Traveling...

[Ellie who has 0%]

A figure started to recollect from rushing grain of sand as streaks of sunset rippled into view once Erika left her visit from a new world back to Twilight Town. She was about to make a run to find Ria and Max, but she was standing right in front of her. Her feet scuffed against the stoned floor still feeling grainy sand from the island underneath it.

"I hope I didn't take too long, then again," Erika leaned in looking from Ria to Max and Max to Ria, "you two look pretty fine. There aren't any penetrating big pointy sticks and chaos." The glowing teleporting orb dimmed down as it was tucked back into her fanny pack, while her free hand dusted her shirt off. "Sorry, if I took too long. I've gotten...kinda side tracked." The gunslinger pulled out the large star shaped fruit that made a bulge in her pack.

"Want a piece? It actually taste pretty good to counter that salty icecream that's finally off my shirt." Taking a moment, Erika looked in both directions looking for someone, Rubix. He did used his gear to travel, but hopefully it didn't send him to a seperate location or another part of Twilight Town.

I did had a feeling that we both should've used my teleporting orb. Maybe his takes a while to work or something...

"So found out of any place you would want to gain information sir carrier-of-pointy-sticks and Ria?"

[rubixracoon]

A train passed by behind of Rubix as he looked out of the Twilight Town train station. The wind blew his hair into his face, some getting into his eye. As he tried to fix his hair, he walked out of the station and looked out to the city. It was a large town with many buildings, mostly shops he assumed. The streets didn't seem to busy, it seems as though the day was just starting to wind down in this world.

Rubix was amazed and his face looked dumb founded at the sight of something like this. Growing up in the Caribbean there were buildings and such, but they were dusty and old and made out of stone. Never in his life did he see something as beautiful as the world he just came upon. Is the Caribbean just the bottom of the food chain?

Rubix then remembered that he was supposed to meet Erika here. The only thing was, he had no idea where she might be in this town. There was always a chance that she got lost too. She always mentioned that she met other people here in Twilight Town, but would Rubix know who to talk to in this town?

"Well, no use in worrying," Rubix said. "I came to this world to explore and find my destiny," he then laughed at the last thing that he said, "How corny do I sound?"

Rubix continued down a flight of stairs and started to wander the city. Not only were there a lot of buildings, their were a lot lot alleys and play lots. In the middle of a road there was a can that had already been crushed. As Rubix roamed the streets he kicked the can to keep his mind occupied while he tried to find Erika.

After about ten minutes of kicking the can around there was still no luck in finding anyone at all in the town. "Is this place deserted or what?" Rubix said aloud, kicking the can a few feet away from him. He started to walk toward the can, but before he could reach it a white slithering figure zoomed past it moving it out of the alley way. Rubix flinched backwards and held his hands up, ready to defend himself, but nothing came up. Confused at what just happened he kept walking toward the can cautiously.

Once he made it toward the can he looked down at it; the can was motionless. He looked to his left, which led to a dead end, and to the left of him, which out lead him to a market square. Rubix then heard behind him strange squealing noises and quickly looked behind him. There were two white, dangly, slithering creatures dashing the opposite way of where Rubix was and dashed to the left swiftly.

"That wasn't weird..." Rubix said looking back down at the can. His head lifted up to the left of the street and saw the market square again. Not knowing where else to go, he made his way toward the market hoping that maybe he could find some information of where his new friend might be.

Luck was on his side when he saw three people standing in the middle of the sandlot of the market places along with several other people shopping. Amongst them, was Erika the gunslinger. His heart lifted at the sight of people in the what seemed to be deserted town and shouted "Hey!" waving his hand and running toward them.

[xagenxi]

"Oh... Well, I'm sorry I couldn't be of any more help besides directing you to another maybe source.... Though... I hope you find it quick." For a moment there, she remembered Fearon's explanation to why she was here. About how her world lost it's heart and what-not but she was having trouble remembering exactly what he had said... "But these... 'heartless' creature things..." she didn't know were she was going with that and changed up her sentence. "If you don't get rid of them soon, doesn't that mean your world will lose it's 'heart' or something? And it'll be destroyed?" she asked a little bit confused. The guy was looking for information anyway, how would he know that? Maybe he knows at least that much and he's just trying to stop it.. or trying to reverse it...

