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[[Louis : Narnia : Seymour's Castle - Grand Hall]]

Louis smiled, "I said don't worry. I just want to talk, that's all. We'll head over to the armory as we speak, come on." With a wave of his hand, Louis moved towards the exit to the great hall that would move into the deeper maze of hallways. He held the door open, waiting for his partner to follow.

[[Moving this to an ATE in case it takes too long in comparison to the pace of the others, since realistically it shouldn't long at all.]]

[Isle of Tortuga ~ Port]

Noelle caught on to the conversation and interjected with a hand motion, sticking her finger in the air and waving it around. "I'm going! I call crow's nest! . . . On second thought, I'd better keep my feet on the deck."

"Well then, lads, it's high time we set sail." Jack began, walking for the docks. "I have a witch to see about a ship, and I'd hate to be late."

{James : Tortuga : Port}

James had remained silent as things quickly went awry and then back. A feeling of deja vu as Joe slugged Kyle in the face, just as the corsair had done to Cory. He didn't know what to say to it, he didn't know if Kyle deserved it or not. The last thing he wanted right now though was to fan the flames so to speak. So he remained silent, not really getting too close to anybody in particular as he just mulled over what had happened. Due to his modified senses he could hear Kyle's conversation with Jack. They were going to go find Tia Dalma it seemed. He made his way over to Jack and Kyle, he was ready to move on and get away from this place.

"Let's get us a ship and set sail then! What the...?" He said suddenly, his attention shifting to the direction Dawn and Joe had headed off in.

Due to his hearing, and the fact that Dawn's voice often carried very easily, he heard the distinct sound of her yelling, it immediately put him on guard.

{Auron : Tortuga : Outside Train -> Port}

Auron had gotten to the Port too late to participate in the action of the fight. It had been such a quick battle and there had been nothing he could really do. So he stood in silence as he watched the after math. He watched as one of the boys slugged another, clearly out of rage. He remembered seeing Kyle as he had vaulted off, clearly that hadn't sat well with the other one. He didn't really enjoy seeing comrades fight each other. However, sometimes it happened and there really wasn't anything that could be done about it.

"So we're leaving then?" He asked, his attention turning toward Jack and Kyle.

[Cory .:. The Betting Table]

The darkness vanished from around the ronin's body as he finally dropped his hands to his sides, the sound of blood droplets hitting the grass beneath him filling his own ears. "Did I expect you to fight so hard? It would be a waste of my time to fight the two of you for your allegiance if I thought you would each go down without any effort on my part. Despite being magically inclined, Alan managed to keep up with several of my attacks, flukes as they may have been. I am surprised by his power. However, while you met my physical expectations, your earth magic is frail and brittle compared to Noelle's and her replica's. With only a kick I was capable of shattering you earthen pillars, though I would suspect this is due to your physically-inclined fighting style. You can't be a master of all aspects." He chuckled a bit before saying, "But to answer your question, no. I expected you to fight harder."

With this, Cory's left arm became enveloped in Indomitable Will as he said, "We both seem to be at our limits, yet we both maintain enough energy for magical attacks. Neither of us can move, nor can we sustain anymore attacks. Should we continue, it will simply end in a stalemate, which would only mean we were wasting time. I propose a draw." He looked over his shoulder, grinning as he said, "I'll forfeit the debt Kyla has to me, and the two of you will serve me for a day. It's a win/win... Or..." The ronin gave a wave of his left arm, his summoning circle appearing under Alan and Kyle as he said, "We can continue this pointless battle, and simply come to the same conclusion. Your choice."

[Tortuga ~ Port --> Docks]

"Aye." Jack replied to Auron, before glancing back at Jacob with a perplexed look as they continued to move for the docks. "Strategic acquisitions? Ah, yes, of course."

The pirate captain bent to pick a rock from the ground. He rotated it in his hand before lobbing it as hard as he could towards where the ships were docked. It made a thunk as it bounced off the hull of a ship and splashed into the water.

"Here we are, let us strategically acquire that one. As in get on, strap in, and shut up."

Noelle snickered a bit, following behind Jack as he sauntered over towards the ship. "So . . . how are we going to do this?"

She wanted to see how he planned on getting up there--the loading ramp had been blown into the water by the fierce winds. It took him a little less than a minute of staring up at the hull to formulate an idea.

"I propose we put someone small in a cannon and shoot them up onto the deck, then hope they're alive enough to throw us down a rope ladder." He said, turning the the group with a devious smile.

Noelle backed away and hid behind Prote . . . which was highly ineffective considering his slight transperency. "Ooooor we can do things the easy way!"

The spear wielder scuttled back off the dock and onto land where she stood before the ship's bow. She took a lower, widened stance before shifting her weight back. With one steady and well balanced movement, she shifted her weight forward again and moved her left hand out. The earth responded quickly, forming a flat plank angled up from the ground and resting on the ship's bow.

"See? The easy way."

In her absence, Noelle had trained a lot, all with the help of Titan. He had shown her how to use her body to asist using her earth magic, not so it would be more powerful, but so it would be easier to command. She was still working on it, but she had improved from barely using her body to assist her magic at all.

[Joe: IoT: Port/Oceanedge]

The male looked down at the water when Dawn freaked out, and smiled a little before hopping off the edge and into the water with some of his wind wrapped around his hands.

Soon, the male poked his head above the water, hair in his face and covering his eyes as he lifted his hands up. Encased in a bubble of water, held together with condensed air, was a tiny clownfish.

"Hey, look! I found Nemo!" he said, a small concentrated gust blowing his hair away to free one eye. And when he saw James all tense, he added "It's just a fishy!"

Sayrike::Tortuga

Sayrike laughed at Kuja's response. "You know, the funny thing is that, in our world, sailing is a privilege that only the rich indulge in. It's hardly the commoner's task." It was hard to take a person like Kuja seriously, even though she knew him to be a villain from a Final Fantasy game she had never played. Sure, you didn't have to trust him, but it didn't mean you had to snub him either.

Whispering back to Sora, Sayrike said, "Haha, don't worry. He doesn't bother me. I'm just playing around anyway. But thanks for the warning." She quelled her internal fangirl who was now jumping up and down out of excitement that a video game character had just touched her.

Listening to Jack Sparrow, it seemed that the group had a destination they'd be headed in. It would be awfully boring just sitting in the train, and I don't think this would be the time for sightseeing around here...so why not go with them? Plus, you get to be out on a boat! How cool would that be? How long has it been since my last boat trip, anyway? It had been quite awhile, in fact, and so Sayrike piped up, "I'm willing to volunteer my services with whatever you need!" She still wasn't quite sure what exactly was going on--just the vague outline she had gathered between Kyle and James--but adventure was adventure, right?