Industrial City Geonitrus

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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."

Ali scoffs and stomps over to a chair and sits down

"Hm, you know, I never knew that," Aria says as she plays around with one of the tear drops, "But thank you for telling me. I had always assumed that people just simply choose not to do magic, or didn't know how to."

Hugo steps up the stairs and sits in the corner. He opens a paper and leans back. "You two can go check on those two every now and again."

Downstairs, Lucas looks around the cellar, looking for something of interest.

Ali sighs, "Well you could atleast say you're sorry..."

Aria looks up and nods, "Alright."

"If you say it too," Lucas says, glancing back.

"Well you're the one who insulted me first..."

Lucas narrows his eyes. "We say it at the same time..."

"So," Aria says, letting the water droplets fall slowly to the floor, "What would you like to do?"

"Fine," she says as she gets up and faces Lucas, a foot away from him, "on the count of three. You start."

Cerelus pops up triumphantly as if she forgot the entire incident and stands as if she'd won a glorious battle. "We'll go check on the other two!"

Downstairs, Lucas crosses his arms. "1," he says, getting slightly closer.

Takes a step toward Lucas and says in almost a whisper, "Two..."

"Alright then, let's go," Aria says as she stands back up, then walks over the the door to the cellar.

Lucas and Ali are barely an inch apart as they both say in a whisper, "Three..." and their heads slowly lean in for a long wanted kiss.

"ARE YOU GUYS DONE IN THERE?!" Cerelus comes down the stops hopping each step. She suddenly throws the door open and Lucas, surprised, falls out of his seat backwards, hitting his head on the ground, causing a bump to rise and his eyes to turn into swirls. Cerelus then blinks cluelessly. "Ummm, what were you two doing, having a staring contest?"

Aria comes down the stairs behind her and looks down at her feet, "Sorry if we interrupted."

Ali blushes as looks toward the ground, "Um, yeah, we were having a... staring contest... sorry, I have to go." She rushes upstairs and past Hugo, out the door and finds a small secluded area where no one will hear her crying...

Hugo glances up from his paper as he sees her pass but he shakes his head and stays anchored as the girls help Lucas up the stairs. "Okay, we really should get to finding out about this king and queen situation."

Ali continues to sob about the events that had just happened as she talks to herself inbetween sobs, "I can't love him...I can't. I can't love anyone...not anymore...not after what happened..."

Aria glances at the door, then nods, "Yeah... Alright."

Hugo sighs and stands then dusts himself off. "Alright, lassies and lad, we're going to be making a bit of a dangerous trip. I've been in the castle before to help arming the knights. We'll have to break away into teams. Lucas, you come with me. You'll help me locate what I imagine will be the White Queen's icy spies. Cerelus, take the lass and go demolish the knights; armory. If they call the knights, we're done for."

Aria nods and grabs her spell book from the ground, "What about Ali? Isn't she going to come?"

"I think she could use some time alone, lass," Hugo says, lifting a massive warhammer. "Let's get goin'."

"Alright...." Aria replies, closing her book and putting it in her poutch.

"Cerelus, show 'em to the fireworks factory. I'll be right after ya."

Cerelus nods as she picks up a bag almost her own size and marches off. "Onward, march!"

Aria smiles a bit and follows the younggirl towards the factory.