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(Pardon my lateness...)

Namine sat upon a bench at a park, of some sort. It was rare that she ventured outside, and so she was enjoying the sunny day that was being provided to her. Her pencil sketched across the clean white paper, creating what her mind conjured. Her smile was of the sun itself, as the rays of light hit her hair. Her blue eyes shimmering with delight.

She jumped slightly, a black hole appeared. She screamed, but no sound came as it got bigger. She jumped, making a run for freedom from what she used to be a part of, but it caught her, and all went black.

She woke, screaming in her bed. The curtains were drawn, she knew not weather it was night or day, but she had been sleeping. Her angel-blonde hair was soaked with sweat as she sighed and relaxed slightly. She had been plagued by that dream for a long time now..

Terra

After taking care of the two creatures, Terra saw the woman shoot one of the other creatures with an arrow and then shoot a fireball at the other.
Whoa, she thought. Didn't see that coming.
Then, she remembered about the rest of the building. There might be more people being attacked by these things. With that, she ran down the other end of the hall.

Fran turned to see Terra. Just as she was about to talk she ran away. Again she ran after her to keep up. But it did worry her that the shadows made their way here to this world. But why this was happening she didn't know.

Sora:
As the group was still talking inside about the keyholes, Sora decided to step outside to talk to himself and figure out what to do for now.
So am I basically useless? ,thought Sora, well, no, as long as the keyholes get restored, then my keyblades will work again!....so we just need to find this Lockblade. I guess we need to take the gummi ship then and find more worlds that aren't destroyed yet. I hope Riku is fine wherever he is and Kairi as well, we may have broken up but I still worry about her sometimes.
Just then, as Sora was walking by, he heard some noises at the hotel in the hallway and then saw a big flash of light.
Whoa! ,he thought, I should go check that out and see if they need my help!
as soon as he opens the doors entering hallway, Sora sees a girl running at him fast speed "uh-oh!" he says.

KAIRI
Kairi walked the halls alone. She was still thinking about Sora now and then. She suddenly saw a flash of light and a girl running past Sora.
'SORA!?'
She thought.
'Stay here, you didn't see anything.'

Sora:
knocked out on the floor, in his head thinking What just happened?
Tries to get up and then another girl knocks him over chasing the other girl.
this is just not my day thinking while having dizzy eyes. @[email protected]

Terra

As Terra continued down running down the hallway, a boy walked right into her path. He said aloud what she was thinking, as if he knew that she was going too fast to stop before running into him.

WHAM!

The force knocked Terra down on her butt. She rubbed her head from where she ran into the boy.
Ow...

She smiled.
'Typical Sora!'
She walked over and kneeled down next to him.
"Are you okay?"

Fran slowed down when Terra fell down. She saw Sora and could feel his aura... he was the only one with such an aura "The Keyblade Master" He was alot shorter then she'd imagined. Then again everybody seemed to be shorter then her.

Sora:
when coming to, Sora looks around rubbing his head and sees 3 girls.
One girl rubbing her head and lying on the ground like himself.
Another looking at him in a strange way,
and kairi.
suddenly, he realized he saw Kairi and it wasn't his imagination.

"KAIRI!?" he yells, "How did you get here and are these girls from your college with you?"

She smiled and decided to mess with his head.
"No...this is your imagination. I got her magically!"

Sora:
Sora knows Kairi's joking
"Yea right! I know this is real! You don't even know how to use magic in the first place anyways"

As Anora stepped through the Front Gate of Traverse Town, she couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy.

She thought of the Key that had appeared in her hand a few days ago. She hoped that here, she would find some answers.

"Well," she said to herself in a low tone, "lets see what Destiny has in store for me now." With that small reassurance, she headed into town, humming a small tune that just seemed to pop into her head as she came in.

Lurias ran through the allyways of Traveres town as if she was trying to escape someone, or something. She ran and ran until her breath quickend to a point where she had to stop. She leaned against a nearby wall and took a few short breaths. Looking around she saw no one and began forward again.

As she got to the end of the allyway she could hear voices slowly drift her way. Walking slower now she glanced around the corner. She saw a group of people and a young boy and girl that looked very familer.

Then it hit her. She knew them, it was long ago but she knew them. She quickly hid back in the allyway only to hit somthing with her arm. She froze wondering if anyone heard her.

Terra

Two's company, three's a crowd, but four is ridiculous! Terra thought as she watched the gathering in the hall grow.
She stood up and dusted herself off. Somehow she had to get past this crowd.

(Umm, you may want to post that in the OOC area.)

Anora worked her way though the town, enjoying the sights as she rounded a corner, she saw someone pressed up against an alley wall. Whoever she was, she seemed to be listening to someone or someones in the alley. Anora ducked back around her corner and peeked around again to watch the person in the alley.

