Hey, want to know some insider information? I don't care if you don't, come here! Thorien's last name is Elven. Translated to English, it means Starwhisper. Cool, huh?
Time for a cool part in this story, a part I've been itching to get to (one of the reasons I've been submitting chapters so frequently). This part stretches over several chapters (or a few, if I want to scrunch parts together) and you'll probably see why I like it .
Legal Disclaimer (I've forgotten for a while): I do not own most of these characters. They belong to Sony, Nintendo, Square, among others whose names I can't think of. Original characters I do own are Draco, Omega (or Brian), Black, Tekno, Blake, Angel, Wilder, Thorien, Clash, the man (I won't tell you his name yet), and the Watchers (the crystal ball peoples, you don't know their names yet, so I'm not telling you).
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Chapter 28: This Is Bad, Very, Very, Very, Very Bad. I Cannot Use Too Many Very's Here!!!
"I didn't know we were going to be in a desert!" The man said to the rest of them.
"Why," asked Brian, already wishing he could get out of the hot sun, "do you hate heat?"
"No!" Replied the man, "I love it!!! Heat is the best!!! This is one of those perks of this job, going lots of different places."
"If you're trying to get us to join, it's not going to work," said Julie, catching on, "we don't want to be mercs."
"Mercenaries," Thorien corrected her.
"Whatever," Julie said, shooting Thorien a dirty look, "we're still not going to join."
The man looked disappointed at this, then looked up, "there's your vehicle!!!" He shouted, pointing.
There was an airship that Brian thought looked familiar flying over them. The man kneeled in front of Thorien. "Grab a flare," he said. Thorien pulled a flare from the man's back and Brian realized that the man had weapons and items hidden under the things Brian saw on his back.
"Now," said the man, "we get their attention." He kneeled closely over the flare and when he moved it was lit, though Brian didn't see any source of the man lighting it. The flare fired off and exploded in a red shower of sparks. They all looked up at the ship, which immediately turned. "There," said the man, "that should..." Then he stopped. Brian turned around to see what was wrong.
"Oh no," Brian said. There was a cloud of green gas-looking substance surrounding the man, who looked like he was choking. "This stuff is bad, it made me evil."
"This is bad, very bad," said Thorien, "if he gets evil... we need to get out of here, now!!!"
"Why?" Said Omega, turning around, "what is he? What aren't you telling-" and then some of the gas split off of the man and circled around Brian. "Who's...doing...this?" He managed to stutter out.
"Both of them?" Thorien said. Then the ship pulled down.
"You need help?" A man with blonde, spiky hair and a sword about three-quarters the size of the man's walked towards the edge of the deck. Then he saw Brian and called back, "Ashley? You might want to see this."
"Ashley...no...get out... of here!" Brian shouted, obviously in incredible pain while speaking.
"Just throw down the ladder!" Thorien shouted.
"But..."
"Now!!!"
Cloud ducked and they couldn't see him under the side rail for a second, then the ladder rolled down. "Up!" Thorien shouted, in a panic as the cloud was disappearing from the man.
They climbed up the ladder quickly, and after Thorien's panicky insistence for about ten seconds, they took off.
"Thank God!" Said Thorien, relieved, "I only hope Leaf can help..."
"Who's Leaf?" Julie asked, trying to get answers.
"A sorceress, and a mercenary, too. I suppose I should tell you now, so his name's Billy. Leaf is the one he called his girlfriend, but that's just teasing her because of some ancient history. She normally works with us, but she was on vacation because we thought this would be easy..."
"So, where exactly are we?" Julie asked no one in particular.
"On our ship, the Highwind," said a voice from behind the three, "I'm Cloud. What exactly happened down there?"
"We don't know," said Thorien, turning to Cloud, "but Omega- the man you saw that had a jewel on his forehead, said that it had made him evil before right before it got on him. And if my friend, Billy, is evil, I fear for the world. You have to take us to the Golden Saucer."
"Did you say Omega?" a voice said, and a teenage girl came running up and stood next to Cloud. "Was he... down there?"
"Why," asked Julie, "do you know him?"
"I'm his girlfriend, Ashley."
"Oh, really? I didn't know he had a girlfriend. I guess I should introduce myself, I'm Julie, Omega's sister."
Ashley felt shocked on the inside but didn't say anything. Yuffie rushed in, with Ashley thinking, 'oh, great, time for some more of her 'charm''.
Yuffie looked at the three newcomers. "More weirdos... great. Who and what are you?"
"My name is Draco. I am a Half-Dragon."
"Thorien Staciagala, a Shadow Elf."
"Julie, I'm an elf." She said, trying not to get mad at Yuffie.
