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Ember also smiled slightly at the two joking around. Were the two actually that close?

"As far as I can tell, it's what we all want. Are you suggesting a team-up then?" Shiori said in response to Ember's question.
"We don't really need them... We can take whoever we're up agaisnt on our own." Hoshi muttered in a bit of a hushed tone.
"There's safety in numbers though. Having people on our side makes things easier." Seiki responded.

Jason looked around at the people in his cabin and just sighed. "Kay, it looks like we have to things in common between all of us." He said. "We all want to stop this endless winter somehow, and we all have....interesting abilities." He said, rubbing his fingers together as electricity formed between them.

Ember blinked, a little freaked out by Hoshi's stubborn independent comment, but replied anyway. "I guess so...I mean, we all seem to be on the same side here..."

OoC: What happened to DC? O.o

OOC: He kinda got busy with other things and didn't post for awhile and now after we've gotten as far as we have, he feels weird just jumping in. So I'm sort of takign over with his permission and have gained control of his characters, well aside from Gryffin....

"There's someone outside?" Seiki asks rhetorically in confusion.
Hoshi grabs the handle of her sword and turns to look out the window to see who Erianna is talking about.

Ember jumped a little at Erianna's shriek, but after a swift glance realized her friend was alright. She knew what Erianna's powers were so she didn't ask questions. "Er...who's at the door?"

Jason raised an eyebrow and looked at the door. "Someone's outside? And you decided to just calmly tell us, without any sense of being scared by said man?" He asked, standing up, and grabbing a sword, his special golden sword, out of the wall. " secret hiding spot." He explained, walking towards the door.

(OOC: Are you talking about Kai? He left and retreated back to the ice castle.)

"I don't see anyone out there." Hoshi said, yet continued to intently stare through the window.
"I didn't notice anyone following us when we came here. What attacked you anyway? When we met you, you had pretty bad injuries." Shiori asked.

"Well, there's no one here now. He must not have chased after you." Hoshi turned around and relaxed on the couch once more.
Shiori noticed the sparks around Erianna. She could tell it was part of her power, but wasn't sure of it's extent, and decided to drop it.
"Nothing in his eyes.... Like he had no soul.... That sounds like someone was controlling him like a puppet. Either hypnosis, or a partially reanimated corpse." Seiki thought aloud.

Ember placed a hand over Erianna's as she spoke. "She's right. We thought we could reason with that guy. That's why she was so injured." She then listened to what Seiki had to say. "That's…eerie. Could it be a possibility?"

"It very much is. I know a few minor hypnosis spells, nothing major like what you're describing. Though if someone was powerful enough, they probably could fully control a person." Seiki replied.
"Then of course there are a few necromancers out there who could revive dead people. A partially revived one could result in a reanimated body lacking a soul. This would create a mindless puppet for the one who restored it." Shiori added.
"Don't we know of a certain necromancer powerful enough to do that back home?" Hoshi turned to her friends.
"That's right. Toko is rather powerful, thoguh I doubt she's here." Seiki answered.
"True, she's probably too busy getting drunk." Hoshi laughed.

"Ok, so, we've decided to go in and stop it. It seems to be originating from the huge ice castle outside of town. I say we storm the castle, beat up the bad-guys, and save the day." Hoshi says, making it sound easy.

Jason laughed having gone outside and seen no one there. "No ones there." He said, putting the sword back. He laughed at Hoshi's idea of what was going to happen. "You make it sound like it's gonna be easy." He said.

Ember chuckled slightly. "Yeah, I agree with Jason. There's no way it can be that easy..." She shivered uncharacteristic to her tone of voice. "Maybe those hypnotized people will stand in the way..."

Jason also looked at her. "Yeah, cause who else would need hypnotized people to fight for them? Whoever's keeping this winter over this land, that's who." He said.

"Why can't it be easy?" HOshi raised an eyebrow to the group's skepticism.
"Because, there's at least one hypnotized person, whoever is controlling them, and who knows how many others standing in our way. Realistically, we should have some kind of plan going in to this." Shiori replied.
"Fine.... Anyone have any suggestions?"

"Let me just say that I know nothing about this place, only what you've told me," Ember started. "Should we...er, scout it out maybe? Get to learn the weak and strong points of the castle and people?"

Jason shrugged. "We go in, take out any people we can. Simple." He said. "But how we're gonna do that isn't." He said. "We're gonna have to stick together the entire time, we don't let anyone go anywhere by themselves." He said.

"There's safety in numbers for sure." Seiki said, agreeing with Jason. "Though simply rushing in and taking them out as a pack isn't. We should go with Ember's plan and scout things out first. After we watch the castle for a short time, then we can sneak in and take them out."
"Alright, we have a plan, we have allies; let's do this!" Hoshi stood up, excited for battle.

