AAAAHHH! It's so cute!

i love it

I adore this cover too X'D

Purity is so CUTE! Lookit her! I just wanna scoop her up and hug the lil bean x'D

I cannot get the image of face hands out of my head...

I knoowww!! Shadow did such a good job on her X'D

Haha, she gonna get you with her baby face hands

Thank you! X3 I got then idea and had to draw it.
I took inspiration from you Blood on how to do little kids, small and Chubby XD

Needless to say, this did not turn in the direction Crystal had been expecting... "Of course you should get better.." she said, "Yes, more damage could have been done last night, but from what I know, there wasn't, and there was something within you that kept it from going further than it did."

"/You/ are not a danger to anyone, but staying in this condition to "prevent" anything from happening.. is a danger to you.." Her voice made it a little apparent she was speaking from experience, because in her own ways, Crystal knew what it was like to keep yourself in a particularly bad state to prevent something from happening, and it didn't really do any good for her or for anyone else.

'They put up seals to keep magic out, even though he needs it?' She thought, trying to think that through as logically as possible, "I don't think anyone here is scared of you, I know I'm not, it's the corruption part everyone's worried about. The nurse told me a little about you.. Maybe it's not that they're trying to keep you from healing, but that they're trying to let you heal more slowly? So they can monitor you closer in case anything starts to happen to you? If they really wanted to keep magic away from you, I don't think the nurse would have brought up the idea of me trying to help you in the first place."

Then it was Crystals turn to get really quiet. When Crimson said him staying sick wouldn't hurt anyone, she could only think about how backwards that statement was. Her expression was it's usual, soft and kind, but her eyes showed her concern. Despite that, she still gave a small smile, "With that being said.. if you would just like to rest for now, I completely understand, I probably would too. It's been a long couple of days and I can clearly see you need it. I only brought up my question in case you thought it was still worth a try, but there's no rush, we can wait."

The truth was Crimson was Scared of himself, he knew he couldn't control his corruption that when it took over it was like a part of him, his hate, his anger and jealousy, Crimson feared what monster he become...

The red prince Listen quietly as the girl spoke letting her words sink in, he glanced over to the Medical Gear he was connected to, he knew what some of it was, it looked similar to the ones Omen had but not as advance technology, what Crystal said did make sense if they didn't want him to get better then why Hook him up the I v's that had magic in them //...maybe she right and they just want to control what magic I take in?... there is magic in this room, it not like there trying to kill me... maybe they they are just being Cautious and that probably for the best // Crimson turned his attention to the girl when she Mention that the nurse suggested she help him " she did?..." this only Strengthened Strengthened what Crystal said// if that the case then it must be that they only want me Exposed to Certain magic...//

He Wondered about the girl even more, she spoke with Such sincerity like she knew his fears first hand, and then he thought hard about Whether she should heal him or not, if getting better was the right thing " ...I'll be honest...I-I don't trust myself anymore but I /trust you/ " he look to Crystal eyes " if you believe that /I'm/ not a danger to anyone then go ahead and sing " he said as a small smile returned to his lips

I'm glad I could inspire, you did great, she's sooo cute!

Hiiro looked to the elevator when he heard it ding. He curls his lip, baring his fangs at the Nightmare, watching Eater with his only good eye.

He clenched his fists tightly, feeling pain sear through his arms, he wanted nothing more than to beat down and break the Nightmare. Tear him limb from limb with his own fangs.

But he knew he needed to rest first, he could feel his injuries pulsing from the pain. With a snarl, Hiiro laid back down on his bed, but kept himself tense, guarded and staring at the door

After he's far enough away from the infirmary, Eater breathes out a sigh and heads for the exit of the palace. Once outside, he puts on his magic ring and glances around with his emerald green eyes, looking up at the dreary morning sky and noticing that the only aura he can sense that's close to him at the moment is Boreas'. //I don't know if he can see me or not... I really hope he doesn't notice me... Oh moons, if he finds out I'm going to talk with an Ancient Nightmare, that's not going to look good...// the Nightmare thinks, trying his best to stay out of sight as he carefully sneaks toward the edge of the barrier...

-

Boreas had been sitting a bit lower in the sky than usual in order to keep a watchful eye over the surrounding area of the palace. He was simultaneously focusing his senses to see if he could find the same magic he had the day before... With few results.

...The only thing he wound up finding was a certain purple Nightmare leaving the palace. //What's he up to this early in the morning...?// The Captain thought, raising an eyebrow. //...I need to catch him before he leaves that barrier...// He stood up and hopped off of the low-hanging cloud he was on, following Dreameater and doing his usual 'drop out of the sky' routine.

