Author's Note One: AND THEN THERE WAS A SECOND CHAPTER! Behold my readers, be enraptured by the words, be consumed… well… don't be consumed by them… that would probably be painful.
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Chapter Two
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Light flooded in through open doors behind the snow haired teen as he walked through the opening then stopped to let his eyes adjust to the difference in light. It took more than just a few moments, and the voices fluttering back his way through the doors, rooms, and hallways were growing quieter as he stood there. Jamming hands into his coat pockets, Fayt started to walk at a brisk pace through door after door in his slow chase.
The place didn't seem any less daunting than it had during his first venture, but luckily enough he had voices to follow this time. If he was correct, then it would not be too much farther before he caught up to the group of four. "The sorcerer's ring could probably open it, but it's enshrined somewhere in the lower part of the temple." A female voice echoed back his way as Fayt descended a set of stairs into a four-way intersection. A flash of blonde and another voice drew his attention straight ahead.
FINALLY!
He had caught up after about ten minutes, how big WAS this temple? Ok… so he had taken a wrong turn once or twice. It wasn't his fault he was forced to follow echoing voices. "Ok, let's go and look for it… man." The voice of Lloyd bounced back his way.
At the bottom of the intersection of stairs, he couldn't actually see the four, but he heard their boots approaching so he waited for them. As the first head peeked over the ledge he smiled and lifted his right hand to wave. "Hello," he called out a bit too loudly. His voice reverberated off of the walls of the temple causing him to wince.
"Hello," the Chosen said back to him while smiling. Mr. Purple stopped himself and the Chosen at the top of the ledge filled incline leading up to where they were and peered down at him. Genis' head cocked to the side in thought as he and Lloyd continued down the stairs together.
"Mrs. Phaidra asked me to come along. She said you might need some more help. The place must be pretty dangerous." Fayt said as his violet eyes settled back on Purple guy… err… Kratos. The man was staring at him through Hazel eyes. Violet eyes glanced down at at the body of their owner, what was the man looking for? There was blood… he hadn't noticed it until now, but there was blood on his coat, lower part of his shirt, the pants, and boots from the fighting earlier. A slight shiver ran up his spine at the thought that it belonged to someone else, but there wasn't much he could do about that at this time. If he touched it the stuff would just smear and make things worse.
When his gaze wandered back up and away from himself, he noticed that Lloyd and Genis were already standing before him, while Kratos and the Chosen were now heading back down the steps. "I'm Lloyd, this is Genis, and that's Colette." The hazel eyed boy said as he shifted to point at each person in turn.
With a nod the snow haired boy replied, "I'm Fayt."
The trio that had recently been introduced laughed while Genis replied, "We know, you told us outside." Had he? … … … Ohh, that's right, when he had interrupted Mr. Purple's introduction.
"It's nice to meet you." The blonde Chosen stated with a smile.
"Introductions can wait until later. We should keep moving," Kratos said from the back of the small group.
"Right!" Colette responded in slight shock. "It's this way to the lower part of the temple." She said as she started to their left and Fayt's right.
The small group started to move again, and he just fell in line with them like it was completely natural. Lloyd was at the head with Colette close behind, then Genis and Fayt, with Kratos bringing up the rear. Violet eyes turned to the left and settled onto the slightly tipped points of the younger boy's ears.
When the boy glanced back his way Fayt's head quickly snapped forward to watch the other two. He REALLLY wanted to know why the pre-teen had pointed ears, but didn't know if he should just come out and ask, or wait until later. How did you even ask someone about their pointy ears anyways? Just… come out and say 'hey, why do you have pointed ears?'
With a light sigh his head fell to his chest and shook. No, that wasn't a good idea. Still, it was really bugging him.
Ahh, to hell with it.
"Hey… Genis," he spoke up, trying to get the boys attention.
"Yes?" The boy asked while turning blue eyes up at him.
"Why are your ears pointed when no one else's are?" There… it was out there… floating in the open, no take backs now.
The boy blinked a few times, perhaps stunned by the question itself. "What?"
