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Post by M&M&M on Sept 5, 2011 10:46:33 GMT
But the trio didn't move, instead they stood where they were. They looked nervous and seemed more eager to be away from the dragoon then to watch him.
"Something the matter?" The viera called out to him. "We're just here..uh.."
"Waiting for a friend." The moogle piped in.
"Yea..yea that's it. Just that. That's not a problem, is it?"
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Post by Robshi on Sept 5, 2011 21:50:49 GMT
Frato gave a mental curse as the viera and moogle decided to hang around, and he got the feeling they were waiting to see where he went in case he lead them to their bounty. The hybrid didn't want to spark up another fight between the mercenaries, so he felt a diversion was in order.
"Ah...no, that's not a problem. I was just thinking to myself, is all." Frato explained with a nervous chuckle. "I'll be off now."
With that, the young dragoon decided to head back to his own room to wait until the pair decided to move away.
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Post by DJ PON-3 on Sept 5, 2011 23:40:06 GMT
The Red mage stops and smiles down at the White mage, it filled his heart with sheer happiness that the Cleyran showed so much enthusiasm and enjoyment to his simple tale. "Well I'm glad you loved my little story so much~." he replies in a soft tone voice "And sure one more story wouldn't hurt all... Though which one... Hmmmm..."
The burmecian pauses and becomes stumped, he taps his chin with the tip of his claw gently and ponders around his thought while he wraps an arm around Daniels' figure. "Now when it comes to a romantic encounter that'll have to wait till a time of drinking, because dirty tales is for when we're all drinkin' beer... Alot of luck and fantastic events happened in my journey, though choosing which one is the tricky part...."
"Ah!" Franslin exclaimed with a loud snap of his fingers "Got it!~ Here's a time when I went cave exploring by myself and got into some serious trouble...."
With a quick clear of his throat and a smile he began to tell another store "It was sometime late in spring, three years I'd have to say... Unsure... Can't remember honestly! I was under heavy rain, and its been raining now for few days I'd have to say, I saw a valley flood in and rivers overly, and my feet were muddy over a few inches over my ankle. Now at an edge of a mountain I saw a promising cave, it was elevated so a simple climb had to be done; at least I know it wasn't flooded in there. It was great, finally out of the rain, alot of dead roots so I started a fire and took my coat and shirt to let hang and dry off at a corner just to be safe. After I've cleaned my feet as best I could, I decided to look around the cave, seemed simple, it was like I was the only life the cave's had in ages- Yeh I know its a bit boring right now but its gets better~. -So anyway I noticed a little hole in the wall, I peered in and saw nothing but darkness. But the rocks were loose so I removed all the rocks only for it to reveal a man-sized entrance. And like most adventurers, we're very, /VERY/ curious types. So what did I do? I got my gauntlets and proceeded to wander into the pitch dark tunnel-way....."
