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{A heart shed for power is the only heart of worth.}

[Castle Oblivion : Commons Area (AKA Kitchen)]

"Sorry for the wait. We shall discuss the missions now," Vereor spoke from the doorway, finding that most of the members had, in fact, remained in the commons area. Zekvyr was likely still showing Zigmund the laboratories, and Masenko...

Well, you could never really count on Masenko.

"First, Fal'Navi, I have a personal task that you might find interesting," he began, taking his seat at the round table and ignoring the tension that was still going on between the women. Even without their hearts, women were predictably... menstrual. "A blond male named Soryuju is currently in Traverse Town. I would like you to approach him and test his mettle in one-on-one combat sometime before he leaves. I figured you wouldn't be too annoyed by the task, given that he is a Dragon Knight in training."

"Next, Tsurumi, Revelin, you are to accompany each other to the Land of Dragons," he explained, glancing at the two members next, his stoicism as present as ever. "An Avalanche Heartless has broken loose in the fields approaching the Forbidden City, and while we strive to cause destruction of all sorts, we'd prefer the world's heart not yet be lost for such a meaningless cause."

"The rest of you are allowed relatively free reign, but do not be surprised if I should call on you," he explained, pouring himself the remainder of the tea. "I am merely waiting on word from the Superior before I bring someone with me to the Kingdom of Cornelia. However, Aiko- how went your mission in Agrabah?"

Reikonsesshou: Samurai/Nobody/Wanderer

[Traverse Town: Second District: Door to First District]

Reikon entered the second district, surveying it as entirely as he had the first. He made note of everything, down to the last stone of the streets. He felt...something. Something that told his that if Heartless would be anywhere, they would be here.

(okay, quick question, what's all this maze business about?)

Souzourou
{Don't we live in a beautiful world? And now a beautiful universe?}

[Twilight Town :: Maze]

Souzourou wandered more, all the while wondering where everyone had gone to. FInally he happened on a small clearing, with three large round black creatures, two in the air and one on the ground. "Hmmm...they don't look friendly." But nonetheless, he waited for their move. The two flying ones attacked first, gnashing their jaws as they rushed in. "Figured." And with that, his Katars waere engulfed in flames, and he thrust them into the mosnter's foreheads, the flames rushing in...and then they exploded in large bursts of fire. He turned to the ground one with jumped, and landed, sending out a shockwave.

Souzourou leapt over and past it, straight towards the creature...only to bounce off. "What?! Hmmmm..." He took off to the side scratched something into a wall, and then got around behind the beast. He attacked the rear, noting it was more plain than the front side. He Katar dug in easily. "As I thought." The black one thrashed it's hands around, and Sou jumped back to avoid, then rushed to the side. He sent out a wave of fire from his Katars, and just as planned, the thing turned towards him. The fire actually hit it though, and it stumbled a bit backwards...as one of the flames licked the etching he had made previously, a stream of fire shot from the wall, hitting it in the rear, and causing it to disintegrate like the others.

That was all of them, and then continued walking hoping to find someone he had seen previously.

[Mitsudo :: Maze from HELL]

Mitsudo heard the Moogle's battle cry, instinctively turning and getting into an offensive position. Upon seeing the fireball hurtling towards him and Kuumaru, he charged gravitational energy into his fist, then aimed his punch towards the fireball.

"Hmph!" He grunted, watching the fireball...curve away. The monk stared blankly as it hit the wall. It was most anti-climatic, but Mitsudo didn't care. He was fine as long as Kuumaru and Suzuran were okay. Except, Suzuran was still not there.

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[Castle Oblivion: Commons Area]

Revelin waited patiently in the Commons Area, and he was rewarded by Vereor with a mission. Unfortunately for him, it was with one of the newer members. Revelin wanted to finish this mission as soon as possible, since he didn't want to dawdle with what limited time he has. He got up and opened up a portal and then signaled to Tsurumi to go through the doorway leading to the land of dragons.

Tsurumi

I'd prefer if you were to just...

...disappear

{Castle Oblivion -> Land of Dragons ~ Commons Area -> ???}

So Aiko would continue to ignore her. Well, that was fine. She wasn't essential to life. And if she ever did go on a mission with her...maybe only Tsurumi would come back, Aiko having met with an... unfortunate end. Still, pleasant thoughts for later, work to be done for now.

Watching Vereor come through the door and sitting at the table, Tsurumi began to wonder what sort of work the missions required. Would it be pure fighting, sabotage, spying, or other such enjoyable tasks? Well, it seemed that it would be Heartless killing. Not very exciting, but if it had to be done.... Standing up, Tsurumi walked over to Revelin, somewhat amused by his mask. A strange creature, accompanied by a strange hair color. Nice and menacing there, with all that orange to him.

"How nice of you to open a door and hold it open. Such a gentleman." She said, a somewhat sarcastic tone in her voice, just before she stepped through the portal to a new world.

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[Castle Oblivion : Basement Halls]

"Altruism?" the drow said, looking back with a rare look on his face. He seemed actually amused, and the twinkle in his eye was unmistakable, as if mirroring the meaning of the word he had just spoken. Drow were not evil looking, after all; in point of fact, they were just as beautiful as their surface cousins, the lighter skinned fae. A major difference, however, was that drow rarely actually smiled; cold blooded hatred, sneers, or a hard look in their eye- that was drow.

Zekvyr eyed Zigmund in a new light, as if considering him for the first time. The twinkle faded from his eye to once again be replaced with that cold stare, and perhaps a bit of curiosity. "My reasons are my own," he said at length, and because humans tended to be thick skulled, he added, "It is beneficial for you, is it not?"

It might not have been obvious, but there was the sense of the ridiculous there. Zigmund had been correct, obviously. Zekvyr had his own reasons. However, Zekvyr didn't want to simply announce his intentions for all to hear- and Vereor could always hear, he knew this for certain now. Perhaps this ridiculous statement would be sufficient confirmation for Zigmund; proof that, yes, Zekvyr had his hidden agenda for helping.

Then again, humans were awfully dense. A drow would have understood simply by Zekvyr's posture.

Walking over to a wall with a slight indent, Zekvyr spread his fingers and pushed his hand against the smooth surface. A flash of light appeared, briefly, (enough to cause him discomfort), and then, his favorite part, an even brighter light came from the wall and scanned his eyes. He detested this. The small amount of light, so directly attacking his eyes, actually blinded him every time it happened. He wouldn't be able to see anything for several minutes.

The wall seemed to cave in on itself, pushing back to reveal a pathway. One of the Conclave's best labs was just beyond.

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{Kweh...[Oh my...]}

[Traverse Town: Kuropo's Maze]

"WARK!![AAAAHH!!]" The chocobo cried out as he ducked from the fireball. What in Gaia was going on?!

Of course, once Moggie came over, the chocobo gave the moogle a strangely blank look.

"Warwarwarkwehwakweh.[Oh, I'm fine, just, you know, dodging fire spells and fighting for my life.]"