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The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Finally got my post up. Sorry for the wait on that. Inadi wants answers and he is about ready to get them. Whatever the cost. Mwuahahaha!

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Seeing that Harper was agreeing with him made him feel a little better about his decision, albeit he still had some deeper pangs of guilt that he wouldn't show on his face except for a few moments where he heard the roar of the turtle dragon behind them and his face would show signs of discomfort. While his attention was turned to the group the little witch that had appeared before them had apparently decided it was a good idea to throw a rock at the bush behind them and a small dragon showed up from behind it. Inadi turned to see the commotion and he immediately wished that he hadn't.

It was the damn rainbow dragon that he remembered seeing with the hooded figures in the past. He automatically knew that the group was probably nearby and that this was probably just some kind of scheme to lure them into a trap. Turning to Harper with a disappointed look he nodded in response to the question. “Yep. He certainly brings back memories doesn't he?” He said in a very tired tone and the chase was suddenly on.

The stupid little witch was quite fast and it was clear that she had an idea as to who the hooded figures were when she mentioned their tea. That made this all the more interesting as to whether or not the little witch was under their employ. Was the dragon just a way of getting them to the cottage faster or was she literally just in the right place at the right time? Either way, Inadi felt his chest tighten on him on more than one occasion chasing down the witch and the Rainbowzilla as she called it through the woods until they eventually found themselves at what looked to be a door into a hidden little home inside a hill side. Seeing one of the hooded figures at the door welcome them did almost nothing to calm his nerves.

As they walked towards the house Jasper grabbed his arm in what he could only guess was fright. There was no telling what this crew was going to do and they needed to be on guard. Wanting to settle the girl next to him's nerves, he quickly brought her hand to up to his face and gave her hand a quick kiss of assurance. In the moment, Inadi hadn't even thought of it, but that was the first time that either of them had done anything related to kissing. Inadi the whole time back at the castle was very slow and nervous as all hell to make a move to quickly like that when they first started dating and it had carried over throughout the relationship to that point. Hell, even the idea of kissing Jasper on the cheek made Inadi nervous that he was going to screw up the relationship. Yet he goes and kisses her hand without even a word? He shook his head at himself, shocked and even embarrassed at his own insecurity.

“We'll be fine. Harper has the list and we are going to get back everything they stole from us,” He told Jasper with a determined look and a smile. “And maybe even a few answers to go along with them.” He told her as he continued walking hand in hand with her while the other hand gripped Kain tightly as they went further into the little home.

Ace in her usual bold way brought up the fear of poisoned food and it made Inadi feel a little more normal in the given situation. If Ace could still be herself, perhaps his nerves were a little unfounded. However the veins in his head began showing up when the one hooded figure who offered the cookies to them mentioned Mr. Cuddles. So the bear was here after all. And he was making treats for the little rendezvous. Slowly letting go of Jasper's hand, Inadi let his mind roam in thoughts of what would happen when he saw Mr. Cuddles. Toby continued his chatter about wanting a cookie, but it fell of deaf ears as Inadi reached into his pocket. He felt the newspaper clip still inside and let out a low growl of frustration and anticipation. "Well how soon can we go inside then if you don't mind me asking. We have things to discuss in the end don't we?" Inadi asked as calmly as he could. This whole time he was praying that the bear was only mistakenly assumed to be working with the hooded figures. Now it was clear that he was there and collaborating with them. The sooner he saw the bear, the better. Looking over at Toby who was still going on about the food made him roll his eyes and a quick whistle shot out past his lips. Waiting for Toby to turn back around, Inadi held out his hand as if to try and tell him to calm down. "I'm sure we will be getting all the food we could want once we sit down and start the talking. No need to act like a spoiled children in front of the hosts after all." He said looking back at the hooded figures who had arrived and the original one that greeted them at the door. Nothing about this smelled right. Everything felt like it was a trap. Now it was just a matter of whether they spring it and got caught or they got out of it before things went south.

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Will definitely get a post up today no matter what. Stupid classes are trying to bury me all of a sudden.

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

I'll go ahead and try to get a post up tonight or tomorrow afternoon if I can't get it tonight. Another site I could suggest is that we make our own forum through invisionfree.com. I'm not sure how much its changed since I used it years ago but it should be relatively the same.

