Viera Actress Chapter 3

Welcome back to the world of Myko and friends. This time, there is actually going to be a short scene involving Fran and Balthier. Jote calms down a little bit too. Mjrn and Janzyn find a half-Viera, half-Hume therapist for her, which naturally fascinates little Myko-chan (She realizes that she isn't the only half-Viera in the world). Vinka, Jote and Marl's baby, begins to give Myko problems (she can't talk, but she can make Jote come see what's wrong, getting Myko caught), and Slya and Janson return into the story. And flamers, how can you live with yourselves? Sheesh, if you have such a big stupid problem with what I write, just don't read it, simple as that!! Nobody is forcing you to read it. Minus a hundred Moogle points for you. Nice reviews, however, make me such a happy bunny! Bad news for those awaiting Lisaviera's "Fran Goes on Jerry Springer": My sister broke her computer. It will take a very, very long time to get the story released.

Lena wandered through the forest, Slya at her side. The Viera woman cared very much for the child of Mjrn, even though Slya wasn't her niece. Janson was her nephew, but Slya had a different father than him. Lena always waited for Mjrn to pick up her twins. Jote had it in for her, since Lena had caused quite a few problems for the leader of Eruyt Village. Jote hated Lena. She wanted to see the woman dead by her claws, and if she ever saw her again… Lena didn't want to think about it. She liked Jote. As in liked her, liked her. Lena felt that since she was sterile, she didn't need men, and she went after women. This was a recent thing for her. Lena used to like males.

"Slya, what do you think of your Aunt Jote?" Lena asked. Slya was skipping along happily.

"She doesn't like me or Myko or Janson. She likes Vink, but Vink is her baby. Aunt Jote is scary." Slya replied. She kept skipping. Lena remembered when she was young. She used to be a happy Viera. Rabbitpox had really screwed her up. She had gotten it as an adult, and that made her the way she was. Mona and Tarj were lucky. They had been deliberately infected as children, as all young Viera were supposed to be.

"Slya, Jote is lucky she had Vinka. I cannot have children."

"Is that why you are my friend?"

"I like kids. And Jan doesn't want you to feel bad about your brother having both parents and you don't. And how you don't know Rush. I know him a little bit. He's quite a Viera. I know him somewhat."

Lena picked Slya up and began carrying her through the Wood, back to Janzyn's home. She was not allowed to take the twins home. That would result in her death. After she had done something horrible to Jote, the Viera banished her from the area of Eruyt Village.

"Miss Lena? Myko says that she wants your sister Mona to visit Eruyt Village and bring her pet coeurl Whiskers! He's going to be the coeurl in 'The Viera who Cried Coeurl!'"

"Whiskers? I'm sure Mona would love the idea of Whiskers being in Myko's play."

"I hope everyone likes her play. I know the Viera don't like her at all, but I hope her play goes over well. I know Myko doesn't go over well with everyone, but she does her best. If the Viera don't like the idea of her play, they don't have to see it."

"Myko is so innocent. I wish she could be with her parents."

Fran had been a bit more emotional since Myko was born. She had discovered feelings she never knew Viera could have. She wanted to return to the Wood and see her child and Mjrn. She hadn't seen either of them since Jote had had Vinka. She still didn't understand why Jote had allowed her and Balthier to go into the village during that time. Fran's feelings for Balthier had grown over the past few years, even though the two would probably never marry. It just wouldn't work. Viera did not marry, and they especially did not marry Humes!

Balthier had gotten some letter from Mjrn delivered by Moogle Mail Services. It was a strange letter. Mjrn seemed incredibly distressed, saying all kinds of things about Jote being nasty to Myko, and that she needed help. There was also mention of a therapist named Lyre that he and Fran had to go find in Rabanastre and bring to Jote. Lyre was apparently a half-Viera herself, and was raised by Viera in the Wood for a long time, until she left to find out about her Hume side. She knew exactly how the Viera mind worked, though, and was better than any Hume therapist. She had been the one who had straightened poor Kjna out after she went mad. Fran had once had a run-in with Kjna before she had gotten therapy. The girl was insane, and had attempted to kill her and Balthier. It was only by a miracle they had gotten away.

"Coordinates set. Now we can let the autopilot do the work." Balthier said.

"I hate the autopilot. It makes me feel useless." Fran remarked.

"You don't seem to be in the right mind to be flying. Is it that time of the year again?"

"Yes."

"I know what let's do! Let's give Myko a brother or sister!"

