May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key

by SoulboundAlchemist


The Key to Training

May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key

By SoulboundAlchemist and MicroMiniMouse feat. GarnetNaturea

Chapter 11: The Key to Training

“...Alright, try again,” I said again for the hundredth time in the past hour. “Just feel for your magic and grab it.”

We were in a simulation of the Fairy Tail guild hall, minus the guild members themselves, trying to help Haley get a hold of her abilities, and it was slow going, to be blunt…

“Ugh! I’ll never get this!” Haley groaned frustratedly as her hands ball up into fists.

“Not with that attitude, you won’t,” I retort. “Look, the only way you’ll be able to figure this out is if you practice and train with a good attitude. Its cheesy, I know, believe me my mom wouldn’t shut up about that, but it’s true.”

“What in this world isn’t cheesy?” She mumbles loud enough for me to hear.

“Look, I had an instinctive knowledge of how to use my Keyblade, but you don’t,” I explain. “Because of that, you need a lot, and I mean A LOT of practice and concentration.”

“Ugh! Fine. I’ll keep trying.” She whines straightening up. She closes her eyes, a look of extreme concentration comes onto her face. Or is it extreme constipation? I’m honestly not sure. She held that face for a couple seconds before giving up in frustration again.

“Don’t we have a Master Yen Sid in this world that can help or something?!” She yelled in frustration, turning a glare at me.

“No! We do-” I stop myself mid-sentence, eye twitching. “Actually, yes, yes we do. But not in this world.” I pull out my Gummiphone, selecting the Fairy Tail call sign before putting it to my ear…

***Lex’s POV***

I glanced over to the table where Trixie showed Mei the difference between some certain cards. My kirin was smiling brightly as she learned to differentiate the cards and their meanings from just a glance, while her sisters were hovering over her shoulders in interest, a certain changeling doing so literally.

“Hey Lex, want anything to drink?” I glance over to Zen before shaking my head and motioning to the sleeping baby in my arms. He nodded with a smile before serving Capper a small cocktail.

‘This is nice. Just a slow day at the guild with everyone relaxing-’

I start as I hear a piano beginning to play from my pocket before the lyrics to Simple and Clean begin to play out loud. I quickly check my pockets and take out my Gummiphone from Kairi, and her keyblade symbol showed who it was. With a quick shake of my head, I answer and put the phone to my ear.

“Faekage Lex speaking.”

“Faekage? Oh, right, that’s what the highest rank was. Anyway, Hiya Lex, you busy?”

“Nah, just a slow day here at the guild. Been all but waiting for Sonbā to get back from some of his lessons with Luna so I can go to the training hall.”

“Perfect, cause I have a bit of a problem that I could use your help with.”

I raise a brow, righting myself on the table. “What’s up?”

“Ugh, where to begin?” Kairi trailed off for a moment. “OK, do you want the long answer or the short answer?”

“I’ll take the easy answer.” I deadpanned.

“Fair enough. Well, a friend of mine from back home, you know, HOME home, was Displaced, and ended up as Mirajane. The short of it is, she doesn’t know the first thing about Fiore magic…”

“Ah, I get where you’re going with this. She can’t access her Satan Soul can she?” I can all but feel her nod through the phone.

“More like, she can’t use ANY magic…”

“Ow. That sucks. So you need a second mages opinion on how to help her. Hmm, ok, I’m in, as long as I can bring a couple guardians over.”

“Sounds good to me. I just have one condition to that.”

“What’s up?”

“Well, remember the last time I was there, I told you that you and any Guardians you find would have full access to my training facility? Well, we finally found a way to make that happen, but it needs to be top secret. Only the Displaced, and those they trust can know about it, so I need you in a secure location before I open the way.”

I frown in understanding, and nod to myself. “Of course. I am not sure if you remember, but there is a bunker under the guild incase of a disaster. I think that would be the best place for it to be since I am the only one who can undo the barriers leading down there.”

“Perfect, give me a call when you’re ready,” Kairi replied as she hung up.

I sigh to myself in relief as Sonbāsutā walks in with a small grin as he waves his wings. A quick whistle and he was over to me.

“Hey babe. Can you take care of Yoru for a bit? Kairi needs a hand in her world, so I’m going to be gone a while.” I said with a small frown. Sonba nods in understanding and takes our youngest into his arms.