She opened her mouth to continue but was cut short when something started to materialize next to them. She looked over at whatever it was, taking a step back from it. And to her surprise, Erika came out of it. "You weren't kidding!" she muttered under her breath.

"Sorry, if I took too long. I've gotten...kinda side tracked."

Ria shook her head. "No- Yeah, We're fine. You didn't take to long at all." she said as Erika pulled some kind of... fruit out of her pouch. "Um.. alright?" she said a little unsure. "I'll trust your judgment and have a taste." It certainly was an odd shaped thing. Never had she seen anything edible shaped like that. Yellow, star shaped, and massive at that. I wonder if it started out in a sand-dollar like baby star fish or on a tree like other fruit.. if it even is a fruit. she smiled at the absurd thought. It'd be a surprise that it was sweet and it grew like a star fish.

She merely shrugged when Erika asked if they'd found any information. She originally wasn't looking so the question was more directed towards Max as far as she was concerned. No reason to answer for him.

Someone yelled in the distance and she turned to find the source out of curiosity, wondering what could be the deal. But she turned to find a guy running towards them and she looked back at Max and Erika to see some sign of acknowledgment to the guy. She certainly didn't know him.

[sumdood]

Max nodded at Ria as she asked hiim about his world dying.

"Yeah, actually," he said,"I'm trying to find a way to restore my home to the way it was. But, first, I need to find a way to destroy large numbers of heartless, otherwise.....we'll just meet the same result, since there's tens of thousands of them all massed at the keyhole to my world......restoring it now, with no way to stop them, wouldn't accomplish anything."

That was when he saw the figure appearing right behind Ria. He instinctively pulled his spear around, pointing it at the figure, ready to spear it if it was a heartless, which is what it looked like at first. However, as it started taking form, he recognized it was Erika, and he pulled his spear away, shaking his head.

"You need to be more careful," he said as she appeared, leaning his back against a wall," I almost speared you thinking you were a heartless."

He looked at the fruit she offered them, and shrugged, reaching over and breaking off a small piece of one of the ends of the star. As he broke it off, juice squirted on his hand from the fruit, dripping out of the fruit in big drops. He quickly put the small piece in his mouth and ate it, wiping a small dribble of juice that ran down his chin.

"It's really good," he said, grinning,"I like it. What's it called?"

As he asked this question, he heard someone shout from behind them, and turned to look at someone running up to them, waving.

Who is that? he thought to himself, using his elemental water magic to feel for moisture in the air just in case it was needed. There was enough for him to be able to knock the guy around a bit, which would give Max just enough time to grab his spear and stick him if need be.

However, it didn't seem like it would be needed. He wasn't screaming at them in any kind of threatening way. He was just trying to get their attention, for whatever reason.

He looked back over at Ria and Erika and asked, "So, either of you know this guy?"

[Ellie who has 0%]

Erika was glad that Max didn't decide to make her into a mortal girl on a stick tree and roast over a fire. Then again, if she was to get stab and bullet would rip in to his brain damaging it with the wilting of his life. Luckily, the act of instincts were placed on the back burner with their sense of humanity.

"Lesson of today: Max is very jumpy and likes to make puncture wounds without too much hesistation. And yes you can trust my tastebuds. If it was to be dangerous, I would be drop dead already."

Her brows furrowed in curiousity at Max's question," I have no idea actually. Thus far in my book it's a big star fruit. From the sounds of it, I guess you haven't found the answers you were looking for." Erika regarded towards Max, but her attention was slowly being drawn away with a distant shout.

Looking at both Ria and Max face, they had no idea who was approaching them. Max's statement was only a verification that what she was thinking was true. Taking it upon herself to greet, Erika turned her head only to see Rubix.

