!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Xavier is launched into the sky by Harrison!!!!!!!!!
Lifted straight off the ground and thrown by his ankles!!!!!
"…"
"eh."
"EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
Xavier shouts as he flies through the air!!!!!
"…"
"WHA-WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THAT GUY!!!!"
Xavier thinks panicking, as the wind rushing his face blows his mouth open like a hot air balloon!!!
"WHAT PART OF THIS CAN YOU EVEN CALL A RESCUE?!?"
He thinks
"I HAD THAT FIGHT!"
Xavier thinks stiffly, as he soars through the air!
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"I wonder why they did that…"
Xavier thinks stiffly turning his gaze back down to where the trio remain engaged with the MFH
"Far as I remember they were always insufferable and we never got along once."
He thinks salty
"I mean sure after Rin left, the bullying stopped."
"But that doesn't mean we got all buddy-buddy either."
Xavier thinks,
Recalling all the meetings he had with the trio in the past two months, and how they often ended in an awkward, dismissive silence, or a shrug whenever they caught a glance of each other.
"…."
"And who is this 'Boss' they kept referring to…."
He thinks alittle sterner and more serious as the thought ways heavy on him.
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Oh well."
A shut eyed Xavier thinks, oddly more upbeat
"Not much I can do about it from up here…"
He thinks
"The first thing I should worry about now is--"
"Huh?... Is it just me or are those trees much bigger than I remember."
Xavier's thoughts come to a curious halt when the ground beneath him begins to look ominously bigger… (0_0)?
"Huh…"
"HUH!!!"
"OH SHIT!"
"FORGET YOU WERE FLYING THROUGH THE AIR WHY DON'T YA?"
Xavier thinks in a panic when he realizes his descension is sharper and at a more ferocious speed!!!!
"That's so classic me…."
He thinks!
"AAaaaAAAAAHAHHHHH…..""
"BRACE FOR IMPACT….."
Xavier says aloud crossing his forearms over his face when!!!...
-Second Terrain-
[The Ground]
The greenery of the Second Terrain shines a healthy dark green, as the scenery puts a shame to the desert landscape that was the willow farmlands.
"…"
"TCHHHHHAAAAA!!!!!"
"I can't believe we got smoked by that Cloud girl again."
An angry Lillith says, squint eyed and violently flailing her arms around as she makes her way to the centre of the terrain.
"…."
"Well does it matter?"
A bored Cassey responds next to her, barely turning from his loose stride to face her.
"We're still far ahead of everyone else after all…"
He adds lazily
"HMPH!"
"Ofcourse, it matters!"
Lillith snaps back pouting
"'WE,' are Royals of the Beneath."
"We can't have our names besmirched by backwater talent like everyone else."
She says arrogantly
"…"
Cassey stays silent, halting and staring at her as she walks ahead of him
"eeeehhh… But isn't Sierra a Royal too?"
He asks uninterested before continuing forward as well
"…"
"…"
The pair share an awkward stare as Lillith halts 'HER' progress this time…
"Well, 'WE' are 'REAL' royalty!"
Lillith says arms crossed and pouting.
"Hmmmm…"
Cassey exclaims dryly
"Well, what about that merc?"
Cassey asks
"We ranked below her in getting here too."
He says recalling the aftermath of Jimmy and Mu's fight when Jimmy took a fallen Mu along with him.
"You mean Mu?"
Lillith asks, as Cassey nods
"…"
"Couldn't care less about her."
She says, her tone softer but plainly dismissive
"Far as I'm concerned, she's just collateral damage."
Lillith says arms folded behind her
"Brought iiinnn… by Jimmy for whatever perverted fantasies that creep might have."
She says a hint of disgust in her tone
"Collateral huh?"
Cassey echoes her prompting her to nod
"…"
"Haaa…. well, I guess you're right about that."
Cassey says scratching his head
"About her being collateral damage that is."
He thinks
"Well obviously."
Lillith says smiling smugly
"She did take a beating in that weird depression thingy after all…"
She says proudly
"Hm."
Cassey pauses
"…"
"What?"
Lillith pauses, questioning him
"Is it an enemy?"
She asks her tone more serious
"No but…"
Cassey mutters
"Haaa…. Yeah well, spit it out?"
Lillith says hurrying him
"…Well, I mean"
Cassey begins
"What you said just now…."
"Hm."
He says as Lillith nods
"Doesn't that just mean that the merc was ahead of us even then."
Cassey says, his tone softer but somehow more mocking than usual as Lillith comes to another immediate halt!
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Shut-up Cassey."
Lillith mutters under her breath before continuing forward as her cheeks burn red
"Hmmmm…"
Cassey exclaims before following behind her
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"With her…"
Lillith mumbles
"Hm?"
Cassey exclaims
"Well, I'm certain I can beat her."
Lillith says sharply, the air around her suddenly more tense and focussed
"…"
Cassey stays silent watching her as the pair continue to travel deeper into the forest-like area
"I just have to make sure I tame her before Jimmy does."
Lillith says smirking
"…"
"Right."
Cassey responds
"Beeesides, her being the only outsider we have to worry about is a significant bonus you know."
Lillith adds
"At this rate getting to the final trial should be as easy as…."
"aaaaa….."
Lillith is about to finish her sentence when!!!
"aaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!---"
"WHAT'S THAT?!?"
"AN ENEMY?!?!"
Cassey and Lillith react in tandem, as the screech of what can only be made out to be a sky diving goat? Draws closer!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The sound of the impact reverberates the area as Xavier lands hard against the floor!!!
!!!!!!!!SSSSSSHHHHHH!!!!!!
Dust is raised as silence befalls this part of the terrain!!
"…."
"OW! OW! OW! OW! OW!!!!"
Xavier exclaims in pain
"I was certain I had that landing!!!"
He says aloud in anger as he struggles to his feet and scratches the dust out of his head!
"…"
"eh."
"…"
"Hm?"
Lillith and Xavier exclaim in tandem as their eyes meet!
"How did-- How did 'HE' get here?"
Lillith thinks confused and looking up to where Xavier fell from
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Pft."
"Talk about making an entrance."
Cassey says smirking dryly, and breaking the silence.
"…"
"GAAAAHHHH!!!!"
"PEOPLE SAW THAT!!!!"
Xavier thinks in an embarrassed panic
"There goes the image I was trying to preserve!"
He thinks
"…"
"Hmmm… isn't he that guy from before?"
Cassey thinks cautiously looking over Xavier as he chuckles away
He mumbles
"AAAH-Ahahahaha…"
"Nice to meet you, am Xavier?"
Xavier says awkwardly extending his hand to a frozen Lillith
"…"
"EH."
Lillith exclaims as her state of shock comes undone
"You."
"Huh?"
She says looking over at Xavier once more
"Just…"
"JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING HERE!!!!!"
"EEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"
Lillith shouts finger pointed at a startled Xavier who shouts in confusion as well?!?!!!
"…"
"…"
[Xavier Grey Has Moved On To The Second Terrain]
-To Be Continued-