Altered Tundra

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

As she told them about running into Lola and Michel, Emiri would ask if she fought them or if they’re strong. Savayna wished she said she fought them, but she didn’t. They ran tail before she could even get a chance to. Well, at least to see how strong Lola was. Savayna knew how strong Michel was and he definitely was around the levels of Savayna in terms of power, but his real strength came in surprise and evasion. Savayna would quit thinking about that for the time being, she would sigh as she spoke.

“Sadly, we didn’t. They left before we got the chance, but it would seem that Lola is not the boss. Some other person was. That much I heard before they left us with thirty-six ninja.” Savayna said as she sighed. As she said that, Jaakuna just wondered who this person could be. Though, was it really a person that they needed to worry about? Jaakuna didn’t know, but he didn’t speak. He just wondered about more things than just that Lola person.

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As Grant motioned Wesley to follow him, he did and the two slick men were on their way to the throne room. As they did that, Grant would go on to say his sister is up to something. Wesley could definitely agree on that. He didn’t know Reia personally, but he only knew of her from what Nadeline and Grant had told him. Wesley would also silently agree with Grant at the fact that Reia wasn’t present in Stigma meant that she was up to something. Whichever the case, Grant and Wesley had arrived at the throne room within minutes and they came to sight of Nadeline on her knees and her mother comforting her. Wesley instantly rushed to her side. “What happened? Are you hurt?” He said also on his knees to make sure she was alright.

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As Jaakuna suggested that they go around the castle, for some reason Savayna was overtaken with a thought of telling them what else happened back in Giruvegan. Yes, for some reason, Savayna felt she had to tell them. “Before we do that, there’s something you two need to know.” Savayna said. Jaakuna looked at Savayna with a curious look. “And what’s that?” He asked her.

“Yesterday at Giruvegan, we ran into that Lola chick.” Savayna admitted.

A look of shock came over Jaakuna. “And that just slipped your mind until now!?” JAakuna asked clearly displeased.

Savayna sighed. “Oh give me a break, a lot happened this morning. I just never got around to it. But that’s not all.” She said.

Jaakuna tilted his head slightly. “Oh?”

“She was also partnering up with Michel.” She said.

Jaakuna was truly confused. He really didn’t understand why Michel was aligning himself with Lola. He remembers Michel, the kid was a good one. Michel was always respectful to Jaakuna and his family, so this truly troubled him. “I don’t really understand.” He said, “I thought he was faithful to Archadia?” JAakuna asked in confusion.

“I only know of what I found out last night. He really didn’t say why, but I can betcha nothing good is going to come out of it.” She said.

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As Grant no doubt was struggling with what he just heard, Wesley was also struggling with it. He didn’t like it, but Wesley didn’t want to completely abbandon Nadeline either. Just as Wesley was in his thought train, Grant would ask why exactly Nadeline would do this. Wesley would sigh and he spoke. “I believe it had to do with what Jaakuna said about what his father was just a few moves away doing and bringing a truce between Archadia, Rozarria, and Dalmasca. She did say that while she doesn’t agree with Jaakuna’s plan, she did say that he was right and she also said that there would be no peace if your sister is still in a position of power.” Wesley said. He really didn’t know what else to say at this point.

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When Grant and Wesley departed form the Royal Office, they started to walk down the hallway to which they arrived to the garden or whatever was at the end of the walk. Grant would actually make it a little easier for Wesley as he would pretty much deduce what Wesley actually wanted to talk to him about. Though, obviously he didn’t know about the specifics, which Wesley would take it upon himself to tell Grant about. Though, he did feel some anxiety of telling him, only because of what Nadeline would think. However, Wesley knew this was the right thing to do. He knew that what Nadeline was trying to do was going to put her in danger and he swore to protect her from any danger, no matter what it meant.

Wesley would breathe in and he spoke. “Okay, before I tell you, just know this is what I think is best for her protection.” Wesley stated as he and Grant came to a stop at a bench. “Nadeline intends to dethrone Reia and convince the council to let her succeed you.” Wesley admitted, “I’m only telling you this because I truly believe that you have a right to know, and I don’t want to see Nadeline in any danger.” Wesley said, “And just know, Grant, I plan on staying here regardless of what happens. I will not leave her side.” He said, assuring Grant that he will stay in Stigma with Nadeline in any way that she would need him for.

