"Well...this isn't quite the nicest place to be..."

"I agree...It stinks as well..."

Two females stood at the entrance to Akzerituh, one looking around, the other sniffing the air. Recently, the two had retreated from Keterburg after the other woke up from about a day's sleep. Yes, Likana and Kamary. Though, once they arrived, they didn't quite see what they expected, or in Kamary's case sense what they had expected. Though, the two froze after seeing how many sick people were around.

Looking for the closest person they could that was not half dead, Kana and Kama had asked if they could help by trying to heal the others. They were told that they could and that they might not be able to help everyone. Of course, they would try, not carring if they would not be able to or not.

During trying to help someone, though, Kana had started to wonder how they were getting sick. So, taking a gas mask from her bag, she asked Kamary if she could help the others while she went to investigate. Going to the mines, she soon found the source, in a way.

"Great Silversky..." she murmured silently, looking through the mine and seeing barely anything but Miasma. Walking into it, she looked around some more, avoiding monsters. Coming to a bit of a clearing, she found even more people. Surprised at how many there were, she shook her head. I should come back later... she thought. As she did so, though, she took as many people as she could out of the mine and to Kamary, trying to help heal them.

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Gray's eyes widened at the sight of yet another place to get by. "Great silversky!" he exclaimed, throwing his arms into the air. "How much walking do we have to do!" Having been used to sailing and all, Gray was not really used to walking. He was more used to keeping balance on a rocking ship or trying to keep the ship from sinking during a great storm.

On the other hand, Arien seemed to be perfectly fine. Some would probably think 'He's fine with everything'. A carefree smile was planted across his face, his eyes closed in happiness. "Ahh, this place reminds me of home." Arien said, at ease due to the nice breeze coming by. Who cares about walking? There's a nice, cool breeze and all, right?

"Ontop of all this there is obviously some monsters..." Gray grumbled out, his hand now on his forehead as he shook his head slowly. "Also, what about Ion? He was bassically just saved and obviously all this would be a bit tough on Ion.." he added silently, barely even able to hear himself.

Everyone looked at Gray funny, though, having just realised that he had just said something about silversky. Jade, though, was the one to put their questions into words. "Gray, may I inquire what you mean by Silversky?" he asked, pushing his glasses up.

Gray paused, having froze in everything he was doing. Instead of Gray replying, Arien explained. "Where we come from, Silversky is what we worship (sp? Sorry x3). We believe that once a warrior, apprentice, child, or what ever dies they go up to silversky and become a star in the sky. Though..." he explained, soon trailing off, looking at his feet. "Not all people go to Silversky...there is something else we call Dark Cloud, which is like Hell."

As everyone listened, Luke payed no attention and just walked off right after. As the group followed, Gray stood there for a moment, soon shaking himself off and following as well, going quicker to catch up.

Now, after a rest, due to Ion needing it, and a load of monsters, the group had eventually come to the exit. Though, on the other hand, they were stopped by a gun shot from a female that Tear had known by Legretta. After a small conversation, a battle ended up, well, happening.

"Damn it, how many more battles are we going to have to go through?" Gray asked. By now, two of their healers were down and, of course, they had not stocked up on anything since the Zao Ruins. So, the only people in their party that was alive were Luke, Jade, Tear and Gray.

As Gray took out his pistols, Legretta had soon spoken. "You have the same weapons as me! Copy-cat!" she yelled. Everyone just stopped where they were, not fighting or anything for a moment. At this, Legretta cleared her throat and muttered "Pretend you didn't hear that.." At this, the group just nodded and started fighting.

Now, by the time the battle had finished, the only one standing ended up being Jade due to everyone dying right before the end of the battle and since no one had any life bottles it just ended up this way. After the battle, the group continued to talk, but Gray and Arien on the other hand was doing something different.

"I actually wonder how this works..."

"Yeah, same here, even though I have been researching even since I found this out..."

Mieu squirmed, trying to get out of Arien's grip as Arien was lifting his ear up and down, Gray watching the other do the same in sync. "Maybe it's because there is some sort of connection in his ears? I mean, really. If it weren't for the connection in his ears how would the stand up all the time?" Gray asked, having no commen sense or any logic at all.

Arien just looked at him funny, soon just shaking his head, thinking 'Well, that was a stupid conclusion...but I guess it works for now...'. Once hearing his name being called, Arien picked Mieu up, putting him back into his home in the items bag, Gray just standing and following Arien as he walked of, following the group normally and slightly casually.