Author's Note: I apologize deeply for the long pause between udpates! I
blame school! Anyway, this is THE most amusing part of the game -- I dunno
bout my fic, but it's the most amusing part of the game. My sis and I die
laughing everytime we watch it. This, the theme song, and Albert are the
reasons we play this game so many times. But beware of the many videos!
And thanks for the reviews!!
Disclaimer: I don't own LoD...just Boberto, Timoty, and Leroy ;-)
Chapter 24: Tina and Nikole Goin' Solo
(Wohoo, running through the Evergreen Forest. Almost to Dennigrad, when I suddenly appear from out of Wesley [where do the other characters go in the game anyway? In Dart's pants?!] and stop dead in my tracks)
Wesley: Tina, what's wrong?
Me: I just remembered, I need to go run a quick errand *jumps to the other side of the canyon*
Boberto, Timoty, and Leroy: Tina don't leave us alone with them!!
Wesley and Ania: We feel loved.
Me: Don't worry! Meet me back in Dennigrad, I'll be fine! *Leaves*
Boberto: YOU'LL be fine?! What about us *refers to himself, Timoty, and Leroy*?!
Ania: You killed it.
Boberto: It will never die
(Meanwhile, Nikole tries to be slick and sneak away unnoticed)
Nikole: sneak sneak sneak
Timoty: And where are YOU going, young lady?
Nikole: Damn, what tipped you off?
Timoty: You saying "sneak sneak sneak"
Nikole: Oh.......
Wesley: So I take it that you're leaving too?
Nikole: Yes.
Wesley: Where?
Nikole: Uh....I'm....I'm just going to visit my parents! That's it! Innocent, little visit heh heh...bye! *leaves*
Wesley: That was....interesting...
Boberto: Guys, do you realize what this means?!
Timoty: *gasp* No!
Leroy: Ania only female in group now!!!!
Boberto, Timoty, and Leroy: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Ania: Ha. Ha. Very. Funny. *Grabs Boberto and Timoty by the ears and drags them all the way to Dennigrad*
Boberto and Timoty: Ow ow ow ow ow!!
Leory: *laughs at their pain*
Ania: *kicks Leroy in the ass* I wouldn't be laughing!
Leroy: Ow
Wesley: *laughs at their pain*
~ ~ ~
(The...uh, majestic city of Dennigrad. Actually, my sister would describe it as "annoying" but that's just her opinion. First place we walk into is the church....our favorite part of the game...)
Bishop Jayson: The end of the world is protected by the Signets of SO-AH! But if we remove evil from our hearts and follow the teachings of the DIVINE TREE, then we will fulfill the will of SO-AH and live in happiness.
Congregation: *leaves*
[How random]
Bishop Jayson: *notices the Dragoons* Oh, have you come to hear my sermon on the DIVINE TREE?
Wesley: We're three feet in front of you, you don't hafta shout.
Boberto: You could say the same for her
Ania: WHAT WAS THAT?!
Boberto: *covering his ears* I'm deaf!!!
Bishop Jayson: Ah, but it is much more fun to say DIVINE TREE rather than Divine Tree. Plus that's all I hafta do in this game -- SO-AH! DIVINE TREE! That's my job right there.
All: So does that mean that you won't give us a sermon?
Bishop Jayson: No.
All: Dammit.
*VIDEO TIME!!*
Bishop Jayson: The DIVINE TREE is the tree of life. All life comes from this DIVINE TREE.
Timoty: Did you figure that all by yourself or did your mommy help you?
Bishop Jayson: *ignore* In the beginning of the world, there was nothingness.....and then, the creator SO-AH created A GREAT TREE!
*DIVINE TREE grows from the ground*
Boberto: Maybe they should call you Redundant Jayson
Ania: *snort* Oh yeah, that's clever
Bishop Jayson: No more interuptions! The DIVINE TREE bore 108 fruits, which ripened and became the species that roam the continent -- Minitos from the 97th fruit, Gigantos from the 99th fruit, Dragons from the 105th fruit, Humans from the 106th fruit, and Winglies from the 107th fruit.
[That took me a long time to figure out the correct sequence of fruits from the DIVINE TREE]
Wesley: So you're basically telling us that we're all fruits?
Boberto and Timoty: Oh, if only Tina were here
[But you still have her omnipresent and omniscient alter ego!!]
Wesley: Crap.
Bishop Jayson: *still ignoring them* The 108th fruit has yet to be born, for that fruit is the Moon Child..... "count 108 years and when the Moon That Never Sets glares red, the Moon Child --"
Wesley: "Will descend and fill the world with a holy bliss" We know, we heard it from Binchenzo already.
Bishop Jayson: SILENCE!!
Wesley: *cowering* Please don't hurt me
*END VIDEO*
[I swear, it's much funnier in the actual game]
Dragoons: Wow. Divine Tree.
Bishop Jayson: No, no, you must say it DIVINE TREE!!
All: Riiiiiight
Timoty: That was a random ending to a video.
Bishop Jayson: No, I was going to end it there anyway.
Ania: No mention of the Black Monster?
Bishop Jayson: Whatever, if you already heard the Moon Child quote then you should know of the Black Monster
Wesley: Do you know where he is?!
Bishop Jayson: No, I just preach. If you want to know more about the DIVINE TREE or the will of SO-AH! or the Black Monster, just visit the Mille Seseau National Library.
[Warning: Boberto is not an actual intellectual, only for the sake of my fic]
Boberto: THE Mille Seseau National Library?! You mean I'll be in the presence of the greatest collection of intellectual works in all of Endiness?!
Bishop Jayson: ....yes
Boberto: Oh, I don't know if I am worthy of such knowledge!
Librarian Toth: Pipe down, I'm trying to pray! *Praying* Oh mighty gods that rule this universe....please let my students pass the AP test....
[Wanna know who Toth is? My chemistry teacher -- THE best chemistry teacher IN THE WORLD (I say this because out of the goodness of his heart, he gave me an A on my semester report)]
Toth: You're welcome
Jayson: That's the librarian by the way. Talk to him. Now, I must meditate about the DIVINE TREE and the will of SO-AH!!
