Paul
*The rest of the first district, much like the town square, was chilled and covered in a thick layer snow. Icicles hung from any surface that would support them: windowsills, roofs, lanterns and street lights. The whole place looked as though it were a settled snowglobe, frozen in time.*

*The familiar crunch of snow under their own feet was just about the only sound the two could hear; not a single townsperson was in sight. When Ranoa and Lirio spoke or took a breath, they could easily see the puffs of visible air dance from their mouths, like puffs of smoke from a chimney, or the breath of a dragon.*

*The two would continue on for some time on their search for either Suzuka or Ikazuchi, but it was beginning to look like nobody was around...*
John
Pressing onward, ranoa rubs his hands together before placing them into the pockets of his coat, shivering a little bit. He's always prefered winter, but this is a bit too much.. It *Definitely* Wasnt here before. It's almost a tundra with how icy it is. Absolutely freezing.

"I feel like-" A breath outwards, shakily continuing. "I feel like we went the wrong way. Since when do heartless freeze over worlds?-"
Willie
*Lirio was still wearing his coat and jacket so the cold didnt affected him as much, tho he definitely felt it*

"No, this is definitely the first district but... Its weird, it never snows in here... If heartless dont do that than it may be something cause by the world itself, im not sure.."
Paul
*[It was silent, eerily so. The cold was seemingly made worse by the placid air.](<

*Then, a rattle. What sounded like wind chimes made from broken and jagged glass crawled through the soundless district.*

*Then, a bump. Mistaken as a slightly deeper pile of snow, Ranoa stepped forward onto it, likely thinking he could just trudge on through it. But this snow pile wasn't met with a satisfying snowy blanket giving way to one's footsteps. No, was it, ice? An icy crack beneath the pile told a much different story.*

*Like nails down a chalkboard, the rattling became agitated. The wind began to pick up, as the pile of snow began to move. Packs of snow gave way to the moving figure, revealing ice and bone.*
Edward
*The frost serpent snorted from its nose as it looked Ranoa in the face.*

*It clacked its icy tongue before rearing its head back and letting out monstrous roar.*
Paul
*The wind picked up as it began to snow. And then it began to swell into a snow storm, followed by a blizzard.*

*The wind howled as visibility dropped to nearly zero. Ranoa and Lirio couldn't even see one another. But from within the blizzard they both could almost tell; it could see them.*
Edward
*Another clacking sound could be heard, like someone was banged rocks of ice together, and a beam of ice shot out from the storm at Ranoa. At the same time, over the howling wind, Lirio heard a thud, followed by a whoosh, as the Frost Serpent went to strike at him with its claws.*

```Blizzard Breath (
Claw Attack (
Amy
*Flip a coin for each attack you make at the Frost Serpent on your turns.*

Currently, Ranoa and Lirio cannot see one another, and therefore cannot help one another with mitigation.
Willie
*Such ammount of snow didnt allowed him to see, but he managed to see the snake formed in front of them, its surprising how fast something already started attacking them...*

"Hey ranoa..! Are you okay? Can you see something here...?"

*He then notices the claw comming at him so he blocks it using light guard, tho it isnt enough to fully protect him, it do saves a lot of damage, he then tries to attack the snake but this snow is not allowing him to see it well... So, he just goes with 2 raw attacks, hopefully one will hit*

```HP: 3564—3338
AP: 180 —170
MP: 160 —145

Light Guard: 354 dmg mitigated, -10AP/-15MP

Raw Attack: 143 dmg

Raw attack: 143 + 5% (SttB) = 150 dmg```
Paul
*Lirio defends against the serpent's claw attacks and quickly counters, but only his second swing into the snow storm lands a hit on something.*

*Meanwhile, Ranoa was having a bit less luck than his partner. He would shoot both aeros off into the storm and only hear the faint noise of property damage.*

*However, as Ranoa activated his Guarding Winds, he would notice his own tempest fighting back against the walls of the blizzard. For a faintest moment, he could also see Lirio on the edge of his vision.*
Amy
*Ranoa can forego Guarding Wind's damage reduction to make so he and Lirio can work together again, and will also make it so only one attack action per turn is a coin flip!*

**This decision must be made before any of Ranoa's actions can take place!**
Edward
*Meanwhile, the heartless serpent would let out another fierce roar. The sound of a crash would be heard and what could only be described as shifting rocks.*

