Sooo…people love this! OK, I'll keep going with this! I DO NOT OWN HETALIA, THE TALES SERIES, OR THE MYSTERIOUS THIRD OPTION YOU ALREADY FIGURED OUT!
…come to think of it, I might end up making someone extremely OOC. I don't know who…but for some reason I have that feeling.
/=LOADING...=/
/="Roxas" by Kingdom Hearts 2=/
"Feliciano…that's a nice name." The girl smiled. "My name is Seyel Chelles. He's Matthew Williams."
"Pleased to meet you both." He quickly bowed.
"I haven't seen you before." Matthew blinked. "Are you a traveler?"
"Um…y-yeah!" He quickly stammered. Being labeled as an amnesia victim was the last thing on his mind. "Though I guess…I can stay here for a while."
"Oh, do you need a home?" Seyel asked. "I have a place that's vacant, if you want."
"R-really, I don't mind-"
"Nonsense! You're going to love this!"
Before he knew it, Feliciano had his arm grabbed by the girl and was being dragged across the sand to a strange location in god knows where. Matthew just trotted along, apparently used to what she was going to do next.
/="Raine's Theme" by Tales of Symphonia=/
He found himself in the middle of the forest, his hand still being held by Seyel. Before his arm was yanked out of its socket, he saw a small cottage indented in a layer of trees. She dragged him just in front of the house and smiled happily at it, seeing Matthew dash next to her, heaving his breaths.
"What do you think?" She asked. "Isn't it beautiful?"
He looked around at the front lawn, neatly cut and with a bit of daisies sitting next to the door. He walked toward the door, surprised that the door was unlocked. He slowly opened the door and took a glance inside the room. It looked like a simple living room combined with a small kitchen, a staircase behind the couch. He climbed up the stairs and saw a simple bed and nightstand next to a closed window. Turning around, he saw Seyel and Matthew walk up the stairs after him.
"So? Do you like it?"
"…I don't know if I can pay for it though." He answered.
"It's fine. It used to be my house, but then I moved in with Matt." She smiled. "The rent's cheap, so you can probably pay it off even if you get a cheap job."
"But…how do I get a job around here?" Feliciano asked.
"Well, there's a bulletin board just in front of the local main square. They're usually filled with some odd jobs." Matthew rubbed the back of his head. "Though those jobs are usually for experienced fighters…"
"Like mercenary work? Ve~…I guess I can take a look!"
Feliciano chirped as he ran down the stairs and out the door (leaving the other two in a daze). Five seconds later in the total silence, they saw the door creak open slowly and a familiar head peek out in a shiver.
"Um…where's the main square?"
/="Arni Village ~Home World~" by Chrono Cross=/
The streets were abuzz with life when Feliciano wandered around the city. As he looked around, he saw the food stands filled with people in lively conversation with the store owners. The food was overwhelming to his nose…and he was getting hungry. He was also insanely broke.
Ve~~~I hope I find that main square place soon… He sighed. Wait, I thought I was supposed to be following-
Oh right. The blond guy. Matthew, was it? He looked up and didn't see a flock of his hair in sight. Maybe he lost him? Or maybe he was just here and was watching the poor man flail around in all his worried glory so that he can scare the ever living out of him when he gets really lost.
…
"Ve~~~! Where am I?"
"I'm sorry…are you lost?"
Feliciano looked up and saw a young man staring right back at him. He had short black hair and some form of daze in his eyes. His white uniform was in tip top shape. It was probably newly bought or extremely taken care of. A katana was at his side, sheathed tightly.
"Um…yes." He answered. "I just got here. I'm looking for the main square with the jobs bulletin board in front of it or so I heard…"
"Oh yes, that place. Don't worry, it's fairly close." He pointed behind him. "You go that way and take your first right at that concession stand right there. It'll be right in front of you."
"Ve~~Thank you!"
Feliciano bowed to him (the man returning the favor) as he trotted toward the concession stand. For some reason, he missed the turning point and ended up on the other end of the city. Fortunately, the main square was a big place and he ended up running into it anyway. There was a beautiful fountain in the middle, and what looked like a big sign filled with papers.
That must be the bulletin board!
He trotted over to the place and took a quick glance at it. For some reason, most of the jobs were nothing more than repeats of the same thing: monster outbreaks, missing people, really odd and depressing stuff. As he read over the missions, he barely noticed two people come over and take a glance at it as well.
"It's the same as ever…these disasters are just getting worse and worse, aren't they?"
"Yeah…I'm getting worried, Kiryll. They just started out of nowhere, didn't they? These outbreaks…"
"Fortunately, these things are just being kept to their respective homes. God forbid these things actually get into town…"
"Well, for now…all we can do is keep going, Astrid. Oh, this mission looks pretty good."
Feliciano stood there as he watched the two people walk away from him with the piece of paper in their hands. Confused, he turned back toward the board and took a quick skim of the missions. That's when he realized something: one of the pieces of paper was glowing.
Ve? What's this?
He looked around, confirming that no one was remarking on it as well, and then took a quick read of what was on the paper.
[HELP NEEDED]
My brother Yong Soo has gone in the Shuǐjīng Dòngxuè and hasn't returned. I'm worried that he got lost…or worse! Please help me.
- Húdié Mei[1]
It looked nothing more than a simple rescue mission. Nothing that interesting. He could take that. He quickly took the paper off the board when a strange chill ran down his spine. He turned his head and saw a notebook and a pencil sitting right at his feet.
"Ve~~is this someone's…?" He picked it up and flipped through the empty pages. "It's a gift!"
Yeah, he's just that oblivious to notice anything that might be a cheap plot twist.
/="Blinded by Light" by Final Fantasy XIII=/
It took him a few minutes to get directions to the location of his first job. It took him at least an hour and a half to actually find the place. Before he knew it, he had filled up half the pages with the most random doodles in the world (like a sword bearing a tomato insigna? Really?) and he was in front of a cavern entrance with two different people in front of it. One looked like a young girl and had long flowing hair with a pink dress. The other was a man with thick eyebrows, but looked related to her.
"Um…are you two the ones who put this request up?" He asked, lifting up the paper.
"Eh?" She turned around. "Is it just you? I thought that there'd be more…"
"No, it's just me." He blushed.
"That's as many people as he needs, Mei." The other man stated. "You don't have to worry so much."
"Yīngguó Shì! [2]"
"He's just inside." The man stated. "There may be monsters in there, so-"
"Ve~~~no worries! I'll be able to handle them all!" Feliciano stated, a grin going through his face. "Don't you worry about a thing!"
He dashed into the caverns with a huge grin on his face. Five seconds in the building…he wanted to leave. Too bad he really couldn't leave. He already got himself way too deep into this. He better finish it.
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/=[OPTIONS] [LANGUAGE]=/
Translations for you! This is from Google Translation, so blame them.
[Shuǐjīng Dòngxuè] CHINESE– Crystal Caverns
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[1]- Húdié Mei is Taiwan. Húdié means "butterfly". Mei means "plum blossom", which is different from Meimei, which means "sister" (as far as I know).
[2]- Yīngguó Shì is Hong Kong. Taken literally it means "English City", a statement on how England took control of Hong Kong for some time.
/=SAVE YOUR GAME?=/
[YES] [NO]
SAVING...
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SAVING COMPLETE. NOW RETRIEVING MESSAGE FROM MITSUKI HORENAKE.
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Sorry if this is ending up to be somewhat crappy.