"It got darker and darker as I continued on... I didn't have a torch... So its a good thing I had this!" The tale-telling burmecian then snaps his finger hard and up comes a candling flame "...It got quiet... Well.. It was always quiet, but I couldn't hear the drumming rain anymore, but I did hear a drip drip drip~.... And before I could do anything, I felt a strong slam at the back of my head, everything went black and I can't recall anything of what happened afterwards... But I did wake up in a cage, a rather big iron cage, and surrounded by my was a ton of crates, it was obvious to me that I wasn't the only on the cave. After a few hours sitting around in the cage... Plotting before you ask~.... A few chuckling, and ugly might I add.... Bangaa bandits came up to me, I didn't care about most of the stuff they said since it was mainly taunts and insults towards me, but they did mention they had plans to sell me off into slavery. After they left, I started to hear alot of commotion, everyone seemed awake and I was obviously in their base. So I waited long hours, when everyone was asleep, it was only safe to assume that they were asleep. So my only hope escape was to burn cage. So I kept burning the bars for over an hour I think.. Until the edges were all melty, then I broke the cage down. Now you're expecting that I got into some huge fight, well I'm not that stupid~ I wouldn't pick a fight and not know how many were around me. But I did take the time to use all the crates and block all the rooms where everyone was sleep. It was hard too! Huge crates, pushing them while being quiet isn't easy y'know? So after exiting their little Home base, I rolled in a giant bolder and blocked the place. I even melted some edges with heat just for good measure~ So then I ran though that dark tunnel as fast as I could possible go, I was thankful they didn't find my shirt, nor my coat so I strapped on, grabbed myself, and after I exited the cave... But I had to do one more thing just to be safe... I blew up the entrance to that cave to assure no escape. Now you may think I fled and left them for dead.... But no~ I didn't~ I searched around, and came across the nearest town... Forgot its name sadly... Anyway, I reported my experience to the town's guards, they were amazed by not just by my escape by how I 'technically' captured them all. So I lead an entire platoon of men right where I came from, after alot of blasting through rocks and arrested those bandits. I found out they all were very serious slave drivers and smugglers. Stopped about ten innocent people from being shipped off as slaves. So after handshakes and nods from the guards, with some cussing and swearing from the bandits I went off again to continue my wonderful journey. After a long time, I did bump into that town again and good news! They were able to track down and free all the slaves those bandits shipped off!"
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Post by M&M&M on Sept 6, 2011 4:37:44 GMT
Several moments has passed while Frato was waiting inside his room. Suddenly a rap of knocks on his door was heard.
"House keeping." A seemingly high pitched voice sounded. "Came to clean up and take laundry sir."
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Daniel's layed down on the couch and rested his head on his hands as he listened to Franslin telling his story again. The young cleyran couldn't help but chuckle yet get more interested as the red mage commented that 'all adventurers like Franslin himself were very curious'.
Once he was done, the white mage was feeling energetic and happy. "Bravo, bravo Sir Franslin! Have you ever thought of becoming a bard. You would've been a masterful one." He got up smiling then stretched his legs and arms. "Oh, I hope we can do a adventure together. I hope this doesn't sound too awkward, butuh..." Daniel's words seem to trail downwards in volume and more into a whisper. "Ever since I saw you fight and help us, I've been dreaming of going on adventures with you. You know, fighting dragons, saving villages, an-.." He stopped suddenly, now slightly embarrased.
"Ha, what am I saying, a grown man saying such childish things. Imagine that.Silly isn't it?..." He went back to his normal voice volume was seemed eager to change the subject. :So Sir Franslin, is there anything you'd like to do next?"
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Post by DJ PON-3 on Sept 6, 2011 4:51:43 GMT
Franslin smiles joyfully and takes the minute to reach into his pocket to pull out a simply black bow and ties his hair into a pony-tail while leaving the bangs free of course. "Actually I use to be a bard funny you should mention-" the red mage laughs a bit while reclining back on the seat and sets his foot on the table. "-After meeting other fellow adventurers, I'd sing songs about their journies so that their stories could spread out more.." though the burmecian grew quiet and paid attention as the cleryan spoke in nervous words, wordlessly he reaches out to grab on to the white mage and pulls him on to his lap, gently locking his arms around him he looks down and smiles "Nothing childish about it if you ask me... And honestly, I'd love it once these problems with my brother are solved if you came out and journeyed along with me at my side."
The burmecian's tail swayed from side to side as he gazes down at the cleyran with his cheeks slightly rosed but thought for a while. "Well... I'm not sure at the time... I should probably catch my brother but he's probably got his hands full so I'll catch him tonight... I could do some jobs for Violet but after what happened... I'm a tad nervous around her now... Ugh... What to do... What to do..." he ponders with much thought in his head.
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Post by Robshi on Sept 6, 2011 23:01:00 GMT
Frato listened by his room door to see if he could hear signs of the viera and moogle leaving, and he was surprised to hear his door being knocked. After hearing it was for housekeeping, the hybrid opened the door.
