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[ Kyle : Red Rose : Training Room ]

Kyle looked, brown eyes meeting hazel. "Yep, ya look clean to me," he said with a small smile, giving a thumbs up with his right hand, otherwise remaining relaxed in his cross-legged position.

"So, either of you know where we're headed?" he asked, raising a brow in curiosity. "I was asleep, so I haven't the faintest idea."

[Kai: Paris: Beauvais Manor: Study]

“I can perhaps arrange that.” She answered a bit too quickly to be a simple joke but it wasn’t threatening either, after all she was a mage. “-but I understand, you’re a very busy woman.”

“Many hands make light work as they say.”

Taking another sip from her cup again, enjoying the flavor she opened her book and flipped through the pages till she found what she’d share for now. “ Quality is what I seek as well, when effort is put in, only the best must be expected forthright. “

“I myself have found taking upon all the work can be tiresome, so I’ve begun to branch out my reach as well.” She touched a finger to the page and the inked lines lit up. Illuminating like a 3d display was a small replicated projection of the creature that had nearly decimated the crew of the pearl, and pushed the group lead by Leon to their limits.

“This pretty little number has been the subject to some alterations. Originally it was fine, but I thought it had potential to exceed beyond its normal realms of influence. Imbued with more details, it’s been able to reach a much more susceptible audience. “

With a wave of her hand a life sized figment appeared on the floor between the lot of them, the Nameless was bent over, back contorted with its razor claws outstretched. It’s bladed arm embedded in the floor- not literally, it was simply a captured image after all.

“So far it’s first exposer to the public has been very fruitful, and I’ve seen it reach quite a few interesting members of society. But it’s not without its flaws. I’d like to iron out the kinks in this work, but I only have so much time to delve into abstract concepts of light and dark to find the grey area I seek. “ She turned back to Elleon who’s smile could only mean she’d found the place between their distorted mindsets where they could at least meet on common ground. Comfortable places where they could sip tea with real pleasure.
“In your experience with society, have you seen anything or any school of study where I could glean some inspiration? Only if this interests you of course.”

[Az: Paris: Beauvais Manor; Study]

"What can I say? Man of many talents." He grinned in a very cocky way, then went back to focusing on what Kai was showing. Mm, didn't exactly look like something they'd want ties to, in Az's opinion. Too much effort and work for very little gain it seemed. Not that he exactly knew what Kai was planning, except it'd likely be 'dark' of some variation.

"Ah, that would be Kai. Draws s**t, it becomes real cause magic or something. Pictomancer or whatever it's called. Apparently artistic or something, considering how...flowery she's talking. Gotta sound artsy fartsy when speaking more plainly would get a point across better. Like how El is actually doing." He sighed, then started digging into his pocket. "Oh well. Here, I can show you before I hand it to her. Ever hear of a Rainbow Diamond?"

{James : Red Rose : Training Room}

James' smile broadened a bit and he let out another sigh of relief as they gave him the confirmation that his eyes were definitely back to normal. Then Kyle brought up the question of where they were going.

"I was asleep too, so I honestly have no idea either," he thought back to the fact the fact that he had been the one to read off this group of worlds on the letter, but he had given it to Joe and that had clearly not given any further insight. "Kind of strange that we would take off without some kind of destination being revealed."

"While I have you guys here, there is something I want to try, but first I want to ask you if it makes any sense to try," he said his thoughts once again falling to the battle with Kuro Oni on the Pearl. He paused for a bit thinking how best to explain.

"You may or not remember back during our second meeting with the replicas I tapped into the power of darkness and it drove me berserk. I fought without my hexagun just trying to slug Kuro Oni. Anyway, when I regained control of myself on the Pearl it was like that again except I couldn't even call on my gun. It also felt completely different with different attacks and it all just felt more instinctual and I remained in control until I took in more darkness. Kuro Oni seemed to be the same way... Is there such thing in this universe as a change in classes like that? Like a Paradigm shift?" he asked, summing it up into the term used for an in-combat skill shift from Final Fantasy XIII, truly not his favorite game in the franchise but it was the best term he could think of off the top of his head.

[ Sora ; Riku : Red Rose : Lounge Area ]

Sora moved a card from one side of his hand to the other, furrowing his brow at what he'd been dealt.

