Niko runs over to GYM, he's out of breath by the time that he reaches the door. He enters the building, still breathing heavily. "I'm... I'm here." He sits down on the ground. "I reaaaally need alternative means of transportation."

Roxas chuckles a bit and looks over at Niko. "Oh hey, sorry bout showing up so late... Got a little busy actually. Anyways, heal!" He raises the keyblade into the air, a green light covers Niko and the boy would find himself feeling better. "So then, I'm a little rusty on fighting actual people at this point. You wanna start or should I?" He grins with confidence, absently twirling Oblivion around in his hand.

without anywhere to stay, Moebius is forced into walking the streets, whether it be at night or by day. An annoyance to be sure, their face is mostly in a scowl, with the few passerby giving them a wide berth, much to their relief. Soon they catch a strange, black shape in the edge of their vision, entering a nearby GYM. Robberies aren't really their problem, but she had heard the place being mentioned earlier as a sort of fight club, so hopefully there'll be something fun to watch. So Moebius leaps into the place, making their presence loud and known as they pose in the air "Hello my adoring public, you're in the presence of the great Mobius, feel free to..." Moebius's eyes lower when they see its just the blond guy from earlier and some... Cat person? Its new to her, whatever it is, but also not really that interesting. "Oh, its just you again. Kinda thought this place'd be busier."

Niko takes a deep breath and gets up. "Thanks for that." He shrugs and disregards Moebius' presence. "I dunno... You start." He takes out his baseball bat in preparation.

Roxas looks over to the girl for a moment, an eyebrow raised. "Oh, hey there... Mobius? Not a bad name I guess, and nah it seems slow enough for now. But hey, ya might see something cool soon enough I guess." He turns back to Niko and chuckles, holding the keyblade up like a sword ready to stab. In a few moments however Niko would find the gap between himself and Roxas much much shorter, the boy having rushed across the field in moments and rolled on the ground. Oblivion rises up as he springs back to his feet, the weapon aiming to fly into Niko's bat from below and with any luck send it out of his hands. "I'll start of nice and simple, no need to get too fancy yet!"

Niko was prepared, but not fast enough, so the baseball bat gets knocked out of his hands easily. "Damnit!" He immediately goes for his evoker, forgetting that he left it at home. "Welp."

The boy slows down a bit, just a bit. "Forgot something? I can't exactly say that's a great start... Well, no fun in fighting someone without any weapon. Come on man, I'm sure you've gotta have another trick up your sleeves right? Oh and fire!" A ball of flames rushes from the tip of his Keyblade, whizzing through the air at high speeds and perhaps making contact with Niko. If it did, the cat boy would notice he is not, in fact, burning to death horribly, but merely sent flying backward by a small explosive impact.

Niko dodges out of the way, though it's just basically a somersault, it's still a dodge roll. "Well... I think I might have something." Niko checks his other holster... And finds the evoker, he accidentally put his evoker in his pistol holster. "Oh, I'm a dumbass." He draws it and uses it to summon his persona. "Alright, let's start this strong..." As he says that, his persona fires a wave of psychic energy at Roxas.

Roxas chuckles and looks over at the being, now this is what he's talking about! "Well then, guess since you're getting serious... I should too huh? Oathkeeper!" The wave slams into him, its a bit faster than he'd hoped and he's unable to dodge. Rather he slams both Oblivion and the newly formed white and blue keyblade into the ground, the floor cracking under his strength and breaking as he's pushed back a few feet. "Strike Raid!" Oathkeeper rushes through the air towards Niko's Persona, of course he'd no doubt expect the fact that if he dodged it would curve back towards him... He might not see Roxas's flurry with Oblivion coming, or the other boy quickly calling his second key back and aiming to stab it towards the Persona.

Niko runs for his baseball bat, his persona stays in the same place, even though it'll break, hopefully that'll give him time to get his bat. "It's not over yet."

Jiyu enters the GYM with a black single-strapped backback slinged across his body. He takes the time to gaze between the three other individuals in the immediate area, recognizing Niko with the two others being unknown to him. “It’s nice to see that this place is lively for once. Er, well not exactly since there aren’t that many people in here...” Stroking his blue hair to the side, Jiyu takes a seat on one of the stools located at the juice bar with his sights set on the fight.

