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Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-06-22 20:43:10

[Vivian][Town Bordering West] Vivian, Fenris, and Anke had arrived at the center of the town, at which a large magic circle was drawn into the ground. There were waves coming from this circle and Vivian could even feel the magic of this circle as the waves came towards her. "Vivian you are going to be the focus," Fenris said, "Think about the place where do you want us to go and if it's within range of the spell that's where we will end up, if not we should be quite close." "Alright." Vivian said. She nodded as she said this, and she closed her eyes. The Clef Family Cemetery is the place I want us to go, Vivian thought, Since I want to tell Fenris and Anke about my family history a bit. I don't really know what kind of spell this is, since it seems powerful and complicated, but still I hope it can take us to the Clef Family Cemetery without any problems. Vivian continued to think about the Clef Family Cemetery, not paying attention to the dizzying feeling or anything else around her as she became lost in thought about the cemetery, thinking about all of the memories she has made there. She felt a few tears come to her eyes as she recalled the saddest memories, and she kept her eyes shut, trying to hold back the tears.

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-06-29 18:40:34

[Near Western Border] The hooded woman had taken quite a beating so far and was starting to tire. Vincent was still in good condition, with only a few minor cuts on his body. "Is this really all she can do? Why would even bother dragging her back from the dead if she can't even land a solid hit on me?" Alexanderson simply continued to watch, smiling. "Well, I did succeed in getting something valuable from you in exchange for her, so she has already proven herself to be a huge help despite her lack of skill." Vincent was visibly displeased with his response and her swiped away the Angelus as the woman made a futile attack. He spoke a little quieter as he threw her to the ground. "I can't believe I ruined everything just to wind up with. . . this. It isn't your fault of course, and I still have to put you at peace, but what I had to do to achieve this may have been a mistake."

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-06-30 00:40:20 (edited 2010-06-30 02:56:58)