"Hey! For a moment, I thought that gear of yours took you elsewhere. Wow, you must have a lucky sense of direction to find me right when I was wondering about what was taking you so long." The gunslinger smiled before turning to Ria and Max, "Alright intro time all over again. Rubix, the lovely lady over there is Ria, and the guy with the slightly intimidating pointy sticky stick is Max."

"You know when I said that I was kinda side-track I met Rubix somewhere in the middle of nowhere....." She left out the detail of being transported to a different world for now.

(601 post woo)

[rubixracoon]

When Rubix finally reached the three people he saw one familiar face, Erika, and two unfamiliar ones who were introduced by Erika as Ria and Max. Erika was right when she said that Ria was lovely, she was a good looking girl. However, Erika introduced Max as a guy with a slightly intimidating pointy stick, which did not intimidate him, but confused him for several reasons. One of the reasons was why he had it out in the first place and the second, which related to the three, why did they all have such high class weapons?

"Well, nice pointy stick," Rubix slightly waved his hand at Max. He turned his eyes to Ria's hips, but he wasn't looking at her hips, but the sword that she carried behind her in the holster. "You just have a sword that can probably cut someone's head off," and next Erika, "And you, my dear friend," he smirked, "Just have something that can blow someone's head off. So, if I were to get in a fight with you guys...You would first poke me, slice my head off, and then shoot the head just in case. What a team," he said chuckling.

The only weapon that Rubix possessed was a literal stick that he made to catch fish that he kept on his back. Although Rubix played it off as a joke, there was a hint of envy. Why didn't he have a weapon? What if the Heartless decided to just pop up and attack him? There obviously were some sort of Heartless here since the gear took him to the island, at least that was the assumption to Rubix. But if there was an attack of any kind, the only thing he could do is push one or two back with his powers, and that's not much help.

"Oh, that reminds me!" Rubix said, even though no one else knew what he was thinking, "I saw some weird skinny thinks in white suits walking around here. My stupid gear got me all the way cross town to the train station and while I was wandering my way over here...some white suited skinny things were just walking around...I guess that's what they were doing.." Rubix said. In just this one day, Rubix had seen a lot that he had never seen before. Maybe asking questions might help him understand.

[xagenxi]

Even though her expression made it blatantly obvious to not knowing the approaching new comer, she shook her head no to Max's question. Though, it was quickly understood that Erika was the one knowing him. He wasn't just wandering over to ask something...

For a moment there, she redirected her attention to the fruit that Erika still had and wondered if she was just supposed to take a piece. It seemed slightly rude but she did offer it already. Plus, Max took a piece and she didn't say anything about it. So, she plucked a small piece from it and put it in her mouth for a taste. And... the taste was delicious compared to the ice cream they just had. So delicious, Ria almost missed her introduction while she was distracted with the taste. She swallowed and her attention was quickly redirected to their new guest, giving him a wave and a hello with a smile; she was kind of embarrassed for nearly speaking with a piece of food in front of someone new. Anyone else, it wouldn't have been a big deal... Well, if she knew them long enough and knew they didn't mind the action...

She listened as he spoke and pretty much blushed when he mentioned her sword. It was kind of like a compliment she guessed. He was right about what he said though, but she never really thought about the details much. Subconsciously she knew what it could do and how to use it. That was good enough for her. "I hope you wouldn't give me a reason to do such a thing." she said giggling.

Then he mentioned skinny things in white suits. Maybe she spoke to soon to Max about not coming across threats...? But maybe... "Maybe they were dancers?" she said confused. "I mean- I don't know. I haven't seen anything like that 'round here." Anything to dampen the idea of having said something so stupid. Dancers? ...Really? I don't think he would be slightly bothered by such a thing like that.

[sumdood]

Max looked at the new guy as Erika introduced them, giving him a nod.

"Nice to meet you, Rubix," he said, extending his hand to shake his,"And don't worry, I won't skewer you with this thing. It's hard enough keeping it cleaned and in good shape as just traveling with it. I wouldnt stick someone with it unless it was necessary."