"ARE YOU MAD?! WE CAN'T EVEN TAKE CARE OF ONE CHILD! WE CAN'T INFLICT ANOTHER ON MY SISTERS, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN! AND IT WAS NOT PLEASANT AT ALL FOR ME!" Fran roared. She didn't realize that Balthier was kidding.

"Fran, it was a joke. I know perfectly well we don't want to go down that road again. At least not for a long time. I would enjoy being with you again, however."

"I am so not in the right mind for that kind of joke! Don't tempt me! We can wait until we get into the Wood and Hala can give me some contraceptive. Hala is foremost salve-maker, after all. Or we could visit Janzyn and his sister could give me the stuff too."

"NO! Last time we saw Lena, she showed a disturbing side of herself we never noticed when Myko was born. She's the leading lady who desires another leading lady."

"Lena is a lesbian."

"Precisely."

"Mjrn and Janzyn have a son though. That's what I am saying. I want to see Janson and Slya."

"What about Myko?"

Fran smiled. "There is nobody I would love to see more."

Myko was practicing the retarded script Rael wrote for her. Rael was being all pretend-friendly and deliberately wrote a stupid script for the innocent Myko.

"Miss Rael? How does this sound? 'I am the Viera, eat me Mr. Coeurl, for I am stupid and…'" Myko began reading. Then she figured it out. "WAIT A MINUTE! THIS IS INSULTING! AUNT JOTE! RAEL'S BEING MEAN TO ME!"

Jote snickered. Then she got all serious. "Rael quit it! Let Myko write her own script!"

"Myko can't write! You can't even make her sit still and listen for ten minutes without her acting like she's high on the Mist! You haven't managed to calm her down long enough to teach her how to write yet!" Rael complained.

"Then Mjrn can write the script. She's the artsy type. She used to write poetry all over the walls. We still haven't cleaned them all off."

"Mjrn is spending the week with Janzyn. She'll probably have more children with him soon. She did ask Hala for contraceptives, but I don't know if she was serious about wanting them or whether she just took 'em so you wouldn't worry about 'er."

Vinka looked at Myko, and Myko noticed her.

"Aunt Jote! My cousin is trying to get me in trouble!" Myko cried.

"Sylva is as pure as her hair is white! She isn't old enough to try and get you in trouble for something you haven't done! She's just a baby! You're the one trying to get someone in trouble. Isn't that right Sylva? Yes it is!"

"Wow. I have never seen Jote go all mushy like that. I didn't think it was in her nature." Alja said.

"I've never seen her like that either. She adores her daughter though. And she doesn't like how Myko acts towards Vinka." Hala said. Alja had been her apprentice once, and she still treated the young Viera as though she was her own child. Hala had a few children of her own, including a young daughter born two days before Myko-chan.

"I want Janzyn to get his sister Mona to bring Whiskers so he can be the coeurl!" Myko exclaimed happily.

"No. Janzyn's sisters are bad news." Jote snarled.

"Only Lena is. Mona is fine. She has a family and everything. She isn't barren like Lena." Arla stated.

"And I know Whiskers. He hates Janzyn so much! And nobody knows why!" Myko yelled delightedly.

"Well, if Myko Sue will shut up and go home, I'd like to revise this script. Don't worry Jote, I won't make the little mutant say anything insulting again. And by the way, how can she read when she can't even write?" Rael asked.

"Ask Mjrn. I think she taught Myko how to read using Moogle Mail letters from Fran and her pet Hume." Jote replied in an angry tone. She was so not in the mood to answer Rael's obnoxious questions. She wanted to go home and play with Marl.

"Janzyn, I don't want to play that game again!! I don't like pretending to be a captive that you force yourself on. I hate that game! It reminds me of that time I left the Wood and those Humes caught me and did unspeakable things! At least they didn't have their ways with me, but still it was ghastly!" Mjrn cried. Janzyn and her were doing a little role-playing.

"Okay, chill. What do you want?" Janzyn asked.

"Classic Viera love. Just throw me down and make love to me. Simple as that."

"You're no fun! C'mon! Let's try more role-playing! You get what you want, I get what I want. We're both happy."

"This role-playing is not making me happy. C'mon. Let's just get on with it. I adore you, and I want you to make love to me, and you were the one who asked last time and I said no."

"Where are Lena and the kids?"

"I sent them to find Mona and Whiskers. I know you wouldn't want to do that."

"Do you realize that it's the breeding season, and you might not be in your right mind? I know you don't want to have more children yet. I can't sleep with you if you're vulnerable. I don't want to get you pregnant if you don't want it."

