SanaChan

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

I realize I kinda just... sped through.... anything that actually made this part difficult for the characters..... so if you want to add anything, manipulate the scenario any- like put them on another plane rather than let them out that's fine. I finished my student teaching up today and managed to get a speeding ticket on my way home *waves a sparkler* Welcome to adulthood right? I was just using this part to show the many faces of Mera XD

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

Mary made a flower appear in her hand, one of the rainbow flowers she had shown them a few times, "These grew here. They looked a little different before this, but they came back after he burned them all," she told them as she watched Mera for a moment.
Mera stood snapping out of her reverie, "We need to keep going," she said before turning and starting towards the woods.
"Wait, how do you know that's the way we need to go?" Eryn raised a brow at her
"I don't. But going back would be useless and there's clearly nothing here. Mary was headed in this direction for a reason I'm sure," Mera said simply
"Um.... I'm fairly certain there's not a whole lot of other options other than forwards," Mary whispered lowly, "I just don't know what's beyond this. Last time I used too much energy this was as far as I got," she murmured, "I couldn't face them on my own," she admitted, sounding rather ashamed of that fact
"Well you shouldn't have to. Now you know all you have to do is think of those who can help you and they can rescue you," Eryn smiled at her and Mary smiled lightly, nodding in agreement.
"Forward," Mera said shortly as she turned and walked forwards
"Ah, yes, I remember how much more social she was now," he said sarcastically making Mary giggle before he started to follow after her, "Maybe if this goes further back you can see when we were actually a happy family," he said to the others, "Can you try and think of that Mary?" he looked at her.
"I don't really remember it," Mary said, "But maybe if you think about it, it can happen," she suggested
"That would be a much calmer walk towards the end. You two wanna test it?" he looked at Kaori and Alari, "I say test it because I have no idea what would happen if we tried to manipulate this landscape to something a lot less terrifying."
"I don't think its so scary anymore," Mary smiled as she rested her chin on Eryn's shoulder, "Now that I know my friends will come to my rescue."
Eryn smiled softly hearing her before looking ahead at Mera, who was waiting for them on the edge of the woods, her face completely blank of emotion, just seeming bored as she waited on them, "At the very least, I would like to see her remember how to truly smile," he murmured and Mary looked at him as he sighed.
"Let's try it. Everyone just hold on," Mary clapped her hands together, so sold on the idea that there was no way to talk her out of it.
However, it wouldn't be until the end was in sight that anything would happen. There was a straight away on the other side of the woods, open fields of dead sunflowers on either side of the road. Slowly as the group walked out in to the straightaway, the flowers started to come to life again, swaying in a breeze as they just seemed to bring a life to the dread of the rest of the landscape. Eryn set Mary down as Mera stepped off the path in to the flowers, going after her, but Mary took hold of Kaori and Alari's hands, "Let's keep walking. They'll come back in a minute," she smiled at them, starting fowards down the path, slowly returning to her actual age as they walked. At the end of the straightaway was a large door in the side of a rock face, "Hopefully we'll just exit the planes rather than end up on another one," she said, looking back at them on that note, "Oh I haven't said it yet, but thank you," she smiled brightly and nodded, "If it weren't for you guys I'd still be stuck here. And I'm very glad to see you're alright, Alari. I wish I could've helped prevent that happening earlier...." her smile faltered just a hair as she said it

