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Chapter 5: Everything The Light Touches And Scardy Pants Auron
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Eventually, Yuna and her flock of chickens reached the underground city of Guadosalam. An elderly Guado was there to greet us.
"We have been expecting you, Lady Yuna. Welcome to Guadosalam. This way, my lady. This way" He said.
The man reached out to take Yuna, but Tidus blocked him with his arm.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Tidus said.
"Oh, I beg your pardon. I am called Tromell Guado" Tromell informed him, "I am in the direct service of our leader, the great Seymour Guado. Lord Seymour has very important business with Lady Yuna"
"Business with me? Whatever could it be, I wonder?" Yuna asked.
Ok, at this point I'm having a seizure because that sounded WAY to innocent to be Yuna. Tidus was all up in Tromell's face.
"Huh? You wanna start somethin', bub. Huh?"
"Tidus, that's enough" Yuna muttered.
"You wanna peiceah me? Huh? Do ya? Do ya? Do ya? Oh! What?" He continued.
"TIDUS!" Yuna screamed.
"Sorry"
"Please, come inside the manor. All will be explained. Of course, your friends are also welcome" Tromell invited us.
Tromell walked away. Everyone followed him except Tidus, Rikku, and I.
"Twist our arms, why don't ya?" Rikku said.
I couldn't resist. I twisted her arm. She hit me and continued.
"Ah, I almost forgot!"
She showed us how to customize stuff.
"What would you do without me?" She asked.
"Stay sane. End world hunger. Bring about world peace. Complete Yuna's pilgrimage. You know, that old chestnut" I answered.
She ran off to the manor. Tidus followed her. We found Maester Maechen there and Tidus asked him about pyreflies. I had to comment in the background.
"Ahem! They may be called 'pyreflies' but they aren't really 'flies', you see" He started.
"Maybe not, but a bug zapper takes care of 'em real easy like" I commented.
"They're those lights you see whenever a fiend dies"
"Sorry, my Spanish teacher hasn't died yet" I whined.
"The little fellows are responsible for a few fantastic phenomena"
"Like raisins, or Velcro, or the Northern Lights" I laughed.
"Visions of the past, spheres, fiends--these are all the pyreflies' doing"
"Pyreflies made my Spanish teacher? The fiends!" I realized.
"In fact..."
"I don't know when to shut up" I blurted.
"Pyreflies have something to do with aeons, too"
"You evil mosquitoes leave the aeons alone!" I demanded.
"The dreams of the fayth reach through the spirit of the summoner..."
"Yuna has no spirit, she's just evil" I mumbled.
"And that which is unreal becomes real for all to see!"
"Like Jello" I said.
"Or maybe not. Who knows?"
"Make up your mind old man" I snickered.
"And that, as they say, is that" He finished.
Tidus and I headed to the manor to meet up with the group. We waited in the lobby area, and trust me, it needed a new paint job or something.
"This way, please" Tromell said.
We entered another room, with tables covered in trays of food. I hadn't eaten in a while so I couldn't help myself. Rikku, Olivia and I were all on those tables like a pack of dogs on a cat, man.
"I will go inform Lord Seymour. Please wait here"
Tromell left. Tidus looked around and went to talk to Auron.
"Stay on your guard" Was all Auron said.
"Why? This guy's just a priest, right?" Tidus asked.
"Those with power use that power. Maesters have power. Don't you watch the news?"
"Wait... You sure you don't have something against Yevon?" Tidus asked.
Auron laughed. O.o That doesn't happen. Does that happen?
"I lived a long time in Zanarkand"
Tidus went off to speak to Lulu.
"There's no temple here in Guadosalam, see? Summoners usually just pass through on their way elsewhere," She said.
Tidus laughed. That happens all the time when Yuna's beating me.
"What?" She asked.
"I didn't even ask a question and you're explaining things" He answered.
"You'd rather I say nothing, then?"
"No, no! Maybe you finally believe I don't know anything about Spira. And maybe that means you believe me about Zanarkand, too?" Tidus babbled.
"Well... There are many things I do not know. Your Zanarkand is one of those things. I suppose I can't say what I think either way. Still, be careful. You shouldn't tell other people"
"Yeah, I know"
He came back to the pack of dogs.
"Mmmm! This is good!" One of us said.
He stared up at the ceiling. Three large clear balls began to glow. The door finally opened... but only Tromell was there. Wow, that was anticlimactic. You'd think Seymour'd at least be there, as odd looking as he is. Maybe he's still doing his makeup- I mean he's eating.
"Truly, it is good to have guests again. Since Lord Jyscal passed away, these halls have been too quiet," He said.
"The death of Lord Jyscal was a great loss for all of Spira" Yuna added.
I choked on my food and started wheezing.
"Redrum....." I wheezed.
Tidus leaned to Wakka.
"Was this Maester Jyscal really such a great guy?"
"He brought the teachings of Yevon to the Guado. He was truly a great man" Wakka answered.
Tromell started a soliloquy. So I had to 'help' him.
"Truly, a loss for us all" He began.
"Except everyone smart" I started.
"But now a new leader, Lord Seymour, has come before us"
"And he's a complete dill hole" I snickered.
"Lord Seymour is the child of a Guado and a human"
"I feel sorry for his mother"
"He will be the tie that binds our two races together"
"In the big ol' meat loaf we call life"
"But that is not all, I think. Lord Seymour..."
"Is a moron"
"He will surely become the shining star that lights the way for all the peoples of Spira"
"Straight to their dooms"
"That is enough, Tromell" Seymour said walking into the room, "Must I always endure such praise? Welcome!"
"You...wanted to see me?" Yuna asked.
"Please, make yourselves at home. There's no rush." Seymour said to us, although Rikku, Olivia and I already had.
"Please keep this short. Yuna must rush" Auron objected.
"Pardon me. It has been a long time since I had guests"
"I wonder why that is," I said.
"Lady Yuna, this way" Blueboy continued.
The ground lit up. Lights surrounded us all. The ceiling above us turned into space, with Pyreflies looking like meteorites.
"This sphere is a reconstruction created from the thoughts of the dead on the Farplane" Seymour started.
We saw Zanarkand, as it was at the beginning. Massive buildings people walking in the streets, a voice on a loud intercom head in the background. I felt the urge to be random again. I walked over to Olivia with a straight face. I had a little Lion King moment.
"Look Olivia. Everything the light touches..." I started.
She looked fairly exited.
"... Belongs to someone else... And Miranda Richardson"
"Who?"
I slapped myself her at he lack of the 'worldly knowledge' I had.
"Queen Mab..."
"Ohhh...."
"Zanarkand!" Tidus exclaimed.
