Altered Tundra

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

When they all left the labs and walked down the streets, they were given mixed looks. Some were cheers for the clearing of Jaakuna and Savayna’s crimes, some were just dirty looks that three Rozarrians, a Dalmascan, and two Archadians were all walking together — well two of them were being helped — but still, it was odd for some citizens. Jaakuna was being helped by Wesley, who seemed to not mind it one bit. For the most part, the trip back to the Aerodome was a quiet one, well that’s until they got to the dome itself.

When they got to it, Grant stopped. He would say that because of the way that him, Nadeline, and Wesley came to Archades, something called The Thorn would have to be returned or Lorenzo would be mad at him. That’s when Grant handed off Emiri to Nadeline, who seemed to be surprised at how much she weighed despite Grant making it look like she was light as a feather. Jaakuna would never openly admit it, but Emiri was indeed surprisingly heavy for her small frame.

When Nadeline took Emiri, Grant would then just depart alone, but Savayna wouldn’t have that. “Where are you going?” Jaakuna asked.

“Where do you think dummy? I’m booking a ride with Grant.” Savayna hissed back.

Jaakuna tilted his head a bit. He didn’t realize they were that close already. He would just shrug.

Meanwhile, Savayna had caught up with Grant. “Hope you don’t mind I’m coming with.” She said as she happily went with Grant and even hooked her hand with his and the rest of the group saw as she did. Eyes were widened and glances were each exchanged.

While that was happening, the rest of the group would then head off to the Ifrit. Thankfully for them, IRIS had been keeping tabs of all the communications on Archades and when she heard that Jaakuna and his friends were cleared, she booked herself into the Aerodome’s docking bay. Within three or four minutes, everyone was in the medic bay and Jaakuna and Emiri were laying down in the two beds resting up. By this point, however, the Ifrit had already set a course to Stigma. An hour would be the estimated time of arrival.

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And there it was, but it was shorter than Jaakuna would have thought it would be. He thought she would had prepared a speech on just how wrong he was, how foolish it was of him to come to Archades, but nope. All she had were a few words on the matter and then she would just drop it like a hot potato. She would then say that there were more pressing matters and that the problems in the countries would have to be left to their leaders. Jaakuna raised an eyebrow at that, but he wouldn’t respond to it.

As Isaiah would help Jaakuna to go over to Vincent and his father, he would look to them both. “Father, I..I have to go.” He said almost regrettably.

Simon closed his eyes and smiled. “Jackson — or is it Jaakuna now? — you are a man now, you have your own life, and you even have yourself a fine woman. I am so proud of you.” He said as a tear dropped from his right eye. [b]“So go, do what you must. I will be here waiting.” Simon said giving Jaakuna a reassuring smile.

Vincent would look to Jaakuna. “Don’t worry, I will be here with father. “ Vincent said.

Jaakuna was stunned, but happy. “Thank you father and brother, I won’t let you down.” Jaakuna said as he would then speak again. “But, when Vincent isn’t here, who will guard you?” JAakuna asked.

Isaiah would speak. “I will. I owe it to you.” Isaiah would then set Jaakuna on the chair and turn to Wesley. “When this is all said and done, I will happily go with you and face any punishment that you or your sister will deem worthy of my crimes against your family.” He said.

Wesley should be happy. If this were a few days ago, he would be jumping in joy, but now? He’s half-happy, half-confused. He wanted to accept Isaiah’s future surrender, but how come he couldn’t? Wesley would just put on a false smile. “And as a Prince of Dalmasca, I accept your future surrender, Judge Isaiah Darcone.” He said acknowledging it, but he didn’t like the feeling in the pit of his stomach.

When that was all settled, Wesley would help Jaakuna up and when someone got Emiri, they would be off. To the Aerodome where most likely they’ll find the Ifrit.

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Truly, everyone was surpirsed to find out about Roman taking over as Emperor and Grant would even ask Vincent if he was alright with that. Vincent would sigh loudly and stretch as he stood up. “Of course I’m not, but it’s out of my hands. Hamut — I mean grandfather — is holding all the cards, and you all can’t say that I didn’t do some terrible things to you, especially to you Jackson. Oh the gods, I almost killed you.” Vincent looked down, ashamed of himself.

Jaakuna would stand up with the aid of Isaiah. “It’s in the past. Besides, you weren’t yourself.” Jaakuna said brushing off any pass transgressions. “Plus, we have father back and that’s really why you went all crazy in the first place, right?” Jaakuna said. Vincent smiled and just nodded.

