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{Bobbi .:. Atlantis .:. Outside Throne Room}

Bobbi really, really didn't like the tone of Nick's voice when he shouted about blondies, and when she saw the direction he was looking, she leapt to intercept. Sadly, she didn't make it in time, no more than a couple of steps really, and Noelle went on a spear-swinging rampage. Well, at least she wasn't aiming that thing at her frie--oh, scheiße, Heartless! Bobbi'd forgotten those little bastards were there. Really, there was too damn much going on.

Bobbi unleashed about half a dozen arrows into the oncoming Heartless swarm before she got distracted by something cold bouncing harmlessly off of her glasses. She saw the others dodging and being impaled by the icicles coming from way out in left field (at least, she assumed it was left field. It might have been pineapple upside down field for all she knew), and hastily tossed up a couple of Mirror Walls to try to block the incoming hailstorm. Normally, she'd redirect her focus to that thingy way down there shooting ice at her friends, but the Heartless were a bit more immediate, so she concentrated on taking them out instead.

((Yay for immunity to ice!))

[ Riku ; Black Waltz : Atlantis : Outside Throne ]

Riku stumbled to his feet just in time to watch everything go down. He couldn't help Noelle, but besides giving in to a sudden rage, she seemed fine; what caught his attention more was Ultima--or Kyle, or both, or whoever it was. Riku couldn't probably sense any sort tendency toward Dark or Light from him, but after watching the entity unleash hell on Chaos and rocket into the sky, he felt he didn't have to.

Even as Heartless and icicles assaulted them, he couldn't help but laugh. Sora would have gotten a kick out of the situation, with his blinding optimism. Various people helped deflect the ice barrage, particularly Bobbi and her own Mirror Walls, which allowed Riku to focus on felling the Shadows and Neoshadows. With Dawn's buffs gone, however, it was taking a bit more to cut down each Neoshadow.

"Dawn needs an Ether, anyone got something?" he shouted, knowing some like Axel might not have a Charm.

The Waltz, growling behind its wall, held its two massive hands against the frozen barrier, continuously charging it with magic. The creature could see beyond it, as it did not obstruct the caster's view, so it would know if someone approached.

[Dawn : Atlantis : Outside Throne]

'It is, what it is,' Dawn thought getting no responce from anyone, but Riku. With the chaos going on, she couldn't blame them. Dawn slowly got back up on shaky legs. She was going to make due with what she had. She just wouldn't be able to do as much.

Slowly, she looked over at where the Black Waltz was. Her previous target, Chaos, wasn't very giving. But maybe this freak of a jerk was. Without a second thought Dawn started dancing once more. Bringing into play her effect her Mystical Wind Waltz on the Black Waltz. Not wanting to leave out her friends she put the Bravery back on the field for them.

[ Noelle ~ Atlantis ~ Outside Throne Room]

Noelle kept on the heavy offensive, striking and taking out Heartless in a rage. She hardly thought, just acted, not taking note of anything but the enemies in her path. Then, just as suddenly as she'd jumped into the fray, the agromancer slowed, her posture changing as she was cured of her berserk state. Her shoulders hunched over as her exhausted body tried to recover from the sudden burst of activity. She raised her spear to fight off another Heartless, though weakly, as she struggled to catch her breath. Her shoulder ached from the icicle that pierced it, making her think briefly to heal herself but she decided instead to eliminate the problem that had caused the wound first. With some of her depleted magic levels restored by a break in magic using, she felt able to cast again. Mustering her strength, she turned toward the large Heartless causing all the trouble and shot several earth discuses at the ice wall, hoping to tear it down.

{James ; Beatrix; Auron : Black Pearl : Below Deck}

James' attention turned away from the planks of the celing towards the door as he heard Anthony speak. He had to admit it was good to see another Earthling still on the boat, good to see someone other than a character from the games. He smirked lightly, letting a small puff of air out of his nose as he did so. As he drew in air through his nose though he paused briefly. There was a different scent in the air, a tinge that the corsair had come to recognize as the tell-tale sign of Darkness. He didn't remember Anthony having that tinge on or near him before. It was hard after what had happened to not want to distance himself from the darkness. However, he would refrain and he would not mention it, for now. For all he knew the darkness that still filled his body and heart could have been throwing off his senses.

