Piercing Light

Solace In Night: A Kingdom Hearts RP

Ace was caught off guard by the sudden appearance of a hooded assailant. He had grabbed Rika from behind, and rendered her completely helpless. His first reaction was to reach for his sword, but before he even gripped the hilt he stopped. Who was this? The man asked what their business here was, but the more pressing issue was his identity. "Pretty face? Am I in high school again? Honestly..." Ace said, relaxing his posture. He didn't want to endanger Rika's life, but in the case that this man was a potential enemy he couldn't tell him everything right away.

Ace looked at his surroundings, the man did not seem to have any others with him, no one was coming to arrest them all. The man's attire was drab and ragged, as if those clothes had seen years at sea. The chances of him being affiliated with the empire were slim. He gauged the distance between himself and Rika, he could prevent her from being shot if the man pulled the trigger, but only barely. He didn't want to risk it.

"What was it that woman said?" Ace said, pointing towards Rika. That Rika has family here, and that the person we would be looking for would find us. He repeated in his thoughts. Ace looked to the man holding Rika hostage and scratched his head. "The name Masaki wouldn't happen to mean anything to you, would it? That's no way to treat family you know. We're here to help take care of the empire. We aren't your enemy here... So you can let Rika go, even if it is hilarious seeing her this shaken up."

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Before they had time to even think of getting back to the gummie ship and escaping, Nomis pulled one more trick out of his sleeve. More of his machines showed up, miniature robots that scurried across the ground like rodents. If not for the fact that they were ignoring her, Asahina would have burned the entire deck to ashes, she was not a fan of rats.

The tiny machines surrounded the ship, their only way off the warship that didn't involve a high dive and a perilous swim through the ocean. "You wouldn't happen to have another ship, would you?" Asahina asked.

"Not on me... We'll need to break through that cage and hurry through before it closes again." Shizuka said. She eyed Asahina, and thought of something. "Hey, do you remember that time we were paired up in combat fundamentals?" She said. Asahina shuddered.

"You threw me like a baseball at the training dummy, that wasn't what our master meant by teamwork as well grounded as a pro baseball team's."

"But it worked didn't it?" Shizuka said with a shrug.

"It won't here!" Asahina shot back. As the two of them bickered, the others had already sprung into action. Through a coordinated assault Cerden, Flora and Dominic destroyed the cage, leaving an easy way back to the ship. "See, that is teamwork." She said.

"Bet they wouldn't have gotten an A like we did though." Shizuka said derisively. Asahina shook her head, and looked back towards the entrance to the warship. Could they leave now?

"What about your other friend, Shinto? He's still down there, isn't he?" She turned to Dominic, hands clasped together in a pleading gesture. "You have a mental link with him, don't you? Can you see if he's alright?" She asked.

"We don't have time." Shizuka said, picking up Jasmine. "I'm not looking forward to dealing with whatever else that guy has to throw at us, so come on." She said, hurrying up the ship's ramp. Begrudgingly, Asahina followed after her into the ship. She recognized the brightly colored interior. Ships made from gummie blocks had always been a tad strange, as you could create all kinds of shapes and still manage to have a flyable ship. This ship in particular had been modeled after a UFO, so it was round, and had various flashing lights on it's exterior. On the inside there was a high degree of blue and green, with the floor looking green and the walls and equipment being blue.

"Alright... umm." Shizuka mumbled as she sat down at the pilot's seat, having buckled Jasmine into a bed in the back. "You guy's might want to buckle up, because there's a lot of stuff flashing here and I only know what half of it means." She flipped the ship on, and something in the innards of the ship crackled ominously. "was that... oh, yeah that was the warp drive... err." With shaking hands she pushed a lever forward, and the ship lurched ahead. The gummie ship popped up like a jumping bean, causing Shizuka and Asahina to nearly swallow their heart in panic.

"Who taught you to fly!?" Asahina screamed.

"I'm gonna have to plead the fifth on that one. Hold on, we're gonna crash into the ocean!" The ship splashed into the blue waters of the sea, and kept going forward. Shizuka hurriedly pulled back the lever, and it began to move at a more steady pace. She looked back at the others with a confident grin. "Well, at least we've got a boat, right?"