"You know… your ears, everyone else has rounded ears, but you and the helmet heads outside had pointed ears." Fayt replied again trying to explain himself by reaching up and grabbing at his own hearing devices nature had given him. He pull-stretched them both outwards with his hands as if the boy couldn't see them well enough as it was.
"All elves have pointed ears." The boy stated like everyone should know that information.
"So it's elves then… funny word." The snow haired boy stated while turning to look back at the leading pair once again. They were nearing a new downward flight of stairs. "So the helmet heads outside the… Desians are elves then."
"WHAT!? NO!" Genis exclaimed shocking everyone nearby.
Fayt had jumped a little while turning his violet eyed gaze back to the smaller boy. "But… you just said-,"
Kratos interrupted from behind the pair. "No, the Desian's are half-elves."
"Half elves…" ugh, he was so confused now. Why couldn't the world just be easy with single terms? They kept adding in these new factors left and right.
"How could you not know that?" Genis questioned him with slight intrigue.
"I woke up a few hours ago and couldn't remember much of anything. Everything I can remember is a whirling blur in my head," Fayt replied while pointing at said cranium. "The old people of the temple said I have Am… Am-something."
"You have amnesia?" Kratos questioned form behind him.
"Yeah… that's what the old people said." Fayt replied while thinking back to the scene shortly after he'd woken up.
Mr. Purple let out a sigh from behind him while Lloyd, Colette, and Genis stared at him. "Don't worry; I'm sure you'll get your memories back." The blonde girl said with another smile. She handed those things out like they were the easiest thing to come by. It DID seem to make things easier, not that they were that difficult at the time. It wasn't like he knew what he was really missing by not having his memories in the first place.
"Yeah, we'll help. I'm sure we can come up with something." Lloyd this time.
"We should keep moving for now." Kratos ushered the group down the stone steps they had stopped at the top of in order to talk. "The rest can wait until after the Chosen receives the Oracle." The path downward was darker than where they were now, but something was letting off a slightly bluish glow which illuminated the staircase just enough so you wouldn't trip and kill yourself.
When they arrived at the base, most of the group gasped at the scene laid out before them. An open expanse that seemed to stretch on endlessly in one direction; while a thick dusty smoke like fog hung below them, obscuring their view of the long drop. Their stairs came to an end by running into a blue glass like floor separated into squares.
Fayt looked over the edge as butterfly's erupted in his stomach threatening to move up his throat and burst forth from his mouth like so much Magma from a volcano... or that may be his heart… he couldn't be sure. Either way he felt VERY nervous as Lloyd took the first experimental step out onto the blue glowing platform. The red clad teen's foot touched down slowly onto the glass like surface then more forcefully until his whole weight was placed upon it. "Seems safe." He called back to the group with a smile as he turned back around.
Something caught the boy's attention and he his eyes lit up. "There, look at that!" He exclaimed while pointing over past their viewing range. It seemed they would have to follow the hazel haired boy should they wish to see what had caught his attention to such a degree.
Everyone stepped lightly off of the platform and followed after Lloyd with ease… everyone except Fayt anyways. He stood at the edge of the stone right on the verge of blue glass peering violet eyes down into the glowing squares. Shifting a foot slowly and experimentally outwards he put a little weight onto the platforms edge. Then more and more weight until it was holding all of him, much like Lloyd had done.
"Come on, Fayt! We found it!" Lloyd called back to him. He still didn't trust the stuff in the least, but they were probably going to leave him behind at this rate.
Shortly after catching up to them, several loud crashes echoed throughout the gloomy blue light drawing his and everyone else's attention to the moving forms of six large stone… people? "Chosen, get behind me!" Kratos called out as his sword slid from its sheath with a metallic rasp. The Golems locked onto the mercenary's voice and all roared in unison causing the platform that the party of five were currently standing on to shake violently.
"Lloyd, Genis, Fayt block off all access to this point! Use the holes in the floor to separate them into three corridors. Do not let the Golems near the Chosen." The auburn haired man called out through the gloom as the six lumbered towards them slowly. Following instructions, the three formed up in their designated spots and pulled out their weapons. Only, Fayt didn't have a sword handy… he'd forgotten to pick up another one outside. With a grimace he fell into a hand to hand stance that felt right for fighting much bigger opponents.
