OBLIVIA REVISED EDITION
Casty dela Alto Mago
CHAPTER TWO
"The next morning, Oblivia stopped in Hollow Bastion to pick more passengers and deliver mail
"Many more people rode the ship. The richest to board was Mr. Seifer who happens to be a good friend of my father, Sora Senior. He was a multi-billionaire
"That noon, every first class passengers went to the Valor Court for lunch"
"Namine, Faster!" Roxas spoke, "We'll be late for lunch"
"Wait!" Namine, his fiancé yelled, "I'm still having a hard time in choosing what jewelry should I wear"
Roxas enters Namine's room. Namine hears his footsteps and looks back. "What do you think Roxas", Namine asked, "Will I wear this 26-carat blue diamond necklace? Or this 25-carat ruby necklace?"
"Just wear anything you like", Roxas answered, "But hurry up!"
"Fine", Namine puts down the ruby necklace and shows the diamond necklace to Roxas, "Could you put this on me?"
"Okay", Roxas walks gently to Namine.
He gets the sparkling diamond necklace and wears it on Namine's neck. It was extraordinary – a symbol that you are the head of the society. "Do I look gorgeous in this pendant?" Namine questioned.
"Absolutely", Sora, who was already standing beside the door, replied, "Hurry up! We need to eat"
Namine wears her hat and Roxas escorts her to Valor Court. It was already jam-packed with aristocrats who were chatting about business and related stuffs. "See?" Roxas said, "Where should we sit?"
"Over here!" someone yelled from a distance, "Sit with me"
Roxas looks to where the voice came from. He saw Seifer waving his hand to the three of them. "Alright", Roxas said in response.
The three went right over to Seifer's table which was already reserved for them. Roxas sat beside Seifer while Namine and Sora sat together.
"That's a nice necklace you are wearing, Namine", Seifer comments, looking straight on the diamond's sparkles.
"Really?" Namine said, "Roxas bought this for me. It costed 500. Leon XVI wore this before"
"Oh", Seifer said in realization, "The Heart of the Ocean"
"Yes"
A waiter approached them obviously asking for their order. "What's your order, sir, madam?" he courteously asks.
"What do you like?" Seifer asks the three.
"Just choose whatever you like", Roxas answers Seifer.
"Okay", Seifer said looking back to the waiter, "All of us we'll have freshly roasted lamb with mint sauce. We'll have tea for our drinks"
"Yes, sir", the waiter said, going away.
"Seifer", Sora speaks, "you picked my favorite meal"
"Some guessing powers, I guess", Seifer said jokingly.
They all laugh. "How much again did you donate to Shooting Star Line?" Roxas asked Seifer.
"About a million", Seifer boastingly answered.
"You really are rich, aye?" Namine said.
"Just like you" Seifer responded.
"Yes", Namine giggles.
"Excuse me", Roxas said, "But I think I need to go to the rest room"
Roxas stands. He didn't notice the waiter approaching. He bumps with the waiter. The lamb flies to the next table while the mint sauce spills over Roxas' coat.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" the waiter apologized.
"It's okay, it's okay", Roxas said.
"Oh, look what you've done!" Namine angrily spoke.
"I am really sorry", the waiter gets something from his pocket, "Here"
The waiter wipes Roxas' coat using his handkerchief. "It's okay", Roxas said, "I can manage"
"Get out!" Namine pushed the waiter out of rage.
The waiter, afraid, scampered away.
"Are you okay, Roxas?" Namine asks.
"Yes my dear", Roxas replied, "I better go and change. Excuse me"
Roxas walks away to the door while Namine sits again.
In his room, Roxas was taking off his coat when something fell on the floor. It was the handkerchief the waiter used to wipe the mint sauce away of his coat. He picks it up. In it was a name embroidered in red thread – Axel. 'Axel?' he thought, 'his name must be Axel!'
Roxas puts the handkerchief on the dresser. He gets another coat and wears it on. He then headed back to Valor Court.
"That waiter was too clumsy", Namine spoke.
"It's my fault too", Roxas replies, "I should have noticed him if only I was alert"
"It's not your fault, Roxas"
"Namine's right", Seifer said, "That waiter is too blame"
"Fine", Roxas said ending the conversation.
Another waiter came and offered a new roasted lamb and mint sauce.
"My apology, sir, madam, if my fellow waiter was too clumsy", the waiter spoke.
"Thanks", Roxas said understandingly, "It's okay"
Seifer slices the lamb and divides it equally among the four. "Nice meat", Sora said, "I liked it"
"Oh dad, c'mon", Roxas said, "You like what's being offered to you"
Namine and Seifer laughs. "Quit it, Roxas", Sora said, feeling embarrassed.
"I wonder where our tea went", Seifer speaks, "I think I need to go to the counter. Excuse me"
Seifer stands. "No, I'll get them", Roxas said.
"Alright", Seifer sits back.
Roxas walked to the counter. There, he heard a commotion coming from inside the kitchen.
"How clumsy you are!" a man reprimands someone, "What could have the passenger said? First-class passengers, as all of us know, are aristocrats and self-minded"
"No, not all of them!" a waiter exclaims.
"So you're shouting back at me? Don't you remember I am the head of this kitchen and you are under my absolute control"
"Yes, I do remember, sir"
"Good, but I don't think you are needed here—"
"Excuse me?" Roxas said, hopeful to end the commotion.
The head chef goes out. "Why, sir?" he asks.
"Could I ask where is our tea?" Roxas replied.
"Oh, I'm sorry, sir. Sephiroth, the tea of Mister?"
"Roxas, but Mr. Seifer ordered it"
"Mr. Seifer?"
Sephiroth comes out with a tray of hot tea. "Oh, I think I know you", Sephiroth says upon seeing the passenger.
"Yes, you are the father of Aerith right?" Roxas said.
"Yes! I just want to thank you for what you've done"
"It's alright. I'll bring the tea to our table"
"But it is not appropriate for you sir to –"
"Just hand me the tray"
Sephiroth gives the tray to Roxas. He says thank you and goes back to their table.
After finishing lunch, each bade goodbye to each other and left.
"The words of the chef and the waiter he is reprimanding troubled and perplexed my mind. I thought that it was all my fault.
"Afterwards, I headed back to my room, with tears flooding my eyes"
The first edition of Oblivia was deleted by the author in because of certain factors that will lead it to plagiarism. In this Revised Edition, Oblivia is shown as an ADAPTATION from TITANIC of 1997 and did not base on true scripts. The present edition is pure product of the author's mind together with what he witnessed in the aforementioned film.
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