Fantasy Howl's Flying Castle (Finished! ---Whoo! (*＾▽＾)／)

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Lydia only offered James an affectionate nudge with her elbow accompanied by an amused little giggle because they were in such close quarters with relative strangers that she didn't want to make anyone uncomfortable by telling James that she liked how he looked when he was happy but embarrassed so that it was actually too bad it was dark.

Not talking was easy enough for Lydia because she was so used to it and it was even enjoyable for her with James there. She wasn't so sure she wanted to be squirted with ink, it seemed kind of messy given the circumstances and inevitably the heat in the steel ball would start to build up with all the bodies inside and it just sounded like something she didn't want to deal with so she declined to try the pai sho game but was completely willing to battle anyone in chess and celebrated her wins just as gracefully as she rued her losses.

She was curious about Ymir, wondering if she knew Johnny or if she was related to him since he did have a very large family, but she was the one that suggested that everyone try not to talk because talking, laughter, anything like that was bound to use more air than just breathing and being silent. She was also curious about James' book. She wasn't very much interested in mystery novels typically, but this one had an amusing title so when James brought out the parchment and began communicating with runes, she used the most lesser form of her light spell and her finger to respond, her own runes glowing a soft white as she asked him questions about what he was reading.

She was relatively delighted when he would ask her what the proper rune for something was, not because she was glad that she knew something he didn't, but because she was happy that he was comfortable enough to ask her. She had come to an understanding that boys typically liked to be smarter than girls, it was how she was raised. To be pretty to look at and be a good hostess, but never to appear more intelligent than her beau. And her beau he was, that much was evident by the sweet lyrics and compliments he was currently paying her which she never thought she would be on the receiving end of and in her own fashion responded by writing: 'L & J' inside of little hearts in random places on the parchment or 'A day without James is like a day without sandwiches,' she responded to James' greetings with things along the lines of, 'hi handsome, how's the best guy under the sky?' accompanied by a little caricature of an owl couple snuggling.

Any jokes James made were responded to by a little giggle that ended in a snort whenever she tried to stifle it and she really did try, she appeared like a little kid joking in class behind the teacher's back and even though she wasn't an artist, her favorite thing she drew was a tiny little owl that she drew a little arrow to and wrote 'Sasha' at the opposite end because she missed the little owl and she bet that James did too.

She felt a bit bad for Jao since he seemed to have a big problem being still and occupying himself with something else but all she could really do was offer an apologetic smile and mouth the words, 'I'm sorry,' every time he looked at her accusingly. The sooner they could get out of there the better, she didn't want him to harbor a great deal of resentment towards her just because she had tried to help the group do what was best for them.

When the second day rolled around and everyone started to become annoyed with Jao, while she didn't know if it would help since he was evidently declining to do anything that anyone else had for entertainment but she quickly wrote on a separate parchment from the one that she and James were communicating on that she could teach Jao to weave with thread if he needed something to concentrate on because she had brought the embroidery thread she had been making bracelets with with her since it was light weight and required attention. If that offer didn't work, she used a trick her brothers taught her and folded a little basket out of paper and made a few small balls out of another piece of parchment before using one of the bracelets she made to create a slingshot by using her thumb and index finger to stretch the bracelet and showing Jao that the point of it was to use the slingshot to try and get the little balls in the basket. She hoped that it worked because she didn't want to see anyone fighting since that would use more oxygen than just talking.

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[Zer0]

- Johnny Caprice -
" Under the Storm Wall "​

Johnny was back to normal after a few hours rest. It was too bad that they couldn't talk. He wasn't the type to spend long hours doing nothing either, but it was quickly remedied with a board sea divers write on with a pencil and his wand which he used to write to Serena ask what had happened.

One could not see his mouth because of the breathing mask, but his eyes crinkled the way it always does when he smiles when he learned that she and Echo saved him, and removed it for a moment to bend down, cover his and Echo's heads with a spare dry shirt, hug her tight, then plant a tender kiss on her forehead with so much gratitude. "Thank you, Echo Mello, for saving my life." he whispered before sharing the breathing mask so that they could get some air. "Thank you too, Serena." he stood up and gripped her shoulder earnestly.

He wrote that he had seen their cannon shot miss and so broke away from the warship and commanded Soda to look for them and save them. He got sucked in the current of Leviathan's powerful swimming and that was how he broke his leg and accidentally let out his air. 'It was so scary. When I was choosing whether to save myself or you, it felt like that time I was deciding whether I should suck out Wrath's poison from your forehead, Echo.'

For the rest of the day he spent the time passing notes to have pleasant, trivial conversations with everyone inside their little ball. Sharing ghost stories later on and mysterious happenings.

'Echo, how shall you be sleeping tonight?', wrote Johnny after one particular written conversation about the curses of mummies. 'Will you be staying up, love, with someone sharing a breathing mask?'

Katsuya

- Seifer Rathmore -
" Leviathan's Belly "​

"Because you're the most accepting, caring, and stubbornly persevering person I know." whispered Seifer, gently cupping Renee's cheeks slowly as if asking permission to touch, and then carefully rubbing under her eyes where the tears had fallen earlier. He wore that same put-out look, like he didn't want seeing Renee cry and looked somewhat guilty and wanting to fix it by consoling her.

"I've never met or heard of anyone like you. Arguably, you are a commoner, Renee, because you were born into that social standing, but I don't care and that's why you're not a commoner. You've done so much since we left Kingsbury, and who you are --- wow, you're a friend, heroic archer, healer, my kind sometimes-reckless-and-dauntless lover, you're Renee basically."

Katsuya

- James Pendragon -
" Leviathan's Belly "​

Jao was amused with the little sling and basket and got into a game of who could shoot the most paper balls in with the other Orientals and James. Since they couldn't breathe, they all groaned in silence or nodded condescendingly when Ymir won --- she raised her hands in the air and wiggled in triumph without speaking, and the silliness of it all made everyone laugh, including Jao.

James did miss Sasha as he hadn't seen her for weeks ever since they placed the sealing cuff on Lydia that prevented her from doing magic, and drew a sad face with a deep frown. James had been given the key to the cuffs and he had removed it so that Lydia could communicate and placed it back on whenever she wanted.

Suddenly their ball was jostled again as the whole belly shook. Loud thump, thumps and heavy splashes could be heard as though Leviathan was crawling across somewhere shallower; the fleshy wall outside lit up a little so that it appeared in a lighter shade of pink. Then the stomach seemed to rise towards the ceiling and sent them rolling down the into the spacey parts near the fleshy entrance. Then the thumps stopped and everything eventually became still --- or as still as watery stomach contents could be.

