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Brave Restoration King Vice Captain
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 Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:38 pm
Soren "It matters nothing who you are. You are in Ike's way, so it falls to me to remove you."  "Sorry." Soren said flatly, having absolutely no emotion or interest in his voice whatsoever. "Does that please you? Now get off." Yeah, that would certainly work. "Very important." He answered shortly. Her comment about kneeling and begging would go unacknowledged. He would do whatever he had to, but he would like to avoid such a scene if possible. "Put me in my place? Part of me would love to see you try." He said, as usual showing all defiance and no fear despite the situation he found himself in.Ike walked a little away from the group with Tifa, deciding to allow Soren to sort that out himself. "Soren is a brilliant man. ...I don't usually tell people about this, but I suppose if it bothers you so much, you deserve an explanation." He crossed his arms, leaning against a nearby wall. "Soren is what my world calls a "Branded." On my world, humans are known as Beorc and there are tribes of human-like people who can morph into animals called the Laguz. They're similar to the Serenitians of this world, but not with the holy powers or telepathy. The Laguz were once enslaved by the Beorc, but eventually they were freed. History isn't my forte, so don't ask me the details. Point is, Beorc and Laguz have never seen eye-to-eye on most things. I think it's ridiculous--I've always believed that we should all just treat each other the same, regardless of race. Skin color, what you can turn into and what you can't doesn't-" He shook his head. The world simply wasn't perfect. "Got a little off-topic there. Anyway--the Beorc and Laguz despise each other for the most part. I'm on friendly terms with most of the Laguz tribes personally, but that's only because my mercenary troop and I ended the Mad King's War and helped them on many occasions. Sometimes, though, a Beorc and a Laguz mate. The offspring is what's known as "Branded," and they are universally hated by both species. Soren is one of these. He's told me of how he was treated. Beorc would throw insults, stones and the like at him--chasing him out of any city he went to for shelter and hurting him in any way they could. That still didn't compare to the Laguz's treatment, however--they ignored him entirely. They pretended like he did not exist, and would not acknowledge his presence nor pleas. It was impossible for him to get good shelter, and next to impossible to get food that was not rotted or unhealthy. This turned him into who he is today. He can work with people, but he will never befriend anyone. He wants to keep everything at a distance away from him--and I respect his wishes. I know how hard it's been for him. If I'm the only one he can turn to, then I'll always be there. I'm not saying it's exactly right for him to speak to everyone the way he does, but he's earned his position, and he can back up his words. Just try to remember why he's like this before you judge him. He's my closest friend, and I wouldn't be standing here today if it wasn't for him." One might question why Soren found friendship in Ike, then, if he distanced himself from everything else. There was a story to that as well, but Ike didn't feel like he needed to share it to explain why Soren was the way he was.
"I'm not here to make friends," he said. "I've been to many worlds, and though I've met people I consider my comrades, I know our time will be short together. I'm surprised this world has off-worlders as well. It's one of the few I've been to that has that, and none of those had this many. I think Soren and I are the only ones who came here of our own free will." (( OoC: ))
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:42 pm
Tina Strife   "I'm in love with you." She let a small pause go along with that, before speaking again, giving him a blank stare while sitting there on top of him still. "Did that sound serious to you? Surly not. Just as your 'sorry' did not! Now, try again. " At this time, she began to lower her body toward him, so that her chest and entire body was laying against his own, and her face only inches apart from Soren's. "A-p-o-l-o-g-i-z-e,dreamy eyes! " She grinned down at him.. "You know, there is a training center in this garden. Wanna see how much I can put you in your place, cutie-pie? " These little flirtatious words were just..slipping out of her mouth. He may be the greatest pain on the planet, but damn. He was hot. TIna was starting to realize this, it seemed. "We can play all day there..After of course, you apologize to me and mean it! "
Tifa began to follow Ike as he walked away from the rest of them a little ways. She was about to speak, probably how he didn't need to say something if he was not comfortable with it, but, she didn't get the chance as he already began to explain Soren's past. There were few expressions to Tifa's features that said words on their own, one could tell she found this news to be very upsetting and sad.It wasn't until he was finished explaining his friends past that Tifa began to speak. "..That is terrible..These were..adults who choose to cast him out and cause pain all due to a slight difference in his race? " Sighing softly, she didn't know why,but her image of Ike and Soren's world was completely different. "Sometimes it's hard to believe anyone can be so cruel to anyone for such a ridiculous reason. How could they call them selves anything but monsters? To do such horrible things to a child..I can't even imagine what he went through growing up like this. " She couldn't stand to see all the orphaned children in this city, everyone knew how well she took care of them even, children and teenagers no matter what problem they may of had. A lot of them were cast away, just as Soren was, though none would hold such a terrible past or pain to them as he did. "Knowing all this...I can understand why he is like he is. Since he's met you, has he been introduced to many others at a time, besides all of us? He is no child, I know that, though i've helped many children in Midgar who are lost, some were so distant and cold to everyone, but in time, the more they were introduced to other children and knew they were cared for...I've noticed a lot of changes in their attitudes. They've became even more happier. This may be the same for Soren? Even if he wishes to be alone, away from anyone else...socializing with others more often could help him even more.."