"Good morning." He casually greeted, coming to an abrupt landing next to Eater. The icy Elemental folded his arms and eyed the Nightmare suspiciously, "Where are you sneaking off to on your own?"

" yeah, I guess that could explain this?..." Nora said looking over the room again " its something of Malice, it could have had some trigger or felsafe if removed " she Shrugged her shoulders.
" I'll send a team here to investigate, in the meantime why don't you relocate master Dreamcatcher to the lower levels for recovery " Suzano said to the young Nurse.
" sure thing Ma'am! " Nora nodded and then moved a way back and shifted to her true form, a 4 head Chimera

-

Fiona slowly nodded in agreement with Sparky, "...Yeah, Nightmares are the worst... Especially when they're weird." She watched as the Fairfin started to perk up--which made her smile a little too. The Elemental even let out a tiny chuckle when he held his prized treat above his head, "That's awesome! Nice job."
She paused momentarily, the little ghost's last remark sticking in her mind and reminding her of something she'd been trying to focus on. "...Y'know, even with how crazy stuff has been... Don't forget, just like you saved that cookie, we're gonna figure stuff out and save Weaver, too."

Of course, Fiona wasn't completely ignoring everything else that was going on in the room... Her focus had been on Sparky, but she got a bit distracted when she saw Nora shift out of the corner of her eye. She suddenly looked to the halfblood, her eyes widening in awe. "WHOA!"

...She'd never seen a four headed Chimera before--especially not one that was part Vaseterm.

-

Sparky manages a smile and nods in return to Fiona, "Yeah, we will... He always was a tough cookie, too."

He then notices as Nora shape-shifts, and he oohs and ahhs at her, exclaiming, "Ooooh the cranky nurse lady grew a bunch of heads?!"

//Oh, I see,// Terra thinks as the Queen explains that the Red Demons aren't evil, and for the majority of what she says, that's all he does, however he does rub his ghostly chin with one of his ribbons. //Her people are children of the moonlight... The silver moonlight... That's kind of interesting hearing that after talking about the Silver Moons of home...

And Vaseterm born under a blood moon have chaos magic, and have to live in that dark world... That... That is sad, that they're still people, but they have to live their lives like that...//

He still has more questions about Omen, particularly that twisted form of his, but he can tell this is putting stress on the Queen, and Osiris directs the conversation onto another topic that's equally as interesting while looking him in the eye, and the Dreamer tips his head a little. "... Familiars...? Catcher has a familiar, and it's in the gem on his chest? ... Your people use the familiars to Awaken...?" Terra asks, but, especially after that last question, he pauses and adds, "... Why do you refer to your... War Horse form as an 'Awakened' form...?"

Qui finished dressing Ai, gloves and all, she tipped her head at her Daughter's reply " mmmm that sounds good~ " she hummed " I bet she was a good cook " // maybe, just because Osiris cooks good, I know not all Phoenix's do //

She pick Ai up and stand, holding her Daughter in her arms " how about we get out of this cold bathroom? " she nodded at her mate and headed towards the door

-

Blue lead the way out of the bathroom, holding the door open for Qui and Ai.

He looked deep in thought about something...

I think that all? :'D

I think so

Aw thank you Blood! X3 but I think you still do the best little kids

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this is ADORABLE.

Nora many heads rises their eyebrows at the little mouse Fairfin comment " I'm not cranky, I'm just not going to fake being kind to something that doesn't deserve it " the tiger head said.

The Goat head look at the Elemental and smirk as much as a goat could " you never seen a Chimera before have you?"
The dragon head look over to the sleeping Dreamer, thinking about how to go about moving him " hmmm... I can carry him down on my back no problem " she thinks outloud.

(...Also, helloooo!

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLOOD! I'm gonna spam you everywhere!)

(Thank you Fluffy! xD)

How is everyone doing today?

( I'm really sleepy, the cats keep me up most the night, I don't know how many catfights I had to stop but it was a lot x.x
Other than not getting good sleep I'm doing alright.
How are you doing?)

(That sounds terrible :S

I hope you can get some good rest tonight, you're not spending another night there, are you?

I'm alright)

(I'm tired, just helped Mom change sheets on the beds XP Other than that I'm good!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN, BLOOD!!! TIGER'S MEOWING FOR YOU TOO AND SOUNDS SUPER DEPRESSED!)

(I hope you can get some better sleep tonight too, Shadow :s )

"No, I haven't!" Fiona exclaimed, "You're like a BUNCH of things put together--that's so cool!!
...But... How does that work...?"
She'd seen Demise's true form too, but only now was she actually contemplating what it would be like to have multiple heads... Especially when all of them are essentially the same person.

