Free City, Truce - Fountain
A tiered fountain marks the center of Truce, water gushing from its
summit and trickling into a deep, wide basin, wrapped by a ring of benches.
Roads flow like rivers away from the fountain, and houses sprout like weeds
all around them. Not far to the east, the ocean roars in the harbor.

On this evening, as with the days growing shorter, a faint moon has already climbed halfway into the dusky sky, threatening with it the sparkle of inevitable stars. The sun, meanwhile, is a scant ball of fire barely peeking over the horizon's rim, and a chilly wind blows through the streets of Truce.

The metallic tromping of boots crunch through the cobbles as guards switch positions, some even lingering on to ensure the safety of the city's limits. Families have gone indoors for the evening, and a few random passerby are heading to the inn and tavern with friends, to drink the night away. In the center of Truce, here, a young boy stands somewhat vigilant, sword slung across his back, with an incredibly upright posture for someone his age. He seems to be waiting for someone.

Nagol walks back and forth by the Fountain, waiting for someone.

Eevee strolls in from the west, apparantly in a foul mood. It seems some rabites tried to take over his nest, Mogwai was working somewhere (which under no circumstances would he -ever- be allowed to be near her workplace, nothing personal <3), and he hasn't seen his sister Julexa in what felt like ages. He would be muttering to himself right about now, if that was a thing that Eevees did. Instead he hops up on a bench and stares into the water. That seems to help for some rason.

Laying on the side of the fountain is a can of Oldspice body spray that someone foolishly left behind. One must question the train of thought that would lead to such an action. Truly, not one that was done willingly. For no one would leave such a powerful can of body spray behind like this.

Kimen is looking all over the place for the chalk she left here last night though it appeared as though someone had made off with it not long after she was lead away by that woman. This was a bit of a shame since it meant she would not be able to finish coloring in the chocobo she had started the night before, which now was slightly faded and smeared by the many feet that had passed through during the day. It was almost a sad sight.

Julexa scampers into the fountain area, and quickly climbs on a bench and looks around frantically. Upon seeing Eevee, she tackles him quickly, and begins speaking quickly: "Pichupichupichu..("EeveethereyouareIwashopingthatyouweren'tatthenestbecauseit'sbeentakenoverbyrabitesandIjustbarelymadeitoutoftherean--heyareyoulisteningtome?!") She says, shaking slightly and trying to catch her breath

Helios hovers in from the north followed by the ever- present M85. Their lenses glow brightly in the darkening evening as they look around the square, taking in the usual gathering of people. "Oh, look. It's Ambience again, M85. Do you suppose that he remembers us again?" The M85 makes a noncommittal chirruping noise and wanders over to it's drawing of Mechonis from the other night.

Kahleen lifts her leg up high and carefully places her tip-toes down, then brings the other foot around. Her arms held straight out to keep her balance. She continues this cliche "sneak" walk until she reaches the the fountain. As she creeps in she spots Kimen. She sneaks up and taps Kimen on the shoulder. "Hey there. Its me...Fob-whatever I said my name was."

Becoming interested in these strange little groups of travellers he has seen these last few nights, as well as the fact that they all appear to recognize one another, Garoth makes his way back to the fountain area, smiling at the sight of the young artist as he makes his way over to that general side of the fountain, making certain to avoid any strange items sitting about along the way.

(Kupenreich) Riko sighed as he made his way out of the Truce Inn. He simply HAD to stop sleeping so late. He needed SOME kind of job if he was going to make a life for himself in this new world, and he wasn't going to get that by sittting on his ass all day sleeping. He sighed again, and plopped down on an empty bench, his mind full of what he needed to start doing.

Ambience continues to stand and wait, chin held high and upright, though he does spare a red-eyed glance at Helios and its mechon at the mention of his name. He folds his arms loosely, offering a glance around as he stands off to one side of the fountain; the last flickers of sunlight glint radiantly off the pearlescent pommel of his sheathed longsword, flashing reflectively for a fraction of a second.

Nagol looks over and sees Helios. He runs over and says, "Quick question! Have you started on the M30 yet?"

Eevee blinks a few times as he attempts to process Julexa's bombardment of chatter. Wait, what did that even matter? There's Julexa! "Eevee!! (Sis! There you are! I've been looking all over for you! I met some cool friends recently!)" It seems he didn't catch any of what she was trying to say. Though really, can he be blamed?

Suddenly, a couple bubbles rise up from the fountain as a half naked human with dark colored skin rises up out of it, casting a seductive look over the area. "Hello, ladies! Does your man smell like lady scented--oh. Seems I'm in the wrong place. Carry on!" he says as he steps out of the fountain and picks up the can of Oldspice body spray while whistling loudly. Right on cue, a black stallion comes galloping in from the north. The man leaps up on the horse and races off to the south, out of sight.

Kimen starts smearing the drawing with his foot so it can't be recognized as anything but a yellow smear on the ground, "Wark wark, back to just being chalk with you." He said softly, though a small smile remained present on his face. He turns and is about to compliment the robot he saw last night on his masterpiece when a familiar voice and a tap on his shoulder turns his attention away, "Oh! Hi there Ms. Fobelid!" He waved.

