[IC] More Than Just Pieces (Gummi Bunnies & Gohan)

[Gummi Bunnies]

Since he knew nothing of this place or even world, Riku kept quiet as Mickey seemed to know what he was doing. "Ah yes, nice to meet you both. I am the Witch Virgilia...and I see that the Endless Witch Beatrice is the one behind this letter," the woman says with a gentle voice, and seeing the golden one-winged eagle symbol on the letter's envelope.

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"I think I might have an idea on who could be behind it..." the little girl answered, knowing of a certain Witch that is linked to the strange blue butterflies.

"...that's enough. 'Kay, I've gotten enough info from you," Kaika sighed as she broke the seal on Lucifer, letting her go. "Next time we meet though, you better think twice before attacking me and my friends," she says before the young demon furniture disappeared through golden butterflies. Well...that went a little quicker than I thought it would be...makes me wonder if Sota and Sora are doing well on their own... Kaika thought as she decided to explore a bit more before deciding to group back.

[Ringrose]

"Yes, I was asked to deliver it to you in exchange for a deal. My friend Sora seems to have been taken here against his will. I'm trying to find out why, and I'd like to not have to get any pain or suffering involved, as I've heard seems to happen a lot around Witches." Mickey said, crossing his arms.

"Really?!" Sora shot up like a kid who got something from the story, giddy, his eyes sparkling. "Alright, c'mon then. Please tell me. If you help me, you help save the fate of the world's." Sora said.

[Gummi Bunnies]

"I understand, it would be troubling enough to have anyone harmed because of your friend's strange appearance to this world," Virgilia gave a nod, seeming to know the daily routine in the MetaWorld. "For a witch to drag someone from the outside world to here, it does raise concerns on why it was done," she commented on how "strange" this seems to be.

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"Yeah, I think it's the Witch of Miracles, Lady Bernkastel. It's a little ironic for her title, since everyone here calls her the meanest Witch here. I don't know much about her, I've only heard Lady Beatrice mention her several times, but I've never seen her myself," the little girl says, giving a possible candidate on who caused this whole mess.

[Ringrose]

"Well, I'm assuming it was one of you Witches. Though I'm not sure who. Somebody took Sora from the Realm of Dreams, in the World of Traverse Town. A big blue rift is open in the ground. That's the only clue we have. Also, a girl just like the one with you attacked us earlier, I think your friend Beatrice may have something to do with this more then I think, I'm not sure how I missed it, it was pretty tell-tale with the golden butterfly's. Apparently the girl had orders to attack anyone not from here. That's rather oddly specific. I wonder who's setting this whole thing up.." Mickey said, pondering.

"Okay, thanks, I'll remember her name. And don't worry about me. I've fought and defeated some pretty bad people, so no worry's. Nothing I can't handle. Hey, how come when you say those two's names, you keep adding "Lady" at the beginning? do you forget that they're girls or something? it's kind of weird." Sora asked.

[Gummi Bunnies]

"It is quite a bit to stage in order for a certain thing to happen. I can't freely assume on who can be this culprit, but it seems to relate to Beatrice if her Furniture have been following this order that is quite odd," Virgilia happened to be very understanding of this whole situation, as if she were the friendliest Witch in this entire place.

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"Oh, it's because both Lady Beatrice and Lady Bernkastel are powerful Witches, especially since I'm Lady Beatrice's apprentice. It's kinda like a sign of respect," the little girl answered, twiddling her thumbs a bit.

[Ringrose]

"Well, even if she is involved somehow there's nothing we can do about it, for now. My deal involves information, and out of good will I won't break it just because I think she may be involved somehow. It was nice talking to you, but we have to get going." Mickey said. Mickey headed for the door.

"Okay, I can understand that. I guess it's like how I call Master Yen Sid "Master", I get it. But, wait. If this Bernkastel woman is so scary, why give her respect like that at all? you don't know her, and she might be the cause of what happened to me, like you said." Sora said. "I can understand your own master who's teaching you, but why her? what do you owe to her, if you've never met her?" Sora asked.

[Gummi Bunnies]

"Then it was nice meeting you both," Virgilia gave a nod, as if she was wishing them good luck.

Riku silently followed Mickey out of the room, spotting the golden butterfly that would guide them back to Beatrice.

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"I just say it. I really wonder how mean she is, since Lady Beatrice tends to mention her a lot as an opponent," the little girl says.

"Hey Sora, I think I got some good info on who could be responsible for the whole mess," Kaika happened to catch up to Sora, and also having some good hints from Lucifer's answers.

[Ringrose]

Mickey only followed the butterfly, not having much to say. "Hopefully, she won't break my trust, though. I think we're pretty close to getting him back, but we're very far also. But, I do know one thing. Sora's fine, wherever he is. You guys always seem to make it out okay of these types of situations." Mickey said, knowing in his heart Sora was fine.

