After reading the Bhujerba Saga of K Entertainment's "Clan Infamous: Help Wanted!" I realized that Neyva would probably end up in Bhujerba as well and that it would be extremely funny for her to follow him. So here is the continuation of Neyva's journey to join Clan Infamous!
Also, I have recently started a FFXII Role play forum here on titled "The Hunter's Guild" if anyone wishes to join they are welcome! And recently Clan Infamous' author K Entertainment has confirmed that he is willing to join and as such all members of Clan Infamous are also welcome to join!
Let me recount my tale thus far: for many years I lived in peaceful seclusion beneath the sun-lit boughs of the Salikawood; only to forsake it in my pursuit of knowledge. I left my home and sojourned through the Mosphoran Highwastes to the city of Nalbina; the fallen palace, no more than two years prior, turned fortress. What I found was less than even I could have expected; the city I had heard many a traveler account as a grand and beautiful city, was now nothing more than a broken slum. I soon found that life outside the wood was not nearly as simple and that "Gil" was something needed to survive in this world, and to get Gil one would require work. After informing the local Tavern master- who brought this matter to my attention, that my only skills were healing and combat, he instructed me to travel further to Rabanastre to join one of the Hunter Clans; people who slew monsters for profit. The prospect looked fairly promising, especially the newly formed clan the Tavern Master had described; surely a new clan would have need of a skilled healer? And so, here I find myself crossing the Dalmasca Estersand with my Oaken Pole in hand and my Gilt Measure at my side should I need it.
The Estersand did not seem nearly as vast as travelers had accounted it, or had they spoken of the Westersand? Or maybe it was the Sandseas in the far west? It did not matter that I could not recall what the travelers had relayed to me in passing, only that my journey to Rabanastre was short lived. My footsteps abandoned the soft sand for the hard stone paving of the road leading to the city gates. As I approached the guards they seemed bewildered that a lone Viera would be there asking for entry to the city. It was true that usually my kind tended to travel in pairs if not more, but they did not cast me suspicious glances; who would take a Viera for a malicious thief or wandering vagabond? They allowed me entry with curt nods, and as the massive doors opened I stole my first glimpse of Rabanastre; visually untouched by the war that had ravaged it's people. The fountain in the central square reminding me of the spring at the heart of Xerys Village… no I would not think of the wood, it was behind me now and I refused to look back. I wandered the streets and soon came to what looked like a small shop, the sign outside the door read in the common tongue "Migelo's Sundries".
I entered the shop and witnessed quite a few people bustling about. On the shelves sat many items used in the healing arts as well as various foodstuffs.
"Don't get many Viera here, see something you like Miss?" Asked an elderly blue Bangaa as I examined a few potion vials on a nearby table. His speech was haggard even for a Bangaa and it took me a moment to understand quite a bit of what he said, as much of it seemed slurred.
"No I am simply looking around… tell me what do you know of the Hunter Clans in this city?" I asked him, hoping someone who seemed to work here could tell me more. The blue Bangaa grumbled a bit, though in a seemingly thought filled way,
"Well… there's Clan Centurio there a nice bunch run by a Moogle by the name of Montblanc; I usually supply them with the sundries they need for their hunts. There was the Ghost Sec, but they disbanded just the other day! Good riddance if you ask me, not many a kind face in that bunch! Let me see… ah there's also that new clan, Clan Infamous, they started up a few months ago. You can find Clan Infamous up by the Sandsea Tavern, though Clan Centurio is a little more secretive with the whereabouts of their Clan Hall." He explained, and I listened intently. I smiled lightly and thanked the Bangaa for his help and continued on my way. My only option seemed the new clan, Clan Infamous.
I soon found the Sandsea Tavern and inquired within as to the exact location of Clan Infamous and was soon pointed in the direction of a nearby door across from a shop called, "Yamoora's Gambits". I knocked on the door and found that no one was home… they must all be out on hunts. So I sat down on the steps to await the return of any members who could inform me of how to join.
"Hello miss, are you looking to join Clan Infamous?" Asked a voice from my left, how they had surprised me I will probably never know. The voice belonged to a young hume girl with light brown hair, she looked about 20 years old and wore a simple white dress with a straw hat. I nodded and she smiled, "Well you see, the Clan Leader: Fie-kun or as he calls himself now: "Big Bucket" , has already left for Bhujerba-" She explained, though I knew she was not finished explaining I stood to leave. "Where are you going?" She asked simply, I walked past her with a simple response, "To Bhujerba, it is customary to speak with the person in charge of a clan in order to join is it not?" I could tell she wanted to say more but she simply sighed and I continued walking towards the Sandsea for information on how to reach the sky-city. Once again I found that proprietors of Taverns were a very reliable information source and thanked the hume male named "Tomaj" for his further assistance.
The only way to reach the sky-city was via airship, that much I knew, but as Tomaj had informed me I would need to pay for a ticket at the Aerodrome; which he gave me directions to. Thankfully the Tavern Master in Nalbina had seen fit to give me enough Gil to either take an airship to Rabanastre or do with as I saw fit. It was good fortune that I chose to keep the money for later use and travel on foot. I walked into the Aerodrome and saw, for the first time up close, an airship. I had seen many of these massive metal machines high up in the sky through the boughs of the Wood, and even then they had seemed big; now standing before one docked at the aerodrome, it looked considerably bigger up close. I paid for my ticket and waited until I heard a voice that resounded through the aerodrome informing me that the Bhujerba to Rabanastre flight had just docked, and as I looked around seemed to come from a small cone near the ceiling. I looked at it curiously, and soon an elderly Hume female beside me tapped me on my shoulder,
"I take it you've just left your forest behind? That's a loud speaker, it's a machine that allows the Attendants to inform everyone of when a particular airship flight has arrived at the dock and when one is about to leave." She informed me after seeing my confusion. I thanked her and a moment later the Attendants announced that the Rabanastre to Bhujerba flight was now boarding, I filed into the line that looked to be a mix of Humes, Bangaa, and Seeq; though I seemed to be one of only two Viera headed for Bhujerba. The flight was fairly uneventful, though I did hear a few conversations about the previous flight having crashed in the Phon Coast and how this was one of the reserve airships used incase of such situations. It can be safely said that I sighed in relief with the other passengers when we safely reached the Sky-City; and what a sight the city was! Towering skystones erupting from the floating rock like wings of a silvery-blue bird. I was in awe of the verdant green trees that grew around the skystone and how nature seemed to thrive here despite the presence of the dull-eared humes who could not hear it's whispers. I smiled at the resilience of nature as I disembarked from the airship into the Bhujerba Aerodrome that looked curiously like the one in Rabanastre. Hopefully I could catch up to this "Big bucket" and join his clan as a healer, though began to wonder what I would be required to do to join the clan.
So everyone that's is Neyva's second chapter in her hunt for Big Bucket! To publicly answer a question from a reviewer:
Neyva's true name is a secret to be revealed hopefully when K Entertainment does her side story (Thank you K Entertainment for assuring me that she will be in the story! If you want I can send you the info about her side story or I can wait until you ask for it.)
It could get funny if she has to track him to another city… an angry Viera is not pretty to deal with though.