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[H3]The Astral Plane -> S.O.U. Headquarters[/h3]

[b]Word Count:[/b] 505
[b]Level 5 Roxas:[/b] 1/50
[b]Exp:[/b] 1
[b]Bonus Exp:[/b] 16 (Hot Pursuit + Startup + Enceladus)
[b]NEW EXP Balance---[/b] 18/50[/center]

As the fight against Enceladus wore on, Roxas couldn't help but start to feel... dragged down in some way. Some invisible weight on his mind or in his heart. Maybe it was just stress and fatigue, but the Keybearer couldn't shake feeling like it had to do with the place they were in. Maybe this was what the redshift felt like? If so, then he couldn't let this be drawn out for much longer. But after having popped a Curaga to get Goldlewis back on his feet, Roxas was effectively on fumes until his MP finished recharging.

As such, he took a slightly more cautious approach. Rather than charge in, he elected to stay with Goldlewis. Both to give himself a safe moment to recharge, but also to help guard the unarmed Goldlewis from being targeted by attacks. With Flowmotion he was almost always quick enough on the draw to swoop in and guard or parry an attack that would have hit more vulnerable Goldlewis. But after a few moments he saw a chance go in for a finisher alongside his allies and took it without a second thought.

It was tough, but the Seekers eventually managed to beat the thing down. Or at least it looked that way, but apparently not. The chimera was back up and seemingly ready for another round. But that was when the officers of Neuron showed up. They could summon powerful looking armored beings to help them fight, which only bolstered their numbers. Roxas was getting exhausted by this point, but his MP did finish recharging. So rather than directly join in for the attack he cast another Curaga so that the other Seekers could get back some strength before joining in on the final assault.

Roxas felt like he was going to conk out at any moment. And the next several minutes were honestly a blur. They were brought out the Astral Plan and back into the city, and Roxas was pretty sure they were being flown at one point. Honestly he was too busy fighting his drowsiness to really register it any of it. That and he was beginning to think of something else.

Throughout the trip back and right up to the point when Roxas finally fell asleep, an idea had begun forming in the Keybearer's mind. Whether this was a good idea or not, he wasn't sure. But at least now he was finally starting to grasp how things worked around here, and maybe this plan of his was the way he could actually help them gain some kind of foothold in this Ever Crisis problem? He'd have to bring it up with the others, but right now he was too tired - and most likely so was everyone else. His idea could wait until morning.