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[Katsuya]

Echo was so glad that Johnny recovered after a few hours, it wasn't a bother that he was semi-conscious just...she got worried every time he took off his mask. When he found about how Serena and her teamed up to save him, the fawn blushed red, fidgeting in place with that silly smile on her face when he thanked her. The blonde gave him two thumbs up, her blue eyes glimmered happily.

As they heard what happened to him, the pair of girls were glad that they saved him; He might not know it, but it seems that Johnny is the type who would jump into risk without thinking much while trying to save Echo. The fawn looked at her blonde friend who raised an eyebrow and nodded. They are going to make sure to not be in that sort of situation again so that no one will do that.

In the meanwhile, Serena was telling a haunted story about her crazy Mentor, her blue eyes looking demented. 'So there I was, just minding my own business when suddenly the lights turned off. I screamed. Not because of the lights. No. I screamed because my mentor looks terrifying with a flashlight under his face. With the many wrinkles on his face and the way the light hit his face- augh!- I thought an unknown multiple eyed monster was chasing me with a ballerina tutu. You know, those puffy and fluffy looking ones.'

Echo shook her head at how silly the relationship Serena has with her mentor, giggling quietly before looking over at Johnny when the story changed into mummy stories. She blinked before nodding before tilting her head as if asking why he's asking.

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Renee leaned into his hands when he was holding her cheeks, giving permission and practically sighed in bliss. She blushed red like a bright apple when she listened into his sweet whispers, frowning lightly when he wore that expression on his face, but then she smiled timidly. The winged teen looked over to the soldiers, making sure they weren't paying attention to them before using her wings to cover their head as she leaned in and kissed again.

"Aww. Thank you Seifer. Real sweet of you..." Renee whispered back, leaving little caring kisses on his nose and cheeks, her wings were fluttering minutely but did not move from their place. So he does remember of her social standing and did not care about it...Okay, so it's something else that made him angry and she wondered if it's because of the soldier interrupting them or what he has said in their language. Should she even ask what they both said? Probably not a good idea...Then she sighed like she's really happy and didn't know what to do with herself anymore.

"You're so brave, Seifer. Did you know that?" Renee asked, smiling in amusement. "Sure, you get scared but you face it when you really need to. You're not even afraid of showing your care either. I can tell from your touches; You're a lot more sensitive then you let on and it's so sweet that I honestly can explode in giddy every time you show it. It's...it's just so...-sighs- " Normally she would have the words for it but...she couldn't describe it this time.

Taking in a deep breathe and slowly letting it go, Renee closed her eyes for a moment, nuzzling into his hands and kisses them. Then she opened her eyes half way, looking like they're glowing a comforting yellow, and smiling that special warm smile of hers as she's enamored towards Seifer. The winged teen gently cupped his hands, holding them as she leans in again to lovingly kiss him, taking her time in savoring. Then she giggled lightly, feeling a bit embarrassed in a good way.

"...Actually, someone showed me how to do archery. A student in our school..." Renee still treasured that childhood memory, keeping it a secret from even her parents as to where she learned how. "There...there was this sweet boy that was practicing with his bow and I barged in, asking if he could show me how so that I can be cool like him."

She laughed quietly as she rubbed noses with his, still feeling warm and comforted. Her wings fluttered happily as her face stayed pink. "I can't remember what he looks like now, but I do remember his smile; He had dimples too just like you, Sweetheart...I sort of wish I can show him of my abilities now...and teach him how to plant herbs. Promised that I would..."

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Lydia was glad that she had found something to keep Jao busy so he wouldn't keep irritating everyone else and maybe having something to do would even help him relax. Lydia didn't participate with them, but she did take to silently cheering whenever a basket was made, though she did show a little more excitement when it was James that made the basket. When Ymir eventually won, and did her little victory dance, Lydia also laughed and couldn't help but cheer silently for her since she was the only woman playing the game and just beat out all the boys.

Lydia didn't see the harm in leaving the cuffs off because there would be no benefit for the dragon to cause trouble for them now and she also didn't like the idea of the others in the ball with them seeing the cuffs and then starting to question their safety and desire more information than they should actually have. However, when the ball started to get jostled, Lydia had James put the cuffs back on her since it seemed like soon they would be leaving Leviathan and she didn't want to risk getting separated or the dragon suddenly deciding to take over, even though she still wasn't entirely sure that he could.

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[Zer0]

- Johnny Caprice -
" Under the Storm Wall "
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'So that you can sleep?', wrote Johnny, chuckling as he found her asking funny.

Katsuya

- Seifer Rathmore -
" Leviathan's Belly "
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Relieved that his baby's not sad anymore, Seifer summoned his umbrella cane while keeping his eyes on Renee, opened it with a fwop, then hid them from view as he passionately made out with her. Then, hearing her praise, seeing her enamored look, and feeling her savoring kisses made him hop off his seat, wrap his arms around her, press sensuously close, and make out with even more lasciviousness.

His stormy grey eyes were dazed again when they parted, his lips moving down to trail kisses from her cheek down to her shoulders as he listened, then he stopped quite suddenly when she mentioned the boy.

"So, do you have feelings for this guy?" he said, looking jealous and highly curious. "Who's got dimples like me in among my class?" he muttered to himself.

- James Pendragon -
" Leviathan's Belly "​

Po opened the hatch. A scorching wind and humidity much hotter than a boiling hot spring rushed into the ball where the rest of the Orientals and James were ready to leave --- James having cast his shielding charms on them before hand.

"I . . . I think we're on the other side of the Storm Wall. Listen." said Po. He placed a hand to his ear and some of the others did the same. They could faintly hear the ebb and flow of tides, but Lydia's sound amplifying spell revealed much more: the sound of cracking ice, the distant twitter of birds, and the ruffling of leaves.

"Let's get out of here." said Po.

They lit their lanterns and a gory sight awaited them. They then began to look for other survivors and saw that six other cannon shots made it in. They were so few . . . so few of them made it. The rest of the survivors emerged, and they included an ever composed Kenren, Chenglei, Master Mushi, and Master Sai. To James' dismay, Johnny, Echo, and Serena weren't among them.

