Kingdom Hearts: The 13th Requiem [PG-13/Not Accepting]

[Mugendramon]

Marcos was turned down like a child who had pointed out how the sky is blue. Superior or Madonna, he wasn't going to let anyone (Nobody or otherwise) give him the middle finger like that. But, knowing his place from the sheer prowess displayed by the ability he had used, he decided to just hold on to his thoughts and just sigh instead. Kreix then directed the three recently arrived into a room filled with cloaks, as requested.

Once there, Haxz made a quick remark before spontaneously disappearing. If this was going to be common ground, a bit of practice wouldn't possibly hurt. The Nobody flipped silently through the cloaks, promptly ignoring Kreix in a clearly disdainful manner. Once he had picked one which looked about his size, he quickly put it on, and opened a Corridor. Before walking into it, he turned to Kreix and nodded mockingly with a few words; [font=comic sans ms,cursive][color=#000000]"I'm going out for a walk. Not that there's much to walk through given this is a world on its own right, but I'll be close enough to the room where I first saw you, if you need me for anything."[/color][/font]

[Barian Warlord]

Xemyrom listened from around a wall a little ahead of Claire's path as her younger self had arrived through a Tesseract and the two of them began their stand off listening to their conversation, the world he had found himself in was quite unique as it had few inhabitants and was caught in some time distortion which allowed people to travel through time fairly easily though controlling when you'd end up was impossible to control. Eventually Xemyrom decided it would be polite to introduce himself to the lady(s) and their companions and give them a brief explanation of where they are and what they'd need to do in order to find anyone so he stepped out from his hiding spot and began walking over to the group.
[color=#4b0082]"Hello both young and slightly older misses I couldn't help but overhear your conversation and realized the reason you can't find your sister is that she may of ended up in another world and if that is the case you'd need quite a bit of help to find her. Help I'm willing to offer if you simply help me hunt down some research notes I'm looking for, which do to circumstances only I can translate, not a bad deal if you think about it."[/color]
Xemyrom didn't really care about finding this Serah person but if it helped him find what he was looking for then he didn't mind besides it was interesting watching the same person in 2 points in their life in the same place.

[Phantom Roxas]

Balthazar could tell that Shuren was being honest, and so he nodded in approval. "From this day forth, all five of you shall become trained in the arts of magic. It will not be easy, and I promise you that when the time comes for you to use them, your life will be on the line. This is your last chance to run away, and leave this all behind you." Viola's encouragement assured Balthazar that none of these five teenagers will leave.

He thought back to the glimpse he caught on his Seikeidoscope. These children would have to fight that Nobody sooner or later. If he had gained recruits as he had said he would, the six of them - Balthazar and his apprentices - would have to work as hard as they could to stop them. Balthazar was taught my Merlin and had centuries of experience, so he was confident, but there was no way Balthazar could match his master's teaching, nor did they have the time to hone their skills.

"Each of you will be given rings," Balthazar said. "Viola has her own, and you will have yours. Wait here."

About ten minutes later, Balthazar held out four rings and presented them to the boys. "This is the most important gift any of you will ever receive."

[Kidd Buu]

After Kreix clapped his hands Xelo watched as the area around them returned to normal. The glimpse of Kingdom Hearts fueled his fire, he wouldn't stop until he had his mother back or worst case scenario he would die trying ,but maybe even death couldn't stop him. He now knew what he was capable of seeing the object that could bring back his mother revealed his talent to tame fire its self and he could use it as he pleased. Shortly after he stopped thinking his Superior, Kreix spoke of coats that they would need to wear to avoid corruption they could get by using the dark corridor for their journeys. Asking them to follow his to obtain the coats the nobodies followed their leader to a laboratory.

They stood within the laboratory until Kreix told them to pick out a coat. Xelo was too focused on his own thoughts he didn't even acknowledge Haxz leave. After he saw Macros grab his coat, Xelo stepped forward to obtain his own coat. A few minutes passed ,but Xelo found the perfect coat for himself wasn't too big nor too small. He walked and stood beside his leader. He stood quiet and put his hood on.

