"Expect delays in the story now as Blind and her cousin are tweaking some small mistakes in the chapter parts."-Medic
"@Judgemagisterr, I can put your character in like that as like a warning of some kind.
If anyone else wanted to join in in a way, you can leave a note of some kind and it will have their names on it. (Just write what the note says and who left it behind.) You don't need to be dead to leave a note behind. You can just be alive, but left a warning or a hologram message for other to be aware of what they would be facing."-Blindshot
"Too many knights+small room+low supplies=meet your worst nightmare."-Alma
"I would come help, but there needs to be some kind of order in the training hall."-Will
"But there will be some order when Kozma and other elites come here soon."-Stormer

Chapter 12; Fire Spasms: 1:12PM (Part 4, 1:27PM)

"Erick, move!" Blue yelled out when she saw Crimson was about to attack. She called a few seconds late and even though Erick managed to dodge the first bite, he got bit the last two bites. "Dang it…" Erick muttered as blood was dripping down his shoulder and falling down on the grass, making it turn red. His sight was slowly fading until he collapsed flat down on his stomach and looked as if he was just sleeping. He then reverted back into a knight, leaving Crimson a bit shocked but not as much. "Wondered why there was a bit more of a knight scent on him. Now this answers just one of my questions. Just one more pestering trash and that's the sko-" When he turned around, suspecting to see a shocked Blue where she was, he only saw an empty space where she was previously standing. 'Now where did that skolver gone off too?' He looked around, trying to see if she was anywhere to be found.

Blue had dashed off into the shade of the buildings and plants, using some of the strategies she had learned to make sure Crimson couldn't find her. Once she found a opening, she jumped out of nowhere and clawed Crimson where Erick had thrown the piece of glass, making the wound bigger and adding two more nearly identical ones with the first. He grunted as she swiped down at him, unaware of where she was. She landed down nearly in front of him and he took the chance to tackle her, sending her flying into the bushes before them. She tried to recover from the tackle, stepping out of the bushes to shake the leaves off of her fur to reveal some bruises on her side and a cut. "Sneaky little one, aren't you?" Crimson grinned as he watched her struggling to stand up, but then Blue smiled when she saw him stagger now with the bloodied arm. "At least I'm not the only one getting pummeled by the other one." He glared at her and before she knew it, he had already dashed up to her and did about ten strong bites, some which missed but others had made contact. She found an opening and decided that she should get him there while she still can, surprising him as she launched herself at his other shoulder and biting down hard, not letting go. He screamed out in agony as it felt like his shoulder was being separated from his own body. He had enough so he used his teeth to bit Blue by her tail and flung her against the rock wall. She grunted as her back hit the wall and fell down on the ground.

"You are smarter than I originally thought you were." He said with difficulty, as it was hard for him to breath with all the wounds he sustained. "At least I'm not the only one…" She coughed and when she looked up, she saw Crimson was doing a flip in the air, about crush her bones. She scurried to her feet and ran off into the opening as Crimson made a crater where she was just standing. "And you learned some things while you an outcast." "Yea, and you better expect some more coming your way." He smirked to himself. Blue thought that it was something she wouldn't like but all of a sudden, a heavy fog clouded them. It was dropped from up in the air, fire and shock embedded in it to cause Blue to make her fur impenetrable to keep the shock out and both to have their fur singed at the ends. "Welcoming gift from a couple of friends of your's?" Blue looked at Crimson, him still looking up in the sky. "Nope, not at all." He was still scanning the skies above and Blue took the chance to lash out her claws in a three way combo. He didn't realized it and she figured that he was easily distracted, a tip for her to use in later battles. With the advantage, she flipped in the air, turned down to face his back and see his surprised face, then clawed his back when she was still in the air. Using the momentum from the jump, she bounded off the training hall walls' up over him again and kept her footing in front of him, standing there. He didn't react to the pain but just looked at Blue. "I got one last trick that Lord Vanaduke taught me in the earlier years that I joined him." With those words, Blue couldn't keep out the shock/fire mist that was still in the air and it soon made her on fire plus having shocking spasms. "Dang, you have got this planned out already if you knew this would happen." Blue uttered. "Nope. Didn't I tell you already, I planed nothing that deals with this mist. All I knew that would happen is from past experiences." He chuckled and as Blue had another quick spasm, he let out a fiery roar, much like those darkfang scorchers flamethrowers. Before the flames reached Blue, she made a wide slashing arc with her tail and spikes came flying out, aimed for Crimson.