“I gotcha Lex. I’ll keep an eye on Yoru and the others until you get back.” He said with a grin. I smile up to him and give him a quick kiss on the cheek before focusing on my Telepathy magic.

‘Emerald. I’m going to be gone for a while, you’re in charge until I get back.’ I inform, hearing him hum in understanding, before I glance around, seeing Dawn reading at his table again.

“Hey Dawn!” The colt looks over to me. “I’m going to be going to my friend’s world. The one who helped me unlock my keyblade. Wanna come with?” The colt looked down for a moment before closing his book and putting it in his bag.

“Can I come too?” I turn to Trixie as she asked that. “I want to see if I can help out somehow. Maybe Kairi and I can help Dawn.” I smirked with a nod, Trixie smiling at me.

“You’re going?” I look down to my trio before smiling and kneeling to their level and bringing them into a hug.

“Don’t worry girls, I’ll be back before you know it. Make sure to be good to your father and Grunkle Emerald.” The trio nod with their own smiles before I give them all a quick kiss on the heads.

Motioning to Trixie and Dawn to follow, the three of us head over to the stairwell and I lower the barrier to the bunker. The three of us head down a couple flights before arriving at the small foyer before the doors.

“Alright you two.” I get their attention as I look to them with a serious ‘mom’ expression. “What is about to happen is to be kept quiet from everyone. And I mean, EVERYONE. From Celestia, Luna, Twilight, Fluttershy, Cadence, even Discord if he breaks out of his seal.”

Trixie looked nervous, but Dawn looked nonplussed as he nodded in understanding.

“Understood Faekage.” He said in his tone of voice. Trixie looked between us for a moment before taking a breath and nodding as well.

“I’m in. I swear on my magic that I won’t tell anyone without your permission.” Trixie stated. I nod thankfully at the duo before I took out my Gummiphone and sent a quick text to Kairi.

‘Hey, we’re ready.’

‘Understood, stand by the walls’ came the reply.

Blue lightning shot from the center of the room, expanding from a point of blue. It quickly expanded into a pillar of energy, before it collapsed in on itself into what appeared to be a pool of rippling water. A moment later, Kairi stepped through.

“Hey guys,” she greeted with a smirk.

“Hey Kairi, good to see ya.” I said with my own smirk, turning and having to cover my mouth as I see Trixie and Dawn’s expressions. The mare had a dropped jaw and was pointing at the portal in shock. Dawn though, his eyes were the widest I have ever seen yet, his wings were spread in defence and quickly vibrating, a rattlesnake like sound coming from them.

“Well now, since I’m here, how about I set up a Stargate for you before heading back?” Kairi said, as she giggled at Trixie and Dawn’s reactions. I nod to her in agreement as I shake the duo out of their states, the colt coming back first and earning his dead expression again.

Kairi nodded, before pulling out her Gummiphone. “Hey Doc, shut it down. I’m gonna set up a Gate here, then head back…. Yeah, I know it’ll take fifteen minutes, I was there when we tested the system!... Yeah, yeah, I’ll call back to make sure the malfunction was fixed.” She hung up her phone while muttering about Time Lords always being overly thorough, the Gate closing a couple seconds after. “Alright, where do you want the Gate set up?”

I walked over to one of the doors next to us and place my hand on it, my magic appearing around me before it opened up, showing a large room with several artifacts and a lot of extra bits.

“How about the extra storage/treasure room?” I said with a smirk, Trixie’s jaw dropping again, while Dawn just looked interested.

Kairi stepped up and took a look inside before grimacing. “This all looks rather priceless. Are you sure you want it here? It’s not exactly mobile, or safe to be in front of while activating…”

“Eh, you say that, but I know a couple spells to make sure its safe. Plus, I am pretty sure this is the most secure place aside from Tartarus in Equestria.” I tell her, walking in and digging through before taking out a couch. Yes really.

“Can your spells stand up to demolecularization from an unstable wormhole?” Kairi pointedly asked.

“......touché.” I state, slamming the door closed and just pointing at the nearby wall, a point lighting up. “How about there.”

“That should work,” Kairi replied, pointing her Gummiphone at the spot indicated before starting an app. “That’ll take about fifteen minutes for the program to build the Gate and DHD, then we can be on our way. How about we catch up a bit while we wait?”

With a smirk and roll of the eyes, I grab the couch from the room and take a seat. “Whatcha wanna know about?”