[Kōsuke Ueki]

Ryan had a determined expression on his face after Balthazar officially announced him and his new friends Balthazar's Apprentices. He nodded in agreement and said, "[color=#b22222]If we have come so far already, then what is the point of going back?[/color]" He then turned to the rest of them. "[color=#b22222]You should all think about this question and make up your mind if you want to leave or not.[/color]" He then turned to Viola. "[color=#b22222]Viola, I'm pretty sure you've already made up your mind, so I won't ask you. And good luck with being the...'Prime Merlinean' is it? Anyway, I'd say it's great to know that a woman is finally considered to be the Chosen One, I think that's how it can be put.[/color]" He then raised his shoulders to say "Whatever, moving on." He then turned to everybody else. "[color=#b22222]Given the circumstances of how we were brought here, I hope we will all be able to work together in the days to come and also learn more about one another for the sake of expanding our newfound friendship.[/color]" Ryan then made a smile and thought, [i][color=#b22222]This is gonna be my big break as a writer when this is all over, I hope so.[/color][/i] He then turned to Balthazar and said, "[color=#b22222]Thank you Balthazar, for bringing us together by what interests us. Thank you for giving me and everyone else here the influence to become something far bigger than what we already were. Thank you for giving us a new purpose in living. Thank y-[/color]" Then Ryan stopped himself before he became full of himself. "[color=#b22222]Anyway, how shall we begin this journey of ours?[/color]"

Realizing Balthazar had brought out four rings, he now come to find out that his last question was sort of pointless. "[color=#b22222]Never mind about that last question.[/color]" he said to Balthazar as he chuckled. He then noticed the ring all the way to the left was shining, but not shining because the sun was reflecting off of it, it seemed as though a small blank aura was surrounding it. It was severly faint, but he can see it, as as he got closer, the aura grew bigger. And once he grabbed it, the aura began to dissipate until it was just barely noticable. The ring itself appeared to be a normal platinum wedding ring, minus the fact that it was slightly bigger. [i][color=#b22222]Let's see...should I put it on my ring finger, or my index?[/color][/i] he thought. [i][color=#b22222]I wonder...[/color][/i] He then proceeded to place the ring on his right index finger. Once he did that, the ring changed and became a custom ring with a fire-like design from old chinese mythology. And the aura changed as well. Instead of it being a clear, blank aura, it became a thin flame-like aura, signifying that Ryan now has the ability to unleash a Fire attack. Ryan was shocked, but impressed. "[color=#b22222]Talk about a hot topic.[/color]" Ryan then realized what he said and hung his head in shame. [i][color=#b22222]Note to self: Never make puns when you get a new spell.[/color][/i] he thought. "[color=#b22222]Alright, who wants to go next?[/color]" he said to mostly himself instead of it being directed to everyone else.

[Super Chaos Sonic]

Trevor heard Balthazar's words, and at first hesitated. Would leaving his family without a word be a good idea? Would they be hurt if he never even said good bye? He thought about these things as he watched Balthazar bring out more rings. He stared at them and closed his eyes for a moment. [color=#DAA520][i]My family...I'll find a way to come back...so hopefully you won't hate me for leaving... [/i][/color]he thought, as he slowly opened his eyes, smiling at Balthazar.

[center][i][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx77uLdVcug]Kingdom Hearts 2 OST - Hand in Hand[/url][/i][/center]

[color=#DAA520]"I don't want to leave my family, but I feel like I was supposed to come here...and maybe this is the reason." [/color]Trevor said, as he took one of the rings: [url="http://i00.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/687964402/Tungsten-golden-font-b-dragon-b-font-body-font-b-rings-b-font-zodiac-font-b.jpg"]a silver and gold ring with the a Chinese dragon etched into it.[/url] [color=#DAA520]"Besides, maybe through this I can help out to figure out these disappearances around here! So...I'm with you guys!"[/color]

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

Claire and Lightning immediately drew their weapons on the intruder, placing themselves in the way between him and the boys. Lightning trained her Blazefire Saber right at his head, while Claire revved up her massive gun's alternate firing mode, ready to unleash a hail of bullets upon the space the man occupied. Both looked incredibly irritated at the man for suddenly coming in like he knows everything and proving that he supposedly does. They each disliked the way he carried himself, as self-righteous pricks like him usually got in their way.
Or tried to run off with their sister.
[color=#FF69B4]"[/color][color=#FF1493]W[/color][color=#FF69B4]h[/color][color=#FF1493]o[/color] [color=#FF69B4]a[/color][color=#FF1493]r[/color][color=#FF69B4]e[/color] [color=#FF1493]y[/color][color=#FF69B4]o[/color][color=#FF1493]u[/color][color=#FF69B4]?[/color][color=#FF1493]![/color][color=#FF69B4]?[/color][color=#FF1493]"[/color] Claire and Lightning simultaneously declared after a tense few moments once he was done with his spiel.
[color=#FF69B4]"Who are you working for?"[/color]
[color=#FF1493]"And how do you know who our sister is?"[/color]
[color=#FF69B4]"Do not come any closer."[/color]
[color=#FF1493]"We will open fire."[/color]
[color=#FF69B4]"You answer our questions..."[/color]
[color=#FF1493]"And we might let you go free."[/color]
[color=#FF1493]"[/color][color=#FF69B4]G[/color][color=#FF1493]o[/color][color=#FF69B4]t[/color] [color=#FF1493]i[/color][color=#FF69B4]t[/color][color=#FF1493]?[/color][color=#FF69B4]"[/color] They looked at each other briefly, surprised that they were completing each others' sentences, but they were the same, so it only made sense. After that momentary lapse, they continued to watch their new acquaintance, if he could be called that.