His heart was thumping loudly in his chest and ears. One of them was headed his direction, One was going for Genis whom Colette had decided to assist, one for Lloyd, while two went for Kratos, the sixth had simply vanished. Swallowing hard Fayt inched forward slowly away from the others. He didn't want the big rock monster throwing punches past him and hitting Colette.
"Demon Fang!" Echoed Lloyd's voice from behind him as Fayt's feet took off into a sprint. The golem's fist flew his direction slowly and he dropped to the ground to slide on his side through the creature's wide legged stance. Only… he kept sliding and had to scramble to stop himself before he went right over the ledge.
The Golem had ignored him completely after that; its target was obviously Colette and probably the others. So after getting to his feet, the snow haired teen ground his teeth and sprinted once more back in the rock monsters direction. Leaping nimbly at the last moment, Fayt landed on the things back and scrambled up towards its neck. The creature tried to reach back and grab or smash him, he wasn't really sure which it was, but the monstrous moving rock formation wasn't having any real success.
When he reached its head he ducked under a blow with wide eyes. Ok, maybe it was going to have more success the farther up he went. The creature stumbled back lightly until it regained its balance letting out an ear shattering, and quite obviously angry, roar. Fayt's hand formed a fist then punched the back of the creatures head causing pain to shoot through his nerves. 'BAD IDEA!' he thought to himself as he scrambled out of the way of another swipe.
This time the Golem's fist –arm collided with its own head causing it to stumble to the side. Fayt glanced in the direction they were headed and let go of the vice like grip keeping him attached to his opponent; just in time to grab the ledge of one of the holes in the floor. However, the golem's body was too big, so its head slammed into the edge, severing itself from the rest of its body and causing dust to puff out across the blue tiles. Before it reached the ground, the Golem curled in on itself turning into a large cube that fit snuggly into an oddly open space.
The Violet eyed boy couldn't worry about that extremely odd scenario at this point. He really didn't want to fall the thirty feet down to the ground… rock golem-cube, whatever, below. It probably wouldn't end well for him. Trying to pull himself up ended in failure - naturally. When he'd managed to get up onto his arms the blue tiles slick surface sent him skidding back to barely grasp once more onto the rocky edge. Gritting his teeth the snow haired boy could only hope the shaking of platform wouldn't drop him into the smoke filled abyss before the four above finished their fight.
His Grip was faltering and his left hand finally gave leaving him to hold on with only his right. Shaking his left hand he tried to get some blood back into the appendage so he could use it once more. Both arms ACHED from the struggle and his heart was beating wildly in his chest. How was he going to get out of this?
"FAYT! WHERE ARE YOU!?" Lloyd's voice reached him from above and somewhere to his right.
"OVER HERE!" He cried out desperately.
"I can't see you!" Lloyd's voice once more.
"There he is!" Genis this time. Pity Fayt couldn't see anything up there. He could only hold on until someone actually managed to make it to him.
It didn't take long, Lloyd was there first, careful of his footing as he slid a few feet on the slick blue glass tile before reversing himself and reaching a helping hand down to Fayt's own. Thankfully he swung his free left hand up to grasp at the red clad teen's own and let himself be pulled to safety.
"What happened?" Genis questioned as he walked up.
"Ohh, I just figured I'd hang out until the battle was over." He replied while lying on the ground panting and thanking whoever was actually watching out for him for another close save.
The pre-adult trio looked at him for a few moments then started to laugh. "Dork, why were you there for real?" Lloyd questioned after the laughing fit ended.
"I was on the Golem's back when it lost its footing and fell into the hole. I just barely grabbed the edge in time." He explained with some oddly intricate hand motions before sitting up and glancing around at the four around him. "Did all of your Golems turn into cubes as well?"
"Yeah, what do you think they're for?" Genis asked the lot of them… all of which were probably asking the same thing.
"There's a lot of openings down there, and mine fell into one, it stopped up a hole in the walkway. Could be that they are supposed to be pushed through the holes and make it so that we can reach the ring." Fayt explained with more hand motions. Which involved finger's walking and pushing fists that fell through open air; only to land on the other fist below.