Roxas's rush does indeed seem to take care of the Persona, at least for now it vanishes as the boy leaps into the air and slams both keyblades into its skull quickly. "Seems like not, though might I suggest a tougher weapon than a bat? Pretty sure I could snap it if I were trying to!" Soon enough he'd be running towards Niko, this time however his run is with blades pointed forward and he slides across the floor using inhuman speeds. The pair of weapons aimed towards Niko for several rushes before Roxas skids to a halt. "Twin Sonic!"

"Eh, its not that great." Moebius comments, glancing over to Jiyu with her arms held behind her head "Looks to be pretty one-sided. Like a little more back and forth in a show. But then again." Moebius takes on a wicked grin, keeping easy track of Roxas's entire maneuver. "I can appreciate a blowout too."

Alex arrives at the GYM, spellbook in single hand, with a skeleton behind him, carrying his bag. The look in his eyes is that of a hunted animal, waiting for something to spring out at him. The left sleeve on his robe was lengthened a bit, so it went down to his knees. It caught under him when he tried to sit, so he had to pull it out with his right arm. Alex checked for exits, then took a beer from his bag and drank it in one hand.

Niko preps himself for the strike. "I would've used a sword, but I lost the damn thing down a storm drain." He attempts to swing his bat the moment Roxas gets close enough. Hopefully this will either knock him away, or at least block the attack.

Despite the fight, he still finds time to snipe at Moebius. "So, can you do any better I wonder? I mean, no one acts like you without a reason to be sure of themselves!" The blow does indeed block Roxas's attack upon Niko, the boy grinning a bit and looking over at his foe. "A sword huh, that's a shame... Too bad that uh, what's that thing you summoned? Anyway, too bad it doesn't come with a weapon too!" His next attack is both far more simple and far more brutal than the last, a quick kick aimed at Niko's left leg to set him off balance.

Out on the sidewalk outside the GYM a boy who looked no older than 16 was hunched down to the ground picking at some grass growing in the cracks of the pavement. He wore odd clothes as well that looked far too flashy to belong to an ordinary person, almost like they were a performer of some sort. They had a bag at their side as well that they'd eventually put a bundle of grass into before getting back up. "Can't really find too many ingredients in the city like this but might as well take whatever I can find. This grass is a little low quality though..." He'd stand there seeming to ponder something before being interrupted by the noise coming from the GYM. "The sounds of a fight? Is this some kind of place where the hold exams or something? Maybe I should observe, never hurts to be too prepared." Finally the strange boy would enter the building without trying to alert anyone. He'd simply stand near the entrance and watch as Roxas and Niko fought. Not caring to disturb them or anyone else spectating.

Niko gets knocked off balance by the kick, but he reacts by throwing the bat at Roxas and attempting to use the evoker again. "It may not come with a weapon, but it can still do this." It might not be effective, but he attempts to use his persona to send a dark attack at Roxas.

"ohho, please." moebius closes their eyes and chuckles cockily, crossing their arms in front of their chest as they lean against the back wall "I can already tell I could take on all three of you here without breaking a sweat, four if you count the drunkard." They haven't really noticed the other boy yet, instead they open their eyes and finally step off the wall "Heck, if it'll really show ya I won't even use Freeze, doesn't even matter."

Alex reacts with surprising fury, trying to send a bolt of lightning at Mobius, taking off his hood and glaring at her. "What did you just call me?"

What actually happened: Moebius wouldn't be paying Alex any attention, even as they yell at her, so she'd get struck by the lightning easily, it kinda hurt this physcial form of their, just another dirty reminder of how they'd fallen, and upon doing so, they muttered Leap time rapidly rewinding itself to the moment Alex threw the lightning, now fully prepared, go onto the next section What appeared to happen: Without even looking at him, Moebius would take a few steps forward, breezily dodging the lightning and glaring back at Alex a fury in their eyes Oh no, go ahead, try that again, see what happens.

Roxas grins and his eyes begin to gleam, not metaphorically but rather holy light flows out of them as he looks towards the darkness. "Darkness is powerful, it's not really evil either... But it can't beat me!" Despite the glow, no magic forms and instead the boy simply clashes his weapon against the darkness. It'd stand tall for a moment, he's forced away soon enough though... Only for Oblivion to cut in and break through. "Guard Break." Both keyblades stab towards Niko in a display of fairly impressive strength, the weapons would likely crush through any defense put up. "I'll take ya up on that challenge sometime Moebius... Win or lose, I'm always up to test myself."

