Sclartaran Productions Presents
A Talanane Creation
Kingdom Hearts Trinity Sight
Episode V: Meeting with the Lutz.
Standard Disclaimer
The following is a work of fan-fiction. This means it contains characters, locations and other things drawn from various sources such as books, movies, television shows, anime and video games, none of which I own the rights to. In this episode they are Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts, Chain of Memories, by Square-Enix Inc, the Phantasy Star Series by SEGA Inc, and Sailor Moon, originally created by Naoko Takeuchi.
Dream Sequence
Ryo found himself in a large chamber resembling a cross between a Gothic cathedral with its stained glass windows and an industrial laboratory full of large scale scientific equipment. Milling about the chamber were a number of figures, most of whom were dressed as technicians with one more imposing figure, a green skinned woman in a lab coat, with most of her hair shaved except for one long red shock, and wearing a monocle apparently directing them. She paused what she was doing for a moment, almost as if she knew she was being watched, then dismissed the feeling with a shrug and went over to one of the seven large crystals set along the walls on either side of the chamber.
Ryo's viewpoint shifted along with the 'scientist', and he could now see that the crystal contained a figure of a young woman about his own age, with short black hair tinted blue, as if she was herself part Esper. Somehow, Ryo got the feeling that he had seen this prisoner before.
He awakened, the details of the dream fading away. He looked at the clock and saw that it was about forty-five minutes before the morning meal. He rose, dressed himself and checked to see that his bag was secure. Then, since he had a little time, Ryo took a quick trip to the library in order to return a couple of books he had borrowed.
Old Grahal the Librarian greeted him. "Good Morning Mr. Urawa.", he said. "What is it that this old man can do for you today?"
"Hello Mr. Grahal." Ryo replied. "I'm just returning a couple of things." He handed the books over to the old librarian.
"Oh right," the old man nodded. "You're one of the new 'Journeymen', aren't you?"
Ryo nodded.
"If an old man may ask, just where is old Rune sending a young pup like you anyway?"
"Actually Sir, I don't know yet. Master Walsh's message told me to meet him in person after breakfast." Ryo told him.
"Oh really?" the old man answered. "A private meeting you say? Knowing him, it must be a 'special' assignment." The librarian paused. "Then again, you are one of the best students through here in a generation."
"All the teachers say that, not just him." the young man said modestly.
"It's the truth." Grahal said. The old man shook his head then continued. "But I'm just wasting your time talking about it. You don't want to be late." The old man gestured at the clock on the wall, which indicated that it was now only ten minutes to breakfast time.
Some time later, after breakfast, Ryo arrived at the door to Rune Walsh's office. He was about to knock on the door, but before he could, it opened revealing the face of a young Esper man in his twenties. Recognizing the young man standing there, Rune's aide said "Oh, Mr. Urawa! I was just about to come get you"
"What, am I late?" Ryo asked.
"No sir. However, I was going to inform you that Master Rune wanted you to meet him at the Tomb as soon as possible. He didn't tell me why, but since you're one of the new 'journeymen', it must have something to do with your assignment"
Ryo didn't reply to that, since it was the obvious assumption. Instead he said "Thank you. I'll be going then"
When the young man arrived at the 'tomb', the telepathic 'voice' of the Lutz addressed him, bidding him to enter. Climbing up the short flight of steps leading to the door and crossing over the spot where Rune's podium had been that afternoon, Ryo opened the door and went inside. Standing there just beyond the entrance was a curious young girl with short white blonde hair, and wearing plate armor. Seeing him enter, she spoke in a pleasant voice, tinged with a hint of artificiality, saying "Mr. Urawa?"
"Yes" Ryo replied.
"Welcome sir" the girl said. "Master Walsh and Master Wren are expecting you in the inner chamber. Please come this way" She then pointed to a stairway toward the back of the chamber, after which she moved toward it. Following her down, Ryo soon found himself passing through a natural tunnel beneath the Desolisian tundra. Moving along it, the two of them arrived at another staircase leading down to yet another level. Following this to its end, they entered a larger chamber, at the center of which was a statue of a woman, holding a real, finely made sword. In front of the statue was a pedestal which had a small sphere floating above it, glowing with a pale light. On another pedestal, this one topped with a velvet cushion, was a small crystal scintillating with all the colors of the rainbow, blending into a soft, silver light. His eyes were drawn to it, finding it somehow familiar. Before he could think of where he had seen it before, two figures strode out in front of the pedestals, one being Master Walsh and the other a tall black haired man in black armor and wearing a partial metallic face mask.
"Ah, Ryo" the Lutz said. "Welcome to the Chamber of the Protectors"
"Welcome Master Urawa" the tall man said in an obviously mechanical voice. "I am Wren, the android in charge of systems control space station Zelan. I believe you have already met my assistant Demi" The 'woman' beside Ryo nodded.
