Responding to Reviewers:
Lloyd (Irving) Aurion: Sorry the last chapter confused you. I should have been more descriptive. I don't want to be over-descriptive and make it boring. & my sister had stolen my floppy disk so I wanted it up before she took it again, she is evil.
CrystalTears: The Sheena & Lloyd chapters are hard to add humor into; they're the more romance part of the story. To have a good humor story, you need Raine, Zelos, or Genis. The basher, and 2 bashees. I hope this makes up for it...
Mizu: You thought the last chapter was good? Really? I thought it was lacking in its humor potential.
Wordsbecoming: Well, you asked for Monty Python...
GM: The last chapter was, by far, the hardest to type, that's why it wasn't exactly my best work
Kefka: Why are you updating so early?! There isn't a deadline you know!
Anti: Actually there is, midnight a.k.a. Sunday 12 AM.
Zemus: The last chapter was horrible; you have to take more time.
GM: Quite! I need to get this chapter up before Midnight and if you don't help then you can leave.
Zemus: Fine, here's the disclaimer: Green Magi does not own Tales of Sympthonia, Namco, Final Fantasy 6 or 4. He also doesn't own the parts that are underlined. Nor Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Anti: Yes, this is the chapter with Kraine reference
GM: After this the next chapter should be Wednesday, because Sunday-Tuesday is Read-only.
Kefka: I'll get a break from muse duties.
GM: It starts with the Kratos Raine part, so if you want to skip it, go ahead
Raine was standing alone near the Ice Statues, the stars were bright out that night, and it was perfect if you just wanted to count them. She came to study the Ice to make records for future generations but, as she looked at the stars, she began thinking of Kratos. She remembered back in Izlood, where he advised Colette to gaze at the stars because she couldn't sleep. She started to find it hard to concentrate on her research, which, for her at least, was miraculous. She started pacing around the frost covered ground, when hail started to fall, unusual for Flanoir. She sighed as she was covered by the hail; things always went wrong for her. She wished she could have Colette's undaunted optimism, not her pessimist and realist views on everything. She needed to do something, anything to get out of the cavernous depth of her mind.
There must be something I can do, anything at all. I can't seem to concentrate on anything, what to do...what to do... Then it hit her, she had found an ancient song in one of her many archeological hunts. It described almost exactly what she was going through. It seemed out of place amongst there, it was in what seemed to be a castle, but it was now doubted from the appearance of dragon bones and steel beams. She remembered every word from it, it touched her heart, and it must have been a great composer to have written that. She was going to sing, something she hadn't done since she had to take care of Genis as a baby.
"Oh my hero, so far away now, will I ever see your smile?" She sang as she moved toward the statue called Pac-Man. "Love goes away, like night into day. It's just a faded dream..." She moved toward the next statue, narrowly avoiding a slippery spot which would have ruined everything. "My love for you is brighter than the sun." She sang softly so only if a person was a few feet away they would be able to hear her. Her voice was calm and serene, as though she sang everyday instead of rarely. "For an eternity for me, there can be, only you, my chosen one." She started moving away from the statues of ice, toward the town square, singing with her soft voice her head up to the stars. "Must I forget you? Our solemn promise? Will autumn take the place of spring?" She was now in the square not noticing that Zelos was near a cauldron toward the corner."What shall I do? I'm lost without you, speak to me once more!" As she finished the aged song, Zelos decided to make his appearance.
"Oh Raine my beautiful hunny, I knew you'd come around!" Zelos said in a singsong voice. He then stepped away from his cauldron and kissed Raine, then stepping back a bit, to see how she'd react.
"Zelos," Raine started calmly, "today you...DIE!" Raine grabbed her bag of notes, which weighed about oh say, 36 Kilograms, and then started to beat Zelos.
"Oh dear go-ack! Please Raine be...NOT THE HAIR" Zelos was shouting as Raine started beating Zelos on the head.
Back to Genis
"GENIS NO!" Presea ran toward the balcony, too late as it was. Genis fell right out of her grasp. She looked down and to her utter dismay; Genis was going to crash right in front of Raine. "I'm sorry Genis..." Presea murmured as the town bell rang and she went down the stairs.
Genis, on the other hand, had no idea what was going on at all. The stone had put him into a daze, so even if he was athletic, he wouldn't have been able to get out of what was coming.
SPLASH!!