"I see." Kratos stated as he peered through the blue glass at his feet.
"So all we have to do is push these through the holes then." Lloyd stated as he walked over to one and started to do just that.
"Wait, stop Lloyd!" Genis called out as he put his face next to the glowing blue glass at their feet. "Don't push anything off yet. Let's go below first."
"Why?" The brown haired teen questioned. "If we just push them, then we're bound to get where we're going."
"Look around Lloyd," Genis began. "How many holes are on the floor.
"Uhh…" the red clad boy stopped and did some mental math while he touched on each with his finger. "Nine?"
"Right, and we only have four more blocks!" Fayt chimed in as he saw where this was going. "So we have to make sure they fall into the right locations.
"Aww, man, I hate puzzles like this." Lloyd stated as his head hung in defeat.
"Come on Lloyd, it'll be fun!" Colette said with another smile… did this girl smile at just about everything?
"Right, we need to finish this off so that we can get to the ring. Let's go." Kratos said as he already started to move down the steps. "Lloyd, you and Fayt stay up here and push the blocks down where we tell you to. Chosen, please come with me." The Mercenary finished as he made a motion with his hand for her to follow. Genis was already headed that way.
"Looks like we get the grunt work," Fayt smiled and said to Lloyd who had taken up a position next to him.
The teen smiled back and replied, "The fun part."
"Hahaha, maybe." Fayt said as he moved to his feet and looked over the boulders one by one. One had scorch marks on it, others had large gashes taken out, and the last had odd markings here and there. He could only guess who had taken out which. "What do you think made them turn into blocks when they were defeated?" Fayt questioned as he touched a hand down on the smooth stone surface. It was warm, and there was a strange beat coming from inside of it somewhere.
Snatching his hand back Fayt shook it and turned back to look at Lloyd. The boy shrugged his shoulders and watched the floor beneath him, or perhaps it was more like, he watched the people below them through it. He seemed preoccupied with his thoughts so the snow haired teen kept quiet. Leaning lightly over the side of one holes, he peered down at the trio. "How goes it down there?"
"Push the one to your left into the hole there," Genis said as he pointed to the hole and cube next to Fayt.
"Aye, Captain!" Fayt called down then turned to get to work.
Things progressed smoothly for he and Lloyd up top while the others below told them where to go. It was easy enough work in the end. The blue glass tile stuff seemed to hold the giant cubes just up off the ground like… like an air pocket below them. So, it wasn't exactly the grunt work like he had thought it would be. Actually, it was harder to make sure you didn't overshoot your position than it was to get the thing where you wanted it.
After a few minutes, he and Lloyd were finished with the pushing and the larger group was waiting for them below. Lloyd turned to face him with a smile and pointed to the stairs, "race you to the bottom." Without waiting for Fayt's response the hazel eyed boy took off.
"CHEATER!" He called after and sprinted to catch up. Gritting his teeth Fayt's feet stumbled off of the glowing blue tiles and onto the stone steps. Lloyd was already a quarter of the way down and Fayt took his chances. Two or three steps at a time the snow haired boy's feet carried him. He was gaining on the red clad teen, but he was obviously heard as Lloyd's feet soon picked up their pace.
In the end, he had been ten steps slower than Lloyd and he was standing at the base panting and smiling when Fayt ground to a halt. Fayt was panting hard as he glanced around. "Are you two quite finished?" Kratos questioned and Fayt did his best to stand back up straight. When neither of them responded he nodded his head and turned back towards the ring. "Good, let's go."
"I'll win next time." Fayt stated as he walked past the hazel eyed teen.
"You wish," Lloyd responded from behind him.
"Why are you two so out of breath?" Genis asked as they walked up.
"Uhh…. The blocks were heavy?" Fayt question-replied then pointed towards the ring's pedestal ahead of them. "Looks like the way's all ready for us."
"Mr. Kratos took care of all of the blocks down here." Colette replied as they caught up to her.
The snow haired teen's eyes fell from the blonde chosen to Genis, then up to Kratos… "of course he did."
