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Auroch pointed at the enormous craft. "Making sure my friend gets off alright." He wrapped his arm around his legs. "And wishing I could go too." He slowly started to rock back and forth as tears ran down his cheeks, and when the inquisitors got close he clung to the nearest one's leg.

"That's all I needed to hear," Zorlo stated as he landed on the roof and rushed past the inquisitors. "I don't care what that old man or that Inquisitor leader say, he's coming with us!" Zorlo yelled as he snatched Auroch and leapt from the roof holding the human. "If they're mad, tell them to find me! The old man of blades and that creature leading your kind can kiss my butt if they think I'm taking orders from humans anymore. Today, i reclaim my freedom!" Zorlo yelled as jets of emerald flames shot from his feet as he slowly descended before landing and making a break towards the rest of the group.

"Now then, where is Kannah?" he asked in annoyance as he neared the others. "Let's go, human!" Zorlo yelled as he clutched Auroch and kept moving.

No, you idiot, you're going to bring the inquisitors down on me and everyone around me, including Kanna. A blast of air shot Zorlo and Auroch back, away from the airship and caused them to tumble and roll until they were a few feet apart. "Leave me alone Amaranthine." Auroch said as he stood up and wiped the tears away. "This has nothing to do with you. If you're concerned ahout me, don't be. They're not about to kill me and we're not Tovarich anymore and we certainly aren't friends. And if you do this, at best, you will just get me killed and Theodore's plan ruined. Get out of here." Another blast of air sent Zorlo rolling a couple feet towards the airship. "Last warning."

Zorlo's hand tore into the ground as he slid for a moment and stopped. "Friends, comrades, all that crap. I don't really care. To hell with the Inquisitors and to hell with this place. If they want to stop me, let them try," Zorlo stated as he set down the bag on his back as he glared angrily around. "No more. No longer should we be prisoners. Not to that human who now runs this place; not to that inquisitor, and not to anyone! If you're so worried, I'll keep them busy while you run. Your mind is far more valuable to Theodore or Kannah than my strength. Don't be a bastion... rise up and kill your oppressors! We don't owe them ANYTHING!" Zorlo stated as he held his hand out and green flames began to spiral around him.

"So you can either make a break for that airship and meet up with everyone to be on your way... or I can deal with them and drag you. Your choice."

Auroch smiled at Zorlo's rage at his own predicament. "Ok." He walked over to stand just behind Zorlo and whispered. "Thank you." Auroch placed a hand on the man's back and sent lots and lots of electricity through him and several black blades sprouted from the Emerald Flame's front. As the blades retracted he stopped the electricity and let Zorlo fall to the ground. "It really does mean a lot to me that you'd be willing to do all of that, but I'm not like you." Auroch sat down on top of the bleeding man, "Don't worry, Kanna will be able to fix you when she gets here. Theodore knows far more about what y'all are going to be facing than I do, and I'm not that strong. Unlike you, without my toys, I'm not much of a threat. What he's going to need is power, not a kid." The boy stood up and walked over to Yuuya and Muscleman, "I will run from a lot of things, Zorlo Amaranthine, but I am not going to spend the rest of my life running from the inquisitors because you wanted to feel noble." Auroch waved his hand; Zorlo's heavily damaged and otherwise disabled body was thrown unceremoniously by an earthen hand over to the airship. Auroch shouted, "Theodore, good luck." Auroch sat down to watch them leave. Kanna had better make it out of this intact or I am going to destroy you Edelbach. He thought to himself darkly.

Kanna watched calmly as he rushed off again after meeting back with her. She wasn't worried though. After all, the level of metal he carried was immense. So immense that it was glaring in her elemental senses. Almost painfully so, so it wouldn't be hard to find or follow him at her own pace. And that's exactly what she did, pulling out the Witcher text that Zorlo had given her to continue reading as she followed him. Sudden movement caught her attention. But it wasn't so much her physical senses as her elemental senses that were tripped. A massive source of Metal, silver and a strange steel, leapt up to the school roof. Probably Zorlo, but why? The airship wasn't there...

She didn't get much of a chance to contemplate this as What appeared to be two people launched off the roof toward the airship. Her vision half blurred as her Curse momentarily acted up, preventing her from seeing who it was, but the greenish streak & flames from about where they landed told her who one probably was. Especially considering the mass of carried metals. She paused a moment to let her vision clear before continuing on after the hot-headed elf. She rounded the building corner in time to see a limp Zorlo fly through the air to the airship, minus both secondary person and sack of metals. The wind picked up and the smell of blood came to her, drawing her to the blood splattered grass near the sack and the sitting Auroch, whom yelled after Zorlo's body.

