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[[Louis : Mothership : Bridge]]

The Arcanist showed no pain. Even as Ajora screamed in his ear, he retained the same serious expression he had before. When all was said and done, Louis was surprised as only a manner of seconds had passed throughout his encounter that felt as though it lasted several minutes to the darkness wielder.

As Kyle explained their situation, as to why all the good guys seemed to cringe or jump at once, Louis' gaze narrowed slightly, Ajora...

As if on cue Kyle's replica appeared in his mind, "I would like you to meet with me and some others tonight to discuss recent events. This will be taking place shortly. If you can manage to slip away somewhere inconspicuously, open a Corridor and I'll direct it from your subconscious. I promise compensation."

"Slip away?" Louis retorted, "Inconspicuously? You expect me to do anything after what you just did to the others? You put all of them on edge by screaming into their ear, likely due to the connection with James you were abusing earlier..."

Louis turned to Sayrike, "Are you alright, Sayrike?" his voice again seemed almost empty, his words laced thickly with formality.

"The only way I'd get out of here without drawing attention to myself would be if I had a distraction, but even then..." Louis paused mentally, "You'll probably have to wait... I'm tied down here right now."

[ Grand Councilwoman ; Cid of the Al-Bhed ; Regent Cid ; Zordon ; Sora ; Riku ; Kyle : Hawaii : Bridge ]

"I think we all might as well, Bobbi, since everything seems done here," Sora said, following the girl with his hands entwined behind his head, a small grin on his face. "Hopefully, we can get a bit of sleep on the way back to Shipwreck Cove..."

"I do believe that is all, actually," the Grand Councilwoman spoke, and though she remained as composed as ever, her breath almost sounded like a yawn- a very well concealed yawn, but one none the less. "The evacuation is under way. We'll keep in touch with information on the scouts-- I've had our technicians take the liberty of registering your ship's communication signature so that distance will not be a factor."

"That's great to hear, Grand Councilwoman," Kyle said, and he bowed respectfully as he did so. "If that's everything, then I think it best we make our leave so that we're not in your way."

"Do not be so concerned," she said, and though she was responding to Kyle, she let her voice carry just a bit so that everyone knew she was speaking to the group as a whole. She glanced around at the faces of everyone present and, for what was likely the first time in many, many years, she smiled, graciously bowing as well. "Without your combined help, we would have been destroyed. We, as the Council, and the entire population of this island, are in your debt, Warriors of the Disney Kingdom."

Kyle was silent and still, remaining bowed as he listened to her words; Riku bowed to her as well, though he remained silent, before walking out after Bobbi and Sora.

We were only doing...

Shaking his head slightly, he seemed to bow even lower for a moment before lifting and turning, unsure of what to say. He looked to Louis and Sayrike for a moment, catching the Blue Mage's glance momentarily before continuing out. His look didn't seem urgent-- rather, it seemed distracted.

"Oh, someone go ahead and call over the charms- it would probably be best if I didn't," he said as they strolled down the hall, rubbing his head.

"On it!" Sora said with a grin.

"Alright, everyone, time to go!" Sora announced to the charms. "We got an airship to catch back to Shipwreck Cove, so let's get outside!"

"What the goofball forgot to mention-," Riku chimed in, his tone calm (though it did contain a hint of amusement). "Was that we're all sticking together for a little while longer. We don't have a warm trail on King Mickey yet, and those that came to help us with the island need some help of their own tomorrow morning. So if those of you with charms could get the attention of those without, we'll be leaving shortly."

[Dani :: Mothership :: Mess Hall > Bridge ]

'Oh god damn it' Dani thought to herself as she held her head from the screaming that had ensued inside of it. She had been previous oblivious to everything going on around her but not enough to be asleep. 'If that isn't a wake up call I don't know what is.'

'Wait did everyone hear the scream like I did?' Dani questioned before she looked over to see that the others were holding their heads from the scream. 'Well that answers my question.' Dani thought before standing up out of her chair and stretching, her previous sad thoughts mostly gone.

Dani then heard over the charms that it was finally time to go. "I guess it is time for me to say good bye to my second home." Dani said aloud and walked out of the Mess Hall.

As Dani shuffled throughout the mothership she found Bobbi and Kyle at the Bridge. "Hey guys.." Dani slurred, stumbling to them. "I guess I am ready to come with you guys..."

{Demyx .:. Hawaii .:. Mothership .:. Sleeping Quarters}

"Oh, so Riku's the boss of me now?" the Melodious Nocturne quipped, though he did dismiss Arpeggio in a hurry. He stood from where he had folded himself onto one of the cots, and stretched, as if he didn't care how much of a hurry everyone else was in. Well, he really couldn't care, but right now he was putting on a show. When he was done, he grinned at the Dancer and waggled his eyebrows playfully.

"So how are you going to steal something I don't physically have, hmm?" He was being obnoxious on purpose, and it was obvious. He was going to go along and follow them wherever they were going, but this banter seemed appropriate for the situation. He also noticed he was now analyzing everything he did, weighing it against his memories of who he was before his heart was lost, making sure his actions and reactions were "in character." If Kyla was right, he was definitely going to try harder to get his heart back, and this was the only way he knew how.

{Kyle : Hawaii : Mothership}

"Ugh, yeah. There was a sudden bout of mental screaming going on via these charms." He said as he showed it off, then watched as it vanished. "It wasn't happy times. But it was the enemy, so hopefully it hurt 'em bad." He stopped and sat silent for another second, listening to the new thoughts coming through the charms. So they were leaving already. Whatever, as long as he could sleep through the night.