Julexa calms down somewhat, and looks at Eevee. "Pichu?("You were? I ws at Finn's Tree Fort. Jake was starting to creep me out so I snuck out last night, and went back to the cave to see that Rabites have taken it over, and they chased me out of there and I was wandering around looking for you an--") She just dismisses it and gives Eevee a big, squishy hug.

Helios seems a bit taken aback by the suddenness of Nagol's question. "Relax, we told you that production should take about a week. We are running the design through some materials tests, bue to the limitations of the mass fabricator. Be patient." Helios nods to Nagol and heads over to Ambience. "We are guessing that you still don't recognise us."

"I'll send you back to the void, villain!" people around hear a deranged shout from the fountain. Entering the cleft, a warrior dressed in what looks like burnt armor and a cloak appears. Dripping with water the deranged man, Kent, climbs out of the fountain and draws a long blade. He points it at someone in the group. "Where and who are ya! I'm Kent, exile Knight. I demand your cooperation or I'll run you through!"

"Last night, after I left, I talked with someone about you, Kimen." Kahleen leans in closer to Kimen's ear. "We''ve decided to take you on bored. I decided against it but I was out voted, it would seem." She freezes and seems to look through Kimen for a moment. "Wait...That never happened. I-" Kaleen cuts herself off and takes a heroic posture. "Have decided to take you on board. What say you, child of chalk?" She smiles as she awkwardly glances at newcomers...

Garoth chuckles and smiles at the warking, knowing which bird makes that noise well enough, and somewhat recognising that is what the drawing was supposed to be anyways, simply sitting beside the fountain... until the psychopath comes out swinging his sword about and he stumbles back away, into the path of the somewhat inept thief he watched the other night.

(Kupenreich) Kent probably wouldn't see it through Riko's shades, but the moogle was giving him a pretty intense glare. "Why don't you put that thing away before you hurt someone," he growls, mentioning to the gear on his back, "and I have to hurt you." He was trying to ask nicely, but he wasn't in the best of moods.

Sweetie groans as she finally wakes up. The taste of something awful in her mouth.

Ambience looks up more fully at Helios as he is approached, turning somewhat and looking between him and the mechon. His expression is rather serious and straightforward, almost militaristic. Or as militaristic as a thirteen-year-old-looking boy can get while trying, anyway. "I guess not. It bothers me a li'l that you aren't the first t'bring it up, but if I don't know you, I don't know you. I'm sorry, uh..." He pauses, trying to remember. "'Blinker'." Yeah, that sounded right.

Ambience casts a short look toward the awakening pony, recognizing her as well. He tips his head lightly, looking back at Helios. "She remembered me, apparently, too. Somethin' about another horse that knew who I was. They seem t'be all over the place, from what I know." He shrugs lightly, not unfolding his arms.

Eevee smiles and just rubs his head against Julexa. Sure he knew that she was with Finn and Jerk, but after the last couple of times he saw Finn, she wasn't with him. "Eevee! (Oh yeah..I've taken care of the rabites. Let's just say that things heated up a little.)" says the pokemon with a slight grin on his face. "Vee! (I met some new friends! One of them's a moogle like Mogwai, and he can understand us too!)" It seems Eevee hasn't noticed Riko yet.

Kimen tilts her head to the side as she listens to the lady ramble a bit. Was she always so scatterbrained like this? The child thought maybe she would benifit from preparing speech cards. They sure helped her sometimes, especially when she was nervous talking to people. "Well that is rather neat, but I don't really know what you have decided to take me on board for." Kimen answered with a cheerful laugh, "So I can't really make decision either way--At least not a thought out one."

Nagol doesn't know weither to tell Helios that he may not need the M30 or not. And that he had found some old books for making robots in the Fountian of Dreams. He decides that the M30 could be useful too. He shrugs and walks over to a bench, and sits down. He takes out some robot parts out from his backpack and works on them.

A winged creature spoke with Kent. Kent spins around in a fright to face it, but is frightened by the moogle's appearence. "You...What are you?" He said, gripping his sword even tighter. "How did I get here?" The creature seemed in a bad mood, and Kent wanted information. Now. "Awnser me!"

"Helios, if you please." Helios pauses in thought for a moment, feeling unthreatened by the crazy man in the fountain. "Well, we might be able to help with that. Tell us, what is the last thing that you remember?" Meanwhile, the M85 finishes staring at the picture on the ground and decides to move in between the crazy man and its master, Helios. Just in case.

Julexa smiles and lets out soft squeeks as Eevee rubs his head against her. Pichu!("Well, I guess you have another new friend to talk to. Have you met any other people? You said you met new friends..so, you have to have met more then one..") She says, as she glances around at the fountain, shiving a bit at the biting cold air wisping by.

Kahleen 's attention is cut short for a moment as the crazed, blade baring knight threatens to escort the group to the void. "Psh!" Kahleen points a thumb toward Kent, shaking her hand back and forth. "DThis guy, huh?" She smiles at Kimen *Wink* Kaleen leans back to Kimen's ear. "So, we have ourselves a mentally unstable and morally questionable target here. Its a safe bet even if you were to get caught, Kimen." She leans back and cups her hands around he mouth, shouting. "Initiation triiiia

"Initiation triiiials will now begin!..I mean-" Kahleen whispers "< initiation trials will now begin >"

Sweetie rinses her mouth with water from the fountain, promising herself to never drink booze again. For Celestia's sake, Sweetie Belle was seeing a jittery enraged elephant a yellow mouse, and Eevee talking to the mouse. Wait? Sweetie never saw a mouse like that before. "Are you a halucination? Or do Chinchillas come in yellow now?"

