Industrial City Geonitrus

The group approaches the industrial city, having left the clouds far behind still looming over the forest, in fact.
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"Alright, we've got to find a place to get Alina some medical attention," Lucas says.

"Medical attention?" Asks a Hardy voice nearby. A large man with read hair and a slightly darker beard approaches the group. "Did I hear you right, lad? The lass, here, needs medical attention?"

"Uh...yes? Who are you, exactly?"

"Ah, where are my manners?! I be Hugo, Blacksmith of these here kingdom."

Alina coughs in her sleep.

Aria steps back behind the others, keeping her head down.

Suddenly a little girl pops up in the air behind Hugo and lands on his shoulders. "Hiya!" She says. "I'm Cerelus!"

"This here be my niece. It's nice to meet you all. Now come along and I'll see what I can do for this one's illness," Hugo says as he turns and walks toward his shack.

Aria follows the others and walks towards Hugo's shack.

Lucas lies Ali down on a bed in the back and sits at the foot of it. Hugo first checks her temperature then pulse and finally listens to her breathing. "I can't see anything really wrong just yet. It might not really be a physical problem."

Aria watches from a little ways away, "This is all my fault...."

"Why would it be your fault?" Crescia asks.

"I tried to slow something down.... And then the Ice Goddess came. I guess she was mad... But once she cane something happened to Ali... If I hadn't slowed it down, then this wouldn't have happened...."

"Yeah but Glacia was bound to show up eventually anyway. You can't blame yourself for that. It's got to just be a connection between them!" Hela says, chiming in. Then the young mages smile at Aria.

Aria sighs and smiles back, "Yeah.... I guess your right. Thank you."

"For now we'll just have to wait," Lucas says.

"I have the basement if you'll be needin' a place to stay, lads," Hugo offers.

"Ye-yes please.... Thank you s-sir," Aria gives Hugo a fake smile.

Crescia and Hela look at one another then each take one of Aria's arms and lifts her, dragging her downstairs. "What's wrong with that lass?"

"She's afraid of boys, men, males in general" Lucas says.

"Ah."

"Well this has been an.... Interesting day." Aria notes.

Lucas and Ven move down to the basement and site on the opposite side of the room as the girls.

"I.... I'm gonna go to bed. I'm really tired. Night...." Aria walks over to one of the beds on the girls' side of the room and lays down on it.

Ven and Lucas go to sleep on the floor in either corner of their side of the room.

(Annnnnnnnnnd time skip to the next day, I guess)

Aria wakes up with a yawn, "Morning...."

Lucas opens one eye then the other and rushes upstairs to check on Ali with Ven and the mages.

Aria swings her legs over and follows everyone

When the group arrives upstairs Ali is sitting on her bed, without her cape on for the first time since anyone in the group as seen her. She's wearing a sleeveless white hospital gown, revealing the numerous scars on her arms from her various battles with ice soldiers, faint, yet still noticeable.

Lucas is the first up the stairs. "Hey, you okay?"

Aria comes up last, and looks down in shame of her actions when she sees Ali's scars

When she hears Lucas she looks up at him and smiles warmly, "Yea, I'm fine. Don't worry about it."