"I guess you're right," James replied with a sigh, letting his arm that had been resting on his forehead fall back to his side. "It's good to see another Earthling again. You doing alright Anthony?"

Beatrix turned his attention to the boy who had entered, Anthony was the other young man she had remembered fighting on deck against, what she assumed was his own replica. Just as James had, he too had used the darkness. The fact that a number of the Earthlings seemed to reaching power from Darkness had concerned her a bit. However, it wasn't her place to question what they were doing, only help them as best she coud.

"I will take my leave now, try not to overdo it," she stated to James, making her way towards the door where Anthony stood before she turned her attention back to him. "Are you in need of some healing?"

"Try not to do anything stupid," Auron stated with a smirk as he turned away from the corsair and the brawler. A 'friendly' reminder to both of them as he walked out of the room.

[ Kyltima : Atlantis : Atlanean Sky -> Main Street ]

The only hint (besides looking, anyway) that the Avatars were about to arrive was the quickly-growing sound of the tell-tale humming that accompanied Kyle's golden rocket-wings. Barely a couple seconds later, there was a loud crash, powerful enough to cause the earth to tremble somewhat; Chaos had been drilled into the ground with a sudden burst of Light magic, creating a small crater around his body.

In a blur of motion, the metallic Kyle pushed off the ground with his hands, as if to flip back on his feet. As he twisted in the air, he said three words:

"Golz Nahl Ah!"

Just before his feet touched the ground, the moment he said "ah", his wings kicked on again and he was soaring straight toward the Black Waltz, with over half a dozen Starlights following quickly after him. In his wake, five basketball-sized rocks jolted from the ground and followed along.

The Waltz was recomposing, beginning to charge another spell--but Kyle's spear swung on its own by his side, unleashing Divine Ruination, a swift row of Light explosions straight toward the frost-beast, once again blasting it against the seal. By the point, Kyle was close enough and stopped approaching, instead hovering a few meters in the air, where he thrust his arms forward, as if attempting to blast the Heartless. At that point, every Starlight and all five floating stones began to revolve around the Waltz, unleashing an endless hailstorm of Light and Earth bullets.

[Axel: Atlantis: Outside of Throneroom:]


Heartless, pffff- more like target practice. It was no skin of his nose to snuff the little ankle bitters out of existence in a puff of crimson flames. But his main concern was the what was coming up next.

Kyle had certainly undergone an interesting change. Even more surprising was the fact he couldn’t sense any inclination in the favor between Light and Dark in this person. After all that craziness earlier, what with that dark flower and such- only to suddenly be all super charged. It didn’t take too many brain cells to realize the two had somehow merged, and neither seemed the dominant- good. Ultima never did seem very congenial when he saw her, but with Kyle keep on the reigns maybe it could work.

Riku’s request got the nobody shuffling through his own coats and eventually he extracted a vial of the right color- “Aha! Knew I had one of these!” he turned towards Noelle waving the item a little”- here you go -oh.”
Never mind MORE fighting!

Noelle fair pretty well, but the effort was obviously taxing her now. By the time he finished dispatching his own cluster of heartless, and got to her side the girl had grown some ginseng elixirs and helped herself and others.

“Speak for yourself-“ he responded and handed her the Ether anyway-“ Just in case you’re too pooped to grow anything else.” He smirked and facing the direction of the Black Waltz he prepared to BRING the FIRE according to what UltimaKyle had said.

((Crappy post is Crappy- feel free to message me if you want me to add anything, sorry for the lateness!))

[Anthony ~.~ Black Pearl ~.~ Below Deck]

"Given the recent events, I'm doing fine," Anthony replied, giving James a thumbs up and a large smile, baring all his teeth. He turned his attention to Beatrix as she walked up beside him. "No thanks, pretty lady. I'm totes fine." He gave Auron nod as he left. "No vorries, bro," he said in his best Russian-Armenian accent. "Ve'll geeb id qool."

As Beatrix and Auron left, he made his way to James, taking a seat near him. "Gosh, as if we're children lost in an unfamiliar world with danger lurking in every corner, or something," he said, hoping to get a laugh out of his friend. "So, what's cracka-lackin'?"