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:01 pm
  ~ Yuna ~   Yuna began to sigh, apparently they didn't quite rid of the curious teenagers wandering though or just hanging out here."Can you girls speak, you know,in words everyone can understand? " One of them spoke, the lot of them seeming to be a little irritated that they didn't know what the two were speaking of. "...I don't mean to be mean, but can you please exuse us? Or would you rather hear us talking about...girly things? " She thought such a mysterious word would have them scattering, but, no, they only seemed further interested. "Gosh..People here are very curious, aren't they.." Turning to Rikku now, she began to speak in the langue everyone would understand here. "I suppose we best go with their wishes while were on their garden. " It was strange, but, she didn't want the two of them getting kicked off for some even sillier reason. "Please go away, Unless you boys want to be here for a talk of love, then you should best be going! " That did it, they were quick to turn away and walk off from the two girls, leaving them to their 'love' talk.
"Next time they do that, let's use our Dark Knight dress sphere to scare them away! " There was... an evil streak in this sweet summoner.
With that trouble out of the way, Yuna began to speak again."Maybe it's just me, Though it isn't always looks that brings two people together, or attracts them. At least I never thought that way! " It just happened for her, not that Tidus wasn't extremely handsome, of course he was. She just hoped Rikku would see more to it then just physical appearances.
What she said about Tidus caused her to smile faintly, her cousin was very good with words, unlike her, strangely enough! "But..you will have that too, I can promise you that. " And that wasn't something she would normally say to anyone, unless she was absolutely sure.
 
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:27 am
-Soko Blairse- Soko was watching everyone from a bench, as they bickered, he was chuckling to himself the entire time its like a bunch of children at recess, with no teacher around they can't behave he thought to himself getting up he walked away wandering around the facility before he spotted Rikku, but didn't approach as it looked she was having a private conversation, instead he looked on from a distance....
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Brave Restoration King Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:40 pm
Xero"I need... to become whole again..." Near one of the entrances to the other sections into the other sections of the Garden, a dark figure stood, his arms crossed and him leaning against the wall. He had his head turned to watch the two girls who were conversing--he couldn't remember their names, if he had ever learned them. One of them was his target, just as she had been before. One of the Seven Princesses of Heart... A Summoner with no darkness in her heart. The other was someone who was in close relation to the woman. He remembered her distinctly. Last time he had targeted the Summoner, she had... defeated him rather handily in battle. He had changed since then, though... lost part of himself...
His supposition was that if he could gather those hearts again... maybe he could reclaim that which he had lost.
He could probably go strike up a casual conversation with the two. He highly doubted they would recognize him... he didn't. He had become something so hollow...
...He had decided to start with the Summoner because she had seemed the most defenseless at present. It seemed like his actions had been forgotten over time--no one would expect him to be doing as he had before. This time, he wasn't working for his father... he knew not where his father had gone. What he had done with the power Reo had unwittingly given him. Now he had decided that there was no redemption for him, and if this was his path, he may as well walk it.
He was no longer Reo Jadel after all--now he was Xero. The name fit him well, he supposed. He had nothing anymore.
All he had was this one chance...
