(before the story)
O.o Sorry if I gave you the wrong impression, Seraphina2! Gilder and Clara are NOT related (I support Gilder/Clara as well). When they were children, Gilder had been one of Clara's servants for three years, but they acted like brother and sister when they were together (Kinda like Vyse and Aika do). Clara's feelings grew for him later. (That story line will be elaborated in the fic that I'm planning to write after I finish this one. This will take a while, because this is going to wind up being 19 or 20 chapters)
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*Valua*
"All right, Vyse. Take us to the palace."
"Aika, you're the one with the photographic memory, not me! You lead us there."
The redhead smiled sweetly and replied, "I'm not the captain of our ship, Vyse. Besides, we've been here loads of times, and even you can remember your way around a place after that long!"
Vyse shot a glare at his friend, who put on the most innocent face that she could. "Aika, no innocent faces permitted."
Aika pouted, and Fina saw an opportunity that she immediately took. Getting behind Vyse, she assumed an expression even more innocent than Aika's had been, sending the redhead into gales of laughter.
Vyse looked surprised, and asked, "What's so funny?"
Still unable to speak because she was laughing so hard, Aika pointed over her friend's shoulder. Vyse turned and saw Fina, who appeared to be extremely confused. The captain of the Prophecy looked at his female friends, then gave up on trying to figure out what had happened and set off towards Enrique's palace.
*Enrique's palace*
Vyse knocked on the door of what Marco had called the 'Emperor's study'.
--Stupid kid. He probably directed us to the loqua storage or something for a laugh.--
"Come in, please." Vyse jumped, not having expected the voice that came from the other side of the door. The three friends entered the room, and saw Enrique standing near a window behind the large desk in the center of the room. The young emperor turned and said, "Vyse, Aika, Fina! I wasn't expecting you. What brings you here?"
"Bad news. Very bad news."
"Regarding the phoenix, no doubt."
The blue rogues jumped at Enrique's comment, and the emperor continued. "Moegi and I received two 'letters' from them. The first was a ransom note for Hans, and the second we got only two days ago. It said that the prisoners had been freed, and that they wouldn't hold back any longer."
Aika whistled softly. "We already have proof of that. We found the remains of Gilder's ship near the pirate's grave, and no sign of his crew, not even dead bodies."
Enrique slammed his fist onto the desk. "Damn! What they hell are these people doing?"
Moegi, who had been sitting in a corner near the door, looked up sadly and said, "We all wish that we knew."
*The phoenix*
The footsteps of a running warrior could be heard from the bridge, and soon the person entered, looking out of breath, but otherwise okay. The older captian turned and said, "Report."
"We successfully captured the five that you wanted us to. They were discussing something, but none of them had their weapons ready. It was a simple matter of casting Slipara on them, making sure that they wouldn't wake up, and throwing them in the maximum security cells."
The older captain nodded, and said, "Very good. Leave them there until we get to our base, then put three of them in the maximum security prison cells there, and the other two in separate guestrooms with the spell- locked doors."
"The two that are being singled out are the ones that we talked about earlier, captain?"
"Of course."
The younger captain spoke up again, barely able to restrain his glee. "At last, two of the three goals of this operation are complete! I will be able to get what I want, and Vigoro will as well!"
The older nodded, and said, "Especially because he will be meeting us at our base. However, my goal isn't complete. If I want to rule this world, then I must first rebuild this city." He smiled, and continued, "However, one cannot rebuild what has not been destroyed. Fire all cannons at will! I don't want a single building left intact!"
Cannonfire could be heard all around Arcadia that night, and the fire that was started could be seen for many miles.
O.o Sorry if I gave you the wrong impression, Seraphina2! Gilder and Clara are NOT related (I support Gilder/Clara as well). When they were children, Gilder had been one of Clara's servants for three years, but they acted like brother and sister when they were together (Kinda like Vyse and Aika do). Clara's feelings grew for him later. (That story line will be elaborated in the fic that I'm planning to write after I finish this one. This will take a while, because this is going to wind up being 19 or 20 chapters)
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*Valua*
"All right, Vyse. Take us to the palace."
"Aika, you're the one with the photographic memory, not me! You lead us there."
The redhead smiled sweetly and replied, "I'm not the captain of our ship, Vyse. Besides, we've been here loads of times, and even you can remember your way around a place after that long!"
Vyse shot a glare at his friend, who put on the most innocent face that she could. "Aika, no innocent faces permitted."
Aika pouted, and Fina saw an opportunity that she immediately took. Getting behind Vyse, she assumed an expression even more innocent than Aika's had been, sending the redhead into gales of laughter.
Vyse looked surprised, and asked, "What's so funny?"
Still unable to speak because she was laughing so hard, Aika pointed over her friend's shoulder. Vyse turned and saw Fina, who appeared to be extremely confused. The captain of the Prophecy looked at his female friends, then gave up on trying to figure out what had happened and set off towards Enrique's palace.
*Enrique's palace*
Vyse knocked on the door of what Marco had called the 'Emperor's study'.
--Stupid kid. He probably directed us to the loqua storage or something for a laugh.--
"Come in, please." Vyse jumped, not having expected the voice that came from the other side of the door. The three friends entered the room, and saw Enrique standing near a window behind the large desk in the center of the room. The young emperor turned and said, "Vyse, Aika, Fina! I wasn't expecting you. What brings you here?"
"Bad news. Very bad news."
"Regarding the phoenix, no doubt."
The blue rogues jumped at Enrique's comment, and the emperor continued. "Moegi and I received two 'letters' from them. The first was a ransom note for Hans, and the second we got only two days ago. It said that the prisoners had been freed, and that they wouldn't hold back any longer."
Aika whistled softly. "We already have proof of that. We found the remains of Gilder's ship near the pirate's grave, and no sign of his crew, not even dead bodies."
Enrique slammed his fist onto the desk. "Damn! What they hell are these people doing?"
Moegi, who had been sitting in a corner near the door, looked up sadly and said, "We all wish that we knew."
*The phoenix*
The footsteps of a running warrior could be heard from the bridge, and soon the person entered, looking out of breath, but otherwise okay. The older captian turned and said, "Report."
"We successfully captured the five that you wanted us to. They were discussing something, but none of them had their weapons ready. It was a simple matter of casting Slipara on them, making sure that they wouldn't wake up, and throwing them in the maximum security cells."
The older captain nodded, and said, "Very good. Leave them there until we get to our base, then put three of them in the maximum security prison cells there, and the other two in separate guestrooms with the spell- locked doors."
"The two that are being singled out are the ones that we talked about earlier, captain?"
"Of course."
The younger captain spoke up again, barely able to restrain his glee. "At last, two of the three goals of this operation are complete! I will be able to get what I want, and Vigoro will as well!"
The older nodded, and said, "Especially because he will be meeting us at our base. However, my goal isn't complete. If I want to rule this world, then I must first rebuild this city." He smiled, and continued, "However, one cannot rebuild what has not been destroyed. Fire all cannons at will! I don't want a single building left intact!"
Cannonfire could be heard all around Arcadia that night, and the fire that was started could be seen for many miles.