Wesley would think about what their next course of action should be. If what Vincent and Jaakuna said was true, then Roman will be under Hamut’s watchful eye. Wesley didn’t know the man personally, but of what he found out, it would be safe to assume that should he know about Simon’s revival, he would move heaven and Ivalice to get to him. Wesley would then consider the Viera and what that Meli chick said and everything that happened there.

As Wesley was thinking about that, Jaakuna would turn to Nadeline, as he would have Isaiah help him to her. He looked at her and spoke. “Okay, let me have it. I know you want to.” Jaakuna said ready to take any sort of ‘I was right and you were wrong’ speech from Nadeline. Hell, he was half-expecting to hear it from just about all three of them(Nadeline, Grant, and Wesley).

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When Emiri stepped forward to Simon and Jaakuna scooted the chair back, he would only watch as Emiri would place her hands upon Simon and he would begin to notice these little changes in his complexion. Very soon his health came back. It took a few minutes and everybody watched as she would work her magic. Jaakuna certainly was amazed and Vincent couldn’t believe his eyes. This was the first time he was seeing her powers at work and boy was he glued to the sight.

During the three minutes, Savayna and Grant were on the floor, as it was Savayna’s fault this time and not Grant’s. He would tell her that he was surprised that when she used the pocket watch that he told her to use if she was ever in trouble, he didn’t expect to see the king of espers. She laughed a bit at that, but then she would press herself off of Grant’s body and stand up as Grant would most likely do the same thing.

As the three minutes were up, the group all watched as Simon’s face was at a point where it wasn’t ill-looking. Jaakuna nor Vincent couldn’t believe it. Not only was their father back, but he was back with them. As Simon would open his eyes, Jaakuna just took his eyes off of him for a moment and saw that Emiri was unconscious. He would get up to see if she was okay and he still felt the weakness from Zodiark. He fell to his knees. Isaiah would help Jaakuna up.

“Cousin, you’re still too weak to move on your own.” Isaiah said worried for his cousin.

“Emiri..what happened to Emiri?” He asked.

“Jaakuna, worry not.” Wesley said, “she just exhausted herself. Rest will undo it, so just concentrate on your father.”

Jaakuna listened to Wesley and he would turn back to his father, whose eyes were fixated on both of his sons, he sat up just a bit, aand he would speak. “Vincent…Jackson..what’s going on?” Simon asked them clearly confused.

“Father, what’s the last thing you remember?” Vincent asked.

Simon thought about it. “I remember asking you two boys to come into my office and then…” Simon was gripping his head. “I..don’t recall anything thereafter.” He said.

As Vincent thought about what he said, Jaakuna looked at his father. He didn’t even know what to say, where to begin. He was just so happy to see his father again. “Father, I..” Jaakuna began to speak.

Simon turned to Jaakuna. “Jackson, my son, what troubles you?” He asked him genuinely worried.

Jaakuna didn’t say nothing, he just hugged his father. Tears were flying from his eyes and Jaakuan cried. He didn’t want to say anything, he just cried. Simon patted his son, and then took his head to where he could look at him. “Jackson, it’s okay. I’m here my son.” He said just hugging his son.

After a minute or two of Jaakuna letting it all out, he broke free of the hug and wiped away his tears. “Father..you’ve been out for three years.” JAakuna would say.

Simon’s eyes were widened. “What do you mean?” He asked.

“Jackson is right, father. What you last remembered was three years ago. You’ve been here in the Draklor Labs ever since. ”Vincent said.

Simon was in a state of shock. Not only could he believe it, he just didn’t understand. “How did I get here and how did I end up in a coma?”He asked.

Vincent didn’t know how to answer that because he actually didn’t know, but Jaakuna did. “Grandfather did this to you. He stuck your soul into Giruvegan and then Zodiark, the Keeper of Precepts, latched onto it. I brought him here not knowing who he was — he claimed to be you — and it was only thanks to..well my wonderful girlfriend, Emiri.” He said pointing over to Emiri, who was still unconscious in Nadeline’s arms. “She was able to restore you to the very moment you last remember.” Jaakuna told Simon.

Vincent couldn’t believe it and even more so, Simon couldn’t believe it. Both of them were in a state of shock, but Simon would pat Jaakuna on the back as Jaak looked down. “Do not feel sad, Jackson. I am back now and that’s all that I need to know. How you got me back matters not. I have my two sons--” He was interrupted.

“Don’t you mean three?”
“Ah, yes of course I do. Roman is here, is he?”

