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FINAL FANTASY X: DEFINING MOMENTS
by Sartori
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CHAPTER 2 - ISN'T IT WONDERFUL?
"No Yunie, you can't." Rikku's high-pitched squeal pierced the silent air that the party had become so accustomed to. Tears flowed in abundance from Rikku, who couldn't bear the news that Yuna had brought.
"We must Rikku. It must be done," Yuna said, trying her best to console her heartbroken cousin.
Tidus stood behind Yuna and glanced at the entire group. Their faces were downcast and dispirited. All but Kimahri and Auron. They had come to accept the fate of a doomed summoner long ago.
"Please everyone, time is very important," Yunalesca's authoritative voice dashed the mood that had been brooding about the open room for so long now. "So you have chosen, have you?"
"Yes, I have," Yuna responded, looking more despondent than ever.
Yuna and Tidus walked towards Yunalesca's figure, ready and waiting to accept their fate as summoner and summoned.
She gazed at them appraisingly. It almost seemed as if she were judging their ability to face the task ahead. A glimmer of warmth and adoration passed through her stony facade as she remembered her former life as a summoner. Choosing her husband to be her Aeon felt like a good idea at the time, but a lifetime of regret and anguish seemed only to aggravate her aching wounds. Stuck in this limbo of deceit, where all she was allowed to do was lead others to their sorrowful fates. Should she warn them, or carry on the time-honored tradition of a follower of Yevon? "Sin must be defeated, who am I to stop them," she thought to herself, the two lovers wholly ignorant of her own dilemma.
Seeming to forget any flash of nostalgic interest in this scene before her, she graciously offered to the couple a final expression. "Any last words or actions that need to be said or done?"
Both Tidus and Yuna faced each other. Tidus' now gloveless hand reached to the chain around his neck. He took it off quickly. "Give me your hand," he said with a restrained urgency.
Yuna opened the palm of her hand, as Tidus placed the heavy chain into her waiting grasp. The chain felt cold and lifeless in her palm. Its frigidity reminded her of how very cold her surroundings had become.
"For as long as we have left...here....in Spira. I want you to have this." Tidus took hold of Yuna's hand and delicately closed her hand around the bulk of the chain. Its shape still set firmly in his mind.
Yuna, at a loss for words, just stood there and smiled. Carrying on her air of happiness, to help forget the wealth of darkness that was still to come.
"Ok, let's go then we've no time to waste," Yunalesca's voice urged. Indicating Tidus, Yunalesca motioned for him to stand before her barely concealed body. He obeyed and immediately noticed a curious emanation of heat pouring forth from her slender form. Its presence unnerved Tidus, but he said nothing in the hope that it would soon disappear. "I must bind you to Yuna. After that, your thoughts and actions will be indivisible. There is no turning back. Are you truly ready?"
"Yes."
"Good." Yunalesca turned away from Tidus and extended her right hand into the vacant space above her. Almost instantly, a flurry of light began to gather at the tips of each one of her fingers. Her palm started to glow an unnatural shade of green as her fingertips grew brighter and brighter. The green hue formed itself into the shape of a glyph that none of them had ever seen before. Turning back to face Tidus, she reached out and touched his forehead with her enchanted palm, her fingertips still shining with a blinding ferocity.
Tidus closed his eyes as the invisible flames lapped at the shores of his thoughts. He felt pain like never before. To combat this scorching heat, he attempted to open his eyelids, however difficult the task may be. As his eyes were released from their stranglehold, Tidus was submitted to a sight he had not entirely anticipated. Instead of seeing Yunalesca, he saw the shore of a beach. It calmed him. The white sandy shore was being moistened by the tranquil afternoon waves. Its simplicity soothed his mind and made the pain of Yunalesca's transfiguration vanish completely.
Seeing that Tidus was pleasantly distracted, Yunalesca continued with her ritual. The lights still glowed furiously at her fingers. One by one they traversed downward, to where Tidus' forehead and Yunalesca's palm were connected. When the connection had been completed, Yunalesca opened her other hand as wide as she possibly could. She pulled back, and without breaking her other connection, brought it down upon Tidus' chest with unbearable strength.
Yuna could see Tidus' corporeal body fly across the stage with unparalleled ease, but his spiritual self had remained. The solid form of Tidus dissolved in the air as Yuna turned her attention back to Yunalesca, and her spellbinding performance. Tidus' spirit still stood in front of Yunalesca, connected to her bewitched palm. It radiated a faint blue light, and drew some amazed sighs from everyone who saw it.
It took all of her strength, but Yunalesca managed to walk over to Yuna with the spirit in tow. Once she had arrived by Yuna's side she grasped Yuna's staff with her free hand. The blue spirit flowed upwards, into Yunalesca's palm, evaporating into every recess of the emerald glyph. She placed the tip of the glyph to the center of the staff and allowed it to flow from her body freely. As soon as the glyph's jade light had burned out, the staff was released, and it hit the stone floor with a thunderous crack.
The weakened Yunalesca fell to the floor with a sigh of relief. Looking at the amazed party she exclaimed, "You must go, she has received him. Sin is waiting."