The Elemental would've offered to help with Catch, but after everything, she refrained from doing much other than standing there, watching.

(I know how exhausting that can be xD
I'm glad you're good and free from that!

THANK YOU! LILLY AND TIGER x'D)

( it was pretty rough but I'll live. I get to be in my own bed tonight so I'm looking forward to that.
I guess Macy keep everyone up at home to looking for me my brother and mom said :'D )

(I will join the Bday spam! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLOOD!! XD)

(Ooh, I hope you can get some better rest too, Shadow. :s

Good ol' bed maintenance. At least you're finished with it, Lilly!

And I'm glad you're doing alright, Blood! *Throws some extra confetti*

I'm doing alright, too.
...I dunno if we were starting, but... Uh...
...There's a post. 'XD)

Sparky just shrugs at Nora's reply, and gets a bit quieter as the conversation moves on to chimeras now. At least he's looking a bit better than he was before.

(Aww, poor Macy XD

Midnight meowed some birthday wishes too just now, she was a little late XD )

The tiger and dragon head turned to take care of the Passed out prince, working together with her snake tail to get Catch on her back.
The goat head was still looking at Fiona " it looks Confusing but its really no different then using your hands and feet, Except I have more then one head, I can see, smell, taste, hear and speak from all of them as if I still only had one head like in my humanoid form. My heads in this form all have one Conscience but I have heard of Chimeras who each of their heads are their own identity...now that crazy, I don't think I could handle sharing one body with others, exactly with this many heads, that would be 4 people! No thank you, 4 heads but one person is fine by me"
Nora did her little rant.

Anna did her best to help out, she sat on Catch, she was worried about him but also the Elemental, she missed a lot of what happened but knew it was bad " will you be ok Fiona?"

After a brief moment of thought, Fiona listened attentively to Nora's rundown on Chimeras.
"Oooooh... That's awesome!
...Except that last part. That would be /really/ weird..."

She turned her gaze to Anna when she asked her question, "Huh... Oh yeah, I'll be fine! You don't need to worry about me." The Elemental said what she would always say, giving a little smile. "I'm pretty sure Catch is the one everyone should be worried about--I know you guys'll take good care of him, though." Saying this, she glanced to the unconscious Moonblood, her smile fading.
It took her a few seconds, but eventually she spoke up again, looking to both Anna and Nora, "I... I'm just sorry I hurt him and went all crazy. I never meant for that to happen..."

Sparky listened as Nora made her little rant about chimeras, but he didn't say anything about it, and turned his attention quickly back to Fiona when Anna inquires about her. "I'm glad you seem to be better," he pipes up after Fiona apologizes, "And I hope you don't mind me butting in, but y'know, if Terra finds out you nearly went Rogue not long after he left, he's going to lose his mind, right? So, even if you think you're fine right now, could you try taking some extra steps to help yourself? Because one of the best things you could do to help keep Terra from losing it is by taking care of yourself."

Of course the Nightmare had been keeping an eye on Boreas' aura, and he could sense him coming, which naturally means... "AAHH!!" Eater shrieks as the Captain of the Shadow Hunters descends from the heavens and lands next to him, and falls over in shock, 'Oofing' quietly when he hits the ground and laying there for a moment before saying anything in reply. "... G-good morning... I... I was going to go meet a friend," Eater replies as calmly as a terrified Nightmare can. //Please let me dodge your questions, please, please, please, hnnnggg...//

Boreas just watched as Eater suddenly screamed and fell over. The Elemental just held his hands up in front of him, "Whoa, chill out, pal. It's just me, your friendly neighborhood Shadow Hunter Captain."

He listened to Eater's reply, then repeated, "...A friend, huh? And who would that be? I haven't seen anyone leave the palace this morning..."

Anna look between her partner, the Elemental and her Fairfin friend, " Catch is a tough guy, he be alright with some well needed rest and care but Sparks is right you need to take care of yourself to..." she looks over her shoulder at Catch " not taking care of yourself thinking you do it later isn't good ether, Eventually you'll keep putting it off until something really bad happens and that doesn't help anyone in the end, you need to take care of yourself so you can care for others " // something Cat still needs to learn and...// her colors turned a light green for a moment as she thought about Weaver and him doing the same thing. However her thoughts couldn't stay on that for long as her ride began to move.
Nora turned to the door and started to head out, her Snakehead tail look at the Elemental " I would listen to them, I'm sure Suzano could help you with getting your Corruption more, she Been dealing with it a lot longer then I have... but I think it's time to get the prince somewhere he can actually rest " and with that the Chimera left the room.

