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That's true, but I thought that people were only supposed to have the weapon their inhabitor had. I guess I'd like a scythe, then, to go with the whole "Death" thing.

"The 'b' Isn't Capitalized."

Yep. If Hades did it in the fight against him in Kingdom Hearts II, aside from the turning invincible, that is, then he can do it too.

Ven took the sudden change in attitudes as the sign of a switch back to Keilani, so he decided to let Troy take control again. Once they were outside the building, Troy turned to Keilani and asked, "Is there anywhere in particular you're taking me? I mean, I don't have any plans today, so I'm good with whatever, but still, knowing would be nice."

How dare you accomplish what I tried to get my band directors to do every year I was in band! JELLY!!!!!!!!!!

Understood. I wouldn't have him bring back anyone to fight for him unless everyone agreed and it was a storyline significant thing, such as bringing someone from the first rp back, etc. By "Flames of Hell" as my weapon, I mean that he won't have a weapon proper, but will instead be able to do the fire based moves that Hades could do within Kingdom Hearts II. No more than that, though. I wouldn't want him over powered. He wouldn't be invincible either.

(OOC: Sorry to interupt the scene, but do you think it'd be okay if Keilani and Troy headed out on a walk? I don't feel as though there's anything else they can do in the position they're in right now, you know?)

Name: Ethan Andres Appearance: Inhabitor: Hades Weapon: The Flames of Hell Personality: Overly confident and snarky, he likes getting under people's skin. He isn't truly evil, but if he wants something he'll do whatever it takes to get it. Age: 22 Height weight: 6'3" 138 lb (I'd just like to add that with this character, not only would you get an entertaining villain, but also the potential to bring dead characters back. Just a thought.)

"Sounds rough," said Necro in that tiny voice of his as he went over to Sarah to heal her leg. He then looked after Grace and their striders. Chop Chop was the one to carry on with Necro's thoughts, as the boy was too preoccupied in healing the others at the time. "I'm Chop Chop, the strider partnered to young lord Necro over there." "I'm Gwen," the lance wielding girl said with a smile, "and this is my partner, Escavalier." Escavalier looked slightly indignant for a moment before facing Gwen. "Fool! My name goes first, for I am the more important out of the two of us." Annoyed, Gwen went to go smack him. "Blitz is my name, and this here is Sonic," voiced Blitz crossing his arms across his chest and gesturing to Sonic with his thumb. "So where's this "Vallen-proof" place of yours at, anyway?"

Troy's face, once bright and cheerful, suddenly darkened. Ven answered, his words coming out in a pained voice. "Vanitas is my dark half. When I was younger, Master Xehanort, my teacher at the time, tried to make me use the darkness within my heart to fight. Failing to do that, he ripped the darkness out of my heart, leaving me a broken mess. That is, until I was able to link my heart to a new born heart like my own. A simple, friendly heart, willing to do whatever it could to help me out." At that point in his memories, he brightened up. "After that, Xehanort took me to train under Master Eraqus along with Terra and Aqua, my two best friends. When Terra left after not being promoted to keyblade master, however, I chased after him. A lot happened after that, but it ended with me having to face Vanitas, my dark half, just because Xehanort wanted our clash of equal light and dark forces to create the X-blade. We ended up joining, where I had an inner struggle, but I managed to defeat him. After that, I'm not really sure what happened. If he's here, though, then he's my responsibility."

Troy looked at Keilani with a dumbstruck expression on his face for a bit, but suddenly understood what she was asking and let Ventus take over, something he'd gotten used to doing to make Ventus more comfortable at times. "Hey there Namine! It's really nice to meet you," Ven said with a smile that could light up a room. "So you're stuck in this whole situation too? I really don't know what's going on, to tell the truth. The last thing I really remember is defeating Vanitas, and now I'm here. The worst thing is that I can't shake the feeling that Vanitas is here somewhere as well."

