Heraldic Mage
Disclaimer: I don't own it. So there.
I stare at Precis. She can't possibly be serious. There is nothing wrong with helping someone. But she seems to think otherwise. She comes up, grabs Ashton's wrist, and tries to drag him away. However, it seems that Opera has had enough of the childish behavior. She forces Precis to let go, and then takes her aside and reprimands her. Ashton sits back down.
"Are you all right?" I know I have asked that not five minutes ago. However, I must make sure.
"As long as I am near you, I can take anything." He says. But.....can I really believe my ears? I look up, and see Precis looking at us. She runs off crying. Ashton shrugs. I just sigh. This can't be happening....I turn back to Ashton. He definitely looks like he has seen better days. Rena comes up and uses her Cure Light to heal him. After a few moments, it looks like nothing ever happened. Sooooooo.......now what? While I am thinking this, Ashton comes and stands in front of me with his hand extended.
"May I?" he asks. I have to smile at that. He can be such a gentlemen. I take his hand and we go off exploring.
**At the gates**
"Is everyone ready to go?" Claude asks. Almost everyone nods. I look around.
"Um.....we're missing someone...." I say. There is no sign of Precis. I hope the poor girl hasn't done anything rash....
"That's right....where is she?" Rena is looking around the immediate area.
"Precis is the girl with the Machine Hand, right?" Chisato asks. What kind of question is that? How many people with that kind of equipment on them are there?
"Yeah." We are all staring at her now.
"I saw her stuffing her face with chocolate about an hour ago." Chisato says. I sigh. Figures.
"Where?" Rena asks. Clearly she is going after her.
"Don't bother, I'm right here." Precis comes up. Her voice cracks a bit, almost like she is still crying. She won't even look at me, but she does give Ashton a glare of pure venom. Almost by instinct I reach for his hand. He takes it and gives a quick squeeze.
"Well, then let's be off." Claude says. We exit the city and hop on the Synard. It doesn't take long to find the first field. We land the Synard near the entrance, then head on in. There are three mirrors in front of us.
"There is something strange about this place.."Ernest comments. Opera jabs him in the gut. "What?"
"The whole place is strange. That's what. There isn't any need to point out every little thing." Gee, Opera can be pretty pushy. Precis has run up to one of the mirrors. Something is wrong.....but I can't put my finger on it....
"Hey?! Where is the reflection?!" Precis cries. We all head over. Claude takes out the Rune Codes the mayor gave us. Before our eyes, they start to glow.
"Wha?" Everything starts to get brighter. When my vision clears, we are in a totally new place. It looks like a really messed up maze. I look down, and immediately regret it. We can see right through the floor, although it is marked where we can walk. But......I can't see a bottom. We would fall forever. We walk up a bit, and find two platforms. One is red, the other is yellow. Since the yellow one is closer, we step onto that one. The bright light comes up again. When it clears, we are in yet another area. I look around. In front of us is some kind of pedestal with a large globe on it. I cautiously walk up to it and put my hand on it. It starts spinning, and the stand under it glows slightly.
"So that's what we need to do here." Leon comments behind me. We all head back onto the platform we came here on, but nothing happens. I look down. It is red. I little ways away there is a yellow one. We all head over to that one, and we are back in the chamber we first appeared in, only a different place. I look down. We are standing on red again. Well, now we know what to do.
**about 6 globes and a ton of angry monsters later**
Well, that experience sucked. I never expected so many monsters there. They are really testing us. I hope the rest of the fields are not this hard. We are in the first room again. We are standing in front of the center mirror. Now we need to see where the platform that appeared when we had activated all of the globes leads. We step through the mirror and then onto the platform. It is a huge room. There is a raised section in the center of it. But other than some weird things sticking out of the walls, there is nothing special here.
"Well, now what?" I ask. Rena and Claude walk up to the raised platform in the room.
"There's nothing here....." Rena says. Opera has gone to the side of the room. She turns back to us.
"Um...what's that hunk of junk in the back?" she says. I look. It looks like Precis' machine hand, only much uglier.
"INTRUDERS. INTRUDERS WILL BE FORCIBLY REMOVED" Say what? Wait....it is attacking us!!!!!!!!