Vincent and Jaakuna nodded.

“I would much like to see him.” Simon said.

Vincent looked down. “He’s meeting with Grandfather.”
“What for?”
“To take my place as emperor.”

Surprised by this news, everyone would most likely let out a gasp of surprise.

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With Zodiark gone, everyone just stood around wondering what they could do. Grant made a loud curse and Nadeline caught him on it, but then she would go on to say that they were to regroup and talk a lot of things out. Jaakuna, Savayna, and Wesley heard her. They all nodded to themselves as they said nothing. They all agreed that there was much to talk about. However, Nadeline would turn her attention to Isaiah and Vincent, and stated that it was four-against-two and that should a fight break out, they would be at a disadvantage.

When Nadeline said that, Isaiah would put his hands up as it telling her that he wouldn’t fight. Vincent stood up and scratched his head. “Cool your jets, sugar tits.” Vincent said, “I have no plan on fighting any of you.” Vincent said, definitely shocking the rest of them, most notably Jaakuna.

“Are you saying you’ve turned a new leaf, Vincent?”[/b] Jaakuna asked him holding onto Emiri for support.

Vincent laughed slightly and looked to Jaakuna. “I wouldn’t say that, but things have took a turn for the worst and I don’ think any of us can afford to be enemies. That also means that, as one of my final acts as Emperor of Archadia, I hereby drop all charges on you all. I will personally make sure that every citizen knows of the grave mistake and that none of you are barred from coming to Archadia as you see fit. “He said turning his gaze to Isaiah. “As Judge Isaiah Darcone as my sole witness, this will become known.”

Isaiah went on one knee and crossed his right arm over his chest. “I, Forth Judge of the Archadian Imperial Court, Isaiah Darcone, hereby take notice of my Emperor’s will and clear Emiri Iniko, Princess Nadeline Lenore Roselia, Prince Grant Marshall Roselia, Prince Wesley Alexander Dalamasca, Former Archadian General Savayna Glacie, and Prince Jackson Tunick Darcone, all charges from the state and declare thee free in the eyes of the Empire.” He announced.

Jaakuna couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Vincent actually cleared them all of their charges. Jaakuna was going to respond to that, but something caught his eye. Actually, it was someone — his father — laying in the bed. He had Emiri help him over to his father, and while he sat down on a chair that was on one side, Vincent circled around and sat on the chair on the other side of the bed.
“Is that..”
Yeah, it’s him.”
“Is he still..”
“Barely. “
“What do you mean?”
“His injuries are so far gone that any help I would have brought in did no good.”

Jaakuna couldn’t believe it and now he understood why Vincent kidnapped Emiri.

“Is that why you kidnapped Emiri? To heal father?”
“You caught me.” He said laughing a bit.

Jaakuna turned his gaze to Emiri. He didn’t know if she would do it, but he had to ask. “Do you think..I mean, is it possible that you can fix him, Emiri?” Jaakuna asked. He probably was asking too much.

As Jaakuna was asking Emiri that, over with Wesley and the others, Savayna walked over to Grant and nearly tackled him as she hugged him. Actually she did tackle him. They were both on the ground and Savayna just held onto him, repeating his name in such happiness and relief. “You really did come.” She said closing her eyes.

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Hearing what Zodiark said, Savayna and Isaiah could only watch in horror, in fear, and in dread. They didn’t know if they should run and try to get away or fight Zodiark. It seemed like there was nothing that they could do but just watch and pray for mercy. All the while, coughing noises came, and after ten minutes or so, Jaakuna was coming to. He coughed up blood and of all people, Vincent went over to Jaakuna.

“Is he alright?” Vincent asked, though he got the death glare from almost everyone.

While Vincent was trying to get news about his brother, Jaakuna would open his eyes and see Emiri. He would then see Vincent and nostrils flared. Though, Vincent would back up and as Jaakuna would look around, he saw everyone and then he saw Zodiark. He would struggle to get up, but with the help of Emiri, he did and he would glare at Zodiark with a ‘I’ll kill you’ look. Zodiark laughed as if amused.

“Jaakuna, glad to see you’re up. I didn’t expect you to up and on your feet so soon.” Zodiark even seemed surprised. “Not like it matters, soon every single one of you will die, it’s only a matter of when, not if.” Zodiark smirked and laughed.

“You never answered my question.” Wesley said, stepping forward. “What do you plan on doing?” He asked.