"Wow, that was slow, brudda" Wakka said.
"Correct. Zanarkand... as it looked one thousand years ago" Seymour started.
Lulu looked around, as did Wakka, who just went 'Whoa!'
"The great and wondrous machina city, Zanarkand. She once lived in this metropolis" Blue boy continued.
"She?" I ask, but no one answered.
Auron smirked. What is this world coming to!?
"She, who?" Yuna asked.
Seymour remained silent, looking forward. We were now in a large, well- decorated room. A longhaired, white-haired, bikini-wearing woman was sitting on a bed in the middle of the room. Of course, it gets answered when YUNA asks it. I couldn't resist.
"Ah! No making purple at... where ever we are!"
"Lady Yunalesca!" Yuna barked.
"She was the first person to defeat Sin and save the world from its ravages. And you have inherited her name" Seymour continued.
I burst out laughing.
"Haha! Yunie's names after a whore!"
Yuna was trying to ignore me.
"It was my father who named me." She informed us.
Seymour started a soliloquy. I joined.
"Lord Braska was entrusting you with a great task." He started.
"Of not being a retard. You're failing miserably" I ruined his moment.
"He wanted you to face Sin, as Lady Yunalesca did"
I stopped. I actually didn't feel like mocking someone. I picked up again in about .89484371 seconds.
"However, Lady Yunalesca did not save the world alone. To defeat the undefeatable Sin..."
"She used a laxative"
He did the prayer gesture.
"It took an unbreakable bond of love--of the kind that binds two hearts for eternity"
"And some roofies"
A man in an outlandish outfit, complete with a large golden crown, walked into the room, right through Yuna, to the bed that Yunalesca's sitting on. Yunalesca stood up; they held hands and hugged. Yuna looked at Seymour, who looked back at her, silently. Yuna then returned her gaze to Yunalesca and the mystery man, hugging. Yuna turned and faced Seymour. He leaned over and whispered something to her. She slapped him and then remembered she was supposed to be polite. She covered her mouth with her hand and gasped. He then backed away and nodded slowly. Yuna seemed lost in thought. Wow, Yuna can think of things other than loving Tidus and killing me. Yuna approached the pack of dogs, then turned to the side and got something to drink, gulping it down. Of course I was in the back ground going 'chug chug chug chug chug'. She laughed and snorted water out her nose then hit me. She sighed a breath of relief, then ran to the group, which crowded around her. The pack joined in on this too.
"Wow! Your face is mutilate red!" Rikku laughed.
"Mutilate? I believe the term is beet red" Olivia corrected her.
"Mutilate is another word for beat" Rikku defended.
"No, that's beat. As in what Yuna does to Pretz on an hourly basis. Speaking of which, I believe Pretz is due. Yuna?" Olivia said.
"I'll do it once we leave" Yunie answered.
"Anyway, Rikku. You mean beet as in the food"
"You okay?" Tidus asked Yunie.
Yuna stumbled with her words.
"He...he asked me to marry him!" She said.
Yeah, I was drinking something. Yes, I half spit it, half snorted it out my nose.
"You serious?" Tidus looked stunned.
"You know what Yuna must do," Auron said to Seymour I think.
"Of course. Lady Yuna--no, all summoners--are charged with bringing peace to Spira. But this means more than just defeating Sin. She must ease the suffering of all Spira. She must be a leader for the people. I proposed to Lady Yuna as a maester of Yevon" Seymour used as an alibi.
I was coughing 'bullshit' in the background.
"Spira is no playhouse. A moment's diversion may amuse the audience, but it changes nothing" Auron said.
"Even so, the actors must play their parts. There's no need to answer right away. Please, think it over" Seymour replied.
"We will do so, then. We leave" Auron demanded.
"Lady Yuna, I await your favorable reply"
Everyone started to walk away. Seymour spoke up, and Auron stopped.
"Why are you still here, sir?" Blue boy asked.
"We're leaving, jeez!" I yelled back.
"I beg your pardon. We Guado are keen to the scent of the Farplane" He covered.
Tidus walked up to Auron and started sniffing him. Auron pushed him away and walked out of the building. Everyone else followed. We met up outside of the manor.
"Yuna, the high summoner's daughter. Seymour, the leader of the Guado. Married in the name of Yevon, overcoming the barriers of race. It would give Spira something cheery to talk about, for a change" Lulu babbled.
"Sounds just like a passin' daydream, like Auron says" Wakka added.
"Come on, let's just get on with the pilgrimage! I mean, marriage?" Tidus whined.
By this point I had chewed my way out of the straight jacket of Kimahri's arms and was giving my two and 3/8th sense.
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Yuna, how old are you?" I asked.
"I'm seventeen. Why?" She answered.
"Well, then you can't get married. That's just wrong. And illegal as far as I know. As your doctor I restrict you from marrying anyone except Tidus"
"You're not my doctor" Yuna said as Tidus made a little 'Woo!' in the background.
"Well, I have two good reasons not to marry him and just continue with your pilgrimage. Reason number one, he's scary looking. Anyone who looks like the blue spawn of Satan can only be evil. I've seen his shifty eyes" I continued.
"When was that?" Lulu asked.
"At the blitz ball tournament" I replied.
"Pretz, we was watchi- never mind" She sighed.
"Glad you agree. Reason number 2, HE SOUNDS LIKE WHINNIE THE POOH! And more importantly, what the Hell is a pooh?"
"Oh, that's easy, Pretz" Tidus started, "That's the brown stuff that comes out of people's-"
"As Yuna one said: that's enough Tidus" Auron stopped him.
"Well, I still agree with Pretz" Tidus continued.
Yes, I was cheering in the background at this point.
"Hmmm. Jealous?" Rikku smirked.
"What? No way! We gotta defeat Sin. Romance can wait!" Tidus answered.
"He sure picked a fine time to lay this one on us" Wakka complained.
"Maybe it is a fine time" Yuna mumbled.
"You serious?" Tidus said baffled.
"If my getting married would help Spira... if it would make people happy... If I could do that for people... maybe I should do what I can. I never imagined doing anything like this. But, I won't answer till I know what's right" Yuna thought aloud.
"Seriously?" Tidus asked.
"You could always just quit your pilgrimage and get married" Rikku encouraged Yunie.
I was struggling to get away from Kimahri screaming 'No! F NO!'
"I will...go on. I'm sure that Lord Seymour will understand" Yuna decided.
"Umm, I guess so..." Rikku seemed disappointed.
"I am a summoner! I must fight and defeat Sin" Yuna reassured us.
"Like Braska before you" Auron said.
I had to stop myself from shouting: What's there to think about?
