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[Agrias Oaks]

Boco had quietly crept away from the others, the smell of luscious...tasty.... melt in your mouth, roasted almonds had caught his attention. Such an aroma of sweet nuttiness he had never smelled before, and he simply went Gaga over it. The giant yellow bird dismissed the heartless there, and the soldiers alike-- in a trance for that delicious food he was eagerly searching for... and there they were, coming out hot and steamy from that strange metal box.

"Waaaaaarrkkkkkk....." he sounded amazed- the man there at the snacks wrapping them in these coned paper shapes. He wiggled a little, looking about and wondering what to do for them. He was a chocobo, he had no munny, so he did the next best thing. He moved from one side to the other, trying to get the man's attention as he began a little dance.

"warlk wark wark wark..." he would try singing, wondering if this would be enough to have a tasty treat.

[Secondary Characters]

Wall-E turned a bit when Oeilvert mentioned winding him back up. He let out a low whistle to indicate his thanks. Naturally, he hated shutting down at the most inopportune moments. Just as the last turn was made, however, Beatrix would make her bold declaration.

Wall-E flailed his arms lightly in a celebratory way, seeing how happy Beatrix was. He reached down and pressed a button on his little recorder, playing a bit he had accumulated from an old Radio Ad he had heard while cleaning the Earth back home. "Halleluja, it's a miracle!!!" it sounded off before playing some gospel music. He roved off the stage to go up to her and shake her hand happily.

That's when he heard an odd sound nearby. "Woah..." he whirred, then turned his head to face that way. Being easily distracted, Wall-E roved off in the direction of the strange music on the air. He easily roved past the heartless floating by the door, as he had no physical heart for them to take, or notice. Soon, he was inside and looking to a young woman working on some musical scores.

Shyly at first, Wall-E roved in closer, staring in amazement as she played. Things like this... he was amazed by. The ability to create something new... that was magic. As he drew closer however, he accidentally toppled a metal symbol stand, causing a terrible ruckus, which he flailed about trying to repair only to make more noise. It settled, of course, and Wall-E boxed himself up to hide from the mayhem he caused, slowly peeking out to see if the girl was mad...

"...woah..."

[serpentoflore]

Sarah had been completely immersed in a song. Part of her was into playing something random that she thought would fit a part of the play. She had took what looked a saxophone in order to play one part of it. She had been quite into it when all of the sudden the stand that held the sheet music had fallen down. Stopping the sound that emitted from the saxophone, she put it to the side to see what looked to be a mechanical contraption. "Ummm...hello?" She blinked a gloved hand reaching to touch it. If it defended it self she wouldn't blame it. Whatever it was...

[Ellin Destroix]

** For Justice! From Field Trip in Hyperspace**

A corridor soon opened near the main chairs of the opera house. Ms. Go had made sure to leave a bunch of the chairs (about 50) reserved for a special coming crew-- the children. Ellin waved over to the knights to lower their guards, so they could see for themselves that what had arrive were a group of children-- heartless children that have done nothing wrong. She looked cheerful with them, helping some smaller ones to their seats-- and Ms. Go began to pitch in as well, giving cuddles a tight hug when seeing him, and placing him on one of the middle rows since he was a bit bigger than the other heartless.

"Ok everyone~ Remember to keep watch on your team makes and leaders-- ah Boyon stay seated please~ Julus please make sure Boyon stays close. Ah-- Sendra, don't hop along the seat... lets not break something pretty, ok? There we go!" she smiled, finally getting her group settled in. She went and retrieved a small box she had rested to the side, and inside where clapping toys, since the heartless were not truly able to calm on their own, this would help! She gave them each some color coded clapper toys. Her team would get pink, Vivi's team would get yellow, and Abby's team would get blue-- all colors bright and cheerful. This way, they would be entertained in their seats, watching the toys curiously until eagerly finding out how to use them.

