Rose swings her right arm around a few times to make sure it is healed. She then picks up her sword and sheathes it. Hearing Alex's question, she interrupts with, "Well, I would like to get the hell out of here. Perhaps we can go to your cave and talk about other places where Master Zaris can be."

OOC: Yeah, Alex, I was really confused by this. Especially since it's the weekend. People are supposed to be on more often than during the week.

IC:
Alpha smirks as he sees Alex kicking Scizorn. He wouldn't mind giving it a solid smack himself, but now probably isn't the best time. Sooner or later, they'll have to leave the Shrine; it'll be better if he has the maximum amount of strength possible.

Koura looks up at the Zora standing over her, and slowly shrugs her shoulders. "I certainly can't stay here anymore. They'll send thousands of their forces here just to get me. She slowly pushes herself up onto one knee, breathing hard, but not nearly as heavily as she had before. The toll using the Goldforce took on her is wearing away quickly, restoring a relatively large amount of her strength.

Closing her eyes, she utilizes the Goldforce for one more task. 'Master Zaris, now what?'

A few moments pass before the reply comes. 'Go with them. They will need your help, that much is certain. You aren't safe in the desert anymore; they can help protect you. I'm not sure why they went to Parapa, but it is fortunate that they managed to find you.'

'You're the one who told me where to find Alpha and Calla after the sandstorm; don't you know why they were here?'

'They believed I was referring to the lighthouse in my riddle...they have no idea what they are doing. You may tell them that I am nowhere near that area.' Koura nods in understanding, then slowly climbs to her feet. "Your Master Zaris says I should travel with you all from this point forward. Also, he wishes for me to inform you that his hiding place is not here in the desert."

Shada, recently reawakened, slumps her shoulder. "Do you know where he really is?"

Koura closes her eyes again, but soon enough reopened them. With a shake of her head, she frowns. "He says he cannot afford to tell me. There is the chance that the Hakiems are still watching us, and we can't let them discover his location 'before the time has come.'" Turning to Rose, she nods. "Yes, my cave would be a good place to go. However...I have everything I need with me right now. We could just continue on to Hyrule - leave the desert completely."

Rose shrugs; she didn't mind the desert as much as some of the others, but it would be nice to get away from the constant tan color of the desert. "That works also," she says. "Where else did we say could be an eye? North Castle?"

Rose walks past Scizorn. Imitating Alex, she kicks it also. "What with this being created to kill us for killing Dyquis, you'd think this would've been tougher," she comments, ignoring the fact that it had hit her a few times.

Looking at Rose, Alex expression turned surprisingly grim "If that Zora created a creature just because we killed the other one, it is most probably the next time we will face a stronger one" he looked at the Scizorn. He then looked again at Koura.
"You're now leaving your terrain, it is hard, I know of it; I went through the same thing, long ago" he kept quiet for a seconds, letting the other ones to guess what he was thinking "So now you must leave everything you know behind"
He looked away from the others, so no one would see his face...
"Where are we going now?" he said in a low tone of voice.

OOC: Well, HNS, while it probably wasn't as annoying as squidy, you must admit that Scizorn (w/ Xamnial Scizorn) was tougher.

IC:
Alpha slowly shakes his head. "I really don't remember what all we said, Rose. We'll have to brainstorm when we get back; I'm sure it'll all come back to us eventually."

Koura smiles at Alex's concern, but softly matches her head movements to Alpha's as she rises back to her feet. Sheathing her scimitars and grabbing her cloak from the ground, she looks back to the Zora. "I left everything I knew behind a long time ago. This is nothing new to me either. As long as I have my cloak, my weapons, and Skye, I need nothing else to be at home."

Alpha nods and turns back to the entrance. Walking towards it, he looks behind him one last time. The others will follow soon enough, to be sure - he can already see them rising to do so. But going beyond them and the corpse of Scizorn, he gazes back at the statue of the Colossus, and the passageway by her feet. Somehow, he knows that soon he shall return to explore the maze lying beyond that door...but that will be a different journey. For now, he must prepare for the next fight. He faces the entrance again, and climbs the stairs, emerging once more into the desert. The sun is beginning to set as he begins his walk back to North Castle.

OOC: And that's all I have left for this topic. Force of Gold VII will be posted in a little while; I purposely planned FoG to provide us with a short break every now and then. Expect Part 7 to be posted some time within this next week.