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[Timmy : Hook's Ship]

He took a bow in regards to Alice's kindness and summoned forth his shields. "Considering this is just sparring, no need to go all out I guess. Of course even if I went all out, it wouldn't even match a fraction of your full power. I'll make sure not to bore you too much though!" His calm stance switched over to a fierce one as he began to charge electricity into his fist.

"Indu!" he waved his charged hand over himself causing electricity to jump off of his body. He then tapped into his darkness and let it course through his electricity making use of his Inazuma ability. He definitely felt an increase of power from when he dived deeper into the darkness and he grinned in pure delight.

"Here I come!" He decided to go forth by casting a thunder spell on top of her, and then proceeded to throw his shield as a follow up. After letting go of his shield he charged up his right fist and then ran in attempting to follow the girl's movement with his eyes.

[Nick :: Bamboo Thicket]

The Avatar of Chaos shuddered as Seymour pressed his finger against his chest, an icy chill spreading through his body in a brief flash. Nick stared into the Maester's eyes, and could not help but be afraid; Seymour's eyes seemed to be that of a heartless psychopath. No remorse. No mercy. Either you aid him or be destroyed.

He briefly noticed his teacher staring at him, and he froze for a moment. She did not choose this path...It was forced on her, if I remember what she said correctly. Well then...There's only one choice in the matter...

"Master Seymour, I have decided. I am fully ready to accept the Darkness into my heart."

[ Seymour ; ??? : Bamboo Thicket ]

"Then so it shall be," he spoke, the lofty tone sounding almost as if there was no weight to the coming actions; as if it were nothing more than a triviality. His hand suddenly surged with Darkness, which focused itself into the tip of the index finger, which injected the Darkness directly into Nicholas' heart. The immediate feeling of a cold tightening would last less than a second; having already gotten used to the Darkness from before, it would have felt more like an invigoration- as if he'd been given a second breath.

The teacher once again seemed to look to the ground; once again seemed to await her orders.

Seymour took his hand from the young man's body, smiling gently. "Welcome, Sir Nicholas, Son of Earth. You should certainly have enough of the Darkness within you now to understand its properties and contain it from the sense of others. Now, Mateus, I believe with those introductions, there is nothing left; please be sure to relate that information about Cory to Louis. Is there anything you'd like to add?"

[Kyla: LoD: Imperial City]

[FIXED Version ]

Cue: Follow Her Phantom - Kylas OST

Kyla was beat red in the cheeks, and was thankful for her slightly concealing tan so it wasn't so obvious. She'd received praise before on her artwork, but it was always like the first time for her, every time. Praise didn't feel right, like she was being complimented on something as easy as breathing, or walking straight. Drawing was everything to her, it seemed unnatural to not be able to do something as simple as keeping a visual record like this. But she thanked them in kind for their generous words. Knowing they meant every word, and should accept them humbly and thankfully.

Kyla would have liked to explain the long winded story over a cup of tea, but because of it's size, perhaps starting while they walked a better course of action. Amy's eagerness was both surprising and charming. She did startle her a moment, but it was short lived, and soon Kyla lowered the book so they could both see the beginning page. It was a peice of Earth, which her likeness stood upon, very similar to the classic moment where Sora's world was destroyed and everything was falling up into darkness.

" Alright then- it's a very interesting story, so I'll begin from the first thing I saw. Mind you- parts are missing, is a recount of everything I witnessed myself. I didn't arrive the same time as everyone, much else like you, but there should be some foot notes here about those missing parts."

" To answer your most pressing question, I am sorry to say, that yes, Earth is gone. As far as we can tell, we're the only survivors who escape the mass swallowing of our world. It's exact fate is unknown but you could place it to be very similar to what happened to Sora and Riku, and Destiny island. Earth has been swallowed by darkness, erased if you will." Kyla's words halted for a moment.. since coming here, the pictomancer had taken care not to delve into the reality of that moment. She didn't mention anything about a conflict, or what happened after her own Deep Dive, but skiped ahead to the next page which was a picture of Disney Gardens. As she did this, Kyla skipped quickly over what looked like some grotesque and scary illustration.
Kyla pushed that memory back as quickly as possible.
She didn't even give herself a moment to greave now that she thought about it, instead Kyla focused on the fact she was here, alive. She didn't want to think about- "B-...but what we also know is, just like Sora had the opportunity to restore his world, so do we."

" I arrived in the gardens of disney castle where I met Merlin. He was the one who showed me how to open doors with my Sketchbook and Pen. Of course Ill never be able to open one that took me as far as the one we made together. He told me I was to going the group who had already set off to Agrabah. And so drawing a door to the sandy desert, I appeared in the sky amidst a giant sandstorm, conjured by the conflict between them, and the Genie incarnation of Jafar."

" Upon landing, having been snatched or caught by one of the Earthlings, I was revived by Rae, the white mage. We were aboard Long John Silvers sky boat. We finally landed in Agrabah, were we traveled through the bazaar on route to the Palace. It was there we had a small scuffle with someone who took one of us and attempted to run off. We all gave chase, and it was there we met Kuja the Genome, and Jack sparrow."

Kyla gave a pause, and allowed the Crystal Gunslinger and Red Mage-ish-looking Alan time to absorb this information before continuing.

She flipped the pages one after the other. The quality and detailing of each image was comparable to a photo being taken... this was obviously due to the effects of her pictomancy. The colors and lines were solid, like she took screen caps all along the way. With each introduction of another person, their head shot was listed by name and time of meeting, as well as small observations.

