A Search in the Gods' Domain (Closed)

[Zyvonia]

Zyvonia walked out of the Corridor of Dakrness, following V. She breathed in deeply as she observed their new surroundings. There was a salty taste in the air and Zyv could faintly hear the sound of waves crashing against the land. They were in a small clearing. A large mountain stood before them with an entrance to a cave right there, while behind them, there were trees and trees, thick enough to not be able to see too far in. Already, this place seemed so different from the previous one, so Zyv knew that they in a new world. She waited patiently for the others to arrive.

[Marigold Darkson]

Schwartz was third out the gate and into the new world. That meeting with Pac Iscor left a bitter taste in her mouth and she was none too happy at how one of their party member's soul was on the line. The blue-haired assassin rotated her shoulders and limbered herself up, tasting the salt of the new world. A clearing was where they were and it was just her, Zyvonia and Veara for the time being. They were on an island where a cyclops supposedly dwells, as per the riddle being read off by the Sultan. That means they were more than likely going to have to fight a being of great size and power. Reaching underneath her poncho, Schwartz pulled out her crystalline blades, with their graceful, jagged blue edges and twirled them around in her fingers.

"This is the island, yeah? Where we're supposed to find half of whatever the hell we're looking for? All of you ready? The woman asked, making sure that everyone had their head clear. What happened back in Agrabah was one thing, but now they were going to be face to face with danger. Regardless if they even managed to find the item, it wouldn't mean shit if they died in the process of returning it.

[Wielder Luna]

While it was a short trip, walking through the Corridor of Darkness made Aqua feel a cold like none she’s ever felt and was grateful once she emerged from it. She paused to take in her surroundings. The bluenette was in a clearing of some sort, trees covering the land behind her and a cave boring into a mountain before her. It certainly did match the feeling of an adventure into the unseen to her, a feeling that she actually sort of welcomed.

After her little moment, she made her way toward the group of three that entered the corridor before her.

“So, it looks like this is the place,” she said after reaching them, relaxing herself as she stopped beside Zyv.

[Zienna]

Nero flew out of the corridor and immediately took to the sky. Zienna as well, cheering as she got out of the portal Pac graciously provided for them. It was nice to get out of that desert heat and into somewhere cooler. The salty air had her looking towards the sea, wondering how the water was down there. A little refreshing dunk would be what she'd need. It would go for the others as well, being so tense and all. However, being on a mission of sorts, and noticing how the others were basically only having that on their minds--understandably because of what was at stake--there was little chance that they'd be getting even a short swim session while they were there.

After taking in the sights, Zienna touched down beside the group, Nero perching upon her wing. ("A cyclops is supposed to be here, right?") the raven kraa'd in his avian language.

"Yup! And when it shows up, I'm expecting you to claw or peck it's eye out," Zienna told the raven with a giggle. No doubt she looked like a crazy person talking to a bird while no one else could understand the other half of the conversation, but that was part of why she enjoyed talking to him. She moved her attention to the others, giving them a curious look. "So... do we just keep walking until the map glows?" she asked, remembering the sultan's instructions.

[Veara]

Veara was simply waiting for everyone else while he held a leg up kicking up and towards the air practicing his kicks, almost everything that had just happened with Pac Iscor was pushed to the deepest reaches of his mind. The more he thought of the guy the harder his kicks at the opponent who wasn't even there became, the only thought that was moving about in his head was the fact that whenever they got close to their goal the map would glow.

Turning away from the group for a second, once again Veara summoned Foudre and quickly activated its skill electric slide. A moment later walking out of the side of Veara was the clone number!one. They both took a good look standing next to one another and then while facing away from the group lifted up both of his shirts. After checking for something a 'Tch' of annoyance could come from the main!veara while the other simply chuckled a little and shrugged his shoulders. Lunging and merging back with the Main!Veara the boy held his stomach and took a knee for a second. Shaking his head and his body he slapped his cheeks and got back up.

Usually when he made clones everything on his body's including clothes and accessories would replicate, unfortunately the map didn't replicate.

Turning back towards the group around the same time that Zienna asked her question. Veara simply shrugged and looked over at all of them. "Well I guess that's the plan, when you feel the ground start to wobble underneath your feet, we found our target to incapacitate." His hoodie flicked in the wind this way and that while his dark mesh shirt ruffled by the wind underneath that.

