Shadow was talking to herself while typing absently at the computer's keyboard. "My favorite song?" she blinked, thrown off by the sudden question that popped up in her mind. "Well that's an easy one, it would have to be the one with that guy with the sexy voice screaming 'FASTER FASTER!' at you and has 'taking her clothes off' included in it's title.'
Nodding to herself, Shadow grins. Mom stares for a moment and shakes her head, turning around and walking down the hallway rubbing her forehead and muttering.
Yay... reviews... my self esteem went up a few poptarts. (xD no, kidding, cuz I'm already there, dude)
So... because of a request for more Lloyd and Colette, I'll start out with them and try to draw it out a bit, hows that sound? ^^
"Okay, so who's sleeping where?" Lloyd put his hands on his hips and cleared his throat.
"I'm fine anywhere as long as it's not with the pervert over there."
Blown back as if just punched in the face, Zelos collapsed backwards dramatically.
"Yeah, I'd hate to be a girl and be in the same room with that guy." Lloyd agreed. crossing his arms and nodding.
Zelos was thrown forward as if just kicked in the back.
"So that means that you and Genis are the only ones who can sleep in the same room with Zelos." Colette thought aloud, with a finger to her cheek.
"Oh, come ON!" Zelos was kneeling now, plastered with imaginary bruises. "These words pain me, what's with the huge discussion on not being around me?!"
"Well, sorry Zelos." Lloyd scratched the back of his head and laughed nervously. "But um..."
Colette was thinking, "It's.... because you snore, right?"
....Everyone looks at her.
....silence.
"Y-yeahhh... but that might not be the only---" Sheena was cut off by Zelos lunging forward and taking Colette's hands in his.
"Oh, but I do not, dear maiden.... Would thou sleepeth with me and test these fool's theories with thine own experience..." a weird light seemed to be flashing behind Zelos's eyes that sparked an irritation in Lloyd and Genis.
"NO! She's sleeping with Sheena and you're staying with us!" They said simultaneously, grabbing him and pulling him back in strangle holds.
".... Heh..." Sheena forced a smile.
"Sheena?" Colette looked at Sheena with utter confusion. "What are they talking about? Why can't I sleep with Zelos?" she blinked.
"Because I--I ah..." Sheena's face flashed into a deep red. "I think it's because he....."
"..."
"Sleep...talks..."
"...?"
"A-and rolls around a lot and talks about boy things that girls like you don't like listening to."
"Ohhh." Colette sighed with her hands laced over her chest, then beamed at Sheena thankfully, "Thanks for the warning, I HATE spiders!"
"Haha yeah."
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ten minutes later
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Creeeakk....
"Zelos, you're not leaving this room." Lloyd Growled from the darkness.
"Uhh...." Zelos froze in his tracks. "I have to use the bathroom, Jeez."
"Right, right." Zelos cringed at hearing Lloyd get up and walk over to him. "Then do it."
"I will!" he put his hands on his hips and turned from him. He felt Lloyd's eyes on him as he walked down the hallway and stopped at the bathroom door. Zelos stared through half-lidded eyes down the hall at Lloyd irritation.
Lloyd mimicked the hands on the hips motion and raised an eyebrow as Zelos finally sighed and walked into the bathroom.
"Ugh, I can't believe that guy!" Zelos groaned, sitting on the lid on the toilet seat with his cheeks in his hands.
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"..." With narrowed eyes, Zelos stared down the dim hallway. A smile made it's way to his features at the sight of Lloyd not being there. He would have heard him if he was. He looked the other way. Lloyd wouldn't have been able to see him if he was on the first floor, what with the stairs in the way.
"Ah." Zelos almost chuckled, as he strode down, passed Lloyd and Genis's room and to the girls'.
Zelos opened the door with a sing-song voice "Heeeey ladiess--- ah..." he cut himself off. Staring into the eyes of the eternal swordsman with his hand on his sword hilt.
"...." Zelos slowly stepped out and closed the door after him.
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"Raine?" Yuan finally decided to approach the woman. "I thought that you had already gotten all of the ingredients written down, is there something you've missed."
"...." Raine furrowed her eyebrows and flipped another page, then glance up at Yuan, then down again. Pondering. Tapping the table with one finger absently. Flipping back again.
".... Well?"
"Yes. I believe so."
"....You can't be serious, can you?" Yuan's lips parted.
"I am." Raine took a breath and held it but with her mouth open, as if about to say something, lifting one finger to indicate her oncoming sentence. But then she let it out and closed her mouth.
"Mmm..." Raine closed her eyes and hummed thoughtfully with a hand framing her chin in an L.
"An ingredient, I presume."
"And a book." she said, pressing her fingers together and speaking. "Here's the thing. I have some ingredients written down, almost all of them. The ones I gave to Loyd."
"But?" Yuan raised and eyebrow and a hand questioningly.
"But that's just it, The ingredients I gave him are the base ones. I need another one I realize, to reverse that specific curse effect based on what I seen on you earlier but I'm not sure what it is yet."
