"My name is Arci. I am an archer. And I come from Europe." She patted Dark's head. "Do you know how I got here?" She tilted her head in confusion.

Teresa shrugged and said,

"I'm trying to figure that out for myself. All I remember is losing a joust, and getting knocked off of Dark. Then I woke up in this place...I thought it was a dream at first, but I guess it's not. That's the last I remember of sweet England....But I'm getting ahead of myself." She shrugged, then smiled as Dark snorted and swished his tail, clearly enjoying the petting.

"He seems to like you."

Arci smiled at Dark. She looked back at Teresa. "All I can remember was blacking out after getting hit by an arrow and ending up here." She sighed. "I've been here for almost 2 years."

"Two years..? I was here for only about a year and a half..Heh. But it wasn't fun. Quite a few dragons and spirits and such chased the group here." She sighed, then ran her fingers over her white gold sword hilt absentmindedly as she thought of Christoph.

What is he doing...? What's going on back home..? Argh...If only I could go back..

Arci nodded. "I hid in the trees most of the time." She nodded her head. "I think I see someone." She walked into the trees and sat down.

((Yeah Teresa was preety close to us before the convo, so yeah Miasma))

((Thank you for acknowledging me, Diseh. **sobs** I felt so ignored!!!!))

Jade noticed Teresa talking with a strange girl, so walked over to see what was going on.
"Hello," she greeted with a small bow, "I am Jade Hisui. Pleased to meet you. Tell me, do you know what this place is?"

Spence was listening in on the conversation and felt he should speak up, he shouted from a distance, "Sorry to say, but this is no island!" he said as he started cutting some more air with his sword, "Diseh, the bird flew up into a castle, but the castle is actually built on a floating island up there!" he directed his blade to the tiny speck in the sky.
Spence walked closer putting the large sword away and introduced himself to the girl, "My name's Spence, I'll protect you from the darkness and lead you to the light!" he smiled as he looked into Arci's eyes, "I'm 15, how old are you little lady?"

Arci's eyebrows lowered. "I'm Arci. And I'm 13." She picked up her rock and threw it. She laughed. She turned back and started walking the other way. "Now, if you don't mind, I have archery to practice."

"Intersting...more people." spoke Isaac.

"Oh! Spence!" Isaac exlaimed. "I have something for you..."

Isaac dug into his waist pouch and pulled out a ring with a bright red ruby on it. "I was going to give it to my child when he was born and old enough...but I might not even ever see him."

"This ring was given to me by the same alchemist that saved my arm...he told me the ring increases the wearer's strentgh. I want you to have it."

"Cool," Spence took the ring and examined it, "Strange...thanks Isaac!" he put it on and got his blade back out, "Can we go on with training now, I still don't know how to cleave, and could I practice some parrying next?" he was ready to go again.

Diseh didn't care that there was a new person, but it was his dutie to discourge the light side. Diseh stopped thwe little girl before she left. "We'll hello there little girl. I'm Diseh the Rouge Mage. I can teach you the ways of the Dark arts, and not this pittiful Light Magic Spence can teach you."

((Darth Vader voice: Come to the dark side Xaliaphous, we have cookies!))

Diseh stared at Jade, and the girl as they walked away. Diseh shouts: "But it's easier to corrupt when there young." Diseh let out a big sigh. A voice spoke to Diseh in his head. "James earl Jones?..." Diseh paused. "Hey, Where's my cookie?!"

((Cookies!))
Arci stuck her tounge out at the young man. She shot an arrow at a tree and climbed up it to retrive it.

"Of course." replied Isaac. "Back to training it is."

He raised his sword into attack stance. "Now, to cleave properly, you must have the right stance." explained Isaac. "Fasten your feet to the ground beneath you, and keep you sword to your right. Now, step harshly forward. And just as you stomp your foot onto the ground, swing horizontally to your left by diverting your stepping power into swinging power."

Isaac went and stood up a tall, thick piece of wood. "Do just as I said, and you will be able to cleave this wood in two."

Spence did what he was told and cut the wood in half. The two bits fell to the ground as Spence raised his sword victoriously, "Sweet!" he smiled.

Arci grabbed the arrow and jumped down. She shot it again.

((I suggest you start contributing more and putting more into your posts, Xaliaphous. Not to mention doing stuff with the other characters. Doing stuff alone, and not to mention posting only two sentences is pretty dull and spammy. However, this isn't my thread, so you don't have to listen to me. What I'm telling you here are suggestions.))

"Good job." smiled Isaac. "You've got a strong slice there. Now...to parry correctly..."

Isaac put his sword on the wide side. "First of all...cover at least one vital spot with your sword."

((I only do that sometimes. But anyways...))
Arci ran to her arrow and pulled it out. She smiled and tied it back to her back. I wish I could be back home, I still haven't completed my training.
She sat down and pulled down the tree's branches.

Spence held his blade up, sheilding his lower face, "How's this, Isaac?" he asked as he got into motion, ready for anything to fly his way.

Diseh scratched his head. "Ok I know you have training with Issac, Charly, and Jade I don't know. Arci is just here, and Teresa again I don't know, but what ever. My point is that the speck in the sky is our only way home, and I for one am not going to sit around."..."Now how are we going to get up there, since we torched a dragon we can't depend on it, and we lost the bird, so we can't hitch a ride on it?"

"Look," Spence was still focused, "That island has to come down sometime, and we might as well get all the training we can, before the last battle..." he stopped and looked up into the sky, "He knows that we're chasing him...he'll come down in the morning..." he stared into the night sky.
Spence then turned to everyone, "Does anybody know anything else?"