Garden Square
Selphie was bored. Nothing exciting was happening. Just class and more class for the cadets, with nothing for the SeeDs to do. She looked over at the clock. It was 1200 hours. There was something important about that time.what was it again.oh yes! That was when the majority of the people in Balamb Garden got onto the online chat room called Garden Square. She smiled. It was always fun to see what everyone had to say. She jumped in front of her computer, and logged on.
[User 'Selphie' has logged on. Logged on friends for 'Selphie' are 'Z.D.', 'Almasy' and 'Irvine K.]
Does anyone know when the hotdogs are coming?
Z.D
I think sometime next week.
J.C.
We need to wait that long?! Oh well, thanks!
Z.D
Sure.
J.C.
Hello, Z.D.
Selphie
Oh, hey there! Did you here the !*@#$* news?!?!
Z.D.
Yeah. Mega super duper bummer for you, man.
Selphie
But they still have tofu dogs, just for you.
Irvine K.
Hey! That wasn't very damn nice!
Z.D.
Watch your language, chicken-wuss.
Almasy
What are you doing on here? I thought Cid banned you!
Z.D.
There are ways around Cid's bans.
Almasy
How the hell did you know who I am?
Z.D.
Well, for a while I didn't. Until you started talking about hotdogs. Then I pretty much figured it out.
Almasy
Damn. Maybe I should work on that.
Z.D.
Plus your mental issues.
Irvine K.
Why you.!
Z.D.
Once again, watch your language. Or I'll have to report you.
Almasy
Yeah, yeah.
Z.D.
Hey guys, what's the latest news?
Selphie
THE HOTDOGS ARE GONE! AHHHHHHHHH!
Z.D.
Yes Zell, we know. But besides that.
Selphie
I heard that Galbadia is pretty much broke.
Irvine K.
Yeah, that's what happens when you're in a war.
Z.D.
Let's move on now.
Almasy
Oh, yeah, sorry. I heard that the Trepies are gathering to celebrate the 'rise of a great leader'. Basically, the day she became an instructor.
Selphie
That is the lamest thing I have ever heard!
Almasy
That is pretty dumb. Is this a public event?
Irvine K.
No. Why, do you want to go?
Selphie
No way! I was just curious. This doesn't sound like something the Garden Faculty or even Cid would normally permit.
Irvine K.
[User 'R.H.' has logged on.]
What doesn't?
R.H.
Hey there! We're just talking about the rumor about that Trepie gathering.
Z.D.
Oh yeah, I heard that. Is it true?
R.H.
As far as I can tell.
Selphie
When is it? I need to catch someone breaking Garden rules.
Almasy
Supposedly at 1900 hours, in a crawl space under the ballroom.
Selphie
Why there?
R.H.
To be 'closer to the place where a legend was given teaching credentials' or something like that.
Selphie
Sounds stupid.
Almasy
[User 'S.L.' has logged on.]
What does?
S.L.
Oh, you finally decided to log on?
Irvine K.
...What sounds stupid?
S.L.
You.
Almasy
Weren't you banned from Garden Square?
S.L.
Like I said before, there are ways around those bans.
Almasy
So what other news is out there?
Selphie
(At this point in time there is a long pause, while all the people involved in this 'conversation' consider if there is any news or rumors they want to share.)
[User 'Quistis Trepe' has logged on.]
Hello!
Quistis Trepe
Did you hear about the Trepies?
Irvine K.
Oh Hyne yes. This is getting out of hand.
Quistis Trepe
No kidding. It was weird when they started a group called the 'Trepies', but to go as far as to celebrate the day you became an instructor...
Z.D.
It's almost as stupid as you.
Irvine K.
WHAT?!?!
Z.D.
It's almost as stupid as you.
Irvine K.
Guys, not again.
R.H.
I'm not the genius that teased Squall when he fell in the water.
Z.D.
No more miniature golf.
S.L.
HEY! Stupid moron kid.
Irvine K.
Don't worry, we know.
Selphie
You're a loser with a loser gun!
Z.D.
You guys went miniture golfing?!?! Ha!
Almasy
You punch like a shrimp!
Irvine K.
Selphie won tickets, so we decided to go. But never again.
R.H.
I don't think the manager would let us back, even if we wanted to go.
Quistis Trepe
A shrimp?! If I'm a shrimp, you're a butterfly!
Z.D.
What exactly happened?
Almasy
I'm not a butterfly!
Irvine K.
Better to ask what didn't happen! Golf club fights, falling, hitting, pain.
Selphie
You are too! You're Butterfly Boy!
Z.D.
Then you're Shrimpy!
Irvine K.
What are you two arguing about now?
R.H.
Zell called me Butterfly Boy!
Irvine K.
Irvine called me Shrimpy!
Z.D.
Oh great. How do we settle this?
Quistis Trepe
Just call them Butterfly Boy and Shrimpy. It fits.
S.L.
Hey!
Irvine K.
Hey!
Z.D.
Jinx!
Irvine K.
What the.?
Z.D.
We said the same thing at the same time. Now you can't speak until someone says your name now. But because this is over Garden Square, the rules are you can't type. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
Irvine K.
