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Chapter 4
The Sphere
Well now where was I? I looked up and saw a vast desert in front of my face. Sand was whipping me in the face and stinging my eyes. I had to put my goggles on to at least see a little more clearly.
"Where the hell am I?" I asked myself standing up in the sand. No sign of anything anywhere, just a vast endless desert. "Might as well start walking." I told myself moving forward from where I was.
Hour after hour passed and nothing seemed to be getting better, I was still alone in this desert. "At least they aren't around me. They only brought me misery being with them. Damn them!" I spat continuing my march.
Eventually I was walking and then tripped over something and slid down a dune and rolled down into a canyon like area with a metallic tent nearby. My body was covered in sand as I got up, but I noticed the thing I tripped over followed me down. It was some sort of blue sphere like the one that Jyscal guy was displayed on.
"Another one of these? What's this one doing all the way out here?" I asked myself expecting an answer from nobody. I took shelter from this sandstorm inside the tent. "How do you work these things?" I thought fiddling with various buttons on it and then an image played.
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"What is it?" I heard a male voice ask. The image was still dark but I could here people conversing.
"Some kind of kid. He washed up on the shore not too long ago by the looks of it." another man answered.
"He looks terrible. He must have been through hell to wash up on Kilika from wherever he was from." the first voice said.
"He's an Al Bhed!" I heard the second say. "Look at the swirl in his eyes."
"Wonder what happened to him to get him all the way here."
"Why don't we ask him Isken?" the first suggested.
"Good idea." he agreed. "Hey kid! Are you okay? Wait, if he's Al Bhed he probably can't understand us much."
"ahhh.........oooooo" I heard a weak and frail voice tell them.
"Whatever he just said sure as hell wasn't Al Bhed." Isken said.
"You idiot! He doesn't seem to be able to find his voice. He doesn't look too aware of things either." the second said.
"whaaaa.........aaaaa.........ooooo" the weak voice uttered again.
"Well he seems to need medical attention. Help me lift him." Isken said.
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I heard the sound of something power down and then it powered up again.
"Must be more."
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"Hey! Why are you recording this?" I heard that second voice say.
"Well I left the sphere on from earlier and well this might be interesting." Isken's voice said.
Still no images, just the sound of voices.
"How's he doing doc?" Isken asked.
"He has a number of injuries and such. It's a miracle he made it here alive. His life is not in danger from his injuries though. He's just badly beaten up really. He should recover in a few weeks if he heals quickly." the doctor's voice said.
"Should we bring in a summoner to heal him? There could be one up at the temple." the second man suggested.
"It would help him recover faster but not immeadiately. If you can find somebody then bring them here." the doctor told them as I heard two pairs of feet rush out on the wooden floors.
"Now how did you get here?" the doctor said. "Oh, he forgot his sphere! I'll just shut it off for now."
Expecting to hear the end of this I heard the doctor's steps stop.
"What's that sound?" he was walking again. "Oh my Lord! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"
I heard a very loud thud and what sounded like a tital wave hit him. What the hell happened? Then an image popped up but it was a little fuzzy.
It was some large black rock from the looks of it with debris from some kind of harbor floating around it in midair.
Then the image began to fade.
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"Guess that's all of it? But what did it all mean?" I asked myself. "Was that creature.........Sin?" I asked myself.
If that was indeed Sin then it was the thing that brought me here. It was also the thing that destroyed that town on the sphere's recording.
I felt a new understanding about Yuna's mission to defeat it in order to bring a period of peace to the world. Rikku told me about a summoner's duty.
Defeat Sin, bring the Calm to Spira once more. But in the process Yuna would die and Sin would only be reborn again. What good was that?
That's just some kind of pointless cycle. It's only delaying things. Even if for a time Sin does not return it's just going to make people grow in fear about the time WHEN he returns.
There has got to be some way to break this cycle.
"But what good can I do?" I asked myself. "I'm stuck here in the middle of nowhere and everyone is gone. Maybe I was a little hard on them. I guess I should try to find them and at least say sorry." I said getting out of the tent and marching over a dune.
I made out the image of a large building or buildings in the distance. I carefully made my way down to it.
"Zamlusa Home!" A man in goggles with blonde hair told me. It was Al Bhed, I must be somewhere with Al Bhed people around.
I went in the door behind him and was inside some kind of metallic hallway. It was much different from those holy temples and stuff.
Then a bald man with some facial hair and a yellow suit walked up to me.
"Haven't seen you around here before!" he told me in a raspy voice.
"I'm kinda new." I said scratching my cheek the way Rikku would.
"How'd you end up here? I don't remember any ships returning Home anytime soon." this man demanded from me.