"Johnny!" he yelled frantically as he leaped on bobbing floating remains of steaming half-digested flesh, looking for more cannons shots they may have overlooked. "JOHNNY!" he called more desperately. "Serena! Echo!" He sounded like the time he saw Seth's soulless body. "LYDIA, EVERYONE, HELP ME FIND THEM!"

He wasn't the only one acting this way. The others were just as shocked that only seven groups made it and called their friends, searching for them, and even diving into the acidic pool after they cast arcane shields on themselves, but to no avail. They were the only ones who made it.

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[Katsuya]

Blinking a lot, Echo blushed again, her ears folded back as she shook her head again. It seems that she's planning to stay awake with Serena, who agreed long before Johnny was coherent. She didn't want anyone else, especially Johnny who came close to death, to give up their air supply while they slept for the night.

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Renee shuddered before giggling quietly, sounding a bit breathless, and shook her head. Her wings flapping. "N-No Sweetheart. I didn't have feelings for anyone until...you came along." Admitting, she turned red again, shy and bashful. She let go of one cheek to rake her hand through his hair gently and slowly, rubbing her thump on his other cheek comfortingly.

"That happened when I was in the second school year. I haven't seen him since. Though I really doubt he remembers me; we only saw each other that one time."

She sounded a bit sad at the thought but then she giggled and placed affectionate kisses from his temple to his ear. "It's okay though. Even if we did see each other, he wouldn't recognize me....I didn't have white hair or wings back then." Renee mentioned quietly in his ear, wings now fluttering to a calm. "I used to have dark brown hair and eyes. I didn't even have this bird skin either..."

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"Bleh," was the sound that Lydia made when Po opened the entrance and the hot air swirled violently into the steel ball. Before James put her cuffs back on and after Po spoke, she cast her eavesdropping spell so that she could hear better and when she heard the sounds of the outside, she smiled slightly and nodded her agreement. She thought it was slightly funny that everyone was so eager to get out of the steel ball and into the belly of the beast, it put a sort of more gruesome spin on the lines, 'out of the frying pan and into the fire.'

When the lanterns were lit and the interior of Leviathan was visible, Lydia could only shake her head. It was hard to believe that so few had made it in alive. She quirked a bittersweet smile when those that she recognized showed themselves. It was nice to see they were all alright, but it was sad to think that so many that she didn't know personally hadn't made it. The people that hadn't made it and tried anyway really impressed her, it took a lot of courage to participate in this venture without knowing what the outcome would be and not really being in a position where they could change it. Of course her somewhat melancholy musings were interrupted when James started calling for Johnny, Serena and Echo.

She felt her heart knot up and her throat close as she tried to swallow once she had taken a look around and realized that James was right, Johnny, Echo, and Serena weren't there. She shook her head as her pulse beat in her ears an she closed her eyes, not believing that they didn't make it. Not believing that they could be sinking to the bottom of the ocean. She was wearing the blue mage armor she had gotten from the Elves and now she balled up her hand, holding it against her chest as she sat there in silence for a moment, just trying to convince herself that they were okay.

She couldn't guess that they had somehow gotten lodged in Leviathan's scales after having missed his mouth and she doubted the beast had used one of its monstrous claws to hold onto them. If that had been the case, she hadn't heard them when she had used her eavesdropping spell to hear outside, but she guessed that it wasn't likely that she would have since they were inside of a steel ball. So how does one communicate with the rest of their group when they are each in separate steel balls?

"James! James!" Lydia scurried as best as she could to hurry after James, stumbling over wreckage and meat that had made its way into Leviathan's body and grabbing onto James as soon as she reached him if she hadn't gotten her attention, "James! The radios!"

Zer0 Katsuya

 

[Zer0]

- Seifer Rathmore -​

"Hmmm, well I don't know anyone who's got dimples like mine. Then again I don't pay attention to men's dimples." said Seifer hugging Renee possesively.

He was still fixated with the possibility of having a rival for Renee's love. Someone who's . . . who's whole and wouldn't put her in danger just by existing.

He hugged her tighter and once again thoughts of staying away to protect her floated in his mind, but he was careful this time not to show it.

He subtley changed the subject asking Renee about how she got her wings and white hair, then spent the rest of the time just talking and cuddling lewdly behind the umbrella where she discovered another sweet spot: the back of his right ear.

When Leviathan stopped, they emerged with the rest and Seifer was apalled by how disgusting everything looked. "He wants me to touch this filth with my hands?" They had shielding charms to protect them from the acid, but one could still feel the slimyness.

Katsuya

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- James Pendragon -​

" Right! The radios!" he hastily fumbled around in his pack, chiding himself for forgetting something so crucial.

They were all on the same general frequency, so whatever one says in one radio everyone hears it. "Johnny, this is James --- chhh ----" went the scratchy static. Others started to use their radios too and soon there were so many voices talking that there wasn't any pause to allow those they were calling to respond.

"Calm down, everyone, we will find those who survived." reassured Kenren. He had the gift of instilling faith with his steady presence and gaze that emanated the strength of a king who was no stranger to distressing times such as this. It brought with it peace and a hope that if anyone can make things right it was the prince who's leadership brought his people this far.

"Lydia, Xian, Tanaka you and all your squad members switch to frequency six. Go to the large intestine and look for survivors, bring with you extra breathing gear and tanks. Come back in an hour. Lydia, you're in charge. The rest of you switch to frequency five and begin clearing all this debris. The rest of the balls may be burried under all this meat. Chenglei you're in charge of the operation. Akira, take three others and monitor frequencies one to four, and continuously call out to anyone who may be listening."

"Yes, your highness!" bowed the soldiers.

As everyone left to do their tasks, Kenren called James and five other soldiers from different squads who wore breathing masks that entirely covered their heads so their identites were unknown. He spoke quietly to them, then let them go. Those with a better perception than usual would see that the masked individuals vanished in the steam or behind chunks of flesh as they scattered to different areas and didn't reappear again.

"We're to leave alone those who cannot be saved." he said grimly to Lydia and the rest. "And not risk our lives rescuing anyone if it's not safe."

Yet Lydia, who knew him, could tell by his smallest gestures that he was lying. Something was bothering him and that whatever it was that Kenren said was serious enough that it had to be kept secret.

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[Katsuya]

Noticing how tight his hug is, Renee hugged back, leaving kisses anywhere she can reach to reassure him. "That's fine, Sweetheart. Besides, I love you...I'm happy with just keeping that boy as a memory." Her face turned red as an apple while her wings fluttered in a fluster.

