The troupe only laughed at Maximus's threat, moving away to go lean over a table and quietly discuss something out of earshot to the three tied up to the post. Maximus only glared at the three as they walked away. He glanced at Saina as she shuddered, apparently shaking off the gross feeling of having that guy's hands on her face.

[color=mediumslateblue]"I almost have enough mana from sleeping to get us out of these ropes but I need a few more moments..."[/color] She muttered as she wriggled against the binds. She closed her eyes, trying to focus. Maximus nodded and cracked his neck by touching his left ear to his left shoulder, same with his right side and prepared his body to break the ropes when Saina was ready. He looked to his sword, as soon as they were free he would go for it. 

Sifen looked down to see his pockets deflated. Any cutting tool to survive the ship sinking were stripped from his body. At least he had some sort of wrap on his arm now, however crude it may have been. He remained silent and wiggled an arm out, to his amazement. He had never been the most flexible and to have wiggled an arm out was amazing to him. Too bad the arm that wiggled out was never tied up to begin with and missing about half of it. Sifen let out a sigh and stuck his stub back into the ropes. Just then, Saina exhaled, her blue eyes seeming to become vibrant in color. The ropes they were bound in slowly frosted over until they became completely frozen in ice. As the ropes were completely frozen, Maximus took in a large breath and flexed his entire body while pushing outwards from the post. The ice shattered releasing their upper bodies, but their legs were still wrapped up in it. Maximus reached down and gripped at the ropes, trying to break them by hand. Saina exhaled, feeling more drained than ever as she leaned back against the post. No way she could do more until she downed an elixir. Sifen knew exactly what to do, at least in his mind it seemed smart.

He hobbled over to a wall, propping his back up to it to lift himself high enough to reach the torch that lit up the daylight uselessly. He grabbed it and held it to the ropes on his feet setting them alight. He kicked them loose and still burning up against a wall and motioned for Maximus to catch the torch.

Maximus eyes went wide as the fire of the torch came at him. Quickly standing straight up again he caught it barely before it him. "Are you kidding me Sifen?!" 

[color=mediumslateblue]"Light the damn thing up!"[/color] Saina puffed up her cheeks weakly as she tugged at the ropes. She didn't usually cuss as she found it unladly like, but after being snared in a net, watching a gross arm get cut off, and having to flee from a battle rather than face it head on, her patience was at an end. Maximus sighed and pointed the torch to the ropes between his legs and as they caught flame he pushed his feet apart, after a moment the ropes snapped. A much quieter roar distracted the other camp occupants. Several more kept them well distracted from all sides. Saina fell from the ropes once they were snapped and rushed to grab her blade, untying Mercury from the tree. The fire meanwhile began to spread from the post and crawl towards the colorful plants that were nearly arranged in rows ahead of them. Sifen made his way to his things as well. None of his weapons were exactly made to be used with one hand and all he could find was a sword which he didn't know how to use. Maximus as well bolted from his position and retrieved his sword, pulling it from it's sheath he pointed the blade at the three poachers now. "I told you I would kill you three." He said as he ran towards them.

The three poachers, not being the type to really take anything head on, turned tail and started running with the painted face woman screaming nonsensical things the loudest in particular. Maximus's path was cut off soon however by a [url=http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130928025020/finalfantasy/images/thumb/9/97/Dinonix-enemy-ffx.png/200px-Dinonix-enemy-ffx.png] Dinonix [/url] which proceeded to hiss and lunge at him. Maximus twisted out of the way as the Dinonix lunged and lifted his blade cutting it in half as if jumped by.

 A few others pulled up beside it as well. At this moment, the fire was starting to consume the colorful bushes behind them. Saina ran up to join Maximus with her sword drawn, willing to help out where she could now that Mercury was free and running [b]to where he heard other people back where Maximus had taken down the fiend.[/b] More Dinonix's came out from behind the trees and started attacking, Maximus slashed at each that came too close to him, started to cough at the smoke from the fire.

Sifen had seen similar situations. Less stuff to burn where he came from, but being disarmed (ha) and surrounded with nothing but a weapon he couldn't use and all his tools was never a bad thing. A light bulb went on in his mind as he started piecing together bits of metal and ending with a crude sling shot. His original weapon on choice, modified of course to be pulled by ones teeth as opposed to another hand. Nothing needed to be cut or welded, simply wrapped around and tied. It was perfect for the situation, and loading up some sharp objects and pulling his head back he loosed several tetanus filled projectiles toward the Dinonix closest to him. The area they were in began to fill with a thick purple smoke, the smell being a mix of skunk weed and pine trees. After fighting for a moment he coughed more. "We should get..." He said as his thoughts seemed to overflow out of his brain. Saina ran forward, slashing at the fiends until they burst into pyreflies. She looked back at the others quizzically. They seemed to be slowing down for some reason...