He listened as Rubix talked about the white things. They sounded familiar, a lot like the white things that had started showing up towards the end of the Heartless Wars on his homeworld. If these were the same things, they could prove to be trouble.....

"Did they....uh......walk upside down in the air, by chance?" he asked Rubix, raising an eyebrow in question,"I mean....what you're talking about sounds like things I've seen before, so.....I'm just checking to make sure, because if they're the white things that showed up on my world.........we could have some serious trouble around here."

Then, Max's head whipped around as he heard screams from the other side of the marketplace, seeing a trio of the white things that had shown up on his world chasing people into it, slithering through the air and on the ground.

"Nevermind, dammit! We've got to take care of those things!" he said, immediately taking off and running towards them, spear held ready as he ran up to one. As he ran, he used his Water Magic to gather moisture in the air around him. Unfortunately, he was only able to get enough to create three small balls of water about the size of a baseball each.

That's going to make things harder, he thought to himself, 'Cause these things are tough.

[Ellie who has 0%]

White skinny things?

Although the description was pretty vague, Erika can honestly say she never heard or saw anything that would fit such description of skinny white things walking about. Sure she has seen plenty of slime white flowers at home, but she knew there weren’t any flowers wiggling about Twilight Town. What even threw her off was that Ria was unfamiliar with what he was talking about?

How long have she been here?, She made her stay here sound long and endless, but she doesn’t know any source of information or what Rubix could’ve been describing. She did mentioned dancers, but Erika had a feeling that Rubix wouldn’t be mentioning dancers. He had recently departed a word infested with black massed creatures with glowing yellow eyes; surely this new thing would be abnormal to cause him to worry or reflect on it.

The only person that seemed to have a clue was Max. Even now Erika knew nothing much about him, but the tone of his voice held a reference of chaos and destruction with a tint of a foreboding outcome that wouldn’t be pleasant for the world that is cast in a near endless sunset. Serious and trouble was hardly taken lightly. Instinctively, her fingers lightly touched the Elisa and Eleanor. She shifted her position slightly as the warm colors of the sky reflected off of the silver pistols.

A scream ripped through the seams of silence, and Elisa and Eleanor were already in hand. “Sounds like that serious trouble had came already,” The gunslinger muttered. She was gathering bullets to fill her revolver, while looking for the source of the scream. Instead she saw nothing but a motion blur; Max was already on the move, “Hey wait up!”

Erika followed him close-by, while gazing down at the gauges on her pistols momentarily, and they were empty. She didn’t have any light inside stored to make this go quicker.

“What are these? Hopefully mere bullets would,” she stopped as her concentration silenced her. Elisa pointed forward straight before ringing loudly with the pull of a trigger. The bullet rippled the air in a charge to puncture what looked like a shoulder.

[Rex]

( Hey hope no one minds if I join, I'll only be here for allitle while.)

The Nobody hadn't been to Market street for sometime, he thought it would be a good Idea to go see what was happening. It was strange enough that all these nobodies were appearing out of nowhere, and that the heartless have stopped poping up everywhere, maybe it was a good thing.

As Caxnon aproched the street he saw three Dusks chasing several people, and right behind them were two warriors ready to engage them.

'' This was bold. I wonder who sent them? And why out in the open'' Caxnon said.

One of the Dusks sppotted him and started hedaing towards him. It didn't bother him though he just stood there looked at it.

[Shun]

((I hope you don't mind me joining you, this looks like the perfect time))

Twilight Town, the world of eternal twilight. Indeed, the quiet city's sun never changed position, and that was one of the few things Mikael considered "weird" of the place. As the fire user walked through Market Street, he noticed that it was crowder than the last time he was at the world. He raised his head a bit, being able to see what was going on.

"Free Ice-Cream Day, huh? Looks like I arrived at the right time." he said as he walked toward the end of the line. He already thought of the ice-cream, a cold and sweet treat on his mouth... "AHH!!!" Mikael turned his head quickly; people were screaming in horror. The fire warrior scanned the place, looking for the source of trouble... a trio of Dusks.

