Ok, after an extremely long hiatus, I'm back by popular demand with a new update! And to answer any questions you may have, chocobo tastes like schnozzberry. And I will never speak of it again.
The Boy's Story Chapter 12: The Search is On!
"I can't believe you drove him off, kupo," Klondae said as he crawled behind some bushes.
"It's not my fault he was being all pissy," Josele replied from the top of a tree. "He's the one at fault, not me."
"Will you two stop arguing for two seconds and actually make an effort to locate him!" Ezel yelled out from behind a tree in frustration. "He could be anywhere, and he still has the map! Without that, the Underground's sunk!"
The trio continued to search the forest, though the process was going very slowly (partly because Josele was doing it really half-assed). Finally, though, Klondae stumbled upon a breakthrough.
"Look at these tracks here, kupo!"
The other two rushed over to Klondae sat looking at the ground. He pointed out signs in the dirt of a struggle-footprints, other footprints intersecting the first set of footprints, then just one set of footprints walking away.
"Let's follow them, kupo!" Klondae cried. The trio rushed off in the direction the footprints were headed.
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Elsewhere in the woods...
"Come on! Get moving! I don't want to be out here anymore than you do, so hurry it up so we can get out of here!"
Judgemaster Cid sat perched atop a chocobo shouting orders to foot soldiers. They scurried into action at the very sight of him, at the very sound of his voice. He loved the power.
"Those damned rebels had better be around here somewhere...we've checked every square inch of Ivalice except these woods."
Cid rode quickly into the woods, with two judges flanking him. He shouted out orders to anyone he saw along the way.
"Come on! Get moving! What do I pay you for? Faster! Faster!"
Eventually Cid had outpaced all of his forces, and he was deep into the forest, all alone, save for the two judges.
Cid slowed down, but kept up his quick pace. He searched every place he could find, around every corner, up every tree, under every stone. Eventually he heard the sound of people speaking up ahead, though it was too dark to see anyone.
"I am looking! I'm just, uh, checking the spots you missed...yeah. That works."
"I don't care, just speed it up! We're not going to find him by dillydallying all night long!"
Cid dismounted and crept towards the voices. In the dark he spotted a Nu Mou, a Moogle, and a Viera. They all seemed to be looking for something. They all had their backs to him.
His two judge lackeys spread out, surrounding the clearing that the three were in. Cid took a closer look at the Nu Mou. He recognized him as Ezel Berbier, Public Enemy No. 1! He signaled the judges to move in.
The struggle didn't last long. Sure, there was a stray bullet here or there, and the Viera socked one of the judges right in the store. But soon all three of them were on the ground.
Cid drew a sword and held it to Ezel's neck.
"Ezel Berbier, you are under arrest for crimes against the crown..."
Looks like Cid's little inquisition came earlier than planned! What will happen to Ezel and his friends? Where the heck is Cala in this chapter? The next chapter will have the answer, though it may take a while to come. One word: FFXI.