Timoty: THANK YOU
*Exit Jayson*
Toth: *still praying* And I beg that you not have my in-laws stay for an extended visit.....
Wesley: Uh...hello?
Toth: What?! You interupted my prayers again! Good, this means I can write a referral! I never get to do that....
Ania: We're not in school
Toth: ....I knew that. What do you want?
Boberto: Library....must....see.....library!!
Toth: Then go see it, you are in high school! You're big boys...and girl. Oh wait, I locked the door. Okay, follow me.
Timoty: He is such a hot old guy --AACK!! NO!! I mean, he's such a HAUGHTY old guy! I -- uh-- read the script wrong.
Wesley: We weren't given a script
Timoty: SHUT UP! I'M STRAIGHT -- STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW I TELL YOU!
[He has issues, I know]
(On to the library!!)
Toth: Have at it gentlemen....and lady
Timoty: Just cuz she's a woman doesn't make her a lady
Ania: *smack*
Timoty: Dammit, I wasn't supposed to say that aloud!!
Boberto: *about to wet himself, he's so excited* The book are calling to me! Coming my loves! *Runs off to emerce himself in the books*
Other Dragoons: *raised eyebrow*
Leroy: *getting dizzy* Gigantos lose to books.....
[Leroy lost to books WAAAAY before this game]
Leroy: Ouch, cold.
Wesley: Let's just spread out, then maybe we can find more information on Jimbo and the Divine Moon objects faster.
Ania: Since when did we start investigating Jimbo and the Divine Moon objects?
Boberto: Since disk one, DUH
(Let's see what Ania has found)
Ania: Here's a book on the Black Monster, but all it says is that he showed up sometime after the Dragon Campaign and destroys towns every 108 years....if only Tina were here, she'd tell us alot.
Wesley: If Tina were here, she'd insult, condsend, and then hit me!
Ania: All the more reason to have her here
Wesley: *through clenched teeth* You're not helping, love of my life
Ania: Call me that and I swear --
Leroy: HEY! Who wants to see what I found?
Wesley: *still growling at Ania* Okay, Leroy, what did you find?
Leroy: *shows Wesley an open book* Pretty pictures!
Wesley: And they call ME dumb
[Well actually --]
Wesley: Shut it.
Leroy: Me thinks they be Winglies.
Wesley: *reading* "Winglies once ruled ancient Endiness, but were overthrown by Humans in the Dragon Campaign 11,000 years ago. Since then, they have been extinct." But Stacy, who was a Wingly, was alive.
Leroy: Not anymore!
Wesley: Yeah, courtesy of us.
[Wow, you guys deserve some applause *applause*]
Toth: Hmmm! Hmmm!
Wesley: How random
Toth: *pacing between Timoty and Boberto* Dragons...Dragoons....they all had to do with the Dragon Campaign!
Timoty: Did you figure that out all by yourself, or did the bishop's mommy help you?
Toth: You've just earn yourself a "F" young man.
Timoty: No! *Falls to the floor*
Wesley and Boberto: Whatever.
Boberto: Ooooh, I found some books on politics...these will be very useful to my plan for world domination *evil chuckle*
Wesley: Can you do that later? We're looking for information on the Divine Moon Objects
Boberto: Fine then...I did find this book on Virages, but all it says is that they were "magical beings" manipulated by Winglies and used against Humans and Dragoons in the Dragon Campaign.
Me: Humph, I coulda told ya that.
All: *raised eyebrow*
Me: I mean -- I'm not heeeeeere *disappears*
Timoty: Interesting. Well, I found this book on Dragoons. It says that they -- er, we are incarnations of Dragons that appeared at the beginning of the Dragon Campaign and haven't been seen since....well, now. I guess we Dragoons appear when history requires us.
Wesley: When history requires us....
Boberto: More like when the AUTHOR requires us.
[Damn skippy]
Toth: Dragons! Dragoons! Dragon Campaign!
Wesley: What's with the outbursts about the Dragon Campaign?
Toth: Not only am I a librarian, I am also a historian specializing in the Dragon Campaign and the Black Monster.
Wesley: Black Monster?!
Boberto: Oh, don't get him started on the Black Monster.
Toth: Yes, Black Monster. In fact, I have an exhibit on the attack on Neet in the attic. I'm surprised someone so young remembers.
Wesley: I'm a survivor of Neet!
Toth: Good god!
(Transition to the attic of the library)
Toth: We had people collect artifacts from the site just after the town was destroyed and I had them preserved -- see, here is wheel from the princess' carriage, here's a stain glass window from the church, and here's a model of the ship that the princess was transported on out to sea in attempt to escape from the Black Monster.
Wesley: That ship looks really familiar....
[By the way, that's the Phantom Ship]
Toth: I only remember one survivor of the attack -- Sacred Sister Alejandra.
Wesley: I survived by running out of town, so I was gone by the time rescue teams came
Toth: Interesting....c'mere and look at this stain glass window -- it depicts the legend of the Black Monster and the Moon Child
*VIDEO TIME*
(We get to listen to Toth speak while apocalyptic images of a winged black beast devouring naked people with blood dripping from the beast's mouth, as well as images of a Jesus look-a-like, flash in the background. I swear the makers of "Legend of Dragoon" ripped off Catholic paintings of Judgement Day and the Last Supper to get these images. Or maybe that's just me.)
Toth: Long ago, Winglies ruled ancient Endiness, enslaving the continent and all of its inhabitants. Melbu Frahma was the dictator of the Winglies, therefore making him the dictator of the world. He drew his ultimate power from the gods by imprisoning them in the sky, known as the Moon That Never Sets. Then, 11,000 years ago, the Humans and Dragoons lead by Emperor Diaz defeated Melbu Frahma and the Winglies and gained control of the world, as well as setting free the gods. In turn, the gods promised the Humans a savior: "count 108 years when the Moon That Never Sets glows red, the Moon Child will descend and fill the world with holy bliss." But instead, the Black Monster appears. The Black Monster hates the Moon Child and anything that has to do with the god, so every 108 years the Black Monster kills the Moon Child and anyone else within the town. And the gods remain trapped in the sky....why a curse, and not a blessing? No one knows....
