed before her, with that being said, the ninja took a seat on one of the railings, rocking from side to side for maximum comfortablity. And getting 'comfortable' with the palace guards outside wouldn't go a miss either. "Hey Mac, whats up?" She said casually, if a bit too casual, she wasnt expecting a reply so her eyes shifted toward the sky beyond.  

[RhikoDemson]

[[Louis : HT : Waterway]]

Louis walked along, following sillently behind the rest of the earthlings. His eyes watched the leaders of the group, eying their states. If anything sprung out as usual for the bug bag's schemes, he would see it affect them first, and he would be able to avoid anything himself. His eyes locked on Kyle, he seemed pretty cheerful now. A good sign. He couldn't have his rival falling because his heart was too weak... he had a stronger heart than that, he knew that much.

Louis finally separated his gaze from Kyle to another individual he had interest in. Up ahead, taking on the shape of a leopard, was Joseph. He had some interaction with him before. He'd need to work him a bit if he wanted to make an ally out of him. He was pretty sure it wouldn't be too hard.

Noelle, the girl with the power over earth. He had a special interest in her, though, he was going to be careful how he approached her. She would be a tough one to win over for sure.

His eyes then drifted to the gunner. This one seemed pretty level headed. He didn't know much of anything about him, so if there was a fight, he was looking forward to observing his potential.

Then there was the girl Dawn. He hadn't seen her before in the group he had fought earlier in the plaza they were just in. She must have been somewhere else at the time. Her abilities were a complete mystery to him.

Finally he noticed the girl with the flute, Jenny. Her power both intrigued and frightened him. He had overheard in previous conversations that she had the power to hear songs of people's hearts that were unique to every person. If he wasn't careful, she could figure out his identity. He needed to be extremely careful around her.  

[Pie Thrower]

[John.:Land of Dragons:.Throne Room]

John had been quite accustomed to seeing the grandiose architecture Ancient China. Nothing really made him go 'ooo' or 'OH MY GOD' because it was so common around China. Either way, when they entered the throne room, he felt just like taking his hammer and whipping it at the emperor for the less than welcome greeting.

He stood there awkwardly and felt like punching the little arrogant piece of excrement in the face... his conscience told him otherwise of course. So, he stood there awkwardly... which was boring...

So, when Maggie came up from behind, he turned to her silently and gave a little volley of nudges on the shoulder while saying, "ya..." very quietly. Just because he could.  

[Mizz_FUJIN]

[Maggie - Throne Room]

Maggie bobbed her head up, saving herself the embarrasment of her butt stance and caining knees. She hopped back onto her feet just in time for John too give her a pick-me-up.

She giggled softly, unconsiously flirty in it's tone as he bumped elbows with her. She then replied with an "Aye?" mimicing the same nudge, complementing the scene with an over exagurated wink.
"This couldn't get any coooler" She squeaked "Not unless Chuck Norris and Jesus jumped out of that guys beard."
 

[Tao Shukumei]

[Timmy : Hook's Ship]

The boy was furious at first by this little act that Cory had pulled on him, but he let time pass in order to calm down. Suddenly Cory appeared out of nowhere yet again and began to spout orders to everyone. Timmy's new mission was to accompany Cory and do some reconnaissance on the other's but Timmy was fine with that. "Not at all Captain!" he said with a mocking salute and proceeded to jump through the dark portal.

"You definitely seem different than usual..." the voice in his head said with softness and worry.

Don't worry you little head off Tiamat. I'm still myself underneath and I promise to keep it that way. Now you just remember to stay bubbly and make me remember how badly I want to shoot myself when you talk, he thought back to his summon with a light chuckle. She responded with a puff, and then a sigh of relief.  

[LavenderSakura]

[Alice :: Hook's Ship]

The animator stared, her brow furrowing in a frown. A mission for her? What if she didn't want to participate? The buckets across the deck stopped their movement as Alice spun away from the edge of the railing to face Cory. She tilted her head a little to the side, tugging on a stray strand of her black hair.

