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Post by Vincent on Jun 22, 2008 23:59:48 GMT -5
Vincent, Nahla, and Rafee emerge from the portal. They fall to their knees in the wet sand, then raise and stagger away from the portal. Laying down in the sand and then turning their heads to the ocean.
The Sanctuary just off the shore a little ways is starting to crumble at an alarming rate. Large stone chunks fall into the ocean below like sheets of ice breaking away from a glacier.
"Captain... where's Miguel?" Asks Nahla.
Vincent shakes his head. "Bastard hasn't come through yet. What has come over him, dammit." Vincent rises and attempts to run toward the portal, bu Nahla grabs his leg. "Don't! We don't know the situation on the otherside now. Miguel knows the gamble, he'll be through soon, he must!"
Vincent growls, looking to the portal and then to the Sanctuary. "You better get moving..."
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Post by Vincent on Jun 23, 2008 3:11:00 GMT -5
Miguel pops out of the portal and lands on the beach with Iole with him, he falls to his knees and pounds the sand as he lets out several curses. "Natalia! That monstrosity did something to her!"
Vincent runs over to him, kneeling beside him. "Wait what? What happened?"
Miguel, holding back tears of anger and frustration. "I dunno! Laughin' boy surprised us. It got Natalia, something happened and now shes gone too!"
Vincent breathes in deeply and closes his eyes for a moment. "This- this just refuses to end. Miguel, she must be fine. A lot is happening, just calm down and we'll figure it out. Just breathe."
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Post by Dante Shadesang on Jun 23, 2008 3:51:34 GMT -5
Dante lands on the ground, body-first. He gets up, dusting himself off quickly.
"Apparently, we forgot one more member of the Order. Laughing Boy just came out of nowhere to attack us... then Natalia took care of that but disappeared. I am sure, however, that she did not go through the vortex.
Let us hope she just reappear at her home at the other world..."
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Post by Iole on Jun 23, 2008 4:12:36 GMT -5
::Iole squirms her way out of Miguel's grasp and lands on the ground. She runs to Kenny who has just exited the portal::
Kenny come on! What are you standing around for? We need to find Auntie! Where is she Kenny? Where is she?!
::Tears are freely falling from the child's face at the apparent loss of the most important person in her world::
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Post by Situation on Jun 23, 2008 4:21:12 GMT -5
To make matters worse, there comes a loud ripping sound from atop the crumbling sanctuary over the sea. Turning to the sound, you see the vortex explode out from the confines of the Shepherd's chamber, completely devouring the room. The rest of the Sanctuary falls into the ocean, the top half of the structure falling as one large piece into the water, creating a massive splash and loud crash. The second section, one connected to the island rattles itself to pieces. Some falls upon the island while the rest tumble into the ocean.
After a few moments, the vortex over expands itself and it suddenly and violently shuts, like a closing eye. Its followed by a wave of energy and heat that lights up the sky as a bright as a 100 suns followed by a gust of air that kicks up sand and spray from the sea that pelts over the heroes on the beach. It's soon over and an eerie calm falls over the region.
In the distance behind them lay the smoldering remains of two airships, the Order's and one unidentified vessel. The sound of their burning frames is the only background sounds that permeate through the air.
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Post by Iole on Jun 23, 2008 4:28:40 GMT -5
::The explosion calls Iole's attention back. She drops to her knees, tears falling freely from her face, talking only to herself::
No... no... she wasn't in there. She couldn't be in there. Auntie's tough. She'll make it. I know she will. Come on Kenny let's go.
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Post by Vincent on Jun 23, 2008 4:44:01 GMT -5
Nahla shields Rafee from the blast, using her body to block heat, light, sand and spray. As it subsides, Nahla looks up and over the ocean. Rafee reaches up and tugs on her coveralls. "It's all over now, isn't it?" Nahla sweetly looks down to Rafee and pets her hand over his head. "Yes, it's all over."
Over with Vincent, he is having problems restraining Miguel from jumping into the water. "Let me go! Let me go! I'll find her just like before!" Vincent gets the lemur into a headlock. "You insane! Get ahold of yourself!" Just as Vincent says this, Miguel bites his arm. He lets out a yelp and looses his grip on Miguel.