"I'm going to the Farplane. I'm going to see my father and think on this" Yuna said.
Yes! She's gonna talk to her father. That means it's a definite no!
"Go on, we'll be right behind you" Lulu answered.
I wondered why none of the others ever asked Yuna: Do you love Seymour? Do you even like him?
Yuna and the group headed to the upper level of Guadosalam, and down a passageway. We arrived at what appeared to be a rippling bluish portal. Circles of light –pyreflies- flew around us.
"Question!" I started "About this Farplane... When somebody dies, a summoner sends them to the Farplane, right? So their souls, or whatever they are, they go to the Farplane, right? But that's the Farplane we're going to, right? And Yuna's old man's there, too? Do dead people live there or something?"
I pictured myself surrounded by various ghosts, mushrooms, and worse: my ex- boyfriend. I shuddered.
"You're thinking those funny thoughts again, ya? Did you take your medication this morning?" Wakka asked.
"Maybe..."
"Well, you'll see once we get there"
They started drag me- I mean calmly walk up the steps. Auron stayed behind.
"Aren't you coming?" Tidus asked.
"I do not belong there" Auron mumbled.
"You're scared!" I mocked him.
"Searching the past to find the future... This is all that is there. I need it not. You'd better be going" He corrected me.
Rikku walked up.
"You're not really going to see the dead, more like your memories of them. People think of their relatives and the pyreflies react to them. They take on the form of the dead person--an illusion, nothing else. Well, have fun!"
"What, you're not going either, Rikku?" I asked.
"I keep my memories inside" She said.
"Huh?"
"Memories are nice, but that's all they are" She answered.
"Aha" I turned back to Auron, "You're scared"
"No I'm not" He insisted.
"Oh, yes you are!" This was fun.
"No"
"Ooh, look at me. I'm Auron, and I'm scared"
"Stop that"
"Scardy fairy princess! Scardy fairy princess!" I danced around.
"That's it!"
He charged at me full out, sword drawn, looking to kill me. I hopped back across the portal line. When he hit it, it was like one of those electric dog fences.
"ZZZT ZZZT ZZZT! GAH!" He screamed and lay on the ground, smoking and oh- so still.
Tidus taped the portal, then entered it. We were walking on a stone platform. I looked around it.
"What the...?" I mumbled.
Wakka was looking at an image of Chappu, and Yuna was looking at images of her parents. The images were partially see-through ghosts, who were floating in mid-air past the edge of the stone platform. Below the stone platform, a massive formation of clouds gathered, with a large cloud- whirlpool sucking them downwards. I saw a field of green grass and flowers, and a series of pyreflies floating by. Then I saw rushing waterfalls, and more pyreflies. It culminated with the stone platform hovering over a massive waterfall. In the background, huge tunnels of water reached up into the sky; it almost looked like a painting.
The Farplane was cool, but I couldn't stop thinking about Yuna. Her parents--they looked so happy together. But it got me worried that maybe seeing them would make Yuna really consider Seymour's proposal. None of us, except maybe Wakka, Lulu, and Kimahri really liked him.
I watched Wakka talk to Chappu.
"Yo, Chappu! Meant to come see you earlier, ya? Sorry! I know you won't hold it against me. I gave up the game. I'm a guardian from here on, you know? This guy--looks a lot like you--showed up. Traveling with him, I thought, maybe... you were still alive somewhere, ya? But, then again, here you are on the Farplane. Guess your place is here. So, how you been? Oh, that guy I just told you 'bout, I gave him your sword. He likes it."
Then the Chappu ghost SPOKE!
"Wakka, you idiot! You're horrible at blitzball! Of course you should have givin' up the game! And whatddya mean you gave that poser my sword! I hate you, Wakka! You're such a blundering idiot!"
Wakka looked extremely scared at the time. I looked over at Tidus's hair gel-filled sword of doom. I went to talk to Lulu.
"He is dead, and I am still alive. Coming here really makes that clear. I should focus more on what I have to do now," She said.
She laughs. .O Does THAT happen?
"What?" I asked.
"I'm not even sure what I'm saying" She answered.
"Okay, that just makes you possessed. Don't you mean that you should leave Chappu behind? I'm sure he was a great guy, but there'll be others. I know"
"Hmm... That's a possibility"
"How about... Wakka?"
"What, me? With Wakka?" She asked.
"Yeah, you two get along great I guess"
"Getting along isn't enough. Not even close"
"Lulu, have you ever even HAD a boyfriend...?" I wondered out loud.
"Um...." She started.
The pyreflies reacted to her memory. We saw a slightly younger (Maybe two or three years) standing behind her hut thing peering at someone. He looks like Wakka but with no retarded cowlick. He's Chappu. Lulu pulled out a blow dart gun and shot at him with it. The feathery dart hit him in the ass and he collapsed. Lu ran over and dragged him behind the hut. The memory ended.
She stood there, mouth half open.
"Fuck......" She mumbled.
"Oh, sorry. My mistake. You did have one"
"You'd do well to remember that. Knowing a bit about knocking people out might come in handy some day"
"Yeah, except I don't need to..."
"I won't be forgetting either. Goodbye, Chappu. You always said I looked grumpy. But those were the happiest days of my life"
All that love crap was making me nauseous so I went to talk to Yunie.
"So...Yunie?" I began to ask.
"I've decided" She decided.
"Oh? Really? That's good. Or is that bad?"
"I remember, when I was only seven years old, in Bevelle that day. My father had defeated Sin, and the whole town was out in the streets. Everyone was laughing. They all seemed so happy. If I defeated Sin, that would make everyone happy...wouldn't it? I must do what everyone wants, not just what I want" She lagged on and on.
"Let's go back! You gotta tell Seymour he's an ass hole and you hate him"
"Before that... Call him. Give it a try"
"What?" I asked.
"You talk in your sleep. Don't worry. He won't come"
Trying not to think about him made me think about him, of course.
"See, told you" Yuna giggled "That means he's alive, you know?"
"I'd rather never see him again"
"What makes you hate him so?" She asked.
Before I could answer we were bombarded with Tidus's memories. We saw his sixth birthday when he was slammed into the cake and almost suffocated, him with braces and head gear, him accidentally getting his braces locked with some other guy because of a dare, him on Halloween night dressed as Kenny and getting chased around in one of many murder attempts, and his first date ending in him getting slapped.
All was silent for a few moments.
"Tidus, I just lost all respect for you" I muttered.
"Oh, man... I must sound so stupid" He said.
"You don't sound stupid my friend, you ARE stupid" I corrected him.
"I don't think so" Yuna tried to defend him.
"How embarrassing!" Tidus barked.
Wakka and Lulu were behind us.