*END VIDEO*
Wesley: Damn religious mysteries. Wow, that was very informative.
Toth: I AM a teacher, remember
Wesley: Yes, well, I still don't know where the Black Monster is, but still informative.
Toth: You should go see the gravesite in Neet sometime. I know you must have people that you would like remembered buried there.
~ ~ ~
(Meanwhile, in Neet.....)
Me: *shivering* Damn, why is it so cold?! And what's with all this snow?! Armor is not exactly a great insilator.....dammit, I'm from Southern California, "cold" and "snow" aren't in my vocabulary!! *Notices the burnt town and massive graveyard* Aww crap, now I feel all sad and guilty....I HATE feeling all sad and guilty.....
???: Mother, I'm back
(I go to investigate the voice. I find two identical twins, one of them kneeling in the snow next to a stone memorial and the other standing next to three Sacred Knights.)
2nd Sacred Sister Alejandra: It's been eighteen years since I lost my sight, and since you and so many others lost their lives.....
*ANOTHER FLASHBACK TO THE ATTACK ON NEET*
(It opens the same way all Neet flashbacks do....the Black Monster engulfed in flames and strangling a knight of Mille Seseau, trying to get information out of him)
Black Monster: Where is Princess Louvia?!
Knight: I will never tell you!
Black Monster: *burns the knight*
Knight: Aaaaaaaaaaah!! *Dies*
(Here's the difference: now the audience finds Alejandra [but not the other twin -- in the game, they're not related] and her mother holding each other, hiding in a burning stable. SWOOSH! The Black Monster appears before the cowering pair)
Black Monster: Where is Princess Louvia?!
Alejandra's Mother: *pleading* Please....don't hurt us....we've done nothing!
Black Monster: Answer me!!
Alejandra's Mother: She left for the sea....that should be enough to satisfy you! Now please, spare us!
Black Monster: I have no choice -- once the Moon Child is born, I must destroy all who has gazed upon her before they become evangenlists for the god! *Burns Alejandra's mother*
Alejandra's Mother: Aaah! *Dies*
(The Black Monster disappears into the smoke, setting the stable aflame where Alejandra still lay crying)
Alejandra: Mother? Mother, where are you?! *Cough* I can't see you, Mother! *Cough* I can't see!
*END FLASHBACK*
Alejandra: But I have gained a new sight -- the ability to see within a person. Lately, there has been much negative energy within Dennigrad....
(My footprints interrupted Alejandra's speech to her desceased mother, and the knights form a circle around Alejandra and her twin, Sandra)
Me: I'm sorry if I frightened you....
4th Sacred Sister Sandra: Hi, Tina! It's okay, we know her.
Alejandra: Tina? From our school? Oh, I wouldn't have known...you see, ever since my sister and I were drawn into this game I have seemed to become blind....
Me: Yeah, it's me....oh good, I can tell you girls apart! This will make things much easier on everyone.
[Usually when you see Alejandra and Sandra around school, they wear the same outfit, the same hairstyle, they even have the same backpack! Luckily, they are wearing the costumes from the game, so the guessing game can cease...for now]
Alejandra: I guess....well, what brings you to such a sad place? I sense much conflict within your soul....
Me: I'm sixteen years old....that's kind of a given.
Alejandra: I still sense it, nonetheless.
Me: I was just paying my respects....you heading back to Dennigrad? I'm going that way too, I could offer some protection.
Knights: That's OUR job, ma'am.
Me: Still, there's a lot of monsters in the forest and three knights by themselves might get overwhelmed.
Alejandra: It's okay, guys. Lead the way, Tina.
*Exit*
~ ~ ~
(Meanwhile, in the "home of Nikole"..... You don't know where Nikole's home is yet, but you do know that it is a hidden forest. Hmm...forest....)
Nikole: It's good to be home! I wonder if anyone missed me? *Is hit with a magical fireball* Ow! Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?!
???: Who dares to break through our magical boundary?! ... Nikole??
Nikole: Yeah it's me, who the hell....*gasp* Roddy!
(The young platinum-haired man who hit Nikole with the fireball flew down to the intruder.)
[*Gasp* If the people that live in Nikole's "home" are Winglies, that makes Nikole a....]
Nikole: Wingly. Damn, I was wondering how long it would take you to figure that out.
[I'm the Almight Author. I knew all along.]
Nikole: Suuuuuure ya did
Roddy: Nikole! I knew you'd come back to me!
Nikole: I was just....in the the neighborhood.
Roddy: But why did you come back? And why now? People around here are not in the best of moods....
Nikole: I know I broke the sacred commandment, but this is my home! Well, my video game home, so I have a right to come back!
Roddy: It's not just that...haven't you felt it? The tension within the earth?
Nikole: Well....sorta....
Roddy: It's because the seal of the Divine Dragon is weakening! It could be released at any time!
Nikole: Crap! I'd better go tell my friends --
Roddy: You have....Human friends?
Nikole: Yeah, or else I'd get bored in the Human world. No worries, we're all Dragoons, we can handle a Dragon.
Roddy: The Divine Dragon is not just any Dragon, and you know that. We also lost the Dragon Buster, one of the weapons to weaken the monster.
Nikole: I still need to go tell my friends!
Roddy: *grabbing her arm* Please, don't leave me! Stay here, I'll take care of you....I don't care whether you broke that stupid commandment, I'll make sure no one hurts you here.
Nikole: You're sweet. I'll come back, I promise...just, not now. I gotta go *leaves the forest*
[I decided to bypass the scene with Nikole and the Bardels and her parents -- we all know that she broke a big rule and now no one in her home likes her. That doesn't need to be elaborated on]
(How cute, I gave Nikole a legitimate love interest! Your welcome. But no celebrating just yet....cuz ya know it's.....)
