middleofsomewhere | Day Twelve, Conclusion

All battles come to an end. Professor Chill and his henchpeople is defeated, the ice giant slain by the brave heroes of purple team. The townspeople led out of the tunnels and due to some extraordinary pun-hacking skills by Kaito the weather machine is de-powered.

Being a magical snowstorm the shutting down of the weather machine causes it to vanish, snow begins to melt and then evaporates into the air before it can become a larger problem in terms of a flood. The temperatures rise, going from dangerously cold to a warm spring day, warm enough that the voidtreckers will soon be too warm all bundled up as they are. The clouds disappear, the sun shines. Within a short period of time the streets are dry, the mountainsides are green and the trees are bright with flowers.

The streets are still a mess, property is damaged and the clean up operation is going to be intense but it doesn't look like there is any lasting ecological damage at least.

The ice labyrinth vanishes and those inside it will find themselves suddenly standing in the field below. For red team, the journey to the top of the mountain took four days in the blizzard but with the weather clear and going downhill they will reach the valley by the end of day eleven.

The army has arrived and mostly taken over gathering the injured and dealing with the more serious damage but there is plenty to do for those who still wish to help. Houses need put back to rights, streets and paths need sweeping of debris.

Help out, find your friends, swap stories. Celebrate a job well done.

Towards mid afternoon of day twelve a beeping from their SCA's should draw everyone's attention. The map leads them to a place just out of sight from the town and there is the Voidtrecker Express. It is time to leave.

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Terra had been handed a baby and if there was a more nervous person more highly unqualified for that job, they didn't exist on this planet. But he did end up giving the baby right back pretty much. The mother had just been grateful that the Blue Team had helped her and her family escape the ice caverns.

There was some ice that was stubbornly sticking to the pond and the keyblade wielder had raised his keyblade and then brought it down hard to crack it. Cheers went up and Terra found himself an unexpected hero of a small farm family.

Heading back to where the main part of the Blue Team had assembled, his blue eyes searched for Namine, but hadn't seen her as of yet. He was starting to get a little worried and went to go check the Orange Team to see if she'd gone back when he came up against a fellow team member.

Nodding at the boy on his team, he smiled. For some reason this kid reminded him of Ventus with the kind heart he'd witnessed in the background.

"Hey."

"Hello mister Terra!" Romeo grinned at him and ran over waving. He hadn't really spoken to Terra in the tunnels, they had both been so busy helping everyone. It had been a very full few days and Romeo is exhausted.

"Are you all warmed up?" It was much better now that it wasn't freezing cold! Romeo was glad that all the people in the town were safe now and he just hoped that they were able to get all of the town fixed again!

Really, this kid reminded him of Ventus, so happy and cheerful. And thinking of Ven somehow suddenly the mission end was made just a little bit easier.

He nodded to the question about the warmth, because the cold had taken a toll on him for some strange reason, other than the fact that he really wasn't used to dealing with it on a regular basis.

"Yup, looks like our team made it through everything pretty okay. The townspeople seem happy too." Even if some parts of their town seemed pretty devastated.

"I think they are. I just hope they can fix everything. It must be hard for it all to be wrecked like this. I know when there was a volcano in the heavens everything was a mess for ages and ages!"

It would be like that here, so there was still a lot of hard work to do!

"Almost wish we could stay longer." Terra mused thoughtfully. "These people have been through a lot."

Hearing Romeo speak about a volcano, he wasn't sure but it sounded like whatever happened had resolved itself.

"Well, that just means we have to help where we can, right?"

"It would be nice if we could stay to help them more." Romeo agreed. "But I guess we got to go to the next place, because there will be more people to help!" And more worlds in danger. It is a lot like doing prayers. But bigger.

Luckily they have a much bigger team!

Terra nodded. "Yup, more people to help." Honestly he wondered if people ever stopped needing help, but that answer was probably a resounding no.

Turning to look at other members of the Blue Team pass by, the keyblade bearer thought of being back on kitchen duty. He couldn't cook to save his tail but he sure helped clean.

"Looks like we'd better get going. We've got a train to catch."

"Yes sir!" A train to catch, it would be bad if it left without them! Though Romeo is pretty sure it would try not to leave anyone behind!

"Let's go!" He looked back at the valley one last time. It looked very pretty now it wasn't covered in ice monsters and he just hoped that the people here would get things back to normal soon!

Day Twelve, Conclusion

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that's a wrap!