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The rustling was Rainbowzilla.....good lord what have I done. Haha!

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Well mehbe Inadi don't want his bae on his side Kimchi. He ain't whipped. He's his own man playa. Haha!

As for fish...... I've always been partial to jelly fish.

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Inadi continued following Jasper through the woods, taking in the warmth that the hot spot had given him considering that the dark forest surrounding them all was not that pleasant in regards to the temperature. Thinking on it he was very interested in knowing how that hot spot was made in the first place. Was it always like that in the forest? Or did the walking of the Turtle Dragon open up some kind of fissure in the ground? It was hard to say and even more difficult to focus on when he was having trouble just following Jasper through the many trees in front of him.

Eventually Jasper was able to figure out where Harper and Leila was. He smiled at the two of them as Inadi noticed a little bit of blood on Harper's head. Quickly inspecting his head and seeing a bit of a gash there made him shake his head. “Well hopefully it isn't too bad in the long run. Can't really take care of it while that dragon thing is chasing us down.” Inadi told him with a quick pat on the shoulder. They were already going to have to deal with those stupid hooded figures, the likelihood being that there would be some kind of scrum going into that meeting. Being injured before they even opened the door was not really wanted by Inadi and he was sure by the rest of the group. He then began following the rest of the group as Ran later ended up running into them as well.

Inadi covered the back as the others began tracking down the echoes that went through the forest to find the rest of the group. Yet for some reason it seemed that there was another noise as well surrounding them. Branches breaking in the distance as they continued walking. They were quiet and soft, easily missed if you weren't looking out for it. Since Inadi was already on red alert with the dragon he heard a small crack in the direction away from the dragon and then another one a little later on. Jasper continued with the others to try and find Toby with all his Marco Polo calls deeper in the woods.

Inadi held up a hand and tried to get Leila's attention. Eventually tapping her arm, he pointed towards where he heard the sound. “Leila, tell me I'm not the only one hearing that little branch cracking out there,” He pleaded with her as he gripped Kain a little tighter as he tried to keep his ear open to the sound again. With another quick crack Inadi felt his spine shift behind him and he shook his head. “Something's out there and I don't think its any of us. Do you think it could be a hooded figure?” He asked her while trying to keep up with the others.

Eventually the others caught back up with Toby and the rest of their crew. It was good to see them all again but the nerves still hadn't settled in Inadi's hands as they now began noticing the shots and screams back towards the dragon. While Jasper wanted to go back and help out the Nobodies Inadi couldn't help but feel like that was a bad idea. “Jasper at this point we can't afford to go back. We take up too much time fighting that dragon and we weaken ourselves for the hooded figures. And I know you don't think they are just going to give us back what they took from us without a fight.” Inadi said with a very focused, albeit harsh tone. Plus, how were they supposed to fight a thing of that size. It was a miracle they were able to talk to the other dragon's before. He doubted this one was as open minded as those in Sol.

Stepping forward towards Harper, he pointed out towards where he heard the cracking sounds. “Harper, I don't know if it was just an animal or something but I know for a fact I heard something out in that direction. My guess is that it is somebody either following us, or worse yet trying to lead us somewhere,” He told him as he grabbed the spear in his hands and leaned on it for a little support. He had been running for so long now it had been some time since he last had a decent breather in the end. “I say we follow it, track it down and see exactly what it is rather than risking ourselves taking out that dragon. Leave it to the soldiers and experts there with Japhet. I'm sure he'll give that thing more than he bargained for when he started running after us.” He said as he looked over to Jasper and the others with a somber look on his face. Yes, he was basically leaving the Nobodies there to die at the hands of an enemy that even he knew they stood no chance against. Then again....it wasn't like it was the first time Inadi had done that as he thought back to Avian. Guilt began building in his chest as he started leaning in harder on Kain. Sighing, he waited for the others to figure out their plan of attack. Inadi just prayed that they took his suggestion into consideration. He hated speaking and having no one hear him out at least.

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I'm gonna get my post up here tonight as soon as I finish with my hockey game work again. I'll definitely look to try and push something here in my post as best as I can.

