"Huh?"
"Isn't that…"
Xavier thinks
"Now I would wish you luck but Blades make their own luck."
Klein says grinning ominously
"It is…"
Xavier mumbles his tone somewhat stiffer
"May the all-knowing grant you all his blessing."
"HEY M--"
"Dismissed."
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOOOOMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The air erupts in a sudden explosion as at just the sound of the word everyone departs at a ferocious speed in all directions!!!
(SHHHhhhhh!!!!)
Weighty dust particles make their way to the ground as the leaves on the trees shake from the sudden ghast of wind.
"…"
"…eh"
Xavier's jaw falls in an exclamation of obvious shock and confusion at his sudden abandonment.
"…"
"Huh? …"
"… eh"
"HUUUUHHHHHH?!?!?!?"
Xavier exclaims once more when the reality of the situation he now finds himself in dawns on him completely.
"Du-dumb royals."
"Ofcourse they already left."
He mumbles uncertainly, the saltiness in his voice almost tangible as he takes a sit cross legged in the damp grass.
"…"
-silence-
"…"
(*sighs)
"So?"
Xavier says much calmer and composed
"Why are you still here?"
He says turning his head and coming face to face with Jimmy Blanche!!!
The blonde heir to the Blanche name who stands grinning brightly right beside him!!!
"Hm?"
Jimmy exclaims grinning bright in response
-A Little While Later-
"…"
"Well?"
Xavier asks once more eyeing Jimmy.
"Weellll…. I figured I'd stay behind and get to know Yasser's successor."
Jimmy responds sharply without missing a step as he sits beside him.
"Yeah?"
"Yeah!"
Xavier asks prompting another quick response from Jimmy.
(*sighs)
"Can't say am in the business of making new travelling partners after what happened last time…"
Xavier thinks touching his forehead in minor distress as he recalls all that happened when he was travelling with Lucius.
"… however,"
He thinks calmly as he gazes out into the swamp
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Okay!"
"Huh?"
Xavier says loudly breaking the silence as he springs to his feet, forcing a startled exclamation from Jimmy.
"…What way are we going?"
And without taking any consideration for Jimmy, he asks. Facing Jimmy with a serious yet more relaxed expression on his face.
"Huh?"
Jimmy exclaims, clearly taken aback by Xavier's quick change in pace
"Yknow… with the terrain and stuff."
"This place is supposed to be a maze after all."
Xavier adds as he gestures out into the swamps
"With you being a high ranking whatever from the Beneath am sure you know the way forward from here…"
He says, the smile plastered on his face however innocent clearly hiding an ulterior motive.
"Oh… "
"Uhmmmm…"
Jimmy exclaims scratching his head uncertainly
"Oh, don't tell me…."
Xavier thinks rather dismissingly tired of the entire trial as a whole by now.
"Well, I don't know… AHAHHAHAHA"
Jimmy says giving a haughty laugh after as Xavier facepalms
"…"
-A Further While Later-
"…"
"So… you're joking right?"
"Nope!"
"So? you really don't know?"
"Yup!"
"You, a royal of the Beneath?"
"Pretty much!"
"AAaaaaaahhhhhhh"
Xavier moans reclining to the ground after the short exchange.
"Could this get any worse?"
He thinks as his eyes catch the blue of the sky on this clear afternoon.
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Hey what do you mean you don't know?"
"Aren't you supposed to be a royal or something???"
Xavier asks once more, his tone alittle salty. An indication of his sheer refusal to believe Jimmy's claim.
"Well, I mean yeeaahhh… but what does that have to do with anything?"
Jimmy says nonchalantly continuing to scratch his head in confusion
(*sighs)
"I think we can confirm it's safe to say this guy won't be any help…"
Xavier thinks eyes shut as he faces the sky once more.
"I hadn't thought about it at the time…"
"But maybe travelling in the middle of the pack and with a map wielding companion had its perks…"
He thinks
"Well, only if that companion wasn't going to betray you that is…"
-A Further-Further While Later-
"…"
"So?"
"How are you the only Royal that didn't know the way?"
Xavier asks softly, keeping his eyes shut as he takes in the fresh air. Possibly for the first rest and break he's had since the beginning of the trial
"The 'ONLY'?"
"What do you mean?"
Jimmy asks, oddly caught off by the question.
"Well, I mean all the other idiots left immediately so doesn't that mean you're the only one that doesn't know the way…."
Xavier says, uncaring about the insensitivity of how that might have come out
"…"
Jimmy boils
"Hey I stayed behind because I wanted to find out more about you yknow!!!"
Jimmy says, snapping at Xavier and crossing his arms
"Besides, 'I' wasn't the 'ONLY ONE' who didn't know the way."
"The rest of them are just as bad!"
He says childishly.
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"AAAAaaaand… What's that supposed to mean??"
Xavier asks, his tone soft and unphased
"The rest are just as bad?"
Jimmy responds
"No before that."
Xavier says
"I wasn't the only one who didn't know the way?"
Jimmy asks tagging on his short-term memory
"Yeah that, what do you mean?"
Xavier asks once more still seemingly in delightful daze
"…"
"What else?"
Jimmy says bluntly
"I'm not the only one who doesn't know the way."
He says eyes shut as he tries to reinforce his point
"Weren't you watching everyone when Klein said dismissed??"
Jimmy asks curiously
"Wasn't I watching everyone when Klein said dismissed??"
Xavier thinks as the question lingers just alittle longer than usual on his mind
"What's that supposed to mean… everyone pretty much left at the exact same--"
"…"
"Wait a minute…"
Xavier pauses mid sentences as a new revelation may be upon him
"That's right."
Jimmy says smiling brightly
"Yeah… yeah he's right."
Xavier thinks opening his eyes as his mind rolls the tape back a few to remember the end of the short meeting once more.
"It may have looked like they all left at the same time but they didn't."
He thinks as the scenes become clearer
"What actually happened was--"
"What actually happened was one of the royals got out first and the rest immediately followed."
Jimmy says cutting off but also completing Xavier's mid-thought sentence
"… Cane"
"Cloud…"
Xavier mumbles aloud trying to piece everything together
"Mu…"
He thinks keeping that part to himself
"And finally."
"Yup."
"Raine!!!"
Xavier says running through the royals just as Jimmy pitches in and the pair draw on the green haired royal's name in sync!!!
"…"
"…"
-To Be Continued-