"Oh, hey Kaika. Yeah, me too. I met this girl, and she helped me out. Apparently it's a Witch or something named Bernkastel who's probably responsible. This girl right here is an apprentice of a Witch named Beatrice, and she was pretty helpful. This place is called the MetaWorld, something like a higher plane of existence or something, I didn't get it, really. By the way, what's your name, I forgot to ask?" Sora asked the girl. It was like everything Sora was told didn't really bother him that much at all.

[Gummi Bunnies]

"I'm sure he's fine, I just know it," Riku says, having a great feeling in his heard that Sora wasn't in anything too dire as of now. Yet, Riku had a feeling too that this "Beatrice" was going to trick them, or give them false information. Still having yet to see what would happen, Riku walked and followed the golden butterfly. This golden butterfly went through a door that was down a hallway they were in, giving the sign to go into the room.

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"Oh...I'm Maria, soon to be the Witch of Origins from what Lady Beatrice told me," the little girl introduces herself.

"Witches huh?" Kaika said as she thought about it for a bit. Why does this feel like these Witches are going to be a pain if they're not friendly... she thought as she sighes a bit to herself. "Nothing that new to me. What I found out is that the one in charge of the girls that keep on attacking us, someone must had influenced that certain person to command the girls to attack us...or at least outsiders as they call it. Just sounds a little too...narrowed down," Kaika explains about what she found out, like the whole assaults from the girls were planned to happen.

"Are you talking about the Seven Stakes of Purgatory? Lady Beatrice's Furniture? They had been attacking you?" Maria looked confused as Kaika mentions this.

[Ringrose]

"Yeah, I know. Nothing to worry about." Mickey said with a nod. He then made his way down the hallway, following the butterfly, and then went into the room that they had went in earlier.

"Ever since we got here. I mentioned it before, remembered? I said that there was these metal spiky things that were actually girls." Sora said, bringing up what he had explained to Maria earlier. "One attacked us in the beginning, then later attacked Sota." Sora said. "So, let's put this together. Maria's master, Beatrice, is being influenced by a woman named Bernkastel to attack us, and yet it was probably her in the first place." Sora said, summing it up. "Hey, Maria. Do you know where Beatrice usually goes to sit down, whenever she wants to do so? like a room or something. We could probably go ask her there." Sora asked, having an idea to go and ask Beatrice directly.

[Gummi Bunnies]

The golden butterfly disappeared once they were inside the room. Beatrice was there, but also talking to a girl that could be a witch also. It was the witch that work pink and had short blonde hair, the same exact Witch that had encountered Sota back at the rose garden. "The task was easy, wasn't it?" Beatrice turned to see both Riku and Mickey, knowing that they had delivered the letter to Virgilia. "Er, who are these people Beato? Never seen them before," the girl in pink says with a confused expression, as if this wasn't normal for Beatrice to do.

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"I think I know where she could be at. I can take you there if you like," Maria had an idea on where Beatrice could be at. While that was happening, Kaika had quieted down, trying to see where Sota could be. She could feel him faintly still in the rose garden, probably finding his way towards them. Kaika only exits out of her sensory ability, aiting for both Sota to return and to get moving to where Beatrice was.

[Ringrose]

Mickey only eyed the girl in the pink dress with a bit of suspicion. He was at a severe disadvantage, not knowing who a lot of these Witches were personally, there was only one he was specifically told never to speak of, and for some reason saying her name gave him the chills. "Yes, it was quite easy, thank you very much. I fulfilled our deal. So, please keep up your end and tell us what you know." Mickey said, crossing his arms.

"Yeah sure, we have to wait for Sota first and then we'll go. HEY, SOTA! we're over here, FOLLOW THE SOUND OF MY VOICE!" Sora yelled out to Sota, cupping his hands around his mouth to yell louder.

[Gummi Bunnies]

As if she saw no need to be here, the girl in pink immediately disappeared without a trace. "I'm not completely sure if this is the case, but I do recall the Witch of Miracles, Bernkastel, had a certain need for some person outside the MetaWorld. Two people in fact, and I suppose the person you're looking for might be here because of Bernkastel," Beatrice explained, knowing that this certain Witch had something to do with it.

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For a moment, Kaika chuckled a bit to herself, and added,"I'm sure he can hear you. His energy isn't too far. Guess he really took the time to look for any weird stuff." It wasn't long until Sota managed to meet up with the group again. "So, looks like we got more info on this whole mess," he said, seeing that they were ready to go on. "Pretty much, did you find anything though Sota-kun?" Kaika shrugged and then asked. "Well...I did run into this girl named Lambdadelta, or the Witch of Certainty from what she told me. I didn't get much from her, she just gave me some warning about trusting the people here," Sota scratched his head and remembered some things that happened with him. "Lady Lambdadelta? She's a close friend to Lady Bernkastel, so maybe she's on to this plan too," Maria recognized this Witch's name, and knew from Beatrice's mentioning that both were close friends.

