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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:01 am
Gil nodded "I'll keep my nose open" he said looking around "Must've been nice growing up in such a picturesque place" he said moving away from the bridge "So where do your friends and family live?" he asked.
Oassu frowned hoping to never encounter an 8-foot elf "Still probably for the best you didn't take any monsters the citizens are probably still bothered from the battle don't need distress from monsters too" he said.
Zadina frowned plucking Yenytai up onto his shoulders "Ok then you must just be a super special little nymph then Yenytai" he said "Though I'm sure Amane can be bossy when she wants to, she'll be more grown up when we leave for the pilgrimage and people will pay her loads of respect as she travels" he said.
Jeckhart nodded "I imagine Alpha will be spending a lot of time with his daughter when she's not performing anyway so they have more bonding time" he said "You'll probably meet plenty of the performers that way Hebal" he said
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:16 am
Hebal yawned but nodded her head "Yep I hope that is the case, you too. Chances are you and me might have to keep eachother company since Zadina and Amane will also probably want to run off and explore/play around. But I'll try and keep you having fun on your holiday" she cherfully stated to Jeckhart.
Amane frowned shaking her head "I don't intend to turn all serious and mean and boddy just because I'm older and loads of people are gonna start sucking up to me. Though when I grow up hopefully I'll be real tall and look real pretty just like my mum, except with a better fashion style" she teasingly added.
Ardie laughed "I think your mum has a better fashion sense than most ladies of her age actually. But good to know we're not gonna be bossed around too much. And you should just be you as theres more to looking awesome than your height" she grinned.
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:03 pm
Satoshi shrugged "You spent more time ninja training than playing here unfortunately, lots of walking up trees and the like. As for my team mates, Hitomi lives like three doors down to where my older brother lives which is on the other side of the river near the school. Takeo lives in a flat above one of these resturants, the sushi bar to be specific and Ranmaru has a house nearish the hot springs. There aren't many landmarks in the village so its a little hard to describe. Finally theres my parents house, its bang in the centre of the main housing area"
Nares reluctantly nodded waiting for the couple to follow Hayate inside "Yeah I know all about public safety, it would just be nice if someone would have a little confidence in your skills as a beastmaster outside of a battlefield. Not to worry, it's not a time to be all moany when the alternative is going back to work. Now when you go in you'll find a hatch you can slide open, feel free to open it if you want to talk to me, or just shove Hayate through it if you fancy some private couple time, I know three and four can be a crowd in thee things"
Felina snickered "Nah we'll be ok thanks, he's not that bad" she answered going in and settling down in one of the seats at the other end "I guess all these carriages are fairly comfortable regardless of whether or not indended for royalty" she grinned opening the curtain.
Yenytai gasped surprised at suddenly being picked up "ooh whee Yenytai like this feeling! All nymphs special in some way or another. Some way more violent than other ways though. Yenytai gonna be all lonely when you go on pilgrimage"
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:14 am
Gil nodded spying the Sushi bar in question "No other friends apart from teammates huh?" he said "Your parents must be lucky to get a house right in the center of town still what meat do you have here that isn't fish?" he asked uncertain as to what a lot of the signs said.
Oassu nodded thinking he wouldn't mind a little alone time with Felina "Well if you say so it's the first time I've ever rode in something like this" he said tentatively sitting down on the cushion surprised at how far he sunk into the seat "Huh it's very comfortable at least, much more comfortable than the airship for sure" he said
Zadina frowned "Aww didn't you get on ok before you met us though Yenytai?" he said pondering a way to cheer up Yenytai "We'll sort something out don't you worry" he said to give him time to think "And I'm sure you'll be as pretty as or prettier than Miss Hebal when you grow up Amane but that's a long way off, apparently there's loads of responsibility when we get older" he said.