"Okay, come in."
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Post by M&M&M on Sept 7, 2011 11:19:55 GMT
As soon as the door opened, the first thing Frato saw was the front end barrel of a pistol, held by a smirking female viera. She quickly took a step in to make sure no one outside could see what she was doing with her outstretched hand. "Wow, that was almost too easy..." The viera said happily, knowing he caught the hybrid by complete surprise. Behind the viera, her moogle friend from earlier chuckled. "Now, how about you invite us in lover? Oh, try anything like scream for help, and it'll be the last thing you'll ever do. Understand?" -------------------------------------- Daniels was at a loss of words. One moment he was staring at his hands out of embarrassment, the next he was on the red mage's lap staring into the eyes of his greatest hero. His shock led to more moments of silence and staring between the two, among growing red hue in his face. Just when he was about to breathe some words, the door to their room opened up suddenly with Javier the old thief waltzing in. "Yo ho, you two. Just thought I'd check in on you two and see if you were okay. Haven't seen you both in a while so..." Then he stopped and stared at the sight before him; Daniel's in the loving embrace, and lap, of Franslin. It took him a few seconds to reconnect his awareness and remove his ' ' face. "Ahhh..okay, sorry. Bad time, I'll come back later." He quickly left. "N-no no, wait Javier I-it's not what it looks like!" Now completely red-faced and embarrassed, he instinctively jumped off of Franslin's lap to go after the veteran nezumi, completely forgetting everything up to that point. He left out the door as well, leaving it open.
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Post by DJ PON-3 on Sept 7, 2011 18:29:19 GMT
Franslin continued to stare down at the bashful and silent cleyran, a quick chuckle even escaped him when he saw the White Mage's blushing cheeks, and just enjoys the moment of silence they're sharing. The burmecian's ears then perk up when the old thief opens the door, spoke up and grew silent.
Though the red mage couldn't help but to break out into laughter when Javier scurried out from their room with Daniels hopping off his lap and marching after him. He sighs softly and shakes his head a little with a quick slick back of his hair and gets from the seat. "Oh wow..." he laughed while he thought he might as well follow the two out the door and just walks out with his hands casually slipped into his pockets.
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Post by Robshi on Sept 7, 2011 22:57:51 GMT
As he saw the gun pointed at him, Frato's eyes widened. He stepped back to let the viera into the room.
"H-hey...come on now..." The hybrid said nervously. "Just what are you two playing at? You think I'm looking after that nu mou?"
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Post by M&M&M on Sept 8, 2011 9:44:56 GMT
"Well DUH!" The viera made a cross-eyed face to emulate Frato's intelligence. She began to slowly walk inside."We saw you coming out of that Numou's room earlier. Somehow you have got to be affiliated with him somehow..."
"Yea." The moogle behind her closed the door. "Come to think of it, what's that you carrying under your arm there? You getting something for him...or you a thief, kupo?"
The viera finally noticed the box under Frato's arm as well and got curious. "Hmmm...that's a good question. What have you got there rat?"
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Javier and Daniels were not far from the room. The white mage was bowing and apolagizing profuslely while Javier was doing his best to calm the young cleyran.
"Now now, you don't have to explain to me anything." The thief chuckled, trying to release the tension. "All I saw was perfectly natural, nothing to be ashamed about."
"Y-yes, but I assure you, it's really not what you think." The poor cleyran was still red hued from his early events. "We were just sitting down..and uh...um..." Daniels tried to find the exact words to put into context but all he found was images that suggested far more then he could actually explain.
Javier noticed Franslin coming out of the hallway and thought it be the perfect oppurtunity to break away form the subject. "Ahoy there young scrapper. Sorry about not knocking, I was always used to doing that in my job. But I just wanted to see if you'd be interested in signing up for a tournament starting soon on this ship. Your brother will be entering it too, thought you'd make the perfect partner.