Yuan hesitated. "I wish I could tell you, but as members of Cruxis we didn't exactly sit around reading all day, though it was often enough, I don't recall anything on the effects and resolution to which you're referring. Could you tell me a bit more on this?"
"I believe that I heard of a book that deals with the subject and just might contain the resolve." Raine replied, leaning back into her chair but still with a perfectly arched, upright back.
"Called?"
"Obsydius, It should lead to whatever the last ingredient will be."
Yuan fell silent for a split moment, his lips slightly parted. "Obsydius?" He repeated silently.
Raine looked at him, hoping for an answer, but in not immediately getting one she sighed, "I'm also not particularly certain of it's whereabouts." she said, "But I may be able to get information from another town."
"I may know where it is." Yuan finally said.
"Hm?" Raine's eyes lit up. "Wh-where?" she stood, pushing back the chair with the back of her legs.
"....Some ruins,completely untouched, that's all I have to say. But you should get some sleep for now. We'll discuss more this tomorrow." his expression was hard to make out, like he was amused by the thought of it's location but as if calculating something, a distance perhaps.
"...." Raine closed her eyes and strode past him. "Fine." she said, the moment she was behind him, out of his view. "But on the way, I hope you'll explain more."
"I suppose."
"...hm" Slightly suspicious now, Raine glanced behind her to catch a look of sympathy from the seraph. Which bewildered her. Why sympathy? she thought, facing the door again.
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Adventure day 2
-Very early in the morning-
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"I'm surprised that you're traveling so lightly." Yuan spoke honestly, as Raine picked up her bag, empty except for a loaf of bread and a few apples.
"...." Raine gave him a blank look at first, but then decided to reveal her plan to him. "Well you see, I won't be able to take anything from the ruins if my bag is full already." Raine lifted a finger to make a point.
"Hn." Yuan blinked at her as he thought, I should have know, he put a hand on his forehead for a moment, lifting his bangs from his eyes and letting the smallest of smiles grace the corners of his lips. "Very well."
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"We're taking the others with us?" Raine looked at Yuan questioningly as they came upon Triet.
"No."
"Then why are we here?"
"Because they haven't left yet, and the only method of us getting to the ruins is a s..." he cut himself off with a brief pause, "Well, it only has two seats, usually Botta and I were the only ones to use the machine if we were to go anywhere with it, so not only won't there be room but I'm not sure that we should leave without having someone tall everyone where we went."
"...So I am going to join Lloyd and the others?" Presea blinked, looking hopeful, in fact.
"...Yes, We're dropping you off here." Yuan replied.
"..." Raine almost became suspicious again, "That's understandable." she nodded, "But I have to ask, what will we be riding in?"
"You'll see when we get there." Yuan said. "Just.... be prepared."
My mentality while typing: Okay as a reader I'd be thinking unicycle. But it is not, just so you know. I can kind of picture that but I don't see it actually happening.
As they approached the gate, the sun was barely coming up, in the horizon where the desert met the sky, a long dome of red light stretched from left to right as far as they could see, that faded into an orange and green that became blue, lit dimly now by the upcoming sun.
"Presea, find the others and make sure that they know where we are, don't let them follow us because they already have something that they have to be looking for. The other ingredients are vital still." Raine instructed.
"....Alright." Presea nodded in agreement and headed straight towards the inn that stood distantly across a very large lot of sand-covered bricks-painted-blue.
They stood there, just the two of them for a moment, Raine took a step forward hesitantly, but then turned to face Yuan who was nearly a silhouette in the rising sun, all edges of him were frames of glowing apricot. His arms crossed as he thought.
Raine said nothing, she stood with her lips parted as she stared, surprised by the butterfly, regardless of how small, she could detect inside of her.
Saying nothing, Yuan let his mouth open slightly, so that you could see only the edges of his teeth under his lips. He was staring, he didn't notice himself at first, watching her matching expression. A blanket of vivid sherbert radiated from her face into his eyes, certain strands of her silver hair looked highlighted, a long line of vermillion shine streaked acrossed from one side to the other.
He felt his tongue slide over his lips instinctively and quickly.
Raine drew a breath quickly to balance herself, "I-I ah... we should get going now."
"..." Yuan snapped out of it and turned from her and started walking. "We're going to the base to get the su-ah -- machine." he shook his head. "Quickly."
"Hm." Raine nodded in agreement.
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"A sah-submarine?!" Raine stepped back in utter shock and nearly fell back. "N-NO! I-I-I'm NOT getting in that thing--- " she turned to him "You can't make me!!"
"Oh...?" Yuan quirked an eyebrow at her skeptically.
"..." Raine's eyebrow twitched in anticipation in seeing his expression which scared her.
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Yeah.
Ha. Ha. Raine's so silly. "Youc can't make me," Ha.... she's so naive in a way. I mean, come on Raine, he can make you do anything if he really wanted to....
Which.... he does.
... Now that I think about.
.....
WHAT? she would like it!
