Two Destinies Chapter 7: The Old Man in the Ruins
Author's Preface: Argh, at this rate, I'll never finish this story by the end of summer… I really need to pick up my pace here! Perhaps one of these days (or maybe more than one), I'll devote my entire day to writing and nothing else! (Okay, except perhaps eating, drinking, and other life necessities…) Fortunately, I've picked out a decent end point to the journey, and no, it's gonna end before the team gets to fight the final boss. I won't say what it is, though… I have plenty of cool ideas coming, but I need to get the team moving! I own none of these characters!
"We are finally in Luishka!" Meredy said, twirling around. The others looked around at the city. The entire city was in ruins.
"Geez…" Reid said. "I was not expecting ruins like these…"
"Nor was I…" Keele said. "What happened here?!? This is… Unbelievable…"
"What could have caused such destruction like this?" Reala said. "How long ago did this even occur?"
"Luishka was destroyed a long time ago." Meredy said.
"If it was destroyed a long time ago, why wasn't it rebuilt?" Keele wondered.
"Meredy does not know…" Meredy responded.
"Wait, so Galenos lives here, regardless of the destruction?" Kyle asked.
"Yes." Meredy said. "We need to go north from here to get to Galenos' house." She started to skip off in her usual manner in the direction she had said would lead them to Galenos' house. The others followed behind and gawked at the extent of the destruction.
"Wow…" Reid said. "How could anybody live here? It's so… unsettling…"
"Let's keep going, Reid." Farah said. Reid looked at her and saw that the others had gotten a ways ahead of him while he was looking at the surroundings. Reid picked up his pace to catch up with his friends and they continued to walk behind Meredy.
Eventually, the six travelers ended up at a house that looked like a cracked eggshell. Meredy slowed down once she got to this house and turned around. "This is Galenos' house." She said. "He should be in here." Keele coughed.
"Wait, so he lives in the wreckage, too? He didn't even bother to rebuild his house?" Meredy shook her head.
"It looks much better on the inside." She said. "Do not judge a book by its cover, Keele." Keele turned pink.
"I-I wasn't making any judgments about the interior!" He said. "Who said I was? I was just commenting on the exterior!" Reid chuckled.
"Sure seemed like you were putting down the place as a whole…" He said. "Well, you coming?" The other five had started for the entrance without Keele. Keele's face had turned an even brighter shade of pink.
"W-wait for me!" Keele started to ascend the stairs, but he tripped on his voluminous robes a couple steps up and hit his face on the stairs.
Farah gasped. "Keele, are you okay?" She ran down to where the scholar had tripped and kneeled over him. When Keele looked up at her, his nose was bleeding and had turned black and blue. "Oh, dear!" She said. "Keele, your nose is bleeding! You must have hit the stairs hard…"
"Ouch…" Keele said. "That was a hard fall…" Reid snickered under his breath.
"Is Keele gonna weep like the crybaby he is?" He sneered. "Poor little Keele has a boo-boo on his nose!" Keele shot an angry glare at Reid and then stood up.
"I-I'm fine…" Keele said with his arm placed over his nose. "I'm NOT a crybaby…" Farah stood up and put her hands on her hips.
"Now hold on there, Keele." She said. "I don't want to you getting blood all over your robes, so I'll patch you right up." Keele sighed.
"Fine. But be quick." He said. Farah smiled, and then held out her hands.
"Okay." She said. "Heal!" Farah's palms started to glow blue, and then she released the energy towards Keele, and he was bathed in a blue glow. After the glow receded, Keele's nose was no longer bleeding and had returned to its original hue. Keele rubbed his nose.
"All right." He said. "Let's go." Keele ascended the stairs and Farah followed him. Near the top of the stairs, Keele saw Kyle with his arms crossed indignantly. "What's your problem, Kyle?" Keele asked.
"You didn't even thank Farah!" He said. "She fixed your nose and you can't even say 'thank you' to her?" Keele groaned, and then faced Farah.
"Fine…" Keele grumbled. "Thank you for healing my nose, Farah…" Farah smiled upon being thanked, and then she walked past Keele and stopped in front of Kyle.
"You know, the thanks weren't really necessary." She said. This statement badly puzzled the young swordsman.
"Huh?" Kyle said. "Whaddya mean the thanks weren't necessary? It's always nice to thank somebody when they do something nice for you…" Farah shrugged.