*VIDEO TIME*
(Deep underground, in the heart of the crimson volcano, chains rattled against the fiery walls. Boulders tumbled into the abyss, knocking against a huge grey mass on the way down. The mass slowly opened its seven menacing, slitted eyes and its seven wings spread out and over the volcano, inching closer and closer to freedom...and revenge....)
*END VIDEO*
~ ~ ~
(Okay, back to Dennigrad [damn, lots of jumping 'round].....Wesley and the gang are just walking out of National Library with Toth)
Toth: Remember, you should visit Alejandra in the Crystal Palace sometime before you leave town, and visit Neet sometime before you leave the country. *Returns back to the library*
Timoty: Well that was a waste of time
Wesley: Speak for yourself.
Timoty: I do.
Wesley: Okay then.
Boberto: Hey, where are Tina and Nikole? I hope they'll be back soon, I need some female companionship...and you don't count
Ania: F*ck you
Boberto: I'd rather not
Wesley: *quickly stepping in front of Ania* Let's go meet them at the city's border.
(Just in time, because look who's just walking up!)
Me: Hey guys! Did ya miss me?
Leroy, Boberto, and Timoty: Hells yes *glomps [a death-grip hug]*
Me: Awww, my hos have return to their pimptress.
Alejandra: What's going on?
Sandra: These are one of those times that you should be thankful that you are blind
Me: Oh, guys, this is Alejandra and Sandra -- Alejandra and Sandra, this is Wesley, Boberto, Timoty, Leroy, and Ania. We ran into each other while I was out and about
All mentioned: Hi.
Boberto: Wait, you two are Sacred Sisters, aren't you?
The Sacred Sisters: Yes.
Boberto: Wesley, Alejandra is the other survivor of Neet
Wesley: I coulda figured that out by myself
All: No you couldn't.
Alejandra: Is Wesley the one right in front of me?
Sandra: Yes
Alejandra: I thought so....Wesley, you've been having some bodily changes, haven't you?
Wesley: It's called puberty and that was about two years ago
Alejandra: I'm not talking about THAT! My god I'm smarter than that you know! I'm talking about your spirit!
Wesley: Oooooooooh, I see -- but, how did you know?
Alejandra: I'm physically blind, but I gained spiritual sight
Boberto: Why don't we take this inside
Me: What about Nikole? Is she here yet?
Timoty: She's a big girl (although she doesn't always act like one) she'll find us sooner or later.
(In the hotel)
Wesley: So what's this about my body? Is it that it's so sexy?
Me: You did NOT just go there
Alejandra: Um...no.
Boberto, Timoty, and Leroy: Shot DOWN!
Sandra: *whispers to Alejandra* Why are we here again?
Alejandra: I wish I knew....anyway, Wesley, you have recently acquired a great power, but you are still unfamiliar with it and it will soon be put to a great test.
Wesley: You gunna tell me what the test is so that I can study for it?
Me: Like that'll do you any good
Alejandra: I am not Ms. Cleo -- I don't predict the future
Timoty: She doesn't do that either
Alejandra: All I do is see what's in your soul, and that was just in your soul.
Wesley: *doubles over like he's just been kicked in the gut* Ow!
Ania: What is it?
(Our surroundings begin to shake)
Wesley: *DS glowing brightly* Something's coming!
[FREEZE!]
(The characters all freeze and the screen fades to not complete darkness, but just enough light to be able to see me standing calmly against a wall [very Rose-like], Wesley doubled over, and everyone else looking veyr worried. On the screen in white appears the speech that I gave Wesley on the Queen Fury)
Ya know what causes revenge? Insanity -- revenge makes a person enter insanity. It's the same for war. Our Dragoons Spirits help harness and chasten that insanity, so we can control it and use it against the forces of evil or what have you. Something BIG is gunna happen Wesley and you're gunna need to use that insanity in a way none of us can imagine....but given the meagerness of your Spirit, I wonder if you can handle it?
[UNFREEZE!]
Boberto: What was with the words on the screen?
Me: Told ya! Foreshadowing! Does it make sense now, Wesley?
Wesley: What?
Me: Nevermind. You are beyond help
*VIDEO TIME!*
(Divine Dragon -- that big grey mass chained up in the volcano with the seven menacing eyes and sevn wings -- yeah, he broke free. He circles Dennigrad, stirring up dust and breaking a few roofs that were too high by safety standards anyway. People run through the streets screaming, babies cry, and some Dragon drool rains on an unsuspecting stranger)
Unsuspecting Stranger: Eeeeeeewww....
(But that's basically it. Not that impressive. Is that all ya got, bitch?!)
Divine Dragon: *flips off the narrator, then flys away*
(Yeah, that's right! Keeping flying, ya bitch-ass punk!)
*END VIDEO*
Sandra: My god! I've never seen a beast so big!
Alejandra: I couldn't see him, but I felt his greatness....and hatred....
Wesley: Wait a minute, is this my "great test?" The "something big" that will cause me to go insane? This damn Dragon?
Alejandra: My god, I think he's got it! Took ya a while
Timoty: Damn, even the blind girl can see how stupid you are!
Wesley: Thanks for the encouragement, buddy.
Me: Don't start celebrating yet, we haven't even touched the Dragon -- plus there's something else....
Wesley: Crap.
Nikole: *bursting through the hotel doors* OMG! OMG! Did you guys just see the Divine Dragon?!
All: Yes.
Me: How did you know what the Dragon was called?
Nikole: I, uh...know everything?
Me: That's my line, sorry.
Nikole: Oh, who cares if I know?!
Timoty: Well, I do.
Leroy: Me too
Nikole: Very funny guys. I mean -- who cares if I know as long as we take care of it?
Alejandra: Good point.
Nikole: ^_^
Alejandra: We must go speak with Queen Megan immediately. You all are the legendary Dragoons, are you not?
All: Yes
Alejandra: Then you may be the only ones who can save us from the Dragon. Come with us.