She's doing her best on letting Seifer know she's isn't interested in looking for anyone else and lets him change the subject. She only mentioned the boy from her past because it was important to her and she wanted to share that little piece of info with her Sweetheart. She just wanted to share an important memory as the boy was the reason why she wouldn't give up as easily as before hand.

"I was experimenting a plant and burned it under a Bunsen burner only for it to explode in my face." Renee laughed, her wings fluttered in mirth at the memory. "I looked at a mirror and saw my wings and hair. It was such a shocker that I responded with 'Time to tell my parents...great'." It's really amusing now that she thought about it. While snuggling, blushing red from his touches and finding a new sweet spot, Renee would tease that spot with butterfly kisses as she does like making Seifer feel good too. She told him bashfully that she enjoys his touches on her wings as she trusts him to not yank them harshly.

When the Leviathan stopped and they went outside, Renee winced at the gory sight and snuggles against Seifer before coming out and started to search in the debris. However she looked sick and changed to her avian form to fly over the acidic lake, poking and digging with her leg talons into the gross chewed up flesh as she hopes to find Echo, Serena, and Johnny. Cooing in distress when she couldn't find anything remotely close to her friends.

Then she flew over to other areas that they couldn't reach within the area as Chenglei barked orders for the soldiers of where to search. The blond soldier looked serious as he even helped move the debris with the other soldiers, giving advice of what spot would be good to search while other spots were advised to not touch. Somehow he knew something is dangerous just by looking at it.

She noticed a group of people vanishing behind hot steam or piles of flesh, worried about their safety, but she continued to look while flying and noticing how the hot air is making her fly higher, so she would close her wings momentarily to keep herself low enough and then open them up again.

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Lydia dug through her own bag for her radio once James' attention had been brought to his own and hearing the echo of his voice, she didn't try and talk on it, looking around at everyone else present as their radios also started echoing with James' voice and she watched as they all scrambled to start talking into their radios simultaneously, shaking her head slightly. The radios were just releasing a bunch of garbled noise from the combined sound of all of the users' voices, she thought that maybe only one person should be designated to try and contact the survivors because for soldiers, she thought they were all being very silly.

She was grateful for Kenren when he spoke up and calmed everyone. She was sure that amidst all of the trying to contact any other survivors, eventually people would start panicking and getting angry because everyone else were doing the same things. She hadn't committed herself to the idea that their friends were lost, so she was relatively calm, but it wasn't in the weird and unnerving way that she had been when Seifer had been seen getting his soul sucked out by Wrath. Of course she was a bit taken aback when he called her name, nodding her head quickly and changing the frequency as he directed and prepared to get Pi, Po, Jao, Iro and Ymir together to let them know the frequency change and what they were to do, though she stopped, staring at Kenren with her large green eyes as he assigned her to be in charge.

Of course she didn't argue with the decision, she didn't want any of the soldiers to question her being in charge by displaying hesitance. She hurriedly bowed as the soldiers did and began instructing the squad she and James had ridden with. Though she paused worriedly as James was called back but went about her business and informed the others of their task and prepared to leave.

When James came back to them and told them their extended instructions, she grimaced slightly and hung her head before looking to the others with a frown before her attention turned back to James and her brows creased as she caught his little gestures that the others hadn't caught. She didn't ask why he was lying. She didn't really understand how what he said would be to cover something else up, but she took his hand in hers and using the runes that they had grown practiced in over the last couple of days, she used her finger to outline the runes with slow deliberate strokes and let him know she could tell that he was lying but that she trusted him to tell her if she needed to know. She then smiled warmly to him and gave his hand a squeeze

"Just don't leave me, okay?" she still remembered what the cat had told her that day at the fortune tellers and while she hadn't really thought much of it before because she hadn't really seen many chances for something involving it, she realized that as time drew on and their situations became more dangerous, it was likely that the occasion of which the cat had spoke could be drawing ever nearer, so it would seem that she and James each were holding a secret.

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[Zer0]

- Johnny Caprice -
" Leviathan's Back "​

On the second day, Johnny and the orientals looked up eagerly as the great sea titan began to ascend from the deep waters. Fishes darted pass them as they saw the wavy sun shining through the surface of the water amidst rocky ruins, then splash, their ball broke the surface of the water. The morning light streaking into their little portholes, but could not see more than bright blue sky for on either side was a wall of red spikes, in front was the giant blue scales of Leviathan's neck, and behind was his powerful tail and the other end of the Storm Wall. They had made it. They were on the other side!

The ball jingled and rolled, but a nest of water with flowing arms that surrounded the ball kept it from rolling down its back, until finally the titan stopped and flopped down somewhere in the shallow water, rumbling in a lazy growl that sounded like the grinding of many boulders as it moved around doing something.

Very carefully and quietly, the survivors got out of the ball; Soda slowly took out Johnny who was craning his neck warily and in wonder at the titan's back. Flocks of sea birds landed on Leviathan, but it didn't seem to mind them as they began pecking and scratching at his giant scales to get at food, barnacles, shells, and the ocassional fish that got stranded in little pools between his spikes.

Suddenly voices spoke from their radios: "Calling all survivors, this is Captain Akira of Kenren Taisho's army, radio in and confirm your status, over."

"Th-this is Master Drake Bertrand of the Order of Merlin." spoke another voice immediately. It sounded harsh and ragged. "Help, I don't know where I am, I have washed ashore."

"Calm down, what do you see?"

More ragged breathing. "Trees. Red trees, and ice --- and, and lava? My companions are dead --- we got sucked into a whirlpool. That's all I remember."

"Alright, stay where you are we'll come and get you."

Katsuya

- James Pendragon -
" Leviathan's Belly "​

'I won't leave you, Lydia.' traced James on her palm. 'I'm more afraid you'll leave me. It's something I can't tell you right now, but it's for the greater good of everyone.'

It was a sticky and gruesome adventure, but Lydia's party found four balls in the large intestine, dented, weakened by acid, and almost crushed by the pressure of the large intestine and its contents, but with some difficulty they managed to pry those inside free. Those in the stomach found three balls, one had been damaged too bad and those inside had perished horribly by leaking acids. There were now thirteen surviving squads, composed of Orientals and warlocks from Dalaran.

James let out a sigh of relief when everyone gathered together back in the stomach. He secretly traced runes on Lydia's palm that Kenren had ordered him to snuff out Bertrand if he saw him. Ever since he had heard of his ravens spying on James and Lydia, and a group of suspicious individuals following them in the Bazaar, add on to that that a deathknight should have assassinated him weeks ago, Kenren said there was a high probability he had turned over to the enemy's side and deemed him a threat who could not be captured or killed without the people in Dalaran having something to say about it.