"Well? Need some more time?" Hair boy asked.
"No, I'm ready" Yuna responded.
"Did I miss something?" Lulu asked.
Tidus laughed and scratched the back of his head. As we were leaving the Farplane I could resist.
"Haha! I'm still alive! Fuck you death! Come on, try and get me!...... OW! I was just kidding..."
Rikku and Auron were sitting outside still. No one else heard it but my demony ears picked it up from a ways away.
"Oh, gee! Here they come. Quick, take your position" Rikku whispered.
Rikku immediately laid across the ground making gurgling noises. Auron just sat still. Yunie ran over to Rikku.
"Are you all right?"
Rikku groaned.
"You've been gone for three and a half days, Yunie. I'm sssoooooo hungry"
Yuna paused for a moment.
"We were gone for that long and you couldn't figure out you could have walked ten feet to buy some food?"
"Uh, no. I'm blonde remember?"
"Oh, right. Gotcha. Thanks for waiting. I'll go give my answer to Maester Seymour"
Several Guados gasped. We all looked up. A ghostly image begins to exit from the Farplane portal. A Guado backed away from it.
"Lord Jyscal!?"
"Lord Jyscal!"
This Lord Jyscal dude went 'Ugggh', although that IS what you would expect a zombie would do.
"It does not belong here" Auron pointed the obvious.
"Why?" Yuna asked the zombie.
"Yuna, send him" Old man barked.
Yuna walked up the steps. Auron fell to his knees, making sounds like he's in pain, but no one noticed because we all secretly hated him. Damn it, now it's not secret anymore!
"Lord Jyscal..." Yuna sighed.
"He is Lord Jyscal no more. Send him now!" Lulu yelled at her.
Everyone's always ordering her around. Isn't a summoner supposed to be revered or something? She sent him. He turned into pyreflies and vanished, but not before dropping something small and blue. Maybe it's my long lost brain. She picked it up and Auron finally stood up. Damn.
"Talk later. We leave now" He ordered.
We left the Farplane area and started walking through the tunnel area to return to Guadosalam.
"Wh...what was that just now? That really Lord Jyscal?" Wakka asked.
"Nope, it was an Elvis impersonator" I laughed.
"I don't understand how a man like Lord Jyscal could die and not be sent" Yunie wondered.
"Incorrect postage, I guess" I said.
"I would think that he was sent once... but he stayed on Spira. Something, a powerful emotion could have bound him to this world. Such things happen"
"I believe the correct phrase is: The death of Lord Jyscal has been very tragic, but hey, ya know, shit happens" I added.
"That's against the rules, isn't it?" Rikku asked.
"It means he died an unclean death" Auron answered.
"You mean he died of leprosy?" I asked.
The group returned to the doors to the manor.
"I will go... meet with Maester Seymour" Yuna left us.
"Yuna! Jyscal is the Guado's problem, not yours" Auron continued yelling at her.
She ignored him (Woo! Go Yunie!) and entered the manor. Everyone walked off in different directions, but I talked to Lulu.
"Umm..."
"What?" She asked.
"So, Lulu, what do you think about Yuna getting married?" I asked her.
We walked to a pathway that overlooked the manor doors.
"As long as the pilgrimage continues, either way's fine" She replied.
"That's it? What if she doesn't even like the guy? Is that okay?" I wondered.
"People marry for many reasons"
"What's that mean?"
"Sometimes marriage doesn't require love, like celebrity marriages, you know? Defeat Sin, and bring joy to the people of Spira. Get married, and bring joy to the people of Spira. For Yuna, they're just two ways down the same road. All you need is determination. If you have that, you don't need love" She dragged on.
"All you need is love, Lulu. DON'T MAKE ME SING THE SONG! I just don't get it though"
"Listen. If Yuna gets married, then I..." She started.
"What? That again?" I asked.
"Yes. If she is to marry, I would want her to marry for love"
"See?" I mocked her.
"But... If Yuna said she wanted to marry the one she loves, I would have to object"
"Huh? What the Hell is your problem?"
"I know"
"You know stiff? Oh, my God!"
"I've talked enough about that."
"About what?"
"I'm sorry, just forget about it"
"Jeez! Grumpy!"
"You'll understand one of these days. I just don't want to give it words. Not yet"
She randomly walked away and talked to Tidus.
"I shouldn't have to say this, but don't fall in love with her"
"You're more my type, Lulu" He replied. Mmm..... Lulu...
"Interesting. I suppose I could add you to my list. I wish you good luck, little boy. You're going to need it" She replied.
I thought to myself then I could live a long and happy life if I never heard that phrase again in my life. I can live without seeing him again, but I never wanna hear that again. I walked down a tunnel exiting Guadosalam when a crazyass nun came running up the path.
"My... Was the lady summoner not with you?" She asked in her nunish craziness.
"No. She's at Seymour's place"
After I said that this chick was lookin' at me like she was about to perform an exorcism on me.
"That's Maester Seymour, or Lord Seymour" She insisted.
"Oh, I'll be careful. Sorry" I lied. Feh, like I'd actually do that.
"That's all right. Maester Seymour left Guadosalam a short while ago"
"You serious?"
"I believe he went to the temple in Macalania. Maester Seymour is also the high priest of that temple"
"Whoa, I gotta tell the others!"
Why is there always a twist on this Seymour dude? Does he have a copy of the script and changes it to his liking? Why doesn't he just kill us now then? I ran back to the manor, and told everyone that Seymour's gone. Rikku poked her head in the door.
"Yuna, let's go!"
She did the prayer gesture to Jyscal's portrait, then walked out of the manor. She met up with the group outside.
"They say Seymour went to Macarena Temple" I said.
"Macalania Temple" Wakka corrected me.
"Aye" I answered all pirate-like.
"What I don't get is... Why would the lord maester head off without a peep to anyone?" The red head asked.
"Maybe he wasn't expecting Yuna's answer so soon" Rikku guessed.
"Ah, that's probably it"
Yuna had a short laugh.
"Yuna, what is it?" Auron so nosily said AGAIN.
"Oh, nothing"
"Hmm... You're a poor liar" He went on.
"It's true. It's nothing! Come on, let's go" She ended.
We went down the path that I tried going down before when I was interrupted by the crazed nun, leaving Olivia in Guagosalam, or so we thought.
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Who is this 'him' person? Well, who really cares... BUT YOU HAVE TO READ TO FIND OUT NOW! No telling, Becky! Bwhahah! I've had a lotta crap goin on... my dad's been home so I haven't gotten to type too much. YAY! I'm 16! I'm still 15 in zee story though. I got me the Iron Maiden CD I wanted. I actually have MONEY!
