Alchemy Destinies
By: The Digital One
I hope you enjoy this chapter… I'm working on a HTML formatted layout. That means smaller text, etc.
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Chapter 10: Oblivion Collision
"…"
The snow slowly melted, and rumors were spreading quickly. Jenna was sent to the sanctum to heal, and everyone hustled back to their daily routines with more gossip, but Isaac stood there, his scarf still latched onto his neck. What just happened? He was really confused. He stood there, no one actually noticing him. In sweet oblivion, he stood there, as he heard strange rumors.
"A vermin came and attacked Jenna!"
"Who told you that? Jenna was staying up for daylight savings while Garet snuck up to her and started hitting her!"
"It's not daylight savings, you bastard!"
"Yuh huh!"
"Uh… no."
"What really happened was that Jenna predicted a solar time change."
"…"
"That is a load of hot shit."
"I heard that from the healer."
"What about Isaac? What was he doing?" Isaac turned the other way and blushed a little. His cerulean eyes showed a small highlight from the sun, and he looked up to it. What was Torch talking about? Hell, where is Torch? …Where is Andrew??
"Tuck in." A voice in Isaac's head said soothingly. Isaac looked down in the ground, the translucent slush making his feet go asleep. Isaac slowly trotted toward the edge of the town's gate, where it was forbidden to go without a good reason. Isaac put his foot on a horizontal wooden panel, and tried looking outside. Trees were obscuring Isaac's view, but Isaac could see a clear patch of land, and a large puddle with fiends playing in them. Isaac was slightly engrossed in the fiends' activites, until something knocked him over and made him fall. A man with blue skin was cussing under his breath, and then stared lividly at Isaac. Isaac tried crawling away.
"Hey, boy… does this place have a lighthouse?" he hissed. It was strange how the man could talk in a soft voice yet make it sound like he's yelling.
"Lighthouse?" Isaac stammered. He looked at the man intently. Though Isaac definitely didn't classify him as pretty, he was interesting to look at, from the horns sprouting from his mulberry muscles, to his 2 inch long teeth.
"Yea, a lighthouse!" the man said impatiently. Isaac blinked several times.
"Umm…"
"Saturos, stop loafing around, this place isn't anywhere NEAR a lighthouse!" a young feminine voice called.
"Wait, who are you?" Isaac asked. He clutched the man's shoulders, the horns piercing Isaac's skin.
"I'm… a merchant... I… uh, heard… umm… the lighthouses have plenty of… err… tourists…? Yea…"
Isaac's expression loosened. "Oh…"
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"You nimrod! You knew perfectly well that there was NO LIGHTHOUSE here!" Menardi exploded once they were a good distance away from Vale. Saturos shot a bitter look toward Menardi and trailed off north. Menardi ran toward Saturos, and blocked his way.
"Okay, I'm sorry, Saturos… I…" Menardi faltered as Saturos brushed his spiky shoulder on Menardi's side, and walked away. Menardi slightly shuddered, and followed Saturos.
"I… love you…" Menardi only made the I audible, and Saturos ignored her. Menardi bit her lip. She decided that love wasn't her feeling toward him, it was friendship. In a wry way. A simpering smile crossed her face as she shook her head. Saturos suddenly turned to Menardi.
"What?"
"I…" Menardi hesitated. "I don't know… umm… where we're headed. Where are we headed?" Menardi said, looking at her pink boots. A frown that strangely looked like disappointment faded into Saturos' face.
"Imil. Home of the Mercury Lighthouse," Saturos said. "But I could've sworn… I… forgot something. I just can't put my finger on it."
"Is that why you absent-mindedly asked that young boy if a lighthouse was there?" Menardi said. Saturos gave a hollow, but forced laugh.
"Heh, I guess so… pretty foolish…"
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"Where are we headed?" Megan moaned. One side of her was forcing herself to continue walking.
"I really have no clue. Are you sure Luke's…" Mia gave a long sigh and refused to complete her sentence.
"I'm pretty sure. Luke is stupid, yet brave, in a peculiar way…" Alex said.
"We will never forget Luke," Lars groaned. He was also obviously tired from walking. This didn't really help Mia; she burst into tears.
"I-I miss Luke!" Mia started blubbering. Alex stopped, and frowned.
"We better take a break…" Alex said. He kneeled, and took Mia's hand.
"You okay?" Alex said, looking up to her. Mia sniffed, and painfully shook her head.
"Why me? I hate my damned life! First, my father has to disappear, which tears a part of my body asunder, then our dumb and former leader just HAD to drag us out in the middle of nowhere into chaos and misery, where he 'unexpectedly' happens to get himself and most of our clan into their deathbeds! I hate Erik! I hate my family! I hate myself!" Mia complained. Tears flooded down her cheeks as she yelled.
"Life isn't fair. You're pretty lucky to be alive, with friends…"
"Does that fucking matter when you've lost your will to live?" Mia screamed into his face.
"When there's a will, there's a way…" (AN: Yes, I got that quote yesterday from Elma in FFX) Lars said. "I lived this long to suffer probably much more than you have. Fate controls our life. It's called predestination."
"I know what predestination is! And I don't believe in it!"
"Then, it's your fault. Blame yourself for you poor decisions," Alex said calmly. Mia blinked away the remaining tears in her eyes, and thought about what he said.
Alex got up. "Well, we'll be heading due north again. Let's try to get there before nightfall."
Megan and Lars got up with much complaining and ado.
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Mia was totally OOC; I know.