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Ryoko sat patiently as Shinobu gave out orders to the Turks. He split them up into teams to perform specific tasks on different worlds, essentially acting as his personal investigation squad. Once they left the room, Shinobu requested that she continue. She let out a quick breath and looked at him. "You always know just what to say, You cannot possibly imagine how frustrating that can be, Shinobu." Her voice was placid, and she was speaking with a nostalgic cadence. "You haven't changed at all since highschool." She said, remembering a simpler, yet infinitely more angst filled time.

She remembered barging into Shinobu's home buzzed off of a bottle of some cheap alcohol, forcing him to listen to her ramble on about her latest break up. That was the first time she'd opened up to someone, and to her surprise she didn't regret it later. In spite of how aggravating she was at the time he bothered listening to her, and managed to say just the right things to help her. She ended up crying with him patting her head like a child, it hurt just to remember.

Ryoko stood up, and walked around Shinobu's chair, standing above him. She leaned downwards, and wrapped her arms around him. "Sorry for always doing this, I swear I'll repay you for always indulging my proclivities..." She was silent for a minute, her eyes closed and her mind taking in the tranquility of the room. She often did things like this, she had never told him why, just that she needed to. It let her forget herself, that she was herself, if only for the moment. If it wasn't for Shinobu, she'd have gone on a killing spree long ago... off the clock that is.

She let go of Shinobu, sat back in her seat, and let out a sigh. "I'll handle Gavin, he's essentially a terrorist, one that I have a feeling plans to assassinate another General. And I'll handle Nomis, either he falls in line with my demands or I'll kill him myself."

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"Let's get going." Rika said, before going through the portal that Aeva had opened. Lin followed behind, leaving Ace alone with Aeva. Was that it? Was he the odd one for being so unsettled right now? Had they simply not believed this woman when she told them that she was an omnipotent being? She was speaking with vague words on purpose, as if he was on a need to know basis. He had no choice but to trust her, because he did not want to find out what would happen to him if he crossed her. He glanced at her one last time before entering the portal, hoping she couldn't also pry into his head and read his thoughts.

Exiting the portal he found himself in Port Royal, just as Aeva said he would. He had only ever heard of the world, and looking around it seemed the stories had done it a half-justice. The wind blew in the humid, salty air from the ocean, a welcome change from the arid, stale climate of Agrabah. The sea it's self could be seen in the distance, a vastness of blue that draped the edge of the horizon. You couldn't blame anyone for wanting to sail in this world after seeing that.

"If the Empire won't give us trouble here, pirates will." Ace said, turning towards Rika and Lin. "She's right, it is dangerous here, we'd do well to stick together, especially considering how... foreign we appear." He said. His attention then went to the large mansion behind them, it overlooked the town, and it was abandoned. "Whoever lived here must have been important, I bet the empire's first order of business was getting rid of anyone that had influence here... So." He said, looking to Rika. "What's our plan? Go into town? We might need a change of clothes if we want to fit in."

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"I think so." Asahina said. She was slightly shaken up by the attack from the mechanical monsters. She had never seen things like them before, Heartless sure, but lightning shooting robots was something else. She had little reason to be confident in her fighting abilities, as far as she knew dealing with Jasmine's berserk state was just a fluke. She watched as Dominic fought off many of the robots, he was coating himself with electricity and moving quite quickly, she wasn't sure if it was some type of magic or martial art. Regardless, she had to help him. She was still uncomfortable using her keyblade, so she decided to use magic. She wasn't exactly a grand wizard, but she had learned all of the basics in the academy. She held up the palm of her hand towards a group of the machines, which seemed to be focusing more on Dominic at the moment.

A swirling ball of ice shot from her hand, and shattered against a machine, completely freezing it, and slowing down those around it as frost clogged their parts. That wasn't all, a fireball followed the ice, exploding upon contact and tearing them to metallic shreds.

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Shizuka raised a brow at Cerden and Flora, the answer to her question reminded her of how things went om Agrabah. "Just how often do you bail him out of trouble?" She said, giggling at Flora. "If I didn't know any better, which actually I don't, I'd say you two were dating or something." She said, turning back to the ship's controls. She had successfully locked onto the empire ship's exit point, and were now on their way towards it. She she got out of her seat to prepare to land Flora asked her if she knew anything about the Caribbean. Does a bear play craps in the woods?

"Huh?" Shizuka looked back at Flora and Cerden. "All I know is that it's a nice looking world, and has a pirate problem or something. I don't know if there's a factory or not."

