Xharas remained silent for a moment before she slowly lowered her wings, looking up at the deity. Her eyes were glossed, knees still close to her chest. "I thought I could trust someone with a secret of what I am and he did the one thing that I swore would break any friendship.." +

Black feathered wings covered the pale woman as she hugged her knees to her chest. A shattered amulet with a sun once etched over it, left in shattered remains a few feet away from her. She was so concerned about making sure others were safe that she didn't noticed that the amulet was cracking. +

"You really think you can save me? That's almost cute. You're no hero of Light, Zexion. We both know that all those years in the darkness twisted your mind and heart into something wicked. Your 'science' is an affront to nature.. You only care about yourself."

"𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏'𝙎 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙈𝙔 𝘿𝘼𝙈𝙉 𝙉𝘼𝙈𝙀 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙆𝙉𝙊𝙒 𝙄𝙏! 𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙋 𝘼𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙆𝙉𝙊𝙒 𝙈𝙀!" She shoves him away as Shadow Heartless start to surround her- acting as guards. "ʸᵒᵘ'ʳᵉ ᵍᵒⁱⁿᵍ ᵗᵒ ᵇᵘʳⁿ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᵃⁿ ⁱᵈⁱᵒᵗ ᵃⁿᵈ ʷᵃˢᵗᵉ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵗⁱᵐᵉ.. ᴵ ᵈᵒⁿ'ᵗ ᵏⁿᵒʷ ʷʰʸ ʸᵒᵘ ᵇᵒᵗʰᵉʳ.."

"Oh, I know why. You want to be able to control my darker form should my charm break. It already has a crack in it and it's only a matter of time before you really have to deal with me So you're making sure you can fight fire with fire. It's so cute that you care.~" She gives a mocking giggle.

"Oh Zexion, your petty nature will always get the better of you. Your stupid experiment is going to fail. 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭..." The corners of her lips curved into a sly grin. "𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣, 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙢. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙗𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙮."

During the evening, Xharas found peace in the view of the clear sky. There was just something about the twinkle of stars beyond her reach that gave her a rare sense of peace. As one who was forced into an experimental dark form of her former self by curious humans, she found that she was always +

Sarah glared at the Moogle, arms crossed. It didn't seem fair that Axel had to be ripped off. "Frazile..." Her voice was stern as she took a step towards him,+

The moogle taps his nose. "Element charms are 1000 munny, stat boost charms are 5000 munny!" Sarah just raises a brow at him. "But those charms are only half that at dad's store.." ‼️ The moogle waved his little arms at Sarah,"Shhhhhh! I'm tryin' to run a business here, kupo!"

"This looks like a job for a moogle.." She digs into her side bag to take out a blue whistle with a little moogle sticker on the side. Blowing into the whistle twice, a moogle appears in front of them with a poof! +

"Hmn..Ienzo told me a bit about the keyblade and how it can adapt to whatever conditions you're in. From what I've been told, keyblade charms can also be used to help or add to the power of your keyblade. Do you have any attached to your keyblade now?"

:Abilities: {-Note-: Abilities listed below are referenced from World of Final Fantasy} Firaga / Blizzara/ Thundar /Areoga/ Watera/ Banishra /Curaja / Holy / Flare / Meteor/ Ultima +

Sarah adjusted the charm on her neck as she looked over to Axel, listening to him for a moment. A sigh left her lips. His worries reminded her of someone she once knew and she could only pray Axel didn't meet that same grim fate. +

A sigh left her lips. "Okay..hang on. I know where to go." She looks over her shoulder, "I'll be back in a bit, Ienzo." He turns from the computer,"Be careful out there." +

"I wonder what kind of creature Axel fought to make him look like he was dragged by death.." Her lips twisted as she gripped her sun charm on her neck. "I have a bad feeling about this.."

She rubs the back of her head. "I think it would be best if I help you after you've had some rest. Healing magic may mend the wounds and tissue - but the physical trauma your body has gone through may be over doing it. I don't want you to pass out on me. So go rest and then we can talk."

"Did you just get out of a fight?" He did have that worn out ragged look about him..

She give Ienzo a side glance. When he gave her a wave off, Sarah moves closer to Axel. "Geez. No offense, but you look like you've seen better days. What happened?"

He can find her at the castle in the lab with Ienzo. Don't mind the nerd chatter from the love birds-

She just flops her head on his chest. The idea of being in the heat of battle scared her. The last time she was... Everything was a blur as all she saw was red. Taking a deep breath, she hugs him back before looking to the lab computer. "You should probably document all of this.."

