A Rose and its Clippers

[General Beatrix]

[glow=red,2,300]"I see, then. Very well; they are welcome to stay aboard; besides, I still have yet to meet with this Lexia, for I was too drowsy to continue my meetings so late in the...well, some time between last night and now." She smiled, and then turned her attention to his next subject.

"Yes, well done, Sai. It was in fact the false note; and as for the origin of this forgery, I doubt you would wish to seek out its maker, since she is also the one bearing the original, should that blasted witch or her cronies not have taken it from her. I don't suppose you know of whom I speak, but she reminds me of a cabbage, of sor--"

And then she saw the radiant Agrias, cleaned up and shining, alongside Boco, no less! And oh how brilliant he looked, as well. She chuckled, seeing the love of her life and once again beelined over to her, and stopped before the chocobo.

"Ah, Boco, my lovely, you must forgive me for not coming to see you sooner...and Lady Agrias..."

Giving the woman a loving smile, she nodded her head. "You look splendid, my dear; now, shall we?" She checked her right gauntlet and calibrated the telepod's recall gem before turning to the large vase-like structure.

"Disembark!" she called, before making a run-jump and flipped through the air until finding a place to open into a dive; when she disappeared into the telepod's opening, there was no thud; instead, the machine vibrated quickly, and a moment later a glowing orb of light shot forth, spiraling around in the air above her companions, and soon started its journey to the world below.

***Off to Return to Darkness, at Beast's Castle***[/glow]

[Agrias Oaks]

Agrias watched as Beatrix turned into that light orb, and twirled around them several loops before descending down toward the Castle Bridge. She smiled a little, chuckling nervously, "She's always been one for grand entrances..."

The knight then looked to Abigail and gave her a weak smile, followed by looking at Boco, whom had gotten slightly bigger with the lack of exercise, and the telepods. She cleared her throat, seeing a problem. "What to do..." she would mumble, looking to the Chocobo with a disapproving look. "You have gained too much weight, dear Boco, pray, I do, that you are able to use a telepod... or I'll have to figure out other means."

The blond woman walked the Chocobo over to the pods, and he was having some troubles fitting, so she tried to squeeze him in, while he gave a complaining, "WARK," She backed away and allowed him space to wiggle out of the pod freely, his feathers ruffling as he did so.

"Damn." sighed the woman, crossing her arms, her brown eyes looking up to the bird, "I knew it, thoust let yourself go." - to this Boco's head feather's lowered in an, 'My bad,' sort of way. The knight looked around for some sort of solution... If there was an Anchor, they could always lower the yellow bird with it, of course, for the sake of it, "Hrm... 'tis a theory. Though, whilst having the instruments to do so by anchor would be splendid. Still, the slow descent calls for less weight and I, sadly, cannot accompany you, dear Ally of mine. I shall be monitoring your arrival to surface, and henceforth must find a substitute to go with you," she ruffled the bird's head, "You sweet glutton you."

Boco wiggled about happily, liking the idea, he would wobble cutely over to Abigail, and peck her hair lightly, suggesting her as candidate.

"Ah.." Agrias blinked, looking to the Mage with a soft smile, " Seems he's made a choice, but true question, will you assist us, Lady Abigail?"

[Sai]

Sai watched as this exchange happened. He watched when Beatrix went down to the surface and decided it was about time for him to be taking his leave as well. He looked to the two women and their ordeal with the oversized canary. He turned from them and opened a corridor just off to the side.

"I wish you luck in your endevours..." he said coolly, then stepped through. It would close a minute or two after him, allowing for any who wished to go HIS way to go. Of course, to those still possessing their hearts, the toll was to be paid...

[Abigail Crescentlight]

Abigail smiled a bit when she saw Agrias... though the smile was short lived. She saw a very strange look in the knight's eyes... not one of enjoyment when the General embraced her, but a discomfort... as though she were about to be struck. When Beatrix jumped into the pot and disappeared, she stepped up to Agrias and placed a hand on her arm.

"Is... something amiss between you and Bea?" she asked softly while Agrias attempted to heft the large Boco into the telepod. When the attempt failed, they realized they had bigger problems than whether or not Agrias and Bea got along, though Abigail made it a point to ask again later. She was thinking on exactly this when suddenly she felt a large beak tapping the top of her head.

"Aah!" she squeaked with every peck of her hair. She giggled, reaching up to stop the bird's beak from striking her again. She smiled, hugging the hard surface there a moment before looking to Agrias, who had elected Abigail to help get Boco down to the surface. "M-me?" she asked, pointing at herself before looking to Boco once more. She smiled at his innocent "kwhee" and giggled a bit. "You ladies-bird you!" she teased, ruffling the down feathers at his neck. "Alright, let's figure this out..."

A moment or two later, the girl and bird were hanging from a makeshift Chocobo lift attatched to the anchor. Abigail clung to the bird for dear life, shivering a bit. "I'm begginning to think this was a very bad idea!!" she cried up to the deck. A soldier up top would lean over.

"I'm sorry, didn't quite catch that!!" the soldier called down. "Are you ready??"

"I'm not ready!!!" Abby replied, only to have it misheard by the soldier, who turned to the others with a thumbs up. "She's ready!" They let loose the anchor, causing girl, bird, and about a thousand pounds of metal to go sailing downward with a scream from both participants that sounded roughly the same: "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

*to Beast's Castle*

[Agrias Oaks]

** To Beast's Castle, Return to Darkness**

[Lilith]

Lilith wandered around the ship aimlessly, her eyes darted from place to place, she always felt venerable when surrounded by humans but she was slowly getting used to it. gradually.
she scratched her neck, "great they left me all alone" she thought for a moment "wait... why am I complaining! I'm all alone! awesome!
Lilith ran to the hold and found a place to lay down, she stared up at the ceiling, listening to the hum of the ship.
"finally some peace..."