The ship exited warp space, and a clear sky could be seen outside the ship. "Looks like we're here... though it looks like there's no land near us..." Shizuka moved back to her seat, and lowered the ship. "Wait, what is that?" As she lowered the ship closer to the ocean she saw a large object that appeared to be resting on top of the sea. It was the ship they were looking for. "Whaaaaaaat." Shizuka was in disbelief, she had expected the ship to be long gone, not crashed in the sea. Even more unlikely, she saw that there were people on top of the ship, well, people and a bunch of machines trying to murder them, but still lucky.

"Hey, get back!" Shizuka yelled into a receiver that blasted her voice to those below. Locking onto the machines, she activated the gummie ship's cannons, blowing away nearly all of the machines. "Hahaa! Where is your false machine god now!?" She cried out, as she took the ship in to land on the massive cruiser. She lowered the exiting ramp, and hurried down.

Asahina stood dumbfounded as Shizuka ran up to her. "Hey, I know you, you're that girl that was always moping around the academy... you're the Princess of Heart!?" Shizuka said. Asahina looked away with a mixture of embarrassment and disgust.

"I'd rather you didn't call me that. But thank you so much for coming." She looked back to the ship hoping to see Alem or the blond haired woman behind her, but they weren't there. While Asahina was busy sighing upon this revelation, one of the machines attacked her from behind. Asahina was aware of this, though Shizuka decided to step in regardless.

Pulling out a bat seemingly from nowhere, Shizuka dashed forward and slammed the aluminum bat into the bot, sending it smashing into the floor. She tossed the bat off the side of the ship and looked back. "Hey, responsible adults, come and help, the red brick house is one of your buddies, right!?"

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Shinobu stood from his seat, an action that made some in the room flinch like startled kitten. Ryoko was more than accustomed to Shinobu's body language, however. He moved beside her and looked her in the eyes, she looked back. He began by criticizing the state of the empire's chain of command, considering Nomis's actions how could he not? He looked at her hands to read her, but she crossed her arms to hide them. Nomis had embarrassed not only himself but anyone that carried the title of general within the empire. And here she was being interrogated by her only friend because of it. Of course it was cause for alarm. She thought to herself. But what was she supposed to do about it then? She hadn't even seen Nomis for months.

Shinobu's mention of good deeds did not go unnoticed either. He was still under the impression that the empire was working in the best interests of the people, he had been lied too. She couldn't tell him otherwise now, it was too late, and there was no telling how it would affect their relationship. For the time being she would leave him in the dark. He next spoke of his position within Twilight Town, and it only made things worse. He backed the empire and was hated for it, yet he won the people over anyhow. Of course he managed to do that.

"Do you know what you are, Ryoko?" The question pierced her, and the silence only made it more painful.

A liar, a killer... someone that has no right to call you a friend. Many things crossed her mind, but Shinobu said none of these things, instead he complemented her. He criticized her for not doing what he believed she was capable of doing. She could no longer look him in the eyes. She lowered her head, and gripped her legs in a vice.
This was what she hated about Shinobu. He could so easily dig into her skin and make her vulnerable. But this is also why I admire him.
This is why she couldn't be with him. She couldn't stand being with anyone that she couldn't dominate. But I've always wanted to be with him regardless.

She was furious, not at herself but towards Nomis. It was his fault that she was being spoken to like this, his fault that she was losing her controlled demeanor in front of Shinobu.

"Could the rest of you leave? I need to speak with Shinobu privately." She said between clenched teeth. There was only one person that was allowed to see her like this, who had always been the one to see her like this.

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Ace stood by and listened as the mysterious young woman spoke with precise cadence. His mind attempted to drift towards Shizuka, he worried for her safety as she was in the company of people he did not trust. Nevertheless, he paid mind to the stranger's instructions. As she continued to speak, and others asked questions, he grew more uncomfortable. She knew too much, was certain about too much. He no longer felt as if he was in the presence of a normal human being, she seemed almost omnipotent. God isn't a woman wearing a schoolgirl uniform, right?

The shooting in the distance had stopped, apparently Pepper was finished cleaning up. The woman had finished speaking, and asked if they had any questions. Who wouldn't? Ace stepped forward. "How do you know so much, and who are you?" He asked. Typical questions for sure, but important questions.

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Shizuka let out a loud yawn, and laid her head down on a control panel in front of her. She had always been fond of the comforting hum that could be heard from the inside of a gummie ship. During her time in the academy she would often drift to sleep while in transit to different worlds for training. She missed how simple things once were.