Putting his hands behind the back of his head the boy simply began to walk into the clearing, whistling a little tune awaiting for the map to glow. It's true he could have started running every which way, however all that would do is tire out the rest of the group, plus next to Schwartz who might barely be able to keep up with him he wasn't entirely sure who else would be able to keep up with him. No point trying to figure that out, especially in this case where everyone would need all their energy.

[Zyvonia]

Zyv watched V create a clone of himself in surprise. She watched as they both lifted up their shirts before there was only one V again. She tilted her head in confusion. It seemed like V was being rather egotistical and checking himself out. But it also seemed more than that. It was like he was checking for something else. Was he perhaps trying to duplicate something? She shrugged. If V wanted them to know, he'd tell them. Otherwise, it probably wasn't important.

"A cyclops, huh?" Zyv mused. "Seems like some plot to an old epic or something." She nodded at V, letting him know to take the lead on the expedition.

[Marigold Darkson]

Once everyone was accounted for, the petite was more than anxious to start the mission. All they had to do was walk and allow the map to glow for them. Should the cyclops show up, which it would given the composition of their team, they'd handle it easily though. She put away her blades and started to stretch herself out, but was doing so as a way to closely analyze everyone on the team. The most eccentric between them was a tie between Veara and Zienna. One of them was playing with themselves away from the group, while the other was talking to a bird respectively. Schwartz wouldn't lie when she said the man who tried to hide himself had a rocking body. A small blush took from beneath her hair and scarf, but she dismissed it easily quite the same. The other two, Zyvonia and Aqua, seemed like the more level headed and less eccentric of the group. They were both people of little to know words, but did always have something to offer when they did speak. When she was done assessing their team and comments on their personalities, she decided that y the looks and sound of everyone, they were quite ready to start heading out.

"While Veara is leading the rest of us, I'll be off to the side watching out backs. I'll be close to the group though, so don't worry about that.." Schwartz said, rather she explained, as she was going to go off to do her own bit of recon. Whether or not there were objections remained to be seen, but regardless, she would be the last one to move with the group when it fully started with the journey.

[Wielder Luna]

Aqua looked around at everyone, nodding toward Schwartz, “I will follow behind Veara.”

This new setting was one she wanted to discover, however she knew that there was bound to be adversaries along the way, and she wanted to be nearby the person she knew the most. This hopefully would allow the two to better work together and better protect the rest of them if they did run into anything, including the mentioned cyclops.

[Zienna]

"Sounds as a good a plan as any~" Zienna chuckled before hovering a few feet over their heads with her back turned to them so the sun would beam down to warm her body. Schwartz and Aqua took their claimed positions, which made the succubus rotate to a more proper flying posture. As long as she was already up there, she might as well cover the skies. "I'll be up high in case a dragon comes flying by~" The succubus suddenly chuckled when she realized she made an accidental rhyme.

Humming a melodic tune she learned from a group of sirens during her stay at their so-called 'love hotel', she scanned the areas before them to look for that cyclops, as well as any structure that might lead to the coveted treasure. Or rather, the first piece of the object that would lead them to the coveted treasure. As she finished humming the tune, she looked down below to see how the others were doing. Then a sly little smile curled to her lips. She flew closer to the group, close enough so she wouldn't have to raise her voice too much for everyone to hear. "Hey Veara, wouldn't it be faster if we flew around instead of walking~?"

At first she would have suggested that she and Veara would scout on ahead, but when she looked at the short, poncho-wearing lass, another idea lit up in her head. It was likely Veara, if he agreed, would have taken it upon himself to carry the whole group, and the succubus was curious as to what the girls' reactions would be. Specifically, the blue-haired shorty.

[Veara]

"An odd epic...hmm why something epic, be odd...well I guess it could be who knows." He spoke still looking towards the front though when another began to speak Veara turned his head to the side keeping his arms behinds his head and walking forward while Schwartz spoke to the group about how she would be taking the flank of the group. Thinking about this for a moment, Veara nodded to the girl and smiled."Great idea, after seeing what you can do back at Traverse Town, your probably the best considering if anything even does show up the rest of us won't notice until it's on the floor." Veara smiled widely at the girl not even sure if she'd notice but her awesome skills were the reason why he chose her. When Aqua spoke up and said that she'd stay near her Veara simply looked over at his papa and nodded. Smiling at the girl, considering he hadn't seen her in a while he was absolutely fine with having him, near her perhaps they could catch up a little if possible. When Zienna said she'd cover the skies in case a dragon flies by Veara simply chuckled. "Yea, that's sounds good by the way-"

