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(OOC: I read nothing in the character sheet for Aria Jackson about any super powers. Think that's something you might have wanted to let everyone know before-hand?) Troy took Cyrus's hand and helped himself get up. The other person had an inhabitor, he noticed, but there was no time for that right now. He had failed Keilani, and failed her miserably. He felt like he wanted to just curl up into a ball and weep, but that wouldn't help anything. He resolved to tell the others as soon as he could. Turning to Cyrus he said, "Thank's for the assistance, but I've really got to go." With that, Troy began running towards the rest of the inhabitors. "Come on!" he thought. "Ventus, isn't there any way we can move faster?" Ven thought for a moment as Troy continuously pressed forward. "You don't have the keyblade armor, but maybe you can still use the keyblade glider." "Only one way to find out," Troy replied before tossing the keyblade before him. In a flash of light it transformed and led back to his location. He quickly hopped on-board and took off, speeding towards the rest of the group. "Hang on, Keilani. Help is on the way." Troy finally reached the location and called out to the two people he knew best. "Felix, Rebekah! Quick, something terrible has happened!"

When Troy saw Keilani standing there his heart jumped a little. He took her hand in his own and led her to a nice nearby coffee shop. Smiling, he asked her what she'd like to have to eat.

(OOC: Not gonna lie, my soul hurts a little right now from that.)

(OOC: Wow, things happened quickly.) As Troy was walking to the corner where he'd met Keilani, he asked himself about the text she'd sent him. Was it really a date? They'd just met a day ago, after all. But what else could it be? He really liked this girl and wanted to get to know her better. The fact that she had an inhabitor like him and that they got so well was just icing on the cupcake. When he tried to text her back, however, the screen turned red. "Ah well," he said to Ven. "I guess we'll just have to wait here for them."

(OOC: What are the red screens a symbol for? Does it do anything, or is it code, or what's going on there?)

"Well we could meet on the same corner where we met yesterday and walk down to a coffee shop. Does that sound good to you? I'm sure they'd have plenty of variety, and of course I'd be the one to pay. I hardly spend much of the money I earn anyway," he answered, a bright smile adorning his face.

When Troy got the text later, he decided to see how far he could push his luck. He pulled out his phone and text Keilani, "Hey, would you like to maybe grab some breakfast?" After sending it he wondered how great an idea it'd been. Leaning out the window of the building, Troy shouted to Felix. "Hey Felix! I might be grabbing some breakfast with a lady friend, that cool? I'll come right back as soon as we're done, then we can set off to do... whatever it is we're supposed to do." At this point, he had still not come face to face with his destiny, the boy who held Vanitas within his heart. "Not a bad ride," Ethan said as he hopped in though the window into the passenger seat. "Now, let's go raise some hell... so to speak."

While Ace is great, I feel like Natsu would have the advantage due to being able to eat fire. It's not even really fair when you get down to it.

"Ah, details, details. We can worry about that messy 'me killing you in the end' thing later. For now, what say you we both set up a list of goals and figure out how you can help me complete mine. I mean, how we can help each other," replied Ethan to Scott. "I'm Ethan, by the way, and my inhabitor? Not to brag, but I've got the all-powerful Lord of the Underworld himself, Hades! What about you?"

Troy had fallen asleep just shortly after responding to Keilani's text, but was awoken abruptly when Felix honked the horn. Rubbing his eyes, he shot Keilani a text saying "Good morning! I hope you slept well and that I didn't wake you up. I'll figure out what everyone else here wants to do and keep you in the loop. I can't wait to see you again!" With that, he headed out the door. Hearing Tudi introduce herself to Felix but seeing that Felix was a little too hung over to respond for the moment, Troy went over to Tudi himself. "Hey there Tudi, I'm Troy. It's nice to meet you!"

"No...I'm totally just laying here with my eyes closed," Ethan said with a sigh, "The name is Ethan. I was looking for you, and I think we might be able to help each other out. I can help you get you want, and you can help me get what I want...when I decide what that is of course. My inhabiter is Hades by the way, you know, the Lord of the Dead." He quickly stood up and waited for a response.

Jykell was so happy. Finally, someone who realized the importance of lines that are perfectly straight!!! He smiled a normal smile for an average person, but a large smile for him, and set out to complete his task. Koneko grabbed Jonah's shoulders and looked him square in the eyes. "Look, what we faced today wasn't easy, and you had every right to defend yourself. If you want, though, I can help teach you how to fight." (Damion Strife, it'd be great if you would control Lord Death for a little bit and pick a suitable enemy for Kusarigama to be his catalyst for his transformation into a Death Scythe.)

