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This is the re-written version of chapter 6. I took a look at the first and realized I could probably to better than that. The dialogue may be much the same in some parts because I decided that was worth keeping. So go on, tell me is it better or not in a review.
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Chapter 6
The light pole flickered at the end of time, casting shadows from the two figures that sat on its main platform. One hour ago the threesome, Marle, Magus, and Lucca, came carrying Chrono in with much surprise to the old man Gaspar that lived there. They had explained to him the strange events, almost giving the old man a heart attack and causing him to tell them of the reappearance of one gate that lead to the time period 1000 A.D.
Needing to discuss the issue further, they found a large table that Gaspar stored by the game cabinet and held a meeting in Spekkio's training room. That is everyone except Lucca, she was stuck with guarding the sleeping Chrono.
'Why did I get stuck with this', complained Lucca to herself.
'Why couldn't Magus, he is better in combat than me. Even Marle would have been better, she at least might be able to calm Chrono down if he wakes up', continued Lucca to herself.
Glancing up at the sleeping Chrono, she noted that he looked peaceful in his sleep. The light from the lamp post covered half his body, leaving his head to bask in the darkness. They had taken his sword and armor away from him, fearing that if he did wake up the first thing he would do is start cleaving people left and right. All that was left was his ordinary clothes consisting of tan pants, yellow scarf, and greenish blue shirt. Taking in all these details she failed to see the slightest movement of his eyes as they barely opened and the slightest grin form on his face.
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"How could this have happened old man", almost shouted Magus to Gaspar as he banged his fist on the table.
"Is it Lavos?", continued Magus.
Gaspar briefly took off his hat to scratch his head then replied, "I do not think this is Lavos"
"Who else could it be?", chimed in Marle.
"I think it is Lavos, it coincides with the reappearance of the gates", spoke Spekkio.
"That is true but I do not sense him", replied Gaspar.
"Marle, did he encounter any enemies or magics since Lavos", asked Gaspar as he gathered his facts together.
"Nope, this strangeness of his started just a bit after my father was assassinated", glumly said Marle.
"Hmm, who was this assassin and did Chrono fight him?", asked Gaspar again.
"Nope, we never found him or anyone else involved with it", again replied Marle.
"Do you think it could be the descendant of a rather un-happy mystic", asked Spekkio out loud.
"No, the mystics never had any magic like this. Mind influencing magic is harder to cast as it requires someone to have a very weak will", explained Magus.
"The mystics might not have such a spell but Zeal might have", thought Magus aloud.
"And where would you suggest we get info from Zeal, it is at the bottom of the sea", asked Gaspar.
"I recovered some books of magic after the crashing of the black bird", stated Magus.
"Yes, yes that could help a great deal", stated Gaspar with excitement in his voice.
"There are a few books that I couldn't understand, the language was not that of Zeal", revealed Magus a bit embarrassed since he couldn't read his own books.
"I do remember a bit of a language, it was pre-Zeal when magic was in its infancy. It was used even up to the destruction of Zeal, like a scientific way to write down magic experiments and their results", explained Gaspar.
A sharp shriek pierced the air, causing the group in the room to freeze and stare at the door. Several moments of silence followed until Magus opened the door causing the group to expect the worse. The door inched open, its hinges spookily silent.
Lucca sat terrified in one corner of the room, aiming her gun loosely at Chrono who sat in the opposite corner with a large evil smile on his face.
"Lucca what happened", asked Gaspar as he and the rest of the group emerged form the other room.
"N..nothing, he just woke up", replied a scared Lucca
"Well well, if it isn't the old man and blue boy", chuckled Chrono as he tilted his head back to look where the ceiling would be.
"So the whole posse is against me now eh", continued Chrono.
"We are trying to help", pleaded Marle from in front of the door, "really"
"I don't need your help", replied Chrono as he brought his head back down and gave them all a glare. It was the glare equivalent of an evil eye, soaked in hatred, anger, insanity, and amusement.