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

The creature let out fire as Alari leapt in to the air and Eryn grabbed Kaori's arm, pulling him out of the way with him, not trusting the thing Kaori was holding to efficiently block the pillar of flame moving in their direction, "This is ridiculous!" he balked, looking around at the field, "You really expected Mera to be able to handle all of this on her own?" He looked at Mary.
"Well maybe not the creature, but it was kind of... added on to what I remembered because I remember thinking I would rather face one of those than Father..." Mary whispered. There was a loud crunch and they looked over to see Mera on her hands and knees, gasping for air, the tree behind her split. Her father grabbed her by her ponytail , which she quickly cut off to get away from him, coughing as she held her stomach. She gasped when a spear hit the ground in front of her, and she backed up to have one with a sword behind her. He slashed at her, getting her leg as she got out of the way, and another arrow nailed her not far up her leg from the cut. She cried out, grabbing her leg before leaves came up, forming a hard shell around her as they came at her again.
"Mary, try and think of something that could help us here, something to fight off your nightmares and help Mera and Alari," Eryn told her, afraid of what taking damage as just a piece of consciousness would do to them in the long run. Mary put her hand to her chin, trying to think. Eryn's attention snapped to the field as he heard the men cry out when they were cut down. Landing near Mera's protection was a younger looking Nero and a woman with black hair that had a blue hue to it, "Ferran?" he blinked, "You called on Ferran? I didn't even know she fought.."
Nero shot forwards towards their father, attacking him, using his air to push him faster than his father could move, the two clashing as Ferran shot towards the dragon. Seeing what Alari's goal was she raised her arms up, water bursting forth from the ground, encasing the body of the beast and freezing it solid, leaving just the head exposed to Alari's hit would be dead on and end the beast.
"Ferran wasn't one to willingly fight, but she wasn't one to stand by and do nothing- no one was more skilled with water than she was, one of the reasons Nero liked her," Mary smiled, found of the two that were no longer with them.
Mera came out of the shell, having healed herself a bit before moving quickly to help Nero, pinning down their father, She looked at Nero, who just smirked, giving a short salute before fading as their father did, a hurdle of the past overcome that hadn't reigned true before. She took a deep breath, trying not to cry about it right now, not needing to deal with that at the moment, looking over at Ferran as the creature was dealt with with by Alari.
"You know I always told you couldn't hide from those crazy things called your emotions," Ferran said as she looked at her, "And yet, you silly girl, you still tried," she put her hands on her hips, "There's nothing wrong with caring deeply about someone. It's what's driven you to some of the most important things in your lifetime," she reminded her before she and the beast started to fade as well.
Mera looked down, taking a deep breath,putting her hand to her side from the twinge of pain before she remembered where they were, "My flowers,"She whispered, "I'd forgotten all about him doing this," she mumbled, kneeling in the dirt, running her fingers through the ashes that were the remaining flowers.
"I feel like as ridiculous as that was it was still a little easy," Eryn said hesitantly, looking around the space, "No one else think of things that frightened you or I will personally hurt you and I don't do the whole violence thing," he sniffed

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

The twins started to tell Larel about the key but Hotaru growled at them, causing them to back up a step, "Geez," Hayate sighed
"You're even more of a brute with fangs," Rapide said and Hotaru scowled.
"I am not."
"Maybe brute's a little harsh."
"Just completely incapable of acting feminine."
"Well she is wearing that kimono."
"Yes and she sits cross legged while wearing it."
"That's a good point-" Both of them yelped as she stood up, running and hiding behind the group.
"C'mere you little pests, I'll show you a brute," Hotaru growled, rolling up the sleeves so they would be out of her way, "As far as I'm concerned I haven't been nearly rough enough with you if you think you can insult me to my face so casually," she muttered.
"We surrender!" They held out their staves, a piece of white cloth tied to them as they waved them like a white flag.
"Chickens."

