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First Aid was a weak healing spell, but Healing Stream sounded promising. "Healing Stream might--" Hubert was immediately silenced when Pascal suddenly seemed to throw herself at the man. He was shocked at first, and his heart may or may not have stopped, but when he noticed she was attempting to feel his ears, Hubert smacked his hand to his head. "Pascal!" The younger bluenette firmly grabbed hold of Pascal's arm and pulled her back, his face red; someone had to express embarrassment. "I'm so sorry about that. Please excuse her behavior. Pascal is a very....She's...." He sighed as he let go of her arm. After getting his mind back in order, Hubert crossed his arms. Instead of trying to explain to their companion, he went on to the next best thing. "Pascal, that was incredibly rude. You can't just go up to people and touch them. We haven't even been introduced for crying out loud." He briefly wondered if she learned anything from when she would constantly try to touch Sophie, but quickly cast that curiosity aside. Considering she still tried to touch her on occasion, it was easy to deduce that she hadn't.

"Whaa-?!" With her body flung back, she turned around and was met with a scolding lecture from Hubert. "B-But, but . . . his ears! I just wanted to touch them. They look so cool and sleek." It wasn't unlike her to be grabby when meeting someone. If only Hubert saw the first time she met Sophie, but that is a story for another time. Taking Hubert's words to heart, she spun around to the towering elf. "I'm Pascal and this is Hu, nice to meet ya! Can I touch your ears?" Her cheerful greeting was met with a pair of grabby mitts, a common stance for Pascal.

OOC: I now recognize the term "bluenette" as a word.
And also I can't believe my spellcheck didn't go stupid after typing in bluenette.

Nia wasn't entirely sure what was going on. One second she was almost being cut with a knife and the next there was a boy biting into the man's shoulder, She was at a complete loss for words and felt a little sick at the sight. At least his assault distracted the thief and gave Nia the opportunity to run. Of course, she couldn't just leave these two to fight. That would be far too cruel; even if they did seem to be protecting her. But, she really didn't know what to do. Getting to her feet, Nia saw they were doing fine, but that didn't mean she stopped wanting to help.

Nia immediately began digging in the sand for something to use as a weapon. She managed to dig up what looked like a rusted dagger. It was better than nothing. When she attempted to pick it up, she found it was held tightly in the skeletal remains of a hand. "I'm sorry, but I have to burrow this." When she went to pry the dagger from the hand, she ended up detaching the arm's lower portion and probably would have screamed or fainted if her adrenaline wasn't so high. Looking back at the thief that was now relentlessly attacking the boy, Nia changed her tactic and simply grabbed the entire bone, hand and all, only to have the radius snap off. That was not what she had in mind, but again; anything was better than nothing at this point.

Settling for what she had in her hand, Nia ran at the thief. A bone probably wouldn't do much to hurt him, but before she could let that worry sink in, she felt something hot form beneath her and looked down. "Ah...! Wait, no, I...!" Not knowing what the odd orange circle was, Nia attempted to run out of it only to find that it seemed to be stuck on her. "What do I do!?" The circle suddenly disappeared and she watched as three balls of fire appeared and shot at the thief. The amnesiac slumped, face expressing nothing but how dumbfounded she was. She couldn't believe what had just happened. Nia wasn't even convinced she was the one that did that.

Much to Byakuya's relief, Senbonzakura decided he had spent enough time manifesting and returned completely to his sword. Not taking his eyes from the books he had gathered, the Shinigami appeared to be completely unaware of being stared it. He wasn't, of course; Byakuya was simply used to the sensation. Stares were a daily thing for him. As a captain and the head of his clan, people were always prone to stare in awe or envy. So, at first, he completely ignored the feeling. However, he quickly realized that no one around him was from Soul Society and that peaked his interest. Looking up from the book slightly to scan the room, he spotted a brown-haired woman looking at him. Though her attire wasn't at all that remarkable, it was enough to make her stand out. It was far too risky to assume she was in a similar situation to him, but he would soon find out why she was staring at him. Standing, Byakuya met her gaze for only a couple of seconds before using shunpo to disappear from where he was currently standing and appear behind her. His hand gripped the hilt of his Zanpakutō as he spoke to her. "Is there a reason you're staring at me?"





Elle was to distracted with her own battle to really notice what the other two were doing. The scorpion seemed stubborn on keeping her on the defensive by spitting venomous needles at her. And, she only knew they were venomous because she was feeling sick from the few that currently decorated her leg. Was this Karma punishing for not stocking up on panacea bottles in Kanbalar before she left? Returning the pistols to their holsters, Elle pulled the sledgehammer from the strap on her back and glared at the scorpion. "Out--!" Elle's arte was interrupted when ice shot up and engulfed the scorpion. That was the end of that. Returning the hammer to its strap, Elle turned to look at the other two. "That wasn't so hard." Of course, now that the adrenaline of battle wasn't distracting her, the poison became much more obvious. She could make it to town, right? Surely they had an antidote or something Elle could use to treat herself. "There's a town just east of here. We should....We should probably head there if we want to avoid anymore monsters." This poison was different than the poison back home. Stronger for some reason. Maybe it was the fact that her body had built up a semi-immunity to the kinds she was used to being inflicted with.

Sesshōmaru and Rin both looked at Aeris again when she spoke and asked her about the relationship between them. The demon turned his head away, but continued to glance sideways at Rin. He was curious as to what she'd say. "He can't be my father. My parents and brothers are dead." Clearly, the term "father figure" was not one she understood. "Lord Sesshōmaru is my friend." Rin smiled up at Aeris before running off to play with a nearby dog and Sesshōmaru, with his curiosity satisfied, turned to keep an eye on his young charge.