"Well, I don't really expect Keele to thank me out loud anymore… I'm just used to it. I guess you can say that he thanks me in his own way, and he doesn't really need to say it aloud…" Kyle scratched his head.
"Okay…" He said, still rather confused. "I don't get why you wouldn't thank somebody aloud, but…" Kyle shrugged. He felt a bit out of the loop.
"We should get going now." Meredy said. "Don't you guys want to speak with Galenos?" The travelers nodded their heads and entered the dilapidated mansion.
Once inside, the six adventurers walked slowly through a rather battered hallway behind Meredy. They followed her into a shattered laboratory and were somewhat taken aback by the surroundings.
"I thought you said not to judge a book by its cover, Meredy…" Reala said. "The inside looks just like the outside…"
"Not all of it." Meredy said. "Let's keep going." She continued to skip along with the others not far behind.
Eventually, the travelers came upon a section of the house that was not as destroyed as the part they had just walked through. In fact, this section of the house was well cared for and fixed up. Just then, from another room emerged an older gentleman, who seemed a little surprised to have so many guests.
"Hello, Meredy." He said. Meredy walked up next to the man.
"Hello, Galenos! She said. "Meredy is back!" Galenos smiled.
"Yes, I see…" He said. "And with a large group of Inferians, too…"
"Actually…" Kyle piped up. "Reala and I are not from Inferia…" He pointed to the girl he was referring to, who waved to Meredy's friend. Kyle's statement confused Galenos.
"You're not Inferian?" Galenos walked over to Kyle and took one of his hands. "You seem Inferian… You look a lot like the other Inferians in your group…" Kyle took his hand back.
"Well… I…" The blond swordsman was interrupted.
"If you aren't from Inferia, where are you from, then?" Galenos walked up to Reala, now.
"Well…" Reala started. "Kyle and I are from a world called…" She was interrupted by Meredy, who spoke up at that very moment.
"Meredy brought back somebody with Fibrill!" Meredy said, walking over to Reid. The red-haired hunter, who had decided to sit down, looked up at the Celestian girl.
"W-wait…" He said. "What are you…" Reid was interrupted when Meredy grabbed Reid's hand and the usual reaction Reid had when Meredy touched him occurred. "Ow ow ow!" Reid pulled his hand away from Meredy. "What was that for?" Galenos walked over to Reid.
"So, you really do have Fibrill…" He said. Reid shook out his hand that Meredy had grabbed.
"I guess…" He said while recovering.
"By the way…" Galenos said. "I don't believe I caught any of your names. You know mine, so may I have your names?"
"I'm Reid Hershel…" The hunter said while standing up. "And these are my friends Farah Oersted…" Farah waved. "…Keele Zeibel…" Keele nodded. "…Kyle Dunamis…" Kyle flashed a wide grin. "…And Reala." Reala curtsied. After the introductions were done, Reid scratched his head and continued. "So… What exactly is Fibrill anyways?" Galenos scratched his chin.
"So, you don't know about your power?" He said. "Very well, I'll tell you." Keele perked up.
"Wait, you know what Fibrill is?" He said. "Not even I was able to figure that out! What is it?!?" Galenos smiled at Keele's interest.
"Simply put, Fibrill is power." Galenos explained. "But it's not any ordinary power. Fibrill is only possessed by a select few."
"So, Reid's one of those select few?" Kyle said. Galenos nodded.
"It seems so." He said. "However, I need to check to see if his Fibrill is strong enough…" He turned around and started for his lab, but stopped a few steps from the door. "Reid, I will need you to come with me." Keele stepped forward.
"Hold on, Galenos!" The blue-haired scholar said. Galenos turned around. "There are some questions I would like you to answer for me." The older gentleman smiled.
"All right." He said. "Ask away." Keele nodded, and then began his questionnaire.
"Okay. First, what exactly caused the Grand Fall to start?" Galenos paused for a second.
"The Grand Fall was caused by Balir." He said.
"Balir?" Kyle said. "Who's that?"
"Balir is king of Celestia!" Meredy said. Kyle frowned.
"Huh?" He said. "Why would a king want to destroy his kingdom?" Kyle thought of King Woodrow Kelvin of Phandalia and wondered if Woodrow had ever even considered destroying his own kingdom. He highly doubted it.
"And how?" Reala added, snapping Kyle out of his thoughts.
"Balir used the Aurora Artes to begin the Grand Fall." Galenos answered. Farah spoke up this time.