Zodiark looked to Wesley. “Wesley of Dalmasca, you are brave and noble, for that I will answer your question.” He said. “My plan is but a simple one. “ He said as the tendrils of darkness waved around on his back. “I will bring darkness to this world and from that darkness will birth a new world, without prejudice or discrimination. My new world will have only one ruler, only one Emperor — me, the Keeper of Precepts, me Zodiark, your new god.” He said outstretching his arms, tendrils surrounding him. Like the smoke that he took the form of when he departed Jaakuna, so was he from their sight, but his laugh was still heard and words as well. “Enjoy your freedom, Humes, for come three days from now, I will realize my plan.” He said as the sound of his voice was soon gone and thus the evil laugh was gone too.

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As the trio made their way through the labs, they found themselves halfway through it and to a room where they saw a big blast shell with a big hole running through the chest area. Wesley was more curious than concerned about this thing. Of course, somewhere inside Wesley felt very uneasy about it. He just wondered what could have done such a thing. He felt sorry for the man that used to be this thing. He would say a silent prayer.

After finishing the prayer, Wesley was alarmed by the slight burst of magick coming from Grant’s left hand; though not as much as Nadeline. When she would ask what that was, he would respond by saying the others were in trouble. Wesley didn’t know how he knew, but right now was not the time to doubt his words. Somehow he knew that Grant was right. They continued up the floors and as they got higher, they would see bodies laid out. Some of these bodies had traces of lightning magick, some had ice magick, some had arrows, and then some seemed to have a black essence. Wesley didn’t know what was going on, but as they would reach the final elevator, perhaps they would get the answers that they need.

Along the elevator ride up, everyone felt a little dizzy no doubt. Wesley sure felt it and as Nadeline would look at him, he saw the look in her eyes. It was a look of uneasiness. Whatever was on the final floor was definitely not good. And then they came to it. The elevator doors opened and what they saw..well Wesley didn’t know how to explain it. First, they saw Emiri clutching a seemingly-unconscious Jaakuna. Then, they saw Vincent standing beside a bed that had the former Emperor Simon in it. Then as Wesley looked to the left, he saw Savayna and The Forth Judge Magister, Isaiah. Wesley wanted to control his anger at the man for now. Wesley would look to what everyone else was looking at it and if he hadn’t seen it with his own two eyes, he wouldn’t believe it.

“What the hell is that thing?” Wesley asked.

Hearing Wesley and Nadeline, Savayna turned around and saw Grant. “You made it.” She said smiling softly to him. She would go and hug him, but right now wasn’t the time for that. “To answer your question, that…thing is what came out of Jaakuna.” Savayna said, informing them what she knew. “Nadeline, you were right. Coming here was a mistake, but right now is not the time for that.” Savayna admitted.

While everyone was talking about the black armor thing, it would laugh so manically. It turned and faced them and then looked to Jaakuna. “I must thank dear Jaakuna. Without his weakness for his dear ole dad, I would have never gotten out of that prison in Giruvegan.” He said laughing still. “It was so easy too. All I had to do was put on the voice and soul essence of the fallen Emperor, Simon Darcone.” The Black Armor said.

Looking at him, Savayna, Isaiah, and Wesley were all angry, but they were just as equally as terrified of the thing. Wesley would speak, however. “So, who exactly are you? And what do you want?”

The thing looked at Wesley, and he could have sworn he saw a smile. “You Humes have called me many things. Some called me The Forbidden One, some have worshipped me and called me God. Though, to my creators, I am simply known as Zodiark, King of Precepts.” He said, shocking everyone.

Wesley couldn’t believe it, Savayna couldn’t believe it, Isaiah couldn’t believe it, and hell even Vincent was in shock. “Zodiark? No, you’re lying. That one was sealed away from the gods. Zodiark is an esper.” Wesley said trying to gather himself.

Zodiark laughed. “Yes, I am indeed an esper, and contrary to what’s in your tome, lady,” he said looking to Nadeline, “I was not buried deep within the Henne Mines. I was sealed away from my creators in Giruvegan.” He continued, “they feared my power and thus they locked me away with the queen herself. However, I must thank that foolish hume, Hamut Darcone. He sealed his own son’s soul in Giruvegan and I latched onto that soul and slowly ate away of it and thus how I was able to work my way into dear ol’ Jaakuna’s body.” He said, “the rest, as they say, is history.” He said as he kept on laughing.