"New idea spawned, since there where people who wanted to enter, how about I put you into different squads that was sent into the Clockworks to investigate the weird phenomenons that was happening during that time? It'll be a bit off track of the story but you will still get a role in it. Either way, Dutchman and Judgemagisterr, how do you guys feel about that?"-Blindshot
"Bring out the cake!"-Mystic
"It's not Christmas yet."-Travid
"Who cares, just get something out for us to eat already!"-Firehate
"And made by someone who has decent cooking please."-Dusk

Chapter 12; Fire Spasms: 1:12PM (Part 5, 1:47PM)

As the smoke and mist cleared, it revealed both skolver and vog. They were still standing but then Blue fell down on her side, blacking out completely. "The skolver lost, that's something I won't forget…." Then Crimson passed out on the ground too, both tired and bloodied from the battle. "Urgg, what happened?" Erick grumbled as he woke up from the injuries. "Best to stay down, Erick." He heard a rough voice in the training hall said. "Firehate? Where's everyone else?" Erick picked his head up and saw Blue and Crimson in front of him. "Whoa!" He jumped back but then felt a sudden surge of pain in his shoulder and leg, both were down and were no use to him. "I must have taken more injuries than I thought…." He looked down and backed up as he saw somebody in gray-blue cobalt armor. "I'm Kozma, you need some help?" Kozma put her hand out and he grabbed it. "Yup." He grinned, seeing as Travid and Firehate were carefully picking the worn out skolver inside. 'Guess it was a tie than?' He thought as Kozma put his arm around her neck and helped him walk towards the training hall.

Arus was walking back to where Crimson was before, to make sure he wasn't dead or anything, to see him not there. 'Now where is that vog?' He looked around and went to the nearest building, the training hall. As he went up the steps he heard voices, not the quick-to-point ones like gremlins or the howl of wolvers. Sounded more constructed and not so choppy. 'Knights? Here? When I thought there were none left, I was wrong.' He shook his head and crept up the stairs, slowly and carefully. As he peeked his head above the top step, he saw a reddish brown furry lump in grass. He didn't think that it was Crimson, but thought it was a ashtail cause of how they closely resemble a vog. He wanted to get a better look so as quick as he can, he got up and ran to the nearest bush. He heard some knights talking and as he looked up over the bush, he saw that it was really Crimson after all. 'The strongest always goes down with an equal opponent…' His mind dwindled off as he saw a whitish furry wolver being picked up by two knights. 'Is that the one he was fighting against?' The singed fur was his guess, plus the blood that was dripping off of it. 'I better get Crimson out of there before he gets captured.' Arus got on his feet and as fast as he can, ran to Crimson, heaved the vog over his shoulder, and ran into the bazaar.

"Hey! Guys, I'm going after them!" Ghig shouted and soon was followed by Doggies and Stormer. "You can't go by yourself!" Stormer went off first and was soon followed by Doggies. "Wait up!!" Doggies yelled, almost tripping on a solid rock that he didn't see, regaining his balance later as he want farther on. All three got out their guns and as they cleared out into the open of the bazaar, they slowed down. "We were following someone, right?" Doggies stepped ahead of the others and tried to see through the smoke that was drifting in the air. "I don't know. I was just going after Ghig when he sprinted after some kind of shadow and before you know it, we're here." She waved her arms out in front of her to show the whole bazaar, burned and left smoldering into whatever it was left. "Did you see anything that ran away Ghig?" Doggies now looked over Ghig who had wandered out ahead of them. "I saw this gremlin, picking the vog up and running out here…" He looked back at them and they both shook their heads. "If we want to be at any help at all, it will best to go back and help keep things under control." Stormer said as she turned around and headed down the path to the training hall. "Come on Ghig. Stay here any longer, scouts will pick up our position." Doggies said and left as Ghig was still looking around. "Uhh, o-okay. But I really saw a gremlin, you've got to believe that!" Ghig shouted and raced after them.

