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Post by Saix on Dec 10, 2008 22:05:59 GMT -5
Looking to Zexion, Saix took the time delay to cover the location again; his tone lowered but discernable behind his mask as close as he was. " Once we arrive at the Postern, the path becomes clear. The Committee has erected a bridge that reaches across the gap to the entrance they've drilled into the main lab. It isn't possible to create a portal within the lab itself from of world, as mentioned in the report; the section housing the computer is the exception. "
Saix's eyes stayed mainly unfocused straight ahead; he was still looking for motion as best he could from their mostly covered position. For a moment, higher up and further away, he thought he had seen small bits of moving light; his eyes shifting towards town and up high. Nothing at first, and he shifted more towards the entrance facing town to look out before it started to fall: the soft bright raining of twinkling lights down from the new night sky that gave the town it's name. He held his hand out into it briefly; though his eyes were still trained in the general direction he had thought he had seen the start of it, a slight doubt. " Hm. " Regardless, he couldn't make any differences out if there were any, amongst the sparkling light showers as they fell, looking back to Marluxia briefly. This wasn't something he had considered until now, so he had to ask: " I hope this won't interfere with the flower? "
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Post by Saix on Dec 10, 2008 22:07:03 GMT -5
[Marluxia]
Other than causing a mild distraction to the pink-haired assassin? Sapphire blues looked to the falling glitter and tilted his head. "Depends.. what is it?" He looked back to the flower while waiting for an answer, only two more minutes or so, and the flower, so far, seemed unaffected.
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Post by Saix on Dec 10, 2008 22:07:52 GMT -5
[Zexion]
"Is this what you had spoke about earlier, Saix?" Zexion lofted a brow, glancing up at the stars. They were beautiful yes but... They had a mission, and it was job before play time no matter how interesting the falling stars were. "How long do they last? We don't have time to sight see."
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Post by Saix on Dec 10, 2008 22:17:54 GMT -5
" Yes... " Saix still sounded distracted as he answered Zexion's question.. mostly searching his mind. Was there anything else that could have created that glow?? He shook it off, and shook his head with it, finally answering Marluxia next. " No one has ever explained the phenomenon to me. I just know it's pretty, warm and usually harmless to people. Xaldin used to study the storms before the incident that divided the first six of us apparently. " A deep breath as he made for the other end of the small enclave, and he had set whatever he had seen aside, for now. " There's no telling how long they last though. The storms vary. "
Time was up, their five minutes had passed: and Saix offered his hands to the one with the shortest legs to help him down from the short drop towards the Postern. " Come, lets try and get this over with. I have an odd feeling all of a sudden. "
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Post by Marluxia on Dec 10, 2008 22:49:12 GMT -5
The Assassin signaled the flowers to close and they did, easily. Standing, he looked to the falling sparkles with a frown. "If it's nothing more than glitter and shine, then our path is safe. But... If it is this world's way of cleansing and ridding itself of diseases and foreign anomalies... Then we may have a few rough patches," He responded thoughtfully before double checking his items on hand and moving toward the other two, ready for Saix to lead the way.
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Post by Townie on Dec 10, 2008 22:51:54 GMT -5
Saix hadn't been wrong about seeing a bit of swirling light up in teh sky before the storm. In fact, if he tried he might recall they were three distinctly different colors. Whipping over the rooftops, three fairies had started speeding their way overhead through the falling light --the perfect camouflage for three little flying lights as well mind you-- looking for anyone who might have been awake from over head.
Or, at the least; not quite asleep yet.
" Helllu!! " Rikku called out over the rooftops after they had spotted Leon slumped against the wall of Merlin's place. Someone had to be awake right? Radiant Garden was a big place. And it was under renovation too!
" Maybe we'll get lucky and someone will have been operating or working on the cranes when the others started to drop. " Paine half grunted in her near monotone way as they continued to buzz along at a safe height.