[Talisman] Talisman started to wake up from dreaming as Kota carried him on his back. Talisman had fallen asleep after going to the Faustus house for some medical supplies, food, and for information. Kota had used one of his shadow Shinmei abilities to make his body bigger, roughly a little larger than the size of a horse, so as he could carry Talisman without any hassle. They used this method for transportation in their missions and for giving certain people a lift to another town or city. Talisman sat himself up on Kota’s back rubbing his eyes yawning heavily. Talisman had felt a slight twinge of pain run through his right arm as he noticed his arm was in a makeshift harness used for broken arms. “Finally awake, Talis.” said Kota as he walked through the forest. “W-where are we, Kota?” Talisman yawned. “What happened? Mmm, I don’t even remember falling asleep. And why am I wearing this harness for my arm?” “You don’t remember? Hmph, those meds must’ve been stronger than you and I had thought.” Kota slightly laughed. “Alright, where do I start?” “What do you mean?” said Talisman with a puzzled look on his face. “Heh, we’re nearing the western border, you’ve been out for about eight hours, you put that makeshift harness around your neck to relieve the tension around your arm after your fight.” explained Kota. “You said your arm was nearly broken during the fight, so you used one of your spare black t-shirts by tearing it into a long strip for it to be long enough to fit for your arm and hold up your arm properly. After an hour we made it to the Faustus house. Let’s hope that area doesn’t have any history of robbers.” “I broke something, didn’t I?” Talisman plainly said. “Yup, right after I collected all the sealing charms. We broke in through a balcony door on the top floor and you kicked the door in after you fail to pick the lock, so instead you broke the lock beyond all repair.” Kota continued. “We searched the house and we found the Anke Faustus girl in what I think is a dungeon, in hibernated state. You pondered on the idea whether to capture her and turn her over to Alexanderson or simply kill her and end everything there. You instead chose to leave her behind in that state and return to the western capital empty handed. But I have to ask... why did we decide to leave and not discard of her?” Talisman had a smug look on his face, he notice Kota was aiming point out how much trouble they will be in. Talisman looked into his bag and found a belt holster of different colored flares given to him for his mission. “I get it, I get it, Kota. My head is starting clear up; I can remember most of what happened.” said Talisman as he attached the flare holster to the side of his belt and stared at his hands. “She has a family... something I never had, no one else was in the house but her body, what kind of monster would I be if I killed and left her there for her family to find? Anyways please continue.” “I see. Well, after leaving young Faustus, you began to search through the house and found the Anke girls room and found loads of pain killers and medication.” said Kota. “You took a few samples of each capsule and wrote down the info on the meds. You said your arm hurt terribly, so you took one pain killer and we left the house, through the front door. About thirty minutes later after finding out you we’re unconsciously walking, you collapsed and so we are where we are.” Talisman rubbed his hand on the back of his head. His nose began to twitch madly of a familiar scent, but Talisman was deep in thought trying to ignore the scent. -I can probably get off easy from command if I tell them what I found out so far.- thought Talisman. -One thing is for sure, I have to notify Alexanderson that I’ve lost my targets. Because of this, I’m most likely going to receive new orders. Hm, what is that scent? No matter how hard I try to ignore it, it keeps irritating me.- Talisman ears quickly perked underneath his headband, he looked to his side and saw a small open plain just outside the forests tree line. Kota started to slow down from his fast walking pace and turned his head in the same direction as Talisman was looking. Talisman saw a group of people standing in the middle of the plain, two of them seemed to be fighting. Talisman quickly jumped down off Kota’s back and began to run towards the end of the tree line. “Kota, get moving! Stay behind the tree line and the brush.” said Talisman as he ran. “Could it really be him? Kota, you smell that?” “Yeah,” Kota quickly replied. “What are the chances? But we might need to get out of here quickly; I agree, stay out of sight.” Talisman stopped at edge of the tree line, pushing his back against the tree, as if he was about to breach a room, hiding and looking out into the field. Kota quickly followed behind Talisman and stopped behind a grouping of trees and a small brush. Talisman turned his head to Kota with a look of amazement, as did Kota. “Hmph, Alexanderson, what are you doing here? Who are the others with him?” Talisman stuck his out further from the cover of the tree and was surprised to see Vincent out there fighting. Talisman began to curse as quietly as he could without being noticed. “Yeah, what are the chances!?” Talisman violently whispered. “Ah, damn it! Just when I get a brake and then this happens! Kota get ready to run, I have to signal Alexanderson that I lost the targets, its better now than later! Now if I remember, green flare is the mark for that message.” Talisman pulled out a flare from his holster and stepped out from his cover behind the tree. He quickly took a deep breath, sticking the tips of his fingers in his mouth and began whistle as loud as he could to try and catch Alexanderson’s attention. After, Talisman quickly shot off a green flare into the sky above the plain to signal he had lost track of his targets. Talisman turned his back after setting off the flare and towards Kota. Talisman jumped onto Kota’s back and grabbed hold on the back of his collar, he kicked the sides of Kota, telling Kota to run. “Move Kota!” ordered Talisman. “We have to get back to the western capital as fast as we can, we can get our new orders from there.” “Ease up with the kicking, I’m not a bloody horse.” said Kota. “Alright I’ll haul it back to Ivalice.” Kota ran as fast as he could with Talisman on his back to the west. As Kota ran Talisman thought what he would do when he and Kota arrive in the western capital.

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-07-04 18:25:56 (edited 2010-07-05 06:34:17)

[Kenji Kurayami|Wilderness|Outskirts of small town bordering west] Kenji stood in the shadows of the trees.He just wanted to observe till his companions arrive. He had seen them enter the small town and Kenji decided to break cover.He was a now a few paces behind the three of them.They were,as Kenji sensed,heading towards a cemetery. Now one of the girls stood in the middle of the cemetery looking at the graves. Kenji decided that they were not yet due for it.Atleast they get to live for a few more days.

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-07-04 22:15:53

Anke l Town Boarding the West Fenris told Vivian that she would be the focus, and soon after the words had left him Anke could sense her friend's concentration. The world began to shift under her feet and Anke knew at once that the spell was working. She felt dizzy as if gravity was pulling at her in all directions. He vision faded to a fuzzy gray she almost felt like she was falling but before she knew it the sensation had stopped and Anke looked around to find herself in a grave yard. "You did it Vivian, great job!" Anke exclaimed as she rejoiced to be back on solid ground. Even if she had never really left the ground.

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by kingepyon on 2010-07-06 01:48:48

I use 'Aeon' to denote the difference between this personality and Aeon himself, sorry if it gets confusing. 'Aeon' 'Aeon' had been walking for quite awhile. He passed the Stormcaller Mansion and continued to head south. Somewhere along the way an amulet had been teleported to him, he figured Aeon had somehow made it transport to him a certain distance from Stormcaller. He took the amulet and continued his trip with no destination. Since the various personalities in Aeon did not share memories due to the seal, 'Aeon' had no idea where he was going, or where he was, but continued moving anyways. He knew that Aeon had been attacked, and was participating in a fairly large battle, but other than the obvious he didn't know anything. The only hint he had was his body felt a familiar magic in the air, and while 'Aeon' was unable to control the absorbtion power, his body seemed to be drawn to this familiar magic. As he walked he found a book that Aeon had kept with him. Out of boredom, 'Aeon' opened the book and started to casually flip through the pages as he travelled towards the Western border.

