The next morning, the thirteen gathered in the kitchen, starving and more than ready for breakfast. Crono was in charge of cooking, but he had nothing to work with but what was found during last night's hunt, and the frogs were long gone. He finally just made everyone bowls full of petals and called it salad.
Marle's stomach was still growling after the salad. She decided to go hunting with Crono and Melchior this morning to find some decent food for lunch.
Lucca checked on her computer, and it had finally booted up. In fact, she was even able to access a huge network called Guardia Online. She ran a search on this Entity fellow, and the computer said the results would show up in an hour or two. Lucca decided to pass the time by reading.
Magus was minding his own business, walking into the living room, when suddenly a heavy weight fell from the ceiling. Magus leapt out of the way just in time. His face twisted itself into an expression of anger. "Ozzie! You filth!"
Ozzie floated downstairs. He saw the weight and Magus standing beside it. "Oz...Ozzie's in a jam!"
Magus rolled up his sleeves and pulled on his gloves. "You're quite right this time, my friend... I hope you're ready to face the Void!"
Ozzie was ready to take the wizard on, when he suddenly saw Alfador walk out from behind Magus. Every bit of Ozzie's courage drained away as he looked in the cold eyes of the cute little kitty cat. Ozzie turned tail and floated as fast as he could toward his room and locked the door, just to be safe from the feline menace. Magus laughed, for one of the first times in his life, at the green coward.
On the hunting trip, Crono, Marle, and Melchior were doing terribly, with a grand total of no food found. Suddenly, they heard a stirring in the bushes. Marle steadied her bow, Crono got his sword ready, and Melchior prepared to cast a magical spell. Then, out of the bushes popped a small yellow dinosaur. Before it could blink, it was hit with a lightning bolt by Melchior pierced with an arrow by Marle's bow. Crono looked down at three pounds of real, tasty meat that lay on the ground.
Around noon, the hunting party returned. Lucca used a small Fire spell to cook the dino this time, and it turned a nice shade of golden brown. The meat was divided up between everyone except Schala (who was a vegetarian) and Ayla (who fell asleep a few minutes ago and nobody woke up.) Everyone had a nice, filling, quarter-pound of baked dinosaur before lunch was over.
Happy and content from her meal, Lucca went to check on her computer. The results for the search on the Entity finally came up. The most interesting thing on the list was a page called "Entity's Home" and it was described as being the #1 site on the net for information on the Entity. Lucca clicked the link, then looked as the text box that said it would take five or six hours for the page to come up due to high graphical content.
The hunting party for supper was made up of Magus, Schala, and Lucca. This party had no success at all. They had no idea how to track game at all. They did their best to find something, but all they were able to find was rocks and sticks. If this kept up, they would all go hungry tonight.
Back at the house, Crono and Frog sparred to see which one of them was the better swordsman. Neither one could seem to land a blow. While there was no real point to this, Marle, Melchior, Ayla, and Tata all gathered around to watch. This was their only form of entertainment, and it wasn't like they had anything better to do.
Finally, the hunting party returned. This time, they actually were empty-handed. Everyone started to get angry, and Magus prepared to cast Dark Matter on all the people that seemed to be ready to kill him. Marle finally yelled over everyone "Quiet! These people tried their best to find us something to eat! We can live with missing a meal every once in a while! Leave them alone!" Everyone kind of blinked, then wandered off.
Lucca checked her computer. The webpage Entity's Home had finally come up. However, this was nothing but an introduction page that asked whether she wanted to view the frames or no frames version of Entity's Home. She clicked frames, then decided to turn in for the night.
Back safe in his home, Jimmy watched the monitors closely. Something was bound to happen tonight. He knew it.
Crono and Marle were both in their own separate beds again tonight. How dense could these two be? It wasn't supposed to happen like this at all. Jimmy was disappointed in them.
Ayla lay awake in her bed, looking at Frog. He too was awake, polishing his Hero Medal in bed. Ayla was hungry. She hadn't eaten since breakfast. What she wouldn't do for food, she thought. She kept looking at Frog. He looked pretty tasty, even though he was her friend. "No eat Frog. Ayla's friend," thought Ayla. She tried to think about something else, but it didn't work. Finally, giving in, she got up on all fours on her bed, then pounced at Frog like a cat.
"Yes!" yelled Jimmy. "We've got a winner here!"
Ayla flew through the air at Frog, her mouth wide open. Frog wasn't paying attention, and Ayla's head slammed right into Frog's, knocking the two of them onto the floor. Both of the two lay prostrate on the ground for a few seconds, then Frog managed to stand up.
