"...Dude, it just won't cut." Marie heard as she began to regain consciousness. "Nah, try a bigger one... wait... nah that wont work either."

She heard the sound of two voices and footsteps as their owners ran around the room looking for something "Hey wait... get the big one. wha-what do you mean we don't have gas?" one voice said "Well go ask for some more, it's not like she's gonna--... Holy crap she's waking up!"

"Ugh..." she shook her head, everything blurring into view, feeling strength come back to her. She tried getting up, yet she was bounded down by her own weight. She snapped out of her daze, realizing she wasn't in her cell.

"What's this!"

"Eh... erm..." the scientist thought of a quick lie "This is like, a dream. And we're like, angels to like... carry you to erm... paradise?"

"Hey, you're those people who cut open my friend!" she yelled, forcing her body up. She seemed to stumble slightly, still injured, but not completely weak "What are your intents now?"

"Erm... to dissect an alien life form and get paid for it?" The scientist gained an uneasy grin, and chuckled slightly..."heh,heheh... heh... this won't end good will it?"

She tested her sword, not as big as usual, but it still worked.

"No, lucky for you two I have to save my energy, but if you gimme anymore problems... well, you know!"

She ran out of the room, the same way she entered days ago, through the window. Once again, glass shattered all over the place(do not try this at home, Marie's a professional idiot), as she sought out the prison. Marie decided to be destructive in her search.

She knew that she was in no condition to fight, but in her search for the prison, she smashed down a few walls by taking out a favorite artifact of hers, the exploding orbs. Before she found the prison, she destroyed 18 buildings. In the prison, Kei stood on his toes looking out the cell's window for the cause of the explosions.

"...I'm not sure what to say anymore. Should I be happy and cheer for the destruction…? Or should I be afraid that it's coming for me next?" He asked himself before sitting on the floor with his legs crossed "...Wow, am I really that bored?"

Running all over the place, she finally located the prison, bursting through the doors; she attacked the guard in a split second, stealing his key. Opening the only occupied cell, she said frantically "Hey buddy, can you think of a world very far from here where we'll be safe?"

"Erm... Rune Midgard...?" He said, it was the only world he'd even known of besides that one.

"Okay, I hope you want to go there" she said "I only have enough energy to hold the portal for a few moments..."

Kei nodded and watched as Marie opened her portal, fascinated that it was a lot different from the portals he'd seen and created himself, but he didn't let that get the best of him. He hopped right in without much hesitation. At that moment, Marie leapt in after, coming out the other side to a place very familiar to Kei, somewhere outside a church. Because of her lack of strength, she didn't exactly land on her feet on the other side, but she relaxed knowing she might have been safe for now. Kei stood up straight and took a deep breath. "Ahh... It feels so refreshing." He said. "Back to being in a world without pollution, without bars, without Kresant..." He then turned back to Marie. "How does it feel to be in a place full of natural energy for the first time? You can almost feel it flowing through you..."

"Yes..." she sleepily smiled "It makes me feel sleepy... reminds me how every night I'd sleep outside under a tree... makes me feel like that right now. Thanks for your help, I think I'll take a nap now..."

"Heheh... Sure why not." he laughed "It feels so great to be free...!" He then felt a great gust of wind that sent a chill down his spine. Reminding him that he was naked and standing behind the Prontera Sanctuary. "...hmm, this isn't gonna look good if someone sees me... Erm." He looked back at the now sleeping Marie. "...I guess we should... go inside." He lifted her up and took her into the church, sitting her on one of its many benches before going to see the High Priest about new clothing. Two days later, Marie stirred, waking up in a soft bed. Feeling sore from idleness, she sat up, noticing her hat lying at a bedside table. She grabbed it, throwing off the covers and running out the room's doorway. Marie found herself inside a massive structure, candle-lit and pleasantly quiet, except for the movements of the people there. Searching about, she spotted out Kei and ran up to him, an eager look on her face. As she approached she was able to see he was wearing a brown jacket and what appeared to be sandals, but nothing more as he was facing the opposite direction.

"...hmm, what's for breakfast...?" Marie tugged on Kei's jacket to get his attention. "Oh, hello Marie. Good morning!" he turned toward her with a smile. Now able to see the rest of his wardrobe, Marie could see a muffler over his shoulders and what seemed to be a violet shirt. Even farther down she saw... a white dress? "How was your rest?" He asked her, interrupting her thought.

