third ♒ mirror, action

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( The new training arena Aqua's magicked up is fairly impressive. It sits just beyond the ruins, resembling the Throne Room on the surface, only without the walls or high ceiling. There are columns at each corner, amphitheatre-style seats all around it, and all manner of props stored in racks and cellars around the edges, from wooden weapons and shields to punching bags and giant barrels. In the centre of the arena, there's a blot on the ground, a small shadow growing ever-fainter. Looking up in the air reveals Aqua herself, armour-clad, flying up and up, as if aiming for the sun.

Of course, with the nature of this world, she can't simply fly straight off it. She reaches the point where she hits the barrier – probably too high to be seen, by then – and before she can even attempt breaking through it, she's falling so fast that nothing more than a blur of blue-grey metal can be seen streaking towards the ground. Aqua lands with a crack, though it's not clear whether the bulk of the noise comes from the training ground floor, her armour, or Aqua herself. It's around this time that the Vine decides to crawl towards her, mirror forming in front of her before she can think to summon it.

She's relieved, which is easy enough to see, considering that a large shard of her helmet has broken off. The armour, thankfully, has taken the brunt of the damage, and while Aqua herself looks fairly beaten amongst the rubble, she has enough sense to try getting out of the armour. Before making use of the mirror, she swats a hand against her shoulder, ordering her armour to slot away. Nothing happens. She frowns, confused, and places hand to her forehead, trying to wash the blood and dizziness away with a Cure spell. Nothing happens. Finally, she focuses all of her attention on the mirror, opens her mouth to ask for help, but no words come out. Seemingly defeated, she slumps forward, forehead hitting the mirror with a dull thud. )

[ ooc; with Ventus gone, Aqua's panicked, and tried to fly off-world. When she reached the sky's barrier, she was hit by a wildcard, and lost all her strength, from her magic to her voice to anything relating to her Keyblade. Despite a natural Disneyesque resistance, she's fairly beat up ]

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[radiantbloom.livejournal.com]

[it's with a stark sense of horror that kairi watches this unfold. and when aqua's repelled off some kind of barrier and sent hurtling back to earth... her gut freezes and her heart sinks. pure adrenaline surges to her limbs as she runs out of the house, eyes fixed upon the tumbling figure of her master in the mirror.]

Aqua! Hang on! I'm com -- [she would arrive too late to catch her, though, as kairi sees and hears that sickening crack with a clenching heart and a rush of moisture to her eyes. they sting, and it's suddenly hard to see. but she keeps moving, on autopilot.

eventually she arrives, skidding to a stop beside her master's body.]

Aqua... Aqua come on! Stay with me, here... [gingerly, she reaches forward to cast the soft green glow of cura upon aqua's head wound. she'll have to thank sora for teaching her later. right now, though...]

Stay awake, please. I need you to tell me where it hurts... okay?

[the tears were starting to fall, as she gazed down with her heart in her throat upon her master. please be okay... please.]

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[radiantbloom.livejournal.com]

[kairi stares down with even more worry evident upon her face as she notices aqua's failed attempt at speaking. a quick glance over and she has to shudder. dear light, the damage. at least one leg is bent at an unnatural angle, and she sees that armor digging into her.

she steels herself, and crawls over to that leg, casting curaga upon it. the effort to cast the highest level of this spell has her wincing a little, but she soldiers on; her master needs her. nothing else matters. and hopefully since ciraga is storng, that leg should be in better working order now.

kairi moves on now to removing the bits of armor gingerly, being as careful as she can not to hurt her further. the redhead bites her lip, and reassures her with a small smile:]

It's going to be okay. Just stay with me. I don't want to see you falling asleep.

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[radiantbloom.livejournal.com]

[kairi will be sure to lecture her... later. when she's feeling better. heck, when she can move. right now, she can't and that is her top priority. the redhead continues to pull bits and shards of armor from aqua's body, casting another bout of curaga upon her chest and torso. she heaves in a deep breath, eyes catching the movement of aqua's mouth and the general direction of the chest of potions before she nods quickly and runs off to retrieve them.

after a minute, she returns to her side with six or seven bottles clutched tightly against herself. carefully, she sets herself and the bottles down beside aqua. then she pops open the top of one of the bottles, and holds the brim of it to her master's mouth with a worried expression.]

Here you go... drink this. [please, be okay. she's strong, but now kairi is a bit shaken and rattled inside. she... she's just found her again. she doesn't want to lose this friend so soon.]

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[radiantbloom.livejournal.com]

[kairi lets out a gasp and reaches forward to grasp aqua's arm gently.]

