MSS: And today's victim is… uh, hi Raine.
Raine: Who?
MSS: Um, hey Yuan! Will you do the disclaimer?
Yuan: Fine. Master Summoner Sheena does not own Tales of Symphonia, but she does own Oreo, Lemony, Sissy, and Magical Ribbon.
MSS: Thank you to everyone who reviewed. Special thanks to RoyalFanatic for coming up with this idea.
Raine: Why won't you tell me?
MSS: Um, please read!
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Chapter 5: Whoa, someone likes Raine's cooking!
Raine and Genis were eating the dinner Raine had cooked. Yes, Raine. Genis was picking at his food, hoping he could slip away when Raine wasn't looking.
"Genis," scolded Raine, "I don't care how bad it tastes, just eat it."
"Remember the time you food poisoned Kratos?" asked Genis, "I'm sure you don't want it to happen to me."
"Don't worry, if you get poisoned I'll cast Recover on you," reassured Raine.
"I'm not convinced," said Genis.
Genis was saved from both his sister and her food when a black cat with a white stripe around its neck walked in and climbed up on the table next to Genis' plate. It gave him puppy dog eyes.
"You want it?" asked Genis, "You can have it!"
"Genis! You can't just give your dinner to a random cat that walks in!" scolded Raine.
Before either of them could do anything, the cat ate everything on Genis' plate. It then started eyeing Raine's plate.
"Wow Raine. Some actually likes your cooking," said Genis sarcastically. He was promptly smacked by Raine. She then turned to the cat.
"Would you like some more?" she asked sweetly.
"Meow," said the cat.
"I'll go get some more for you," said Raine as she walked to the stove.
Genis looked suspiciously at the cat. Something didn't feel right. He watched the cat as it jumped onto Raine's desk and sat down. As it looked at the object on the desk, it started purring.
"Meow?" said the cat, as though it was asking what was on the desk.
Raine looked up, "Oh, that. I found that in what was left of the Triet ruins. It appears to be a ceremonial wand."
The cat abruptly picked up the wand in its mouth and ran out the slightly open door. Raine went instantly into ruin mode.
"Get back here!" she screeched, running after the cat. Genis watched in disbelief, before he burst into laughter.
"That cat had better be quick. When Raine's in ruin mode, she can even outrun the rheairds!" said Genis. After a minute of thought, he decided that this would be the best time to make his escape. I'll go to Lloyd's house. Hopefully I can eat dinner there.
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Meanwhile, in Altamira, Regal was about to receive a huge surprise. He was doing some paperwork when suddenly in came a puppy. It was multicolored and wearing bunny ears.
"Woof!" said the puppy, getting Regal's attention.
Regal bent down over the puppy and noticed a note attached to it. He read the note out loud, "We're sorry for taking this. To make up for it, we're giving you the rest of our Easter eggs."
Regal looked up to see two more dogs entering, carrying a basket between them. Inside it was three eggs.
"Thank you," said Regal as he removed the note and bunny ears. He then took the basket. Immediately then dogs ran barking to the elevator. It shut and carried them down. That was when Regal thought, How did they learn to operate an elevator?
Regal then pulled an egg out of the basket. It shouldn't hurt to eat one. He carefully cracked the egg on his desk. That was when he realized something was wrong. He hurriedly pulled out a napkin from nowhere and tried to mop up the yoke that was getting all over his paperwork.
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Genis knocked on the door to Dirk's house. Inside was pitch black. I hope somebody's home. He was surprised by someone opening the door.
"Lloyd! I thought no one was home!" said Genis.
"Genis! Good timing! I just taught Kratos to make Dwarven Pot-luck Surprise!" exclaimed Lloyd excitedly, "Come on in!"
"Thanks," said Genis as he walked in. Lloyd quickly lit up the room, revealing Kratos next to the stove. Lloyd pulled out an extra plate and spoon and gestured for Genis to sit. Pretty soon all three were seated and eating. Genis was glad that someone (probably Kratos) had had the sense to add in some actual food.
"So, why are you here? And where's Raine?" asked Lloyd. Genis quickly explained all that took place.
"So, the kitty strikes again. Do you think he'll be okay?" asked Lloyd, ruefully thinking of his past experiences with Raine and ruins.
"I don't know. I think I'll go after him. Do you have a rheaird I can borrow?" Genis said.
"Sure!" answered Lloyd, "But first, I want to use the Eternal Sword to see where the kitty is. You'll have trouble finding him on your own."
"Thanks," said Genis.
Lloyd got the Eternal Sword out, "Alright Origin, you know what to do."
Abruptly they saw the cat outside the Sylvarant Base. The picture faded.
"I guess that's where you should look," said Lloyd.
"Good luck," added Kratos.
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Oreo looked up at the door leading into the Sylvarant Base. This looks like a good place to hide. All I need to do is find a way to open this door. Oreo shook his head to clear his mind. Since the wand was still in his mouth, that was shaken too. All of a sudden, the wand glowed red. It got brighter and brighter and then shot out of the wand to the door. The door silently opened. Oh. That's what it does.
Oreo heard Raine approaching fast, so lost no time in going in. He ran through the rooms. As he ran, he heard an alarm going off. Must have been that wire I tripped over.
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Yuan looked up from his desk at the sound of the alarm. What now? Botta burst into the room and looked at Yuan. His face said What do I do? Yuan gestured for Botta to follow him and walked into the hall.
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Oreo was cornered. He was in the room where Lloyd had hid in the beginning of the game. Raine slowly advanced on him, still in ruin-mode. At that point Yuan and Botta burst in, looking curiously from Raine to Oreo. Oreo did the only thing he could. He dropped the wand into the gap Lloyd hides in and ran for his life.
"Noooo!" yelled Raine as she leapt into the hole, catching the wand. At that point Genis walked in.
"Raine! Are you okay? What happened to the cat?" asked Genis. Raine ignored him. She had hearts floating over her head as she looked at the wand.
"She appears to be fine," said Yuan.
"Would you two please leave? You're disturbing our work," said Botta.
Raine looked up, "Of course. Sorry about this." With that, Raine and Genis left for Iselia.
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Meanwhile, Oreo was sitting in the Triet desert, watching the Sylvarant Base. He had noticed something shiny on Yuan's hand, and Oreo loves shiny things. Must… have… shiny…
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MSS: It's kinda short, but I can't think of anything else to add. Anyway, look forward to chapter six, in which Oreo takes Yuan's ring!
Raine: You're lucky he left after the disclaimer.
MSS: Um, if anyone knows how to do the Falcon's Crest, could you please leave it in your reviews? The only way I've heard to do it is press circle + x + square, but I don't know what 'square' is. Could someone please help me out?
Genis: Please review!