Arus was running away and with the smoke from the fires, he made a quick escape and got into the arcade. 'Man, he got himself in more trouble than I know.' He thought as the weight of Crimson on him was starting to get heavier. As soon he got out of the tunnel, he headed to the nearest elevator and apparently, Evan was there already. "Heya, who's that there?" He pointed to Crimson who was like a scarf around Arus's neck. As Arus got closer to the gate, he dropped/settled Crimson on the platform and looked at Evan. "Crimson, and he needs help now. Seen any menders around here lately?" "No, but I got a better idea. How about we got to Talon?" And as soon Arus heard the name, his back stiffen. Arus didn't expect any of his old friends to still be in the Clockworks, not after they entered a new era and they took their separate ways. Evan sighed and shook his head. "She's just in the Teir 1 colony so we should be there in a short time. After all, don't you want to say hi?" Then before he knew it, Arus had pulled him on the platform and pushed the button to the colony that had old friends who he hadn't heard about since a long time.

"Merry Christmas everyone! It's not even as cold as it was last year anymore."-Blindshot
"I-I-It's a tie?!"-Blue
"Hahahaha, at least I was the last one standing. >:D"-Crimson
"At least you blacked out too."-Blue

Chapter 13; Friendly: 1:22PM

-Mystic
"How many more supplies did she say she needed again, four more?" I heaved the packages onto my shoulders and started walking back to where Alma was with Dusk. "Well, you could carry two and I carry two so we can get this finished quickly. I mean, she needs a bit more but the others probably need some help." He was holding the trays of some kind of medication that only medics knew, unless others learned what medics do. "At least theres less monsters running around. We can actually do this quicker without those little buggers." I said aloud, not minding that other monsters could possibly hear me. "Good thing there ain't that many right now though. My arms are getting tried though." "The next trip is the last one so stop whining about it." I sighed, but I felt that someone was watching us. I turned and looked up at the auction house roof but saw nothing that could have raised my suspicion, just leaves flying in the wind. I shrugged it off and ran up to Dusk without dropping the boxes.

-Blitz
My arm was still bleeding but I needed to see if I can find Advent somewhere. I made my way to the arcade and plopped myself down on the ground, near the entrance. I looked up at the ceiling and back at the gates before me. How can a place like this that was one minute all happy and thriving turn into a place of sorrow and grieve? I remembered nearly everything that had happened, wishing that I never saw it from the beginning. Just then, a familiar sight caught my eye and I got up, getting closer to it. "Advent, is that you?" I stopped at the gate and looked at the knight that looked like my brother. "Blitz? What are you doing in here? And your arm!" He tried to take a hold of my injured arm but his hand just went through it. "Wha-" "I really did die than. But this can actually be a good thing." I looked at him in horror, saying that being dead might be a good thing. "How is it a good thing that you're dead?! The fact that you're also my brother, well, makes me sadder." I suddenly had the feeling that I should cry but I stood strong. Making him see me cry would just make him sad about what he just did and said. "Look, if I'm dead, then other knights can't see my ghost self and I can help them out secretly. You can join the main group, I'll just be right behind you till they need some help, ok?"

He was sitting cross-legged in air, then stood up and walked towards the other entrance of the arcade. He then pointed to two knights who were walking out of a crack in the rock wall and into town square. "I've seen those two go in and out of there for some time and I think they might know where other knights might be. If you see them and meet with them, you should be able to join a group of knights down into the core. Or you can just walk into the crack and see what's inside." He shrugged before a phantom was poking its' head out of the wall itself.

It then saw us and ran over to the far end where we were standing. I grabbed out my claw of skolver out and stood in my fighting position. Even though I'm used to wielding my fang of vog in my other hand, my arm was starting to get useless so I just left it where it was. As the phantom was getting closer, I could see that it was cladded in the seraphic set with a wise owlet shield on her back and as she got closer, she put her hands up in the air. "I'm not here to hurt you, I'm a medic and saw your arm bleeding from all the way over there. Who's that right next to you?" I was still holding my sword, choosing to fight or not as she was classified in a monster class. "You can see me?" I heard Advent say, kinda surprised that I'm not the only one who can see him. "Of course I can unless, you're dead?" Advent nodded in response to her question. "Oh, well I feel sorry about saying that now… Anyways, come with me and you'll get some medical help with that arm of yours'." She went off, floating only a few inches off of the ground. 'Do you think we should trust her? She could be working for the enemy for all we know.' I thought, Advent hearing every word I thought since we learned how to use telepathy back when Almire was thriving and everything was well until Vanaduke took over. 'I think we should, just be careful though, ok?' With a nod, I ran to catch up with her and Advent was taking his time to follow.