Niko didn't expect that at all. He just stares for a moment in awe as Roxas comes closer toward him. "..." He decides to try something one last time. He runs towards Roxas. "This is such a dumb idea!" He then raises his hand and clenches it into a fist as he gets closer, getting ready to punch him when the two meet in the middle.

Alex faltered for a second, then intensified his state. Alex took a vial of glowing liquid, in reality a potion of raw chaos and corruption, and drank it all, then he broke the vial, leaving the glass shards in order to cast a different spell later.

"Tsk. Go ahead, make your last pathetic move so I can crush you better." Though moebius is wary of Alex for now, and he can feel the indignation in their eyes, they don't really make a move for now, they seem satisfied with glaring daggers at him, rather than shooting any,

Alt would watch the strange spectacle as Moebius seemed to be perfectly prepared for the lightning bolt. He almost seemed to be studying it as if something had interested him far more than the ongoing fight. "Sharp senses or maybe just luck? Hmmm, wonder how they knew. Either way might be enlightening to observe a little more...Of course..." He'd finally opt to step forward, specifically walking toward Alex before getting to close to have actually stepped between the two. "Hey, what exactly are you thinking attacking someone randomly like that? Seems a bit unfair, doesn't it? Although, they seemed to have been able to dodge it but you should consider yourself lucky no one was hurt. I don't think anyone in here would be too happy or forgiving about something like that." For a moment Alt would glare at Alex, his eyes cold and lifeless for just a moment. There was something almost inhuman about the look but as quickly as his expression changed curiosity filled his expression once more. He seemed to almost be watching Alex to see how he would respond.

A... punch? Roxas can't help being shocked, the power of his keyblades would, in fact, become lessened. The simple fact here is he's not trying to kill Niko, and at worst the charge of his fist would send the boy flying back as he meets the two weapons and their holder's strength. "This is it!"

Niko gets knocked down and he slides across the floor when he gets hit by the keyblades. if he did, i mean, i dunno, my brain is shutting off, if he didn't then this is void "...Eh..." Instead of making any sort of sound of disappointment, he starts laughing and smiling. "That was... Fun!"

"I must say that death brings the depths of a person to the forefront of their being. Watch out for the knives." Using the shards, Alex cast cloud of Daggers, filling his area as well as five feet around him with clouds one foot from the ground concealing spinning blades. Alex fell backwards to avoid said blades.

He did, unless he dodged or something. Roxas twirls the blades around before they vanish. He'd chuckle and walk over to Niko, offering the boy a hand up. "Heh, yeah it was! So, wanna hear my thoughts...?" He'd place a hand to his chin and look over towards the exchange between that boy with the booze and Moebius. Curious to see how that might go, but still pondering Niko's skills and what to say on them.

Niko takes Roxas' hand. "Sure, I'd like to hear. I'm not the best at combat, so I'm ready for whatever you have to say to me."

"Weird choice of last words, but ok. Freeze." what actually happened: as soon as the word freeze left their lips, everything would stop, Alex mid-leap, Nico lying on the floor with Roxas offering his hand to let the boy up, as Moebius starts walking casually. They would calmly produce a long, black staff with the wood spiraling around the bottom, and leaving a wide space for a green gem to form atop it, casually spinning the staff in the air as they walk around Alex, pointing the staff at him before casting Lets seee... Hellfire. a massive gout of flame would erupt from the tip of her staff, frozen in time for now, and pointed at Alex Nightmare. they would take another few paces around the clouds' perimeter as an orb of darkness launches from the staff, frozen in time like the flame And I've got plenty of time soooo... rather than continue attacking, Moebius walks over to the frozen Roxas, grinning as she looks around him, only to find his swords gone, the girl's just confused, having missed their actual vanishing, before she hears a winding down. "Guess I screwed around too long, oh well." Moebius takes a few large steps away from Roxas as time resumes. What appeared to happen: Moebius would simply appear at a point several feet to Alex's left, between him and the fight with Roxas, as he finds a massive gout of flame approaching him from in front of his cloud of daggers, and an orb of shadow cutting off escape to his right.

