Final Fantasy 6: The Days After
Disclaimer: You know the drill. I don't own FF6 nor am I a member of SquareSoft. Don't sue, this is a fanfic.
Chapter 4: A Finch and an Ox
After Sabin fell into the water, the current dragged him off to the city of Jidoor. He was found by a man, and was carried into the town.
"Hey, buddy, you should go for a swim in the ocean, it can take your breath away! Get it guys? Eh hehehe!" an annoying voice teased.
Sabin got up wearily and looked around. He recognised the houses of the rich, and the cardboard boxes of the poor, and as he looked upwards, a giant mansion loomed in front of him.
"H-hey! This is Jidoor!" he exclaimed. "I'M ALIVE!!! YEAAHHH!!!"
"Don't get to excited, or your muscles'll expode! Get it guys? Eh hehehe!" the voice laughed again.
The townspeople glared at the person who said that. He was a short, blond man, around his late 30's.
"What's your name, Shorty?" Sabin smirked. The man laughed sarcastically and approached Sabin, literally having to bend his head back 45 degrees to look at his face.
"Nobody calls the Finch-meister short and lives!" he put on a serious face.
"How about about half an hour ago when that 4th grade kid asked how old you were?" a teenager mocked.
"I don't pick on kids," Finch smiled boastfully.
"But you picked on that 3 year old when he accidentally ran into you a few days ago!" an old lady shouted at him.
"I tripped, okay?!" the 'Finch-meister' protested.
Sabin started laughing intensely. Tears formed in his eyes as he heared many more people diss the short man.
"Nah, seriously, what's your name?" Sabin asked still laughing his ass off.
"My name is Dennis Finch, master pimp!" he grinned slyly.
"Yeah, you wish, Finch. No chick wants you in her bed!" the same teenager as before shouted at him.
"Sai! Stop abusing the midget! That's for the townspeople to do!" a familiar voice scolded.
"Hey, that voice!" Sabin muttered.
The fist-fighter made his way through the crowd of yelling and shouting people and saw Celes there, with a young boy about 13 or 14 years old standing next to her.
"Hey, Big-boy! You finally came around! The town's been waiting for you to awaken!" the child said in a playful voice. "Call me Sai. Sai Kuragashi! I know a lot about weapons, so don't hesitate to ask for my opinion if you need help with your claw weapons, since you lost yours, Sabin,"
'What?! How did he know about my missing claws? And how did he get my name? Hmm....Celes must have told him. That stupid woman...' Sabin thought to himself.
"It's not nice to call a woman stupid! And anyways, Celes DIDN'T tell me your name!" Sai frowned at the rude thoughts of Sabin.
"H-how the?!" Sabin uttered. "Th-this is all a joke, isn't it? You set me up to this! Hahaha!"
"Nope. Sai here is a true psychic, Sabin!" Celes smiled at the boy's abilities. Sai did a backflip in the air and started floating about a foot above the ground.
'I don't like this kid one bit. He really pi - chocolate cupcake walnut flavored possums - what the?!' Sabin was shocked. He was thinking of stuff he didn't want to think about.
"I'm gonna be in the inn..." Sabin said as he walked off confoundedly.
"I don't think he likes me," Sai muttered.
"Ah, he's always like that when he wakes up," Celes smiled.
As the two walked around a bit, window-shopping for a while, Sai remembered something important to tell Celes. He walked over to Celes, who was standing in front of a shop, staring at a wedding dress.
"I.......I'm sorry for ya," Sai managed to say, after realising that Celes had lost a loved one, by telepathy of course.
"I'm fine. I just miss him, that's all," Celes sobbed.
"So, anyway, I wanted to explain this whole Swirling Heaven business," Sai continued.
"Go ahead, Sai, I'm all ears," Celes forced a smile as she wiped some tears away with the back of her hand.
"Well, I've been thinking, and this is my theory. When you used Swirling Heaven, it seemed to have wasted your MP, but boosted mine up a bit, so it was like an MP sacrifice, and as you did that, I was enabled to use some of my psychic abilities to raise you, so that you did more damage," Sai explained. "I think we have discovered a new type of skill here. Since magic has been wiped out of this world, we must depend on a brand new skill to survive in battles. I will call it Limit Break. As our bodies become more stressed out, the stronger out Limits will be,"
"Oh, I understand now!" Celes grinned as she realised what had happened.
"And there's more to it than that! You see, we can only use specific Limits with the matching people around us, for example, if I had left, and Sabin had replaced me, you wouldn't have Swirling Heaven, but you'd have a different one. Plus, there's more! There are 3 levels of Limit, Independent, Dependent and Tri-Dependent. Independent skills are the ones which you can use if you're the only one there, Dependent ones usually take 1 more person, in some cases 3, to use and Tri-Dependent needs all 4 people to co-operate," Sai finished.
"Uhhh...You might want to write that down to show the others," Celes suggested.
The two walked around some more, until night fell, and they rested in the same room of the inn that Sabin had hired.
The next day, Sai, Sabin and Celes set off for the next town, which was Zozo, the haunted town.
Little did they know that Dennis Finch was following their tracks, hoping to steal their weapons and items.
