Phantasy Star Portable I
Chapter 3: The Guardian's Silver Haired Playboy, Hyuga Rygth, of the Mobile Defense Force!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from sonic team, the Alfa system or the Sega franchise, except my Original Character and my copy of Phantasy Star Portable's 1, 2 and in the near future infinite possibly English patched. Thank you and enjoy.
2 weeks. On board the Guardian's Colony, in Warren's Room.
There stood Warren, the new rookie guardian who had just completed his 10th free mission had now been staring absently into space. He was exhausted, his movements were sluggish and his eyes looked as if they would shut at any given moment. Just before plopping himself down into his warm bed, his vision phone gave a loud beep. As the irritating sounds of beeping continued, Warren hid his head underneath a pillow in hopes to escape the noise.
"Gahhhhhhh! Crap! Can't a guy sleep in for one second?! Geez! What mission is it this time," Asked an annoyed Warren.
As he made his way towards the vision phone on his desk, he had seen the guardian's logo flash across his screen in a green light. Then suddenly, a picture of Mina had flashed in front of Warren starling him.
"Hello this is Mina. Warren, you have been assigned a special mission. Please report to the conference room on the lower level," Mina said after disappearing from the screen.
Warren quickly jumped to his feet after hearing the words "Special Mission". His heart began to race as he felt the excitement pouring from his pours as he rushes out his room barely grabbing his action pallet.
Guardian's Front desk
Several moments later, Warren swerves his way into front of the desk area where Mina usually stood in her blue attrite. Mina notices his rushed appearance and tells he was in a rush so she puts on a smile and addresses him.
"O hello Warren, I've been waiting for you. A new special mission request has come in. Further details will be given in the conference room, but first, maybe you should save Vivienne from Hyuga," Mina said with a sweat on her brow with an awkward smile.
Warren only scratched his head in confusion as he looked around the room to find the man Mina referred to and asked the simplest question.
"Um who's Hyuga," Warren asked.
Mina only pointed to the left hand side of the office where two people stood. A few of the other guardians were in Warren's line of sight, but before long, there he saw Vivienne conversating with a tall young man with short silver hair. Warren only tilts his head to the left and stares at the two as they continued to talk.
"Your face I would never think it would belong to a cast. Such beautiful is truly a blessing. Those captivating eyes, that heartwarming glare and those O so lovely white teeth are simply magnificent. This must be the work of the holy light," The young man assumed to be Hyuga said with confidence.
"Yes my facial expressions are the recent cast model used by revolutionary technology. Never before used by a cast," Said replied with a bow.
"Ah yes indeed. I can surely tell. Here look into my eyes. You can see the lady who has completely captivated me," Said Hyuga with a gleaming smile.
Warren felt a beat of sweat come down the side of his face as he closed his eyes in embarrassment.
"This has been going on for quite a while. Hyuga has a reputation of seducing practically every woman he meets, but in general he's not a bad guy," Mina said.
Warren looked to Mina who gave a shrug of the shoulders as Warren turns back to Hyuga and Vivienne slowly made their way towards him. "Yeah because all good guys do is flirt with every girl they meet" Warren thought to himself as he crossed his arms. Vivienne sees Warren and begins to walk in toward him with interest.
"O hello, Warren I was waiting for you. We will be working together again on this next mission," Vivienne said clasping her hands together.
Just as Warren was going to respond to Vivienne, Hyuga jumps into the conversation almost shoving himself in.
"So you're the guardian I've been hearing some much about. Warren Buck is it, I've heard so much about you. Having survived Laia's training is no small feat. I must say I'm quite impressed" Asked Hyuga.
"Yes sir that's me," Warren said dusting his shoulder off in arrogance.
"And if I heard correctly your partners with dear sweet Vivienne here? To be able to work with such beauty, I must say I'm quite jealous of you my friend and I commend your taste in women," Hyuga said tipping his head to Warren as if he was wearing a hat.
Warren only blushed as he saw Vivienne smile while Hyuga wink at him. To quickly change the subject, Warren gets despite and thinks of ways to start a new conversation.
"S-so your Hyuga huh, from what I heard from Mina, your quite popular with the ladies," Warren said slightly hesitant.
"Ah yes that is me. I am indeed Hyuga Ryght of the Mobile Defense Force. And I see my reputation precedes me. Speaking of, Vivienne, by any chance would fancy catching a movie or…," Hyuga said almost shoving Warren out of the conversation.
Warren only crossed his arms in bitterness and jealousy that this guy Hyuga was getting more attention from Vivienne than he was and it made his gut burn. Just before Warren was about to reinsert himself into the conversation, Mina comes into play first cutting Hyuga off before continuing his offer to Vivienne.
"Hyuga! I think you should stop it right there. If you go around talking to everyone like that, what'll happen when you find someone you truly like, then what will you do," asked a scowling Mina.