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When Vlyn had departed, the rest of the group just stayed in the office. Jaakuna really wasn’t sure where they would go. It wasn’t like that they could just go wondering around the castle without an escort of some sort. Jaakuna really didn’t know what to do, so he just sat down, but not before seeing Emiri smile to him. He smiled back. As he sat down, he stretched, letting out a sound of release as the cracking bones meant just that. “So, what to do now? Not like we can just go around roaming the castle as we see fit…or can we?” Jaakuna suddenly had a mischievous smile upon his face as he would look to Emiri.

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Even though what Vlyn said answered his questions, Jaakuna still didn’t feel that much better. It didn’t help the difficulty he was faced with. Still, at the very least, Jaakuna now knew what it took to return a soul back to its body. Though, the entire thing spoke dangerous. As Vlyn had said, taking the soul back to the body definitely was a dangerous task all on its own. Hell, just going to Archadia again was something that Jaakuna dreaded. The last time he was there, he almost died and that was the help from his grandfather. Now, he wasn’t sure if Hamut would help him, not that Jaakuna would want it.

“Yes, that at least helps my understanding of it; though I guess I expected it to be something different.” Jaakuna admitted. “Oh well, I thank you for the help, Vlyn.” Jaakuna said thanking Vlyn for his help.

When Vlyn had finished, Wesley was going through some inner-turmoil just as Jaakuna was. Wesley had to decide that if he wanted to tell Grant or not. He was leaning to telling him, but was that really the best thing for him to do. Even as the time went on, Wesley kept on debating within himself on what he wanted to do. He had this feeling that Nadeline wouldn’t be all too happy with him, but at the moment, Wesley knew she was going to be in grave danger if she went through it. So, with that, Wesley decided and he would slightly tug on Grant’s arm. “We need to talk. “ WEsley lowly said. “But not here. Let’s go for a walk.” Wesley said as he would motion Grant to follow him, which alarmed the rest of the group.

“Where are you two going?” Savayna asked.

“Oh don’t mind us, just getting some fresh air. Be back in a Dalamascan minute~” Wesley cheerfully said.

Savayna raised an eyebrow, but just shrugged.

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When Vlyn started to work his viera, spiritual mojo, everyone watched in nervous anticipation. He would take his fingers, glowing green, and he traced along Jaakuna’s arm. There was an initial jolt of pain through Jaakuna’s arm, but he pressed through it. He did squint and let out a low groan of pain. As Vlyn would do that, Jaakuna would continuously switch his gaze from the symbol on his arm, which for a second Jaakuna saw it glowing darkly, but it was probably from the green from Vlyn’s fingers and he would always look at Vlyn. At the point that he looked at Vlyn, who was silent and he would only speak minimally.

Vlyn had asked who’s soul it was supposed to be and Nadeline would inform him that it was supposed to be Simon Darcone. He would state that he was troubled that they were saying it was indeed Simon, but Vlyn would then say that the soul does not lie. That’s when he released Jaakuna’s arm and the sighs of relief overtook the room as they all did it in unison. Though, Nadeline didn’t join them. Actually, she just got up and left, no doubt to attend to her parents who said they needed to talk to her.

Leaving just the five of them and Vlyn, Grant would look to Wesley. The Dalmascan prince didn’t have a good feeling about any of this and there was that matter of Nadeline wanting to dethrone Reia. He wanted to tell, but was it right of him to do so? He loved Nadeline with all of his heart and soul and he would do anything to protect her. He didn’t know if her trying to take the throne was dangerous for her or not. Perhaps him protecting her was going to present itself in the form of telling Grant. At the very least, Wesley believed that her uncle deserved to know. Though, before he would tell Grant, the matters about Simon’s soul needed to be further addressed.

Jaakuna knew he was right. It was his father. Even so, Jaakuna still had this very weird feeling that something was there that wasn’t being said. Like, now Jaakuna was thinking if there was anything more to it. While Jaakuna was in his deep thought, Savayna would speak. “So, there we have it! Jaakuna’s dear ole dad is inside him. Now, we can leave.” Savayna said clearly tired of Stigma.

Jaakuna waved his hand. “Not yet. I still have more questions.” Jaakuna might as well as ask. “Vlyn, I know you said you’re not as intuned to the spiritual shit, but maybe you can answer me a question.” He said, “My father’s soul was trapped in Giruvegan by…well by someone I know that doesn’t have much ties to spiritual shit. I just want to know how could a soul be extracted from its body and trapped somewhere else.” Jaakuna asked, but he would follow it with another question, “And is there a way to return a soul back to its body? If so, how can it be done?” Boy, Jaakuna was just chalk-full of questions today.

