Ember rushed forward and took Tempest in a bear hug "Ow ow ribs." he chucked a bit. She then nodded to Rose "Good to see you all." Ember looked to Yumi and smiled a bit "Hey…I'm Ember. I'm Tempest's sister." she gently said to her as she held out a hand to her
Dare watched silently as the exchange took place. Wonderful. Another person who would kill her if they knew that she had shot Tempest. Not that she didn’t regret it, of course. She just knew there were smarter ways to do what had to be done.
Yumi slowly grabbed Ember’s hand, shaking it lightly. “It’s nice to meet you…”
Didn’t stutter, ok I’m making steady progress. Good. Yumi thought to herself, a smile forming on her face.
"This is a new friend Erika. I'm so glad we found you guys…I'm guessing Tempest was the one to pull you guys together…he has a knack of making friends quickly. At least he has Rose here to keep him from getting into too bad of trouble." Ember said
"Well tha-" Rose started
"Yeah we're all good here." Tempest interrupted, giving Rose a little side eye before smiling brightly to his sibling
"So…There's the five of us? What happened to seven?" Erika fumbled with her hands in front of her.
Tempest's smile faded once more when he caught sight from Erika's mark that read five now "Oh…I-I let people die…I shou-"
"Tempest…it's not your fault." Rose told him but was also no longer in a chipper mood
Ember bowed her head and muttered something under her breath, keeping her emotions under control as Tempest sure couldn't who bowed his head just the same as his sister muttering the same thing, but tears slid down his cheeks as guilt stabbed at his chest, hurting worse than any gun wound.
Dare lightly touched Tempest’s shoulder after sheathing the sword in her belt loop. “There’s nothing you could have done,” she said. “You didn’t let anything happen, and it is physically impossible for you to have stopped it. Blaming yourself wastes time and energy that you need to keep surviving.” She didn’t know why he hadn’t yet told Ember of the attempted murder, but she was trying her hardest to repay the favor.
Tempest nodded and sniffled a bit, wiping away his tears "We all have to stay together. Ember you taken down anyone yet?"
"Yeah I've gotten Ace but I'm not sure she'll be down for good." she answered
"Alright that's good. I took down Patches but I know he's probably healed by now and we've wounded Jester. Dare did that is." He managed a little smile but even then his morale was at a low. He was beginning to doubt he could do this. He hoped everyone got through this but eventually he would have to be realistic.
Yumi smiled jumping up. “Y-Yeah… without you finding me Tempest I probably would have been killed…”
It was true, Yumi was a wanderer, usually getting herself into danger, but avoiding it by running. Yumi would have probably been killed by the hunter after them, but then again, why was Yumi one of them? What’s so special about her that she’s comparable to supernatural beings? She’s just human, well, an unnaturally smart one that has a mech. Did they really need her brain power? Did they need her at all? Well, she did save Tempest’s life… or she and Rose did. Yumi still couldn’t trust everyone here, except Tempest, Tempest was so kind to her and didn’t mean to leave her at all, it was a misunderstanding she guessed.
"Thanks guys…that means a lot." Tempest told them "alright so who's gonna take first watch?"
"We should at least have two watching. I'll be one of them." Ember called as she slung her bow back over her shoulder.
(My school IPad is dying I’ll be back in about two or three hours,)
(alright then)
“I’ll take the first watch as well. I already grabbed a nap, so I should be good to go for the next few hours,” Dare said. She followed Ember and took a place next to her.
"Cool. You guys need to sleep. I'll wake one of you when it's been a while." Ember said "So what's special about you?" Ember asked as she started to sort her arrows by type from her arrow quiver
“I’m… not sure I fully get what you are asking,” Dare said slowly, fiddling with the hilt of her sword. “What do you mean, ‘special’?”
"Well Zerack must have pulled you here for a reason. Everyone here…alive or deceased posed a threat to him in some way." Ember explained as she snapped a warped arrow
“A threat? To Zerack? Interesting…” Dare mused, pushing her glasses up on her face. “Wish I had gotten time to ask him about that… Well, I truly don’t know what kind of threat I may have posed to him. I’m human, from a world where all other sentient beings are human, which doesn’t seem to be the case for you.”
"That'd be correct." Ember responded. "Well there's something special about you…even if you don't know what yet" Ember smiled a bit. Her form shifted until it was that of a midnight black bipedal feline. "Not all abilities are physical like my brother's and mine."
Dare just nodded. “Makes sense.” She winced almost imperceptibly at the mention of Tempest, trying to disguise the motion by tucking her hair behind her ear. “What are your abilities, exactly?”
"Well first off I'm more a hunter than Zerack could hope to be…I have natural predator instincts along with some enhanced location abilities. Can't forget flame manipulation." She grinned a bit as her index finger lit up like a match
Dare blinked. "That… seems useful, to say the least," she replied, scooting backwards just a smidge. "You say you're a better hunter than Zerack? Forgive me for asking, but then how did he capture you?"
"Sheer numbers can overcome even the most seasoned of hunters." Ember responded with a slight frown
“Reasonable, I suppose,” Dare said with a nod. “I can’t say I would have fared any better. Where does he keep all of these warriors?”
(IPad was stubborn so I’m back now I guess, I have band practice and have to have a conversation that my anxiety built over yesterday but I avoided it but now I have to do the conversation today so now my anxiety is even worse I swear I’m going to be a tomato please help me.)
"His own little pocket verse is where he puts his troops back together after we bust them up." Ember Told Dare as she sharpened her arrow tips with her feline razor sharp claws