*In front of Lirio, the spiked tail of the heartless would spring up from the ground and attempt to pierce him, followed by it emerging from the waist up, swiping at him with another claw attack. The serpent then sunk back into the earth and snow, seemingly to return into the safety of the blizzard.*

*Then, from the blizzard, another flash of blue would occur, as another beam of frost would shoot out at Ranoa.*

```Tail Attack (
Claw Attack (
Blizzard Breath (
Paul
*Ranoa's push back against the blizzard would be successful! However, as the small area around him and Lirio grew more visible, the two boys could see that there were actually* ***Two*** *Frost serpents!*
Willie
*Lirio manages to see the two snakes, and even if he worries a bit, he doesnt lose his composture at all*

"Oh great, theres two of them..."

*He then notices the attacks comming at him and tries to block them, he manages to use Light guard and Spark to mitigate the claws, and tries to use protect to block the tail, but he only manages to block a small part of the attack, he still takes some damage from it*

```HP: 3338 —2790
AP: 170 —140
MP: 145 —115

Light Guard: 359 dmg mitigated (claws), -10AP/-15MP

Spark (parry): 344 dmg (claws), Claw Attack fully mitigated and 123 dmg gets sent back to the snake, -20 AP

Protect: 354 + 5% = 372 dmg mitigated, 548 dmg taken, -15 MP```
Edward
*All of Ranoa's and Lirio's attacks would hit their marks. Both Frost serpents bellowed out in response as they charged up and sent a blizzard beam at each of them.*

```Blizzard Breath #1 (
Blizzard Breath #2 (
Amy
*When attacking, please indicate which Frost Serpent you are attacking by adding #1 or
Willie
*Lirio tries to block the blizzard using two protects, blocks a good ammount of it but still takes some damage, then sending a bunch of air attacks to the second snake*

```HP: 2790 —1402
AP: 140 —115
MP: 115 —100

Protect: 289 + 5% = 303 dmg mitigated, -15MP

Protect: 294 + 5% = 309 dmg mitigated, -15AP

Air Flair: 128 dmg (snake  -10AP```
Edward
*The frost serpents were struck with blow after blow. It was hard to tell how long they had left.* 

*Both would screech and dive headfirst into the snow. The earth would move as spikes of ice and bone pierced up from the ground once more at both Ranoa and Lirio.*

*After which, both frost heartless would emerge from the ground. They looked ready to continue the fight.*

```Tail Attack (
Tail Attack (
Amy
*All attacks made this turn must be made with a coin flip, not as a hit/miss, but as to which of the two you are aiming for, as they look identical and have swapped up positions from digging under the snow. :)*
Willie
*Lirio sees the snakes going deep into the snow and tries to block the tail attacks, activating one of his forms and boosts, then trying to protect himself and attacking back*

```HP: 1402 —1758 —911
AP: 115 —135 —105
MP: 100 —120 —75

Lvl 2 second form activated!
Light boost activated!

Light Guard: 364 + 20% light boost + 10% hidden potential = 473 mitigation, -10AP/-15MP

Light Guard: 369 + 20% light boost + 10% hidden potential = 480 mitigation, -10AP/-15MP

Radial Blaster: 379 + 20% light boost + 10% hidden potential = 493 dmg, -10AP/-15MP```
John
Taking his blade into a twohanded grip, Ranoa swats at any extra chunks of ice being sent at him. The barrier is doing its job of keeping the area visible, but that's not enough by a long shot. Things are looking grim- The two sides are equal in number, but the other is far stronger as it stands.

"We didn't come here just to lose to some oversized snakes, right? There's got to be some kind of weakness here!"

He turns his head over to look at lirio, a gap between them. Being seperated wont work. Coincidentally, the spikes of ice are now heading directly after him. Instead of facing them head on, he turns the other way and sprints torward lirio- leaping over one of the incoming strays.

"Lirio! We need to coordinate- we arent going anywhere right now!"

