A/N: ( blah blah blah) denotes Brad's voice over. {blah blah blah} Totophie's voice over, and [blah] is Kell's voice over. And \ blah\ is Botuna's voice over.


*BACK STAGE*











Verie: Pleeeeeeeeease???
Brad: ~death glare~ NO.
Verie: Please?
Brad: No.
Verie: ~puppy dog eyes~ PLEASE?
Brad: NO. And stop that. You're not innocent enough to pull of that look.
Verie: -.-; please?
Brad: NO.
Verie: plea-
Schuldich: ~hits Verie with a coffee can~ BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP!!!! ~twitch~ You've been arguing like that for TWO FRIGGIN' HOURS!!!
Shinigami: ~twitch~
Verie: If he'd just sing the stupid song with Omi, I'd leave him alone!!
Omi: ... I don't want to sing with Crawford.. O.o;;
Verie: WHYYYYYYYY?!!!! ~sobs on Brad's shoulder~
Brad: ... ~looks for insecticide~
Farf: Duets with people who can't sing hurt God.
Omi: ... -.-; I can TOO SING!!!
Shinigami: Just not well.
Omi: ~glare~ I can sing! It's HIM ~points accusingly at Schuldich~ who can't sing!!!
Schuldich: ~pout~ I can too sing.
Verie: Your accent kills it.
Schuldich: ~death glare~ SHUT THE HELL UP!! ~starts beating Verie with the coffee can~
Others: O.o;;
Brad: Schuldich is kind of sensitive about his accent.
Schuldich: I do NOT have an accent. ~glares at Brad~
Brad: .. which he doesn't have. ~sweatdrop~ ~backs away from Schu~
Verie: ~glares evilly and Brad and Omi~ I *WILL* make you two sing!!! MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Narrator: Don't make me charge over-time.
Verie: -.-; goddamnit. ~turns back to Brad and Omi~ Your time will come. ~cackles~
Brad&Omi: O.o;;




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~*Disc 1: Part 2*~

"One more minute..." Shinigami mumbled, having once again been cast as the faculty of Garden. "ONEMOREMINUTEONEMOREMINUTEONEMOREMINUTE!!!!" Totophie exclaimed happily. Brad twitched.. .. Actually, it was either a very large twitch or a small seizure. Take your pick.

Then, Kell skateboarded in. "Skateboards are prohibited." Shinigami glared. "But.. they're USEFUL." Kell nodded. Shinigami took away the board. Too bad. Then, another faculty member (yes, apparently we found someone else to help play bit characters) "WEE! I'M IN THE FIC I'M IN THE FIC I'M IN THE FIC!!!" The faculty member bounced. "Where's Omi?!" The faculty member added. "... He's... off stage." Shinigami twitched, giving the other faculty member the skateboard. "MWUAHAHAHAHA!!! OMIIIIIIII!!!" The faculty member ran off. "... Who. The censored. Was THAT?!" Brad demanded. "... That was Jimmy/Omi. ... My sister." Dramatic music. "... Dear God... there's more of them!!!" Brad sobbed. Totophie patted him, and received a death glare in return.