[Phantom Roxas]

"Oh, don't worry about your family," Balthazar said. "Think of your training as an extracurricular activity. I understand that some of you have school, and so here are the rules. After you have finished school, you will do your homework, and then you will do your training here. However, I am a generous teacher. If for whatever reason something from school requires that you do not come here, you will be excused. So, what times work best for each of you?"

It was different having to teach people in modern times. This sort of thing never happen when Merlin was around. Back in Balthazar's day, he didn't have to worry about the kind of papers the kids these days moan about.

[Super Chaos Sonic]

Wow, this Balthazar guy actually was a good dude if he let this go. Trevor smiled and put the ring on his right ring finger, before returning to Balthazar's gaze. [color=#DAA520]"Seems like a fair enough trade there. I'm in!" [/color]he said with a nod. [color=#DAA520]"As for the schedule, the classes go on until 2:30 PM, so anytime after three I should be fine. If need be, I'll work with homework during class or something." [/color]Trevor looked at the ring on his finger and smirked a bit. This ring was apparently the start of something huge in his life and he even began to meet potential friends that were around him...and this man Balthazar, pretty cool for an old guy. [color=#DAA520][i]I think I'm gonna enjoy myself here!![/i][/color] Trevor thought.

[Barian Warlord]

As the women raised their weapons at him Xemyrom raised his hands to show compliance and remained calm as he was asked about the women's sister and then calmly spoke.
[color=#800080]"I don't really know anything about your sister except what I happened to overheard you two or one, I don't really know how it works in this circumstance but back to the point as for who I am my name is Xemyrom and I don't work for anyone save myself for the moment. All I'm trying to do is piece back together a coded research document that can be identified by the same symbol on my gloves being on each page. Unlike you I can travel between worlds freely so because it's obvious your sister is not in this one I am willing to go to other worlds to look for her if you are willing to help me look for them, and I promise not to run away with your sister even if she's as pretty a you."[/color]
Xemyrom knew that last comment would probably get him yelled at but he couldn't help himself, he had to heckle the two a little and given how desperate they wore to find their sister it was unlikely they would attack him so easily.

[Nexev]

Far away in the vestiges of space was a humble world known as Channel Neighborhood. In this humble world lived a humbler house belonging to a man who sold terrible, terrible snacks. In this house was a Suga Momma and a roaring tele.

This was not a fancy flat screen tv but it was Suga Momma's tv and that meant it was important, after all how else was Suga Momma gonna see some wrasslin? But disaster struck. There was a crash as the black jaunty form of a solider heartless broke into the house. Sugar Momma sneered, her sister must have been up to no good again. But then the solider was followed as some weirdo in a white jumpsuit sortof floated zigzagged into the room as well. "Hold it boy, what are you doing in a that kinda suit if you ain't jogging. Kid just get out of my house and walk like the rest of us." Undettered but the sage advice, the Dusk pounced on the heartless, sending it crashing into... the tv.

It was like the world
had
stopped.

[Kōsuke Ueki]

Ryan was still mainly focused on his ring, as it seems hypnotizing by the look of the flame-like aura around it. But he did hear what Balthazar had to say, along with Trevor mentioning his family. And he wondered if there was something else going on here with him. He then replied to Balthazar, "[color=#b22222]I get out around the same time, and I usually get my homework done there so that I have as much time on my hands as possible afterward. So, three o' clock works for me too.[/color]" He then proceeded to concentrate on the ring again. He wondered now that he has the ring, could he actually do something, even if it's very minor? But then he wondered if the magic would only work if the circumstances allowed him to use it? Or better yet, has he not unlocked the spell, just that now he has a catalyst to using it when his first training session is complete? [i][color=#b22222]I guess I'll just have to wait until training starts then.[/color][/i] he thought. [color=#b22222][i]Oh well. At least I know that my book may make me known more than anyone would think. [/i][/color]He then made a smile and gave a small chuckle. "[color=#b22222]I think this is going to be epic.[/color]"

[Love of Ghibli]

Nerhyx saw the room with cloaks. Well how can you be an evil organization if you don't a creepy uniform. It was a tad tame to say the least but nevertheless it did happen. He walked in trying to figure out what cloak would be best for him. It seemed that Haxz was full of useful information and suggestions, though they seemed to be completely mired in sarcasm, or were they. Nerhyx still hasn't figured out anything with about this person. What side of the fence he was on, but then again if master Kreix trust him then Nerhyx should give it a try as well. Nerhyx found a coat that seemed to fit his profile. It seemed to have a thin layer of extra padding on the shoulders and sleeves because they might take extra wear and tear. He assumed this was for some kind of dodge rolling. Even though this was clearly a cloak there seemed to be a lot of leg room for his fencing stances. Clearly he found his cloak.

