Me: I would have gotten this out sooner, but a storm knocked out the internet for a while.
Genis: So any news?
Me: Not really, except that I found out that I have a connection to light.
Genis: So you have a connection to fire and light now?
Me: Yep, I went to this cite an it turned on real name into a japanese name and my first name turned into Asuka which is the original name of Aska, one of the summon spirits of light.
Genis: Weird, anyways, she owns nothing.
Me: Except anything that was not originally in the game.
While we were walking to Izoold, Kratos decided to give Lloyd and I a lecture on teamwork.
"Lloyd, Sarah," Kratos called.
We looked over at him and slowed our pace to match his.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Fighting in a party means that coordination with your partners is important as well," Kratos started.
"Yeah," Lloyd said.
"Your choice of strategy and orders can greatly affect the tide of battle. Do not forget that you are not alone," Kratos said, mainly to me.
I hadn't been doing too well with teamwork. I kept running off into my own battles. Now I was getting a lecture for it. I was taught to fight solo, not in teams!
"Yeah! I know that already!" Lloyd replied.
"I'm not use to fighting in teams," I admitted.
"You'll get use to it in time," Kratos responded.
"I sure hope so," I muttered.
It was late morning when we saw Izoold in the distance.
"Is that Izoold?" Colette asked, turning to me.
"Yep, that's it," I answered.
"So what was the boat ride like?" She asked.
"Huh?" I responded, confused.
"When you came to this continent, didn't you ride a boat?" Colette asked.
"Oh! No, I took the land route. Taking a boat would have been easier and quicker though," I replied.
"Oh, that means we have another way incase there aren't any boats," Colette noted.
"I'm pretty sure we'll find a boat here. It's a fishing port after all," I responded.
"Yeah, you're probably right," Colette agreed.
A little while after that, everyone started to talk quietly about the Sword Dancer that attacked Sammy. They didn't want me to hear but when your developing angel hearing, it's hard not to. After they talked about it some, I couldn't stand it and walked ahead of them.
While I was passing them I mutter a bit loudly, "I'm pretty sure that thing came from Niflheim."
They thought I had said something else but I was sure Kratos knew exactly what I said. They looked a bit ashamed to have been talking about it while I was in ear shot.
So it wasn't until noon that we got to Izoold. We decided to split into groups to get things done. Raine, Genis and Colette went shopping and Kratos, Lloyd and I went to go find a boat. They didn't stick me with shopping again because they thought I knew the most on where to get a boat. I hate shopping, my mom has a hard time making me go to the store. I may be a girl, but I'm not normal.
Anyways, I led them to the port where, in the game, we were suppose to meet Max. When we got there, Max was being pestered by Lyla.
"What's the matter with you?! You're going to refuse my request? He's returned to his hometown of Luin!" Lyla yelled.
"Hey Sarah, aren't you from Luin, too?" Lloyd asked.
"Yeah," I replied.
"It's not like that. There are giant monsters at sea now. It's dangerous and I care about you too much to let you come aboard. That's all," Max informed.
"Fine. Then you go deliver the letter for me," Lyla insisted.
"No! Why should I have to act as a go-between for my rival in love!" Max argued.
Lyla looked over at us and looked like she got an idea.
"Oh… please. Stop whining! Fine!" Lyla shouted. "You there. Excuse me."
"Us?" Lloyd asked.
"Do you see anyone else here?" She sassed. "I'd like you to deliver this letter for me to Aifread in Luin."
We walked forward so she wouldn't have to shout.
"If you deliver it, I'll have Max take you on his boat," Lyla explained.
"You can't be serious!" Max shouted, looking at Lyla.
"Okay! Just leave it with Sarah, she's also from Luin! So it'll get to Aifread," Lloyd volunteered.
"D…don't get me involved in this!" I stammered.
"Then it's settled. All right, Max?" Lyla asked, sweetly.
"I…I'm not going to do it," Max protested.
"You're kidding me! Are you saying it's alright if my letter doesn't make it to Aifread?" Lyla shouted.
"L…Lyla! No, I mean, it's not… I don't mean that…" Max stuttered.
"Then, what do you mean?! If you keep making a fuss about this, I'll just do it on my own!" Lyla yelled.
"Okay, okay. I'll go, I'll go. Dammit…" Max gave in.
"You should've just said that from the start," Lyla commented.
"Do I not get a say in this?" I asked.
Lyla walked over to me and said, "Please deliver it. I'm a girl in love, you should know what it's like."
"Actually, I've never been in love. But I'll do it," I sighed.
"Thank you! Then, it's in your hands now. Make sure it get to him," Lyla instructed, giving me the letter.
She then walked away quickly.
"She's really pushy…" Lloyd commented.
We then turned back to Max. He held his head in his hand.
