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PART III

Jeuno had changed very little since their last visit. The skies were slightly emptier, most airships were now pieces of rubble scattered around the Temple of Uggalepih. In turn, the streets were more crowded as the wait for ships was longer.

"I'd of thought it would have looked more different." Vivli commented.

"We only finished our quest two months ago." Zinkata replied. "A city as big as this stays the same for decades."

"We finished our quest a million years ago, actually." Vivli said with a smirk.

"Does that mean you're all technically a million years old?" Olose asked, laughing. Wow, they're even older than I am his silent thoughts said.

"I'm not even in my twenties yet!" Vivli cried. "I'm not old!" Olose laughed at this.

"Not even in your twenties but was around a million years ago?" He pondered.

"I hate time travel." Bootus grumbled.

"Well, let's just vow to stay in our own timeline from now on, shall we?" Zinkata suggested. The others nodded.

The five walked to the airship dock. A young blonde hume smiled sweetly.

"I'm sorry, but we're sold out for the rest of the day." She told them. "With the lack of airships recently, we can't meet demands as effectively." She smiled again. "You can book now for 500 gil for tickets to Kazham for the morning though."

"500 gil?" Zinkata repeated. "I thought it was cheaper than that."

"They've increased the price." Olose explained. "To compensate for the recovery. The extra money goes to rebuilding the airship fleet and training new pilots. Why do you think they hired me?"

"Yeah, I forgot about the losses." Vivli admitted. "It's easy to forget all who have died when you finally win." There was a long period of silence while they reflected on this.

"So, baby, since there are no more tickets, why don't you say you and me go off and grab a bite to eat?" Voldos asked the ticket girl. "Afterwards I can think of a few other things we can do." Vivli started subconsciously counting in her head, blocking out her surroundings. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, SLAP!

"Five seconds." She said with a smile. "That might be a new record."

"Very funny." Voldos said, rubbing his cheek.

"Guess we need to check into an inn." Olose suggested. "I know the inn keeper around here, should be able to get us in cheap."

"Why am I not surprised?" Zinkata asked rhetorically.

The moon hung in the sky. It was almost full. Vivli watched it from the tiny balcony of the inn. She remembered the last time they came to Jeuno. Last time they came they were a five also. They had teamed up with the dark knight Garland. That had gone spectacularly wrong. He had revealed himself as Chaos, and almost killed her. She shivered.

"What's up?" Olose asked, walking out onto the balcony.

"Just remembering some stuff." She replied, turning around. Her eyes lit up as the moon shone on them. They looked as if they were glowing light blue.

"I can't decide if that's really beautiful or really creepy." He told her.

"Most people lean towards creepy." She replied. Olose let out a laugh. "So, you gonna explain to me how you healed that wound?" She asked, deciding it was time to confront him.

"No." He answered against her expectations. Vivli was a little surprised. She hadn't expected that.

"I love the full moon." She said, looking back up at it.

"It's not full." Olose smirked. "Not yet. A day or so before it, I think."

"You're an expect on moon phases as well?" Vivli asked.

"Naturally." Smiled Olose. "That reminds me." He began, turning to face her. "I have to leave tomorrow evening."

"How come?" Vivli sounded a little disappointed.

"Got a call on my linkshell. Something odd's happening over in San D'Oria. Thought I'd check it out. You legendary heroes can handle this end of things." Vivli smiled at finally hearing someone recognise them as heroes.

"You'll come back though, won't you?" She quickly asked him. Olose smirked a little to himself. Oh yeah, she likes me

"Ahem." He said to take himself away from these thoughts. "Yeah. I'll be back. Should only be gone three days. I travel fast."

"How you gonna get back if you take the airship to Kazham?" Vivli pondered.

"Should be able to get on. Sure they'll let me. I know one of the ticket girls over in Kazham, she can-"

"You know her, do you?" Vivli sounded a little angry, and a little disappointed. She hid both worse than she thought she did.

"I know someone everywhere." Olose smiled. "It's handy in my line of work."

"Which is?" She asked.

"Doing whatever you can to make money." He answered with a laugh.