"What happened to ya spike boy, was it Lavos?", asked Spekkio.
"Hehehe, why is it whenever something goes wrong you fools suspect Lavos?", asked Chrono as he raised his right eyebrow.
"I didn't think so, but if it wasn't him then what happened?", asked Gaspar.
"Think? That must be a first for this group, someone who thinks", clapped Chrono, his limbs as lose as a rubber band.
"You want to know who did this?", asked Chrono.
"Then look around you, look at each and every person beside you and across the room", answered Chrono as he made a sweeping motion with his hands.
"But….", asked Lucca being cut off by Chrono.
"Patients Lucca, let me tell my story", Chrono said as he waved his finger back and forth.
"You do remember that little incident when you 'Brang' me back from the dead", stated Chrono as a hypothetical question.
"Who was there when you did it? I remember seeing Magus, Marle, and Lucca", continued Chrono.
"Old man, what was one of the pre-requisites for using your little Chrono trigger", shouted Chrono at Gaspar who was thinking.
"It was that the effect was equal to the effort put in", responded Gaspar.
"You said more", responded Chrono.
"I also told them to keep you in their hearts and the day they wanted would come, but how do you know what I said?", Gaspard asked and stated at the same time.
"Ahh you see that last part, 'To keep me in your heart', or in other words you had to want me to come back", started Chrono.
"You are implying one of your friends didn't want you back", asked Gaspar confused.
"Well lets see who it could be hmm?", said Chrono as he moved his gaze between Marle, Lucca, and Magus.
"Marle here was too love struck to not want me back", stated Chrono as he directed his glance towards her.
"Lucca here is constantly thinking about her friends, dead or alive", continued Chrono as he put his gaze now on Lucca.
"Now who does that leave Magus?", asked Chrono not moving his gaze from Lucca.
"Me", coldly replied Magus.
"You didn't want me back, you wanted the power to destroy Lavos", started Chrono again.
"That little Chrono Trigger combined the two desires, the desire of you wanting me back and the desire for power to beat Lavos", explained Chrono as he opened and closed his hand as if he were flexing it.
"But like all things, it came at a price"
"So you are saying that the Chrono Trigger cause this", asked Marle.
"YOU GUYS are the ones that cause this. Without the effort from all of you then the Chrono Trigger wouldn't have been used", replied Chrono.
"They say power corrupts, I am more or less a living example. In exchange for power to beat Lavos and be brought back, your Chrono agreed to let me stay in his head for awhile. He just didn't know that I would take it over", chuckled Chrono as he tapped on his head.
"Why…", asked Marle.
"Taking someone apart piece by piece is quite fun", chuckled Chrono again.
"But really, I wanted power. I want and need the power, and I will have the power", seriously said Chrono.
"I see", said Gaspar more to himself than anyone else.
"So now that you have me, what do you plan on doing", asked Chrono.
"We said we would help and we will", said Lucca.
"Call it whatever you want", said Chrono as he shifted his position, making everyone except Magus jump a little.
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After Chrono was done blaming his friends for his condition, Lucca and Magus went back to the Dark Ages to reclaim his books. It had taken much arguing to convince Magus that bringing them here was safer than taking Gaspar back to the past. Magus had argued the old man had never gone anywhere in his life and taking him back with them made sure his books where safe and gave the old-geaser a free ride. In the end Lucca won the argument because of her persistence, that and giving Magus a headache with her "damn illogical arguments" as he put it.
Chrono had requested a solitaire deck and the group gave it too him, least he get bored and plot escape or harm. He played solitaire slowly, taking time to think and when acting moved at the pace of a sloth. Periodically he would glance up to give the audience that watched him the evil grin. Gaspar began brushing up on the old tongue before Magus came back, chanting old phrases and such. It seemed that the old man did indeed know just a little, he was able to teach all he knew to Marle and Spekkio before Magus returned.
"You fools butcher the ancient tongue", insulted Chrono from his solitaire game.