"Jeez... What a workload. I'm glad to finally be out of the library, for once, and relaxing." With a slight undertone of irritation in her voice, Twilight Sparkle is making her way towards the fountain.

Sweetie stumbled a bit as she walked to Twilight, "He-Hi Twilight. How are you doing? Do you know what that yellow thing is next to da angry birds and the gre-en piggy"

Garoth watches the thief and child, as he had fallen over nearby them, figuring this probably wouldn't end well with what he gathers from the conversation.

"Well, that's not a hard question." Ambience pauses for a moment, showing brief concern for whoever he's waiting for not having shown up yet. Resigned, he looks back at Helios, with a sideways, quick glance at Sweetie as he does. "Right before Mama came back from the Holyland, I had finished training that night with Lady Agrias. I finished my prayers in the chapel, and went home to Da."

Nagol looks over and sees Twilight, he remembers the Translator Incident and hides his face behind a Book. Even though it wouldn't help much.

Ambience says 'I went to bed that night, but woke up in a different bed. Mama was there, and she said that she came back that night and brought me to the Holyland. Da was missing, but she doesn't know where.'

Eevee pulls his head back and nods. "Eevee! (Oh yeah! His name's Riko, he's really cool! He's got these awesome things on his eyes! Uh..what did Qupoma call them again? Funmasses? Anyway, there was also Qupoma, she's a moogle too. She's nice, but Mogwai's much prettier. Strangely though, she couldn't understand me like Riko and Mogwai could..)"

Eevee supposes he could tell her about Nagol and how he was a victim of control loss as well, but he wouldn't want to scare his shivering little sister. Speaking of which, it was kind of cold. Eevee didn't notice it before because of said heating up with rabites. He starts to look around a little in hopes of finding a way to warm Julexa up, and finally notices Riko nearby. "Vee! (Oh! That's Riko over there!)" says Eevee excitedly, but not bolting off towards him yet.

Kimen's back straightens. A trial?! Like a test? Kimen was terrible at tests! And even worse he had no idea what he was being tested on! The child looks nervously at the man with the weapon and gulps as his throat tightens in panic. "Uh...Right. He could be a but of a problem I guess." Kimen rubbed the back of his neck and glanced between his 'target' and Fobelid. "Um...E-excuse me Mr. Scary-Crazed-Sword-Guy." What was he doing again?!

Helios thinks for a moment. "What was the date of the night that you finished traning? That could provide the groundwork for a theroy." Meanwhile, the M85 shifts nervously at the man in the fountain thrashes about like he was posessed. It wasn't really sure what to do about him. Maybe grab him and pin his arms? No, no... That didn't end well last time. The M85 thinks back at glances at it's shiny new gun- barrel

Julexa looks over at Eevee and nods "Pichu!("Oh, I see. So, what's he like then?") She asks, swiveling her big, brown eyes in Riko's direction and tilting her head, one ear drooping and twitching in silent contemplation.

"Is that...?" The oddly familiar voice belonging to Ambience is enough to bring back memories of how she nearly died protecting one of her friends, and Twilight Sparkle narrows her eyes as irritation gives way to anger. "I remember you, and how you were actively trying to kill me for protecting Rarity. I trusted you, then, and it almost cost me... I'm not going to make the same mistake twice, Ambience!"

Kent heard the child's voice, and lowered his weapon tensly. The others seemed to regard the warrior as a threat, so Kent layed down his sword and shield at his feet. He took a deep breath, still dripping with water from the fountain and spoke. "Call me Kent, child, fear me not. I am a warrior from another kingdom, where these" He looks around, "Creatures...are unfamilier and unholy. What is thine name, Child?"

Kahleen smiles at Kimen. The distraction was set. and Kahleen imagines a light shining down on Kent that was accompanied by an angelic harmony *ahHHH* "Okay. I'll just sneak around behind him and grab his belt and sheath." Kahleen had said out loud, again, without realizing it. She comically tip-toes around to Kent's back side. She reaches up and around to his buckle. She takes a deep breath and holds it to keep herself nimble as she tries to undo his belt with the sheath attached...

(Kupenreich) Riko took a calming sigh. Moogles that were considered unholy? That was a new one on him. Riko leaned back, letting the newcomer converse with the other citizens, but not without keeping an eye on him, or, more specifically, that sword of his. This is when his gaze met that of Eevee's. The pet Pokemon always seemed to be out and about.

Sweetie says ' What? who's unholy? I'm spreding the Holy word of ... Celestia and Luna's mother... I'm too drunk to remember.'

Doesn't really know what's going through his mind, he's likely to get his pumpkin split open, but as Garoth begins to move up, the knight lowers his sword... He still mutters a few words for a spell under his breath, just in case, a small amount of the flame dimming from his eyes... knowing he'll likely be releasing it to protect the thief in a moment...