She took a moment to approach Auroch and the bloodstain, nodding to her friend--as she reasoned she should probably start actively considering him--as she did so. She only had to touch the blood to verify. The same resonance as the 'stain' within Lumina, the old bastard sword Zorlo had bribed her with to help. "...Zorlo's..." Standing up, she looked to the heavy bag a moment before pointing at the blood. A ripple moved before the blood rose into platform that she lifted the heavy sack into. "...Until...Another time..." she said to Auroch after a moment before walking away toward the airship, letting the blood dish home in on the injured Elf. Unlike before, however, she hurried. If Zorlo died, she needed to be there to preserve his body for her research as soon as possible. She preferred living subjects to observe and study, but one could still learn a greed deal from the dead as well.

Auroch nodded, "Yeah, later." He smiled after Kanna until she was out of sight and then the smile disappeared. "Tell me she's going to be alright." Auroch said to the two inquisitors without looking away from the airship.

Wind lines hooked and with an elegant flip, Kanna landed on the lower deck of the airship. near her, the blood disk floated up and over the railing as it continued its way toward the injured Zorlo. Looking around a moment, she paused long enough to see where the disk floated to before continuing on, more focused on Zorlo at the moment then checking to see who was on board and such. It wasn't hard to find the Elf bleeding all over himself, slumped against the wall in a corner on the lower deck-walk. She squatted in front him, looking over his wounds. Clean, straight-through wounds. Impalement by blades...? It seem that the wounds didn't ruin.... ...Oh, he survived, she thought to herself as hear his slight, labored breathing. This was good then.
She wasted little time in collecting samples of blood, flesh, and hair from him and preserving the samples before turning back to him. "...still breathing... Sun & Wood Sign 'Photosynthesis B'." A brighter, sun-like light shone down on Zorlo and slowly began to repair his injures as she watched on, taking a few more samples before looking over the metals Zorlo had acquired. It would probably be a bit before anything happened.

((Yeah, I'll be covering both the Char's who have gone to Belka, and Kale's character who is left behind))
"I don't know bro, they're going past the steel curtain towards Belka" said Muscleman, "look on the bright side, they've got 'one man army' L-Elf" said Yuuya, "but why would a guy from SEELE join them?" Muscleman asked Yuuya, "beats me, maybe for protection" replied Yuuya, The two of them looked at the airship as it began to take off.

"Alright, everybody's here so- What happened to him?" asked Theodore as he saw an unconscious Zorlo being attended to by Kanna.

"They're leaving" muttered Soran, he closed the window to his office and rang a bell on his desk, Cecil entered, "Cecil, I'll be sleeping in my office tonight, I've got some things I need to work on" he said as Cecil nodded and left, he then proceeded to make a phone call, "Operator, please connect me to the Tentou Empire, yes, I'll pay the fee.......... Hello, I wish to speak to Captain Sagiri, This is Khamsin, hello Captain, how goes your progress? What?! How could she have escaped?! She's heading here to Weisshaupt? I'll get on it then, thank you and goodnight".

L-Elf sat on a chair, playing cat's cradle when he was approached by Ilfriede, "So? What role will you be playing in this rescue mission?" she asked him, he stopped playing cat's cradle and looked at Ilfriede, "That's classified" he replied, "Oh, sorry then" with that Ilfriede left, "this mission isn't just about who your friend seeks to rescue" he said, Ilfriede stopped and turned to him, "what do you mean?", "That's classified" he replied with a grin, Ilfriede couldn't tell if he was trying to be friendly, or just messing with her.

"Your highness, we're approaching the docks of Sternbild city in Weisshaupt, I suggest you get ready, we're to meet with the king" said the woman in red to a girl looking out of the window of the airship, behind the woman in red were three other girls wearing white versions of the same uniform.

A fleet of Airships were approaching Sternbild city, their make and design were not Europan, the insignia's on them were that of the Tentou Empire's Royal Guards, as soon as the first one landed, an elderly man with a 3DMG who was obviously an Inquisitor stood on the docks, behind him were two other Inquisitor's, the denizens of the largest airship came out and the elderly Inquisitor and his subordinates greeted them, "Welcome to the Kingdom of Weisshaupt, Shogun Yuuhi", said the elderly Inquisitor with a bow, his subordinates bowed as well, "Thank you Inquisitor Maxwell, I am sorry you had to be the one who came to greet us" replied the Shogun, "it is no trouble your highness" replied the Elderly Inquisitor, he then led the Shogun and her companions to automobiles that were arranged for them.