"Anyhow, I'm magically transforming into Headmaster Shinigami now, because Verie was stupid and didn't look ahead in the script to see if the headmaster would come in." Shinigami said. "FOR THE RECORD: I *DID* look ahead. Just not far enough." Verie yelled from off stage. "... Right. Anyhow, this is your first mission. You are to go to Timber and support a resistance faction-" Shinigami started. "VIVA LA RESISTANCE!" Kell yelled, receiving glares from everyone onstage. ".. What??? THAT'S FUN TO SAY." He exclaimed defensively. "... Right. Anyhow, you'll be supporting a restistance faction. .. That's it. You'll be met by someone who's part of the faction at the station. That person will say 'the forests of Timber sure have change.' You have to reply 'But the owls are still around.' That's the password." Shinigami said. "... You know.. that's actually a pass SENTENCE..." Kell stated. "JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!!" Brad glared. Kell jumped, but obeyed. "... Brad, you're squad leader. Have fun." Shinigami said, walking off. "SQUEE! LEADER!!" Totophie exclaimed, glomping Brad. "FOR THE LOVE OF CENSORED GET HER OOOOOOOOOOFF!!!!!!" Brad screamed. Shinigami came back holding a gravy boat. "Oh, and Brad, I forgot to give you this. It's a cursed magical lamp!" Shinigami said, shoving the gravy boat at Brad. "... And what the censored am I supposed to do with it???" Brad asked, staring at the gravy boat. "Sore wa himitsu desu." (Newly-Hired-Subtitle-Guy: That's a secret.) Shinigami said. "... In other words... you don't know either?" Brad arched an eyebrow. ".. .. hai." (N-H-S-G: Yes.) Shinigami walked off. "... censored videogames... why the censored would a headmaster give a student a cursed gravy boat?!" Brad demanded. "IT'S A CURSED MAGICAL LAMP, CENSORED!" Verie yelled from offstage. "Lamp, gravy boat, whatever." Brad mumbled.

So then our.. heroes... do you realize how stupid that sounds? Ne.. oh well. Anyhow, so our heroes went to the train station and bought tickets and got on the train and that's a run-on sentence, because even though I'm a narrator I have bad grammar which makes it hard for me to get well-paying jobs and that's why I'm stuck here, but luckily I'm the only narrator who would work for Verie because she's pretty much shot all the others which wasn't smart because now I can charge whatever I want! MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

"I wasn't aware this story was about you." Brad said, arching an eyebrow, even though he can't see me. So he looks really weird. And shut up. "Are all narrators this annoying?" Kell asked. "TRUST ME. THEY ARE." Verie said from offstage. What? I didn't do anything. I've got a lawyer, censored! Verie grumbled some more, but walked further offstage. Good. Anyhow, so they were on the train.

"This train is AWESOME! TEE!!!" Totophie bounced. "Transcontinental railroad, baby! .. Holy censored! Are we in an under water tunnel?!" Kell exclaimed, staring out the window. ".. That's great." Brad mumbled. ".. Can you use the ticket thingie so we can get inside our private compartment thingie???" Kell asked. Schuldich sniggered from offstage. Brad glared offstage. "Censored , Schuldich! Keep your mind out of the gutter!" He yelled. "Can't.. help it..." Schuldich laughed uncontrollably. Kell twitched. Brad used the ticket to open up the rest of the train. "WEEEEEEE!!!" Totophie exclaimed, running off. Brad and Kell walked off to find the SeeD's private compartment... hehe... "censored all of you, shut up!!!" Kell exclaimed. "Train train take us away, take us far away, to the future we will go, where it leads; no one knows..." Totophie sang. "... ..." Brad weighed his options, and opted for hanging out with Kell in the private compartment... heh.... "censored stop that!!" Kell whined. Fine, fine. "That's better." Kell mumbled. The was an awkward silence, which Brad didn't seem to notice. "Well! Hey, look! They've got magazines!" Kell exclaimed, shoving a magazine in Brad's face. "... Pet Pals Volume One? What the censored?" Brad asked, taking the magazine and throwing it away. "BRAD!! You're supposed to keep that." Verie exclaimed, from offstage again. "Why?" Brad asked. "Because. You need it later on in the game." Verie replied. Brad mumbled to himself. "censored videogames... have to keep every peice of trash you find on the ground. Who the censored thought that up?!"

Then, Totophie entered. "Like.. guys.. I'm.. tired..." She said drowsily. "Ne? ... Me too." Kell said, suddenly tired. They both fell asleep on Brad. Who twitched violently. ".... censored." He mumbled, pushing them off. "What the censored is this?!" He demanded. There was silence. ".... Hello???" Brad asked. No answer. "Narrator, what the censored is going on?!!" He demanded. I don't know, did you check the script? "... I threw my script away, actually." Brad stated. Just then, Schuldich ran in and hit him in the head with a coffee can and knocked him unconscious. .... Was that really necessary? "... Probably not, but it was fun!" Schuldich stated, walking back offstage. ... And where is the author during all this?! "Kyukei no kohi no da." (N-H-S-G: Break of coffee verbal exclamation mark.) Shinigami answered. ... I want coffee too... why does SHE get coffee?!