Jason had nodded, forgetting that small little detail. "Okay, so what we'll do, is we will have scouts around the castle for a few days. Three of us will be scouring the castle for three days. The rest of us will stay about....200 meters from the base of the castle, and when the scouts return, with their information, we will base our plan of attack on that information." He said. He looked at Erianna after what she had said. "What do you mean?" He asked.

Jason nodded, seeing the logic in her statement. "True...maybe we should keep the strongest one of us as one of the scouts, just in case." He said.

Jason nodded, seeing the usefulness of her powers....not so useful as a bodyguard, but still very useful. "That's pretty useful..." He said.

"The strongest, eh? Guess I'm your girl." Hoshi smirked. She was rather proud of her strength, and somewhat boastful of it as well.
"I'm still not sure how I feel about splitting up." Seiki sighed.
"I'm sure it'll be ok." Shiori put a hand on his shoulder and smiled to her twin.
"Alright.... So Hoshi's definatly a scout.... Who else?" Seiki looked to the others for volunteers on roles.

Ember smiled a little as her idea was accepted. She continued to listen to the others exchange battle plans, nodding carefully. Something that really shocked her was when Erianna showed off her light powers. Ember knew she liked to keep them hidden, and didn't think Erianna would ever trust this group with this knowledge. But nothing negative happened, so perhaps they were trustworthy after all.

Finally, the addition of scouts as a plan. Hoshi volunteered immediately, and Ember stared at her. Should she join as well? She glanced around, seeing nobody else saying anything, so she rose. "I...I'd like to be a scout," she stated, blushing slightly. "I...um, well I may be small, but that's all the better, right? I also haven't showed you my other power, and that's...fire. I can generate heat, but it can only be used for the good of others. Like, I can't burn down the castle of ice." She gave a small smile.

Jason laughed at her joke. "That would be useful....and technically that would be for the good of others...us." He said, a smirk on his face, laughing a little at his own joke. "Ember, you can go. now, who for the last one..." He muttered.

"Alright, so Ember, Erianna, and Hoshi will be scouts. Good luck to all three of you." Shiori said.
Seiki turned to Hoshi. "Don't do anything reckless ok? Just stay quiet and watch the castle."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Hoshi put her hands on her hips.
"You know; you tend to get a little carried away when it comes to fighting. Just take it easy." Seiki gaver her a hug.

Jason nodded, looking at the two-no, three- girls. "Good luck you three." He said.

"O-oh, thanks Jason," Ember replied. Her eyes were shining the tiniest bit with…was that excitement? She turned to Hoshi, sensing how she seemed to hold herself as the leader of the scouts. "So, when are we setting out? Now? Soon?"

"The sooner the better." Hoshi replied. She turned to Seiki. "See you when I get back."
"Bye, and good luck." He gaver her a smile, but seemed uneasy at the thought of not going with her.
Hoshi opened the door to leave then stopped and looked back at the others. "So, I take it meet back here in three days?"

Jason looked at her and laughed a little. "You can use your light, and Ember can use her fire." He said.

"Guess that makes it perfect for you two to come along so you can light the way." Hoshi chuckled, yet her comment came off a tad more rude than intended.
She led the way outside of the shack and into the blizzard.

Ember ran up to Erianna and Hoshi. So they were setting off, now, into the snow and ice. She rubbed her hands together in an attempt to make her skin glow a little, a sign of fire. Snow stung her cheeks, and she winced. She'd gotten so used to the warmth of Jason's cabin that it was hard to return to the blizzard.

Hoshi led the way through the snow, despite the fact that she was somewhat fuzzy on where she was going. She just wanted to lead the pact and charge right on in. She had a general idea though, they were likely going to wait by the river whcih ran near the castle, yet just where the river was a bit iffy.

"What, are you cold?" Hoshi was used to training in harsh conditions and so the cold didn't bother her to the point of not even thinking about how it would effect anyone else. "I guess we could make one near where we're scouting...."
They eventually made it to the river whcih had frozen over long ago. The water a glowing crystallized bright blue.
"We should split-up and watch different areas. You can each decide what point you're doing, I'm going around on the other side." Hoshi said. She snapped her fingers and vanished in an instant, teleporting to the other side of the castle.

Ember blinked at Erianna, the other scout having departed. "One of us should watch the west, the other the east," she suggested. "How about you go west? The wind's blowing from the east, so you'll be protected from the majority of the blizzard. Don't worry about me- I have fire." She smiled at her friend, trying not to think of how they were going to be separated.