(OOC: That's totally fine, I was just wondering, that's all. (: ) Troy was sad that Keilani had left, even though he knew that it would be safest for her away from the hot spot of power. Namine was rather quiet and not very noticeable, which would help shield her and Keilani from any what kind of bad guys came their way. From the way some of the others talked, bad guys were definitely coming their way. Troy could feel it too, though, through Ven. That looming danger. One in particular caused him more stress than the others. Could it really be him? If Vanitas was here, it was Ven's responsibility to stop him, and through Ven, Troy as well. Troy had been drifting off to sleep when the question was asked him. "Hmm, sorry Aqu..., I mean Rebekah. Ven's asleep right now and I was just about to be. What was that again? Oh, sorry, it just now clicked. Keilani's Inhabiter is Naminé. You know, like Kairi's Nobody. Ventus doesn't know her really. He's actually unfamiliar with most of what's going on here, but she feels familiar to him via Roxas and Sora's connections to her and Kairi." It was then that he looked down at his phone and noticed the text from Keilani. "Naminé says to be on the lookout for a couple of Inhabiters near your area she sensed were untrustworthy. Haha, she worries so much. Oh well, be careful." Unfortunately, Naminé was probably right on this one. With a concerned expression on his face, he handed his phone to Rebekah for her to see the message.

I'm not being mean here, just so everyone knows. I think that you have good ideas and formulate your thoughts fairly well in most of the threads I've seen you on. It's rather difficult to understand you, however, which (unfortunately) will undoubtedly make people think slightly less of you online. I know that it's rather difficult to get good at punctuation and grammar, but it is definitely possible, and I'm confident that you could accomplish that goal. One easy fix would be to only capitalize the first letter of the first word in the sentence along with names of places, people, things, and events. Capitalizing the rest makes it slightly difficult to understand, especially on top of the grammar. I would like to apologize for not contributing to the actual topic of the thread, but as I'm rather confused about it as well, I unfortunately have no answers.

Left nipples in general are better than right nipples, but when it's Ventus's? Oh dear god yes. I'm a straight male, but I still get goosebumps. All of the time.

"I'm not sure. I really hope so, but just because they aren't attacking doesn't mean that they're not sizing us up or leading us into a trap. The one thing that makes me want to trust them, though, is that they really don't seem like the types of people Vallen would ever hire," Gwen answered. "Fool!" called out Escavalier. "I can tell you right now whether they are trust worthy or not. However, I choose not to." Gwen just rolled her eyes. "Sure, that's why."

(OOC: Considering nearly everyone's asleep by this point, I think it'd be a good time to post as Ethan. Hope this works out! Also, what would everyone think of Ethan bringing Sephiroth back, but in Chuck's body? Azure Flame would have control of the character, of course, but I think it'd be interesting considering how Chuck was the one to finish off Cain with Caius in the first story, and just how ticked off Sephiroth would be at James and Mariah for ruining his plan. Either that, or I could have Ethan bring Sephiroth back in Marcus's body. Those are just possibilities, and I wanted to see what everyone thought.) Ethan was on top of the world. The Underworld, at least. He really had no idea how he got Hades as an inhabitor, but he wasn't complaining. Sure Hades spewed a lot of crap about Hercules and getting him back for what he did, but Ethan could totally hang with that, especially when Hades shared his same sense of humor. Feeling rather hungry, Ethan walked into a convenience store, took some food, sat down, placed his guitar case next to himself, and started eating the assorted food he'd grabbed. When the cashier went to make a move to complain against him, Ethan simply summoned his scythe in a burst of blue flames, instantly silencing the man. "Hey there, buddy," began Ethan between bites. "How about you go ahead and put all of the money from the register onto this table?" Nodding hesitantly with a freaked out expression on his face the cashier did as he was told. Ethan opened his guitar case, full of everything he could possibly want except a guitar, and shoved even more money into it before closing it back up and heading out the door. The night air felt great against his skin, and he relished in the sheer power he had. "Whoa, whoa, whoa... Is that all you got?" asked Hades of him. "Wait, what do you mean?" replied Ethan, perplexed. "You have all of the power of the Lord of the Underworld, and you're content with that measly amount? I don't know about you, but I say we work our way up to the top of this food chain," Hades commented, his voice getting darker towards the end. "Seems legit to me," said Ethan in an interested tone. "But how'd you suggest we do that. I'm not about to go up and rob a bank. I may have all of your powers, but bullets from cops still hurt like hell." "Easy there, big guy," retorted Hades in a demeaning tone. "Who said we'd be doing much of anything? There's someone like us up in that Best Western over there, and I think we might be able to form a shaky alliance, or a temporary partnership at least. It's curious, the guy's inhabitor seems half dead. His heart is gone, but the soul moves on." With a plan in sight, Ethan pays for a room in the hotel with the cash he'd just stolen, interested in the prospect of meeting this "other inhabitor" the next day.

