(Welcome back to The Adventures of Clan Verity. I just wanted to say one thing, about a device I will begin using in this chapter: giving names to those who were unnamed in the game, like the pubkeeper.

I was not sure I wanted to do this at first; I tend to dislike it when people do that in their fanfiction. But I realized that it would make more sense for Yuhina to know the names of such people, and besides, it breaks up the monotony of always saying "the pubkeeper". So I guess what I am saying is, sorry for doing this, but it seemed most logical and best in terms of the story. And now, on with the story. Please enjoy my tale.)

Chapter Three: A White Mage With Amnesia

Time passed. Clan Verity's reputation grew, and its members got better at their jobs and switched to new ones.


"What's up?" Yuhina asked the pubkeeper, leaning on the counter.

"I heard some rumors recently about that legend of the White Priestess."

"Really?" Yuhina was interested. "Tell me more."

"There's two. The first one is that there was one other person with the Priestess when she vanished."

"Who were they, and did they vanish too?"

"According to the rumor, her acolyte, and no, they did not. The second rumor says that the acolyte found a number of sigils on the ground where the Priest and the Priestess had been."

"What did the acolyte do with them?"

"That, I don't know. The rumor doesn't even say whether the acolyte was male or female, or what race they were. Kind of makes sense -the Priestess was about equality for all, so to her and her followers it wouldn't matter. But it doesn't even say how many sigils there were."

"Well, thanks for the information. Any new missions?"

"A few. Have a look."

Yuhina looked over the missions.

"Hm. We'll take this one," she said, handing over the fee.

"Thanks. Good luck!"

"Thank you!" Yuhina called over her shoulder, already heading back to the part of the pub the clan used as their base.


"All right, Clan Verity, here's your new mission," said Yuhina, putting the paper with the mission information on the table. "It's a delivery, nothing fancy, except that they're worried that someone might try to steal the stuff."

"Does it say what we're delivering?" asked Azina.

"Materials for an alchemical experiment," Yuhina answered.

"Who'd want to ssteal that?" Kei muttered.

"Thieves will steal anything, kupo," Varei replied.

"How long will the mission take?" asked Azina.

"Um. It's to Cadoan, so... two days there and two days back, I think," said Yuhina.

"Let's go," said Azila. "The sooner we leave, the sooner we return." She picked up the mission description.

The five fighting members of Clan Verity took their packs and left on their mission.


It was the next morning that it happened.

"Hey, Yuhina," said the pubkeeper. "Going out?"

"Yes," said Yuhina, "If it's a nice day I don't want to spend it all inside."

Yuhina opened the door of the pub.

She blinked in surprise.

Yuhina turned to the pubkeeper.

"Could you help me?" she asked him. "There's someone collapsed on the doorstep, and I don't think I can carry him in myself."

"Do you know him?" the pubkeeper asked later.

"No," said Yuhina. "But from his clothes and the staff he was holding, he's a white mage. I wonder what happened?"


The first thing he realized was that he was lying in a bed and had no idea how he had gotten there.

The second thing was that there was a blonde girl with her hair in two ponytails looking at him with worry in her blue eyes.

"So you're finally awake," she said, sounding relieved. "You've been asleep for an entire day."

"Where... am I?" he asked, sitting up.

"You're in Clan Verity's base," she answered.

"How did I get here?"

"I found you collapsed on the doorstep," the girl explained. "What happened?"

He was silent for a while, thinking.

"I don't remember," he said finally.

"My name is Yuhina," the girl said. "What's your name?"

That, he could remember.

"Seyreon."

"Well," said Yuhina, "it's nice to meet you, Seyreon. How do you feel?"

What he wanted to say was "I'm fine." But just then pain he hadn't been aware of before flared up. Suddenly he hurt all over.

What he actually said was "Nnngh!", wincing as he did.

"Maybe you can do something with this?" Yuhina suggested, handing him a staff.

He looked at it. It was long, thin, and smooth, made of some white material he did not recognize. At the top was a round green crystal of some sort.

"What is it?" he asked.

"You don't recognize it? It's the staff you were holding when I found you."

"I... I can't remember anything but my name," he confessed.

Yuhina blinked.

"Oh," she said.

Holding the staff gave Seyreon an odd feeling. Like he knew something that he had not known before picking up the staff. But that was nonsense. People did not learn things just by holding objects.

Perhaps it was a symptom that something was wrong. He got the feeling that Yuhina was not a doctor, but perhaps she would know something.

"How odd," he said. "It's like... like I know something that I didn't before. Or like the staff is trying to tell me something."

"I was right!" Yuhina exclaimed. "The staff does do something!"

"You mean this is NORMAL?"

Yuhina nodded happily.

That made no sense. Seyreon had no specific memories, but he did have some general idea of how the world worked. People learning things simply from holding objects was definitely not possible, as he understood it.

And yet, it felt as though he had just done that.

He decided to ignore the contradictions for the moment and assume that Yuhina was correct.

Seyreon closed his eyes. What was the staff trying to say?

It whispered to him of healing.

Seyreon opened his eyes and stood. The staff was almost as tall as he was; the stone was at his eye level.

Suddenly he knew. He knew exactly what to do.

"High Healing," he whispered.

Seyreon made some effort of will which he did not fully understand, but knew instinctively how to do. It was similar to the way he knew how to move his arm, yet could not have explained just how he did it.

The stone atop the staff began to glow. Green light spilled out from it and circled him, twin beams of light spiraling from the floor to up past his head and then joining into a ball of green light just above his head. Small sparkles of white light filled the air around him.

The light drew into Seyreon and faded away.

He abruptly felt much, much better.

"Wow," he said. "This is pretty awesome."

But something was bothering him. That had definitely been magic of some kind. And magic was another thing that his understanding of the world was telling him was impossible.

Seyreon was starting to get the feeling that something else was wrong with him besides amnesia.

Yuhina grinned.

"So it worked?"

"Well, I feel fine now."

"Glad to hear it," said a man's voice. "Now, you mind explaining how you wound up on my doorstep?"

Seyreon turned to see the owner of the voice. He seemed oddly dressed, and now that Seyreon thought about it, so did Yuhina.

Based on his experience with the staff, Seyreon figured it was best not to mention it.

"Seyreon's lost his memory," Yuhina explained. "Everything but his name."

"That so?" the man asked.

"Yes," Seyreon replied. "If you'll forgive me for asking, who are you?"

"This is Domar, the keeper of the Chocobo's Kweh," Yuhina explained. "That's where we are now."

"I thought you said we were in Clan Verity's base," said Seyreon, thinking, Whatever that means.

"The base is in the pub, of course," said Yuhina.

"Oh. Of course."

"Well, you need anything, Yuhina, you let me know, all right?" said Domar. "I need to get back to work."

"See you later, Domar," said Yuhina, then turned to Seyreon.

"You must be hungry," she said. "Come on, let's get you something to eat."

It occurred to Seyreon that this might be a good time to ask some questions.

"Say, Yuhina," said Seyreon as he followed her, "I've been meaning to ask you... what exactly is Clan Verity?"