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-07-06 13:09:08

OOC @ Kenji- The group of Fenris, Vivian, and Anke aren't at the town bordering the West anymore, the group they were traveling with used a spell to transport them to another part of the West (the Clef Estate). This spell also blocked any magical travel around the town impossible for a few hours (or at least that's what it said in Fenris' last post), so you're character can't currently be with the group in the Clef Family Cemetery at the moment (since he wasn't a part of the spell used). [Vivian][Clef Family Cemetery] Vivian was still on the verge of crying until she heard Anke call out to her. "You did it Vivian, great job!" Anke exclaimed. This caused Vivian to open her eyes, and she saw that Fenris, Anke, and herself were now in the Clef Family Cemetery. She knew this was it because of the large statue in the center of the cemetery, which was a man in a suit of armor holding a sword to the sky. She looked around, and saw all of the other graves of the Clefs around her, which were each personalized. Vivian wiped away her her tears and cleared her throat, and decided to tell the tale of her family. "This is the Clef Family Cemetery," Vivian said, "That large statue in the center of the cemetery is of Adrien Clef, the first of the Clef Illusion Master line. He is the one who first created and mastered illusional magic, and is the author of The Picasso. He is the one who created the ancient language used in the Illusion Master magic, a language that is still used now even when I cast spells or read of spells." Vivian paused, her eyes darting from each of the personalized graves. When she laid eyes on a certain one, she walked over to it and motioned for Fenris and Anke to follow her. "This is the grave of my brother," Vivian said, "William Clef was his name, of course we all just called him Will. He was the pride and joy of my parents when he was born, since he was the only boy they had. I was their only girl, so they loved me as well, but he was a male, and thus he could sufficiently carry on the Clef legacy, both in leadership and name. I loved Will too, he was my only sibling, and most of the time when my father was away on missions or when my mother was out working in our fields, Will was the only one with me in the mansion. When he was old enough to sit up and crawl on his own, I started to play simple games with him, and we both passed the time this way. He was so much fun, so cute and innocent... But he didn't last long." Vivian could feel the tears coming up to her eyes as she continued. "It was the beginning of winter, the time for illnesses to come. Sadly, my brother was no exception to these illnesses, and he got one. At first, we all thought it was a simple cold, but it turned out to be more than that. He kept on running a high fever for days, about a week straight. He wasn't breathing well either. We had doctors and healers come, but we couldn't do much for him since he was so young. We didn't want to overdose and possible kill him, with medication or even healing magic. It was one horrible week, but at the end of it he was gone. He had passed away in his sleep." Vivian broke down at this point, and went down to her knees crying in front of her brother's grave. She cried for awhile, before she could come back to her senses. She wiped her eyes, a bit red and puffy from crying, but she managed to get on with her story. "The death devastated my parents," Vivian explained, "Even my father cracked, and he never does, even under pressure. It was hard on all of us. It took us a long time to get over his death. And now, I'm the only one they have left. They got the best for me, any books or toys that I wanted when I was younger, and they got me the best education around. They wanted me to be happy, to be safe, since now I am the one who has to carry on the family name." Vivian ends the short story of her family history there, and she got up to her feet. "Sorry if that was a bit too much," Vivian said, "I just wanted both of you to know..." Vivian trailed off, waiting to see if either Fenris or Anke had any comments.

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-07-06 19:41:13

Anke l Clef Family Cemetery Anke was listening intently to Vivian's story, and needless to say she could feel the tears welling up in her own eyes. She had heard an absent mention or two about Vivian's brother, but they way she had spoken of him Anke thought he was still alive. The whole time Vivian was relating her tear jerking story Anke couldn't help but wonder about her own siblings, especially her twin brother. She wouldn't know where to turn if she lost her brother, she would be lost, devastated. As Vivian brought her story to a close Anke quickly moved in to take her into a crippiling hug. "Oh my god Vivian, why didn't you tell me about this before, that is so sad! I am so sorry for you! I don't know how you were able to deal with that pain and loss and still end up being as happy and bubbly as you are!" Anke let go of her friend a little and lead back so that her eyes were staring right into those of her friends. Both girls still had tears in their eyes and Anke's voice was choked up a little. "You are so strong!"