"I was with a bunch of guardians and a summoner and Sin came and I washed up here." I explained.
"The only Al Bhed I know that's a guardian is my only daughter." he told me.
"Was her name Rikku?" I asked him.
"Who are you exactly?" He shouted without answering my question.
"I don't know who I am." I told him.
"Come with me!" he said walking towards a room. We entered and he began to ask questions.
"What happened before you encountered Sin?" he said.
"We were being chased down by Guado and then ended up under this lake. I was pretty pissed and I kinda took it out on everybody." I told him thinking back to when I was being hard on all of them.
"What did you do?" he said sounding a little pissed himself.
"I told them it was all their fault. Especially Rikku's, she got me involved in all this." I explained.
"You did WHAT?" he screamed at my face. This guy was scary.
"I wasn't thinking straight. I hope she didn't cry." I said. Then the man lifted my up off my feet with one arm and then punched me directly in the face. After I could regain my composure I found myself being flung at the wall.
"What was that for?" I said with pain in my voice.
"I'm Rikku's father, Cid. And let me tell you something boy! If you ever make her cry again.........I'll find you and really beat the living fuck out of you!" he said softly but it frankly scared the hell out of me.
He kicked me while I was still on the ground before I could stand up. I finally got to my feet to face him.
"Now promise me you won't ever make her upset again!" he demanded.
"I promise." I said casually.
He grabbed me around the neck and asked again. "Promise me."
"I promise I won't.........ever make Rikku cry again." with as much energy as could muster with my throat being blocked by this man's muscular arm.
He then let me down gently.
"In that case, welcome to Home. I'm Cid, the leader of the Al Bhed. What's your name junior?" he asked as if nothing happened. His mood sure took a change, especially after he just beat me.
"My name is Shinn. Nice meeting you." I muttered still fining it difficult to breathe.
"Well if you are new like you say I'll have to show you around the place." Cid said leading me out back into the hallway. Many other Al Bhed were there watching us.
"Fryd yna oui cdynehk yd? Pylg du fung!" Cid said. (What are you looking at? Back to work!)
They quickly dispersed and then the entire hallway shook violently.
"What the hell was that?" I asked Cid regaining balance.
"Be damned if I knew! Don't just stand there come with me!" he told me leading me somewhere deep into Home.
Well how do you like it? I hope it's good.
Chapter 4
The Sphere
Well now where was I? I looked up and saw a vast desert in front of my face. Sand was whipping me in the face and stinging my eyes. I had to put my goggles on to at least see a little more clearly.
"Where the hell am I?" I asked myself standing up in the sand. No sign of anything anywhere, just a vast endless desert. "Might as well start walking." I told myself moving forward from where I was.
Hour after hour passed and nothing seemed to be getting better, I was still alone in this desert. "At least they aren't around me. They only brought me misery being with them. Damn them!" I spat continuing my march.
Eventually I was walking and then tripped over something and slid down a dune and rolled down into a canyon like area with a metallic tent nearby. My body was covered in sand as I got up, but I noticed the thing I tripped over followed me down. It was some sort of blue sphere like the one that Jyscal guy was displayed on.
"Another one of these? What's this one doing all the way out here?" I asked myself expecting an answer from nobody. I took shelter from this sandstorm inside the tent. "How do you work these things?" I thought fiddling with various buttons on it and then an image played.
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"What is it?" I heard a male voice ask. The image was still dark but I could here people conversing.
"Some kind of kid. He washed up on the shore not too long ago by the looks of it." another man answered.
"He looks terrible. He must have been through hell to wash up on Kilika from wherever he was from." the first voice said.
"He's an Al Bhed!" I heard the second say. "Look at the swirl in his eyes."
"Wonder what happened to him to get him all the way here."
"Why don't we ask him Isken?" the first suggested.
"Good idea." he agreed. "Hey kid! Are you okay? Wait, if he's Al Bhed he probably can't understand us much."
"ahhh.........oooooo" I heard a weak and frail voice tell them.
"Whatever he just said sure as hell wasn't Al Bhed." Isken said.
"You idiot! He doesn't seem to be able to find his voice. He doesn't look too aware of things either." the second said.
"whaaaa.........aaaaa.........ooooo" the weak voice uttered again.
"Well he seems to need medical attention. Help me lift him." Isken said.
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I heard the sound of something power down and then it powered up again.
"Must be more."
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"Hey! Why are you recording this?" I heard that second voice say.
"Well I left the sphere on from earlier and well this might be interesting." Isken's voice said.
Still no images, just the sound of voices.
"How's he doing doc?" Isken asked.
