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{Bobbi .:. Hawaii .:. Mothership .:. Bridge}

Bobbi was actually a little surprised that Louis didn't argue or anything with her. She knew she wasn't exactly the most intelligent person in the world, never mind a convincing speaker, so his backing down almost immediately was kinda... disappointing. But there was still talking going on, and she focused on what the Cids and others were saying.

When Kyle made his comment about Mickey, she giggled. He just kind of summed up the past week with that statement, really.

"Who wants to start placing bets?" she asked, pretending to hold a ledger and pen in front of her.

~:You need to sleep, child.:~

Your mom needs to sleep! ... Wait, that didn't make any se--

Bobbi was stopped mid-thought by a horrible sound, and clamped her hands over her ears. It didn't do any good, and it took her a moment to realize that it was someone screaming over the charms.

"Sweet mother of buttermilk pancakes, what was that?!" she exclaimed as the scream stopped and she hesitantly took her hands away from her ears.

{Janex .:. Forbidden Mountain .:. Castle Gates}

Janex sat perched on one of the stone edifices above the gates to Maleficent's castle. The witch wasn't home, and apparently hadn't been for some time, so Janex had taken up temporary residence here while she tried to figure out what to do with her bleak, miserable existence called life.

Or, you know, mope, whatever you wanted to call it.

She'd already gone through the screaming, cursing, breaking things, uncontrollable crying, and apparent catatonia that came with being generally f***ed up in the head, and now she was amusing herself by shooting fish in a barrel.

Well, goblins in a castle courtyard they were too stupid to figure out how to escape. The funny part was, more just kept pouring in from somewhere to replace the ones she shot down. She didn't question it, just kept shooting. It was vaguely therapeutic, and at least made her laugh as the stupid things ran around trying to find her.

Suddenly, her entertainment was interrupted by what felt like a draft. She would have dismissed it, sometimes the wind decided to dance around her as she shot her arrows, but something about this felt different. And with the breeze, came a message.



Janex snorted as the words sank in. The meaning was... well, pretty frickin' vague, really, but one part of it stood out to her.

"'Blessed be?'" she murmured, staring down at the goblins without even seeing them. "Tch. Not in this lifetime. Save your blessings for someone who actually gives a flying f***, whoever you are."

She fired off one more shot right into the eye of one of the goblins in a fit of pique, then turned and walked off. The simple term "blessed be" called up memories of a time of peace, when the term meant comfort, safety, and happiness. It made Janex want to puke. Instead, she summoned a jagged chunk of ice right over a large group of the goblins, and dropped it on them. The sound of the ice breaking and rock cracking and goblins screaming made her smile.

It felt good to break things on purpose for once.

{Kuro Oni : The Dutchman : Deck}

While the rest of the replicas did as they would with Ajora or elsewhere. Kuro Oni stood on deck, his claw like fingers clenched into fists as he grappled with the cursed members of the Dutchman Crew. Any who approached him were quickly knocked down or aside. He was getting used to the new power that coursed through his body. The Lunatic Pandora fueling his aggressive side and boosting his physical strength and speed.

"Come on! Is that all you've got you pieces of $h!+!" he yelled as he tossed another one aside.

He stopped though as he suddenly felt a fluctuation in the amount of darkness aboard the ship. He turned his attention toward the portal that had appeared on the deck. He tossed another crewman aside and waved them off, clearly having enough of them. His focus now solely on the newcomers to the ship. They were replicas, he could tell immediately. He recognized most of them because he had fought against the originals in the past. However, there were a few who were new to him.

"Damn, Ajora's been busy since he left I see," he stated with a laugh as he approached the new replicas. He had expected the new replicas, but he hadn't expected so many of them to come along with Ajora. "Welcome aboard the Dutchman, I'm Kuro Oni, though you can simply call me Kuro. Don't forget it." he said, his voice full of evident arrogance.

Suddenly, his attention shifted from the replicas to scanning the area as he heard a scream of agony. It sounded like it was coming from Ajora. However, the source of the sound seemed to be coming from Alex, and his eyes narrowed at the Unversed accordingly. The copy of his original's brother did not react at all though and within a few seconds the scream had faded away.

"The Hell was that?" he asked, obviously confused. 'What have you gotten yourself into Ajora?'

Things went from strange to stranger for the Nightmare Dreadnought as suddenly a soft, yet ominous breeze surrounded him. It enveloped him, like no other wind had ever done and he closed his eyes enjoying the feeling of it for the brief moment it was there.



Kuro Oni's eyes opened at the sound of the hundreds of voices who all spoke the message in unison. The Dreadnought could understand the meaning though and the voiced faded away, saying nothing more. Leaving Kuro Oni, now yet again staring at the new replicas with a very confused look on his face.

"Again I say... What the &$#* was that?" he asked no one in particular, not even caring that it was aloud.

[Dusk : Shipwreck Cove : Wandering the Black Pearl]

Dusk had begun walking around the ship. Her mind trying to piece together her thoughts. She knew she was somehow different than she was when she was previously on her ship. Dusk just didn't know what. Though as she walked around a few things were starting to make sense. Like the reason she hated the mornings so much, for it was her name-well former name- something that used to cause her much teasing as a child. Causing her to hate her name. All is well now though. She now had a new name. One that was only fitting.

She glanced over her shoulder at the looks she was getting from the pirates. They were starting to annoy her. Just as she turned to face them to give them a talking to. The wind enveloped her. She closed her eyes with a small gasp at the strange, yet wonderful feel to it.



Dusk looked in the direction of where the wind came from. She could tell something was going on, she just didn't know what. Nor did she care to think about it. Though the message did ring true to her. As the Dawn brings the day and light. The sun will always fall in the end, allowing the darkness eternal to follow.

With a grin at the thought she left the ship and began to wonder the docks of the Shipwreck Cove.

[Dusk : Caribbean : Shipwreck Cove]

Dusk stopped walking when she felt the shift in the wind. She turned around hearing Kuja's voice, her head turned slightly to the side. A curious look on her face. How could she of forgot that he was with them? The villain from Final Fantasy 9 who controlled Alexandria and caused a war, among other things. Though her expression was that of a curious girl. Her emotions were neutral.

"I have been gone for few hours," she said truthfully as she crossed her arms around her chest., "I can't say for anyone else. Kyle (Yes, she is still calling Ajora, Kyle.) annoyed me and so I left. I can't give you anymore news than that. What about you?"

[Dusk : Caribbean Sea : Shipwreck Cove]

"My secret," Dusk said with a playful wink, "Answer my question first. Anything happen while I was gone?"

[Dusk : Caribbean : Shipwreck Cove]

Dusk's expression changed into that of surprise as Kuja's spell surrounded her. She gave him a look that was a mix of hurt and betrayal.

"Look I told you the truth, so just chill," the Dancer said, "Kyle pissed me off being all controlling, so I left. So I couldn't tell where they are. Knowing them they are probably on their way now. So will you just knock off treating me like everyone else and judging what I do before you even know what is going on."