♕ Power Raining and Reigning ♕ ~ (CLOSED)

[SarahStuffies]

Issac - Male - Ice/FutureSight - Tags: Roxy, Jet, Ceph

The ice user smirked at Ceph's thumbs up, before Roxy spoke up. Issac then narrowed his eyes at her, disapproving of the terms. But with the reason for her presence on the trip, he didn't feel he had much room to argue. So instead, he sighed and said "We'll see." How long could they really go without helping each other? Jet just had a smile that one couldn't tell if it was genuine and nodded at Roxy, accepting what she said.

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Alex - Female - Fire/Portals - Tags: Jo, Obinni

Alex gave a soft chuckle "You're not." She assured Jo. "Everyone has their quirks." She could guess it was some type of phobia, or trigger. Obinni sighed in relief "ok! Cool! I'm glad you're feeling better, Miss. Jo!" "Now that you're calmer," Alex began. "What where you talking to my friends about?" They had seemed very on edge, and defensive. What about someone so seemingly innocent had triggered that?

[Knuckles the Echidna]

Jo - flash speed - tags: Alex, Obinni

“Oh, uh. I saw you guys fight those guards earlier, and I’ve been kinda watchin you tonight. I know that sounds weird and like, Uber creepy, but I am... not typically the best at first impressions. I was waitin for a good moment, really. I just wanted to see if y’all wanted help or wouldn’t mind a tagalong on your journey....” Jo sorta blurted most of that out, she hoped Alex got that all. Alex had seemed kind and understanding up until this point. Jo was beginning to feel hopeful.

[Stealthlock]

Cephas / Male / Extension, Soul Print / Form / Tags: Isaac, Jet, Roxy, Jo, general group

“Great! Okay!”
He didn’t care for the antagonism. Or Roxanne assuming he couldn’t take care of himself. Or Roxanne, in general.

He walked up to her and winked.
“I bet I could take you.”

He whirled right around on his heels and sprinted toward the outside.
“We gonna eat??” He shouted back to the grownups.

[InfectedHau]

Roxy raised an eyebrow, already having second thoughts. This kid was annoying. All kids were annoying, but this one was more so. "No, you couldn't," she said flatly. Not a brag so much as a statement of fact. She'd been fighting most of her life, and this kid had about as much muscle on him as the average stalk of celery. His trick with the rocks earlier meant he probably had some sort of psychokinesis, but she'd fought those before. Not to mention that his idea of a surprise attack was throwing an insect named Dave at her.
It seemed weary sighs were the mood of the day, Roxy letting out another one as she walked after the group. She wasn't sure what she was getting herself into, but it sounded like it was going to take a while.

[SarahStuffies]

Alex - Female - Fire/Portals - Tags: Everyone

Alex nodded. She had been about to ask a question, but Jo had already answered it. "Then join us you will. But for future reference, don't try spying again. Not a great way to make friends." She said. Her monotone making her words seem a little harsher than intended. "And while Jet may be blind... He sees a lot more than us." A confusing sentence, but true none the less. "Wait here, I'll get the others. I think we could all use some supper." She turns and walks back inside. For the moment before following. Obinni squeals in excitement and bounces a bit in her enthusiasm. "YESSSS!!! I can't wait!" She then waves at Jo, and dashes inside after Alex.

Only to be met with the words, "and Roxy will be joining us. If that's ok with you." As she steps through the door. She looks up at Alex. She had heard this before, before she followed Jo and Alex out. But hadn't taken it seriously before now. She wanted to know how Alex reacted. Jet and Issac also watched Alex for her reaction. As much as Jet could (not) see it. Alex glances past Issac towards Roxy. Her face unreadable. As Roxy walked over to join them, She gently pushed past her brother, and stood face to face with Roxy. "Before you join us... I need to know... Even with all the media, and hate... And seemingly bad things she has done, are you absolutely sure you want the Queen on the throne? If you at all want 'the king' on the throne, then it's too risky for us." She said, her tone deadly serious, and somehow very very intimidating. Even if she was several inches shorter than Roxy. She met her gaze evenly. She hadn't been blind to Roxy's inaction earlier. And her attitude towards her comrades.

