Chapter 17: Conde Petie
The warm air circled through the small room. Golden light streamed in through the cracks in the yellow stone walls. In the middle of the room was a table with five chairs. A large window was on the far wall and a small table was underneath it. Small mats were on the ground near the corners. Shelves lined the walls and vines', holding vials and bottles of unidentifiable things. The group of 9 followed David and marched into the humble abode.
"Mah family ought ta be heir any minoote. Help yerselves." David said as he waddled towards the small table near the window. Cloud looked to his left. Right behind the door was a moogle!
"Hey! A moogle!" Cloud shouted. The others looked at him.
"What the $%^& would a moogle be doing here. I thought they were wild or something." Cid scratched his head.
"Perhaps in this world they're more civilized." Vincent added.
"Well, it seems that this village isn't very advanced. Perhaps the dwarves and moogles live together." Red XIII said.
"Aw…. He's so cute." Yuffie squealed.
"Hey little fellow. What's your name?" Tifa talked in baby language.
"Kupo! I'm not a baby you know. My name is Kupockol." The moogle put his chin in the air and raised his large nose.
"Yo David. Whats wit dis moogle?!" Barret asked.
The dwarf turned around. "Aye, that be Kupockol. He lives with us. Wa cannae do fer ye why you standin der?"
Barret seemed to understand him better than anyone else. "How bout a drink?"
"Aye. A drink for ye." He started humming some weird song while fetching some mugs. Suddenly the door burst open and AVALANCHE was trampled by four green dwarves.
"Ow!" They all said as they picked themselves up.
"Rally Ho stranger." One of them said. A chorus of Rally Hos' soon followed him.
"…Rally Ho. You must be the Lightbringers?" Cloud replied. A chorus of Rally Hos' soon followed him.
"Aye, dat be us. I be Mary Lightbringer." The bigger dwarf with no facial hair repied. "Dees hier scanderols be Alan, Hector, and Sue." The dwarven female smiled, revealing all her enormous and hideous teeth.
"Rally Ho." The children all said in unison.
Cid whispered into Tifas' ear. "If I hear Rally Ho one more time, I'm going to kill someone." Tifa then proceeded to slap him. He winced and turned back to the dwarves.
"Wa cannae do fer ye? Ye all look famished!" Mary then hopped up and ran over to the table. David approached Barret and gave him a mug of cider.
"Dat be mah finist ale. Yer welcome ta drink et. Weel da rest of ye have any?" David looked at the group.
"That would be nice." Tifa bowed.
The group than split up from their huddled mass into different sections. Yuffie and Tifa stayed by Kupockol. Barret went to the cupboard with David. Cloud and Vincent remained in the doorway. Cait Sith went to a corner and Cid went to the window. David gave all of them some cider and returned to help his wife cook. The three dwarven children ran around in circles around the table.
"Cloud, what do you think that was that got us here?" Tifa asked. Cloud looked up from his shoes.
"I have no clue. Probably some dimensional jump or something."
"So where do you think we are?"
"…Conde Petie, on the Outer Continent, on Gaia."
"Oh…"
"Soopers done! Coome and Geet it!" David shouted. The crew, including Morrid huddled around the table. What was served was very…interesting. Rockfish stew with apples and carrots, with some ale as a drink.
"You wouldn't perhaps have any coffee on you, would you?" Morrid asked.
"We have ale, only da heartiest of drinks fer da dwarves." Hector said.
"Wha's wroong Kitty. You don't like ye rockfish steeuw?" Sue asked Cait Sith.
"I'm a robot. I can't eat." He replied.
"A wha? Never hear of a roboot. You mus eat tho. Makes yoo strong." David said between mouthfuls of stew.
"He's artificial. He doesn't need to eat." Vincent replied as he sniffed the stew in his bowl.
"Aye. Like dem pyntie hats. Ye can joost give me ye steeuw." Alan grabbed Cait Siths' stew.
"So, wha breengs ye out hier to Conde Petie?" Mary asked.
"Well, we were traveling from the Iifa Tree and found this place." Red said.
"This stew is very good. Thank you." Tifa said.
Yuffie just looked at it. "Hey Cid, want mine?"
Cid just looked at her. "…Sure. I'm starving anyway." He took her stew and sipped it.
"Yo, is there any humans 'round here?" Barret asked after taking a gulp of the rockfish stew.
"Aye. Them humans oor south through the desert. Then ye gotta cross they ocean." Mary said.
"Oonless yoo gots a airship. Then you can fly." Hector said.
"There's airships here?" Cid said eagerly.
"Aye. They be flyin 'round all oover da place." Alan said.
"Where can we find one?" Red asked.
"You can probably get one at the Black Mage Village. People trade with them all the time." Morid replied.
"Well, the stew was great. Thank you for your hospitality, Mr. and Mrs. Lightbringer." Tifa stood up.
"Aye. Before ye goo, you need a map." Sue said.
"Here ye goo, a map of da Ooter Continent." David handed Vincent the map. "Good Luck."
Cloud got up. Thanks. We gotta run."
"Wait! Kupo, Do you want to save?" Kupockol chimed.
"He sure don't look like no dayum PHS." Barret said.
"Uh…sure." Yuffie replied.
"Let's save, kupo!" The moogle did a flip and pulled out a huge book and and ink quill.
"Uh…where'd you get the book from?!" Tifa gasped.
"Some things are best not answered woman." Barret replied.
"Kupo. File 1: Conde Petie/Lightbringer home. All right, I'm done.
"All right team! Lets go!" Cloud said.
"WAIT!" Kupockel cried out.
"What is it now?" Vincent sighed.
"Could you take this letter to Mogryo? He's in the Black Mage Village as well." The moogle blinked.
"Let's just take the god damn letter and move out!" Cid swiped the letter. On the letter was stamped mognet. "Mognet?! What the hell?!"
{"Kupo. What's Mognet?" A moogle was standing over Cloud. It was THAT dream again. Except he didn't seem to be anywhere built by man. It seemed like a cave, lit by red lights.
"…Where am I now?" Cloud asked as he got up.
{"You're in Pandemonium, Kupo."} The memory suddenly struck Cloud. Was this the world that he was having dreams about? That means that that Zidane guy and his friends are here…somewhere.
"Let's move." Cait Sith said as he hopped out of the door. The others followed in pursuit as the Lightbringers waved good bye. AVALANCHE soon left Conde Petie. Morrid stayed and finished his stew.