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I opened my eyes, feeling slightly confused. I close them again and remember calling someone some how, and I was older... must've been one of those dream travels again. Traveling to other peoples dreams when you're asleep and uncomfortable can be useful, or it would be if I could control whos dream it is. Oh, well. I can't do anything about it, so I might as well ignore it. Opening my eyes again, I smell cooked monster, probably of the dragon type... Catalina always HAS preferred a hot breakfast.

I sit up. "Morning," Catalina calls, "I seem to remember you making people commit mass suicide last night, so you probably have a big appetite. Don't eat too much though, we have to go hunting for lunch soon." I smile, or at least my costume does. "Yeah, and I'll be hunting while you prepare for tonight. Be sure to catch some extra z's for me. Don't be selfish, and share them." Catalinas costume grins, too. "Like we share the wonders of death with the population?", she says and laughs, the same giggle I heard at home, while Uncle was asleep and we thought of good times that never really happened. I giggle too, closing my eyes in relief. The killing of last night doesn't weigh her down, my sister. "Exactly, but less so. Do it evenly, ok?" She nods. I chew on some soft dragon jerky, and go out into the forest.

Almost immediately after leaving camp I run into this strange small red thing. Or mostly red, anyway. The spikey things near its but are yellow and orange. I free my hands from my daggers, knowing I won't be needing them if I want enough left to eat some. With my bare hands I administer an attack that does 100 damage. The.... monster.... swelled to twice its size, looking reeeeeeaaaaalllllllllyyy angry. As if growing would scare me. I do 500 damage kicking its behind, as it swells some more. I decide to let it attack me before killing it, and let it have a clear shot. All of a sudden, it explodes!! I'm left in a shower of monster goo, barely even hurt at all. THAT sure was a surprise. Uncle Kuja had warned us some monsters blow themselves up as an attack, but I've never battled one STUPID enough to do it. I mean, as long as you're still alive you have hope.That's just suicidal.

After a few minutes of blinking from the shock of the stupidity of the last monster, I go more cautiously forward. I walk about a hundred feet and trip over a root. It wraps around my leg and starts dragging me somewhere. Smiling to myself at the challenge, I let it drag me a few feet, then pound it with my right dagger. It tightens its grip to an almost painful level, and continues dragging. I take both daggers, and cut off the root that's holding me. Blue-green guts spill out, some landing on me. Good thing nothing sticks to this costume, except a little dirt. Brushing off what has touched it, I stand up and follow the quivering root to.... a giant reddish purple baddy, with five flower heads opening and closing, alternating heads. Fat, it'll make a good salad. I strike, cutting off two heads with one quick motion. They fall to the ground as I kill the other three heads, cutting off two while kicking the third. As it falls down defeated, I sit back for a moment and admire my handiwork. I then start to clean out the insides, so as to get at the nonpoisonous vegetable-like meat.

In Lindblum,

Eiko has just gotten off the phone with Vivi. He'll be here with a small army by morning. Leaving her room for the first time that day, she goes to meet the children, orphaned last night. Entering the room, she whispers, "Esuna, on all." White magic flows from her fingers, and she smiles at everyone. A group of kids, in an even worse position than she was as a child. She, at least, had her moogles. They had lost it all. They no longer have parents or siblings, relatives a thing of the past. Seperated from friends, as anyone could be the killer. Or killers, and maybe even a few accomplices. There's no way to know for sure. "I'm so sorry for all your losses, but don't worry, for you are all safe. We won't let the killer get you." "How can tou be sure," Wailed a girl, unable to control her sobs. "You will be in this room at all times. Every entrance or exit and entrance is guarded by a checked knight, who will let no one enter this room but me. The knights have volunteered to test your food and drink themselves, and as you can see, there are no windows." Eiko sits down, relieved she was allowed to wear jeans, even if it was only because of an emergency. "What I'm here for now is to find out if any of you has any information. Any at all, even if it was just a dream." She looks around the room and quickly counts the shaking heads. Nine,ten, eleven.... A nodder?!! This could mean a possible lead! Eiko walks over to the child of about six, and kneels down. "Tell me, what do you remember? It could help all of L ndblum. But first, Tell me your name." He looks at her wide eyed before responding, "J- James. My last name i-is Frond. I member w-waking up and n-not opening my eyes. I heard s-someone t-talking to themselves, then something was stuffed in m-my mouth and I sw-swallowed. I d-don't remember anything else." Eiko asks gently, "James, could you tell if it was a boy or girl?" "G-girl." Eiko stands up and ruffles his hair, then leaves.

Now to Clara,

I stand up after seperating the meats and build a fire, made with dry wood so as to not smoke much. I Burn the meat until it's dry, then lug it back to camp. It's dusk. I toss a piece of meat to Catalina, who catches it in her mouth. I giggle when she does the stupid monster act full force, and pulls herself along on the ground with her hands, her legs trying to stay in place. She then does a backflip capable of breaking noses, and we eat. This time I'm the one to stay behind and see through her eyes, listen through her ears, and concentrate on being invisible.

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I KNOW i skipped a part, but I couldn't think of how to describe that part.Review, Please!