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Sayrike::Train::Sleeping Car

Sayrike wasn't sure what she'd find upon entering the Sleeping Car--huge beds? Private flats? Cots?--but as if scorning her extreme expectations, the car just held a plain hallway lined with doors on either side. True to what Sora (or was it Kyle?) told her, there were curtains covering the windows on some of the doors. She walked past these and picked an empty room with an open curtain somewhere in the middle of the car, closer to the far end. "I think I'll take this one. It doesn't seem to have anyone in it." I hope it at least has a desk inside. Sayrike opened the door, and again she found something unusual for this magical train: a rather ordinary bunk bed and closets. And yes, there was a desk, just as she pictured it. It would be a good workplace for her later.

This brought her back to James' query. "Oh, this? Haha, well, this is a solar surfer I stole to escape from a bunch of pirates. I really taxed it, though, since I was riding it for a couple days straight, and some wiring went out right as I got to Port Royal. I crashed into the trees, and this is what's left. But the trees broke my fall rather well, and it didn't fracture the metal too much, so I think I'll be able to put this thing back together again. And, since this is Treasure Planet's Captain Silver, I think I could ask him for a bit of help. I'm really happy about that!" Sayrike smiled as she put down the pieces in the corner of the room by the desk. "And, not that it matters if I tell you, but I claim the top bunk." To emphasize this point, she took the main sail part and put it on top.

Her hands felt light and free, finally. She hadn't realized how tired they were getting. "So, shall we head back? And what's your story? What have you been doing in this world?"

[Alan :: Dark Margin -> The Betting Table]

And suddenly, battle was joined. Cory moved so quickly that Alan could barely see him strike at Kyle and Kyle dodge. From Alan's former position beside Kyle, his partner's maneuver had put Cory between the two of them. Ordinarily, in a fight, that would be a good tactic, but this was a little different. Regen required touch, and Alan didn't want his route to Kyle obscured. Besides, Cory was so infernally fast that he could easily escape from a pincer.

It was obvious to Alan that the main difficulty in this battle would be Cory's speed. He had fought fast fighters before, of course, back when he studied martial arts on Earth. The trick was to stay defensive, be patient, and look for an opening to end it with a single decisive strike.

No sense wasting much magic so early in the fight. Jehuti summoned, Alan gestured first up, than diagonally up and left, then up and right, et cetera, to make five points. At each point, a small fire appeared - just a humble Fire spell, to test Cory's reactions. The five fires spun outwards from Alan, toward Cory in a spiral pattern, attempting to surround and strike the pyromancer's foe. Meanwhile, Alan slowly circled around Cory's position, attempting to create a clear line between him and Kyle.

Alan said nothing, focused on the fight itself. Besides, he had nothing particularly witty to say at the moment.

[Alan :: The Betting Table]

Geh! I should've used Clarity! It just seemed too dangerous with the sword, though . . . I can't fight blind.

See, this is exactly why you don't commit heavily to your first attack. If Alan had tried a more demanding spell, he wouldn't have been able to defend himself at all.

That being said, it wasn't exactly his most dignified defense to date. He caught movement coming rapidly from overhead, and dove out of the way into an awkward roll, landing gracelessly in an unbalanced kneeling position. He did dodge the attack at least somewhat. Cory's blade missed his head but struck at his shoulder, cutting a deep scarlet gash across Alan's left arm.

"Ani-ue! Hang in there!"

Alan made a strange noise, like a weird guttural hiss. If Cory was expecting him to handle pain poorly, he was about to be surprised. Alan forced the awareness of his cut into the back of his mind as he shifted his weight onto his rear foot and pulled himself up and back in the same motion.

He couldn't raise his left arm, but it could clutch Jehuti as he brought his right arm to a guard. No . . . , he had to remind himself, don't fall for the trap of becoming enraged. Don't . . . he isn't open right now. You need to focus on defense.

Alan stepped back into a practiced fighting stance, and touched his index finger to his wound, casting Regen. This would make things easier.

{Kyle : The Betting Table}

God damn, there wasn't even a pause to that chase! I need to be much faster than this! I need to be able to defend Alan so he can attack! He said upon seeing Cory's attack.

