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We have a little situation on our paws, kupo, and we were hoping one of you guys could help us out.
[The speaker is a moogle, one that appears to be fairly high up if the flashes of picture over the communicator are anything to judge by. Well, moogles can fly, after all, but this one seems to be on the roofs of the second district.]
Don't worry, kupo, it's not anything bad! It's just something that needs to be taken care of - see, there's this tunnel between the second and third districts that's nice and high up and we wanted to put some mechanics in it, but Momo came up here to check it out and she found something we didn't expect.
[It's at that point that the moogle reaches its destination, which is indeed a square little entrance over the general shops in the Second District, not big enough for an adult to walk down without hunching over a lot and about just as wide. The moogle shines some sort of dim light ahead of himself, wings humming a bit as he starts down the tunnel - and about ten feet in, there's the obstruction. Ven is laying on the floor, dead asleep and face partially obstructed, curled around his Hebby Repp which is acting as a pillow for him but is also using him as a pillow in return. Neither of them react to the moogle or the light he brought with him, though it probably helps that the moogle doesn't make any noise or try to wake him. Instead he just gets a good shot of the sleeping duo before reversing course and backing out of the tunnel, back to the roofs.]
Does he belong to anyone, kupo? We've seen him around a couple of times, but ever since the first couple of days he's run off whenever he's seen one of us!
[The speaker is a moogle, one that appears to be fairly high up if the flashes of picture over the communicator are anything to judge by. Well, moogles can fly, after all, but this one seems to be on the roofs of the second district.]
Don't worry, kupo, it's not anything bad! It's just something that needs to be taken care of - see, there's this tunnel between the second and third districts that's nice and high up and we wanted to put some mechanics in it, but Momo came up here to check it out and she found something we didn't expect.
[It's at that point that the moogle reaches its destination, which is indeed a square little entrance over the general shops in the Second District, not big enough for an adult to walk down without hunching over a lot and about just as wide. The moogle shines some sort of dim light ahead of himself, wings humming a bit as he starts down the tunnel - and about ten feet in, there's the obstruction. Ven is laying on the floor, dead asleep and face partially obstructed, curled around his Hebby Repp which is acting as a pillow for him but is also using him as a pillow in return. Neither of them react to the moogle or the light he brought with him, though it probably helps that the moogle doesn't make any noise or try to wake him. Instead he just gets a good shot of the sleeping duo before reversing course and backing out of the tunnel, back to the roofs.]
Does he belong to anyone, kupo? We've seen him around a couple of times, but ever since the first couple of days he's run off whenever he's seen one of us!
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The rest depended entirely on how well Ven took to be woken up.]
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[He reached over and gently shook his shoulder, speaking in a quiet voice.]
Ventus?
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[. . .]
[...Not well. Considering Ven hasn't been woken up by anyone other than Wheeler since he'd started camping there, he was completely unprepared for another hand to come clamping down on him. Wheeler had paws, after all. And yes, he'd been camping there and avoiding people in general so Eraqus couldn't track him, which made him feel relieved and awful at the same time. He just wasn't ready to face the man, yet.]
[So, all of that put together? Equals Ven waking up sure he's under attack, and the tunnel explodes with light as Ven yelps and jerks away from the hand, smacking into the wall and scrambling backwards as Wheeler also wakes up at Ven's distress and hiss/screeches at the perceived threat - oh yeah, and Ven's instinctively setting off a Faith spell. Have fun with that.]
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[He tried shielding his face with his arms, but that only did so much, and he cried out in pain from the spell. Kura screeched in alarm and hid under his coat, but still got a little of the attack, too. This was definitely going to require a cure spell later...]
Ventus!
[He couldn't just stop now, or the injury would be pointless, so he climbed after Ven. However, having to take a second to recover from that spell, Ven did have a bit of a head start.]
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[And an opening - which he takes. There's another gasp that's more of a yelp as he recognizes that voice and that long coat. And he's always been the fastest of the family, so he puts that to use now, kicking off the side of the tunnel and barreling back towards the entrance to the Second District, half-running and half-crawling and just moving as fast as possible. Wheeler's still reacting to his daddy's fright by screeching and trying to spit fire at the intruders, which might buy him some time. Hopefully enough for a getaway, because when Ven reaches the end of that tunnel, which really doesn't take all that long, he's immediately launching into a Glide. His only goal is to get himself as far away from there as quickly as possible.]
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She puts that too out of her mind, as she leaps after Ven, hoping to catch him as she had once before and under very different circumstances.]
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[What he doesn't expect is help in this ambush - namely, Aqua. And he was so worried about Eraqus that he didn't realize she was waiting for him at the end of the tunnel even though a small part of his mind objectively realized that there was another body there. So Aqua gets a very uneasy grip on part of his boot, which is the last piece of him to pass by her - and he gets a surprise as her weight latches on. He yelps and keeps trying to fly, but yeah it's not that easy with someone hanging on.]
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[Lucky that Aqua was there, or else Ven would have been able to escape completely...it looked like he was still attempting, though. Eraqus finally got out of the tunnel, still in pain, but focused enough to mentally call back his Keyblade glider in case he needed to use it. It would be able to keep up with Ventus's natural gliding ability, at least.]
Ventus, STOP!