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Post by Robshi on Sept 8, 2011 22:28:50 GMT
The hybrid gave a mental curse as the viera said they'd seen him come out of the nu mou's room. He tried to think of a way to explain his actions but before he could he noticed the two bounty hunters were getting very curious about Mortimmer's box.
Oh great...I guess I could just blast them with that weird chemical and run, but I'd likely get hit trying to get past them...and now they know where my room is. Urg...
"Look, you don't want to see inside this box. The contents caused me to need some healing from your moogle friend." Frato explained. "I'm only trying to get some information from that nu mou, and he won't tell me anything until I bring this to him. I know you two want to turn him in, but he's still in the custody of that other bounty hunter and I don't want another big fight breaking out between you. Listen, can't we just make some kind of deal?"
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Post by DJ PON-3 on Sept 9, 2011 3:15:45 GMT
Franslin holds up a hand in the air as a simple greeting gesture and responds with a slight chuckle "Naw, its alright Javier, I was honestly pretty much the same way on the ship I worked on myself... Got yelled at the people in the room alot even saw shocking stuff here and there, just a habit I guess... Heh.." he crouches down for a moment to pat Daniels at the shoulders gently "Hey its alright, nothing to be embarrassed about."
"A Tournament ya say?" The Burmecian answers as he looks up at the old thief and stands up straight "Was never really much of a tourny guy to be honest... Though if Frato really needs my help then I guess I can hop in... Think you can tell me the rules first? Would kinda suck if I can't use my gauntlets or use magic n'stuff..."
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Post by M&M&M on Sept 9, 2011 9:35:50 GMT
The viera raised an eyebrow at the hybrid. "Huh...I can't tell if you're stupid or really too damn nice. Yanno ya could've let me barge in on that box and use it to beat us to a pulp...You got guts. I like that." She lowered her weapon, only slightly, to show she's beggining to trust Frato.
"Alright then, a deal. We want what the Nu Mou stole from Clan Carnicero, the bounty on his head was just a bonus. Don't quite know what it is but I heard it's some kind of biological weapon. Don't know if it's true or not, but it could be worth millions if it's true. Heard anything about it, hmm?"
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"Ah that's the beauty part of the tourny." Javier waved a finger for show. "You can make any rules you want so long your opponents agrees. The prize is 5000 gil and other prizes so i've heard. It's very flexnible. If you prefer a no death match, just ask. What say you?"
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Post by Robshi on Sept 9, 2011 22:59:35 GMT
The hybrid was rather relieved to see the viera lower her weapon. He was then surprised to hear that the two weren't actually after the nu mou, but a weapon he'd stolen instead.
"A biological weapon? Well, I haven't heard of it...but you don't think it's what it is in that box do you?" Frato mused. "In any case, what are you gonna do with it? Sell it?"
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Post by DJ PON-3 on Sept 10, 2011 4:42:44 GMT
The Burmecian thought for a while then shrugs slightly "Well let me just get my stuff on first... Though did my brother request for my help or something? I'm sure Frato would be rather peeved if I were to help him in a competition when he doesn't need it." Franslin took the moment to think about the whole 'no rules' deal then shakes his head "Well I surly don't want a death match... As a matter of fact, the tournament shouldn't even allow such a think. Why if I were the administrator, if someone killed another person, I'd disqualify them in a heart beat..."
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Post by M&M&M on Sept 10, 2011 10:34:48 GMT
"In that box you say?" The viera questioned the hybrid carefully. "Well that would save us the trouble then. And yes we'll sell it. You'd be surprised to hear what any clan or kingdom would pay just to get ahead of the rest of the pack. Now then, why don't you hand over that box slowly and we'll..."
"Hold it, don't go near him kupo!" The moogle companion grabbed onto his friend and puleld her back.
The viera nearly fell from the escapade and growled at him. "What's your problem!? I was just going to get that box of his."
"Didn't you say that it would be a biological weapon we were after?" The moogle said, his voice growing shaky.
