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Topic Started: Nov 18 09, 7:09 PM (3,980 Views)
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Nov 28 09, 4:14 PM
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Gareth shrugged off Alicia's arm as he rose. "Thanks then. I have to get going."
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Lenna Suzaka
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Nov 28 09, 6:13 PM
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"Hmph..." Fenn grunted, still resting, having overheard. Mira, eh? You still care for her? He thought, laying back and staring at the clouds. Though I wonder what you're doing... Sis.
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Lenna Suzaka
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Nov 28 09, 6:35 PM
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"Fine..." Alicia sighed and shrugged. "What ever you wish..." Alicia turned back and began to walk. 'What a bunch of strange people.'
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Tressimir
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Nov 28 09, 11:47 PM
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Gareth wandered off, head in the clouds. I could've sworn I saw her, even though she died in my arms. This is... troubling.
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Lenna Suzaka
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Nov 29 09, 12:08 AM
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"Gah, darn it all..." Alicia mumbled upon seeing the gate keeper and smiled. "I'm here for my next mission!"
"Ah. So only one of you made it back?"
"Nah, we all did... I think... but they're gone elsewhere."
"So it seems. Well, your next mission is to actually find out what's going on in Dangruf Wadi. You hafta speak to Cid beforehand."
"Sounds easy enough. So where is this... 'Cid?'" Alicia pondered as the gate keeper responded.
"Metalworks. Just take head through the markets towards the port. Can't miss it."
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Tressimir
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Nov 29 09, 12:21 PM
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Gareth entered the Steaming Sheep restlessly, sitting at a corner table. His thoughts still preoccupied him as he sat, thinking hard on the situation. That couldn't have been her. It was only Alicia. Mira's dead; I have to get past that now.
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Lenna Suzaka
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Nov 29 09, 5:52 PM
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Fenn, meanwhile, continued staring at the sky. It was that... It led to her death... Gareth's challenge... My loss and his expulsion... All because of Mira's death... Did you ever figure it out, Gareth? You were always taunting me about how you thought I was after her heart too... Boy was that a mistake... But that meeting... And the Yagudo attack... She shielded me from that arrow... Before Lady Shantotto arrived and blew them away... But Gareth... He still blames me... I doubt he ever realized... That she was my half-sister... But, no matter how much of a 'genius' he is, he's still too dense... Fenn thought with a sigh. "Do not want to go back into those mines..." He mumbled.
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Tressimir
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Nov 29 09, 9:12 PM
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Gareth left Bastok, heading out into South Gustaberg. There he let his tears fall, tears of mourning for the girl he had loved and who has enemy had caused to die. "Mira... I will avenge you. That's why I must kill Fenn."
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Lenna Suzaka
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Nov 29 09, 10:31 PM
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Alicia gathered her belongings, speaking with Cid, and finally headed towards South Gustaberg on her own. She seemed to have no fear of anything, not when she struck down the monsters, not when she pressed on towards the lands of Dangruf Wadi.
"Well, I don't need any help. Everyone's bigoted..." Alicia shook her head, cackling into the air as she sneaked around the crabs and quadavs.
Calmly she ventured into the grotesque area filled with geysers and rocks. It was way too easy...
She managed to avoid those that were aggressive and casually walk around those that were not. It was just a mere couple of hours before she managed to seek a heated gush of water. 'Yes!'
Carefully she walked over, making sure she was avoiding the goblins that were nearby. Kneeling to the ground she inspected the hole. "Now how am I to get a sample of this?" She thought aloud, searching for any access. "Ugh, this is so infuriating! So close!" She shouted, stamping her foot right next to the opening. "Huh...OHHHHHH!!!" She cried out as she felt a rush of water push under her foot, carrying her up and up and up...
"AHH!!!"
Whump!
Alicia found her face in the grime of the next floor, her body flat out.
"Ow... That was pretty good... hey it changed color..." She murmured upon seeing the test still clenched in her hand.
Slowly standing and brushing herself off, she hummed, skipping towards the way home.
"See? Too easy!" A haughty laugh escaped her lips.
SMACK!
"AH!" A large powerful blow emerged from behind, hitting her in the head.
One goblin... no wait... two...
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Fenn was approached by a soldier. "Need something?" He asked, still lying on the ground.
"You're a Red Mage from the Windurst Academy, correct?" The guard asked.
"Mmm..." Fenn said, giving an affirmative.
"Can I request your assistance?"
"... I'm not really that useful, so..."
"Cid sent a young adventurer to Dangruf Wadi..."
"I don't think I'll be much..."
"She was very confident, and he had a good amount of faith in her..."
"Then there shouldn't be..."
"However, it's been nearly a whole day and she hasn't returned..."
"There's a guy... Gareth Reynolds..."
"Please sir, there isn't time..."
"... I'm not good with girls..." Fenn said.
"Sir, please, I implore you. We at the Metalworks will be in your debt."
"I don't need people in my debt..."
"Sir!"
"... Ugh... Not interested." Fenn said, stepping outside the limits.
He sighed upon stepping outside. "... It's that Alicia girl... Isn't it..." he asked himself. "... I guess I don't have much choice..." He said, walking towards Dangruf Wadi. Mira... What would you have me do? Why did you give me that ring? Wasn't it a gift from Gareth? Did you want him to hate me? To think me a thief? I need not another reason to hate him...
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Nov 29 09, 10:46 PM
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After his period of remembrance was over, Gareth started back toward Bastok. "I have to focus on the tasks at hand. Then I can truly avenge her."
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Nov 30 09, 9:37 AM
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Alicia's eyes were unfocused... how long had it been?
How long have I been out...? Alicia thought, rolling her body over so that she was flat on her back. She groaned in immense pain, her head throbbing. It... it hurts. Glancing down, she noticed both arms were bruised, her legs scarred and bleeding.
How am I supposed to get out of this? I can barely... move.
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Nov 30 09, 3:26 PM
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As Gareth entered Bastok, he heard the panicking cries of the guards as they tried to rally adventurers together to look for the missing girl. "What's going on?" He demanded of one guard.
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Nov 30 09, 3:34 PM
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"One of the adventurers went on a mission... it's been over a day and she hasn't come back." The guard explained. "We sent another, but..."
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Nov 30 09, 3:36 PM
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"Leave this matter to me. You just try and stop the citizens from rioting." Gareth turned and charged back out into the field, headed for the Dangruf Wadi. He had heard some of the other guards mentioning the place and so thought to look there. Who could've been fool enough to get lost in Dangruf, of all places?!
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Nov 30 09, 3:37 PM
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"Good luck!" The guard shouted.
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Nov 30 09, 3:43 PM
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It took a few hours, but Gareth was able to reach the Dangruf Wadi. Wasting no time, the red mage set off cautiously through the rocks and sand while avoiding the eyes of the patrolling goblins. Eventually he reached a geyser, and while looking around noticed someone on the cliff above...
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Nov 30 09, 4:00 PM
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The body was still and on its back, unable to do much of anything... Didn't even hear the footsteps of two men...
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Nov 30 09, 4:03 PM
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Gareth allowed the geyser to propel him up to the cliff... and saw the girl lying there. "Alicia...?"
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Nov 30 09, 4:05 PM
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Alicia's eyes slowly opened, though she was unable to say anything. She then closed them, continuing to breathe lightly despite the appearance she was in currently.
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Nov 30 09, 4:46 PM
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"Alicia!" Gareth knelt beside the girl and began calling upon white magic. "Goddess Altana, ease my ally's pain! Cure!" The healing light descended upon the wounded adventurer. "Everything is going to be alright. Don't worry, Alicia; I'll get you back to Bastok safely."
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