"I made Hala give me something to keep me from having another child right now. We're safe."

Janzyn began stripping Mjrn. "That's all I needed to hear."

Mjrn laughed. "I know you all too well." She said.

"And yet, there's still more I will have to teach you."

"I'm a quick learner."

"You sure are."

A young brown-haired Viera had been charged to go to the Wood. She had never been there. She was born outside of the Wood from a rogue Viera. She had no idea why a Viera and a Hume, so much like her own parents, came to her and told her to go to the Wood and find a young woman named Mjrn. The Viera was named Ella, and she, like Myko, was not a full Viera. Her father was a Hume. Her mother hadn't left the Wood by choice, but she had done something awful and had been banished. She never told Ella what exactly it was that she had done.

Ella had grown up in Rabanastre, where her parents lived. When her father died, her mother fell into a deep depression, and Ella was all that kept her going. Ella wanted to find somebody to help her mother, but she couldn't find a therapist that would work with Viera. That inspired the girl to become a therapist that worked exclusively with Viera and half-Viera. And she did her job very well. She was, in fact, possibly the best in her field in all of Ivalice.

"Today's session went very well, Kaji. I think you should be fine. Now, if you start feeling like you are being forced to be with a Hume just because you live outside of the Wood and it starts disturbing you again, give me a call." Ella told one of her charges, a young Viera who was sure that she was being forced to marry a Hume just because male Viera (aside from a few instances from Janzyn, but Tarvans are allowed to do so) have not ever been known to leave the Wood.

"Thank you Ella. To tell the truth, when I found out you were only half Viera, I wasn't sure how well this would go, but wow. You understand the Viera mind like a pureblood!" Kaji exclaimed. She skipped off happily. It made Ella's heart happy to see Viera leave happy. She then started packing for her trip. She knew she'd need her gun as well as her therapy tools. Her mother would always tell her that the Wood was full of predators that would love to make a snack out of a defenseless Viera, and especially a rogue Viera who was returning, since she couldn't hear the Wood warn her about danger.

"I'm gonna go tell mama. I'll finally get to see what she's been telling me since I was a kitten." Ella said to herself. It was her way of remembering what she had to do. She used to not be able to remember to do things, and figured out that if she repeated what she had to do, it helped her remember. She also called young Viera kittens, since they look like rabbits and a kitten is a baby rabbit.

Ella went to her mother's home. Her mother was getting old, even for a Viera. At least Ella had helped her get over her depression as much as she could. She'd never get over losing her husband, but she wasn't trying to kill herself anymore. Ella didn't like to think of it. Her mother had tried to kill herself multiple times.

"Mama? Are you home?" Ella called. Her mother was in the living room, talking to a Hume woman.

"Ella. Remember Jenny?" Ella's mother asked. Ella nodded.

"Hello. Mama, I need to tell you something really, really important."

"Ella! Am I finally going to be a grandma?"

"Not that important." Ella replied with a smile. "I need to go somewhere. And it isn't going to be easy."

"Why is this so urgent?"

"I have to go to the Wood. I have a job involving an extremely important Viera, and she lives in the Wood, and her sister told me to find her. I'll get paid triple and everything. I'm worried about this job, and I want to tell you before I go, just in case something happens."

"Ella, you will be fine. You are my daughter, and you are very strong."

"I'll come straight home as soon as the job is done."

"Ella, if you find a mate and want to live with him, I will understand."

"You want me to have kids that badly, don't you? I'm sorry Mama. I have to do my job."

Myko was trying to help Alja revise her script. Rael had been told she wasn't allowed to help the girl write the script after she wrote two more insulting versions. Jote and Marl had gone home together, and Hala was told to supervise Alja and Myko, and also to take care of Vinka, who was screaming because she couldn't see her mother.

"Make that kid be quiet!" Arla cried, holding her long ears.

"I don't know if I can. Jote told me to watch her, and when this little blessing from the Wood can't see her mother, she gets really upset." Hala told her.

"Yep. And now our leader is trying to make another one. Perfect." Rael added.

"Rael, why are you so angry all the time?" Alja asked, looking away from Myko's script for a second to make eye contact with the older Viera.

"Here's a question, Alja! Why are you so interested in helping that mutant child of Fran's? You know she isn't one of us! She's the half-breed child of a rogue Viera! What was Jote thinking, taking that brat in?"

"Rael, be nice." Neve scolded. Rael charged at her and clawed her.

"HEY!! Stop that!" Myko yelled. "Rael, you're stealing the show! I'M THE STAR!!"