Veara was cut off the by the sound of an alarm going off on the watch on his arm. The blonde stopped walking and lifted up his sleeve just a little just to simply show the watch that had been counting down for quite some time. "Wow three years really does fly by...well guess I don't need these anymore." Veara sat down on the ground lifting up pants legs as unstrapped a small bag that were around both his legs each one had the phrase '2t' written on it. Taking them both off and leaving them on the ground, Veara simply leaped up to his feet way quicker then just moments and he sighed as if a heavy burden had just been lifted off of him."By the way don't try to lift those up or you'll probably hurt your back or something bad." Veara began to fix his pant legs while suddenly Zienna began to talk instilling an idea inside his head...hmm flying.

"Hmm flying...Zienna you might be onto something there. We'd be able to cover a lot more ground, plus we wouldn't have to worry about anything getting stuck in the middle of the forest. Great idea! I can take two people so I'll take Schwartz and whoever wants to ride on my back while Zienna can take whoever wants to ride with her."

Veara spoke to them a little excited when he announced the one person he'd be taking. Meanwhile he turned around looking at all of them awaiting to see who was going to go with who for this point. All of them had sharp eyes so being in the air wouldn't really deter their mission.

[Zyvonia]

Zyv's ears perked at the mention of dragons. In all of her time in the Land of Dragons, she has yet seen an actual dragon. Admittedly, though, she had only arrived there about half a year ago, so there was plenty of time to find the mythical dragons. Though, if they encountered one here, that'd be nice too. But, to Zyv, this place didn't seem like the type of place where you'd just run into the majestic, scale-covered beast.

V then took off some ankle weights, leading Zyv to raise a question eyebrow, though she kept silent. V seemed down for Zienna plan and asked who wanted to come with him. Zyv's eyes went from V to Aqua then back to V. She then raised her hand and said, "I'll go with Zienna. Aqua can go with you and Schwartz." Zyv then walked over to Zienna, and on her way, nudged the ankle weights. They didn't budge at all. How heavy were those things?

[Marigold Darkson]

"Of course. Putting things down is what I was made for..." She said softly, getting ready to head off and do her own scouting, but that was when the group thought of something different. Rather than get trapped in the forest, it was a lot more sound for them to take to the skies. Though, Zienna's reasoning for it were a little crazy, seeing as the petite woman didn't expect any dragons to show up on an island with a cyclops. The assassin felt like it would have been awkward combination between Eastern and Western cultures. Wait... Why did she have a thought like that? Schwartz honestly confused herself in that moment, so she shrugged the whole thing off, albeit in a frustrated manner.

Luckily enough, she brought her awareness back down to the task at hand and was wide awake when the assignments for flight were announced. Schwartz were to go with Veara and Aqua, while Zyvonia went with Zienna. The woman blushed inwardly at the thought of being carried by the blonde-haired boy, knowing that he'd probably score points just because he was being a gentleman with the whole thing. One thing that he probably did score points with her for, were the fact he wore two tons worth of weights on him like that and easily dropped them without as much as a problem. For all intense and purposes, Schwartz designated Veara as a rock. He was literally a rock. That was all he was to her at the moment. A damn rock.

"Alight then. Get to carrying and flying." The woman said rather easily, not knowing that she might have come off as a little rude. Regardless, she went over to Veara and placed her hands on her hips.

[Wielder Luna]

Zienna mentioning dragons piqued Aqua’s curiosity.

Dragons? Are there really dragons here?

She remembered listening to stories about such beasts, but she’s never had the chance to see one. It would be a fantastic experience, something that would doubtlessly give her and the other members of the group something to remember this leg of the journey by. This being from a safe distance of course.

The sound of an alarm caught Aqua’s attention, coming from the blonde.

"Wow three years really does fly by…”

The rest of his sentence drifted off as that particular time he mentioned sparked something in her mind. A small memory from not so long ago:

“Been here for three pretty long years, trying to find who I am. Learning all the magic I forgot and everything I once was. Oi, oi, couldn’t ask for a better place to do that, though. This fairly peaceful world, it’s real good to enjoy the atmosphere, sit by a fire with the sounds of nature coming in, and learning more about yourself. Most people would only be able to take so much of this, but I’m glad I have someone like you here to help me, Aqua.”