(And all exit, following Alejandra and Sandra to the Crystal Palace)
A/N: Longest chapter, no wonder it took me so long to update!
Disclaimer: I don't own LoD...just Boberto, Timoty, and Leroy ;-)
Chapter 24: Tina and Nikole Goin' Solo
(Wohoo, running through the Evergreen Forest. Almost to Dennigrad, when I suddenly appear from out of Wesley [where do the other characters go in the game anyway? In Dart's pants?!] and stop dead in my tracks)
Wesley: Tina, what's wrong?
Me: I just remembered, I need to go run a quick errand *jumps to the other side of the canyon*
Boberto, Timoty, and Leroy: Tina don't leave us alone with them!!
Wesley and Ania: We feel loved.
Me: Don't worry! Meet me back in Dennigrad, I'll be fine! *Leaves*
Boberto: YOU'LL be fine?! What about us *refers to himself, Timoty, and Leroy*?!
Ania: You killed it.
Boberto: It will never die
(Meanwhile, Nikole tries to be slick and sneak away unnoticed)
Nikole: sneak sneak sneak
Timoty: And where are YOU going, young lady?
Nikole: Damn, what tipped you off?
Timoty: You saying "sneak sneak sneak"
Nikole: Oh.......
Wesley: So I take it that you're leaving too?
Nikole: Yes.
Wesley: Where?
Nikole: Uh....I'm....I'm just going to visit my parents! That's it! Innocent, little visit heh heh...bye! *leaves*
Wesley: That was....interesting...
Boberto: Guys, do you realize what this means?!
Timoty: *gasp* No!
Leroy: Ania only female in group now!!!!
Boberto, Timoty, and Leroy: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Ania: Ha. Ha. Very. Funny. *Grabs Boberto and Timoty by the ears and drags them all the way to Dennigrad*
Boberto and Timoty: Ow ow ow ow ow!!
Leory: *laughs at their pain*
Ania: *kicks Leroy in the ass* I wouldn't be laughing!
Leroy: Ow
Wesley: *laughs at their pain*
~ ~ ~
(The...uh, majestic city of Dennigrad. Actually, my sister would describe it as "annoying" but that's just her opinion. First place we walk into is the church....our favorite part of the game...)
Bishop Jayson: The end of the world is protected by the Signets of SO-AH! But if we remove evil from our hearts and follow the teachings of the DIVINE TREE, then we will fulfill the will of SO-AH and live in happiness.
Congregation: *leaves*
[How random]
Bishop Jayson: *notices the Dragoons* Oh, have you come to hear my sermon on the DIVINE TREE?
Wesley: We're three feet in front of you, you don't hafta shout.
Boberto: You could say the same for her
Ania: WHAT WAS THAT?!
Boberto: *covering his ears* I'm deaf!!!
Bishop Jayson: Ah, but it is much more fun to say DIVINE TREE rather than Divine Tree. Plus that's all I hafta do in this game -- SO-AH! DIVINE TREE! That's my job right there.
All: So does that mean that you won't give us a sermon?
Bishop Jayson: No.
All: Dammit.
*VIDEO TIME!!*
Bishop Jayson: The DIVINE TREE is the tree of life. All life comes from this DIVINE TREE.
Timoty: Did you figure that all by yourself or did your mommy help you?
Bishop Jayson: *ignore* In the beginning of the world, there was nothingness.....and then, the creator SO-AH created A GREAT TREE!
*DIVINE TREE grows from the ground*
Boberto: Maybe they should call you Redundant Jayson
Ania: *snort* Oh yeah, that's clever
Bishop Jayson: No more interuptions! The DIVINE TREE bore 108 fruits, which ripened and became the species that roam the continent -- Minitos from the 97th fruit, Gigantos from the 99th fruit, Dragons from the 105th fruit, Humans from the 106th fruit, and Winglies from the 107th fruit.
[That took me a long time to figure out the correct sequence of fruits from the DIVINE TREE]
Wesley: So you're basically telling us that we're all fruits?
Boberto and Timoty: Oh, if only Tina were here
[But you still have her omnipresent and omniscient alter ego!!]
Wesley: Crap.
Bishop Jayson: *still ignoring them* The 108th fruit has yet to be born, for that fruit is the Moon Child..... "count 108 years and when the Moon That Never Sets glares red, the Moon Child --"
Wesley: "Will descend and fill the world with a holy bliss" We know, we heard it from Binchenzo already.
Bishop Jayson: SILENCE!!
Wesley: *cowering* Please don't hurt me
*END VIDEO*
[I swear, it's much funnier in the actual game]
Dragoons: Wow. Divine Tree.
Bishop Jayson: No, no, you must say it DIVINE TREE!!
All: Riiiiiight
Timoty: That was a random ending to a video.
Bishop Jayson: No, I was going to end it there anyway.
Ania: No mention of the Black Monster?
Bishop Jayson: Whatever, if you already heard the Moon Child quote then you should know of the Black Monster
Wesley: Do you know where he is?!
Bishop Jayson: No, I just preach. If you want to know more about the DIVINE TREE or the will of SO-AH! or the Black Monster, just visit the Mille Seseau National Library.
[Warning: Boberto is not an actual intellectual, only for the sake of my fic]
Boberto: THE Mille Seseau National Library?! You mean I'll be in the presence of the greatest collection of intellectual works in all of Endiness?!
Bishop Jayson: ....yes
Boberto: Oh, I don't know if I am worthy of such knowledge!
Librarian Toth: Pipe down, I'm trying to pray! *Praying* Oh mighty gods that rule this universe....please let my students pass the AP test....
[Wanna know who Toth is? My chemistry teacher -- THE best chemistry teacher IN THE WORLD (I say this because out of the goodness of his heart, he gave me an A on my semester report)]
Toth: You're welcome
Jayson: That's the librarian by the way. Talk to him. Now, I must meditate about the DIVINE TREE and the will of SO-AH!!