A little confused, Vivli walked back in off the balcony.

"So, you two going out or what?" Bootus asked.

"What?" Vivli repeated, blushing a little but not enough to be noticed.

"Everyone knows when a girl and guy meet on a balcony under a full moon it can only mean one thing." The galka explained.

"Well, I'll have you know it's not quite full." She taunted, before remembering what Olose had told her. "Oh yeah, he's heading out tomorrow. Some problem over in San D'Oria." She told the mighty monk.

"Right, fed up with ya, gotcha." Bootus laughed at his own humour as Vivli hit him angrily on the arm. The fact that Bootus didn't even feel this made him laugh more.

"Oh, screw this." She sighed. "I'm going to get some food."

"I'm sure Olose'll take you out for dinner." He taunted again. His jokes weren't exactly consistent, but they worked in angering Vivli so he was pleased. Vivli grumbled to herself and marched out of the door.

Voldos and Zinkata were sat outside in the street.

"Okay," Voldos said, "100 gil says I can pull any chick you pick."

"Deal. Pay me." Zinkata quickly agreed.

"What?" Voldos cried. "We haven't done it yet."

"Yeah, but I've never seen you pull one chick, so there's no point in going through with it." Zinkata smirked.

"You're just saying that because you know you'll lose." Voldos shot back. "So, pick one."

"Look, I'm not going to inflict you on some poor gi-" He stopped as he saw someone walking through the street. A bright smile crossed his face.

"Oh no." Voldos said bluntly. "You can't! That's not fair!"

"You said any girl." He smiled.

Vivli spotted Voldos and Zinkata sat at a table. She walked over and joined them.

"Hey, can we buy food here?" She asked.

"Not now, Viv." Zinkata told her. "Voldos has something he wants to say to you." Voldos just remained silent, and banged his head on the table. He pulled out 100 gil, and passed it to Zinkata.

"I can guess what that was about, and I'm not convinced I shouldn't be terribly offended." Vivli told them sarcastically. "However, if I'm right, I technically helped you win that 100 gil." She pointed out. "Therefore, I think you should split it 50:50 and let me go buy food with it." Zinkata laughed.

"No chance." He taunted.

"Hey, need I remind you that you still owe me for that money you stole." It had been how they first met. Not the best meeting.

"Actually, I had forgotten about that." Zinkata admitted. "At least, it hadn't crossed my mind. Fine. Here's 50 gil. Spend it on healthy food and I'll be disappointed."

They watched her disappear into the restaurant they were sat outside of.
"Okay, that was unfair." Whined Voldos.

"You should have been more careful." Zinkata advised. "Hell, I could give up adventuring today and make a living off stupid people if everybody was like you." Voldos paused, contemplating this.

"HEY!" He suddenly protested. "That's an insult!"

"Voldos, you genius!" Zinkata cried sarcastically.

Bootus was sat on the highly inappropriately sized bed he had in his room in the inn. It creaked under his bulk. A bloody tarutaru wouldn't fit on this thing he thought to himself. Olose had walked in off the balcony, and jumped onto a chair in a ridiculously over the top style.

"So why are you headed to San D'Oria?" Bootus asked.

"Apparently someone or something wiped out the orc camp there. The elvaan authorities didn't know anything about it so they're confused."

"They're elvaan. Of course they're confused." Bootus said laughing.

"How something hasn't killed you by now out of rage I don't know." Olose remarked.

"Hey, Chaos tried and failed. I figure nobody else can if he can't." Bootus explained.

"Ha. So you're immortal?" Olose laughed aloud at this, which confused Bootus a little.

"I figure living forever wouldn't be that great." Bootus admitted.

"It's not as bad as people make out." Olose told him. The galka shot him a strange look.

Bootus awoke as he heard a thud. He sat up in the tiny bed.

"Ow." Groaned Vivli from the floor.

"Did it again?" The galka remarked.

"I want a double bed." She moaned from the ground. "There'd be room to roll then."
"That was quite a loud thud, must have put on weight." Bootus taunted. "You're getting fat." Vivli sat up.

