towerofanimus | Let's gather 'round the campfire

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Let's gather 'round the campfire

Characters: Ventus and EVERYBODY
Setting: Halls of the first floor Dormitory, near the stairs.
Format: Prose to start, will match you~
Summary: The power's gone out, so Ven's starting a bonfire.
Warnings: ~~Magical fire and possibly singing~~ TBA

Ven had only been in the tower for a little while and already something was going on. He didn't exactly understand what was going on, only that it was dark and creepy, and that none of the lights were working. Except in the rooms, but those emergency lights were almost creepier than the darkness.

He had managed to gather up some flammable materials into a pile at the end of the hallway, and with a quick "Fire!" the flames were burning and there was at least some light. And a source of heat! Thus he sat against the wall making sure the fire didn't go out, blissfully unaware of any creepy crawlies.

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Whoa. Whoa whoa hey.

Now that two of them had randomly run off after the voice they had heard, it seemed that Ventus was gearing up to go too. Wonderful. So of course Ienzo stood up as well and glanced over at Ventus. (SEE EIJI, IENZO KNOWS THE BUDDY SYSTEM. YOU SHOULD TOO.)

That call for help just but Ven even more on edge. He glanced back at Ienzo and waved his hand for him to follow.

"Come on! Stay close!" He told him as he took off after Roxas and Eiji, slowing down his usual pace because it was very important to stay near one's assigned buddy during a crisis.

Call all you want, Eiji's gonna keep running, 'cause he's dumb like that. Plus, it's his vaguely-hinted-at-might-be-a-love-interest. Gotta help her if she's in trouble, right?

He gets further away from the group - further away from the light. It's dim and faint where he's at.

"Hina? HINA!" He thought this was where the voice had come from...

Then Eiji yells again, but this time, in pain.

And follow he does. Or attempts to. Thank goodness Ven slowed down because we've all seen what a great runner Ienzo is.

When the scream came, his expression flickered slightly to the appropriate response of 'oh crap', but still followed Ventus; if he had been trying to go in front before, he most definitely wasn't now, considering Ventus was armed and he, well, wasn't.

Rox actually stopped to catch his breath since he clearly couldn't keep up with the panicking Eiji, but seemed to get his second wind when Eiji yelled. Running around in the dark and blindly feeling for people wasn't the smartest, but what else could he do?

"Hey- are you alright?! Where are you?"

~~FROM NOW ON WE ARE HOLDING HANDS EIJI~~

Definitely not good. With his hand back in a flash of light, the Keyblade materialized in his hand; Lost Memory. Good. He hadn't changed it since his fight with Vanitas.

Damnit and now it was getting hard to see again. Ven sped up a bit(he didn't want to run into Ienzo when he landed again after all), jumped up and pointed his keyblade forward while in the air, shooting a ball of fire up along the roof. At least that way maybe they'd be able to see for a second and it wouldn't hit anybody.

"What's going on..?!"

~~Eiji only holds hands with weird singing shoguns.~~

There was more pained yelling - it felt like the very life was being sucked out of Eiji, and...well, that was not a pleasant sensation.

Hina had stopped yelling - and something in Eiji told him that he should go back. And so, after a moment so he could get his focus, he staggered back. "Guh...back! Go.. Back to the bonfire!" He sputtered, starting to run that way himself. He got a ways into the light again so he could be dimly seen before his body went rigid, stopping him in his tracks.

Those who can see his front will see his eyes glow purple for a moment, and there's a faint sound not unlike an echoing reptile scream as the glow happens.

Um holy shit what's with the eyes, Eiji. Being within at least six feet, give or take, of Eiji made Roxas quite a bit wary all of a sudden, but couldn't get his legs to move.

"H-hey..."

Oh dear goodness what is that.

Fortunately Ienzo was not near enough to see the glowing-eye issue, but he caught what Eiji was trying to say loud and clear... and also the not entirely human scream that followed.

And so, like Roxas, he suddenly grows rooted to the spot. Nice use of the buddy system, bro. You gonna let Ventus traipse off and fight by himself?

...Yes you are, apparently.

Buddy system be damned, Ven sped past Roxas and Ienzo when they stopped with his Keyblade out and ready. He stopped next to Eiji to make sure he was OK and whoah wait what happened to his eyes.

"Hey, are you alright? What happened?" He asked with a frown. Had something happened to him? He kept himself between Eiji and...whatever was there, his Keyblade out by his side in case whatever had attacked Eiji started moving towards him.