Timoty: THANK YOU
*Exit Jayson*
Toth: *still praying* And I beg that you not have my in-laws stay for an extended visit.....
Wesley: Uh...hello?
Toth: What?! You interupted my prayers again! Good, this means I can write a referral! I never get to do that....
Ania: We're not in school
Toth: ....I knew that. What do you want?
Boberto: Library....must....see.....library!!
Toth: Then go see it, you are in high school! You're big boys...and girl. Oh wait, I locked the door. Okay, follow me.
Timoty: He is such a hot old guy --AACK!! NO!! I mean, he's such a HAUGHTY old guy! I -- uh-- read the script wrong.
Wesley: We weren't given a script
Timoty: SHUT UP! I'M STRAIGHT -- STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW I TELL YOU!
[He has issues, I know]
(On to the library!!)
Toth: Have at it gentlemen....and lady
Timoty: Just cuz she's a woman doesn't make her a lady
Ania: *smack*
Timoty: Dammit, I wasn't supposed to say that aloud!!
Boberto: *about to wet himself, he's so excited* The book are calling to me! Coming my loves! *Runs off to emerce himself in the books*
Other Dragoons: *raised eyebrow*
Leroy: *getting dizzy* Gigantos lose to books.....
[Leroy lost to books WAAAAY before this game]
Leroy: Ouch, cold.
Wesley: Let's just spread out, then maybe we can find more information on Jimbo and the Divine Moon objects faster.
Ania: Since when did we start investigating Jimbo and the Divine Moon objects?
Boberto: Since disk one, DUH
(Let's see what Ania has found)
Ania: Here's a book on the Black Monster, but all it says is that he showed up sometime after the Dragon Campaign and destroys towns every 108 years....if only Tina were here, she'd tell us alot.
Wesley: If Tina were here, she'd insult, condsend, and then hit me!
Ania: All the more reason to have her here
Wesley: *through clenched teeth* You're not helping, love of my life
Ania: Call me that and I swear --
Leroy: HEY! Who wants to see what I found?
Wesley: *still growling at Ania* Okay, Leroy, what did you find?
Leroy: *shows Wesley an open book* Pretty pictures!
Wesley: And they call ME dumb
[Well actually --]
Wesley: Shut it.
Leroy: Me thinks they be Winglies.
Wesley: *reading* "Winglies once ruled ancient Endiness, but were overthrown by Humans in the Dragon Campaign 11,000 years ago. Since then, they have been extinct." But Stacy, who was a Wingly, was alive.
Leroy: Not anymore!
Wesley: Yeah, courtesy of us.
[Wow, you guys deserve some applause *applause*]
Toth: Hmmm! Hmmm!
Wesley: How random
Toth: *pacing between Timoty and Boberto* Dragons...Dragoons....they all had to do with the Dragon Campaign!
Timoty: Did you figure that out all by yourself, or did the bishop's mommy help you?
Toth: You've just earn yourself a "F" young man.
Timoty: No! *Falls to the floor*
Wesley and Boberto: Whatever.
Boberto: Ooooh, I found some books on politics...these will be very useful to my plan for world domination *evil chuckle*
Wesley: Can you do that later? We're looking for information on the Divine Moon Objects
Boberto: Fine then...I did find this book on Virages, but all it says is that they were "magical beings" manipulated by Winglies and used against Humans and Dragoons in the Dragon Campaign.
Me: Humph, I coulda told ya that.
All: *raised eyebrow*
Me: I mean -- I'm not heeeeeere *disappears*
Timoty: Interesting. Well, I found this book on Dragoons. It says that they -- er, we are incarnations of Dragons that appeared at the beginning of the Dragon Campaign and haven't been seen since....well, now. I guess we Dragoons appear when history requires us.
Wesley: When history requires us....
Boberto: More like when the AUTHOR requires us.
[Damn skippy]
Toth: Dragons! Dragoons! Dragon Campaign!
Wesley: What's with the outbursts about the Dragon Campaign?
Toth: Not only am I a librarian, I am also a historian specializing in the Dragon Campaign and the Black Monster.
Wesley: Black Monster?!
Boberto: Oh, don't get him started on the Black Monster.
Toth: Yes, Black Monster. In fact, I have an exhibit on the attack on Neet in the attic. I'm surprised someone so young remembers.
Wesley: I'm a survivor of Neet!
Toth: Good god!
(Transition to the attic of the library)
Toth: We had people collect artifacts from the site just after the town was destroyed and I had them preserved -- see, here is wheel from the princess' carriage, here's a stain glass window from the church, and here's a model of the ship that the princess was transported on out to sea in attempt to escape from the Black Monster.
Wesley: That ship looks really familiar....
[By the way, that's the Phantom Ship]
Toth: I only remember one survivor of the attack -- Sacred Sister Alejandra.
Wesley: I survived by running out of town, so I was gone by the time rescue teams came
Toth: Interesting....c'mere and look at this stain glass window -- it depicts the legend of the Black Monster and the Moon Child
*VIDEO TIME*
(We get to listen to Toth speak while apocalyptic images of a winged black beast devouring naked people with blood dripping from the beast's mouth, as well as images of a Jesus look-a-like, flash in the background. I swear the makers of "Legend of Dragoon" ripped off Catholic paintings of Judgement Day and the Last Supper to get these images. Or maybe that's just me.)
Toth: Long ago, Winglies ruled ancient Endiness, enslaving the continent and all of its inhabitants. Melbu Frahma was the dictator of the Winglies, therefore making him the dictator of the world. He drew his ultimate power from the gods by imprisoning them in the sky, known as the Moon That Never Sets. Then, 11,000 years ago, the Humans and Dragoons lead by Emperor Diaz defeated Melbu Frahma and the Winglies and gained control of the world, as well as setting free the gods. In turn, the gods promised the Humans a savior: "count 108 years when the Moon That Never Sets glows red, the Moon Child will descend and fill the world with holy bliss." But instead, the Black Monster appears. The Black Monster hates the Moon Child and anything that has to do with the god, so every 108 years the Black Monster kills the Moon Child and anyone else within the town. And the gods remain trapped in the sky....why a curse, and not a blessing? No one knows....