He just had to wait for his opening.Soren let out a slight grunt as she lowered onto him, feeling a slight bounce as she did. ...A very slight bounce. "...You aren't very well-endowed, I see." That would certainly help his situation. He sighed. "Training Center? You wish to fight me? ...Is there no other way to get you off of me?" He shouldn't complain, he supposed--in a fight he stood a fair chance. In this position, he didn't. "I don't wish to ruin your hopes of seeing me beg for forgiveness, but I don't lose." He warned her simply. "If you challenge me, you have lost hope.""It's nothing new," Ike said. "Every world has some form of this... racism. It's idiotic, but it happens everywhere. Even if you don't realize." It was sad how true that was. No place was safe from it, and it was completely pointless. "...It's as you say. He isn't a child. He's an adult who makes his own decisions. Respect them as I do. He isn't a shell waiting to be opened. He's a man who is indifferent towards everyone he meets because he has no interest in getting to know them. It is who he is. I would be surprised if he ever got close to anyone else. Any one person. I can almost guarantee it won't happen, and you shouldn't try to force it to. If he wants it to change, he'll change it. Otherwise, leave him be. Respect his decisions." (( OOC: Shut up everyone. I've been playing too much Kingdom Hearts. SO I'm bringing him back. Lol. ))
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:01 pm
  Rikku smirked at Yuna, and then chuckled at the mention of the dark knight dressphere, "I created a monster. You just want to see those boys to run screaming, don't you? Of course, we're both getting the looks from the boys here. If you feel like it, we could play with them a little to see what they're really like. Remember our Lady Luck dresses?...."Rikku then just happen to spy Soko observing them, but pretended like she didn't see him. The Al Bhed whispered to her cousin, "Say Yunie. Soko over there either checking me out or checking you out. Not sure which, though... Say, what do you know about him?" 
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:34 pm
~ Yuna ~ A faint giggle escaped the teenage summoner, her face flushing a soft pink as she looked away. "I-It's not like that! " Or, maybe it was and she just couldn't bring herself to admit that, a little fun like so, wouldn't be to bad. Yuna had changed quite a lot since the first days of meeting Tidus, while she still held that gentle aura about her, she had become much more happy and energetic over the few years. "I...w-what?? Ah, no! I couldn't do that..! I only mean to scare them away, not draw them to me.I-If that's what you mean for us to do.!." She could be misunderstanding what exactly she meant by 'playing with them'. Did she mean flirting, or just straight out scaring them to death?
Yuna too, glanced off to the side a little, but not in the direction of Soko exactly, but to another she felt was watching them.She may not be a Serenitian, but there were still some things she was keen on picking up on. Unfortunately, she wasn't exactly sure who it was. All she could make out was a hooded young boy, of what she could see. Blinking, she quickly returned her attention to Rikku. "Maybe we should go inside further? Where there's more people? " If the mysterious fellow there watching them meant any trouble, surely he wouldn't attack in such a crowded area.
"What......did...you just say to me? You perv! " He would suddenly find his neck being wrapped around by her hands, and a rather angry look in the teenagers eyes! "Apologize! Now! Or that will be the last pervy thing you ever say to me! " Growling, her hands tightened a little more. "I'm waiting for you to say it. AND you're going to say how wrong you were about me. I did just get you down, didn't I? That means i'm awesome, and your a weak, but cute crimson-eyed guy!"
"..I understand..Then..I will do my best to tolerate his behavior towards me.." She said softly, even though some of what he said to her WAS hurtful, she would try to let it slide. Her only hope was that she could resist saying anything back to him when he let his mouth off at her.".. I never intended to force him into socializing with anyone, I know how that is..Most of my closest friends are the same when it comes to keeping distance from others.."
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 3:23 pm
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:51 pm
~ Yuna ~
"Sorry! I'm not trying to keep you from the guys this time!" She said to her as they hurriedly walked on, Yuna wanted to get as far as she and her cousin could get from the hooded figure. "It's just..did you see the one wearing the hooded jacket? I don't know why, but the moment I him I felt something...It's as if I know him somehow, but I can't remember. All I know is this feeling I get from him isn't good.It seems as if he was watching us.. " she whispered back to her. "I think we should ask Squall if he recognizes him.." If she could find him again, anyway...or manage to get a few words in before he shoved them away! Clearly Squall wasn't thrilled with having these people on Balamb.
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:20 pm
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:02 pm
~ Yuna ~  Yuna nudged her cousin lightly, whispering softly so that only she would continue to her her. "Ahh, Rikku! You shouldn't use words like that...Suppose he heard..We might end up kicked out of here. " Maybe she was a little to paranoid! But, it was possible. He wasn't to friendly, and his few seconds of show earlier was clearly set to give that impression as she saw it. "As for this mysterious hooded boy, maybe..Though he didn't look like someone who would normally be working for them..Unless he's under cover? "
Well, they were in luck. Rinoa was on her way back to make sure everyone got inside, when Yuna gestured for her to come over to them.. "Rinoa, maybe your the better person to talk to about this..Squall seems to be..in a not-so-happy mood with all of this, so..maybe you can help. There's someone down further, the one wearing the hooded jacket..Have you seen him before? I just feel uneasy, the moment I seen him..I have a bad feeling.."