The further in to the cave they got, the warmer it started to get. When they reached the base, Mera shot forwards, her cloak hiding her newest change, but she had run right in to a blazing field of flowers, scooping up a young, barely teenaged Mary.
"Where do you think you're going?" She whirled around and her face paled considerably. Mary's interpretation of that night was severally weighing in on the depiction of their father, who loomed over Mera now.
"Mera!" Eryn called out as the shadow form of the man raised his arm. She snapped out of it, and darted out of the way before his hand hit the ground causing it to rumble. Her hair, which was in a long braid at this time in her past, came falling out of the cloak as she whirled around to keep an eye on him. However, focusing on him, divided her attention from the hissing beast, whose tail came flying out, hitting Mera across the back and knocking her to the ground, though she landed in a way to keep Mary from getting any damage.
Mary seemed to snap out of the hold at that moment when she felt Mera's grasp tighten on her. She looked up as Mera sat back up, "It'll be alright," Mera told her and Mary's eyes snapped all around the room to try and reassess her situation.
Eryn grabbed a rock off the ground nearby and flung it at the shadow of his father which was encroaching on the girls, "Over here, you ugly ass bastard," He snapped, throwing another one. The shadow turned around as Mera shot out of the way with Mary still in her grasp, the tail crashing down where they had been. More shadows appeared, leaping down from the trees and Mera grit her teeth.
"Mary, you could do not to remember this night so well," She muttered before all of the shadows jumped at them, having them surrounded. The ground moved, vaulting Mera and Mary out from the center of them and she landed at the edge of the field closest to the guys turning and flinging her hand back towards them, the bracelet on her wrist glistening as the flames from the field were sent back towards the shadows in waves, catching the trees on fire.
The hissing sound turned in to an angry snarl and a large creature sat up in the trees, looking a little like the dragons from the old lore, but this one had no wings and had markings carved all over it's fur covered body.
"Oh of course it's that."
"Sorry," Mary mumbled, "I told Raina to stop, but then Sola egged her on. I was afraid for years that thing was going to come after me," she said as it moved forward out of the burning trees, the shadows encroaching on them too.
A shadow arrow launched from the edge of the field, nailing Mera in the shoulder. She grit her teeth, backing up and Eryn pulled her over towards them, "I'm guessing our exit... is on the other side of all of them," she said as Eryn took Mary from her, putting Mary on his back. Mera held her shoulder, looking around desperate for a solution, that night flashing back in her memory as well. The shadow of their father lifted his hand again and Mera looked towards him. As she remembered exactly what had happened that night, the shadows took a tangible form and her father had on multiple artifacts, one on his hand that glistened as he slammed his hand against the ground, causing a crack in the ground to head their way. Mera jumped to the side of the crack and Eryn went the other way before she went forwards, using a vine to hold his arm in place. One of the gypsies at his side went at her with a lance, but a thorn the side of a tree shot up going through his head.
"She's trying to wear them down. We need to deal with the beast... Mary, do you remember what the thing's weakness was?" Eryn looked at his sister who put her hand to her head.
"It doesn't have any plating, so any mortal blow would do, but it's fast," She said after a minute as Mera took down another one of the gypsies accompanying her father. She had to dive out of the way as the creature's tail crashed down near where she had been, but it drug its tail across, the other gypsies jumping over it, knocking Mera back in to a tree, as if it was there to make sure the score came out the same way as it did before. Her father, the artifacts on his feet giving a glint, shot across the field as Mera brought her focus back, her head ringing. The creature turned to Alari and the others, taking a deep breath like it was about to unleash something

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

Hotaru sighed a bit as she sat next to Larel, leaning back on her wrists as she stared at the four of them, "That boar is probably pretty thoroughly cooked by now," she told him as Raina walked over, picking one of the pieces up, "Hey, that's not for you," she said
"Everyone else ate all the fish, you can survive if I take one damned piece," Raina spat as she moved to sit on top of the boulder that hid the view back to the village from the night before, watching back that way.
Hotaru rolled her eyes, "Seeing as she's eating it I guess that means it's done," she muttered to Larel before looking over at Jin, "Why are you even hanging around?" she raised a brow at Jin wondering why he was still hanging around since she was assuming he had joined up with Alari sometime in the short duration of their stay in the previous village, "Have you nothing better to do with your time?"
"I'm sure we all have something better we could be doing with our time."
"Mera cheated," Rapide realized and pouted as she saw the cuffs were gone.
"How do you know she cheated?" Hotaru looked back at them
"Because," Hayate pointed to Alari, "He still has the key, meaning she never told him how she feels about him," he said
"Probably because you little shits trying to play cupid are part of the reason we're in this mess."
"Oh," they looked at each other, "We didn't even think about that."

