After a while, Amarant dozed off into a peaceful slumber, his body
dropping off the rock he was sitting on, and sprawling out across the
grass. After about another 3 hours, he awoke, not even having realized that
he fell asleep. He peeld himself off the grass and looked towards the
rising sun, and began to stretch his arms. He stood there a moment,
enjoying the stillness of the morning. It was as though everything
was...dead. He sighed a little, and then folded his arms across his chest,
leaning up against the castle wall, and waited. Though for what, he did not
know.
The regent of Lindblum, Cid, tumbled out of bed in his sleep, making quite a thud as he hit the floor. Quite obviously, this had awoken him. He looked over at his sleeping wife, Hilda, and his soon-to-be-daughter, Eiko, resting within a corner of a large, comfortable armchair that was made for someone far bigger than her. A smile crept onto his face, and he went to go get ready, so he could look his best on this day. The day, that he would gain, a daughter.
Garnet's eyes fluttered open, and the first thing that she had seen was the canopy to her elegant bed. Rolling up, she saw Steiner, gaurding the door to the room, and Beatrix, laying in a cot, her trusty sword, Save The Queen at her side. She quickly rushed off into the dressing room, preparing herself for the day's event. Her "sister" would finally gain a family.
This wave had continued throughout the castle, everyone getting up, and getting ready, so they could celebrate. Everyone that is, except for Amarant. Whilst everyone else was getting dressed up with grins on their face, Amarant was dueling with an oak tree, getting himself ready for the battle. Everyone wore a smile upon their face, whilst Amarant posessed a look of determination. After a little while of this, he took a break and went down to the docks to rest. Soon after, a ferry came up, carrying Vivi and his various children. Children whom he didn't know a single name of, or how they came to be. But it wasn't his concern.
"Hi..." Vivi said as he marched past Amarant. But his mind was too full of thoughts to be concerned with the fact that he hadn't gotten a response.
The group had all assembled within the dining hall, sitting down to a delicious home-cooked breakfast. After a few words regarding what made that day so special, they immediately dug in, and it didn't dawn on any of them for the longest time, that one of their number wasn't there.
"Say...Where's Amarant?" Zidane asked to the table, slightly muffled with eggs.
"I saw him at the Ferry Docks earlier. But he's probably gone be now..." Vivi responded, swallowing his food before-hand.
"How rude of him..." Steiner said, almost to himself.
"He probably doesn't know what's going on. I'd imagine that's why he's not here. Usually he'd at least show up, wether or not he actually wanted to..." Garnet said, trying to calm Steiner down, just as Zidane had, the night before.
"I go tell him!" Quina exclaimed, as he dumped the rest of his meal into his maw, and ran out of the castle. Quina found his quary almost immediately as he exited the castle, continuing his training upon the tree. He then proceed to run up to him.
"Why you fight tree?" Quina asked him.
"I'm...Training..." Amarant responded, trying to imagine that the tree was assaulting him, so he could better prepare.
"Why's that?" Quina again asked.
"So I can be ready for my fight with Lani today. Please leave me alone, so I can concentrate..." Amarant responded.
"Fight? You no go to Lindblum?" Quina's question furthered.
At this Amarant turned around to look at the strange gourmand, sweat rolling down his face.
"Linblum? For what?" Amarant asked.
"Ah. Others right. You no know." Quina said to him, then ran back into the castle. Amarant shrugged and stopped training.
* * *
"You guys right. He not know." Quina adressed the table.
"Well...did you tell him?" Freya asked.
"I no get chance to. He told me to go away, saying he busy 'training'. He was attacking a tree." Quina responded.
"I better go get him...we leave soon..." Freya said to noone in particular as she ran out of the castle.
Amarant began to walk away from the tree, seeking out the docks. He soon reached them, and he was lucky enough to find a ferry there. He asked the ferryman to bring him to city, and jumped into the small boat. As he neared the city, he dipped his hands within the water, cupped them, and splashed his face, washing away the sweat. After getting off, he walked out into the city.