Thinking quickly, Alex cast acid stream on the ground just to his left, creating a ditch deep enough to avoid the attacks for Alex to roll into. Alex braced for the inevitable pain, and shimmied into the ditch.

"Oh wow, you even dug yourself a grave, how useful." Moebius confidently spins their staff around their fingers a few times as the darkness blasts the wall just above his head, then Moebius would strike the bottom end of their spiraled staff into the ground and announce "Earthquake." causing the earth to upheave and travel like a wave towards him, rapidly rising up and cracking the GYM's floorboards as it moves on, in all likelyhood it'd catch the kid and throw him rather painfully into the ceiling, but Moebius seems to be getting bored, and will probably let him off with that.

Roxas rubs the back of his head. "Alright so, your magic is decent enough. It needs refining, work on the forms... Figure out how to mix it with physical power too. But it hits reasonably hard, I'm just used to really bad stuff. It'd put the hurt on things like heartless though. That's the good news." He'd then frown a bit, looking at the boy's small stature. "So bad news." As time freezes, Roxas does in fact notice, he's still frozen but... He's been frozen before, there's always a subtle gap in things when it happens. Time magic has a feel all its own after all. He doesn't let it show though and simply keeps speaking with a smile. "You really aren't that strong, that much you seem to know but I can't stress enough how much of an issue that could be. Your small size works against you there, so all you can really do is try to be faster, and smarter. A stronger weapon could help, but in the end even the greatest weapon is useless without a good wielder. Of course, if you had some way to just use your Heart that might help... I think you've got a good one Niko, keep that in mind. Also, work on that stance, you aren't staying squared off by my guess. And unlike me, you can't count on magical weapons to make up for it." He then looks back to the battle between the pair, he almost wants to get involved but... Fighting against someone like her is hard, and any trick he might use probably only works once.

The wave sends Alex through the cloud and into the ceiling and back down again, cutting him several times. After that, Alex lies down in his "Grave", smiling, "Good one."

Alt wasn't sure exactly what to do or who to side on in this matter. He wasn't here to watch someone die though so He'd keep that thought in the back of his head. He looked over to the "beer" curiously. It only took him a second to figure out what it actually was due to his experience as an alchemist. "Such a low-quality potion...I refuse. Such a potion is a mockery to me as an alchemist. If you want a healing potion take this instead." Alt would reach into his bag and pull out a small vase with a glass lid on top of it. The liquid inside was clear and shiny, almost like dew. He'd throw the vase towards Alex, Unsure if he'd actually be able to catch it. "I don't care if you actually use it or not but I'd appreciate it back if you don't. Reviving Dew isn't easy to make, you know."

"Oh, you're still moving in there?" Moebius looks back over at Alex, both arms behind the back of their head, they'd already shown off and it was starting to get kinda old, so Moebius just shrugs and lets it be, dispelling their staff as they head over to the juice bar to sit "Good for you pal. Hope you all found that very enlightening."

Alt would look back at Moebius, almost seeming to be smiling a little. "Yes, very enlightening. I think you even gave me a new alchemy idea. Perhaps you could also explain that trick of yours too. I've never seen someone do something like that without alchemy before. Makes me wonder what other tricks you might have up your sleeves."

Roxas grins a bit and looks over at the girl. "I can't speak for him, but I actually did find it enlightening... Kind of disturbing too, but not really the worst thing I think I've seen honestly. Pretty impressive though, if you're doing what I think." He'd shrug and reach into his coat, pulling out a somehow perfectly frozen bar of sea salt ice cream and beginning to eat it. Along with looking over at Alt curiously. "Huh, you make potions? Usually, Moogles do that in my experience. Weird to see a human in the business of item making, but kinda cool. Uh, if he can't even move I'll try to heal him by the way... Can't say I'm one to leave somebody to die."

Niko nods and smiles. "Yeah, my magic's the best part of my combat currently. With the way it works, it'd be hard to blend it with physical combat, though." Though he frowns too when he hears about his strength. "...Right, my stance and my size. Goddamnit I wish I was older... Wait." Upon hearing about "using his Heart", he puts his hand out in front of him. He closes his eyes and attempts to summon something. It's... "I can feel something..." He... "..." Sighs and opens his eyes. Niko's attempt to summon a keyblade didn't work like he planned. He thought it'd go like Lea's keyblade summoning. "...Nothing."