The teenager drew his swords and ran toward the "men in white suits". "And I thought I could have a peaceful day without fighting." he said to himself, his swords ready to strike and defeat the Nobodies. First, he needed to protect the citizens somehow; it was the first time Mikael forgot his hate toward the Heartless, and wished that a couple of the damn black creatures would show up to fight the Dusks.

"Shield of Eldon!" The fire user shouted, summoning an invisible shield in front of the nearby citizens. Fortunately, it seemed that he wasn't alone: a man with a spear (Max) had created three small balls out of water and a girl had shot one of the Nobodies. Mikael looked toward them, smiled and opened his mouth. "Mikael Darrow, a pleasure to meet you. Now let's take care of these cursed Nobodies!" The teenager said as he charged toward the Dusks, his twin sai swords now coated in bright orange flames.

[sumdood]

"Save the introductions! Take 'em out!" Max said to the younger boy who introduced himself in the middle of the fight, not even taking time to pause and running straight past him. Not the brightest thing Max had ever seen anyone do, that was for sure. In the middle of a fight, those who took time to introduce themselves, in his experience, had gotten sliced in half by someones bastard sword, or gotten an arrow through their head.

As Max closed in on one of the white things, another one broke off and took off toward someone else. He motioned the boy in that direction, pointing at it with one hand, and using the other, the one holding his spear, to send one of his water balls at the white thing in front of him, knocking its head back as the small, round projectile hit. At about the same time, it recoiled from another hit from behind him. He assumed it was Erika or Ria, and without pausing, took the opportunity to whip around, bringing his spear around in a whirl of motion, and sweaping the thing off of its feet, trying to knock it to the ground.

However, like these things had always done on his homeworld, it managed to avoid his closer attack, even though it hadn't dodged his attack from further away, slithering around and underneath the spear, and beginning to circle around his feet.

Without a pause in his movements, Max switched his downward sweep into a spin right at his side, the bladed spearhead of his warpike slicing into the white thing's side, causing it to recoil and move away from him.

"Yeah....think twice now, won't you?" he said, putting both hands on his pike and taking up a defensive stance.

[rubixracoon]

"I hope you wouldn't give me a reason to do such a thing." Ria said giggling.

"Well," Rubix said giving Ria a flirtatious smirk, "I am a pretty vicious guy, you know," with a wink at the end of his statement.

Rubix sort've chuckled at Max's question of if they walked upside down in the air. Of course, Rubix hadn't experienced anything of the sort, so he though that was a very odd thing to ask. "Well, I didn't see any crazy things like that, mate," Rubix said looking around the square, "They just seemed like weird skinny guys in white jump suits."

Suddenly something caught Max's attention, along with everyone else's attention. Screams were coming from a street, running toward the market square. Slithering along with the crowd were three of the skinny white suited creatures. Rubix saw that Max took no time and dashed toward the three creatures and attacked. Right behind him was Erika without hesitation, shooting at the three creatures. Then along came another boy, younger looking, that cast some sort of shield around some citizens before attacking the white creatures with his flaming swords.

Rubix looked at the three fighting the skinny white suits and looked at Ria, "Well," Rubix said to Ria giving her a look, raising one eye brow, "Have at it, buddy," motioning his head toward the fight.

There was nothing Rubix could really do, plus it seemed to be taken care of by everyone else. All he did was lean against a wall and watched as the battle raged on against the white suited creatures. "It seems as though there are more enemies then I thought," he said to himself, "But looks like it's taken care of by very excited fighters." Rubix chose not to fight unless he is being attacked, threatened, or if someone else is in need of help. So far, none of those things had happened.

[Shun]

((I think Ria was skipped. Wait for her to post.))

[rubixracoon]

((It was my turn before you guys posted. So it goes Erika, Ria, Max, Rubix, Rex (if he comes back...?), and Shun. That's how it's supposed to be, at least. YA!))