" When we finally arrived at the Palace, we discovered that Aladdin's heart was stolen. Yet remarkably, he still kept his form, just like the princesses of heart did. He remained in the palace in that trance-like sleep under the watchful gaze of Jasmine. In order to reclaim the heart, we would have to face Jaffar again. During a time of rest, we all got to know each other, exchange recounts of the fall of our world, and received our Dresspheres. There was a small fight which broke out earlier, and re had to reclaim a member- Maggie- who was in the desert. Upon bringing her back, we rested in the Palace."

' though.. now that I think about it, I was too restless to sleep, so I wandered around like some listless idiot.

Alan and Amy would notice she quickly went through two pages before they could look at them closely. But if they were sharp, they'd realize one was a picture of the whole city of Agrabah from above. And the second was of then moonlight desert, and a hallways inside the palace, with a small clipping of Kyle from the other team, he appeared to be talking to you judging by his expression.

" Erm.. during the night, we fell into a trap. It appeared that a great magic was blending the two areas into one, and before we knew it, were all separated into a giant labyrinth underground. It was a maze of thorns and we were at the mercy of who ever was waiting for us there."

(( will continue next post- don't worry- its a LONG story for only a couple of days. Man we were busy! So post regularly, respond and react like you'd normally do ok- just pretend Kyla paused again and let them absorb the information and ask questions perhaps.)

[Cory .:. Narnia .:. Jadis' Castle .:. Main Hall]

Smoke drifted up from Cory's frame after the Thunder spell struck him. However, he miraculously still stood on his feet, albeit slight hunched over. For a few moments, the laughter had come to a halt, and the rogue simply stood there as though he had died on his feet. And then movement.

He slowly lifted the Revblade up to his left shoulder, staring up through his bangs at the mage of the original trio. He flinched as he ran the edge of the blade across his arm, cutting a large gash that bled profusely. The laughter came again as blood dripped to the floor at the renegade's feet, echoing again throughout the main hall. "There, now I can't use my left arm! Are you really so certain of my absolute defeat, mage?! If so, then approach me! What could a slowed and drained man with only one functioning arm possibly do to a mage 'trained by Maester Seymour'?! Do you fear me so greatly that you will not approach?! Do you fear a broken man?!" Once again, the mocking laughter rang out through the main hall.

[Timmy : Hook's Ship]

He watched as she dodged the thunder spell and his shield, so in response he stayed back and caught his shield while releasing the energy he stored up. The Defender's assault was put to a halt due to Alice's clouds of toxic, which blurred his vision. Tch, what a troublesome sparring match this will be, the boy thought as he tried to cover his nose. With his vision blurred, he didn't see the mop swing at his legs and thus fell to the ground. Timmy quickly opened up a dark portal behind him and ran into it leading him to the crow's nest.

"That's not a very nice thing to do ya know!" The boy grinned a bit knowing that the crew was probably suffering from the toxic mist. She's definitely toying with me, especially if she uses something as lame as a mop. Just got to keep my guard up, and give her my flashiest show, he then started to summon forth thunder spell after thunder spell upon the deck randomly causing more mayhem.

[Alice :: Hook's Ship]

Alice could only bring herself to smile as she followed Timmy's movements through the poisonous fog. The poison was a far more dense and thus hung relatively low on the ship, even spilling over to crawl along the ground. A thunder spell struck not too far from her, lighting up the green mist briefly and she snickered to herself as a poor crew member shrieked and scampered below deck.

She grabbed hold of a rope and swung herself upwards, using her speed and the mass of confusion on deck to work her way up the main mast virtually undetected. She watched from behind Timmy as he summoned one lightning bolt after another into the hazy mist, all the while trying to fight off a chuckle. Alice leaned her head closer, "Those poor men, must be having a blast down there," she said in a low whisper, amusement dancing in her eyes as she watched portions of the mist light up and swirl at the thunder spells.

Alice laughed as she neatly back flipped off the crow's nest, a little cynicism in her fleeting smile as she raised a single arm. "Here we go!" The animator shouted in mock merriment as she hit the exterior of the nest as if spinning a manual merry-go-round at a park. The wood creaked almost painfully at her touch before spinning off the main mast like a tea cup with Timmy still inside. "C'mon Timmy, gotta do better than that if you want to wipe those kids off the face of the world~"

[[Mateus : LoD : Bamboo Thicket]]

Mateus' eyes gleamed dimly as he stood as an observer. His gaze was unwavering, no shift or movement in his entire form as the Measter proceeded to inject darkness directly into Nick's heart.

As Seymour finished and addressed him, Mateus spoke, "In fact, I would like to add something, a word of caution." he shifted slightly towards Nick, "Keep your eyes open for Louis and his own plans. His actions have grown more autonomous from Seymour's as of late... if you get involved, he'll hope you'll have the sense to play along and know your role, as will I. He'll likely be rather cross with you if you mess things up. But, stay on your toes, even if we are your allies, he will not hesitate to kill you if the opportunity arises and you are playing the role of his opponent. Chaos, try not to get too carried away... it seems to me he'll need you more to help balance him than keep him on edge... should he lose control... everything could be ruined."

Mateus' form whithered by a web of cracks, "This form can't hold out any longer, so my time is short. The day draws near Chaos. Ultima WILL face OUR judgement soon. When that time comes, NOTHING will stand in our way of exacting a millennium's worth of revenge... along with accumulated interest!"

There was a loud shattering noise, and the armor burned away, leaving one last line behind, "Do not disappoint me... Avatar of Chaos."

What was left behind, was the skeletal shell of a Dark Ice Soldier. It shook with tremors and a crack spread out from the hole embedded in its black glass skull. Only a few seconds past, and it exploded into tiny pieces leaving nothing behind but a heart that rose up a few inches then disappeared.