Board Thread:Other Roleplay/@comment-64.82.204.2-20150824172149/@comment-25535739-20150921223905

"Mm, much easier said than done. Both capturing and eliminating Phobe will not work forever. Capturing him will simply have him burn down the castle, while attempting to kill him will cause him to rise from the ashes once more..." Katt mumbles, staring over the map. "The best course of action would be to, as you said, attack the heart of the Animatronic Kingdom, which will obviously cause the self-loving Phobe to retreat in order to protect his own belongings.

However, he may know exactly how weaker we are than the Empire of Steel, and as such, we cannot guarantee exactly how many soldiers he will return home, or if he himself will appear to fight us." Katt takes a breath and clears her throat. "Next up, we will need a suitible battle plan for fighting the Animatronic Kingdom. We have done this many times before, yes, but rarely have we fought on their own turf. The exact layout of their single town and castle isn't very well known to us, and the only person who would know anything about said layout is quite busy right now in the prison."

King Fredbear's eyes widen, remembering Springtrap appearing at the doorway. "Erm... Katt, Spring-"

Katt sighs angrily. "I'm presuming something went wrong, and that he's now no longer in his cell, correct?" King Fredbear nods. "Well, it isn't too much of a setback. In fact, it will help us now that we're sure Henry will be coming along. Fredbear, have you notified Kent and Cain about the attack?"

"No, we've just started planning it now, actually." King Fredbear responds.

"As soon as they return, they are to prepare for attack... Where exactly did you send them?"

"Lunaria, they are returning citizens there after the attack. You were there when I sent them, were you not?"

"Ah, indeed I was. How strange of me to forget something like that... In any case, I estimate they'll be back on the hour if we're lucky, a trip to Lunaria on horseback-" Katt shakes her head. "No, we don't have enough horses. Well, by carriage, it shouldn't take more than a few hours for them to get back..." She glances at Bruno "Hopefully, you'll be able to hold out for at least that long, won't you?"

Meanwhile...

Abel continues running towards the Robot Kingdom's Castle Town. He has the castle in his sight now, and is only just beginning to run out of breath. Running up a hill, he smiles and remembers his time as a small child, where he and Cain would often play on the hills. Making sure his sword was safely tucked away, he begins to roll down the hill, laughing all the way down. He lands at the bottom, almost laughing his head off. Though the laughter soon turns to silence has he remembers exactly why he and Cain were playing on the hills instead of doing something like helping their mother...

Abel's thoughts flashed through to that of his mother, how sweet and caring she had been. She had always been behind Abel and Cain when they most needed it, but now, she had gone. Cain was Abel's only family now, and as much as he loved his brother, he could still not fill the hole their mother left on his heart. Despite orders from Cain, Abel instead went to the Cemetary of Castle Town, and sat down next to a grave decorated with black roses. The grave read "Eve Sullivan. 1999 - 2023. Loving mother and Strategist extrordinate." Abel's eyebrows fell as he rembered the words his mother had spoken to him one night. "Abel... Crying isn't something a Knight should do, is it?" She gave him a rhetorical question and as expected, recieved no answer. "Do you think King Freddy would have liked it if Cain cried all the time? That would be silly, wouldn't it?" She comforted him and he felt her hand brush over his hair. "If you ever think of crying, just remember how brave you can be... Remember when you saved me..."

Abel's memories of the words trailed off as he returned to the present. Returning to his senses, he payed his respects and left the cemetary. He ran into the castle, being stopped by two guards who nodded before who he explained who he was. He was let into the castle, and rushed about attempting to find King Fredbear. He ended up bumping into a little girl minding her own business. Again.

"Ow..." She rubbed her head. At the speed Abel was running, he wouldn't be surprised if he hurt broke something. She narrowed her eyes and pushed Abel back "You big bully..."

Abel found himself nervously laughing. "Uh... I'm sorry...miss." He tried his best to sound as polite as possible. He found her revealing clothing to be rather questionable for someone her age, but thought nothing of it. Looking closer, he noticed a rather large mark on her head. "Oh... Did I do that?"

"Yeah..." She looked at him with her hand still on it. Her green hair flowed behind her as she showed him more of the bump. "How bad does it look?" She asked.

"It's nothing." Abel lied. "Here, come with me, I'll take you to the medical bay, I'm sure a White Mage wouldn't mind patching you up." He grabbed her hand and felt it slip out almost in an instant. "What's the matter?" He asked.

"I don't want you touching my hand... Look what you did to my head!" From such a small child, her voice was extremely loud. Abel laughed once again,

"I'm sorry, I really am. But I have to talk to the King before I can take you anywhere, and I don't want you going off on your own..." He looked her over once more, seeing that she had no weapons to speak of.

"Alright... But I'm not holding your hand, though!" She took Abel's hand and stood up, only to let go of it as soon as she was standing. She walked next to him in silence for a few moments.

Abel worked up the courage to say something. "What's your name?" Is the only thing he could think of.

The girl stared at him "Nowi. My name is Nowi." Abel nodded and remembered the King saying something or other about adoption, but he payed it no mind.

"My name is Abel. It's a pleasure to meet you, Nowi." He smiled warmly, and Nowi smiled back. The two continued on until they came across the door to the Throne Room, where outside, Lucia, Bryce and Hugo stood. "Can I help you three with something?" He asked.