video 1 - arrival

[senorita_perfecta]

The video feeds turns on to feature a woman in her early 20’s trying to keep her presence hidden from the Heartless while sending in vines and sundews to trap them so the locals can get out of danger. Judging by the scenery she is in, she is currently at the markets of Edge and it’s swarmed with Heartless everywhere.

Her otherwise black hair has orange, green and blue streaks at the moment and her dress looks even more colorful with red, oranges, greens, blues and purples (spoiler alert: they are made with plant pollen and dye).

“Oh hi. Sorry about this. It appears that I just arrived at the worst timing possible. This is not exactly what I had in mind for a welcoming committee but these dark things need to get out of here. Is there anywhere I can go that is not full of them running amok? I don’t know how long will I keep going in trapping them in vines and sundews from attacking anybody further.”

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[maybe_im_a_lion]

"Where are you? Maybe we can come pick you and anyone with you up. We're on an airship. These things can't reach us up here."

What are they? He's still trying to figure that one out. He just knows they're really bad news.

[senorita_perfecta]

“I’m at the farmer markets right now. Not sure about how they got flooded with these things running all over as I have arrived moments ago, but they are very annoying to deal with. Oh thank goodness, these things don’t seem to have the ability to fly in the skies or have the means to get onto airships so that is quite a relief.”

[maybe_im_a_lion]

"Okay. We can be there in a few minutes. Looks like the portals in the sky opened up and these things poured out of them. What a nuisance."

[senorita_perfecta]

“No kidding. These things were giving me such a hard time. Wonder why they would try to come after people almost immediately upon seeing them. Ah okay then, I will be waiting for you to come over.”

[maybe_im_a_lion]

"Hopefully somebody around here knows."

Soon a large airship approached overhead. It lowered as much as it could and the man from the video appeared in the open doorway with a rope ladder. "We'll have to hurry," he said. "We don't want those things climbing up too."

[senorita_perfecta]

Thank goodness that help has arrived on time when she saw the airship coming to her direction. As soon as the man from the video feed shows on with a rope ladder, she is so happy to get out of the farmer’s markets right away.

“Phew thank goodness you guys showed up on time. I was worried that I could be in for a world of trouble and nightmares,” Isabela lets out a sigh of relief as she begins to climb up the rope ladder as swiftly as she can.

[maybe_im_a_lion]

He held on to the ladder to make sure she could safely get up.

"We're looking around for anybody in need of rescuing," he said. "We've got some others onboard too."

He hoped there would be room for everyone. Who knew how long this crisis would last.

"Was there anybody else with you?" he asked.

[senorita_perfecta]

“I think that there were at least 10 other people that I have come across earlier though I did lost track of where they had gone to while I was busy trapping those creatures,” Isabela responds in return, “I just hope that they’ll be alright.”

She hates to see several people to be in harm’s way. The Colombian lady may be new to this world but she has a strong sense of duty and looking after others no matter how tough or scary things could become.

[maybe_im_a_lion]

"Okay. We'll stay in this area and look around for anybody else needing help," he says.

Onboard the grounds of the airship, there are many vantage points to stand by railings and look across the area. Several teens in uniforms are doing just that, and call out to the guy.

"Squall! There's some people over there trying to run!"

"Then let's get over there," Squall replies.

Whoever is steering this thing hears the message over a communicator and heads for the people. Squall again lowers the ladder. "Get up here while you can," he calls.

[senorita_perfecta]

“I can try to also help by making vines for people to climb onto this airship,” Isabela offers as she watches for any people who could need any help in escaping those rampaging shadow creatures.

She can see a good amount of people running for their lives and for cover as the creatures try to catch up with them. The young lady feels very sorry for them that this had to happen in their city, their world. The least she can do right now is to lend a hand at any moment she can get.

[maybe_im_a_lion]

“You can make vines?” Squall said in some surprise. He would be grateful for any help. They only had one ladder.

[senorita_perfecta]

“Actually to some extent, yes,” she replies, “It is an ability that I have since I was a young girl. It is very tied to my interest in plants from an early age.”

