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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[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?

[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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[nuclearqueen.livejournal.com]

[Seeing those shaking hands, Kallen stays by her side, ready to help or catch the bottle should the need arise. She's glad to see at least some of the pain go out of Aqua's face, if not all of it.]

You're...you're welcome. I mean, I'm supposed to help people in need, right?

[Just wishes she could have helped earlier, before this even happened. Which reminds her, how did it? And is about to ask before, wait, she isn't talking, so maybe that's not a good idea.]

...So, you can't talk?

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[nuclearqueen.livejournal.com]

[No, Kallen doesn't understand what the empty hand is supposed to mean, so she's glad when Aqua at least tries to write, even if she looks a bit unsteady doing it, and hopes that this isn't taxing her too much to do.]

Anything? Ah, you mean that weapon of yours?

[And then she hesitates, biting her lip slightly, before she has to ask: ] What happened?

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[nuclearqueen.livejournal.com]

[Kind of feels bad for even asking when Aqua has to hold her wrist like that, looking like it's a lot of work. But all the same, she needs to know if there's a threat, if there's something she needs to fight against. A small part of her is, at least, relieved, even if Aqua is still in pain.]

Hit something? So...you fell back down? Damn, you're lucky to be alive.

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[nuclearqueen.livejournal.com]

[Kallen is still far from pleased at this, but yes, it's good no one else is in immediate danger. That leaves her fully able to focus on Aqua, too.]

That's...good. That no one else is in danger, I mean. And I'm glad you made it. Just. We need to get you better.

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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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[nuclearqueen.livejournal.com]

[Frowns when she sees Aqua shaking her head like that, wondering what she means, surely she knows she has to get better, that can't be what she's objecting to. And then she's writing again, and Kallen frowns deeper, this doesn't sound good.]

What do you mean? Who's lost?