"Alchemy? You mean like those potion-making kooks who work with babbleberries and stuff?" Moebius never really cared much for that sort of thing, but they seem genuinely interested, and its kinda nice to be the center of attention some times, usually people just ignored him, or pretended they didn't exist. If they even knew moebius was around "Its actually pretty simple, the staff's a part of me, it starts mostly as magic, which I then solidify and extend into a form unique to its user. Though I mean, I guess you could make a replica, it wouldn't have the same world-shaking power. That sorta thing you're born with." Moebius would grin satisfactorily, looking back at Roxas as they spin around the bar chair "Yeah, I am pretty amazing right, guess that's the one good thing about bein' human, people get to sing my praises."

"Me? I'm fine, just drunk off my ass" The skeleton picks Alex up and sits him down on a chair.

Alt would be listening carefully as he looks down to the ground with one hand under his chin. "I see, most with that kind of power don't think to focus it in such ways. I suppose it's obvious to do such a thing. Even I-" For a moment he seemed to pull himself out of his train of thought. "Nevermind, what I'm more interested in is what you are. You certainly speak as if you're something beyond just human. Maybe a spirit, no, perhaps a diety? It's rare to meet something on that level but always a good chance to learn something." It would take Alt a moment to also realize Roxas had said something to him. "Oh, interested in my craft? I make more than just potions. It's not a stretch to say there's nothing I can't make with the right materials. It's a shame he didn't take my potion either. I wanted to see just how effective it was."

Roxas chuckles at Niko's display, it's not a bad first attempt but... "Heh, don't worry about that too much. It's. The kind of thing that shows up when it wants, if it wants really. Still, I do think there was some kinda reaction..." He'd then look back at the girl, sighing a tad at how haughty she is. "Well, it was impressive. But I wouldn't go that far, there's more to life than just possessing great power ya know. Still, I'd be... Hard pressed to beat that, I think." He'd grin a bit at Alt's questions, Roxas was half wondering that himself but he didn't quite want to say it yet. For sure leftover paranoia, but he'd rather not show exactly what he's thinking right now. "A god, come on man. I mean, I... Well, sort of I, have seen gods before! Cool magic or not, I doubt she's one." Of course, this will also likely annoy the girl a bit. He's just a tad curious how much.

Niko nods. "Yeah, you're right..." He looks at Roxas with a determined face. "I think I'm ready to go to The World That Never Was, though. I'll be able to defend myself well enough, I think. Plus you'll be by my side, right?"

"Well, god's not exactly right, its more of a whole, personification kinda thing." Moebius stands up, taking a short hop into the air and raising their hands overhead, bending out her elbows while doing the same with her legs and feet, making a bit of a figure eight "Name's Mobius, like, the Mobius loop? That shape with neither a beginning nor an end, just eternity." Mobius lands back on the ground, spinning back towards the pair and pointing a finger off to the side, only to hear Roxas's little snipe and glare back at him "That's me, I keep time keepers honest by letting them loop over and over again until they decide to suck it up and accept their fate. For example, say you're tryin' to prevent a best friend's death. You'd find its somehow your fault over and over again. 'Course, you have to do somethin' really bad to get me sicced on ya. Like trying to break a major vow." though bringing that up reminds Mobius of how they ended up in this mess to begin with, that stupid princess.... Oh their wedding is so ruined whenever Mobius gets out of this. Of course Roxas just exasperates the issue, which gets Mobius to stomp their foot and cross their arms "If I WERE a god trust me I wouldn't be here. I'd just be relaxin' at home watchin' the big game. But that reminds me, either of you seen a time keeper around here? Its uh... Kinda my job to deal with them."

He cracks his knuckles, nodding a bit. "Hmm, yeah... Yeah alright, just try to be careful. And remind me to bring something better than that bat, maybe a dagger or something?" Huh, he wasn't expecting the girl to be so... Forthcoming, maybe he's just too used to organization 13's usual reply when asked about what they can do. Vague nonsense and nothing of use. "Time keeper huh... So, someone that deals in heavy time magic then? Can't say I know of anyone here like that. There is this one guy I know that messed with time travel a lot though." Roxas would then pause, frowning as he recalls a certain now long gone foe. "He's dead though, it is a very long story to say the least but. Short of it is he wanted to destroy the world in some mad attempt to make a better one. I'll be sure to let you know if he shows up though, can't be sure with people like that."

