Chapter 2

Revenge on Clan Dorkwad

"Well this isn't good. We'd better head to the Materiwood and look for clan Dorkwad." Marche said.

Clan AVALANCHE set out towards the Materiwood. Marche and the others went ahead, with Talis bringing up the rear. As they reached the eaves of the forest, night was starting to descend around Talis. Everything went quiet, and Talis had the feeling that he should expect something to jump out of the bushes... He looked around, but it wasn't the bushes that spawned his attackers, it was the air! It seems the entire clan Dorkwad was made up of mages, and, using their teleport ability, surrounded clan AVALANCHE.

"Whoa, looks like we got ourselves a pincer attack here!" Marche whispered to the rest of the clan.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here? Could it be...? Clan AVALANCHE trying to get their stuff back? So, you saw our little note did you?" said Miserie, the leader of clan Dorkwad. Talis then noticed that the clan was completely made up of Vieras, a predominantly female race of humanoids with rabbit-like ears.

"Yeah, we're here to get our stuff back! Why else would we be here?" Marche exclaimed.

"Well then, shall we begin the engagement?"

"Bring it on! AVALANCHE, Battle Positions!" The Judge suddenly appeared, a man all in armor riding a white Chocobo. He blew his whistle and the law sign appeared on a tree.

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"To win, defeat all enemies!" The Judge shouted, and with that, the engagement began. Marche lead the charge, sword slashing in front of him. Miserie snuck up behind him, but she wasn't able to get in an attack, because Sammy placed a well aimed shot at her arms, disabling her. Talis fought against one of their Black Mages, and he was down, but not out! As the Black Mage gathered up a Fire spell, Talis pulled the reflective shield off of his back and blasted the fire back towards his enemy, finishing her off! Kipper placed an Air Render technique, which punches the air into the enemy, right towards an enemy White Mage. She dodged it, then cast a Zombify spell on Kipper, followed by a Life spell from the other White Mage. Kipper was down, for cure magic hurts zombies. But both White Mages soon felt the sting of Marche's sword, and never got in another attack. Catherine managed to steal the enemy's armor and weapons without even getting caught, and then finished the enemy off with an attack from behind. Sammy then sniped Miserie and the engagement was over.

"Fine, you won. But you'll have to get the stuff from the Crystal Palace in the basement of the Ivalice Royal Court! Let's just see you get in there with a bounty on your head, Marche! Mwahahahahahahaha!!!" Miserie burst out in evil laughter.

"Well, this looks like a Dispatch mission. Catherine, you're the thief, you're up for this one." Marche said, after Miserie had disappeared in a burst of gray smoke.

Catherine set out for the Palace...