"I did not know you knew it", stated Gaspar surprised.
"Chrono doesn't know it, but I do. I know a great deal of things, some that you would never be able to comprehend", responded Chrono as he continued his game.
"Would you be willing to teach us how to say it properly so we don't 'butcher' it", said Spekkio, trying his luck.
"Sure let me teach you the language so you can use it against me", sarcastically said Chrono as he finished yet another game with himself.
"We are trying to help Chrono", said Marle.
"Is that all you ever say?", rudely said Chrono, never bothering to look up before getting back to another game.
Marle backed off as her eyes filled with tears but she whipped them away before they escaped. Gaspar and Spekkio saw the impact of Chrono's words and tried to take her mind off it by continuing their practice.
Magus had arrived just an hour later, bringing with him many books. It took several trips back and forth between the Epoch and Spekkio's room before they cleared the Epoch of its large load.
"Drop any of these books and I swear I will make your death painful", warned Magus harshly as the group carried his books as he supervised.
"They're only books, chill out Magus", replied Lucca.
"To you perhaps", coldly said Magus as he gave Lucca a dangerous glare.
The group was able to unload it without Magus killing anyone and so he and Gaspar began their great search. Shutting themselves in the room for hours, upon hours, upon hours until they found what the sought. The other three that had to keep guard had a hard time keeping awake, often casting spells on one another just to jolt them up and alive. Spekkio was the first to fall asleep, the humming of the lamp and its warm light were just too much for him. Marle was next since she hadn't received any sleep the night before. The two sleepers sat back to back and snored in chorus, making Lucca chuckled just a tad bit. The sleep over took her as well though, and if by magic she suddenly just dropped down cold.
Looking up from his current game, Chrono gave an evil grin as it appeared that all his guards had fallen asleep on the job. Eyeing the pendant that lay around Marle's neck, Chrono laughed inwardly to himself. As he moved to get up he failed to noticed the dark form that stood in the background observing every little movement he took.
This is the re-written version of chapter 6. I took a look at the first and realized I could probably to better than that. The dialogue may be much the same in some parts because I decided that was worth keeping. So go on, tell me is it better or not in a review.
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Chapter 6
The light pole flickered at the end of time, casting shadows from the two figures that sat on its main platform. One hour ago the threesome, Marle, Magus, and Lucca, came carrying Chrono in with much surprise to the old man Gaspar that lived there. They had explained to him the strange events, almost giving the old man a heart attack and causing him to tell them of the reappearance of one gate that lead to the time period 1000 A.D.
Needing to discuss the issue further, they found a large table that Gaspar stored by the game cabinet and held a meeting in Spekkio's training room. That is everyone except Lucca, she was stuck with guarding the sleeping Chrono.
'Why did I get stuck with this', complained Lucca to herself.
'Why couldn't Magus, he is better in combat than me. Even Marle would have been better, she at least might be able to calm Chrono down if he wakes up', continued Lucca to herself.
Glancing up at the sleeping Chrono, she noted that he looked peaceful in his sleep. The light from the lamp post covered half his body, leaving his head to bask in the darkness. They had taken his sword and armor away from him, fearing that if he did wake up the first thing he would do is start cleaving people left and right. All that was left was his ordinary clothes consisting of tan pants, yellow scarf, and greenish blue shirt. Taking in all these details she failed to see the slightest movement of his eyes as they barely opened and the slightest grin form on his face.
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"How could this have happened old man", almost shouted Magus to Gaspar as he banged his fist on the table.
"Is it Lavos?", continued Magus.
Gaspar briefly took off his hat to scratch his head then replied, "I do not think this is Lavos"
"Who else could it be?", chimed in Marle.
"I think it is Lavos, it coincides with the reappearance of the gates", spoke Spekkio.
"That is true but I do not sense him", replied Gaspar.
"Marle, did he encounter any enemies or magics since Lavos", asked Gaspar as he gathered his facts together.
