Heraldic Mage
Disclaimer: I still don't own it. QUIT ASKING ME!!!!!
A/N: thanks for the info koolkitty!! I haven't seen the original Star Ocean. I don't believe it was released in the US....at least I haven't seen it.
"That must be North City!" Rena screams. We left at dawn from Central City. It looks to be almost noon now..but I can't be sure. Everything about this place seems.....artificial. It is kind of unsettling. Bowman seems worried. Opera and Ernest are loving this place. I still don't know where they came from. We enter the city.
"OK, so where's that Home place?" Precis asks. She is itching to do something..... I think the equipment here is in serious danger.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!" What? Oh. It's her again. What is with her? Is she following us around? She tries to run off......and slams into a tree. Real graceful.
"This is getting ridiculous. Doesn't she have anything better to do?" Claude asks. I guess he has had an encounter with our 'special friend' too. We decide to just ignore it for now and head farther into the city. We pass the library...then come to a huge building. As we go inside, we can hear all sorts of different sounds. I can't place any of them...
"Excuse me." Claude has gone up to the desk. "Mayor Narl sent us here...." The receptionist looks up at him, then down at her desk.
"Name please?" she says.
"Claude Kenni..." She seems to be looking at something....
"Ah, yes. The director is waiting for you. Please, right through this door." She indicates a door next to the desk. We all head in.
"Hello there!" There is a man in a lab coat here.. "I am the director of this facility. Mayor Narl told me of your arrival." He indicates one of the other people here. "He will be in charge of production of your Synard." Wait....did he just say production?!
"What do you mean, production?" Rena seems as shocked as I am. The director puts on the famous 'lecture face'.
"Yes, they are living creatures, but in order for them to obey us, a master's data is put into their brains." Tell me he kidding.....
"You do WHAT?!" Leon practically yells. Precis puts a hand on his shoulder to calm him down. There's another pair we need to keep an eye on...
"Don't worry, it's all for a worthy cause." Oh really. It still seems wrong. The researcher leads us onto a catwalk above a huge room.
"Feel free to look around while we get things ready." He says. Then he goes off to another room. We all look down into the room. There are some kind of creatures floating on raises platforms. Are they the Synards?
"Those things look strange....." Bowman comments. I begin to think of something else......
"We need to speak with the people on Expel..." I say. Claude looks at me.
"She's right." Rena says. "To them, it looks like we just disappeared." Now Claude looks worried.
"But...Expel......" Huh?
"What's wrong Claude?" Bowman asks. Claude just shakes his head.
"Never mind." He says. The researcher calls us into the other room. But as we head in, Claude still has that worried look. I wonder what could be wrong?
"OK, just step into the other section there, and we'll read your data." The researcher motions for Claude to go into some kind of clear box. Claude sighs, then goes in. There is some kind of beeping noise. "You're finished." The researcher says. Claude looks around.
"Huh? That's it?" I'm surprised also. Claude steps out, and they motion for Rena to go in. The whole process repeats, and Rena comes out.
"Since you are Nedian, there won't be a problem." Huh? What does that have to do with it? "Now the inputting...." Before he can explain it...we hear a loud crashing sound. An assistant comes in panicking.
"THE SYNARD IS OUT OF CONTROL!!" she shouts. "THE HOME IS IN DANGER!!" We all look out, and see the Synard flying around destroying everything. It looks like we have no choice.
**battle, take a wild guess what happened**
The Synard is lying motionless on the floor. Oh no, did we kill it? The director is here, as are some other researchers.
"OH NO!" the director says. "This wasn't supposed to happen!" One of the researchers looks ready to explode.
"What do you mean 'Oh no'? You should have known this would happen when you saw they were non-Nedians!" The director is furious.
"Why..you....." The researchers storm out. The director takes a few deep breaths, then turns to us. "I'm really sorry about all that.."
"But..we are the ones who killed when we didn't need to.." Claude says. Oh no....it is dead? Suddenly....I don't feel so well..Ashton comes over and steadies me. I smile my thanks to him.
"It's true we can't try that again...but there is another way." The director motions for us to go into another room. "Come back to my office, we can't really talk about it here." We all head back to his office. But, when we are about halfway there, I could have sworn I heard that weird girl's voice again......
**director's office**
"Not many people know about this, but it doesn't matter now." He nods to a researcher, and he goes off into....isn't that a closet? What is that about?
"Are we doing something wrong?" Rena asks. The director turns away from us.