"Lass! What art thou trying to do with me?!" yelled Frog.
"Yummy frog! For Ayla eat!" yelled Ayla as she stood up.
"Art thou mad with hunger, Ayla? Cease this foolishness at once!" commanded Frog.
"Yummy frog. For Ayla eat," repeated Ayla.
Suddenly, Ayla broke out at a run toward Frog. He knew he would lose at hand-to-hand combat against Ayla, so he quickly leaped out of the way. While Ayla was distracted for the moment crashing into the wall, Frog hopped as fast as he could over to the Masamune beside his bed. Maybe then, he could knock her out so he wouldn't have to resort to something more drastic.
Before Frog could reach the Masamune, he saw Ayla airborne again. This time, her foot was aimed squarely at his head. Frog had no choice but to rely on his froggy skills again: he jumped as high in the air as he could. This made Ayla miss his head, but she still slammed straight into his chest. Unfortunatly for both of them, Ayla's momentum propelled them both into the wall, knocking both fighters out cold. They collapsed in a pile on the ground, Frog on top of Ayla.
Ozzie had made up his mind to overcome his fear and show that stupid cat that he wasn't a Mystic to be picked on. He put on his Ozzie Pants, floated over to Alfador, and tried to look as big and imposing as he could. Then, Alfador let out a small meow. Suddenly scared to death, Ozzie hovered back over to his bed as fast as he could and tried to hide under the covers.
Schala really wished she could get some sleep. Between the explosions from Lucca's experiments and the crashing noises coming from Frog and Ayla's room, she couldn't even get her eyes closed for a few seconds before some noise disrupted her attempt at sleep.
That night, Tata decided he would run around like a total idiot and pretend he was the captain of the legendary starship, Rx-xR. Magus was using every last ounce of his willpower to keep himself from unleashing a Dark Matter on the little brat. He was this close to having an excuse to off Ozzie earlier today, and he really wanted to get rid of at least one annoying person today. Even a small Dark Bomb would get the job done...
Melchior was up reading and researching. Robo was asleep, or whatever the robot equivalent to sleep is, so Melchior's job was that much easier. The new weapon that he was fashioning out of Dreamstone was to be his finest ever, better even than the Masamune and Rainbow. A piece of art of this caliber was worth coming out of retirement to build.
The Nu stood silently in the living room, refining his plans for world domination. Now, it was only a matter of time before he could put the plan in motion. Everyone would be sorry for messing with the Nu.
Marle's stomach was still growling after the salad. She decided to go hunting with Crono and Melchior this morning to find some decent food for lunch.
Lucca checked on her computer, and it had finally booted up. In fact, she was even able to access a huge network called Guardia Online. She ran a search on this Entity fellow, and the computer said the results would show up in an hour or two. Lucca decided to pass the time by reading.
Magus was minding his own business, walking into the living room, when suddenly a heavy weight fell from the ceiling. Magus leapt out of the way just in time. His face twisted itself into an expression of anger. "Ozzie! You filth!"
Ozzie floated downstairs. He saw the weight and Magus standing beside it. "Oz...Ozzie's in a jam!"
Magus rolled up his sleeves and pulled on his gloves. "You're quite right this time, my friend... I hope you're ready to face the Void!"
Ozzie was ready to take the wizard on, when he suddenly saw Alfador walk out from behind Magus. Every bit of Ozzie's courage drained away as he looked in the cold eyes of the cute little kitty cat. Ozzie turned tail and floated as fast as he could toward his room and locked the door, just to be safe from the feline menace. Magus laughed, for one of the first times in his life, at the green coward.
On the hunting trip, Crono, Marle, and Melchior were doing terribly, with a grand total of no food found. Suddenly, they heard a stirring in the bushes. Marle steadied her bow, Crono got his sword ready, and Melchior prepared to cast a magical spell. Then, out of the bushes popped a small yellow dinosaur. Before it could blink, it was hit with a lightning bolt by Melchior pierced with an arrow by Marle's bow. Crono looked down at three pounds of real, tasty meat that lay on the ground.
Around noon, the hunting party returned. Lucca used a small Fire spell to cook the dino this time, and it turned a nice shade of golden brown. The meat was divided up between everyone except Schala (who was a vegetarian) and Ayla (who fell asleep a few minutes ago and nobody woke up.) Everyone had a nice, filling, quarter-pound of baked dinosaur before lunch was over.
Happy and content from her meal, Lucca went to check on her computer. The results for the search on the Entity finally came up. The most interesting thing on the list was a page called "Entity's Home" and it was described as being the #1 site on the net for information on the Entity. Lucca clicked the link, then looked as the text box that said it would take five or six hours for the page to come up due to high graphical content.
