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I wasn't sure when the Leingod party would be arriving, and at the time I was plenty nervous about meeting them. I kept my cool when I met Peppita but that might be a tad harder with Fayt. For starters Peppita had to run off, Fayt's sticking around for a bit. And if I was going to go along with him and save the universe knowing the guy would be a good first step.
Of course... there was a minor problem with that. Sure, I figured me and Fayt would get along well enough... but it doesn't change the fact I'm a thousand years out of place and I know what's going to happen soon. I might let on information I'm NOT supposed to know, or let on that I'm not from this time frame.
That said when morning came I jumped at the chance to join a group of parasailors. I needed time to think and they had a spare rig. I didn't do much parasailing back home, but I did enjoy it when I did get out. I looked down and I saw sparkles on the sea, the green of the trees all, as the air rushed by me... what a thrill. Course all things come to an end. No, I didn't land.
You see... they didn't give me a really good rig...
"Now this is cool!" James said as he floated over the water. The group he was with was a fair ways away but he didn't really mind, he was just enjoying himself. Then he heard a snap. Looking up he hear another snap as another line gave way, his chute distorting. "Uh oh..."
Would you believe... a very unsafe rig?
James tried to bring himself lower to the ground as a pair of snaps sounded off in tandem before he began near freefall. Looking town he saw the sand rushing to greet him, the few beachgoers at this section pointing up at him as he shouted out.
"OH FREAKING CRAP!"
--THUD--
It... could have gone worse. My body was tough enough to take that, no problem and sand has some give. Not as much as an air mattress, mind you... but a lot better than solid concrete! Well at least I didn't make a fool of myself in front of the Leingods...
"Is he OK?"
"I think so." A feminine voice said as James got onto his hands and knees. Looking up he saw a brown haired girl kneeling next to him in a white one-piece swimsuit looking concerned. James let off a long groan. "Are you all right?"
...Or so I thought. You know I had to land right in front of them...
Must be the Fayth's fault... I just know it...
"I'm OK..." James said as he stood up, spitting sand out of his mouth as he brushed it off him. Fayt ran up in a pair of blue and red trunks. "Only thing hurt is my pride."
"That's good." Fayt said nodding. "You took quite the spill."
"I noticed." James said brushing his hair slightly. His eye widened as his hands searched his head. "Where's my hat?"
"Is this yours then?"
"Hmm..." James looked to one side as a brown haired man and blue haired woman walked up to him. In the man's hands was his green hat. "Oh, there it is! Thanks!"
The man handed him the hat looking him over for a moment before nodding to himself. "It's an... Interesting hat."
"Yeah I know." James said as he put it back on. "Had it longer than I can remember."
"I see..."
The man, Dr. Leingod, acted a little weird. Like he just found something... I dunno. His wife acted the same way. Even now on our way to Moonbase I haven't figured that out.
Although I got a damn good clue... but that's for later.
"What happened to you? What went wrong?" The woman asked.
"Well..."
I told them about the group and the bad rig. They all agreed that it was irresponsible of them to loan out a bad rig.
"Yeah, I know. But I should have looked it over better, I do a little here and there so I would have known what to look for." James took the rest of the rigging off, dropping it onto a pile on the sand. He kicked at it once before shrugging. "I think I'll leave my thrills to the sims..."
"Battle simulators you mean?" Fayt asked.
"Yeah. Level B. I should hit level A soon enough though... Anyway I guess we're all missing something here." The party of four looked at James questioningly before he grinned and shook his head. "Like... introductions?"
"Oh of course, how rude of us." The man said adjusting his glasses. "I'm Doctor Robert Leingod, this is my wife Ryoko. My son Fayt and his friend Sophia Esteed."
"And I'm James. James Jennings. Nice to meet you all!"
"Why don't you join us? We have plenty of snacks." Ryoko said.
"Well... I dunno... You sure?"
"Of course. Fayt, why don't you James and Sophia go on? We'll be along in just a sec."
"OK Auntie."
"Sure Mom."
Tell you one thing... Ryoko makes one mean BLT...
Kinda wondered why they didn't come along right away though...
"Honey, do you think...?"
"No question Ryoko. It is the same hat after all."
"I know... has it been nineteen years now?"
"...It won't be much longer I think..."
"I know... They will need to deal with their destiny soon enough... All three of them."
We spilt up after a little bit, but me and Fayt found each other in the Battle Simulator. Let's just say he earned that Triple A rank. We talked technique between battles.
And he liked my name. Obi-Wan Kenobi... I think I need a short green dude, just to give it that 'way cool' feel.
After a bit we went out and sat down. We rested until Sophia came over... With a drink... For Fayt...
Not your usual fruit punch though.
"And that is why I HATE those things... they are too damn small." James said.
"Yeah, but they're easy, you just have to know the trick." Fayt replied as Sophia bounced over, one drink in hand and a short robe over her swimsuit.
"Fayt! I have a drink for you!" She handed him the thing, James rolling his eyes at all the sugar in her voice.
"I feel loved all of a sudden." James said as Fayt accepted the drinking taking a long sip from it.
"Sorry... I didn't think you two would still be..."
"It's fine." James looked back at Fayt...
I should have known something was up when he looked all flushed... and when Sophia rubbed her hands together like a super villain watching the hero fall into her evil trap of evilness. Yeah, we got a work out from the sim, but we had been resting for a while. Well... you know what they say about hindsight...
"Come on Fayt, let's go for a boat ride!"
"I'm feeling dizzy..."
"That's because of those games!"
James just watched and shook his head.
Sophia is a cutie... I don't know what's going on upstairs but she IS a cutie.
That out of the way, a note to the ladies... Handing someone a Cosmopolitan, which contains vodka, may make your man three times as daring... but it might also make him drunk depending on his tolerance to alcohol...
"I feel sick..."
And going on a boat ride with said drunk man... is also a bad idea.
It was about three o'clock when they got back to the same beach they left, almost five hours from went Sophia dragged him off. Thankfully it didn't take longer. And Sophia at least looked sorry for the whole thing...
I tagged along with them once they got back. I told them they needed a babysitter.
Truth be told I wanted to make sure they didn't kill themselves! Do you know how screwed up the timeline would get if Sophia died? And don't even JOKE about Fayt going down. That would put a wrench in the old works.
Then we came upon IT...
"Hey, look at this!" Sophia said as she pointed to a poster on the wall. Looking over her shoulders her two male companions looked at it. "The Starlight Dance will be taking place at 8:30 PM tonight. No formal wear or date required." She turned to Fayt and smiled brightly. "Why don't we go? It could be fun!"
"I guess..." Fayt said almost reluctantly. He looked over at James. "What do you think?"
"Me? Suppose it couldn't hurt to take a look right?"
"That's the spirit!" Sophia said nodding. "It'll be great!"
By now it was pretty clear that she wanted her title as 'Fayt's childhood friend' altered to 'Fayt's cute girlfriend.' Still the dance sounded cool. And I figured I should go and enjoy myself.
Wouldn't be much enjoyment after tomorrow...
Two days until I'm gone. It'll be sometime before I can update again, so stick with me.