She feels along her neck and confirms the charm on her neck. "Yeah. I have it with me." Sarah lowers her head. "If worse comes to worse, I will fight fire with fire but that's a last resort."

"Yes but.." She held her right arm. "If I fight, this can get messy.."

"Oh? Well that's a relief. That means you guys have a fighting chance."

"Yep! I knew you would get it. The same thing goes for mass effect spells. I haven't seen many people know those kind of spells so..I'm not sure how helpful that will be."

Sarah mapped out various death spells and their counter spells out for @cloakedbookworm.bsky.social . "For every spell, there's a reverse version for it. The best way to get rid of undead or anything Unholy is light, or life."

"Hm..his keyblade..It reminded me of something.." Sarah mused softly to herself before shaking her head. She must have been seeing things. "That couldn't be right.."

"Thanks. I do appreciate that. Oh, I should probably get to Ienzo. He's probably pacing in that lab of his. I was going to lend him some of my books on history of undead and magic associated with them. So I'll get going. It was nice to meet you, Axel."

At his inquiry, a faint dusting of pink crept over her cheeks. "He promised not to bring me into the labs in Castle Oblivion or tell anyone about me. It was his way of upholding his life debt." +

"It's fine. I can make those charms easily, but it is a powerful protection charm." She rubs the back of her neck,"Let's just say I know what it's like to go against a powerful enemy that has more backup that you can care to count..Besides, I know a little bit about you, well at least I did. +

"Well, I suppose he may have his reasons for keeping associates a secret." She gave him a faint smile before reaching into her bag, crossing the space between them. +

Oh! Perfect. She'll swing around there before heading to the lab. He will see a dark-haired woman with a bag on her shoulders walk towards the training grounds. She wore a white and grey dress. She watches him for a moment before clearing her throat a bit +

And that's what worries her. Maybe she should just give him some protection just in case. Better safe to protect your rear than go somewhere blindly. He wouldn't happen to still be in Radiant Garden still, would he? If he went to another world, she can wait..unless it's Twilight Town!

Is that a good idea? She should probably have a proper talk to him about the type of foes he went against. They sound like trouble.

Oops.. That may have been her and Ienzo. She's a bit concerned about the undead he fought. So she's here to help understand their new "neighbors".

"I'll be fine. Remember, I saved your ass when you were Zexion. I think the caution warning should be given to you, silly." She taps his nose before walking off, waving to him.

She takes a moment to retract her pink wings and redo her illusionary magic to make her look like a human. Sarah gave him one last hug and a kiss on the cheek. "It's nice to see you again, Ienzo."

"Wait! When did Axel get a keyblade?" She rubs the back of her head, giving Ienzo a faint smile, "Looks like things have been lively for you here. I'll grab a few of my spell books and head to the castle. You can give me the in-depth details then."

"Ew..That sounds like a new level of creepy.." She shakes her head,"If he went against a succubus, I am surprised he is still alive.."

"Oh-! Well, that's pretty serious. What kind of demon do you think Albedo was? I can help from starting there.."

Her ears perked up. "Yes? If it is help with finding a comb, I think you should ask one of the guys at the castle."

She playfully squints her eyes at him. "Juuust a little bit.." Sarah gently shifts a few locks of his hair away from his face. "It's okay. I find it cute."

Cue a rather cheeky grin as she leans up to kiss his forehead. "Only if you want to and by the look of your face, I don't think you mind."

"I'm glad to be here too." Keeping him under the cover of her wings, she slowly leans forward to close the distance between them. Her lips were gentle against his, taking her time to give him a proper greeting.

"Oh! Yeah, we're set up in town here. Frazile is here, too. That little moogle has been in OCD mode all day..not that I blame him. There's a lot of spell books and such that need to be sorted."

Sarah leans her cheek into his hand, a soft sigh leaving her lips as she finds comfort in his touch. "You were worried about me? That's rather sweet of you. As you can see, I'm perfectly fine.."

Her hands shook within his. "It..meant the world to me." She mutters a spell under her breath as her illusionary form drops and her pink feathered wings wrap around them. Her arms clung around his neck as she leaned her forehead against his. "You mean the world to me."

"Oh geez, thanks." She giggles softly, despite rolling her eyes at him. "Well, your mercy paid off, at least a little. The world I was in then sort of just..fell into darkness and I was lost for a while. Thankfully, there was a light that lead be me back and..I remembered everything."

"Probably a little less than that, but..y e a h." She looks down to their hands,"The last time we saw each other, it was just before you were headed off to Castle Oblivion. I..had a bad feeling about you going there, but I knew better than to come between you and your work.." +