To be continued.......
Disclaimer: I don't own it. So there.
I stare at Precis. She can't possibly be serious. There is nothing wrong with helping someone. But she seems to think otherwise. She comes up, grabs Ashton's wrist, and tries to drag him away. However, it seems that Opera has had enough of the childish behavior. She forces Precis to let go, and then takes her aside and reprimands her. Ashton sits back down.
"Are you all right?" I know I have asked that not five minutes ago. However, I must make sure.
"As long as I am near you, I can take anything." He says. But.....can I really believe my ears? I look up, and see Precis looking at us. She runs off crying. Ashton shrugs. I just sigh. This can't be happening....I turn back to Ashton. He definitely looks like he has seen better days. Rena comes up and uses her Cure Light to heal him. After a few moments, it looks like nothing ever happened. Sooooooo.......now what? While I am thinking this, Ashton comes and stands in front of me with his hand extended.
"May I?" he asks. I have to smile at that. He can be such a gentlemen. I take his hand and we go off exploring.
**At the gates**
"Is everyone ready to go?" Claude asks. Almost everyone nods. I look around.
"Um.....we're missing someone...." I say. There is no sign of Precis. I hope the poor girl hasn't done anything rash....
"That's right....where is she?" Rena is looking around the immediate area.
"Precis is the girl with the Machine Hand, right?" Chisato asks. What kind of question is that? How many people with that kind of equipment on them are there?
"Yeah." We are all staring at her now.
"I saw her stuffing her face with chocolate about an hour ago." Chisato says. I sigh. Figures.
"Where?" Rena asks. Clearly she is going after her.
"Don't bother, I'm right here." Precis comes up. Her voice cracks a bit, almost like she is still crying. She won't even look at me, but she does give Ashton a glare of pure venom. Almost by instinct I reach for his hand. He takes it and gives a quick squeeze.
"Well, then let's be off." Claude says. We exit the city and hop on the Synard. It doesn't take long to find the first field. We land the Synard near the entrance, then head on in. There are three mirrors in front of us.
"There is something strange about this place.."Ernest comments. Opera jabs him in the gut. "What?"
"The whole place is strange. That's what. There isn't any need to point out every little thing." Gee, Opera can be pretty pushy. Precis has run up to one of the mirrors. Something is wrong.....but I can't put my finger on it....
"Hey?! Where is the reflection?!" Precis cries. We all head over. Claude takes out the Rune Codes the mayor gave us. Before our eyes, they start to glow.
"Wha?" Everything starts to get brighter. When my vision clears, we are in a totally new place. It looks like a really messed up maze. I look down, and immediately regret it. We can see right through the floor, although it is marked where we can walk. But......I can't see a bottom. We would fall forever. We walk up a bit, and find two platforms. One is red, the other is yellow. Since the yellow one is closer, we step onto that one. The bright light comes up again. When it clears, we are in yet another area. I look around. In front of us is some kind of pedestal with a large globe on it. I cautiously walk up to it and put my hand on it. It starts spinning, and the stand under it glows slightly.
"So that's what we need to do here." Leon comments behind me. We all head back onto the platform we came here on, but nothing happens. I look down. It is red. I little ways away there is a yellow one. We all head over to that one, and we are back in the chamber we first appeared in, only a different place. I look down. We are standing on red again. Well, now we know what to do.
**about 6 globes and a ton of angry monsters later**
Well, that experience sucked. I never expected so many monsters there. They are really testing us. I hope the rest of the fields are not this hard. We are in the first room again. We are standing in front of the center mirror. Now we need to see where the platform that appeared when we had activated all of the globes leads. We step through the mirror and then onto the platform. It is a huge room. There is a raised section in the center of it. But other than some weird things sticking out of the walls, there is nothing special here.
"Well, now what?" I ask. Rena and Claude walk up to the raised platform in the room.
"There's nothing here....." Rena says. Opera has gone to the side of the room. She turns back to us.
"Um...what's that hunk of junk in the back?" she says. I look. It looks like Precis' machine hand, only much uglier.
"INTRUDERS. INTRUDERS WILL BE FORCIBLY REMOVED" Say what? Wait....it is attacking us!!!!!!!!
To be continued.......