Soon enough, hes much closer than before with much of the gap filled. Once a few feet away from lirio, he swivels around, ready to make an attempt to cut through the spikes.


```[Free action: Close the distance!]```
Paul
*In their hearts, Ranoa and Lirio would feel a connection.*

*Shimmering light would flow around Lirio, which seemingly came from Ranoa's guarding winds. Lirio would be lightly taken off his feet, before his entire body was fully enveloped in the light.*

*From Ranoa's perspective, his body would be condensed down into a small golden orb with a heart floating in the center of it. It hovered a few feet in the air where Lirio once stood until the orb suddenly flew forward and into Ranoa's chest.*

*From Lirio's perspective, well... He would see a shimmering light and end up in  ...*
Amanda
The moment the golden orb flies through Ranoa, a bright burst of light envelopes him. From Ranoas eyes, time seems to slow down to a crawl as his senses become overloaded, and everything falls into place. The spikes of ice and bone land on their target, but are blocked by both a barrier and the light itself- almost as if to reject the heartless. The wounds that *Are* Caused are healed by the warmth almost instantly.
Daniel
A few seconds later, the light shatters, and his figure is visible once more. His clothing seems to have hit by a pallete swap, becoming a shade of dark blue alongside a solid white. Usually, seeing somebody condense into a ball of light would ring alarms in one's brain. Strangely, though, it hasn't caused any concern or worry. It just feels natural. This doesn't stop him from commenting on it though.

"I- What?" He lacks any words to describe what had just happened, Lirio vanished, and strangely enough he's not even bothered by it. It's weird.

He raises his free hand, before actually noticing the color swap. 

"Blue, huh?.. That's not normal." It has to be some kind of strange magic. Something to ask The Master about later- assuming Lirio is fine. 

Then, he snaps back to reality. There are two powerful Heartless nearby, and he's left alone to fend them off. He quickly tries to step on the ground to rotate, before he realizes that he is infact not touching the ground. He's floating. No wonder things feel so light. He's used to skating, having done it in his homeworld plenty of times, so all it'll take is getting used to the lack of any ground.

"You know," He looks over to the two heartless, his expression much calmer than before. He raises his keyblade in one hand, pointing it to the sky as magical flames grow from the hilt and quickly shoot out the blade. They disperse into the barrier of wind, flame temporarily imbuing into the wind.

"I was nervous a moment ago. And now I'm not. It's weird, right?"
Edward
*With a crash, one of the two Frost Serpents would take a major blow from Ranoa in his new form! It began to fade away into darkness as a heart was released.*

*However, before the heart could fly away, the other Frost Serpent jumped out of the ground and into the air. It gobbled up the other heartless's released heart and landed back down on the ground. An aura of darkness exuded off the frost serpent before it opened its mouth again and fired a beam of ice at Ranoa like it had been, however, this time the blizzard would be drawn in and empower the blizzard breath attack.*

*The heartless was obscured by the channeled storm, before the clouds of rushing snow would be pushed back again by Ranoa's guarding winds.*

```Blizzard Breath = 2,500```
Carrie
*What would be revealed was a humanoid male figure, standing where the frost serpent once stood. He bore the heartless emblem on his forehead, in the same spot as the frost serpent.*

*The man looked down at his hands and clenched them into fists several times, obviously trying to get the feel for them.*

*He then looked back up at Ranoa. His eyes widened as his irises grew smaller. A wicked look came across his face before he spoke:*

"So **You're** The one who killed my buddy? Good... Good... I won't have to hold anything back against you!"

*The man outstretched his arms and put one hand over the other. He opened them slowly, like a dragon's mouth, and blasted out a spell that resembled the blizzard breaths from before.*

```Blizzaga = 1,500```
Daniel
Ranoa thrusts the keyblade forward, allowing it to float as it spins rapidly against the blizzard breath. A magical barrier is fitted in front of the key, protecting him from most of the attack. He takes a moment to actually think about what just happened- the heartless *Ate* The heart of its ally. It's to be expected, yeah, but still. Actually seeing it only proves that heartless are nothing more than animals.

That is, until the heartless seems to change form. Upon the figure becoming clear, his eyes widen at the sight of the heartless. It looks.. Almost human, now. Was that how his heartless looked too?
Then it actually *Speaks.* Ranoas expression turns into a mix of confusion, and a chuckle. 

"Hold back against *Me?*" The newfound strength is getting to his head, obviously growing cocky. "If you did, you'd be seeing your '*Buddy*" Again much sooner."

Then comes the Blizzaga. He tosses the keyblade forward like before, the spinning key mixed with the barrier dispelling most of the attack.

"Honestly, if that's all you've got, you're a pretty weak heartless!"

With that taunt, he takes the keyblade back into the one handed grip, flames enveloping it as he flourishes the blade. Soon after, he lunges after the creature. Once close enough, he attempts to cut through the new body of the heartless with the aid of magical flames. Regardless of if it lands or not, two more pillars of wind attempt to drill into the creature from the Tempest arena.

