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[NeverBetter]

Jazz Bellz​

The blue hooded Luminary ran off, leaving her... Well, to call it a lackey would be both appropriate and grossly inaccurate at the same time. Jazz materialized her Keyblade, slashing through a creeper as it appeared from thin air.
"Alright guys, we got a live one! Focus up, and make sure you follow through with every attack! Your target isn't inside of the giant Nobody, but through it!"
She snapped her arm and her whips materialized, swinging to parry the tendrils of nothingness. Fragments sprayed off and nipped at her body. Painful, but not as bad as taking the hit directly.

Ria Arnoldo ​

"Hello? Can you all hear me?" A mid-tone feminine voice rang inside of the heart of every member of the group fighting the Twilight Thorn. "No time for proper introductions, my name is Ria and I'm the Land of Departure eye in the sky." The voice seemed rushed, cutting itself off for a second. "Sorry, I'm on the line with a lot of people right now, big catastrophe and all. If you need any questions answered or anything, just think a message to me and I can send a response ASAP. Here's a freebie: the Twilight Thorn is near invulnerable anywhere except its head, if you wanna do some real damage to it, attack the head!"

 

[mysteryxio]

REW
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Rew fell back as the Nobody faded. He felt a sigh of relief wash over him, the group managing to pull off a win, the first of many he'd hoped. The world didn't seem to want to let him rest though, a sudden earthquake filling his body with adrenaline. When all the shaking stopped he managed to get up. He felt a twinge of pain looking at the wreckage, the books he'd never get to read, the stories he'd never know about, the memories he made here. He knew that they weren't gone, it still hurt to see a place he cared for fall apart. He walked to a table that was snapped in half from a bookshelf and saw one that he often checked out and reread, the spine was bent however he still held it with reverence. He was brought out of his thoughts by screams and panic, the echoes of more destruction around them.

A second later he was nearly knocked over as students of all sizes rushed by him. "If what's attacking our home doesn't kill me, the students might," Rew had quietly said to no one. When the Moogle popped up, Rew looked over the wares before deciding on a small capsule that had the word 'tent' on it. Never know when we'll need one, he thought. He looked to the Moogle, hoping it'd be okay here. He was about to leave when he heard a small cry coming from a chair. A young wielder sat on it while another comforted them. Taking the bent book he crouched to them. "I know that it's scary out there. It'll be ok though don't fret. Me and the others are gonna find out what's happening and stop it. Until then," he held up the book, "would you do me a favor and keep an eye on this book. It is really important to me and I don't want it damaged more. If you want you can even read it while you wait." He handed over the book, the young wielder hesitantly taking it, the tears now held back. "I'm really scared right now so you being so brave, and helping me, I'm getting extra courage from that." He smiled at the wielder then gave them a hug, running off after the group.

When they got to the courtyard Rew was surprised to see the other group near them. "Huh fancy seeing you all here." Rew was in awe over the Twilight Thorn, he'd only read about Nobodies of this size never thinking he'd see one. He took a breath to ready himself for the fight, glad that the groups had reconnected. Rew hardly saw the person on top of the massive creature, it wasn't until they were on the ground he got a look at them. The pin and the fact that the Nobody seemed to take orders from her must've meant she was a Luminarie meaning that the fight went to them. When the woman ran off, Rew tried to pursue her "Wait!" he yelled running after her. The sudden wall stopped him and more Nobodies showing up didn't help either. With his keyblade in hand, he fought them. The sudden voice in his head caught him off guard, a strike from the enemy nearly hitting him. Rew tried to think of an idea, rejoining with the others to fight with them. There had to be a way to reach it and knock it to the ground. He looked at Revealed Wanderer, then got an idea. "Odd question does anyone here have training in surviving a fall?"

 

[hurrystarfish]

- riza - ​

"A-ah, thanks...!" Riza wasn't really expecting the compliment from Harmony, but she was certainly grateful for it.

Being useful was something she always sought to do, especially in a team; she didn't want to slow anyone down, even if she wasn't a powerhouse. Fortunately, that nifty little trick from her father was very rarely not handy, whether for mundane purposes or serious ones like the situation they all found themselves in now.

