Hmm, I feel I've forgotten something in all my chapter writing... oh yeah, the disclaimer! I don't own FFTA and I never will! Well, I do own a small black/gray cartridge with Final Fantasy Tactics Advance labeled on it. But that's it. So don't report me!
Monty, Bye bye, Hot Springs, and LET IT BURN!
We were all surprised to see the Judgemaster. All but Marche and Babette. This was the Judgemaster of all of Ivalice, and those two hadn't batted an eye. I took out a bottle of Blackberry Cordial, and took a sip.
"Babus, I arrest you for defying the palace," said Cid. He held up a card, and suddenly Ezel froze in his tracks. "If you move in any way, you will be sent to jail."
Ezel smiled, and held up a card with a moon on it. I saw the image of the Judgemaster disappear before my eyes. I got dizzy, and closed my eyes. When I opened them, I saw we were at a river.
"Ezel, what's with that card you used back there...And where are we?" I asked.
"Well moogle, it's called an antilaw card. I've found a way to disobey the laws. You can take laws out of effect or put new laws in effect. And the judges can't do a thing about it!" He said, grinning. "And about where we are...I don't know for sure, I'm still working out the kinks in the cards."
"Unless I'm mistaken, we're at the Ulei River." Babette stated.
"But, I don't see a river..." Marche said.
"Yes, but I can hear a river, and there are lots of frogs around, the types found near the Ulei," She said in a very matter-of-factly voice. Unusual for her.
"Well, I'm out." Said Cloud.
"Where are you going?" Asked Barett.
"I said I was leaving. None of your business where. If you want to find some more clans members, go to Jagd Dorsa. I know a tough crowd that goes through there a lot. Tell them about me, and you can avoid getting killed." He walked off, and it might have been the liquor, but I thought I heard some cheesy music playing in the background as he walked off. I shrugged it off.
Ezel then gave us a card. It had his face on it.
"If you need to get some antilaw or law cards, stop by my shop in Cadoan," Ezel offered. Then he too left, at a slow Nu Mou pace. We were still waiting for him to leave, but he had only gotten 10 feet away from the group. "Damn it." He swore. Then he held up another antilaw card and disappeared.
"Alright clan, let's get some water, and head to Baguba. Time to introduce you to my brother." I said. We all trudged over to the water.
"Look at that!" Said some random clansperson. The river was warping. Usually things only warp after I've had one to many flasks of vodka. But it appeared I wasn't the only one. Suddenly we were there, and then not there.
I looked around, and we were in a giant chamber with a crystal. Suddenly, Babette squealed. Coming from the crystal, there was a giant creature, with long arms that almost dragged on the ground, coming near Babette.
"You are trespassing. I am the Totema Famfrit. Under higher orders, you must be terminated" It said in a deep monotone voice.
"Wait, we got here by accident, we didn't mean-"Marche reasoned, but a judge showed up and blew his whistle. "A judge shows up like normal and everything..."
"Laws today forbid the use of missile attacks. When ready, step into formation in the blue area below." The judge said. This was new. We didn't have to fight like this before.
We discussed our strategy.
"Well, we're going to have Babette become a fencer. We already have a white mage, so we just need some more power." Lucas stated. Babette flinched at being a fencer. I remember now, a fencer wears a bra like costume, and a short mini-skirt. I don't see what the big deal is though. But obviously, humans like seeing partially naked girls. I don't understand it.
Well, Babette changed jobs in a dark corner of the room. Small torches on the sides of the room lighted it. It was very tense, being in a room with a large creature. But, when we were ready, we stepped into the blue square, not before giving Babette a small fencer's sword.
The judge then blew his whistle again. "Ready, GO!" As he blew his whistle, 4 Ahrimans suddenly appeared on opposite sides of the field. My feet started moving on their own. The fastest person, Babette, started to walk, but couldn't figure out how to move. She saw a green pattern spread out around her. She chose the one closest to Famfrit.
She was surprised as her legs pulled her to the spot. Then she felt her arm glowing. Looking at it, she saw something on her glove. It was glowing. I stopped paying attention. I went back to worrying. This giant "totema" was ignoring Babette, and heading toward me. Since I was technically the leader, it started heading towards me. Damn.
It suddenly cast a spell, which made me glad that I was wearing mirror mail. We started all hacking away at the giant creature, over time during our respective turns. It was looking good. This new style of fighting would take some getting used to, but it was good that the creature couldn't chase us around.
Famfrit approached me and punched me in the side of the head. I saw 137 appear in the air. I kneeled down, not able to get up. The 137 dwelled in the air for a second, and then disappeared in a blue mist.