Ellin reached up to rub a little sweat off her forehead, and rubbing at her eyes, which she again forgot to wear her visors... one of the children had it, but she knew it was in good hands. She looked to see how the other two teams were doing, happy that the children were so organized. She watched over to some of the soldiers, and other members of the light, hoping they had not grown hostile to this. She was tense, having a hand tied to the shield she carried over the sword's sheath...

"Cosmos... protect the children..." she whispered to herself.

[Abigail Crescentlight]

When Abigail arrived with Ellin, Vivi, and the children, she had her eyes on the crowd as well. She had to hold a hand up to one or two of the soldiers, alerting them to stand down. She quickly set to work getting her group into their seats, and when all was finished she sighed happily, taking in this large area filled with little precious (albiet frightening) children. She even giggled softly when she saw that Ellin was handing out little toys for them. That would certainly make them happy!

Abigail looked off, spotting Beatrix and Agrias not far off. She made her way over, pausing by Ellin to take off the protective robe and hand it back to her. "One moment, okay?" she said to the dark knight before making her way over to the two women.

"Bea, Agrias..." she said, holding her hands up in case either were getting antsy about the heartless. "Before you say anything, they're all children! Innocents! You have my word that everything's under control. If anything happens, I'll take personal responsibility..." she said, trying to set their worries aside before blinking and snapping her fingers.

"Oh! And before I forget. Agrias..." she reached into her pouch and produced the small wrapped package from Shantoto and the invitation from Acteur. She handed them to the woman with a nod. "I was supposed to deliver these to you! Better late than never, I guess!" she giggled, smiling.

[MeadowSong]

[glow=Purple,2,300]"I do hope you know what you are doing, Atticus. I would hate to have to find myself a new castle should this grand scheme of yours go awry. At least try not to let down the family, won't you?"

She brushed her pixie hand through the darkness that made up his face, in something of a caressing manner before hovering off to greet Acteur once more. Kefka simply harrumphed at Atticus' request, picking his nose and sniffling.[/glow]

[General Beatrix]

Beatrix frowned at Agrias' new wave of self-doubt; she pulled the woman close and patted her back, shaking her head. "You are no more useless than I am, Agrias...or haven't you noticed how I couldn't save you...from myself back there?"

Pulling away she brushed some stray hair away from the pretty face of her Holy Knight and smiled, staring into the once-amber hues of hers.

"Agrias, you must do what your heart tells you to...I will be by your side."

Then she thought about the phrase "lute-bashing".

"Why, you're in Bardic attire, Agrias. What ever for, if I may ask?" This would now have to wait as from a Corridor down below in the audience stepped Ellin, Vivi and Miss Abigail--the latter who was making her way over to her and Agrias--as well as a throng of childish-looking miniature Shadow Heartless. A small robot had also wheeled over playing choir music to shake her hand before toddling off to do something else. It was strange...

Beatrix' hand lifted only minorly to grip her sword when beseeched by the White Mage not to draw out hostility, for these were "children" and came in peace.

"By Alexander, Miss Abigail," she said, for the first time viewing her with two eyes, her eyebrows raised. "Is that what you were doing? And why was Master Vivi with you?"

She shrugged, confused.

[Vivi]

***From The Field Trip, in The World of Darkness***

When they arrived Vivi set to work assisting the Darkest Knight settling in the Shadow babies, and even played with a couple of the restless ones what needed attention.

"They seem so...pure, even though they're corrupt hearts..."

[Agrias Oaks]

The bard-woman felt the tight embrace long missed, and she calmed her thoughts, trying to be a bit positive on the matter, but what was so good about it...? She was useless. Just then, a large corridor opened, and out came Ellin first with a few heartless children. She held at her lute tightly, until she saw Abigail was among them... trusting the mage, she easily let her guard down, but looked to her with a perplexed expression, "Where have you b-- You are with Heartless?? Why are they...--"

She paused, listening to Abigail's pleads as she came closer. The novice bard shook her head and gave the woman a sigh, "Lady Abigail... you and children, I swear..." but this was a good thing, in the end, she smiled.