[InfectedHau]

So that's what this was about. They were staging a coup. Roxy had heard tell of everything the queen had supposedly done, and she'd seen firsthand the results of the King's rule. Quite frankly, she didn't want either in charge. Having one person make all the decisions left little room for error, and there was nobody alive who was that infallible. The Family had no one leader, it was a council of various bosses and enforcers that decided how things would be run. Of course, in that case it was because they didn't want everyone to keep trying to kill the boss, but it was still a sound system.

"I'm a wanted woman either way," Roxy said, shrugging noncommittally. She didn't meet the girl's gaze, not because she was intimidated, but because she could feel the strength of her convictions, and it was the last thing she needed to expose herself to. She was getting to Cypress, and she was staying there. She wasn't going to go getting involved in political chicanery, she just wanted to find some place she could settle down and have a decent life. "Changing rulers won't change that, but neither will keeping the same one. Either way, it's not my problem, I'm only staying until we get to Cypress. Throw all the revolutions you want, I don't much care." A nice little string of lies. She almost believed them.

[SarahStuffies]

Alex had heard lies. Thousands... No, more like hundreds of thousands. And she'd been best friends, more, even, with someone who almost never showed emotions. She was a very good reader of emotions, and therefore, could easily spot Roxy's lies. She kept her face neutral, but stern, despite the skip in her heartbeat and the slight chill that washed through her. She gave a deep sigh, seemingly a resigned sigh of decision, even if it was really to calm herself down. "Alright then." Alex murmurs. "We're all wanted anyway. I don't care about that." 'as long as you keep that sharp mouth of yours shut.' She thought to herself as she turned her back on Roxy, trying to hide the tightening in her shoulders. "We should get something to eat." She says to the others. "But first.." She held her hands out to Obinni, who blinked confused for a few moments before walking over and looking at her aunt's gloved hands. "Did you hurt your hands?" Obinni asked in soft childish sympathy. "Can I see?" Alex gave a hum of acknowledgement, and took her gloves off, revealing the fresh, raw severe burns to the 11 year old, who wasn't phased at all. She gently rested her fingertips on Alex's palms and her eyes shone gold and both parties involved watched as the burns started to fade and heal on Alex's hands and arms until they were gone. "Don't wait so long next time" Obinni scolded, causing Alex to smirk. "You could give yourself a scar." "Sorry kid. I won't" Alex promised.

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Once his daughter pulled her hands away from Alex, Issac sharply inhaled and said, loudly enough to catch everyone's attention. "Let's go, shall we?" Jet nodded, and Obinni let out a "YES PLEASE!!! I'M HUNGRY!" Issac laughed, his daughter having completely switched from serious doctor mode to cheerful child mode in half a second. "Yes, lets." And he turned towards the door. Obinni dashing ahead of him to go inform Jo and invite her to come with them for a meal.
"The girl you were talking to when I came downstairs.." Alex said to Issac Jet and Ceph "She'll be joining us, if that's ok with you. She's.. On our side." Issac hesitated "Really..? She spied on us..." "Because she saw the fight. Not every day Queen Loyals reveal themselves so openly." Issac hummed "Are you sure about that..?" "Are you not?" Issac lifted an eyebrow. Getting the feeling Alex wasn't in the mood. "Ok right... Yeah we were pretty obvious. Sure... I trust you, and Obinni." Jet nodded. "Yeah, I mean, you talked to her more than we did. If you think she should come, then yeah! We need the help." Alex nodded. "As much as we can get." She was speaking generally softly, but not too softly to be heard. They headed outside.

[Knuckles the Echidna]

Jo was waiting patiently, sitting cross-legged against a wall when she heard the sounds of the group beginning to exit. She perked up, ready to formally meet the rest of them, especially that odd boy with the weird admiration for bugs... He seemed interesting. She also wanted to learn this group’s goals... anything to get rid of those awful royal guard king loyalists.

[Stealthlock]

Cephas / Male / Extension, Soul Print / Form / Tags: Jo, general

Ceph followed everybody outside, finally catching up to the lady who had looked in the window.

Without even properly introducing himself or getting into her field of view, he commented curiously.

“Did I scare you?”

[Knuckles the Echidna]

Jo couldn’t help but chuckle. “Not exactly kiddo. But that was a pretty nifty thing ya did with the window up there. My name’s Jo, by the way. How about you?” Curious and curiouser, this boy was.