(OOC: Sorry again everyone. I swear, I'll be getting on more often in the next few days!) Troy was a little nervous, but comfortable as he watched the morning broadcast alongside Keilani. When he noticed a slightly damp sensation on the hand holding hers, he at first thought that he was sweating, but soon realized that he wasn't. That could only mean that she was. He was made more confident by this realization, but quickly checked himself. If Namine liked Ven, then he was going to have to make sure that Ven was extra careful with her, and Troy himself would have to be very careful with Keilani, himself. After all that Namine had been through, she really deserved only the best, and while Troy was confident in Ventus, he needed to know that she wouldn't get hurt. As the broadcast ended, he glanced over at Keilani and smiled. Somehow, though, he knew that things would go horribly wrong, and soon.

Troy and Keilani got through quickly, much faster than he'd thought they would, and quickly took their seats. Troy was acutely aware that Keilani hadn't let go of his hand yet, but he doubted she even noticed. He wasn't about to point it out however. It felt nice. Nervously, he ventured a light squeeze, holding her hand slightly tighter than he had before. In any case, it was time for the show to start. He just really hoped that she wouldn't regret inviting him.

"Lets go Absol, we've got work to do while the rest develop plans and skills for the upcoming fights," spoke Zero to Absol as he began to walk away from the rest of the group. Absol followed readily, the two of them going off alone to face who knows what from then on. "Wait!" called Gwen, her voice reaching out to him. "Where are you two going? You guys were amazing, and now you're just going to walk off?" Escavalier held up a lance arm in front of her, cutting her off. "Fool! Do you not know that Absol is a harbinger of death? He is known as the Doomwalker, his very steps foretelling great disaster. It is his path to walk alone, whatever that path may be." Hearing this, Blitz was made sad. A strider whose destiny was to walk his path alone, with a boy who wouldn't even show his face? Sonic rushed over to him and smiled though. "Don't worry, it's just that Absol doesn't want anyone harshing his vibes, you know? He's a loner and he likes it that way, so just let him be." As the two were heading away, Necro went over to them and offered to take away their wounds, and to his surprise he could take away their fatigue as well. With that, they were gone. Chop Chop then stood in the middle of the group and proclaimed, "All those who participated in battle should visit my lord, Necro, for care and healing."

(OOC: I really don't know what to do from here, so I'm leaving it to Damion Strife to lead the story on.)

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Both Ven and Troy were flustered and Troy's face became incredibly red as he was led away by Keilani. He was glad that she was looking ahead and that he was behind her, because he had completely lost the smooth confidence he'd had before. On another note, Troy and Ven were glad to be able to meet even more people with inhabitors, as they had no real idea what was going on personally. Suddenly struck with a thought, Troy got Keilani's attention, grabbing her other arm gently and turning her to face him, accidentally pulling her in a little closer than he meant to. Trying to get over his initial awkwardness at the comfortable/uncomfortable position, Troy asked "Do you think you and Namine could help me break the news to Ven up to what we know in the Kingdom Hearts series later? It's helpful that the series exists, somehow showing us information from their version of reality that we wouldn't have any clue about otherwise, but I'm afraid I haven't yet told Ven about anything that happened after he fell asleep, and I feel like it could best be done with Namine's unique memory manipulation ability. I mean, he's connected to Sora, so it should work, but if either of you feel uncomfortable with it then I wouldn't dream of pressuring you into it. I just really want to let Ven down easy on this stuff, you know? He's missed a lot." Ventus became increasingly curious about what Troy was talking about, but he knew that Troy always had his best interests at heart, so he decided not to worry about it for now. (OOC: For the people not coming from Final Fantasy Incarcerated, this is a Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance spoiler free zone, so don't post a character from there and don't reference any information about the game please. Thank you!)

"Jykell? You mean Professor Stein's son?" asked Kusarigama. This was a harsh blow. Not only was Jykell an amazing fighter when he applied himself, but he was also an individual who had far more people relying upon him than he'd ever known. Kusarigama had no time to focus on that now, though. "Alright, you heard the Vice President. Everyone who came with me, return to the bus and we'll head back. I really wish that I could say that today was a success, but I do appreciate all of you for doing your best out there." With that, Kusarigama hopped back onto the bus, losing the bravado he'd held before and physically deflating.