```HP: 3338 -2571
ARM: 303 -0 [551 carried to HP]
AP: 185 -150 -115
MP: 100 -85

Ifrit Chain, -20% V/Fire, +50 AP
Attack Haste [4/5], +10% STR, +10% SPD

Wisdom Form! [-20 AP] 
Physical Lock: Cannot use strength, defense, or speed based commands while in this form.
Give me strength!: If an ally helps you enter this form, you are able to add their magic stat to yours while in this form. If the ally is Mystic path, increase your Magic stat by 15%. [+259 Magic]

Tempest Whirlwind [-15 AP]
-50% Damage taken | Nullified
-10 Cost to wind element
Wind element 5% stronger
1% DMG Returned when hit by melee 
Gain 5% of max hp as Armor per turn if none is left
Ghost Drive [4/5], +10% Speed + Add SPD to all actions

Action 1: Barrier, 1284 [
Action 2: Barrier, 1284 [
Bonus Action: Fire Dash, 1027 [
Action 3: Aero, 1317 [
Bonus Action: Aero,1053 [
Carrie
"There's no way you're calling me weak! I'll show you what *True* Frostbite looks like!"

*The heartless raised his arm up and the scales on his arm gleamed with ice. The ice scales shot from his body and formed a barrier of his own, completely blocking the fire dash's effect. The fire, however, caused the ice to melt away. The heartless smirked with a nervous look on his face before continuing. He moved one of his hands to the side and grabbed one of the wind pillars right out of the air, he then turned and threw it back at Ranoa!*

*He then slid back from getting hit by the third pillar and stopped. He looked at Ranoa again before he clapped his hands together, sending out a shockwave of Aero and Blizzard.*

```Ranoa's Deflected Aero: 1317
Blizzard Shockwave: 2,000```
Amy
*Being unable to fully mitigate the Blizzard Shockwave will cause Ranoa to become frozen, fully incased in ice!*
Daniel
*Ranoa cracks a smirk of his own, swinging his key in the direction of the Serpent. Soon following would be another pillar coming out of the arena to drill against the returned blast.*

"I'm not the one who kept hiding like a little coward!" He glides across the ground, about to rush him again- before he very clearly readies a powerful attack. The grin remains, though. He's overconfident. 

*The shockwave seems too powerful to fully destroy or avoid in time, so he instead opts for a different approach. He quickly points the key at the heartless, firing off a powerful ball of flame at the shockwave in an effort to weaken and slow it down. Soon following would be two more blasts of flame aimed at the enemy himself. Afterward, he uses his momentum to throw himself backwards, before quickly raising his Keyblade to the sky. What soon follows could either be seen as extreme ingenuity, or extreme stupidity in the face of overwhelming force.*

*A large ball of flame forms at the tip of the key, before being shot into the sky. One would assume it to be targeted at the serpent- But no. Once Ranoa is hit by the shockwave, the fireball soon comes back to hit its caster. The Ifrit chain lessens the wounds brought from it, but the heat remains.*

```HP: 2571 -1603
ARM: 303 -0 [198 Carried over to HP from shockwave]
AP: 115 -80
MP: 85 -5

Ifrit Chain, -20% V/Fire, +50 AP
Attack Haste [3/5], +10% STR, +10% SPD

Wisdom Form! [-20 AP] 
Physical Lock: Cannot use strength, defense, or speed based commands while in this form.
Give me strength!: If an ally helps you enter this form, you are able to add their magic stat to yours while in this form. If the ally is Mystic path, increase your Magic stat by 15%. [+259 Magic]

Tempest Whirlwind [-15 AP]
-50% Damage taken | Nullified
-10 Cost to wind element
Wind element 5% stronger
1% DMG Returned when hit by melee 
Gain 5% of max hp as Armor per turn if none is left
Ghost Drive [3/5], +10% Speed + Add SPD to all actions

Action 1: Aero, 1317 [
Action 2: Fire, 1284 [
Action 3: Fire, 1284 [
Bonus Action : Fire, 1027 [
Bonus Action : Fire, 1027 [
Paul
*The blizzard wave struck Ranoa, freezing him to his very core.*
Carrie
*As Ranoa's fire at the serpent came close, he dug into the ground to avoid it After which, his head poked back out of the ground. The heartless sighed, seeing Ranoa stiff as a statue.*

"Talk about a letdown."

