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Post by Agrias Oaks on May 31, 2010 1:46:29 GMT -5
DING DONG DANG DONNNG.....DONG DANG DING DOOONG sounded what seemed bells from above, too loud for the knight's ears as she wasn't expecting it; A moment ago, she was in an old wizards home, and the next outside, to an Evening-setting of a town. A four walled tower made its shadow loom over the knight and mage, whilst they came to their senses and got used to their bearings again. It was an intricate design, stretching too far from their perspective and opening up to the sides, having two large bells hanging way up high. A scary thought if one of those grandiose cones toppled down on anyone.
Agrias rubbed at her head, her pupils dilating to the light of their surroundings, " Hath we arrived?" she spoke softly with a British tone, in question. She looked up to stare at the clock tower in front of them, and thought back upon the maps she had gazed earlier. Her eyes sparkled with joy, and a grin etched upon her features, "'Tis! 'Tis Twilight Town! Look above, the landmark! The one we seek MUST be hither, somewhere within the confides of of this place! Haste! Let us start our search!"
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Post by Abigail Crescentlight on May 31, 2010 20:18:06 GMT -5
Abigail blinked a few times, unaccustomed to suddenly teleporting many worlds away into an unknown land. She had a bag of cookies in her hand and seemed... dazzled bit. "Huh...?" she asked, then suddenly looked up in response to Agrias' pointing. "Oh! We're here!" she said, then ran over to the balcony just in front of the clock tower at which they were standing. It overlooked the whole, sleepy town. She giggled a bit, seeming quite pleased.
"It worked!" she called out, then pointed in the distance to an elevated train system which had some kind of trolly going across right this moment. "Oh, look at that, Agrias!" She smiled, looking to the woman. "This whole town must run on the tram system, mass transit for everyone!" She giggled, then looked out over the town with the sun setting in the distance over a vast golden ocean. "It's so pretty here!"
She then caught herself and realized she shouldn't be playing around. She straightened herself out and put the cookies in her bag of holding before nodding to Agrias. "Okay!" she said entusiastically, pumping a fist in eager readiness. "Where do we check first??" she said. Looking around, she hoped to find some kind of map, or indicator. Lucky for her, she found just such a thing on a placard just beside the entrance to the tower, which apparently was the Tram Station. "Look here!"
She pointed to it, showing where they were a the outlying areas. "There's... the Sandlot... a few back alleys... and an intricate underground walkway system. Which should we try first?"
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Post by Agrias Oaks on May 31, 2010 20:36:25 GMT -5
Agrias walked over to be next to Abigail, looking about until her eyes rested on the moving carts. " Tram system...?" whispered Agrias, a little confused, yet again, of the technology of tomorrow. She shook her head a little, feeling dulled of the mechanisms. Where she came from, the means of transport was through walking, Carriage and Chocobos. The light source they had were candles and torches for the long winding corridors of the castle. The only thing that seemed REMOTELY connected to the future was the battle android Construct 8 of her world. Oh, how homesick she was...
Everything was so different in the future, too different for this antique Knight. She continued to follow the white mage around, until they arrived to the placard. Finally, something that hasn't changed. Map layouts. A small smile crept upon the knight's lips as she gazed upon it, a finger moving along the surface of it.
"Sandlot... and walkway system..." she mumbled softly, absorbing the information the map had to give her, "... Let us try the closest location, Sandlot, do you agree?"
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Post by Abigail Crescentlight on May 31, 2010 20:41:17 GMT -5
Abigail watched Agrias a moment before she walked up. She could see the dullness in her eyes as she reminisced, but thought better than to prod her for information. If Agrias was comfortable enought with her to share, then by Cosmos, she would share. Until then, what could Abigail do but be supportive?
She looked with Agrias on the Placard and nodded fervently when she chose a location. "Alright!" she said, then followed the little path with her eyes. "It says to go out... that exit!" she pointed, then smiled, one hand on her hip in enthusiastic poise. "The sooner we get there the better!" she called out, and started to move forward, stopping a few feet ahead to look behind her with a blink.
