[i]Now what?[/i]

Honestly, Emiri was glad to be safe--for the moment, anyway. Still, the situation had left them at a stalemate of sorts. The enemy was active now more then ever, but the party had come to a halt. Her previous optimism seemed to have gone down the drain. They may have escaped, but Jaakuna wasn't any better, nor were they any closer to getting him to wake up. She felt tired of all of this: why couldn't anything just go right? Then again, if things had stayed on their course, they would still have been in Grant's grasp. Savayna's presence wasn't making things any easier in all honesty--Nadeline was just as hostile to her and Emiri pondered what her motives were, and whether they could trust her. Not that there was any choice, really, but still.

"[b]We need to discuss our options now.[/b]" Nadeline stated once Jaakuna was under Iris' monitoring, crossing her arms. "[b]And what we plan to do next. We've gone from the frying pan to the freezer--we may be safe for now, but who says Archadia and Rozarria won't come after us again? Then there's still the matter of the Espers, as well as that Artificial Intelligence Wesley and Jaakuna uncovered in the Ark. The Midlight Shard is also still out there...somewhere, and we cannot risk destroying it or the Dusk Shard, lest we....[/b]" She avoided the obvious elephant in the room--Jaakuna--as it was obvious he was another problem piled on.

Emiri let out a sigh. She didn't want to admit it, but Nadeline was right. She racked her head for any ideas. "[b]Maybe...the Dusk Shard can fix him?[/b]" She asked, a somewhat hopeful tone in her voice. "[b]Doesn't nethicite absorb Mist?[/b]"