Suzano had gotten all the Sample secured in a spot for pick up, she stood there and nodded to the Chimera as she left, then turned to the ones still in the room

Boo was Determined even though she was tossed out. She thought out how to make Hiiro feel better by making some soup to... she didn't know how to make soup but Seize the opportunity now being outside, she was picking grass and other plants and put them in a bucket she had found but soup was watery and her was not, so to fix that she found a Puddle and put water in her bucket...

Boo was now Carrying her make shift soup back inside and on her way to the Infirmary

Qui Exit bathroom carrying her daughter in her arms, she rubbed the girls back to Comfort her.

She glanced over at her mate and Raised an eyebrow " I know that look, your up to something "

Hiiro was laying in his bed, shirtless since last night and bloodied. He had an arm behind his head and the other resting on his belly. He was starting to finally doze off again.
-
Blue smirked, "Not quite yet, I'm thinking, about what Ai said" he ruffled his daughter's hair as she kept her face hidden in Qui's shoulder.

"Judas and Isaac being immune to her touch makes sense, they have chaos magic too, it cancels out" Blue tilts his head slightly to one side, looking thoughtful, "But what about Boo? I don't recall her having chaos magic. There's something up with that little dragon"

Qui push her lips in deep though to " your right...hmmm, no one seems to know much about Chaos with the key hunters so I'm guessing Boo hasn't done anything like that...but I thought only people with chaos Touch could cancel each other out? She doesn't look like a red demon to me" She said but then her thoughts went to deeper " were exactly did she come from? " she looks down at Ai in her arms " Boo seem out of place, a child with a bunch of Adults and None of them seem to be her kin, I know lady Victoria said a gifted child be with them and I always thought that was Boo but were she comes from and what exactly is her gift, im not sure what that about"

Fiona looked to Sparky when he piped up. First, she grimaced, thinking about how Terra would react if he found out what happened so soon after he left... Then she just looked more worried than anything else. She nodded at the ghost Fairfin's last statement, muttering, "I really don't wanna make him freak out..."
She looked to Rihanna as she spoke up. Her worried expression just grew as she /really/ thought about what she was being told--knowing how many times that sort of thing had already happened. "...Yeah..."
Finally, she watched and listened to Nora as she left the room.

"...AaaaaAAH!! You guys are right...! I need to quit letting bad things happen and /do something/ about this!" She was silent for a little while after that... Until she eventually face-palmed herself with both of her hands, then dragged them down her face,
"Ugh, but I... I don't...
I don't know what to do..." She quietly admitted, now glancing from Sparky to Suzano.

Blue moved around, beside Qui, positioning one wing slightly behind her and started to guide her down the hall. Listening to Qui as she spoke, "Hmm, then we should really put more effort into figuring out each candidate...I knew a few suffer from various forms of corruption"

His wings quiver with unease, keeping corrupted beings in the palace, with his young daughter and toddler twins. Unsettled him. Greatly.

"We should see about moving them, out of the palace, to another secure location. I don't feel comfortable with all the corruption around, not to mention keeping a Nightmare we can't kill" Blue glanced to her, "That way we can keep everyone safe if someone ends up another Crimson"

At this, Sparky simply waves his cookie at Suzano, and says, "Nurse! Help! Please!"

Dreameater squints up at Boreas and grimaces when he tells him to calm down, and he sighs, getting up off the ground and brushing himself off. //He's a Captain... He's obviously going to know Waker's name, I can't say her name without him catching on, but I can't lie to him, or I'll just prove that I'm untrustworthy...// he thinks, coming up with a reply before too long. "Just a friend, she doesn't hang around with the Keyhunters, but she's been working behind the scenes to try and help us find more information on the Keys..."

Boreas nodded for a second or two, still looking very suspicious of this 'friend' Eater was talking about... "...Welp, either way, you've got another 'friend' coming with you." He declared. "I'm still awfully far behind on this quest I'm trying to help your group with--I could use all the info I can get."

Nora was making her way down the hallway to the Elevator, Anna had started up a Conversation with her.

