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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:11 am
Seph smiled back leaving the strawberries for a moment to take a bite out of the bread "Me? Skin and bones? Never in a million years, I like my food far too much to be that skinny" she laughed placing a few slices of toast onto Itaka's plate "It's you who doesn't eat enough so hurry up and have as much as you can before we go back to a meal a day"
Alpha grumbled pushing a plate filled with apples away from him "Yeah yeah food is important I don't need the lecture" he complained tipping a small mountain of sugar onto his cereal. "Say whats up with the king? He doesn't look so well?" he asked in a whisper.
Hebal giggled as some of the pixie dust settled on one of the bananas causing it to rise to the ceiling "I think she is still a little young for coffee, too much will stun her growth" she warned pushing a floating orange towards Satoshi "I think your clothes making is nice" she chirped reaching into her bag and pulling out a little yellow bow to put in her hair.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:43 am
Satoshi waved her hand dismissively looking down at the sprite "It's not like she is going to get much bigger you know and it's only until we change her sleeping pattern. I like the bow by the way" she added helping Hebal to put it in her hear next to her left ear.
Felina grinned getting up to give her father a big hug "Thank you so much, you won't regret it" she told him happily before going back to her seat to give Oassu a hug too. She looked down at the list with a small frown "These items look complicated. The item on the top of the list is unicorns blood, I thought they were extinct"
Hayate shook his head with a small grin "They are only extinct on this continent but they are still present on the eastern continent, if endangered" he explained to her chuckling at Alpha's behaviour "No need to be like that the fruit isn't going to bite you.
Elorin smiled at Zadina. "Don't worry about me, I just didn't get as much sleep as I would have liked to have" he reassured the boy stretching his arms out before taking a sip of his coffee. "So why not tell us a little about what you've got up to on your travels" he suggested.
The queen chuckled offering Zadina a drink of orange juice "I'll explain to you what that means when your older" she answered casting a glare at Alpha. "Do you get lonely on the airship or do you feel out of place in any way?" she asked the boy out of concern.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:23 am
Itaka laughed "You've gotta fair point, still thats the share of an adventurer" he sighed eating his toast "Well if we're just gonna be collecting items it shouldn't be so hard to eat properly nowadays" he said helping himself to some more strawberries.
Oassu smiled hugging Felina back "Oh thank you your majesty you have no idea how much this means to us" he said snuggling into Felina. "We'll go there right away" he promised Felina "Though if they are endangered it might be kinda hard to get some of it's blood." he said
Zadina nodded "Yeah I fit in fine, theres no kids there but its alright I stay in Oassu and Felina's room" he tapped his nose "To keep em outta trouble and Hebal Satoshi and Mari seem to take good care of me!" he turned to Elorin "And we got to visit a Viera village where we met Hebal and then save a Samurai village, where we got Mari and defeat the evil Samurai lord Kyato, then we set off to a forbidden library where we got to meet the great hero Gilgamesh and fight with Neliel!" he rubbed his injured arm ashamedly "I got a little injured but then these angels named Anakuda and Kimino took me away and looked after me" he giggled wiggling his arm "I should be able to take this off soon." he chirped.
Mari squealed at the little bow "It's absolutely adorable," she said hugging Hebal "Why didn't you put it on early it looks so cute between your ears" she chirped pinging the nearest ear. She snatched a floating apple and began to eat it.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:52 am
Hebal shrugged putting her food down to hug Mari back "I would have done but Itaka got all silly and demanded we all left while he changed in the bedroom instead of in the bathroom" she answered fighting the temptation to try and reach up for the floating banana.
Seph nodded scratching his head "I guess but we're also going to have more mouths to feed if Barbaros, Gilgamesh and Jenna are going to join us" she pointed out glancing over at Oassu and Felina."It's good to see they have some hope of a normal life together"she smiled.
Alpha rolled his eyes ignoring an apple which had been floating past his face. "I don't like fruit, all the seeds make them hard to digest. Still has the king not been sleeping well" he asked again patting Oassu on the shoulder "Congrats you two. We could catch a unicorn easily" he boasted.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:29 pm
Felina nodded tightening her grip on Oassu "Yeah we should get started as soon as possible. It's a big continent with all sorts of strange creatures and climates so I wouldn't know where to start looking" she admitted letting go of him with a sigh "When we find the unicorn instead of killing it we could just injure it, get what we need and heal it up again" she suggested cheerfully.