Chapter 5: Everything The Light Touches And Scardy Pants Auron
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Eventually, Yuna and her flock of chickens reached the underground city of Guadosalam. An elderly Guado was there to greet us.
"We have been expecting you, Lady Yuna. Welcome to Guadosalam. This way, my lady. This way" He said.
The man reached out to take Yuna, but Tidus blocked him with his arm.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Tidus said.
"Oh, I beg your pardon. I am called Tromell Guado" Tromell informed him, "I am in the direct service of our leader, the great Seymour Guado. Lord Seymour has very important business with Lady Yuna"
"Business with me? Whatever could it be, I wonder?" Yuna asked.
Ok, at this point I'm having a seizure because that sounded WAY to innocent to be Yuna. Tidus was all up in Tromell's face.
"Huh? You wanna start somethin', bub. Huh?"
"Tidus, that's enough" Yuna muttered.
"You wanna peiceah me? Huh? Do ya? Do ya? Do ya? Oh! What?" He continued.
"TIDUS!" Yuna screamed.
"Sorry"
"Please, come inside the manor. All will be explained. Of course, your friends are also welcome" Tromell invited us.
Tromell walked away. Everyone followed him except Tidus, Rikku, and I.
"Twist our arms, why don't ya?" Rikku said.
I couldn't resist. I twisted her arm. She hit me and continued.
"Ah, I almost forgot!"
She showed us how to customize stuff.
"What would you do without me?" She asked.
"Stay sane. End world hunger. Bring about world peace. Complete Yuna's pilgrimage. You know, that old chestnut" I answered.
She ran off to the manor. Tidus followed her. We found Maester Maechen there and Tidus asked him about pyreflies. I had to comment in the background.
"Ahem! They may be called 'pyreflies' but they aren't really 'flies', you see" He started.
"Maybe not, but a bug zapper takes care of 'em real easy like" I commented.
"They're those lights you see whenever a fiend dies"
"Sorry, my Spanish teacher hasn't died yet" I whined.
"The little fellows are responsible for a few fantastic phenomena"
"Like raisins, or Velcro, or the Northern Lights" I laughed.
"Visions of the past, spheres, fiends--these are all the pyreflies' doing"
"Pyreflies made my Spanish teacher? The fiends!" I realized.
"In fact..."
"I don't know when to shut up" I blurted.
"Pyreflies have something to do with aeons, too"
"You evil mosquitoes leave the aeons alone!" I demanded.
"The dreams of the fayth reach through the spirit of the summoner..."
"Yuna has no spirit, she's just evil" I mumbled.
"And that which is unreal becomes real for all to see!"
"Like Jello" I said.
"Or maybe not. Who knows?"
"Make up your mind old man" I snickered.
"And that, as they say, is that" He finished.
Tidus and I headed to the manor to meet up with the group. We waited in the lobby area, and trust me, it needed a new paint job or something.
"This way, please" Tromell said.
We entered another room, with tables covered in trays of food. I hadn't eaten in a while so I couldn't help myself. Rikku, Olivia and I were all on those tables like a pack of dogs on a cat, man.
"I will go inform Lord Seymour. Please wait here"
Tromell left. Tidus looked around and went to talk to Auron.
"Stay on your guard" Was all Auron said.
"Why? This guy's just a priest, right?" Tidus asked.
"Those with power use that power. Maesters have power. Don't you watch the news?"
"Wait... You sure you don't have something against Yevon?" Tidus asked.
Auron laughed. O.o That doesn't happen. Does that happen?
"I lived a long time in Zanarkand"
Tidus went off to speak to Lulu.
"There's no temple here in Guadosalam, see? Summoners usually just pass through on their way elsewhere," She said.
Tidus laughed. That happens all the time when Yuna's beating me.
"What?" She asked.
"I didn't even ask a question and you're explaining things" He answered.
"You'd rather I say nothing, then?"
"No, no! Maybe you finally believe I don't know anything about Spira. And maybe that means you believe me about Zanarkand, too?" Tidus babbled.
"Well... There are many things I do not know. Your Zanarkand is one of those things. I suppose I can't say what I think either way. Still, be careful. You shouldn't tell other people"
"Yeah, I know"
He came back to the pack of dogs.
"Mmmm! This is good!" One of us said.
He stared up at the ceiling. Three large clear balls began to glow. The door finally opened... but only Tromell was there. Wow, that was anticlimactic. You'd think Seymour'd at least be there, as odd looking as he is. Maybe he's still doing his makeup- I mean he's eating.
"Truly, it is good to have guests again. Since Lord Jyscal passed away, these halls have been too quiet," He said.
"The death of Lord Jyscal was a great loss for all of Spira" Yuna added.
I choked on my food and started wheezing.
"Redrum....." I wheezed.
Tidus leaned to Wakka.
"Was this Maester Jyscal really such a great guy?"
"He brought the teachings of Yevon to the Guado. He was truly a great man" Wakka answered.
Tromell started a soliloquy. So I had to 'help' him.
"Truly, a loss for us all" He began.
"Except everyone smart" I started.
"But now a new leader, Lord Seymour, has come before us"
"And he's a complete dill hole" I snickered.
"Lord Seymour is the child of a Guado and a human"
"I feel sorry for his mother"
"He will be the tie that binds our two races together"
"In the big ol' meat loaf we call life"
"But that is not all, I think. Lord Seymour..."
"Is a moron"
"He will surely become the shining star that lights the way for all the peoples of Spira"
"Straight to their dooms"
"That is enough, Tromell" Seymour said walking into the room, "Must I always endure such praise? Welcome!"
"You...wanted to see me?" Yuna asked.
"Please, make yourselves at home. There's no rush." Seymour said to us, although Rikku, Olivia and I already had.
"Please keep this short. Yuna must rush" Auron objected.
"Pardon me. It has been a long time since I had guests"
"I wonder why that is," I said.
"Lady Yuna, this way" Blueboy continued.
The ground lit up. Lights surrounded us all. The ceiling above us turned into space, with Pyreflies looking like meteorites.
"This sphere is a reconstruction created from the thoughts of the dead on the Farplane" Seymour started.
We saw Zanarkand, as it was at the beginning. Massive buildings people walking in the streets, a voice on a loud intercom head in the background. I felt the urge to be random again. I walked over to Olivia with a straight face. I had a little Lion King moment.
"Look Olivia. Everything the light touches..." I started.
She looked fairly exited.
"... Belongs to someone else... And Miranda Richardson"
"Who?"
I slapped myself her at he lack of the 'worldly knowledge' I had.
"Queen Mab..."
"Ohhh...."
"Zanarkand!" Tidus exclaimed.