"It was good" she said "Just got some bedsores... but some good training will fix that!" She seemed to be excited and fired up about being able to move again. Stretching her arms, she shifted from side to side, being a little hyper "As soon as I get a good meal, I'm dashing right out the door..." she thought aloud.

"Ah, so you're in a hurry to get back to training I see..." Kei scratched his head before placing his hands back at his waist "...Well, Sabin was just sent out to get something for breakfast. He'll be back sooner or later... You could take this time to look around if you'd like." (Meanwhile, somewhere outside of the city...)

"Jeeze... Why does it always have to be my turn?" Sabin thought aloud. "This has to be my 4th time in a row. This place has to be empty by now" Just then, he noticed a Peco resting its eyes near the road. peco peco giant chicken "...Hmm, I guess that'll have to do..."(end separate scene Oo;)

"When was the last time I ate?" Marie thought "I think it was the one breakfast before I left for that fight... that must have been days ago..." She turned to Kei, and asked "By the way, how long have I slept?"

"...Oh, Only about two days..." Kei answered after a brief moment of thought. "Mother Matilda thought you'd never wake up. She's probably outside making a coffin right now..."

"Heehh..." Marie nervously laughed. "That's nice to know, maybe I should try and find her to save her the trouble? Getting outside would be good for me anyway..." Being rather short, she flew up several feet in the air to spot an exit, and pointed to the pair of doors at the other end of the church. "Is that the exit?"

"Yeah, that would be it." Kei nodded from afar. "Just remember not to wander too far. People aren't exactly friendly to new species on Midgard..." Kei began to whisper, "...almost all of them are Monsters..." He shook it off. "She's wearing a purple dress, Matilda. Tell her I said Hi!"

"Okay" she cheerfully said, running towards the doors. Pushing them open, a smile spread across her face as the fresh air tingled her nose. The sun shone brightly, the weather calm, and it was a beautiful day. The sound of hammering echoed from behind the Church. Marie decided to look around to see what from. There she saw a priestess with a large plank of wood hammering it to another fiercely. She kept this up for a while before hammering her own hand.

"ACK! My Finger!" She stared back down at the hammer she dropped while grasping her hand. "...You're the Baphomet's hammer aren't you? Come to ruin my hand... Well it's too bad!" She began poking it with a wand and repeating the phrase, "Evil be gone!"

"Nya?" Marie thought "Are you Matilda?" She flew a little closer, perplexingly staring at the tool. "It's not evil..." she said "Just a hammer..."

"...Well..." She stopped poking. "You never can be safe nowadays... Even the Porings possessed now..." She turned around to see a rather unfamiliar face. "Oh you're the girl that Kei brought in, good morning." She greeted her with a smile and a poke of her wand. "You're not from around here from you... I've never seen anyone like you before. You're not another monster from the depths of Glast Hiem... Are you...?" On her face dawned a rather serious look.

"Never heard of that place..." Marie said. "I'm a dimension traveler, Marie from Breezegale." She stared at the wand, utterly confused, then asked "Hey, what's the stick for?"

"Oh this?" Matilda stood straight up and suddenly lost her seriousness. "It's mah boomstick. A Mighty Staff that's perfect for bashing the demons straight out of your arse faster than diarrhea if you're possessed..." She gave Marie a slightly evil grin. "...Wanna see it in action...?"

"Ummmmmm no thanks..." Marie said "I gotta find a way to beat that Kresant guy... so I might be bus-" Her sentence was cut off by the loud grumbling of her stomach, deprived of food for days. Matilda giggled at the sound of her stomach. "You won't have to wait much longer. Sabin'll be back before you can say--" "aaaaaaaAAAAAHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhh!" Was the noise they heard as Sabin dashed past the Church, followed by a hoard of Giant Pecos and Pickys. (Which was of course followed by a mass of adventurers who wanted to get their chicken on.)