Satoshi laughed sticking her tongue out at Itaka "Yeah that was pretty silly of him. I bet he just wanted to do geeky stuff while nobody was looking or listen in to the talk outside. Anyway the bow does suit you so wear it more often" she smiled finishing off he now floating grapes.
Hayate snickered shaking his head at Alpha. "Clearly you have never tried hunting down an endangered species. They are endangered for a reason and unlike rare items they can run away from you" he criticised grabbing a banana from the table.
Alusaadi smiled giving Zadina a cuddle "Sounds like you've had an exciting journey, your brother would be proud to hear about all the things you've done so far. You have no idea how lucky you are to have been let into a viera village without being kicked out on entering. Also don't push yourself until you're all better"
Elorin grinned and nodded at Oassu "Oh I think I whave a rough idea about how much this means to you. Just don't screw up or there could be trouble" he warned turning back to Zadina "Keep up the good work keeping those too out of trouble and make sure they don't do anything naughty"
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:28 pm
Oassu nodded "Yeah thats probably for the best, in case we get some naturists coming after us with a vengeance for attacking an endangered species" he said scratching his head.
Itaka grinned nudging Seph "Yea that goes for us too y'know" he said putting an arm around her "Ok maybe we ain't where those two are yet but still one day we can have a normal life" he told her.
Mari frowned "I wonder why he did clear us all out" she shrugged finishing the coffee "Still I can't wait to get back to the battle!" she said happily "Though I suppose there won't be much fighting involved if we're just going to another continent to catch a unicorn" she sighed. Ivy got up seeming to dance on the spot holding her skirt at the edges hopping in one spot. Mari blinked a little unsure about this before going "Ohh.....you need the toilet don't you? Well on you go!" she said pointing to the open window where Ivy promptly flew out of.
Zadina nodded hugging Alusaadi back "Yes it was a great time we got to see the baby chocobo's and play with them," he told her before Saluting Elorin "Don't worry Uncle Ellie I know how things work in baby-making now" he whispered "So I know what to look out for but Oassu and Felina are a good boy and girl, they wouldn't do anything bad" he reassured him.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:17 pm
Seph grinned putting her own arm around Itaka "I doubt you're going to complain if we make a life prolonging item for you too. You've always been going on about wanting to live longer. Still lets leave things a little chaotic for now since its fun" she answered playfully putting a bit of cream onto his nose.
Alpha shrugged sticking his tongue out at Hayate "I may not have hunted one but how hard can it be. All you gotta do is find one and pounce on it. Oh and I could easily keep up with the creature" he answered arrogantly then wolfed down a bowl of cerial.
Hebal let out a squeal jumping up and down in her seat with her hand in the air "I know where unicorns are. I used to see them once or twice in the forest my family are in" she cheered interrupting Oassu. She blushed a little sitting back down and slouching into her chair "Sorry about that, I kinda got over excited."
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:53 pm
Felina sprang up and stretched over the table to give Hebal a hug "Don't be embarrassed, you just told us a very useful piece of information. That also means that maybe you can see your family too while we go" she chirped happily before settling down next to Oassu again. "Looks like we are already in luck" she told him feeding Cid an apple.
Satoshi raised her eyebrow at Hebal pulling her back down into her seat "Well aren't you full of surprises this morning. Unicorn hunting is going to be a piece of cake with you to help us out" she laughed watching Ivy fly off "Do you think she will actually fly back to us and not her big flower?" she asked.
Hayate chuckled at Alpha's arrogance and Hebal's sudden outburst "I doubt you could catch up. A five minute walk uphill was enough to tire you out yesterday. Thanks for the info Hebal, it will save us a lot of time now we know exactly where to go."