Giving a small wave as the Moogle took its leave, she took a deep breath, adjusting her glasses and hat back on, taking the opportunity to brace herself for the coming battle. Chances were, it'd be tougher than the one the team just went through...but they had been training for this their whole time here, heck, some had probably been training their whole lives for a moment like this, right? So losing her nerve wasn't an option - though admittedly, the cheers and encouragement from their fellow trainees was helpful in keeping said nerve...even if it also made her cheeks become significantly more flushed than she would have liked.

Riza quickly followed the rest of her teammates, her boots clicking against the floor as they made it out to the courtyard, the soothing effects of fresh morning air quickly overtaken by the sight of the massive Nobody standing over them, clearly the source of the rumbles from before. After a few seconds, she remembered it from her studies as one faced by Roxas, though her knowledge on that wasn't as strong as it would have been on some other enemies.

Her eyes scanned over the creature, eventually landing on the person who stood atop the Twilight Thorn's head. Specifically, it landed on the glint of sunlight on her pin, orange and put over her heart, immediately marking her as a Luminary. Her gut twisted and stirred at the sight of one, especially so soon into their journey, but she kept silent, trying to swallow her dread back down. The blast threw her out of that state of mind quickly, the small girl dodging and quickly smacking at any nearby Creepers with Admirer's Oasis. Trying to follow Jazz's instructions, she nearly jumped at the voice she heard inside her own heart, glancing between her allies for a second to be sure they were hearing it too and she wasn't losing her mind for that second.

'Okay, so the head's the weak point...we just gotta get up there...' she thought, figuring her Flowmotion could be helpful. At the very least, everyone was here again to try and fight this thing and its cohorts, so hopefully their numbers and whatever strategy they came up with could take it out before anyone got seriously hurt.

"U-um, if it helps, I have Flowmotion...! I-I can't say I'm great at controlling it, but it should help with getting up to its head...!" she offered. Hearing Rew's question, she asked, her attention still mostly on trying to take out the smaller Nobodies attacking them all; "Does any crash-landing count...?"

 

[Shoya]

Ayanami​

The sudden voice intruding her mind was definitely a startle at first, but was glad to hear it was an ally. It was strange and new to her that a keyblade weilder could have such an ability. How fascinating, to be a keyblade weilder among talented people like this. She runs towards the twilight thorn, keeping her advice in mind. She turns briefly to see her allies coming along, and arrives next to a fellow group member.

"Glad I'm not the only one who decided to come at it. You say you have flowmotion? I don't think there's anything nearby that could let you slide up there, but if you want, I could give you a boost and toss you up to it's head. We would need an opening that gives us time to do that though." she says, racking her brain for any potential plans.

Should I use a stop spell? It'd be a high use of energy, but it would allow a critical weakness to show on the twilight thorn. Hmm, maybe it'd be best to wait for the rest. I know Dawn can use her aerial magic to give herself and others the ability to jump greater heights. However, the idea of relying on her doesn't sound great. I can't and shouldn't do that to someone. A keyblade wielder's greatest strength comes from within. Darn. I suppose in the meantime, I can do this.

Ayanami throws her keyblade at the twilight thorn, rocketing it at his head with her power.

 

[NEO:Xamtweth]

The Land of Departure: The Library - Gaku & Harmony

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"You're welcome!" Harmony replied back to Riza with a smile. Harmony turned to the Moogle in response to its comment. "We appreciate your hard work! Stay safe!" As the Moogle went away, Gaku approached Harmony by her side in urgency. "Get to the Courtyard. We got trouble." He said before leaving the Library in haste. Harmony looked over her shoulder towards the window Gaku peered through earlier while she shopped for items. She began to ponder what Gaku saw outside that got him up in arms. As she became concerned for what lies ahead, her worries fade away as the trainees the group saved earlier gave her a boost of confidence. With determination, Harmony exclaimed "Let's go show them what happens when the enemy messes with the Keyblade Coalition!" before she leaves the Library heading to the Courtyard.