Rael walked off in a huff. She had been in a bad mood recently, and seeing Myko continuously didn't help matters. She hated Myko with a passion. She wanted nothing more than to see the girl really get eaten by coeurls. She couldn't explain why she hated Myko so much, but she did. She was one of the first Viera to know that Fran was going to have Myko.

When Jote had Vinka, Rael had to take care of Myko for a while, and that might have been one of the reasons the Viera suddenly realized her hatred for the child. Myko was surprisingly intelligent, for a child her age, and that made Rael upset. A half-Viera that was smarter than most pure Viera made a mockery of their entire race! And the fact that Fran was the mother was even worse. Fran had left the Viera, and should've dealt with her own mistake, instead of dumping the little brat on Jote! Why in the world did Jote offer to care for that girl? She could've just as easily had one of her own!

Rael had only her daughter Dana. She didn't want to have a lot of children. All the other advisors except for Alja had a few kids. Alja was young and hadn't found a mate yet. Rael had messed around with many Viera, male and female. Even Jote didn't know this. And when Rael got angry, she'd go and throw herself at any Viera who wanted it. And it didn't matter who wanted her. She went out into the Wood and went to go find Viera who would want some entertainment. Maybe she'd find Rush, like she often did. Rush and her had been together so many times Rael had lost count. Rael had been furious when she found out that Mjrn had slept with Rush once, but she had gotten over it.

"What is her problem?" Myko asked

"Who knows?"

"So you told Fran to find Ella?" Janzyn asked Mjrn.

"Of course I did. We have nothing to do besides have fun all week long!" Mjrn replied. She pulled Janzyn into an intense kiss. Lena and the kids entered, but nothing was going on besides Janzyn and Mjrn kissing. Mjrn was smart enough to know that there was the possibility of being caught in the act by her kids. It wasn't so bad if only Lena caught them, even though it was horribly embarrassing, but if her kids caught her… Mjrn didn't want to imagine it.

"Hey there! How were my little angels?" Mjrn asked Lena.

"Perfect. Janson ran into this little girl, and didn't act at all like his father. He was the perfect little gentleman."

"That's excellent!"

"C'mon Mjrn! Janson acts like a perfect gentleman all of the time!" Janzyn protested.

"No, he does NOT!! He acts exactly like you sometimes. He told Myko last week that she is so beautiful that when she gets older all of the males will want her! He has no idea why the males would want her, but still…"

"And I'm sure Myko didn't like that remark." Lena stated.

"She didn't understand it. She thought it was funny."

"There seems to be something wrong with that child. What is it with her? I've heard some horrible things about her."

"Lena, you know Myko! You helped deliver her, remember?!" Janzyn yelped.

"I know. I never denied that I knew her. I just asked what the problem is with her."

"She's a baby and Jote is trying to make her train her tail off. I've heard that Humes that young are put in kindergarten, but they aren't trained like soldiers."

"Jan is right. A sweet little girl like Myko doesn't deserve to be treated like that. Jote is determined to make a Viera out of her, but I don't think it's right to try and train that girl the way she does. She's pushing Myko too hard. And Myko has a temper too. Jote came home last week with horrible claw marks all over her face. T'was the work of our favourite half-Viera, surely."

"My favourite half-Viera is my granddaughter Janet." Janzyn said.

"I know, but you do love my little niece, don't you?"

"Sure do."

"Now Vinka. You stay outta my way! I'm doing all kinds of important stuff to get my play ready, and I don't need a spoiled little baby Viera messing with everything I do!" Myko was screaming.

"Jote is not going to like this." Neve stated.

"Which one of you is Mjrn?" Asked a new voice. A brown-haired Viera was standing nearby. It was Ella.

"WHO THE HECK ARE YOU AND HOW'D YOU GET IN?!" Hala roared.

Ella smiled. "One of your people let me in when I told her I was the therapist that fixed Killer Kjna's mind," She said. "Now which one of you is Mjrn?"

Vinka looked at Ella and immediately got upset. Hala had just quieted her down too!

"What is wrong with the baby?" Ella asked. She picked Vinka up, and the little Viera tried to claw her. "Hey, that isn't going to work on me, little one. I know how the Viera mind works. You know that my scent is unknown, and therefore threatening to you. I know just how to assure you I'm no threat! Look what I have! Does the baby want a peppermint? This usually works."

Vinka was instantly more interested in the peppermint candy than anything else. She quieted down.

"How did you do that?" Myko asked.