Jeckhart smiled "I'm sure we'll have plenty of fun, it's a circus probably can find some ways to entertain ourselves though are you sure you wouldn't want to spend more time with Amane rather than letting her run free at the circus?" he asked
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:18 pm
Hebal paused eventually nodding her head "Sure it would be nice to spend as much time as possible but at the end of the day I just want Amane to be happy even if it means running off for a bit playing with someone more her age. Besides hanging around with your mummy all the time is seen as uncool nowerdays by some kids" she laughed twirling into the street with her mothers house straight ahead.
Alpha smiled patting Yenytai on the head "I'm sure Amane and ardie have loads of school friends they could introduce you to since its a while until they go on pilgrimage. And if you were to go with them then Milly would be stuck all by herself since she can't really move about like us"
Amane grinned happy with Zadina's compliment "Maybe there is a little more but I'm still going to have a fun journey regardless and you can always help me out with the more boring jobs grown ups have to do so better get good at map reading and budgeting our gil for weapons and stuff"
Ardie shrugged "Zadina can do the budgeting part as I am already good at map reading cause they look pretty when reading them" she answered not wanting to admit she wasn't very good at maths. Before we go we will be sure to get you loads of toys and games too Yenytai"
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:01 pm
Satoshi sighed shaking her head "Not really, friends die in missions and your always away doing missions yourself to stick around in one place with several people long enough to be considered friends. Means friendship groups are quite limited. Anyway theres pork and some beef, some chocobo if you can bring yourself to eat it, lamb. The usual sort of stuff really"
Nares paused leaning over and pushing the door shut before opening up the hatch from her side "Maybe so but its gotta be considering how bumpy some of these roads can be. The journey will take a while longer because of the snow but should still make good time. Unlike with some people the horses actually like me enough to put the effort into making the trip" she informed them shaking the reigns starting the horses off.
Felina smiled shuffling into the centre of the airship "Yeah its more comfy than the airship seat wise but we can't exactly move around and things in here like we can on there" she answered opening the curtains so she could see them moving "So what did you thin of the town Oassu"
Hayate yawned leaning against the side of the carriage with Wedge sitting down upon his leg "The new couch on the airship is comfortable enough if the material is a little on the cold side. And your new room should be really nice all new and done up"
Yenytai scratched her head in thought "When you go away can you leave Yenytai and Milly a bouncy house you kids sometimes have at parties. That would be great toy and place to live. Yenytai got on fine with just Milly but forest gets incredibly boring"
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 6:02 pm
Gil frowned "Shame you don't really have many friends outside your team still I can hardly claim to be the social butterfly myself" he said "Most of my comrades are just fleeting alliances before we separate still take me to one of those places to eat then," he asked
Oassu nodded yawning as he leaned against the padded wall "Well the town seemed nice, was unusual seeing an elven settlement that's not dominated with trees and stuff as that" he said getting comfortable
Zadina giggled "They take a lot of effort but maybe you just need a change in scenary that's all should spend more time befriending the villagers" he said tickling Yenytai's feet a little "Though we shouldn't really need to worry about money" he said.
Jeckhart nodded "I suppose so though I think Amane would like some time with you so don't miss out on some time with her over this holiday, though don't Viera not normally celebrate the dragon festival?" he asked.
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 2:55 am
Hebal shook her head "Nope they don't celebrate it and when I asked why apparently they see no reason to celebrate and hold a festival for anything related to big ugly flying lizards who like to torch stuff down and could destroy forests in an instant. Though if you ask me they are probably just all too stingy to give people gifts at a time other than birthdays"
Alpha smiled whispering to Hebal "You know if you want to spend a little more time with Amane and just the two of you I'm sure I could come up with a way to keep Zadina entertained for a couple of hours. Maybe let him fly the airship"
Amane paused "Well we might need to work out money. Because I wanna make sure we have all the supplies we need and then maybe some left over to buy people gifts and postcards and the like. And then of course to get you guys something nice as well for looking after me from time to time" she planned out.