He had to take off his trench coat and blazer to put on his new cloak but it was a nice fit. He was oddly admiring the craftsmanship but he couldn't figure out why to be exact. "Well it seems as if I am all dressed for whatever occasion we may come against, but I must inquire do we have our own rooms or anything for we to store our possessions."

[Yosuke-kun]

Shuren smiled across the crowd gathered in the small game shop. What an odd group they were, most of them having nothing in common with each other, but each seeming earnest about the training Balthazar was planning for them. [i]So, I'm to be a magicians apprentice, am I? [/i]he thought happily. It was an amusing thought too, like the setup to a Disney movie. He watched Viola carefully as she gave a sorta 'beginning of a new adventure speech' to them all. This was definitely going to be interesting to say the least. She seemed so full of energy, so happy. She seemed this way, but something about it felt off to Shuren. It felt as if she were hiding something, the same as he was trying to hide his past. He dismissed the thought though, since it was none of his business what she did and didn't want them to know, and Shuren had no real reason to hide his past in the first place anyways.

At the conclusion of her speech, he felt a slight boiling of anticipation in his stomach, and realized he was more eager to begin than he'd expected. Shuren wasn't at all surprised by this. Ever since he was little he was fascinated in magic, fantasy, and mysteries, so this was essentially a childhood fantasy coming true for him. "She's right, we're gonna have to get pretty close nit aren't we?" Shuren said taking a small step forward and holding his fist up before his face. "I'm up for it. You guys need anything 'retrieved', I'm your guy. Just keep it reasonable, okay?" At this last part of his offer, he added in a wink aimed in Viola's direction, though it wasn't really for anyone specific. "Oh, and don't worry your pretty little heads about me either. I can handle myself well enough, and the darkness is gonna have to work pretty damn hard if it wants to get it's claws on me."

At the end of each of their individual pledges, Balthazar retreated momentarily into a back room, which Shuren assumed was used as a storage or inventory room, and returned carrying four small rings. Shuren stared mesmerized by the rings, each of which seemed to carry a large amount of power to them. Shuren wasn't sure how he knew this, but he guessed that it had something to do with his latent magic potential. He wondered if the others felt the same feeling he did. Viola probably did, seeing as she was the Prime Merlinian or whatever. Shuren hadn't been there for the explanation of what that entailed exactly, but he assumed it meant she was some sort of Chosen One, or something like that.

He watched with curiosity as Trevor and Ryan selected their rings.When they'd made their decisions and placed the rings on their fingers, the rings transformed, molding and sculpting themselves to fit each person. Ryan's, was a somewhat complex dragon design, that birthed a small flame, while Trevor's although also including a dragon, was more simple and eloquent, reminding Shuren of something a Chinese noble would have worn in the older days.

Now Shuren was eager to see his own. He reached forward, and picked up one of the remaining rings that Balthazar had offered. They all looked so plain. Each of them was a simple silver circle,and yet they all carried so much difference. He held the ring up and looked through it, feeling it's power graze his fingers, and a strong urge to slip the ring on growing. He smiled, and decided to show off a bit. After all, these were his new friends. He flicked the ring into the air, let it spin for a bit, then caught it as it fell, sliding down his middle finger for a perfect fit.

No sonner than it had been placed, the ring began to reshape, the same way as the others had. His however, did not have a dragonic design as Ryan and Trevor's did. A blue gem popped out of the top of the band, followed by a set of outstretched angel wings sprouting from the gem's mount. Like Ryan's ring, it also emitted a bright aura, however Shurens was more static than flame, and resembled more of a rapid moving lightning bolt. "Hot topic is right." Shuren said grinning at Ryan, but pleased at the design of his ring. [i]Shuren has learned Thunder and Haste. [/i]he thought jokingly.

That's when Balthazar started to talk about family life and school schedule. Shuren had already resigned to drop out of school and devote himself to this training if need be, but the option Balthazar presented seemed far better in contrast to his own plan. After all, it'd be a little suspicious if he'd suddenly just dropped out. He knew he wasn't a model student, but he got high test scores, and had a decent attendance record, so dropping out was a poor choice. Family wouldn't be a problem, he had none anyways. "Yeah, mine gets out around the same time. Wait, are we all attending the same school?"

[ListenToLife]

James merely listened as each person seemed to make some personal pledge to themselves, almost like generic anime characters. He chuckled while shaking his head a little and made no such pledge to himself, at least not out loud. Of course, this was his dreams becoming a reality. To become a sorceror, he had always dreamed of such fantasies. To put disregard into the laws of physics, to make the impossible possible. It was why he had focussed himself on science, because that did similar things, though much less miraculous. This...this was incredible.

