Daystar - 4 - Gale
The sun peeked into the window and cast a golden stripe across the beige hotel carpet. Every SeeD member was still asleep...all except Squall.
He sat at the edge of the bed, and wondered what the mission would consist of. He also wondered if he was hearing things. He could've sworn that he heard someone trying to keep their tears inside of their eyelids last night.
Peering over his shoulder, he took a quick peek at Nova. The only thing visible was the top of her head, and her eyes, since she had the floral blanket pulled up to her nose. She didn't look like she was in a deep sleep; in fact, she looked like she had just fallen into a trance seconds ago.
Squall yawned, and pressed himself up from the bed. He looked out of the hotel window. The town they were in seemed so peaceful, even when viewed in the daytime. There was a gentle breeze blowing, and it caused a wooden sign that read "Item Shop" to silently sway back and forth from the blue building it was attached to.
The only person he could recognize was the stuck up brunette with glasses. She pranced around with her hands clasped behind her, waiting for the instructors and the others to wake up.
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It was 7:30, and everyone was waking up. Room doors silently shutting and brand new boots stepping through the halls greeted everyone's ears.
The two other students in the room had already left. They didn't really talk to Squall, which was fine with him. They didn't even look at Nova.
Squall stood by the bed and adjusted the sleeves on his jacket. The silent red-haired girl tied her shoelaces, and carefully placed the picture frame back into her bag. She had a lot on her mind it was obvious. Every once and awhile, she'd open her mouth, and try to say something to him, but her courage faded, and she just ended up faking a cough to hide her voice. Squall did notice that she wanted to talk, but he ignored it.
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"Good Morning SeeDs, and welcome to the small town of "Calm Gale".
The black haired instructor stood beside his partner, and greeted everyone. He looked a bit young. It wouldn't be a shock if he didn't know what he was doing.
"As you can see, this town is very small, and very quiet. Everything was going fine, until one day a huge swarm of beasts barged in. Your mission? To destroy them, and let this town return to being normal...to being peaceful."
"This town already looks peaceful if you ask me. It's dead!"
Everyone turned and looked at the same guy who was yelling "Oh yeah" on the bus last night. For some strange reason there always has to be a noisy smart-ass in the groups Squall is in.
"Listen, this is just to practice your fighting skills. Some monsters will be a little bit hard to defeat; some will be easy as pie. It all depends on where you rank when it comes to kicking a-...I mean...when it comes to winning battles."
A few girls snickered in the back.
"When do we start fighting?"
Squall spoke over the voices of everyone else. The sooner he gets the fighting out of the way, the sooner they can return to Balamb, the only place where he knows exactly where everything is.
"Well...whenever you run into something that needs to be taken care of, take care of it. Explore the city...try to defeat them all...we're only here for 5 days, our objective is to sweep the whole town clean. Do your best...good luck, you're dismissed."
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Everyone was a bit nervous. They left in-groups...not sure exactly where to start off. Squall decided to go on his own, that way he wouldn't have to worry about stopping to heal someone if they got hurt along the way. Things would get done much faster.
He walked quickly up a dirt path, staring at the ground. Rinoa was the only thing that paced through his mind. He couldn't picture himself missing someone so much. Even though she'd be returning in a few weeks, each day...he seemed to grow weaker and weaker.
"You're so pathetic."
Speaking to himself silently, his train of thought was stopped when he saw Nova's shadow following him.