Freya ran outside, looking at all the trees for some movement, hoping that he was still training. After a few minutes of looking around, she didn't see any sing of life at all, and with a sigh, walked back into the castle.
The regent of Lindblum, Cid, tumbled out of bed in his sleep, making quite a thud as he hit the floor. Quite obviously, this had awoken him. He looked over at his sleeping wife, Hilda, and his soon-to-be-daughter, Eiko, resting within a corner of a large, comfortable armchair that was made for someone far bigger than her. A smile crept onto his face, and he went to go get ready, so he could look his best on this day. The day, that he would gain, a daughter.
Garnet's eyes fluttered open, and the first thing that she had seen was the canopy to her elegant bed. Rolling up, she saw Steiner, gaurding the door to the room, and Beatrix, laying in a cot, her trusty sword, Save The Queen at her side. She quickly rushed off into the dressing room, preparing herself for the day's event. Her "sister" would finally gain a family.
This wave had continued throughout the castle, everyone getting up, and getting ready, so they could celebrate. Everyone that is, except for Amarant. Whilst everyone else was getting dressed up with grins on their face, Amarant was dueling with an oak tree, getting himself ready for the battle. Everyone wore a smile upon their face, whilst Amarant posessed a look of determination. After a little while of this, he took a break and went down to the docks to rest. Soon after, a ferry came up, carrying Vivi and his various children. Children whom he didn't know a single name of, or how they came to be. But it wasn't his concern.
"Hi..." Vivi said as he marched past Amarant. But his mind was too full of thoughts to be concerned with the fact that he hadn't gotten a response.
The group had all assembled within the dining hall, sitting down to a delicious home-cooked breakfast. After a few words regarding what made that day so special, they immediately dug in, and it didn't dawn on any of them for the longest time, that one of their number wasn't there.
"Say...Where's Amarant?" Zidane asked to the table, slightly muffled with eggs.
"I saw him at the Ferry Docks earlier. But he's probably gone be now..." Vivi responded, swallowing his food before-hand.
"How rude of him..." Steiner said, almost to himself.
"He probably doesn't know what's going on. I'd imagine that's why he's not here. Usually he'd at least show up, wether or not he actually wanted to..." Garnet said, trying to calm Steiner down, just as Zidane had, the night before.
"I go tell him!" Quina exclaimed, as he dumped the rest of his meal into his maw, and ran out of the castle. Quina found his quary almost immediately as he exited the castle, continuing his training upon the tree. He then proceed to run up to him.
"Why you fight tree?" Quina asked him.
"I'm...Training..." Amarant responded, trying to imagine that the tree was assaulting him, so he could better prepare.
"Why's that?" Quina again asked.
"So I can be ready for my fight with Lani today. Please leave me alone, so I can concentrate..." Amarant responded.
"Fight? You no go to Lindblum?" Quina's question furthered.
At this Amarant turned around to look at the strange gourmand, sweat rolling down his face.
"Linblum? For what?" Amarant asked.
"Ah. Others right. You no know." Quina said to him, then ran back into the castle. Amarant shrugged and stopped training.
* * *
"You guys right. He not know." Quina adressed the table.
"Well...did you tell him?" Freya asked.
"I no get chance to. He told me to go away, saying he busy 'training'. He was attacking a tree." Quina responded.
"I better go get him...we leave soon..." Freya said to noone in particular as she ran out of the castle.
Amarant began to walk away from the tree, seeking out the docks. He soon reached them, and he was lucky enough to find a ferry there. He asked the ferryman to bring him to city, and jumped into the small boat. As he neared the city, he dipped his hands within the water, cupped them, and splashed his face, washing away the sweat. After getting off, he walked out into the city.
Freya ran outside, looking at all the trees for some movement, hoping that he was still training. After a few minutes of looking around, she didn't see any sing of life at all, and with a sigh, walked back into the castle.