*BACK STAGE*



Verie: TADAIMA!
N-H-S-G: I'm home!
Shinigami: .. you don't live here.
Verie: Sure I do! ^_^
Shinigami: ... you're scary when you have coffee.
Verie: ^_^ MWUAHAHAHA!! I pity the person who gives me coffee!!
Shinigami: .. I pity your friends who have to be around you when you drink the coffee.
Verie: .. them too. ~notices the occurances on stage~ Ah! So we're to that part already???
Shinigami: ... ne?
N-H-S-G: eh? or huh?
Verie: The part. The Laguna part. Brad!! .... .... Oh no.... you didn't...
Farf: Coffee cans hurt God ^_^
Verie: o.o; guys... we needed Brad for the voice-over for the next part.
Schuldich: ... whoops?
Verie: .. SO IT WAS YOU!!!! DAMN YOU, SCHULDICH!!!! NO KNOCKING BRAD OUT UNLESS I GIVE YOU PERMISSION!!!!!!
Schuldich: Hey, it said in the script that he was supposed to pass out. You should've been more specific.
Verie: ~twitching~ -.-; you know who he's going to blame when he wakes up? ME!!!
Schuldich: That's the beauty of it ^_^
Jimmy: .... Schu's scary... ~blink~
Verie: GAH! ~hides behind Aya~ .. oh wait.. it's just you. ~comes back out from behind Aya~ ..... Damnit, there's no one taller than me except for Schu. -.-;
Shinigami: .... -.-; damn tall people.
Verie: ^_^
Jimmy: .... Where'd Omi go?
Verie: ... He's probably hiding because he doesn't want to wear his costume again.... most likely because of the.. um.. spandex shorts or whatever the hell those things are...
Others: o.o;
Nagi: eh.. heh... I'm just going.. to go... over... here... yes.. that works... ~runs off to find Omi~
Shinigami: ooo.... ~follows with pad of paper and pencil~
Jimmy: Neesan!!! ~runs off to stop Shinigami~
N-H-S-G: Elder sister!!!
Verie: -.-; great. Now we have to wait until they wake up, Nagi and Omi get... done.... with.. whatever... it is.. they're doing... and Shinigami gets done writing her... fanfic... ~twitch~
Schuldich: ~shrug~ I'm going to go steal Brad's glasses and color them in with a permanent marker. ~walks off~
Yohji: .. he has too much time on his hands.
Verie: .. touche.


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Two hours later...

*ON STAGE*

And so... after our short break, because Verie was stupid and actually left these idiots unattended... "FOR THE RECORD: they were not unattended. Shinigami was here. And Jimmy. And the subtitle guy. Not to mention YOU." She yelled. .. right, like any of those people count. And Brad gave up chasing Schuldich with his glowblade, we got back on track.

"Why are we here again?" You're the new cast members. "... Nani?" (N-H-S-G: what?) "censored Sena, just work with us here. You people are the new cast members because I don't have enough people to play all the roles." Verie stated. "... Oh." Sena replied. "So, Sena, you're Serd, and Kyou is Kyoros. You don't know Botan, but he's Botuna. Now, let's read the script, ne?" Verie said, shoving scripts in the new cast members hands and walking off.

"Uhh... Botuna, are you sure this is the right way?" Kyoros asked.

(Eh? .. What the...? .. A dream...?)

"Ooh boy.. not again." Serd grumbled.

(Where am I?)
(?)
(?)
(?)
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(?)
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ARE YOU DONE YET, BRAD?!
(Just following the script. Mwuaha.)
Stupid anime characters....