"You're welcome." Shizuka said, her cheek pressed against the blinking board. "It shouldn't take us too long to get there, with the warp drive we can just follow the coordinates of that ship..." She let out a sigh, blowing air out of her mouth like a leaking balloon. She regretted slapping Ace, even if he had said something stupid, that was a terrible way to part ways. She knew this could be a foolhardy venture, but she felt obligated to help Asahina.

"You two, you're responsible adults, right? Please don't make me regret doing this." Shizuka said, before pressing a button that sent the ship into warp drive. Within moments the ship blasted forwards, and left Agrabah.

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Asahina did not feel entirely comfortable leaving Shinto behind to deal with Nomis's machinations, but she couldn't exactly force him to come with them. At the very least he seemed capable enough to fight, he was able to knock Dominic into a wall easily after all.

"Here it is!" Asahina rushed through a doorway, having followed Shinto's instructions. As she ran onto the roof of the ruined ship, she had to shield her eyes from the light of the sun. As her eyes adjusted she strained her eyes to look around. Blue, everywhere she looked around her it was blue. A sense of dread filled her stomach as she realized they were stuck in the middle of an ocean. She walked to the edge of the ship and looked down, by a stroke of luck they had landed on a small island, otherwise they'd be at the bottom of the sea right now. Her options were grim, it seemed as if they would have to fight eventually regardless.

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Ryoko tapped a finger on the arm of her chair, her sharp nail nearly tearing into the cushioned material. Shinobu could be quite imposing when he wanted to be. Luckily he was one of the few people she respected, so she tried not to take offense to the way he was speaking to her, she had expected this, after all. "I was handling something else, in the streets. I had encountered another group of rebels, myself and a mercenary engaged them. They all escaped, except for one that decided to teleport the others away and sacrifice himself. He was bound and I was making my way back to the palace. He's in my hotel room at the moment, by the way." Ryoko said with a snicker.

"As for Nomis, I told him to use his ship to stop the rebels if they got too far, as they had infiltrated the palace. I sure as shit did not tell him to just blast the thing into ground zero. I swear that man is going to give me an ulcer. Between this and him blowing up the warehouse in Hollow Bastion, he seems to have a predilection towards destroying Empire property." Ryoko said. She crossed her legs and sat back. "He's getting out of control, I don't see why someone like him should be kept around... What do you think, Shinobu?"

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Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is also not canon. It's not showing up here, I just don't like it.

The Empire in PotC is mostly made up of former members of the British navy, volunteers, and former pirates, in order of most to least concerning their numbers. They have a fortress set up on an island that they reign from. The Empire turns a blind eye to piracy on the seas, as long as their own ships are not attacked. They want control over trade routes, and to lower the influence and power of private companies, as well as instill fear in the populace so they do not revolt.

This world does not have a factory, there will be a different objective.

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His comrades had made it clear, almost excessively so, one could say. Cerden was being put on trial by a duo of prosecutors, his character had been so thoroughly assassinated that Ace could almost hear the jury crying out guilty and calling for the gallows. Rika enjoyed tearing into the man, as anyone could see or hear as plain as day. He couldn't see the entertainment himself. Lin, on the other hand, was quite serious. He rarely saw the girl this upset, it took a lot to get on her bad side and stay there. Ace shook his head and shrugged his shoulders. "Yeah, I'd say we're done here, no one here cares to work with you." He said.

"Excuse me." Shizuka, who had remained quiet the entire time, spoke up. "I'll go with them." She said, her face as serious as an 80 year old politician.

"What are you talking about Shizuka, we just-"

"No, not we, all of you. I haven't said a thing yet. I'll take them to the Caribbean, you guys can go with... umm." Shizuka's serious countenance morphed into one of confusion. "I didn't get your name actually." She glanced at the young woman's uniform, and reflected on how mysterious she was. "You guys can go with the Chuunibyou, I'll take the ship."

Shizuka took the communication device from Ace's hands. "Chizuma, that's you on the line isn't it? So you've heard everything. Send the ship to my location." She frowned and looked around as Chizuma spoke back to her. "It'll be fine, I've flown a gummie ship plenty of times, and I've only crashed a few times." She said. Ace let out a groan and stepped towards her.

"You can't just go off like this, we need to stick together." He said. Shizuka pouted and crossed her arms. "This isn't a game Shizuka, you need to listen to me and stop being so stubborn." Ace's voice began to rise.

