Chapter 6: The Confrence and Meeting Albel
(A/N: Yep another messed up tale of Star Ocean 3...This time following the gang to the Mosel Dunes conference with King Arzei. As you might remember from the last retelling...Romeria was in a sugar induced state of hyperness, the gang had defeated the pathetic Schweimer, and they were totally lost. Well they've finally made it to Mosel Dunes and have started talking to the king...and i just don't feel like writing the whole story...XD Well i hope you'll review...i didn't get any last chapter and i was kinda sad...oh well!)
Disclaimer: Nope! XD
"You're kinda late," Arzei said as the group walked into the conference room.
"Well we were side tracked by you're stupid soldier Schweimer, had to cross a stupid desert, and these stupid runes are coated with monster...which doesn't make solving the stupid riddles any easier!" Fayt shot off all his frustration
"Dude, I didn't mean anything by it man...I just was stating like...a fact or something..." Arzei said in obvious confusion
"Dude? What the heck?" Nel was now confused
"Like no, you're a dude-ett, that blue haired dude is a dude,"
"Just let it go Nel," Cliff said
"HI YA!" The queen squealed
"...You were a bit late on the uptake...we've been here for about 5 minutes already," Fayt rolled his eyes
"What?" the group sighed
"So...like what's going on anyway? That's why we're all here right?" Arzei asked
"I suppose we have to tell you...since the queen is still out of the box," So Fayt, Nel and Cliff explained the situation
"...So...There's people from another world...they'll probably kill us all...and you guys need a dragon to carry a large untested weapon?" the king rambled off the main points
"Pretty much," Nel shrugged
"Well that's...weird,"
"Yep," Cliff agreed
"AHHHH!" Suddenly the ceiling above them cracked and in fell a blue-haired girl with a laser gun. She stood up, brushing off dust.
"Hey Maria," Cliff greeted her
"Hey yourself," she sneezed...inhaling sand would do that
"Um...I hate to break this to you...but you're a few cut-scenes late,"
"Yeah I know...I was hiding from Lieber and Marietta got lost,"
"...What about Mirage,"
"She got side tracked by that old school Mario game she downloaded...of course when she realized we were about a few light-years away from the destination then she turned on the tracking device she put on you,"
"Oh yeah...explains why i felt a buzzing..."
"Anyway...so what's going on?" The group sighed and retold the story
"And he know's about the powers and junk?" Maria pointed at Fayt
"Yep,"
"How?"
"Well just because you were late doesn't mean that the dictionary was...you just had to look up the right junk and it was all there."
"...Right..."
"About that dragon thing...the only thing we have big enough would be Crosell..." Arzei broke into the conversation
"CROSELL are you MAD?" Nel freaked
"Mad...I ain't mad!" And yes sitting in the far end chair was the old man Woltar...who had just been awakened
"Not you! Him!" Nel pointed at Arzei
"Well I'm like sooorrryy but he's the only one who'd be able to lift that runelogical weapon thing of yours,"
"Fine," Nel sighed
"Oh and you'll have to take Albel,"
"WHAT?"
"Albel...isn't that that purple skirted warrior guy that we kicked the pants..." Fayt began,
"Skirt," Cliff reminded him
"...Skirt, off of?"
"With the braids?" Cliff added
"That'd be him,"
"Why him?" Nel asked
"Well first off, all you's are Aquarian...or not of this planet, so we need some Airyglyphian blood in there," Arzei rose from his chair, preparing to leave, donning sunglasses as he did so
"Wait...you said first off...that means there has to be a second reason..." Fayt said confused
"Well...I'd like not to get into details...so let's just say that that poor little dude needs some fresh air. Later dudes and dudettes!" And Arzei ran off to the left, kicked open a trap door, grabbed his surfboard, and slid down the steps,
"Um...I hate to ask...where in the heck is he going?" Fayt asked
"Oh...to practice being hip and being a surfer...also he likes to visit the turtle things," Woltar explained, "So are you ready to meet Albel?" the group shrugged and followed the ancient man...stopping briefly at Peterny to drop off Romeria...who was starting to have a hangover (yes from sugar), to Clair.
"This is where Albel is," Woltar said, pulling out a key to a dungeon door
"Wait...why is he in the dungeon?" Cliff asked
"Oh that moron Vox put him in there on some bogus charges...and the time in there has not been good to him..." Woltar replied airily
"In what way?" Maria asked but soon found out when Woltar opened the door. Chained up was Albel the Wicked...but he was wearing...
"Pink ribbons..." Nel trailed off watching the tormented man and then turning to Woltar, "You don't mean to say...
"Yep he reverted back to his pony, prancing, skipping, girly, childhood ways," Woltar shook his head sadly
"OOOO! New people! Hi ya Uncle Woltar!" Albel had an innocent gleam in his eyes, and a childlish grin on his face
"Albel, you're supposed to go with these nice people," Woltar said in a slow voice
"Why?"
"Because that's what the king wants,"
"Why?"
"Because he wants you to go,"
"Why?"
"BECAUSE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE GREATEST SWORDSMAN IN AIRYGLYPH!" Woltar finally snapped
"That's what my daddy wants me to be!" Albel grinned again
"...Your dad has been dead for years Albel"
The grin slid off of Albel's face and he started sobbing, "DADDY!" he wailed
"..." the others had been watching the whole show and now realized why he had been kept in confinement
"You want us to take THAT with us on a dangerous and life threating mission!" Cliff pointed at the sobbing Albel
"No, the king does," Woltar corrected him
"Uh...how is he supposed to HELP us?" Fayt asked
"Um...not quite sure...just make sure you don't give him any weapons"
"Ok isn't there anyway to get him back to normal?" Nel wondered
"Well there might be..."
"HOW?"
"Well he and a woman that he desires have to bathe naked in the snow of the Traum Mountains,"
"... O.o ..." Everyone except Albel looked at Nel
"Oh no...You are not having me do that! Besides he doesn't even desire me you perverts," Nel backed away
"Please, have you not read the Fan Fictions out there? The favorite couple has to be NelxAlbel!" Maria exclaimed
"Right next to AlbelxFayt...hey does it matter if its a boy?" Cliff grinned, staring at Fayt who paled and backed away just as Nel did.
"...Well if you don't want to do that then you can always give him this," Woltar tossed them a giant pill and left the dungeon, "Good luck...you'll need it..." he muttered as he climbed out of sight
"Albel," Fayt cooed, "Why don't you eat this candy?" he held out the pill
"YUCKY! Me no like!" Albel started crying again
"Holy Apris this could be hard," Nel muttered
"Wait! I've got it!" Cliff whipped out an index card and wrote on it, "Albel read this!"
Albel stopped crying and stared at the card. After a few moments he burst out into hysterical laughter, "BOOGERS!" he fell over laughing uncontrollably. Cliff grabbed the pill and shoved it into Albel's open mouth. Albel gasped and choked for a few minutes before getting the thing down. Moments later...
"What are you maggots doing down here?" He sneered
"Back to normal!" Cliff grinned
"Bah..."
"Well let's go!" and the party of 5 trekked off in search of the great dragon Crosell
(A/N: Yep retarded I know...oh well i laughed! XD! hope you like it and please review!)