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Hitori's fears were confirmed as the ship was impacted. He Clutched the Ada Doll Close as Siren instictively manifested to create a small enough bubble of Gravity to keep Hitori mostly safe upon impact. He Freaked out when he realized that his new companions were in danger and he had almost no time to react, the ones he could see himself closest to were Cassius and Dren. Within moments he could see as things fell apart to hell as he felt his forehead Gem react to rather powerful magical anomaly near by. He could barely maintain his composure as everything just broke apart and in that instance he felt like he was inside his own head, watching helplessly through a window. As Hitori, Ada, and Siren were tossed around in the sphere they were eventually flung out of the ship and landed fortunately slowly to lighten the impact. The Sphere landed in a tree which broke the structure of the sphere apart, sending Hitori falling off a few branches. The Entire time he clutched Ada tighty.

As he started to gain more of his cognitive process back he could feel the soreness from his fall and looked at the wreckage around them. He observed the Mist and felt oddly perturbed by it. As he surveyed his environment he did spot Cassius who did indeed look a bit worse for wear but not terribly so. He Sniffed the air, This fog wasn't a normal fog, the place was making his Gem react like crazy, sending his sense on edge. He dismissed Siren as her body dissolved into vapor in the fog, calling forth his Scythe incase something were to happen. Ada climbed onto Hitori's shoulders to keep an extra eye out.

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Hitori looked at Cassius and couldn't help but smile, "The Sentiment is greatly appreciated Cassius but I have no right to the Title of Sir. I eschewed any claims to all perceived claims and airs of nobility quite some time ago. Hitori will do just fine."

"Beach Please, you as a Glubbin Noble would be a Reel Riot." a Feminine Voice could be heard in his head.
"Why must you heckle me Siren..." Hitori thought.
"Cuz I know you're hankerin for some Catfish." Siren teased, Hitori didn't even dignify that with a response.

The Ada doll noticed Cassius offering jobs willy-nilly and started Warbling in protest as if Cassius could actually understand him in that current state. "Calm down Ada, you'll just tire yourself out." Hitori chided the Doll.

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Hitori continued looking out the window at the Clouds, "Have you ever stopped to think what the Inside of Clouds must be like? They look so soft and wonderful and you would think that inside them would be miraculous places that would keep you safe. I remember going inside of one once and I guess I felt disappointed. There's nothing inside them actually, Clouds are Cold and Wet and full of nothing but the rare spark of lightning. Still I really like the idea of Clouds holding wonder inside them." He spoke out loud but it didn't seem like he was really speaking to anyone in particular. Just himself.

Ada noticed Hitori seemed lost in his own thoughts and nudged him a bit before warbling to him that Cassius had been trying to get his attention. Hitori looked and realized the Lumyian had been speaking to him.

"You did me a Kindness and I felt I had to return one to you in kind, That is all. You may think what you want about me though, people do it anyways and I can't really blame them. I'm a Kumiho and I do things that will upset people." Hitori continued to gaze out the Window. "The Queen is Furious isn't she. I'd bet my Gem Eye that she'll send someone to deal with us soon enough."

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Is the title of your post a Reference to the Blue Oyster Cult song by chance?

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Hitori merely looked at the Magician, there was so sympathy, pity, or even disdain for him. He just simply noticed that he would probably be the one to betray them in the end, like it or not this poor fool was part of this and in time he would learn to accept this as an unfortunate facet of life.

"What ever helps you sleep at night." He said to the Magician before handing the Ring to the now not so strange Stranger or as he had learned from his new friend Ada, "Cassius", and departing for other parts of the ship. He felt that as much as he would like to make himself useful it would probably be all for naught. Something Terrible was more than likely coming there way and it would make the Tragedy of the Bomb incident look like a Paper Cut.

He looked out the one of the windows on the side of the hull, waiting for what may possibly come. These people obviously hated him just for being and he would not mourn their passing but there were others on this Vessel who had Carved out a Life and a Family with each other and they would feel the full brunt of what may come. Hitori had been alive long enough to see enough wars to last him an eternity, War was always ugly and Senseless but in many cases provided a Prelude to Fine Dining among Scavengers Birds and Kumiho, still he was worried. The Lady Garnet, while still young and a bit naive to the ways of the world, knew full well of what the Alexandrian Military was capable of and from what he had heard Baku say as well as from what he had seen of the vessel first hand that this was not an offensive or defensive capable ship.