Introductions with everyone were made, and they sped off towards the Golden Saucer.
Time for a cool part in this story, a part I've been itching to get to (one of the reasons I've been submitting chapters so frequently). This part stretches over several chapters (or a few, if I want to scrunch parts together) and you'll probably see why I like it .
Legal Disclaimer (I've forgotten for a while): I do not own most of these characters. They belong to Sony, Nintendo, Square, among others whose names I can't think of. Original characters I do own are Draco, Omega (or Brian), Black, Tekno, Blake, Angel, Wilder, Thorien, Clash, the man (I won't tell you his name yet), and the Watchers (the crystal ball peoples, you don't know their names yet, so I'm not telling you).
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Chapter 28: This Is Bad, Very, Very, Very, Very Bad. I Cannot Use Too Many Very's Here!!!
"I didn't know we were going to be in a desert!" The man said to the rest of them.
"Why," asked Brian, already wishing he could get out of the hot sun, "do you hate heat?"
"No!" Replied the man, "I love it!!! Heat is the best!!! This is one of those perks of this job, going lots of different places."
"If you're trying to get us to join, it's not going to work," said Julie, catching on, "we don't want to be mercs."
"Mercenaries," Thorien corrected her.
"Whatever," Julie said, shooting Thorien a dirty look, "we're still not going to join."
The man looked disappointed at this, then looked up, "there's your vehicle!!!" He shouted, pointing.
There was an airship that Brian thought looked familiar flying over them. The man kneeled in front of Thorien. "Grab a flare," he said. Thorien pulled a flare from the man's back and Brian realized that the man had weapons and items hidden under the things Brian saw on his back.
"Now," said the man, "we get their attention." He kneeled closely over the flare and when he moved it was lit, though Brian didn't see any source of the man lighting it. The flare fired off and exploded in a red shower of sparks. They all looked up at the ship, which immediately turned. "There," said the man, "that should..." Then he stopped. Brian turned around to see what was wrong.
"Oh no," Brian said. There was a cloud of green gas-looking substance surrounding the man, who looked like he was choking. "This stuff is bad, it made me evil."
"This is bad, very bad," said Thorien, "if he gets evil... we need to get out of here, now!!!"
"Why?" Said Omega, turning around, "what is he? What aren't you telling-" and then some of the gas split off of the man and circled around Brian. "Who's...doing...this?" He managed to stutter out.
"Both of them?" Thorien said. Then the ship pulled down.
"You need help?" A man with blonde, spiky hair and a sword about three-quarters the size of the man's walked towards the edge of the deck. Then he saw Brian and called back, "Ashley? You might want to see this."
"Ashley...no...get out... of here!" Brian shouted, obviously in incredible pain while speaking.
"Just throw down the ladder!" Thorien shouted.
"But..."
"Now!!!"
Cloud ducked and they couldn't see him under the side rail for a second, then the ladder rolled down. "Up!" Thorien shouted, in a panic as the cloud was disappearing from the man.
They climbed up the ladder quickly, and after Thorien's panicky insistence for about ten seconds, they took off.
"Thank God!" Said Thorien, relieved, "I only hope Leaf can help..."
"Who's Leaf?" Julie asked, trying to get answers.
"A sorceress, and a mercenary, too. I suppose I should tell you now, so his name's Billy. Leaf is the one he called his girlfriend, but that's just teasing her because of some ancient history. She normally works with us, but she was on vacation because we thought this would be easy..."
"So, where exactly are we?" Julie asked no one in particular.
"On our ship, the Highwind," said a voice from behind the three, "I'm Cloud. What exactly happened down there?"
"We don't know," said Thorien, turning to Cloud, "but Omega- the man you saw that had a jewel on his forehead, said that it had made him evil before right before it got on him. And if my friend, Billy, is evil, I fear for the world. You have to take us to the Golden Saucer."
"Did you say Omega?" a voice said, and a teenage girl came running up and stood next to Cloud. "Was he... down there?"
"Why," asked Julie, "do you know him?"
"I'm his girlfriend, Ashley."
"Oh, really? I didn't know he had a girlfriend. I guess I should introduce myself, I'm Julie, Omega's sister."
Ashley felt shocked on the inside but didn't say anything. Yuffie rushed in, with Ashley thinking, 'oh, great, time for some more of her 'charm''.
Yuffie looked at the three newcomers. "More weirdos... great. Who and what are you?"
"My name is Draco. I am a Half-Dragon."
"Thorien Staciagala, a Shadow Elf."
"Julie, I'm an elf." She said, trying not to get mad at Yuffie.
Introductions with everyone were made, and they sped off towards the Golden Saucer.