"'Who is it,' huh? Well for me it's Ven. Who would this "friend" of yours happen to be?" Troy asked. He didn't know why he was suddenly so confident while talking to her, outwardly at least. On the inside he was a nervous wreck. Ven seemed incredibly curious about who this person's inhabitor was, but he couldn't hide the fact that he was a little upset that whoever it was, they didn't know him. At least they could relate to him, though, and that was better than nothing. Besides, he was liking this girl more and more by the second.

Koneko met up with Jonah and Anthony, confused at the expression covering both of their faces. As she faced them, she asked, "What happened?"

"Dude, I'm getting strong vibes from this girl. I don't know what's up, but... I feel connected to her somehow. I think she has an inhabitor, like I am to you, but I don't know who it is." Ven said to Troy. Troy was stunned at the simple fact that a girl this beautiful would just randomly talk to him. It wasn't like he was ugly or anything, but just, this kind of thing didn't normally happen to him. And to hear that she may have an inhabitor as well? That just sweetened the deal. Unfortunately, Troy had hidden everything that would happen after Ven's defeat of Vanitas from himself so that he wouldn't be hurt by it, and now those things may just have to come out into the open. He didn't know how Ven would take it. Turning to the girl he said, "Hi Keilani, it's great to meet you! My name's Troy. Would the guy your friend knows happen to be named Ven, or maybe Roxas?" Troy asked in the most sly way he could think of hinting at the idea of inhabitors. After all, if Ven was wrong then he didn't want to frighten the nice girl away for nothing.

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(Basically just a lot of fighting.) Blitz and Sonic finished the last two remaining uncontrolled striders on the field and turned to face the two guys who had recently shown up. Who was the scary looking guy with the ghost as a strider, and what about the dude with the crazy powerful sword? He didn't know what to think, but if his luck held true, they probably weren't friends. Honestly, how could he have expected to have made this many allies in a day without making enemies to boot? Zero and Absol dropped out of fusion mode, both landing exhausted on the ground, panting heavily. It would be a bit before they could contribute once more to the field of battle, but they had accomplished what they needed to do. (I felt as though the story needed to move past the continuous fighting against faceless creatures and onto more interesting topics. Also, evil characters are allowed to be in general more powerful than good characters due to the relative lack of numbers.)

Jykell looked at Anthony, confused at the odd mix of emotions playing across it. "He said he could help me make things clean and orderly. I like clean and orderly. Don't worry, I'll make things better for everyone if I go with him, and I'll share this better world with all of you," Jykell finished with a smile. He then turned away to face Cassius. "Can we go to a better place now?"

Troy woke up, again, to the now familiar sound of Ventus's voice in his head. "Come on! We're only given today for sure, and I don't want us wasting it asleep." Troy had gotten used to Ventus by now, and actually sort of found him a fun guy to have around, so to speak. "Alright then, what to do today?" he asked out loud in that vague way he had developed of speaking to Ven while sounding like he was talking to himself as to not worry his parents or have people think him a weirdo. "You mean after the obvious breakfast and kendo practice?" Ven answered rhetorically. Troy simply rolled his eyes. "Yeah, after that." Ven had made a point of having Troy practice backhanded with a sword everyday for a few reasons. First off, it was a great exercise and team building activity. Second, it was fun for Troy and made Ven feel more at ease in this weird world he'd been thrust into in which he had no control. Finally, Ven could secretly tell that something bad was on the horizon and that somehow he'd get sucked into it. He wanted Troy to be as prepared as possible. "Well, since you got all of your homeschooling for the week knocked out yesterday, I thought we'd travel around, see the sights, and try to find some really good ice-cream. I don't know why, but I feel like me and ice-cream is a thing, or should be a thing," responded Ven. "No complaints here," thought Troy as he headed downstairs to breakfast. After his kendo practice Troy started walking around New York City, taking in all of the sights and sounds, going into shops, and in general enjoying himself. Ven was happy too, but only because this provided a nice distraction from his loneliness. Aside from Troy, Ventus didn't have a soul in the world. (OOC: This would be an excellent point in time for Keilani to meet Troy and hit it off, in my opinion.)