"Date? I don't keep track of days very well. If it was somethin' like a few days ago, maybe, but several weeks have gone by already, so..." With all the other people around, Ambience completely disregards Twilight's raised voice, not hearing her use his name; he'd assumed she was probably yelling at someone else. He continues talking to Helios, with a light shrug. "This all seems silly anyway; why does it matter? Maybe you all are the ones having memory problems. I hear that's somethin' that happens sometimes with machines, anyway, right? I'm just waitin' for Z, anyway, I don't really wanna deal with this right now. Maybe later."

"Eevee! (He's really..well..cool! I don't know how else to put it, really. My friend Nagol gave me a pair of funmasses so I could look as cool as Riko, but then I broke them on accident..) As Eevee says the latter part, his ears drop a little as he thinks back to the fall he took. "Vee! (Let's go talk to him!)" says Eevee as he leaps down from his bench and moves towards Riko, glancing back to make sure that his little sister was following.

Julexa slides off of the bench, landing gently beside Eevee and scampers alongside him, with a smile "Pi~("Well, if you say he's a cool person, then I see no harm in it..") She says, as she easily stays with Eevee.

Nagol says to himself, "The boosters could go there..." Nagol puts some pencil markings on some Robot Parts, that...look alot like the feet of a Kirby.

Kimen relaxes a little as he lowers his sword and shield. Dealing with people was a lot easier when they weren't waving around pointy things that could stab you. Still, there was a matter of that trial that lady spoke of. "Hello Mr. Kent! I am Kimen!" She offered her hand to the guy to shake it. "And there really isn't much to fear around here. Just some really weird folk..." Speaking of weird folk, Kimen's eyes were now following Fobelid's actions, "...With some pretty bad habits. Nothing too terrible though. Just gotta pay attention to things."

Kent extended his hand to the child, shaking it calmly. "Bad habits, eh?" Suddenly, he felt a rustle around his belt. As his empty sheath fell to the ground, Kent's muscles tensed as, with a fluid motion, he picked up his shield and held it intimidatingly towards the theif. "Bad habits, eh?" Kent snarled, threatening to bash him.

"Well, the nerve! Assuming that we are the one with problems, indeed. Clearly, someone has been messing around in your head." Helios grumbles. "Probably to prevent a repeat of what happened when you snapped and went beserk." The M85 has calmed down by now, though it begins to eye Twilight warily. Ambience was standing pretty close to Helios, and if she attacked...

(Kupenreich) Riko nods at Eevee as he and the little yellow mouse make their way to him. "Sup Eevee. Who's your friend?" he asks calmly.

With anger clearly evident in her expression, Twilight Sparkle gallops in close, horn glowing a harsh white as she moves in towards Ambience and Helios. "I've got no intent of seeing anyone else getting involved in my problems. Sorry, but get out of the way. I'm going after the person who tried to kill me and Rarity at the same time!"

Kahleen had finally started to undo the buckle and was starting to ease the weight of the belt off of kent at an unnoticeable rate, hopefully. She started to open the belt and back away and he JUST SO HAPPENED TO TWITCH! Kahleen drops the sheath but catches it with her foot and reactivity starts massaging his back. As Kent would turn around, Kahleen pointed her foot down and the belt hit the ground, a delayed fall.

Kahleen backs away from him a few steps. "Oh! Look at that, just popped right of there, musta been on good massage!" Kahleen smiles awkwardly and her humming, nervous tick shows through.

Garoth isn't entirely certain if his spell would work on the shield... so waits a little, his eyes dimming slowly more as he keeps it in check, waiting.

Ambience starts to say something about the accusations being newly afforded him, but is cut short at the angry pony's advance, and turns halfway around, somewhat annoyed. "Another one of you? Goddess' light, you really -are- all over th' place." He unfolds his arms, placing one of them on his hip but still managing to retain his somewhat-knightly posture. "In either case, can I help you with somethin'? Or are you just here t'tell me that my memory's faulty, too? Frankly, I'm gettin' tired of hearing it."

Kimen panicked for a moment. Eyes widening as he saw the guy tense up and grab his shield. This was not going well! This guy wasn't calming down at all, and the thief lady was just making it harder! How was he supposed to pass this whatever it was trial now? Kimen thought she was doing so well when the guy shook her hand and lowered his weapons. How could she ever recover from this thieving thief's... massage? The child blinked at her

"Eevee! (Sup Riko! This is my little sister! Sis, this is Riko.)" In that moment, Eevee feels as if the whole world just came crashing down. Holy crap. Did his sister have a name that he could tell people? Did -he- have a name? Eevee's mind was blown.

Nagol moves onto the next part of his robot parts: A Arm Canon. He fiddles with so stuff, and adds what-not into it.

Sweetie yells 'You just lost your mind and then you broke buildings. You know, the kind of stuff Snips and Snails from my hometown would do on accident every other month!'

Julexa raises a stubby paw, giving Riko a small, timid wave "Pichu~("Hi there, nice to meet you. I'm Pichu.)" Given the circumstances, she reverts to saying her soecies name. Yes, that always seemed to work back home. She gives a sweet, innocent smile, one small, sharp tooth peeking out from under her upper lip.