"...Agrias?" she asked, wondering if perhaps she had walked too fast...
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Post by Agrias Oaks on May 31, 2010 20:47:42 GMT -5
Indeed, Agrias was still in place, her amber eyes lost in time of simpler decades. She blinked, taken aback a little from her sudden daze. It was not like her! She looked toward Abigail and gave her a confident smile, " We go then, as you said, the sooner the better, yes? "
Agrias walked along Abigail, looking about and trying to make sense of some things, like the mechanics she saw along the way. She was very curious how all of it worked, but silenced her tongue, un-wanting to seem out of date (Even though, by her dress and style of talking, she gave it away!)
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Post by Abigail Crescentlight on May 31, 2010 20:59:17 GMT -5
As they walked along, Abigail did something... rather unexpected. Out of view of everybody, she slipped her hand into Agrias' own and gave it a light squeeze. "I know this technology is... new to you..." she whispered, her hand falling away quickly so as not to seem... forward. "If you want, I can explain it all later...?" she said with a little smile.
They made their way to the Sandlot, a large open area mostly used by children for games and such. The Tram Common was one way and a little back alley with a small area called "the usual spot" by local kids was off to another side. Near the large bulletin board that marked public events, four kids were standing. One was a rather tall, rather tanned young man in a muscle shirt, next to him a young lady with blue hair that covered one eye, next to her a mid-height teenager with a long white sleeveless jacket and a beanie. His back was to them, so Abigail couldn't get a look at his face. With them, a much smaller child who was standing somewhat at an angle to the rest of the group, clearly the tag-along to the big kids. He had a blue jacket and his large hat concealed most of his face. From his angle, Abigail could see he had glowing yellow eyes.
Abigail held Agrias' arm closer a second and whispered to her. "Wait... does that one look like... a Heartless to you?" she asked softly.
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Post by Secondary Characters on May 31, 2010 21:03:47 GMT -5
The distance between the group and the two women was suddenly closed with a single word from the blue-haired young girl, who pointed in Abigail and Agrias' direction as she looked to them. "Strangers," she stated, bluntly and matter-of-factly. It was informative, not explitive at all.
"That so...?" The mid-sized boy asked, turning around to face them. He had on a mid-driff showing vest under his sleeveless jacket, his pants baggy and his general demeanor somewhat... punkish. He scoffed a bit, one hand on his hip as he looked at them. "That won't do at all."
"Seifer's head of the Disciplinary Committee around here, ya know??" the taller boy called out, just as the small wizard looking child ran behind him for cover. "No one comes into town without his knowing about it, ya know?"
So, Seifer was his name... and he held up a hand to the boy, shaking his head. "Chill, Rai. I can handle a couple of old hags..."
"Private," stated the girl behind him, prompting a laugh from Seifer.
"You heard Fuu, ladies. Keep walking." Apparently, her name was Fuu, and they were in the middle of something. "Disciplinary Committee stuff. None of your business, so step off."
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Post by Agrias Oaks on Jun 1, 2010 23:07:41 GMT -5
Once her hand was taken, there was a light feeling upon the knight's heart. The White Mage had a way to cleanse any doubt by just a touch, a true light in such a dark world. She looked over to Abigail and smiled to her, nodding to her kindness, "Truly, I would be most grateful if I was taught of such present times." she mumbled, gripping her hand back gently before slowly letting go of it. Her attention taken to the children... and a small... familiar figure.
Agrias blinked in confusion at what she saw. It was a child black mage! "Impossible..." she whispered, walking closer to the group but stopping several feet away, "Child of wizardry--!"
It was then when she heard the utter rudeness of the children, and the woman grew serious, turning toward Seifer, " Tch, it seems that in the future, children know naught how to speak to their elders properly." The knight gripped at her sword, there was no time for this, she thought. They were there on a mission! The little black mage had to wait...