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Scratch that. Got one up just as I was heading out to the game. Trying to spark a debate on how to handle the dragon situation here folks, and maybe we got someone trying to lead the humans into an ambush? Juicy juicy I think! XD

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Got my post up. Didn't want to do anything with the turtle dragon, but I wanted to carry something over with Jasper's little floor indention idea. Let me know if you want me to change anything though.

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Hearing Ace complain about his complaining, Inadi shrugged it off and just continued his pout. “Well if you can find a way to get us out of this dreadful place I'll gladly staple my mouth shut. I was expecting a simple pick up and walk out,” Inadi said as he pointed in the direction of where the airship was. At least where he thought the airship was. Truth be told, he had completely lost track of which direction they had gone through and felt even more lost just thinking about it, which only made him more angry. “But now we suddenly got to head into this place. Talk about disappointment.” He groaned out as a quick and sudden arrival put him on edge.

A new Nobody suddenly appeared and graced them all with her presence. Inadi silently let out a sigh of relief as he saw it was just a small child. No doubt lost in this place like they were. Just as he was about to rest his spear to the side, the girl started spouting off something about being an evil witch or something like that. Inadi quickly rolled his eyes and shook his head. “Oh terrific. Another witch. At least this one has some color on her unlike the last one we ran into. That's an improvement.” Inadi complained to himself as he began walking away from the whole scene.

Japhet continued his little speech about arresting the girl and the screaming went back and forth between different members of the group. Then the girl, Nympha as it were, said something about summoning a turtle dragon. Turning his head slowly at the thought of a turtle dragon he began returning to the rest of the group. Trying to get Japhet to quit speaking, he waved his hand at the guide and tried leaning towards the small witch. Just as he got close enough that was when the ground started shaking underneath them. Inadi quickly spun in his place and looked at the great beast.

A towering monster, Inadi quickly felt his spit become caught in his throat. This thing was big. Really, really big. Thinking back on the old dragons from Sol, the turtle dragon was probably around their size. Remembering how bad those things whooped them until the last second Inadi knew the best plan was to just start running right away. As he was about to bolt, Japhet began screaming out orders for him to take the thing on. Going wide-eyed, Inadi leaned in on the guide and poked a finger in his chest. “What happened to the powers of technology huh? I got an old invention that will work just fine for this kind of situation,” Inadi said as he looked back at the dragon, who let out a large roar. “They are called legs. AND I USE THEM TO RUN!”

Inadi quickly flew past Japhet and began running and listened to Ace rambling behind him. “I don't know if they'll buy the idea that we have a dragon on our side since we seem to be running from it after all!” He yelled out as he began trying to navigate the best he could through the darkness. Jasper was with him the entire time and he use her as a second pair of eyes, seeing where she was running and figuring it to be the right way. “Somebody better get that little witch to do something about the dragon! This is her fault anyway! I don't know how, but I got a feeling it is!” Inadi yelled as he turned his head to see some kind of shield holding the dragon back. While it bought them time, it was clear that with the way the big nasty thing was fighting against it, that wall wasn't going to hold it long.

Jasper nearly crashed into Est, which made Inadi throw the brakes on his run. Good timing on his part too as bats suddenly flew right past him as he landed on the ground. Looking up, it seemed like a huge collection of what seemed like fifty bats flew right by him. Jasper and Est weren't as lucky as him though as they seemed to be giving the little guys a little bit of a fight. Inadi slowly picked himself up off the ground and missed Jasper slapping Est in the face while he did so. Hearing Ran in the distance, he began trying to figure out just how far away they were from the others. This was a bad time to be separated, but another strange occurrence suddenly caught his attention. He looked down at his feet and saw the forest floor that the bats had flown out of. For whatever reason it almost felt....warmer than the rest of the place. A strange feeling to be sure, but it had a strange calmness like a campfire attached to it as well. “Hey Est, any reason why this little indention would be generating heat like this?” He asked as he put his hand closer to the hole. The closer he got, the hotter it became. Inadi hated not knowing why things were the way they were, as they just made him uncomfortable. Deciding it was best not to get too close he continued following Jasper to where they thought Ran and the others were at.