-

" first try not to get stress out, worrying can cause the corruption to fester, I know that can be very difficult right now as you said, your not sure what to do with this, but let's take this one step at a time.... as it is really now, you got your Corruption back under control, remember what I told you, when you feel overwhelmed stop, take a breath and make a list of things you are thankful about, its also good to Surround yourself with people who care for you and you them, you cannot deal with Corruption on your own if you try you will lose...you need to have a buddy you can really on, someone who will Encourage you when you need it or let you know if your corruption getting the best of you, often times the longer a person has corruption the less they realize it taking over. The best thing to do is Control yourself, you might not be able to control what go on around you but you can control how you React to the circumstances
" Suzano Gestures with her hands on the shape of the bag " you also have the bag with the Supplies in it, that will help if your corruption gets out of hand ones again, in the meantime I and my staff will continue to do research on the Elemental corruption... I'll see if the Queen will allow a recovery team into the land of dreams for more information to update our research "

Fiona eyed Sparky as he waved his cookie around, the faintest hint of amusement in her expression, then she looked to Suzano. As the nurse gave her some top notch advice, the Elemental pulled out her diary once more and started taking notes of everything--including leaving space for that thankful list of thankful things.

She let out a little sigh, slowly settling back into a better mindset now that she knew about some things she could do. "Thank you again, Suzano. You guys here at the infirmary are really cool!" An almost fangirl-ish smile appeared on her face. "And, uh... If you need anyone else to help you with updates, I know... My Uncle knows a lot about corrupted Elementals. He's around here somewhere..."

Qui followed along with Blue, he brought up a lot of good points " I think that be a good idea.. maybe the little place by the sea? It would be better there with so many of them being corrupted ...: she paused " I will be honest...at one time I was looking forward to meeting the key hunters, even excited but after they have come here things had only gotten more chaotic.... there reports on the news of Hiiro and Rage Destroying parts of the city...we never had a forsaken Lord here before, I guess it was to be expected since the key hunters are here now but then there also Crimson, he was like a bomb that when off in the Palace...its amazing more didn't die and then there Dreameater... I know the Queen said to let him walk around, but I don't like the idea of a Nightmare here..." she got quite thinking about last night to, there was other Nightmare on the loose that worry her more then Eater " and what about Malice? You know the Queen will not site for long knowing he here" her voice carried her worry

Suzano gave the Elemental a Polite bow " it's my pleasure to Serve" the Nurse then tipped her head at what Fiona said last " oh? I did not realize we had one of your Relatives here as well, I must had missed that report "

The Nurse Gesture to the door " how about we walk and you can tell me more about your uncle? "

Blue chuckled, "Yeah, the candidates are something else in person... And not in a good way" he then works his jaw. "I've started helping Dreamcatcher, but the rest don't seem interested in listening to me. Me or Victoria"

He feels a sudden surge of anger and growls, "At this rate, freeing Judas will be impossible. They're all corrupted, so who knows when the time comes, if they'll even help. They can't even help each other, without being at another's throat!" the feathers on his wings puff out.

"If Omen were to show tomorrow, in /that/ form, we're all dead!" Blue finishes his rant. Ai looked to him, when he'd mentioned her brother, though flinched at the rage twisting Blue's face.

"This group is broken and useless as it is right now. We will move them, tonight" Blue unintentionally turns his glare to his mate, "Tomorrow, harsh training, if they don't shapen up. We're all dead" he'd gotten so carried away in his rant, it slipped his mind what Qui said about Victoria and Malice.

"Yeah, we found him a couple of days ago." Fiona stated, taking a bit of time before and after what she was saying to write a few things down on her 'thankful for list.'

...Yes, Sparky, Suzano, and Boreas were all on there, among other familiar names...

The Elemental was quick to agree to the head nurse's suggestion, "That sounds good to me!"
Though, before heading to the door, she glanced to Sparky, smiling and motioning an invitation for him to come along too.

Then, as they headed off into the halls, she started talking about her favorite ice-faced Uncle, "Boreas is a super cool Shadow Hunter! He's been fighting bad guys and corrupted things for like... Three-hundred years now!
...I mean, that's not /that/ long, I guess." She mumbled, remembering how long Suzano had been around. "But he still knows a lot!"

Qui listen to Blue rant, she thought things over, it was definitely true, she herself had imagined the hunters beans Perfect images of heroes like from fairy tales but she knew now how silly that was, the key hunters were just Ordinary people who had the realms fate toss at them without Warning. " its only been two days and its Obviously had a lot happen before coming here, Victoria said this place should be like a Sanctuary to them and she knows more than any of us "

Qui made sure she had a good hold of Ai with one arm before moving her other to brush Blues cheek " we need to have Patients. Yes the group needs to get their act together but they made it this far without our help, maybe we should give them more Credit... they came into this like lost children, you remember how you were when Jason and I first found you? You didn't even know what you were or what to look out for but look how far you come...it will be the same with them, but we have to be Patient... we have to work with them, figure out what will work best for each individual, we have to find out each ones Strength and weaknesses and help them with what we can" she lower her hand and smirk at her mate

" the key hunters don't seem to be a group, so I don't think we should judge them as one, not until they /all/ believe that they are a group...I think first we should focus on helping each individual to better understand what going on, but in a way that not overwhelming, take it from there side, how would you handle it if one day you were living a normal life and then suddenly everything you knew was turned upside with little Explanation? It would be Confusing and frustrating, I know I was hard on them and for go reason, everything depends on them but first they need to find their footing, I get the feeling they being in Chaos for so long they just don't know what to do"

(Galaxy hasn't shown up all day, has she?)

