Lewis
Twilight would of been flying in her Teeny Ship very quickly as one of the few people noticing a dark presence, as she parked the ship and jumped out of the cockpit before summoning her Keyblade while looking around.

"Jeez... What is going on in this place...?"

Twilight began to walk around the jungle for a bit to find out whats happening.
Shirley
He would sense something strong filled with darkness while talking to Suke and it sure wasn't her he would put away his wooden sword and then summoned his keyblade he would say "I have a bad feeling that something bad is going to happen"
Stephane
Akyra sniffed the air. This was the place alright, darkness was brewing here. She stepped out of her gummi ship and summoned her magic staff, WInter's Behest.

"When there's darkness... One might not be too far behind... Let's see if i can't find her here..."

The woman gave off the essence of a heartless. Anyone with a bit of light-dark sense could tell, but she also didn't give off as threatening aura like other heartless did. She would notice some of the others nearby and approach them.

"Salutations extraworlders... I came here because i sensed the darkness. Have any of you happened to see any people wearing black coats...? I'm looking for one of them in particular."
Arianna
*And so from the sky above Twilight comes a falling Xion who sees someone below her and...* "DODGE!" *She screams in a perfect imitation of Abridged Piccolo. This girl has... NO fucking clue how to control her portals yet lmao*
Lewis
"Oh what the heck!?" 

Twilight panicked before jumping back and landing away from Xion's initial falling location. She then breathed heavily in the fear of nearly getting a crash landing on her body.

"What were you doing with no ship to drive around on!? And more importantly... Who are you!?"
Rosa
*On the planet, the sky was darker than usual. The thick brush was alive with animals. What the group would see would be 3 people conversing in seemingly an argument.*

"Look... My dear. You want to find these... Gorillas and that man is clearly of no help. I got just the thing to help with our hu-...I mean you and your fathers' precious research..." 

The man would say and pull out a cage, inside of it was a Shadow, which seemed to scare the other two: an older man and a woman.
Margene
"What...*Even* Is such a thing. I've never seen such an animal in my life."
Rosa
"Never mind that Jane. This things come from... Scotland, a new breed of hunting dog-" 

Clayton dismissed her fears with a handwave, before looking at the others that showed up with confusion.
Margene
"Oh, I wasn't expecting more researchers to come! Are you here for all here to research the gorillas as well?"

The woman would announce, flinching a little as Xion crashed from the sky and hit Twilight.
Lewis
"U-Uh..." 

Twilight turned before noticing the Shadow in the cage. 

"Actually... Miss... Sir... That caged thing you have... That is NOT a thing to keep... It is uh... Deadly to humans..."

Twilight suddenly blurted out while holding a strange key weapon near her side.

"You may as well let me handle that thing..."
Shirley
He would hear someone or something crash to the ground and walked towards it he would see a familiar looking ship and person *Its Twilight!* He thought as he begins running towards the two of them and said "Twilight your here too? And hello girl who fell"
Lewis
"Oh! Mehki... Thank goodness there's other people here besides uh... Her..."

Twilight said to Mehki as she pointed to a fallen Xion, before turning back to Jane and Clayton, moreso Clayton with a slightly angered look.

"But yeah... I am here to take that creature in that cage to a safer spot... As much as i love that you capture one of them, it is still dangerous..."

Twilight tried to reason with him.
Shirley
"Wait?" He said as he saw the shadow inside the cage *This is bad* He thought as he would try to work together with Twilight to convince them let them have the heartless "Yeah yeah we been looking for that it's highly dangerous like my partner said so would you please hand it too us"
Arianna
*Xion drags herself up from the ground, using her Keyblade as a crutch* "Apparently portals are a thing." *She explains before noticing the Heartless* "Oh hey. It's one of those things. I'm pretty sure I exterminated about three of them a few days ago. Despite their adorable appearance, they pack a mean scratch. I highly doubt that cage is gonna hold it when it decides it no longer wants to be in there."
Rosa
"Precisely. Deadly to humans is what we need to hunt the gorillas. Something that a human can take on would nearly not be enough. Don't tell me you'd plan on taking a lion with your bare fists would you? I am a trained tracker and animal handler. This beast is no different than any other. Now off with you all, you'll scare away my prize." 

Clayton would say and motion to shoo off the group and their suggestions.
Margene
"Clayton! These people are here to help, I presume. I have never seen a... Hunting dog such as that but if they are willing to help us then I will gladly take it." 

Jane spoke sternly to Clayton before looking back at the rest of the group. 