"Nope, this strangeness of his started just a bit after my father was assassinated", glumly said Marle.
"Hmm, who was this assassin and did Chrono fight him?", asked Gaspar again.
"Nope, we never found him or anyone else involved with it", again replied Marle.
"Do you think it could be the descendant of a rather un-happy mystic", asked Spekkio out loud.
"No, the mystics never had any magic like this. Mind influencing magic is harder to cast as it requires someone to have a very weak will", explained Magus.
"The mystics might not have such a spell but Zeal might have", thought Magus aloud.
"And where would you suggest we get info from Zeal, it is at the bottom of the sea", asked Gaspar.
"I recovered some books of magic after the crashing of the black bird", stated Magus.
"Yes, yes that could help a great deal", stated Gaspar with excitement in his voice.
"There are a few books that I couldn't understand, the language was not that of Zeal", revealed Magus a bit embarrassed since he couldn't read his own books.
"I do remember a bit of a language, it was pre-Zeal when magic was in its infancy. It was used even up to the destruction of Zeal, like a scientific way to write down magic experiments and their results", explained Gaspar.
A sharp shriek pierced the air, causing the group in the room to freeze and stare at the door. Several moments of silence followed until Magus opened the door causing the group to expect the worse. The door inched open, its hinges spookily silent.
Lucca sat terrified in one corner of the room, aiming her gun loosely at Chrono who sat in the opposite corner with a large evil smile on his face.
"Lucca what happened", asked Gaspar as he and the rest of the group emerged form the other room.
"N..nothing, he just woke up", replied a scared Lucca
"Well well, if it isn't the old man and blue boy", chuckled Chrono as he tilted his head back to look where the ceiling would be.
"So the whole posse is against me now eh", continued Chrono.
"We are trying to help", pleaded Marle from in front of the door, "really"
"I don't need your help", replied Chrono as he brought his head back down and gave them all a glare. It was the glare equivalent of an evil eye, soaked in hatred, anger, insanity, and amusement.
"What happened to ya spike boy, was it Lavos?", asked Spekkio.
"Hehehe, why is it whenever something goes wrong you fools suspect Lavos?", asked Chrono as he raised his right eyebrow.
"I didn't think so, but if it wasn't him then what happened?", asked Gaspar.
"Think? That must be a first for this group, someone who thinks", clapped Chrono, his limbs as lose as a rubber band.
"You want to know who did this?", asked Chrono.
"Then look around you, look at each and every person beside you and across the room", answered Chrono as he made a sweeping motion with his hands.
"But….", asked Lucca being cut off by Chrono.
"Patients Lucca, let me tell my story", Chrono said as he waved his finger back and forth.
"You do remember that little incident when you 'Brang' me back from the dead", stated Chrono as a hypothetical question.
"Who was there when you did it? I remember seeing Magus, Marle, and Lucca", continued Chrono.
"Old man, what was one of the pre-requisites for using your little Chrono trigger", shouted Chrono at Gaspar who was thinking.
"It was that the effect was equal to the effort put in", responded Gaspar.
"You said more", responded Chrono.
"I also told them to keep you in their hearts and the day they wanted would come, but how do you know what I said?", Gaspard asked and stated at the same time.
"Ahh you see that last part, 'To keep me in your heart', or in other words you had to want me to come back", started Chrono.
"You are implying one of your friends didn't want you back", asked Gaspar confused.
"Well lets see who it could be hmm?", said Chrono as he moved his gaze between Marle, Lucca, and Magus.
"Marle here was too love struck to not want me back", stated Chrono as he directed his glance towards her.
"Lucca here is constantly thinking about her friends, dead or alive", continued Chrono as he put his gaze now on Lucca.
"Now who does that leave Magus?", asked Chrono not moving his gaze from Lucca.
"Me", coldly replied Magus.
"You didn't want me back, you wanted the power to destroy Lavos", started Chrono again.