(Also, the group has been there more like 4 days now Shadow, this is the 4th day 'XD )

(No, I don't think so. :s)

(No she hasn't, I hope everything ok with her )

(I hope so too :s )

( ahhh, WHAT YEAR IS IT?!!! )

(I hope everything is alright too!)

Blue stopped walking and listened to Qui, at first, forcing himself to calm down. But as she spoke, her words helped him easily calm down, he let out a breath as she brushed his cheek.

He took her hand as she lowered it, bringing it back up to his cheek and pressing her hand against it. "I don't know what I'd do without you or had I not met you" he says softly, his blue eyes gentle and gazing into hers.

"You're right, they are strangers, forced into a group and told they have to stop some super evil, obscure, villain named Soledormir. Or everyone, including them, is dead" Blue smirks however, "I know what it's like to be thrown into the pit of chaos. Maybe not to the extent of the candidates, but...I can get it"

He moves now, placing his forehead to hers, "I need your help Qui" he says softly, "I can't do this on my own" Blue looked troubled. "But at the same time, I want to keep you safe, keep our family safe..."

Nora had brought Dreamcatcher down to the main floor and got him settled in one of the Empty beds, he was fast asleep for the time being. Anna was keeping watch and playing with his hair.

Nora went back to making her route around the Infirmary taking her humanoid form again.
-

Suzano followed the Elemental, she had a soft smile as Fiona fan over her uncle " oh my! Three-hundred years is quite some time, if I had to guess your uncle would likely be that of a Heavens blade then? Three-hundred years Fighting corrupted creatures is no easy path, I would say he must know a thing or two, I would love to speak with him about the matter, I'm sure I could learn a lot " she said given a Warm pleasant smile.

IThe two ladies and Ghost Fairfin made their way down to the main floor ( by using the Stares ) now with the front door to the Infirmary in sight " it has been a nice chat lady Fiona, I hope to see you again " she smiled

Fiona had been looking back at Suzano as they walked and talked. She beamed, "Yeah! Well, you know a lot already!
...Uh... When I find my Uncle, I'll tell him about your records on corruption. I think he'd wanna hear about what you know, too." When they reached the stairs, she put away her diary, then floated down, feeling a lot better than when they were on the elevator. //...I'm not afraid of elevators! I could totally go on one again! But... I can also do the work and get down myself!// She had told herself.

Before she knew it, they were at the main entrance to the infirmary again. //She really knows her way around here.// The Elemental thought before giving Suzano a smile right back, "See you, Suzano! The next time I come back, it /won't/ be because of any relapse!" She waved to the nurse as she once again headed down the halls of the palace.
Of course, she had no idea where she was going.

But Fiona was a bit too distracted by a certain something to realize that.
"...Everyone still calls me 'lady.'"

" oh you still be a lost child" Qui Teased and then bumped Blue side with her hip " oh I know, you were so Naive back then, Omen would have got you if me and Jason didn't show up, but here we are...just think it wasn't that long ago he was out to kill you and you him, just imagine if you rushed and never uncover the truth about Judas? You both would still be trying to kill each other, it took time and uncover the truth before we could get to were we are today and that what the key hunters need to, they need to uncover the truth and go from there, one step at a time "

" I know you need me, and why I'm here for you "Qui tipped tow and kiss Blue, she broke the kiss and looked down at Ai in her arms " I know, but there nothing you can do that can Guaranteed our safety, you can only do what you can... I do think moving the key hunters to the sea side Palace would be a good idea, if anything were to go wrong less people would get hurt, but Blue..." Qui goes quite as she thinks about what there up against " its only a matter of time before Soledormir find this place...if he doesn't know already "

//Oh no,// the Nightmare thinks as he gives Boreas a very horrified smile and even laughs nervously, knowing that there's no way this is going to go well... "Ok... Alright... Well, mmm, promise me you won't try to kill her? ... I'm just gonna let her know you're coming with me real quick..." Dreameater says, then turns away from Boreas and discreetly pulls out the dark crystal he got from the Ancient. //Hey, Waker, I'm looking for a spot now where we can meet up, I'll send you the coordinates when I find a good place. I'm bringing a friend with me, can you promise me you won't try to kill him or do anything crazy...?//

Boreas went quiet for a while, thinking over the details he'd gotten and debating what to do next... //That's an encouraging question to ask... But what was I expecting from a Nightmare? This could be quite the situation if I'm not careful...//
"...Alright, I won't try to kill her--so long as she doesn't try to kill me. I'll only act in self-defense."

