Final Fantasy J

[Arkhandus]

Mikken just stares for a moment, a worried look on his face as he watches Kyo in the last few seconds of the fight.

With a sigh he sheathes his katana. He pulls out a small piece of wood and a length of string from one of his belt pouches, and mutters something. A slight shimmer hangs in the air before him, lasting just a few seconds. Then Mikken quietly says "Clean up this place."

Pieces of broken glass and other debris start to sweep themselves away, then once that's done, chairs right themselves and slide back into place at the tables, one at a time. Minutes later, rags from the kitchen float over to the tables, wiping away any spilled drinks.

Mikken just leaves his spell to do its work, and looks toward Kyo, wondering if his coz is okay and not sure he or Frida should be going to help him just yet. He doesn't even notice the squeal or the new arrivals, just staring at Kyo with uncertainty and worry on his face.

[sblock=ooc]Unseen Servant spell, of course.[/sblock]

 

[Guest 11456]

After squealing, Leita sprints over to where Kyo is and jumps up and down. "Kyo! Kyo! Whatareyoudoinghere? Ididn'tthinkIwouldseeyouinforever." She blurts out something that is hard to understand because she is so excited.

Meanwhile Indigo strides after his niece and walks up to the two. He extends a hand to Kyo. "It is good to finally meet the infamous Kyo." Looking at the oven and then at Kyo, Frida and Mikken, Indigo surmises what has happened. "It looks like you three really did a number on that oven." Then the man blushes a bit. "Oh! Forgive me. Where are my manners? I am Leita's Uncle Indigo. I own a number of businesses here in the Capital."

Then Leita wraps here arms around Kyo's neck and gives him a big hug. "Uncle Indigo! This is Kyo. KYO! He's here in the Capital." Then her demeanor changes all at once. She stops hugging him and instead starts to fume. "Hey! What are you doing here in the Capital anyway? And why didn't you tell me you were going to be here? And why didn't you come to see ME? Huh? Huh?"

 

[Caros]

If he heard Frida's words he didn't seem to acknowledge them, standing deadly still for several long moments. Then there was that squeal, his body tensing, fluid motion striking back into him as he turned to face that new threat and was nearly bowled over in the process.

His eyes widened as his friend threw her arms about him, hands clumsy at his sides, less tense now but infinately more confused. "Leita...?" He asked quietly, hearing the words of her uncle but still in too much of a daze to really process them. Even if he were inclined, he could barely get a word in edgewise against her words, his hands lightly up in front of him now, as if fending off the barrage, a turned gaze looking to Frida, his 'Help Me!' expression quite evident even as he tried to speak. "Uncle Aluf needed to bring us along... I didn't think you'd... would you just let me..."

OOC: Sorry for the belated post, landlord is coming tomorrow and a lot of work to be done to make the house look pretty so I don't have to move.

Also, That was just flavor Frida, wait till you see his actual limit breaks *cackles*

 

[Sound of Azure]

Frida smiles, bowing to the gentleman, Indigo. "It's nice to meet you, sir. My name is Frida. You own businesses here? Would you happen to know any of the bou-" She's about to say more, but she sees Kyo's obvious distress from Leita's barrage of speech and hugs.

"Besides," Frida adds, looking at the pair bemusedly, "We only arrived this afternoon, Leita."

She briefly considers expending the Calm Emotions spell stored in her staff, but eventually decides not to. "We should go upstairs where we can talk more privately." The girl says airily, looking around at the crowd for a moment. She then turns back in Leita's direction and adds pointedly, "You're causing a scene."

ooc: Caros, uh-oh!

 

[Jemal]

The manager thanks them profusely for their help, and shoes them upstairs to rest, taking Mikken aside for a moment and thanking him for the assistance in cleaning, before informing him that he will be on the lookout for Aluf to inform him of his "kid's" grand deed.
Soon, the four kids and 'uncle Indigo' are in back in the room.

OOC: Brother_Allard, i noticed you posted being unavailable for a while, so feel free to write yourself back in by arriving at the hotel whenever you get back

Also, Good luck Caros.. Don't loose our house!!!

 

[Caros]

Kyo had spent the time on the way back up to the room brooding. And almost immediately upon their arrival had excused himself to bed, moving to one of the closed off suites they had been offered he settled himself down on the bed, a heavy sigh parting his lips. "What is going on..." He murmured simply, staring down at his hands before at last collapsing down onto the bed.

It seemed like ages before he woke, his eyes fluttering open at the sound of crashing waves, an odd noise considering the capitol was quite landlocked. It took his eyes a moment to adjust, for the air was thick with steam, the superheated water leaving the area terribly humid, though, as he looked about, that didn't seem to make much sense.

None of it did. Rather than a bed he found himself on an island, perhaps three hundred feet across. The ground was dry and riddled with cracks, the look of a badlands, the air covered in the aforementioned steam. In front of him was what he assumed to be a wide, turbulant ocean, waves crashing up on the edge of the island, though the steam concealed anything beyond a few hundred feet from the bank.

It was as he turned that the steams source became evident, the river split in an almost perfect line, filtering down into a corridor that transected the middle of the island but for a small bridge. Into one side of this channel flowed the turbulant waters, into the other, liquid magma dripped, catching on the ocean water, superheating it, but never seeming to cool and harden, rather, dissapearing to allow for more of the sea of lava behind it to join with the ocean.