And so, in some subconcious corner of his mind, he steeled himself for what to come. His generally rather timid attitude fired up, and he was ready to become a sorceror. His mind was set, determination in his normally rather flustered face, and he smirked to himself. He would become the greatest sorceror; despite the challenge of overcoming the power of this 'Prime Merlinian', he was confident in himself for once. He would do it, he would become an amazing sorceror.

With that over and done with, he watched as Balthazar vanished and returned with a small box full of plain silver bands, rings for each of them. They seemed rather boring at first - worthless compared to the appearance of the Dragon ring of Viola's possesion, but their magic was revealed as Ryan took his pick, revealing how the Ring changed shape to suit it's owner. Impressive.

James allowed himself to go last; watching as each of the other boys went and grabbed their own rings, and as the rings melded themselves into forms to suit each of their wearers. And soon, it was James' turn. He took a nervous step forward and reached his hand into the box, grasping hold of the small metal ring. As he took it out, he noted that it had a slight warmth to it, as if it hummed with energy. He placed it carefully on his right ring finger, and jokingly noted the similarities to a wedding ring, albeit on the wrong hand, before it began to form itself into the shape of his soon to be magic ring.

It changed form in a rather strange manner. While the other rings appeared to have grown some sort of decoration, or gained an engraving, [url="http://www.georgjensen.com/media/catalog/product/cache/6/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/3/5/3541420_0.png"]James' ring[/url] dulled into a soft, charcoal colour, and thinned. And then, as James started to be slightly disgusted at his own, weak-looking, dull ring, a thin Golden spiral started to loop itself around, almost as if providing a second ring to cover the first, though they were both entwined and the same ring.

