Scattered Light (Ami Yuuka)

"Woah!" Ami jumped into the air and flying out of the way. "What the hell...?"

"There you are," Zeaken looked toward the sudden rash of beach terrain appearing amidst a crackling boom of thunder on the mountainside until he caught sight of a girl fleeing the scene, "Is that...?"

"Full speed ahead!," he ordered, and the Sunset Arrow came speeding toward Ami's location!

"Yo bro what the hell? Whats going on?! Ooo! Are we gonna get to fight?! Really?! I am SO ready for this!" Danehl said bouncing on the balls of her feet sword in hand.

Zeaken placed a gentle but firm hand on the top of her fiery haired head to briefly hold her in place with a mischievous grin, "Down, girl."

About that time, Ami was coming well within sight, and Zeaken within sight of her as he spoke, "I see you stuck to your mother's agreement, but you really don't want to be here just now. Things are about to get very hectic."

Ami landed on the deck of the ship grinning before throwing her arms around the captain. "It's been forever though! Why are you here?"

Danehl was shcoked to see this strange girl fly and land on the deck of their ship. She stared opend mouthed at the ivory skined, violet eyed beauty that had her arms around her brother. "Well who the hell are you?!"

Zeaken initially ignored his sister's question to answer Ami's, still keeping his signature wry grin, "I'd received a report of strange atmospheric phenomena in this area and she didn't want to stay home this time around."

"Your sister?" Ami guessed. "Oh! Do you have that book I left on your deck before the whole...dad incident? I never finished it and I kinda want to." She smiled and released Zeaken.

"Who the hell are you?!" Danehl screamed her face turning red. "And why the hell are you allowed to touch my brother?!"

"Danehl, this is an old friend," Zeaken introduced the doll, "Meet Ami Yuuka. Ami, my favorite little headache and baby sister Danehl."

"The book?," he scratched his head for a moment at the question, "You must mean Ballad Of The Orange Monks. It's probably lying around here somewhere."

"Yay! I'm just gonna have to find it then." Ami smiled at Danehl. "Nice to meet you, and Zeaken, don't call her a headache. Fire does that to me and it so irritating."

"The fiery one is the teasing older brother in her family," Zeaken thought aloud as Ami went below deck to search, "That's a twist."

Below deck was much the same as she last left it, though at least one room was notably different, having been converted into a play room by Danehl.

Wide eyed Danehl turned towards Zeaken. "There's more of them?!"

"Seven in total," Zeaken nodded absently as a crewman brought him some charts to look over.

"I found it!" Ami said popping back up to the deck. "Thanks Zaeken!"

"Oh boy." Danehl grumbled.

Seeing Ami make it up the stairs, Zeaken looked up from his charts with a grave expression, "How far is your family from here?"

"Not far. In a small town my brother destroyed when our mother died. We've been helping to rebuild it. Why?" Ami asked tucking her book into her dress magically.

"I'm sorry to hear about your mother," Zeaken's brows lifted a bit in a sympathetic expression, "But you should gather your siblings and bring them here if possible. There's been a strange disturbance in the atmosphere ...just about everywhere, really, similar to what you saw on the mountainside. Landscapes, landmarks, and even lifeforms appearing where they normally wouldn't be. This ship can survive and extraplanar jump if it has to."

"Are you telling me we're leaving?" Ami asked her brows furrowing.

"I'm telling you that the world as we know it is changing," Zeaken locked eyes with the girl, his expression grave, "Until I figure out why, everyone may be in danger."

Ami frowned and lifted her wrist speaking into the band. "Ice? Can you gather everybody? We have to go."

"I'm still here with Fire," Ice responded over the band, "I'll keep him under guard. How far are you from the others?"

"Far. I'm on Zeakens ship...Round up the others Ice. We. Need. To. Go. Now." Ami said into the band her tone growing dark.

"...Confirmed," Ice said abruptly after a moment's pause before the communication cut.



"Point me in the direction they'll be meeting up and we'll head that way," Zeaken instructed, "We don't have a lot of time from the looks of things."

As if to illustrate the khamele captain's point, at that moment a tremendous gap of water appeared in the sea below them, at first like a whirlpool filled with mist and then with a rocky island beginning to jut upward from the sea cloud.