"Hm? " Rinoa blinked, taking a step back as to get a better view those standing around back a ways from them, where Xero was standing. Taking this moment to stretch and gast a quick, not-so-suspicous look to the hooded figure, Rinoa quickly looked back to Yuna and Rikku. "...It's a little difficult to see just who he is...Don't worry, though..I'll work my magic and find out everything there is to know about him. " She grinned, it may not be the time for joking, but she was sure she could handle this with little trouble. She WAS good at getting men to talk, just look at Squall! "I'll be right back! "
That said, the blue-clad sorceress began to walk away from the pair, calmly walking into Xero's direction. There was nothing suspicious of her expression, from what he could see, she seemed happy and smiling as she approached him...With her hands behind her back, Rinoa leaned ever-so-slightly closer to the teenager, looking into his eyes in an ever so familiar stance. "Helloo! A new face...Are you knew to Avalanche?? I been meaning to meet all their friends...!"
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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 1:00 am
Squall Leonhart"I'm not gonna die here. After all... I've got a promise to keep." Sitting in one of the rooms that had been locked to the rest of the Garden, Squall stared at a picture that had been at the bedside. It was a picture of his late son, Leander, standing alongside the girl who was his girlfriend when he lived, Madison. Despite the lack of a smile, Squall knew that he was happy. He understood his inability to express himself well--that was something he got from his father, after all.
Leander may have been from the future, and had been distant from his family... but still. Squall couldn't help but feel he could have done something more. He couldn't help but feel that their time together wasn't long enough... and then that new president going and talking about him... Squall's fist tightened. If he ever met that Adachi, he would take him down himself..."Oh my. Has the lion lost his little cub?" Asked a darkly dressed figure with sunglasses, as he appeared there in front of Squall.Squall didn't even have to raise his head. "...So you're not dead after all...""Oh, you expected my survival, did you? Only fitting for this world's messiah, wouldn't you say?" Neo Liler asked, smirking."...No... more like... how it's really hard to kill a cockroach." He said, standing and facing the man, laying the picture down on the bed.A cross expression came over Neo's features. "You humans are all the same. You run your mouths until they're broken by someone superior to you. Someone like me.""Go to hell." Squall said, drawing the Lionheart. "No, wait--I'll send you there myself.""Hm. Is that so? Maybe I'll kill you, and use your corpse to serve me, just like I have your son! I can introduce you to what he is now. Maybe you can have the reunion you wish for so dearly then! Haha!""Enough talk!" Squall shouted, raising his gunblade, as a beam shot out of it, going straight through the roof of the dorm and out the top of the academy, shooting into the atmosphere. It would be likely easy to see for miles around. With a shout, he brought the blast down onto Neo, as he used his Limit Break, Blasting Zone. Though, once the dust cleared, it seemed the man had vanished away, letting out a cackle as he did. "...Tch." Squall stood, sheathing his weapon and returning the picture where it was. He then stepped out of the room, locking it.
"Sir!" One of the workers said, rushing over to him. "Sir, there's not enough room for these Avalanche people. We really need to use all the room we can get, and that includes-"
Squall grabbed the man by his shirt collar, pulling him closer. "If you disturb anything in that room, I'll kill you myself." He said, before shoving the man onto the floor, and walking past him. He didn't have the patience for all this. He wanted Avalanche out of the Garden. There was no room, and frankly, he wasn't in the mood to be social lately. More so than usual.Xero's head turned to face forward as he saw that he had been discovered. The girl was more perceptive than he had thought. And it seemed she was sending someone to identify him. Perfect.
The girl who came wasn't terribly bad looking--yes, Reo might have even found the girl exceptionally attractive. The other two were rather good looking too, now that he thought about it. But of course, those hadn't been his most prevalent thoughts. What he was doing was more important...