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The Land of Departure: Courtyard - Gaku & Harmony

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Catching up with Gaku, the duo made their way to the courtyard along with Team A with Team B following from a different direction. Before the group of budding Keyblade Masters stands a towering monstrosity of a Nobody, Twilight Thorn. The giant Nobody brought a human figure from their head to the ground with its hand. Gaku and Harmony observed the figure's orange pin over their heart confirming to a Luminary. Gaku couldn't notice her face, but careful observation of malice spoken through her lips in view made him furrow his face as he summoned his Shibuya's Reaper Keyblade. Harmony attempted to focus in on the Luminary with her scan ability, but she got quickly interrupted by the Twilight Thorn's sudden summoning of Creepers against the Keyblade Wielders. She horizontally slashed one of the Creepers away while sidestepping another Creeper's attack before lunging a combo that results the Nobody to fade into nothingness. At the same time, Gaku blocked the thorny tendrils sent by the Twilight Thorn towards while suffering a few scratches. Unfazed, Gaku stood his ground while smirking. "Tsk Tsk. . . That's the best you got?"

After Harmony dispatched the third Creeper, she gets caught off guard by a sudden voice emitted in her head. "Eep! Wasn't not expecting a voice in my head that's not my own!" Guess I'm not the only psychic around here. With the voice introduced as Ria, Harmony learns that the only way to defeat the Twilight Thorn would be to whack its head enough. She checked her surroundings to see that the group got the same message as they began to sound off ideas to reach the Nobody's head. Harmony looked over to Gaku who seemingly attempting to aggro the Twilight Thorn. She wondered if Gaku heard Ria's voice given how her psychic abilities don't seem to have an effect on Gaku. Brushing said thoughts aside, she looked over to Riza to begin formulating a strategy. So she says she uses Flowmotion. Perhaps. . . She looked over to Jazz who has her Keyblade transformed into whips. Oh! This could work! She pointed to Jazz's keyblade whips and stated her strategy. "Use your whips to grab ahold of the Nobody! Along with one other person, we can use her Flowmotion to grind the whip to the head and start damaging it! I'll keep the Creepers at bay!"

 

[NeverBetter]

"U-um, if it helps, I have Flowmotion...! I-I can't say I'm great at controlling it, but it should help with getting up to its head...!"

"Glad I'm not the only one who decided to come at it. You say you have flowmotion? I don't think there's anything nearby that could let you slide up there, but if you want, I could give you a boost and toss you up to it's head. We would need an opening that gives us time to do that though."

"Use your whips to grab ahold of the Nobody! Along with one other person, we can use her Flowmotion to grind the whip to the head and start damaging it! I'll keep the Creepers at bay!"

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Jazz Bellz
Jazz's brow furrowed as she kept some of the Creeper's at-bay. She could hear the planning behind her, but her mind was locked in on the battle. Her first master had taught her about how to focus in battle, tune out the distractions, waste no thought nor movement on anything but survival and winning. Her mind was already, admittedly, quite empty so that was easy. What would be hard was working as a team. Her mind on the battle the sounds of planning washed over her ears, like waves against the shore. But as she was forced to contend with the problem of reaching the Twilight Thorn's weak spot, she finally tuned in to what her allies were saying.

"I can manage that, cover me..!" She quickly tied her whips together before throwing the whip's braid up and around the Twilight Thorn's shoulder, holding tight. "You got this..! I'll keep my whip there as long as I can, as long as you're careful, you can ride it back down..!"

 

[ReaperMelia]

Dawn
While the wielder knew they'd likely be facing something big given all the shaking, the towering Twilight Thorn was still more than what Dawn had expected to battle so soon. She'd at least heard of it; the history of the masters was something she took great interest in, and as such, she was familiar with the story of Roxas' battle with one. Still, seeing it in person was different from simply reading about it, and its towering height was more than she imagined. Of course, it also wasn't alone. She held her breath as the Nobody lowered a mysterious woman to greet the newly reunited teams. Her pin matched the description of the Luminaries... On top of that, something about her voice seemed familiar...

There wasn't time to think about that, though. The woman left them to deal with the titanic Nobody and a number of its underlings. Thorns scattered about the arena, and Dawn barely had the time she needed to dodge them. They'd need to take this thing down quickly if they wanted to have even a moment to breathe... And if they wanted to catch that Luminary.