*The heartless said, before diving back into the snow.*
Paul
*After some time passed, the fireball Ranoa shot up into the air came flying back down and landed on him. The ice that encased his body slowly began to melt. When he came to, Ranoa could see that the serpent was gone.*
Daniel
Frozen, ranoa loses his senses. Though, eventually, he'd melt with the aid of the heat from his spell.

He remains on guard, eyes darting around as he rotates with his little hover. To both his relief and dissapointment, however, the heartless is gone.

He sighs, a mixture of frustration and being glad the fight is over.

"Yeah, go figure. It ran." He remarks to himself, his barrier slowly shrinking back down to his size and dissipating. He keeps the keyblade out, but hes not tense enough to keep up the magic.
Amanda
```Wisdom form has ended.```
Paul
*After the blizzard slowly calmed, a golden ball of light with a heart at its center would emerge from Ranoa's chest. It flew a few feet out from him, before it exploded in a dazzling shimmer, releasing Lirio.*
Willie
*Lirio falls face down to the floor, with an extreme sense of confussion for everything that just happened, but hey, at least the battle was seemingly over, the he clearly felt some pain from the fall*

"What the hell was that..." *Said the boy on a low voice tone*
Amanda
The moment the golden light is shot out, ranoas eyes widen for a moment in shock. A bright flash of light engulfs him, and shatters a split second afterward. His blue outfit had returned to the usual red.
John
He lands back on the ground from his short hover, stumbling.

"Hrk-" He reaches torward his chest for a moment out of suprise. It didnt hurt. The remaining wounds from the fight sure do, but that specific instance didnt.

Then, his eyes drift back to lirio.

"Oh."

Then the realization of lirio being back dawns on him, his mood returning to somewhat upbeat from the downtrodden bitterness.

"Oh!", he returns to proper standing posture. "Lirio. Where were you?" He can connect two and two, but the thought of straight up *Absorbing* Lirio is weird. Its moreso trying to make sense of things than an actual question.
Willie
*Before actually say anything, lirio summons his keyblade and casts a cure spell on both of them*

"I dont know.. I just vanished anf next thing i noticed i was at this weird place, like a massive stained glass, i could see you there, other people too, it seemed to be kind of broken, and someone spoke there about fixing someone.."

"Then i could see and feel the fight that was going on- hey also! You get stronger and then you proceed to get cocky like that? Remember that otoka told us to not lose control of our emotions during a battle!"

*He said while standing up again, cleaning the dust out of his clothes*
John
He nods to acknowledge what lirio is saying, despite not understanding any of it. Although, he has had a similar dream a long time ago.

"Huh. Thats.. Interesting, Lirio. Maybe we could ask-"

And, lirio had beat him to it. The subject of otoka. And not only that, hes been told off for his behaviour by someone younger.

"..." Hes visibly wincing at himself, cringing a little. "I got carried away. But," He turns around, looking ahead. "We still have a mission, right? Lets keep looking."
Willie
"Right... Now, where cound she live, if she´s still in here?"

*Lirio said to then think for a few moments, then suggesting*

"Maybe we should check the third district? There are some houses but specially its the main reunion center of the town´s magicians, maybe if we check there we can find something about this ika guy?"
John
He shrugs, allowing his key to dissolve into orange sparks. He keeps himself alert, though. More heartless could show up at any time.

"Up to you. You know this place better than i do, right?"
Amy
```Ranoa has given lirio the lead. Whenever he wishes to go, the two will go.```
Willie
"Yeah, lets check there for now... But be carefull, we dont know what other things could be waiting to attack us here..." 

*He said to then start walking torwards the third district with ranoa following him, eventually getting to the  *