"I don't need to do anything, Ace. I joined this cause under my own terms, and I will do what I think is right. We need to find them as soon as possible." She said back, her tone increasing in intensity as well.

"You can't trust these people, what if they leave you behind as soon as things go wrong? Stop trying to play hero, or you'll end up like Capell!" As soon as the words had come out of his mouth, Shizuka slapped him. Her lips were pressed tight, and her head hung low.

"We can't keep fighting in fear, Acesto." She said, talking to herself as much as she was him. Ace moved her stinging jaw around, Shizuka was stronger than she looked.

"Fine." He said, a few seconds later a sharp edged gummie ship warped into the sky above them, courtesy of Chizuma. From her command center she had access to a staggering amount of things, remote access to a ship waiting in orbit was just the tip of the iceberg.

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"Your wife is taking good care of you, I assume?" Ryoko said, taking the free seat offered to her. Shinobu was a man that looked like he should be in a gym somewhere chewing on a raw piece of steak as he bench pressed kegs of beer, but in truth he was an honest, respectable man that she had known for years. Even she had friends.

Reno made an offhand comment, she didn't want to strangle the man so she nonchalantly flipped him off while still looking towards the person she had actually came to see.

"I have had literally the third worst day of my life today." Ryoko grumbled. "I feel like downing an entire bottle of whiskey." She leaned back in her seat and rubbed her forehead with the palm of her hand. She almost forgot why she had come to see Shinobu, but the ringing in her head reminded her of explosions, which reminded her why she had come. "I'm sure you've heard about what happened in Hollow Bastion. That was fucked up enough, but then those damn rebels decided to head for Agrabah next. They invaded the palace, and..." Ryoko let out a nauseated groan, feeling ill just thinking about what happened.

"He blew it up, damn him to oblivion he blew it up Shinobu. Nomis's ship just turned the palace into a crater." Ryoko slammed her hands on the desk. "Can you give me one.. no three good reasons why I shouldn't murder that asshole?"

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"Heh, yeah. Who would think something terrible like that?" Asahina said with a guilty chuckle, not like she could be blamed for being a little paranoid at this point. The man had apparently been in that cell far longer than she had, as his eyes were forced to adjust to the light, and his body had to become accustomed to having space to move around in again. When he was finished stretching he introduced himself, only barely getting his name out before a loud voice started yelling through the corridor. "Wha!?" Asahina turned bug-eyed as a large man sprinted in her direction. Not knowing what to say to ease the misunderstanding quickly she only managed to blurt out "No teamkilling!"

Thankfully Shinto blocked the man from treating her like a spare pin in the last roll of a blowing championship game. After a short exchange between the two, Dominic took the liberty of lifting Jasmine from her shoulders. "Oh, um, okay." Asahina wasn't sure if letting him take her was a good idea, but she did know not having to carry her anymore was a blessing.

The familiar sound of skittering metal against the ship's floor sent a shiver down her spine. She turned to Shinto. "Now would be a good idea to take us to that way out of here."

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Ace stared at the young woman in the school uniform. She looked a tad old to be wearing that, and much too mature to even be near it. This woman was a stranger to him, yet he felt vulnerable when she looked at him with a chiding expression and told him off. She wasn't human, the thought blared in his head like a siren. Ace looked to Shizuka, who only shrugged her shoulders.

"The Caribbean? Is that where the ship went?" He said, taking out a communication device from his pocket. "Um, do I know you, by the way?" He asked. This woman seemed to know him, and was apparently trying to help them, but he'd never seen her before. Rika clearly knew her, but the two didn't seem close. Shizuka nudged him, nearly knocking the device out of his hand.

"We can trust her, nobody evil dresses like that." She said. Sadly, she had a point. Though he was quite put off by the thought that he was being constantly watched this whole time. And whoever Pepper was could still be heard firing rounds in the distance, rounds that sounded oddly unlike conventional gunfire.

"Alright." Ace said. "Just how are we getting... there..." His voice trailed off as he saw a familiar face approaching, Cerden. He wasn't alone this time, as there was a woman alongside him. He greeted them on friendly terms, and asked if he could come with them. Ace began to question the man's sanity. After what he had said to him the last time they spoke, how could he think this was okay?

"Cerden, wasn't it? Someone important was just taken by that ship, a ship I have a strong feeling is connected to Nomis. Now I know I'm in no position to order you to do anything, but I did say that before I would even think of working with you, you had to take care of your brother. You haven't done that, and the man is still causing us trouble." Ace glanced towards the woman next to Cerden. "I don't have much reason to trust someone that has family in the Empire, much less used to work for them, can you give me a good reason as to why I should trust him?"