Zaul gave Pascal a silent, puzzled look for a moment. "Eheh...what, y'all've never seen elvenkind before? Uh...y'can try but Ah don' see how they'd feel any different from human ears...they're basically th' same, just longer." Although he said "you can try", he didn't necessarily mean immediately, as he didn't bend lower to let her right then. He meant it more as a "sometime later, when we're not surrounded by a crowd". Especially when there was something more important to address at the moment.

He then looked to the boy and responded, "'Hugh', is it?" He mistakenly assumed out of hearing Pascal's shorter nickname for him. "Healin' Stream it is, then. C'mon, let's look fer a more concealed spot. Pardon th' wait, but my castin' style looks mighty questionable, n' people get th' wrong idea seein' it in action. Hope y'can hold out just a bit more." He turned his back to them and stepped forward, starting to lead the way.





Jade brought a hand to his chin and looked aside for a moment, bearing a pensive expression. "A petition hearing. I see. I take it you and miss Muzét are government officials, hm? As for your other company, perhaps mine have chanced upon them as well." Returning his hand to his pocket, he resumed eye contact with Gaius and continued, "But I was wondering if you could tell me what your experience entering this world was like. Any bright flashes, or did your surroundings simply appear to transform? If our experiences are any similar, it could perhaps provide a clearer understanding of what we're possibly dealing with."

Location:Meltokio
Currently With: Rin, Sesshomaru

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It would seem that Rin did not understand the term 'father figure'. Aeris shook her head softly. "Not exactly what I meant. A father figure is someone you look up to who is like a father towards you. With how protective and caring Sesshomaru was towards you, it gave me the impression that he is a like a father." She said with a small smile, which would then fade into a frown. She looked at Rin with a look of sympathy in her emerald green eyes. "Though I am sorry to hear about the loss of your family. I've lost my parents when I was a little girl as well." She smiled to Rin as she watched the little girl run off to play with a dog. Her gaze then shifted over to Sesshomaru. "So how did you and Rin meet?"





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Location: Tower of Mana
Currently With: Lutz

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Krystal gave a nod when she heard Lutz's question. "Yes, if it's no trouble for you. I can assume you're from another world as well?" The blue vixen doubted he was a native. She can assume that he had received the same kind of reactions like she had when she first arrived in Hima. That and she had learned that were no fox-like races like herself and Lutz in Aselia. "My name is Krystal from the planet Cerinia. May I learn your name?"

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After seeing Seishin take a rather hard hit to the head, Kratos made his way toward the two while dodging the living sword's air blades. Once he was beside the fox child, he quickly cast First Aid to ease the sting across his face and any probable ache at the neck.

Azura practically grinned ear to ear as the "backpack" unraveled and revealed its true, familiar form to her. Then, at hearing Rhone's request, she nodded and replied with a succinct "Gotcha," before maneuvering her way to the other three. I'm kinda gonna regret trashing my collection like this, though...ah well, it'll be a reason to return to that world, she thought along the way.

Once having regrouped with the other three, she combined ice magic with Improbability Sphere to create a shielding dome that encased all of them. It was transparent and actually didn't look like it was going to last very long, but it would buy her enough time to issue her plan.

"Listen, that living sword thing? I'm pretty sure one of its base instincts is to avoid capture at all costs. Here's the deal—Kratos? Those pretty wings of yours are flight-capable, right?"

"Yes, they are."

Azura took out from within her coat two dark blue velvet pouches and handed one to Kratos. Then she took out what appeared to be some kind of tiny ball device; half blue with red markings, half white, with a black band going around it and a white button at the front. "These are capture devices from that creature's world. You gotta press this to activate—" she pressed her thumb on the button and with a click, the ball nearly tripled in size, filling her whole hand, "—then you try to throw them at the creature. Simple as that. I'm pretty sure it's still energetic enough to destroy them, but capture's not really our main objective here."

Kratos nodded, understanding the implication that he was to fly up and distract the creature with these devices. "But Azura, how are you going to get up there?"

She grinned. "Don't sweat that, I got another trick up my coat. Time your throws carefully, though...we've each only got eight shots." Then she turned to the other two. "Now, Solaire? Seishin? While you're down here, dodge and shield yourselves as much as you can, but also try to fire off as many projectiles as you can at it. Doesn't matter if it misses or intercepts with its own attacks. We're trying to make it forget Rhone's there for a bit."

Azura would conclude asking if everyone's clear, but the icy shield over their heads finally shattered into fine, frosty dust. "Welp! It's now or never!"

Kratos immediately released his wings and took to the air. At first, he let the living sword creature turn its attention and throw some attacks toward him. He'd shield and dodge, waiting for Azura to make her way up, deciding it was wiser to work out a tandem pattern between them.

Azura took out from her coat what appeared to be a thick black wand with a cumbersome device of white metal mounted atop it. Set in the device was an absurdly large blue gemstone. After pressing a button at the butt of the wand, it actually extended to the length of an average staff, and the gemstone started to levitate. Then it went alight with a blue energy flame seemed to fan out into shape of the bristles of a broom. When she set the device horizontally, its function was more apparent—it looked a lot like it was supposed to be a futuristic version of a witch's flying broomstick. And indeed, Azura mounted herself atop it and took off.

Once at Kratos' level at the opposite side, she nodded at him and readied a ball device. Then the two of them pitched at the living sword creature at the same time.



((If my description of the flying broomstick item wasn't very good, it`s this thing.))