He lifted his hand to his face for a moment and studied the ring, before nodding in satisfaction at it. He liked it, the contrast and simplicity worked well for him, and it's subtlety was beautiful in his eyes. A great ring, all taken into account. He smiled, and lowered his hand to his side. He didn't really need to be included in this conversation about school-times or parenting, really. He didn't think he'd be too strapped for time school-wise; his school finished a little earlier than the rest of these here, he presumed, and he rarely got homework, instead doing some external research of various subjects. As for parents, his were not too clingy. They'd allow him to vanish every now and again - they presumed it was expected of people living in 'the Big Apple'.

~~~~~~~~~~

Lexamus sighed as Kreix preceded to show off his powers - which, while impressive, were pretty much useless in a battle scenario. The one thing that caught his attention was not the ramblings of the failure that was Xemnas, nor the man who he had now replaced, the worthless Xigbar. No, it was the even more of a taunt that floated in the sky, the nigh complete Kingdom hearts, a goal all of Nobodykind aspired to reach.

It was a fool's quest, and Lexamus knew it. He took his gaze away from the beautiful eyesore, sighing with relief as Kreix brought them back into the present day. He opened a quick blob of blackness next to him, a seemingly miniature version of a Dark Corridor, and reached in to pull out his own 'Organisation' Cloak, which he rarely wore it seemed.

"Well, we might as well be getting on with finding a Keyblader." He stated, pulling the cloak on and neglecting to pull the hood up, his own hood doing a decent enough job already. He left the front of the cloak unfastened, so that it had the same effect as his jacket, revealing his topless torso. "Or else we'll never complete this mission that we're not going to complete."

[Phantom Roxas]

Months into the future, but not many…


Kreix slaved away at the keyboard. Through his time observing the Organization, he came to learn of a place known as Radiant Garden that Xemnas would often visit. Much like The Castle That Never Was, Kreix stood in a marvelous building established centuries ago, but the years had been far more kind to it. It was remodeled tirelessly so that it would be a more remarkable tourist sight, but Kreix knew better. The computer was used to catalog information from Xemnas' former master and namesake, Ansem the Wise, although the program had gained a sort of intelligence and took more information from across not just space, but time as well. Kreix looked down at his gloveless hands. Portions of his skin had age, and the vision in his left eye would constantly switch between acute and blurry.

He was researching a place known as the Tangled Continuum. It had peaked his interest because it seemed to be the best way to stop his curse. He was fortunate enough to not be sent forward again since he became a Nobody, but now the curse seemed to acting what place in time Kreix was in, but the time he had left. Ever since he gathered his new Organization, he became fearful of his chances of succeeding. He declared Haxz his Number II, since he had seniority among them, while Xelo, Nehryx, and Marcos - Kreix tended to call him Omcraxs regardless - where given the numbers IV, V, and III respectively. Out of fairness, he gave Lexamus the number VII, although in hindsight giving him the number II would have been nice thing to curse Lexamus with.

The computer had a fixed signal on five figures on the Tangled Continuum. According to the data, two of the people were described as being practically identical, while the third seemed to be wielding a weapon that Kreix briefly mistook for a Keyblade. It was a hunch, but Kreix thought it best to pursue them. If the third entity really held a Keyblade, or was at least destined to wield one, then it was better than nothing.
 

***

 
Balthazar Blake stood around in his shop, awaiting his apprentices. Their practicing has gone remarkably well, and they could all use powerful magic. However, Balthazar looked at his Sekaidoscope, and that mysterious world had vanished from his gaze. It was impossible to see it, as if his gaze over that had gotten a blackout. He tried to look over elsewhere, and he could see Heartless attacking other worlds. Balthazar didn't think there was any other choice. Today, he would teach his apprentices of other worlds.

[Mugendramon]

[font=comic sans ms,cursive][color=#000000][i]Omcraxs. I don't quite understand how did the Superior end up calling me that. Perhaps it was Haxz's doing, damn smartass. I... GUESS I should have taken it upon my hands to work with the X gimmick thing myself instead of leaving it up to them to decide for me. Alas, no regretting it now. Oh hey, there's the other end of the corridor.[/i][/color][/font]

The Nobody stepped out into the entrance of the ruined Castle That Never Was. This last mission had been such a hassle for him. He didn't really like using his powers to help the Heartless, and the fact that he avoided to be in their proximity in order to not [i]mindlessly slaughter them[/i] didn't help out in this mission at all. Filling worlds with darkness still felt like a tingle of wrongness, but he had learned to not bother thinking up emotions or morality.

Finding nobody (snrk) in the entrance, he sighed and aimed another corridor for his own quarters. Once out and inside the room, he quickly took of the oh-so-hot cloak that had made his trips to other worlds so goddamn uncomfortable ever since he started wearing it. He then appearified(?) his white sword and carelessly dropped it to the ground. The usual sand pit formed, in the usual place. He dropped his cloak there and removed the handle, reshaping the blade and repairing the floor. Omcraxs laid in his bed with a sigh. [font=comic sans ms,cursive][color=#000000]"Man, that was so tiresome. Spreading Heartless without making direct contact with them really isn't easy. Now, let's put all my focus into not feeling bad for the... millions I just doomed... God damn it."[/color][/font]

Number III got up. He wasn't sure why Kreix had taken such a liking to him. With what questioning him endlessly and being so unsure of himself, it was surprising the Superior had picked him instead of, say; the hot-blooded Xelo to occupy the post. One think he always found funny about this ranking thing was how Lexamus was purposefully set last. Implying he wasn't the second strongest being around. He chuckled to himself as he thought that again.

[Ghoulish]