Suddenly, ST (Me, the author) appeared. We all knew him well. After all, he was the one who created more than half of us.
"I was just testing out a new battle format, fight like however you want now." He said.
"Trespasser!" Famfrit yelled, charging at ST.
"Damn it, I wish I owned Famfrit. Then I could make him stop. Very much like I could put Babette in hooker clothes with a snap of my fingers" Said ST. Then he disappeared.
Then, since ST disappeared, Famfrit crashed into the wall, stumbling backwards, and then falling into the darkness that happened to be looming right behind him.
"Oookay..." Barett said. "Well, lets destroy the crystal. Wait, why are we destroying the crystal?"
"Ahem. This is why." Marche pulled out a small piece of paper. "According to the pub's rumors, it said that the crystals are said to be what holds this world together. Destroying them means I can return to my world."
"Wait a god kupo moment!" I yelled. "This means if we destroy these 'crystals', all of us won't exist anymore!"
"Eh..." Marche stuttered. He got smacked on the head by two blades, two staffs, and one outstretched hand. "Oww, what was that for?"
"Think about it Marche. You expect us to help you get back to your other world, when doing so means we won't exist? You're being selfish." Pablo said with a scowl. "You're destroying one world so you can get back to yours."
"But still, there's always the possibility that all of us could be sent to his world also. Or, our world might exist, and all those who were transported to this world will disappear. We won't ever know though. So we might as well try." Babette reasoned.
"But there's always the possibility that we won't exist anymore! And I don't think I'm quite ready to die." Pablo argued.
"Well I say we should give it a chance, it's better living while having adventure than to sit around doing lame missions and fighting gangs!" Babette sneered.
"For your information I was doing it for you! And we met Cloud through it too!" Pablo spat.
They started glaring at each other, and we could feel the electric between them. Then we heard something break, and Lucas was standing over a broken crystal.
"LUCAS!" Pablo yelled. Suddenly the room started warping again, and a boy with brown hair appeared. Marche appeared to recognize him. The boy started crying for his mama. Then the room warped once more, and we were back at the river.
Marche suddenly looked sad. "Lets go," He said.
(end Montblanc P.O.V)
(Start Babette P.O.V)
We gained a new member, Elizabeth. She came from an important family, almost as powerful as the royal family. She was a human, and a pretty one at that. She was a thief, had long brown hair, odd yet pretty golden eyes, and of course, she was bigger in the...chest...and butt...area. She told us that she might have to leave. We accepted her, mainly because we were on a shortage of supplies, and she knew Steal: Weapon. The other reason why is because Pablo wouldn't let her leave without us having accepted her. The pervert.
That night, we made plans for heading to Baguba.
"Okay, we'll leave tomorrow, around noon. By then, my brother should be back from his airship trip," Montblanc said. "Liz, in this clan, we get our own food, so don't worry about being late for meals," I wasn't exactly pleased about meeting one of Montblanc's relatives, especially if they were as much of a drunk like he was.
Well, I set off to do what I do best. Go on walks, hopefully alone. Today, Liz had accompanied me on my walk, asking if I knew any good springs. Lately Pablo has been following me. He doesn't know that I can hear him near me, but I don't say anything. I try to resist the temptation to scare the living hell out of him.
We walked to where a villager told me there was a hot spring. We walked, and she chatted with me. I wasn't saying much, but enough so she knew I was paying attention. She has this odd way of talking. She says the word 'like' often. She also makes all the ends of her sentences with a high tone. It can get irritating.
After what seemed forever from her merciless talking, we came across the hot spring. Pablo was still following us, but very cautiously now. He didn't want to ruin his 'luck'. He pisses me off sometimes. He's tolerable when he's not attempting a sly grope. I didn't even know I was good enough looking for someone like him to even attempt to grope.
"Wait," I said to Liz, who was randomly talking about a strange rock she came across once. I whispered that someone was watching. She asked where. I nodded toward a nearby rock.
I knew it was a mistake when she started running towards the rock. She tackled Pablo, and sat on him with her knees pressed on his elbows. So of course, her legs were spread over his body, with her...on his chest.
"Damn it," I said, and then I dragged her off of him. "Get lost Pablo," He flew away (not literally).
"Umm, that was like, totally weird," She said, looking confused. "Well, let's like get in Babs!"
I sweatdropped at the nickname. Babs? I sound like a freaking rabbit. I know I am a vierra, but still. We undressed, and slipped into the spring. Some villagers had left towels on a small stand that said: TOWLS – 10 GIL. The stand was long since abandoned, but someone still came in to wash the towels. Of course the stand probably never got many customers, since they couldn't even spell towels the right way.
