**usual disclaimers apply**
legend:
"...." their words (you should know this by now)
thoughts (though it won't be much use now)
*....* specific action while speaking
=== another place, dimension, time, group of people...etc.
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A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Rhys Icewind
~Chapter 8~
Zell lay on a bed in the infirmary and everyone was around him. He has
been unscious for two days now, and still asleep.
"let me heal him." Sakura offered.
Selphie looked at her. "like that day you casted cura on yourself?"
"Cura? what's that?"
"It's a healing spell" Quistis explained.
"oh. No, I'm not gonna use a Cura spell, I'm gonna use the Heal Card." she
said smiling.
It was now Selphie's turn to question her. "what's a Heal Card?"
Sakura then, magically summoned the said card and it appeared in her left
hand. She let Ruriko pass it to the others for them to see. "That's a Heal
Card. I summon their powers to heal a person."
"Do you junction this? is it just like a GF?" Irvine asked, looking at
the card that was just passed to him, then passed it on to Squall.
Before Sakura could say anything, Shun spoke up. "I think that one side
should explain things first before the other does."
Squall nodded his head in agreement as he gave the card to Sakura. "Yes
I think that would be appropriate."
"So, who should explain first?" Selphie asked.
"I think that our side should explain first, I'm sure that its more
complex that what you will explain." Rinoa said.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
===
Selune walked around the Garden looking for Zell. She heard that he was
at the Infirmary. But it had been two days already since he last saw him.
She knew that he was tough and that he might be walking around now. She
was glad she was sent to this assignment with him, since he knew more of
Timber than she does and he would be a great help.
When at last she couldn't find him, she went to the Infirmry just to
check if he was still there.
When she got there, Dr. Kadowaki was not around so she decided to peek
in one of the curtains. Just as she was about to open the curtain on the
first room, she heard people talking about GF junctioning and stuff. The
basics. She knocked on the wall beside curtain no.2.
Rinoa's head peeped out. "yes? OH! it's you, Selune! what can I do for
you?" she stepped out of the curtain.
"Um, is Zell still injured? Headmaster Cid has asked me to do something
at Timber and he told me that Zell would be my companion." she said
nicely.
"I'm afraid that he's still injured" she said smiling, she was actually
liking Selune now but she didn't know why, it was as if something about
her had changed for the better. "But, maybe you can go with me! I used
to live in Timber you know. I', sure I can help."
"you're not busy?" Selune asked.
Rinoa shook her head.
"OK. Let's go, but, you better tell you friends about it. I'll be waiting
at the Ragnarok."
And Selune left.
Rinoa went back into the room where instructor Quistis Trepe was giving
lessons to the newcomers. "excuse me," Rinoa said. "I'll be leaving for
Timber with Selune so don't go looking for me OK? Zell was supposed to
go but I volunteered in his place."
Squall looked at her. "going with Selune?"
Rinoa gave a curt nod.
"Okay, but be careful, I heard that she's a real toughie" Selphie said.
"I'll be. Bye guys!!" Rinoa said, as she stepped out of the room.
"do you understand?" Qustis asked, making Squall and Selphie turn their
heads towards the small class.
Quistis was explaining to them the basics ans so far, she was successful.
Her 'class' was so absorbed that they didn't realize Rinoa's parting.
Irvine was listening intently too.
"Yup!" Shun said.
Ruriko sighed. "It must be a hard life as a SeeD, there's so much to
remember!"
"You're just saying that because even though she jusd had taught you the
basics in fighting, that was kinda advance for begginers." Irvine said.
"well, now that you're done explaining, We'll explain our side." Skura
smiled and immediately started explaining.
===
"where is this place?" Zell asked.
Naturally, no one answered.
"you better wake up." a feminine voice said.
Zell looked around but didn't see anybody. "who are you? show yourself!"
"no one in particular. I am no one important to you." the voice said.
"is that so? then you must know how to get out of here?"
Zell felt the voice as if it smiled. "YOU know the way."
Zell raised an eyebrow. "I KNOW the way?"
"why yes!"
*sigh* "that's very comforting y'know" he said in a sacrastic tone.
The voice laughed. "just wake up silly! You've been asleep for two days
already!"
"WHAT!??! TWO DAYS?!?!"
"uh-uh so ye better wake up m'laddie!"
Zell scratched his head. "how?"
Suddenly, and image of a woman with long black hair, long bangs and
deep purple eyes and a beautiful China-doll like face wearing a Chinese
dress appeared before him. She was just a few inches taller than him.
The whiteness of her dress made her glow in the black surroundings.
Zell was speechless. "you know the answer." she said, pointing an
index finger on his chest. Then, she disappeared.
Zell pointed to himself in silence and then suddenly, he heard a buzzing
sound in his ear. Irritated, Zell shooed the buzz and while doing so,
accidentaly slapped himself.
===
Zell moaned in his bed.
"Zell!" Selphie almost shouted in excitement.
Everyone in the room looked at her. "what?" Squall asked.
"Zell! he's coming to!!" she said excitedly. Everyone turned to look
at the moaning Zell who just sat up and rubbed his head.
"Zell!" Sakura shouted with glee. "you're awake!! thank goodness!"
"wha?" Zell sleepily said, "what happened?"
"you were injured. But I'm glad that you're OK now Zell." Irvine
said. "who am I going to play cards with if not Zell?" he winked
at him. Zell ALWAYS looses to Irvine in card games.
"ha-ha"
Everyone in the room laughed.
===
Arrived in the cockpit to see Selune reeving up the engines. Selune
noticed her arrival and smiled. "Ready to go?" she asked her.
Rinoa smiled back. "Let's get going!"
Unknowingly, a shadowy figure silently sneaks into the ship and into
the engine room....