Kyle quickly sent out an Earth Fang at Cory, who had just started his attack. Rushing after Cory, he got to him almost instantly and while Cory was sending out his own attacks, Kyle began sending a flurry of thrusts at his back, each capable of inflicting the Sap effect.

[Cory .:. The Betting Table]

The ronin smiled, his attention on the battle-field far more astute than he had let on with his berserk-like attack pattern. As the attacks closed in on the Ronin again, he vanished, bursting around to Alan's opposite side as he slid into a new stance.

He switched the Revblade to his left hand, revving it constantly and causing the blade itself to glow red with energy. Three Bursts. Three left. Beating Kyle alone would be a simple task, even without Burst Movement. But I need to conserve anyway. Cory flipped the Revblade into a reverse style as blue rose petals seemed to float around his right hand, a show that his Blue Rose technique was active and ready to fire. One more, and the rest is for Kyle. Cory brought back his right hand back and clenched it tightly into a fist. "Blue Rose!"

Cory thrust forward with the fist... vanishing from sight as he did so, and appearing again in Alan's blind spot with the straight jab aimed directly at the back of the pyromancer's head.

{James : Train : Sleeping Car}

James remained silent after explaining the lay out of the sleeping car to her, and waited for her to pick a room for herself. He followed her into it and set the metallic pieces of the solar surfer down as she explained to him what it was. He narrowed his eyes at all the pieces yet again, as if trying to visualize what it looked like.

"Ah I see, and I bet you Silver could help out, handy cyborg that he is." He replied with a slight chuckle, remembering the scene of Treasure Planet where Silver's arm became a needed tool at the right time.

He laughed as she claimed the top bunk of the room, placing a part of the sail on it to claim it.

"Fine by me, since this isn't my room. Yeah I guess we should head back." With that, he turned and left the car, figuring she would follow, "As for my story... I wandered the forest near Disney Castle for a day, I was nearly killed by Heartless when Riku showed up and with his help, made it to Disney Castle. After learning what had happened and a good night's sleep. Myself and a few others, my wife included, rode the train to Agrabah where we met with pretty much everyone else here and left. Our destination was Narnia, where we fought a giant army of these beings called Geists which steal your memories, that was being led by Ursala, all while finding and protecting Prince Cor and returning him to King Destin." He explained as he kept walking down the hallway slowly, making sure not to get out of her hearing range.

"After that, we departed from Narnia to Halloween Town, which we found to our surprise, had fused with Beast's Castle. Our objective was to help the Enchantress break the spell of Halloween Town, so it no longer effected Beast's Castle. The effects of Halloween Town, had turned Beast back into well Beast... It turned out Belle had been kidnapped, so we went into Halloween Town to save her. When we were about to save her we were attacked by evil replicas of ourselves only much stronger... and after rescuing Belle, we were forced to retreat after the beating they had given us. After a chance to rest, we were confronted by them yet again... and Oogie Boogie kidnapped the Enchantress right after she lifted the spell on Beast's Castle. We followed after them and ended up dealing with Oogie Boogie in a nasty maze of mirrors and electric wires, we finally managed to rescue the Enchantress, and after resting for the night we came here..." He concluded, just as they were about to re-enter the Lounge Car.

"Sorry, that was probably more information then you really needed. That's a summary of everything that we've done since I joined this group. If you have any questions just let me know and I'll do my best to answer them, alright?" He apologized for his long explanation.

He knew though that wasn't all, there were many any things that he hadn't mentioned. Not because they weren't important, but because he was sure her head was already going to be swimming after all he had told her.

[Cory .:. The Betting Table]

Annoying. Cory sidestepped the pillar and rushed in at Kyle, switching the Revblade back to his right hand. I'll just have to pick up the pace. As the ronin neared Kyle and Alan, he jumped high into the air, flipping over the two. A flurry of Engine Forces rained from above and down onto the two as Cory passed overhead, serving to at least distract the two as Cory touched down on the ground opposite of where he had jumped.

He turned and rushed in at their blindside, throwing more Engine Forces as he started formulating plans in his head. Indomitable Will covered the Revblade as Cory neared the two, swinging diagonally at whoever happened to be in his path.