The Triet Inn

When they left the base, they went to the inn for discussions. Raine said, ".. In other words, these Exspheres are amplifiers that awaken our dormant capabilities." Then Raine was now in Ruin Mode and said excitedly, "I wonder if I could use one, too?!" But then Richter disagrees, "I don't think that works." Kratos agrees, "He's right. That would be difficult." Then Kratos explains, "Exspheres are harmful to the body without a Key Crest." Then Colette asked, "Um... can't we make a Key Crest?" Kratos answers and explains, "As I told you before, a Key Crest is made by processing inhibitor ore, then engraving it with a crest to control the Exsphere attached to its surface. It is said to be a secret art known only to the dwarves."

Then Lloyd said, "Yeah. I can engrave that charm... er crest, but only my dad can process the ore." Aster/Emil said, "Too bad we don't have any inhibitor ore. That way, it would be helpful to do that." Then Raine said, "Aster! That's a great idea!" Aster/Emil asked, "I am? What do you mean?" Raine said, "We have these inhibitor ores from these materials." They were surprised as Raine took out some stuff. Then Genis asked, "Raine! Did you bring these from our house?!" Raine answered, "Of course. They're very valuable research materials. This is a holy vase from the Balacruf Mausolem. This is a jeweled sword from the Martel Temple. This is a Priest's Crown from the Asgard Ruins. This is a yellow ore from the Hima mines..." Lloyd interrupted, "What the? It's all junk!" Raine was surprised and Aster stands back and said in his thinking, 'Uh-oh, here it comes." Raine came up to Lloyd and said angrily, "What did you just say?!" Lloyd was nervous from that.

Then Kratos noticed something on the ground and pick up and said, "Hmm? This is..." Then Raine notices and said, "Ah, I picked it up in front of the human ranch. It was engraved with angelic language, so I took it home." Then Lloyd realize something and said, "Professor! This is a Key Crest!" Aster/Emil said, "You can tell by the looks." Richter said, "If you seen the Key Crest then you would've known what it looks like." But then Kratos said, "Unfortunately, this crest is half worn out. It's unusable like this." Then Aster/Emil asked, "Can't we fix it?" Then Lloyd said, "I can fix that. Don't worry, Professor. You'll be able to equip that Exsphere tomorrow."

As the night come, Lloyd manage to make a Key Crest and going to it to the Raine. He went upstairs where he notice Aster is there. He asked, "Aster?" Aster/Emil noticed Lloyd and said, "Lloyd?!" Lloyd said, "Sorry, I startled you." Aster shook his head, "No, it's not your fault." Then Lloyd asked, "So why are you still awake?" Aster/Emil was thinking and decided to say, "Lloyd, I want the Exsphere on me too!" Lloyd was surprised and asked, "Huh? Why?" Aster/Emil said, "I know that the Exsphere can have the side effect. But I want to use it to save my friends and stop the Desians." Lloyd said, "But to do that you need the Key Crest and we don't have another one." Aster said, "Then once we find another one, put it on me please, Lloyd." Then Lloyd agreed, "Alright then, but first I better give this to the Professor." Aster was curious, "You mean you finished it already?" Lloyd nodded, "Yeah, I manage to make it. And now I'll give it to the Professor." Aster asked, "Can I come with you, Lloyd?" Lloyd said, "Sure." Aster smiled, "Thanks." Then they headed to Raine and Genis's room. But then Lloyd said, "But first let's go to Colette's room" Aster was confused but agrees, "OK." Then they went in.

They notice Colette's asleep as they were about to leave, but then Colette said, "Lloyd... Aster..." They notice Colette's awake as she said, "I'm sorry that Father, Grandmother, and I couldn't prevent your exile." Lloyd said, "You dork. It's not your fault, so you don't need to worry about it. And besides, I'm the reason why the village was devastated." Then Aster/Emil said, "He's right. You don't have to apologize for something like this. Besides it's not just his fault, I'm the one who could've helped him instead of taking the blame too." Then Colette got out of bed and said, "For Marble's sake, and for the sake of the villagers that were killed. I'm going to do my best to regenerate the world." Lloyd and Aster agreed and they apologize for waking her, then they said goodnight as those two left. Then Colette said, "I'm going to do my best for the two of you, Lloyd and Aster."

Then they headed in to Raine and Genis's room. Lloyd and Aster notice that Raine is busy and Aster said, "Raine, you're still awake?" Raine answered, "Yes, I've been organizing the data we've collected about monsters. And what are you two doing up at this hour?" Lloyd answered, "I was fixing your Key Crest." Raine thanked and said, "Thank you, but you mustn't overexert yourself. It's going to be a long journey, after all. I don't mind if it takes a while to fix it." Then Lloyd thought and said, "So are you saying that it's for Genis, Me, and Aster to come along on this journey?" Raine said, "Wasn't that your intent from the beginning? Stop pretending." Aster agrees, "And I thought I was the one who requested to join." Lloyd yelled, "What does that suppose to mean?" Aster was nervous and then they calm down.