"He has a number of injuries and such. It's a miracle he made it here alive. His life is not in danger from his injuries though. He's just badly beaten up really. He should recover in a few weeks if he heals quickly." the doctor's voice said.
"Should we bring in a summoner to heal him? There could be one up at the temple." the second man suggested.
"It would help him recover faster but not immeadiately. If you can find somebody then bring them here." the doctor told them as I heard two pairs of feet rush out on the wooden floors.
"Now how did you get here?" the doctor said. "Oh, he forgot his sphere! I'll just shut it off for now."
Expecting to hear the end of this I heard the doctor's steps stop.
"What's that sound?" he was walking again. "Oh my Lord! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"
I heard a very loud thud and what sounded like a tital wave hit him. What the hell happened? Then an image popped up but it was a little fuzzy.
It was some large black rock from the looks of it with debris from some kind of harbor floating around it in midair.
Then the image began to fade.
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"Guess that's all of it? But what did it all mean?" I asked myself. "Was that creature.........Sin?" I asked myself.
If that was indeed Sin then it was the thing that brought me here. It was also the thing that destroyed that town on the sphere's recording.
I felt a new understanding about Yuna's mission to defeat it in order to bring a period of peace to the world. Rikku told me about a summoner's duty.
Defeat Sin, bring the Calm to Spira once more. But in the process Yuna would die and Sin would only be reborn again. What good was that?
That's just some kind of pointless cycle. It's only delaying things. Even if for a time Sin does not return it's just going to make people grow in fear about the time WHEN he returns.
There has got to be some way to break this cycle.
"But what good can I do?" I asked myself. "I'm stuck here in the middle of nowhere and everyone is gone. Maybe I was a little hard on them. I guess I should try to find them and at least say sorry." I said getting out of the tent and marching over a dune.
I made out the image of a large building or buildings in the distance. I carefully made my way down to it.
"Zamlusa Home!" A man in goggles with blonde hair told me. It was Al Bhed, I must be somewhere with Al Bhed people around.
I went in the door behind him and was inside some kind of metallic hallway. It was much different from those holy temples and stuff.
Then a bald man with some facial hair and a yellow suit walked up to me.
"Haven't seen you around here before!" he told me in a raspy voice.
"I'm kinda new." I said scratching my cheek the way Rikku would.
"How'd you end up here? I don't remember any ships returning Home anytime soon." this man demanded from me.
"I was with a bunch of guardians and a summoner and Sin came and I washed up here." I explained.
"The only Al Bhed I know that's a guardian is my only daughter." he told me.
"Was her name Rikku?" I asked him.
"Who are you exactly?" He shouted without answering my question.
"I don't know who I am." I told him.
"Come with me!" he said walking towards a room. We entered and he began to ask questions.
"What happened before you encountered Sin?" he said.
"We were being chased down by Guado and then ended up under this lake. I was pretty pissed and I kinda took it out on everybody." I told him thinking back to when I was being hard on all of them.
"What did you do?" he said sounding a little pissed himself.
"I told them it was all their fault. Especially Rikku's, she got me involved in all this." I explained.
"You did WHAT?" he screamed at my face. This guy was scary.
"I wasn't thinking straight. I hope she didn't cry." I said. Then the man lifted my up off my feet with one arm and then punched me directly in the face. After I could regain my composure I found myself being flung at the wall.
"What was that for?" I said with pain in my voice.
"I'm Rikku's father, Cid. And let me tell you something boy! If you ever make her cry again.........I'll find you and really beat the living fuck out of you!" he said softly but it frankly scared the hell out of me.
He kicked me while I was still on the ground before I could stand up. I finally got to my feet to face him.
"Now promise me you won't ever make her upset again!" he demanded.
"I promise." I said casually.
He grabbed me around the neck and asked again. "Promise me."
"I promise I won't.........ever make Rikku cry again." with as much energy as could muster with my throat being blocked by this man's muscular arm.
He then let me down gently.
"In that case, welcome to Home. I'm Cid, the leader of the Al Bhed. What's your name junior?" he asked as if nothing happened. His mood sure took a change, especially after he just beat me.
"My name is Shinn. Nice meeting you." I muttered still fining it difficult to breathe.
"Well if you are new like you say I'll have to show you around the place." Cid said leading me out back into the hallway. Many other Al Bhed were there watching us.
"Fryd yna oui cdynehk yd? Pylg du fung!" Cid said. (What are you looking at? Back to work!)
They quickly dispersed and then the entire hallway shook violently.
"What the hell was that?" I asked Cid regaining balance.
"Be damned if I knew! Don't just stand there come with me!" he told me leading me somewhere deep into Home.
Well how do you like it? I hope it's good.