AN: Sorry this took so long. I was distracted by FFVIII and just had to finish it. Thankfully, it didn't give me any plot bunnies that demanded to be written. I am now back to playing FFVII (materia system!) so the updates should come much sooner.

Another player Turks pov. As fair warning, I like poking fun at situations that make no sense when you really think about it.

Enjoy!

Chapter 8
Funding Please? ! ?

"Rox!" a male voice called. "Some new people climbed up."

Roxanne got up from where she had been watching the Junon plains and quickly looked at the army that was gathering. The army wasn't human. Instead it was composed of animal-like beasts, flying wyvens, fierce barbarians and the occasional grand horn. It bothered her that Shin-Ra had been able to breed an inhuman army and hide it from the Turks. Still, the army was nothing compared to Zirconiade and Jade WEAPON. She turned to Riley. "Will they be able to help?"

Riley nodded. "They all look like capable fighters."

Rosanne sighed. "I mean, do you think they have enough extra gil on hand to help you pay for us mercenaries." She pulled her long black hair into a low ponytail and put her gloves on. "If you don't, most of us will leave and then where will you be?" She walked off down the stairs. Somebody had to make sure mercenaries got their pay and it might as well be her. She wasn't scared of anything.

"How much do you guys want?" Riley's question stopped her in her tracks.

"5,000 gil for every battle we fight. We'll split it up ourselves." The offer was high on purpose.

"1,000 gil"

Roxanne smiled and turned to look at Riley. "You know, Dio's been in need of people to keep an eye on the Battle Square and the Ghost Square has a lot better room service." She raised an eyebrow. "Get my drift?"

Riley slowly nodded. "Is 3,000 gil good?"

"Yes, that will work." With that, Roxanne headed down the stairs and climbed down the ladder. She looked up and gulped when she saw Barret and Nanaki were with the group of people. The Corel and Cosmo Canyon missions were still fresh in her mind. This isn't good. If they recognize me...

Very carefully, Roxanne inched towards the other ladder and climbed up into the shop cave. She brushed aside the blanket that covered the tunnel that led to where the mercenaries slept and lay down in her sleeping bag. There was a good chance there was going to be a battle tomorrow and Roxanne needed her sleep.

End

AN: Roxanne is my name for Martial Arts(F) and she actually was a mercenary before she became a Turk. Her asking for 3,000 gil per battle is a reference to the fact that you can let FC handle it if you pay them 3,000 gil and that if you pay FC 3,000 gil for all of the 13 battles you can fight before Tifa falls asleep, FC will win all the battles you can't fight.

Alright. Fort Condor. (o_^)? ? ?

Seriously, FC makes no sense. Shin-Ra has let a rebel group stay under a mako reactor long enough to have an Item and Materia shop. Not only that, the rebel group somehow has access to mercenaries and weapons like catapults. Then there's the Shin-Ra army. Barbarians I get, but Beasts? Wyverns? Grand Horns? What is this, an army made of DeepGround rejects? (favorite crack theory) You have to wonder why Shin-Ra hasn't sent an army of SOLDIERs to take care of the issue if the situation were that bad. Talk about a PR disaster. Okay, rant over.

The next couple of chapters will be centered around Junon.

Thanks for reading!