James was given the task because he knew he was the sort who could do it, though James seemed ashamed when he wrote that on Lydia's palm. 'There's something I need to tell you later when we're out of danger.'

Making Leviathan throw them up took a long time. They had to pull all the balls together, cram themselves back in, then soldiers set off bombs that caused the methane in the stomach to combust into flames. They were hurled into a tumbling wave of acid and half-digested morsels then, clang, clang, clang, sunlight flooded the portholes as the balls all tumbled out into ice and . . . lava?

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[Katsuya]

As soon as they opened the door to the outside, Echo couldn't be happier to breathing like a normal person should, taking a deep breathe of the sea's fresh air. She never thought that she would be so happy that air existed, but she is and just enjoyed the happy moment of being outside again. The fawn stretched her arms up as Johnny got out thanks to Soda who picked him up then she walked up to the pair and smiled at the watery summons.

"Soda, thank you for saving us." Then she pulled Johnny in close so she can kiss him on the lips, relief and cheer pouring in before she leaned back and smiled warmly. "Thank you for saving us too, Love and for staying alive." Echo whispered lovingly and kissed his nose before letting go and walked around warily, wanting to get a better idea as to where they are and how the whole area looks like on this side of the Storm Wall.

Serena was the last to get out as she pushed herself out and sat at the edge of the door only to jump in her spot when she heard the radio come alive. Then she hopped down again to grab her radio, dialed and pressed the button, grinning like a mad woman.

"Hello! Hello! This is Serena Lock speaking! Me and my companions are alright!" She spoke like she was a hostess of a show, loud enough for the radio to pick up but quiet for the monster to not notice her voice.

"Johnny's here too! We had to pick him up during our...trip. We're currently outside of the leviathan and on shallow waters. I repeat, everyone on our ball is alright and kicking. Heheh~! Where are you, Captain Akira?" The blonde was suspicious of something she just heard.

How would Sir Bertrand survive while his companions died in a whirlpool? Wouldn't have he died as well? You know, because he was in the ball with them? Unless he struck a deal with the devil itself, the older wizard has extremely good luck when it comes to surviving in the ocean and reaching shore. Serena...did not trust this man. Not at all. Not when she heard that story again. No way that he has those odds...

She'll mention it to Echo and Johnny in case they were suspicious too.

Then something was happening to the sea monster as it was...moving weirdly...like it wanted to throw up??

***

Renee has never been more scarred in her life after the dragon until now, with all the dead bodies and what not. Though she is glad that they found more survivors in here, it's still disturbing to see bodies melting...with flesh burning from the acid...

It's a terrible a sight, one that she's going to remember for a long time...

When it came to getting out is the tricky part...and sort of disgusting because they are making the poor creature throw them up with vile and explosives. A lot of explosives. Of course, Renee closed her eyes the whole time; from the explosions to traveling and passing by stuff that she did not want to see ever again. Then ...once they slowed down and with sunlight pouring through the portholes, Renee noticed along with everyone else crammed in the small ball that there's ice...and lava?

"That's not good..." Renee mumbled, now wondering if it's even safe to leave or stay in the balls as she watched the glowing red flow around the area. Is lava even able to stay with ice? How does that work? Is there some sort of explanation that they get to see later?

The Pendragon teen became curious and extremely worried.

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Lydia smiled to James as he traced his response to her on her hand and she stood on her tip toes a moment to give him a gentle bump to his jaw with her forehead, the way a cat does to show affection before tracing, 'never. ' on his hand.

Lydia managed to stay cheerful during the whole ordeal and journey through the large intestine by thinking back to all of the other occasions where she had basically been knee deep in filth. It was much easier to retain a positive attitude with each new ball they found, finding more survivors was cause for celebration even under the current circumstances.

Lydia took the news that James gave her rather calmly, she understood why Kenren would want it kept quiet, especially with all of the warlocks from Dalaran that had survived. She didn't question the decision however because she had already assumed that he was one of the bad guys and that was why everyone was treating him with such caution, more caution than even Seifer had been treated with. She gave his hand a gentle squeeze and nodded, 'if it comes to that and there's opportunity, I'll help you.'

Her brow furrowed slightly when James told her that he needed to tell her something else, her heart skipping a moment as she became worried with what it might be given what he had just told her, but again she nodded to him before setting about helping the others organize the balls and prepare to force Leviathan to evacuate them.

When they were finally outside again, Lydia squinted against the bright light that invaded the interior of the ball, it was a drastic contrast to the darkness they had just been in and once she saw the circumstances outside she released an abrupt chuckle. They were going from one hot melty substance to another and she just found it amusing.

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[Zer0]

- James Pendragon -
" Strange Land "​

James' heart skipped a beat. His face lit up in a happy smile, he was so taken by Lydia he looked ready to swoop down and give her a big wet smooch. Instead he expressed his affections with a forehead bop and a tight one-armed hug, still holding the hand that traced the heart endearingly. Their comrades rolled their eyes and cleared their throats, giving them chastising looks that plainly said now wasn't the time to be lovey-dovey, but James didn't care.

A half-surprised, and half-admiring gaze was bestowed on Lydia when she said she'll help him. James thought she'd be mortified by the thought of killing someone, and be appalled that he agreed to do it, thinking him a bad guy. It made him realize that he had grown so accustomed to her gentleness the past weeks that he had forgotten that it was she who landed the killing blow on Wrath. He had forgotten that she was also someone who would do what's necessary, and his worry of being thought of as a murderer left his mind. She'd understand.

Once they had been hurled out, the balls began to roll as far away as possible from Leviathan whose nostrils were smoking as it coughed and snapped up ice to cool its burned throat; Echo, Serena, and Johnny had been warned of the explosion and were able to stealthily climb off the titan's back and swim away to shore on Soda before it happened. There they set up a rendezvous point under the shadow of a grove of red trees. Then the water elemental flowed as a wave back to the others to pull the rolling balls faster to safety.

Leviathan watched curiously as his puke chunks rolled away, and to the horror of an unfortunate few, slammed them with a giant claw, before sniffing and licking the few flattened metal balls off his paw; the rest were sent flying away from the wind of the titan smite.

"Keep going!" commanded Kenren's voice through the radios.