She started chatting, letting more and more escape about her background life. She had run away from her family.
"Why would you run away from such an important family?" I asked. She slid lower into the water.
"Well, my father was in the slave trade. I caught him at 'work' one day, beating a moogle slave. My brother wasn't any better. He was caught having a more than social relationship with multiple students at the school he's principal of. And I mean girls – and boys who were only 7 and 8. My mother helped me escape. She's the only one I can trust.
My brother is chasing me, along with his crew of gang members. These people are the best of the best, and the last time I ran into him was in an old clan I was in. It was in the Jagd Dorsa... You can only imagine it." She slid even farther under the water, her golden eyes shimmering in the reflection of water.
"Why is your brother chasing you?" I asked, hoping to probe a little more.
"This..." She whispered. She held up a necklace with a pendant-key on it. "It opens the lock to the safe. The safe where our parent's money that they saved for us is. As the years went by, our parents put in 100 gil a day. By now, there should be at least one million gil in there. He can't get into the safe without my key, because I'm the youngest, I'm entrusted with it. He'll try anything to get it, so if I find out he is, I'm leaving. I don't want any more deaths,"
"Ah. I see. Well, don't worry; you don't have to run, because if he tries to get you all, we'll beat him. Trust me." I said, trying to lighten the mood.
"Yeah, well, like off to different subjects. What's up with that Pablo guy? He seems like a pervert," She said. I looked at her in disbelief.
"What was your first clue?" I said. As she opened her mouth to answer, I put a hand to her mouth and said, "That was a rhetorical question."
"Well, we should like get out, because my hands are totally pruning up," She said, getting out of the water, walking over to the towel stands naked. She tossed one to me, still in the spring. I didn't like walking around naked.
I hopped out, and quickly put on the towel, drying myself off. Then I noticed a particularly blonde piece of grass sticking out from behind a rock. Wait a second; this was at the base of a volcano! There's no grass! By then, Liz was in her towel.
"Liz, the rocks have hair," I said, hoping she'd catch on. She did. I pulled the hair up from the rock, and just as I suspected, I found Marche cringing, as another hair magically sprouted where the one was pulled out. "If there's Marche, there's bound to be Pablo."
I noticed Liz on top of Pablo again, in that ever-famous position. I looked back at Marche, who was looking embarrassed. That's when I pulled out a giant log and whacked him back to tomorrow with it. Home run!
"Did you put Marche up to this?" I asked, poking Pablo with an exceptionally pointy stick. He nodded, all the while looking at a particular area on Liz. Ugh. I whispered the worst possible thing to Pablo in his ear, which sent him running away.
"What did you say?" Liz asked innocently.
"I said I'd tie him up to a tree and slice off his dick," I said bluntly. "Let's go."
(End Babette P.O.V)
MarchePOV
I woke with a familiar face bending over me. The hair. The eyes. RITZ!
"Ritz? What are you doing here?" I asked, pinching myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. She smiled a little bit.
"Well, I guess you got sucked into this world too. I wasn't sure if that was you, but now that it is, help us!!" She yelled, blocking an attack from a Wyrm with a fencer's sword.
I got up, and using first aid. I looked out, and saw a giant Wyrm. Ritz and a vierra seemed to be having a hard time. I got out, and unsheathed my sword.
"Ritz, and you, vierra, I have an idea that should end this pretty quick," I said, while dodging the Wyrm's tail. "Do you two have any combo attacks?"
"Yeah," They answered in unison.
"Fine, I'll start out, and you two keep up," I said cockily. I was strong and knew it. And I wanted to show off to Ritz. I jumped in, slashing at the vital spots on the Wyrm. Ritz started hacking at its head, and the vierra was shooting arrows at its arms and legs at blazing speeds. It was defeated before it could say 'kupo'.
"Nice work," I complimented. The Wyrm had multiple arrows in its hands and feet, so it wasn't able to walk or move its hands. Its head was a bloody mess, and it had its heart gauged out. When you fight beasts, they can die, but not the clan people. That's the way the laws were set up.
"What have you been up to?" asked Ritz.
"Nothing much, I'm trying to get back to our world." I said, trying to play it cool.
"Why do you want to go back there?"
"I want to see my family, and this world is screwed up."
"What! This world is the best! Come on Ritz, you don't need this guy," Said the vierra.
"Maybe you're right Shara. I'll catch you later Marche. I'm not going to help you get back to the other world." Then she turned away, and didn't look back.
"Damn..." I said out loud. Might as well go back to camp... Then I got my bearings, and went back to camp, where Babette was waiting to beat on me some more.