[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/5r7OTIh.png[/img] [b][color=Aquamarine]wordcount:[/color][/b] 1,434 (+3) [b][color=Aquamarine]Midna: level 9[/color][/b] EXP: [color=Aquamarine]////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color] (106/100) [b][color=Aquamarine]Location:[/color][/b] The City of Glass [color=Aquamarine]Warp Charges:[/color] 1 [hider=warp locations] Virgin Victory teleport room Top of the Split mountain Outside the Convent of Our Lady of the Charred Visage Tostarena Town S.O.U. Building Seiran Clinic Underground Roadway (Seiran Rebel Base Outskirts) Below City of glass entrance (plate maintenance tunnel) Vandelay Campus (Alleyway) [/hider] [/center] Midna exited the arena riding someone’s shadow, mind abuzz with all the information they had just gleaned, and whether they could trust, well, any of it. As a result, she hardly noticed how the city of glass had changed in the dark, which was unfortunate, as she would have appreciated the soft pink, almost sunset like, glow the bay was reflecting onto the area around it had she seen it. Rather than take in the scenery, what she wanted was to both rest, and talk things over, but there was still a bit of work for her to do before she could do either. Whisking people back to home base was fairly taxing as a result of the day’s exertions, and the way her thoughts were running in circles inside her stressed skull. She was still in control, and there were no close calls, but it was extra taxing. Then she had to go back, and pick up Giovanna and what was apparently a new member she’d found somewhere. [color=Aquamarine]”Alright? Are you adopting stray dogs out of alleyways now? What was he doing, tailing us?”[/color] she asked when informed of the news, and when the latter turned out to be true she was too tired to be surprised or concerned that someone could do that [color=Aquamarine]”Huh. Alright. Another sneak for the team it is then. Could come in handy”[/color] [color=Aquamarine]”Welcome out of the light. We’re completely outnumbered, working with barely any information, and fighting a false god”[/color] she told him as welcome [color=Aquamarine]”So, you know, typical hero stuff from what I’ve heard”[/color] [color=Aquamarine]”Now stick close, I’d rather not lose you in the twilight realm and have you turn into an actual dog”[/color] she beckoned them close and then away they went, wheezing across the city in only a few heartbeats. [color=Aquamarine]”This here is our current little base away from our main base. Make yourself at home”[/color] she announced as they arrived, before doing the same herself. The fact that Goldlewis was giving a recounting of events she had been present for gave her the time to do so, the princess storing her armor, giving herself a quick wash, and then getting some water and granola bar into her body. She would have loved cooked food, but, well, she had no real idea how to use the modern kitchen appliances. So snacks it was. Maybe she could convince someone to make something nice for them in the morning. Once everyone was up to date on what had gone on after the show, and she was not dying of thirst and hunger, she joined in the conversation on what to do with all this information [color=Aquamarine]”Only way to find it is to capture something infected and try it, I suppose”[/color] Midna replied to the two robots discussion about how they needed to “reset” Poppie in-order to get her back, and how a friend heart might do it [color=Aquamarine]”But before we do that, we’ll need to work out how the city’s forces resist it in the first place, so that you are both safe from the virus. Or just keep you well away from it”[/color] She made a mental note to not use her cyber-bear when the machines were around after giving that advice. [color=Aquamarine]”As for Peach, well, we need to work out where the resistance are keeping her, get into the Supernatural Life Research Facility to work out how they make the stuff that gets her her mind back, and after that well, if we can get 10 of the same kind of spirit she can turn into something that isn’t an Other at least”[/color] Which might well result in them having two impish princesses, which meant that she was speaking from experience when she said [color=Aquamarine]”It’s not easy, but you get used to not being you anymore after a while”[/color] There was hope then, though she could already think of all the ways it could be dashed. Resetting could not work, the cure Peach needed could be far too hard to use full time, or deeply unethical in its own way. [color=Aquamarine]”Lastly, if that Bede kid is anywhere, he’ll be at that pokemon capture site that they use to produce more psychics”[/color] she added a yet another place for them to break into, on top of the end goal of the area’s boss. Speaking of it, the princess had a theory or two about what it was doing down there [color=Aquamarine]”Maybe the guardian was something made by, or someone working for, Shinra before the merger? Then Galeem promoted it to the position due to being strong, and coming with a whole lot of inbuilt defenses”[/color] [color=Aquamarine]”Which is going to be a problem, because while Shinra might be awful if we do a lot of damage while breaking in it’ll hurt the city by reducing the forces they have to use against the crises, and make it much harder to work in the city as well”[/color] she worried. Not that they weren't exactly working outside the law a lot already, but becoming public enemy number one would make that oh so much harder. [color=Aquamarine]”Same issue for this Konoe person. If they have most of the regime’s forces under their thumb, then, well, dealing with him is also going to get messy”[/color] she added, regarding Zenkichi’s in-depth knowledge of the man who had been put on the path of becoming the, well, secret third candidate for president in a way. [color=Aquamarine]”So as much as I hate to say it, as much as he is probably also bad news, we might need Armstrong. He’s the only one who can fill the power vacuum that we’ll end up causing when we go against shinra”[/color] Midna suggested, not at all fond of the idea but as far as she saw it [color=Aquamarine]”What other options are there? Even if we can get them on side, the PSYC-OFF rebels have just been broken, Konoe has his fingers in Neuron, we have no contact or clues about any of the other rebel groups, if they’d even work out as replacement powers”[/color] The idea that they might be able to fix a man with such twisted aims as Konoe never even crossed her mind. The same kind of thinking guided her thoughts on Roxas’ question on why the Consuls would serve Galeem in the first place [color=Aquamarine]”Given that Galeem already destroyed those worlds, sucking up to the new god to get some power here sounds like something worms would be willing to do for a lick of power in this one”[/color] She had to disagree with the boy’s assessment of Darkness as well [color=Aquamarine]”You can control dark powers, if you know what you're doing. I’ve got proof right here after all”[/color] she tapped the ¼ of the used shadow she had set down on a table while they were talking [color=Aquamarine]”and generations of wisdom in my head about it too. There were disasters and horror at the start, my ancestors were not nice people and they didn’t care who got hurt in their pursuit of power, but my people are past that now. Power is power, what matters is how you get it, and how you use it, not if it is light or dark”[/color] She was apparently finding herself arguing a lot with Roxas, which did not feel good, but she then also found herself disagreeing about Organization XIII as well, at least in part. [color=Aquamarine]”If Galeem’s pawns are trying to stop us, the path the Organisation is helping us on must be a right one. Plus, given they probably didn’t know about us till we’d already done a lot of damage, it is probably best not to let them in on the existence of the Organisation either”[/color] she retorted, before trying to smooth things out a bit at the last moment by suggesting that [color=Aquamarine]”Plus, it would be far easier to ask one of them, next time one shows up, anyway. We could have Raz read their thoughts or something like that even, no trust in their words needed”[/color] While she and the keyblade wielder had their disagreements, she was in full agreement with Geralt’s assessment that they should leave it for the morning once things started winding down [color=Aquamarine]”Given that everything's going to go wrong tomorrow apparently, that’s probably for the best. The enemy can’t ruin our plans if we don’t have any after all”[/color] Once everyone had had their say, Midna found herself a spot for some well deserved and very needed rest. Unfortunately for her, her dreams would not be allowing the night to be anything close to restful.