It was a relief when the rest finally made it. Then they all headed deeper into the red forest of this strange land of ice and fire.

- Camp -
" Red Forest "​

James and Johnny bear hugged each other when they finally arrived in a place Kenren deemed very defensible to set up camp. The two young men laughed in relief, Johnny stretching out a hand to pull in Chenglei too, and eventually Echo, Serena, Lydia, Renee, and Seifer into one big group hug.

"I-I'm s-so happy you're all alive and n-not deaded." Johnny sniffed emotionally. He had been so scared that it was one of their balls that had been crushed by Leviathan.

"Me too, mate." grinned James and for the first time didn't seem to mind being arm-in-arm with Chenglei, though any flirting was promptly responded to with an upwards palm thrust to the chin.

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"I'm so happy that you're alive too! Oh-! My dear friends!!" Chenglei responded as he squeezed back, not caring if it was too tight for anyone right now because holy Merlin on a stick that was too close. The blond soldier thought he lost a few close friends with this whole thing but it seems none of them died which he's happy, but sad about the comrades he trained with. He nuzzled the both of them and then he nuzzled the others too as soon as they were added in this group hug fest.

Renee was crying tears of joy while Echo patted her head to comfort her crying friend, Serena was cackling as she ruffled James' head before patting Seifer in the back. Then the fawn decided to hug and squeeze everyone without much boundaries.

They can take it for today...


"So Echo, what happened? How did you guys-?" Renee questioned, sniffing a bit while smiling looking confused when Serena piped up from her spot in the hug.

"Well! You see..." Serena told everyone what had happened to them while traveling on the side of the sea creature, making Echo blush when she mentioned how she was about to break the glass and how diligent she was of caring Johnny while he was out it after saving him from drowning.

"Serena! You don't need to tell them that part!"

"It did happen though! Oh, talking about that: You should take a nap."

"Huh?!"

"Well yea, you stayed awake all night on trying to not die by suffica-"

"Okay-! Serena, I will go do that later...or when we sleep." Serena rolled her eyes at the embarrassed fawn. Renee, once she managed to slip out of the hugs, walked over to Johnny and asked if he wanted her to heal his leg. While Serena seemed to perk about something and leans in to whisper, acting like it's a normal thing to do.

"We heard that Master Bertrand is here too through the radios. It seems something is chasing him or something and that Captain Akira will send a rescue team. Did the Prince get that message?" She asked quietly.

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Lydia didn't pay any mind to their comrades looks, mainly because she knew that she and James were perfectly capable of putting their minds on necessary tasks when they needed to and they were basically still kids in any case and as if to punctuate that fact, Lydia stuck her tongue out at the others. There was also the fact of everything they had all just seen and gone through, sometimes a little affection and a moment to forget that was necessary.

The look that James gave her when she said she would help if the time came ushered a little quirk of a smile from her, true she didn't like the idea of having to kill someone, but she also knew the risks of letting him live considering all the suspicions that surrounded him. Outside of that, she also didn't like the idea of James shouldering the responsibility on his own, having to keep a task like that a secret and carry it out on his own would surely way heavy on his soul whether or not he knew the importance of it and that was why she offered her help, so that he wouldn't be alone having to complete such an awful task. her finger outlined the runes for reminding him that she was his partner and supporting him was what she was there for.

It was a somewhat harrowing experience getting out of harm's way when Leviathan decided that he wanted to have a second go at the steel balls, but thankfully he missed theirs and the ones belonging to their friends, though it was pretty sad thinking about the ones that didn't make it far enough away fast enough, they had only just escaped a deadly situation to be devoured again, but she was sure they knew that they weren't out of danger yet and wouldn't be until far away from the titan.

The prospect of seeing their friends safe and sound had Lydia giddy and eager to get to them and when they finally did, while James greeted Johnny, Lydia ran to Echo and Serena, hugging them both with equal affection, "I'm so glad you're both alright!" she smiled warmly to Renee as she sobbed before giggling and hugging her too even though she had known she was fine. The group hug made her laugh harder, not to the point of cackling like Serena did, although she did find that amusing, but it was just nice to know that everyone was safe and had made it through.

Then there was... of course, Master Bertrand. She cast a glance to James when Serena mentioned the conniving and suspicious figure. She then nodded to Serena, her expression stern and understanding, she agreed that his situation was suspicious, but the man was shrouded in a blanket of suspicion, what are the chances, really? He had somehow survived being held prisoner by the dragon and now he survived a whirlpool? Lydia didn't like the sound of it and she pulled her lips into a line, biting them in thought, it would have been easier for James if he had just perished like his squad evidently had.

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Episode 10: Hello World!


- Camp -
" A few days later, Red Forest "​

"Ack, Echo, can't breathe!" gasped James as he was ruffling Serena and Renee's hair at the same time; "Muses, my ribs, my ribs!" winced Seifer.

"You'll get used to it!" laughed Johnny. When Renee came over he nodded immediately. "Yes, please do, Renee! It's been throbbing like mad since yesterday." he said, reaching out with his hands for help in sitting down on the rocky ground. "This place is so surreal . . . " he muttered, looking around in awe.

They had set up camp behind a rocky peak where red grass grew and the shadow of the trees hid them from view. The strange land lay before them and all around giant pillars, jagged spires, and fantastic formations of ice loomed above a red forest. Lava flowed with the frost, causing steam to rise from melted pools that joined together to form rivers and lakes. The air was cold and their breath came out in mists.

"This place looks like it has been thawing from an ice age . . . " said Johnny. When his leg was healed, he smiled and gave a very cheerful, "Thanks, Renee!" and clapped her on the back. "You too, Mica." he rubbed the ferret's head.

Chenglei would know that Kenren received the message and that he had sent two of those masked soldiers who could disappear after him. The prince was calling everyone to help with setting up camp, scouting out the land for food and where to go next, and the search and rescue of those who washed up on to shore.

They did that for the next three days. Those on rescue found only two more survivors, while it seemed that Kenren hadn't heard back from the masked soldiers he had sent. The water of the land was drinkable, and there were some strange fruits and berries that the others found, but they were unsure if they poisonous. There were strange creatures that walked under the leaves too, and all of them seemed to emanate magic.

There was no sign of intelligent life, but every now and then they would come upon colossal carvings that could only be made by giants or by a lot of people. There was also no sign of a dragon, and no sign of their dragon, Levitas.