The young woman clenched her fists, wincing slightly at the memory before Veara spoke up mentioning something about...flying? Aqua wasn’t exactly too sure of how she felt about that. It wasn’t that she was scared about it, it was just that she wasn’t exactly sure of how this was going to happen. Could Veara really handle this? She gave a small sigh, maybe she was underestimating him. She heard Zyvonia suggest that she and Schwartz go with Veara, and she replied with a nod, “Alright, that sounds good.”

With that, she made her way to her blonde friend. She gave him a warm smile before saying, “Looks like we’re sticking together after all, Veara.”

She cast a glance at Schwartz as she marched on past and in front of Veara. She spoke short and to the point. It fit her, really but did still came off with a negative edge to Aqua. It wasn’t anything she could look past though, if it meant that the team would stick together.

[Zienna]

Zienna landed just to hop a few times, clapping happily that they were now going to be flying around. A much more efficient mode of travel than walking, she believed. She loved taking things slow, but since everyone seemed intent on getting through this quickly, she had to manage. There was probably time to take things slow somewhere down the road, but until then, she'd have to go their pace.

It was rather interesting to see Veara take off some weights, which Zyv soon tried to nudge without much luck. The marking on those told her that each weighed two tons. The blond was sure full of surprises...

She was delighted to hear that the young girl decided to go with her, but felt there was an ulterior motive when she saw the glances she gave Aqua and Veara. The succubus wasn't particularly picky on who she would be taking. Either of the three would be sufficient for mid-air cuddles, but most definitely, the youngest would have been the most satisfying, with everything still so fresh, soft, and tender. Of course, when it came to things that went further, Aqua would have been the ideal choice.

Zienna gently wrapped her arms from behind Zyv, in an intimate way by default, her arms loosely surrounding the girl just below her upper chest with her hands cupping her elbows. "Do you want me to carry you like this, or would you prefer a different position, something you're more comfortable with?" As per usual, her voice was smooth, laced with allure and charm, yet wasn't all malicious.

[Veara]

Veara heard the final words that Schwartz spoke however he simply stated down at her after a moment when she finished speaking her sentence. This girl really confused him, one minute she was really nice to him like earlier when he got them here and then five seconds later she was back to putting her hand on her hips and putting out orders. Steven had a word for girls like that, he said Nat and some of the girls on the island...but what was it....Veara made a ball with his fist and hit his open palm lightly as he remembered at the word looking forward. "a sund." He thought outloud but then he quickly shook his head...ah whatever he'll ask Steven when he gets back to the island.

Schwartz awaiting there with her hand on her hip, Veara turned to look at his best friend nodding to the girl. Suddenly he picked up Schwartz Bridal style holding the girls shoulder and her thigh a little tight only to make sure that he had a good grip on her and he wasn't going to drop her. Meanwhile after that he simply looked down toward Schwartz who was currently in his arms and smiled at her. "Don't worry I've never dropped anyone....well except for the gorilla, but he wouldn't stop moving...and I asked him not too."
After Veara finished telling that story he sighed, I mean the gorilla fell into the ocean so he lived and all...but still Veara felt bad for that guy...being the whole leader of his pack and everything....but that was a different story for another time.

Looking over at Aqua, Veara simply stared at her with a blank face and she stared right along back that was until finally they both nodded at one another Veara giggling a little as seemed as though Aqua remembered how she use to train the small kid. Basically jumping on his back when they were younger and he would run and see how far he could go before Aqua deemed that was far enough and would get off his back and then he would fall into the sand asking how far was that, just to be told it wasn't the entire island which was always his goal...a goal he could never get too.

Shaking his head of that memory he felt Aqua wrap his arms around his neck tightly, but not to tightly that he was being choked or anything. "Here we go, both of you hold tight now." Veara spoke to both of them and he leaped a good ten feet upwards with ease before activating the flight skill.

Suddenly the three of the began to ascend higher and higher. Past the tree tops and soon higher and higher until they were at least another twenty feet above the forest tops.

The blonde stopped his slow ascent into the air.

At that moment he would look towards them both and simply hovered in the air absolutely fine with being this high in the air as if he were still on the ground. "Alright this should be a good enough height in the air..the map is halfway out underneath the mesh shirt..I was kind of thinking too much earlier so I forgot to get it out so could you please get it Schwartz?" Veara asked the girl as politely as he could knowing he was probably asking a lot in this scenario considering the only person he would ever usually ask a question like that too would be someone who was as close to him as Nat or Steven and even then most of the time he used his telekinesis to get the item he needed. Though due to circumstances he was unable to and he currently awaited for Zienna and the empress to get into the air so they could fly as a group.