Alexandrea was wandering the halls in a daze, everything around her was a complete and utter blur. She was struggling to understand how Malice had been Faithful and Foalan. So she replayed it in her head again.

After a few more minutes had passed, she stopped and inhaled deeply, then let it out.

Her mind felt at the same time, numb and in a frenzy. //Soledormir sure knows how to play some wicked games// Alex groans.

She didn't know what to feel for Malice anymore, it grossed her out in a way, to think she was in love with another woman's man... "Former man, I guess?" Alex murmurs outloud to herself. "Still very weird, very...confusing"

She moved and placed her back to a wall, sliding down, until she was sitting on the floor. Alex leaned her head back against the wall, closing her eyes, //I wish I could talk to Mal...to someone...without so much stubbornness or wanting me dead...//

Suzano bow to the Elemental and then went about her Nurse duties, first getting a team to gather the samples that were collected and to investigate the damage in that room, it wouldn't be to long before the head Nurse would go check on Crimson and Crystal in the lower level

"Eh, they're just being polite," Sparky simply replies, floating beside Fiona and still carrying his cookie.

Blue smirked when Qui said he'd still be a Lost Child. He was smirking as he listened to her, he happily kissed her back.

But his faint flicker of happiness was put out when Qui mentioned Soledormir finding this place, he had a feeling the Chaos King already knew about it.

He didn't like that. He already had enough to worry about, his gaze was locked onto Qui, he moved his wings around her and Ai protectively, "No one will hurt you" Blue whispers, "I don't care if Soledormir knows, he's locked up, and he'll never be free again. I'm going to make sure the candidates win"

"I will protect you, Ai, Mae, Nolan and everyone else... Until my last breath" Blue says fiercely, his eyes seemed to burn like fire, "No one will lay a finger on any of you, not Soledormir, not any of his pawns, no one. They'd have to go through me first"

"...What? Polite??" Fiona started, giving Sparky a wide-eyed look, "...Oh, wait... If it's polite... And at the start like that... It's kinda like a /title?/
Oohhhhhhhh. That makes more sense...
...It's... Still weird to think about."

Then she went quiet. After silently walking through the halls for a few minutes, she let out a sigh.

Everything had been all over the place that morning, and really, it all still bugged her... She was just distracting herself with other things.

...But now she was starting to think back over what Suzano had told her.
//No stress... Remember to be thankful... Have some good people around you to keep you in check.
...A buddy... Or... Some buddies.// She found herself glancing back to Sparky briefly.

...Though, now she wasn't watching where she was going.
And there may or may not have been someone sitting on the floor, up against a wall in the hallway.

And so, with a startled yelp, Fiona suddenly tripped over Alex, and was sent face-planting into the floor.

Alexandrea was startled when suddenly, someone had tripped over her, she pulled her legs in, closer to herself. Then moved them under herself and leaned forward, it took her a moment to recognize Fiona.

"Oh my goodness!" Alex scoots closer and places her hands gently on Fiona, she was searching for the elemental's name, her eyes darting side to side in a panic.

"Fiona!" Alex shouts, then quickly lowers her voice, "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to trip you, are you alright?" she gently shakes the elemental now.

"Yeah, I'd say it's like a title, Miss awesome lady cloud Fiona," Sparky says with a little snicker, then looks over and smiles faintly at Alex as he sees her coming...

No, he didn't stop to say anything beforehand, even though he could tell neither of them were paying attention, so he just watched the chaos happen... //... Eh, worse things have happened, I doubt that'd send either of 'em back to the infirmary.//

Dreamwaker had been busy since the last time she spoke with Eater, she had a lot on her mind and hand been trying to figure things out, however the ancient Frost stopped what she was doing when she received a call // Eater? Wait a friend?! Who? And what do you mean something crazy? I'm not the crazy one here// she replied snappy

//At least Boreas is reasonable... I'm glad I found such a good Captain...// Eater thinks, hearing Boreas' reply, but he doesn't say anything back yet--he needs to hear Waker's response first.

