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Conway: The roof! :D

Rosalina/Stephanie/Fantasy/Erika/Lily: ...

Conway: No one appreciates my humor...

Erika: Lame!

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Rosalina: We hope you enjoy this chapter, albeit a little short.

"One, two, he's coming for you…"

"Anna, stop." Nicole glared.

"Three, four, better lock the door…"

"Seriously, Anna, this isn't funny."

"Five, six, grab a crucifix… Oh, but guess what bitch, that didn't work. Now your fucking head is cut off and you can still see your body flailing! There's blood everywhere, gaaaaah! You're insides, I can see them! Damn, you got some nasty looking shit in there- OOOOH GAWD HE'S STILL SLASHING! Are you watching this? HOLY SHIT HE POPPED YOUR EYES AND IS EATING THEM! Well, I guess you're not watching and you're dead… Gonna go raid your room now, REST IN PEASE HOMMIE!"

Nicole slammed her head down on the table. "This is worse than the bear is the bushes…"

"Ah, that was fun and very fulfilling." Anna smirked, leaning back in her chair.

"Bear in the bushes?" Vaan blinked.

"Shut up, just shut up." Nicole sighed.

"Nicole, Freddie is coming for you~," Anna whispered in a dark tone.

"I hate you. Seriously,"

"It is a sound like...someone is standing behind you and breathing, staring at you; I think I can almost hear his thoughts... Like he is going to walk up behind you grab your head and slowly run his claws down your chest, tearing your skin so deep you see the flesh and muscle shred from your bones and blood is just pouring out of your body while you sit in agony... Then... BAM YOU FUCKING WAKE UP and realize it wasn't real."

Nicole repeatedly slammed her head down on the table, hoping to knock herself unconscious so she would no longer have to listen to Anna's morbid jokes.

"I'll send the Grudge after you're ass." Nicole threatened.

"Go ahead. I'll scare the fucking shit out of her and then shove a cough drop down her throat. Bitch sounds like she needs it." Anna replied.

"Fine, I'll send the Ring chick."

"She can always fall down another well, or maybe a pit of fire and I should say accidentally pour gasoline on her… You never know." Anna smirked.

"Well, damn. I'm out of people."

"I win!"

"Frick,"

"How about that clown guy from that movie Sick?"

"Yes! Thank you, Conway! I'll send him after you!"

"So? I'll just beat his ass down."

"I give up."

"I win again!"

"What are they talking about?" Filo blinked.

"I dunno…" Kytes replied.

"They're talking about stuff from their time. I think this is normal." Vaan told the kids, pondering on this being normal himself.

"It is. They go at it with scary movies and threats all the time." Daniel replied.

"So where exactly are we going?" Conway stepped up, cradling Butter in his arms like a loving parent.

Daniel stared at him for a brief moment before looking away and shaking his head, sighing.

"Heaven's Vigil," Vaan replied.

"Heaven's Vigil?" Anna cocked a brow.

Vaan nodded. He pulled out the map. "Thankfully, it's on the map. Right…here." He pointed to a certain spot.

"And that's where the Strahl was spotted?" Rosalina asked.

"From what Tomaj said, yeah," Vaan nodded.

"Llyud, what do you know about Heaven's Vigil?" Penelo inquired, turning toward the redhead aegyl.

"The aegyl stage their watch of the Ymir Qul from this quiet village. Legend holds that the sacred mountain lies at the foot of the heavens, the stairway fallen aegyl must ascend to reach the afterlife."

"Sounds… Interesting," Anna mumbled.

"I say we get something to eat and rest. We've got a while until we get there." Daniel suggested.

"Daniel's right. The Galbana is on manual, so it'll be fine." Vaan agreed.

"If that's settled then, I'm going to take a nap." Nicole stood up, pushing her chair in. She walked away, the rest of the Gamer's began to shuffle around, some glancing after her.

"Yeah…we're just…going to follow Nicole for no...suspiscious reasons." Erika quickly said before bolting off.

Anna, Conway, Stephanie and Rosalina followed suit. Daniel took his own sweet time following behind. It wasn't so important to run after them.

"Nicole!"

"NO!"

"Oh, well, we'll just walk away th- Wait… NICOLE!"

"I'M SLEEPING!"

"YOU'RE WALKING!"

"…I'M SLEEP WALKING!"

"While trying to convince us you're sleep-walking?"

"She's so magical, she knows how to sleep while walking!" Conway joked.

Nicole turned around, crossing her arms. "Haven't you ever heard someone talk in their sleep?"

"No," Erika replied.

"Oh well… You do." Nicole turned back around, continuing towards the Sky Saloon.

Erika blinked. "I do? Coley! What do I say? !"

"Are we really going to see Balthier and Fran?" Stephanie asked, biting the bottom of her lip to hold back the mad grin from breaking out on her face. It wasn't easy to contain her excitement.

"I dunno," Nicole shrugged.