You're going to be fine... come on, stay awake. You shouldn't sleep after you've hit your head.

[carefully, she moves to sit behind aqua so that in the very least, her leg is there to lean against. loss of magic power has left her feeling dizzy, too, and so her hold on aqua's arm tightens just a little bit. the remainder of her weight is braced with her other hand against the ground, so they both won't fall back.]

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[radiantbloom.livejournal.com]

Ven... your friend? [.... oh. she frowns, and reaches her free hand over to lay over aqua's clasped hands.]

Aqua, I'm sorry. [she smiles a small, but encouraging smile.] But your hearts are connected, right?

You'll see her again. [hopefully sooner than later, for her master's sake.]

[mnementomori]

[having sheepishly retreated to her room for a while after her own disappearing act, Xion busies herself writing in her journal. She hasn't touched it in a while, and she already has a stack of glass bottles lining the wall of her room under a window. She idly wonders if she made too many. As if in response, the Vine curling over the sill forms a mirror, and she straightens. She's taken to talking to it sometimes, and it seems to like her. She's figured that when it wants to show her something, it's usually important.]

[the scene that plays out makes her grip the edges of the mirror, panicking, shouting even though she doesn't know if Aqua can hear. What happened to her? Did she get attacked? She nearly shakes the thing, but it goes dark before she can get a grasp of the woman's location.]

[she's on her feet right away, not even bothering with the door but leaning out the window to clamber onto the tree branches beyond. There's a cat lazing on a wider branch, taking in the sun, and her shout startles it, tail flicking irritably.]

Aqua! Take me to Aqua--

[the cat gives her an offended look but wanders past her into the house, padding downstairs. She starts to follow it, then stops and scoops up as many elixirs as she can carry. The bottles clink against each other as she hurries onward.]

[it feels like it takes forever to reach her, with the cat taking its sweet time, unhappy at being disturbed. She doesn't even thank it, just runs to Aqua's side, fumbling to unstopper the first bottle.]

Wh-what happened!? Who attacked you?

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[mnementomori]

[she reaches out to steady her, the bottles spilling from her lap and over onto the ground. Luckily, none of them break. She looks Aqua over carefully, swallowing hard. She's never seen injuries quite this bad before.]

[thankfully, the wild places took her own voice once, so she understands the gesture. Anywhere else, she'd think it was only Silence, but she soon realized that only time worked on the effects the Garden caused. She nods.]

O-okay, just...try not to move.

[she opens an Elixir and holds it up for Aqua to drink, carefully.]

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[mnementomori]

[she's already reaching for another one, worried--especially because nothing's ever been so bad an elixir couldn't fix it. But she stops at Aqua's expression, puzzling over the word she's trying to say. She can't figure out what it is at first, and imitates the movement.

Fen...ta...Ven...Ventus?

[her eyes widen.]

Where is she? Is she okay?

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[mnementomori]

[her eyes widen as she reads the message.]

No--gone!? You're sure? Maybe the Queen could...

[but Axel and Roxas haven't come back either. Her words feel empty. She slumps, scooting closer to Aqua, hoping her presence will help somehow.]

She'll...she'll be safe. She has to be.

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[nuclearqueen.livejournal.com]

[Kallen can hear the crash at a distance, not so far off to be muffled or lost, and her heart is already quickening at the thought of what could make a sound like that. An attack? Is someone hurt? She has to know.

And checking the Vine, her fears are confirmed. Panic floods her at seeing Aqua in such a state.]

Master Aqua! Are you...what happened? Where are you?

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[nuclearqueen.livejournal.com]

[Quite relieved to see her moving, at least, that's a good sign, though maybe it's not a good idea, doesn't know what injuries she's suffered. When she sees the arena, though, nods quickly.]

I'll be right there. Don't - don't move too much.

[And then she's rushing off, chasing after a helpful cat as quick as she can.]

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[nuclearqueen.livejournal.com]

[She'll move over to Aqua's side immediately, trying to assess the damage that's been done as quickly as she can. But Kallen is far from a medic, and knows that she's in way over her head.]

Damn, this is...where does it hurt? Do you have medical supplies?

[So many questions, Kallen, but she's kind of panicking over here.]

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[nuclearqueen.livejournal.com]

[Kallen isn't sure what to make of those bottles, necessarily, but she gets the hint when Aqua picks one up and points. Though she's wary, she goes to the chest and pulls out a few more of the almost luminescent green bottles, then brings them to Aqua again, uncorking one and holding it out.]

Here. These are...medicine?

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