♢ 2 ♢ ninth pact ❖ {light and darkness}

[pactum]

[Marta is mid-pacing when she appears on the plane, hands clasped behind her back and head tilted upward as she loses herself in her own thoughts.]

Come on, Marta, think. There's got to be a way to show him...

[Emil appears on the Plane a moment later. He's also pacing, and looking at a small notebook in his palm, but when he notices Marta's

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[formervanguard]

[Marta nods in response to Emil, but goes right back to pacing, more lost in thought than before. She could find the ingredients, and she could surely find ways to practice. Time to actually do so, on the other hand...

Wait! Time doesn't pass here! This could work!

She's smiling now, but still off in her own little world.]

[pactum]

[Emil tries to figure out what she's thinking, but he can't.

Man, girls are weird.

Since she's so distracted, he's taking out that little notebook again and going through it.] "Library - stocked with many books. None on mana. Colosseum - expansive but empty. Lit with torches. Theatre - familiar magitech. Seems very antique..." Why would I write what I already know...?

[formervanguard]

[It takes another minute before she's got a sort of half-baked (... more like quarter-baked) plan of action, and she decides that's enough thought on it for now. She goes to sit beside Emil, glancing down at the notebook.]

Hm? Something wrong, Emil? [Why yes, she's reading whatever page he's glancing at now.]

[pactum]

[He shakes his head.]

I'm still trying to make sense of this. I don't remember writing it...

It's probably nothing. I haven't been sleeping well, so maybe I was really tired when I made these notes.

[salvagestime]

[The Doctor can't help smiling.]

Looks like someone is doing well.

[pactum]

[Emil blinks at Ten.]

Ah... what do you mean?

[salvagestime]

[He frowns a bit.]

Oh, well...maybe...have you been feeling all right, Emil?

[pactum]

[He has this little notebook in his hands, and he has no idea how he got it. Options: pretend nothing is wrong, or show it to the Doctor.]

Y-yeah, I feel fine.

[house_1_god_0]

Aren't you two a little young for a lover's tiff?

Just saying.

[formervanguard]

[BLUSH.] L-Lover's tiff?! It's not-- I mean-- [Watch as she mentally flails and stumbles.]

[house_1_god_0]

You don't need to explain. I don't really care.

[formervanguard]

I--... Then why did you say anything in the first place?!

[lamb_of_gold]

[Still a little bit under the weather wut]

Everything seems to be as it should for you two.

[formervanguard]

Huh? Oh! Hello, Mu. [She gives him a little smile.]

[lamb_of_gold]

Hello, Marta.

[formervanguard]

It's been a while. How are you?

[sunkenlight]

[ Roxas who may or may not still be a cartoon idk let Saffy decide happens to be nearby. ]

Hey, Emil. [ A look to Marta, but he's not sure he's met her before, and doesn't want to be rude. ] Uh, hi. What's going on?

[pactum]

[It's been a few days.] Oh, Roxas! You're back to normal. [Emil scratches the back of his head.] Us? Um, nothing much... we managed to get a Core before Lloyd, though.

[sunkenlight]

[ Axel has since ditched Roxas, then? He grins. ] Yeah, we're not in the past anymore. ... Did you? Those are... Ratatosk's things, right?

[pactum]

[Oh yes, very possibly.] Yeah. It was close, since Lloyd was right behind us...

Now that we've hatched Ignis' core, the weather in Triet should go back to normal. It used to be a desert, but now it's just frozen over... It's really weird to see.