(Author's Note: Now that FF.net seems to be running again, the only question that remains now is...how long can I keep this up?)


The Balamb Garden Gossip Column, part 6

Fujin's fingers paused, as she checked the list. After a cursory glance, she shrugged her shoulders, and began typing...

Item: The Garden's Festival, Seed-Stock, was certainly a hit, while it lasted. Mid-way through the Vicious Grats' part of the show, at the end of Day Two, our lookout gave the warning that Cid was returning early. As the car made its way to the garage, our beloved Chairperson began Operation Cover-up, and with the assistance of All Garden students, no one was any the wiser...
However, the question remains...who called the Headmaster?

Item: It also seems that a number of Seed-Stock-goers all had the same complaint...NO MORE EYES ON ME! After hearing the Death-metal version, the electronica-rave version, the Polka version, and a host of other needless re-mixes (my personal favorite was the gangsta rap version), everyone's wishing that our beloved Sorceress' mother had written more than one song.

Item: As mentioned earlier, there is some question as to just who called Cid and asked him to come back...most of the suspicion is being laid on a certain gun-blade carrying, leather-wearing Commander...I wonder if the Festival chairperson has plans for revenge yet? Speaking of...

Item: This very week, in our very own Quad, our Festival Chair and Triple Triad Queen will face off against her challenger, a grey-coated gun-blader...and he HAS been practicing, as a couple of junior-classmen can attest...
PSA for the week: Don't play Triple Triad with certain cranky SeeDs.

Item: An un-named SeeD received a letter the other day...from the Kiros & Ward Center for Hot Dog Addiction...our loving martial artist seems to be over the worst of his withdrawal, and is moving into his own room next week. We knew you could do it, Z-man!
Now we await his return, and see if he can handle his biggest test in this harrowing (ye-ah) ordeal...

Item: There's a very strange person running around Garden...seems a couple of days ago, there was a girl accosted by a couple of upper classmen. She was saved by...a large man wearing a cape. He then yelled something like "Hi-yo, Justice," and ran off, pretending to fly...

Item: There was a bit of a brouhaha in the SeeD dorms not too long ago...as our Commander, in his own gentle way, interrogated his darling Sorceress. The resulting Thundaga spell only blew the door off its hinges, to the good fortune of all living near by...

Item: A certain sharpshooter, hard to believe, wound up leaving SeeD-Stock alone...or, at least, without a certain Festival chairperson...though I hear he was able to survive the night...with a little assistance, from an unlikely source...

That's the news for this week...I'm out of here like rookies in the Training Center,
The Rumor Mill...


Fujin and Quistis smiled at each other...

Seifer glared at Rajin, who turned from his seat, and shrugged...