"That little Chrono Trigger combined the two desires, the desire of you wanting me back and the desire for power to beat Lavos", explained Chrono as he opened and closed his hand as if he were flexing it.
"But like all things, it came at a price"
"So you are saying that the Chrono Trigger cause this", asked Marle.
"YOU GUYS are the ones that cause this. Without the effort from all of you then the Chrono Trigger wouldn't have been used", replied Chrono.
"They say power corrupts, I am more or less a living example. In exchange for power to beat Lavos and be brought back, your Chrono agreed to let me stay in his head for awhile. He just didn't know that I would take it over", chuckled Chrono as he tapped on his head.
"Why…", asked Marle.
"Taking someone apart piece by piece is quite fun", chuckled Chrono again.
"But really, I wanted power. I want and need the power, and I will have the power", seriously said Chrono.
"I see", said Gaspar more to himself than anyone else.
"So now that you have me, what do you plan on doing", asked Chrono.
"We said we would help and we will", said Lucca.
"Call it whatever you want", said Chrono as he shifted his position, making everyone except Magus jump a little.
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After Chrono was done blaming his friends for his condition, Lucca and Magus went back to the Dark Ages to reclaim his books. It had taken much arguing to convince Magus that bringing them here was safer than taking Gaspar back to the past. Magus had argued the old man had never gone anywhere in his life and taking him back with them made sure his books where safe and gave the old-geaser a free ride. In the end Lucca won the argument because of her persistence, that and giving Magus a headache with her "damn illogical arguments" as he put it.
Chrono had requested a solitaire deck and the group gave it too him, least he get bored and plot escape or harm. He played solitaire slowly, taking time to think and when acting moved at the pace of a sloth. Periodically he would glance up to give the audience that watched him the evil grin. Gaspar began brushing up on the old tongue before Magus came back, chanting old phrases and such. It seemed that the old man did indeed know just a little, he was able to teach all he knew to Marle and Spekkio before Magus returned.
"You fools butcher the ancient tongue", insulted Chrono from his solitaire game.
"I did not know you knew it", stated Gaspar surprised.
"Chrono doesn't know it, but I do. I know a great deal of things, some that you would never be able to comprehend", responded Chrono as he continued his game.
"Would you be willing to teach us how to say it properly so we don't 'butcher' it", said Spekkio, trying his luck.
"Sure let me teach you the language so you can use it against me", sarcastically said Chrono as he finished yet another game with himself.
"We are trying to help Chrono", said Marle.
"Is that all you ever say?", rudely said Chrono, never bothering to look up before getting back to another game.
Marle backed off as her eyes filled with tears but she whipped them away before they escaped. Gaspar and Spekkio saw the impact of Chrono's words and tried to take her mind off it by continuing their practice.
Magus had arrived just an hour later, bringing with him many books. It took several trips back and forth between the Epoch and Spekkio's room before they cleared the Epoch of its large load.
"Drop any of these books and I swear I will make your death painful", warned Magus harshly as the group carried his books as he supervised.
"They're only books, chill out Magus", replied Lucca.
"To you perhaps", coldly said Magus as he gave Lucca a dangerous glare.
The group was able to unload it without Magus killing anyone and so he and Gaspar began their great search. Shutting themselves in the room for hours, upon hours, upon hours until they found what the sought. The other three that had to keep guard had a hard time keeping awake, often casting spells on one another just to jolt them up and alive. Spekkio was the first to fall asleep, the humming of the lamp and its warm light were just too much for him. Marle was next since she hadn't received any sleep the night before. The two sleepers sat back to back and snored in chorus, making Lucca chuckled just a tad bit. The sleep over took her as well though, and if by magic she suddenly just dropped down cold.
Looking up from his current game, Chrono gave an evil grin as it appeared that all his guards had fallen asleep on the job. Eyeing the pendant that lay around Marle's neck, Chrono laughed inwardly to himself. As he moved to get up he failed to noticed the dark form that stood in the background observing every little movement he took.