[maybe_im_a_lion]

Some new magic he didn't understand, probably.

"Sure, go ahead," he said. "Make as many as you can."

[senorita_perfecta]

Isabela wastes no time in growing as many vines as she could muster before using them to help the stranded folks to head into the air ship. She does make sure that they are sturdy enough to shoulder much of the people’s weights as safely as possible.

“Hey, try to climb onto these vines and we’ll get you out of these monsters’ range,” Isabela calls out to the crowd as she carefully lowers some of the vines to be within their reach.

[maybe_im_a_lion]

The people climb up gratefully, not questioning the vines.

Squall just watches, making sure everyone gets safely aboard. He’s less interested in how the vines came about as he is in the fact that they’re here and working. This will definitely make things easier.

[senorita_perfecta]

One by one, people begin to reach the airship through the vines as Isabela assists them on getting up while keeping an eye out for the creatures trying to get to them. So far, none of those things haven’t gotten up to the vines or the airship but she doesn’t want them to start chasing after them at all.

The young lady doesn’t want to dwell on that thought so much. She is just glad that she is trying to help these people out despite the chaos surrounding them and the city.

[maybe_im_a_lion]

Some of the Heartless see and try to rush over. One starts climbing a vine, much to the human climber's horror. She screams.

Squall aims for the Heartless with his weapon. "Calm down," he says. "We've got this." He just prays they really have.

[senorita_perfecta]

“Whoa, these guys seem to catch onto things very fast,” Isabela gasps in horror as she witnesses the Heartless grabbing onto the climber’s leg.

A part of her is tempted to throw a cactus at its face to save the poor climber and dissuade the other Heartless from following its lead but right now her hands are full with holding on the vines and she is unsure on how to get the Heartless away from the climber and the airship.

[maybe_im_a_lion]

Squall quickly shoots the Heartless away with his weapon, which seems to be an odd mix of a sword and a gun. The Heartless dissolves into shadow and vanishes, releasing the poor person. She scrambles up and he helps her onto the airship, awkward but sincerely wanting to help.

"Do you see any more?" he asks Isabela.

[senorita_perfecta]

It didn’t take long for Isabela to spot more people running for their lives from the Heartless. Now she can make the Heartless more scared off her than before. She quickly grows a small bunch of cacti and proceeds to terrorize the Heartless by throwing the cacti at their feet to back them away from the civilians.

“Hey over here! We can get you out of here,” Isabela calls out to the panicking people after her cacti tossing scared off the Heartless.

[maybe_im_a_lion]

The Heartless jumped back, staring at the cacti with suspicion. One touched one and quickly decided it didn't like that at all. They all hissed and spat at the cacti.

The people rushed to climb the vines and the ladder. "Oh, thank you!" one exclaimed.

Squall was glad that Isabela was there with her powers. "Have you always been able to do things like that?" he asked.

[senorita_perfecta]

“I have this ability to grow plants since I was five, although it wasn’t until a fee months ago when I was able to fully tap into its potential for real,” Isabela explains herself.

She didn’t expect the people to be thanking her so soon as she is still recovering from the stress of keeping the Heartless at bay but she is still taking the appreciation regardless. The timing of her arrival isn’t the greatest but she does at least managed to assist the people at their time of need.

[maybe_im_a_lion]

“Yeah? Well, it’s sure come in handy here,” Squall said. He wasn’t a very social person and might not ask more questions, but he was grateful. As far as he was concerned, her timing couldn’t have been better.

[senorita_perfecta]

“Greatly appreciate it a lot, glad that my magical ability does come in handy in saving people and terrorizing Heartless alike,” Isabela speaks in relief as she look over at the people she and Squall and co. have rescued from the Heartless’ attacks.

She hopes that wherever they land at, there won’t be any more Heartless running all over and terrorizing everyone.

[maybe_im_a_lion]

Squall nodded. "You'll probably need to use it some more before we're through."

The airship continued flying over the city. More Heartless attacks were spotted along the way and more people were rescued. Soon the airship was filling up with the rescued people.