"…Let me know when your ready to leave," He said.
"Let's go get the others," Lloyd suggested.
"Next time, don't volunteer me for anything," I said, in a threatening tone.
"S-sorry," Lloyd replied.
I sighed and shook my head, "Great, now I've got to deal with this."
"It shouldn't be too hard. You live in Luin and all," Lloyd reassured.
"Yeah, yeah," I replied and walked ahead to find the others.
We found the other waiting at the inn.
"We got a boat," Lloyd informed.
"That's great!" Colette cheered.
"When do we leave?" Raine asked.
"Whenever we're ready," Lloyd answered.
"Then it would probably be best to leave now. We've got all our supplies," Raine suggested.
Everyone agreed and got ready to go back to Max.
"Hold on, I'm gonna tell Sammy to go back to Luin," I said.
"Can you get Noishe to go with her since neither of them will be able to ride the boat?" Lloyd asked.
"Sure," I replied and ran off to tell Sammy.
When I got there, Sammy and Noishe perked up.
"Hey guys, I'm sorry to tell you this but we're going on a boat. You guys won't be able to ride. So I want you two to head for Luin. It's the town over a lake near a tall tower, got it?" I explained.
Translation: "Of course. I'll meet you at Luin with Noishe when you get there."
Sammy and Noishe then ran off in the opposite direction of Izoold.
I walked back to the others and we went to go talk to Max.
"Are you ready?" He asked.
"Yeah," I replied.
"Okay, then let's set sail… Don't' blame me if we run into any monsters," Max warned.
Lloyd went up to the front, excited.
"Now we can finally go to the next seal," Lloyd said.
"Yeah!" Colette agreed.
Raine looked down and held his head, "I was afraid this journey would force me on a boat sooner of later…"
Raine sat down while everyone else stood. Max pulled up the sail and we were off.
"We're at sea! We're at sea!" Genis cheered, jumping up and down.
"Settle down, this thing is tiny. Do you want to fall out?" Lloyd questioned.
"Gee, I'm sorry my ship is too "tiny" for you!" Max shot back.
"…I'm gonna fall!" Colette shouted.
I ran over to try and catch her before she fell, but I ended falling with her. We both resurface and looked at the boat. Lloyd and Kratos were holding out their hands to help us. Colette grabbed Lloyd's hand and I took Kratos'. We both got back on board soaking wet.
"I'm sorry!" Colette said immediately.
"Don't worry about, I'm okay," I reassured.
'Either Gnome really hates me or he's having fun with this.'
"I didn't mean for you to fall in, I'm sorry," Colette repeated.
"It's okay, don't worry about it. Water isn't going to do any damage to me," I told her.
Max told us that there were extra towels in the mini cabin. So Lloyd went in and grabbed two for Colette and I. I took off my vest, belts and gloves so that I could dry off faster.
After that little incident nothing else happened. Genis kept Colette away from the edges of the boat so she wouldn't fall off again. I sat with Lloyd and talked.
"So Sammy and Noishe will be in Luin when we get there?" Lloyd asked.
"That's right. Sammy will make sure they get there, so don't worry," I reassured.
"All right," Lloyd replied.
We continued to talk about stuff until we finally got to Palmacosta.
"We're here," Max called.
We all got off the boat and faced Max.
"Thanks, Max. What are you going to do now?" Lloyd asked.
"I'll request escort from a Palmacosta warship or something… Well, take care," Max answered.
"Sorry for making you take us all the way out here. Be careful on your way back," Lloyd replied.
"You, too," Max said.
Lloyd turned to us and said, "Okay, let's go look for clues about the next seal."
"Do you have any suggestions, Sarah?" Raine asked
"Best thing to do would be to talk to Governor-General Dorr. I heard he has a book that'll tell us where the seals are," I answered.
"Really?" Lloyd asked.
"From what I've heard, yes," I replied.
"Wow, it's really an advantage to have you with us. It must be amazing to be a traveler," Genis put in.
"Hehe, being a traveler gives you a lot of advantages in knowledge and strength," I informed.
"Well, let's see this Governor-General," Raine said and started walking.
We followed her, walking past all the shops because we had stocked up in Izoold. I was wondering whether or not to let the first meeting with the imposters happen. I was a little late to decide because Colette had already bumped into the girl. The Palma Potion crashed to the ground.
"…There she goes again," Genis sighed.
"Owww! What did you do that for?!" The fake chosen shouted.
Colette got up and looked at the girl who was also getting up, " Oh, I'm sorry."
"Ah! The Palma Potion that we just received!" The fake cried.
"Hey lady, that was a very valuable potion! How are you planning on making up for it?!" The fake Lloyd shouted.
"I'll buy a replacement potion right away," Colette replied.
"…Replacement potion?! Do you seriously think that's going to appease my anger?!" He yelled back.