Um, Irvine, what are you on?
Quistis Trepe
Whatever Selphie's normally on.
Almasy
HEY! That's offensive!
Selphie
Well, it's true.
Almasy
It is true. Remember how all you wanted to do was blow stuff up?
Quistis Trepe
I still do.
Selphie
Uh-oh. Run.
R.H.
Ha ha, very funny.
Selphie
Actually, it is.
Irvine K.
Oh shut up.
Selphie
[User 'Xu' has logged on.]
What's going on?
Xu
Nothing.
Selphie
Nada.
Quistis Trepe
Life.
R.H.
We're talking. That is legal, right?
Almasy
You're supposed to be banned.
Xu
Yeah, yeah, whatever. That doesn't apply to the head of the Disciplinary Committee.
Almasy
Want to bet?
Xu
Fine.
Almasy
Hey, where's Zell?
Xu
Oh yeah! I am back on the air!
Z.D.
Well, he was jinxed, until someone said his name.
Irvine K.
Sorry. Oh, I need to go.
Xu
[User 'Xu' has logged off.]
Where did she
Almasy
[User 'Almasy' had logged off.]
Where did they go?
Quistis Trepe
Xu probably went to arrest the idiot for bypassing his ban.
Z.D.
I can't believe he kept posting while she was on!
R.H.
That's more something I'd expect from Zell, not him.
Irvine K.
Hey!
Z.D.
I agree with Irvine.
S.L.
Wow. You're actually commenting. Amazing.
R.H.
Whatever. Lunch is over, it's time for me to go.
S.L.
[User 'S.L.' has logged off.]
Uh-oh! I need to get ready for my class!
Quistis Trepe
[User 'Quistis Trepe' has logged off.]
Yeah, I should go too.
R.H.
[User 'R.H.' has logged off.]
See you later, Shrimpy.
Irvine K.
Later, Butterfly Boy.
Z.D.
[Users 'Irvine K.' and 'Z.D.' have logged off.]
[User 'Selphie' has logged off.]
A/N: Man, I had fun with this chapter. I always thought the Garden Square you can access from your classroom seat was so cool and funny. Hope you liked the chapter! As always, please review. Praise, helpful comments, anything. Now, to thank the reviewers...
Verdanii: Please, please, please find inspiration soon! And thank you for the review!
Ispreno: Oh yeah, I guess the food was kind of different. You reviewed again! Thank you!
Evan'sRinoa: Thank you for pointing out that Zell anonymously appears in this. I have corrected this issue. Thank you for the review!
Selphie was bored. Nothing exciting was happening. Just class and more class for the cadets, with nothing for the SeeDs to do. She looked over at the clock. It was 1200 hours. There was something important about that time.what was it again.oh yes! That was when the majority of the people in Balamb Garden got onto the online chat room called Garden Square. She smiled. It was always fun to see what everyone had to say. She jumped in front of her computer, and logged on.
[User 'Selphie' has logged on. Logged on friends for 'Selphie' are 'Z.D.', 'Almasy' and 'Irvine K.]
Does anyone know when the hotdogs are coming?
Z.D
I think sometime next week.
J.C.
We need to wait that long?! Oh well, thanks!
Z.D
Sure.
J.C.
Hello, Z.D.
Selphie
Oh, hey there! Did you here the !*@#$* news?!?!
Z.D.
Yeah. Mega super duper bummer for you, man.
Selphie
But they still have tofu dogs, just for you.
Irvine K.
Hey! That wasn't very damn nice!
Z.D.
Watch your language, chicken-wuss.
Almasy
What are you doing on here? I thought Cid banned you!
Z.D.
There are ways around Cid's bans.
Almasy
How the hell did you know who I am?
Z.D.
Well, for a while I didn't. Until you started talking about hotdogs. Then I pretty much figured it out.
Almasy
Damn. Maybe I should work on that.
Z.D.
Plus your mental issues.
Irvine K.
Why you.!
Z.D.
Once again, watch your language. Or I'll have to report you.
Almasy
Yeah, yeah.
Z.D.
Hey guys, what's the latest news?
Selphie
THE HOTDOGS ARE GONE! AHHHHHHHHH!
Z.D.
Yes Zell, we know. But besides that.
Selphie
I heard that Galbadia is pretty much broke.
Irvine K.
Yeah, that's what happens when you're in a war.
Z.D.
Let's move on now.
Almasy
Oh, yeah, sorry. I heard that the Trepies are gathering to celebrate the 'rise of a great leader'. Basically, the day she became an instructor.
Selphie
That is the lamest thing I have ever heard!
Almasy
That is pretty dumb. Is this a public event?
Irvine K.
No. Why, do you want to go?
Selphie
No way! I was just curious. This doesn't sound like something the Garden Faculty or even Cid would normally permit.
Irvine K.
[User 'R.H.' has logged on.]
What doesn't?
R.H.
Hey there! We're just talking about the rumor about that Trepie gathering.
Z.D.
Oh yeah, I heard that. Is it true?
R.H.
As far as I can tell.