The walk up to the pedestal was a quicker one than most of their time here had been. When they arrived the group surrounded the ring and peered at it from all directions. "So this is the Sorcerer's Ring, I've read about it before. It's a Holy Artifact in the Church of Martel." Genis claimed.
"All rings have at least one hole in them," Fayt replied while he peered closer. The ring seemed to be levitating in the air. Held up by some invisible source of… energy?
Kratos sighed and spoke next. "We should be able to take care of most traps and obstacles with this."
"Really? GREAT! Let me try it!" Lloyd spoke as he reached forward to snatch the thing.
"WAIT!" Fayt shouted out to the others his hand reaching forward to grasp at Lloyds shoulder and pull him back.
"What?" The boy asked confused as the entire group turned to face Fayt questioning looks on their faces.
"What… what if… when you take it, you know… the place starts to shake and a large boulder falls to crush us for doing so?" Fayt questioned as his hand fell back to his side.
"You mean like a booby-trap?" Genis questioned.
"Exactly!" The snow haired teen replied with an enthusiastic nod of his head.
"I do not think the temple priests would place a trap on the ring they use to unseal the door to the sanctuary." Kratos replied as he took the ring from the pedestal.
Fayt closed his eyes and cringed in anticipation of his eminent splattering demise… that never came. Slowly, he opened his right eye and then his left to look around at everyone. Kratos' eyebrow was cocked, Lloyd and Genis were fighting back laughter and Colette was simply smiling at him knowingly. "It could happen," he muttered under his breath before turning around to hide his reddening face.
"We have the ring, now we can open the door. Let's go." Kratos said and strode past Fayt back down the flight of stairs.
The snow haired teen hung to the rear of the group on the walk back, watching everyone converse about this or that. It was less eventful than their approach to the ring, but at the base of the stairs the four had stopped to wait for him. "You are slowing us down, Fayt. Try to not fall back so far." Kratos stated before turning and leading the way back up the steps. Before he knew it his tongue was stuck out lightly and he made an odd face at the man's back. Mr. Purple was really impatient and no- nonsense.
"Is everybody ok?" Lloyd asked as they ascended the stairs."
"No problems here." Fayt responded.
"Yeah, but why are there monsters in the Temple?" Genis asked from the middle of the group.
"It is part of the Chosen's trial. Were you not aware of that when you decided to join her?" Kratos stated from the front of the group.
"I was." Fayt interjected from the back. "Miss Phaidra said that it was dangerous." Well… she had done so more or less.
"I knew it too." Lloyd stated with a nod of his head.
"I'm sorry; it's my fault you were all in danger." Colette apologized… though the snow haired boy at the back couldn't fathom as to why… it wasn't like any of them were forced to follow her, they had all chosen to do so. Heh… chosen to follow the Chosen…
"Don't worry about it Colette, it's for the sake of bringing peace to the world." Lloyd stated with another nod of his head.
"Wait… it's for what?" Fayt called up and the whole group stopped to turn and face him.
"Ohh, right, you have amnesia don't you Fayt." The red clad teen said while Kratos continued onwards.
"Yeah, I don't even really know where I am right now." The teen stated while scratching the back of his head. "Well… I mean, I know I'm in some Temple of Martin or something, but not much else." The group started to move once more and catch up with Kratos who had called down for them to keep moving.
"It's the Temple of Martel north of our village," Colette informed him. Whoops, he'd gotten the name wrong.
Once they reached the top of the stairs Genis spoke again, "How do you fight so well if you have amnesia?"
"What? I'm not that good." Fayt replied, shocked by the revelation that he may actually be good at fighting… or worse, killing.
"You were holding your own against the guy with the big orange sword outside." Lloyd stated.
"It was amazing the way you jumped around." The Chosen added in.
"Hahaha, that… was more like barely staying alive than fighting. I wasn't even able to attack him."
"Knowing when to attack and when to defend is an important part of any fight. Against an opponent of greater physical and magical ability, it could mean the difference between life and death." Kratos said as he came to the four way intersection. Had that been a compliment of sorts?
Lloyd, while walking backwards stated and smiled, "you need to show me how you did that spring roll from the ground that you did."
