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[Joe: Caribbean Sea: Black Pearl]

"Feh!" The male held a slightly condescending smirk on his face as Kyle asked him what he planned to do. "Come on, you know well enough I'm going down there after them. Gotta pay them back, after all. Though I'm disappointed that you felt you needed to ask."

Really, to him, there was no option of him staying above water. James? The guy was nice, but there was no real bond there. And he owed those damn replicas.... Besides, Noelle, Jenny, and Kyle made up the people he was closest with. Sora was cool, and Jacob was...not particularly liked, but that could've been worked around. Prote, while not liked(geists would never be a good thing to Joe, thanks to Narnia), would've been the only problem, but where ever he went, Joe could've dealt with it.

◊❖❖======₪ [Kyla: Narnia: Enclave]₪======❖❖◊
(( WARNING- LONG Story POST for DANI! SKip if you want- the begining and end are the most important!))
Dani's story sounded familiar. Just like all the other topsy turvy things Cory did which contradicted the ones before. One moment he's your savoir, the next, he's your murderer.
' Cory's left us for now- yes we're deffinitally in Narnia. Whenever you guys are ready- is Demyx free? Kyla asked again, not sure they heard her voice over the charms or not.
She listened quietly, allowing her thoughts to settle, but even when she finally spoke to answer Dani's question-the controlled tone of her couldn't be concealed.

" We came here, after leaving Agrabah. While in Narnia-" she summoned her book and opened it to the illustrative pages which she chronicled their journey.
(- begin flash back montage!!-)
" - We had to find the prince and princesses, Peter, Lucy, Susan, and Edmond. Cory followed us there, and attacked us with his incredable powers. He kidnapped Rae. Joe lead the charge to reclaim her, but she was alright when they found them. Noelle was cursed, and when we found her, we brought her to Aslan- only to be told that Zexion could have done it. We met a child named Alice. Lots of us warmed up to her, and while some of us rested- myself included, the other half went on Chocobo to find the local Sage. During that time- Cory joined us, taking an offer Rae gave him. Apparently, James and Jenny where put under some kinda love spell- that caused some serious drama."
Kyla grimmaced remembering how Bobbi raged and even slapped one of them.
She turned the pages, passing doodles, sketches, some colored some black and white. They aided with her storytelling and brought the details into perspective.

"Apparently they needed to get some toads which when brought back- the sage rewarded us with these charms you see." she held up the one on her wrist. "Handy little things."
Turning to a later page- a most gruesome and meloncoly image greeted them. A dirt and mud covered Maggier, seemingly lifeless. "Maggie was kidnapped, and buried alive. We barely made it.. I can still remember how it felt. It was strange. I could feel the air burning in my lungs." Kyla couldn't figure out how that happened. She blamed it on the weird forces that seemed to work in this universe. How else did Sora feel the things he did, and know and react in those impossible moments of seemingly clarvoiyance?

"After taking up the mission given ot us from prince Cor- we encountered the entity's known as Giests for the first time. Shape shifters-" A page showed how Bobbi lost her memories temporarily. " Bobbi was one of their victims. They're bodiless originally, and when created are blank- and I guess, in the same way the heartless thirst for hearts, they thirst for memories." The page bled into a wide illustration of a coral castle.

"Joe- we lost him fora while. Lead into a trap,he lost his memories. Sora, myself and..and Cory- followed Rae and- as expected, the trap waiting for us was a turned Joe- and an army of these memory grabbing monsters. All lead by Ursula in her human form. We managed ot get away and warn the others."
The next few pages showed the battle which the earhtling engaged one of their own, and Damien. " With the Prince evacuated- all os this lead up to one particular battle in which Prote- one of those giests, and Cory, aided us in fighting them. When it was over, Joe regained his memory- but Maggie.. went missing again."
Kyla grimmaged again but it was reminicent of a smile- as if she ws marveling over how insane it got after that. " A shape shifter stabbed us the back-well, more particularily James in the back. Whoever it was tried to frame Noelle by using her form to do it. By the time we got back, Anvard had won the battle agains Ursula. But it was bloody.." She skipped quickly over the picture of the countless bodies.
"When it was over- "
Kylas fingers brushed almost lovingly against a 2 page picture of the flower fields she and Bobbi created as a tribute. " We paid our respects and moved onto the beasts Castle- which as you saw, was merged with Halloween Town."

Kyla seemed to end her story for now- "Wow, thats...a mouthful isn't it? All in a few days." She sighed and repositioned her glasses on her face. It certainly felt a long time, and even longer to tell- so what was keeping Demyx?

A thought occured to her.. "Amy? Do you think, if we work together- we can revive these poor trees?"

[[Captain's Note: Unless I'm mistaken (Noelle can clarify?), Maria's name/identity is still unknown. I edited the name out. Also, Dani joined in Angel Grove, so she wouldn't know about the Beast's Castle+Halloween Town thing... I left that in case you were talking to Amy.

Eni: Kinda both people I was talking to. and thank you for clarifying. since dad is being a**l about my time on his lap top I don't have the spare minutes to properly edit- if you could I would appreciate it.]]

[Amy : Narnia]

"Ah," Amy said politely to Dani's response. The last part of it didn't make sense, like, why suddenly explain why you came here when you were just talking about Cory? The subject change was so abrupt and different, Amy assumed it was just a subconscious thought that found its way into her speech, because honestly, it made no sense.

Demyx. Now there was a thought. Perhaps he could open a portal, but realistically, what were the chances of him opening a portal close by? They'd have to rely on Kyla's memory of the place.

Amy looked to the trees, most burned down or scorched in some way, some still burning a little; Dani's water attack had put some of them out, but not all. "I think so?" her tone suggested she had no clue, "It's worth a try, at least. I don't have any idea how to go about it, though."