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END OF CHAPTER 2
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FINAL FANTASY X: DEFINING MOMENTS
by Sartori
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CHAPTER 2 - ISN'T IT WONDERFUL?
"No Yunie, you can't." Rikku's high-pitched squeal pierced the silent air that the party had become so accustomed to. Tears flowed in abundance from Rikku, who couldn't bear the news that Yuna had brought.
"We must Rikku. It must be done," Yuna said, trying her best to console her heartbroken cousin.
Tidus stood behind Yuna and glanced at the entire group. Their faces were downcast and dispirited. All but Kimahri and Auron. They had come to accept the fate of a doomed summoner long ago.
"Please everyone, time is very important," Yunalesca's authoritative voice dashed the mood that had been brooding about the open room for so long now. "So you have chosen, have you?"
"Yes, I have," Yuna responded, looking more despondent than ever.
Yuna and Tidus walked towards Yunalesca's figure, ready and waiting to accept their fate as summoner and summoned.
She gazed at them appraisingly. It almost seemed as if she were judging their ability to face the task ahead. A glimmer of warmth and adoration passed through her stony facade as she remembered her former life as a summoner. Choosing her husband to be her Aeon felt like a good idea at the time, but a lifetime of regret and anguish seemed only to aggravate her aching wounds. Stuck in this limbo of deceit, where all she was allowed to do was lead others to their sorrowful fates. Should she warn them, or carry on the time-honored tradition of a follower of Yevon? "Sin must be defeated, who am I to stop them," she thought to herself, the two lovers wholly ignorant of her own dilemma.
Seeming to forget any flash of nostalgic interest in this scene before her, she graciously offered to the couple a final expression. "Any last words or actions that need to be said or done?"
Both Tidus and Yuna faced each other. Tidus' now gloveless hand reached to the chain around his neck. He took it off quickly. "Give me your hand," he said with a restrained urgency.
Yuna opened the palm of her hand, as Tidus placed the heavy chain into her waiting grasp. The chain felt cold and lifeless in her palm. Its frigidity reminded her of how very cold her surroundings had become.
"For as long as we have left...here....in Spira. I want you to have this." Tidus took hold of Yuna's hand and delicately closed her hand around the bulk of the chain. Its shape still set firmly in his mind.
Yuna, at a loss for words, just stood there and smiled. Carrying on her air of happiness, to help forget the wealth of darkness that was still to come.
"Ok, let's go then we've no time to waste," Yunalesca's voice urged. Indicating Tidus, Yunalesca motioned for him to stand before her barely concealed body. He obeyed and immediately noticed a curious emanation of heat pouring forth from her slender form. Its presence unnerved Tidus, but he said nothing in the hope that it would soon disappear. "I must bind you to Yuna. After that, your thoughts and actions will be indivisible. There is no turning back. Are you truly ready?"
"Yes."
"Good." Yunalesca turned away from Tidus and extended her right hand into the vacant space above her. Almost instantly, a flurry of light began to gather at the tips of each one of her fingers. Her palm started to glow an unnatural shade of green as her fingertips grew brighter and brighter. The green hue formed itself into the shape of a glyph that none of them had ever seen before. Turning back to face Tidus, she reached out and touched his forehead with her enchanted palm, her fingertips still shining with a blinding ferocity.
Tidus closed his eyes as the invisible flames lapped at the shores of his thoughts. He felt pain like never before. To combat this scorching heat, he attempted to open his eyelids, however difficult the task may be. As his eyes were released from their stranglehold, Tidus was submitted to a sight he had not entirely anticipated. Instead of seeing Yunalesca, he saw the shore of a beach. It calmed him. The white sandy shore was being moistened by the tranquil afternoon waves. Its simplicity soothed his mind and made the pain of Yunalesca's transfiguration vanish completely.
Seeing that Tidus was pleasantly distracted, Yunalesca continued with her ritual. The lights still glowed furiously at her fingers. One by one they traversed downward, to where Tidus' forehead and Yunalesca's palm were connected. When the connection had been completed, Yunalesca opened her other hand as wide as she possibly could. She pulled back, and without breaking her other connection, brought it down upon Tidus' chest with unbearable strength.
Yuna could see Tidus' corporeal body fly across the stage with unparalleled ease, but his spiritual self had remained. The solid form of Tidus dissolved in the air as Yuna turned her attention back to Yunalesca, and her spellbinding performance. Tidus' spirit still stood in front of Yunalesca, connected to her bewitched palm. It radiated a faint blue light, and drew some amazed sighs from everyone who saw it.
It took all of her strength, but Yunalesca managed to walk over to Yuna with the spirit in tow. Once she had arrived by Yuna's side she grasped Yuna's staff with her free hand. The blue spirit flowed upwards, into Yunalesca's palm, evaporating into every recess of the emerald glyph. She placed the tip of the glyph to the center of the staff and allowed it to flow from her body freely. As soon as the glyph's jade light had burned out, the staff was released, and it hit the stone floor with a thunderous crack.
The weakened Yunalesca fell to the floor with a sigh of relief. Looking at the amazed party she exclaimed, "You must go, she has received him. Sin is waiting."
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END OF CHAPTER 2
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