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Hook's Ship -- Cabin

A happy Rinoa was just about to respond to the other two women when a strange looking lanky man with the oddest markings on his face entered shortly after that.

Freezing in place when he addressed them, she belatedly realized just who he was. The captain of this ship? The one who was responsible for kidnapping them?

Her eyes narrowing slightly even as her hand tightened around Squall's, she fought a jolt of trepidation at the sight of him. Nevertheless, she made no move to move back, and instead, she spoke up, her voice stronger than she would've thought. "Who are you, and what do you want with us?"

Aerith's smile quickly turned to a frown when the heartless entered, "So, you tied these three up...?" she pointed to Rinoa, Yuna, and Selphie. She had no idea what the motive might have been, but if this ship belonged to the heartless, they could be in trouble.

The cetra decided to quickly anwser Rinoa's question, "He's one of the seven heartless, to make a long story short. He's a bad guy" she nudged Cloud, "What's your take on this, Cloud?" Aerith tried to stay optimistic, despite the situation.

Party Moral was needed.

Hook’s Ship – Cabin

Leon whirled around when he heard yet another voice he did not understand only to find that it’s owner was not a friendly one. Short blond hair... beard of sorts… This man was very similar to Luxord. A long earring dangled from his ear with the ever familiar Heartless symbol.

Gluttony.

Rinoa’s grip tightened around his hand, a feeling Leon returned. “Don’t worry,” he told the woman without taking his eyes off of the Heartless. “I won’t let anything happen to you. I’ll protect you.” He released her hand. “Stick with Aerith.”

Like Cloud, Leon brought forth his gunblade and stood with the blond SOLDIER facing Gluttony.

“We won’t let you go any further. If you are looking for a fight, we’re here to deliver.”

Hook's Ship - Cabin

Stepping back slightly, tensing, Rinoa cast the other girls a faintly worried look. She didn't know what this guy was capable of, but she wondered if this person was indeed Gluttony her new friend Yuffie had mentioned earlier.

Biting her lip and not quite about to retreat fully; she'd fought by Squall's side countless of times before, and if he thought that she was going to leave him to face the danger alone with the blonde man - Cloud, was it? - he was definitely going to have something coming to him.

But...this man was looking for Zexion? If he was merely doing that, then why did he capture them in the first place?

Sensing the acid in how the others addressed this strange man, Yuna realizes almost too late that he is not exactly someone she should give her name to. It makes her feel rather dumb since she is the only one who had actually responded to the man's earlier reprimand. Trying to redeem her mistake, Yuna whips out both her guns again and aims the both of them at the man with strange markings on his face. The arrogance with which he speaks with signals that he probably has some sort of weapon hidden on him. It should be alright to be extra cautious though, even if pointing at someone unarmed would be rather rude.

Yuna knows no Zexion, however, and this man seems to want to speak only with this certain person. While being ignored is not exactly pleasant, she is rather glad that she is not the man's target. Keeping her guns aimed exactly at the man, Yuna waits for the others to speak. She might make another wrong judgement if she speaks again; she knows next to nothing about anyone or anything in this place, after all.

Somewhere on Hook's ship away from Gluttony and the events going on ((I suck at locations in this world!))

A groan escaped slightly parted lips as the young Praetor that had begun to stur sat up from the floor. The gently rocking motion of the ship around him did nothing to ease the pain in his head or keep him from almost falling back onto the ground face first.

After a moment of stareing blankly at the wood floor, Baralai's mind finally told him he was not in Bevelle anymore. "Oh no!" He jumped to his feet, causing himself to stumble back into a pillar as his throbbing head made him dizzy.

He's not in Bevelle again! Baralai was sure to get scolded by the Yevonites for this one..."Why me?" He found himself mouthing inaudably.

After leaning against the piller for several more minutes, the Praetor begun to hear voices from nearby. Many of them. Many voices equaled people. People meant help! Baralai smiled, picking up his double-sided weapon off the floor and made his way for the door. Hopfully these people were not enemies...he would hate to get into a fight in his state of mind. His head hurt too much to want that.

Opening the door slowly, Baralai peeked through the crack to see the events outside. People alright...they were talking. Okay, that's a good thing. Meaning no fights. The Yevonite pushed the door fully opened, entering the room where everyone stood. Amung the crowd, he recognized Yuna.

Lady Yuna! His mind screamed, happy to see she was truly safe! "Ah! Lady Yuna! I am glad to have finally found you at last!" He found himself saying, which cought everyone's attention.

Hook's Ship, Cabin

Ienzo's gaze was piercing as he stared at the Heartless, searching for any words that the other being had said that might tip him off to what his motive was. The smaller teen crossed his arms now, mind going a mile a minute as he thought of all his possible answers. Of course, he wasn't about to give the Heartless everything he knew--- that would be too easy.

"You didn't answer my question, Heartless." Lips drew into a thin line now, tone flat and unfriendly. Sure, he didn't really have any weapons to speak of, but he did have a quick reflexes and an even quicker mind. Against Gluttony, that was pretty much all it would take. He would just have to look for the opening to outsmart the seemingly drunken Heartless.