[center][color=fff79a][b][u][h1]Hoshi[/h1][/u][/b][/color][/center]

[indent][color=fff79a]"Oh? Me?"[/color] Hoshi's face filled with a shade of red when offered help by one of the knights. She shook her head gently and laughed off the awkwardness. She massaged her leg, hoping to work out the cramping. [color=fff79a]"No. I should be fine. My brother would never let me live it down if he found out I had to be carried from a fight."[/color] She gave Levi a light tap with her elbow. The dissonance between her rejection of help and the reality of Levi already supporting her wasn’t lost on her, but was ignored just the same. [color=fff79a]"Not to mention this guy,"[/color] she added, looking up at him with a weak but cheeky smile. [color=fff79a]"You and Kitsu would have a good laugh over that.”[/color] Feeling some comfort come back to her leg, she stood properly, and allowed her Keyblade to return to wherever it went when it wasn’t in her hand. With Levi taking the first steps behind Zac, she made to follow him… 

[color=fff79a]“HLGH!”[/color]

Something large, forceful, and feathery blindsided her and caught her in a tight headlock. [color=fff79a][i]Launchpad…[/i][/color] Hoshi’s arms cycled through floundering waves and futilely pushing against the duck’s uncommonly muscular wingarms. They flew out to her sides, and her feet left the ground when Launchpad rushed over to another of their new allies (another duck) and placed him in a similar vicegrip. [color=fff79a][sub]“Launchpad… please… Hoshi can’t breathe…”[/sub][/color] She tried to gasp out, but couldn’t quite get the words out for lack of air. Fortunately for her, Donald, presumably more accustomed to Launchpad’s grip strength, managed to voice his dissent loudly enough for both of them, and Hoshi felt the air return to her lungs as suddenly as it had been taken. 

She stretched and cracked her neck, which had gone sore from Launchpad’s “hug.” She quickly caught Donald’s eye well enough to get the message, and returned a knowing nod, and shivering slightly before turning to fall in with the rest of the party. When she caught up, she set pace with Levi. [color=fff79a]“Once we’re back at the hotel,”[/color] she spoke quietly from the corner of her lips, [color=fff79a]“I… I need to talk about something.”[/color][/indent]