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{Ignorance is bliss... until reality throws a Heartless siege at you.}

[Wonderland : The Chamber of Descent]

"We were going to talk to a contact of mine, but this...," he muttered, walking forward with spear in hand. The exit was just ahead, so they could move on from this room; there was no one here. "We need to see if there are any survivors."

He ignored Kuropo's words; now wasn't the time for those damn rhyming games. Did he honestly think this was a joke?

Just as he was nearing the exit, though, a woman threw the door open, forcing him to recoil and bring up his spear out of instinct; she was threatening them, but... wait. She thought-?

"I think you've got us mixed up with someone else," Soryuju said, standing down somewhat, he took a step forward, offering his hand out to her, though his grip on his spear remained tight. "We're looking for refugees, this world doesn't have much longer. Do you have a way out of here?"

[∫ ʋ ʓ ʋ ʁ ᾲ ɳ]
{You look like you fell down a tree and hit every possible branch on the way down.}

[Wonderland .:. The Chamber of Descent]

Suzu followed after Sory and she glanced behind her every so often towards the direction of their ship. She felt uneasy about leaving her brother behind especially considering the state of the world they had just landed on. What if whatever had caused all the damage was still stalking about, looking for a ship to smash into bits? Their ship was pretty noticeable. Not that she didn't trust her brother, he was a superb fighter trained by none other than their mother... but still.

She shook her head of her uncertainties in time to see the door burst open. A particularly dressed woman emerged with a whip in her hand. She had heard of these types of people before. Her mother had spoke in ill-favor of them. They did certain deeds... Suzu narrowed her eyes, this one look particularly clumsy. What had she said about them being evil-doers?

[მ ℓ ⁞ ɳ მ]

-{You do have a brain right? Are you sure you didn’t leave it behind somewhere?}-

[Wonderland .:. The Tyrant's Court]

A dancer in vibrant red and white clothing carefully picked her way across a destroyed courtyard. She came to a stop behind her hooded friend, having by then re-sheathed her dagger. Vibrant blue eyes assessed the surroundings with a rather indecipherable emotion before a sly smile cracked on her lips. What has already happened couldn't be reversed so why bother worrying about it?

White cat ears twitched atop a head of luscious platinum locks as a pampered nail delicately scratched at her chin before both hands came to rest on the hips. "Perhaps," an elegant but sharp voice replied, a hint of annoyance laced her tone. "But there better be no dancing around with words. Riddles get old the second time around."

[Moggie : Wonderland : Chamber of Descent]

Moggie glanced at Sory, before she could get an answer out a strange woman entered the chamber. The moogle didn't know what to make out of her, but something about her made her fur stand up. Following Soryuju's example, the moogle kept her staff. Ready to fire her spell at any moment.

"Sory, careful with this one," Moggie mumbled to Soryuju, "I don't have a good feeling about her."

In Between the Worlds

On the clearest of nights, when the space between the worlds
was calm and peaceful, the great gummi ships with their cargoes
of homeless wanderers felt safe and secure.

Little did they suspect that they were pursued by Heartless.

And the most feared of all these Gummi Heartless was the notorious Hunter-X.

Like a Candarian zap-wing overtaking its prey, Hunter-X swooped in out of nowhere upon an unsuspecting gummi vessel, its occupants blissfully unaware of the danger behind them. The malicious, multi-limbed mechanical monster contracted, as if in pain; it could feel the heart-strong morsels inside. Bursting open, it unleashed a devastating barrage upon the little gummi ship, a myriad of balls of light buffeting the walls of the smaller vessel.

The gummi ship violently jerked beneath Window's feet as the ship shuddered in protest to something from outside. The sudden movement sent Window stumbling forward and into Youni. Luckily, the man managed to catch himself with one hand on the wall behind her and keep him from crashing into the girl, but the resulting position was certainly...awkward, with his right arm running right by the left side of Youni's head, and his body uncomfortably close to hers, almost pinning her against the wall behind. Window began to apologize, but then he looked into Youni's eyes and whatever he said was lost on his tongue. For the first time, Window saw that Youni's physical appearance was a bit older than her mental one. Until then, he had thought of her like a child. (Nalo he usually thought of as an older adolescent, even though it was entirely possible that the Viera was older than him.) But, it was the way of Window's culture--one's 'age' wasn't necessarily restricted to the number of years one had lived, but mental maturation, control, and how one presented oneself to society. However, at times like these, it was hard to ignore the occasional disparities between Window's ideas of 'age' and a person's appearance. For the second time that day, Window blushed, and he hastily threw himself back and away, embarrassed at his indecent conduct (even if it was accidental). The previously hindered apology was now let loose. "My deepest apologies! I did not mean to---"

But the ship shook violently once again, interrupting him, and Window's words were permanently lost as he stumbled backwards this time into one of the seats in the gummi. "What is happening? Is something attacking us from the outside?" Looking out the front windshield of the gummi, he could see the blobs of light hurtling by, ripping apart the empty void of space in front of them. Wasn't space supposed to be safe from enemies? Still, he had to do something. "Rasxa, please see if you are able to steer us out of...whatever this may be! Solaris Teodolis, since you are up there as well, can you find any way to bring up images or screens of the outside, so we can see what is happening out there, and if it is an enemy? Or many enemies? We can avoid it better if we see where it is. Nalo, do you know any worlds close by that we can escape to? And Krad, make sure Youni remains safe." Any further orders were obscured by the whining and groaning of the ship. Who knew how much longer it could take a beating?

Solaris

Sorry...

...I'll be taking my leave now.

{Gummi Ship : En Route to Olympus}

With the book right in front of him, he hesitated for only a few more moments before grabbing the book and mumbling a quiet thank you. Then he opened the book and started at the beginning, reading through the table of contents before turning to the first page and greedily devouring the words, satisfying his curiosity. Not like he had very long to do that, as the shaking began rather quickly and he dropped the book so that he could steady himself with his staff.

When Window asked him to bring up an image so that they could see the cause of the shaking, he picked up the book and scanned through the table of contents again so that he could make sure of the correct page. Once sure, he flipped to it and skimmed through quickly.

Reaching down to the console, he stopped when Youni started pointing at something that couldn't be seen. Slightly confused, he pushed a button and a semi-transparent screen appeared above the console, showing a forward view. Rotating a small dial, the image shifted to where Youni was pointing and the world of Olypmus came into view. Calling up a second screen, he rotated the dial again and brought up the source of the attacks. The Hunter-X was clearly visible to any looking at the screen.

[ ¥ Ʉ ϑ Ʌ Ƞ Ѳ ]

{Onccce the game isss over, the king and the pawn go back in the sssame box.}

[Wonderland : The Tyrant's Court]

'Yu' kept silent as the others spoke, only rolling his crimson eyes behind the thin veil of black bangs as Keiran hopelessly flirted with their dancer companion.

"Enough munny to make ssspending time with you worthwhile," he replied. He began to walk toward the ruined castle, his stride unhindered by the devastation around them; he seemed as though he couldn't care less.