"Hey, aren't we here to fight a war against the almighty Timber army, because we're Galbadian and we have to state what we're doing for the sake of the readers?" Serd asked. "Yeah. Why're we wasting our time?!" Kyoros asked. ".. Well.. you see... it's uh...." Botuna sweatdropped. "Don't tell me we're lost again." Kyoros glared. "Anyway, we're going home! Deling city, here we come!" Botuna anounced, running off. "W-wait! Botuna!!!" Serd exclaimed, following. So the three boarded the truck and went to Deling City. And the truck stopped in the middle of the street.

"... We're parked in the middle of the street...." Serd saidd, somewhat scared. "Chill man, it's cool. .... I do NOT talk like this..." Botuna sighed. "You only lasted on episode, so we don't really care how you talk, ne?" Verie said from offstage. ".. Fine. The sooner we get this over with the sooner I can leave. Alright then! How about a drink?!" Botuna exclaimed. "We're not here for the booze, are we? We've got a war to fight." Kyoros said. "So we'll get smashed and then we'll CHAAAAARGE!!! ... I don't talk like this either..." Serd whined. "BOTH OF YOU JUST READ THE SCRIPT!!!" Verie yelled. ".. Eh.. heh. Kyoros, Serd, you two seem to misunderstand. I just want to have a friendly drink with you two." Botuna said. So they went to the bar.

(Is this a dream...?)
{Botuna's pretty cute! HEE!!!}
(... I didn't just hear that...)
[What the censored's goin' on?!]
(That's what I'd like to know)
[Nyeh...]
{... ... Kyoros is cute too... hee.}
([SHUT UP!!!])
{what? I was just saying!!}
([DON'T!])
Would you people shut up?! Your voice over ended awhile ago.

([{Fine.}])
{.. hee.}

So then Neulia entered and started playing the piano.

(Oh great... even MORE Schreient!)

BRAD!!!

(ah. Right. Sorry.)

"So... Botuna. Neulia should be making her appearance tonight. .. You goin' for it tonight?" Serd asked. "Yeah, go for it!" Kyoros exclaimed. "What-ever man, can't you see she's working? ... Holy censored... this part involves a romance?! WHYYYY?!!!" Botuna sobbed. "Don't go back on your word, go wave to her." Kyoros said quickly, so that Verie wouldn't have enough time to start yelling about following the script. "Give me a break..." Botuna said. "So you say, but we all know you'll do it." Serd stated.

So Botuna walked up to Neulia while she was playing the piano, because she's a pianist in the bar if you didn't notice.

\Ah... to be this close to Neulia....\

(Is this guy serious? ... What an idiot)

\HEY!\

[Follow the script of Verie'll dock your pay.]
(... I'm STILL not getting paid for this....)
[Cooperate, then.]
(NEEEEEEEEEVEEEERRR!!!)

\... Riiight... uh-ohh\
\My leg's cramping up!\
\Argh.\

So Botuna limped over to Neulia.
(... This is pathetic....)
\Leave me alone! It's in the script!\
(... That was my line, stupid. But you are pathetic.)

And then Botuna walked back to his friends.

(... Pathetic.)
\STOP SAYING THAT!!!\
(.. Pathetic.)
\I hate you.\
(Thanks.)
\Nyeh...\

"Good work, Botuna." Kyoros said. "Mission successful. I didn't think you'd actually do it. Our popularity rating's gone up a point." Serd nodded. "Yeah, but you cut a pretty pitiful figure up there. I'd say you're about a -3 on the manliness scale."
(More like -26...)
\STOP IT!!\
(Hehehe...)
"Say what you want!!!" Botuna exclaimed, and then turned his attention back to Neulia. ".. Neulia sure is pretty."
(LAME.)
\I TOLD YOU TO STOP IT!!!\
(... LAME.)
"Brad, stop screwing with the script." Verie said.
(... Fine.)
\Ha. I win.\
(Shut up.)
".. Actually, I'm agreeing with Brad here. But I want to get this over with." Verie corrected.
(HA!)
\SHUT UP!!!\

"Ne.. Botuna, we're takin' off. Bye!" So Serd and Kyoros ran off. "H-hey! What's the rush???" Botuna exclaimed, as Neulia walked up to him. "May I?" Neulia asked.