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-07-07 07:49:07 (edited 2010-07-09 03:50:18)

[Clef Family Cemetery] Fenris had been listening to Vivian's story while observing his new surroundings, something that had been drilled into him at the Fang. When Vivian had finished, but before Fenris was able to do or say anything Anke moved to hug her. Fenris moved behind Vivian and grabbed her in a bearhug after Anke had let her go. He didn't know what he could say, so he said nothing just held her for a while, comforting her to the best of his abilities. He wiped the last tears from her eyes and kissed her. Fenris: It must not have been easy, to share such a tale. Fenris looked at the sky for a moment. Fenris: I think we should get going, the sun has begun to set already.

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-07-07 13:05:05

[Vivian][Clef Family Cemetery] As soon as Vivian was finished, Anke came in and hugged her. "Oh my god Vivian," Anke excalimed, "Why didn't you tell me about this before, that is so sad! I am so sorry for you! I don't know how you were able to deal with that pain and loss and still end up being as happy and bubbly as you are!" Anke let go of her and looked her in the eyes. Vivian could see tears in Anke's eyes as well. "You are so strong!" Anke exclaimed. After Anke let go, Fenris came behind her and grabbed her in a bear hug. He held her for a long time, then wiped the tears from her eyes and kissed her. "It must not have been easy, to share such a tale." Fenris said. Vivian nodded in reply. "I think we should get going," Fenris said as he looked at the sky, "The sun had begun to set already." Vivian looked up, and saw that it was just starting to set. She got up and walked over to one of the walls surrounding the cemetery. She put her hand on it, and said something under her breath, and the wall disappeared in front of her. "Having the title Illusion master, we put many illusions traps in the Clef property," Vivian said, "No one can see them, until we Clefs activate or deactivate them. This is one of them, as I just deactivated the wall causing a pass onto the Clef Estate. But once I activate it again, it is a solid wall. There are four other wall traps like this one, and there are a few other surprises as well, in case we have uninvited guests." Vivian walked through the small path in between the wall, and let Anke and Fenris get through as well before closing it up again. They were now in a fruit field, but there were no workers in it. Perfect, they must have went home for the day, Vivian thought, Now we can get in quietly. Vivian looked at the field, and saw a nice spot to walk through, so she motioned for Fenris and Anke to follow her. "This is the workers side of the estate, in the Southeast corner," Vivian explained as she walked though the field, "What I mean by that is that this is where we let the town people in to work on our land. You see, my family doesn't just sit around, having large property and nothing to do with it. We split it up, and made a part of it farmland, which is the part we are currently in. This farmland is run by my mother, since she has nothing to do back at home since our maids and cooks and other workers take care of everything there. She hires workers from the town for each planting season, and pays them to work the land. We grow crops here, and we provide all of the fruits and vegetables for the markets in the towns nearby our estate. It's a bit strange, but we're just helping the community around us." Vivian continued walking through the field for a bit before the field ended and they came to a small road that went up a large hill. "Sorry about walking through the field instead of around it, but going around it would have taken even longer from where we were." Vivian said, "Well, we're almost there! Just have to walk a little bit more, but this road should bring us right to where we want to be, my home." Vivian looked turned to Anke and Fenris, and smiled. "Race you to the top!" Vivian exclaimed. She then started to run up the hill, she was too excited to finally be back home. When she made it to the top, she sighed in satisfaction. "Welcome to my home." Vivian said. OOC: Here is a reference picture for Vivian's home.

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-07-08 20:27:00

[Near Western Border] Vincent picked up the Angelus as the woman collapsed, sheathing the Phantom as his left arm was too cut up to move properly. He flipped the Angelus to a reverse grip and stabbed the woman in the heart, killing her. "There, you can rest now. I can at least take some solace in the fact that I did beat you with little trouble. You were not at your best, but I know that if you were, I would still come out as the victor." He sheathed the Angelus and turned to leave. Alexanderson called to him as he left. "My my, is that really it? I was hoping for a better show than that." Vincent didn't say a word and simply kept walking. He wasn't quite sure where he would, or even could, go to. Neither Vivian or Fenris had seen him in the camp, but he knew that if he simply stayed quiet Alexanderson would eventually inform them anyway.

