Yet again, I'm doing another "person get trapped in a video game" but this
time around it's much different. Hope it's to everybody's liking.
Trapped
Where am I? Who am I? These answers don't seem to be coming very soon or very clearly. I wander around this strange place searching for the answers.
People keep starring at me like I have some deformity that makes me unbearable to look at face to face. They begin to mutter things silently to one another as I walk past them. I can barely make out what they say but what I did hear made me feel...hated.
Heathen! Traitor! These words stay clearly in my head. They talk as if I'm some sort of criminal or something. I decided to rest at this place for awhile. My body aches all over, from what I do not know.
A person dressed in some sort of ceremonial garment approaches me. "Excuse me! Why are you here? You Al Bhed aren't welcome at a temple of Yevon." He told me. If I had the strength to speak I would have responded.
"I advise you to leave at once. Otherwise I will have you removed if necessary." He told me flatly. I began to stand but then just fell to my knees from the strain of supporting my own weight. Next thing I knew two people began to lift me and carry me away.
When I awoke I was in some bed in another place unfamiliar to me. "Rammu, vaamehk famm?" somebody said to me.
"What?" was all I could say.
"Oh, pardon me. I was told you were Al Bhed and I figured you didn't know English very well. I said 'hello, feeling well?" the man said in a heavy accent of a language I wasn't aware of.
"I believe I'm ok as far as injury goes, but I don't know where I am." I told him sitting on the side of the bed, still in my clothes. I was wearing sleeveless blue shirt with a yellow design along the chest that zipped up the front, a brownish colored pair of shorts that were quite baggy on me, they had these belts going along them. I had about three belts running across my midsection. Black boots that both zipped up and laced up the middle front, gloves that revealed the fingers on them, and finally a pair of goggle around my neck.
"That is good to hear as far as your condition goes. You are at the Rin Travel Agency near Macalania Temple. It appears you were deemed a threat to them there and they left you here." He explained to me.
Why am I a threat? I'm only about 17 years old and have never done anything to harm anyone before. I don't even know where this place is or what an Al Bhed is for that matter.
"Might I ask your name?" the man questioned.
"My name...my name is Shinn." I told him. I don't know how, but that was the first thing that came to mind when I needed to say my name. I guess I'll have to stick with it.
"Well you seem to be well, but I have one more question before I leave you to yourself. These weapons you have, where did you find them?" he said holding up two pistols.
"I must have had them when I came in. These belts do have holsters for them after all." I said noticing my belts having two identical holsters for both weapons. The pistols were rather sharp looking and were a little bigger than most handguns.
"A word of advice would be to take caution where you show off these weapons. They are clearly of Al Bhed design and some people might not like them." He told me before leaving the room. I was on my own now.
I stood on my feet and found I had the strength to move around and walk again. I went over and holstered both firearms and then looked at myself in the mirror. My hair was brown and spiked slightly and my face was clean. The feature I caught most was my eyes. A light blue color but they were...swirled. That can't be normal...can it?
All of a sudden a loud boom was heard outside. I was naturally inclined to run towards it. Once Outside I saw a heated battle between a set of people and a large machine. Standing at the top of a hill overlooking it I saw that the people needed some help.
"This thing is near invincible! That Negator keeps on coming." A woman in a revealing black dress said. I looked and saw the Negator, a device flying around the air. I drew both my guns and fired multiple times at it destroying it. They took advantage and the woman caused it to be hit by lightning.
Once everything was destroyed then they all went up to me and began to talk.
"Was that you? Were you the one who destroyed the Negator for us?" the blonde boy with the yellow jacket said to me.
I nodded. I really didn't know why I did what I did, or even why these people were wondering if it was me.
"But, he's using forbidden machina weapons! You must be Al Bhed!" The tall man with the orange hair yelled. What the hell is wrong with being Al Bhed, I don't even know what an Al Bhed is.
"Why don't you just let our little Al Bhed friend talk to him, ya?" he said again walking away as an energetic girl bounced up to me. She was rather cute with blonde hair, and orange shirt, and shorts that if they were any shorter you'd be able to see her ass.
"Rammu! Yna oui ug?" she told me. This must be Al Bhed. But if I'm Al Bhed, why can't I understand it?