"Oh, come on, now you just sound like an idiot," Lloyd insulted.
These guys were really starting to tick me off. I was death glaring them. I decided not to say anything because Lloyd would take care of the come backs.
"What-did-you-say?! Do you know who we are?!" The fake shouted.
"And I should care because?" Lloyd shot back.
"Why you little…" the fake idiot started.
"Stop. I'd like to leave here as soon as we can. Don't start any unnecessary trouble," the mage cut in.
"I agree… Let's just have them replace the potion," The fake chosen said.
"Bah, you got off lucky this time, kid. Hurry up and go buy that potion," the idiot huffed.
"There's no need to bother, Colette!" Lloyd informed, facing her.
Colette turned to Lloyd and said, "No, I ran into them so I have to pay for it…"
"…Fine, all right," Lloyd sighed.
So we left to go buy the potion. We walked into the item shop first. The Desians were there and Chocolat was refusing to sell them anything. None of us intervened with the argument that was going on. When the Desians decided to leave one of them shoved me aside.
"Hey!" I complained.
"You shouldn't stand in other people's way, kid," The Desian responded.
"What did you say?!" I asked, slightly loud.
"You heard me, kid," The Desian replied, getting ready to fight.
The other Desian looked over at us and put a hand on the first Desians shoulder.
"Wait…it's her. Do you really want to find out what'll happen when he finds out you messed with her?" The second Desian informed.
"…You're right, let's go. You're lucky, kid," The first Desian said and walked away with his comrade.
I stood there dumbfounded and confused. I had no idea what they were talking about.
"What were they talking about?" Lloyd asked.
"I have no idea… That was just weird," I answered.
"Maybe they thought you were somebody else?" Genis suggested.
"That's probably it," I replied, shaking my head of the event that just happened.
After that, Chocolat left for work and Cocoa apologized for the recent event. I was still lost in thought about what had happened. Colette bought the Palma Potion and we left the item shop. We gave the Palma Potion back to the fakes and left to the town square. There, we saw Governor-General Dorr talking to a little boy. After they left two towns people told us about the Governor-General.
Lloyd spotted the huge steam ship and asked if we could go see it first. Raine decided to agree and we went over to the ship. I knew we were suppose to meet Sheena here. Colette commented on how big with was and Lloyd tries to hide his amazement about it. I had been on bigger ships so I wasn't impressed.
We soon saw Sheena looking at the boat. She commented about it being ancient and stem-powered. A crew mate yelled at her for the insult and then he others noticed her there. She looked over, stopping in mid sentence. She then warned us that next time we'd meet, she'd kill us. She disappeared and Lloyd commented on what she said.
Next, we went to the church and talked to the pastor. I was a bit amazed by the looks of the church. I had only been in a church once, and that was when my Grandma. I was only around three then. My parents had both gone to church a lot when they were kids but they didn't take us. I never got the chance to ask.
Anyways, after that we went to go see the Governor-General but the guards stopped us. They said he was in a meeting and would be able to talk to us tomorrow. They said the meeting was about the training for the militia.
"…Maybe I should train some, too…" Lloyd commented.
"I could probably use some as well," I added.
Kratos turned to face us and said, "If you are serious, I will train you both. Well?"
"Sure, sounds good," I replied.
"Yeah," Lloyd agreed.
"Very well," Kratos said.
He took Lloyd and I outside the city. We stopped in a field and got ready to train. I unsheathed my daggers as Lloyd unsheathed his swords. We got into our fighting stances to show Kratos.
"…How's that?!" Lloyd asked.
"You're wide open, both of you," Kratos commented.
He was right, I was wide open. I was taught how to keep a closed stance but that was empty handed, not with weapons.
"What?! How?!" Lloyd shouted.
"Fighting with two swords deviates from the way in which swords were originally intended to be used. The difficulty increases your vulnerability. The same goes for you Sarah, even though your's are short," Kratos replied.
"That's weird. If one sword has the power of 100, then two makes it 200, right?" Lloyd asked.
I face-palmed and shook my head.
"…Are you telling me that's the reason you chose to fight with two sword?" Kratos asked, skeptical of his intelligence.
"Yeah," Lloyd replied.
There was a small silence in which Kratos and I looked at him with pity for his intelligence.
"Wh…What?! Why do you two look at me with pity?!" Lloyd shouted.
"…I'm sorry," Kratos said.
"Lloyd…" I shook my head.
"W-well, why do you fight with two daggers?!" Lloyd asked.
"Because I depend on speed and two daggers help me. Plus, I've only been properly taught to fight hand-to-hand, so two close range weapons work best for me," I answered.
"Oh…" Lloyd trailed, embarrassed.