***Kairi’s POV***

“Alright then, looks like I got it working properly,” A very British voice greeted us as we stepped out of the Gate.

“That voice sounds familiar.” Lex said from behind me as I walked through.

“Yeah, yeah, Doc, you’re a genius,” I replied with a roll of my eyes before turning back to Lex. “Lex, meet the Doctor, or Clockwork to anyone not in the know.”

“Hello!” said Time Lord waved with a grin.

“Uh, hey. Well, he’s no Time Turner, but he seems like a good pony. Trixie, Dawn, how you two holding up?” Lex questions her friends. Trixie was looking around the area in awe, likely never having seen anything like it before, while Dawn just kept forwards, but his eyes are moving back and forth quickly, taking everything in. “Well that answers that.”

“Right then, I think it's time me and Sunset set off,” The Doctor said with a nod. “With the Gate working now, we don’t really need to be here anymore.”

“Really?” I asked. “But you only just got here…”

“Oh, don’t worry, we’ll see you again,” the Time Lord replied with a grin. “Besides, you’ve already got a brilliant techie in Melissa.”

“Fine,” I grumbled. “Take care then.”

“Always,” he replied before stepping out of the room. This was quickly followed the wheezing groan of the TARDIS taking off.

I turned back to Lex’s party. “So, ready to get started?”

Lex nodded before gently patting Trixie on the horn, causing her to shiver and blush, looking at Lex in embarrassment and anger. She just smirked and motioned to follow.

I quickly lead the group up to the Simulation Hall, where we found Melissa waiting for us. “That was fast, did you find who you were looking for?”

“You could say that,” I replied with a chuckle.

“HOLY SHIT! Is that Melissa Shield!?” Lex shouted, her jaw on the ground, much to her party’s amusement. She looked at me with a faked accusation face. “You didn’t tell me she was here!”

“Pfft - your face was priceless!” I got out through my laughter. “I honestly was not expecting that reaction, or the fact you know who she is!”

“Dude, when I wasn’t studying or hanging out with my siblings I was watching anime in my dorm. I have no shame in admitting that.” Lex replied, crossing her arms with a huff. “So, where’s this Mirajane Displaced?”

“Right through that door,” I pointed out with a grin.

Lex nodded and walked to the door, walking through before us. She paused as she looked in, her eye twitching a bit as she looked around, before moving aside for the rest of us to come in.

Trixie and Dawn had to do a double take as they saw what looked like the guildhall in front of them, before the colt noticed the lack of certain banners of the sun and moon, as well as the obvious lack of guild members.

“Is this an illusion of some kind?” Dawn questions.

Before I can answer, I hear running from around a corner. When a sudden Mirajane comes from around the corner, however she seems to trip on air and falls flat on her face.

The silence that followed seemed to drag on for an eternity, before Lex turned to me with a raised brow. “Are you sure she’s not a Wendy Marvell Displaced?”

“I’m sure,” I replied in a deadpan voice. “She’s just an enormous klutz.”

“Uh, are you ok?” Trixie questions, standing over the prone form of Haley.

She groans from the floor but never gets up. “Yes...Yes I am.” She mumbled, her voice muffled from the floor before finally getting up and dusting herself off.

I sighed, pinching the bridge of my nose. “Guys, meet Haley, as you can see, she was Displaced as Mirajane.”

“Hey there Haley, named Lex, master of my version of the Fairy Tail guild. I was a Displaced Levi before I got a ton more magic power. This is my version of Trixie Lulamoon and Dawn Lightwing. It’s nice to meet you.” Lex said with a grin, clearly trying to move on from her introduction.

“Hello there!” She says, smiling and waving as if nothing happened.

“You’re really channeling Usagi from Sailor Moon, you know that right?” I deadpanned.

She glared at me then smirked. “Moon Prism power!” She yells before doing the signature Sailor Moon pose.

My face once again meets my palm. I really should have seen that coming...

“Wow. Just wow.” Lex deadpans at her antics before taking a breath and smiling again. “Well that was a thing. So, Kairi said you need some help with magic?”

She looks at Lex before looking at me. “This is the Master Yen Sid?” She asks curiously.

“Yes, yes it is,” I nodded, glancing nervously at Lex. “In a manner of speaking.”

Lex’s eye began twitching again, and Dawn suddenly disappeared and reappeared at the other side of the area. He looked to me with a dead expression that somehow screams, ‘you goofed up’.