Elorin raised his eyebrow curiously at Zadina for a moment before going back to his toast "Good to know that you know how things work in the way of baby making. In a few years you'll be going through an very important stage of your life"
Alusaadi let out a small squeal at the sound of the baby chocobos "Aww that is so sweet. I wish I had the chance to play with the baby chocobos and feed them since they look so adorable when they are just babies. Maybe when you're older I'll teach you to race them"
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:51 pm
Mari also hugged Hebal "Thats like totally awesome! It means we can go visit your home and see the unicorns all in one!" she said playing with Hebal's ears in the hug. She settled down "Of course she'll come back don't worry so much" she said as a much relieved Ivy floated back in the window and over to Mari giving her a little kiss before settling down happily on her shoulder "see?"
Oassu smiled taking hold of Felina's hand "It is lucky, this might not be so hard after all" he said snuggling her a little "Plus it'll be cool to see Hebal's village and little Amane" he said with a wink at Zadina "Though hopefully Alpha can control himself"
Itaka smiled putting some cream on Seph's nose "Chaos is fun sometimes but hey too much is what freaks like Alex want but I'm gonna live forever anyway baby" he said winking at her.
Zadina nodded rapidly "Mr Itaka keeps and breeds chocobos of all kinds he even can race them as can Mrs Seph so maybe one of them can teach me and if I can I'll bring you a souvenir baby chocobo as they are kinda hard to get in this forest" he said before turning to Elorin blushing a little "Yes sir don't worry I'll be good over the next few years, thank you for letting me travel with them" he said bowing.
A Elven guard burst through the door behind them staggering on the marble floor and almost slipping in his haste "Your highness, my liege a messenger from Agralia!" he said staggering and leaning on Elorin's chair.
Behind him across the hall a smug looking Narasaela walked through the door, a scroll clutched in his hand as he sauntered over to the middle of the hall. He bowed and flourished "Greetings.....your majesty" he said smugly, the words trawling from the edge of his mouth laced with some kind of malicious ecstasy.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:18 pm
Seph stiffened wiping the cream off her nose "Whats this freak doing here? I though he died" she whispered to Itaka. She stood up letting a low but aggressive growl at Narasaela "What the **** are you doing here?! Get out before you get ripped apart" she threatened glaring up at him.
Alpha frowned slowly shuffling over to Zadina "I think it's best us two go and wake the girls. This guy could be putting your other cousins in danger and your still not well wnough for a confrontation" he whispered to him turning his head towards the door hinting for them to try and slip away.
Hebal glanced around the room quietly sensing the sudden discomfort in the room caused by the strangers prescence. "Umm... who is that guy? Is he an enemy or something sice the others don't look too happy" she whispered into Satoshi's ear as the room fell silent.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:41 pm
Felina trembled slightly squeezing Oassu's hand as hard as she could without digging her nails in. "N-narasaela what are you doing here. It's not possible you died when we were back with the dwarves" she stuttered staring in disbelief recalling their last encounter.
Hayate glared at Narasaela but scratched his head I'm guessing Alex has something to do this guys sudden appearence but if he does have a message from Agralia we might have to hear him out he thought glancing over at Elorin to see what he was going to do next.
Satoshi nodded grabbing her nearest kunai with a scowl "He's an enemy. He kinda tried to start a war between the elves and the dwarves and almost succeeded. He also knocked Felina out, kidnapped her and caused the death of Zadina's older brother Kurgan" she explained in a whisper to Mari and Hebal.
Elorin scowled signalling to Alusaadi to move if anything were to happen "You have some nerve showing up here" he roared standing up so that he was towering over the elf "Drop the letter and get out of this place unless you wish to be executed within the next 10 minutes" he threatened pointing to the guards who were now scattered around the room.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:23 am
Oassu gritted his teeth grinding them in anger "Narasaela.....you gotta lotta nerve showing up here" he said pounding the table and standing up he placed a hand on Felina's shoulder "Don't worry I won't let him take you again" he reassured Felina.
Itaka got up beside Seph "Can't you even die right?" he roared angrily "I say we don't give him the benefit of the doubt and gut him where he stands" he growled.
Mari grunted searching desperately for her katana but it was on the airship "Ugh I don't have anything to cut him with!" she moaned "If he killed Zadina's brother he can die like a dog" she grunted picking up a table knife. Ivy flew behind her head and hid in her hair sensing the increased hostility in the room. Sophia meanwhile rolled out of a watermelon covered in its insides eating happily seemingly unaware of the problem.