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-07-08 21:07:16

Anke l Clef Family Mansion Anke took a deep breath and chased after friend laughing as she went. It felt nice to have a healthy heart for once. She enjoyed the wind in her lungs, but she also missed her true body. As they came to the top of the hill Anke almost fell over at the sight of Vivian's house. It was huge. Anke's own house was far from small, but Vivian lived in a freakin castle! "Well Vivian, are you sure you're not a princess?" Anke teased when she caught up to her friend. It was nice to be out of breath, and not dying. "It's beautiful!"

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-07-09 07:19:00 (edited 2010-07-11 11:58:59)

[Clef Family Mansion] Fenris had kept pace with the girls while they were running up the hill, but he stayed a few steps behind them. When they crested the hill and he got his first look at Vivian's home he was impressed. Size was not the reason, but rather the architecture and the details in the construction itself. Fenris: Truly remarkable building it must have taken years to do all the carvings and finishes, though I think I can't be truly impressed by the size of buildings anymore. The Fang does that to most people. Which reminds me that I must take you two to see it sometime, maybe after this all is over. Fenris offered his hand to Vivian. Fenris: So shall I escort the fair lady rest of the way?

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-07-09 10:49:50

[Vivian][Clef Mansion] Vivian could tell that both Anke and Fenris were impressed with her home. Well, we do house the workers here in one part of it, Vivian thought, And then there's the ballroom, and the dining hall, and the two regular living rooms, along with six family bedrooms and ten guest bedrooms and bathrooms for use when my father has meetings here... Oh and the library of course, and the training room. Maybe Anke is right about the princess part... But may father is just the second highest knight in the West, not the leader... Fenris had offered his hand to Vivian. "So shall I escort the fair lady rest of the way?" Fenris asked. Vivian giggled, and she accepted his hand. "Yes please." Vivian replied, "Now let's get inside. This is about the time we would have dinner, although I don't know if..." Vivian trailed off as she saw a large figure pass by in one of the windows. He's... Home? Vivian thought, He's rarely home, usually we wait months for him to be home again. I guess we came here at the right time, both my mother and father are home. Vivian smiled at the thought, and with that started to walk with Fenris and Anke up to the front doors. One of the workers was at the door, an older one by the looks of it. He immediately recognized her, and he let her through immediately, although he gave Fenris and Anke a strange look. "Friends of mine," Vivian quickly said, and the man nodded in reply and stopped with the looks. Vivian led her friends into the dinning room, passing a few rooms along the way. "Sorry about that," Vivian said, "The workers here are just wary of others, unless they are from one of our allied families. Plus, they probably have never seen me bring friends here..." When she was done saying that, Vivian had come up to the dining hall. It was just as she had remembered it, a long table with her father sitting at the end of it and her mother next to him, a piano and a harp in one corner of the room, tall ceilings with a chandelier hung over the table, and the large fireplace behind where her father was sitting. As soon as Vivian's father saw them coming he had stopped eating, but he continued to just sit there. Vivian could tell that he was smiling. Her mother, on the other hand, came running over to her. "Vivian!" her mother shouted, and she hugged her, "We were so worried with what had happened, we didn't know where you were or what had happened!" Vivian let her mother hug her for awhile longer, but then she made her let go. "I'm fine," Vivian said, "I was with friends. You remember Fenris and Anke, from the graduation back at the Academy?" "Of course," her mother said, "Anke is your best friend, and Fenris here is almost as big as your father. I remember. Now please, just sit down to eat with us. Your father and I have been worried about you and we're just glad to see you." Vivian's mother then went back to sit down, and Vivian smiled to Anke and Fenris. Vivian was so happy to finally be back home again, she couldn't help but have a grin on her face.

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by kingepyon on 2010-07-10 03:16:36

'Aeon' As 'Aeon' was walking, he could begin to feel an increase in the strength of the magic he was following. He assumed he was nearing his target and increased his pace. About an hour or so of this brisk pace, he noticed a figure in the distance walking on his own. "Is that someone Aeon knows?" he asked himself as he started to run to catch up. "Excuse me!" 'Aeon' called as he caught up to Vincent. "Do I know you?" he asked, before shaking his head "no, that's the wrong question. How do I know you?" he asked Vincent.