Zorlo slammed his hand against the wall, blood trailing it as he slowly pushed himself standing. Wounds closed slowly as his now lizard-like pupils glanced at them with his piercing, red eyes before his eyes returned to normal. Zorlo began to walk off with a clearly annoyed nature in his stance. "Call it bad luck. I underestimated how strong that little human really was... good for him," Zorlo stated as he walked past Theodore and looked back towards Kanna. "I see you brought the materials. Excellent. LEt's get to work," the green-haired Elf stated in an aggravated state.

"If you have anything you want to tell me about this idea, human, wait until I'm in a better mood... or send one of these human girls to come attend me, I don't care which," the man stated with a sigh. "After all, I've gotta prepare for those odd armor things... Kanna's skills with magic I can't use will be helpful. I have a plan to figure out how to help you," Zorlo stated with an almost sinister laughter before groans of pain stopped the laughing and he hobbled off.

"Oh goody, L-Elf is with them, in that case I'm sure they'll be just fine." Auroch muttered sarcastically. When the airship was practically out of sight he closed his right eye and watched it a bit longer with his fake one. Eventually it went out of that eye's line of sight too. He made his way back to the tent and flopped onto his "bed". "You two suck at providing emotional comfort, you know that?" Might as well restock my white keys. Auroch placed a book and a vial of white ink on the ground in front of himself; he used a long white feather as a quill and began scribing invisible sigils onto the pages while he cast spells to expedite the process of filling the pages of the book. It took about ten minutes, but he was soon finished and placed his hand on the cover and imbued the book with magic. He yanked his hand away as the book caught flame, Auroch's left side became covered in darkness and the shadows of his left side enveloped the blaze and after several minutes he compressed it into a white key.

"dude, we just bombed big time" muttered Yuuya to Muscleman, "Hey, you had to mention that L-Elf was with them, I heard the guy put down an entire rebellion, by himself" said Muscleman, The two of them then proceeded to go back into their tents, which is pretty much next to Auroch's tent, they saw what he did and Muscleman asked from the other tent, "Whatcha doing there bro?".

Lunateresia von Witzleben was sent by the group to talk to Zorlo after drawing straws, however, L-Elf agreed to accompany her, while she did feel safe with him, she can't help but notice that he keeps playing Cat's Cradle while Escorting her, they found Zorlo and Luna looked at L-Elf, who nodded at her, she then approached Zorlo, "Um, Theodore told me to ask you what will you be contributing to the rescue mission of his mentor?" she asked as she nervously clasped her hands together.

"Cynicism and wit, little human," Zorlo stated as he looked at Luna. He was slowly unblurring the humans from one another... and this one was more... Defined, perhaps? It didn't matter. He looked at her guard, the man playing with strings, and paused. "Another Inquisitor tool. Wonderful," Zorlo stated as he popped disjointed bones back into place with a slight wince each time. "But tell the living shield that I'm working on something to kill the human's prized Incoruptus. I've stumbled upon an ancient brand of hunter that wields weapons to do so. The other elf will help me with it. If you and the living symbol of authoritarianism want to keep watch, feel free. I've no secrets to hide. Hell, I'll even answer questions you humans have if you're so bored," Zorlo stated as he threw the broken piece of his old sword he kept up and down.

"So, aside from the waste monger that are keeping me under heel, what do you provide, human girl?" Zorlo asked her as his eyes warped again slightly, as if trying to peer into her soul.

Tatsumi: ( he watches outside the airships window as it takes off) so it looks like I got involved in something troublesome... Oh well that's just how it is I didn't think I'd be leaving here until graduation.... ( he turns around to see zorolo walk away ) you would think he'd warm up to us by now ( he rubs his head as he places his bag on the floor as he looks around) so Theodore what are we supposed to do now? I for one can use a shower and a fresh pair of clothes about now and maybe some sleep...

Slowly and Calmly, Kanna walked in behind him with the blood disk of carried metals following her. Her gaze moved first to Lunateresia, then to L-Elf before moving back to the slowly healing Zorlo. It was probably good the healing sign followed the target as long as no combat ensues. "...Zorlo..." she said quietly to him as she neared. "I agreed to you request. However... I wish to expand it," she stated to him calmly, looking up to meet his gaze. "I will continue to aid you beyond this point with things within reason. ...In return... You will allow me to use your flesh, hair, & bodily fluids for my experiments. ...will you acquiesce...?" she asked, waiting for a reply.

"Seeing as I don't find Elf girls terribly attractive... too twig-like... I'm not sure what more you can offer me than the help you've already agreed to. Hmm..." Zorlo thought for a moment as he shrugged. "I'm assuming if you asked, you have your reasons, so sure, why not. Abuse my trust, though, and I'll color the walls in your form." Zorlo sighed as he removed the metal-lined bracers from his arms abd the leather chest guard he had on before he clapped his hands together. Green flames quickly filled the tiny gap between his hands as he slowly moved his palms apart.

