[Robert]

After catching my breath, I hear Miles get yet another probably good idea... this time, about us all using the plate together. "Huh... you know what? With what this thing's capable of, that just might work," I say to Miles as I hold out the plate, waiting for him and Elena to grab it with me. During the time that it took for everyone to do that, Chance decided to barge in... well, okay, the door was open so, it's not like he had to do much barging. He was still in that ridiculous armor, but he was holding a completely different, fancier-looking sword. It almost looked as though he bought that thing from a store, which made me question the blade's strength, as it seems as though more thought was put into the golden lion's head that decorated the hilt than the actual blade, itself. That being said, he looked at me, and my confused facial expression, and said "What? You didn't really think I'd just stay home and do nothing while you get to run off to who-knows-where doing who-knows-what, did you?" Honestly, I kinda did, given that his supposedly only weapon was already stolen from him by Miles, and he was trying to make a new one, or something... I expected him to stay away for at least a week working on his new sword... of course, that point is moot, given that he apparently had more than one of them. "So... what's this thing, and what are we doing?" Chance asks after a bit of waiting. I then answer with "It's a piece of some sort of omni-important plate thing... er... the same one that saved us from the meteor," I then continue with "As to what we're doing, we're trying to use this thing to teleport to somewhere a little closer to the next plate piece... um... just grab onto the plate piece, then, if you're going to join us," Chance does as instructed after nodding to confirm that he understood what I just said... a full party of four, I guess... but, are we really going to save the world with so few teammates?
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[Tony]

The trio talked among each other for a while, and eventually came to a conclusion, with Mark, or whoever the gryphon was, saying "Well, since you're fighting for the exact same cause as we are... I guess it would be kinda stupid of us to not join you. We're in," That seemed a little too easy, but, I guess it's as they've said, we're fighting for the same thing, so, we might as well get along. The three then ask "So, what are we going to do first?" I think about it for a moment, and ask "Hey... are any of you strong against water?" The dragon and the golem turn to look towards Mark, and he steps forwards, asking "I am, why?" I then explain "We have someone from an enemy group locked up, but, well, she MIGHT possibly break free if nobody's looking after her... would you mind maybe making sure she stays in her cell?" I then whisper to him and the other two where our base is, and Mike... who just reminded me of his name while I did so, then flew off, leaving the other two, and us. "Uh... the rest of you... maybe you could help us recruit other new teammates," the golem shrugged, and the dragon nodded, and they both started following the group as we continued walking through the city, trying to get more to join our cause... sure, we had just convinced three new people to join, but, we might need yet more if we were going to pull off our goals, or, you know, try to attack that 'Humanity's Hope' group. The general reaction was still 'no', but, I still had some hope that we'd be able to somehow scrounge together enough people to help us take down that group... I had to at least hope so, right?