Eryn sighed a bit hearing Alari call her adorable, "If it happens again, that's not the world you'll be using. I think this space is targeting Mera and Mary for whatever reason, so even keeping her right with me might not prevent the change from happening," he looked at them, "Just keep close anyways. We don't know what else it'll do and even I don't know all the different states of mind she went through in the phases she'll most likely hit," he motioned to Mera who put her hand on her hip.
"I am right here," she said in annoyance before starting forwards, pulling him along, "Mary!" she called out, stopping as she heard a crunching sound nearby.
"I told you to stop yelling," Eryn whispered, looking around as a hissing sound followed.
It took a second before it dawned on Mera what it might be, "We need to move, now. If this place is reflecting Mary's fears, that thing might be a monster from one of the books she read when she was little and it will not be fun to deal with in the slightest," she said, grabbing Eryn's shirt and dragging him along.
The path seemed never ending, ever winding, and the crying seemed to get louder and louder the further down the path they went. As they encroached on a cave, Mera stopped looking up at it before a sudden bout of darkness completely blocked out the little light they hand for a brief moment. When the light returned, Eryn swallowed hard at the Mera next to him before looking at the other two.
"I think I know what's going on," he murmured, "Mary, in her mind, has returned to the night that Mera saved her from Father and so the closer we're getting to Mary, the closer to that point in time Mera's getting," he looked over as she looked at him.
Her heart was short, like Raina's was now, and she was a bit smaller in stature. The cloak was gone and she was wearing some sort of travelers garb. Her tattoos weren't on her shoulders and upper arms yet, and the scars that were hidden by the tattoos were visible now and she was wearing her artifact, "We're wasting time," She said shortly before turning and running in to the cave, Eryn having to scramble a bit to keep up since she had a bit more stamina.
"I'm just worried," Eryn looked over his shoulder at the other two, that thing keeping Mary here is the thing that's been haunting us all for years.
"That bastard has her," Mera growled, "I'll kill him."
He went to suggest maybe they slow down before the hissing filled the area behind them, "Well, that really limits our options," he swallowed a bit, trying to grab Mera and make her slow down, "Her powers will be more raw and uncontrolled if she really does reach that point in her mind as well, her rage fresh towards him, but I have no idea how that battle would have actually gone if she had faced him head on," He said to Alari and Kaori, "I doubt this will go down the same way as it did then, but Mary's hoping her sister will save her as she did before, that's why the realm is changing the two of them this way, or that's my guess," he said to them, trying to keep up with Mera

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

The twins grinned, pleased with the results, "Alright, this shall be quite interesting," They laughed to themselves before moving the four in to a group and stood on either side of them. They held up their staves, the ground beneath the group starting to glow.
"Huh," Hotaru put her hands on her hips as she watched them before looking at Larel, "I imagine sitting here for forever and a day is going to still be boring, cause from their level of amusement it's going to be hard," she motioned between the twins.
They were focused on what they were doing and didn't respond to Hotaru's comment. Within a few seconds the light died around the group and the twins gave a thumbs up, "They're in." Their bodies were suspended in the air by some force so that they didn't all collapse when their consciousness left.
"So how will the find the exit?" Hotaru asked
"It's kind obvious."
"We just wanted to make it sound like it wouldn't be."
"You two are obnoxious," She sighed.