"Please excuse him, he's... Passionate about his craft. I'm Jane Porter, an animal researcher and came here to Africa to research the gorillas... But sadly we've had no such luck getting them out so we can study them."
Shirley
*Studying yeah right* He thought doubting that Clayton would be studying them he would say trying to convince Clayton to let go of the heartless "I understand that you may be a master of your craft but these things are dangerous not a lot of people have tamed them without being unscathed so please hand it to us we're professionals on them"
Lewis
"Right... I see... Gorilla research huh...?"

Twilight, while still holding her Keyblade to her side, began to think about it. Twilight then reached a conclusion to try and help. She walked over to Jane with a smile and spoke as calmly as she could to everyone

"You know what... Im fine with helping out Jane! In fact i can teach you something about that thing in the cage later!"

She then whisper to Jane specifically to avoid any dangerous intent from Clayton.

"But be aware as i have a way of getting rid of that thing should the caged creature turns on us... It's in my hands as we speak... Ill protect you and your research to the best of my power... Trust me..."

Twilight gestured a hand to Jane, pointing to her weapon Twilight held this whole time.
Arianna
*Hearing Clayton's idiocy, Xion just blinks and does what Twilight threatens to do. She just jabs her Keyblade into the cage between the bars to stab the Shadow. And just to make sure it dies, she decides to fire a mini laser from the tip too* "One. That's not a dog. Two. Gorillas did nothing wrong and if you provoke them, I'll sit back and watch as they maul you death."
Stephane
Akyra scratched her arm and looked away. Such is a weak heartless' fate, but it didnt matter to her now. She sniffed the air once again, the scent of darkness was clear as day to her. She kept her distance from the others for now, still visible, but obviously not interacting with this issue.
Charles
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Rosa
"Is that so, what credentials do you lot have? I have been on several hunts throughout Europe and even the Americas, with several hunting licenses and trophies. If you can provide me a modicum of that then I'll listen to your baseless opinion."

Clayton dismissed Mehki's worries and held up the cage, only to see Xion destroyed the heartless on the inside earning her an angry glare from him before he brushed it off. 

"*Clearly* You haven't been on a hunt my dear cad. I have several more than I sent out ahead to start tracking the gorillas. That one was only a display piece so Ms. Porter knows what I am employing for... Her sake yes." 

He'd then put a hand on his chest and let out a faux gasp.

"Me, harm the gorillas? I would never dream of such a thing... They wouldn't get the chance..."

Clayton let out a small laugh and then waved his hand, walking towards the deeper forested area motioning for the others to follow. 

"Now then, since I can't dissuade Ms. Porter from sending you all back to the docks... We cannot dally any further. That ape man won't give up the location of these beasts' nesting grounds. If it gets any darker than we lose any possibility of hunting them."
Margene
"Yes that's correct." 

Jane would say and listen to what Twilight whispered to her and nodded in agreement. 

"I don't much trust the look of those... Dogs. Scotland is a weird place but I'm sure I'd have heard of something as... Alien as that thing."

Jane whispered back and nodded at what Clayton said... Ignoring some of the other remarks he said and followed along.

"So what are all of your names?"
Lewis
Twilight pinched the bridge of her nose at not Clayton only, but at Xion as well before making her Keyblade vanish and calming down.

"Right... Lets get going... Hopefully we can get some research done..."

She turned to Jane with a cheerful smile.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle miss Jane! I know one of the two or three other people, his name is Mehki! No clue who the other two are, but im sure they are nice sometimes!"

Twilight cheerfully spoke walking beside the researcher. She then leaned over to whisper again.

"I am also a researcher myself, although for more non real things... Like my weapon i showed before making it go away... But another thing i can do is use something you may have saw as a child or some time while growing up... Magic...!"

She said quietly before showing Jane her hands before using Blizzard to lightly make a snowball in her hands before she dropped it on the ground as Twilight still showed a cheerful smile.
Arianna
"I'm Xion Kirisame. I'm... Honestly just a magic student who creates her own magic." *She says with a shrug as she casually lets a few stars appear out of her hand for demonstration* "I have bigger stuff too but I'd rather not destroy the entire site demonstrating."
Shirley
"And I'm Mehki like what Twili said before and I'm just a wander I suppose" He said as he mostly wander the worlds he visited to destroy heartless and too explore the new worlds that came about
Stephane
"I'm... Akyra."

These people were strangers... She didn't feel like spilling her entire life story to them. Although their own willingness to share information about themselves may have motivated her to speak.

"..And I'm looking for somebody... Or well... Nobody. My other half... If you will."
Margene
"Magic? Surely such a thing from fairytales can't exist in real life..." 

Jane would ask as she saw Twilight make ice come forth from her Keyblade. It was directly in front of her but couldn't believe something like that could be real.
Rosa
"It looks like we got out quarry..."