"Help? Why would I ask for help from the person who nearly VAPORIZED me and one of my closest friends while he was possessed? I'm here to get back at you for trying to kill me and Rarity, as I just told you!" Twilight Sparkle stares sharply at Ambience, pawing the ground with her right forehoof and snorting. "I STILL haven't forgiven you for that, especially after you broke my trust!"

Helios sighs and positions himself inbetween Twilight and Ambience. "Twilight, you have no argument with this person. The Ambience that we knew is gone, for good or not we can not tell. This is meerly... an impostor wearing his face." Helios moves closer to Twilight. "You will have your chance for revenge eventually. But not today." Helios' last statement seems to be almost underlined as the M85 shifts forward slightly.

Kent says '"What are you...Oh..." He dropped the shield as his muscles relaxed. Shaking his head, he slapped the theif away. "Unhand me fiend!" He shouted, getting a grip back on myself. Fists clenched, he looked at the man who wrong him. And It appears it wasn't a man at all. "My deepest apologies, madame." He said, kneeling now. "It is a sin to strike a woman, and I am a sinner."'

Kahleen reached into her pocket and felt around. He hand being that close to the words Don't Panic made her do just that. A calm washes over Kahleen after Kent swatted at her. She smiled at him, unphased and then he apologized? Lady? Ha! "I just assumed this all must be so strange for you, Sir Knight. What better what to loosen you up then a massage?" Kaleen took a step toward Kent. "I am...Er up."

Kahleen looks at Kimen for confirmation...

Garoth winces and simply releases his spell at the sword, since he has no better place to aim it harmlessly... the metal probably only steaming a little from the water on it, sighing as the thief tries to con her way out of it... not wanting to out her though, as she was beginning to provide him some amusement.

Ambience steps out from behind Helios. He didn't need anyone to stand up for him, least of all someone who was going to call him a liar and an 'imposter', more or less right to his face. He steps up to stand alongside Helios, possibly even a step closer to Twilight. "What is WRONG with you people? Do I -look- like I'm killin' people? Do I look like I want a fight? Why don't you just go on back t'your herd and eat some grass with the others?" He then turns to Helios, significantly miffed. The diamond inset of Ambience's satin choken gleams almost warningly. "And hey, I'm RIGHT here. I think you both need to step off and go find somebody else t'bother." Argh, crazy people everywhere tonight. No wonder Mama spent all her time in the Holyland instead of down here. People seem to flip at the drop of a hat!

Right, Pichu. Eevee knew that. False alarm! Eevee takes a quick glance around. Seems Qupoma wasn't here toni--oh hey it's Nagol--ht. He supposes he could tell Riko his idea in front of Julexa, it would certainly be much warmer there for her at any rate. "Eevee! (Have you seen Finn lately, Riko? I've been thinking a little about what you mentioned yesterday..") Gasp. Eevee THINKING? Maybe that's just a mistranslation.

(Kupenreich) "Sister, huh. Hello, Pichu. No, I haven't seen him since we went to the Loftraska Crypts." Riko admitted.

Kimen stood there feeling a huge mixture of not so pleasent feelings, nervousness, anxiety, fear, confusion... This guy was a bit quick to anger. And really scary. The child was afraid he'd pick up that sword again and start running people through with it at any moment. And even worse, the kid had no idea why the woman was looking at her. "r...?" A puff of steam roase up into the air turning Kimen's gaze down. The sword was laying there on the ground unattended. Maybe it would be safer she picked it up now before kent decided to use to again? She knelt down, taking a hold of it hoping he didn't notice.

Nagol tests out the Arm Cannon, it first makes smoke. But then it fires a Light Beam Attack out from it. Nagol writes something down on a clip board and puts everything back into the backpack. Nagol had also been listening to Kahleen and the Knight and says to the Knight, "I wouldn't trust her if I were you. She tried to steal stuff from me the other day."

Julexa tilts her head and witches an ear as she listens, one ear still drooping as she thinks. "Pi~("Hello.")" She says, as she glances at Eevee and wonders where he's going with all of this.

"Alright. Just remember: I don't forget - or forgive - when someone's looking to kill me." With a heavy sigh, and a fierce frown, the unicorbrarian glances sidelong at Helios, then up to M85 and shakes her head before turning away. "Remember this, also. Twilight Sparkle is going to be watching you, closely."

Helios rolls his core. "Oh, yes. Because you didn't just insinuate that our memory core is bad. Call us even." Helios mutters something quietly before backing away. "And fine, don't accept our help. We have better things to do anyway." With that, Helios flies over to Twilight. "Hey, can we speak with you for a moment over there near the M85's drawing?"

Kent , grabbing his belt which fell to the ground, resecured his sword to himself and reached into his cloak pocket. "I'm sorry for my previous actions, madame. You are right that this is strange. I notice you appear to be short on funds though" He threw a bad of coins to the woman and sat by the fountain. "Perhaps that'll buy me enough time with you to tell me why you decided to leave the life of a sinner?" He beckoned her to sit next to him, hoping she wouldn't take the money and run.