"Mmmmmmmmm" Marie thought "I'm havin' chicken fer breakfast!" With that, she materialized her trusty beam sword, jumping at the chickens, but stopped "Bah, I forgot... it's not right to kill..." She sighed, looking up at the creatures, which for some reason, though hostile to everyone else, didn't take notice to the young dreamer. The group continued on, running through the streets of Prontera. Passing the Sanctuary 3 times before the sound finally annoyed those within the Church. Kei ran outside, followed by a few acolytes and most others who were inside for that day's sermon. Out of all those who emerged, Marie noticed great spiritual energy coming from one with a large full body cloak. "What's going on out here?" Kei asked. "Is Bapho in town?"

"I don't think so..." Marie said "There's a chicken rampage..." One of the giant ones approached her, snarling at Kei (well, as best as a chicken could snarl) and turned around to the Klonian. The two were face to face, Marie staring wide-eyed and the Peco staring curiously. It had no clue whether or not Marie was one of the people, or a monster.
It honked at the wide eyed Klonian, possibly to test her nerves, then continued staring at her eyes as if it were searching for something. "...Ugh, I've had enough." A voice came from behind Kei. The man in the cloak was in a hurry to return to today's service, and seemed to have no patience for this. He began mumbling some gibberish that not even Marie could understand before yelling, "Frost Diver!" A column of icy spikes shot up from the ground as if the element itself was burrowing its way underground toward the oversized bird. It made its way right between Marie and Kei to reach the Peco, which became a giant block of ice upon contact.

"Meep..." Marie uttered "That was weird..."

The Priest-Bird-Traveler Pack circled back around yet again, this time headed directly at the church as Sabin looked to take refuge within it. Immediately after hearing the sound the wizard began his incoherent mumbling yet again, this time making a large swirling incantation circle appear on the ground before the entire group of birds. "...Storm Gust!" He yelled as a large cloud appeared above them, concentrating strong winds and snow onto this one area. After the small blizzard, each and every bird within it was a block of ice. The Wizard gave a low chuckle.

"Kyu..." Marie blinked, snow touching her nose. The cold stung, surprising her, but only for a second. "It's snowing on a warm, spring day?" she asked.

"Kei..." she whispered, "There was something about that chicken thingy..."

"Hmm? What about it?" he asked. "Did it do something?"

"No... it was something in its eyes..." she said "a wild flame... it looked like it burned in its soul..."

The cloaked man began mumbling something again as Kei formulated his answer.

"...I hear that if you look deep into a mob's eyes. You can see it's element..." Kei said. "Or, at least that's what the sages say..."

"Lord of Vermillion!" The wizard cried out as the skies above the city grew dark. As she looked up Marie could see sparks of lightening gathering above the group of frozen birds. Suddenly the bolts starting striking the ground around them, shaking the ground with each strike, it was surging through the frozen birds. In a moment, the birds had all become frozen dinners, prepackaged in ice cubes.

"...Enjoy..." Kei whispered to Marie. "You might want to get to them before the others get it all."

Marie nodded, running over to the packaged meals. Even though she was rather reluctant to eat it, she felt the hunger drive at her. Opening a package, she tore apart at it, eating it down in moments. She did the same with several other packages, until she became satisfied, and ran back over to Kei. The wizard held a ball of light in his hand, similar to Marie's untapped life force. He took this ball and slowly absorbed it into his palm, not caring if anyone noticed. He then walked back into the church, calling for the High Priest to continue service. He nodded and walked in as well.

"Well... now that that's all done." Kei said with a chicken wing in his hand "You're welcome to join us for today's sermon, Marie."

"Sermon? Dun have time... I gotta train, remember?" she said "I never knew there was such a realm like this one... think of the possibilities!"

"Okay then, young swordsman" he joked. "I wish you luck with your training." He walked back into the church. Just as Marie was on her way out she ran across Matilda, who was poking Sabin with her stick. "Baka!" she yelled. "You should know by now that you don't mob Pecos! What were you thinking?"
"Uhm... I was hungry?"

"Pecos...' Marie mumbled, making a mental note. Despite the advice not to stray far from the village, she left to the vast area stretching outward. Once a certain distance away, she materialized her beam swords, running up at random objects, usually rocks and trees, and slashing them to bits. She kept up the speed and combat training for two hours, until once again, she noticed some Pecos. Against her better judgment, she decided to take a look once again, this time without the disturbance of wizards and such.