“What was that about comparing me to old man Yen Sid?” She questions in a perfectly calm tone. That was more terrifying than it should be.

My eye twitch in annoyance. “Her words, not mine. To quote her, she said ‘Don’t we have a Master Yen Sid in this world that can help or something?!’”

Lex stared at me with her mismatched eyes for a few seconds, before turning to Haley and nodding slowly. “I see. Alright, I guess I can understand that.”

Trixie carefully scooted next to me and whispered, “You should be glad Lex has to deal with one of our new members about comparisons. Maddie makes some wild ones.”

“Why are you telling me that?” I questioned with a raised eyebrow. “Haley’s the one who said it.”

“Because you are the one who wouldn’t die if she went off. Your friend on the other hand can’t cast healing spells.” Trixie replied before walking away.

“Anyways!” Haley yells, interrupting us and causing us to turn our gaze to her. “I do need your help. I can’t do magic for some reason. As hard as I try.” She says, her face becoming dead serious.

“Well, have you tried to meditate first to build up your magic pool or ether-nano?” Lex questions, sitting on a table.

Haley’s face becomes confused then glares at me. “Why didn’t you tell me that in the first place?!” She yells at me.

“I did,” I replied. “You weren’t making any progress.”

“Oh. Oopsies?” She says, scratching the back of her head, chuckling nervously.

Lex took a breath before lowering herself onto one of the benches, and proceeded to slam her head on the table, actually cracking it. “Good gods you’re like Scootaloo.”

I burst out laughing. “I never thought of it that way before!”

She groans in frustration. “Can you just help me?! I get it I’m slow!” She says, waving her arms around with impatience.

“Well, that depends. Can you sit still and actually meditate for approximately an hour to build up your magic to use Satan Soul?” Lex questions.

“I used to meditate a long time ago. It shouldn’t be that hard. Could it?” She asks before sitting cross legged on the floor with her eyes closed.

Lex looked to her with a raised brow as she took a breath, before glancing to Trixie and motioning to her. The mare just shrugged and looked to Haley as well. Dawn just stood in the back, his eyes locked on her form.

Haley sat in confusion, trying to figure out what was going on. “I feel your horrid stares. Am I doing something wrong?” She asks, keeping her eyes closed trying to concentrate.

“There’s a difference between mediating and just sitting on the floor.” Dawn said from the back, appearing in front of Haley. “You are just trying to actively think of nothing, are you not?”

She opens her eyes, looking confused. “Isn’t meditating just clearing your mind to get into a calm state?”

“Yes, but it isn’t the same for every person.” Lex said, sitting in front of her with Dawn next to her. “Meditating, when it comes to magic, involves trying to control both your body and mind into a state of neutrality. That is what allows ether-nano to flow into your body so easily. For some, like Dawn and Fluttershy, simply thinking of a mantra, or focusing on a part of their body is what works. For some like Rainbow Dash, or Yuri Dreyar, you need to be active, do repetitive tasks like exercise...”

***A few very tiring hours later***

After a while of Haley trying to meditate, she suddenly opens her eyes smiling. “Got it!” she shouts while raising a hand that was wrapped in magical energy.

I glanced over from the game of cards that me, Trixie and Dawn were playing. “About time,” I remark. “So Lex, what does she need to do now?”

“Well, like I was showing Fluttershy, now you need to try and practice Partial Takeovers. No Full Body Takeovers yet Haley.” She stated the last part sternly, the other woman giggling a bit and rubbing the back of her head.

She squints her eyes shut before demonic wings appear from her back. She opens her eyes and twirls around trying to get a look at the wings. “Wings!” She yells as she jumps and flies around the room.

My eyes twitch, a tick mark growing on my forehead. “WHY THE HECK WAS IT SO HARD FOR YOU TO MEDITATE, WHEN YOU GET IT ON THE FIRST TRY?!?!?”

Haley doesn’t seem to listen as she continues to fly around saying “Weeeee!’

I don’t get to complain anymore as she turned towards me, and her wings suddenly disappear. I was barely able to glance at Lex, and saw she was smirking with a spell matrix in front of her eyes. Then Haley collided with me.

I glared over at Lex. “Why on top of me?”

Lex put a finger to her chin and tilted her head in mock confusion. “What? I thought you would like being on bottom.”