"It is the guidance of the holy light that leads me to these beautiful women. I believe that every encounter should be treated with equal gratitude," Hyuga said bating away his hair.
Warren felt sick to his stomach as he heard Hyuga ramble on and on. His ears were especially sensitive so he heard the endless excuses from Hyuga. "Great first a pervy head master now a smooth talking two timer. The guardians sure have some weird members," Warren said under his breath.
"O Please, Well for now Warren and Vivienne please head to the conference room," Mina asked.
"O you two as well? Actually I was heading there myself for a mission of my own. And seeing as there is only one conference room then…," Hyuga trailed off.
"Then it will be the three of us on this mission. Let us go to the conference together," Vivienne finished.
"O goody. *Sigh* Welp let's get this over with," a sarcastic Warren said as he spun his finger in a circle and made his way to the conference room along with Vivienne and Hyuga.
The Guardians Conference Room
Inside of the conference room stood a short pink haired cast that wore a blue dress. She stood in front of the hologram of the guardian's colony with her hands at her lap.
"It seems that you have finally arrived," Said the pink haired CAST with the voice of steel.
"I am terribly sorry we're late," Vivienne apologized.
"Yeah me too, sorry I kinda woke up late," Warren added on bowing his head in the process.
"I would hope you'd have a better appreciation for your role as Guardians, protectors of the future of Gurhal. Tardiness will not be tolerated," the scolding pink haired cast said.
Warren felt slightly insulted in which the pink haired cast spoke to him and Vivienne and wished he could tell her off, but knew it would lead to steep consequences. That and she did have a point, but it still made him quite anger. With a light tap of the shoulder, Hyuga walks by Warren and stood directly in front of the pink haired cast.
"Ah, Lou, you're just as tough as ever. No mercy even for the new recruits not even a single hint of remorse," Hyuga intervened.
"A casual attitude towards our obligations leads to sloppiness on the field, which leads to fatal casualties on the battle field as well. You of all people should know this Hyuga," Said the cast named Lou.
Warren steadily grew more irritated at Lou's emotionless and scolding tone. Vivienne bows her head down in shame.
"I will try harder next time," Said Vivienne slightly depressed.
"Now, a brief explanation I am Lou of the investigations Unit. I am not your direct superior, but have been given this mission, and I have selected the three of you especially for this mission and now moving on to the mission itself. We've have received reports of damage caused by altered native creatures from farms on the planet Parum. Though we should have completely purified the system of them, we cannot rule out possible SEED involvement," Lou explained.
Hyuga couldn't help, but over hear the word "Incomplete".
"Wait Parum you say? That was an area I previously purified myself," A surprisedHyuga said.
"You've been asked to assist, as there is a possibility you were incomplete in your first purification attempt," Said Lou.
"No, we thoroughly purified everything. There was no stone left unturned," Hyuga replied.
"I would like to believe that, but that area we contracted to purify is bordering Alliance Military territory," Lou said.
"So what you're saying is you don't know whether it's us or the Alliance Military that's responsible," Asked Hyuga.
"On the contrary, further reports have shown that…," Lou said
As Hyuga and Lou continued to converse, Warren had been leaning against a wall snoring with drool dripping from his mouth. Several moments later, Warren opens his eyes and yawns to himself.
"Well, we won't know until we get there. So Warren old chap are you with us," asked Hyuga as he taps Warren's shoulder.
Warren only shakes his head and smacks his cheeks trice to wake himself up fully.
"Finally, let's do this," Warren said stretching his arms.
"I am also ready. Let us go," Vivienne said in agreement.
"When you've suitably equipped yourselves, go to the Parum bound shuttle. You've been asked to stop by the Parum branch," Loud said.
"Understood. Shall we go then, Vivienne and Warren," asked Hyuga.
Warren and Vivienne both nodded in agreement. Hyuga then lead them both back into the front desk where Vivienne stops for a moment.
"Hmmm? Vivienne is something the matter," asked Hyuga.
At first, Vivienne stood there holding her hands together nervously. Warren couldn't help but see a glimmer of hurt in her eyes.
"Come on Vivienne you can tell us what's up," Warren Reassured.
Just as Warren was getting ready to place his hand on Vivienne's shoulder, she had begun to speak guiding her hand to her chin in a thinking motion.
"Is Lou always so…" asked Vivienne.
Warren smacked his forehead feeling stupid as he too wanted the same question answered. Why is Lou such an emotionless drone? Hyuga on the other hand bats his hair away from his face with his usual smile.
"Yes, she limits her emotions. She may come off as harsh and a bit unpleasant at times, but you shouldn't let it get to you," Hyuga explained.
"She limits her emotions, why," asked Vivienne.