"..." His golden eyes looked dully onto Rinoa as she put on her cutesy act. He knew she had been sent here by those two. It was obvious. "I have no business with you..." he said finally. "...I'm looking for something... something you don't have... I assure you, if you leave me in peace, I'll be no threat to you or your little garden." He said, his voice at the end implying that he was making a mild threat. Glancing to the side, he saw Squall's Blasting Zone shoot out of another part of the Garden. " I think you have other problems to pursue, princess." He said, glancing back at her. "Best deal with those..." (( OOC: ))
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Brave Restoration King Vice Captain
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 1:35 am
  "Squall, you're the one who gives me the most comfort. Comfort and happiness... And annoyance and disappointment, too!" "You're-going-to-like-me! You're-going-to-like-me! Did it work?"  Rinoa blinked, leaning back just slightly so she was now standing straight. "Oh, stingy...! And I thought Squall was cold! " Which she meant in the most playful way possible, even though it was the truth! "Maybe if you told me what your looking for I could help you look for it? " She asked him, before suddenly something clicked in her mind. "..Wait.Hey! That was a threat, wasn't it? Um...You do know that, some of the worlds most powerful fighters are on the Garden as we speak, don't you? " Which was her way of saying, it was suicide to threaten this place. "I would rather not start more stress then there is already between everyone here.So i'm going to ask you nicely! Leave now, and --! " And her words came to an abrupt end when the roof of one particular area of the garden crumbled with the intense beam streaking out into the sky, it almost seemed to reach space! "What the..?! Squall...!? "
To run to Squall's location, or stay here with one who seemed to be a possible threat to the garden. Rinoa was having a difficult time making that choice. Squall was an incredible fighter and well skilled, the people here and inside however, were likely less skilled. Had she left to go chase after Squall, she would be leaving this teenage threat to the garden clearly open to do as he pleased, and there she would have that stuck on her conscious should anyone be harmed. She didn't need that to add onto her already troubled mind. "...You choose the right time to come, didn't you..." Rinoa sighed, her tone becoming serious, and her expression less then happy. "I can't just leave you here. I already know your up to no good, and if you mean to harm anyone here, you have me to deal with...And I don't think you want that! Last chance...Leave the Garden! "
 
"I don't want the future.. I just want the present to stand still.. So I can stay here with you." ((ooc: ))
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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 1:53 am
Xero"I need... to become whole again...""..." Xero crossed his arms as he leaned against the wall, lowering his head slightly. This was going to go awry, he knew it. Is this how it had to be? ...Yeah. It was. What he was made him an enemy to everyone here. Friendship was something he would have to forget about. These people didn't give a damn about his side, and would care even less if they knew that he wasn't human anymore.
"I assure you, the most powerful insects in the world are still not enough to stand against even the weakest shoe." Oh, that was a good one. He would have to remember to jot that down in "Villainy 101." "What I'm looking for is more than some material object. It's lost forever unless I take action. No one else can do this for me..." It almost sounded like he was trying to convince himself He was alone in this. That was all there was to it.
Stepping off the wall, Xero's eyes cast to the side slightly. "...Wrong choice..." His fist tightened, a pulse of darkness emanating from it. Suddenly, many dark creatures with golden eyes appeared around Rinoa, a symbol recurring on all of them. They all looked ready to attack, but they didn't. "...I'm here for something... I'll be on my way once it's mine." The creatures vanished as quickly as they had come. "If you don't leave now, I'll unleash hundreds like that on this Garden. Your new friends might be able to fend for themselves, but what about the students here? There will be casualties. You and your friends can't save everyone. And you likely won't be able to save even close to everyone. So keep walking. Pretend we never crossed paths. I don't want death any more than you do." And he really did mean that... "I'm not here to take anyone's life. I just need to... borrow something..." he said with a grunt. "Go. I won't ask another time."(( OOC: ))
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Brave Restoration King Vice Captain
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Aerith Gast Gainsborough Captain
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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 2:28 am
"Squall, you're the one who gives me the most comfort. Comfort and happiness... And annoyance and disappointment, too!" "You're-going-to-like-me! You're-going-to-like-me! Did it work?" "Oh, those insect jokes! You villeins are popular with them huh? " Rinoa shot right back at him, the slightest hint of a grin playing at her lips. She remembered just how much Ultimecia would call Squall and her group that same thing. Insects.."..Okay..How is this lost forever? And how do you know only YOU can do it? It sounds to me like you've never given anyone a chance to help."
After she made her choice clear, Rinoa watched as he moved away from the wall, she wasn't sure what to expect by the sudden alarming words. 'Wrong choice' could make just about anyone a little uneasy when it was coming from someone who obviously could do some harm. Surely enough, it became more apparent of what he may of been after now.He was of those who had the power to control heartless? There was possibly a lot more to him, but Rinoa wasn't about to ask details. "Oh, whatever! " Har har. "If you don't want to take any life, then you won't attack any innocent people here, there for you are only bluffing! " God, this was hell of a hard choice. Maybe this was why she wasn't a leader! Though, she kind of was with the forest owls..but that was then, and a less dangerous mission then the past conflicts, and current. "I'm not leaving you here. If you want to be something, be a man and fight the one in front of you. Don't take it out on anyone else. Or is it, you are afraid of me? " Now she was taunting him....
"I don't want the future.. I just want the present to stand still.. So I can stay here with you." ((ooc: ))
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