The weather was surprisingly nice in Limsa Lominsa, not to say that nice days were very rare, they were more common than a non-snowy day in Ishgard. The birds were singing the waves were nice calm, and there seemed to be less tavern brawls then normal. It was still early in the day, and only some people were getting drunk right now. Of course, that was only the great city of Limsa that was seemly peaceful.
"Come on, come on," A silver haired Hyur whispered to himself, quickly flipping through a leather bond tome. "There has Got to be a spell to fix this in here somewhere!"
"ughhhh" The figure next to the Hyur mumbled, hunched over the boats railing. "Hope, hurry up, I'm about to lose my Lunch!" He tried to stand up only to grumble and flop back over the railing."
"I thought Sea wolves we good on boats" Hope replied, not looking up from his book. "That's like your whole thing!"
"That is a Stereoty-," Roegadyn's lunch made its debut spilling out of his mouth and feeding the fishes. Hope cringed and turned away, trying to give his friend privacy and spare himself the gross view.
"Maybe this will help?" Hope sounded doubtful. "Esuna!" Green light emerged and spun around the Roegadyn, the barfing stopped, and his face got a little less green, of course it was always green. He was a sea wolf after all.
"You feeling better Snow?" Hope asked, Snow only nodded and spat out the last of his fish stew.
"Yeah, Thanks!" He reached over and patted hope on the head. "Anyway, as I was saying you know that I've never been out of Sharlayan" It was a good thing that Snow had slept during most of the trip it wasn't until the captain said that they were close to the city that Hope had bothered to wake him up. He had to use magic too, Snow slept like a bear in winter.
"I sure hope that this rock or whatever is worth coming all this way for," Snow leaned against the raining facing the boat.
"Are you interested in the "rock" or in the money that my dad offered you?" It was true, Hope's dad was very supportive in Hope various pursuits, willing to pay an amount of money that his mom considered slightly crazy. But when she saw how happy it made her son she just could not say no claim that it was a nameday gift and Hope have feel like that they all came at once.
"Well the money is nice," Snow paused, "But you're my best friend, so it was a no brainier to come with you! I also wanted to see what outside of Sharlayan, never really feel like I belonged there." It was true while Snow's parents were renowned for studying aether flow, He had zero affinity for any kind of magic. He was much more physically inclined, learning the ways of the fist.
"you do realize that I'll be returning to Sharlayan after our investigation is over right?" Hope however was great with magic and loved learning, Sharlayan was a great place to learn.
"Eh, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it." Snow sounded rather carefree for a guy who was just barfing. Hope rolled his eyes.
"Oi, looking who's up and talking!" A Miqo'te lady walked over to them, wearing a green bandana and the crew's uniform. She stopped in front of Hope and pointed at Snow. "Never seen anyone sleep for so long!"
"Heheh," Snow chucked and scratched the bad of his head, "Well I'm not very good on boats as we learned today! So, consider yourself lucky that I was out!"
"Oh!" Hope yelled "I think I can see the city from here!" He ran down to the front of the Ship and looked out across the ocean. He heard Snow's footsteps from behind him along with the crew member's.
"We're about twenty minutes out," The Sailor said as she leaned on the railing. "I never get tried so seeing it!"
Hope heard a groan from Snow as he slumped against the deck. Hope only sighed it was going to be a long twenty Minutes
Five Cures and fifteen Esunas later the boat pulled into port. Hope was relived, he was running low on Mama. Snow was also happy, making a note to ask Hope not to wake him up until after they were docked next time.
They got off and started walking down the docks, heading toward the un mistakable smell of fish
"Wait up you two!" The crew member had come off the boat and was running after them. Hope and Snow Stopped and turned towards her. "I'm Z'bamshi, and If you guys need to take a boat anywhere feel free to let us at the Smoking Swan! Well in in town for a while"
"We'll be sure to let you know!" Snow gave one of his (im) famous Thumbs Up. She smiled and darted though the crowed street.
"Okay." Hope help up a map of Limsa Lominsa. "we need to get here" He pointed at a spot that said "Arcanist Guild and import offices" Arcanists were a type of mage similar to Hope, how also used books. Arcanists focused more on damage then Hope, who worked better as a healer. "and we are here," He pointed at another spot, labeled Fisherman's guild.
"Well we better get going!" Hope almost jumped as Snow grabbed his arm and pulled him though the crowd.
"This looks like the place!" Snow proclaimed as he let go of Hope. Hope felt like he was going to fall down, Snow could walk for days, and they spent most of the way speed walking, for Hope at least, he had to go twice as fast to keep up with Snows large strides. Snow walked over to one of the windows. "We're here to see Thubyrgeim!"