Miguel takes off running for the water, but is quickly tackled by Vincent before he can reach the shoreline. There's a brief scuffle, until Vincent gets a good hit in to the side of Miguel's kidneys. Once subdued, Vincent grabs Miguel by his fur and drags him away from the water. Once back near the others, Vincent puts his knee onto the center of Miguel's back and pins him down. "What has come over you? You've seriously lost a few things up there in that skull of yours." Miguel just makes some inaudible grumbles in the sand. "Going to behave for now?" Miguel grunts a yes. "We'll finish this on the ship later then and if you try another stunt like that I'm knocking you out." With that Vincent gets off of Miguel.
Miguel rolls over onto his back and sits up, looking rather disgruntled and frustrated. "I-"
"Ah! Don't say another word." Vincent scolds, giving Miguel a stern eye.
Miguel makes a humph and turns his head away from Vincent.
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Post by Eva Natsuki on Jun 23, 2008 8:52:18 GMT -5
::Eva looked off at the shoreline with her hand clutched tightly into a fist with a tear going down her eye::
Damnit Natalia....I told you I would help you if something was to happen....
::She looked off to where the explosion was and clenched her fist even tighter drawing a bit of blood::
I knew something was wrong, and yet....I couldn't do anything to help you....
::Another tear went down her face as she bent down to look out towards the ocean fighting to keep her tears in from losing another friend::
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Post by Kenny on Jun 23, 2008 11:31:51 GMT -5
:Kenny was already sadden for his Sorceress's dissapearence and saw that Iole was more upset than him as he saw her in tears. He approached her with a tear in his face.:
"We will find her. I promise you We will find her again"
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Post by Iole on Jun 23, 2008 13:17:49 GMT -5
::Iole bites her lip and gets up::
Alright then. Lets get going. She's probably waiting for us.
::She moves slowly but with purpose to each member of the group, first to Eva. She hugs her tightly as though this is the last time they'll see each other::
Good bye Eva. Thanks for everything. Especially for teaching me how to swim.
::She hugs Vincent and Miguel as well::
Bye Captain. I know she was still real sorry about what she did to your ship.
::To Dante she says nothing, though she wants to tell him everything. Instead she hugs him tighter than the rest. Then she walks to a clear space on the beach and transforms. The great white dragon motions its head for Kenny to get on her back::
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Post by Kenny on Jun 23, 2008 13:52:00 GMT -5
:Kenny looks at the beach sadly wondering where did Natalia go and then looked at the survivors of the team. He bowe to them while holding the tears.:
"Well I Guess this is goodbye for now." :As he said this he headed for the dragon and got on waiting for anything else from the others.:
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Post by Eva Natsuki on Jun 23, 2008 20:19:30 GMT -5
::Eva looked towards Iole and Kenny and stood up::
"Take care of her Kenny..."
::She walked over to the transformed Iole and pets her head slightly making the same rose she did earlier but this time making it a size of a pendent and manages to get it around her neck::
"Take care Iole....your like a little sister to me...."
::Eva smiled sadly before walking slightly away from the group trying to keep her will up not to cry but every step she took more and more tears were falling down her cheeks::
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Post by Book of the Twilight on Jun 23, 2008 21:45:01 GMT -5
::Iole looks down at her new pendant, and stares longingly after Eva, wondering if they'll ever meet again. Then with a mighty beat of her wings the dragon with Kenny on her back takes to the skies for parts unknown::
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Post by Vincent on Jun 23, 2008 23:34:58 GMT -5
The radio in Vincent's possession cracks with Tresk's voice. "Captain, do you read? Come in, over."
Vincent takes up the radio. "Yea, here. Go ahead." "Nivzad got one engine up and running, we've been in route to Burmecia for a bit now. We'll be there shortly. How things go?" "Good to hear and not so well, Natalia is MIA and... Cherai is dead. I'll inform you on the rest later, but we did win. Vincent out."
He places the radio back into his coat. "Well, you can stay here or come with me or go on your own..." He plops down on the sand and stares off into the water, quiet.
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Post by Galeon Chaos on Jun 24, 2008 1:02:29 GMT -5
Galeon picks himself up from the ground s Loci threw him through the portal.
" What happened to Natalia?"
He looked over to where the Sanctuary was.
" Loci....Natalia...If it's not one thing it's another...."
He sat down in the sand near Vincent.
" When will this ever end?"
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Post by Dante Shadesang on Jun 24, 2008 1:17:53 GMT -5
Dante strokes her Iole's hair as she held him tight. Yeah, no need to say anything. Just find Natalia.