Warren only huffed and crossed his arms at the thought of Lou expressing any other feelings other than bland, emotionless remarks.
"Lou is a special CAST manufactured to have superior talents and abilities. She is made up of multiple units, each one a "Lou" with a shared consciousness. Each Lou unit's experiences are analyzed simultaneously in real-time. She limits her facial expressions as they have a slight but adverse affect on a CAST's data processing abilities," Hyuga explained in detail.
Warren couldn't help but feel lost as he scratched his head in confusion. Trying to contemplate what Hyuga meant. Warren just shook his head as he couldn't comprehend what Hyuga was talking about.
"Multiple bodies…That explains it," Vivienne said returning to her regular posture.
Warren only looks to Vivienne and thought to himself "It does!? Well I wish you'd explain it to me. O wait I do know that. Laia taught me something similar to this. Guess I should have been paying more attention."
"That must be why she is constantly transmitting and receiving on the exact same frequency as her own," Vivienne said
"But it's not as if she completely shuts off her emotions, like she did before," Hyuga said.
"Well that's pretty obvious. It's not like she was happy to see us come in. You could tell how excited she was to see us by the sparkle in her eyes and cracks in her voice," One sarcastic Warren said finally inserting himself into the conversation.
"Hey now no need for the negativity Warren. Lou maybe be rough around the edges, but who doesn't have their faults and imperfections? We all have our flaws like dear sweet Vivienne so beautiful and yet so uninformed about so many things and little Warren eager and ready for action, but still lacks proper protocol and time management," Hyuga ranted on.
Warren had steam coming out of his ears as he continued to listen Hyuga point of different imperfections Warren had. Warren was getting ready to point out all of Hyuga's flaws, but Hyuga had changed the subject back to Lou.
"Anywho, Recently, in her interactions with various people, she had taken an interest in the subtleties of their emotions. Thanks to that, she has ever so slightly begun to show some facial expression when it won't interfere with her duties," Hyuga explained.
Warren only stood there quietly as he listened to Hyuga talk about Lou's few facial expressions and social experiences thinking as if he had been misjudging her.
"So she's isn't a cold person nor does she have cracks in her voice like you so delicately put Warren. But if we keep slacking off, we'll most likely be scolded again," Hyuga said.
Vivienne only cracks a small smile to Warren who had been scratching his head feeling guilty about slightly misjudging her.
"Well I'll go on ahead to Parum. I shall meet you two there. Oh, before I forget…Warren, let me give you my partner card," Hyuga said handing over a blue card with his face and guardian data encrypted on it.
"O Thanks I almost forgot myself. So We'll see you on Parum," Warren asked.
"Indeed. I shall see you both at the Guardians Branch front desk on Parum. Don't be late," Hyuga said giving a wink to both Warren and Vivienne.
Warren's sweat continued to crawl down his face with the second wink from Hyuga. Warren only swiped it away and motioned Vivienne to follow. As Warren and Vivienne made their way back into the guardian's colony main lobby, Warren stops momentarily to see where they had to go.
"Ok where is the spaceship place? Did they even tell us where to go," Asked Warren pacing in place.
"Yes unfortunately you had dozed off during the meeting. But do not worry for I know where to go. The interplanetary travel station just to the right of the guardian's front desk," Vivienne directing Warren's attention to the side hall to the left of him.
The words "Interplanetary Travel" had been flashing across the walls. Warren only sighed and began to walk down the I.T hallway. Looking inside the windows, Warren sees the starship that they would be taking to Parum. His jaw had dropped in excitement as he started to rub his nose on the window.
"Whooooooa that's a mock 3 star ship with quantum powered engines and proton thrusters! The guardians have the best stuff!" An excited Warren rushing into the star ship loading bay.
Vivienne only followed after Warren into the load bay. Once both guardians were on board, they did the necessary strap in and lock down protocols before takeoff. Warren trembled in excitement as the ship rumbled and before gliding in space and into the multiple hop star gates. The ship had now blasted through the star gates at a great speed forcing Warren to slam back into his seat.
Warren yelled in excitement as he saw the blue lights flash throughout the cabin of the ship. Once again Vivienne raises an eyebrow to Warren's behavior. She only began to calculate what could be the cause of his sudden outburst of joy. Several moments later, the ship has come to a blue planet which had 3 different colored rings surrounding it.
"We have arrived. Welcome to the cast planet of Parum. Please enjoy your stay. Please stay seated we are now entering Parum atmosphere for landing" Said the on board computer.
"Whoa so that's Parum huh, looks as cool ever. I almost forget I came here for training. Vivienne you gotta see it" Warren said with hands plastered against the window.
Vivienne only looked out here window and gazed at the planet from afar. It was beautiful and unknown to her and it made her want to learn more about this "All Cast Planet" as the ship began a hurried decent into the planet.