Ardie snickered "Thats really nice and all but we will have to carry everything about for miles and miles so can't buy too many things around with us at once" she pointed out skipping over the cobbles "Though wouldn't say no to one or two fancy meals every now and then when around civilization"
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:37 am
Satoshi paused thinking over where would be best to take Gil to "Thats kind of sad you know. At least within a team of ninja you tend to form some pretty close bonds. Take someone like Ranmaru, we've been in a team working together for like... 15 years roughly so he's like an extra family member" she explained steering him into a noodle resturant "This place I know has nice food and pretty much all the meats I just mentioned."
Hayate snickered at Oassu's answer "Not all elves can live in trees, not when theres always some being cut down for whatever reason, as for where I came from, you were lucky just to have a shrub nearby let alone a tree or anything"
Felina nodded shuffling closer to Oassu "Yeah I now what you mean it doesn't exactly fit the elf stereotype. But an outside forest settlement has many adventages like better transport and trade plus theres no risk of fiends and fire in many of them"
Yenytai giggled swinging her legs in surprise "Most the villagers scare Yenytai. Yenytai sees them at night with weapons killing fiends that come to near village so Yenytai think it best to stay away from most of them. Though Yenytai once stole funny drink being given to them. Yenytai thinks it was calld coffee but taste so bad Yenytai fed it to the river fishies"
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 2:55 pm
Gil nodded "Well it's not too bad, if the mercenary is well enough known then you might meet them again on another campaign so it's not all bad though true I don't have anyone as close as say Ranmaru though I do have this good little guy" he said kneeling down to ruffle Enkidu's fur.
Oassu nodded dozily "Yeah I guess so though Yithra gets by fine with the fiend situation, most small fiends learn to avoid well-established settlements they just figure out they wouldn't make any progress attacking the city" he said "Agralia is mostly plains though so don't have many places in forests" he said.
Zadina shook his head "I thought we agreed on a system so they would be friendly with you and stuff though you shouldn't steal from them Yenytai they definitely won't like you then, maybe bring them a nice gift as a peace offering." he said "And I can provide any money we need by that point" he said
Jeckhart frowned "Well I suppose that makes a great deal of sense but the Great Dragon of the dragon festival brings good fortune and gifts as opposed to fire and a number of dragons are peaceful and only attack those who threaten their homes" he said
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 3:10 pm
Hebal cheered yanking the gate open excitedlty to her mothers house "almost ready to go now hehe. But any dragon here, especially if seen in a forest is considered a really really bad omen. That doesn't mean viera are so mean as to have a go at everyone who does celebrate. Some even return gifts just as an act of politeness"
Ardie shuddered hearing the word coffee "That drink is so horrible tasting that even the fishies wouldn't like the taste Yenytai. I think grown ups know its horrid but drink it to cure sleepiness, that or growing old makes you think that not so nice stuff t astes ok and makes you weird"
Amane frowned rapidly shaking her head at Zadina "No no no thats your gil and you should keep it for yourself rather than spending it all on us when you've earned it" she insisted wanting to be able to earn her own money. "And the villagers don't bite, they only scare away fiends that get caught trying to steal or ones that are all mean and hostile"
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 3:53 pm
Satoshi laughed "Well Enkidu is one of the few who will stick by you no matter what rather than just hoping one day you meet up again to do the same work with another mercenary. And if luck is feeling nasty you could always end up on opposite sides
Hayate nodded "Because of the fiend presence around Yithra theres very few invaders trying their luck and then of course theres overall more skilled fighters about because of the number of fiends to train with. Most of the fiends know that if they enter the forest someone will attack them plus theres no food lying around so nothing to steal from us that they want"
"I like plains, you can usually see for miles and miles and the scenery is lovely when accompanied by a nice clear sky" Felina remarked shaking a little as the carriage wheel ran over what she thought was probably a rock "The fiends aren't a problem most of the time if you stick to the main paths, dad put a lot of money into keeping them secure and we couldn't be in safer hands at this time if something did happen for whatever reason"
Yenytai shrugged "I no know if arrangement been made, they be too scary to just go up and say hi Yenytai thinks. Also Yenytai never stole again after that, a smell like coffee could put anyone off for life let alone just Yenytai" she concluded looking up at the top of the gate "What sort of gift? Yenytai no think they appreciate pretty rocks"
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 6:15 pm
Gil nodded "Well if your unlucky yeah but no matter really now....what should I have from here?" he asked sitting down and gazing blankly at the foreign menu "Err perhaps you should just order for us" he said
Oassu nodded "That's reassuring though I wouldn't mind seeing a centaur assuming we didn't have to get into a big fight with them" he said "Not really in the mood for it, the holiday is supposed to be a relaxing time" he sighed.