Still if he could say anything about the ship he would say that it was beautiful in its simplicity and you just couldn't beat a view of the clouds like this. Riding vessels such as these was a privilege that he always enjoyed. He noticed Ada looking out the ship with his shiny button eyes and couldn't help but smile at the little doll, for all his preening an prissy behavior when he was still alive he was actually quite enjoyable company like this.

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Seeing as the Lumyian wouldn't be so trusting of him Hitori merely opened his palm revealing the modified ring, "I wanted to give you this. I know you might not be terribly fond of me and I hold no animosity toward you if you do. However you did me a kindness by not letting me get taken my the Alexandrians and I in turn feel I should do so by you. I made a simple Modification to your ring though, nothing that would be detrimental to its integrity, just a means for you to better protect yourself. That and I feel this summon would feel more comfortable in your hands."

Ada had an expression of recognition before warbling to Hitori what he knew upon looking at the Lumyian. Hitori listened to what Ada had to say and Smiled, "Is that so? Well I must say he does have a very nice Name but I highly doubt he would want to befriend me....Alright I'll tell him."

Hitori looked back at Cassius, "My Friend Ada says 'Hello there and the Fox who's shoulder I sit upon is a bit of an impulsive idiot so please do forgive some of his....cultural misunderstandings....' Was that good enough Ada?" He asked the Cat Doll who then nodded in approval.

"At any rate though I just wanted to give you back your Ring. I'll leave you be now." He said as he handed Cassius the Ring.

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Hitori silently ignored all the negative talk from these people, you would think they would had rather have died in a fiery explosion with the way they kept carrying on about such trivialities as "Murder". People Live and Die and are born again over and over and over and they care not for what they were in the past, after living with this for a few centuries Hitori had just become hardened to it and very rarely did the deaths of those he did not personally know affect him any way, shape, or form. He supposed it was a Cultural thing that he would never be able to fully understand. This Karn though he was finding to be quite grating with her need to constantly stir the shit pot, if she kept up the stirring of the Shit then she would eventually have to Lick the Spoon. Still she wasn't any of his Concern for the time being, he had to find the Lumyian and return what was taken from him. Hitori may have been some what indifferent to the Lives of others but he understood all too well the Value of things you hold important and wasn't about to let the Lumyian get Robbed like that, especially by that blowhard of a Stage Pirate. He looked at the ring in his hand.

It was a simple Silver affair with a few sigils faintly carved into the interior along with what appeared to be a wiring of sorts. He also Noticed there seemed to be a small opening on it that would provide a place for a Gemstone. Hitori figured the best way to win the trust of someone who probably hated him for no reason was to take a gift and make it nicer. He walked toward a corner of the ship and removed from his sleeve a Ruby Red Gem that seemed to flicker with an inner Fire, "Hello again Ifrit, to make up for the passing of your former Master I am going to give you to someone whom I hope you will grow to love." He whispered to the Gem before expending a little of his Magic to fuse the Gemstone into the Ring, Hitori couldn't help but smile, "Beautiful..."

He left the Corner paying no mind to the Rest of the Crew or the Princess and instead He found the Stranger speaking to the Young Man he had interacted with before and over heard the conversation, he found that the Young Man was being rather disrespectful to the Crew. As much as Hitori didn't care for the Crew he still found it quite sad to hear such disparaging Remarks.

"Young Man it is a shame to consider yourself above the stations of these People who have found themselves dragged into a coup they did not intend for while considering yourself to be entirely innocent for the things you may have done in your time, however that is your decision to do so and I have no position to tell you otherwise. However I must ask you to please leave momentarily, I'd like to speak to the Lumyian in Private if he would be so kind to indulge an old Fox." He spoke calmly and evenly. Not bothering to mince his words, he had to take care of a piece of business.

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Hitori walked in on this an was shocked to say the least. He knew the scent was off and now knew why he couldn't originally place the scent, he was smelling for the wrong thing. "Lumyian..." he whispered to himself. He saw the captain of the vessel withhold the possessions of his companion and felt it wrong, they did their job as requested and this is how they were treated in exchange. Hitori had enough of this and promptly walked up to Baku and Beguiled him. He reached out with his soul and made Baku a little more compliant.

