Let me explain to all o you why I am so manic about reviews. You see, I only read stories with at least twice as many reviews as chapters, or that have a great premise. I am using the revenent wings Penelo, and my own version of Vaan. With an actual shirt. I you find any errors; I need you to review and tell me.
Alma desperately tries to remember which saint protected brothers. Or flood victims. Or heroes. She franticly leads her and Ramza's chocobos out o the rain. She arrives at a city. From Ramza's description she identifies it as Rabanastre. She leads the 'bos over to a near by stand and has the Moogle attendant take them. She goes into the city, finds an inn, and buys a room, and weeps or three hours.
When she gets herself together, Alma gathers her resolve and leaves to find the place Ramza found his maps, Migello's sundries. She hurries and rushes in. Inside there is Migello, as big and blue as ever, talking to a young Hume man, in his low twenties if Alma had to guess. He wore a fancy silver and blue vest with shoulder armor and expensive gauntlets. His black and blue pants had armor attached in a way as to balance protection and movement. Ramza taught her that. Alma tears up or a second, but gathers enough courage to walk up to the Baanga.
"I believe you know my brother, Mr. Migello. You met several days ago. He went by the name o Jon?" she asks. The Baanga and the Hume turn to her. The Hume speaks first.
"You
ok? I mean, you don't look so good." he asks. He scratches his
head.
"Yes, I remember Jon. You are his sister? Are you from
the same other Ivalice?" Migello asks Alma. "Come behind the
shop. You look like you need some food." He offers. He Hume
follows. Behind the shop Alma takes a seat.
"I am afraid that me, my brother and an old friend o ours were traveling in the plains to the south when a storm of epic proportions nearly killed our mutual friend. Ramza tried to save him but they were both taken off. I was wondering I could purchase a map to recover their, uh, their…" Alma explains. She is unable o continue, as she starts crying.
"Maybe I should leave." suggests the Hume man. He is clearly uncomfortable. Migello gives him a look that could kill.
"You stay here, Vaan. I need help comforting this poor girl and running the store. Plus, I you leave what do you think is going to happen when Penelo finds you missing?" orders the aged merchant. Vaan sits back down.
"So your brother is this Jon? Migello told me about him. He sounds very strong." Vaan says. He squirms in his chair.
"My sob idiot brother calls sob calls himself Jon to sob people he doesn't sob trust. His name is Ra sob Ram sob Ramza." Alma replies. She grabs a near by napkin and blows her nose.
"I know what you are going through. I lost my brother too. I lost him to war. I will help you find your brothers body. We can use my airship. I can just follow the river until we find it. I promise, ok?" Vaan swears. He pats her on the back. She looks up at him.
"Its not the first time I lost my brother. First there was Dycedarg sob and Zalbag. I guess that I am sob doomed to be left without family." cries Alma.
"You are wrong. Family is what you make of it. I have a new family, and you will get one too." Vaan says.
Vaan's airship is fantastic. It is like something out of a dream. It is shaped like a giant white dragonfly leapt out of someone's imagination and into the real world. Penelo is holding Alma's hand while Vaan fires the engine up. Alma stopped shaking, but she still was on the brink of tears. Soon they were in the air. Alma pointed out were they had fallen into the river and tried to look for any sign of her brother and friend's remains. A few minutes later Vaan shouts "Look at that! That guy s ridding a red chocobo! I though that was impossible."
Alma knew that only a very good mediator could tame a wild red chocobo. Delita taught Ramza the trick back at Garland Academy. The secret was to tickle the bottom of there feet. It was useful for when they had needed to cross a mountain, because red chocobos could jump extremely high. Alma looks away from the river bank and sees the bird. On the bird is a blond man in purple-blue armor. Behind him is a yellow and black chocobo. One is ridden by a dirty blond man with a yellow shirt and the other by a man with robes and perfect posture. "Brings us down. Now." Alma orders. Vaan looks at her funny, but Penelo elbows him and he complies.
They land and when the door opens Alma runs out and practically jumps at Ramza. Mustadio takes out his sketch book and starts to draw the magnificent ship. Malek confronts Vaan and Penelo.
"Who are you?" Malek asks totally dead pan. He stares at Vaan.
"Uh, I'm Vaan. This is Penelo. Were sky pirates, although I prefer unofficial privateers' cause the queen knows us and…" Vaan goes on. He just keeps talking until Malek stops staring at him.
"Alma. Rafa is missing. Will you join us?" Malek asks. Alma nods. Ramza makes room or her on his chocobo. Ramza rides over to Vaan. He extends his hand and the two shake.
"Did you take care of my sister?" He asks.
"I have lost family. It was the least I could do." Vaan responds.
"I am Ramza Beoulve. Here, in this new land that means nothing. You helped my sister simply because you empathized with her plight. His makes you a good man." Ramza tells Vaan. Vaan nods and walks back to the airship. Penelo runs up to her partner.
"What was that all about?" She asks Vaan.
"Man stuff. You wouldn't understand." He tells her. She kicks him in the shin. Ramza and his friends watch as the two pirates leave.
Ramza smiles at his sister and says "We need to stop meeting each other like this. I don't know how many tearful reunions I can take."
"You're a fool. So what do we do next?" Alma asks. Malek answers.
"We go back to Jahara. There we release the yellow chocobos and have Ramza's new red stabled. Chocobos will not enter the forest were I feel my sister. We then walk to the Golmore Jungle. Rafa is there. We find her and than leave. With the four of us we should have no problem with monsters." Malek explains.
"I never thought I would miss the sound of Malek ordering us around, but after all of this it is a relief." Alma comments. She mounts Ramza's chocobo and they ride off into the sunset.
Ramza took the lead as he always did. He stands in the front as both a commander and a protector. Behind him stand Mustadio and than Alma. Mustadio needs to be able to see his enemies, and Alma is too valuable to be let unprotected. She is their healer, the most important job in any group. Malek marches in the rear. His senses are acute and he is quick to foil an ambush. The Ozmone plain had ruined airships every ware, and the morning after they left Jahara they woke up under the ruined deck of one. Mustadio took advantage o the situation to take more notes and even construct a tiny Glossair ring.
Mustadio turns to say something when a great serpent shoots out o the bushes. Ramza cuts it down before it strikes. From this point on everyone is more serious. They encounter a group of five large wolf men. Ramza and Malek advance. Malek makes some hand symbols and smashes it staff into the ground. The closest giant is tied to the ground by vines that shook up out of the grassy earth. Another is hit by a shot of wyrmfire shot. This angers it and the four able wolf men charge. Ramza enters combat with one, and Malek prepares a spell and jams his rod at a foe. It doesn't hit the giant, but soon after a group of explosions are set off randomly around it, totally stunning it. Malek rams his rod through its skull.
Ramza, meanwhile, is in need of help. He is surrounded by three, and or every one hit he is battered by fists the size o his head. A cure spell thanks to Alma gives him the strength to parry one of the wolf men's giant curved butcher swords and mortally wound the user. He is knocked over by the other two, and is almost stomped to death. Mustadio fires at one and Malek uses his Hell Thunder to distract them. Ramza backs up a bit to allow Malek to cast. Ramza goes up to the immobilized wolf man, now freed from his bonds, and turns him to stone with a strike of chaotic steel. Holy takes out the rest of the wolf giants and after a quick rest to heal and recuperate they are on there way again. The edge of the Jungle is near by, and Malek is more and more restless.