The bright rays of the sun caused a slight grunt to be exhaled from the mouth of a wounded warrior who lay in midst of a crash-like environment in the centre of an empty valley. The teenager rose an injured arm in front of his half-opened eyes to block the rays that made him squint. Slowly he pushed the top half of his body off the ground to a sit-up position. He brushed his short blonde hair off his face and rubbed his forehead with his right hand, noticing the blood tricking over a few fingers he turned his sight to his surroundings. Surrounding Dawn was the remnants of his former white pod, which to a sudden reminiscing moment allowed him to recollect being sucked into a black-hole while flying in space.

[color=#000080]“Oh man...”[/color] Dawn muttered to himself as he shakingly stood up. To his right he noticed two long blades, one with a white handle and one with a black handle, Dawn walked over and picked up his two blades sheathing them into the slots on his back. A slight glance over to his left, observing the wreckage that was once his ship followed by a long stare up into the bright blue sky caused Dawn to chuckle.

[color=#000080]“Ahhhh...Where the hell am I?”[/color] Dawn questioned to himself. He wore a long black coat that was unzipped at the front revealing his ripped torso and mid section. The coat then met up at his waist, it then seperated again revealing his long black and white leggings and big boots. Dawn’s whole body was covered in dirt patches, cuts and bruises, his whole right sleeve was torn off as well all assumingly from the wreckage.

[color=#000080]“I won’t get any answers if I stay here.” [/color]The confused Dawn stated whilst he shrugged his shoulders and began calling out for any signs of life as he began walking through the valley.

[Love of Ghibli]

How could a butler to the all powerful Kriex not do his missions perfectly. Without batting an eye or shedding a tear he callously sent millions to their dooms in vast worlds all for furthering his master's gain. It was sad when you think about it. He would appear out of the darkness and with one wave of his hand he sent swarms and swarms of heartless after the innocent all for the sake of completing this Kingdom Hearts. One could say that since he was going to eventually return these hearts back to their owners his conscience was clear but that's not the type of person Nerhyx is. He actually didn't care, he has no conscience he cannot fathom caring about these mortals. If this is the will of Kreix then so let it be done.

He returned from his latest mission punctual as ever like you could set your watch to him. Another task accomplished. He began to think about the numbers everyone had been assigned. He was V. And though one could take that many ways both positive and negative he took it as neither. If it was the will of his master then it must be obeyed without question. Nerhyx did take pride however at the fact that in these many months of slaughter he had finally learned and mastered his "element" it was the power of reflection. That made sense the act of things not phasing him seemed real. With a mastery of his element that means he was able to greater service to Kriex. Though it was here that he worried maybe he was becoming to one-noteish and that is why Kriex favored the skeptical one more.

Nerhyx simply wandered the Castle till he found Kriex to see if there would be another mission coming.

[Merci]

"Good afternoon, everyone~!" Viola called out, entering the gameshop...only to see that she was the first one there, again. Looking at the time, it was ten minutes before three o'clock.

Over the past few months, since she still couldn't find the gameshop by herself, she had to continually wait for one of the other apprentices to appear and stalk him to the place, and most of the time that lucky guy had been James. She followed him so much that once a shopkeeper mistook them for a couple - which they weren't. Several times she also ended up following Ryan and Trevor once. Getting increasingly awkward around Shuren with every passing week, she just had to stalk him from afar to their destination. Hopefully, he hadn't noticed.

But after these two months, she had finally managed to remember the path by herself, and was now always the first one there. Of course, coming from a different school than the guys, it ended at 2:30 PM which gave her an advantage.

As for the training itself...unlike the others who had to train to get stronger, she had to keep her power as the Prime Merlinean [i]under[/i] control or else she could end up destroying a lot of things. There is no need to mention that time when she animated all those featherdusters and tried to tidy up Balthazar's game shop, which had ended up as a disaster until he personally fixed it. But as of yet, she still hadn't managed to be able to use magic without her ring yet - it was like trying to cut butter without a knife.

She was satisfied with her current control over magic. It was probably enough...there was a question she had to ask about him, a question about raising the dead. Then Viola noticed that their teacher's look today was different, and she tilted her head. It could wait, for now.

"Is something the matter?" She asked.

[The Warden]

Haxz was chilling in his quarters, furnished decoratively with the Munny he 'won' playing games of chance with stupid people. He had a fair few commodities that Kreix had been disapproving of, but it's Kreix course. Other than that, Haxz had been studying many of the logs left by the prior Organization with intent. He had learned a lot from the mistakes of the previous Org, but gained some handy tricks too.

Luxord, being an Organization member who wielded cards, had been able to imprison other beings in cards practically at will. Naturally, the thought of doing so amused Haxz greatly, so, by following the hints left by Luxord, he learned the card trick and mastered it in secret. Of course, he wasn't very secretive with what he did with the cards, as right now, he was flicking his victims into a hat on the opposite side of the room. They couldn't even scream as they flicked through the air and landed perfectly into the hat. Amongst the victims was a Moogle who had tried to hornswoggle him, but, due to a rather unfortunate incident, the Moogle was rooted and captured.

There were a pair of Brawlers also in the pile. The Deadbeats found them after they were caught snooping a little too far in the Castle, and were summarily captured. Course, Lexamus didn't know that he was missing two Brawlers, but what Lexamus didn't know won't hurt him. He also happened to have a Paladin as well, another little secret kept from Kreix.

Haxz flicked the last card into the hat, and they both vanished into nothingness. They weren't gone per say, just gone from reality, much like how the Org's own weapons are just summoned. Not even moving from his position, he vanished into a Corridor of Darkness...