The fragment of blade he had between his hands began to warp in concentrated ball of green fire as he took quiet breaths. "I'll start work on the medallion, you get your magic ready to start heating the metal. I'll be with you shortly, Kanna," he said as he glanced at her with relative indifference before glancing back at the humans. "And you two..." he said before pausing. "I guess you can stay if you want to. I guess having other people around isn't too terrible," Zorlo stated with a shrug.

"Making a batch of my white keys." Auroch stood up in front of them and swept the blade in an arc in front of him. "One of the functions of your black keys is to lock a mage's magic inside their body. This can "unlock" a formed spell and is enchanted to intercept incoming attacks, both magical and otherwise thus allowing somebody who is physically crap, such as myself, to be able to survive for at least a few seconds against someone who's actually competent. It's also a foci for one of my spells, you may have noticed a large explosion of dark magic and a wall of light just before you guys got into range. These help me form strong defensive walls like that so that I can avoid losing my remaining arm and eye. They're not supposed to get used up, but if there's enough damage done to the wall in a short enough amount of time, they will get destroyed to maintain the short term integrity with the magical power I've just imbued them with as well as the small percentage they absorb disrupting an incoming spell." He slid the white key into his quiver. "I've been working on it for a couple of years, but I wasn't able to really perfect the process until I got saddled with this." Auroch said and gestured to his left side.

After a second the darkness receded back into Auroch's body. He pulled his shoes, socks, and shirt off before he crafted a dozen more. By the time he was done he was dripping in sweat, but he had a stock of white keys in his quiver. "Ok, five minute break and then back to designing my own black key and trying to figure out what their true purpose is." He groaned, rolled over onto his back and wiggled his eight remaining toes somewhat weekly. "Then again, maybe ten minutes..." Even though he said that, he quickly drifted off to sleep. Several minutes later though his left side became covered in darkness again as he started to rock and groan, a few minutes after that he started to talk in his sleep and said both "no" and "why" over and over again, and a couple minutes after that he started to roll and scream. Unlike his now exploded room, Auroch's tent was not enchanted to mute noises coming from inside of it during the evening hours thus Yuuya and Muscleman were not spared the boy's night terrors.

"Hey Mitch, I think we ought to check out the kid, hey, Mitch!" muttered Yuuya, he got up from his sleeping bag and found out Muscleman was wearing ear plugs, he checked the other tents besides Auroch's and found out that the other Inquisitor's wore earplugs, he then went back to muscleman and nudged him awake, he then signaled him for earplugs, Muscleman gave him a pair before going back to sleep, Yuuya placed them on then proceeded to go to sleep.

"Um, I think I'll just take my leave now, goodbye" said Luna as she left Zorlo, L-Elf stood there looking at Kanna and Zorlo, however, he lost interest and went back to playing cat's cradle, as Luna walked away, she remembered something, "If sir L-Elf was sent to watch after us, why doesn't he have black keys?" she wondered.

"Well Tovarich, Ilfriede told me that each room on board has it's own bathroom, you may use any of the rooms, but do knock since there might be somebody in the room." Theodore told Tatsumi as left him and entered his room.

Zorlo looked at L-Elf as his pendant finished forming. A dragon-headed pendant formed as the man removed a chain and placed the pendant around his neck. The green-haired man glanced over the Inquisitor before noticing the very thing that the human girl who had left noted... a lack of black keys. "Oh gods... you don't have any black keys. What kind of monster are you that they sent you with us..." The green-haired man paused as he stood up and looked at the man again, the scar over his left eye twitched. "What the hell are you?"

L-Elf looked at Zorlo with a smile, it was not a friendly smile, "Me? I'm your average Executor" he replied as he went back to playing Cat's Cradle, "Soldier's Bed, he said as he showed it to Zorlo.

Theodore just left the shower and entered his room, he placed on a fresh pair of pants, a knock came on the door as he told the knocker to come in, to his mild surprise it was Ilfriede, "Takahashi says we'll be entering Belkan airspace soon, he needs to know where we'll land" she said Theodore placed on a shirt, "I'll be there, tell him to be careful of anti-aircraft emplacements" he said, Ilfriede nodded and left, he picked up a folded picture from his wallet and opened it, it was a picture of him and the rest of the Schwarzesmarken, "I'll kill you myself, Beatrix Bremer" muttered Theodore as he folded the picture, the woman he planned to kill for harming Irisdina was Iridina's long time rival and agent of the Stasi, she also happened to be the commander of a squad of Incorruptus users named "Werewolf".