Mary looked around as they came out on the other side, gritting her teeth a bit as she realized they were in exactly what the twins had predicted. All around them were dead and decaying trees, their branches like hands waiting to snatch them up. It was cold, the air stale, and the world in a never ending darkness, "Mary!" She called out before Eryn grabbed her arm
"We're not alone in here and you know it," he hissed, "Let's try and not draw the attention of whatever else is here while we're trying to find her," he chided before they both looked up hearing crying echoing in the air.
"Let it come," Mera said firmly, looking at her brother, "If it's coming after us, we can deal with it. Less to haunt Mary," she swatted his arm off before hurrying down the only visible path, looking around for any signs of her sister, the crying continuing to echo.
"Scarlet Amera," Eryn groaned, "That could be a trap, a trick to lure you right in," He said as he hurried after, seeming quite put off by his sister's abrupt attitude, "We've got Alari and Kaori here to help, there's no need to be so stubborn."
"Eryn," Mera looked at him, holding up her hands like she was trying not to strangle him, "Mary has been in this wretched place who knows how long. If this place is capable of figuring out what to use to lure us, it probably is just as capable of using our fears against us, and that means she's been facing her nightmares since last night," She said before motioning down the path, "This is the only real way forward and there's no way she would run out in to those trees-"
"Not if she had a choice, but as you said she could have been facing her nightmares and we both know she'll run like hell in any direction rather than face that," Eryn said shortly, the siblings patience growing short with each other.
"We sure as hell can't split up in this place," Mera said firmly, "If we get lost and none of us find her, then we're all stuck here," She turned and started more firmly down the path, towards the source of the echo,
Eryn threw his hands up, before looking at the other two, "Don't tell me the two of you agree with her? I need someone to talk some sense in to her before she goes charging off in her not so unusual fashion," he pointed after her.
"You're the one needing some sense knocked in to you," Mera called back, further down the path. He turned and hurried after her again when he realized she was getting to a darker area before he skidded to a stop seeing her, "Mera?" he blinked, not sure if he was seeing her right. She turned around, except it wasn't the Mera that had just been there but a younger version of her, one missing a few of the obvious signs of wear, "Okaaay, so there's why we don't want to get separated," he took hold of Mera's arm, "And that explains why that crying is such a familiar pitch," he said, looking around, hoping the other two didn't get too far behind.
"Let go of me," Mera tried to get her arm away from his hand. but he held fast, not wanting to see Mera go too far back in to her past. Her hair at this stage was only half way down her back, which meant the point in time when it had gotten all cut off wasn't too far back and that Mera was much less cordial and much more likely to act rashly.

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

"Well even so, we'll have to wait. But once we get to the village we'll be able to move at normal pace again because we can purchase either a new cloak or I can make a new one so that Hotaru can move during daylight hours," Mera said as she rubbed her forehead, feeling kind of exhausted again. She knew of two particular little cretins that could help with Mary but after they put the cuffs on her, she wasn't particularly sure she wanted to trust them with that. However, she made the mistake of thinking of their names before having come to the final decision on that matter. In their realm, it was the same as calling on them. She opened up her eyes with a sigh as the twins appeared in front of her, their staves jingling due the rings that hung off of them.
"You called?"
"Not necessarily," Mera sighed, "I was deciding on whether or not I wanted to try and put up with you two or not."
"We're the only ones-"
"-You can take you-"
"-to where she is."
She rubbed her forehead again as they chimed in turn to finish the thought, "What do you mean where she is and one of you speak at a time, none of the finishing each other's thoughts mess, I'm really not in the mood for it," she said shortly.
The twins sighed dramatically before Rapide decided to answer, "People like your sister have access to other planes of being," she explained, "There are very few that can traverse as they please, which is not something she has achieved yet. However, because of the load she put on her mind, her consciousness was sent to one of those other planes so that she wouldn't get in the way of her own recovery," she said shaking her head
"That waking earlier was her attempt to return," Hayate said, "The only problem is her attempt failed. Her mind has recovered enough that she can exist in it, but you would have to go retrieve her consciousness so that she can wake."
"And how am I supposed to do that?" Mera raised a brow at them, clearly willing to do whatever that was.
"We would put your consciousness in to the realm in which she is and you would have to find her and bring her to the exit."
"What do you mean find her, though. You're making it sound as if it's a maze of some sort."
"Different planes have different appearances," Rapide said
"Her's could very well be a maze."
"You won't know until you go there what she's experiencing."
"Might be some scary woods," The twins grinned at Larel as they said that.
"Of course, he might be too scared of her to actually go help her even if she was in a field of daisies," Rapide laughed as Hayate made a dramatic hand gesture, putting the back of his hand to his forehead.
"He could always be their watchdog whilst they go in to her head."
"True, if we send him or mean old Taru their extra passengers might show up as well."
"And by the way," they turned to Mera, "You cheated."
"I didn't want to play in the first place. Now what is the exit."
"Gods, if we tell you everything, we might as well do it for you," They sighed in disdain and her eye twitched, like she was restraining herself from murdering them, "So who's all aboard the ship to go sail in to the other realm and save Mary's mind?" they asked, looking around the circle.
Eryn swallowed and stood up, "She would come looking for any of us in a heartbeat, so I will and I know Mera will."
"Are you saying you don't think I will?" Raina growled, having sat up, her face red as she held her nose.
"You prefer your targets be tangible," Mera said simply, "We don't even know what we'll find in there."
"Exactly," the twins grinned, "It's a mystery!"
"I won't ask anyone else to come along," Mera shook her head, "It's my duty to protect my siblings and I've failed thus far-"
"Mera, my dearest sister," Eryn walked over and lightly hit her over the head, causing her to have quite a look of shock on her face, "Please stop with the martyrdom," he sighed, "I already said I'm coming. I didn't exactly aid in protecting dear Mary and so it's time I chipped in on something other than your dreadful fashion sense," She narrowed her eyes a bit, "I'm sure Larel would love to come protect his master, but we've also made it clear Zenmaru might come out... differently in the realm, since it's our consciouses that are going along, not our physical selves," he looked over at Larel, "So how bout you just make sure no one kills us while we're gone, hm?"
"Like anyone would truly waste the strength to come after you," Hotaru muttered as she returned
"Such a brute," Eryn sighed to which the fire responded by increasing in intensity and size, "I don't understand why you get so upset over that, you're the one going around using your strength as your means of getting what you want. And you have zero eloquence when you talk," he said to which the fire started to change colors as it was getting hotter.
"Eryn stop speaking if you're wanting to survive this," Mera sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