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As they proceeded to the palace and through the halls, Nadeline went on just to state that the water that flowed through the pillars was magical in some aspects. She would explain how Magicite can sometimes be seen through the pillars and that even the water reacts to mist. That’s when Nadeline would look to Jaakuna and say that since the Dawn Shard’s mist flows through him, the water reacts to him as well as Emiri given her powers. Jaakuna seemed interested in this, but none of them had the time to wait around and admire the pillars or anything of the sort. They had more pressing matters to attend to.

When they arrived in the Throne Room, they came to view of Lorenzo, Karolina, and Vlyn. After her parents would welcome them back to Stigma, Nadeline would cut to the chase that they needed Vlyn. They agreed and Lorenzo said they can do their business with Vlyn over in Reia’s office. Though, that wasn’t before that Karolina would tell her daughter that dark times are upon Rozarria and that both her and Lorenzo must speak with Nadeline when it’s all said and done. Wesley seemed bothered by that. He definitely didn’t like the tone in the air when his future mother-in-law spoke. Even Lorenzo seemed to be less-energetic. Truly, Wesley was extremely bothered by all of this.

When they would come to the office, they all entered and Vlyn would take a seat on the front of the desk Nadeline would explain the situation to him and he would just go on to express his slight fear of what they wanted him to do. He said that he wasn’t as skilled with the spiritual stuff that Aloa was. He would say would go on to state that his time away from The Wood didn’t help much and reveal a big secret about Aloa and her being a former tribe leader. This definitely stunned everyone. Or at least, to those who cared. Still, Nadeline would tell him that they needed an identity confirmed. He would then ask who the lucky person was.

Jaakuna stepped forward, half-smiling, he spoke. ‘That would be me.” Jaakuna said as he laughed nervously. He held out his left arm, and just placing it in front of Vlyn. “I don’t know how you would do this, but whatever it is, that sort of yin-yang tattoo is where you should focus on.” Jaakuna said not really looking forward to any of this, but he knew he had to find out and everyone else wanted to find out as well.

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Oh how the minutes went on rather fast. The entire group had gotten to Stigma in a matter of minutes after they all went into their respective duos. Nadeline and Wesley had their bags packed. Jaakuna no doubt knew that the two of them would be staying in Stigma. Nadeline had announced it and Wesley would stay just cause the two of them are now engaged, and plus the other reason was obviously to just make sure nothing happened to Nadeline. Wesley had pretty much volunteered to do it. Savayna tried not to say anything. It wasn’t like she could say anything to change the outcome of things. She didn’t know about grant, though.

When they touched ground, the group walked along the streets until a group of giggling girls stopped them. Nadeline would converse with their leader, Mikaela. When Nadeline had asked where Aloa was, Mikaela would inform her that Aloa was not in Stigma. Nadeline would then ask about Vlyn and say that he was overseeing the palace and that Lorenzo was placed in charge of things while Aloa was gone with Reia. When that was done, Nadeline, as Wesley saw, was in a deep thought about this all. As the group of little girls would depart, the group would head on their way to the palace.

When they arrived in front of the palace, a guard stopped them and asking who they were. Nadeline would state her name and in that same instant, the guard let them through. As they all would walk through the front parts of the palace, they walked across a lake. To Savayna, Jaakuna, and Wesley’s surprise, pillars rose from beneath the water, and created a path for them to walk on. The Rozarrians no doubt were used to this, but the other three were definitely not used to this at all. The three of them carefully walked as they wished not to fall in the water.

As they continued to walk across the lake, Nadeline would explain a little about the history of Rozarria and state that her ancestors were frequent targets of enemy nations. She would then further state that they asked the gods for a place to be safe. So, the gods told them to go to a place in the desert and place a single seed in the middle of it. As Nadeline continued, she said that this place was surrounded by millions of blooming flowers, but they all melted and thus how Rozarria got its name. The other three found that extremely fascinating. Wesley actually found it quite beautiful and very fitting.

Eventually, they came to get off the walkway and found themselves in some garden or something like that. They would just let Nadeline lead without saying much. Though, Wesley would speak. “Truly Stigma’s palace puts the Royal Palace of Rabanastre to shame.” He said as he was in complete awe, though he shouldn’t be.

