Grouchy Roxas is grouchy

[thirteenth_brat]

Who: Roxas, Ash, Jenn, Aerith, Sora, Kairi, Aria, Pancake, Cloud, Riku, Rox and others as they arrive...
What: Roxas needs to vent. The Maw and any monsters in it are usually good for that. Well, okay, he took a monster hunt and left earlier than he planned to for it since he was ready to bust some heads, okay?
When: Saturday evening
Where: The Great Maw and its surrounding areas
Status: Ongoing
Notes: Can this log not die like the rest? *puppy dog eyes* Posting order... uh, order of appearance and some skipping may happen just to keep the log from dying. 8|



Roxas grumbled and cursed under his breath as he headed out. It wasn't that he didn't understand why they were upset. What was getting under his skin this time was that they were acting like he'd said he was going to run out and kill Josiah as soon as he could. Had they even read the whole entry? He didn't like the idea either, but they really had to consider the possibility. At least a few people had been civil about their disagreement, but some of them...

He paused near the Crystal Fissure and surveyed the surroundings. This was where they'd fought that White Mousse. All reports had indicated that there were plenty of Flan type monsters still hanging around there. Not surprisingly, he had seen a few on the way there, but they seemed to ignore him for the most part. He was headed further out anyway.

The Great Maw was not exactly empty, but there were a few monsters hanging around. In truth, he wasn't heading out here expressly to vent. He'd taken up a monster hunt and was just annoyed enough to head out earlier than he'd originally planned. It was nothing special. The guy just wanted some Ose pelts and those monsters frequented the Maw along with other Coeurl relatives. Not surprisingly, he did find at least one of the monster he was looking for right away. That was helpful and it lightened his mood a little. Now if he could kill it without getting too much blood on the pelt, he might be off to a good start...

Why did he have a nagging feeling that he wasn't alone, though?

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[not-asoldier.livejournal.com]

When Cloud wanted alone time, real alone time, he liked to go train in the maw. Deing able to use that oversized sword of his did require traning, superhuman strenght only gets you so far, you know. And the maw had plenty of monsters and space to spare.

... Which was probablly why everyone else was here, great, so much for alone time.

[thirteenth_brat]

This was turning into a regular party. In his renewed attempt to scan the area, Roxas noticed Cloud.

"Is everyone looking for punching bags today?"

[not-asoldier.livejournal.com]

"It looks like it" Cloud replied, he had almost turned around and went back to the town, but... what the heck, he might as well stick around. It's not like he had anything else to do today.

[thirteenth_brat]

Of course. Why not? Most of these monsters weren't native to the world anyway and were probably causing problems because of it, so maybe a group thereapy session was in order?

So long as no one showed up who might not be looking to fight the monsters...

Roxas was about to reply when he heard what hewas sure was someone screaming.

"What the...?"

[not-asoldier.livejournal.com]

Cloud whipped his head in the direction of the screaming, then he glanced back at Roxas.

"We should probablly check it out."

If someone was in trouble he couldn't ignore it, especially if someone was suck in the maw. And Coud was prtty sure it wasn't just a scream, but a name being screamed. A very important name.

[riverfox-237.livejournal.com]

They didn't have to walk very long to find the source of the screaming. Because just as the two men were rounding a rock outcropping, Jenn rounded the same rock outcropping...and smashed full-force into Cloud. (Aerith was further behind her and thus did not suffer this fate.)

Cloud, being Cloud, didn't fall over, naturally. Jenn, being Jenn, and far lower on the scale of coolness and superhuman strength, pretty much bounced off of him and landed flat on her back, her staff skidding away across the rocky ground. She lay there for a few seconds, dazed, and then bolted upright again, a hand clamped to her face.

"Oooowww...what-!" Sliding her hand out of her eyes, she stared up in astonishment at Cloud and Roxas. "...You guys! What are you doing here? Wait, nevermind, thank stinking goodness you're here, there's a chimera after us and I am not NEARLY that good with a staff!" She cast a fearful look back over her shoulder, sucking in her breath as she saw the monster come stomping around the distant corner. Oh holy stinking crap!

[holylifestream.livejournal.com]

Aerith was jogging along behind Jenn and didn't miss the fall she took. Her immediate reaction was to gingerly help her back to her feet, and handed her the fallen staff, as well. She glanced over her shoulder at the Chimera coming after them and turned back to Cloud quickly.

"I don't think we can fight that with just staffs," she told him. He'd probably seen one before, so he likely knew more about it than she did. "Maybe you can, but we can't. We'll try to stay out of the way, but we'll help how we can. Jenn?" Aerith asked gently, looking back at the girl. "You didn't happen to bring your bow and arrows, did you? You can still fight if you did, but if not, you and I are going to stay toward the back, okay?"

And we shall continue this in the boss battle thread.

[not-asoldier.livejournal.com]

He might not have fallen over, but he did stumble back a bit, but before he could reply he saw the momster stomping around the corner.
Without a single word, Cloud pulled the First Tsurugi out of it's harness on his back and prepared to fight the thing.