He stood dumbstruck for long moments, calling out in confusion and worry, his voice carrying but to no reply. Finally, with no option left to go, Kyo began to walk for the small bridge. It was after only a few steps that he felt the sheath bumping at his hip, perfectly balanced, painted a gorgeous black, much like the one he used to contain his own sword, though this one seemed more sinister.

Plodding in his sandles across the bridge, he was amazed at the lack of heat, even as he passed through the wall of steam, one foot moving slowly ahead to be sure he did not fall, he emerged, already quite obvious to the island's only other inhabitant.

"Ah, its been a long time..." The voice was a hideous echo, gravelly and distorted, corrupted just as the island itself seemed to be. It belonged to a face he knew well enough, one that grinned back at him from a prison of chains, the man's arms bound behind his head, chains extending up to dissapear into the sky, legs tight together, bent so that he was standing on just the forward tips of his feet, a painful position even though the face seemed to grin so much.

He knew this man, the cloths mimicing his own, darker in places, and more streamlined, tending more towards practicality in combat than style, his teeth gleeming white behind that wide grin, sharper than he remembered. And those eyes, those same piercing emerald eyes he saw every day in the mirror staring back at him from this... copy, this doppleganger, twinkling with delight as he cried out the last word, insane laughter trailing after it. "KYO!"

[sblock=ooc]In case you missed it, I'm gonna be away till the 8th, feel free to try and rp. Thought I'd leave you with an interesting little cliffhanger. I don't suggest going to look for kyo, Just enjoy yourself for the next bit *laugh* See you guys soon. Hope you liked my rant, more will be explained when I return =)[/sblock]

 

[Sound of Azure]

As Kyo disappears into the suite, Frida bites her lip, a small furrow appearing on her brow. "Why do you always shut us out, Kyo?" She thinks to herself, the young acolyte looking uncertainly in Mikken's direction. Their gazes meet briefly, but the girl looks away after just a moment. Frida sighs, managing a slightly wan smile.

She forces a bit of cheer into her voice before addressing Leita. "It's been a while, Leita. What have you been up to? Any good news?"

 

[Caros]

"You..." Kyo murmured, eyes widening at the sight of the bound doppelganger.

"ME!" The creature shouted out, interupting any words Kyo might have stuttered out through his astonished lips. It moved as well, as it cried out, arms straining against the chains, feet struggling at the ground. Then just as quickly he slumped back in his bonds, eyes meeting Kyo's with a renewed hatred. "You lock me away here, bound and helpless to watch as you struggle through your little mockery of a life!? NO! Not anymore!"

"So it was you..." Kyo frowned as he spoke, keeping careful distance from the chained man, eyes wary on him, as if afraid to blink. "That presence I felt. What are you?"

The figures eyes widened, and he smashed against his bindings once again, several links about his arms shattering, the loose chains beginning to glow white as the man struggled. "What are you!? You give up everything, run from everything, bury and chain everything out of fear!"

"I asked you a question." Kyo said simply, unnerved, but doing his best not to let it show through his voice, his gaze locked with the one who might have been his twin. His hand dropped, finding no blade but grasping that sheath anyways. The chains were breaking more frequently now, Kyo's resolve cementing for a possible battle.

"And I provoked you." His doppleganger gave a brief, distorted 'hmph' as if disgusted by him, his arms straining, veins showing as the chains all around him shattered, at last they fell to nothing around him, the chains binding his legs torn away, the lot of them fading into white, though the chains closest to his right arm ran up the length of it, cementing into reality in the form of a beautifully ornate sword. Like the sheath it was a distortion of his own blade, the steel of it the same black metal, but interlaced with hellish red. "And it worked, you got angry. You showed for all your control that you are a fighter!"

Even before he could work up a propper response to that odd statement, his clone was in motion, lunging across the distance between them, blade upraised. A deft parry brought it down and to the side, Kyo's blows following up beautifully after the fact, pressuring his opponent back even though he did not so much as nick him, their styles, even after one short exchange mirroring one anothers.


Outside Kyo's stateroom, noise would begin to erupt, shuffling feet, whooshes of air, and then the shattering of glass, perhaps a lamp or some such. They would find the door locked, though such a thing would doubtfully prove much of an impediment.

 

[Arkhandus]

While Kyo's locked away in his room at the inn, Mikken sits on his own bed in the main suite, sulking for a while. 'What are we supposed to do, Kyo?' he thinks despondantly. Frida, Leita, and Indigo talk for a bit, but the chatting is forced after Kyo's abrupt departure.

"What are we going to do while Kyo's like that...? It just wouldn't be the same trying to explore the town a bit while he's shutting himself away...." Mikken mutters.

 

[Jemal]

Aluf arrives at the hotel to find the main dining hall in much dissaray. At his appearance, a bellhop quickly but with great respect for his 'station' drags him over to the hotel manager, who informs him of what has happened, and that the children are up in their room, along with the two newcomers.

Up in the room, there is crashing heard from Kyo's room, atrracting the attention of all. '
Indigo approaches the door, first attempting to pull it open, then banging loudly
"KYO! what's Going on in there?!?"
Getting no response, he turns to the others, spying Mikkens sword. "Shouldn't we do something?"