Alt would go over to where the vase from before landed and pick it up before bringing it back into his bag. Finally, he'd turn back to face the others. The term Time Keeper was also of interest to him. He'd never heard of someone who could easily manipulate time. Even for an alchemist, it was a task that required years of training and research. "Sorry, the extent I've seen of time manipulation is stopping it and bringing something back from the past. Both those things were under specific circumstance too. I'd explain the latter in better detail but it'd take about an hour." He'd also address Roxas' comment with a bit of confusion "You've met a god but have doubts in doing so again? Deities aren't that uncommon to see when you've been around a while. I've even beaten a few with some help, both from other alchemists and my own alchemy."

Niko nods and smiles again. "Yeah I'll make sure to bring something better." He secretly fanboys in his mind. He's actually gonna get to go to The World That Never Was!

He looks over at Alt, the guy... Actually makes a good point. "Huh, ya know when you say it like that it sort of makes sense... Fair enough uh, wait who are you? I'm Roxas, by the way. Anyways yeah, after all the weird stuff I've met it really doesn't make sense to dismiss anything now does it. Heck, I even... Died? Not sure what to call it, I was gone till several months ago though." He'd then look back to Niko with a grin. It'll be kind of fun in some ways, even if that world isn't the nicest one out there. "Alright alright, just remember that old castle isn't exactly liable to be safe. I mean, we should be fine as long as we're careful... Plus, there's some stuff I kind of want to get back from it actually."

"You act like death dates mean anything to a time traveler." Moebius looks back at Roxas, eyes closed with a smug grin, if they were in this "Nexus" place at any time they'd be able to find them after all.... But that sounds like a lot of work, it'd be better to hope a good chance comes along "If I were to guess he's probably in his twelfth loop or something. People like that don't like to give up, but having multiple copies of the same person in one timeline's a big no. Better to just move your soul." Mobius is quite eager to keep a conversation directed at them, in some kinda way, so they keep going about Time Keepers, even though its doubtful that it actually helps anyone "Time Keepers are really born, not made. Most of 'em come from a royal bloodline that's got a close tie with time. Though there was this one girl who basically just asked for it. Dunno why you'd wanna be stuck in a time loop, got kinda old after the fourteenth try."

He gets a bit curious. "What did you want to get from there, anyway?..." And then he asks an unrelated question. "...Also do you think we can get some Sea-salt icecream?"

Alt realizes he hadn't yet had to say his name. For a moment he seems to hesitate before speaking. "Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. You can call me Alt. You've probably already figured out but I'm an alchemist. I even run my own Atelier back home and opened up a smaller one just outside of the city as well. I'm actually a little well known back in the town I'm from but I really am just a simple alchemist."

Roxas shakes his head at Moebius. "The guy I know likely isn't a timekeeper at all then, he couldn't... Loop or rewind, his bit was moving through. Err, more like acting as a gathering point? He had many versions of himself at once, 6 to be exact. All of them are gone now, but geez they were a pain to deal with." As for Alt, Roxas grins and holds out a hand to the man for a moment. "Nice meeting you Alt! I haven't seen any stores that caught my eye lately, so I might have to stop by yours sometime. I'm sort of an... Adventurer really, so potions and stuff come in handy for me!" Niko gets a laugh and a nod. "Heh, of course. I mean, I haven't known ya that long but eh. Might be the Sora talking, but we're friends now right. As for what I want... Keychains mostly, I left em all in my room back when I quit."

Niko's smile goes wider when Roxas mentions that he and Niko are friends now. "Yeah, we are. Also, what keychains, may I ask?"

Roxas grins a bit, starting to move towards the door. "Bond of Flame... Heh, you didn't think that was Sora's to start, did you? Two Become One as well, not sure if they're strictly 'better' but, they both mean something to me. Ya know? Anyways, I'm heading out. You wanna come with man?"

He nods. "Yeah, I'll come with you. Also, Two Become One is one of my favorite designs, to be honest." Niko follows Roxas.