"What are Aurora Artes?" She asked. Galenos turned around.
"Aurora Artes are special abilities that are only usable by those who have Fibrill." Reid took a step backward at this last sentence.
"W-what?!?" He said. "So… I could start the Grand Fall myself if I wanted to?" Galenos laughed.
"Actually, there are two types of Aurora." He said. "There is the Divine Aurora, which is probably what you have, and there is also the Dark Aurora, which is what Balir used to start the Grand Fall."
"So…" Keele said. "If the Dark Aurora can cause the Grand Fall, does that mean only the Divine Aurora can stop it?" Galenos looked at Reid.
"Yes." He said. "This is why I need to figure out if Reid's Fibrill is strong enough to use the Aurora Artes." Reid took a step towards Galenos.
"All right." He said. "How are we going to know if it's strong enough, though?"
"Come with me." Galenos said. "I have the machinery that will be able to determine how strong your Fibrill is." Reid nodded and stepped next to Galenos. "As for the rest of you, these tests might take a while. Why don't you all just stay the night? It's getting late." Farah nodded.
"Good idea." She said. "Where should we go to sleep, though?" Galenos pointed in to his right.
"Through that door there are a bunch of beds." He said. "You can all stay there. Now, let's go, Reid." Galenos and Reid disappeared behind another door, and the rest of the travelers went into the room that Galenos had just pointed out. Once the door had closed behind them, Keele sighed.
"The Aurora Artes…" Keele said. "I wonder if Reid will be able to use them…"
"We'll find out in the morning." Reala said. "Let's just get some sleep." She took Kyle's hand and brought him over a set of beds that were lying near the door. Keele, Meredy, and Farah took three other beds that were in the back of the room. There was one other bed in the back of the room, which Reid could use as soon as he had come back from his test. And thus the adventurers went to sleep… That is, except Keele. He couldn't stop thinking about what Galenos had just told him about the Dark and Divine Auroras.
"I can't believe the Grand Fall was started by the Dark Aurora…" He whispered. "I hope that Reid will be able to help stop the Grand Fall… I hope his Fibrill is strong enough to use the Divine Aurora…" He paused. After a few seconds, he shook his head out. "What am I saying?" He said quietly. "I've never relied upon Reid before… Why do I need to rely on him now?" Keele sighed. "Well… It's not like I have Fibrill… I can't use the Divine Aurora… I guess I'll have to put all my support behind Reid should he be the one who can stop the Grand Fall…"
"How much longer do I need to stay like this?" Reid asked as Galenos started messing around with things around the hunter's body. Galenos chuckled.
"Not much longer." He said. "Something wrong?"
"Umm… Not really…" Reid said. "It's just that I lost feeling in my arm here a few minutes ago…" He looked at his left arm, which had some kind of device wrapped around it, which was apparently cutting off the circulation in his arm.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Galenos said as he loosened up the device. "I put that on too tight, didn't I?" Reid chuckled.
"Hey, at least I can feel my arm again." He said. "I'll try not to complain anymore."
"Don't worry, if anything hurts, just tell me and I'll make it more comfortable for you." At that moment, Galenos pulled out a large hypodermic needle whose point was the size of a pencil. A bead of sweat rolled down the back of Reid's neck.
"Umm…" Reid asked nervously. "What's that for?"
"Oh, this?" Galenos looked at the needle and then back at Reid. "I just need a small blood sample from you. Is that all right with you?"
"Well, yes…" Reid said. "But do you need to use such a large… YOW!" The large needle poked into Reid's skin at that moment, making Reid yelp in pain. "…Needle?" Reid answered a couple seconds after the needle had been withdrawn from his skin. Galenos looked at Reid.
"Well, no…" He said. "But I couldn't find my small needle, so… Oh! Here it is!" Galenos pulled out a hypodermic needle whose point was the size of a pencil tip. Another bead of sweat rolled down Reid's neck.
"A-anyways…" Reid asked. "Are we done yet?" Galenos smiled.
"Almost." He said. "But the rest of the testing will not be as painful as that blood withdrawal…" Just then, a loud crash was heard from somewhere.
"What was that?!?" Reid said. Galenos scratched his head.
"It didn't come from this room…" He said. "I wonder if something is going on in the room with your friends."
"Lemme go see what's going on…" Reid said. However, Galenos held up his hand.