"If you're on such good terms with them, why don't you go talk to them? They're more likely to answer to you." Alice asked simply.  

[LavenderSakura]

[Larxene :: Dark Tower]

The Savage Nymph smiled, the edges of her mouth turned upwards, sadistic and conniving. She absentmindedly gnawed on a gloved finger as she watched everyone talk, jabbering on. She wanted to laugh, truly laugh from the bottom of her sadistic heart. Everything was just falling together, if the Earthlings knew... oh, if they knew...

That's when he entered and Larxene's smiled widened if that was at all possible. Hopefully she was going to get to play soon. "So good of you to join us, Number VI~"  

[Sousei Tatsu]

[Cory .:. Hook's Ship]

"Like I said before, babe, I've got something to finish with one of those losers... Several of them, as a matter of fact. Besides that, if Hades or Seymour go aggro, I haven't got a chance in hell..." He gave a sly smirk to the animator before adding, "Unless you think I stand a better chance against them in a fight than you do? I thought you were stronger than me?" He couldn't help but chuckle before adding, "You could always just do it as a favor to me? I mean, we were friends... right?" He stopped again, holding his head in his hand from the sudden outburst.

We were what? I don't remember that, what am I saying?!

He shook the thought from his head before turning and stepping partway through the Dark Portal, words suddenly coming to his mind and out his mouth before he could realize it. "Don't hate me for this, Alice. I chose it."

He vanished into the darkness, confused by his own words...

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[Disney Train Rooftop]

Cory fell from the portal, landing next to Timmy atop the familiar locomotive. Still spinning from his words to Alice, the renegade ronin asked, "See any of the losers yet, or are they not here?"  

[fractalJester]

[Kefka, Kuja, Seymour, Xaldin, Zexion : ??? : Dark Tower]

"Zexion," he corrected her immediately, not even bothering to glance at the Nymph. He remembered all too well her traitorous ways, and would honestly like nothing to do with her. "The Organization is, to my dismay, ruined. As such, numbers no longer apply."

"Oh-ho-ho-ho! The twirp's got an attitude!"

"He has a point. Why are we having this little cast party?" Kuja asked, eye raised in curiosity as he glanced between Kefka and Seymour.

"When Xaldin erased Vexen, he also erased all of Vexen's scientific knowledge," Seymour spoke up, locking eyes with the Whirlwind Lancer, who obviously didn't give a damn. "However, Vexen had an apprentice- one who, despite his young age, managed to keep up with the scientist in all of his research-"

"Surpass," Zexion once again corrected, his sapphire eye now dully locking with Seymour's. "I surpassed him, and he couldn't stand it, even as a Nobody. He was becoming senile in his old age, hence why Xemnas ranked me above him. Is that why you've called me? For my knowledge?"

"Precisely. We need your expertise," Seymour replied, snapping his fingers. At that moment, two old Guado servants walked in carrying a strange piece of machinery. It appeared old, yet strangely futuristic in its design. "It's called a 'Negator' by its original creators. We have a few changes we'd like you to make to its programming."

"Al Bhed technology. Easy enough. How long do I have?"

"One day, at most," Xaldin said, watching Zexion's reactions with some amusement. If he didn't know any better, he'd say Zexion was enjoying the situation- the puzzle.

"It won't take half that long."  

[Psalm Grasshopper]

[Amy ; Cloud : Land of Dragons : Imperial Square -> Palace Gates -> Throne Room]

Amy felt a rising urge to stomp her foot on the ground and declare that, no, she was not small, she was petite. Fun size. Furthermore, it wasn't her fault that everyone in their group was ungodly tall. She repressed the urge, though, and contented herself with blushing and mumbling incoherent things under her breath. Her blush only intensified when Axel teased her.

Feeling a bit cornered -darn her shyness!- she singled the silent John out, and went to walk next to him.

Without meaning to, she didn't really get the chance to answer Kichi's question. If she would have thought about it, she'd feel awful for ignoring him, but she was too busy blushing at the moment to even remember he had asked anything.