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As Roman spoke, he smiled. “No, he does not know any of this, that I am most sure of.” Hamut said, “I can assure you that the judges I chose to help me with dethroning Vincent are 100% committed to the cause.” Hamut said absolutely sure that Vincent did not know of anything that was going down. He did wonder why Roman would bring up such a thing, though.

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Heading up more floors, they would be met with resistance now. The soldiers, however, never saw them coming. Whether it was Dark Jaakuna’s black tendrils, Isaiah’s Lightning, Savayna’s Ice, or Emiri’s arrows, they would all be put to death before anything could be done about alerting anyone who was on the very top floor. It wouldn’t be long before that they were at the final elevator that would bring them to the top floor. At this point, Dark Jaakuna’s mist was so visible that it practically melted the ground he stood on.

When they would get into the elevator, the stench of a sticky, black mist would takeover all three of them and Savayna and Isaiah were actually feeling queasy. The way the mist would penetrate their noses and their eyes, both Savayna and Isaiah could barely stand it. They both would look at each other knowing full well that when they finally reached the top floor, all hell would break loose.

It was only a minute later that the elevator would move upwards and as it opened, there they saw it. The room was there, a silver-haired, light mocha-skinned, man attached to a respirator. Upon further inspection, they saw his son, Vincent, looking at them and smiling.

“Glad you could join us. Please come, I won’t hurt you yet.” Vincent said smiling as he motioned them to follow.

As they would walk in, Dark Jaakuna didn’t even look at Vincent. He looked at Simon. He licked his lips and on a quiet tone, laughed. It was the closer that he would get to the body that Dark Jaakuna’s licking became more frequent and that his laughing became louder and louder. It got to the point where Savayna and Isaiah heard it and they began to get worried. Vincent also took notice to it. He raised an eyebrow.

“Jackson..” Vincent said.

While Vincent stared at Jaakuna, Savayna got a really bad feeling. Such a bad feeling that she took out the Pocketwatch that Grant gave her. She looked at it, and saw the dark glow and she opened it. “Please get here in time.” She whispered to herself gripping the white watch close against her chest, near her heart.

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It was only a few minutes that it took the trio to get to the Draklor Laboratories. Getting in only took the simple matter of putting the guards to sleep from Nadeline’s Sleepga and making them invisible from Grant’s Vanishaga. When they entered the Labs, they knew they had to speed up. Stopping for loot or anything of the sort was not going to be an option. They all knew that getting to the top floor was top priority, just would they get there in time before anything would happen to them was what Wesley’s main concern was.

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Looking at what Dark Jaakuna was doing, Savayna felt…well she felt scared. Yes, she actually felt scared. Isaiah was freaked out and Vincent actually felt uneasy about his brother. He still raised an eyebrow at his brother. All the while, Dark Jaakuna was at the bedside of Simon. Looking down at the man, smiling, licking his lips, and laughing. Just as Dark Jaakuna was going to place his hand on Simon’s chest, most likely going to transfer the soul into his body, he stopped. It wasn’t of his own accord. Dark Jaakuna was being stopped by the real Jaakuna. The real one was gripping his left arm as if resisting the control that The Darkness had over him. They both went back and forth for almost five minutes. In that time that they did, Savayna and Isaiah looked on almost in disbelief.

Then they heard his voice.

“Ego tollam vos! Ego tollam vos! Ego tollam vos damnare, et spuria(I expel you! I expel you! I expel you damn bastard)”

In those words that the Real Jaakuna spoke, he froze for a minute. There was no movement, no sound — nothing. It was as if he was comatose standing up. No one didn’t know what to do. They didn’t know if going near him was going cause something bad or what, but they wouldn’t have to, cause in the minute that followed, a large quantity of black smoke-like Mist came from Jaakuna’s body, specifically out from his mouth and the smoke was materializing on the far side of the room. Soon, it would take a form. Once it did, the laughing came from whatever it was and Jaakuna collapsed on the ground.

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Savayna still didn’t trust whatever was in Jaakuna. Or whatever was happening to him. She just had a bad feeling overall. She was definitely thinking about doing whatever would be necessary. Even as Emiri would tell her to leave Jaakuna to her, she still had doubts that not even she would be able to get through to him. That’s why when Emiri would walk slightly closer to Jaakuna, Savayna would lean closer to Isaiah. “Listen, if she isn’t able to get him out of…whatever this is, you and I will have to do what needs to be done.” She said quietly, but clearly to Isaiah. He looked to her and without saying but a single word, he nodded. He was feeling the same exact way as well.