"We are in search of someone named Vivi." She sighed, raising an eyebrow to the leader of the group, " Head of the Disciplinary Committee as you are, you must know where such person can be found?? It is of up most importance!"
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Post by Abigail Crescentlight on Jun 2, 2010 19:22:52 GMT -5
Abigail blinked at the groups outright rudeness. She balled her hands up into little tight fists as her teeth clenched. "H-HAG?!" she demanded, stamping a foot in response. She very much didn't like the way they spoke to them... or was she just mad at them for calling Agrias names? Whatever the case, she was quite clearly miffed.
She wanted to crack open some real damaging magic on them, and was even reaching for her pouch to look through Merlin's book again before the knight of her dreams stepped forward and seemed to be challenging them! She blushed a little, having romantic images float by her mind of the gallant knight defending her honor...
She sighed dreamily but then shook her head to snap out of it. "That's right!" she said, stepping up beside her. "We really need to ask this Vivi person something. Any help you can give us would be wonderful!"
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Post by Secondary Characters on Jun 2, 2010 19:32:26 GMT -5
Seifer straightened a bit when he saw the woman go for her sword. Was this about to escalate into something he couldn't handle? Nonsense. He was top dog around here, and he could take care of a couple of old ladies anyway. He grit his teeth then pointed at Agrias. "Hey... Chicken-wuss... Weapons aren't allowed in the city. You're in violation..." He reached back to Fuu who handed him a strange yellow and blue foam bat. He suddenly pointed it at Agrias, his eyes focusing. "Or are you too scared to settle things like a decent person?"
"Coward," Fuu chimed in, agreeing with Seifer that anyone that had to carry a sword around and reach for it even when faced with kids had to have been too insecure of themselves to know any real courage.
"Seifer's top of the heap in the Struggle racket, ya know?" Rai chimed in, his fists on his hips as he quickly drew his thumb over his nose. "That's how we settle things around here, ya know?"
"So put the sword away and let's do this thing..." Seifer finished. He then blinked when Agrias changed the subject all together. "Vivi?" he asked, then glanced over his shoulder at the diminuative Black Mage. Smirking, he looked back to them. "Really? You don't know. Fine. Fight me, and I might tell you..." He snapped his fingers, prompting the little one to run off and collect three different bats, which were returned and tossed on the ground for Agrias to choose from.
There was a standard bat which for all terms and purposes looked like a basic club, one that looked maybe a little less strong but had a hand guard and was intended for defense, and the final looked more like the stereotypical fairy's wand with a foam star on top which was a specialty for unusual attacks.
"Let's go..." Seifer muttered...
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Post by Agrias Oaks on Jun 2, 2010 21:14:11 GMT -5
The knight sighed, having no time for games, yet who was she to disobey rules? She shook her head a little, and removed grip from the hilt of her blade, looking to the boy with a sad expression. Reaching forward, she leaned down to pick the middle sword. Ironic, since she was the shield in team battles when it came to Beatrix; She was used to the title of defense.
"I am in no time for games," she mumbled, holding her foam sword up in a strange fashion, " but if I must. A dear friend is in danger... if I must go through trifle quests to find her, so be it. Come at me when you wish, Boy."
She stayed there, her eyes sharpening, as if she was in a war... but then again, to the trained eye, it probably looked like practice for her. A training session from an ancient warrior.
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Post by Secondary Characters on Jun 3, 2010 1:39:27 GMT -5
"The rules are simple, ya know?" Rai sounded once Agrias had her weapon in had.
"Highest score wins..." Fuu added, possibly with the most amount of words she'd say at any given time.
"Right, you guys got one minute to get as many of the oponent's orbs from the other, ya know?" He held a hand up, marking their chance to get ready. Seifer held his bat up in a casual manner, like he wasn't even concerned about this.
"GO!" Fuu called out, pushing Rai's arm down impatiently. The second that word was uttered, Seifer would run forward and slash at Agrias in the sudden motion that only youth really granted. If his attack made contact, Agrias would notice that while it didn't HURT so much, it might knock the wind out of her and her weapon itself would produce blue orbs which would fall about. Seifer would collect these quickly before going into any other attacks, but that's only IF his initial strike made it home.