Sifen heard the call to get out but he just couldn't muster the energy to do so. Smoke filled his lungs and he felt a feeling he wasn't entirely foreign to. This smoke was strange but what was it... he couldn't figure it out before a Dinonix pounced in front of him and into one of the traps the poachers must have left, as a bear trap like device seemed to swallow it's entire body. Sifen turned to face Saina with a goofy look and squinted, red eyes. His mouth opened to laugh but no sound came out. Saina looked between Sifen and Maximus as the purple smoke surrounded them, for the moment the area clear of fiends.

[color=mediumslateblue]"Are... you guys okay?"[/color]

Maximus stood there in between the fire that was slowly coming up around him. He looked down at his hand and rubbed his fingers together, as if feeling them for the very first time. His eyes now red and narrow, He heard Saina say something..but it didn't register for a moment. He looked up at Saina, blinking a few times. As he squinted at her. "Wait...what?" Instantly losing interest on what she would say he looked around the burning camp. Still rubbing his fingers together. 

[color=mediumslateblue]"Guys we should... go?"[/color] She peered at Maximus quietly, a little concerned now. Sifen looked to Saina, still wearing the goofy smile. 

"Dude yeah like where though?"  He looked up and just stared straight up at the nothingness above him. Maximus walked over to Sifen and got really close to his face,, he then turned his head and looked straight up as well. 

"Are we..even?" He asked and trailed off as he froze in his position looking up as well. 

"Maybe" Sifen replied. "Am I like, less even than you though because of my arm?" He said not averting his gaze from the blue above him. Maximus waited a moment as if figuring an answer.

"Noooo.... just as even..." He said as he scratched his head. Saina had seen enough, her face going to its expressionless nature as she grabbed both of their hands like a mother escorting two sleepy children, getting the gist of what was up with them.

[color=mediumslateblue]"Uh... This way... guys..."[/color] She'd never exactly been on babysitting duty before. She dragged them slowly in fear they'd hurt themselves towards the direction Mercury had headed before, leaving the burning camp behind them. "Bruh why you gotta grab me so tight." Sifen said letting his body flail behind him before shaking out of her grip and focusing on remembering how to use his legs. When he didn't look at them it was hard to even tell he had any. It was like flying only like, on the ground. What was he walking on? What "Even are legs" Sifen voiced the latter portion of his thought.

[color=mediumslateblue]"What? Legs?"[/color] Saina looked at Sifen, blinking. She shook her head. [color=mediumslateblue]"Stop talking."[/color]

Sifen saw the group approaching and wildly waved his handless arm around, jumped and clicked his heels and winked at Nai while clicking his tongue. "Huh-heyy Nai, and uh, you guys." Sifen made a single finger gun and wiggled it at the other guardians. His eyes were near shut and no white could be seen in them. All of his teeth were shining bright as his smile stretched farther than normal. He was delighted to see them again.

Maximus was walking silently, his arms loose as he was pulled behind Saina. They came to the group He smiled as well, "Oh hey I know these guys!" He said...mostly to himself.

Saina too saw the group and waved to them as they went over to greet them, taking note of everyone present. She gave a small bow to Eva. When she bowed, Maximus took the opportunity to move onto Alex, the tall red head. He took her hand and began to shake it for a good while, smiling as his barely open eyes looked up at her. His smile was more than genuine and stretched a bit too far. His smile was more than genuine and stretched a bit too far and his grip was looser than a man that carried himself the way he normally did.

[color=mediumslateblue]"Are you alright Eva? I hope searching for us hasn't provided much trouble."[/color]

After she got Eva's response she bowed her head and went straight to Urick, smiling up at him. Even in this brief absence she'd found she was missing his protective aura. While she was looking up, the scratch on her cheek that Mercury had left while thrashing in the net was supremely evident. The bird had arrived a few moments before them and had padded to Alex to rub its chest against the redhead's ample chest. The bird seemed to rather enjoy the amazon for some reason. Maximus looked at the chocobo as it did this and pushed it away, giving Alex a hug, his head right at level with her chest, well in between them. Not moving. He took a deep breath before stumbling back and taking a nice seat on the ground It was the most comfortable ground he had ever sat on, it must have been like, magic ground. He made a noise as he lowered himself similar to air leaving a tube. "Fwshhhhhhhhh..." Disgruntled for being pushed away, Mercury turned and tried to nibble at Naisha's chair, his beak making a distinct 'TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA!' each time he went for it. Sifen walked up to the bird and brushed it aside and put an arm on the chair that was now lacking a subtle hum that engines gave off. It was a moment of clarity for Sifen as he spoke a full sentence. "Is something wrong with this uh, vrooooom" He said. He wanted to call it a chair but chairs didn't have engines but it was a chair but again, not a normal chair. Vroom seemed to fit. He had almost no concern for his missing arm in this moment for some reason as well. Whenever he'd think of it the thought would be buried by far more.

 Saina opened her mouth to say something to Urick, but paused, reconsidering her words, and then went with; [color=mediumslateblue]"I am glad that you aren't hurt, Urick."[/color] Only after getting out of the way did she acknowledge everyone else. When her eyes landed on Braska, she reacted in surprise with her eyes widening at the new guardian.