A sudden voice in her head gave an answer. Dawn was a little startled to hear someone else's voice in her head, and she did feel a little uneasy about this Ria woman being in her thoughts, but she figured she'd need to trust this person for now. She was helping, after all, and her advice seemed sound. They just had to find a way to reach the thing's head. Dawn glanced around as a few of the others offered ideas to reach that target. Harmony's plan using Jazz's whips also sounded like a good idea... And thankfully, Dawn could help with that.

"I can give someone a boost with my wind magic to help get the whips on its head! Or I can just use it to get myself up if no one else wants to go..." As nervous as she was about getting close to it, she was determined to do what it took to get to that Luminary. She had questions that were far too important for her to not ask them as soon as possible...

With Jazz's whips in position to be lifted to the Twilight Thorn's head, Dawn glanced around to see if there were any takers for her offer. If not, she was ready to move herself...

The creepers began surrounding the wielders, though Riza and Harmony's attacks managed to dispatch a few of them. While they were weak, they made up for that in numbers, and a few lunged at the party to try to halt their plan. Two targeted Jazz to try to make her drop her whips, and Riza and Harmony were both targeted by one each in response to their attacks on other creepers. Meanwhile, the sharp thunk of Ayanami's Keyblade against its head made the Twilight Thorn turn to face her. It raised a hand and began to slam it down on Ayanami. Thorns continued to whip out from around its body towards Rew, Gaku, and Dawn, though they had been slowed down now that the Nobody was distracted. Jazz's whips latched onto its other shoulder and managed to hold in place, though it was too busy focusing on Ayanami to remove the whip.

 

[hurrystarfish]

- riza - ​

"R-right! That sounds like a plan!" Riza agreed with Ayanami, adjusting her glasses quickly before turning sharply and smacking a Creeper over the head with her Keyblade, aiming to keep her eyes open enough to formulate a potential strategy.

Sure, physical hits wouldn't do as much damage as her magic, but Creepers were primarily a problem because of their numbers rather than individual strength, and she'd rather save her spells for the Twilight Thorn itself, especially if they only had certain opportunities to try and strike back against it. A tinge of anxiety built in her chest, knowing that her Flowmotion was effectively essential - or at least a major strength at the moment - so the pressure was on. But, she focused hard; she wasn't about to let anyone down, after all...! Especially not in a battle like this...! And losing her head now would definitely be doing that.

"Aah, thanks Jazz...!" she said, grateful as Jazz brought out her whips; something that could make a handy grind rail up and down to the head.

Seeing the whip was holding it in place by one of its shoulders, Riza bundled up her courage. "I-I'm gonna try and go for it!"

Was she internally panicking so loud she could barely hear her own thoughts? Yes. Was she going to try and ignore those thoughts so she could try and pull her weight a bit? Also yes.

 

[Sinny The Fool]

The Land of Departure: Courtyard - Yen Sin

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For as long as he could remember, Sin lived in the Mysterious Tower with only the 'Old Hat' (Yen Sid) and sentient furniture to keep him company. The last years specifically were spent studying tirelessly and training intensely day in, and day out under the mentorship of his now former Master Yen Sid. He owed everything to that Old Hat, and if there was one thing he was determined about: it was proving that Yen Sid did not make a mistake by taking Sin under his wing. Now that he was deemed ready to take on the Mark of Mastery, it was time for Sin to finally leave the Mysterious Tower and take his next step along his journey as a keyblade wielder.

Traversing the gummi routes in the sea between worlds from the Mysterious Tower to the Land of Departure gave him plenty of time to reflect on this, and to also look forward to the future and adventures that awaited him. He was excited - but also afraid. He wanted nothing more than to see other worlds and meet other people, but now that the moment was soon arriving he couldn't get rid of the butterflies fluttering in his stomach. Strange, I never thought I'd miss the tower so soon...What am I even nervous about? I'm sure it's going to be great, everything will be fine...But what if nobody likes me..? OH NO, even worse, what if they think I'm weird!?! he thought to himself doing what he always liked to do: needlessly overthink.