By: The Digital One
I hope you enjoy this chapter… I'm working on a HTML formatted layout. That means smaller text, etc.
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Chapter 10: Oblivion Collision
"…"
The snow slowly melted, and rumors were spreading quickly. Jenna was sent to the sanctum to heal, and everyone hustled back to their daily routines with more gossip, but Isaac stood there, his scarf still latched onto his neck. What just happened? He was really confused. He stood there, no one actually noticing him. In sweet oblivion, he stood there, as he heard strange rumors.
"A vermin came and attacked Jenna!"
"Who told you that? Jenna was staying up for daylight savings while Garet snuck up to her and started hitting her!"
"It's not daylight savings, you bastard!"
"Yuh huh!"
"Uh… no."
"What really happened was that Jenna predicted a solar time change."
"…"
"That is a load of hot shit."
"I heard that from the healer."
"What about Isaac? What was he doing?" Isaac turned the other way and blushed a little. His cerulean eyes showed a small highlight from the sun, and he looked up to it. What was Torch talking about? Hell, where is Torch? …Where is Andrew??
"Tuck in." A voice in Isaac's head said soothingly. Isaac looked down in the ground, the translucent slush making his feet go asleep. Isaac slowly trotted toward the edge of the town's gate, where it was forbidden to go without a good reason. Isaac put his foot on a horizontal wooden panel, and tried looking outside. Trees were obscuring Isaac's view, but Isaac could see a clear patch of land, and a large puddle with fiends playing in them. Isaac was slightly engrossed in the fiends' activites, until something knocked him over and made him fall. A man with blue skin was cussing under his breath, and then stared lividly at Isaac. Isaac tried crawling away.
"Hey, boy… does this place have a lighthouse?" he hissed. It was strange how the man could talk in a soft voice yet make it sound like he's yelling.
"Lighthouse?" Isaac stammered. He looked at the man intently. Though Isaac definitely didn't classify him as pretty, he was interesting to look at, from the horns sprouting from his mulberry muscles, to his 2 inch long teeth.
"Yea, a lighthouse!" the man said impatiently. Isaac blinked several times.
"Umm…"
"Saturos, stop loafing around, this place isn't anywhere NEAR a lighthouse!" a young feminine voice called.
"Wait, who are you?" Isaac asked. He clutched the man's shoulders, the horns piercing Isaac's skin.
"I'm… a merchant... I… uh, heard… umm… the lighthouses have plenty of… err… tourists…? Yea…"
Isaac's expression loosened. "Oh…"
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"You nimrod! You knew perfectly well that there was NO LIGHTHOUSE here!" Menardi exploded once they were a good distance away from Vale. Saturos shot a bitter look toward Menardi and trailed off north. Menardi ran toward Saturos, and blocked his way.
"Okay, I'm sorry, Saturos… I…" Menardi faltered as Saturos brushed his spiky shoulder on Menardi's side, and walked away. Menardi slightly shuddered, and followed Saturos.
"I… love you…" Menardi only made the I audible, and Saturos ignored her. Menardi bit her lip. She decided that love wasn't her feeling toward him, it was friendship. In a wry way. A simpering smile crossed her face as she shook her head. Saturos suddenly turned to Menardi.
"What?"
"I…" Menardi hesitated. "I don't know… umm… where we're headed. Where are we headed?" Menardi said, looking at her pink boots. A frown that strangely looked like disappointment faded into Saturos' face.
"Imil. Home of the Mercury Lighthouse," Saturos said. "But I could've sworn… I… forgot something. I just can't put my finger on it."
"Is that why you absent-mindedly asked that young boy if a lighthouse was there?" Menardi said. Saturos gave a hollow, but forced laugh.
"Heh, I guess so… pretty foolish…"
---
"Where are we headed?" Megan moaned. One side of her was forcing herself to continue walking.
"I really have no clue. Are you sure Luke's…" Mia gave a long sigh and refused to complete her sentence.
"I'm pretty sure. Luke is stupid, yet brave, in a peculiar way…" Alex said.
"We will never forget Luke," Lars groaned. He was also obviously tired from walking. This didn't really help Mia; she burst into tears.
"I-I miss Luke!" Mia started blubbering. Alex stopped, and frowned.
"We better take a break…" Alex said. He kneeled, and took Mia's hand.
"You okay?" Alex said, looking up to her. Mia sniffed, and painfully shook her head.
"Why me? I hate my damned life! First, my father has to disappear, which tears a part of my body asunder, then our dumb and former leader just HAD to drag us out in the middle of nowhere into chaos and misery, where he 'unexpectedly' happens to get himself and most of our clan into their deathbeds! I hate Erik! I hate my family! I hate myself!" Mia complained. Tears flooded down her cheeks as she yelled.
"Life isn't fair. You're pretty lucky to be alive, with friends…"
"Does that fucking matter when you've lost your will to live?" Mia screamed into his face.
"When there's a will, there's a way…" (AN: Yes, I got that quote yesterday from Elma in FFX) Lars said. "I lived this long to suffer probably much more than you have. Fate controls our life. It's called predestination."
"I know what predestination is! And I don't believe in it!"
"Then, it's your fault. Blame yourself for you poor decisions," Alex said calmly. Mia blinked away the remaining tears in her eyes, and thought about what he said.
Alex got up. "Well, we'll be heading due north again. Let's try to get there before nightfall."
Megan and Lars got up with much complaining and ado.
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Mia was totally OOC; I know.