"Oh no, I'm not getting into another argument this early." She warned. "I'm smarter than that."

"You? Smart?" Bootus let out a loud laugh. Vivli grumbled. She now remembered why she usually insisted on having her own room. Unfortunately, this time it hadn't been possible.

Olose sat up, his long hair looking exceptionally messy. It was one of the things that always mystified Vivli. You could go to sleep, not move, and when you woke up your hair was all over the place. Like some cosmic force moves it around while you sleep.

"I swear nights are getting shorter." He groaned wearingly. "I feel like I only just went to sleep."

"You and Vivli were at it that long where you?" Bootus asked with a broad smirk. Olose burst out laughing. Vivli did not.

"BOOTUS!" She cried as loudly as her voice let her. "That's not funny!"

"That reaction was priceless." He giggled. Olose laughed, before looking over at Vivli. He smiled to himself. That's one hell of an age difference he thought, referring to their respective ages.

"Just because we happened to talk on a balcony doesn't mean we're lovers!" Vivli yelled, angrily marching over to the galka. Bootus continued to laugh to himself. Whenever Vivli got angry, it just made it funnier to him. "Oh, take this!" She grumbled, casting silence on the galka. Bootus hated it when she did that.

Bootus regained his ability to talk on the airship, but Vivli refused to talk to him. She wondered up on deck and watched as the land rolled by. In the mean time, the galka began to formulate a mighty plan in his brain. He went into the main hold (which was of a very fancy design) and made a simple request.

"Don't suppose there are any white mages here?" He asked. A male elvaan wondered up to him.

"Yeah, I can cast white magic. Why?" He asked the galka.

"There's a spell I need you to cast on me." Bootus explained.

Vivli was feeling slightly sick from watching the ground roll by from so high. The airship wasn't exactly smooth anyway. Bootus wondered up behind her.

"So, you professed your love for Olose yet?" He asked. She turned away silently, determined not to get into an argument. "Oh come on, I know you love him really." She crossed her arms in frustration. "Doubt he's into little girls like you though. Probably likes girls who can take care of themselves. Not pathetically weak, ya know?"

"SHUT UP!" Vivli snapped. "Right! That's it!" She started casting silence again. "You asked for this!" She cast it, but it bounced off a red shield and cast back onto her. She quickly mouthed something, but no words came out.

"A friendly white mage cast reflect on me." Bootus beamed. "Now that should shut you up." Vivli screamed silently. Bootus chuckled and walked away. Vivli shouted something after him, but no words came out. She cursed, but of course, nobody could hear.

"We'll be touching down in Kazham shortly!" Announced the pilot.
"Hey, that almost sounds like-" Voldos began.

"Oh no." Zinkata blankly muttered. "It can't be." He seemed scared. They three ran out onto the deck to see their pilot. "It is! It's Crazy Steve!" Crazy Steve was captain of the ship from Seblina to Mhaura and back, and when the ship was nearly destroyed in battle, he failed to notice. He was never that observant, and so the Light Warriors didn't exactly trust him to operate vehicles. Let alone an airship.

"I'm scared." Voldos admitted.

"Me too." Zinkata gulped.

"Hold me." Bootus whimpered. Vivli mouthed something at them, but they couldn't hear what.

Despite the pilot, the ship touched down safely in Kazham, with a bit of a thud. The five adventurers filed off the ship along with the rest of the passengers. One by one they were permitted entry to Kazham.

"You going into Kazham?" The mithra behind the desk asked Vivli. Vivl tried to reply, but couldn't. "Sorry miss, but you'rrrrrrre going to have to answerrrrrrr me." Vivli mouthed furiously, before silently sighing. She nodded. "Is that a yes?" She nodded again. Bootus was in hysterics. Vivli stormed through unhappily.

"So, what did you learn?" Bootus asked Vivli. She began to mouth something.

"-ly hate you." Came out as her own spell wore off. Bootus laughed.

"Come on!" Zinkata told them. "Stop bickering! We have a job to get done!" The five wondered off into the jungle paradise as Voldos eyed up everything with a tail and breasts in the area.