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Running was taking it's toll on Asahina's legs, and her lungs, and her back with Jasmine on it... Overall she was yearning for the comfort of a nice couch and a glass of lemonade. Jasmine was still unconscious so unfortunately she couldn't drop her and take care of whatever was chasing her easily.

As she came across an intersection of halls she felt something strange, like a light pulling on her mind. Then a voice started speaking to her. "Okay... um, voice in my head. Whatever you say." Thankfully telepathy wasn't something she was unfamiliar with, as she'd learned about it in the academy, but experiencing it was something else entirely.

Taking a deep breath she sprinted, following the voice's directions. trying to pass by seven halls exactly proved to be a tad difficult considering how damaged the ship was, but she managed to find her way to the cell. she summoned her keyblade, and unlocked the cell door. Before whoever was inside could leave she sent the keyblade away, it wasn't a good idea to broadcast that you were a wielder these days. "Hello?" She called out, hoping she wasn't walking into a trap. Again.

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Having arrived via a corridor of darkness, Ryoko had decided to rent a room in a hotel in Twilight Town. Considering many of her things had been blown to smithereens, she also had to do some shopping later. Meanwhile, Gavin was locked inside her room. She rented out the entire hotel, not a difficult thing to do given her status.

She was currently standing in front of a large building, the mayor's office. Standing at the door were two men in black suits. One with red spiked hair, and the other bald and wearing sunglasses. The red haired man opened his mouth to say something to her, but one look at her eyes convinced him otherwise. Ryoko wasn't in the mood for games at the moment. "Reno, Rude. Since you are here I'm assuming he's in, yes?" She held up a hand, not waiting for a response. "I need to speak with him."

She walked past the duo and into the building, she'd been here before, so she was quickly able to find the Mayor's office. Upon opening the door, she was greeted by a blond young woman and a dark haired man, both also wearing black suits.

"Ryoko! The boss is having a meeting right now, you'll have to come back later." The blond said, trying her best to avoid eye contact.

"Helen, move."

"It's Elena! You didn't even try that time. Leave or I'm gonna make you." She said.

"Do it then."

"F-Fine!" Elena threw a punch at Ryoko, which she easily side-stepped, leaving the girl to trip and tumble forward, rolling into the far wall.

"Anyway..." Ryoko stepped into the room, ignoring the odd looks from the man sitting at the desk in front of her, a middle aged, balding man that was currently meeting with the Mayor. Sitting across the impressive mahogany desk was a much more intimidating man, even sitting down one could see that he was easily over six feet tall. He wore a suit, but it did little to hide his strong physique.

"Shinobu, may I have a word?"

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The giant metal ship in the sky was gone, vanishing to god knows where. By the time Ace and the rest of the rebels had arrived at the ruined palace grounds they were far too late to do anything. Jasmine and Asahina were gone, having been separated from Rika and Alem by the ship's tractor beam. Ace took all of the new information as well as a parent hearing that their child had brought knives and firecrackers to school. He was currently groaning to himself with his hand firmly placed on his forehead. Shizuka was rather drained as well, having little idea as to what to do next.

With the Empire's base of operations destroyed, their presence on the world was in jeopardy. Seeing the symbol of their oppression toppled before their very eyes had a bit of a rallying effect on the citizens within Agrabah, with a little help they could easily take back their home world. Osa was in the midst of speaking with Alem about their plans. She wanted to act as quickly as possible, to capitalize on the population's fervor and the Empire's weakened state before they called in more reinforcements. With him and Okal's assistance, she was positive they would be successful.

"Ace?" Shizuka spoke to Ace, waving her hand in front of his face. "Could you move your hand, I don't think you can see me waving at you." She said. Ace sighed and looked at her.

"This is a mess, Shizuka. We've lost not one, but two Princesses of Heart. If we at least knew where that ship went we could follow them, but we don't even know that. Maybe I could call Chizuma and ask her to contact people on the other worlds, ask them if a hulking metal spaceship has entered their atmosphere..." Another sigh. Shizuka patted him on the shoulder.

"It's fine, we'll think of something."

"What, you have an idea?"

"No, not really."