Selphie
When is it? I need to catch someone breaking Garden rules.
Almasy
Supposedly at 1900 hours, in a crawl space under the ballroom.
Selphie
Why there?
R.H.
To be 'closer to the place where a legend was given teaching credentials' or something like that.
Selphie
Sounds stupid.
Almasy
[User 'S.L.' has logged on.]
What does?
S.L.
Oh, you finally decided to log on?
Irvine K.
...What sounds stupid?
S.L.
You.
Almasy
Weren't you banned from Garden Square?
S.L.
Like I said before, there are ways around those bans.
Almasy
So what other news is out there?
Selphie
(At this point in time there is a long pause, while all the people involved in this 'conversation' consider if there is any news or rumors they want to share.)
[User 'Quistis Trepe' has logged on.]
Hello!
Quistis Trepe
Did you hear about the Trepies?
Irvine K.
Oh Hyne yes. This is getting out of hand.
Quistis Trepe
No kidding. It was weird when they started a group called the 'Trepies', but to go as far as to celebrate the day you became an instructor...
Z.D.
It's almost as stupid as you.
Irvine K.
WHAT?!?!
Z.D.
It's almost as stupid as you.
Irvine K.
Guys, not again.
R.H.
I'm not the genius that teased Squall when he fell in the water.
Z.D.
No more miniature golf.
S.L.
HEY! Stupid moron kid.
Irvine K.
Don't worry, we know.
Selphie
You're a loser with a loser gun!
Z.D.
You guys went miniture golfing?!?! Ha!
Almasy
You punch like a shrimp!
Irvine K.
Selphie won tickets, so we decided to go. But never again.
R.H.
I don't think the manager would let us back, even if we wanted to go.
Quistis Trepe
A shrimp?! If I'm a shrimp, you're a butterfly!
Z.D.
What exactly happened?
Almasy
I'm not a butterfly!
Irvine K.
Better to ask what didn't happen! Golf club fights, falling, hitting, pain.
Selphie
You are too! You're Butterfly Boy!
Z.D.
Then you're Shrimpy!
Irvine K.
What are you two arguing about now?
R.H.
Zell called me Butterfly Boy!
Irvine K.
Irvine called me Shrimpy!
Z.D.
Oh great. How do we settle this?
Quistis Trepe
Just call them Butterfly Boy and Shrimpy. It fits.
S.L.
Hey!
Irvine K.
Hey!
Z.D.
Jinx!
Irvine K.
What the.?
Z.D.
We said the same thing at the same time. Now you can't speak until someone says your name now. But because this is over Garden Square, the rules are you can't type. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
Irvine K.
Um, Irvine, what are you on?
Quistis Trepe
Whatever Selphie's normally on.
Almasy
HEY! That's offensive!
Selphie
Well, it's true.
Almasy
It is true. Remember how all you wanted to do was blow stuff up?
Quistis Trepe
I still do.
Selphie
Uh-oh. Run.
R.H.
Ha ha, very funny.
Selphie
Actually, it is.
Irvine K.
Oh shut up.
Selphie
[User 'Xu' has logged on.]
What's going on?
Xu
Nothing.
Selphie
Nada.
Quistis Trepe
Life.
R.H.
We're talking. That is legal, right?
Almasy
You're supposed to be banned.
Xu
Yeah, yeah, whatever. That doesn't apply to the head of the Disciplinary Committee.
Almasy
Want to bet?
Xu
Fine.
Almasy
Hey, where's Zell?
Xu
Oh yeah! I am back on the air!
Z.D.
Well, he was jinxed, until someone said his name.
Irvine K.
Sorry. Oh, I need to go.
Xu
[User 'Xu' has logged off.]
Where did she
Almasy
[User 'Almasy' had logged off.]
Where did they go?
Quistis Trepe
Xu probably went to arrest the idiot for bypassing his ban.
Z.D.
I can't believe he kept posting while she was on!
R.H.
That's more something I'd expect from Zell, not him.
Irvine K.
Hey!
Z.D.
I agree with Irvine.
S.L.
Wow. You're actually commenting. Amazing.
R.H.
Whatever. Lunch is over, it's time for me to go.
S.L.
[User 'S.L.' has logged off.]
Uh-oh! I need to get ready for my class!
Quistis Trepe
[User 'Quistis Trepe' has logged off.]
Yeah, I should go too.
R.H.
[User 'R.H.' has logged off.]
See you later, Shrimpy.
Irvine K.
Later, Butterfly Boy.
Z.D.
[Users 'Irvine K.' and 'Z.D.' have logged off.]
[User 'Selphie' has logged off.]
A/N: Man, I had fun with this chapter. I always thought the Garden Square you can access from your classroom seat was so cool and funny. Hope you liked the chapter! As always, please review. Praise, helpful comments, anything. Now, to thank the reviewers...
Verdanii: Please, please, please find inspiration soon! And thank you for the review!
Ispreno: Oh yeah, I guess the food was kind of different. You reviewed again! Thank you!
Evan'sRinoa: Thank you for pointing out that Zell anonymously appears in this. I have corrected this issue. Thank you for the review!