If no, Seifer was wide open from the sides, another little quirk of being young and inexperienced in the sword even if he was the reigning king of the Struggle...
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Post by Agrias Oaks on Jun 3, 2010 11:20:42 GMT -5
Agrias was mildly amused, moving to the side at the point of near contact with her armor. She honestly didn't have time for games. She sliced down, bonking the child on the head with the foam sword, and side stepping once more to lightly tap at his back. She reached down to take some orbs while the child remained confused. How could she do so much without barely moving?
Experience.
The knight held a defensive stance once more, her hand holding upon the hilt at an angle. She would await for the boy to try again. This only needed to last a minute, but she would be sure he would give up before then. He was clearly outmatched.
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Post by Sai on Jun 4, 2010 13:01:04 GMT -5
While the childish games went on below, an emergancy would be taking place above. The wreckage of a damaged Gummi Ship would tear through the atmosphere, smoking as it plummetted towards the ground. From the looks of things, it was struggling to slow its inevitable descent with one engine, spluttering as it traced its twisting path through the sky with a line of blackened vapor and burning debris.
Inside the vessel, the crew was under quite a bit of stress. The lights were flashing red and a constant alarm was sounding as they struggled to regain some kind of control. One among them, a man in a silver jacket and a wide-rimmed mage hat, seemed completely in control of himself, as if nothing at all was happening. He couldn't feel fear. Advantage: Nobody.
"Grab a hold of something..." Sai called over the loud blaring red alert system to the other two conscious members of the crew. As for the third, unconscious one, Sai would have to deal with this matter himself. Though they were being thrown about in random ways, Sai found a way to lift Ximar off the ground and place him back into the laser cannon operator's chair to strap him in. The boy was knocked out, but that didn't mean he wouldn't take damage if they landed hard. Once he was sure the boy would be alright, he checked the girls.
Once they were strapped in, Sai went to his own seat. They were scraping the tops of buildings now as they rocketed to the ground. This gave Sai an idea. He quickly buckled in and begin punching commands into what was left of the computer. The ship would barrel-roll helplessly as a result, but sideways. It smacked into one building, gashing along the side until rebounding off into another one and scraping down it as well. This would repeat several times, the ship slowing down considerably (though doing a massive amount of damage to the cityscape) before crashing gloriously in the center of the Tram Commons area, making a total wreck of the little pavilion there.
The ship was smoking heavily... the result of half its workable functions getting blasted away into oblivion. Sai had to take a moment to regain his consciousness once the vehicle stopped, but after sitting up and shaking his head, he looked to the others. "Is everyone alright?" he asked, as if nothing at all happened and he was just checking in for the hell of it. He had banged his head real bad, thus his short-lived nap, but he didn't know how the others had faired. Frankly, he wouldn't be suprised right now if Ximar had been jostled awake by the crash at this point.
The door to the Gummi Ship flopped open suddenly, the result of too much damage, though it was accompanied by a pleasant voice speaking over the speakers. Please exit the ship in a safe and speedy manner. Have a nice day.
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Post by Abigail Crescentlight on Jun 4, 2010 13:13:02 GMT -5
Abigail had been busy cheering Agrias on. She had at one point suprised even herself when she got a little too into the competition and screamed out "Yeah, Agrais! Knock that punk's block off!!" She had blushed a little and laughed at her own silliness at that point...
But then a massive shadow swept over the field, causing her to blink and look skyward just in time to see a large vessel streaking out of the sky and tearing apart buildings. She gasped, dodging some debris before running over to Agrias in the middle of everything that was going on in, thinking that she might find some safety there. "What's happening??" she cried out, watching as the ship rebounded this way and that like a drunken goose in flight before crashing into the small circular pavilion in the center of the Commons.
Her instincts kicked in and the first thing she did was run toward the smoking wreck. "C'mon!" she called behind her. "People might be hurt!"
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