Because of his size he was too big to be shot out of the cannon, so he was dropped into the mouth with Lady in a bigger ball --- but it had missed. Kenren had hoped that somehow they lived like Bertrand, but it was unlikely. He had spoken to those two before, Lady's magic could not help them against storms, giant tides, whirlpools, and sea monsters. And even in Wendigo form, Levitas could not hope to swim safely across, or even know where he's going flying through the thunder storms.

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"Just accept it, you wimps." Echo said playfully as she squeezed them again, giggling quietly. "I'm glad that you're safe too, Lydia!"

Renee smiled and summoned Mica, asking him to heal Johnny's leg. She looked around too when Johnny mentioned the place they're in, her orange eyes glowing in curiosity as her wings flapped a few times. She's wearing her cloak and jacket underneath, snow boots to keep her grounded on the ice parts. "I know, right? I sort of want to look around and draw the places here." It definitely exciting to see a new area like this. Imagine all the new plants and animals here?

"No problem, Johnny." Renee chirped, patting Johnny's shoulder while Mica chuckled pridefully, rubbing his head back on his fingers like a cat. The ferret always liked him...could be because of Meatballs' scent is always on him. Chenglei mentioned to the group that yes, the Prince knows and has sent two men to chase after him. At the moment, they are waiting for results and has warned everyone to be on guard in case something happens since they are in new and unknown lands.

When it was time to scout for some food and set up camp, Renee and Echo went out to search for food while Serena and Chenglei set up camp. The herbalist duo found some interesting fruits and berries along with the other soldiers who were with them and Renee, being the brave one, decided to test them in her travel alchemy kit. After testing a few, the ones she found safe were the ones she bit into lastly, chewing with an inquisitive expression as she wanted to know how they tasted like. Then she would pass it to the other soldiers in case her sense of taste was wrong. She even passed it to Seifer who would be more blunt about it. The flavors are...strange.

"This one tastes like...chicken? And this one tastes like apple pie. This tastes like...mint with...turkey?!" These plants are weird and to compare them with other foods is confusing because she knows she's eating a plant yet...it tastes like meat.

In the meanwhile, Echo continue to look for more new species of herbs in case they were similar ones to be aware of and note them down. The ones she did find were dangerous and would warn everyone to not touch some of them as they squirt out some sort of sugary liquid.

"That's to attract their prey. It's similar to Venus Flytraps but bigger. So don't go near those. Instead cut them with magic. Swords would melt by that acid. Yes, the sugary stuff is acid." Echo pointed at the white liquid that pouring out of the huge brightly pink bud then she grabbed a piece of ice to toss it in, seeing it melt in seconds. She turned to the soldiers with a grimace. "Don't touch that. Ever. If we have to, we can use it as a trap of sorts to catch meat."

It was a busy three days for the duo as they had to make sure each berry and fruit and even plants are edible or not. It does help that Renee has mysteriously brought their homeland herbs from somewhere to help with the dishes whenever they ate. Echo would worry about Levitas and Lady while Chenglei tries his best to stay positive, but everyone can tell that he's as hopeful as James is; Which is not that much.

Serena looked around to see some the strange cravings and would ask Hisaya quietly if he has any clue as to what those are, gently placing a hand on the side of the red gem necklace. If James and Lydia ever asked why she brought Hisaya with her, Serena would bluntly say: "It's sad to be alone..." The violinist told them that she wanted Hisaya to see the other side of the Storm wall to remember and if they ever needed another smart person well...they can talk with him too.

"That way, you guys have a consultant! " Serena grinned.

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[Zer0]

- Camp -
" Red Forest "​

Johnny accompanied Renee and Echo in their foraging, as he didn't want to eat the food from his bag yet. The soldier rations in his pack composed only of sweet fibrous rice crackers that had strips of dried salty seal meat mixed in. They tasted neither good nor bad, but Johnny wanted to save them for later as they didn't know how hard it may be to find food from here on out.

He listened as the two girls examined the strange plants and taught them which was edible, which ate you, which melted your tongue, and which squirted gas that put you in a laughing fit for a long time --- something that happened to Kenren when he was out searching for survivors who washed ashore.

"We must --- haha --- set up a puhaha-perimeter around the area where we draw up water." said Kenren, as though all was as normal as could be.

"Yes, your majesty!" said the soldiers, all puff-cheeked and struggling to keep their faces straight and not burst out laughing.

Hisaya had no idea what the carvings were. It was his first time seeing them, but he was delighted to be outside and no longer in that boring atelier. Ages ago, when they were still at Baffin he wholeheartedly wanted to go outside or at least be able to look out the window, unfortunately Kenren never allowed Serena to take him out of the room --- so he was very happy right now, and the philosopher's stone glimmered brightly upon her chest.

Because of the lack of archers, Seifer was allowed to go out and hunt as long as Renee and one of James' bees went with him. It felt good to be out an about tracking game. He used to go out on hunting trips with his friends before and have parties in his family's hunting lodge later.

James assisted in scouting and searching for survivors. He became a sort of communications center with his ability to see and communicate to different parties at once and often reported to Kenren directly.

On the third day the prince called Chenglei to him. "We've lost communication with the soldiers I sent after Bertrand. Take as many of our company you need and find out what happened to them.

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[Katsuya]

Echo showed Johnny which plant would be good for certain things while others are better to avoid. Like the one who's chucking snow at them currently. It looked like a small bush trunk with no leaves and is carrying a ball of snow in the middle while two little branches tosses the snow. What's wrong with the snowballs? It's just snow, right? Wrong, the snow it's tossing drains manna which is not good. The fawn pouted at it as she tries to talk with the tiny tree, hiding behind an iceberg.

"Please, stop tossing the snow -dodges and peeks out- I just want to see if you're safe or not."

Talking with it did not work...so she used her hammer to poke it instead and it just got angry, tossing as many snowballs it wanted. So Echo shook her head and without a second thought, hits the tiny branch with her hammer. Once it stopped and somewhat flattened, the fawn came out, frowning in apology to it before digging up the roots, yanked it out of the ground. Then she broke the roots, taking a whiff before biting into it and smiles at Johnny.

"This one is safe and -chews- really chewy..." She passed a piece to him if he wanted to try it and wondered if there were any healing properties...a couple of minutes later, Johnny would have his hands full with a very hyper Echo.

"LooksliketherootIatebeforegivespeopleenergy!Weird!Comeon,Love.Let'slookformore." Her green eyes glittered as she took a step and slips on ice, giggling like a little kid.

