So who next you ask? Well we are on to one of my favorite characters, and
the one in my mind that made FFVIII worthy of playing.
Chapter Two Where's My Hotdog?
Cid and Auron found themselves in the middle of a cafeteria, with young people so absorbed in their own lives that they did not even notice the two men appear out of thin air. "Where are we?" Auron asked. "I feel a little out place."
"How the bloody Hell should I know?" Cid yelled, drawing the attention of the students. This was obviously a private school or something, since every kid wore a uniform.
"Never mind my friend. he's a bit off in the head," Auron said with a smirk.
"OFF!" Cid screamed. "Why I oughtta." Just then, a new person somersaulted in the air and landed between them. Unlike the others, he was not wearing a uniform. Instead he wore baggy blue pants that were cut off at the knees, and a black shirt. But what really attracted attention was the way he had mutilated his blond hair. Oh. and there was that huge tattoo taking up half of his face too.
"You two must be the two new teachers we hired!" the kid said with enthusiasm. No. kid was not quite right. He was a little older than that, maybe in his early twenties.
"Oh no we." Auron began, but Cid elbowed him hard in the chest causing Auron to double over with lack of breath.
"Yes. yes we are," Cid said with a smile that almost seemed to make him look soft. He bent down to see Auron's face and added in a whisper nobody else could hear, "Just play along, okay?" Auron nodded, regaining himself.
"Yes," Auron said. "My name is Auron, and this is Cid," the young man chortled at the mention of Cid's name, and Cid's cheeks turned crimson.
"JUST WHAT IS SO DAMN FUNNY?" he roared, making their host seem to shrink.
"Er. nothing Sir. It's just that our headmaster's name is also Cid!"
"Oh," Cid said calming down.
"Well my name is Zell Dincht, and I'll be glad to show you around the place! First let's get a bit gentlemen, I'm starving!" Zell walked over to the lunchlady's counter, a wide grin on his face. "One hotdog please!"
"Sorry Zell. we are all out," the lady said with an apologetic face.
"NOT AGAIN!" Zell yelled. Cid and Auron just stared at him, flabbergasted.
"Don't tell me this is the next member of our party?" Auron asked.
"For our sakes I hope not." Cid said, shaking his head. In the meantime, Zell made his way back to them.
"Well come on then, I'll show you the library! It's really cool.and."
"You just want to see your girlfriend again!" shouted a member of their audience. Zell turned a bright pink and shouted back,
"So what if I do? Now you better get back to your tables before I cream all of you!"
"YESSIR!" they all yelled, and were instantly seated. "Kids," Zell said shaking his head walking off.
"Perhaps there is more to this kid than we thought Cid." Auron said in a hushed voice. Cid nodded, but said nothing.
"Hmmm. why don't we try a test of strength before the library?" Zell asked. "Some fun sport in the Training Room?" Cid smiled.
"Now you're talking kid! I'll kick some ass!"
"We'll see." was all that Zell said, as he led them down a long hallway. He opened a door, to reveal a lush jungle. "There's plenty of monsters for all here, we even brought some from far away! So who would like to go first?"
"How about you Zell?" Auron asked.
"All right. oh there we go!" He looked to a huge plant, and a fire came to his eyes that both Cid and Auron knew at once. the battle spirit. Zell once more somersaulted into the air until he was almost a story high, then balled a fist and pointed it down like an arrow. The plant splattered into green goo, covering both spectators.
"He's the one," Auron said.
"Without a doubt," Cid agreed. Zell walked up to them, and wiped a bit of splatter from his face.
"So who's ready to try next at weed-whacking?"
"Let us go see that girlfriend you were talking about." Auron said, a serious look on his face. But Zell either did not see it or chose not to recognize it.
"Great! Oh you will love her!" He skipped ahead with excitement, the two "Teachers" behind.
"Why'd you encourage him?" Cid hissed at Auron.
"Because this may be his last chance to see her Cid right?" Cid thought a moment, then nodded.
"Yeah."
With Zell setting the pace, it did not take them very long to arrive there. "ZELL!" a young woman with her brown hair up in pigtails yelled. Cid could not help but look at her breasts.and from the looks of it Auron was not looking at books either.
Zell took the woman in his arms, holding her tight. "You miss me?" he asked.
"Always!" she said. "And who are your pals?"
"Oh they are the new teachers we ordered, Cid and Auron!"
"Nice to meet you," Cid said.