[Zyvonia]

Zienna wrapped her arms around her and picked her up. She asked her if she was okay with how she was being held. "Uh, this is fine," she said. It felt a little weird but not really uncomfortable or anything. So they were going to fly through this and find the first part. V really wanted to get this done and over with...

[Marigold Darkson]

The assassin blushed beneath her scarf and hair when she was picked up bridal style. His grip along with the action had her just a little bit flustered. This was apparent even more so when he mentioned about dropping a gorilla, the woman, out of habit, merely chopped Veara on his head due to that not reassuring her of anything.

"That's not helping..." Schwartz said softly and turned her head away from him after seeing his smile. Rather, she turned her gaze outward to the scenery on her immediate left. That was when they eventually started to take off, with the petite woman subconsciously wrapping her arms around the man's neck and holding on. The sound of him talking about how he dropped a constantly moving gorilla, made the experience all the more scary. It's not that the woman didn't like heights, its just that with someone like Veara, the entire situation seemed a little dangerous.

Once they were finally up in the air, Schwartz waited for the man to start flying off. When they stopped, the woman looked over to him only to hear his request. The woman shrugged and took one of her hands from around him and pulled up on his shirt half-way. Her eyes widened beneath the tufts of blue-hair that covered them, as she saw how toned the blonde actually was. With the same hand, she gently used the tips of her fingers to tingle and stimulate the young boy teasingly, before she gripped the map and pulled it out. The petite assassin smirked beneath her scarf, opening the map up and waiting for any sign of it to glow.

"So that's his game, huh? Trying to get me to touch on him? What a sly little pervert." She said to herself, as she looked upon the map.

[Wielder Luna]

The sudden launch into the air threw Aqua’s senses off. Granted, Veara did give a warning beforehand, but she wasn’t quite prepared for this form of travel. It took her a moment to adjust after Veara finally slowed his ascent, her ears popping when they reached their highest point. She heard him say something, but she couldn’t quite make it out. Though when she heard him mentioning something about the map, which almost made the bluenette fear for the worst. Schwartz reaching into his shirt and pulling out the paper allowed her to sigh in relief, giving the map a look out of curiosity.

"So, which way are we going?" she asked.

[Zienna]

"For a guy so dense, Veara sure knows how to get a girl's heart racing~" Zienna jested aloud when she saw the blond took off into the sky with his two passengers. "No point in keeping them waiting~" the succubus said to the girl in her arms. One of which moved to the girl's stomach so she'd be a tad bit more secure.

Compared to Veara's takeoff, Zienna's accent was smooth and gentle. She kept a steady pace, accelerating at just the right speed for it to be comfortable while not being left in the dust. As they continued to rise, Zienna couldn't help but squeeze her passenger a little, a giggle escaping her. So soft~ So tender~ she thought to herself as she brought the girl closer to her body.

Reaching Veara's altitude at the right moment, a stifled chuckle was all she could manage. They arrived just in time to see Schwartz lift Veara's shirt up and teasingly traced his body upwards with her nails. A malicious smirk beamed from the succubus. "Careful now~" she said with venomous intent, "We're not here to join the Mile High Club~"

"Yet"

The succubus drifted idly in the sky as she awaited which direction they'd be going in, letting herself be carried by the wind. "So how's the view, sweetie?" she asked Zyv just as she panned towards the glistening ocean.

[Veara]

Veara simply sat there as he awaited for Schwartz to get the map, the boy was still chuckling lightly from the chop she had given him earlier when he had mentioned the gorilla, and Veara was simply looking forward and noticing how they were close to the clouds and not to mention the beautiful ocean!

What a time to be alive!

What a......umm....what was this....

This was weird, Veara felt...very weird right now.

The boy was legit trying his hardest to ensure that he didn't much, however he simply couldn't resist having his entire body shiver and a small sound came out of his mouth, a sound he hasn't made for a very long time, the boy actually groaned. It was extremely quick, he was able to catch it and more importantly he hope and prayed that Schwartz and especially Papa didn't catch that.

Veara stared down at Schwartz and his eyes were slightly wide as for some reason there was a quite a confused look on his face. He didn't understand what she had just done to him and more importantly he didn't understand why that felt so nice, like really nice.

Like extremely nice!

Like what in the world was that feeling nice!?