Her attention peaked at the package and she looked to it at first curiously, "A gift for me...?" she whispered, looking at it from all sides, but she first read the strange letter, "...hm..."

She then took the package and looked to it curiously again, "... I wonder what lies within.." she looked to Beatrix and Abigail, not trusting of the strange package at first-- looking for some confidence from the others...

[General Beatrix]

"Does the package have an address on it? Return address? A name to see whom it is from, perhaps?" The general put her hands on both of her hips, her EYES darting back and forth between White Mage and Holy Bard.

"Hm, well I'm not too sure about the sender, or their intentions...but please at least tread cautiously, yes? Oh, and we should head back down to the stage...Acteur has arrived and we received letters."

[Abigail Crescentlight]

Abigail smiled a bit, then looked to Beatrix with a blink. SHe tilted her head somewhat and took in the strangeness of a feature missing... or was it a feature suddenly appearing? Either way, she pointed at the woman with a bright smile. "Your eye!" she squeaked, then clapped her hands together once happily. "You have it back! Oh, that's great news! However did-"

But she was cut off by the women asking where the package had originated. She snapped her fingers and nodded a bit, forefinger extended upward in a matter-of-fact way. "Actually, it's from the Miss! Miss Domina Shantoto, the teddy bear!" she said, then tapped the box. "She gave this to Vivi, who gave it to me, so I can give it to you!" she added to Agrias, nodding.

Beatrix spoke again, and Abigail nodded. "That's true! We shouldn't be late!" she said, then turned to head to the stage.

[Secondary Characters]

When the chaos he had caused calmed down, Wall-E heard Sarah's voice questioningly call to him. He slowly unfolded from his little box form and looked to her with those big, soulful, binocular-shaped eyes of his. Roving over, he looked right at her before lifting a hand to offer a shake.

"Wawwwl-eeee" he introduced himself, hoping not to seem too rude for his little... erm... debut. He looked around, seeing the mess he made before looking to her, his eyes drooping a little to indicate he was sorry. He then let out a little "Oo! Oo!" sound, before picking up the instrument she just set down and held it up. "Wooooo?" he whistled, hoping she'd keep playing. To better indicate this, he hit play on his recorder box, emitting a peppy sounding:

"Put on your Sunday Clothes there's lots of world out theerreee~"

which he eagerly danced a little to.

[serpentoflore]

Sarah blinked, a bit shocked that it talked. She had seen her share of heartless creatures. She even accepted Acteur, a heartless puppet without much of a problem. However, a moving cube that talked? Even in Middleton it wasn't that advanced. Slowly placing her hand to the sheets of music, she gathered up the rough drafts of the score in order, putting it in a pile.

For some reason the strange cube like machine wanted her to play more. He was even trying to pick up the saxophone from the place she had put it. "Oh, you want me to play more?" She spoke, not sure if she should do it or just stare at the thing. Certainly it was saying something...but what?

"Play...what?" She grasped the Saxophone, looking oddly at the cube.

[Secondary Characters]

Wall-E blinked a moment, trying to think what Sarah could play. He really wanted to hear what she was playing only a moment ago, so much to the chagrin of any who had to endure it, he tried to imitate the music with his little "ta-da da dahh" kind of speech pattern. It was a poor imitation, but he did his best.

Then, he held his hands forward in a "you go" sort of way, his eyes up and looking expectant. After a moment of total silence, he began to wiggle his eyes a bit. Maybe if he entertained her, she'd play?

[serpentoflore]

Hearing a slight melody, the one she had been playing only moments before, she understood slightly. "Ah, the sheet music." She pulled the stand up and adjusted it where it was necessary. "Well, I suppose you can't tell me from what bar and such..." She blushed lightly, chuckling as she adjusted the strap back over her. The reed was still properly moistened, so she began to play from the beginning.