Riku watched, chuckling at his friend's terrible poker face as he leaned back in the seat. "Pretty quiet."

"Yeah, I guess they're sleeping or something," Sora muttered, tilting his head at the combination of cards. With a frown, he threw in a small shard, one of many they'd all collected through their battles. Normally, they used them for Moogle stuff, but since all the fighting had begun, the moogles had seemed oddly scarce. "Check."

[Kai: Paris: Beauvais Manor: Study]

Well I’ll be damned- simpletons do exist.

She humored children, and fools. The world was seemingly populated with equal both so she had no choice but to share their air. After all she had responsibilities over lives in a similar fashion, but surely Elleon must be stressed.
And ‘my my’, wasn’t this little gem turning out to be REAL treasure? She wondered what sort of deviant plot these replica’s had planned for the poor brat.
She wondered what Elleon planned to do it if or when she tired of her tennant as well.

“ Understood.” She replied and dismissed the apparition from existence.
Turning her book ahead to a new blank page she poised her quill over the surface.

“Then let us discuss what it is you desire.” Her spare hand took another sip fo the tea and set it down to rest on one side of her book page before going on. “I’m a fair person- so I will not expect to receive anything of fine quality; if something of equal finery is not received on my part, I am a professional after all. As far as limitations are concerned- it goes without saying that if I’m provided with the appropriate support or material… I can make almost anything you desire.” Her eyes lifted to meet Elleons, staring quite directly- like she could see what the false woman wanted like it was etched into her retina.
“ I’m curious to hear if there’s something in particular you’d like.”

{James : Red Rose : Training Room}

"Technically only once, the first time I was just being stupid," he corrected before slowly standing up. "I wasn't sure if it was a form that I could only access when tapping into the darkness or not, guess there is only one way to find out though."

{{Cue : Mark II

'Ready to give this a shot?' he asked Fenrir already trying to focus his mana as he made his way a small distance deeper into the room, away from Noelle and Kyle.

'Ready when you are, Fenrir replied.

James turned to face Kyle and Noelle feeling the mana starting to course through his body. It felt lively coursing through his veins, but it wasn't like it was running rampant like when his heart was filled with darkness, it felt normal.

'Use magic to force a bodily alteration, focus mana towards the hands and feet then?'

'Makes sense, and you should force an exchange your weapon too.'

'Right claws like what I had during the fight, Let's do this.'

The corsair tensed up, his fingers curling like they were claws, feeling the mana course through his body as he willed it to change it's normal focus point. He could feel it's natural flow, down his right arm where it would be released through his hexagun. He envisioned it changing it's course, surging to the hands and feet instead of that one point. Slowly but surely, he could feel it collecting at the points. He had to wonder if his hands and feet were glowing with energy he could feel it radiating so intensely.

'Now for the exchange!' he shouted imagining his hexagun, and in his mind breaking it down into what looked like claws of purple energy.

"Wolf Fang Fist!" he yelled, turning away from Kyle and Noelle as he swung his curled fingers three times like claw slashes.

As he did so, claws of crescent shaped energy erupted from his fingers and sliced through the air down range into the training room before eventually dissipating. As he relaxed his pose in his hands instead of his hexagun were the claws of energy he had envisioned. He had done it. The feeling was the same as before.

"So I guess that's how it's done, it's good to know that it doesn't require the darkness to use it," he stated as he turned back to Noelle and Kyle with a satisfied smile. "I guess these abilities are more channeled through Fenrir than my own magic though, same with the claws. Cool, it worked."

[ Kyle : Red Rose : Training Room ]

Kyle raised a brow. A demonstration? If it had happened twice before, was that really--

Okay yeah he's going through with it.

Kyle tensed as James began to charge mana, hoping that Darkness wasn't a necessary component. Within a few seconds, the corsair--berserker?--summoned a pair of ghastly energy claws reminiscent of a wolf before unleashing a small combination of air swipes. When he was done, Kyle couldn't help but snort somewhat with a small chuckle.

"Holy copyright-infringement, Yamcha," he said with a melodramatic voice, mimicking Robin from the old Batman shows. Afterward, he grinned a gave a thumbs up. "Looks good, man. Honestly just glad to have ya back."