He sees Iole and Kenny fly off to the skies. Dante stands around... in wonder. He turns to see Eva tearing up. He takes out his handkerchief and hands it to Eva. "Here."
He then wonders... "Well... in all honesty... I do not know where to go from here. I entered the gate in the Zanarkand Ruins to find personal answers... or something; can't remember clearly for some reason."
The flashback of the Memory Trigger being pulled during the fight of the Shephard was given in his mind.. ... this... may take a while....
"... and now... I am really a bit... lost."
Then... "Eva... where are you heading to?"
He turns away... slight blushing. "I... do not know why I asked this. Maybe in need to talking with someone while I need to recover my memories for a bit... and also finding out about what happened to Natalia and such.
... and plus... I am rather lost in this new world. If I knew where to go, I would have taken Vincent's ride to drop off where I need to be. I leave that decision to you, of course... if you are comfortable with me. If not, it is... understandable...
...though.. I like to personally get to know you better."
NO! Bad Dante, bad!
He grunts from the pain on his chest.
If any, he at least remembers about the jitte...
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Post by Vincent on Jun 24, 2008 1:28:37 GMT -5
"Don't know, Galeon." Mutter's Vincent as he watches the last bits of stone from the Sanctuary fall into the ocean. "Never probably, but least there should be some peace till the next one comes. Be it you-" He looks to Galeon, hint of wariness in his eyes. "Or some random other wanting to upset the balance."
Vincent turns to Dante, a casual smile on his face. "Yea, I'm comfortable enough for you to travel with. Least I can do for someone who saved the day and my tail on more then a few occasions." He laughs. "We'll take you wherever you need to go to find your answers, long as the ship stays flying... foresee months in dry-dock after this."
Nahla walks up behind Vincent, placing her hand on his shoulder. "Seems like a rather hollow victory, doesn't it?" Vincent nods but doesn't reply.
"Hey, capt." Yells Rafee weakly from his reclined spot on the sand a short way away. "Can we now just get back to our piracy thing? Sick of saving the world." Vincent and Nahla smirk and chuckle.
"But what of Natalia?" Interrupts Miguel, rather disgruntled.
"What I say about speaking, Miguel?"
"We're going to help find her at least, right? And Cherai... can we remember her as well, the proper way our kind does?"
Vincent stays silent for a moment then nods. "Yea sure, we can do that. She was a friend and loved our ship. We'll give her a send off as if she was our own." Then Vincent's mood switches. "As for Natalia... I'm sure she can find her own way. Something troubles me about her now, I think Loci saw it too. She's may be trouble..."
Miguel grows. "Never! I refuse to believe it. She helped save this planet twice, why would she change! I won't have it said she was anything less then a hero."
Vincent leans back and looks to Miguel. "Watch your tone, we'll talk more of this another time, understood."
Miguel folds his arms and becomes silent.
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Post by Dante Shadesang on Jun 24, 2008 1:51:23 GMT -5
(OOC - Actually, the comfortable and decision question was towards Eva, that is OK; you don't need to change it)
Dante overhears Vincent. "... thank you. That means.. a lot." I would want to hug you, but that would be random and weird.... <.<
However, he awaits for Eva's response.
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Post by Eva Natsuki on Jun 24, 2008 9:03:19 GMT -5
::Eva wipes the tears from her eyes before turning over to Dante with a half smile::
"I hope you aren't asking me out..."
::She said with a half joke and then smiled genuinely::
"I would like to travel with you to help...I didn't have any other destination in mind...."
::She handed him back his handkerchief and then looked at him seriously::
"I think we both been through a lot for me not to be comfortable with you. Things have been....interesting to say the least."
::She looked towards Vincent and Nahla and smiled a bit::
"It was nice seeing you two again though we need to meet under better circumstances wouldn't you agree?"
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Post by Vincent on Jun 24, 2008 10:11:39 GMT -5
((What I get for rping while tired.))
"Yea, same to you, Eva." Mentions Vincent. "When we do though, try not to end up like a bug on our windshield like the first time, ok?"
"Hey!" Both Miguel and Rafee exclaim. "What of us!?" They ask of Eva, sounding a bit taken back they weren't included in her statement.
Off in the distance, the sound of the Hijrah slowly comes into earshot. Its damaged engine making a terrible rattle. Vincent leans forward and rubs his temples. "Never going to get her repaired..."
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