[Ringrose]

"I see. Tell me, this..Bernkastel woman. Just out of curiosity, you wouldn't have happened to have been told by her to, I don't know, have outsiders attacked? the reason why is, when I was talking with Virgilia, I noticed two things. There was a girl there, wearing the same outfit as one that attacked us. This first girl mentioned "orders" when attacking us. And she also disappeared into butterflies, like you. So do you know what that tells me? it tells me that you are directly involved in this, and were told by this Witch "Bernkastel" to attack any outsiders, weren't you? that Virgilia Witch, the reason your servant didn't attack us when she was in the room was because she's the only decent one here, am I wrong?" Mickey summoned his Keyblade to his hand, but kept a calm composure, not attacking or anything. "We made a deal. No more playing around with me. We can either do two things in this situation. You can either bring this Bernkastel to us, or I will find a way myself. Either way, I will not attack you, or hate you for this." Mickey said, laying down two options for her, now seeing she thought he was a joke or something.

"Alright, we have our two prime suspects. Lambd..a..delta, Lambdadelta," Sora said, struggling with the name at first, "and Bernkastel. Maria, the gang's all here so, do your thing and lead the way please!" Sora said enthusiastically, ready to go and confront this Beatrice woman.

[Gummi Bunnies]

Like she hasn't been really helping them at all, Beatrice laughed,"You really thought that I would be helping you? You're not much in my concerns, so farewell." and just like that, she disappeared in a cluster of golden butterflies.

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"Alright," Maria began to lead the way, heading towards the mansion.

[Ringrose]

"Okay, no need to worry. Let's simply go find that Virgilia lady again, and we'll go ask for her help. At least now I know better than to put my trust into that woman. I guess we should look out for that girl in pink then, too. If she's a friend of hers, who know's what she's like then." Mickey said with a sigh, heading out the door. "My patience is starting to be tested here, Riku."

Sora only followed Maria, not having a lot to say at the moment.

[Gummi Bunnies]

"It's progress. It all just takes time," Riku commented, also keeping in mind that Beatrice shouldn't be trusted after what just happened. eh then followed Mickey back out to the hallway again.

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Again, they were back inside the mansion, going down a long hallway as Maria lead the way. During this, Kaika wondered on how this Beatrice was going to be. While following, Kaika peeped at her phone, seeing no messages from either Nero and Peyton. She only sighs to herself before putting it away. Soon, Maria walked up to a single door that ruined the reputation of the hallways, and opened the door by just a bit.

"Um...Lady Beatrice? Can we come in?" Maria asked as she poked her head through the small crack. As if she managed to hear the silent response, Maria opens the door wide open for the group.

[Ringrose]

"I know, I know." Mickey went up to the room Virgilia was in earlier, and opened the door. "Lady Virgilia, I think we will require your assistance. I find myself in an unfamiliar territory, and I feel if you help us, we will not be played for a fool anymore. It seems your friend Beatrice thinks of us as nothing, when I have explained to her there is a dire matter at hand. I do not know if you are aware of the place, but a man named Master Xehanort wants to start a second Keyblade war, and open the door to Kingdom Hearts. Then, he wants to shift the balance of light and darkness and plunge all worlds into darkness. Despite that, and how horrible it will be, she acts as if it is not her problem." Mickey said, crossing his arms.

Sora stepped inside the room, unsure of who would be in there and what they would look like.

[Gummi Bunnies]

"Beatrice is quite immature, so I do understand on what happened. I can help if you like, as I do know how dire you need in assistance," Virgilia said, knowing Beatrice's personality very well to see why Beatrice had tricked them.

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Inside the room, Beatrice looks over to see her apprentice bring in people that has never been seen in the MetaWorld at all. "Oh, and who's this company you have with you Maria? I've never aren't them before," she says with a curious voice. For some reason though, it sounded like she was joking a bit by how non-serious she seemed to be. "This is Sora, Kaika, and Sota, and they wanted to ask you some important things," Maria said, introducing them to the Endless Witch.

[Ringrose]

"Yes, I would appreciate that. We're trying to find how to get Bernkastel, probably the supposed mastermind behind Sora's disappearance, to face us. She's probably around here somewhere, or maybe somewhere us, but still. I know you can get a Witch to appear before you if you summon them, but I've never had a need to dabble with that sort of thing." Mickey explained.

"So, you're Maria's master. The same master who ordered any outsiders to be attacked. Now, that's kind of funny, how would you know there would be any people coming here? you wouldn't. You were told, by the mastermind behind this whole thing, Bernkastel. Since Maria's a nice girl, I'm gonna stay calm for her sake because she's my friend now. But, I, we, want answers. What exactly did she say to you, to get you to order something like that, Lady Beatrice?" Sora asked.