"May I conclude with the testing first?" He said. "It won't be much longer. Can you be patient? Besides, it's probably nothing to worry about."
"All right…" Reid said, somewhat reluctant. "I just hope nobody's hurt…"
A few minutes earlier, Keele, who was still restless, had heard something weird from behind the wall. He got out of the bed and crept over to figure out what was going on. Sure enough, he saw that Kyle was thrashing around in his sleep. Keele went over and placed a hand on Kyle's shoulder.
"Hey, Kyle?" He said. "What's wrong? Wake up!" Just then, one of Kyle's hands whacked Keele's hand. Keele removed his hand from the boy's shoulder. "Hey!" He shook the boy. "Are you having another nightmare? Wake up!"
"What's going on?" Reala said, having woken up from hearing the commotion from the bed next to her. "Is something wrong with Kyle?!?"
"I think he's having another nightmare!" Keele said. "And he won't wake up! Hey! Snap out of it!"
"Stay away from me!" A high-pitched voice said from the bed. Kyle launched out of his bed in a flash. Reala noticed that his eyes were still closed.
"Kyle? What's going on?" She said. "Are you okay?" Reala moved closer to Kyle and was ready to wrap her arms around him.
At that moment, Kyle whipped out his sword and slashed the air around him. "Azure Edge!" He yelled, unleashing a blue shockwave at Reala. She dodged the attack, which seemed to have been barely aimed at her. Keele wondered why Kyle would attack Reala.
"Kyle! What's wrong with you?!? Snap out of it!" He yelled.
"Stay back! I won't let you get me, too!" Kyle's sword was now aimed at Keele. "Hell Sword!" His sword swung over his head and towards Keele, fire leaping from the blade. Keele's robes caught fire from the attack.
"Guwah!" Keele yelled as he worked to extinguish his robes. Reala tried to get close to the attacking swordsman without getting hit by his blade.
"Kyle! Stop it!" She said. "Please stop! Before you hurt your friends!" Her persuasion failed to get through to Kyle. He pinned Reala to a wall and held up his sword to her neck. Reala screamed.
"I refuse to be taken prisoner! I'll fight to the very end!" Kyle yelled. Reala saw that his eyes were still closed. Was Kyle… sleep-fighting? What was he seeing?
"Kyle!" Reala yelled. "You need to wake up! It's me, Reala! Don't hurt me!"
"What's going on here?" Farah and Meredy appeared. Farah put her hands on her hips. "Kyle, what are you doing?" She said.
"I think he's having a nightmare…" Keele said. "…And he's fighting us as if he was fighting whatever it is that showed up in his nightmare!"
"Dammit, there's more of you?!?" Kyle said. "No matter how many of you there are, I'll fend you all off! You won't take me alive!" At that moment, Kyle started gathering energy at the tip of his sword. However, he wasn't wearing his Lens.
"Stop!" Reala said. "You might kill yourself! Kyle, don't cast that spell!"
"Meredy found the Lens!" Meredy said, holding up Kyle's belt, which had the Lens attached to it. "Meredy will make sure Kyle does not kill himself with his spell!"
"Wait, you're helping him cast the spell, Meredy?!?" Keele said, grabbing Meredy's arm. "He might kill us if he's able to cast it!"
"Kyle will kill himself if Kyle does not use this Lens!" Meredy said.
"Great storm of Sylph, I call upon your wrath…" Kyle began chanting.
"No!" Meredy said as she launched herself out of Keele's grasp and dashed towards Kyle.
"Bring the tempest of fury to blow away my enemies with… Ah!" Kyle's incantation was interrupted by Meredy putting the belt on him. "What the?!? What the hell did you put on me?!?" Kyle whipped around and slashed at Meredy. "You can't restrain me! Scattering Leaf!" He slashed at Meredy three times, knocking her over. (Author's Note: Scattering Leaf is supposed to be a fanslation of Chirihajin.) "I can still take you out, regardless of this thing!" He touched the belt that Meredy had placed on him, and the Lens began to glow green.
"Uh, oh…" Keele said as Kyle restarted the incantation.
"Great storm of Sylph, I call upon your wrath! Bring the tempest of fury to blow away my enemies with the force of a hurricane! Voltic Heat!" Kyle thrust his sword into the air and a green flash of light flew into the sky and just as quickly descended back towards the ground and, as it hit the ground, a heavy vortex of wind slammed into everybody, Kyle included, sending them into the surrounding walls. Soon, everybody was returning to their senses. However, Kyle was slumped against a wall still. He had dropped his sword when his spell backfired on him, and it slashed him in the leg. The sword lay a small distance away, with some blood coating its blade. Reala, upon regaining consciousness, ran over to Kyle.
