Chocobo Racing IS a game by itself. A rather old one too, lol. If you keep playing the Story mode, you can unlock characters like Squall from FF8 (in the cute little car he hijacked during the assasination attempt) and Cloud on his Fenrir... Even Bahamut is a character with his Mega Flare attack. Lol. It's fun and addictive and you can use magic along the race, even Ultima. Check it out! Tee hee. Okaay, the portal is in Vincent's coffin. Pretty unusual place, but that's how he fell into it while sleeping. The portal is still there, somewhere in the forests where Vincent got lost in, and if he goes through it he'll be able to get back to NIbelheim. I still can't come up with an explanation on how the portal got there though :( Oh well. Oh yeah, Vincent doesn't want to play the game because ... well... he's not exactly playful, if you get what I mean, like, it's hard to force someone who doesn't eat hotdogs to eat hotdogs, you know? Right, lol. Vincent won't hold for long ... lol. To those of you who have not played this game before, I'm sorry but this idea struck me ... Btw, can anybody tell me the timeline of Dirge of Cerberus? Is it three years after Meteor or something?
Lost and Found : Chapter 13
Vincent sat brooding in the kitchen. It was still too early for dinner and he had already ran out of ideas on what to cook for Ellie. They were running out of things to cook, and he made a mental note to tell Ellie. Ellie was still playing, thankfully she had managed to win the Chocobo Race. Actually he was only assuming she had gotten out from Corel Prison, because of her cheers and whoops. Vincent was in the kitchen and dared not go out to the living room to be dragged into a game of Chocobo Racing ...
"Vinnie you're missing the game you know," came Ellie's sly voice from the living room. Vincent cringed, for the umpteenth time and so many minutes.
"I know, Ellie ..."
"Come on out! I do need your help you know ..."
"..."
Vincent sighed, and strode back into the living room. He sat down on the couch, watching the screen ... Wait a minute, why's the screen black ...?
"Chocobo Racing, Vinnie!" said Ellie happily, dragging Vincent down onto the floor with her, thrusting a controller into his hand.
"Ellie ..."
"Vinnie... come on... I don't have anybody to race with ..." pleaded Ellie.
Vincent hesitated, but there was no escaping as the game had already started. Too old to be playing games, Valentine? snickered Chaos in his head and Vincent scowled. On screen there was a cute chocobo left behind as all the other racers zoomed off.
"Ellie, what about the other game? Final Fantasy ... um, Seven..."
"Oh, I got out, found myself in the World Map, I can save anywhere on the map. So I saved my game. Was getting tired of it anyway, time for some racing fun! I'll teach you how to play."
"But, my claw..." said Vincent helplessly, picking up the controller.
"Oh, it's just your left hand right? You only need your left hand to control the analog, the grey stick thingy there, all you have to do is push up or left or right, no big deal. You won't spoil the controller."
"Ellie, I still don't think ..." said Vincent helplessly again, putting the controller back down on the floor.
"Don't worry Vinnie, I'll go easy on you!" said Ellie, thrusting the controller back to Vincent.
"That's not what I..."
"Okay, to accelerate press the Square button, brake is the X button, and to use magic is this R1 button and to use your ability is the L1 button. See? Simple! Along the tracks there are magic stones, among them are stuff like Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Reflect, Death, that causes you to explode in ten seconds, umm ... Haste, that's to make you go faster, and Mini, and also Ultima, that's the most powerful one. It doesn't kill you, none of them does, it just slows you down because you either explode and take time to recover. Some magic can be accumulated, like Fire, Blizzard and Thunder and Ultima, the maximum number of the SAME magic stones you can collect is three, that's the most powerful. So like, basically, if you get one Fire stone, you could just wait until you come across another one and pick it up, then your magic will be stronger. Then press the R1 button to use it on me. Okay? There are different types of abilities too, you can only use them when the Ability Gauge is full. But some abilities are used automatically, as soon as the gauge is full. Okay? Okay, let's play!"
Vincent blinked. He understood basically everything, but he was still quite in a bit of a shock. When was the last time I have actually played a game? Don't believe you ever have, Valentine. Your dictionary doesn't know the meaning of fun, said Chaos, laughing at him. What would YOU know about it? You've only been in my head for three years, not since I was born, Vincent shot back.
"Okay, okay, let's try the EASIEST track to see if you get the hang of it," said Ellie, opening the Select Racer screen. Vincent stared at the controller in his hands, and to the screen, not quite sure what to do. He felt exactly like when he first met Fluffy. Now he decided he preferred cats to dogs. Could this... make a change in him too?
"Come on, Vinnie, no harm in trying! Select a racer!" said Ellie, selecting the White Mage. Vincent studied all the characters on screen, undecided. Ellie had picked a cute little girl with pink hair on a magic carpet. Valentine, you're not going to war. Just pick a racer and get on with it! I wanna watch Ellie kick your ass in this race, said Chaos irritably. Vincent rolled his eyes and selected Bahamut. At least that was a familiar face.
"Okay, now pick an ability! You can read a description of the ability underneath the cute icons, there. I'm taking MagicPlus!" Vincent decided he couldn't care less what Magic Plus was, and he just took the one that appeals most to him, Mega Flare. Bahamut's own attack, no doubt.
"Ready? Let's go!" yelled Ellie happily, grinning at him.