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legend:
"...." their words (you should know this by now)
thoughts (though it won't be much use now)
*....* specific action while speaking
=== another place, dimension, time, group of people...etc.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Rhys Icewind
~Chapter 8~
Zell lay on a bed in the infirmary and everyone was around him. He has
been unscious for two days now, and still asleep.
"let me heal him." Sakura offered.
Selphie looked at her. "like that day you casted cura on yourself?"
"Cura? what's that?"
"It's a healing spell" Quistis explained.
"oh. No, I'm not gonna use a Cura spell, I'm gonna use the Heal Card." she
said smiling.
It was now Selphie's turn to question her. "what's a Heal Card?"
Sakura then, magically summoned the said card and it appeared in her left
hand. She let Ruriko pass it to the others for them to see. "That's a Heal
Card. I summon their powers to heal a person."
"Do you junction this? is it just like a GF?" Irvine asked, looking at
the card that was just passed to him, then passed it on to Squall.
Before Sakura could say anything, Shun spoke up. "I think that one side
should explain things first before the other does."
Squall nodded his head in agreement as he gave the card to Sakura. "Yes
I think that would be appropriate."
"So, who should explain first?" Selphie asked.
"I think that our side should explain first, I'm sure that its more
complex that what you will explain." Rinoa said.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
===
Selune walked around the Garden looking for Zell. She heard that he was
at the Infirmary. But it had been two days already since he last saw him.
She knew that he was tough and that he might be walking around now. She
was glad she was sent to this assignment with him, since he knew more of
Timber than she does and he would be a great help.
When at last she couldn't find him, she went to the Infirmry just to
check if he was still there.
When she got there, Dr. Kadowaki was not around so she decided to peek
in one of the curtains. Just as she was about to open the curtain on the
first room, she heard people talking about GF junctioning and stuff. The
basics. She knocked on the wall beside curtain no.2.
Rinoa's head peeped out. "yes? OH! it's you, Selune! what can I do for
you?" she stepped out of the curtain.
"Um, is Zell still injured? Headmaster Cid has asked me to do something
at Timber and he told me that Zell would be my companion." she said
nicely.
"I'm afraid that he's still injured" she said smiling, she was actually
liking Selune now but she didn't know why, it was as if something about
her had changed for the better. "But, maybe you can go with me! I used
to live in Timber you know. I', sure I can help."
"you're not busy?" Selune asked.
Rinoa shook her head.
"OK. Let's go, but, you better tell you friends about it. I'll be waiting
at the Ragnarok."
And Selune left.
Rinoa went back into the room where instructor Quistis Trepe was giving
lessons to the newcomers. "excuse me," Rinoa said. "I'll be leaving for
Timber with Selune so don't go looking for me OK? Zell was supposed to
go but I volunteered in his place."
Squall looked at her. "going with Selune?"
Rinoa gave a curt nod.
"Okay, but be careful, I heard that she's a real toughie" Selphie said.
"I'll be. Bye guys!!" Rinoa said, as she stepped out of the room.
"do you understand?" Qustis asked, making Squall and Selphie turn their
heads towards the small class.
Quistis was explaining to them the basics ans so far, she was successful.
Her 'class' was so absorbed that they didn't realize Rinoa's parting.
Irvine was listening intently too.
"Yup!" Shun said.
Ruriko sighed. "It must be a hard life as a SeeD, there's so much to
remember!"
"You're just saying that because even though she jusd had taught you the
basics in fighting, that was kinda advance for begginers." Irvine said.
"well, now that you're done explaining, We'll explain our side." Skura
smiled and immediately started explaining.
===
"where is this place?" Zell asked.
Naturally, no one answered.
"you better wake up." a feminine voice said.
Zell looked around but didn't see anybody. "who are you? show yourself!"
"no one in particular. I am no one important to you." the voice said.
"is that so? then you must know how to get out of here?"
Zell felt the voice as if it smiled. "YOU know the way."
Zell raised an eyebrow. "I KNOW the way?"
"why yes!"
*sigh* "that's very comforting y'know" he said in a sacrastic tone.
The voice laughed. "just wake up silly! You've been asleep for two days
already!"
"WHAT!??! TWO DAYS?!?!"
"uh-uh so ye better wake up m'laddie!"
Zell scratched his head. "how?"
Suddenly, and image of a woman with long black hair, long bangs and
deep purple eyes and a beautiful China-doll like face wearing a Chinese
dress appeared before him. She was just a few inches taller than him.
The whiteness of her dress made her glow in the black surroundings.
Zell was speechless. "you know the answer." she said, pointing an
index finger on his chest. Then, she disappeared.
Zell pointed to himself in silence and then suddenly, he heard a buzzing
sound in his ear. Irritated, Zell shooed the buzz and while doing so,
accidentaly slapped himself.
===
Zell moaned in his bed.
"Zell!" Selphie almost shouted in excitement.
Everyone in the room looked at her. "what?" Squall asked.
"Zell! he's coming to!!" she said excitedly. Everyone turned to look
at the moaning Zell who just sat up and rubbed his head.
"Zell!" Sakura shouted with glee. "you're awake!! thank goodness!"
"wha?" Zell sleepily said, "what happened?"
"you were injured. But I'm glad that you're OK now Zell." Irvine
said. "who am I going to play cards with if not Zell?" he winked
at him. Zell ALWAYS looses to Irvine in card games.
"ha-ha"
Everyone in the room laughed.
===
Arrived in the cockpit to see Selune reeving up the engines. Selune
noticed her arrival and smiled. "Ready to go?" she asked her.
Rinoa smiled back. "Let's get going!"
Unknowingly, a shadowy figure silently sneaks into the ship and into
the engine room....
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