"What?" I asked her a bit rudely.
"Oh, he speaks English. I thought you'd know Al Bhed." She said looking me in the face.
"Are you sure he's Al Bhed?" the woman in black asked her perky friend.
"Oh yes. His eyes have those swirls in them like all the Al Bhed do. Doesn't make much sense he doesn't know our language." She said.
"I'm sorry. I make a pretty pathetic Al Bhed if I don't know the language, hell I don't even know what Al Bhed really are." I said. They all looked so shocked and surprised at this.
"I know how that might feel kid. I was kinda in your predicament awhile back." The blonde kid told me.
"Those weapons you used." A deep mature voice cut in. "I've never seen such design before. You were able to handle those well."
"It's a surprise to me though. It's one of the only things I really know how to do." I told him.
"With a skill like that you might be able to guard our summoner one day." He told me before they all left.
"Wait. We aren't just gonna leave him here are we?" the girl said.
"He'd not a guardian so he can't really be welcomed to the temple without some trouble." The man said to her.
"They already threw me out of there anyway. I wasn't even doing anything. I was extremely tired and I just sat down and they called me a heathen and a traitor and then I ended up here." I said wiping a tear from my face before the cold weather froze it.
"You poor thing! He has to come with us!" she demanded from everyone.
"Then you will do well to take care of him. Otherwise he will be wandering the path alone." The man said to her blatantly.
"You got it! Oh what's your name anyway? I'm Rikku! A fellow Al Bhed, if you didn't already know." She asked me.
"My name is Shinn. I wise we could meet on better terms." I told her.
"Don't worry about it. You might have been near Sin, and the toxin might have made your head all funny. We'll all help you through this. I can refresh your memory on Al Bhed if you want." She offered.
"I suppose."
"Oh, that girl in the black is Lulu, the angry guy with the hair problem was Wakka, the other blonde was Tidus, that guy in the red is Auron, and that big blue guy is Kimarhi." She told me
Whoever these people were things weren't looking too bright for me. I don't know why but this all feels so foreign to me. Whatever fate has in store for me I only hope I'm prepared to face it.
Trapped
Where am I? Who am I? These answers don't seem to be coming very soon or very clearly. I wander around this strange place searching for the answers.
People keep starring at me like I have some deformity that makes me unbearable to look at face to face. They begin to mutter things silently to one another as I walk past them. I can barely make out what they say but what I did hear made me feel...hated.
Heathen! Traitor! These words stay clearly in my head. They talk as if I'm some sort of criminal or something. I decided to rest at this place for awhile. My body aches all over, from what I do not know.
A person dressed in some sort of ceremonial garment approaches me. "Excuse me! Why are you here? You Al Bhed aren't welcome at a temple of Yevon." He told me. If I had the strength to speak I would have responded.
"I advise you to leave at once. Otherwise I will have you removed if necessary." He told me flatly. I began to stand but then just fell to my knees from the strain of supporting my own weight. Next thing I knew two people began to lift me and carry me away.
When I awoke I was in some bed in another place unfamiliar to me. "Rammu, vaamehk famm?" somebody said to me.
"What?" was all I could say.
"Oh, pardon me. I was told you were Al Bhed and I figured you didn't know English very well. I said 'hello, feeling well?" the man said in a heavy accent of a language I wasn't aware of.
"I believe I'm ok as far as injury goes, but I don't know where I am." I told him sitting on the side of the bed, still in my clothes. I was wearing sleeveless blue shirt with a yellow design along the chest that zipped up the front, a brownish colored pair of shorts that were quite baggy on me, they had these belts going along them. I had about three belts running across my midsection. Black boots that both zipped up and laced up the middle front, gloves that revealed the fingers on them, and finally a pair of goggle around my neck.
"That is good to hear as far as your condition goes. You are at the Rin Travel Agency near Macalania Temple. It appears you were deemed a threat to them there and they left you here." He explained to me.
Why am I a threat? I'm only about 17 years old and have never done anything to harm anyone before. I don't even know where this place is or what an Al Bhed is for that matter.
"Might I ask your name?" the man questioned.