On screen, Vincent saw that Ellie had indeed picked out the easiest track. The road was just straight from the starting line, a curve to the left, then to the right, then a very long right curve and then it's back to starting point. Vincent was still afraid of damaging the controller, so he held it gingerly in his hand and claw. The game started, and Ellie zoomed off, leaving Vincent behind and a very joyful Chaos whooping in his head. Vincent was behind but not a long way, and soon they came to the first batch of magic stones. Vincent, not bothering, simply flew through one and obtained a Thunder stone. The green stone with a Bolt shape on it tagged along behind Bahamut, a cute sight to behold. He saw Ellie had gotten a Blizzard and discarded it. They came to the curve, and there was another batch of stones, Vincent didn't see what Ellie managed to get but he spotted another Thunder stone. He flew through it, and the new Thunder somehow combined with the previous thunder. He pressed the R1 button. Vincent flew past Ellie, smirking, leaving Ellie behind cursing. Chaos groaned loudly, the smirk on Vincent's face grew bigger. Ellie had used a reflect, he did not waste any of his stones on her because he had a shrewd idea of what reflect might do. However he was almost there, the finish line ... Ellie was only right behind him... He reached the line first, and set the controller down, still smirking to himself as Chaos cursed and sweared. A few seconds later Ellie passed the finish line too, but to Vincent's surprise, she flew on some more.
"Vinnie, what are you doing? There are THREE laps!" said Ellie, laughing as her character flew past, taking the lead and leaving Vincent way behind.
"What? I did not know!" said Vincent, hastily picking the controller up, ignoring Chaos's deep, mocking laughter. It sounded like the monster was having one of its best days. Needless to say, Ellie won that round.
After a few rounds of losing terribly to Ellie, Vincent decided it was time for dinner.
"Ellie, there are little supplies left in the kitchen, I'm afraid I cannot cook anything up tonight."
"Oh okay, well just order pizza then."
"Give me the number and I'll order, and turn off the machine, it's getting hot," said Vincent, picking up the phone. Ellie switched the PlayStation off and went upstairs, presumably back to her room. Vincent placed an order for a chicken pepperoni, and a bottle of Coke. After awhile Ellie came back down, drying her hair with a towel. Evidently she had just taken a bath. Vincent looked at his on clothes and decided they were too filthy. I need to go back to Nibelheim, thought Vincent. They sat at the dining table, waiting for their pizza.
"Ellie, I need to go out tonight," said Vincent.
"Where?"
"Somewhere... just to check on something."
"Tell me, Vinnie! Where?"
"I cannot tell you, Ellie... It will only take awhile."
The doorbell rang. Ellie jumped up to answer the door, and came back with the pizza. They ate in silence for awhile, as Vincent's thoughts were mainly on the portal in the forest. What if it isn't there? What if it is there, but after I go through the portal it disappears? What will Ellie do when she finds her housekeeper missing? Suddenly the house phone rang, interrupting Vincent's thoughts. Ellie answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hello darling, sorry we didn't call earlier, tonight's finally our first free night, we've got so much to do. How are you over there? How's the housekeeper?"
"Hi Mom. I'm fine, I've been playing my new game," replied Ellie cheerfully. She looked over at Vincent, who gazed back at her, and realised that her mother would probably throw a fit if she found out she had hired a male housekeeper.
"What about the housekeeper? Has she been doing her job well?"
"Yeah, she cleans up the house pretty well. Her cooking is great too," lied Ellie uneasily, avoiding Vincent's gaze. She prayed hard that her mother would not ask to speak to Vincent.
Vincent heard Ellie's lies. But he didn't blame her, he knew she just did not want her parents to worry about her. However sooner or later her mother would surely decide to speak to him, as the housekeeper. Why don't you practice sounding like a girl, Valentine, said Chaos, cackling. Vincent rolled his eyes. Obviously that was impossible, since his voice was so low. Vincent finished his piece of the pizza and decided to go check on the portal. Walking towards Ellie, who was still on the phone, he pointed towards the door. Ellie gave him the keys and waved him away, still chatting with her parents, so Vincent strode off towards the forest quickly. It was snowing rather heavily, and Vincent hoped he would be able to locate the portal, if not he would never be able to go back to his world. How does the portal look like? Strange... when I woke up I did not see it ... He walked into the forest, and tried vaguely to recall which way he had last came from. And also to remember which way he should take to get back. Portal's just straight ahead, Valentine. How would YOU know? And why are you helping me? I've not had this much fun in years. Being stuck in someone's head who only wants to sleep is torturing for a demon like me. ... Thank you.
Vincent walked on for awhile, until he spotted something purplish on the snowy ground. The area around it was just snow, and it looked like trees were surrounding that small circular area only. Cautiously, Vincent picked up a stick and prodded the purplish thing. He quickly let go of the stick when he felt something pulling it. Sure enough, the stick had disappeared. Should I go back? I really do need to bring some clothes back to Ellie's house. Vincent took a deep breath ... and stepped forward into the portal... and something hard hit his head. The lid of his coffin, apparently. He was crouched in a weird position in his coffin. Quickly he lifted the lid up and looked around. Just grab my clothes and go back to the mansion ... Ellie can't stay alone in the mansion, should something happen to her I have only myself to blame ...
Meanwhile back in the mansion, Ellie was now talking to her father.
"Ellie dear, I have something I need to tell the housekeeper, could you pass the phone to her please?" said her father. Ellie panicked, Vincent was not there. Quick, think up an excuse ... thought Ellie frantically.
"She's not here right now, Dad, I sent her out to buy food stuff. Running out of supplies. What is it? I can tell her for you," said Ellie, praying hard for her father to get off the topic. She really needed to discuss this with Vincent later.
"Oh, then just tell her to make her burden easier, just clean the rooms that are frequently used. There's no need to go about cleaning every corner of the house every day. That's way too much, even your mother can't handle that."
"I'll tell her that. Bye Dad," said Ellie, and hung up the phone. She went back to the dining table to continue eating what was left of the pizza. Patiently she waited for Vincent to come back. It was still rather early, about 7.30 at night. She could still squeeze in a bit of Final Fantasy before going to bed.
There you go! There's no FF goodness here, but I decided to take a break XD Please review! Thanks alot!