Jaakuna or whatever has control of him would sometimes lose complete control, like right now. When Emiri spoke, the real Jaakuna heard and not whatever killed Robur back then. He heard her words and he spoke. “I don’t know, it’s a possibility.” Jaakuna said actually sounding like himself. He didn’t know what was happening to him and he wasn’t sure if he had much memory of it. From what he can gather, sometimes he gains control of himself and sometimes he blacks out. Yes, that’s exactly what it was. He blacks out and doesn’t remember much, just a thick blackness around his body. “I don’t know what’s happening to me. I mean, sometimes I go in and out.” He said as he kept walking. “I don’t know what’s going to happen when we get to my father, but..” And with that, The Darkness within Jaakuna took over, as seen by a quick flash of black.

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When they touched base at the Aerodome, Wesley caught Grant’s glare as if he was wanting to hit him or something. Thankfully, they were able to get out before that could happen. As they would go through the Aerodome, Grant bought them some hats. It was a good idea for them to wear these hats as to not get noticed so easily cause they are wanted by the Empire. Wesley would tuck his hair as much as he could into the hat and then the three of them were off.

As they went into the city, Grant would ask Wesley where he thought they might be. Wesley thought about this. It was tough to guess, but he does know that the Draklor Laboratories are where a lot of research and other risqué business goes down. “The Draklor Labs.” He said, “yes, I’m positive that’s where they are. It’s the only place I can think of where they would go.” Wesley said hoping he was right.

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When Roman had arrived, he bowed his head and Hamut would motion him to sit. As he did, Hamut smiled. “Roman, finally we can do what must be done. Let us begin, shall we?” He said as he laid out the plan of going to Vincent himself and presenting facts about what he has done wrong as Emperor, his misfortunes that had happened since he took over and just everything that was known to the judges and the senate. “And that’s how we’re going to do it. By presenting these facts and from the aid of the Senate, Vincent will be dethroned tonight and you will be dubbed the new Emperor by tomorrow’s dawn.”

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As they continued further up the floors of the Draklor Labs, the group would find themselves just fourteen floors away from the very last one, which was where Jaakuna’s fathers body was being held at. It wasn’t until the fifty-third floor that they reached a point where Jaakuna’s mist was so visible that the mist was beginning to warp the air around him. Tendrils of darkness began to show every other few minutes. It seemed that the closer they got to the top floor, the more the darkness was visible.

As they continued even more, Jaakuna stopped, which caused the group to stop as well. Jaakuna was acting weirder than before. He turned to the group and Savayna and Isaiah would grip their weapons,, but as they saw Jaakuna’s eyes, one was pure black and the other his usual emerald green. Looking at him, Jaakuna body began twitching, his head shaking radically. His voice going into high pitches here and there. At points, his regular was breaking through.

“Emiri….Help….me…” Jaakuna’s regular voice was coming through, but after that it was gone. “Sorry about that, I guess something was wrong. Fixed now~” He said, and even though it sounded like his real voice, Jaakuna was definitely not there, at least on the surface.

Savayna looked to Emiri. “There still might be a chance. He’s in there somewhere.” She said.

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They were getting closer and closer to Archades and the suggestion came of going to the Tchita Uplands came up from Nadeline and while Grant considered it, he denied. It would take too much time to get to Archades, and the ship itself was flagged under the ID of Strahl. Wesley smiled. “My, my, Lorenzo sure does like taking old names, doesn’t he?” Wesley couldn’t help but smirk at the fact that this ship was named after a relic of a ship.

As they came into view of the Aerodome, Wesley knew that they had to hurry. Whatever was to happen, he knew haste was going to be their best friend.

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On the 80th floor of the Draklor Labs, there was a room, with computer monitors, and just what one would expect. However, there was also a bed that contained a body of a silver-haired man with light mocha skin. Wires were attached to his body, and there was another monitor that kept track of his heart beat. It was faint, but it was till there. Ivy tubes were attached to his body giving it nourishment. Vincent sat at a chair looking at his father. “Very soon father. Soon you will be revived and you will come back to mother and I.” He said as he would look to his father and get up. Little did he know, his father’s eyes were open as Vincent turned away. They would close again, but the fact remained that Simon’s eyes opened just briefly.

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Sitting in his office, a knock came to his door. Hamut would speak. “Come in.”

As he looked up, he saw his assistant. “Sir, Roman is here. Shall I bring him in?” She said.

“Yes, please do.” He said.

As his assistant left, she would go down the hall. [/b]“He will see you now.”[/b] She said to Roman.