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-07-10 04:19:25

[Talisman][Black Ops Military Base, Training Builiding] Talisman had just finished his training with his subordinates, in the workout building at the Black Ops military base in Ivalice. He was dressed differently during his training. Everyone in Talisman’s group had already left and went home while Talisman stayed. Talisman was sparing with everyone before they left and had just finished sparing with a fellow Black Op and was now sweating bullets. Kota was not around and had stayed resting in the barracks. As Talisman stood covered in sweat, tired from his workout, a person standing near the benches threw a towel at Talisman. The towel landed on Talisman’s head and had surprised him. As he turn to see who it was, it turned out to be Talisman’s Drill Sergeant who allowed Talisman to join the military’s Special Forces and trained him. “Nice work today, Talisman.” smiled the Sergeant walking towards Talisman. “You just got back about ten hours ago and you’re already training? I guess I made the right choice in making you a Black Op, tho I still think you’re too young for this kind of life.” “Drill Sergeant Hunter?” said Talisman surprised as he used the towel to wipe off the sweat from his face. “Hmph, you always told me to keep fit and keep my skills from getting rusty, so I’m doing just that. And I’ll have you know I’m 17 now, you always thought I was too young for military. What’s it been, almost 3 years now? Or would it be 10 hours; seeing as you were the one to welcome me back?” “Heh, yup just about 3 years since we last saw each other. That’s when you came into my office spouting you wanted to be a Black Op. And you succeeded.” laughed Hunter. Hunter scanned his eyes over Talisman observing his new attire. “Ya’ know I think this is the first time I’ve seen you dressed like that. I heard you always wore the Black Ops combat uniform, even when I was your instructor. Dressed in a white sleeveless t-shirt, black martial arts training pants, bandaged hands, and you’re not wearing that rutty headband of yours like always. Good thing you learned how to hide your ears under that spiky hair of yours. One thing hasn’t changed tho; you always get hurt and end up in bandages.” “I guess. You’re one of the few people who know what I Am.” smiled Talisman. “Well besides that, do you mind telling why you’re here?” “I’m just here to make if sure you’re ok with our deal earlier today.” Hunter laughed. “I mean, you just got back and now I’m asking you to help me out with my assignment so that I can go to my little girl’s party. Seems that I’m asking a little too much from you all of a sudden.” “Oh yeah, that right, you told me today that your wife and you just had your first born child a few months ago, congratulations! Her name is Fuka right?” Talisman smiled. “Don’t worry, I’ll cover for you. It’s no problem at all. I haven’t gotten any new orders since I got back so I got nothing to do. Just tell your wife and little baby Fuka I said hi tho.” “Sure thing and thanks a bunch!” smiled Hunter. “After everything is over, I’ll take you out to dinner with my family. I really want you to meet my daughter. You’d be like an older brother to her, haha.” -=10 hours earlier=- Kota and Talisman had just arrived at the western capital, Kota feeling exhausted from running the whole way to Iavlice with Talisman on his back, and Talisman able to move normally again and feeling little pain from his right arm. Talisman jumped off Kota’s back and began to stretch his arm around as the continued to walk. Kota had already returned to his normal dog size form and followed beside Talisman. As the two walked, Talisman started to hear a person mutter behind his back as Talisman continued to walk. Talisman didn’t realize that the person who suddenly began to talk behind Talisman from afar turn out to be his old military instructor, as Talisman calls him Dill Sergeant Hunter. “No way, I don’t believe it! Privet Inugami, is that you!?” Hunter said surprised. “Damn, it really is you. Long time no see, kid. Welcome back.” Talisman quickly turned around and was surprised to see his old instructor. “Sergeant Hunter!?” said Talisman surprised shaking Hunter’s hand. “Thanks, it’s been a few years. In case you haven’t heard, I’m now a Lieutenant Colonel. And call me Talisman; I’m only called Inugami by one person. How have you been, well I hope.” “Very well, the last 10 months were a bit difficult.” Hunter said smiling. “My wife and I now have a baby girl to add to my family. We named her Fuka. Now that I have a daughter I now work with investigations to spend time with the family, but what about you? You look... uh look. Ah uh you look like...” “Like crap?” Talisman finished for Hunter. Talisman and Hunter began laughing as they talked. “And congratulations with your first child.” “Well, I