Disclaimer: You know the drill. I don't own FF6 nor am I a member of SquareSoft. Don't sue, this is a fanfic.
Chapter 4: A Finch and an Ox
After Sabin fell into the water, the current dragged him off to the city of Jidoor. He was found by a man, and was carried into the town.
"Hey, buddy, you should go for a swim in the ocean, it can take your breath away! Get it guys? Eh hehehe!" an annoying voice teased.
Sabin got up wearily and looked around. He recognised the houses of the rich, and the cardboard boxes of the poor, and as he looked upwards, a giant mansion loomed in front of him.
"H-hey! This is Jidoor!" he exclaimed. "I'M ALIVE!!! YEAAHHH!!!"
"Don't get to excited, or your muscles'll expode! Get it guys? Eh hehehe!" the voice laughed again.
The townspeople glared at the person who said that. He was a short, blond man, around his late 30's.
"What's your name, Shorty?" Sabin smirked. The man laughed sarcastically and approached Sabin, literally having to bend his head back 45 degrees to look at his face.
"Nobody calls the Finch-meister short and lives!" he put on a serious face.
"How about about half an hour ago when that 4th grade kid asked how old you were?" a teenager mocked.
"I don't pick on kids," Finch smiled boastfully.
"But you picked on that 3 year old when he accidentally ran into you a few days ago!" an old lady shouted at him.
"I tripped, okay?!" the 'Finch-meister' protested.
Sabin started laughing intensely. Tears formed in his eyes as he heared many more people diss the short man.
"Nah, seriously, what's your name?" Sabin asked still laughing his ass off.
"My name is Dennis Finch, master pimp!" he grinned slyly.
"Yeah, you wish, Finch. No chick wants you in her bed!" the same teenager as before shouted at him.
"Sai! Stop abusing the midget! That's for the townspeople to do!" a familiar voice scolded.
"Hey, that voice!" Sabin muttered.
The fist-fighter made his way through the crowd of yelling and shouting people and saw Celes there, with a young boy about 13 or 14 years old standing next to her.
"Hey, Big-boy! You finally came around! The town's been waiting for you to awaken!" the child said in a playful voice. "Call me Sai. Sai Kuragashi! I know a lot about weapons, so don't hesitate to ask for my opinion if you need help with your claw weapons, since you lost yours, Sabin,"
'What?! How did he know about my missing claws? And how did he get my name? Hmm....Celes must have told him. That stupid woman...' Sabin thought to himself.
"It's not nice to call a woman stupid! And anyways, Celes DIDN'T tell me your name!" Sai frowned at the rude thoughts of Sabin.
"H-how the?!" Sabin uttered. "Th-this is all a joke, isn't it? You set me up to this! Hahaha!"
"Nope. Sai here is a true psychic, Sabin!" Celes smiled at the boy's abilities. Sai did a backflip in the air and started floating about a foot above the ground.
'I don't like this kid one bit. He really pi - chocolate cupcake walnut flavored possums - what the?!' Sabin was shocked. He was thinking of stuff he didn't want to think about.
"I'm gonna be in the inn..." Sabin said as he walked off confoundedly.
"I don't think he likes me," Sai muttered.
"Ah, he's always like that when he wakes up," Celes smiled.
As the two walked around a bit, window-shopping for a while, Sai remembered something important to tell Celes. He walked over to Celes, who was standing in front of a shop, staring at a wedding dress.
"I.......I'm sorry for ya," Sai managed to say, after realising that Celes had lost a loved one, by telepathy of course.
"I'm fine. I just miss him, that's all," Celes sobbed.
"So, anyway, I wanted to explain this whole Swirling Heaven business," Sai continued.
"Go ahead, Sai, I'm all ears," Celes forced a smile as she wiped some tears away with the back of her hand.
"Well, I've been thinking, and this is my theory. When you used Swirling Heaven, it seemed to have wasted your MP, but boosted mine up a bit, so it was like an MP sacrifice, and as you did that, I was enabled to use some of my psychic abilities to raise you, so that you did more damage," Sai explained. "I think we have discovered a new type of skill here. Since magic has been wiped out of this world, we must depend on a brand new skill to survive in battles. I will call it Limit Break. As our bodies become more stressed out, the stronger out Limits will be,"
"Oh, I understand now!" Celes grinned as she realised what had happened.
"And there's more to it than that! You see, we can only use specific Limits with the matching people around us, for example, if I had left, and Sabin had replaced me, you wouldn't have Swirling Heaven, but you'd have a different one. Plus, there's more! There are 3 levels of Limit, Independent, Dependent and Tri-Dependent. Independent skills are the ones which you can use if you're the only one there, Dependent ones usually take 1 more person, in some cases 3, to use and Tri-Dependent needs all 4 people to co-operate," Sai finished.
"Uhhh...You might want to write that down to show the others," Celes suggested.
The two walked around some more, until night fell, and they rested in the same room of the inn that Sabin had hired.
The next day, Sai, Sabin and Celes set off for the next town, which was Zozo, the haunted town.
Little did they know that Dennis Finch was following their tracks, hoping to steal their weapons and items.