Mera nodded when Larel consented that he needed more to eat before looking out towards the woods, concentrating. It felt much better to be able to connect to the earth again and her lift was definitely easier not having to try so hard to do something this simple. She found a catch, looking over at Hotaru and Eryn, "Prepare to preserve some meat, whatever he doesn't end up eating this time," She said with a slight yawn before the ground near the fire opened up, a thick vine pulling out a boar and dropping it.
"Oh that won't take anytime at all," Eryn sighed though Hotaru seemed a bit eager to stab something and started carving it up. Eryn was grateful not to be getting his hands dirty but he was keeping an eye to make sure she stayed calm since that was what Mera had said would probably be the way to keep Sybil away and he really didn't want to deal with Sybil if she was bad enough to get under Hotaru's skin the way she did.
However, all three of their attention went to the conversation when Alari mentioned Larel putting up the painting and Hotaru blinked as Kaori clearly had one of Larel.
"I'll pay you to give it to Hotaru," Raina said and Hotaru turned beat red before growling at Raina.
"Shut up or I'll make you shut up," Mera narrowed her eyes at her sister, "I just said she needed to stay calm and getting her riled up does not help with that."
"Oh shut up. I'm not one of your little worshippers, so you barking orders at me doesn't-" Raina gasped as a vine shot up, grabbing her leg from behind and yanking her leg out, causing her to hit the ground face first.
"Stay," Mera said curtly before looking back over as Eryn started putting pieces of meat on sticks to cook while everyone was working on the fish, "Well, as great as this conversation is, we should devise a plan for when the sun goes down. We can't stay in the woods for long since I'm sure it's making Larel uncomfortable, but we can't go back the way we came. Should we try and find another village?"
"I hate to ask it since I'm sure there's not a... exact answer but where is our end destination?" Eryn asked
"I don't necessarily have one," Mera said honestly and Hotaru looked at the flames, not really sure if she had one either, "I would prefer a place where I can go back to relaxing and minding my own business as I had been before to be honest," she sighed, remembering the lovely years of solitude. She turned her attention to Mary, the vine on her wrist going up a little more as she was trying to get a feel for anything going on with her sister. Everything vital seemed to be working correctly She sighed a bit, putting her hand to her chin as she tried to think of a way to see what was going on in her sisters mind, "Are you lost, little one?" she murmured, lightly touching her sisters hair.
Hotaru sat back a bit as she finished with the boar, "Guess I should go wash my hands," she mumbled, realizing she had the pigs blood all over her, "Be back in a minute," she stood up and started in to the woods towards where she heard the water.
"Any suggestions for directions, lady and gents?" Eryn looked over at the others, smiling lightly as he was trying to change the odd conversation they were having since it just seemed Larel was asking the same question and getting weirder answers every time. It was amusing at first, but he was guessing that eventually he was going to start getting rather annoyed about that fact.