"Now then my good sir, you are neglecting fair trade and agreements that had been previously arranged. At least that is what is my understanding of this scenario. You are provided with a safe escape and you have been given your Hostage fairly. All of these contributions were provided for in full and now you wish to steal from this poor man simply because he was doing his mission and kept his identity secret. For shame my Good Sir." Hitori chastised Baku with the Concern of a Loving Relative, making this beguilement feel all the more powerful.

"I am a Kumiho and as my species has the unfortunate stereotype of being Bloodthirsty soul sucking liver devouring Monsters I do feel that you Sir are behaving quite unduly. However I am a Kumiho and I am willing to offer you something more worth your while than this measly ol Ring here." Hitori said as he effortlessly swiped the Ring from Baku. Hitori then reached into his Sleeve and withdrew a Satchel filled with a rather large amount of Gil. This wasn't an Illusion, this was true Gil. It always served to have a good Bartering Chip.

"What I am doing is buying the Ring off of you for a far greater price than it is worth. This is a sign of good blood between us as both being victims of circumstances. Should you accept this offer there will be absolutely no quarrel between us and I shall provide Services for the Crew in exchange for my own being here. If however we can Come to no Such Arrangement I will be very Cross and well I hate what would fall you with a rather Cross Kumiho on your hands. Still I would rather not have to resort to such atrocities and would like to propose good blood and a bargain of neighborly friendship with you. So come now, what do you say?" The Beguilement was working its way on Baku and Hitori had simultaneously Charmed, Chastised, Threatened, Cajoled, Negotiated, and Befriended the Man. The Odds were in his favor, he was old and canny and had been doing this since before the time of this Mans grandfather.

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Hitori merely raised an eyebrow in annoyance at the Half-Blood. His Fury would have to be sated later and while the drop downward would have the promise of a feast he knew better, down there would be a hellstorm and several armed soldiers and possibly magic users or those Souless things made from the world. Those things really set him on edge. Besides and most importantly though there was nothing for him back in Alexandria and he had already invested to much time and energy into the cause of this "Monica".

In that Moment when Monica seemed to mourn though Hitori had noticed something odd. The Woman did not have a scent typical of one of her kind and seemed to have a connotation of another species. No...that can't be right.... She doesn't have the scent of a half-breed and definitely appears to be a basic human. This would require further investigation on the Kumiho's behalf. As They all went into the Interior of the hull a persistent nagging could be felt as the Cat Doll Ada climbed onto Hitori's shoulder and began to tug upon his ears while nagging him in a high pitched warbling that Hitori could clearly understand.

"Well what was I supposed to do Ada? Just let the Bomb blow up the Ship and kill us all?" Hitori responded as the doll bopped him on the face, expressing its clear displeasure.

"I know you are still salty about dying and being stuck in a doll body but that doesn't mean I want the Same thing to Happen to these people. They actually cared enough to have me come along and I have invested a lot of effort into them." Hitori tried to explain to Ada, the Cat Doll huffed and warbled something again.

"Look I'm a Kumiho, we are Passionate and we are Wild, I sometimes let my instincts get the better of me. I'll try and make it up to everyone in my own ways but for now I need to start small." Hitori said to his strange to friend.

Ada grumpled and warbled something again. Hitori thought for a moment, "Look, I can't do much I can try and give you a decent afterlife while I'm still alive. So umm..... I could buy you some Fancy Doll Clothes that are more to your liking?"

The Doll pondered before nodding in agreement with this plan. Hitori sighed in Relief, at least his companion would be pleased for the time being.

He decided to search for "Monica".

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Siren was still Manifested around Hitori and just as confused and riled up as he was. He turned to Monica and finally asked "How in the hell do you know the Bomb is about to explode? What indication is there at all? We slayed it and there should be absolutely no Spirit left inside the thing to trigger the detonation! Also if you want the thing Gone then Here!"

With an Expertly placed Shot from Sirens Watery Tentacles Hitori was able to Knock the Remains of the Big Splody thing off of the Entrance of the Tantalus and sent the thing Careening into the Ground. As it fell the Sounds of People Screaming and panicking could be heard as they frantically tried to escape the possibility of a Violent and Fiery Death. In that moment Hitori could have given a shit about the People and just wanted to get the fuck out of there before the Big BOOM Ada foretold had the chance of happening.

He stretched his long limbs out and called Siren back into himself before looking at Karn and Monica both with Harsh and Wild Eyes full of a barely contained Fury. "Here's your Chance to get the Fuck out of here! I suggest you take this opportunity."