Travelling between worlds was thankfully smooth sailing, likely in no small part due to the spell Master Yen Sid had placed on him to ensure he would be able to reach the Land of Departure safely. The only problem was that the trip felt like it went on forever! Until finally he was in sight of the Land of Departure. The butterflies multiplied in his stomach, but at the same time he felt a violent surge of excitement for what was to come....That excitement did not last long.

As he transported down onto the the Land of Departures gummiship landing, he could immediately notice that something was wrong. Something definitely doesn't feel right here, I expected...Wait, what was that?! he thought to himself before jerking his head up abruptly as he heard strange sounds in the vicinity, it almost sounded like.... Battle!? Springing out into action: the moment Sin leapt out of the gummiship, it would immediately begin to autopilot itself back to its original owner Master Yen Sid.

Yen Sin raced out from the gummiship landing area and up to the courtyard above where he had heard all the commotion going down. His eyes turning to wide-eyed shock as he stepped out to the sight of what appeared to be an invasion of Nobodies, something that Sin had read plenty about but never encountered one up close. That was until now. At first he stood in shock and awe of the spectacle taking place, he watched as the other keyblade wielders attempted to bring down the large Twilight Thorn whilst being surrounded by Creepers. Manifesting keyblade in hand, Sin stepped out to approach the group of keyblade wielders and face the some of the creepers surrounding them, Now is my chance to show what I can do! he mused as he rose his keyblade up in a fairly awkward type of 'hero-pose' before shouting aloud "Never fear, for Yen Sin - is here!!!" he cried out in the most heroic and deep voice he could conjure, while on the inside he

was already churning Oh man that was a stupid thing to say, this is a terrible start already... And with that he wiggled his keyblade back and forth in the air while casting "Thundaga!" shooting down purplish black bolts from the sky down onto the surrounding creepers, he didn't expect to bring them down with one spell but he figured it would at least get their attention away from the others. He then tried to make his presence known "Uhh, hi...I'm not sure what is really going on here, but what is there anything I can do to help?"

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ReaperMelia Shoya NeverBetter NEO:Xamtweth hurrystarfish mysteryxio @Soul-Eater Evans RikuXIII

 

[NEO:Xamtweth]

The Land of Departure: Courtyard - Gaku & Harmony

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After discussing her strategy, she barely had a chance to catch her breath before another Creeper retaliated behind her. Before it landed a hit on her, Harmony sidestepped out of the Creeper's attack range before she threw her Keyblade at the Creeper pulverizing it. After calling her Keyblade back, she continued her flurry of attacks against another group of Creepers approaching the group by rapidly dashing with her Keyblade through each Creeper in a stabbing motion. On her last stab into the last Creeper in the group, she turned around only to find another group of Creepers spawned ready to attack. "You have to be kidding me! This is getting ridiculous!" Harmony said in frustration. Just as she was about to cast Thundaga, a flurry of dark violet lightning bolts struck the group of Creepers leaving them vaporized much to Harmony's surprise. She surveryed her surroundings only to find a gummi ship leaving the world with a boy in a rather oversized green coat running towards the group Keylade in hand. Harmony quickly concluded that the boy used Thundaga to vaporize the Creepers. "Thanks for the save!" She said to the newcomer. "Right now, we need to defeat this giant Nobody attacking the Land of Depature and the Keyblade Coalition!" Harmony motioned her hand towards Dawn's position. "She has wind magic and could use an assist! Get with her and utilize her magic to somehow attack the Nobody's head!"

Meanwhile, Gaku continues to perform reversal dodges as the thorns from the Twilight Thorn began to slow down. After the last set of tendrils, Gaku began darting towards the Twlight Thorn and blasted a few volleys of Dark Blizzaga at its feet in attempt to freeze it in place. As soon as Gaku backed away to attempt his next combo, he notices the Nobody's hand aiming to slam down against Ayanami. Gaku began running towards Ayanami while conjuring up his Ruinga spell. Gaku condensed the spell into a small spherical form before swinging his Keyblade to throw the spell at Twlight Thorn's hand in hopes to knock the hand away from Ayanami. Gaku then yelled out in attempt to further aggro the Nobody. "Your fight is with me you giant dipstick excuse of a Nobody!"