"Liar," Anna muttered.

"I'm not telling any of you." Nicole stuck out her tongue.

Anna looked up at her brother. "Daniel?"

"I'm with Nicole on this one."

"Damn!" Anna cursed.

"You all will just have to wait and see." Nicole smirked.

"We don't wanna wait." Erika whined.

"Patience is a virtue." Rosalina patted Erika's back, hoping to make the fifteen-year-old feel better.

"You are telling someone who barely even knows the meaning of patience to be patient. Yeah, that's going to go over real well." Anna rolled her eyes.

"I'm going to go take a nap in the Sky Saloon. Wake me up when we land." Nicole waved at her friends before exiting through a nearby door.

"I think I'm going to take a nap too." Anna mumbled, following Nicole.

"I'm going with Master." Fantasy said, trailing after Anna.

"And I'm…going to beat up Conway." Erika decided.

"No!" Conway stepped back.

"Oh yes,"

Conway stepped back once more before he spun around and bolted down the hall. Erika ran after him. Stephanie, Daniel and Rosalina stared after the two.

"I think I will go and see if Tomaj needs any help." Stephanie entered the Sky Saloon.

Rosalina and Daniel stood next to each other in an awkward silence.

"So…" Rosalina spoke first. "Will we be seeing Fran and Balthier?"

Daniel smirked playfully. "Like Nicole said, you'll just have to wait and see."

Rosalina smirked back. "I see how it is."

"What do you want to do?" Daniel wondered.

"Get out some lawn chairs and watch Erika chase Conway around?"

"Sounds good to me,"

Erika nudged Stephanie in the side. "You wake them up."

Stephanie nudged her back. "No, you wake them up."

"I don't want to wake them up. They're scary when they first wake up."

"Nicole's is not that bad. As for Anna…"

"Let's get Vaan to wake Anna up." Daniel suggested.

"Good idea!" the two girls agreed.

"I know, I am so brilliant,"

"Please, stop flipping your hair, Daniel." Stephanie pleaded.

"Don't send Vaan into a death trap! We almost lost him before!" Erika exclaimed.

"Yeah… Well Conway, I guess you're the one up for the job. I'll take Nicole. Good luck!" Rosalina patted the seventeen year olds back before she and the rest of the gang ran over to the sleeping Nicole, leaving a confused Conway and his Butter behind.

"What just happened?" he blinked. "Butter, are you confused too?" he stared at the fern, as if the plotted plant was going to give him a reply. "Yeah… I thought so." Or maybe it did…in his mind.

Conway gently placed the fern down on the table that Anna's head laid on. He patted the plant before walking up to the other end of the table. Conway pondered on how to wake Anna up without her going bat shit crazy on him.

Oh, this was going to be hard…

Rosalina is evil.

Pure evil.

That is when the most genius plan popped into his mind! He would give her a kiss on the head. No one could possibly ever resist a kiss from an extremely hot person such as himself, right?

"Anna, it's time for your good morning kiss!" Conway puckered his lips, leaning down towards the sleeping orange-blond haired girl (which was obviously dyed because you could see the color was fading at the roots, showing her natural brown hair).

Unfortunately for him, Anna had woken up and decked him in the face.

"Uhm, why is Conway on the ground and why is Anna holding Butter up above him like she's about to drop it on his face?" Nicole could be heard questioning.

"That's because I am." Anna growled in reply. "Any last words, sicko?"

"Butter is a she! She has a gender!"

"Those are some horrible last words… Defending this stupid plant,"

"Fern,"

"Hell if I care!"

"Anna, let's not kill Conway just yet." Daniel approached his insane, killing sister and pulled the plant away from her.

"Fine, but the bastard will get beaten later. Trying to kiss me while I'm asleep…," she grumbled, crossed her arms, and walked away.

"Have we landed yet?" Nicole asked, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.

"Hell if I know," Daniel replied. "Go talk to Vaan."

"Shouldn't you know though? You would feel us land, wouldn't you? I was asleep, so I wouldn't."

"Bitch, go to the Bridge and see Vaan. Oh, and Penelo wants you to write something in the Log." Daniel kicked Nicole out of the Sky Saloon and locked the door.

Nicole grumbled curse words as she walked over to the Bridge, opening the door and entering.

"Hey," she greeted her fellow friends.

"Have a nice nap?" Penelo asked her with a smile.

"It was fine," Nicole shrugged. She sat down at the table where the Logbook was located. She opened it up, skimming through the pages until she found the most recent ones. Most were from Tomaj from when they were still stranded. So, she began to read them.

I have to admit, keeping a log is more fun that I thought it would be. Vaan doesn't seem to be enjoying himself, though. He'd better snap out of it before Penelo snaps him out.

-Tomaj

The aegyl are surprisingly good with their hands, and the repairs have gone smoothly. Unfortunately, even with the repairs done, the ship won't budge. She's as stubborn as her captain.