"AAAAAAAAAASUUUUUUUUUUUUUKAAAAAAA!!!!"
"YOHJI!! SHUT UP!!!"

... Right. Anyhow.. back to the plot... Neulia twitched slightly. "Did I interrupt anything?" She asked. "N-not at all, p-please sit down!" Botuna exclaimed.
\Oh man, oh man. It's really HER! What do I do? Kyoros! Serd! Help! What do I say?! .. But man.. is she pretty...\
(... LAME.)
"ASUKA'S MINE, censored!"
"FOR THE LOVE OF censored, YOHJI, SHUT UP!!! IT'S JUST THE SCRIPT!!!"
(.... Even lamer.)
\... Touche.\
(But you're still lame.)
\Oh shut up.\

"You ok now?" Neulia asked. "Kind of..." Botuna said. "How's your leg?" Neulia asked. "L-leg? Oh, this? Y-yeah.. it's fine. It happens all the time when I get nervous." Botuna coughed. "And if you make on comment, Brad...!" He exclaimed.
(Wasn't going to. .. Except for this: LAME.)

Neulia twitched. "Were you nervous?" "Oh... yeah... I'm still... kinda." Botuna said. "You can relax. You don't have to get nervous around me." Neulia stated.

"AAAAAAASUKAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
".. That's it. Schu, knock him out for me."
"FUN!"

... Eh.. heh... "Oh... sorry." Botuna said. "Say... would you like to talk somewhere private? I have a room here..." Neulia whispered. "I-in your room?!" Botuna exclaimed.
[... Yohji's going to be traumatize after he finds out about this...]
(Oh, will he? .. Hehe...)
[.... eh... heh...]

"Well, it's pretty hard to talk freely here, everyone's listening in. If you'd like to, please come by. I've been wanting to talk to you. .. You don't want to?" Neulia asked. "Of course I do!" Botuna exclaimed. "Ok then, I'll be waiting for you." Neulia said, leaving.

\This is a dream... This is a dream.... No! This can't be a dream!\
(This is too weird to be a dream. .. Not to mention stupid.)
\Neulia.. wants to talk to me?\
(.. He talks to himself too much.)
\And just the two of us! Get it together Botuna!\
(... whatever....)
\I always screw up by talking to myself too much.... It's always been like that. But not tonight! I'm all ears for Neulia! Aah.. time to use my manly charm, and help Neulia with her problems.\
(Corny AND lame! ... Verie should've cast Kudou as him. Sounds just like him.)

So Botuna walked off to Neulia's room. "Have a seat." Neulia said. Botuna sat down on the bed, then stood up and sat on a chair. "Going so soon? We haven't even talked yet." Neulia said.
(... He's sitting on a chair.. how is that leaving?)
[I have no idea.]

"No, it's not that. It's just that I'm a really big fan of yours, so I'm really kinda nervous, y'know?" Botuna explained. "So that's why you come to see me play so often." Neulia said. "You.. you saw me?" Botuna asked. "You have beautiful eyes. Though they look scared now. I'm not gonna pluck 'em out and eat 'em. I just want to talk, gazing in to those eyes. You want something to drink? Wine perhaps?" Neulia asked.
(... That doesn't sound suspicious.)
[NO! DON'T DO IT, MAN! SHE'S GONNA EAT YOOOOOOUUUUU!!]
(.. what the censored?)
{.. hee.}

"I must be dreaming...." Botuna said.
(... LAME.)

So, a little while later, Botuna was babbling like an idiot.
(It's not hard for him to act like an idiot)
"So, like, the other day, one of my articles made the reader's column... Pretty cool, huh?" Botuna asked. "... I'm so happy for you." Neulia mumbled.