Zadina smiled "Well maybe you can trade the pretty rocks in the same way people trade the shiny stones or just give them to people that or you could make pretty necklaces out of leaves and stuff I'm sure they'd appreciate the sentiment it's the thought that counts really" he said "And if you're sure Amane though I could easily provide a couple basic things for us that way"
Jeckhart nodded "I hope your mother won't cause a fuss now or try and persuade Amane out of it we still need to talk her into parting with a little chicobo too" he said
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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:17 am
Satoshi smiled glancing down at her menu "Well give me an idea of what sort of meat you would like and I'll order something for you, it's no tourist hotspot so theres no Agralian menus I'm afraid" she answered immediately knowing what she wanted "I used to come to this place all the time after a days training"
Felina scratched her head thining it over "Hmm... we might be able to see a centuar. They might not be hostile, as I've met one or two before who were very friendly despite rumours. The media like to write about them to make them seem threatening because it akes a good story I'll bet"
"We could always do a little bit of sneaking around. You only have to watch a centuar for five minutes to tell how aggressive they are because the ones who aren't having issues only kill things when they really have to like when hunting for food" Hayate suggested openning up the small hatch behind him "Hey Vistai what do you know about the centuars, any chance we could see them?"
Nares raised an eyebrow surprised by the request "Personally I think if they were going to cause some trouble then they would have done it already. But that doesn't guarentee them to be friendly things. Though if you wanted I could move my investigation forward a couple of days and get back to you. Its not like anything major, just go take a look then if not on the rampage then say hi. Usually they just go hi back, give you food and show you their latest shiny object and let you be on your way. Oh and stay away from their herbal drinks as they make elves incredibly drowzy"
Yenytai paused bouncing up and down on Zadina's shoulder "Yenytai think that not bad idea though don't think viera would like wearing leaves, leaves are dirty and they like clean fur. Maybe Yenytai give pretty rocks and sing them song about viera" she decided.
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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 3:29 am
Amane nodded "Yep I'm sure though if you really really wanna help out, you can make sure we have some really cosey sleeping bags and a good tent for the journey" she suggested trying not to think of Yenytai singing "Umm.. if you really want a song then we could teach you one or two popular ones"
Ardie tried hard not to snicker knowing that Yenytai wasn't good at singing "Or could give them a dance to go with. We'll need lots of supplies before we start the journey so a good bag would be awesome. Maybe you could get us a special kind of bag if you encounter one on your journey sometime. Theres a magic one I heared about with endless storage inside it and none of the weight of the goods inside"
Alpha chuckled nodding his head "I know the type you mean, they are pretty rare nowerdays despite being so useful but I'm sure Zadina knows where he can get an idea of where to find some of those bags" he told Ardie overhearing her.
Hebal snickered skipping ahead stopping to pick a small red flower on the way "She totally couldn't talk Amane out of going, she's too much like me to pass on this opportunity. As for Merric well that shouldn't be too hard as she was selling him anyway so she'll be happy if Zadina pays her nicely" she anwered handing the flower to Amane when she caught up.
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