And he wrinkles his nose a bit when the Ancient snaps back at him, and he promptly replies, //Hey, I'm only /slightly/ crazy! And, uh... Ya know Boreas? He's here with me, I tried sneaking out alone, but he spotted me and now he says he's coming with me... He says he won't kill you though unless it's in self-defense, so I really need you to do the same...!//

Boreas waited for a few moments, watching Eater and wondering how exactly he was contacting his friend. Because the Nightmare had been so discreet, all the Captain had seen was him facing the opposite direction, then going silent for a while.
"...That's an interesting way to contact somebody." He blurted his thoughts, "I have no room to talk, though--because I did that with a rock once."

"Oof... Hi Alex. I'm okay!" Fiona responded in a muffled voice, extending one arm and giving a thumbs up to support this.
The Elemental pushed herself back up--into a sitting position, at the very least. "It's not your fault I tripped--I wasn't watching where I was going." She let out a faint laugh, "Sorry about that."

She briefly shot Sparky a questioning gaze, wondering if this had been what he was snickering about, then she turned her full attention to Alex. "...So, hey! I haven't seen you in a while... What're you doing, sitting out here in the hallway?"

Alexandrea leaned back as Fiona sat up, "Hmm, no, I didn't need to lay my legs out in the hall, I'm sorry" she smiles sheepishly.

"I..." Alex bites her lip, noticing Sparky and his cookie, she gives him a slight puzzled look. Then looks back to the elemental. "I've just... had a lot on my mind. I was thinking so much, I need to just stop and rest my head"

She gives Fiona a small smile, "Were you heading somewhere?"

For now, Sparky doesn't say anything; he just makes a goofy face at Fiona, smiles at Alex, and then flies over and sets his cookie down on Fiona's head, trying to sit there with it.

"Oh...! No, I was just... Kinda doing the same thing? Just walking around and... Thinking." Fiona mumbled in reply, furrowing her brow just slightly as Sparky set the cookie on her head, "...And I've been joined by... The Trickster Hero of Cookies, Lord Sparky." She joked, throwing a title right back at the little Fairfin.

But then she glanced back to Alex, looking a little more concerned. "...That sounds pretty serious though, having so much to think about that you have to rest your head."

Looking to Sparky, Alex smirked, "Sparks or Sparky, which do you prefer?" she was remembering Catch calling the little yellow mouse Sparks and now Fiona was calling him Sparky.

She moved her gaze down to meet Fiona's, "Ah yeah, I kinda had my mind blown, felt like someone twisted my head off and then put it back on the wrong way. I don't know what to think anymore"

Alex moves back against the wall now, "For now, I think I'd like to get my mind off it, at least for a few minutes. So Fiona..." she criss crosses her legs, "How have you been? You said you were busy in thought too?"

"'The Trickster Hero of Cookies...?!'" Sparky repeats in a whisper, as if in awe of his own title, then puffs his cheeks out as he thinks hard on Alex's question. "... Lord Sparks, or Lord Sparky, I don't really mind either," he proudly declares, putting his ghostly paws on his ghostly hips and grinning.

The little Fairfin loses some of that cheerfulness when Alexandrea goes into explaining herself, and he can't help but grimace and rub his neck at her description. "Ouch..." he mutters.

// BOREAS?! ARE YOU NUTS?! WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD?!! !!! HE A FREAKING CAPTAIN!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!/// The ancient Nightmare screams

Eater puts one hand on the side of his head and squeezes his eyes shut as Waker screams at him mentally, //I KNOW HE'S A CAPTAIN!! I saved his life though, so I'm on his good side! That's why I'm asking you not to do anything stupid when we meet up, because I don't want to die just as much as you don't!! Like I said, he's agreed not to try and kill you as long as you don't try to go after him, so he's alright!//

He then looks over his shoulder at Boreas and pauses a moment, trying to remember what the Captain said while Waker was showing her displeasure, and also tries to think about how he should reply back, what he should say. "A rock, huh...? Well... I uh, use a crystal to talk with her, she... She doesn't have a Forgotten," the young Nightmare quietly explains and cautiously holds out the crystal for the Captain to see. He figures that if they're going to meet Waker in person, it'll be pretty obvious what she is. "I told her you want to come, now she's screaming in my head right now about how you're a Captain..."

"Well, that's ironic." Boreas remarked, staring at the crystal. He then glanced at Eater, a very slight displeased expression appeared on his face, but he kept most of it hidden. "I'm not supposed to kill her... She doesn't have a Forgotten...
I'm assuming she must be another Nightmare?" He guessed. "From what you've told me, she certainly sounds like one."

(And now... It's crashing time.

*cue the sounds of things falling and breaking as we all head to bed*)