Sweetie rubbed her chin with a hoof while she used her brain to think of the most polite course of action. Sweetie stepted next to Twilight and put a hoof on her side "I don't think he even remembers what happened Twilight. Like if Pinkie Pie ate a whole box of jello shots, Only they were also laced with pure evil."

"SLANDER! LIES AND SLANDER!" Kahleen shouts and points at Nagol. "He is the thief for he stole sunglasses from my neice or HE IS THE THIEF! Where's my sisters sunglasses, huh?" Her words would start to drown out Nagol's words. She look at Kimen, slightly agitated. Her eyes then followed the money put in front of her. Kahleen's eyes scowled at him. She spit on the money Kent presented and took Kimen's hand to lead her to Garoth and away from Kent

Kahleen spit on the money Kent presented and took Kimen's hand to lead her to Garoth and away from Kent and Nagol. She knelt down beside him. "You okay?"She asked looking for anything of interest on him.

Garoth blinks at her, deciding to take the thief's question at face value, despite all he has already seen of her "err... yes, just fine, I think" though he does take a sligh step back as an item rolls out of Kahleen's pocket towards him, sincerely hoping she'll notice it so he can avoid a panic attack.

Ambience frowns at the two of them, letting his hand fall from his hip. What was it with machines and ponies here in the middle realm? Were they always like this? He'd heard the stories from Mama and grandfather about the incompatibility between Mana and machinery, but he never stopped to wonder why. Maybe this was it. And these horses... sheesh, they were everywhere he went, lately. He wondered if this whole idea of looking out for Z was a bad idea, after all, if he was going to have to deal with this in the process. He scratched the side of his head lightly, eliciting a subtle sigh as he turned around. Not like Z was likely going to show up at this point anyway. He might as well go home. He places a hand on his chest, and with a sudden burst of accompanied light, Ambience's body disperses into baubles of light that flicker and glow, before gradually fading out of sight, one by one.

Kimen clutches the sword tightly, its point towards the ground. Great! He got the sword away from the scary guy. Now what? Give it to the police? Before he can manage to figure out the next course of action though the thief lady took hold of his hand and led her to some new stranger. This one didn't seem so threatening at least. "What just happened?"

Eevee then glances off to the side a little, suddenly not so sure he wants to explain all this in front of Julexa. "Vee! (It'll be dangerous though..something tells me that Salamando won't be happy to see us..)" Were Eevee brighter, he would know that that 'something' were his instincts.

"Eevee! (You mentioned wanting to meet more of the mana spirits..but they're all pretty far apart and well hidden. Mogwai told me that some spirits can't even be reached without the blessings of others. The closest one near here is in a volcano. I can go there with you sometime to meet Salamando while Mogwai's working and while Qupoma's away.)"

Eevee then glances off to the side a little, suddenly not so sure he wants to explain all this in front of Julexa. "Vee! (It'll be dangerous though..something tells me that Salamando won't be happy to see us..)" Were Eevee brighter, he would know that that 'something' were his instincts.

Nagol thinks and then says, "I'm going to to Bro...I mean Solo attack you!" Nagol jumps up and lands with his hands. Instead of just springing himself at Kahleen, he does an 'Advance!' move. This causes him to spring, but while spinning! He shoots himself like a top onto Kahleen!

"What is it? I'm not entirely convinced he's forgotten about that incident." Even as she moves to join Helios and M85, Twilight Sparkle turns her head in time to catch Ambience disappearing from the fountain.

Julexa shrugs and leans against Eevee gently as he talks. She isn't sure what he's talking about, so she just listens and pretends to know by shaking her head and having a cute looking of confusion on her face.

(Kupenreich) One of Riko's eyebrows shot upward. "Why not?" he asks.

Kent was left alone. He wasn't really surprised either, the theif wasn't the type of girl he was known to attract. Now was not the time for chatting with the locals, however, now was the time to check inventory and survey his surroundings. He plopped a cigar into his mouth, and rached for a tinderbox. "To hell with it!" he shouted, throwing the useless wet matches to the ground. He couldn't even smoke. Perhaps this new plane was hell itself.

Kahleen reaches out to grab the smoke bomb real quick before Garoth would notice. She looked at him and his look gave it away. He saw it. Bugger! Kahleen returned it to her pocket within her pocket so its a bit more held. Seeing nothing of interest on Garoth she is struck with a look of disappointment. "Ah, well. Try and be careful, okay?" Kaleen's eyes blow up *POOF!* when she sees the sword in Kimen's hand.

Kahleen redirects Kimen so his back is facing Kent and Kahleen would do the same. "You got it!" Kaleen took the sword and wrestled it to fit down her pant-leg. He walk would now be stiff but it was concealed! Kahleen hugged Kimen tightly. "You did great kid! You passed the test!" Kahleen looked over at Garoth and must have forgot he was there...AWKWARD!

Helios leads Twilight over to the slightly smudged picture of Mechonis. "Yes, we know. We must ask you if you noticed anything... Strange about that choker? Our scanners reported that there was something funny about it, but we aren't sure. If it was anything, it was only there when he got angry there at the end." Helios hovers around, agitated. "Oh, and what do you think of the M85's picture?"