And more time passed.

"Yikes, I'm talking too much again..." Botuna said.
(Took you that long to figure it out, ne?)
[.. Even I'M not that dense.]
(And you're pretty dense.)
[... hey...!]
(mwuaha.)

"Yes?" Julia asked. "Tell me about yourself, like, your dreams for the future." Botuna said. "I want so sing. Not just play the piano, but sing too." Neulia said. "I'd love to hear it!" Botuna exclaimed. "But, I can't. You see, I'm not good at writing lyrics." Neulia said.
(That's what WRITERS are for. FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS.)
"Must be tough." Botuna said. "But, thanks to you, I think I can come up with something." Neulia said.
(Yeah, it's called "Akane's Baka Song.")
[... You watch Ranma 1/2?]
(Schuldich.)
[Ah.]

"Thanks to me....?" Botuna asked. "Yes. You've shown me so much about yourself. ... You've shown me something.. I think I can come up with a song." Neulia said. "Wow, I must be dreaming..." Botuna said.
(Want me to hit you in the head with a two by four to make sure?)
\No, but thanks for the offer.\
(Hehe...)

Then, Kyoros ran in. "Botuna! New orders! Meet by the Presidential Residence, on the double!" Laguna got up. "Can we meet again?" Neulia asked. "Of course! I have to come hear you sing!!" Botuna exclaimed, and ran off.

And then there was a convenient screen transition back to the train, where our heroes got up from their previously passed out state. .. Again.
"Were we asleep?" Brad asked. "Maybe someone released sleeping gas? There's a lot of people who resent SeeD." Kell said. "Anyone hurt? Am I missing anything??" Totophie asked. "No, no one's hurt. But you are missing something." Brad said. "EE! WHAT?!" Totophie cried. "A brain. But you never had one to begin with, so don't worry." Brad stated. ".. YOU BIG MEANIE!" Totophie whined. "Ha." Brad said. "Anyhow.. I had this great dream!!" Totophie exclaimed. ".. I didn't. I dreamt I was a moron..." Brad said. "And you woke up and found out it was true." Kell said. "SHUT UP." Brad glared, waving his glowblade menacingly. "But seriously! Sir Botuna was soooo cool, hee!" Totophie exclaimed. "Botuna? There was a Botuna in my dream too! He's a Galbadian soldier, right???" Kell exclaimed. "Botuna, Kyoros and Serd." Brad stated. "Yeah! That's it!" Kell exclaimed. "That's what...?" Brad asked. "There's no way to understand this. Let's just concentrate on our mission." Totophie said. "Well, you can't understand anything, but for once I'd have to agree. I'll report it to the headmaster once we get back." Brad stated, and they all went off to explore other parts of the train.

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Author Notes:

Verie: aaaiiieee... long chapter. Although it's probably not as long as it seems, because of the spacing and everything. Neee... it's all wonky now. ;_;' Weiss doesn't have enough people. I had to bring in Gluhen people and a bit-part! -.-;; oh well. There you have it. The second part of disc 1. . And I haven't even gotten through disc 1 yet! ~sob~ why does FF8 have to be so FREAKING LONG?!! .. It really didn't seem this long playing it. ... Then again... my timer's at 99:59... so... I shouldn't be surprised, should I? ~sigh~ nyeh.. oh well. Poor Laguna. ~shakes head~ Oh well. I got to use my "and you woke up and found out it was true" comment to Squall's "I dreamt I was a moron" line ^_^ hehe. Anyhow, thanks to all of your for reviewing, I'd thank you by name, but I can't get online to get your names right now. So jah. Feel thanked, and review again, and for those of you who haven't reviewed yet, review??? Please??? Reviews make me happy and keep me from becoming all angsty and depressed and stuff. So review. Or else... I'll um.. become angsty. And depressed. And I can't write when I'm angsty and depressed. ~face fault~ So REVIEW.