and reappeared right next to Omcraxs, who was still on his bed. [font=georgia, serif]"Morning sweetie."[/font]

[Mugendramon]

Omcraxs jumped up from his bed scared like never bef- No. Haxz did this every time the other thought he [i]could actually have some peace. [/i] But it still made him jump off of his skin.

[font=comic sans ms,cursive][color=#000000]"What in the name of [i]fu[/i][/color][i]c[/i][color=#000000][i]k[/i] do YOU want here, Haxz. You know I only keep my floor as concrete and not sand so that you won't kill yourself doing this, but I'm getting sick of you not [i]knocking.[/i] What am I going to do, the day you walk in and I'm not exactly presentable? You know... We might be without a heart, but we still have to quench our primal instincts. You know. Just...[/color][/font]

[font=comic sans ms,cursive][color=#000000]Just come out of the corridors [i]outside[/i] of my room instead? Pleeeease?"[/color][/font]

Omcraxs got up hastily, and picked up his katana. He stabbed it through a wall, the one opposite to his bed. The blade connected with the wall, passing inches next to Haxz's face. This too was a usual ritual, performed every morning. A section of the wall turned to sand, and it quickly fell to the floor to expose a modest minibar. He opened it and took a can of beer, then gestured Haxz to pick one.

[font=comic sans ms,cursive][color=#000000]"Not been very busy lately, have you? Kreix has also not shown himself in quite some time, so I'm wondering. Do you reckon he's left for that other world, that's supposed to be from where half of the old Organization came from? You know, where Ansem the Arse kept his logs and all. He might be looking into them or something.[/color][/font]

[font=comic sans ms,cursive][color=#000000]You know, the Heartless Invasions have been increasing in numbers recently;"[/color][/font] he coughed a bit, as to signify something; [font=comic sans ms,cursive][color=#000000]"but there is still no giant moon above this place. That means there's no Keyblades yet. Maybe he's doing just that. Tracing Keyblades.[/color][/font]

[font=comic sans ms,cursive][color=#000000]Think we should check it out? What was it called, that world... Radiant Garden?"[/color][/font]

[Phantom Roxas]

So, Viola was the first to arrive. Fortunately, she was alone. Balthazar was expecting her to show up with either James or Shuren, but hopefully her early attendance meant - aside from actually memorizing how to get to the store. The store itself was still a place Balthazar needed to get used to. The game shop ruse was just a way to bring the teenagers whose attitude Balthazar was still uncertain of, but a while after the returned it to an antique shop appearance, they protested. He only agreed because he thought it would make for a comfortable training environment. Several times people mistook the store for a legitimate game shop, so Balthazar cast a spell on the place so that, aside from his apprentices and himself, the store would appear to onlookers as the least appealing place for them to visit.

In light of Viola's concern, Balthazar turned to his star pupil. "Yes, Viola, there is. It's not something that can wait, but the boys need to get here before I can say what it is. Suffice it to say, it will be the most important part of the training." The girl was always so curious, and so Balthazar decided to see what Viola would like to hear today. "So, what do you want to talk about while we wait for them to get here?"

[The Warden]

Haxz always did find it amusing. He did like tormenting Omcraxs, but, he was the only one he actually seemed to like. Kreix was, well, Kreix, Xelo was a spaz; Nerhyx's lips were stained brown from all his arse kissing and Lexamus was just... wait, wasn't this joke used already? [font=georgia, serif]"Alright, I won't barge in, though, I thought I explained before that the Dusks are [i]always[/i] watching, even when you don't realize. So, I'll suggest again that you sate your primal urges until you're sure you're alone."[/font]

He pushed off the bed, but didn't land on the floor, prefering to stay several feet off it. He crossed his legs as he adressed the next point. [font=georgia, serif]"I've been plenty busy working the greed angle. In my work to restore the Organization's treasury I've already sunk five worlds this month. Sure, I may take some of the munny as a comission fee, and some [i]might[/i] call it embezzling, but those people are gone now, as are their worlds.[/font]

[font=georgia, serif]*Sighs* I have absolutely no doubts that Kreix is in the Radiant Garden. Despite being the II of the bunch he still doesn't tell me that much, and even when he does he makes it as confusing and contrived as possible so I won't get it. Though, if you haven't noticed, Kreix has been desperate to follow in the footsteps of Xemnas, it's clearly showing on him. He's getting obsessive really; I know we're Nobodies, but even for us that's somewhat concerning... [/font]

[font=georgia, serif]We should just let him be, to work his own stuff out while we work and pretend nothing is wrong. Although, he did send me an order via Dusk regarding you."[/font]

[Mugendramon]

Omcraxs saw that Haxz wanted nothing to do with alcohol at this particular time, so he instead pointed a finger at the sand on the ground and flicked it upwards, gesturing towards the wall. The sand followed the finger, closing the minibar and covering it perfectly. The Nobody then stuck the little knife in the sand and dug his blade out. The wall was neat and unscratched now. He returned Haxz's sigh.

[font=comic sans ms,cursive][color=#000000]"I've notice that myself, yes; he's been acting a bit weird, lately. Also don't you worry about Dusks, my Wraiths have seen to it that no Dusk can come within a certain perimeter of my quarters, in any direction. I value my privacy, and Wraiths [i]also[/i] value my privacy."[/color][/font]

The man turned around, his sword undone into black fog. He folded his arms and tapped one of his feet lightly on the ground. [font=comic sans ms,cursive][color=#000000]"An order for me...? Funny, one would think the guy would tell me things himself. Guess you and him always [i]did[/i] have some [i]special thing[/i] going on, hm? With what telling each other petty secrets and crucial mission briefings behind our backs.[/color][/font]

[font=comic sans ms,cursive][color=#000000]Whatever, I digress. What does the Superior want me to do? Surely not make another moat for the Castle. I've told him, [i]MANY[/i] times; IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT."[/color][/font]