Oh man, I really felt bad for Kratos then. His son was an idiot and he saw it first hand. He probably felt really embarrassed about that. I mean, seriously, poor guy.
After that embarrassing training session we went back to the city. We met up with Raine and the others at the inn. We were going to stay at the inn for the night. So, Genis made dinner, we discussed what we'd do the next day, then went to bed.
In the middle of the night I was woken up by a startling noise. I quickly sat up in bed and saw a figure leave through the window. I looked over to Colette and saw that she was still asleep. I looked around but didn't see anything out of the ordinary, except one thing. There, sitting on the night stand, was a little blue sphere object. It had a red, green, and yellow phoenix that was outlined in gold and gold outlines in the shapes of clouds. At the sight of it, it made my eyes widen. The last time I had checked, that sphere was suppose to on Earth. I picked it up and held it in my hands. My brother had given me that when I was 12 and now it was here.
'No way… How can it be here? Maybe… are you here too? Was that… you just now? Kuro… are you really here?'
I gripped the little sphere then slipped on my boots. I decided to take a walk and get some fresh air. I silently walked out of the inn to the bridge that led to the main square. I leaned against the railing and held the sphere carefully. I examined it and confirmed that it was mine. It was precious to me, one of the things I cherished most.
Originally there had been two, the one that I had and the one that Kuro had. His had golden kanji on it also his gave off the sound of a bell when it was shaken. Mine gave off a noise that sounded like it had rocks in it. I had liked to think that they connected us. I had always kept it near by. But I thought that it had been left on Earth. This sphere gave me a reason to believe that Kuro was there as well.
"Was that… really you?" I whispered.
I heard foot steps coming towards me from my right. The direction of the inn. I look over and see Lloyd.
"Lloyd? What are you doing out here so late?" I asked.
"I could ask you the same… I heard one of the doors open at the inn. I wanted to see who it was," Lloyd answered.
"Oh… I see. I'm out here because I need to clear my head," I responded.
Lloyd walked over and leaned against the railing next to me. He looked out at the ocean for a moment.
"Is it because of what those Desians said?" He asked.
"…Yeah, also because of something else," I answered.
"Something else?"
I held out my hand with the sphere in it to him. He looked at it for a moment then picked it up.
"My brother gave me that… but I left it at home. I was woken up by a noise, I saw someone slip out the window when I looked around. I found that on the nightstand next to my bed… I think… my brother might be close by," I explained.
"But… why would he leave? From what I've heard from you, he would've stayed?" Lloyd questioned.
I closed my eyes and felt the ocean breeze, "That's what I wanna know."
Lloyd handed the sphere back to me and I held it tightly in my hand.
"Lloyd… I figured out why I couldn't feel hot or cold in the Triet," I informed.
"What? Why couldn't you feel?" Lloyd asked.
"It's because of my exsphere. I don't know why but it prevented me from feeling hot or cold. I don't have it on right now, so I can feel the ocean breeze… Before you say anything, I can't get rid of it. I'm too weak with out it. If I get rid of it and continue with this journey… I will probably die. Either because I'm too weak to defend myself, or because of my weak body. If I fight too long, it'll become difficult for me to breath, and I think you can figure out the rest," I explained.
"Oh…"
There was a small silence between us. I looked up at the sky and admired the stars.
"The stars are beautiful, don't you think?" I asked.
Lloyd looked up and said, "Yeah, they are."
Just then, a shooting start went by.
"Wow, did you see that?" I asked, amazed.
"Yeah, are you gonna make a wish?" Lloyd questioned, grinning.
I thought about it for a moment then nodded, "Yeah, I don't care if it's childish."
I closed my eyes and smiled.
'I wish… I could see my brother if he's here.'
I opened my eyes and looked over at Lloyd.
"Did you wish for something?" I wondered.
"Yep, but I never expected you to be the kind of person to make a wish on a shooting star," Lloyd commented.
"I may not seem like it but I am childish. I mean, you're only a kid once, might as well enjoy it while it lasts, right?" I responded.
"Hehe, yeah," Lloyd agreed.
I then yawned and felt really sleepy.
"We should probably go back to the inn before somebody notices we're gone," Lloyd suggested.
"Everyone's asleep, nobody's going to notice, but I am sleepy so it'd probably be best," I replied.
We walked back to the inn and said good night to each other. I was able to fall asleep easily, with the sphere gripped in my hand.
This journey was going to be long and hard, but I had the support of my friends, and I had a feeling… that my brother was there… watching over me.
Me: So that's it.
Genis: Not ver eventful.
Me: I know, but I did put in a funny training session scene.
Genis: So your brother's there now?
Me: Yep, I just can't leave my brother out, he's too important.
Genis: Are you planning on havin him appear for again soon?
Me: I'm not answering that. Anyways, thanks for reading people, please review!