Zelos stepped leisurely out of the shower stand, long red hair wrapped in a towel on his head… and straight into Kratos. Both men looked each other up and down.. took a minute to acknowledge their situation and leapt backwards

"WHATTHEHELLD'YOUTHINKYOU'REDOINGYOUPERVERTCAN'TYOUSEEIMONLYWEARINGATOWEL!?!?" Zelos yelped

"well perhaps if you used the towel to cover yourself instead of putting your hair first again it wouldn't be so embarrassing. Not that I'm embarrassed." he replied.

"whatever you stalker. If you wanted me to cover myself you would've known not to wait for me outside the shower block!"

Kratos simply raised his eyebrows. "you know, not everyone in this group wants to bed you Zelos.."

"aah yeh, I wouldn't mind so much BUT THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME! Jeez.." Zelos groaned.

"whatever. I think we both know that this is going to result in you being naked in the end, I was just trying to save time. But that's not all I'm here for this time." seizing Zelos by the ..um..aah..towel, Kratos dragged him into his tent. "we need to talk Chosen." Yelping ensued.

Mithos sighed and slung his arm around Genis.

"talked to Lloyd yet?" he asked gently ruffling his hair

Genis frowned and looked at the ground "he wouldn't even look at me"

Kissing him on the forehead, Mithos took his hand in his "they'll get over it. This weddings going to be amazing. You found a dress yet?"

Genis nodded. "yup. Pink."

Raine took a deep deep breath… and began hyperventilating again. Things seem so much better when you can't breathe. Something to do with the lack of oxygen and sudden dizziness that takes your mind off your little brother being gay and engaged to an evil genius. Aaaah… sweet asphyxiation…

Thumping her on the back and holding out a paper bag, Sheena instructed Raine to "BREATHE GOD DAMN YOU!!" before continuing to rub her gently between the shoulder blades.

"its …not like I'd … I'd mind…" Raine gasped, "but.. Oh to hell with it… of course I mind… he's gasp only gasp sixteen .. and gasp and gasp gasp hesengagedtoasuicidalhomocidalgenocidalMANIAC!!!" to which she continued sobbing and choking. Sheena muttered something along the lines of "there there now hurry the hell up I want to quiz Zelos about what he was doing with Kratos this morning.." and held out the paper bag again.

Sniffing loudly and drying her eyes, Colette's sobs had subsided. Slightly. Holding the offending shoe by two fingers she looked at it, blinked, and it disappeared. Her eyes widened

"I knew it. I knew it was a magic shoe"

"aaaaw, you're so unbelievably stupid" Martel cooed, petting her gently on the head. Colette turned. Screamed. And fainted. Martel rolled her eyes. "And unbelievably ditzy .." this was going to take a while.

When she came to , the first thing that Colette did was begin to sob hysterically once more. No, it wasn't because the ghost of her friend's sister had appeared before her, it was because she had sneaked up behind her and swiped the shoe out of her hand, meaning the 'magic shoe' was no longer magic. It also meant that this Martel was mean. I mean come on, she'd thrown a shoe at her..

"now Colette, I think you already know who I am" she began, but that was about as far as she got, because she discovered that she had a very heavy Colette hanging off her neck, glomping her. She rolled her eyes.. and continued regardless. "and you also know that everyone in the world knows who you are.. because you're a very special person" she soothed, patting her on the head. It was so easy to treat her like a three year old… Colette nodded and squeezed her neck a little harder.

"d'you know why that is?" Martel asked. Colette squeezed harder and smiled.

"because my mummy said so."

Martel smiled through gritted teeth, "well yes, she was right but the more important reason is because you're the Chosen, and you're in charge of a lot of important things, and a lot of important people, yes?"

Colette nodded again.

"and one of those very important people is your good friend Presea, yes?"

Colette frowned, "well, she's not really my good friend.."

"shut up, of course she is. One of those people is your very good friend Presea. Now, I want you to do something for me you special girl, do you think you can? Shut up , of course you can, you're the Chosen, why the hell else d'you think I'm wasting my time with juvenile little- aah.. I mean of course you can. Now, how about I tell you about what I need you to do for me, yes?"