"Wrong?! You may be saving the universe. Sacrifices may be necessary." I don't like the sound of that. It doesn't look like anyone else does either. "Go through that door and into the transporter. Have everything explained when you get there. I'm sure the Mayor won't mind." He then goes behind his desk as if to say that there is nothing more. We head into the door...oh great. Another of those transporter things. Do we have to? Ashton holds my hand. Well, I feel a little better now. We step inside, but this time, I close my eyes.
**???**
"Ummm......Celine? You can open your eyes now." I hear Ashton's voice. I open my eyes, and we are still in the transporter. Wait....the entrance to it is on a different side. I wonder where we are now.
"Thanks Ashton.." I say. We head out and into wherever we went to. It looks like a nice little house. Only one floor, the bed is up on a bunk. And in the doorway....is a very strange person. He looks somewhat like a cat.
"What are you doing in my house!!??" he shouts. We all sweatdrop. I wonder if the director messed up.....
"Ummmmm..we were told to come here by the director at 'The Home'." Rena says.
"Artis...you little....." Pardon? I don't think that is appropriate language for mixed company. "Why did you need to see him anyway?"
"We were sent there by Mayor Narl to get a Synard. But it became violent." Claude says.
"I should have guessed so...So you are not from Nede." He seems to think a moment. "So what you need is a wild Synard." Say what?! Wild..... I'm not too crazy about that idea.
"Are there any wild Synards?" Opera asks.
"He didn't even tell you where you were going?!" He says. I think he is cursing over there....but I can't make any of it out. Not much of a gentleman, unless something the director did made him really bitter.
"Where are we anyway?" Dias asks.
"This is the Endangered Species Preserve. I'm the director and zoologist, Noel Chandler." Endangered.....that means the Synard.....
"Are there any left?" Rena asks.
"Yes, there is one in the deep preserve. When you get there though, you will have to prove your strength." Meaning......what?
"You mean we have to fight it?" Claude says. Noel nods.
"But not just with brute strength, your heart must also be superior. Can you say that?" I hope so. Noel heads to the door.
"Ummmm...Noel?" Claude says.
"I'll take you to the Synard." Noel says. He sounds like he just read his death sentence.
"But there's only one left!!!" Rena shouts. Noel just looks down.
"True...this seems to be their fate." He turns to us. "Are you going or not?" We all start the trek to find the wild Synard.
To be continued......
Disclaimer: I still don't own it. QUIT ASKING ME!!!!!
A/N: thanks for the info koolkitty!! I haven't seen the original Star Ocean. I don't believe it was released in the US....at least I haven't seen it.
"That must be North City!" Rena screams. We left at dawn from Central City. It looks to be almost noon now..but I can't be sure. Everything about this place seems.....artificial. It is kind of unsettling. Bowman seems worried. Opera and Ernest are loving this place. I still don't know where they came from. We enter the city.
"OK, so where's that Home place?" Precis asks. She is itching to do something..... I think the equipment here is in serious danger.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!" What? Oh. It's her again. What is with her? Is she following us around? She tries to run off......and slams into a tree. Real graceful.
"This is getting ridiculous. Doesn't she have anything better to do?" Claude asks. I guess he has had an encounter with our 'special friend' too. We decide to just ignore it for now and head farther into the city. We pass the library...then come to a huge building. As we go inside, we can hear all sorts of different sounds. I can't place any of them...
"Excuse me." Claude has gone up to the desk. "Mayor Narl sent us here...." The receptionist looks up at him, then down at her desk.
"Name please?" she says.
"Claude Kenni..." She seems to be looking at something....
"Ah, yes. The director is waiting for you. Please, right through this door." She indicates a door next to the desk. We all head in.
"Hello there!" There is a man in a lab coat here.. "I am the director of this facility. Mayor Narl told me of your arrival." He indicates one of the other people here. "He will be in charge of production of your Synard." Wait....did he just say production?!
"What do you mean, production?" Rena seems as shocked as I am. The director puts on the famous 'lecture face'.
"Yes, they are living creatures, but in order for them to obey us, a master's data is put into their brains." Tell me he kidding.....
"You do WHAT?!" Leon practically yells. Precis puts a hand on his shoulder to calm him down. There's another pair we need to keep an eye on...
"Don't worry, it's all for a worthy cause." Oh really. It still seems wrong. The researcher leads us onto a catwalk above a huge room.
"Feel free to look around while we get things ready." He says. Then he goes off to another room. We all look down into the room. There are some kind of creatures floating on raises platforms. Are they the Synards?
"Those things look strange....." Bowman comments. I begin to think of something else......