"I passed?" Well that was good... maybe. Though there was little time for Kimen to celebrate whatever it was he was supposed to celebrate. Instead the child let out a shriek as he saw the blue blob attacking him and the woman and does a quick casting of a spell, the first thing that came to mind, sending a sharp spire of rock and earth at the offending flying object.

Sweetie facehoofs and sighs "And now he's gone before you can say 'sorry about seeming rude. I'm just very upset about things you don't seem to remember.' " Sweetie then took a peek at the photo that Helios showed Twilight. " I think he needs more arms and hammers."

"I... hadn't actually noticed anything out of the ordinary, but I'll have to watch for it, the next time I run into him." With another sigh, Twilight Sparkle looks down to the drawing and tilts her head slightly, though it's not long before a small smile takes the place of her frown. "And I think it looks very nice..."

Garoth shrugs as the thief looks back at him (still not having her name) and simply followes her, curious where she would take this, though he gives a shout as well, his eyes dimming a little more, though he winces a little, having another spell halted by bad timing and circumstances, holding it for now as fireballs are a little more difficult to simply "release safely".

"Well, you just made the M85's day." Helios motions behind him to the M85, who seemes pleased with their comments. "And no, Mechonis does not need more hammers." Helios looks over at the spot where Ambience warped away. "We wonder what would happen if that choker were to be removed..."

Kahleen unaware of the attack commenced against her she proudly smiles at Kimen. She watched Kimen's celebratory magic take off, whizzing above Kahleen's head. Kahleen just clapped at Kimen's performance. "Well, thievery and magic tricks. I bet you'll have more tricks stashed up that sleave of yours and OH-lookie here!" Kahleen looks at Garoth's incantation start to spark. "Wait...Why are you happy about this?" Kahleen watched him with her head tilted, wear a look of confusion.

Julexa looks at Eevee, and waves at him to get his attention: "Pi~(Well, Eevee, I think I'm heading back to the cave. I'll see you around I'm sure.)" She says, as she gives him one last hug and scampers towards the west and and to the Forest.

"Eevee! (The mana spirits are well hidden for a reason. I don't think getting their blessing is as simple as it was with Mogwai. They seem to be associated with creatures from her world. That's how she explained it to me, anyway..and I remember Salamando being very hot headed!)" replies Eevee towards Riko's question.

Eevee nods towards Julexa as she scampers off. That's good. He wouldn't angrily object to her coming along, but he would feel better knowing that she was sleeping warmly and soundly in their cave.

As the rock spire is nearing Nagol, it looks like Nagol will be hit directly. But...it doesn't happen. The spire is cut in half and Nagol continues on his way to attack Kahleen! A dark purple Kirby lands onto the ground, in his hand is a shadowy blade.

(Kupenreich) Riko shrugs. "Well. That'll make things interesting." he says, though that concept does worry him a bit.

"...though I'm not exactly familiar with that, I don't think it's a good idea to try taking that choker off." Twilight Sparkle sits down, horn glowing faintly as she yawns.

Kent chomped on the cigar and got back up to his feet. The ex-knight marched bitterly to the place he dropped his shield and strapped it to his back. He was missing his property, and the hunter would get it back. Walking briskly up to Kimen, Kent scowled at the child, holding the weapon of a demon hunter in his hand. "Kid, I like you, but I need my sword." The wetness of his face only helped Kent look more deranged. "and I don't want to have to count to three..."

Garoth as he watches the spire split he thinks to himself, whats the worst that could come of it, and his eyes dim more as he launches a large ball of flame at nagol from his mouth, wobbling a little bit before collapsing, his eyes empty of their usual telltale flames, though he remains breathing at least

Helios seems to shrug. "Well, we are sure that something has altered his mind in some way, whether or not the choker is involved. To be honest, we like the old Ambience more. This new one..." Helios shakes his core. "Well, anyway, we need to head back to finish work on the production line." Helios nods to the M85 and both of them head north. "You know how to contact us if you need us."

A gleam of light appears in the night sky overhead, a tiwnkle of what might've been a star at first glance, but it appears to be getting... closer? Slowly at first, but gathering speed as it becomes more and more visible..! A huge manifestation of energy suddenly becomes apparent, glaring down from the sky in a streamlined beam directly overhead, centered on the very spot Darkmare stands!

Sweetie says ' I agree with twilight that It would be a very bad idea to take the choker off of him. Just like it wasn't that good of an idea for you to take a greef seed. Helios.'

Right! Have an adult deal with this! That was the best solution here! Kimen had completely forgot that the man had been acting crazy earlier and he lifted up his hands to give him... "Ack! where did it go!? I had it a moment a---" Kimen stops as her face is lit up with a bright glow of energy shooting down from the sky. Her mouth falling open, awestruck.

Eevee wondered if he should tell Riko about the part involving swimming in molten lava. Things have changed since then, it probably wouldn't be -that- much of an obstacle. "Eevee! (Still, I imagine Finn will want to go since he hasn't met Salamando yet. And Finn's a good friend and I'd hate for you guys to go in there alone. As much as it worries me..")

The sudden flare-up of light from above has Twilight Sparkle looking up and craning her neck as far back as it can go, then following the trail downwards. "...why's it getting so br-oh. I guess it makes sense..."