[Mizos]The Tides of The Past[SanaChan][Take Two]

"I swear, with the amount of dramatic actions between you, Larel, and Kaori, you must be related by blood," Mera sniffed a bit, smirking at him as she made one last attempt at wiping off her cheeks, "I'll head back then, but do be careful. We don't know what could be lurking out here," she mumbled before walking forward, going back towards the camp. She ran in to Raina as she stepped out of the woods and the two exchanged a look that wasn't very pleasant, "Trying to spy on things that are none of your concern?"
"Just wondering what was taking so long. I couldn't imagine you had enough emotional capacity to take that long to get your act together," Raina said to which Mera rolled her eyes, "Where's your boyfriend?"
"What exactly is it that I've done that has made spiting me your life's goal?"
"Acting like you're better than me. You didn't deny he was your boyfriend?"
"I am better than you though, so it's not an act. You've never bested me in a fight."
"That's because you've always used that damned magic of yours."
"I treated you as I would any other foe, why should I do anything less?"
"If you didn't use it, I could definitely beat you," Mera's eyes glinted at what she said.
"Some other time I'll let you test that out," She walked around Raina and went over towards Mary, crouching next to her. A small vine wrapped around Mary's wrist as Mera looked at the clear frustrated Hotaru, who hadn't found any of that conversation helpful in the slightest, "What's happened here?" she asked, looking over to Larel.
"I made the mistake of thinking Zenmaru would be helpful," Hotaru growled a bit, "That damned demon's voice hasn't stopped for the past twenty minutes and I'm not in the slightest bit thirsty so that's not the problem. She's much more vocal than last time, much more rooted in my head, and is getting in places I would prefer her not to be," She put her hands to her head, shaking it, "She's been making snide comments this whole conversation, including about Zenmaru having the creativity of a child if the village bit was her idea of amusement," She waved her hand towards Larel's shadow, "She's not sitting here telling me to do anything, but she won't stop talking and it's so damned annoying," She growled again, closing her eyes, wishing she could shut it up.
Mera took a deep breath, "If it's not one thing, it's another," she mumbled before a vine wrapped around Hotaru's arm and pulled her so she was sitting down, "Getting agitated only fuels her more, I'm sure, and probably is allowing her to increase in volume and making her more tangible in your mind," she crossed her arms, "Focus on calming yourself down and stay more.... positive, and maybe she'll be about as annoying as a fly buzzing in your ear," she suggested, "This is merely an idea that seems like a decent one to try since we need to make you a new cloak before we can go traveling in the day time."
Hotaru huffed a bit, yanking her arm away from the vine and crossed her arms as she glared at the ground, sitting cross legged. As stupid as the idea sounded, or as stupid as Sybil said it sounded, she was willing to give it a shot. She took a deep breath, closing her eyes as she just tried to shut her out.
"While that's happening," Mera looked over at Larel, "I see you've gotten a substantial amount of food this morning, if you're still hungry, I'm sure I can help with that to avoid more unnecessary dramatic performances today," she said.
Raina was glaring at her from where she was standing, hating how Mera just seemed to command the space without actually commanding anything. She would have left by now if she wasn't concerned about Mary, but as soon as the runt was awake, she was out of there. And after she kicked Mera's ass. Since the challenge had been made, she couldn't let her just walk away from it. Then something else dawned on her and she decided to point out, "You avoided the question again by instigating me in to that fight, didn't you?" She put her hands on her hips.
"I haven't got the slight clue what you're talking about," Mera said innocently