"A pleasure," Auron added. "But Zell. you must be saying good-bye to her now."
"Oh right! We still have a lot of ground to cover!" He kissed his girl hard, a smile on his face, before saying, "Love ya!" He then skipped out into the hall, still smiling.
"There is something we must tell you Zell. but not here," Auron said. Zell nodded.
"Okay uh. how about on the balcony? Nobody will hear us there?" Cid nodded, and they all went there. "So what's up?"
"Zell. we are not teachers." Auron said.
"What?" Zell asked. "Then who are you?"
"We are from other worlds, forming a party to fight a force which threatens us all and you have been chosen."
"Don't tell me that bullshit!" Zell yelled with hands on his hips. "Are you spies?"
"He says the truth," Cid replied. "We are asking you to come with us and save the world!"
"I have been there, done that," Zell said shaking his head. "My friends went through a lot of Hell, and for that matter so did I. It is something I would never do again."
"Are you afraid?" Auron asked.
"You have my answer," Zell said, staring at them fiercely. "Now leave before I kick your lying asses!"
"Why should I be afraid of a kid that looks like a chicken. and for that matter is a pansy-ass wuss that will not face up to his fate? A chickenwuss."
"Cid. there is no such word." Auron said.
"I know that! Just trying to rile the kid a bit and."
"NEVER CALL ME THAT AGAIN!" Zell roared in Cid's face.
"WELL UNTIL YOU PROVE OTHERWISE TO ME THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE!" Cid roared right back. Zell looked at them a moment, before walking away.
"I'm going to see if they have any more hotdogs yet. You had better be gone by the time I get back!" They watched him go a moment before Auron spoke.
"Do you want her to die Zell?" Zell wheeled around.
"Are you threatening her?" he asked, anger flashing.
"No," Auron said. "But if you do not come she will die all the same. I have a feeling that if we are not all there to meet our fate then this monster will take all the world."
"Go get Squall." Zell muttered.
"We have you!" Cid yelled. "Now you have a decision to make kid and you had better make it good!"
"Hmph, I'll go." he said, then smiled. "You old fogies need someone interesting anyways!"
"FOGEY! WHY I SHOULD." But Cid never got the chance to finish, as a strong wind blew them off of the balcony. For one terrifying moment they were all falling, and then everything faded yet again.
Chapter Two Where's My Hotdog?
Cid and Auron found themselves in the middle of a cafeteria, with young people so absorbed in their own lives that they did not even notice the two men appear out of thin air. "Where are we?" Auron asked. "I feel a little out place."
"How the bloody Hell should I know?" Cid yelled, drawing the attention of the students. This was obviously a private school or something, since every kid wore a uniform.
"Never mind my friend. he's a bit off in the head," Auron said with a smirk.
"OFF!" Cid screamed. "Why I oughtta." Just then, a new person somersaulted in the air and landed between them. Unlike the others, he was not wearing a uniform. Instead he wore baggy blue pants that were cut off at the knees, and a black shirt. But what really attracted attention was the way he had mutilated his blond hair. Oh. and there was that huge tattoo taking up half of his face too.
"You two must be the two new teachers we hired!" the kid said with enthusiasm. No. kid was not quite right. He was a little older than that, maybe in his early twenties.
"Oh no we." Auron began, but Cid elbowed him hard in the chest causing Auron to double over with lack of breath.
"Yes. yes we are," Cid said with a smile that almost seemed to make him look soft. He bent down to see Auron's face and added in a whisper nobody else could hear, "Just play along, okay?" Auron nodded, regaining himself.
"Yes," Auron said. "My name is Auron, and this is Cid," the young man chortled at the mention of Cid's name, and Cid's cheeks turned crimson.
"JUST WHAT IS SO DAMN FUNNY?" he roared, making their host seem to shrink.
"Er. nothing Sir. It's just that our headmaster's name is also Cid!"
"Oh," Cid said calming down.
"Well my name is Zell Dincht, and I'll be glad to show you around the place! First let's get a bit gentlemen, I'm starving!" Zell walked over to the lunchlady's counter, a wide grin on his face. "One hotdog please!"
"Sorry Zell. we are all out," the lady said with an apologetic face.
"NOT AGAIN!" Zell yelled. Cid and Auron just stared at him, flabbergasted.
"Don't tell me this is the next member of our party?" Auron asked.
"For our sakes I hope not." Cid said, shaking his head. In the meantime, Zell made his way back to them.
