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Chapter 4: I Love My Ideas!
The gang had a nice chat with their old friends, and left the room two hours later. As they were walking back to the cafeteria, they examined their presents again.
"This is an excellent gift!" exclaimed Selphie while starting to jump rope, the rope being one of the Malboro tentacles, of course.
"Easy for you to say, I got fish fins." Rinoa took a whiff of the fins and shrank back immediately, holding the fins as far away from her nose as possible.
"Yo Quisty! Wanna trade the screws for this mystery fluid?" Zell poked Quistis on her back.
"No thank you, I've already learnt Acid. I'm keeping the screws, I think I can throw people with these."
"I was kinda hoping for a Girl Next Door magazine," muttered Irvine as he twirled the feather in his fingers, and was immediately bombarded by everyone.
"IRVINE!"
"You know, I think Squall acts a bit too cool towards Laguna, he is after all his father," said Rinoa.
"Look who's talking, you act the same towards your father too," Irvine remarked.
"That's a totally different story! Now we're focusing on Squall, please!"
"Touchy," said Irvine while holding up both of his hands in defense.
Suddenly an idea popped into Rinoa's head. "I know! Let's send the two of them on a trip! It'll be a good chance for father and son to catch up."
"Are you sure about this, Rinoa?" Somehow the idea of trying to mix fire and ice together didn't really sound promising to Quistis.
"Hey, I think it's a great idea. Count me in!" butted Zell.
Everyone else seemed keen on the idea, so Quistis had no reason to object.
"So, like, how are we going to persuade them? I mean, Laguna's easy, but what about Squall? He's not gonna take the plunge that easily, unless we, like, kidnap him or something," remarked Irvine.
Everyone's eyes lit up. "Yeah! We'll kidnap both of them, and we'll ask Kiros and Ward to help! Booyaka! This is going to be fun!" exclaimed Selphie, jumping up and down in excitement.
"Okay, we'll make out the details later on with them," Rinoa said, "I'm sure Squall will thank us later!"