was going to say like you got back from a mission, but I guess that works too.” laughed Hunter. “Let’s all go out to eat, I have something to talk to guys about, plus it’s my treat.” “Sure thing, we have plenty of time.” said Talisman. “C’mon Kota let’s go, I’m kind of hungry.” Kota and Talisman followed Hunter into a restaurant and sat down near the window continuing their conversation, as they ordered a round of drinks. Hunter had explained that his family was throwing a party for his newborn daughter the next day but was assigned to work on an investigation the same day. “I surprised tho, I always thought you would drink just tea, but here you are drinking sweet sake’.” said Hunter. “I guess you have changed over the years Talisman.” “Don’t expect me to drink the same thing all the time.” Talisman chuckled. “Anyways about this mission, could you give me more detail?” “Yeah, as I told you 2 things are planned on the same day and I want to be there with my baby girl.” explained Hunter. “This investigation the task force gave me is about the incident that took place about 2 week ago, the one at the academy. I was told to investigate what happened and I did, but we can’t do anything unless we have solid information, so far most of it is rumors; that’s not good enough.” “I can see where you’re coming from.” said Talisman. “Plain military can’t do anything public unless we have the soul reason. A lot of it is very confusing; even I’m having trouble trying to understand it. The truth lies in rumors; that distracts people from finding the truth.” “Exactly, this is why I’m asking you two, Talisman, Kota.” Hunter continued. “You guys have a good understanding in these kinds of things, but you have the most unorthodox way of dealing with it, weird part is, it works. All I want you two to do is go in, talk to the parents and collect any information, then leave the report in my care, basically find out their motives and if, possible where they are.” “But even so, Talisman, we failed the first time concerning them.” said Kota. “It’s the Clef family. They own one of the largest lands in the west, and to top it off the owner is a high ranking knight. Is this alright to do?” “It’s perfectly fine. But I can’t go to my girl’s party unless someone is willing to stand in for me.” Hunter said as he leaned his arms over the table. “The daughter basically committed a terrorist act, if not that she was aiding. That’s enough to go in and asks the family questions. As I recall you guys used to work in the C.T.U. correct? Then this should be right up your ally. I’m asking you if you guys can help me out.” “Counter, Terrorism, Unit.” said Talisman taking a drink. “Mr. Hunter is right; it’s what we do, who we are. We’ll help; I just need you to have fun with your family, and, of course blueprints of the land and buildings, including profile information on the residents. Can you get me all that?” Hunter stared at Talisman and Kota in amazement and began to laugh. Kota and Talisman began laughing as well. -Heh, I can’t if it’s them or their drinks that are talking for them.- Kota thought. -But these two are loads of fun to be around.- “Thanks you guys, I’ll give what you need tomorrow morning.” Hunter smiled widely. “My family’s going to be so happy that I found you guys t stand in for me. I owe guys one.” “Hmph, yeah right, Sgt. Hunter. For this kind of job, you owe us three!” Talisman joked. Hunter started to laugh again and soon after Talisman joined in. Talisman lifted his sake’ bottle and raised it over the table, Hunter lifted his mug and did the same as Talisman. “Cheers, Mr. Hunter, to fate. Kota and I wish you the best of luck your daughter Fuka.” “Ah, to fate and luck for the future, Talisman, Kota.” said Hunter. “And good heath for you and Kota wherever you may go.” The clanked their drinks together and chugged them down and began laughing again after they finished. -=Present Time. 10 hours after=- Talisman laughed at the idea of being the older brother of his instructor’s daughter. He had almost enjoyed the thought of having a little sister. Talisman cleaned off the rest of the sweat from his face and started to pack up to leave. Hunter offered for Kota and Talisman to stay the night at his home since they just got back. “Sure you don’t need a place to stay? You and Kota can spend the night at my place. My wife would be happy if you’d say hi.” “No thanks, Hunter.” said Talisman as he finished packing his equipment and began to leave. “I got a place that I always rent out. I’m gonna go pick up Kota and head there. So I’ll be seeing you later, take care and tell your family I said hi.” “Sure thing, and dress nicely tomorrow!” ordered Hunter. “Don’t go wearing that rutty uniform like you always do.” Talisman waved goodbye to Hunter after agreeing with him and left to go pick up Kota from the barracks to head home.