" I hope so! This is kind of scary.. " Yuna's tone was near depressed, spotting one of the triplet ducks flopped over the counter of their shop and sighing. " Maybe we should double back... "
" Maybe we should just sit back and see if it passes. "
" Paine! Leon won't pay us if he finds out we just stayed up in the air and didn't look around! "
Paine sighed. " .....you have a point. All right.. "
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Post by yuffie on Dec 10, 2008 23:51:09 GMT -5
Yuffie was, to say in the least, worried. Everything had gone impossibly silent, like a blanket had been thrown over the area to stifle the tiniest noise. On top of that, she had come back from scouting for more shiny things around town to find everyone imaginable had deigned to attempt to set the world's largest synchronized powernap.
A sigh fell from her lips as she poked an unidentified snoozing lump with her boot.
"Well, this is awfully depressing..."
She grumbled, bouncing on the balls of her feet impatiently at each step.
"You'd think the dorks would have the manners to ask the Great Ninja Yuffsters to help, but noooooooooooo."
"Helllu!!"
Yuffie's posture went rigid, followed by a dramatic increase in the frequency of her bouncing. Someone was awake?! So she wasn't the only one still not catching z's. Neato.
Sliding the Conformer onto her back, the ninja executed a sprinting leap, practically ricocheting off the alley walls before getting a solid grip on the roof and hauling herself up; huffing. By the time she got to her feet again, however, the little shinobi was just as perky and irritatingly energetic as she had been on the ground.
She cupped her hands around her mouth and called back in the general direction of where she had originally heard Rikku's voice.
"Helloooooooooooooooooooo~! The Ninja Yuffster wants to know what's going on pleaaaaaaaaaaaaase~!"
And dammit, someone had better answer. Or so help her Shiva, she'd draw on people with a marker to keep herself amused.
Leon would look pretty interesting with marker-ed glasses and a mustache... even when he tried to tell her off for it. Hee hee hee.
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Post by Townie on Dec 11, 2008 0:43:41 GMT -5
" Rikku, wait! " from Paine was a little too late. WHAP! It was like having a bug run into your windshield... except the windshield was your face.
" OHMYGOSH! " Rikku's little form hugged onto Yuffie's face, a little whimpering. " We thought everybody went into sleepy-land! "
" Rikku, cut it out.. " Paine sighed as the other two caught up, hipping one hand and hovering a few feet away. " The whole town's out from what we've seen. "
" Everything was fine and normal, and we were playing blitz up over the chasm! We started to come back and Yuna said 'Thats a flower I've never seen here before and then-- "
Yuna covered Rikku's mouth a few mumbles coming across as she smiled almost sheepishly. " We didn't stop though, we were already late for dinner. By the time we got to the Bailey, we noticed everyone was falling asleep. Cid fell asleep working over the Bailey wall.. the further in we went: the worse it got. "
Paine nodded. " We think it's the flowers. They seemed to bloom in a pattern. And now that they're closed again that mist has stopped too.. "
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Post by zexion on Dec 11, 2008 17:03:28 GMT -5
Zexion took Saix's hand and hopped down, glancing around warily as Saix went on. He could have used his nose to figure out if anyone was around... But that would be complicated due to the different scents of so many people, that and the added flowers pollen... He wasn't going to bother chancing it. "There is three of us, I'm sure if anything happens, it'll be easy to take them out." The schemer tugged his kitten down a bit to plant a kiss on his cheek, "Don't worry so much or you'll jinx it."
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Post by Saix on Dec 11, 2008 19:17:10 GMT -5
" I doubt that's the case, else other beings might have been affected.. " He said nodding to Marluxia. Other hand steadying Zexion's descent; Saix smiled slightly, and more for the kiss: " You're probably right.. " Just the same, he was going to keep his senses alert. He wasn't about to let his guard fall just to be caught by surprise.
Waiting for Marluxia to catch up those few steps he rubbed his hand across Zexion's hair before stepping ahead and leading them over the hill down to the Postern. Stepping up onto the edge of the railing, he made a slight grunt spotting Tifa half curled on her side on the walkway below. " Hm. " His eyes turned towards the new bridge leading the opposite direction and across the otherwise open gap of air to the huge hole the Committee had drilled into the earth at the underside of the Castle: motioning that way as he took in the surroundings. He would be right behind them in a few moments, just checking to certain the area was clear.
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Post by Marluxia on Dec 11, 2008 22:43:51 GMT -5
Marluxia gave a nod as Saix signaled them forward, slipping past him him and glancing to Zexion as he moved towards the area. Though he seemed equally distracted. The Flower's vines were sensing something strange. Like someone was awake... but at the same time as though the same being was asleep. The rims of his blue irises held an eerie magenta glow as he walked, deciding he'd only worry if the feeling came nearer to their location.