My eye twitched before I used my shadow to pull her feet out from under her, causing her to fall flat on her face.

Lex glared back at me and I could tell this was going to escalate. She summoned her own magic, water magic oddly and smirked. “Drip Drip Drop.”

Next thing I knew, I was soaked with ice cold water while Haley was perfectly dry next to me.

My tick mark from earlier returned full force. “How about we settle this with a little spar?”

Haley backs away. “I’m staying out of this cat fight.”

“Bout time you caught on. I told you I was going to my worlds training hall before we left right?” I nod with a raised brow. “That was because Luna and I were going to be sparing so I can practice fighting with little to no magic. At least that was the idea, but I figured you would be a good substitute since I haven’t used my keyblade as much as I would have liked.”

“Alright, you’re on,” I nodded with a grin. “But not in this simulation. I have a better one. Computer, end simulation.”

The Fairy Tail guild hall vanished, being replaced by a plain gray room with a door on one wall. “Alright, everyone other than Lex, please leave. This is gonna get dangerous for bystanders.”

Dawn was already at the door by the time I finished, Trixie and Haley joining him a second later.

“So, how does this simulation work anyways? Is it like an ever-shifting platform?” Lex questions.

I grinned. “Not exactly. Computer, execute simulation arena.”

“Simulation loading. Standby.”

“Basically, the Simulator Hall can reproduce any location, real or fictional, that you can imagine. It can even replicate scenarios from history or works of fiction,” I explained as the gray room slowly darkened.

“Simulation ready.”

“I swear if we end up in Kamoshida’s Palace I am going to go ape on you.” Lex muttered, and I remember she is talking about the first dungeon in Persona 5.

I sweatdrop at this. “No no, it’s something about older than P5.” I replied as the room darkened, allowing a green colored full moon to shine from the simulated sky. Just like when I sparred with Ed, we now stood at the apex of Tartarus, the Tower of Demise.

“Welcome to Tartarus, or at least the Persona 3 version of Tartarus, also known as the Tower of Demise!” I announce in a grandstander voice. “The rules are the first to fall unconscious, or admit defeat loses.”

Lex nodded, looking around the area with interest before taking a breath and summoning her keyblade. “Forgive me if this is insulting, but I wanna try and go more physical. But, I won’t hesitate to go magic if needed.” She announced, twirling her keyblade in hand.

“Only if you don’t mind me showing off what I’ve come up with for Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic,” I grinned, summoning Destiny’s Embrace. Then, at an unseen signal we charged at each other. I slid under Lex’s first strike, firing off a water spell.

She took the spell head on, by slicing it with her keyblade before throwing it in a Strike Raid. I cast reflect, stopping the attack in its tracks, and rebounding the energy of the attack back at her, before inhaling deeply.

“Shadow Dragon Roar!” I shouted as a column of black magic shoots from my mouth towards Lex.

“Adam!” I could hear as the spell covered her. After a second and the cloud of smoke disappeared as Lex stood with her keyblade before her, a red aura covering her as her gold stripes and eye glowed. She smirked and pulled back in a sword drawing stance.

“Eat this!” A gold and red slash of energy shot out from her slash and towards me faster than expected, ploughing into me, and knocking me off my feet.

“Ugh,” I groan as I sit up. “That’s got some kick to it. Well, I might as well show off a bit.” I swiftly melt into my shadow, expanding it into my Pride ripoff form. I grinned as I shot sharpened shadow tendrils at her.

She twirled her keyblade around her like a Jedi, blocking a majority of the tendrils, but she still got hit, mostly on the back and legs. She growled lowly before getting in the same QuickDraw stance and spun in a circle, her attack dispelling the shadows, panting.

Lex threw her keyblade again, which I deflected, but she suddenly appeared with her weapon in the air, coming down on me with a vicious overhead strike, keeping her in the air for a second. I barely managed to get my Keyblade up to block, as I dispeled my shadows.

“Alright, now for something new!” I shouted as I switched Keyblades to Way to Dawn. “Angel of Black and White!” Just like when I sparred with Ed, a white angel wing sprouted from my left shoulder, while a red and black demon wing sprouted from my right. The Keyblade itself changed to resemble Riku’s Soul Eater sword from the first Kingdom Hearts game. I leapt into the air, throwing bolts of light and shadow magic at Lex, trying to catch her off guard.

“Shit.” I could barely hear her as she began to run around the area, dodging and deflecting when she could, some close calls causing her to pause for a couple seconds each.

