( XD Spectra really is tearing holes in the fabric of this reality and creating paradoxes, Arthotus was onto something after all...<img alt=";)" src="./images/smilies/wink.gif" title="Wink"/>)<br/><br/><br/>"Oh... Ah! NO! No, no no... definitely don't, need you to do that. Was just an errant thought, a silly joke, nothing more. In fact, I think she would be quite a valuable resource to myself, should I ascend. She and Patia, even Torarie is agreeable from time to time, though, I think that has more to do with my natural affinity for shadow manipulation than anything else... it has been a while since I've last seen her..." She would reply, just to make sure to put any talk of devouring her friends to rest. Though, it sounded like the goddess was growing bored, or impatient... perhaps the two were one in the same for all she knew.<br/><br/>"Hmm... that sounds remarkably similar to advice I'd just given myself... so now it's my turn to be stupid isn't it...?" She asked rhetorically as she considered what she was being told.<br/><br/>"Some of the others will surely feel angry or threatened... I would have to start all over again..." She said, referring to her relative peace and ability to roam freely as she pleased. "It's not like I haven't done it before... Lord Spectra, goddess of transients and vagrants, providing warmth, love, and guidance for those finding their way..." She said, once again thinking of something that might be suitable for her particular interests and talents.<br/><br/>She didn't want to be foolish and ignore advice similar to her own, she needed to be brave... a small smirk appeared on her face as a stray thought passed through her mind. "Did Sin, Vivian, really swear at you when you offered to take her?" Spectra couldn't help but ask, especially as she was thinking about the bravery and strength she would need to take that step she'd been avoiding so long.<br/><br/>"Yes. I'll do it, I'll finally ascend and stand with my friends on equal ground."<br/><br/><br/>-----------------------------------------------<br/><br/>Sin looked at Zaleila as though she wasn't quite sure what to make of her 'paradise', because she wasn't. While that did answer some questions, it sure raised a WHOLE bunch of others too...<br/><br/>"Hrrm..."  She sighed, still considering things. When Zaleila said she would stick around a while longer though, Sin spoke up again, this time more purposeful and in her traditional 'captain's tone'. "I should hope so, without Valspan's vines and your little toys this ship's way too big for us to man alone. You're stuck with us now, until we get back the bloody devil, at least." She said, before giving her a nod and getting back to her own thing, headed for the deck to resume steering the large ship and keeping an eye on things.<br/><br/>---------------------------<br/><br/>"Huh?" Meli was surprised when Valspan asked what she planned to do with her skills. "Well... I mean... for us, surviving IS an accomplishment... I guess I could teach others. Of course, if Seydon does become king some day, I could be the court sorceress, and that's something."<br/><br/>Clearly she wasn't one for planning far into the future. Though, to be fair, as she mentioned for someone like her, simply surviving as long as she had could be considered an accomplishment all on its own.<br/><br/>As the people inside him started to act up, she looked as though she wanted to ask something, though stopped mid-thought. She wasn't sure whether or not she actually wanted to open that particular can of worms.<br/><br/>"So, the whole SCARY thing's pretty good for you huh?" She then asked referring to his suggestion that she wanted people to fear her, and his earlier statement about being proud he was a bit freakier looking than the other Goada. "Do you ever get lonely?" She then asked, wondering how the scary tree handled being away from home without any others to be with, prior to finding this group, that is.