"My name...my name is Shinn." I told him. I don't know how, but that was the first thing that came to mind when I needed to say my name. I guess I'll have to stick with it.
"Well you seem to be well, but I have one more question before I leave you to yourself. These weapons you have, where did you find them?" he said holding up two pistols.
"I must have had them when I came in. These belts do have holsters for them after all." I said noticing my belts having two identical holsters for both weapons. The pistols were rather sharp looking and were a little bigger than most handguns.
"A word of advice would be to take caution where you show off these weapons. They are clearly of Al Bhed design and some people might not like them." He told me before leaving the room. I was on my own now.
I stood on my feet and found I had the strength to move around and walk again. I went over and holstered both firearms and then looked at myself in the mirror. My hair was brown and spiked slightly and my face was clean. The feature I caught most was my eyes. A light blue color but they were...swirled. That can't be normal...can it?
All of a sudden a loud boom was heard outside. I was naturally inclined to run towards it. Once Outside I saw a heated battle between a set of people and a large machine. Standing at the top of a hill overlooking it I saw that the people needed some help.
"This thing is near invincible! That Negator keeps on coming." A woman in a revealing black dress said. I looked and saw the Negator, a device flying around the air. I drew both my guns and fired multiple times at it destroying it. They took advantage and the woman caused it to be hit by lightning.
Once everything was destroyed then they all went up to me and began to talk.
"Was that you? Were you the one who destroyed the Negator for us?" the blonde boy with the yellow jacket said to me.
I nodded. I really didn't know why I did what I did, or even why these people were wondering if it was me.
"But, he's using forbidden machina weapons! You must be Al Bhed!" The tall man with the orange hair yelled. What the hell is wrong with being Al Bhed, I don't even know what an Al Bhed is.
"Why don't you just let our little Al Bhed friend talk to him, ya?" he said again walking away as an energetic girl bounced up to me. She was rather cute with blonde hair, and orange shirt, and shorts that if they were any shorter you'd be able to see her ass.
"Rammu! Yna oui ug?" she told me. This must be Al Bhed. But if I'm Al Bhed, why can't I understand it?
"What?" I asked her a bit rudely.
"Oh, he speaks English. I thought you'd know Al Bhed." She said looking me in the face.
"Are you sure he's Al Bhed?" the woman in black asked her perky friend.
"Oh yes. His eyes have those swirls in them like all the Al Bhed do. Doesn't make much sense he doesn't know our language." She said.
"I'm sorry. I make a pretty pathetic Al Bhed if I don't know the language, hell I don't even know what Al Bhed really are." I said. They all looked so shocked and surprised at this.
"I know how that might feel kid. I was kinda in your predicament awhile back." The blonde kid told me.
"Those weapons you used." A deep mature voice cut in. "I've never seen such design before. You were able to handle those well."
"It's a surprise to me though. It's one of the only things I really know how to do." I told him.
"With a skill like that you might be able to guard our summoner one day." He told me before they all left.
"Wait. We aren't just gonna leave him here are we?" the girl said.
"He'd not a guardian so he can't really be welcomed to the temple without some trouble." The man said to her.
"They already threw me out of there anyway. I wasn't even doing anything. I was extremely tired and I just sat down and they called me a heathen and a traitor and then I ended up here." I said wiping a tear from my face before the cold weather froze it.
"You poor thing! He has to come with us!" she demanded from everyone.
"Then you will do well to take care of him. Otherwise he will be wandering the path alone." The man said to her blatantly.
"You got it! Oh what's your name anyway? I'm Rikku! A fellow Al Bhed, if you didn't already know." She asked me.
"My name is Shinn. I wise we could meet on better terms." I told her.
"Don't worry about it. You might have been near Sin, and the toxin might have made your head all funny. We'll all help you through this. I can refresh your memory on Al Bhed if you want." She offered.
"I suppose."
"Oh, that girl in the black is Lulu, the angry guy with the hair problem was Wakka, the other blonde was Tidus, that guy in the red is Auron, and that big blue guy is Kimarhi." She told me
Whoever these people were things weren't looking too bright for me. I don't know why but this all feels so foreign to me. Whatever fate has in store for me I only hope I'm prepared to face it.