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-07-12 09:36:47

@Toyumi & Anke: I'm gonna move our characters a bit. Hope you don't mind. [Clef Family Mansion] Fenris had gone through the greetings with Vivian's parents and then they had sat down to eat. He was glad because it gave him time to compose his thoughts and find a good way to say what he had to. Before they finished eating a thought hit him and he decided to act on it. After everyone had finished eating Fenris asked if Vivian's parents would like to hear what had happened since they fled the academy, he also said that there was something else that he wanted to say. Predictably they were intrigued and the group moved in one of the living rooms of the mansion and Fenris started telling the story of how they ended up to the Clef Mansion. The flight from Ivalice, the encounter with the Knightmares and the subsequent escape, the undead rising, the dividing of the people after that and him losing his eyesight, the reunions, the attacks by the two different mercenary groups and up until their arrival at the Stormcaller Mansion. He had left most of the details of their trip untold, including the change in the relationship between the two of them, as he had some tendency to go for the more dramatic side when telling stories, a habit he had inherited from his father. Fenris: We stayed at the mansion recuperating from the journey and during that time I made a decision. After regaining my vision I would do something that would change my life, because I realised that if I didn't I might regret it the rest of my life. He held a pause and could see affirmative nods from Vivian's parents, he couldn't help but to smile. Fenris: So after I had regained my vision I asked Vivian to walk the path with me wherever it would take us... and she said yes... He then fell silent awaiting the response from Vivian's parents.

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-07-12 12:11:56

[Vivian][Clef Mansion] When they were all done eating, Fenris, Anke, Vivian, and her parents all moved into one of the living rooms in the mansion, and Fenris told her parents about everything that had happened, from the beginning up until they got to the Stormcaller Mansion. Vivian knew he left out a few details, but she didn't interrupt him. She smiled as he told the story, he was a pretty good story teller. When he was coming to the part of the Stormcaller Mansion, Vivian listened attentively. "We stayed at the mansion recuperating from the journey and during that time I made a decision," Fenris said, "After regaining my vision I would do something that would change my life, because I realized that if I didn't I might regret it the rest of my life." He waited to get a nod from Vivian's parents, who wanted him to continue telling the story. "So after I had regained my vision I asked Vivian to walk the path with me wherever it would take us... and she said yes..." Fenris said. There was an odd silence in the room when he was finished. Vivian's mother was the first to speak up. "So this means... Vivian, you're getting... But you're still young... I'm so happy for you!" Vivian's mother managed to get out before she broke out into tears of joy. Being overemotional, like always, Vivian thought. Her father, on the other hand, did seem a bit shocked, but not as much as her mother. Vivian could tell he was deep in thought, thinking about what to say before he did anything. He stood up and walked over to Fenris. "I never thought my daughter was one for impulsive decisions," he said, "She just isn't the type. But, if she was able to make that sort decision with you, she must really love you." He paused for a bit, and then continued. "Vivian had a younger brother," he continued, "But he died as an infant. This death was very hard on our family, and my wife and I vowed to keep my daughter safe at any cost. This little adventure you guys went on had both of us worried, and we even kept it a secret from our staff that we didn't know where she was. We didn't want them to know anything about it, to be burdened with it or whatnot, for they care deeply for our family as well. We didn't know where she was, what was going on, or worse yet, if she had died or not." Again he paused, gathering his thoughts. "But if you were with her during that time," he continued, "And since you were able to keep her safe, I can trust you with her safety for the rest of her life. And from our first meeting at the graduation, I could tell you were a good person. But I still need you to promise this. You will keep Vivian safe, correct?" He put out a hand to Fenris, waiting for Fenris to shake it. Vivian was smiling, she could tell that her father approved of Fenris.

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-07-12 20:50:57

Anke l Clef Mansion Anke sat awkwardly though the conversations, only speaking when spoken to. She was still a little uncomfortable around Vivian's parents. The memory of the graduation banquet still stuck in her mind. She was still worried that her best friends parents though she was un-worthy though they had no reason to think such things. Anke knew deep in her heart that it was not so, but she couldn't shake the intimidated feeling, especially around Vivian's father. Really, only when around Vivian's father. Anke loved Vivian's mom, she was sweet and really kind. Fenris popped the question and asked for Vivian's hand in marriage, officially. Anke beamed when Vivian's parents approved, but she couldn't help but wonder where Vincent was and how he was doing. She was still caught up in that strange feeling for him, but she knew it would pass soon. The group had been split up once again. She didn't know if she would ever see Vincent or the rest of the gang again, so she should focus on the here and now and just be happy for her best friend and her fiancee. "Congradulations," Anke said softly giving Vivian a quick hug and a squeeze of the arm.

Re: Free and Dream(Started but still accepting :D) Link | by on 2010-07-13 10:51:18

(Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Unsure of how to proceed and got caught up with my Valkyria Chronicles RP.) [Near Western Border] Vincent turned and gave Aeon an awkward look before continuing on his way. "Did something happen to you during that fight? You seem dazed and confused, not to mention the lapse of memory."

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