"Wow, that was slow, brudda" Wakka said.
"Correct. Zanarkand... as it looked one thousand years ago" Seymour started.
Lulu looked around, as did Wakka, who just went 'Whoa!'
"The great and wondrous machina city, Zanarkand. She once lived in this metropolis" Blue boy continued.
"She?" I ask, but no one answered.
Auron smirked. What is this world coming to!?
"She, who?" Yuna asked.
Seymour remained silent, looking forward. We were now in a large, well- decorated room. A longhaired, white-haired, bikini-wearing woman was sitting on a bed in the middle of the room. Of course, it gets answered when YUNA asks it. I couldn't resist.
"Ah! No making purple at... where ever we are!"
"Lady Yunalesca!" Yuna barked.
"She was the first person to defeat Sin and save the world from its ravages. And you have inherited her name" Seymour continued.
I burst out laughing.
"Haha! Yunie's names after a whore!"
Yuna was trying to ignore me.
"It was my father who named me." She informed us.
Seymour started a soliloquy. I joined.
"Lord Braska was entrusting you with a great task." He started.
"Of not being a retard. You're failing miserably" I ruined his moment.
"He wanted you to face Sin, as Lady Yunalesca did"
I stopped. I actually didn't feel like mocking someone. I picked up again in about .89484371 seconds.
"However, Lady Yunalesca did not save the world alone. To defeat the undefeatable Sin..."
"She used a laxative"
He did the prayer gesture.
"It took an unbreakable bond of love--of the kind that binds two hearts for eternity"
"And some roofies"
A man in an outlandish outfit, complete with a large golden crown, walked into the room, right through Yuna, to the bed that Yunalesca's sitting on. Yunalesca stood up; they held hands and hugged. Yuna looked at Seymour, who looked back at her, silently. Yuna then returned her gaze to Yunalesca and the mystery man, hugging. Yuna turned and faced Seymour. He leaned over and whispered something to her. She slapped him and then remembered she was supposed to be polite. She covered her mouth with her hand and gasped. He then backed away and nodded slowly. Yuna seemed lost in thought. Wow, Yuna can think of things other than loving Tidus and killing me. Yuna approached the pack of dogs, then turned to the side and got something to drink, gulping it down. Of course I was in the back ground going 'chug chug chug chug chug'. She laughed and snorted water out her nose then hit me. She sighed a breath of relief, then ran to the group, which crowded around her. The pack joined in on this too.
"Wow! Your face is mutilate red!" Rikku laughed.
"Mutilate? I believe the term is beet red" Olivia corrected her.
"Mutilate is another word for beat" Rikku defended.
"No, that's beat. As in what Yuna does to Pretz on an hourly basis. Speaking of which, I believe Pretz is due. Yuna?" Olivia said.
"I'll do it once we leave" Yunie answered.
"Anyway, Rikku. You mean beet as in the food"
"You okay?" Tidus asked Yunie.
Yuna stumbled with her words.
"He...he asked me to marry him!" She said.
Yeah, I was drinking something. Yes, I half spit it, half snorted it out my nose.
"You serious?" Tidus looked stunned.
"You know what Yuna must do," Auron said to Seymour I think.
"Of course. Lady Yuna--no, all summoners--are charged with bringing peace to Spira. But this means more than just defeating Sin. She must ease the suffering of all Spira. She must be a leader for the people. I proposed to Lady Yuna as a maester of Yevon" Seymour used as an alibi.
I was coughing 'bullshit' in the background.
"Spira is no playhouse. A moment's diversion may amuse the audience, but it changes nothing" Auron said.
"Even so, the actors must play their parts. There's no need to answer right away. Please, think it over" Seymour replied.
"We will do so, then. We leave" Auron demanded.
"Lady Yuna, I await your favorable reply"
Everyone started to walk away. Seymour spoke up, and Auron stopped.
"Why are you still here, sir?" Blue boy asked.
"We're leaving, jeez!" I yelled back.
"I beg your pardon. We Guado are keen to the scent of the Farplane" He covered.
Tidus walked up to Auron and started sniffing him. Auron pushed him away and walked out of the building. Everyone else followed. We met up outside of the manor.
"Yuna, the high summoner's daughter. Seymour, the leader of the Guado. Married in the name of Yevon, overcoming the barriers of race. It would give Spira something cheery to talk about, for a change" Lulu babbled.
"Sounds just like a passin' daydream, like Auron says" Wakka added.
"Come on, let's just get on with the pilgrimage! I mean, marriage?" Tidus whined.
By this point I had chewed my way out of the straight jacket of Kimahri's arms and was giving my two and 3/8th sense.
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Yuna, how old are you?" I asked.
"I'm seventeen. Why?" She answered.
"Well, then you can't get married. That's just wrong. And illegal as far as I know. As your doctor I restrict you from marrying anyone except Tidus"
"You're not my doctor" Yuna said as Tidus made a little 'Woo!' in the background.
"Well, I have two good reasons not to marry him and just continue with your pilgrimage. Reason number one, he's scary looking. Anyone who looks like the blue spawn of Satan can only be evil. I've seen his shifty eyes" I continued.
"When was that?" Lulu asked.
"At the blitz ball tournament" I replied.
"Pretz, we was watchi- never mind" She sighed.
"Glad you agree. Reason number 2, HE SOUNDS LIKE WHINNIE THE POOH! And more importantly, what the Hell is a pooh?"
"Oh, that's easy, Pretz" Tidus started, "That's the brown stuff that comes out of people's-"
"As Yuna one said: that's enough Tidus" Auron stopped him.
"Well, I still agree with Pretz" Tidus continued.
Yes, I was cheering in the background at this point.
"Hmmm. Jealous?" Rikku smirked.
"What? No way! We gotta defeat Sin. Romance can wait!" Tidus answered.
"He sure picked a fine time to lay this one on us" Wakka complained.
"Maybe it is a fine time" Yuna mumbled.
"You serious?" Tidus said baffled.
"If my getting married would help Spira... if it would make people happy... If I could do that for people... maybe I should do what I can. I never imagined doing anything like this. But, I won't answer till I know what's right" Yuna thought aloud.
"Seriously?" Tidus asked.
"You could always just quit your pilgrimage and get married" Rikku encouraged Yunie.
I was struggling to get away from Kimahri screaming 'No! F NO!'
"I will...go on. I'm sure that Lord Seymour will understand" Yuna decided.
"Umm, I guess so..." Rikku seemed disappointed.
"I am a summoner! I must fight and defeat Sin" Yuna reassured us.
"Like Braska before you" Auron said.
I had to stop myself from shouting: What's there to think about?