"I can… try to," Fayt started. "but I'm not really sure about most anything I was doing. It just sort of… came to me and I did it." He finished as the group of four followed Mr. Purple down the steps, into the intersection, and then to the right towards the supposedly sealed door that he had yet to see.
"You'll get your memories in no time." Colette said happily as they ascended the last flight of stairs.
"And you can show me then," Lloyd said as the door came into view. Kratos was already waiting in front of it for all of them to arrive. "Look, he's going to use it! What do you think it does?" The red clad teen questioned as Kratos lifted his hand and pointed it at the strange blue glowing… seal… thing.
"My vote goes to beam of light!" Fayt called out his choice, though no one else did the same.
Fire erupted in a small ball from the ring, flew at the seal, then connected and puffed into non existence. The seal of blue electricity slowly vanished while a door behind it opened with a loud grating noise; Lloyd visibly deflated. "Is that all?"
"How anti-climactic." The snow haired teen added.
"It is not a toy." Kratos stated as he removed the ring and placed it back into one of his pockets. "Let us continue."
"The sanctuary is just ahead." Colette said with a shaky voice.
"You'll do great." Lloyd reassured her with a big smile.
Mr. Purple moved forward first once again and entered the strange purple glowing circle only to vanish into thin air. Fayt's eyes bugged out at the sight, and he choked back a few words of surprise. "He just… vanished!"
"It leads to the Sanctuary." Colette said before stepping onto the 'portal' and vanishing as well.
"Looks fun," Lloyd said as he ran forward and vanished mid stride.
Right… if they could all do it, then so could he! …Probably. Taking a deep breath he moved towards the portal when Genis turned to him and smiled, then vanished like the others. It was the finish line… he'd already survived giant moving rocks, crazy blue glowing glass platforms, and nonexistent boulder falls of death… he could step on a purple glowing circle with ease.
Deep breaths… DEEEEP Breaths…
One… Two… Three!
He stepped forward, was encompassed by light, and then his surroundings were just… different. With another sigh, Fayt checked his body for any missing limbs or clothes. God… or was it Goddess? Ehh, whichever forbid he show up to the final destination on this fascinating journey of his with no pants on.
"So that must be the Cruxis Crystal in the center then." Lloyd said from the quad's group next to another glowing platform. What was it with this place and its absurdly glowing objects? What was next? A green glowing chicken? … wait… what was a chicken? It had white feathers of some sort…
"That's right; they say I was born with that in my hands." Colette said with another of those smiles she passed around.
"Look a light!" Genis stated as the top of the Sanctuary lit up brightly.
Along with the rest of the group, Fayt complied. It was true, there was a bright light that had appeared almost out of nowhere, and with it a small light ball. 'How very strange…' Fayt thought then covered his eyes in agony as the ball exploded with more light, blinding him. When he finally managed to blink the glare away he was staring up at the beating wings of a… well a winged person. He could not tell what shape his ears were from down here, but if the trend was continuing, he'd bet it was a pointy eared one. All of the odds ones were thus far.
"Wha… What is that?" Lloyd asked the question more than one of them were probably thinking.
"That is an Angel, I would assume." Kratos stated with his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"So that's Colette's real father then?" Genis questioned.
Wait… what? So… Colette's father was a flying man called an-… Pain seared through Fayt's head forcing his hands up to push hold the throbbing thing. It hurt so much he couldn't hear or think. Memories criss-crossed before his minds eye, memories of people with wings. However, as soon as they were there, they were gone, and all traces of anything he had remembered were taken along with them.
When he finally managed to take in his surroundings again, he was on a knee panting heavily. The others had not noticed anything that had happened. "We of Cruxis bless this event, and bestow the Tower of Salvation upon Sylvarant."
When the others turned to look out the window he kept his eyes on the winged man whose ears, he noted now that the man was closer to the floor, were round. The 'Angel's' green eyes had also set themselves upon Fayt, and his expression was that of a confidant smile. Well, it seemed happy enough… but something in his gut was just telling the boy to run away right then and there.
"So that's the Tower of Salvation," Lloyd stated, and in the process broke the staring match Fayt had not been aware he'd been in with the Angel-man-thing.
