[center][img=http://i.imgur.com/LAshoov.png][/center] Inadi watched as the cloud covered his arm and he felt a great surge of energy and relaxation go over him. What a strange thing this was as he felt his previous pains and spasms all but dissipate into memory for him. As the clouds left he looked at the arm and saw the wounds had gone and he let out a smile. He turned to Harper and held his arm out at the young man. “I guess you can say it's better than ever now to answer your question. And good timing too.” He told him as he noticed Jasper also coming over to check on it. Though he had to say there was a suddenly rough smell that developed around him. He rolled his eyes in his skull adjusting to it and tried his best not to breath it in. It smelled like someone had gotten sick recently to be honest. He waved it off though, thinking it was more than likely some random soldier finally settling down a little too much. The dragons continued their discussion and Inadi began listening with a scowl on his face as he took a seat nearby Harper. Here these giant and great beasts were arguing and bickering it seemed like some pissed off attendant in an apartment complex because the neighbors upstairs were playing their music too loud. It was starting to give him a headache to be honest. That headache though went away as soon as Harper seemed to throw out the group as volunteers to go and defeat the witches. At first Inadi wanted to shoot out and protest, but then he saw that the boy was shaking again and realized this was him trying to be brave for not only himself, but the group. Inadi instead stood up slowly and threw his spear on his shoulder while taking a spot next to Harper. Without saying a word he was showing he would provide whatever help he could to keep Harper's promise to these dragons. He gave him a quick smile and nod as he waited for the dragon's to finish their speech to them. It seemed like they didn't trust human's to hold their oaths that often. Considering how fantasy novels painted the relationship between humans and dragons, Inadi wasn't too surprised by that wariness. All of a sudden a paper shot out of Harper's bag and made Inadi step back. He had yet to see the living list in person and the idea of a scroll just shooting out in front of the group was still a bit alien to him. Although a lot of things in Nowhere were alien to him to be honest. When the words “witch's heart” finally finished writing itself on the paper, Inadi had to pinch the bridge of his nose. Talk about a tough task stacked onto another. But instead of showing frustration or fear, he knew he needed to give Harper some sign of support. He slammed the heel of his spear to the ground. “Well I guess that means we got some old crones to put down now.” Inadi said giving a confident look to Harper and others that were around to see the scroll's writings. In his mind, he was petrified. Outside, he was showing a warrior's confidence. One of his greater acting jobs since coming to Nowhere to be sure. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The funeral for Vincent was a hard one for Inadi to take. He stayed for only a short time and didn't say any words at the service mainly due to the fact that he was realizing just how serious it had become now. Someone he knew was dead here. They had died and there was no coming back. And of all things they became a statue! Regardless of how painless the guides had described it being, it didn't change the fact how unnatural it was. He stayed to himself when they were in Sol and he had actually found a sharpening device for his spear since he had mentioned to a soldier he needed to repair it. After getting a lesson on how to use the device, Inadi spent most of his time repairing his weapon rather than sleep or think about the witches themselves. Luckily the steel was still good enough to use and the wheel of stone did a great job of restoring the point of the weapon. However, Inadi began expanding on it and sharpened the section directly beneath the hook on the spear as well, something that had remained dull since he had received it. Now suddenly it wasn't just a jabbing weapon, but also a slashing one. Almost a halberd to be honest, and while maintaining the hook that was there the thing Inadi could now use against his enemies were going to be cut, stabbed or eviscerated now it would seem. The thought made Inadi cringe a bit but it wasn't as bad as the first time he thought of the damage the weapon could do back in the Chocobo pen. Once he had finished, he began practicing some motions with the halberd to see what all he could do with the blade. He hardly slept much, but then again not a lot of people in the group did either. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inadi stayed near Harper while watching Ace continue to try and lighten the mood it seemed by singing a classic little tune in a terrible looking place that surprisingly fit the mood. Though to be honest Inadi at this point wasn't sure if Ace had taken the job of morale booster or if she was just always this cheery for no real reason. He chuckled lightly to himself fearing just how much of a morning person she might be back home. Probably would drive him mad personally. The song continued for a while and Inadi eventually found himself humming along with her. Once she stopped singing he picked it up himself, whispering another verse without even realizing what he had done. “In this town, we call home, everyone hail to the pumpkin song.....dammit. Remind me to get mad at Ace for getting that damn song stuck in my head now.” Inadi joked as he continued to whisper at Harper, mainly keeping quiet due to how uncomfortable he felt in the forest. It was dark, filled with trees that look a hundred years past dead and echoed with sounds he had only heard in the worst parts of parks late at night. Definitely not his preferred place for a Sunday stroll. Harper eventually pointed out a tree and to his despair it did in fact look familiar. “Yeah I think I recall this one. Had the really ugly looking batch of leaves on the third branch from the right I think. This whole forest is a damned maze to be honest.” Everyone began discussing how the compass worked a minute ago and now seemed busted. Just a shame there were no owls in the trees. At least with that Inadi would have some idea of how to get through the bloody forest without much hassle. Thinking about the game where that trick came from, he caught a few words of Hakuren's suggestion to sacrifice someone in the group, though he didn't see who he pointed out. He turned slowly and pointed the steel side of his spear at the ice mage and gave a very agitated look. His brow furrowed as he took a few steps towards the man, but still keeping a good distance between them. Inadi's arm was still exposed as he had refused to repair his robe back in Sol, and gave a quick look at Avian who bashed Haku for his comment. “Or perhaps we can just provide the witches with a statue of a man made of ice, since they were so kind to give us one made of stone just a few days ago.” Inadi said coldy, knowing the only way to affect Haku was to approach him with the same kind of attitude as he showed constantly. He turned his attention away from the others and went back to lean against a tree that was nearby and somewhat close to where Riley was as well. The two of them had joined up with Vincent as well as Lesley, and it still bothered Inadi that he was gone. He gave her a quick look and smiled at her. “So you think you got enough fire magic in those hands of yours to go one on one with a witch? Cause I don't think they are limited to how much juice is in a necklace like we are,” The frame wearing man said as he reached up to his neck to pull out his necklace, still full and reflecting what little light there was in the forest. “Plus they probably have a better understanding on how to use their stuff. I mean, you would think if they dedicated their whole life to the 'boil-boil-toil-and-trouble lifestyle that is.” Inadi laughed as he let go of his necklace and watched as the others began working out Jasper's plan to mark the trees to show what path they had been going on. Now with the sudden news that the forest could be moving around them it forced the lightening mage to let out a long sigh. Could things just stay normal just long enough to just get some progress in this journey for one damned day. It was a hopeless request, but one that Inadi felt had to be said in his mind so at least he could hear someone say it.