Okami, Raion, & Battles
After Megami recovered from the illusion of Ryu, she left through the door. In the next room, she saw what appeared to be some sort of saloon, complete with a scene of people laughing and drinking. One of the men at the bar was over six feet tall, with brown hair done up in several ties, and blue eyes. He was in the garb of a Baskar, and had a cup of beer in his hand. There was something familiar about him, but the woman couldn't tell exactly what it was. Then, Megami saw what appeared to be the shadow of a wolf.
'Okami,' she thought, 'The second of my companions. From what I can remember, he was a bit of a drinker. But that's all I can think of, he's never in my mind like Ryu is. Well, I was in love with Ryu, while Okami was no more than a friend. Probably more like an older brother than a friend, but I'm not quite sure.'
"Yo, I didn't think you'd be here too. Did the sulky punk say something to you again? I don't see how you can stand him as much as you do. After all, he always is cross with you for some reason that we can't explain. You're the only person I know who can tolerate him," Okami stated. The man walked up to her, noticing that the girl seemed to be shocked by his statement. Who was the "sulky punk", anyway? No one in her mind seemed to be sulky to her, could he be talking about Ryu for some reason or another? Ryu did seem to have an attitude, from her vision of him in the other room and the few remaining memories of the man who had stolen her heart away. However, she didn't know if there was any rivalry between those two.
She replied, "Okami, whatever vendetta you have against Ryu should be forgotten now. It was bad enough to have lost you guys in the accident, but to know that even in death you guys are fighting with one another isn't something I wanted to hear. My life is horrid enough, I haven't quite lived since Ryu passed away, leaving me to raise our two children on my own." Megami held back her tears, trying to cover up the emotions that were running through her head. There was no need to cry, if she did she would seam weak.
Okami began to fade. "Where is that punk? I'll go beat him up for you if he's acting like a jerk to you. Doesn't he realize that's not the way to treat a lady?" He ran from the room, into one of the bedrooms they'd rented for the night. Yelling ensued, and then Okami ran out after Ryu had tried to shoot him for the unprovoked attack. He ducked under the bar, while Ryu sighed and returned to his room to get some rest.
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She wasn't as affected by this as she was when she'd spoken with Ryu. After all, this was only her unofficial big brother figure, one who seemed to be not too bright. So it didn't take nearly as long to recover and go on to the next room. This one seemed to be a comfortable home, where there was a small child on the couch next to a man with green hair, glasses, and blue eyes. The child had blond hair and hazel eyes, and was decked in blue. Her father seemed to be reading some sort of book to his child, as she giggled.
Megami looked at him, squinting. She could see an outline of a lion around the man. 'Raion, the brave leader of our party. He was always the smart one, if I remember correctly. I didn't know he had a child, but then again I probably just forgot it in the accident. Let's see, I think he was my mentor, in the thinking aspect of a Drifter's life. Ryu was definitely my teacher in the ways of surviving, techniques to keep a person safe when it appears as if all is lost. But again, I could just be forgetting what happened out there.'
"Well, I see you're rested up," Raion stated, "That's good, I was worried you were sick. You haven't been feeling your best all week. Now then, could you kindly help me with something? Catherine is busy making dinner, and I've got to read a book to Kaitlyn. So can you run to the market and pick up something for tomorrow's rations? You wanted to leave in the morning, to continue on to our next destination soon."
'Yup, the smart one. He sounds like an intellect. I guess Raion was the brains, Ryu the survival expert, and Okami the brawn. What was I? I'm not super strong, nor super smart. And I learned all of my survival skills from Ryu. So why was I even accepted onto their team in the first place? More manpower for a dangerous trip? Did they want someone who could be the scout? Or was it all just a case of dumb luck?"
Again the vision began to fade, and she stepped through the door into the next room. There, in the hall, was what appeared to be a sort of stadium. Standing in the middle was a man with shadowed features. His hair seemed long, and his body dressed in robes. He aimed a spell at her, and she countered with her own magic. The image switched over to a short haired woman in similar robes, and the same scene played out with her countering the woman's magic. Another similar image, this time in the form of a short haired man; and the same outcome. Then she saw a large figure dressed in armor, dulling his features. He shot a strange spell at her, coming out of a long spear. Megami dodged the attack with ease, and was able to get on the rebound from there. There was a connection between the figures, or at least there seemed to be one.
Suddenly, she saw a golem before her, with a brown body, blue barriers on his arms, and horns on his head. It aimed an attack from his fists, knocking her down. Megami could tell that this one too seemed to be connected to the others, but not one of the controlling factors in their group. She got up, holding a wounded shoulder. Then, she attacked again with her Ice spell, Refrigerate. Like the others, it vanished and didn't even finish the battle they were conducting. This made Megami begin to wonder about the group.
She thought, 'If these are my enemies, why was I showed them like this? Could it be a symbol of how quickly our powers defeated them? Or maybe this vision is just showing who I fought. But why was the golem clearer than anything else? Maybe because a golem is a front line combat weapon, and the others were the sneaky, behind the scenes until needed planning a next move type. That's the only one of the many answers I can come up with that would be halfway logical." Megami scratched her head on this.
=Close, but that's not the reason. Your enemies were people, so I really didn't want you to go over the top when you saw their faces and were flushed with memories of what happened. But golems, although they are all different, do share the same mechanical wavelength; throwing senses off track. By seeing your enemies, you would be flooded with the senses you felt from past battles. There is no such problem with a golem, those who have the energy necessary to sense things aren't able to find the location of that warrior.=
Suddenly, she heard a wicked laugh. Turning around, Megami saw another shadowed form. This one was that of a man with hair cut so close to his scalp that none hung down. In his hands was a giant ARM, a bayonet. He aimed and fired. Although Megami was able to dodge the attack, the man wasn't a tiny bit fazed. He transformed into a more demonic looking silhouette, with what appeared to be fish fins on various parts of his body. And in his hands, held high above his head, was the spear of the armored figure.
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Teefa's Last Words…
Yes, that's how I think she relates to the characters. . .Jet is her lover, Gallows is that older brother that you can't help but enjoy teasing, and Clive is the father figure or mentor. Heck, the relationship between Clive and his family is the same as the one between Werner and his family. Both Werner and Clive were away from home trying to save Filgaia, and in the end are unable to return (Werner dies and Clive has to hide from the Ark). Only difference is that Clive can sneak home to visit or even rely on the town to protect him since they seem like an extended family. Also, the rejuvenation of Filgaia worked for by Virginia & co. worked as opposed to the Council dying.