In the meanwhile, Renee couldn't keep a straight face when she found out about Kenren and his...predicament with the laughing gas. She had to bite her bottom lip so she doesn't laugh at his face.

"I-I'll come up with a cure in case it h-happens again...heheh...-Clears throat-" Then she left with Seifer so he can hunt and she can look for more plants(including the plant that gassed Ken-chan) that are nearby with a bee hidden in her hair. Might never know if there are some medical herbs here too.

One the third day, Serena is grinning in glee when Hisaya started to glow brightly as he did and continued to look around the area until Chenglei came up to her and asks her if she wanted to come with him, which she did. Then he gathered the rest of his friends to ask one question with a low and serious tone:

"I need to find out what happened to the men that's after Bertrand. Who wants to come with me?"

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[Zer0]

- Red Forest -​

"I feel sorry for it." said Johnny sadly, looking at the flattened branch. He nibbled a piece.

"RightoEchoMello! Igowhereyougo ---whoagosloworyou'llslipintheicefloe!" he caught her and laughed too. Then laughed some more. The two of them looked like a couple of crazies as they whizzed around the forest in a blur, chattering non-stop, Johnny speaking in rhymes.

Meanwhile, Seifer was having fun stalking a dodo bird. Yes a dodo bird, a pink creature thought to have gone extinct a long time ago. It waddled away very fast on its short stubby legs and was so funny that he kept missing.

"Ahe, it's so fat look at it!" he chortled at Renee as it dove into a bush and got stuck so that its legs were waving in the air. Eventually though, he landed a shot and brought back a brace of three dodos for the company.

He had learned how to cut and smoke meat during the time in Baffin and began preparing roasted dodo legs and meat jerky with practiced ease. He had not noticed it, but he had become independent when it came to providing himself food and shelter, setting up a warm and comfortable place for Renee and him to sleep in. He made sure it was camouflaged, but had a romantic view of the valley if one parted some leaves, and asked Renee if she liked it. If she didn't he'd set it up until it was pleasing to her.

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"Oh!Thankyou,Love!Howsweetyouare!" Echo giggled before kissing him and skips away, not caring that they look like a crazy couple with the way they whizzed around the forest. She finds it funny that Johnny is rhyming so she didn't stop laughing for an hour and so. When the side-effect started to go away, the fawn cringed from the bad after taste, noting that it's like having dirty socks filled with rotten lemons. She tripped again as she kept slipping on the ice.

"Woah!" She held onto the spiky iceberg, her legs shaking a bit as she looks for a spot or red grass she can step on without slipping on the ice again.

In the meanwhile, Renee grinned in amusement, shaking her head as she watched the dodo bird get stuck in the bush. "Oh goodness...Heheh!" She had to bite her bottom lip so Seifer can hunt in silence and she doesn't scare it away with her laughter. He might not realize it, but Seifer has became independent with making shelter and providing food. He even made sure to keep it warm and comfortable when they sleep at night. She absolutely loved it and the view it has too.

Renee was impressed with his fast growth and she couldn't be any prouder of him.

While he collected the now ready to become meal, the Pendragon teen continued to test and taste the plants around them as she has found one or two medical herbs. There was one that caught her eye quickly and bit into one as it was huddled together in a group. It looked like a large and thin pine-cone but bright neon pink, and it shocked her like little sparks of electricity. It didn't hurt but definitely weird. The texture is soft like petals instead of spiky hard, it tasted sweet like honey, and it warmed her up...

But there was something that's effecting her somehow...Her mind is starting to cloud up too...Again, weird...

When they had to come back to their shelter, Seifer would find Renee looking flustered and panting a bit, occasionally she would fan herself like she was too hot or squirm with her cloak as if she wanted to take it off despite the cold weather...

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[Zer0]

- Johnny Caprice -
" Red Forest "​

"Blimey, we should name that plant, blargshock, because it tastes like blargh and gives you a shock of energy." ranted Johnny dunking his head into the cool water to drink. He summoned Soda to take away the wetness from his hair so that it was relatively dry again.

"Echo, be careful!" he called out to her. "You know, love, I just realized something. We haven't skated together, have we?" he summoned Sorbet and had him make the ice slippery and smoother. Johnny slid breezily towards Echo. "Here, love, take my hand." he smiled. "We have a few hours before we need to head back to camp, want to skate?"

- Seifer Rathmore -
" Camp "​

"Do you need to poop?" asked Seifer, tilting his head at Renee as he came in with bags of dodo jerky to ration them in the warm comfort of their little shelter. "Or is it that time in the month again and this is normal?"

He spread out the jerky on some large leaves and began distributing them into seven bundles for their squad.

 

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"But it tosses snowballs...You know what? I think Blargshock works. The blarg would be a sound effect from the person who got pelted by snowballs."

Echo agreed in disgruntlement before perking up at Johnny's idea of skating. Her ears folded back bashfully. "No, we haven't...I would love to skate with you."

"Um...but I'm not very good at it." Echo muttered, smiling as she placed her hand over Johnny's offered one, carefully pushing herself off to stand in front of him. "So...expect me falling any time soon." She giggled hesitantly as she didn't want to embarrass herself.

***

Having enough from the searing hot feeling that's coming from the inside of her chest, Renee took off her cloak, sighing in relief as the cold helped. Then she whimpered when the heat from inside become hotter. When Seifer asked her something, she shook her head. Her wings fluttering slowly.

"N-No..N-Not normal...Not..." Renee panted as she looked over to him and immediately plopped herself down, looking away from him as she's shoving snow onto her face and neck. She really didn't like that weird sensation. It felt really familiar too...Somehow...

When she looked at Seifer, shivers harshly came down to her spine and it tingled with warmth spreading from her chest to her head and stomach among other places. Her pink face turned red and she didn't move from her place, already having a bad feeling from this....

"Se-Seifer...I...I need..." Renee panted, unable to finish that sentence as her throat dried out and she ate the snow to drink the water. It's cooling but it made the sensation worse!

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[Zer0]

- Johnny Caprice -
" Red Forest "​

Johnny chuckled. "That's alright, love, I'm happy just like this." he skated backwards, taking both of Echo's hands, then slowly pulled her forward. "That's it." he said encouragingly. "Will you sing a song?"

Their skating was like a slow dance. Come to think of it, this was probably their first time dancing together too.

- Seifer Rathmore -
" Camp "​

Alarmed, Seifer grabbed her bag. "What do you need? Which medicine, what's the color of the potion?" he said quickly, rummaging through her things.

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