-Tomaj

Well, the captain may be sinking, but the airship should be soaring soon enough. And not a moment too soon. People are starting to go a little stir-crazy, if you ask me.

-Tomaj

I went outside to announce the repairs were complete to a decidedly muted reception. How did it come to this? I never really liked Velis, but I can't stand to see Penelo crying. Time to take matters into my own hands.

-Tomaj

Turns out Tomaj had the log the whole time.

-Kytes

I say we let him write the whole thing!

-Vaan

Hear, hear!

-Filo

Sounds good to me!

-Anna

Do your own dirty work!

-Tomaj

Nicole chuckled, shaking her head. Her friends were ridiculous sometimes.

She picked up the pencil right next to her and began to write her entry. Filo peeked over her shoulder, being the curious little girl she was. Nicole snapped the book closed just before Filo could see what she had written, and soon enough Vaan announced that they were landing.

Filo pouted. She would just have to read Nicole's entry later.

The others walked in as the Galbana halted and lowered to the ground.

"Heaven's Vigil is not that far off from where we've just landed." Vaan said, running his index finger over the map. "How long of a walk would you estimate, Daniel?"

"About an hour long walk," Daniel replied, glancing at the map and then his watch.

"The sooner we get going, the better. Are we ready?" Vaan asked.

Everyone nodded, and Vaan led them out. Stephanie smiled at Tomaj as they parted, the gang walking into some tall grass.

"I hate grass like this. Makes me all itchy," Anna grumbled, scratching both of her arms.

"Don't itch, you'll make it worse." Rosalina slapped Anna's hands back down to her side.

"You are probably right." Anna sighed.

The gang made their way through the tall grass and into smaller grass, much to Anna's relief. They walked, Filo and Kytes running about in search of treasure. They became highly disappointed when Daniel told them that they wouldn't be finding any treasure until after Heaven's Vigil. So the kids walked in the back, sulking to themselves. Anna was slightly sulking too. Erika, however, was off in her own little world.

"Nicole~," she sang, walking up to her best friend and wrapping an arm around Nicole's arm. "I was just wondering… Do we get to see Basch?" she whispered the last part into her ear.

"You'll just have to wait and see…" Nicole replied in a half mumble, herself seeming distracted.

Erika pouted. "Why can't you just tell me?"

"Because then it would ruin all of the wonderful surprises in store."

"Wonderful surprises?"

"It wasn't as great just knowing what was going to happen last time… You felt the same way. It kind of sucks knowing again, and you'd probably feel the same way if you played the game, so I figured I would keep my mouth shut and let you experience it all on your own."

"I hate it though. I keep almost crying at the sad times!"

"That's good for you."

Erika muttered something incoherent under her breath. She kept herself latched onto Nicole's arm the rest of the trip to Heaven's Vigil. As they passed by a large dirt road, she couldn't help but stop and stare up at it. This also halted Nicole.

"What the hell are you looking at?" Nicole lifted a brow.

"The dirt road… Do we have to go up there later?" Erika asked, pointing to her left.

Nicole looked over the place, a look of realization flashing through her eyes momentarily. "Well… It's more than likely."

"So I take that as a yes…?"

"If you want to,"

Erika grinned. "Ok, let's catch up with the others!" the two girls jogged off, the dirt path soon pushed to the back of their minds.

Tomaj whislted a tune, walking around the Bridge, cleaning up a bit before Vaan and the others came back, and possibly with Balthier and Fran. He wasn't sure though, but he figured he'd set up a couple of places for the two of them anyhow.

As he shuffled around the table, the Log fell to the ground, opening up. Tomaj bent down to pick it up, but noticed a new entry, so he read it.

It's been a while since I've wrote anything... Tomaj did have the book for the longest time. Anyway, this journey seems to be going by fast... We haven't been here for long, but we've already done so much. And now we're off to find Fran and Balthier... I hope Janelle doesn't come back soon. But if she does, I'm ready to take her on.

-Nicole

Tomaj frowned slightly.

He picked up the pencil.

There's still plenty of a journey ahead, Nicole! And your stuck in on it, just like me. But it's not all bad, now is it? If Janelle comes back, I'll be ready to rough her up myself.

-Tomaj

Lily: Forgive us for having Tomaj be all... un-Tomaj-like at the end. We got stuck. Dx HE WILL BE BETTER LATER...HOPEFULLY!

Anna: Next chapter should be exciting. It actually goes back into more of the plot than this one.

Stephanie: Maybe... But you'll only find out if you give us 4 reviews. It's done, you know, and ready to be put up!

Lily: We have school starting up next week (for the most of us) Dx. So eventually (might start sometime in the middle of next month) updates will be coming at you probably slow, but not too slow I hope.

Erika: WHAT? SCHOOL STARTS NEXT WEEK?

Conway: Don't you look at the calender?

Erika: Pfft. Why would I go onto the website?

Daniel: Well, 'till then, see ya.