"So, seems like our adventures are gonna have to be put on hold. Orders from the top say that we're heading out in an airship to Shipwreck Cove to help the other group with...whatever it is that they have to do in the morning." He finished with a melodramatic sigh. He knew where he had to go to get outside, remembering that much. But he would have really liked exploring the rest of the ship. "Well, airship adventure times await."

Ugh. Sayrike really just wanted to rub her face in her hands for a good minute. She was tired, her mind wanted to run off at 500 miles per hour, and she really just wanted to do some dishes or tidy a room or something. (She then wanted to mentally smack herself for sounding like a stereotypical housewife, but there was nothing like chores to help clear one's mind.) Also, there was nothing like being around strangers all day to remind Sayrike of how lonely she was without her friends and family. There was only twice in her life that the girl had felt truly lonely, and she had a inkling that soon she might encounter a third time. Sheesh, spend nearly a week by yourself and come to accept loss and solitariness, but spend a day in the company of a high-energy group and start to feel the ache. Sayrike wondered if tomorrow she should call it quits with them or something, because regardless of if she was already dead or not, she was gonna get herself killed if she stuck around. Maybe she'd manage to avoid running into those Replicas, too. It's not like anyone had actually asked her for help.

Then, however, the Grand Councilwoman interrupted her thoughts with a few words that caught the masked girl off-guard. The rounded alien woman thanked them...and proceeded to call them "Warriors of the Disney Kingdom."

If ever there was a chord to be struck within Sayrike, this was it. She could see why video game characters would put up with a lot of sh*t---it was pretty worth it for these moments. There was a certain pleasure that came from giving someone your time, effort, blood, sweat, tears, you name it---and to find that the recipient grateful for it. Was it simply feeling good from the validation of herself, her emotional investment in others? Maybe. Why else did people continue to donate to charities or build houses for the impoverished? To be recognized by someone...was, to put it simply, amazing. If she could continue to make this difference in people's lives, on this scale, maybe she would stick around for a while yet. Plus, the title of "Warrior of the Disney Kingdom" wasn't too bad of a perk, either. Sayrike felt like she now needed to sign a contract somewhere to officially join the club.

The talks concluded and people began filing out. Louis' query brought the girl back to the present. "Me? Yeah, I'm fine. Just tired. I think we're now just heading back to an airship to go to Shipwreck Cove." However, she wasn't tired enough to notice that Louis was...different toward her. In fact, the masked girl had used the same tone when talking to Zexion (and the newly acquainted occupants of the magical train) earlier that day--stiff, formal, empty. Her eyes narrowed, wondering if the battle had changed something inside of him. If Darkness was involved...

Kyle's eyes met her own as he walked past. "I'll catch up with you on the airship, 'kay?" Sayrike said to Louis, keeping her voice normal and light. She casually maneuvered herself so that she fell in step not too far behind Kyle, following him wherever he wanted to discuss things.

[ Sora ; Riku ; Kyle : Hawaii : Halls of the Ship ]

Kyle nodded to Dani as she walked up to the rest of them, obviously pretty tired. Waving Bobbi off, he turned to give the young assassin a reassuring grin. "Don't worry, you should be able to get some shut eye on the Red Rose."

When he heard Sayrike tell Louis that she'd catch up with him back on the ship and heard her approach, he mentally braced himself. He did tell her he wanted to talk to her, and he had a bit to get off his chest. However, before he could say anything, Noelle's message came through the charms-- causing him to snort somewhat.

"I'll go ask the people on the bridge if they can find her," Sora responded, both aloud and over the charms, before turning back down the hall and jogging into the control center.

"Hey, you didn't go up or down any floors, did you? That should narrow it down a bit."

Riku looked to Kyle and Sayrike, as well as Dani, before patting the Chakram-wielder on the shoulder. "Come on, let's start searching on foot. We're probably faster than these two, anyway."

With that, he led the assassin down a separate corridor-- leaving just Kyle and Sayrike to chat (well, there were a few others, such as Jenny and Kyla, but Kyle had walked a bit faster once Sayrike caught up in order to put some distance between them).

Kyle paused for a moment before clearing his throat. "I suppose the first order of business is an apology," he said, his voice only loud enough to be heard by those within a couple feet; anything beyond would sound like a mumble. He was good for that, at least. "Since we pretty much hijacked you earlier today, it's been one long mess and every time you've tried to voice an opinion, it's been shot down. I want you to know that it's not that I don't value others' opinions-- just that with the past few days, it's been sort of go-go-go and there was never really any time to try different routes."

"I don't know what you'd gone through since everything happened with Earth, but... for us, this has been a day-to-day thing," he explained, heaving a sigh. "Never quite as bad as what happened on the Dutchman, though. That was definitely a low point."

[Noelle ~ Hawaii ~ Mothership ~ Lost .___.]

'I told you not to wander.'
Your skills of persuasion are astonishing.
'Your reasoning and judgement skills are lacking.'
Your sarcasm needs work.
'Your sense of direction is nonexistent.'
As is your sense of adventure.
'I can hardly blamed, can I? My vessel is incapable of reaching the top shelf without a footstool.'
. . . Touche.
'Just find your way back, you're delaying everyone.'
Calm your tits, I'm on it.

Noelle continued down the hallway and responded to Sora in a thoughtful manner, "I went up two floors from the mess hall. There was a staircase right next to it so I just wandered up that one, looked around a bit, then wandered up another set of stairs. Then I took a bunch of turns. Best idea I ever made."

The agromancer popped around a corner and took in her surroundings. Nothing was familiar. Or maybe it was, several hallways looked similar enough to trick her into thinking she'd been there twice, but she knew for sure she'd never been, there were slight but distinct differences.

That's when she realized--"Oh . . . I should probably stay put. Right. First rule of getting lost is to stay put? Yeah . . . good plan. I'll just sit here. I'll guide you by the sooooound of my voice."