Zadina blinked curiously at the figure who smiled back at him "Alright Mr Alpha but he seems kinda familiar to me," he said slipping off of his aunts knee and following Alpha quietly.
Narasaela rolled his eyes at the kings threat "Relax your highness we both know that should these guards try to detain me they'd end up dead anyway, besides I only came to deliver a message" he said unravelling the scroll with a quick flick of his wrist he raised it to his eyes. "A decree from Lord Sytana of Agralia, the elven kingdom should surrender and join with the Agralian empire or face termination," he said rolling up the scroll "If you will submit to my lord's power you can live in peace under his rule almost nothing will change" he said smiling slyly "But should you refuse, my lord has an army waiting on the borders of the forest for my return."
One of the guards almost lunged for Narasaela when he pointed a wagging finger at him "Ah ah ah! If I do not return he will destroy the city anyway so I think it's in your best interest to sign" he said making a pen appear out of thin air.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:13 am
Seph clutched the hilt of her sword angrily "Now why do you honestly think Felina's father would just surrender and hand his kingdom over to Alex of all people. Thats just an insult, lets just kill him already" she shouted fighting the urge to rush at him straight away to try and slice him apart.
Alpha sighed quickly leading Zadina down the hall. "I suppose I'll fill you in. That guy is a dangerous elf known as Narasaela. Last time we encountered him he kidnapped Felina in order to try and draw your uncle out and kill him. Your brother also requested we keep you away from him" he explained to the boy.
Hebal frowned remembering she had also left her weapon on the airship. "What an evil meanie Alex is, spoiling our fun holiday. I hope he gets whats coming to him" she whispered back clenching her fists in anger. "How about go away you stupid elf, like anyone is going to sign anything" she snapped.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:44 am
Felina shook her head moving in closer to Oassu "He's working for Alex now. He wants to take everything not just me" she whispered glancing over at Elorin to see what his next action would be. "Father you can't just sign the kingdom away to this guy"she pleaded.
Elorin chuckled taking out his own sword then neatly sliced the pen into 3 pieces "So you're the ones I was warned about. I find it rather insulting that you would so much as think we elves would hand over their homed without so much as a fight. Now get out and tell your so called lord we won't be signing anything" he roared signalling for Narasaela to get out. He then turned back to the group "Alusaadi, go get the mages prepared. Hayate, go to post 16 and start gathering the troops" he ordered.
Alusaadi nodded then bowed at the group "Sorry but it looks like I'm going to have to have a better conversation with you some other time. Take care of yourselves" she told them before disappearing into thin air in front of the group.
Hayate sighed getting up and pocketing the banana "Don't worry I'll catch up with you guys shortly but it looks like things are going to get messy so try and find a weapon around here if you left yours on the airship" he advised leaving the room.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:20 am
Narasaela frowned tutting at the destroyed pen "Come now Elorin don't be a fool! Sytana has immeasurable power should you persist in this arrogance" he smiled rolling up the scroll "People will die, your people's blood would be on your hands if you do not sign!" he insisted sighing "Fortunately my lord is merciful, he has given you half a day to mull it over should you change your mind, you'll find me at the edge of the forest" he said turning and storming out of the castle.
Oassu hugged Felina "Relax he's not taking anything, we'll just have to kill him for sure this time" he sighed stroking her to calm down.
Mari sighed "I'm not sure it'll be the same with a second hand weapon," she pouted "My weapon was legendary." she sighed stirring her soup absently.
Itaka groaned collapsing back into his seat "This is so stupid why would Alex try such a thing, ugh" he tried patting Seph to calm her down "We'll need to get Barbaros and the others if a fight is going to be involved it'd always be great to have an extra sword arm and..." he sighed "as irritating as it is to admit it having a legendary hero like Gilgamesh on the frontlines might serve as a morale booster" he grumbled
Zadina gasped "Kurgan said that?! Well Kurgan is never wrong! I'll give that Narasaela a blasting!" he said rolling up his sleeve and using his good arm to blast a firework down the hall.
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