Jaakuna looked to Wesley chuckling. “And Archades doesn’t really have anything like this. Damn Imperials being too militant.” He said in a huff. Savayna laughed as Jaakuna said that. “I’m right there with ya, Jaakie!” She said and Jaakuna glared at her, but responded not.

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Grant went on to say that the Viera are a very spiritual race and Savayna had to nod at that fact. They had to be for Aloa to at least know how to bring someone out of a mist-induced coma. Then, Grant would comment on Savayna's compliment to him and saying that if he wasn't sexy, then it would be some type of problem for Savayna. She tried to hide her slight laugh. "Oh don't be silly, you're always sexy." She said blushing, and then she lightly socked him in the arm.

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When Emiri began to speak about how bright Aloa was, Jaakuna didn't doubt it for one second. She was the entire reason he's standing here. She was the one that brought him out of his coma. So, she would definitely, in some aspects, be able to shed some light on this. Though, Jaakuna couldn't really relax all that much at the current moment. Just the 'what ifs' are taking over his mind and he can't find a zen place. Still, the comfort of Emiri being there with him no matter what made him just forget freaking out for the moment. "Thank you, Emiri. You have no idea how much that means to me." He said smiling at her, and then a kiss from his lips to hers was given, but it was one of those semi-long ones. It would only last for about ten seconds.

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If Wesley was to say that he wasn't surprised by what Nadeline had just told him, then he would be a deceitful man. She laid out a bombshell on him, and yet he doesn't feel angry in the slightest bit. Yes, truly Wesley did not show not one bit of angry, or displeasure to what she had just told him. "I guess you're going to need your husband-to-be more than ever then." He said, probably shocking her. He took her hands. "Nadeline, we are engaged now. If you plan on to take the throne, then I will be right there with you." Wesley said looking deep into her eyes, "So, shall we go pack, my love?" He said smiling.

Digimon: The Rise of the Forsaken RP!

*sigh* I really don't know how to say this cause I feel like a big dickwad for saying it, but I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up with the pace you guys are going at. So, having said that, I say this with a heavy heart, I must drop out. I deeply apologize for any inconveniences this may or may not create. I do wish you all luck in the rp and hope it thrives. Again, I apologize for the inconveniences that I might or might not cause.

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When Nadeline had pretty much answered his question in full force, he looked at her. When she said that Wesley would have to be the voice of reason when she’s gone, he stopped her right there. He took her hands, looking into her eyes so that she would have no choice but to look into his eyes as he would speak.

“You honestly think I’m going to leave you in Stigma alone? I’m coming with you. “ He exclaimed. No, it was more like he told her. The vindication in his voice was absolute. “How else am I to protect you from your crazy aunt?” He said smiling at her. “Now, I guess we both need to pack.” He mused aloud.

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Grant truly didn’t understand how the female brain worked. Savayna saw that instantly, but she wouldn’t tease him about it. This was a troubling situation for anyone involved. She would side with Jaakuna of course cause she wants to see what this whole thing would lead to. Was Nadeline right about it being too risky and too fishy? Or was Jaakuna right? She didn’t know for sure, but Savayna would see it out. Savayna sat next to Grant and spoke

“Yeah, I will too. I don’t know how the bunny bitch does it, but she seems to know a lot about the magickal stuff. I mean, she was able to bring Jaakuna out of a coma.” Savayna said and then she realized that Grant probably didn’t know about that. “Oh that’s right, you weren’t with us when that happened.” She said with a slight smile. “Granted, it was when you were still a major d-bag. I mean, you still kind of are, but a very sexy douche-bag.” She said winking at him.

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If it wasn’t for Emiri, Jaakuna really could have gone crazy. Maybe he is. Jaakuna has always felt like he was one step away from going to Crazytown. Hearing Emiri trying to reassure him about this all made him at least stop pacing around, but the next thing she said puzzled him.

“What do you mean? I never said those words…or did I?” He asked her and himself quite confused and puzzled about all of it. Jaakuna wasn’t at all sure that he said those words. He does remember saying something, but it definitely wasn’t those words. What happened then? Jaakuna just didn’t understand. “You’re right though. Once Aloa confirms it, maybe they’ll come around, but what if the soul inside me isn’t my father? And that I have someone who could possibly kill me in my own body.” Jaakuna wasn’t getting any calmer.