"Im making up some random names with my cousin for knight who will die right when they show up. Also, no help whatsoever on this part (except some of the emotions found here, are like how she acts a bit like her characters......scary and murderous) So if you want a random kind of name to pop up here and now, just post the name. Oh and reading some of my books again, I left spaces where there were alot of talking involved."-Blindshot
"Tails here, will learn more as he goes around with me."-Nerco
"Yes sir."-Tails
"I feel helpless to the poor knights."-Theo
"Well, you're not carrying a vog around your neck for almost a mile now..."-Arus

Chapter 13; Friendly: 1:22PM (Part 3, 1:58PM)

-Theo
The two knights that have been walking to and fro from two different areas have caught my attention as I was walking around. I was looking at them from a distance, above the buildings and off to the sides. One of them almost saw me, but I hid behind the roof itself and they just moved on. When the group was once two but now five, (including the grimalkin) I left them be and went in the arcade. There, I saw different monsters switch with others to be in charge of Haven and have a little break to themselves. Until I saw a knight that had on the vog set and next to him, what appears to be a knight of old, an Ancient Almirian Crusader. I watched as the two walk off towards a gremlin who saluted to them and walked out into the bazaar. 'Those two might be up to some trouble.' I thought to myself and ran after them.

The gremlin opened up a curtain into one of the buildings, for them to enter. When they were gone inside, I walked towards a window and peeked inside.
"Ahhh, so these are the knights that have lost to us. How pitiful." It was that same crusader that said this but, in a harsh tone. He held the Jalovec to one of the knights neck and laughed as that knight whimpered.
"Don't worry, he won't hurt you, much." There was a deep growling sound coming from that knight in vog as he stepped out of the shadows.
"And that I won't do Tails, cause all of you might have some info we need to know more about parts we have left to uncover. So, who would like to go first?" He asked as he waved the Jalovec around, narrowly missing the few knights that were seated near him. "You first, since you look eager too." The crusader grabbed the knight by its armor collar and put him up against a wall.

"So tell me, what tactics would you think a group of knights trying to save this world of your's do?" He than carried a Khorovod in his other hand and twirled both around his hands.
"How the heck should I know?! I'm not exactly the smartest or even one of the pros around here. Even if I knew, I won't even tell you!" The knight nearly launched at the crusader, but luckily he was tied up so he didn't move much, just a few inches.
"So you know nothing about the world of Spiral Knights?"
"No. Still new to this whole, collect minerals sorta thing." The knight shrugged.
"So than, what's your name?"
"It's Revee, not that you would want to know or care about."
"Nope, just something I wanted to keep track of." And soon, there was silence as the Khorovod went down. Hard and strong as a thud echoed throughout Haven itself. I looked away but I heard the sad cries from the knights huddled together. From what I made out, the sounds I mostly heard were,
'No, no..'
'Revee?'
'Wake up!'
I sighed as there was nothing for me to do but see and expect whatever happens next, even if it pains me inside.

-Nerco
There was a bit of a gasp as the knight drew his last breath and die on the floor before me. It really surprises me how really weak these knights are in a world full of danger. "Tails, I think you should go next, you still have to prove yourself to the order." He nodded and went up to the closest one near him, a skolver coat and a vog cub cap. "Dude, what are you doing, aren't you one of us?" The knight said aloud and was thrown against the same wall, close-by to Revee. As he scurried up on the wall to get a better seating position, Tails got out his Gran Faust and held it above the knights' head, right in-between the ears.
"What have you learned about the Clockworks up to now?" Tails growled out the question with almost a kind of anger to his tone.
"I know nothing, all I know is what everyone might know about. Just whatever we get in the mail about upcoming projects or events that the Spiral Order knows about, is what we know."
"So if you knew about anything at all, the main source of information is coming from the Spiral Order?"
"Well, duh. Haven't you got any mail from them?" The knight looked at Tails, almost mockingly.
"I was never trusted by anyone, so I never trusted them."
"So, you're like 'I can be strong by myself' kind of guy? Well that's dumb. All of your power comes from those around-" And his voice was cut off as the Gran Faust was held up and swung down, with almost the same power as with the Khorovod.

"Nerco, should we look for those Spiral Order knights?" Tails spoke without turning around.
"Yes, but let's squeeze whatever else these knights know about so far about Cradle." He nodded and walked towards the back of the group. We'll look for the few Spiral Order knights there are left, later.

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Hooray for making random armor and weapons for Tails, cause I don't know what he uses.