"Have you gone deaf, that's what we've been talking about all thi-"
"Kupo!" The moogle said. "Don't you remember what happened when that rat ran outside? He was acting all weird and his breathing was atrocious. He also said the contents made him that way, which means..."
The sudden realization hit the viera like a ton of bricks. "Which means he may be contaminated and we could be next..." Now both fell utterly silent for a moment, then they began to back out and open the door to the outside. "Uh..listen rat. You uh..you can keep the box. Just..just stay the heck away from us...Don't..don't get too close to us...we'll be leaving ncie an slow now, ya hear?"
(Other then a slight irritation to the hybrid's cheecks, there are no symptoms appearing...yet. >=3)
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"I couldn't agree with you more Sir Franslin." Daniels said with pride. "A hero like you would never stoop so low to murder just for fun and sport."
Although Javier is confused about the 'hero' comment for Franslin, he didn't bother to refute it. "Aye, true. Unfortunatly lad, we be sailing in international waters, which means that nothing is illegal. So if a group of warriors wants a death match, there'd be no say in the matter. Your brother did however thought about you when he entered the tournament, so it's a fair assumption that he'd be glad to partner with you."
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Post by Robshi on Sept 10, 2011 17:25:07 GMT
Frato held the box firmly and was about to voice his disapproval, but the moogle beat him to it by grabbing the viera and stopping her. The hybrid watched them curiously, and then grew concerned when the pair became frightened of being contaminated.
"Hey...wait! What do you mean contaminated!? What's gonna happen to me!?" Frato asked, looking frightened.
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Post by DJ PON-3 on Sept 10, 2011 19:24:48 GMT
Franslin smiles with approval over at Daniels, but then focuses his attention back towards Javier "Well since you put it that way... I'm not one that's interested in earning bloodmoney... Though it'll give me a chance to spend time with my brother, I haven't really spent good time with him in years." With a last second thought and a clear of his through he then says "Pardon me for a moment, I'll get prepared...."
The Burmecian then makes his way back to the room, once in he opens the closet and starts tinkering with his coat. He wasn't in the mood to wear his coat during the competition, so he unbuckles the chest plate that's attached to his coat and fastens it over his shirt. Then, he grabs his gauntlets and slips then on, seating himself down as he starts to buckle and fasten his gauntlets with much focus....
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Post by M&M&M on Sept 12, 2011 7:19:07 GMT
"Whoa whoa, stay back you!" The viera shouted. The hybrid's tone and voice drew a shaky arm holding the pistol back at Frato's face. The pair were now stepping outside. "You're on your own kid. And you better not come after us either. Cya!" The two ran away quickly, oblivious to the other passengers in the hallway.
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"I'm going to go check up on Franslin. Sorry to bother you Javier." Daniels also walked away, hoping to get this ugly business forggoten and his mind still going back to that very moment they were caught in. "What was going on?..." He whispered to himself while walking back to his room, pondering what to make of it all himself. By the time he went back to reality, he caught himself now looking at Franslin changing himself, at least that's what he thought he was doing.
"Oh! So sorry!" The cleyran backed out of room, heart now thumrping. "Geez, this is not my day is it?"
Javier watched it all and laughed. "You were always the sensitive type there young mage. Try not to let the little things get to you so much. Also, Take your time, the competition won't start for another hour or so."
As soon as the old dodger said his last word, he noticed a pair of stranger suddenly running out of a room not too far from the corridor. "Hey...isn't that...Frato's room?" He began to walk over and check for himself.
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Post by Robshi on Sept 12, 2011 20:26:59 GMT
"I'm staying back...just tell me what-Hey!" Frato shouted as the pair fled, and he ran out into the corridor to look for them.
As he did so, he spotted Javier heading over. "Ah, hey Javier. Um...you'd better not come too close to me. I might be contaminated with something, I'm gonna go find out for sure. Just follow me for now."
The hybrid then headed over towards the alligator's room and went inside.
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