Veara simply looked upwards and coughed and then looked downwards towards Schwartz unsure how to address this. "Uh Schwartz, thank you for getting the Map, but what you did...that was weird or at least warn me next time you do it....whatever it was. I mean it was...nice...but umm I'm kinda holding both of you high in the air, ya know." Veara spoke and he was clearly trying to find the words as he spoked and honestly it was clear for a moment he wanted to use another word completely different from nice. Though what was weird to him was he constantly has had people touch him, heck even Zienna did when they were playing in the ocean with Steven and Nat not too far back.

Yet, never once did he feel like that!

Then along come Little adorable and she does just one thing! Just one thing! An Veara could barely hold his voice in, what in the world was that....


Focus...

Focus!

He had a soul on the line and frankly, he had a group to lead.

Looking over at Zienna after her question and Aqua's that he barely heard with his internal crisis he currently just had he nodded his head then looked over at both Aqua and Zienna who was to the side of them. "We go forward keep your eye for any awesome...anything great...anything weird that you may see on the ground. Schwartz has the...uh map...so she'll be able to tell us if it begins to glow, so let's head out!" Veara began to fly forward holding Schwartz tightly trying to rack his brain around what he just while at the same time realizing he has to push himself past that and simply focus on the mission....but Schwartz just made that really really hard.

[Zyvonia]

She raised an eyebrow at being called "sweetie" by Zienna. Zyv was reminded of an old lady calling a child that word. Zienna was quite odd and off putting. Zyv still wasn't quite sure about her. She felt like there was a certain something about Zienna that was obvious to others, but something that Zyv just didn't see or understand. "It's alright. Never been a fan of heights, but not really afraid of them either," she replied, looking below. Everything looked so different from a birds eye view. Not better....just different.

She looked over towards V. "I get how Zienna flies, with the wings, but how are you doing it, V?" she asked, curiously.

[Marigold Darkson]

Schwartz grinned to herself, knowing that what she just did to the man had taken some form of effect on him. He stuttered a bit and didn't have a way to put his thoughts into words. When her actions were picked up on by Zienna, the woman merely turned to look at the succubus and just gave a playful smirk, though, she knew she wouldn't be able to see it. Nonetheless, the woman wanted to tease and punish the man carrying them, for trying to wrap her up in the whole harem business.

"Kid, I have no idea what the hell you're talking about. Worry about keeping us up and I'll have eyes on the map." She spoke pretty much the same, but one could hear a rather minuet and seductive tone to her voice. While they flew and as she read, the petite temptress would take her free hand and used the tip of a finger, to gently draw circles on his stomach. She slowly felt it up and down, tracing the space between his chest and abs. Little did she know, the woman had fallen to the same bit of perversion that she had accused Veara of earlier.

She looked up and over to Aqua, who had asked about the direction they were supposed to be heading in. Schwartz gave a small shrug, as she tried to make heads or tails of the thing.

"Can't really tell you. That Iscor guy was the only one capable of decoding it, so it's beyond us. We just keep heading in a direction until we find it, I'm assuming." The woman said and wished that they could split the map into copies of itself, so that they could split up and find it easier.

[Wielder Luna]

Aqua gave the pair of people with her a quizzical look. It seemed like there was something a little more going on in front of her, but Aqua wasn’t sure if she really wanted to know. Nonetheless, they both had a similar answer to her question: they didn’t have an exact idea where to go, but they were going to fly in a general direction.

She gave a small shrug, “Okay then.” Looking outward, the bluenette added, “It’s a good thing we’re in the air then, it should make things easier.”

She looked toward Veara, “Also, Veara, if you do get tired, don’t be afraid to say something. I don’t want you to push yourself too hard over this.”

She had a serious tone, but the edge to it was soft. She didn't want people getting hurt here, and being airborne like this, the worst case scenario would be the most likely one. Even with Zienna beside them, her arms were already full. So if Veara did fall with her and Schwartz, not everyone would come out unscathed, or even, alive.

Aqua knew this sort of thinking was more negative than her usual thinking, but she knew these kinds of scenarios were risky. Perhaps it was the unusual height she was at. Flying like this wasn't something she was used to. Nonetheless, she still had her friends' well-being in heart. She did not want to see people hurt here, and she will do whatever it takes to make sure they are safe.