"I am pleased to meet you Wren, Demi" Ryo answered, bowing. "I have heard of you"
The Lutz spoke again, saying "Now that you are here, we can 'get down to business' as some Earth people might say" Turning to address Ryo directly, he said "Originally, I was going to send you to Zelan, as Wren here had shown an interest in working with you. However, just two days ago, word came to me of some unusual occurrences on Motavia. Ordinarily I would send a senior Esper, or perhaps leave the investigation to the Hunter's Guild. However, this is a special case, especially since it was brought to my attention by an old friend of mine, Senior Hunter Chaz Ashley, himself a Protector of Algo"
As Rune paused, the Android Wren picked up the narrative "At the same time, we at Zelan lost all control over Algo's environmental systems. Upon preliminary investigation, it was found that all systems had been routed to an approximate location in Motavian orbit, even though there is no currently known facility at those coordinates. Furthermore, signals have been detected between that region and a location on Motavia's surface, in the same region as the incidents that had been reported to Master Rune"
Rune continued "Obviously there is a connection, so Wren suggested that we assist Senior Hunter Ashley in his investigation. Unfortunately I find that I cannot go, and since you were to be assigned to Wren anyway, I suggested that you could assist in this"
Ryo thought for a moment, then said "But Sir, I am hardly qualified or experienced enough"
Master Walsh cut him off, saying "You are the most talented and hard working Esper student in generations, and you did volunteer for the Journeyman project, to gain experience, did you not?"
"Yes Sir, I did" Ryo replied, abashed.
"You did indeed" the Lutz reiterated. "Besides there is another reason I am giving you this assignment. When I heard Wren's report, especially about the rerouting of the environmental system controls, something bothered me, something from the past. So I checked with the memories of the past Masters stored within the Telepathy Ball" Rune pointed at the pedestal in front of the statue. "According to them, before and during the Dark Force manifestation one thousand and twenty years ago, the Earthling spacecraft Noah occupied the same synchronous orbit where the control system signals have been rerouted. You know enough about Algo history to figure out the rest"
"Mother Brain" Ryo said. "You believe that somehow that facility has been reactivated? And that if some rogue Earth people, or their descendants are involved, I might want to help rectify the situation"
"It should not happen, since the Profound Darkness that backed both them and the Dark Force is no more, yet it is the simplest explanation" Rune said.
"Or it could be some new force" Wren added.
"In any case, I thought that if Earthlings are involved, you would be interested" the Lutz concluded.
Ryo mused over what the others had said, then answered "All right, I will do what I can, even if it turns out not to be enough"
"Accepted Master Urawa" Wren said.
Rune came over to the young man and placed a hand on his shoulder "You might do better than you believe possible young man. Like I said, you are my best student, and I believe in you. You just need to believe in yourself"
"I've heard that before." Ryo replied.
"In any case, Wren here will await your arrival at the landing facility on the Plateau." the Lutz said. "Report there when you are ready."
"Yes Sir!" Ryo replied.
As it turned out, even though the young man was already packed and only had to bid farewell to his friends that process took much longer than Ryo had planned on. Much of the delay of course was because many of said acquaintances were themselves young people, and of course they just had to insist on having a party. Ryo, even though he was not by nature a 'party person', attended anyway, mostly because he knew that they would be greatly disappointed if he didn't.
Afterwards, as Ryo was returning to his room to retrieve his baggage, his friend Odin appeared, running after him and carrying a small envelope.
"Hey, wait up!" the blonde boy shouted.
Ryo stopped and turned toward his friend. "Yes Odin?"
The younger boy caught up to him and stopped, his breathing affected a little bit by his exertion. "I almost forgot!" he said, holding out the letter. "You said back there you might be going to Motavia, right? Well if you get the chance, take this to my folks, okay?"
Ryo took the envelope from him and replied "Sure thing Odin, if I get the chance. The only thing I know for sure is that I'm going to Zelan, and then maybe to Motavia afterward."
"Oh!" Odin said.
"I'm sorry" the older boy replied. "I promise I'll give it to your folks if I can. If I can't, then I'll ask Wren to send it, if possible, all right?"
"Well, okay." Odin said. "It's just that."
"You miss them." Ryo said, completing Odin's statement. "I know how that feels. I miss my family too." He sighed. "As for friends, I didn't really have that many of them back on Earth. We moved from place to place too often. Still, I miss those I did have, especially." Ryo paused for a moment, trying to remember. "Who was it?" He shrugged his shoulders. "Well anyway, I still miss them, even though I know I may never see any of them again."
Odin said nothing, just nodding.
"Well Odin, take care of yourself." Ryo told his friend as he offered his friend a handshake, which the younger boy accepted. "And remember, try your best."
"Bye Ryo." Odin replied as his friend moved off back toward his quarters. "I will!"
Next Time on Kingdom Hearts Trinity Sight: Sky Submarine.
Author's Note: This episode was a mixture of old and new, combining sections from one of my earlier versions of this story with a couple of new segments, most notably the 'post party' talk with Odin.
Respectfully yours, Talanane.