Kusarigama cursed himself under his breath for failing everyone so miserably. He was the President of the student body, yet he could barely do anything to stop what happened? Unacceptable. Making up his mind, he walked quickly to a window, steamed it up, and wrote 42-42-564. Taking two steps back, he awaited the answer to his call. Suddenly, a figure appeared in the window, the image of what was happening far away. "Hmmm? Ah, Kusarigama! Long time no see, eh kid?" the odd looking figure said. Lord Death himself addressed Kusarigama once more. "What do ya need, kiddo? Today's kind of a busy day for me. Haven't seen this many souls at once in years!" With that, Kusarigama hung his head. Then, resolutely, he set his jaw and looked straight into Lord Death's eyes. "I'm ready to grow stronger. Tell me Lord Death, where can I find a Vile soul?" (OOC: Since this story is in a slightly different world from that of Soul Eater, plus the fact that Kusarigama's mother is kind of a witch, I decided to say Vile soul instead of Witch's soul. Plus, that leaves more potential enemies.) Koneko was generally a very cheerful person, but due to the day's events she just couldn't seem to find it within herself. Walking along, she ran into Jonah. "Hey there, Jonah," she called. "How're you holding up?" Jykell was, well, a little confused. To someone not accustomed to change, this was a lot of it, and fast. At a loss, Jykell turned to Cassius. "Hello, Mr. Cassius. Um... What should I do now?"

Agreed! I'd love to have another character join in the fray, especially since you went through all of the trouble of reading the first!

(OOC: Really? A computer virus that infects all technology? That's beyond impossible, especially since Master Xehanort doesn't have any kind of computer skills to speak of. Besides, that would shut down the entire world, or at least all of the industrial and post industrial countries.) After eating with Keilani and talking with Rebekah and Felix some more, Troy realized that it was starting to get pretty sleepy. Yawning, he turned to Keilani. "It's getting pretty late, so I should really get home, but I'll want your numbers so we can all meet up tomorrow. Does that sound good to everyone? We can head out tomorrow to train or track down the dangerous guy Felix was reading Marcus's note about. I really wish that I could say that you should stay here, Keilani, to be safe, but unfortunately, it seems as though this guy would be the type not to care that he was killing an innocent with no way to defend herself. I promise that I'll train as hard as I can to protect you, though."

(OOC: Damion Strife, you accidentally forgot to answer Ven's question. Also, Always, you can feel free to do whatever you want with Troy. I'm headed to bed for the night because it's 2:00 am where I am.)

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! What's going on?" Troy asked, followed shortly thereafter by Ven taking full control and rushing towards Rebekah, enveloping her in a huge hug. It wasn't that he liked her or anything, but he was just so happy to meet someone he recognized at last. Turning to Felix after that, Ven asked, "Does your inhabitor happen to know me? He feels really familiar."

Troy, having now gotten used to the feeling of being drug around by Keilani, went with her enthusiastically, but was reserved about meeting the inhabitors up ahead. She was really trusting, and he knew that he'd have to protect her if anything were to go wrong. "Hey Troy," spoke Ventus to Troy. "What is it?" Troy asked. "Well," continued Ven, "I'm not totally sure, but I feel like I know one of them. Another one feels familiar, but I can't quite place it, and a third... well, let's just say that your hesitance isn't misplaced." With that in mind, Troy made sure that he was more in front of Keilani than behind her for her protection. (Sorry about that, my roommate was distracting me.)

Of course. That would be far too cheap. He will still keep the disappearing in puffs of smoke, though, if that's okay. Otherwise, I believe he wouldn't be much of a challenge for the heroes.

Lol so true. Alright, scythe it is then! Does that mean he's accepted?