[Zienna]

Zienna remembered a lesson she was taught about seduction. That people are like padlocked doors. Most are easily picked with sweet words, a gentle touch, or a simple showcase of skin. Some, just like Veara, needed a special kind of key. Something that would sometimes be unattainable to even the most powerful of succubi. And it seemed the blue-haired woman had that certain something. The way she made Veara slightly lose his cool. Him, the one who hadn't, at the very least, blushed when her breastplate fell off when they were playing in the sea. She had even pressed herself against him when her tackle was countered.

What a way to get a taste of jealousy.

Though, she would have guessed that it was due to his damned child-like demeanor about everything that made him immune to a succubus' aura. She'd have to study the blue-haired woman a little more closely whenever she got a chance.

"It's settled then, we wander aimlessly until the map glows!" she said in a cheery sing-song voice. For a moment, Zienna thought about pulling Nero out of his raven form so he could carry Aqua, allowing Schwartz the freedom to do as she pleased without a third wheel to discourage her leakage of lust. As much as she was feeling a little envious that the petite woman managed to get a startled reaction from Veara, she was just as curious to see if she'd carry on her teasing of the boy.

Spinning suddenly to face the trio, she said, "Your positioning doesn't look all that safe, you know, Aqua. Eventually your arms are going to get tired from hanging on like that. I could get Nero to carry you, if you'd like. Not as bird, of course."

[Veara]

Veara heard Zyv's question however when he initially tried to answer her question once again he felt the feeling of Schwartz once again tracing his stomach and the lines that have been on it since he came out training from the jungle, those were some kind of muscles he was told by the elders when he initially came back, though he wasn't sure if that was correct considering they never got bigger they always just kept getting more....easy to see....and for some reason every time when Schwartz continually traced/touched them through his mesh shirt, he couldn't help, but slightly breathe a little harder or force to have his mouth open a little more and be a little more rigid with his movements slightly gripping Schwartz harder. "Well you see...the way...I'm able to fly is similar to the way I copied all of your genetic codes earlier in order to teleport you, except with genetic codes this time I simply use the power of space and the air around us to push myself into the air and allow myself to fly as fast as I can run. It's a very nice....I MEAN it's...its...." Veara was forced to cut himself off and simply breathe once again due to Schwartz's actions and he blink his eyes flickering between pure white and his green iris due to the emotion she was making him feel. "It's a constant flux of using the matter all around us and constantly using it to my whim. Ooo pretty ocean." Veara spoke finishing however he was distracted for a moment by the ocean and how pretty it looked almost on comparison with the Destiny Isles ocean.

Though the moment Veara finished Schwartz spoke and said she had no idea what Veara was talking about and that he should simply focus on flying right now. "But little ador....Schwartz what your doing.....is a little...niiiice...DIStracting, I mean if you don't mind.." Veara couldn't finish the sentence as Schwartz and Aqua began to talk to one another...though Veara listened when Aqua seemed to be genuinely concerned about him getting tired, of course that was understandable, back then he always used to get tired quick, but now a days he rarely got tired. Even pulling times when he stood up for days after day after day...at least he went to sleep and rested before he met up with Zyv back in the land of dragons earlier. Veara simply smiled at Aqua though he chuckled a little trying to ignore Schwartz touching him on his abdomen.....though he was failing horrifically...plus at the same time he didn't want her to stop. "Thanks for the concern Papa, but trust me I'll be fine.....I can keep going and going and going."

Looking over at Zienna and Zyv, he felt something weird coming off from that side. Apparently for a moment his sensory picked up that weird feeling he picked up that Nat was feeling last night while he talked to Zienna.

Though this quickly went away seeing Zienna spin next to him, telling Aqua her arms would eventually get tired if she continued to hold onto him and fly the way that she currently was...which Veara would have made a comment about if...Schwartz fingers weren't currently making him feel weird as heck.

"If you're not comfortable there Aqua...umm...I don't want you to fall or anything...I could simply fly vertically...though and besides the bird dude can't hold Aqua he's a bird." Veara quickly turned vertically and held Schwartz close while also looking down at the ground and suddenly he had a feeling. "Hey guys there's another clearing up ahead and I'm feeling something...other then what I'm feeling currently...let's head that way maybe the map will pick it up too." Veara spoke and quickly began to move that way in short Veara would be lying if he said he didn't want Aqua to go...it had been awhile since he had seen his papa plus, if aqua left who knows what Schwartz would do...yet in the back of Veara's head he kinda wanted to know what that was...

Shrug off those thoughts and simply focus on the mission.....and the feeling.

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