Thanks to the wonders of scene cuts, When we see Eiji again, his Rider Belt is on. His body convulses, and three glowing, purple things fly out of his chest, spin around him, then settle in the buckle of the driver. The scanner on his hip moves of its own accord, scanning the medals before looping back to its holster.

The belt promptly sings

Eiji promptly transforms into a dinosaur-themed rider, screaming out in what sounds like pain before settling into a hunch, breathing shakily. "Hhhhccchhh..."

Okay now he could move. And did, stepping back to put an arm protectively infront of Ienzo, obviously nervous. Ven had the...wait...a second.

"That thing-?!" Why did the blonde derp lookalike have a thing like his- man he should have realized sooner, keyblade, how stupid was he?

"What are you going to do? He doesn't seem like he's going to listen to us...!"

Hey wait what. Ienzo looked briefly between Roxas' arm and the back of his pointy head, before turning his attention back to the unholy creature that was once a fairly reasonable companion.

Some kind of mutation?

Whatever it is, it's damn scary, and Ienzo almost subconsciously inches closer to Roxas. (If it were any more than subconsciously he wouldn't have done it.)

Ven jumped when Eiji's body started convulsing. He wanted to do something but he couldn't think of anything to do and so just defaulted to watching with shock and concern and confusion and all that good stuff, especially when the belts tarted singing and he looked like some purple ~~dinosaur~~ superhero.

"I don't know...!" Ven answered Roxas rather dumbly. Maybe he wouldn't listen to them, but he still seemed like he was in pain and augh what was going on.

Either way you could guess what his attention was on now as he turned toward Eiji fully. "Hey, what's the matter with you...?" He asked carefully, his grip tightening on his keyblade.

Roxas moved first, drawing the creature's attention. The headfins seem to expand into full-sized wings, and with a heavy forward flap, they send a blast of icy air in Roxas' direction.

Rox had tensed when he felt Ienzo slightly closer than before, taking a split second to dwell on why he was feeling so protective of the kid. But sadly, he didn't exactly have a lot of time to sit and ponder to himself.

The headfins expanding made Rox back up, stumbling in to the kid behind him. His instinct was to dodge away- and he probably could have. But that would sort of leave Ienzo wide open.

Oh well.

Rox only had time to raise his arms in some meek attempt at protecting his face before the icy air hit. He could just barely feel his hand clench around something, but...he wouldn't be able to realize Kingdom Key had manifest before becoming a proverbial Roxsicle.

No amount of hours spent in Even's sub-zero laboratory would be able to hold up to the icy wind being sent by the creature's wings now. The creature didn't seem capable of human speech anymore, or if it was, it was too busy rampaging around to bother. And while Roxas had his Keyblade to protect him, there was absolutely nothing stopping Ienzo from joining him in the ranks of proverbial popsicles.

Oh well, he'll be fine in a few turns... or not...

The headfins expanded triggered a reflex in Ven's brain that told him to dodge out of the way, jumping back towards Roxas and Ienzo just a bit. He had half a moment to notice that Roxas had just summoned a keyblade, but only a quarter of a mind to register it after that.

He was halfway between a gasp and a scream. Ice.

His position let him avoid becoming a popsicle himself, but he was close enough to the icy air for it to trigger that horribly new button in his head. Ice. Being frozen. He was terrified. And it showed.

He was concerned with his friends somewhere, but panic took over; Ven turned tail and ran down the hallway, away from the purple...thing and the ice and the human popsicles.

Two out of three frozen. The wings relax for a moment, and the beast's hip armor rotates and merges, forming a long, heavy tail. The creature spins around, bringing said tail around and smashing the frozen Roxas and Ienzo.

A triumphant roar leaves the beast, and he goes stomping off down the hall after Ventus.

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_{Upgrading Roxas and Ienzo from popsicles to snow-cones done with player permission.}

"A-Ah!!"

He heard the sound of smashing and flinched and there was no doubt what it was he has smashed them oh light what was he gonna do they were dead.

At the roar Ven spun around fast to cast a haphazard Fire ball in the creature's direction; fire melted ice at least. He wouldn't get frozen again.

The fireball caught the creature off-guard, staggering it for several moments before it started moving forward properly again.

Ven might have enough time to get away!

And get away he definitely did. Ven didn't even check to see if the fireball had made contact with the creature; he spun right around and took off again-- this time at full speed-- and zipped away down the stairs, and kept running until there was at least a half a tower's worth of floors was between him and the dormitories.

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Let's gather 'round the campfire

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bi~lly don't be a he~ro...

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