Without a word, Heaven Okamoto stepped cautiously through the unfamiliar alleyways of Traveres Town. He had overheard an older man babbling about strange creatures attacking his hotel. The man was so shaken up that Heaven couldn't even ask where his hotel was between the man's frantic statements
"I gotta get out of here! There must be more in the town! Don't go there! They almost got me. I gotta get out!"
with no clue as to what would be waiting for him in the town Heaven felt obligated to do what he could to help this man, "I'll do my best" were the only words he uttered as he entered the town.
with his two small swords drawn Heaven prepared himself for any encounter, mentally reviewing his 3 short years of training. Although he doubted his ability he was confidant in his preparedness...until he saw what was at the hotel. There were four people there: a boy and a girl on the ground rubbing their heads, an intimidatingly tall viera with a bow, and another girl who was chuckling at the boy.
Heaven's mind slowly attempted to transition from mindlessly fight to communicate normally but years of living alone made this difficult.
"Hello? I'm looking for the hotel." Heaven immediately regretted saying anything but all he could do was wait to see how they would respond.

King Mickey

"Gosh, Sora's been gone for a while," King Mickey thought aloud to the others. "I'd better go find him." With that, he stepped outside.
Outside, Sora was not to be seen. The mouse king took a few steps before two Heartless and one Nobody appeared. Instinctively, he drew his Keyblade and attacked, dispatching them with ease.
It didn't hit him until a few seconds later.
"My Keyblade's working again," he muttered, looking at it. "The Lock must be somewhere nearby!"
Knowing what to do, he ran off. "I've got to find Sora!"

Sora:
while talking to Kairi, Sora saw the girl across from him get up and almost ran past him to get away. Sora grabbed her arm and asked "What are you running for?!"

Then Sora heard a voice saying "Hello? I'm looking for the hotel." He looked to his side and found a man with two swords out of their sheaths.
Sora stood up very quickly, letting go of the girl's arm and waved his hands open side to side saying nervously"Well, Your at the hotel actually, so no need for those things right?.....hehhehheh."

Terra

As Terra tried to sneak past, the boy grabbed her wrist for some reason.
"What are you running for?" he asked.
Before she had a chance to answer (not that she would've anyway), a voice could be faintly heard saying, "Hello? I'm looking for the hotel."
The voice belonged to a man wielding two swords. The boy apparently felt threatened by that and tried to diffuse the situation, releasing Terra in the process.
Screw this, she thought, heading deeper into the building (the hotel, if the boy was to be believed). I have other stuff to do.
As she came across another dead end, something made a hole at the end of the hall, something which turned out to be a giant armored shadow creature. As she stared at it, one thought crossed Terra's mind:
Oh, crap.

King Mickey

A faint booming sound stopped King Mickey in his tracks. From where he stood, it looked like a giant armored Heartless was attacking the hotel.
The mouse king ran toward the hotel, desperately hoping that Sora wasn't in there.

Heaven was addressed by the boy first, "Well, Your at the hotel actually, so no need for those things right?.....hehhehheh." Suddenly he was aware that he still had his swords drawn. Not risking another stupid statement Heaven simply nodded to the boy and sheathed his swords. Approaching the hotel however he dared to ask one question of the strange group, "I heard the owner of this place talking about shadow monsters? What do you know about them?"
Suddenly a loud crash caught everyone's attention.
instinctively Heaven drew his swords again, "I guess i'll find out soon" he thought aloud.

As Anora watched the girl, she heard a loud noise from behind the hotel across the street from her. Crap, looks like something else is going on here. I should check it out. She runs out from around the corner, jumps onto a trashcan, a box, and then over Lurias, landing back in the street. She turned on her heel, ran into the hotel, and brushed past the crowd. "Comin' Through!" she yells as she brushes by Heaven and Sora.

Finally, some action. she thinks with a smile as she runs towards the area the noise is coming from.

Sora:
After the guy asked his question, Sora heard the crash and looked behind him.
A Heartless! he thought, he then took out his keyblade and took the fighting position, "This may not do much, but I can still help!" he said thinking aloud,

but then he heard "Comin' Through!" and tries to look behind him, but then halfway a woman ran past him, apparently looking for a fight. Sora then gave a surprised look and turned back to the heartless in the fighting position once again and stood in front of Kairi to protect her.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in Traverse Town...

* a low rumble reverberates through the floor and the walls. Aeris looks up worriedly, hoping nothing is going wrong. Suddenly, there is a loud *BANG!* and three people materialize in front of her: a muscular man, a young woman, and a very weak looking old man, who almost immediately collapses to the floor. The strong man looks up at her desperately. *

"Please!" he begs "Help him! He tried to get us to a healer, I assume that's you. He needs help!"

* Aeris nods, then she helps him lift the old man onto the bed nearby. The strong man breathes a sigh of relief, then offers his hand. *

"My name is Blahrtohk. This man is my grandfather, and that" he motions to the young woman dressed in black "is my sister Tabsali, but everyone calls her Tabby. Can you tell me where we are?"

Aeris nods. "This is Traverse Town."

* Before she can say anything more, The Old Man coughed, and groaned softly. All attention focused on him. *

"Is there any place in town.... >cough< ...to buy some medicine?"

Aeris nods. "There's a shop across town, owned by three brothers, Huey Dewey and Louie. They carry medicines." *She proceeds to give them directions; it really is way on the far side of town from where they are.*

* Blahrtohk nods, committing the directions to memory. He and Tabsali get up and, with one last look back at The Old Man, step outside. *

((They're clear at the other end of town right now, so just progress as normal, I'll post again when they get closer and notice what's going on.))