Ok, sea monkeys! I am having boat loads of trouble with my other story, so I decided to put something else up. It is mostly the drabble that my muse woke me with at 4 AM. When my muse sends me something, I must obey.
Anyways, this is from Rikku's POV. No clothing has been changed, and none of the names have been changed to protect anyone. I haven't the foggiest idea as to why Rikku was wandering about on Mushroom Rock Road, so please don't ask me.
I don't own FFX-2, but if I did, I would buy everyone in the world a dictionary.
You'll never believe what happened to me today. There I was, walking down Mushroom Rock Road (try saying that three times fast) to get back onboard the Celsius when the ground started to rumble a little. So, naturally, I stopped to see what was going on. Stupid thing to do, really. If it was a land slide or something, I'd be a goner. Not that stopping didn't make me a goner anyways, but let's get back to the point.
The ground rumbled again, and this time I could see a couple of rocks fall from the side of the cliffs. Being the curious little thing I am, I snuck up close to the cliff face, trying to find the source of the rumbling and the falling rocks. Then the rumbling started again, this time with more determination. There was a crack in the cliff. A growing crack. The more rumbling I heard and felt, the more the crack grew. Curiosity killed the cat, but I still had about five lives left. So I went a bit closer to inspect it. Me and my curiosity.
I heard a scuffle from behind me, and turned to see some of the Youth League members walking towards me. I waved at them to stop. I didn't think they had five lives left like me. Most people only have one. If only I hadn't turned my back to the developing crack on the rock wall.
There was another, stronger rumble and then a loud crash. I felt something slimy and gross brush past my left leg. I looked down just as the slimy-gross thing wrapped around my leg and jerked. Pain seared through my calf and ankle as it tightened and proceeded to pull me to the now small opening in what I had always assumed was solid rock. My mistake. I'll never assume that rock walls are solid again. I mean, I assumed they were solid and now there's a slimy-gross thing pulling me inside a cave and it was trying to take my foot off before I ever reached the inside of it.
There was something big inside. Really big. It was a black color that was blacker than black. That probably doesn't make any sense to anyone, but it was true. The small amount of daylight that filtered into the cave showed the huge, dark body of a Something. I'm going to assume again and say that the slimy-gross thing on my leg belongs to the huge body beyond the entrance.
The Youth League guys tried to grab me, but it was too late. Just as I went in, another slimy-gross thing came shooting out and grabbed one of them. The man shrieked at a volume that only opera singers are supposed to be able to reach. I pulled out one of my daggers and cut the slimy-gross thing that was causing an innocent man to bust a lung from screaming. There was an inhuman howl that echoed throughout the cave. The other slimy-gross thing was retracted and the one attached to me was as well.
Great. Now Iwas inside an unknown cave with a humongous Something for company. It probably wanted to eat me or something. There can't have been much to eat in a sealed off cave. I have some jelly beans in my pouch. I wondered if it would like some in exchange for letting me not be dinner. Unlikely, you say? Well I think it's worth a shot. Who doesn't like jelly beans?
"Okay, you want some jelly beans, Something? They're awfully yummy." A gargling roar answered my offer to share my jelly beans. Okay, now I know that there is someone out there that doesn't like jelly beans. Excuse me for trying to get out of a fight that I can't win. Little me doesn't stand much of a chance against big Somethings.
Alright, I needed to put some kind of fight here. Hmm…what dress sphere would be appropriate for fighting a Something? That ninny Shinra could tell me, I bet. Too bad I don't have a Shinra in my pocket. Not that I even had pockets. I had pouches and a utility belt like a super-hero. Okay, I think a Warrior was due for an entrance. At the very least I could get the slimy-gross thing off of my leg. Chop-chop and all that. Alrighty, Warrior here I come! I mean, here I am!
It took me a few seconds to change, but when I was finished, the very first thing I did was to whack that slimy-gross thing off my leg completely. My lovely, shiny sword went through it like a hot knife through butter. Or maybe more like cream cheese. There was a small bit of resistance when I sliced through it. The second thing I did was to peel the remnants off of my leg. I think it took some skin off with it, because it sure as Hell felt like there were suckers attached to my leg. Ugh, I had always wondered what it would feel like for an orange to be peeled, if it were alive and sentient, that is. There was a very wet 'shhhrrrip' sound as it stole some of my skin from my leg. Gods, I could feel the thing twitching! A few more chops should do the trick…no! Get out before it notices you again!
The Something didn't seem to like having the slimy-gross thing chopped off. It wailed and howled like a mad thing. Duh, it was mad. You'd be mad too if someone had just cut off one of your appendages. While the Something was occupied with its severed extremity, I tried to make a run for the entrance. The Something didn't seem to like the idea of my escaping just as much as it didn't like being chopped up by my sword.
It gathered itself behind me, getting ready for an attack. There was a slight tremor as its bulk moved with more speed than I would have expected to intercept me. I felt something that was disgustingly gooey smack me across the back, forcing me to stop running and hit the opposing wall with a resounding 'crack'. Damn, there went a few ribs. I still had my sword, thankfully, so when the Something came at me again, its bulk shaking the ground more violently than before, I parried the blow it had ready for me. I took off a chunk of gooey stuff from the gooey thing that had hit me before. It nearly took my sword away, though.
Now Something was really mad at me. It began…I guess 'hopping' is the best word to describe it. Hey, it might be a baby Something and throwing a tantrum because things weren't going its way. Please, oh please don't let there be a mommy or daddy Something in here too.
I moved from where my precious ribs had been cracked against a rather hard rock wall and dove to the ground just as it made another gooey swipe at me. Thankfully, it missed, so I got up and moved again. I wished I could run, but that seemed to jar my battered body a little too much. Something began 'hopping' again, and I heard what disturbingly sounded like rock cracking and breaking. It disturbed me because it came from the floor and not the walls.
"You stupid Something! Stop breaking the floor! You'll get me killed you big meanie!"
Like it would listen to reason. Especially my reason; I had just taken a few chunks out of it. I wouldn't listen to me if I had taken a few chunks out of me. I could understand why it wasn't disposed to listen. Unfortunately, it 'hopped' one too many times and the floor started to cave in.
How in Spira did the Something hop? It seemed to be made up of gooey stuff and not muscles. Flans were gooey, but they oozed around when they traveled, they didn't have any real kind of locomotion to use. I'd have to get Shinra to find out for me. I wasn't about to stay and ask it.
The floor of the cave began to break apart, leaving jagged holes that lead to an abyss. I couldn't hear if anything hit another surface or not. Then again I was too busy trying to get out of the cave and to safety to listen properly. The ground gave way completely and fell away from my feet before I could make a proper leap to the entrance. I could hear the Something howling as it fell. There was another sound then, I heard it loud and clear as I was falling with the slab of rock that had been under my feet. Something else was making noise in here. It took me a minute to realize that it was me screaming at the top of my lungs as I fell alongside the Something into the abyss.
Well, let me know if you like it. If you do, I may very well continue this one and give "Journey" a break for a while.
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