Chapter 2
It seemed like they failed at finding their, which was pretty funny since the amount of laws they broke trying to find the pig tailed girl was probably in the hundreds, as both grumbled as once again they ended up in a back alley. The sunlight shining down on the kings of trash.
"Hmm, we can't find her I say!" Luzu screamed the obvious to the heavens as Marsh bit his lip, really the girl in front of him was the worse person to be with in any situation known to man, the truth of the matter is, he would rather be looking for Linza alone then recruiting the help of the red headed freak.
"How long did that take you to figure out...damn I don't even think she's in Daath anymore." Marsh gritted his teeth, while it was true they were all planning to leave anyway the situation became direr in a second as Luzu flung her crimson hair, as it was a whip before speaking once again.
"Well, it seems this in undeniable proof that Linza has indeed been kidnapped, TELL ME MARSH! Has there been anything odd lately about the town or the Oracle knights, anything at all I say will help us unsolve this mystery, UNSOLVE IT I SAY!" Marsh winced as Luzu screamed even louder, he did not know what was worse, the fact that he'll probably be forced to hang out with Luzu until they find Linza. Alternatively, the fact that after a while he would probably get use to the girl's random outbursts.
However, it did jog a memory about a certain topic that was hanging around the headquarters, something that was not very important at the time but could help now. "Hey, some people from Malkuth was visiting for some reason, do you think there's a chance that she ended up with them?" A long pause followed as the crimson haired girl pressed her fist on her forehead, as if she was in deep thought.
"...OF COURSE! It was so simple, how could I not see it, no doubt they think Linza is some kind of princess no doubt. Maybe they heard her horrid singing voice, after all a princess needs to have a unique quirk to make them special. Whether it be horrible at cooking, or a terrible singer, they need something that lets them relate to the common man. You see Marsh-"
"N-no, please stop. We don't have time for this." Marsh showed genuine terror on his face as Luzu stopped mid-sentence and frowned.
"I have a feeling that you don't appreciate my words of wisdom." He did not appreciate Luzu words of wisdom that is why he was stopping her in the first place. Alas, she would probably go on another rant about the importance of listening to the words of others. One has to wonder who raised her to be someone like that. Actually, Marsh never really figured out anything about either of the girl's parents. However, that was probably worthless information that only worthless people would want to know.
"Very well, Marsh do you know where they are going...WELL DO YOU!" Luzu shouted once again as Marsh gave an annoyed look towards the ground before starting speaking once again.
"Well, I know they'll probably head to the bridge that leads into Malkuth. Though we will probably need some kind of passport or something to cross the boarders, even then we do not know where they are headed. If we can catch up with them or if they even have Linza with them." Those were many ifs in the statement, however Luzu hated if's with a burning passion. If she had her way she would eliminate every if in the language, but alas, she could not do something like that.
"Enough of this worthless babble, we know where we must go. WE SHOULD JUST GO!" Luzu stated as Marsh sighed, he was planning to anyway; at least he actually had a good reason now to leave.
"Damnnit, fine let's just go." Marsh shrugged in defeat as the two left the worthless back alley, they would have to head to the entrance of the city. Marsh shuttered, people would probably wonder why he was gone or where he was, and they would wonder why he was with someone who was the very definition of insane. However, he would have to ignore the odd looks and snickers for the time being.
Actually, on the duo's way out of the village they noticed a large amount of Oracle knights rushing out of the city, something that was very rare. Luzu being the single-minded being that she is did not care about the event, but as someone who was close to the order Marsh could not help but cock his eye. "What the hell is going on, I've never seen something like this happen before." Marsh frowned as he saw the rows of knights rushing out of the city, the civilians simply blinked at the sight.
"Hmm, why are we stopping, I'm sure they will not get in our way if we try to leave." Luzu pointed out as Marsh eye twitched.
"Do you even care about the world around?! Or are you trapped in some kind of orb, that the only thing that is important is you?" Marsh asked an honest question as the red haired girl let out a scoff. It seemed like once again Marsh has succeeded in offending the so-called princess.
"No, I'm not like that, but this current event is useless for us reaching our goal, our goal is the most important thing right now and our current goal is to save Linza. Do you understand? DO YOU?!" Marsh tried to open his mouth in an attempt of replying, but alas, Luzu once again started on a rant, it seemed this time it was about the importance of not being sidetracked.
"I get it, just forget I said anything." Marsh sighed, the two exited the city, and no doubt, they were going to be wandering around like idiots for a while.
The field, the flat grass land of the world, though having those kind of descriptions to what amounted to a plain of flat grass with nothing but a couple of hills and roads that broke the monotony. "Hmm, it's been awhile since I've been outside the city walls." Marsh tried to remember a pointless moment in his past as Luzu cut off his walk down memory lane.
"...Marsh, I must ask. I MUST ASK I SAY! Do you know about combat and artes?" Luzu asked as Marsh gritted his teeth, she had to be joking, and she knew that both she and he had killed people before, so of course he would know about the basics.
"Of course you dumbass!" Marsh snapped as Luzu blinked before the red head replied in the oddest way possible.
"Hmm, first of all watch your damned mouth; second of all it wouldn't hurt too much to go over the basics, if not for you than for the person on the other side of the screen." Now Luzu was speaking nonsense, there wasn't any screen in sight and they were the only ones on the field other than the currently mobilizing Oracle knights.
"SHALL WE START?!" Luzu cleared her voice as she started speaking, what she said next was weird, weirder than anything that Marsh had heard before. "Well to move around while in a battle use the left analog stick. To attack, use the X button, by pressing the X button multiple times, you make link attacks. Next is artes, you can have up to four artes mapped to the O button you may also quick select artes using the right analog stick, The triangle button is used to bring up the menu, from there you can map artes, use items and runaway like a child. Now...do you have any questions, DO YOU?!" Marsh simply blinked nothing in that rambling made a bit of sense, why was she talking about nonexistent buttons. None of it made any sense in the context of the conversation.
"Shall I repeat myself, SHALL I REPEAT IT?!" Luzu screamed as Marsh vigorously shook his head, as Luzu nodded. "Good, I say do you know where we should go next?" Luzu asked as Marsh sighed before scratching the back of his head.
The truth of the matter was, that he was pretty rusty about the world, at least certain landmarks that would make traveling easier, but that was pointless to groan about now, he might as well answer her question. "Like I said before, there is a bridge that travels into Malkuth, if Linza really was on that odd thing than no doubt they would head there."
"Malkuth..." Luzu spoke those words as a muffling sound came from her throat, she was laughing, even if it was a little laugh she was still laughing. Marsh wondered if he should even ask what was so funny, but decided that it would go against the basic human instinct of keeping his sanity, so he kept his mouth shut. Of course this did not stop Luzu from announcing what was so funny too her.
"Ah yes, Malkuth, the enemy of Kimlasca, my country's enemy. I shall take revenge for this insult, do you hear me Malkuth. YOU SHALL PAY FOR KIDNAPPING MY FRIEND!" Marsh wasn't sure if she was talking to herself or to the kingdom itself, but once again Marsh didn't think too much into it just like everything else in the world. It was better to just smile and nod.
Short chapter, but hey at least I got something written, I disliked some of the jokes, and wanted to add something to this chapter. However, I'll just end up regretting it later.