"Kyle? Are you all right? First Aid!" She held her hand over Kyle's bloody leg and her Lens glowed blue, followed by her hand. Soon, the injury was gone, and so was the blood. Keele stood over Kyle and looked at him closely.
"Well, he's finally calmed down…" Keele said. "Hopefully he's gonna return to his senses now." Just as Keele finished speaking, Reid entered the room.
"What the hell happened in here?!?" He said, looking at the utter destruction that used to be the room. "Geez, this room looks like the outside of the building…"
"Kyle wouldn't wake up from a nightmare…" Farah said. "He started attacking us. However, with his last attack, he managed to knock himself out, too." Reid looked at the blond swordsman and his friend kneeling over him.
"Is he okay now?" Reid said. Reala looked up at the red-haired hunter.
"I hope so… She said. "I don't want him to hurt us anymore…" At this moment, Kyle's eyes fluttered open slowly.
"W-what happened?" He groaned. "Where am I?" Kyle looked around, and then up at Reala. "Reala… Ugh… My back is killing me…" Fully awake now, he took another glance at the surroundings. "Whoa! What happened here?!?" Keele scoffed.
"This was all YOUR fault…" He said. Kyle stood up.
"Whaddya mean this was all my fault?!?" He said. "I don't remember doing this!"
"Kyle was fighting in his sleep." Meredy said. "And then Kyle cast a spell! If Meredy had not put Kyle's belt back on, Kyle might have died!" Kyle looked down and saw that he was wearing his belt again.
"Huh…" He said. "I AM wearing my belt… I don't sleep with that on… Let's see… Why would I be fighting in my sleep?"
"Perhaps you were having a bad dream?" Reala said. "Do you remember what you were dreaming of?" Kyle looked down at the ground.
"It… started off where I was talking to my father again… But… These dark shadow things showed up and captured him… And they wanted to capture me, too… I tried to fight them off…"
"They weren't the only things you were trying to fight off…" Keele said. "You had actually unsheathed your sword and were using your Artes on us…" Kyle looked surprised.
"W-what? Really?!?" His face turned red. "Umm… Are you all okay at least?" Reala wrapped her arms around Kyle.
"Fortunately, we are." She said. "And, thanks to Meredy, so are you. You used a High Tier spell, which probably would have killed you if Meredy hadn't put your Lens back onto your body.
"I did?" Kyle asked. "I've never used High Tier spells before… I guess I'm getting stronger and stronger!"
"I just hope we don't need to fight you again if you get any stronger…" Keele said. "You might have killed us with your spell if it was any stronger." Kyle looked down.
"I'm sorry, you guys…" He said. "I didn't mean to fight with you… I guess I got wrapped up too tight in my nightmare… You'll forgive me, right?"
"Of course." Farah said. "I mean, it wasn't exactly your fault, and nobody got seriously injured." The blond swordsman smiled for the first time since he had awoken.
"Thanks!" He said.
"Now, let's try to get some sleep after this crazy night." Farah said.
"Umm… Where are Kyle and Reala gonna sleep, though?" Reid noted. "Their beds got totally trashed…"
"Don't worry." Kyle said. "I think there's a couch out in the other room. We can rest on that. Right, Reala?" She nodded, and they headed out into the other room. The rest of the night ended up being uneventful.
In the morning, Galenos came out of his laboratory and was surprised to find two teenagers sleeping on his couch. He chuckled a little under his breath, and then went into the room to find a very startling sight. Much to his dismay, half of the guest room had been trashed, and two of the beds were completely unfixable. Despite the destruction, Reid, Farah, Meredy, and Keele were resting rather soundly. However, as soon as Galenos had taken a few steps into the room, Meredy woke up.
"Galenos…" She said. "Does Galenos have the results yet?" Galenos smiled.
"Yes, Meredy, I do." He said. "But I want to share them with Reid first, so can you please wake him up?" Meredy shot out of her bed, and Farah started to wake up.
"Oh, Galenos…" She said. "Let me guess, you have the results, right?" Galenos nodded.
"Correct. Now, could you assist Meredy with waking up your friend Reid?" Farah smiled.