The hunting party for supper was made up of Magus, Schala, and Lucca. This party had no success at all. They had no idea how to track game at all. They did their best to find something, but all they were able to find was rocks and sticks. If this kept up, they would all go hungry tonight.
Back at the house, Crono and Frog sparred to see which one of them was the better swordsman. Neither one could seem to land a blow. While there was no real point to this, Marle, Melchior, Ayla, and Tata all gathered around to watch. This was their only form of entertainment, and it wasn't like they had anything better to do.
Finally, the hunting party returned. This time, they actually were empty-handed. Everyone started to get angry, and Magus prepared to cast Dark Matter on all the people that seemed to be ready to kill him. Marle finally yelled over everyone "Quiet! These people tried their best to find us something to eat! We can live with missing a meal every once in a while! Leave them alone!" Everyone kind of blinked, then wandered off.
Lucca checked her computer. The webpage Entity's Home had finally come up. However, this was nothing but an introduction page that asked whether she wanted to view the frames or no frames version of Entity's Home. She clicked frames, then decided to turn in for the night.
Back safe in his home, Jimmy watched the monitors closely. Something was bound to happen tonight. He knew it.
Crono and Marle were both in their own separate beds again tonight. How dense could these two be? It wasn't supposed to happen like this at all. Jimmy was disappointed in them.
Ayla lay awake in her bed, looking at Frog. He too was awake, polishing his Hero Medal in bed. Ayla was hungry. She hadn't eaten since breakfast. What she wouldn't do for food, she thought. She kept looking at Frog. He looked pretty tasty, even though he was her friend. "No eat Frog. Ayla's friend," thought Ayla. She tried to think about something else, but it didn't work. Finally, giving in, she got up on all fours on her bed, then pounced at Frog like a cat.
"Yes!" yelled Jimmy. "We've got a winner here!"
Ayla flew through the air at Frog, her mouth wide open. Frog wasn't paying attention, and Ayla's head slammed right into Frog's, knocking the two of them onto the floor. Both of the two lay prostrate on the ground for a few seconds, then Frog managed to stand up.
"Lass! What art thou trying to do with me?!" yelled Frog.
"Yummy frog! For Ayla eat!" yelled Ayla as she stood up.
"Art thou mad with hunger, Ayla? Cease this foolishness at once!" commanded Frog.
"Yummy frog. For Ayla eat," repeated Ayla.
Suddenly, Ayla broke out at a run toward Frog. He knew he would lose at hand-to-hand combat against Ayla, so he quickly leaped out of the way. While Ayla was distracted for the moment crashing into the wall, Frog hopped as fast as he could over to the Masamune beside his bed. Maybe then, he could knock her out so he wouldn't have to resort to something more drastic.
Before Frog could reach the Masamune, he saw Ayla airborne again. This time, her foot was aimed squarely at his head. Frog had no choice but to rely on his froggy skills again: he jumped as high in the air as he could. This made Ayla miss his head, but she still slammed straight into his chest. Unfortunatly for both of them, Ayla's momentum propelled them both into the wall, knocking both fighters out cold. They collapsed in a pile on the ground, Frog on top of Ayla.
Ozzie had made up his mind to overcome his fear and show that stupid cat that he wasn't a Mystic to be picked on. He put on his Ozzie Pants, floated over to Alfador, and tried to look as big and imposing as he could. Then, Alfador let out a small meow. Suddenly scared to death, Ozzie hovered back over to his bed as fast as he could and tried to hide under the covers.
Schala really wished she could get some sleep. Between the explosions from Lucca's experiments and the crashing noises coming from Frog and Ayla's room, she couldn't even get her eyes closed for a few seconds before some noise disrupted her attempt at sleep.
That night, Tata decided he would run around like a total idiot and pretend he was the captain of the legendary starship, Rx-xR. Magus was using every last ounce of his willpower to keep himself from unleashing a Dark Matter on the little brat. He was this close to having an excuse to off Ozzie earlier today, and he really wanted to get rid of at least one annoying person today. Even a small Dark Bomb would get the job done...
Melchior was up reading and researching. Robo was asleep, or whatever the robot equivalent to sleep is, so Melchior's job was that much easier. The new weapon that he was fashioning out of Dreamstone was to be his finest ever, better even than the Masamune and Rainbow. A piece of art of this caliber was worth coming out of retirement to build.
The Nu stood silently in the living room, refining his plans for world domination. Now, it was only a matter of time before he could put the plan in motion. Everyone would be sorry for messing with the Nu.