"Well come on then, I'll show you the library! It's really cool.and."
"You just want to see your girlfriend again!" shouted a member of their audience. Zell turned a bright pink and shouted back,
"So what if I do? Now you better get back to your tables before I cream all of you!"
"YESSIR!" they all yelled, and were instantly seated. "Kids," Zell said shaking his head walking off.
"Perhaps there is more to this kid than we thought Cid." Auron said in a hushed voice. Cid nodded, but said nothing.
"Hmmm. why don't we try a test of strength before the library?" Zell asked. "Some fun sport in the Training Room?" Cid smiled.
"Now you're talking kid! I'll kick some ass!"
"We'll see." was all that Zell said, as he led them down a long hallway. He opened a door, to reveal a lush jungle. "There's plenty of monsters for all here, we even brought some from far away! So who would like to go first?"
"How about you Zell?" Auron asked.
"All right. oh there we go!" He looked to a huge plant, and a fire came to his eyes that both Cid and Auron knew at once. the battle spirit. Zell once more somersaulted into the air until he was almost a story high, then balled a fist and pointed it down like an arrow. The plant splattered into green goo, covering both spectators.
"He's the one," Auron said.
"Without a doubt," Cid agreed. Zell walked up to them, and wiped a bit of splatter from his face.
"So who's ready to try next at weed-whacking?"
"Let us go see that girlfriend you were talking about." Auron said, a serious look on his face. But Zell either did not see it or chose not to recognize it.
"Great! Oh you will love her!" He skipped ahead with excitement, the two "Teachers" behind.
"Why'd you encourage him?" Cid hissed at Auron.
"Because this may be his last chance to see her Cid right?" Cid thought a moment, then nodded.
"Yeah."
With Zell setting the pace, it did not take them very long to arrive there. "ZELL!" a young woman with her brown hair up in pigtails yelled. Cid could not help but look at her breasts.and from the looks of it Auron was not looking at books either.
Zell took the woman in his arms, holding her tight. "You miss me?" he asked.
"Always!" she said. "And who are your pals?"
"Oh they are the new teachers we ordered, Cid and Auron!"
"Nice to meet you," Cid said.
"A pleasure," Auron added. "But Zell. you must be saying good-bye to her now."
"Oh right! We still have a lot of ground to cover!" He kissed his girl hard, a smile on his face, before saying, "Love ya!" He then skipped out into the hall, still smiling.
"There is something we must tell you Zell. but not here," Auron said. Zell nodded.
"Okay uh. how about on the balcony? Nobody will hear us there?" Cid nodded, and they all went there. "So what's up?"
"Zell. we are not teachers." Auron said.
"What?" Zell asked. "Then who are you?"
"We are from other worlds, forming a party to fight a force which threatens us all and you have been chosen."
"Don't tell me that bullshit!" Zell yelled with hands on his hips. "Are you spies?"
"He says the truth," Cid replied. "We are asking you to come with us and save the world!"
"I have been there, done that," Zell said shaking his head. "My friends went through a lot of Hell, and for that matter so did I. It is something I would never do again."
"Are you afraid?" Auron asked.
"You have my answer," Zell said, staring at them fiercely. "Now leave before I kick your lying asses!"
"Why should I be afraid of a kid that looks like a chicken. and for that matter is a pansy-ass wuss that will not face up to his fate? A chickenwuss."
"Cid. there is no such word." Auron said.
"I know that! Just trying to rile the kid a bit and."
"NEVER CALL ME THAT AGAIN!" Zell roared in Cid's face.
"WELL UNTIL YOU PROVE OTHERWISE TO ME THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE!" Cid roared right back. Zell looked at them a moment, before walking away.
"I'm going to see if they have any more hotdogs yet. You had better be gone by the time I get back!" They watched him go a moment before Auron spoke.
"Do you want her to die Zell?" Zell wheeled around.
"Are you threatening her?" he asked, anger flashing.
"No," Auron said. "But if you do not come she will die all the same. I have a feeling that if we are not all there to meet our fate then this monster will take all the world."
"Go get Squall." Zell muttered.
"We have you!" Cid yelled. "Now you have a decision to make kid and you had better make it good!"
"Hmph, I'll go." he said, then smiled. "You old fogies need someone interesting anyways!"
"FOGEY! WHY I SHOULD." But Cid never got the chance to finish, as a strong wind blew them off of the balcony. For one terrifying moment they were all falling, and then everything faded yet again.