Lloyd was forgotten something and said, "Oh yeah. I fixed the Key Crest, so here, take it." He gave her the Crest as she looked at it, "You fixed it already? Thank you, Lloyd! So this is an Exsphere!" Lloyd said, "Ask Genis to show you how to use it." Then Lloyd and Aster noticed Genis is asleep and Lloyd said, "That's some impressive snoring." Then Aster/Emil noticed and said, "Lloyd... You're not thinking of doing that, are you?" Lloyd said, "Oh, come on, Aster. Have a little fun." Aster said, "Well, OK just this once, if you want to." Lloyd decides to pinch his nose and heard a loud snort and it surprised them. Aster said, "That was scary!" Raine was annoyed and said, "Silly boys..." Then Lloyd and Aster decides to go back to their rooms, "Well, Aster and I were going to go now. Good night, Professor. " Aster said, "Yeah, Good night, Raine." Raine thanked them and said goodnight to them. When they left, Raine has begun in ruin mode and said excitedly, "Heheheheheh! So this is an Exsphere! MARVELOUS!"

When they left the room, Lloyd noticed Kratos is leaving the inn and Aster said, "I wonder what's Kratos doing at this hour?" Lloyd thought and said, "Well I better follow him, you better head back down to your room." Aster said, "You mean I can't come with you?" Lloyd said, "Don't get me wrong, Aster. I believe this is only the matter between me and Kratos so I'll need to do it alone this time." Aster nodded and agreed, "Alright then, goodnight." "Goodnight, Aster." Lloyd went outside and then Aster/Emil said, "I guess I was wrong, that Lloyd wasn't the one I heard in Palmacosta. But if he wasn't the one who killed my parents, then who was that guy?"

When Lloyd is outside, he noticed Kratos is talking to Noishe. Lloyd was behind him and then Kratos raised his sword and was about to attack then he noticed it was Lloyd. Kratos apologized, "I'm sorry to have startled you." But Lloyd didn't accepted it, "Startled isn't the word for it!" Kratos warned him, "You'd best not stand behind me." Lloyd agrees. Then Kratos continues to look at Noishe. Lloyd asked, "Do you like animals?" Kratos said, "No, not particularly." Lloyd explains, "...Well, Noishe seems to be quite comfortable with you. He usually doesn't like strangers." Then Kratos said, "I once had a pet, long ago." Lloyd asked, "Really?" Then Kratos looks at him, Lloyd was nervous and said, "Wh...what? What are you staring at me like that for?" Kratos answered, "... Your swordsmanship is unrefined. You should focus a little more on eliminating your vulnerabilities. And also take Aster's advice to let Richter train you to be better. If you care about your life." Kratos went back into the inn and head inside. But then Lloyd was upset and said, "Grrrr! Just because he's a little better than me, he has to talk like he knows everything!" Then Lloyd thought about it and said, "...Well...a lot better than me. Damn!"

Back inside the inn, Richter was talking Emil, "It seems you've gotten better along with Lloyd." Emil said, "You really think so?" Richter said, "How else you've able to help him on his journey?" Emil thought about it and said, "Richter..." Richter said, "What is it?" Emil said, "When I noticed Lloyd, I thought I wouldn't forgive him for his troubles at Palmacosta but then I guess wrong that Lloyd wasn't responsible for my parent's death." Richter was silent and Emil said, "Do you know who killed my parents, Richter?" Richter turned around, "How the hell should I know? I wasn't even there in Palmacosta." Emil said, "Oh..." Then Richter said, "Anyway, we need to go to sleep. We should be able to go to the Triet Ruins." Emil asked, "That's where Ignis the Centurion of Fire is at, Right?" Richter nodded, "That's right, but since Ratatosk didn't awaken them yet. They didn't appear here. So they don't existed yet." Emil was surprised, "But if that's true then is that the reason why Tenebrae and Aqua haven't been here with us?" Richter nodded, "That's right. Because of that, they either went to their altar or they already went to Mausolem without us." Emil asked, "But what are we supposed to do if there's a Centurion's core there?" Richter thought and said, "Leave it." Emil was confused, "Huh?" Richter explained, "It'll be the best if we don't get the cores from this time." Emil said, "But why?" Richter answered, "Because if we take the cores from this time, you never have met the others from two years later." Emil thought and understands, "Oh..." Richter was angry, "Don't get upset. Doing like that will make you a dog." Emil steps back a little, "Ok, I'm sorry." Richter said, "Why are you apologizing without reasons?" Emil said, "Oh, I'm- oh right." Richter looked outside the window, "It's getting late, we need to rest now." Emil nodded, "Ok, good night, Richter." Richter said, "Night." Then they went to bed.

In the morning, Lloyd went outside the inn, where he sees the others gathering other waiting for Lloyd. They notices he's out and they were annoyed from that. Then Kratos announced, "We can finally head out to release the seal." Colette agrees, "Yes, I'll do my best!" Then Raine said, "The seal Remiel spoke of is in the Triet Ruins southeast of here." Lloyd was excited, "Cool! Let's go check out the seal!" Genis said, "We'll see if that enthusiasm last..." Aster/Emil agrees, "I guess that's how he is.." But then Richter said, "Look everyone, we just need to release the seal, there's no time for fun and games." Lloyd was annoyed, "You know, sometimes, you're the one who has no fun at all." Then Richter yelled, "What did you say?!" But then Aster/Emil stopped the fight, "Wait! You can't fight for something like this. What's important is heading to the Triet Ruins, that's all." Raine agrees, "He's right, we should just hurry and go." Lloyd agrees too, "Alright! Just you wait, I'll be fine!" Then Raine knows something and said, "Oh, I just remembered. Let me give you this." Raine gave Lloyd a Monster List to gather data on the enemies. Then they left Triet and heads on to the Ruins.


That concludes chapter 9, the next chapter will be about the Triet Ruins so I'll make the next one soon. So how do you like this? Give me a review.