"And who is this?" The Lalafell looked down at his book, a small yellow creature behind him. Hope also knew that the Arcanists could summon beasts called Carbuncles.
"These must be the Sharlayans!" another voice entered the conversation. Hope and Snow turned to see a Lalafell with orange pigtails and a green Carbuncle following her. "I'm Vanille, an Arcanists under Thubyrgeim." She turned to face the man behind the counter. "I'll take these two down to see her!" The mam nodded watched as they walked down the hall towards the Arcanists main training room.
"so why did you two come all the way from across the sea?" Vanille asked as they walked down the hall.
"Well we're interested in stones that are said to have some kind of power," Hopes face lit up, he loved talking about the things he studied. "We believe that they contain some kind of old power, that can give people new abilities!"
"Hmmmm," Vanille hummed to herself "well that does sound very cool," She would not mind having more powers, but clearly, she wasn't invited to the party. They had reached the Door. Vanille pushed it open and they walked it. "Miss Thubyrgeim!"
"Ah Vanille," Thubyrgeim was sitting in a chair behind her desk. She looked up from the book she was reading and stood up. "Are these the Sharlayans?"
"Yes Ma'am," Vanille Smiled "Hope estheim and Snow Villers,"
"How did you know our Names?" Snow asked looking confused.
"It was written in the letter we got from your parents," Thubyrgeim replied. Hope merely sighed was he going to hear only about his parents and not his self? He loved them sure, but he did not want to be overshadowed by them all the time. "On to business," She pulled open a drawer and pulled out a book. It had Green and yellow markings on the outside. "We believe that this book was used in an old summoning ritual." Hope only stared at it he wanted to touch it, to feel it, to read it. Thubyrgeim must have noticed that he was staring as she locked eyes with him.
"We're interested in stones," Snow spoke up Shocking Hope put of his thoughts. "does the book say anything about that?"
"I'm afraid not," Thubyrgeim looked down, holding the book in front of her, Snow felt His and Hope's spirts fall. "But, someone else is interested in this book, someone who I think you should talk to. Vanille, would you take them to see Alka Zolka?" Vanille Nodded and started walking them out of the room. Hope was not moving and that caused for Snow to bump in one the Shoulder.
"Can I see the Book?" Hope asked looking at the tome. He had to have it.
"I'm afraid that I can't let I go until you spoken with Alka," Hope Nodded He wasn't ready to give up, but the Lady seemed set on keeping the tome for now. He'd try again when he got back.
The walk to the marauders guild was Short, seeing as Vanille knew the city well enough, Snow Slowed down as well, trying not to leave their short companion in the dust.
"Alka!" Vanille Shouted as she ran towards the other Lalafell. "These are the people that I was telling you about!" Alka Turned and faced them, sizing up Hope And Snow.
"Which one?" Alka asked. Vanille scratched her head. Hope was confused by the question. They had been talking about the two of them? Or just one of them?
"You know I didn't think to ask," Vanille thought for a moment. It had to be Hope, with the way he was looking at that tome." It's Hope!"
"and Which one is Hope?" Alka questioned again. Looking at the two of them.
"That would be me." Hope offered his hand to the Lalafell. Alka reached out grabbed it pulling him close to himself. Hope felt some kind of powerful energy flow though him, like he was on fire, but the fire was inside him. It didn't hurt. It just felt new, and powerful. Hope realized that it might be a bad thing, so he tried to get his hand out of Alka's Grip, but he only tightened it. then it was over. Alka let go of Hopes hand and watched him for a few seconds, Snow and Vanille looked around it was old, they had just shaken hands why were they just standing there?
Hope felt something in the palm of his hand. it felt Smoove and cool. But more pressing was the way it felt to him, it felt right. Hope Looked Held it up to his face, it was a green rock, with the likeness of glasses imprinted on it
"And so, it is complete!" Alka sounded joyful. "Welcome to the world of the Scholar, Hope!"
"Wait what?!"
A/N Hey Guys welcome to my XIII x XIV crossover! It's basically XIII Characters in the XIV world, I really like this Idea and hope to do good with this work, There will be SnowxSerah And NoelxYeul later, other pairings are undecided. I'm going to be taking a few liberties with some of the XIV job quests as I haven't done them all. here are some Definitions for the XIII crowd
Definitions:
Hyur: a human like Race
Roegadyn: a large race that can come in various colors, ranging from yellowish red to sea green.
Miqo'te: a race with cat ears, tail and in some cases eyes.
LalaFell: a small race.
Nameday: Birthday.