“Dammit. I guess it's my turn.” I paused for a moment as I heard this, before Lex’s magic spiked for a moment, her keyblade beginning to glow a multitude of colours. “Activate. Etherious Shifter!” I closed my eyes for a moment as the light grew, before seemingly retracting in on itself. Once I could see again, I could see Lex wielding what looked like a large briefcase. That caused me to pause as I could sense it was stronger, but incomplete.

“Is that it? I mean I know how strong some women are with their bags, but what can this do?” I question. Lex just smirked before closing her eyes, her briefcase beginning to glow a sickening purple.

“Rirīsu! Yūdokuna kokoro no shīru! (Release! Seal of the Toxic Heart!)”

Lex gained some kind of symbol on her forehead that began to bleed downwards over her eyes, the bubbling purple case leaving her hand and covering both arms to the elbow, before spiking outwards. With a smirk, Lex’s eyes shot open, both with dark purple sclera while her arms were now covered with some kind of black and purple gauntlets with singular spikes sprouting from the back of the hand like Baraka from Mortal Kombat.

“How do you like this?” She snarked with a grin.

“I’m starting to think that I shouldn’t have opened my big mouth,” I replied, eye twitching, before charging at breakneck speeds at my opponent, weapon poised for a downward strike. Which never connected, as she blocks it, seemingly with ease.

Lex’s smirk widened, revealing two snakelike fangs in her mouth, and she uncrossed her arms and thrust them outward, a quick spray of clear liquid causing me to back off, the liquid hissing and steaming once it hit the arena floor.

“Acid?” I question.

“Toxins. Concentrated and poised to what I wanted it to do.” She said, shaking her hand a bit before crouching. I prepared myself, barely able to block as she suddenly leapt and tried to stab me. Her smirk never left, and my instincts roared at me. With a quick twist, a spray of toxins went past me as it shot from the end of her right spike.

I quickly leapt into the air again. “I think it’s time for a different approach, wouldn’t you agree?” I stretch out my free hand towards Lex, as I intone my next spell. “Door of Hades!” Instantly, a black door appears behind Lex. It slowly opened, allowing tendrils of shadow to snake out, wrapping around her wrists and ankles in an iron grip, before slowly dragging her in. “You like this? It’s based off of a spell in Persona Q. The game never showed what the attack actually looked like, so I improvised. The tendrils will pull you into the doors, which will then close and implode around you. I’ve never actually managed to get the spell off against a real opponent, since Ed trumped it mid cast, so I have no idea how bad the damage will be!”

Lex struggled, digging feet, then her spiked gauntlets into the ground as she was dragged in. She actually hissed like a snake at the predicament, before growling in frustration.

“Damnit, time to go all out with this.” I paused for a moment as she said that, backing away as she was being dragged in still. “You aren’t the only one who created spells.”

“Demon Slayer Secret Art!

Bacterial Contamination!”

Lex let go and allowed herself to be dragged closer, before her body began to twist and squirm, almost like there was something inside of her. Once she was barely at the doors, she screamed, rust coloured mist erupting from her as it covered the door, stopping the tendrils and causing the door to begin to decay like rotten wood.

The mist of toxins obscured my vision, and I almost threw up from the smell. It was like a skunk took a bath in sewage before going for a ten kilometre run and washing in a landfill.

“Aeroga!” I called, creating a barrier of wind around me and blowing away the mist, though the smell did linger. “Gosh dang it! That’s the second time that spell has been stopped mid-cast!”

“So? All that means is you have to learn to cast spells at a faster rate.” I am pretty sure my pupils shrink as I heard that. I turned on a dime, barely a second too late as Lex stabbed her spike into my stomach. It didn’t hurt, just a prick like a needle, but that didn’t mean I was suddenly terrified as I knew I was poisoned.

I sighed. “Well, I guess I know which of us won. I concede. Now, would you mind making sure this poison isn’t life-threatening? I haven’t found any of the moogles yet, so a Panacea is not in my future just yet.”

Lex crossed her arms and tilted her head, faking confusion. “Whoever said my toxins were deadly to organic matter?”

That caught me off guard, but before I could question, I giggled. My eyes widened and Lex’s smirk joined them as I struggled with all my might, but I was not winning this.

Her toxins….tickled.

“HAHAHAHAHAAHAH!”