'JOHN FROM CLEVELAND,' she added, mimicking his yelling and tone, 'I LOVE YOU. HI.'

◊❖❖======₪ [Kyla: Narnia: Enclave]₪======❖❖◊Kyla couldn’t contain the laughter that spilt from her lips after hearing John’s enthusiastic reply over the charm link. He sounded like someone who just realized the last 2 tickets to the best concert were about to be sold out. It seemed Demyx was ready to fetch them- question was... where exactly where they/ Kyla didn’t recognize this particular spot. And describing it was even more difficult.

' Awesome. We're working fidign where we are right now John- thanks. Stand by.'

If only there was a way to locate them.
“ Well, there are a couple of ways to do this... Amy, if you can use cura perhaps- maybe I can channel its effect using an image of what this probably looked like judging by the singed remains. Dani, if we can restore the trees, they’ll be thirsty. If we can restore this location- perhaps we can transmit what it looks like over the link? I’ve never really tried transmitting images before, but it’s like telepathy right? Maybe focusing on what we see and sending it-...if not that. If we can restore this place- we can ask the dryads themselves.”

Stepping back towards them, Kyla tilted her head back and looked up at the sky.

“I can’t fly.. but Carbuncle can make me float. I can also get us aloft by other means.. maybe if we just rose up high enough we can see the land- we may be able to find a more recognizable landmark which Demyx could find and just go there instead?”
Yup- those were all the options she could think of, and turning to Amy and Dani Kyla awaited their opinions on them, and if they had any other ideas to add.
The pictomancer was glad they were here even more.

Sayrike::The Black Pearl::Lower Decks

If it were possible, Sayrike's stomach--and only her stomach--felt like it was getting a bad case of vertigo. She had had trouble making decisions before on serious matters, since anything of importance demanded careful thought, but this time she didn't really know what to do. It still kind of felt like this was all happening to someone else and this was not something that concerned her. Really, it had been five days--five days--of living and surviving by herself. It was not easy to suddenly switch from "solitary mode" to "group mode." The contact was almost overwhelming, being amongst such a large number of people instead of running away from them. First air pirates, then an endurance test on the solar sailor, then hiding out in the woods...and now, people. Friendly people, and people trying to kill them. People working together on ships. People fighting amongst one another. People who got annoyed with her...and also people she had a good time with. Sayrike glanced around the room. She hadn't gotten the chance to meet personally with everyone, but the company was still...nice. Yes, nice was the word. She let out a half-smile as she glanced at the ones she played games with earlier that day.

It was kind of funny. If anyone had asked her for help, she would have given it, no questions asked. But...no one had. It was up to her. What should she do? Stay on top, or go below under the sea? (Haha, Under the Sea. Okay, well, that's a point in Atlantica's favor. It was a moment of humor during the ongoing debate in her mind.) Well...they had been kind enough to let her onto their train. And to fend off that guard. She should pay back their kindness somehow. Like she had noted, so far Sayrike had been more than a little useless. She set her face. By golly, she was going to show them she wasn't a dead weight to be dragged around.

"Me?" Sayrike asked with a small smile. "Well, of course I'll go down with you guys. Can't let you have all the fun. Besides, I'll bet it'll be a sight to remember." But she suddenly remembered that Dawn would be one of the only Earthlings up on top. "You going to be okay up here, Dawn? I mean, I can stay up here if you need someone to watch your back..."

[Amy : Narnia : Enclave]

"Well, let's see if this works before we do any floating," Amy said, dismissing her guns and holding out her hand, "It it does, we can ask the Dryads, if they're willing to talk." A small stream of healing magic left her hand, thousands of tiny crystals reflecting the light. It trailed a path to a nearby tree where it settled over the singed leaves. Oddly enough, it didn't feel like a Cura to Amy; for some reason, it felt different– stronger.

The crystals stayed in place, waiting for Kyla to work her magic.

[Dani :: Narnia]
“A lot of stuff happened here huh.” Dani smiled to Kyla before noticing something big. “Wait a minute… you went to Halloween town too? That is like my favorite move… AW!!!”

“As for a plan. I agree with Kyla," Dani said, getting over the fact that she had missed so much."I will try to give all of the tree’s water. Aren’t there some trees on fire still as well? Also… is floating going to be easy to do, because sometimes I lose my balance.”

Dani quickly looked to Kyla and Amy as they seemed to get things started. Dani got rid of her chakrams before summoning a few orbs of water and waited for her part.

{Genesis, Leon : Village Outskirts : Clearing}

Genesis was about to persist with his attack, when his attention was caught by the massive blade of fire that was down upon him. He quickly turned and brought his sword up in defense, being fire of course, his rapier had no real effect against the sword. This meant that he was forced to dive out of the way of the blade as the blade crashed down to the ground, though he still took some damage from the fire spell. The flow of battle had shifted, now he was on the defensive it seemed. He quickly took to the air, his one wing flapping as he then followed the spell directly to the source being Alan. He focused his energy and the four glowing swords of the Magic Sword attack appeared around the black mage.

"How dare you try to interfere!" He yelled, swiping his hand as the blades of energy began to close in.

He didn't wait to see whether or not the attack worked as he turned his attention back toward Cloud and Leon. He left hand began to glow red again as he swiped his hand like a claw, sending yet another ten Homing blasts down upon the two warriors.

Leon had quickly recovered from the graze to his side from Genesis' attack, and was glad the man in red was forced to disengage due to the sudden fire spell. He had no time to relax though as five more blasts rained down upon him, which he easily managed to dispatch of just by blocking with his blade. The move had apparently become predictable.

"This is getting old." He said, seemingly annoyed as his eyes focused yet again on Genesis who was in the air.

He then raised his left hand and focused, swiping his hand away as a Thundara spell came down right where Genesis was.