Clayton grinned as the group now could see a gorilla standing on top of the rock in the center, visibly shaken and afraid as several Heartless was around it on all sides, trying to claw to get at it. 

"Ah ha! They've tracked down a gorilla... Now to do what we came here for..." 

He'd let out a small laugh and then pointed his rifle at the afraid gorilla.
Margene
"Clayton!"

Jane yelled out, making the hunter flinch and miss his shot, hitting one of the Heartless instead and sending it to the void wence it came. 

"How many times do I have to tell you we aren't here to hunt the gorillas!?"
Lewis
"I'll handle this myself... You all stay back and watch...!"

Twilight then ran up to the gorilla and turned to face the Heartless and got into a fighting stance.

"You there! I will protect you from these creature! You go and hide for now and i'll take care of them! Trust me and wait until the coast is clear, okay!?"

Twilight said as she stood in front of the gorilla, buying some time for it to escape.
Shirley
He would run behind Twilight and summoned his keyblade to defeat the heartless surrounding the gorilla he stood beside her in his fighting stance and said "I can help too"
Charles
What the team saw was 4 Bouncywilds, there was 5 at the start but Clayton shot it on accident. The Heartless would turn their attention away form the animal and now to the group, finding human hearts much more preferable. The monkey Heartless jumped into the air and towards the group, each one going in for an overhead slash with their powerful claws to try and injure Twlight, Mehki, Xion and Akyra. 

`Strength: 45`
Lewis
Twilight would of glared at her target first, but seeing as there were humans without Keyblades being Jane and Clayton, she had to watch her steps accordingly. Twilight simply blocked the incoming overhead claw slash and oddly enough kept holding the heartless in the air with her bladed part of the keyblade she owned. Twilight aimed her free hand and fired a blast of snow at the Bouncywild on her Keyblade at point blank range, indicating she was using Blizzard.

Block: 34 x 3.5 = 119
Blizzard: 54 x 6.5 = 351

AP: 140% -130%
MP: 125% -110%
Arianna
*Xion sighs* "Dammit- My magic isn't really made for playing well with others but fine." *She sighs and just plants her Keyblade into the ground and just casually calls upon a Starfall rushing up to meet the Bouncywild, Senbonzakura style. She just knows these things are so beneath her, she doesn't need to use her Keyblade*
```Starfall: 117 Magic
MP: 100%```
Stephane
Akyra planted her staff into the ground. As it hit the ground a wall of shimmering scales formed from the darkness in front of her as she used *Dark Shield.* She put the shield in front of herself, Jane and Clayton. She decided that she would be on civilian watch...

"I'll support from the rear... You all take them out."

```Dark Shield Used``` 
Magic = 176
AP: 120% -110%
Shirley
He would block the incoming attack from the heartless defending himself he would try to defend Jane and Clayton from these heartless he would hold his blade and would do Quick Slash and would preform a a quick spin with his keyblade outstretched before finishing with an uppercut slash
**Block used**
**Quick Slash used**
AP:-20% = 100%

**16 x 1.5 + 2= 56 damage**
Lewis
"Oh no you don't! HIYAA!"

Twilight aimed carefully at the Bouncywild attempting to kick Mehki in the chest, and went for a Strike Raid to catch the single monkey Heartless off guard. She didn't want anybody hurt after all, so Twilight saved her magic for another time. She then grabbed the returning Keyblade above her head and lowered it to watch Akyra to see if she needed help at all, but smiled as Twilight knew she wouldn't need to help.

Strike Raid: 31 x (1.0 + 2.5) = 108.5

AP: 130% -105%
Shirley
He would smile at Twilight having his back and said "Thanks Twili" He would then aim his keyblade as Fire was being made around the tip he would say "Blaze!" As he then shot a fire ball at the direction of the heartless that was attacking Akyra barrier trying to do some damage or finishing it off

MP;-15%= 95
**Magic Used:Fire**
**21 x 1.5 + 1 = 52 damage**
Arianna
*Xion notices the Heartless going for the shielded ones but notices Mehki has it and shrugs, recalling her Keyblade to the void or wherever it goes to when she doesn't need it. And so she just sorta heads over towards Akyra to make a point to Clayton once the battle ends*
Stephane
Akyra spun her staff, the shimmering tiles from the *Dark Shield* Warped and turned to form a bubble around Akyra and the two others, as she used *Barrier 2.* It would be enough to perfectly match the Bouncywild's strength.

"Ngh... This thing is stronger than expected..."

She pointed her staff at the monster, as shards of dark ice formed at the end of her staff, as she shot off a barrage of these dark ice crystals with a *Dark Blizzard.*

`Dark Shield`
Magic = 208
AP: 110% -85%

`Dark Blizzard`
Magic = 176
MP: 110 -95%