*END VIDEO*
Wesley: Damn religious mysteries. Wow, that was very informative.
Toth: I AM a teacher, remember
Wesley: Yes, well, I still don't know where the Black Monster is, but still informative.
Toth: You should go see the gravesite in Neet sometime. I know you must have people that you would like remembered buried there.
~ ~ ~
(Meanwhile, in Neet.....)
Me: *shivering* Damn, why is it so cold?! And what's with all this snow?! Armor is not exactly a great insilator.....dammit, I'm from Southern California, "cold" and "snow" aren't in my vocabulary!! *Notices the burnt town and massive graveyard* Aww crap, now I feel all sad and guilty....I HATE feeling all sad and guilty.....
???: Mother, I'm back
(I go to investigate the voice. I find two identical twins, one of them kneeling in the snow next to a stone memorial and the other standing next to three Sacred Knights.)
2nd Sacred Sister Alejandra: It's been eighteen years since I lost my sight, and since you and so many others lost their lives.....
*ANOTHER FLASHBACK TO THE ATTACK ON NEET*
(It opens the same way all Neet flashbacks do....the Black Monster engulfed in flames and strangling a knight of Mille Seseau, trying to get information out of him)
Black Monster: Where is Princess Louvia?!
Knight: I will never tell you!
Black Monster: *burns the knight*
Knight: Aaaaaaaaaaah!! *Dies*
(Here's the difference: now the audience finds Alejandra [but not the other twin -- in the game, they're not related] and her mother holding each other, hiding in a burning stable. SWOOSH! The Black Monster appears before the cowering pair)
Black Monster: Where is Princess Louvia?!
Alejandra's Mother: *pleading* Please....don't hurt us....we've done nothing!
Black Monster: Answer me!!
Alejandra's Mother: She left for the sea....that should be enough to satisfy you! Now please, spare us!
Black Monster: I have no choice -- once the Moon Child is born, I must destroy all who has gazed upon her before they become evangenlists for the god! *Burns Alejandra's mother*
Alejandra's Mother: Aaah! *Dies*
(The Black Monster disappears into the smoke, setting the stable aflame where Alejandra still lay crying)
Alejandra: Mother? Mother, where are you?! *Cough* I can't see you, Mother! *Cough* I can't see!
*END FLASHBACK*
Alejandra: But I have gained a new sight -- the ability to see within a person. Lately, there has been much negative energy within Dennigrad....
(My footprints interrupted Alejandra's speech to her desceased mother, and the knights form a circle around Alejandra and her twin, Sandra)
Me: I'm sorry if I frightened you....
4th Sacred Sister Sandra: Hi, Tina! It's okay, we know her.
Alejandra: Tina? From our school? Oh, I wouldn't have known...you see, ever since my sister and I were drawn into this game I have seemed to become blind....
Me: Yeah, it's me....oh good, I can tell you girls apart! This will make things much easier on everyone.
[Usually when you see Alejandra and Sandra around school, they wear the same outfit, the same hairstyle, they even have the same backpack! Luckily, they are wearing the costumes from the game, so the guessing game can cease...for now]
Alejandra: I guess....well, what brings you to such a sad place? I sense much conflict within your soul....
Me: I'm sixteen years old....that's kind of a given.
Alejandra: I still sense it, nonetheless.
Me: I was just paying my respects....you heading back to Dennigrad? I'm going that way too, I could offer some protection.
Knights: That's OUR job, ma'am.
Me: Still, there's a lot of monsters in the forest and three knights by themselves might get overwhelmed.
Alejandra: It's okay, guys. Lead the way, Tina.
*Exit*
~ ~ ~
(Meanwhile, in the "home of Nikole"..... You don't know where Nikole's home is yet, but you do know that it is a hidden forest. Hmm...forest....)
Nikole: It's good to be home! I wonder if anyone missed me? *Is hit with a magical fireball* Ow! Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?!
???: Who dares to break through our magical boundary?! ... Nikole??
Nikole: Yeah it's me, who the hell....*gasp* Roddy!
(The young platinum-haired man who hit Nikole with the fireball flew down to the intruder.)
[*Gasp* If the people that live in Nikole's "home" are Winglies, that makes Nikole a....]
Nikole: Wingly. Damn, I was wondering how long it would take you to figure that out.
[I'm the Almight Author. I knew all along.]
Nikole: Suuuuuure ya did
Roddy: Nikole! I knew you'd come back to me!
Nikole: I was just....in the the neighborhood.
Roddy: But why did you come back? And why now? People around here are not in the best of moods....
Nikole: I know I broke the sacred commandment, but this is my home! Well, my video game home, so I have a right to come back!
Roddy: It's not just that...haven't you felt it? The tension within the earth?
Nikole: Well....sorta....
Roddy: It's because the seal of the Divine Dragon is weakening! It could be released at any time!
Nikole: Crap! I'd better go tell my friends --
Roddy: You have....Human friends?
Nikole: Yeah, or else I'd get bored in the Human world. No worries, we're all Dragoons, we can handle a Dragon.
Roddy: The Divine Dragon is not just any Dragon, and you know that. We also lost the Dragon Buster, one of the weapons to weaken the monster.
Nikole: I still need to go tell my friends!
Roddy: *grabbing her arm* Please, don't leave me! Stay here, I'll take care of you....I don't care whether you broke that stupid commandment, I'll make sure no one hurts you here.
Nikole: You're sweet. I'll come back, I promise...just, not now. I gotta go *leaves the forest*
[I decided to bypass the scene with Nikole and the Bardels and her parents -- we all know that she broke a big rule and now no one in her home likes her. That doesn't need to be elaborated on]
(How cute, I gave Nikole a legitimate love interest! Your welcome. But no celebrating just yet....cuz ya know it's.....)