"Babies aren't that hard to understand. The candy almost always works. Viera are my specialty. When my father died, my mother began losing the will to live. I became a therapist to help Viera, since I couldn't find a Viera therapist, only Hume therapists. I'm a half-Viera." Ella explained. Myko's eyes got wide.

"You're a half-Viera too?! I've never met another like me!" Myko cried happily.

"I can tell that you aren't full Viera. The eyes are different, and the feet. I have my father's hair colour. And I'm smaller than a full grown Viera. I've helped a number of half-Vieras in my time. They can get really messed up. Viera society rejects them, and Hume society tries to destroy them."

"Leave my Sylva alone!" Jote yelled as she rejoined the group.

"Sylva? Is that the baby? I was just trying to quiet her down. I'm looking for a Viera by the name of Mjrn. Her sister on the outside told me to find her here."

"Mjrn is my sister. You spoke to Fran? My sisters are both problems, and if you touch Sylva again, I'll kill you."

"So you must be Jote. Fran said that Mjrn was just the one to go to so I could work out my pay and everything. You're the one who I need to help. Fran said that you need therapy, and I'm the best."

"I do not need therapy! What and who are you?"

"I'm a Viera of course. My name is Ella."

"She's a half-Viera like me!" Myko chimed in.

"Then go away. Myko is bad enough. We don't need any more half-Viera. I'm not allowing another one to move in."

"Are you trying to intimidate me just because of your size? You are a big, pure white, full Viera. Very impressive, but I know how to deal with you. In essence, you seem to just be a big Viera. But on the inside, you are insecure. Worried that the Viera are going to stop listening to you. You're their leader. The eyes tell all." Ella said. Jote wondered how Ella could read the signs so easily.

"I'll admit that you are good."

"I'm better than good. I'm the master. I will have you breaking down and crying if I keep this up, but I want to be paid. I'm not trying to make you upset. I want to help you."

Vinka went up to Myko and held out her hand.

"I don't have anything for you." Myko said. Vinka began crying again.

"I have more peppermint candy, but I think I'm going to use it to reward her mother. Jote is just a big kitten, after all."

"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?!"

"Screaming at me to try and intimidate me isn't working. I'll work on taming you, but the kitten is normal. Don't be spoiling her."

"Don't tell me how to raise my child!"

"Yelling at me is very childish. You don't have to yell. I have long bunny ears. I can hear you perfectly well."

"I hate you."

"I'm asserting myself. To get you to listen, I have to."

"Well, I'm not gonna listen to you, half-breed. I'm a pureblood Viera. I'm worth two of you. I'm worth you and Myko. I am the boss, and you are just the child of a Viera who felt like sleeping with a Hume and got knocked up! Just like Fran!"

"That isn't going to work. I know how your mind works. You want to be dominant, but I'm not allowing that to happen."

"OBEY ME!"

"I've already reduced you yelling out in frustration. You're harmless."

Jote lunged at Ella and tried to kill her. Ella had incredible reflexes. Better than most pure Viera. She nimbly dodged every swipe of the big Viera's claws. The advisors just stared. Ella had gained their respect by standing up to Jote and not getting angry at her attitude.

"I'd rather have Ella as the leader. She's great! She's so patient. I've never met a Viera like her!" Neve exclaimed. Jote sat down and gave up.

"See? Even the alpha wolf can be tamed by someone with enough patience. Here, have a doggy treat." Ella said. She threw Jote a peppermint.

"What makes you think I want this?" Jote snarled.

"Viera like candy. I've never met one who didn't."

Vinka saw that Jote got a peppermint, and immediately ran to her to try and get it. Jote was going to give it to her, but Ella shook her head.

"Better not. That kid of yours is already spoiled. Kids have to learn that they can't get everything they want."

"When Sylva grows up, she will have everything a Viera could want. She'll be the leader someday." Jote said, but she didn't give the girl the candy. Ella seemed to get through to her a little.

"You don't have everything you want, but you might learn what you really have when I'm through with you. Myko, hold Vinka for me. I'm going to teach you all something. Something no Viera who lives in the Wood knows."

How about that? Even Jote is bested by half-Viera Ella. Next up, Myko gets one of her deepest wishes granted. And I know it is one of the wishes of my readers. Please keep reviewing! And if you like this, check out my other works. I'm working on several projects at once. "Hunters of the Stars" is worth reading if you're into humourous stories with very little point. Wight Mamba (my brother, who wrote most of said story) and I would love to see some reviews for that. And The Eternal Question, my first fic, is all about how Myko came to be. If somebody didn't read that first, this story can get confusing.