Turning to consider Axel once again, Cloud found the Nobody staring back this time. Well, it was bound to happen, Cloud supposed, after all, he did look over his way often enough. 'Blondy' wasn't the kind to look away after being caught staring, and so he didn't, his eyes meeting Axel's own as a sort of challenge, and then... understanding. They were both on the same page, thinking the same thing. This could turn potentially bad.

Cloud nodded in return. It was nice to know Axel would be keeping a lookout, too.

Did he just... think that?

As the group entered the throne room, Cloud kept to one side, listening carefully to what the emperor was saying. He didn't seem like a bad man, but... something was off.  

[Pie Thrower]

[John.:Land of Dragons:.Throne Room]

John smiled softly back at Maggie and he took a side glance at the emperor. As powerful as the man was, he found it completely idiotic to let the man boss them around like they were a bunch of toys. For Pete's sakes, he may be able to control and army, but the Chinese army can't cast magic... just swords and arrows... which are very effective against giant fireballs.

He continued to stare at the emperor with a small smile on his face.

"Personally, I think we should be treated with a little bit more respect, ya know?" he said quietly so that only Maggie and the others around him could hear. "Besides, how much of a threat he can be... "ooo, look at me, I'm the emperor, I can do fancy emperor things. Look at my big wall and my extravagant palace whose money could have been used to better the lives of my people, but instead I'm a bloodthirsty no good emperor that can't even defend myself against a bunch of nomads."

John was very careful as to not speak loudly, but made his words an audible whisper. Sure, he didn't fear the emperor, but he also remembered that a smooth transaction would be much better for the group.  

[AldrickZearse]

[Joseph: HT: Waterway]

Is...someone watching me?

Joe turned his head from the dried path, looking behind him. Everyone else was staring at either the dried path or the opening in the wall. Cept for Louis.

He was looking at everyone. Not really suspicious, though. Maybe just trying to figure out everyone, still? Or placing faces with names? Hell, maybe even just 'looking'.

The wereleopard frowned while watching Louis. Had to have been Louis looking at him, the way he was looking at people. Well, not had to be, but he was pretty sure.  

[Kichi Kuronagi]

[Kichi :: LoD :: Throne room]

Kichi walked in silently, and marveled at the architecture. It looked awesome. When they arrived in the Throne room, he quietly listened to the emperor speak. He didn't even see any disrespect from the emperor. He was in a position of power, which came with many risks, and thus a little paranoia was to be expected, and so long as the emperor was at least hearing them out, that showed a fair amount of respect for at least Riku, possibly the other non-earthlings. Thus, when John whispered to them, Kichi had to clench his fist and tense up to avoid punching John straight out in the face. Rather than punch, or publicly speak aloud against him however, he merely whispered back a quick "Watch your tongue, idiot." With that he shot John one of the most infuriated glares he had ever given. If John cost them the negotiations, he WOULD get smacked in the face. The LAST thing you do in the presence of the one in control of an army is be disrespectful.  

[LavenderSakura]

[Alice :: Hook's Ship -> Underworld]

Alice narrowed her eyes, as if in contempt while Cory spoke. She clenched her fists, not really wanting to go on any mission and second thinking her reason to join the "Flock" in the first place. But she made herself stay, saying to herself that she didn't want to team herself up with a bunch of replicas. The teen's eyes widened ever so slightly, barely catching a portion of Cory's muttered words before disappearing. A look of confusion took over as she rolled the words around in her head.

Alice shivered, and not even because of the chill but for no reason at all. She summoned a dark portal over the edge of the ship, long after Cory and his apprentice disappeared. She stood, perfectly balanced on the railing for a brief second before jumping overboard and vanishing into swirls of black and purple.

[Underworld]
The first notable change was the temperature, it was unbearably hot. Waves of heat lolling over her and Alice frowned. Hades. Cory had said that he would be the easiest to find but that didn't mean that she was looking forward to dealing with him.

"Balmy~" Cúchulainn commented in her head, to which Alice promptly ignored.