"I'm going to the Farplane. I'm going to see my father and think on this" Yuna said.
Yes! She's gonna talk to her father. That means it's a definite no!
"Go on, we'll be right behind you" Lulu answered.
I wondered why none of the others ever asked Yuna: Do you love Seymour? Do you even like him?
Yuna and the group headed to the upper level of Guadosalam, and down a passageway. We arrived at what appeared to be a rippling bluish portal. Circles of light –pyreflies- flew around us.
"Question!" I started "About this Farplane... When somebody dies, a summoner sends them to the Farplane, right? So their souls, or whatever they are, they go to the Farplane, right? But that's the Farplane we're going to, right? And Yuna's old man's there, too? Do dead people live there or something?"
I pictured myself surrounded by various ghosts, mushrooms, and worse: my ex- boyfriend. I shuddered.
"You're thinking those funny thoughts again, ya? Did you take your medication this morning?" Wakka asked.
"Maybe..."
"Well, you'll see once we get there"
They started drag me- I mean calmly walk up the steps. Auron stayed behind.
"Aren't you coming?" Tidus asked.
"I do not belong there" Auron mumbled.
"You're scared!" I mocked him.
"Searching the past to find the future... This is all that is there. I need it not. You'd better be going" He corrected me.
Rikku walked up.
"You're not really going to see the dead, more like your memories of them. People think of their relatives and the pyreflies react to them. They take on the form of the dead person--an illusion, nothing else. Well, have fun!"
"What, you're not going either, Rikku?" I asked.
"I keep my memories inside" She said.
"Huh?"
"Memories are nice, but that's all they are" She answered.
"Aha" I turned back to Auron, "You're scared"
"No I'm not" He insisted.
"Oh, yes you are!" This was fun.
"No"
"Ooh, look at me. I'm Auron, and I'm scared"
"Stop that"
"Scardy fairy princess! Scardy fairy princess!" I danced around.
"That's it!"
He charged at me full out, sword drawn, looking to kill me. I hopped back across the portal line. When he hit it, it was like one of those electric dog fences.
"ZZZT ZZZT ZZZT! GAH!" He screamed and lay on the ground, smoking and oh- so still.
Tidus taped the portal, then entered it. We were walking on a stone platform. I looked around it.
"What the...?" I mumbled.
Wakka was looking at an image of Chappu, and Yuna was looking at images of her parents. The images were partially see-through ghosts, who were floating in mid-air past the edge of the stone platform. Below the stone platform, a massive formation of clouds gathered, with a large cloud- whirlpool sucking them downwards. I saw a field of green grass and flowers, and a series of pyreflies floating by. Then I saw rushing waterfalls, and more pyreflies. It culminated with the stone platform hovering over a massive waterfall. In the background, huge tunnels of water reached up into the sky; it almost looked like a painting.
The Farplane was cool, but I couldn't stop thinking about Yuna. Her parents--they looked so happy together. But it got me worried that maybe seeing them would make Yuna really consider Seymour's proposal. None of us, except maybe Wakka, Lulu, and Kimahri really liked him.
I watched Wakka talk to Chappu.
"Yo, Chappu! Meant to come see you earlier, ya? Sorry! I know you won't hold it against me. I gave up the game. I'm a guardian from here on, you know? This guy--looks a lot like you--showed up. Traveling with him, I thought, maybe... you were still alive somewhere, ya? But, then again, here you are on the Farplane. Guess your place is here. So, how you been? Oh, that guy I just told you 'bout, I gave him your sword. He likes it."
Then the Chappu ghost SPOKE!
"Wakka, you idiot! You're horrible at blitzball! Of course you should have givin' up the game! And whatddya mean you gave that poser my sword! I hate you, Wakka! You're such a blundering idiot!"
Wakka looked extremely scared at the time. I looked over at Tidus's hair gel-filled sword of doom. I went to talk to Lulu.
"He is dead, and I am still alive. Coming here really makes that clear. I should focus more on what I have to do now," She said.
She laughs. .O Does THAT happen?
"What?" I asked.
"I'm not even sure what I'm saying" She answered.
"Okay, that just makes you possessed. Don't you mean that you should leave Chappu behind? I'm sure he was a great guy, but there'll be others. I know"
"Hmm... That's a possibility"
"How about... Wakka?"
"What, me? With Wakka?" She asked.
"Yeah, you two get along great I guess"
"Getting along isn't enough. Not even close"
"Lulu, have you ever even HAD a boyfriend...?" I wondered out loud.
"Um...." She started.
The pyreflies reacted to her memory. We saw a slightly younger (Maybe two or three years) standing behind her hut thing peering at someone. He looks like Wakka but with no retarded cowlick. He's Chappu. Lulu pulled out a blow dart gun and shot at him with it. The feathery dart hit him in the ass and he collapsed. Lu ran over and dragged him behind the hut. The memory ended.
She stood there, mouth half open.
"Fuck......" She mumbled.
"Oh, sorry. My mistake. You did have one"
"You'd do well to remember that. Knowing a bit about knocking people out might come in handy some day"
"Yeah, except I don't need to..."
"I won't be forgetting either. Goodbye, Chappu. You always said I looked grumpy. But those were the happiest days of my life"
All that love crap was making me nauseous so I went to talk to Yunie.
"So...Yunie?" I began to ask.
"I've decided" She decided.
"Oh? Really? That's good. Or is that bad?"
"I remember, when I was only seven years old, in Bevelle that day. My father had defeated Sin, and the whole town was out in the streets. Everyone was laughing. They all seemed so happy. If I defeated Sin, that would make everyone happy...wouldn't it? I must do what everyone wants, not just what I want" She lagged on and on.
"Let's go back! You gotta tell Seymour he's an ass hole and you hate him"
"Before that... Call him. Give it a try"
"What?" I asked.
"You talk in your sleep. Don't worry. He won't come"
Trying not to think about him made me think about him, of course.
"See, told you" Yuna giggled "That means he's alive, you know?"
"I'd rather never see him again"
"What makes you hate him so?" She asked.
Before I could answer we were bombarded with Tidus's memories. We saw his sixth birthday when he was slammed into the cake and almost suffocated, him with braces and head gear, him accidentally getting his braces locked with some other guy because of a dare, him on Halloween night dressed as Kenny and getting chased around in one of many murder attempts, and his first date ending in him getting slapped.
All was silent for a few moments.
"Tidus, I just lost all respect for you" I muttered.
"Oh, man... I must sound so stupid" He said.
"You don't sound stupid my friend, you ARE stupid" I corrected him.
"I don't think so" Yuna tried to defend him.
"How embarrassing!" Tidus barked.
Wakka and Lulu were behind us.