Genis hit Zelos cauldron, which was Zelos' patented hair shampoo. He was mixing it in hopes of making a new business partner in Flanoir, even though the attempt was futile. At the contact of the pink shampoo (the same color as Zelos hair) Genis awoke from his daze.
"Help! I'm melting!" Genis shouted as Raine stopped beating up Zelos to look at her pink covered brother.
"No interrupting your elders" Raine instructed, pushed Genis back into the pink ooze and continued beating up Zelos.
"Raine, can I-ugh- have a time out?" Zelos asked with both his eyes black and limping on his right leg. "You see...STOP IT! YOUR BROTHER IS GOING TO DIE AND YOU AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION!" for it was, that in Raine's continued beating, that she didn't see that there was a fine print on bottle of already made Shampoo, which was on the previously unnoticed wooden stand next to the cauldron. The fine print said "Not intended for non-human usage".
"WHAT! Genis, get out!" Raine temporarily stopped beating Zelos to shout at her brother, who made no response.
"It's to late, the shampoo solidification has already begun, the only way to get him out would be to a)cover him in water, which would cover him in ice and give him pneumonia, or b)try to pull him out of the shampoo." He said as Raine tried to get Genis out, to no avail. When suddenly, Presea came running from the direction of the inn.
"What happened? I um...saw Genis fall, is he okay?" Presea asked the 2 adults, who were watching the shampoo solidify more.
"Genis is...is... stuck in the cauldron." Raine stuttered, for one of the few times in her life. "Can...you pull him out? Please?" Raine had a look of desperation on her face, which few people had seen before. He's all I have left...
"Of course," Presea stated as she pulled Genis hand, which was out of the shampoo, like when people fall into quick-sand. She was able to get him out, but he was unconscious from lack of oxygen. Genis, you're okay, I'm sorry I did this to you.
"What is the antidote? You said he was poisoned." Raine was starting to regain her composure. She faced Zelos, "Well? Hurry, unless of course you want to incur my wrath..."
"No, I don't want to incur any wrath... Here, the blue bottle..." Zelos grabbed the shampoo bottle that was behind the pink one. "All he needs is some conditioner, and there, no longer poisoned." Even beaten up, Zelos was still the most annoying guy ever.
"Let's get him back to the inn he'd recover faster... I mean, recovery would be increased at inn." Presea corrected herself, she had almost showed emotion, and luckily she was able to mask it. She was holding Genis, who looked like a pink piece of gum.
"Nobody moves." A male voice rings out from the side, "We need to get rid of the Red-head. It's Angry Mob day, so we can exile people today." And it was, for many people were holding torches and pitchforks. "A number of citizens complained about you, as well as the shop keeper."
"You can't exile me! I'm the Chosen, if you don't recognize me." Zelos said haughtily, the Chosen was above things such as exiles. "How about you exile that swallow, it brings foreign objects to the village." He suggested, trying to weasel himself out of another trouble.
"Flanoirian swallows are non-migratory, and they can't carry anything anyway, they are only 7 ounces." A random villager interrupted.
"Well, how do we know it's a Flanoirian swallow, all swallows look alike." Another villager interrupted the first villager.
"Yes, well even if it wasn't a Flanoirian, it wouldn't be able to carry anything. Non-Flanoirian swallows are only 5-ounces" The first villager stated his argument, putting down his torch.
"Well what about 2 swallows" The second villager debated.
"Okay, now we sneak away..." Zelos whispered to Raine and Presea. "Come on, while they're occupied." And they snuck back to the inn, where they put Genis in the 3rd room they had rented, because the girls weren't allowed in the guys room, and vice-versa.
Colette
"Getting tired, how long does cooking take?" The only people that were in the church now were herself, the blowup doll, and the pastor.
The elevator music finally stopped, and the Wonder Chef appeared, in all his culinary glory.
"You look like you could make a great chef; I give you the recipe of-Gack!" The Wonder Chef started, only to be strangled by Colette.
"You can't make people wait forever for one recipe" Colette whispered fiercely. She allowed the Chef to sit down, no longer strangling him. "Now, we are going to have a long talk about politeness and why everyone should have it." Colette smiled, "Ok?"
"Oh dear, this can't be good..." The Wonder Chef muttered, fortunately Colette didn't hear.
GM: Phew, 2 chapters one day, I need a break...
Kefka: So Genis wasn't eaten, oh well.
Anti: You know what to do
Zemus: Leave any question, comments, or suggestions.
GM: See you on Wednesday, goodbye.