EverShadow: So…I assume you all like this fic very much? I'M SO CLOSE TO 100 REVIEWS!!! HOLY GODS OF LIANE!!
Tiger of Blackness: As your friend said, watch it stop at 99 and never go on…
EverShadow: That would be a horror beyond all horrors.
Tiger of Blackness: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
EverShadow: You're creeping me out, Tiger.
Tiger of Blackness: Yes, if you'll excuse me, I'll be going to do what the darkness bids me to do.
EverShadow: ………On with the show…I'll be going…over there…right now.
Info at Your Local Bar
Seifer made his way into a sleazy town and looked around. It seemed like a place he would fit in very nicely but he wasn't there to fit in, he was there to get information. Quistis hadn't told him where the Omega Weapon was, she probably didn't know so it was up to him to play the role of the hero and find out where she was. The only place that seemed to have any semblance of intelligence was the bar and he stumbled in.
"What can I get you?" The bartender asked gruffly. Seifer walked over to the counter top. The bartender eyed his Hyperion warily. "I hope you're not here to start any trouble, buster."
"I'm looking for the Omega Weapon. Have any of you seen it?" He asked.
"We don't have any synthesize shops here. This town ain't fond of weapons." The bartender replied, obviously having no idea as to what the Omega Weapon was.
"No! That's not what I meant!" Seifer slammed his fist against the table.
"I've seen it." A faint whisper came from the dark corner.
"Hey, Synk. Did you have too much to drink?" Another man asked as the speaker struggled to get up. The bartender made a move to help him to his feet.
"No, I can get up by myself." He replied, putting up a hand to stop the bartender. He leaned against the wall and then took a deep breath before pushing himself to his feet. He looked Seifer square in the eye.
"You've seen it?" Seifer asked, not caring whether it was the alcohol speaking or the guy.
"Why are you looking for it? It's suicide." Synk replied.
"It took something important from me." Seifer hissed, not caring to explain it further. The man chuckled.
"Come on kid, let me show you something." The man stumbled out the door, teetering on the edge of falling. Seifer followed, slamming the door behind him. Synk led him up the street.
"Where are we going?" Seifer yelled, running beside him.
"You'll see." When they got over the hill, Seifer's eyes widened in shock. It appeared that a giant crater was ripped right into ground. People's bodies lay scattered around it.
"It was made a few days ago. 'Course, we had no problem forgetting it. This town has a tendency to forget the things it don't like. The Omega Weapon descended into the crater, like it was going back to the hell it came from."
"It was here?" Seifer whispered.
"Yeah. I had heard stories about it but none of the stories said anything about it being able to speak."
"Speak?" He repeated.
"Yeah, said something about loneliness. Kept growling about how he finally had a companion to accompany it into the darkness." Quistis…Seifer thought bitterly and then jumped down to the nearest ledge. "Hey! Where you going? You're not really going after it, are ya?"
"He took someone from me! I want her back!" He yelled back.
"Hold up kid!" Synk shouted. Seifer paused, looking up at him. He climbed back up. The old man fumbled with something in his jacket. He put something heavy in Seifer's hand and he looked at it. It was a dark black stone.
"What is it?" Seifer asked.
"Light Stone." The man replied. "Should still work. I found it when I was a kid. It's going to be dark down there. Might as well have some light. But I can say, once you go back, you might never return."
"I don't plan to if I don't find her." The old man laughed aloud.
"What love will do to you." He shook his head. Seifer didn't see what was so funny but he nodded in thanks to him and then descended. Synk watched as Seifer stood at the opening of the black hole.
Now or never. Seifer inhaled deeply. The hole seemed to want to swallow him up. Pft. Quistis is down there you idiot. Without another thought, he climbed into the darkness. Synk smiled.
"Hey, he really is an idiot. If I were him, I would've just waited until the Omega Weapon showed up somewhere else. It's bound to after all. I have no idea what Quistis sees in him." Where the old drunken man stood, now stood a young, handsome Hyne. "Now to go tell Quistis that her true love really is a buffoon."
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Oh Quisty…
Hyne? Where's Seifer? Is he going to be ok?
I can definitely say that he's desperate to save you.
He should've called Squall and the others for help. He can't possibly do this by himself.
So…what do you think would look better on the headlines, "Brave Soul Dies Trying to Save his Beloved?" or "Idiot Jumps Into Black Hole and Dies a Stupid Avoidable Death?" or if he somehow does succeed, "Fool's Luck Does Exist."
He just loves me is all.
Or how about this, "Instructor at Balamb Marries Former Sorceress's Knight?" That would make for some tabloid material.
I think, "Hyne Finally Shuts Up" makes the best title.
Your jokes wound me senora.
Really? Good.
Now if you'll excuse me, I must go see how your little boyfriend is doing if he hasn't slipped and fallen and died.
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EverShadow: I think my rendition of Hyne is one of the most beloved in the entire story.
Tiger of Blackness: That's cuz a sarcastic Hyne wasn't really the first impression on every body's mind.
EverShadow: I think everyone likes Hyne.
Tiger of Blackness: Yeah, cuz he's cool. Unlike you.
EverShadow: Your jokes wound me senora. BTW, can anyone guess where that line is from?
Tiger of Blackness: Do we care?
EverShadow: Sigh…EverShadow signing off.