"Well? Need some more time?" Hair boy asked.
"No, I'm ready" Yuna responded.
"Did I miss something?" Lulu asked.
Tidus laughed and scratched the back of his head. As we were leaving the Farplane I could resist.
"Haha! I'm still alive! Fuck you death! Come on, try and get me!...... OW! I was just kidding..."
Rikku and Auron were sitting outside still. No one else heard it but my demony ears picked it up from a ways away.
"Oh, gee! Here they come. Quick, take your position" Rikku whispered.
Rikku immediately laid across the ground making gurgling noises. Auron just sat still. Yunie ran over to Rikku.
"Are you all right?"
Rikku groaned.
"You've been gone for three and a half days, Yunie. I'm sssoooooo hungry"
Yuna paused for a moment.
"We were gone for that long and you couldn't figure out you could have walked ten feet to buy some food?"
"Uh, no. I'm blonde remember?"
"Oh, right. Gotcha. Thanks for waiting. I'll go give my answer to Maester Seymour"
Several Guados gasped. We all looked up. A ghostly image begins to exit from the Farplane portal. A Guado backed away from it.
"Lord Jyscal!?"
"Lord Jyscal!"
This Lord Jyscal dude went 'Ugggh', although that IS what you would expect a zombie would do.
"It does not belong here" Auron pointed the obvious.
"Why?" Yuna asked the zombie.
"Yuna, send him" Old man barked.
Yuna walked up the steps. Auron fell to his knees, making sounds like he's in pain, but no one noticed because we all secretly hated him. Damn it, now it's not secret anymore!
"Lord Jyscal..." Yuna sighed.
"He is Lord Jyscal no more. Send him now!" Lulu yelled at her.
Everyone's always ordering her around. Isn't a summoner supposed to be revered or something? She sent him. He turned into pyreflies and vanished, but not before dropping something small and blue. Maybe it's my long lost brain. She picked it up and Auron finally stood up. Damn.
"Talk later. We leave now" He ordered.
We left the Farplane area and started walking through the tunnel area to return to Guadosalam.
"Wh...what was that just now? That really Lord Jyscal?" Wakka asked.
"Nope, it was an Elvis impersonator" I laughed.
"I don't understand how a man like Lord Jyscal could die and not be sent" Yunie wondered.
"Incorrect postage, I guess" I said.
"I would think that he was sent once... but he stayed on Spira. Something, a powerful emotion could have bound him to this world. Such things happen"
"I believe the correct phrase is: The death of Lord Jyscal has been very tragic, but hey, ya know, shit happens" I added.
"That's against the rules, isn't it?" Rikku asked.
"It means he died an unclean death" Auron answered.
"You mean he died of leprosy?" I asked.
The group returned to the doors to the manor.
"I will go... meet with Maester Seymour" Yuna left us.
"Yuna! Jyscal is the Guado's problem, not yours" Auron continued yelling at her.
She ignored him (Woo! Go Yunie!) and entered the manor. Everyone walked off in different directions, but I talked to Lulu.
"Umm..."
"What?" She asked.
"So, Lulu, what do you think about Yuna getting married?" I asked her.
We walked to a pathway that overlooked the manor doors.
"As long as the pilgrimage continues, either way's fine" She replied.
"That's it? What if she doesn't even like the guy? Is that okay?" I wondered.
"People marry for many reasons"
"What's that mean?"
"Sometimes marriage doesn't require love, like celebrity marriages, you know? Defeat Sin, and bring joy to the people of Spira. Get married, and bring joy to the people of Spira. For Yuna, they're just two ways down the same road. All you need is determination. If you have that, you don't need love" She dragged on.
"All you need is love, Lulu. DON'T MAKE ME SING THE SONG! I just don't get it though"
"Listen. If Yuna gets married, then I..." She started.
"What? That again?" I asked.
"Yes. If she is to marry, I would want her to marry for love"
"See?" I mocked her.
"But... If Yuna said she wanted to marry the one she loves, I would have to object"
"Huh? What the Hell is your problem?"
"I know"
"You know stiff? Oh, my God!"
"I've talked enough about that."
"About what?"
"I'm sorry, just forget about it"
"Jeez! Grumpy!"
"You'll understand one of these days. I just don't want to give it words. Not yet"
She randomly walked away and talked to Tidus.
"I shouldn't have to say this, but don't fall in love with her"
"You're more my type, Lulu" He replied. Mmm..... Lulu...
"Interesting. I suppose I could add you to my list. I wish you good luck, little boy. You're going to need it" She replied.
I thought to myself then I could live a long and happy life if I never heard that phrase again in my life. I can live without seeing him again, but I never wanna hear that again. I walked down a tunnel exiting Guadosalam when a crazyass nun came running up the path.
"My... Was the lady summoner not with you?" She asked in her nunish craziness.
"No. She's at Seymour's place"
After I said that this chick was lookin' at me like she was about to perform an exorcism on me.
"That's Maester Seymour, or Lord Seymour" She insisted.
"Oh, I'll be careful. Sorry" I lied. Feh, like I'd actually do that.
"That's all right. Maester Seymour left Guadosalam a short while ago"
"You serious?"
"I believe he went to the temple in Macalania. Maester Seymour is also the high priest of that temple"
"Whoa, I gotta tell the others!"
Why is there always a twist on this Seymour dude? Does he have a copy of the script and changes it to his liking? Why doesn't he just kill us now then? I ran back to the manor, and told everyone that Seymour's gone. Rikku poked her head in the door.
"Yuna, let's go!"
She did the prayer gesture to Jyscal's portrait, then walked out of the manor. She met up with the group outside.
"They say Seymour went to Macarena Temple" I said.
"Macalania Temple" Wakka corrected me.
"Aye" I answered all pirate-like.
"What I don't get is... Why would the lord maester head off without a peep to anyone?" The red head asked.
"Maybe he wasn't expecting Yuna's answer so soon" Rikku guessed.
"Ah, that's probably it"
Yuna had a short laugh.
"Yuna, what is it?" Auron so nosily said AGAIN.
"Oh, nothing"
"Hmm... You're a poor liar" He went on.
"It's true. It's nothing! Come on, let's go" She ended.
We went down the path that I tried going down before when I was interrupted by the crazed nun, leaving Olivia in Guagosalam, or so we thought.
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Who is this 'him' person? Well, who really cares... BUT YOU HAVE TO READ TO FIND OUT NOW! No telling, Becky! Bwhahah! I've had a lotta crap goin on... my dad's been home so I haven't gotten to type too much. YAY! I'm 16! I'm still 15 in zee story though. I got me the Iron Maiden CD I wanted. I actually have MONEY!