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"I could use a cure migraine spell right about now... Or maybe a 'Make my life not stink' spell actually..." Asahina mumbled as she looked around the mangled room she was in. The ship had crash landed, yet somehow both her and Jasmine were still alive. Aside from the noise inside the ship, she could faintly hear water crashing against the ship, if she was going to escape she needed to account for the fact that she was likely in the middle of nowhere.

Picking up Jasmine and hoisting her on her back, she exited the room. "This place is in worse shape than I thought..." She said. The walls were buckling and sparking, it felt as if the place could collapse at any moment. She hurried her pace, which was unfortunately not very fast considering the person weighing on her. As she rounded a corner she heard something behind her. It was faint at first, like a jackhammer blocks away chipping at a sidewalk, but it was getting closer and louder. She couldn't assume it was anything friendly.

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The ground was cold, numbing and biting to the skin. Of course it was cold. To expect a metallic floor to be anything but cold was probably foolish. Just why did she have to be here? Asahina thought to herself as her face laid flat on the chilling floor. She knew why, but she questioned it still. Her flesh hurt, the inside of her chest hurt, the inside of her head hurt. Being electrocuted to the point you lost consciousness did that, she supposed. She wished she could say she was used to pain by this point, but all she did was expect it.

She thought back to the question again, the easy answer would be 'fate' wouldn't it? She had been born different, special, a valuable cog in a machine she did not even understand. Saving those like her and stopping the empire, it was her responsibility now. It wasn't fair. She rebelled mentally against the notion, it was childish.

She tried to move, but all it did was make her pain increase. At least she could move her eyes and see where she was. An unremarkable cell, made of metal. Not much help, perhaps her ears would fare better. There was a constant humming, a droning that was like the sound of birds chirping and waves crashing against a shore to engineers. She was on the ship in the sky, so it really had pulled her into it. How stupid was she to fall for such a thing, she had allies with her, but she ran ahead of them and right into a trap that wasn't even meant for her. Figures.

She wished that Alem or the blond woman would come and save her somehow, the thought was comforting but she knew it wasn't happening, she was on her own in yet another metal cage. She had always relied on others and she hated that about herself. Those that could be independent were like shining stars, they were brilliant, the source of her envy, they were hard to look upon. If only she could shine so brightly.

Her ears twitched as she heard a pained groan from behind herself. Jasmine, of course. The Princess of Agrabah had to be saved, and only she could do it. She tried to move again, this time fighting through the pain and forcing herself to push off the ground with her hands. On her feet, she looked down at the Pure of Heart. It was hard to believe she was in the same shape not too long ago. Holding up her palm she cast a weak cure spell on her, the most she could do as her magic had not fully recovered just yet. Jasmine stirred, her limbs twitching before she leaped to her feet with an eardrum rumbling scream.

Asahina summoned her keyblade and gripped it between shaking hands. She knew what to do, any academy student knew what the most powerful ability the keyblade possessed was. It's ability to unlock the heart. Alem and the Blond woman had done as much for her, but what they did was rudimentary compared to what she planned to do.

Jasmine's tainted yellow eyes locked onto her as if she were a hunting dog and Asahina was a fox. "You can't resist it either, can you? I know I couldn't for long. Go ahead." Asahina said. Jasmine's elongated claws clicked against each other, and she jumped for her prey's throat. A deep breath was taken, and the shaking in her hands stopped.

It was basic swordsmanship, even taught in some normal schools. A foe charging directly towards you with highly choreographed movements was as good as a straw dummy. Asahina took a practiced lunge forward, and moved her torso to the right to avoid being decapitated. She tilted her blade horizontally and thrust it towards Jasmine's chest. She felt little resistance as her weapon pierced Jasmine's body. Students were taught that this technique did not sever flesh, but the bindings between one's heart and outside meddling, yet it was still surreal to experience. Jasmine's body recoiled, stunned and unable to strike back, Asahina turned her blade and unlocked Jasmine's heart.

There was a persistent light that shone so bright she felt the need to close her eyes, but she didn't. This light inside of Jasmine, it hurt just to look at, it was brilliant. "This light... is inside of me?" Asahina called her keyblade away, and blinked in a daze as Jasmine began to revert to her normal self, the darkness inside of her had been expunged and returned to the world. She had saved Jasmine, but now they had to escape. That was going to be difficult.

Solace In Night: A Kingdom Hearts RP

I'm sorry, how many dogs wearing an eyepatch are in Battlefront?

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Solace In Night: A Kingdom Hearts RP

Sell your soul to get MGSV Sep 1st.