"We need to speak with the people on Expel..." I say. Claude looks at me.
"She's right." Rena says. "To them, it looks like we just disappeared." Now Claude looks worried.
"But...Expel......" Huh?
"What's wrong Claude?" Bowman asks. Claude just shakes his head.
"Never mind." He says. The researcher calls us into the other room. But as we head in, Claude still has that worried look. I wonder what could be wrong?
"OK, just step into the other section there, and we'll read your data." The researcher motions for Claude to go into some kind of clear box. Claude sighs, then goes in. There is some kind of beeping noise. "You're finished." The researcher says. Claude looks around.
"Huh? That's it?" I'm surprised also. Claude steps out, and they motion for Rena to go in. The whole process repeats, and Rena comes out.
"Since you are Nedian, there won't be a problem." Huh? What does that have to do with it? "Now the inputting...." Before he can explain it...we hear a loud crashing sound. An assistant comes in panicking.
"THE SYNARD IS OUT OF CONTROL!!" she shouts. "THE HOME IS IN DANGER!!" We all look out, and see the Synard flying around destroying everything. It looks like we have no choice.
**battle, take a wild guess what happened**
The Synard is lying motionless on the floor. Oh no, did we kill it? The director is here, as are some other researchers.
"OH NO!" the director says. "This wasn't supposed to happen!" One of the researchers looks ready to explode.
"What do you mean 'Oh no'? You should have known this would happen when you saw they were non-Nedians!" The director is furious.
"Why..you....." The researchers storm out. The director takes a few deep breaths, then turns to us. "I'm really sorry about all that.."
"But..we are the ones who killed when we didn't need to.." Claude says. Oh no....it is dead? Suddenly....I don't feel so well..Ashton comes over and steadies me. I smile my thanks to him.
"It's true we can't try that again...but there is another way." The director motions for us to go into another room. "Come back to my office, we can't really talk about it here." We all head back to his office. But, when we are about halfway there, I could have sworn I heard that weird girl's voice again......
**director's office**
"Not many people know about this, but it doesn't matter now." He nods to a researcher, and he goes off into....isn't that a closet? What is that about?
"Are we doing something wrong?" Rena asks. The director turns away from us.
"Wrong?! You may be saving the universe. Sacrifices may be necessary." I don't like the sound of that. It doesn't look like anyone else does either. "Go through that door and into the transporter. Have everything explained when you get there. I'm sure the Mayor won't mind." He then goes behind his desk as if to say that there is nothing more. We head into the door...oh great. Another of those transporter things. Do we have to? Ashton holds my hand. Well, I feel a little better now. We step inside, but this time, I close my eyes.
**???**
"Ummm......Celine? You can open your eyes now." I hear Ashton's voice. I open my eyes, and we are still in the transporter. Wait....the entrance to it is on a different side. I wonder where we are now.
"Thanks Ashton.." I say. We head out and into wherever we went to. It looks like a nice little house. Only one floor, the bed is up on a bunk. And in the doorway....is a very strange person. He looks somewhat like a cat.
"What are you doing in my house!!??" he shouts. We all sweatdrop. I wonder if the director messed up.....
"Ummmmm..we were told to come here by the director at 'The Home'." Rena says.
"Artis...you little....." Pardon? I don't think that is appropriate language for mixed company. "Why did you need to see him anyway?"
"We were sent there by Mayor Narl to get a Synard. But it became violent." Claude says.
"I should have guessed so...So you are not from Nede." He seems to think a moment. "So what you need is a wild Synard." Say what?! Wild..... I'm not too crazy about that idea.
"Are there any wild Synards?" Opera asks.
"He didn't even tell you where you were going?!" He says. I think he is cursing over there....but I can't make any of it out. Not much of a gentleman, unless something the director did made him really bitter.
"Where are we anyway?" Dias asks.
"This is the Endangered Species Preserve. I'm the director and zoologist, Noel Chandler." Endangered.....that means the Synard.....
"Are there any left?" Rena asks.
"Yes, there is one in the deep preserve. When you get there though, you will have to prove your strength." Meaning......what?
"You mean we have to fight it?" Claude says. Noel nods.
"But not just with brute strength, your heart must also be superior. Can you say that?" I hope so. Noel heads to the door.
"Ummmm...Noel?" Claude says.
"I'll take you to the Synard." Noel says. He sounds like he just read his death sentence.
"But there's only one left!!!" Rena shouts. Noel just looks down.
"True...this seems to be their fate." He turns to us. "Are you going or not?" We all start the trek to find the wild Synard.
To be continued......