Chapter 12:Bad Luck Reversal
I spent some time walking aimlessly then decided I wanted to head for Bikanel Island, but how to get there was my main concern. I could try travel by boat, but that would take a long time, airship, but where would I get access to one? I couldn't swim, that was impossible, and since I lost my wings there was no self-flying. "So, by sea I go," I said turning to the road that would eventually take me to Luca, I would catch a boat to Bikanel Island there, I hoped. Joy, I have to cross the Thunder Plains, go through Guadosalam, cross the Moonflow then go down Mushroom Rock Road and the Mi'ihen Highroad and then I will finally reach Luca.
I reached the edge of the Thunder Plains, and as I stood there I noticed something, I felt tired and hungry. The nearest place I was going to be able to rest was the travel agency in the middle of the Thunder Plains. I had to make it there, but now I waas worried, since for one I was mortal now and second, well being exhausted would make it next to impossible to dodge even a single lightning bolt. "All I have to do is run from one lightning tower to the next, oh, but..." I paused looking forward, the lightning towers didn't seem to be getting hit by any lightning. "That can't be good, now what," I said meaning for it to be said to myself. "What a lovely sword," I heard a familiar voice say from behind me. I looked down and saw that one of my swords had fallen from its sheath, odd, I thought picking it upand resheathing it. "You know," I heard the voice attempt to continue conversation, when I looked at the source of the voice I saw Rin, he continued, "I bet if you could keep lightning bolts from traveling all the way down that sword, you could hold it above your head and walk safely across the Thunder Plains." I looked at him, "Your quite the smart man aren't you, now, I don't suppose you have something I could use to ground the lightning bolts that hit my sword," I said as just then he reached into his supply pack and pulled out two strange wires. They almost looked solid but were bendable and they were made of a conducting metal.
"Hold on a minute, your a merchant right, there is no way that I'm getting these for free I suppose," I said and he nodded his head. "I'll be kind and give you a deal however, they would normally cost 100 gil a piece, but today I will give you half off, so that will cost 100 gil exactly. I sighed and reached into my pocket, then I realized something, all my money was gone. I had given it to Stella and them, the only money I had was about 30 gil that I found after killing a few fiends. "I seem to be a bit short," I said pathetically hoping that I might find a way to get them. "Tell you what, give me that gil and then when you meet with one of my assitants at any of the travel agencies, you can pay off the rest but be sure to tell them it's for me," he said handing me the wires. "Thanks," I replied handing him the gil. He gave me the wires and I attached them to my sword so that they dragged along the ground. I walked out into the Thunder Plains and lightning instantly struck my sword five times in a row. Thank God these actually worked, or I would be fried to a crisp right now, I thought jogging now. Fiends didn't seem to be a problem, I guessed they didn't like the light show my sword was causing. I arrived at the Travel Agency but decided to press on to Guadosalam, I felt I now had the energy, so I passed right by and walked the remaining distance to Guadosalam.
The place looked exactly the same, but something seemed different. I thought about it for a moment as I put my sword away and stored the wires in my now empty dagger pouch, carefully rolling them so they fit. Then I realized that someone must own the manor since Seymour had finally died. Just then I realized something, how could I stay at the inn and get food with no money? I checked my pockets for anything I could sell or maybe even eat. To my surprise all I had was one remaining page of the Al Bhed Dictionary I had had and to my surprise a tooth. "What the hell, why is there a tooth in my..." then I stopped realizing that this is one of the same teeth that had been biting my shoulder in Bevelle. I went into the nearest shop, I asked the clerk if he would but it off me and he said yes, to my surprise he bought the tooth and the page for 1000 gil. I went to the inn and payed the innkeeper enough to stay the night and get some food. I stuffed my face and fell on my bed face down, not even bothering to remove the cloak. I layed there for a couple minutes before actually falling asleep. "I wonder where Rikku is right now," I yawned just before dozing off.
Another chapter complete. Please review and thank you to all of my readers for continuing to read thus far. I might not be able to update for some time considering I'm going to get my learners tommorrow, yea I'm 16 but I'm lazy and now I need it, then my granparents are coming for a visit and I have a buttload of homework this weekend. Then I have to study for finals on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Then on Sunday I'm going to Ottawa for Encounters with Canada, so unfortuneately I won't be updating for some time. Oh and by the way I know the chapter was kinda short but I had to do that for what I'm planning to work right.