Kent was growing impatient. The demon hunter had fought fiery beasts ten times the size of himself. He wasn't going to let this child get in his way. His weapon was his blood, his bone, and his being. He steadied his stance on the ground. "One."

Sweetie says ' Twilight, Is that fireball coming right towards us?'

Nagol is knocked to the ground and is temporally knock out. Darkmare after standing says, "I can tell you've gotten stronger, Nagol." Darkmare turns and notices some familier faces. But he turns to Kahleen and says, "So your that theif my brother has been complaining about in Nagol?"

The gigantic flare in the sky, now illuminating most all of Truce Fountain at this time, continues to beam down to the surface of the world from the sky, the point of which gradually grows smaller as it descends, focusing its impact on one single, solitary spot. Suddenly, it picks up speed!

Which a terrifying roar of burst energy, the lost MegaFlare crashes down upon Darkmare's form, cratering the area in a contained explosion centered around the dark kirby itself!

Twilight says 'Well, uh... Sweetie Belle, I don't think we were the target, exactly.'

Kimen flails his arms, "You're sword poofified Mister! I had it in my hands and then it was gone!" Kimen didn't know which was scarier; that beam of light or that man counting to three. "Um um um um um um LOOK OUT!" She screams just as it makes impact.

Kahleen watched as Gargoth started to faint. She looked over to where the threat of counting was coming from and her eyes settled on Kimen and the crazy knight. She noticed something different about Kimen though. She was awestruck. Kahleen tried to follow Kimen's gaze and did so, to the sky. "Aliens?! I HATE aliens!" Kahleen grabbed Garoth and started to drag him. Kahleen seemed to have some extra strength for someone her size as Garoth's limp body seemed easy for her to pull. She heard the threat.

Kahleen said to the voice behind her (Nagol). This was not how Kahleen had planned the night to go. Its all become more chaotic then Kahleen felt she could take credit for. Kahleen whipped her arm to slide Garoth further away. Cutting Kent short, Kahleen take Kimen by the hand and simply tried to end Kent's threats by walking away. Not even eye contact would be exchanged.

Sweetie says 'If I didn't know better, I'd say that angry god just smote a marshmellow.'

Kent saw the child yell, and withen seconds, Kent drew his sheild to protect himself from the blast. "Two" He said, unphased, staring at the area the beam hit. He turned around to notice Kahleen walking away, Kimen wrist her hand. He wasn't giving up that easy. He followed her briskly, shouting angrily at her, and her not hearing a word of it. Eventually, under all the stress, Kent finally snapped. He fell to his knees, and wept as she walked away. "Please! Please let me keep my honor bound weapon." He

Kent stared at the ground pitifully. "Please, it's all I have left...."

Kahleen heard the threat from behind. "GAH! One thing at a time!

"Eevee! (Well, we'll have to find Finn sometime and see what he thinks, but I know what he'll want to do. I'm going to go back to my cave since sis isn't staying with Finn tonight. Until next time, Riko!)" says Eevee as he turns towards the west and starts to run off.

Rather wearily, Twilight Sparkle is lying down between one of the benches and the fountain itself, closing her eyes and sighing. "...for once, I'm wishing I didn't have so much to worry about, or the responsibility of carrying the Element of Magic."

As she drags him away from it all, kahleen probably wouldn't notice as the smoke bomb rolls out of her pocket again to become stuck on Garoth's chest, like it was drawn there by static.

Nagol regains consicousness and says, "What was that!?" Nagol gets up and walks over to check the Crater. "I have a feeling that..." Nagol starts digging in the crater.

Kimen sadly looks between Kent and Kahleen pulling her along. He felt kind of sorry for the guy, and in a way he sort of reminded him of his older brothers, particularly his eldest one. Though right now there was nothing he could do. Its not like the child had the sword to give him in the first place.

Kahleen stops just short of Garoth. She turns to face the weeping man, but sees the damage where darkmere was, now just a crater that Nagol was preoccupied with, as he dug. "Musta been one of my mind psycho-nesis b-b-blasty-I DONT KNOW!" She says to herself. She looks back to the, now begging, knight. "Oh. Thats right."

Kahleen let loose of Kimen's wrist so she could rub her temples and free a sigh. "You are PATHETIC!" A vein may have popped on he forehead, who knows. Kahleen starts to wiggle the sword from her pants. "Once sec." She turned her back to him and fidgeted with her pants some more. After a few brief, yet trying moments she turns around with the sword in hand

Kahleen set it on the ground before Kent. She turns off, heading north away from the fountain wondering why she did that.

With a quick glance towards Sweetie Belle, Twilight Sparkle rises to her hooves and prepares a teleportation spell back to the fort she's using as her temporary house and library, with her horn glowing a faint purple as she concentrates. "Well, I'd better head back to Finn's place, even if he's not there... Celestia knows I'm going to need the sleep for tomorrow..."

Kent takes the sword thankfully, not saying a word to her. He was positive she didn't want to hear it. Getting to his feet, he watched her walk away, and finallyed turns around himself. He later found himself back right next to the fountain, staring into the waters he came from. Making sure he was the only one to hear himself, he looked at his prized sword in his hands. Under his breath, he spoke only two words. "Thank you."