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Mera was a little bit surprised when he suddenly pulled her close again, blushing this time as well. She had her hands on his chest this time since her hands had been t her face when he pulled her close but she gave a bit of a laugh before wiping at her eyes again, "It might look a little silly, but I suppose I don't have any problem with that," she muttered, "Honestly, though, I feel like such a child being ruled by my emotions this way," she sighed in slight annoyance and slight exhaustion, "I don't think I could be this way all the time. I wouldn't hardly be able to survive the day if I just let my emotions be so.. exposed all the time," she looked at him, "But I suppose it does provide a goal to work towards...." She didn't understand what she was truly feeling at that moment, but it was similar to how she felt before they went walking through the fair. But reality dawned on her as she thought about it. She looked down at his chest since that was what was eye level for her, "I suppose we should head back before Larel comes out here, as you said," she mumbled, "As oddly comfortable in this... position... that I am, I'm afraid if Larel caught us this way with me having just been crying like some infant over a broken toy, he would most certainly decide to misinterpret it because either of us had a chance to explain and I've had enough of fighting for sometime," She sighed heavily at that note. She looked back up at him, "Thank you for this, Alari," she murmured as she tried to dry her cheeks again, knowing even if there was five feet between them when they arrived, Larel might take a swing at Alari if she came back having obviously just been crying. She sniffed a bit, frowning at the fact her nose was running because of her crying, "How annoying..." she mumbled, not stepping back just yet. She wasn't going to tell him just how much she was finding she liked this sort of thing because undoubtedly she'd never hear the end of it. She saw a glimpse of color out of the corner of her eye and she rolled her eyes a bit seeing a rose coming out of the side of the tree, "And I'm going to have to work on not doing that," she sighed, shaking her head.

Hotaru had to admit she didn't totally understand all of what Rin said as she talked about why Larel didn't really understand his own feelings, but she sighed a bit. She was surprised at herself, but she didn't misinterpret the feelings she was having. She wouldn't state them as she realized she was being a child about such frivolous things, and now her mind was all a mess from having bit Eryn. Last thing she needed to do was open her mouth about not really liking that as an answer since for whatever reason at that moment she had been hoping for something a bit different, especially after Larel's initial comments. It had been rather exciting to hear that and then a punch to the gut to realize he had no idea what he had actually said. There was a bit of commentary in her head that had her pressing her fingers to her temples, sighing heavily as she just tried to think of something- anything else.
Eryn sighed a bit realizing the ideal to have there being two romantic couples fighting side by side against the evils of the world were going to go unrealized, "How sad," he murmured before looking towards the woods, hoping things were going alright, but quickly looked back so Larel's attention didn't go that way, not wanting him to go disturb whatever was happening, "Anyways, the fish is ready," He moved them off of the fire, holding one towards Rin since she was sitting closest to him, "Would you like one?" He asked.
Raina got up and went over towards him, snatching one before going back to her spot since she apparently made Larel so uncomfortable, though she was being a bit spiteful about it since he had been kind of rude overall about that point. Hotaru was twiddling her thumbs at that point, literally, before getting up and going over to Mary. She knew she couldn't really do anything in the healing department, but she wanted to see if there were any new signs of life coming around with her. She lifted her lid, but the color of her eyes hadn't changed, her face hadn't so much as twitched, yet she was breathing just fine.
"Careful," Raina warned her
"Why?"
"Mother accidentally pushed herself once while just trying to hone her skills more and, though she wasn't this bad, Nero ended up with a few broken bones when he went to check on her," Hotaru flinched a little at the mention of Nero and looked back to Mary. It was because of Sybil that Nero was gone, a fact Sybil was gloating over in her head. She grit her teeth a bit, standing up and pinching the bridge of her nose.
"She's even more obnoxious than before, how is that even possible?" she sighed aloud. Raina and Eryn both looked confused, having missed the previous chapter of Sybil's trip in Hotaru's head, "Is there any possible way to shut it up?" Hotaru looked at Larel, "Before I stab myself in the temple, preferably."
"Who?" Raina looked at Eryn but he just shrugged and it was obvious Hotaru was just a little two flustered to be bothered with an answer to them at that moment, "Whatever," Raina waved her hand with a sigh, to which Hotaru's eye twitched, "What is taking so long to get Mera back? I mean honestly," She stood up and started that way after the two of them, eating her fish as she walked.