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Post by yuffie on Dec 11, 2008 23:26:32 GMT -5
WHAP.
Well. Wasn't this a spiffy greeting.
With a muffled 'mmph!' of protest, Yuffie gingerly peeled the fairy off her face; her facial expression halfway between a pout and a grin. After a few moments of battling emotions, glee won out and planted the usual happy-go-lucky, 'don't-you-dare-interfere-with-my-mischief' cheshire cat smile on her lips. Obviously the little ninja wasn't all that put off about the whole 'everyone's freaking asleep but ME' fiasco.
However, at the mention of the flowers, her slender eyebrows plunged into a severe frown, while her grin likewise flipped into a pout. Suspicious flowers in Radiant Garden? This was serious. But still....FLOWERS? You'd think if some malevolent forces were at work here, they'd have the sense to go with the "I'm so obvious an idiot like Cloud could tell what I'm about to do" villain stereotype.
Yuffie rubbed her nose with the back of her hand, considering the situation.
"Well... if the flowers are the root of the problem..."
She murmured slowly, glancing between the three glowing auras,
"...then it would make sense to get rid of them, right? I never much liked flowers anyways. They make me sneeze and get my nose to run, and that's so not chill for an awesome ninja like me."
Psh. A little bout of flower picking with the Conformer in hand wouldn't be too hard. It's not like the flora could fight back, anyways. Besides, what would they do? Pollenate on her? HAH.
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Post by zexion on Dec 13, 2008 19:19:20 GMT -5
Zexion kept behind the two, seeing as he had no clue to where to go and had to follow the both. Seeing as Saix was heading off on his own though, the Schemer look to Marluxia for guidance. Perhaps he should explore newer places more often... Being lost wasn't exactly a pleasant feeling in Zexion's book.
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Post by Townie on Dec 14, 2008 22:29:29 GMT -5
" I don't know if that's a good idea... "
Riku brushed herself off as Yuna had said that. " Huh? Why? They're what put everybody to sleep right? " and she grinned. Paine made her think though, crossing her arms. " And if they open again, then what genius? They're not just in one little area. They're everywhere. "
" Well they weren't here before.. " Yuna's wings fluttered as teh other two went on arguing for a bit in the background. " So that means someone probably brought them here. "
That stopped the quarrel. " You think it's them? " Rikku flitted forward to ask Yuffie as Yuna nodded, the blond almost excited. " Leon had us keeping a lookout for those guys that stole Setzer's card! They broke into the construction area and Tron said they were in the lab out of his sight for a long time! "
" And, they sabotaged the cameras that were meant to be put up in there.. " Pain continued, looking towards the Postern. " Now that I think about it.. if I wanted to to get a hold of something someone else had with as little fuss as possible... I would probably do the same thing. "
" Grow a garden? "
Paine slapped Rikku up the back of her head for that one, while Yuna took the words out of her mouth. " No. Put everyone to sleep. This way.. "
" Ohhhh!~ Riiight!~ There's almost nobody to spot, much less stop them. "
" You're getting the picture. Lets worry less about the plants and more about what they're hiding! "
" Yuffie, you're a ninja right? Don't ninja's have face masks to protect from this kind of stuff? "
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Post by Saix on Dec 14, 2008 22:43:41 GMT -5
Saix followed the pair across the bridge, content with the fact that Tifa at least was knocked out cold and snoring softly in her current state. One thing he hadn't mentioned yet that did bother him though: they couldn't put the town security to sleep.. and that odd feeling was still present. It was almost the sensation that they were being watched, and it irritated him.. mildly. Again he brushed it aside, staying alert as they passed into the dark meters-long tunnel that ran into the bigger portion of the lab.
" Hm. " The lights were already on ahead of them. Saix's ears perked slightly, turning all his focus towards hearing any movement in the excessively bright room ahead as they moved along. Nothing. And then, just six feet from the exit; someone dashed across the room: headed straight for the computer room. What was interesting, was the way they were dressed... catching the brief glance made him break into a fast run to pursue.
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