Daxam

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Zac spent the next few hours working on his ship while answering Taivas' questions to the best of his ability. Sure, he had been travelling between worlds for a long time, but he still wouldn't call himself as much of an expert on it as he was on Gummi ships. Everything he knew, he had learned either from trial and error or second-hand from the people he had met on his journey. However, he welcomed the conversation all the same, having always found it easier to focus when he could multitask, as contradictory as it may be.

"Alright...got the limiter replaced. Glad I thought ahead and bought a backup, just in case," he muttered to himself, running through a mental checklist after Taivas had wandered off. "I was able to jury-rig an aileron from an armor panel. Hate leaving those wires exposed, but I kinda need to be able to control the ship. Good old duct tape got the hydraulic leak patched up. I wasn't able to get the secondary engines running, but I should have throttle control back for the primary, so I can make do." He looked over at the core, still exposed. "Now, then...let's see if I'm about to kill all of us."

He reached over and reopened the flow of power to and from the Stardust Core before he hopped back into the cockpit. He flipped a few switches, took a deep breath, and powered up the ship. Poor Sigrid rattled as the Stardust Core came to life, glowing a brilliant blue as a sphere of energy began to take form. The ship slowly lifted above where it rested against the palm trees and Zac let out a relieved sigh. "Looks like we're back in business!" he exclaimed as the diagnostics screen showed parts of the ship highlighted in orange and yellow. Still not great, but much better than seeing red.

He moved the hovering ship away from the trees and engaged the landing gear before once more powering down the ship. "Alright, I think I'll crash here for tonight and get going tomorrow morning. Should give them enough time to figure out who all's coming along and for them to get ready," he said as he stretched his arms over his head. Just then, he heard a low rumble roll in from far out at sea and sat up. He climbed out of the cockpit and walked away from his ship as he listened to the thunder as it washed over the island. He clenched his fists as they began to tremble and memories flooded his mind: the thunder and lightning, the wind, the living shadows...the screams.

He gripped his left forearm with his right hand, trying to steady the trembling as a smile, equal parts nervousness and anticipation, crossed his face. "Think it's gonna be a long, long night," he said to himself. "Bring it on."

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I'll get a post up in a bit!

How high can we count before a mod gets involved?

510

How high can we count before a mod gets involved?

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Morgan has her reasons for being able to sense certain things, but has no idea what she senses. And even if you have been fighting a lot of heartless, heartless aren't here yet.

@Sadu

I mentioned Heartless, but I meant that he could have a sensitivity to Darkness, in general

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That's fair. My thought process as far as that went was that he's been fighting Heartless and the like for so long, he might have developed a sensitivity to it

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Should Zac be present for the encounter in the secret place? Maybe he senses something is off and goes to investigate?

He could also probably have an encounter of his own later that evening before everything hits the fan that night or not at all. Just kinda brainstorming, at the moment lol

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Got my post fixed and added a bit more to it

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@Daxam

I'm guessing the colors are getting confusing. Hoshi asked about passengers. Morgan asked about the corridor being doors.

@King Kindred

Ah, right, I did get confused by the colors. I'll get that fixed

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Zac listened to Morgan before rubbing the back of his neck. "Well...The 'corridors' I mentioned are kinda strange. You don't get to them through what you'd think of when you think of a door. It's more like a hole in space. I'm not sure a door in a forest, though." He paused as something played at the corner of his mind, and added, "Your master must be one powerful magic user, though. Besides using a ship or the corridors, the only other way you could travel to other worlds would be with some serious magic."

Zac jumped slightly at the sudden outburst, but kept his cool. He had a feeling that someone would react like that, so he wasn't all too surprised, nor could he blame him. What surprised him, however, was the flash of light in Alias' hand. There was a distinctly familiar-looking shape amidst the light, one that immediately rang bells in his head. He thought about saying something, but when no one else reacted, he held off. If it was what I think it was, he thought, then it'll make itself known when the time's right. I don't need to rush anything. He raised an eyebrow when Alias went on to talk about what he and Hoshi had been feeling. He reclined back against his ship, looking completely unbothered, and said, "If that's the case, then your friend might really be out there. Who knows, maybe he stumbled into a corridor and wound up on the other side okay or someone used some strong magic on him to whisk him away. If there's one thing I've learned in all my travels, it's that it's never a bad idea to listen to your heart."

He glanced over at Taivas as he asked him where he was from. With a shrug, he said, "Like I said, here and there. Where I'm from doesn't matter too much, at least not anymore." When he showed him the locket, Zac took a close look, searching his memory for those faces, before shrugging as he answered, "Sorry, man. I've been a lot of places and met a lot of people, but I don't think I've ever seen them before."

He fell into a thoughtful silence, then, as he thought about what he had been told. A dark, heavy feeling...a presence in the town across the water... He wished he could talk to everyone else to hear what they had to say, but he knew he had to get to work on his ship. If he had a chance to talk to them, then he would, but that would have to wait. Regardless, he couldn't deny the bad feeling that had started to form in the pit of his stomach. As he turned back toward his ship to work, he heard Hoshi ask if he could take people with him. "I've only got three seats and one of them is mine," he said as he began working on a severed wire. "I'm not particularly opposed to taking anyone with me, but you guys are gonna have to decide who."