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She might well need to apologize herself, depending on how things end up going, but for now she simply does her best to keep her grip. She can do her best to keep him from flying off, but the rest is quite entirely out of her hands for the time being.]
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[He gave a yell, and immediately steered the glider down and under Aqua's path of descent. Eraqus managed to catch her not far from the ground, one arm still on the glider and the other out to grab her. Ven might get away, but he absolutely couldn't let Aqua get hurt.]
[This really was going to hurt in the morning...]
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[Ienzo hopped down off the building and hurried towards the pair with the glider.]
Are you injured? Do you need assistance?
[He also wanted to know what on earth was going on, but it didn't look like explanations were in order.]
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[Luna had initially hung back when she saw that the two humans were dealing with the situation. They seemed to know the boy, after all. She'd folded her wings to dive for Aqua when the woman dropped, but now that she'd been caught the princess snapped them open again, rising up in front of Ventus. She saw that light burst earlier, and her horn is already trailing little wisps of shadow to shield herself if need be, but for now she merely catches him in her pale blue aura.]
We know not why thou flee, child, but thou must NOT drop others from such a height! Lady Aqua sought only to help, and she cannot fly as thou canst!
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It isn't until she's actually settled on the back of her Master's glider that she has time to look up again, and by that time Ven isn't so much gliding away as he is caught in... some sort of force field? Honestly, she's not sure and so she turns to Ienzo instead of trying to figure out what's going on with Ven.]
We'll be fine. But thank you for your concern.
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Well that makes his mind up. It looks like Eraqus and Aqua will be okay, if a bit banged up. Luna might have a handle on things now, but would that last? Sora moves as close as he can get, ready to try to help if it's needed.]
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Not at the moment, thank you.
[Looking up, he realized that Luna had already stepped in and prevented Ven from escaping. Sora looked like he was ready to step in should anything go wrong, too. He really hoped that their help wouldn't get them hurt here as well, because he had to take the chance to talk to him now that he had it. He glanced to Aqua, then flew the glider back up to Ven's level.]
Ventus, please stop! No one else here needs to be hurt!
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Lea, help me keep an eye out for Namine.
[The meow wow trotted over and took up watch at Ienzo's side. He hoped that if Namine did decide to come, she'd bring someone along to help her.]
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It was all so confusing, but Xion still hurried after the boy who resembled her best friend in face and voice. She hesitated briefly when Aqua fell, but, seeing her and Eraqus safe with Ienzo to help, picked up speed once again. Just as she was beginning to run out of rooftop, Luna caught up and put a stop to...Ven's? escape.
For a moment, she breathes a sigh of relief. Then, the boy starts to speak. At first she goes pale, then her eyes narrow in what she thinks must be something like anger. She'd thought Master Eraqus stern, and suspicious of her, true, but something like that...If she had her hood down, he'd see her glaring at him. As it, her voice implies enough.]
Is that true?!
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And apparently this was just as much a surprise to Xion as it was to him. He still hadn't gotten the chance to talk to her, but that was neither here nor there. Ventus first. But what to do? Luna seemed to have him pretty securely, so getting a hold of him shouldn't be difficult. There was no denying that what he said should be considered too. Had Eraqus really tried to kill after he had learned some horrible truth? If so, it might explain the air of regret around the old master. The situation couldn't be resolved if Ventus kept running away, but for that they needed to talk and he seemed to be too panicked to hear anyone out.
Maybe it would be better to let him go for now. Let him calm down and try talking to him privately over the communicator. It would be better than having someone get hurt. It wasn't like he could skip out off the world entirely yet.
Sora worked his way over to the rooftop nearest where Luna held him, hopefully to be heard better, "Luna, let him go for now! We're not going to get anything settled with him all panicked!"
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[Eraqus's shoulders slumped, and he leaned forward on the glider, looking defeated. He suddenly felt very old and tired...and probably looked it, too. The last thing he would have wanted was for this to come out in front of people that weren't his students, but there wasn't any way around that now. He would just have to deal with the consequences. But that first meant calming Ven down, somehow...]
Ventus...I was wrong. I should not have raised my Keyblade against you. I acted out of fear and anger, and paid dearly for it.
[He had thought that maybe ending up here, with some of his students, would give him a second chance to set things right. But, despite having no control over it, maybe it would have been better if he'd never come at all. Maybe his chance for that really had passed...]
I am sorry. Please stop.
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INDEED, Master Eraqus, we would hear thy explanation.
[Her ears flicked and she turned to look down at where Sora was yelling at her. But she hardly missed Eraqus's apology. Not at all a justification or denial of his crime...yet her face softened a little as she looked at him. She knew what it was to be feared.
Turning her head away, she spoke quietly to Ven.]
Do as thou wilt, child. But know, whatever happens, thou needst not sleep in the streets. [And the light from her horn faded as she released her hold on him.]
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By the time she arrives where Ienzo is standing with Aqua, she's a little mussed-looking and has a scrape or two, and the Potion bottle is empty. She seems to be late, too, since she gets there just as Luna releases...the boy who isn't Roxas.
She should have known. Through his connection to Sora, she can always sense Roxas, and this boy is different somehow. There's something familiar, yes, but he's not Roxas.]
Ienzo, what...?
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It's out of her hands now, and so she'll speak again when there's something she feels she can actually address.
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