*VIDEO TIME*
(Deep underground, in the heart of the crimson volcano, chains rattled against the fiery walls. Boulders tumbled into the abyss, knocking against a huge grey mass on the way down. The mass slowly opened its seven menacing, slitted eyes and its seven wings spread out and over the volcano, inching closer and closer to freedom...and revenge....)
*END VIDEO*
~ ~ ~
(Okay, back to Dennigrad [damn, lots of jumping 'round].....Wesley and the gang are just walking out of National Library with Toth)
Toth: Remember, you should visit Alejandra in the Crystal Palace sometime before you leave town, and visit Neet sometime before you leave the country. *Returns back to the library*
Timoty: Well that was a waste of time
Wesley: Speak for yourself.
Timoty: I do.
Wesley: Okay then.
Boberto: Hey, where are Tina and Nikole? I hope they'll be back soon, I need some female companionship...and you don't count
Ania: F*ck you
Boberto: I'd rather not
Wesley: *quickly stepping in front of Ania* Let's go meet them at the city's border.
(Just in time, because look who's just walking up!)
Me: Hey guys! Did ya miss me?
Leroy, Boberto, and Timoty: Hells yes *glomps [a death-grip hug]*
Me: Awww, my hos have return to their pimptress.
Alejandra: What's going on?
Sandra: These are one of those times that you should be thankful that you are blind
Me: Oh, guys, this is Alejandra and Sandra -- Alejandra and Sandra, this is Wesley, Boberto, Timoty, Leroy, and Ania. We ran into each other while I was out and about
All mentioned: Hi.
Boberto: Wait, you two are Sacred Sisters, aren't you?
The Sacred Sisters: Yes.
Boberto: Wesley, Alejandra is the other survivor of Neet
Wesley: I coulda figured that out by myself
All: No you couldn't.
Alejandra: Is Wesley the one right in front of me?
Sandra: Yes
Alejandra: I thought so....Wesley, you've been having some bodily changes, haven't you?
Wesley: It's called puberty and that was about two years ago
Alejandra: I'm not talking about THAT! My god I'm smarter than that you know! I'm talking about your spirit!
Wesley: Oooooooooh, I see -- but, how did you know?
Alejandra: I'm physically blind, but I gained spiritual sight
Boberto: Why don't we take this inside
Me: What about Nikole? Is she here yet?
Timoty: She's a big girl (although she doesn't always act like one) she'll find us sooner or later.
(In the hotel)
Wesley: So what's this about my body? Is it that it's so sexy?
Me: You did NOT just go there
Alejandra: Um...no.
Boberto, Timoty, and Leroy: Shot DOWN!
Sandra: *whispers to Alejandra* Why are we here again?
Alejandra: I wish I knew....anyway, Wesley, you have recently acquired a great power, but you are still unfamiliar with it and it will soon be put to a great test.
Wesley: You gunna tell me what the test is so that I can study for it?
Me: Like that'll do you any good
Alejandra: I am not Ms. Cleo -- I don't predict the future
Timoty: She doesn't do that either
Alejandra: All I do is see what's in your soul, and that was just in your soul.
Wesley: *doubles over like he's just been kicked in the gut* Ow!
Ania: What is it?
(Our surroundings begin to shake)
Wesley: *DS glowing brightly* Something's coming!
[FREEZE!]
(The characters all freeze and the screen fades to not complete darkness, but just enough light to be able to see me standing calmly against a wall [very Rose-like], Wesley doubled over, and everyone else looking veyr worried. On the screen in white appears the speech that I gave Wesley on the Queen Fury)
Ya know what causes revenge? Insanity -- revenge makes a person enter insanity. It's the same for war. Our Dragoons Spirits help harness and chasten that insanity, so we can control it and use it against the forces of evil or what have you. Something BIG is gunna happen Wesley and you're gunna need to use that insanity in a way none of us can imagine....but given the meagerness of your Spirit, I wonder if you can handle it?
[UNFREEZE!]
Boberto: What was with the words on the screen?
Me: Told ya! Foreshadowing! Does it make sense now, Wesley?
Wesley: What?
Me: Nevermind. You are beyond help
*VIDEO TIME!*
(Divine Dragon -- that big grey mass chained up in the volcano with the seven menacing eyes and sevn wings -- yeah, he broke free. He circles Dennigrad, stirring up dust and breaking a few roofs that were too high by safety standards anyway. People run through the streets screaming, babies cry, and some Dragon drool rains on an unsuspecting stranger)
Unsuspecting Stranger: Eeeeeeewww....
(But that's basically it. Not that impressive. Is that all ya got, bitch?!)
Divine Dragon: *flips off the narrator, then flys away*
(Yeah, that's right! Keeping flying, ya bitch-ass punk!)
*END VIDEO*
Sandra: My god! I've never seen a beast so big!
Alejandra: I couldn't see him, but I felt his greatness....and hatred....
Wesley: Wait a minute, is this my "great test?" The "something big" that will cause me to go insane? This damn Dragon?
Alejandra: My god, I think he's got it! Took ya a while
Timoty: Damn, even the blind girl can see how stupid you are!
Wesley: Thanks for the encouragement, buddy.
Me: Don't start celebrating yet, we haven't even touched the Dragon -- plus there's something else....
Wesley: Crap.
Nikole: *bursting through the hotel doors* OMG! OMG! Did you guys just see the Divine Dragon?!
All: Yes.
Me: How did you know what the Dragon was called?
Nikole: I, uh...know everything?
Me: That's my line, sorry.
Nikole: Oh, who cares if I know?!
Timoty: Well, I do.
Leroy: Me too
Nikole: Very funny guys. I mean -- who cares if I know as long as we take care of it?
Alejandra: Good point.
Nikole: ^_^
Alejandra: We must go speak with Queen Megan immediately. You all are the legendary Dragoons, are you not?
All: Yes
Alejandra: Then you may be the only ones who can save us from the Dragon. Come with us.
(And all exit, following Alejandra and Sandra to the Crystal Palace)
A/N: Longest chapter, no wonder it took me so long to update!