Genis followed up with a VERY happy, "now the world will be saved!" Fayt could not see out of the window from his vantage point, nor did he know what anyone was really talking about, so he allowed himself to lean back against the wall, hoping the 'Angel' wouldn't look back at him again.
"Colette, Chosen of Regeneration. Unlock the seals that guard the Tower of Salvation and climb the stairs to the heavens in distant lands." Remiel… though Fayt wasn't sure how he knew the man's name… had he said it while he was in massive brain pain earlier? Probably, so it was a subconscious thing.
"I humbly accept this task," the girl said with a light curtsy.
"Very good, we of Cruxis shall grant you the power of the Angels with each seal you release." The blonde floating man stated over the sounds of his wings beating. "Once you are reborn as an angel, this eroded world shall be regenerated."
"Thank you, I swear on my life that I will regenerate the world." The Chosen replied whole heartedly.
"First, head south to the seal of fire and offer your prayers in that distant land."
"Yes, Lord Remiel," Colette said with a nod of her head. HAH! He'd gotten the smiling-floating-guy's name right!
With a nod the man smiled at the group once more and started to ascend back into the… light beams from above. "WAIT!, uhh, please… wait." Colette called after the man with a strange sense of hope in her voice. "I have a question I wish to ask of you… are you… really my Fa-" she asked while tripping over her sentence.
"First, head to the seal of fire, understood my beloved daughter. Colette." The man said with a different smile than the one he'd used at multiple points thus far.
"F… Father, so you truly are my real father!" the young girl exclaimed happily.
"We shall meet again at the next seal, my daughter." Remiel said before vanishing into the light above; leaving only a rain of feathers to fall in his place to the pedestal below.
Well… at least HE was glad the man-thing was gone. He was too good looking for any person to actually be, and those smiles, a shudder passed up his spine once more at the mere thought. "I can't believe he was my real father…" Colette said lowly, but still loud enough for Fayt to hear at his spot near the shining purple exit thing.
"You have received the Oracle, let us depart now, Chosen." Mr. Purple spoke for the first time since creepy flier guy had appeared. And Fayt could NOT agree with him more. He was DONE with this area of the temple. If he had to come back into this section again he might just have to give himself amnesia again.
"… Oh, right… of course." Colette said sadly.
"We'll go on ahead." Kratos said as he motioned for Fayt to step back through the glowing purple circle of light. With a nod, the snow haired teen complied and vanished.
Satisfied that he was done there, Fayt headed back for the entrance. He was done here… really, he didn't want to set foot in this part of the temple again. Wait… he'd already thought that hadn't he? Well… that just meant it was THAT MUCH of a feeling.
A shimmer of light from behind him drew the snow haired teen's gaze back to the portal as Kratos and shortly after, Colette, appeared. Kratos nodded as they walked past him, and Colette said her thanks for his help. It appeared the two were not splitting up just yet. Well, Kratos still hadn't been paid yet, and Colette would know where Miss Phaidra was.
He didn't wait around for Lloyd and Genis either. He was going back to the bed he'd awoken in for some much needed rest. Those had to have been some of the most horrifying, dangerous, and tiring moments of his life… probably. The boy's hand ran down his face from his forehead as he walked back into the living area of the temple, well on his way to the sleeping quarters… if he could only remember where they were.
"MARVELOUS!" Came a female's screaming cry from back the way he'd come. 'No Fayt… do NOT turn around and go back under any circumstances. You don't want to be pulled into anything like that again, do you?' The teen thought and hurried his steps along.
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AUTHORS NOTE TWO: Soo… who's going to clean up and bury all of the bodies you might ask? Umm… *shrugs*. It's a mystery! *mystery sounds*
Date: 02/11/14
Fayt's Accessories: Err… I'm not sure I made it clear in the prologue, so I'll explain it now. Fayt's earrings are smaller silver loops with ½ inch chains leading down to the crystals themselves which are roughly and 1.5 inches long and ¾ of an inch wide. The one around his neck is the same size, only it's attached to a necklace rather than earrings. All of the metal is made from silver.