"Don't worry." She said. "I know just the trick…" She walked over and bent over to whisper in Reid's ear. "Hey, Reid…" She said quietly. "I made some hot sausage omelets for you…" Almost instantaneously, Reid's head shot into the air.
"Did somebody say hot sausage omelets?!?" He said, close to salivating. "Where are they, Farah?!?" Keele awoke at this spectacle.
"Honestly, Reid…" He groaned. "Your stomach is like a bottomless black hole… There's no satiating your hunger, is there?" Farah chuckled.
"Sorry, Reid…" She said. "There aren't any omelets made right now…" Reid turned and gave Farah the puppy-dog eyes, and the green-haired martial artist chuckled. "But don't worry, I'll make some for you if you'd like." Reid's face lit up like a Christmas tree upon hearing that he would be enjoying omelets in the near future.
"Before that…" Galenos interjected. "I have the results from your tests last night, Reid." Reid turned and faced Galenos.
"Really?" He said. "How are they?" Galenos chuckled.
"Quite desirable, actually." He said. "It seems you have very strong Fibrill, Reid." Reid beamed at the good news. "However…" Galenos continued, and Reid's face turned serious. "There are some conditions you must meet before your true power can be realized." Reid scratched his head.
"What might those conditions be?" He wondered. Galenos shrugged.
"I need more time to figure that out." He said. "In the mean time, perhaps you can search for more allies in the city of Peruti…" At that moment, the two adventurers who had been sleeping in the other room entered this one.
"What's fruity?" Kyle said, obviously having misheard Galenos. Keele sighed.
"First Caramels, now Fruity…" He groaned. Aloud, Keele said, "He said Peruti, not fruity, Kyle. Open your ears…" The blond swordsman gave a sheepish chuckle.
"Okay…" He said. "Now may I ask what a Peruti is?" Keele rolled his eyes.
"Peruti is a port city." Galenos answered. "It lies a ways away from here, but you can get there much faster if you take the Craymel Express part of the way there…" Reid groaned.
"Great…" He said after sighing. "We trashed the train on the way up here… How long will it take to get there on foot?"
"On foot, the journey will last you about a week…" Galenos answered. Kyle moaned.
"Ugh, a week?" He complained. "And there's no other faster way?" The old man chuckled.
"There is ONE other way…" Galenos said. "And that would be to use an automated mine car. You should be able to rent one from the people at the station for a price."
"How much would that cost?" Farah asked.
"Honestly, I couldn't tell you…" Galenos said. "I'd guess around 5,000 Gald… Of course, the Craymel Express would have been faster and cheaper, but that option seems out of the question… Of course, if you take a mine car, it'll only take you to the Mine of Gnome. You'll have to walk the rest of the way there."
"How many days would taking a mine car shave off?" Reala asked.
"Oh, I'd guess around two or three…" Galenos answered. "And, while at the mine, you can try and recruit the Greater Craymel of Earth, Gnome."
"Lose a couple days of walking and be able to recruit a Greater Craymel?" Keele said. "That sounds good to me. What do you guys think?" His five companions all agreed that the mine car was the best choice.
"All right, then." Galenos said. "I guess I will be seeing you off, then…" He started walking towards the exit. "Check back every so often to see if I've found any new information regarding the Aurora Artes and Reid's Fibrill. I wish you all luck and I hope you will be able to recruit the Greater Craymel of Earth." At this point, the travelers had followed Galenos to the exit. "Farewell!" The old man said. The six adventurers said their farewells and departed from Galenos' place to begin heading back to Luishka Station.
Author's Nota Bene: Wow, another long ramble… And I'm finally through with my brain blockage! Yay! Next chapter is the Mine of Gnome! And, after that… Chat's Hut! I can't wait to start working on those chapters! (Yes, I'm planning for at least two chapters to encompass Chat's hut…) Also, thanks again to my friend Jtblitz of Tales Series Forums for his awesome fanslations! Scattering Leaf for the win! (What I like about his fanslation is that Scattering Leaf has the same number of syllables as Chirihajin…) Of course, if Tales of VS or Radiant Mythology 2 is localized in the United States, Kyle's Artes will FINALLY have official localizations. I hope we get one of those two games here in the US! (Preferably the latter so we can localizations for Reala's Artes, too...) *crosses fingers* Anyways, as usual, reviews, please and thank you! ^_^