[b][i]Ashton Andrews and Flame Brooks[/i][/b]

Ashton admired Aerith for keeping her composure, but despite his annoyance at Chieko, he had to make peace with both her and the others. Or at least, remind them all that whether they liked this or not, they were all in this together. So he spoke a few last words, "Going to get papers... It's a temporary measure. We can always go to the other places afterward, but for now, we need to be safe for a few seconds more. Like it or not, we need to get settled, we need to build ourselves up to a point where we can stand on our own two feet, and while going for safety won't solve the problem long-term, sometimes, the only thing we can do is buy time."

He looked at Flame, but the other boy was already saying, "Nevertheless, Ashton, I am going with Alistair and perhaps the Japanese Girl to where Doctor Donovan is if Alistair insists on going to the 'Good Doctor'. But again, I have no objections to just going with you once more as long as we do it [i]now[/i]." 

Flame looked at Yuuki, gave him a nod of acknowledgment, "It's true that our present strategies are not working right now. We're all angry and frustrated at each other. But if we all hate each other as a group, we're going to die countless times and then be forced to endure each other in this futile cycle, and no one wants that."

The redhead then stood between Alistair and Chieko, ready to follow their lead to go to Doctor Donovan. As Ashton looked at his boyfriend, then Chieko, then Aerith, and after that Yuuki, all he can do is have faith in... Someone that they would all make the right choice. A glance at Aki, the street urchin from this world who had chosen to hang along with Chieko; he thought of asking her to persuade the Japanese Girl to go along with them, but that would be seen as manipulative and he didn't want that.