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Kanitalous laughed lightly as she slowly walked inside. Slipping off her shoes, the girl had walked over to the two. "So I guess that we meet again." She stated with a grin as she looked over at the two.

"This is the Armor of Holy, as I have told you," he said.

Arrow blinked her eyes, then rubbed at them to make sure she wasn't seeing things. A man she had been talking to- albeit a very weird man- had suddenly changed...or it was transformed?...into a suit of armor that made her think of space aliens. When she was sure her senses weren't deceived, she said, "Okay, wait. How did you do that?"

Batrias didn't answer. For a moment, he stared off into space. Arrow McKenzie was about to ask him what the matter was, until Batrias said, "I have alerted myself to him. I should have thought of that."

"Alerted? What?" Arrow asked, wanting to know what this weird guy was talking about.

Then, all of the sudden, a similar person, with the space alien armor (this time brown instead of white) just appeared out of nowhere. "This is like something out of a bad anime show..." Arrow said to herself.

"Batrias of Holy, at last," said the newcomer.

"Kale," Batrias said, "Have you secured the armors yet?"

"No, I haven't, which is starting to make Tusuki fairly upset," Kale replied. For some reason, Arrow thought of wolves when she looked at him. "But I didn't come here to tell you how we are doing. I've come here to ask you why you've been so inactive these past months. We made an agreement that you would help me in taking Tusuki down. You remember that, don't you?"

"I do," Batrias said.

"Then you will understand my frustration at you staying here on this smelly island while the rest of us have had our hands full trying to obey Tusuki and cross her machinations at every turn. Batrias, I'm going to ask you just once: are you going to help Sehkmet and I, or are you content with sitting here forever?"

"I've had a great deal of time to think about everything that's happening," Batrias shook his head slowly. Arrow thought he was trying to deny something he would sooner accept. "But the only conclusion I can come to is that Tusuki must be allowed to discover the armors for herself. That is why I have not helped you. She seeks the Original Armor, because she must realize that she won't be able to defeat the Ronin Warriors in the usual way. But, if she has the power of the Blacksmith, she'll be able to control their armors, cutting off the last of her resistance. She has taken into account that someone always tries to interfere with anyone trying to conquer the world, and usually the conqueror fails. She's made a foolproof plan, and it must be allowed to go forward."

"I didn't think you had such confidence in your abilities, Batrias of Holy," Kale remarked. "I, for one, would rather see her dead before she gains the Original Armor."

"But there will always be someone else who is going to try and get it," Batrias explained. "Someone who will be willing to take the effort to re-make the Original Armor. I don't know if I'll be around when it happens, so, I figure, let Tusuki play her game if she wishes. The further along she gets, the less chance there will be of it happening again."

"And just how do you propose to stop her if she gains that much power?" Kale asked.

"It's in the origin of my own armor," Batrias said, "I'm beginning to think it's not a part of the Blacksmith's armor, but something else entirely."

Ryo shakes his head.
"Yah, I'm all right," he says, "a lot on my mind, don't worry about me."

He looks at everyone present, not sure at this point what to say or what to do. Dannin was still missing, and Kaylyn had taken Alaric (sorry to borrow) to look for her.

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Tusuki had indeed returned. And she is in a sour mood.

"Gather the others," she says, "we have work to do. The time has come for the hunt to begin."

OOC:
finally settled, for the most part. everyone ready for a plot twist?

The girl could not help but to laugh and shake her head. "I guess that somethings never change." She stated with a grin.

Ryo nodds slowly.

"I know Rowen," he says, "somehow, I think things are just getting started around here."

Kanita slowly shook her head. "It's nothing really..." She stated with a smile. "So how are things?"

(time to get the ball rolling)

Outside where the Ronins were hiding, a sudden and violent storm rolled in. The lightning was bright and all with Wildcat blood jumped at the sound. All others could feel the thunder crashing. Those left outside were drenched quickly and the wind made the lights inside flicker.

Cye frowned, looking up from the stove he was currently defending from Kento. Weather began rolling in, and in truth, it had an ominous feel to it. Looking at Kento, he saw that Kento was experiancing the same things. Both glanced out the window once more, watching seriously.

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Rowen sat before the fireplace, looking through a book or another, analyzing what was going on with them, and thier best choices when something in the aura of what was going on caused him to frown, lifting his head to watch silently, aware and on guard, "Looks like a dangerous time is ahead..."

Lena just gave him a wry look, "You didn't already know?"

She had been going through books beside him, reasearching things out silently as she scanned the pages before her. In reality, it had been nice to get away from it, but she blinked, listening to Inigashi. Something in her blood boiled, almost as if called.

It's dangerous...I don't like the feel of this....

I know.....


Kanita is outside...under a tree.... Inigashi almost smiled at the fact that she was.

Sighing, Lena nodded, walking towards the door, ignoring the look that Rowen gave her. Walking out the door, she ignored the water that instantly soaked her, following the spirits to where Kanita stood, "COMe on! You can't stay out in this! LIghting could strike that tree!"