Proposition:
Adventurers Wanted!
The Dorter Travel Angency is sponsoring the Great Discovery Race, to find
an ancient ruin or location in Ivalice! You could be the one to discover
a forgotten ruin!
The Dorter Travel Agency
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"Geez, these guys really know how to have a contest in style." Ken said,
looking at the inside of the Chocobo cart, "I mean, we're getting driven
here in style!"
"Well, that *is* what that 3,000 Gil pays for," Ai explained, "So, we'd *better*
find that forgetten Ruin, or else Ramza is going to kill us!"
"Yeah, you can buy a lot of X-Potions with 3,000 Gil..." Osamu added, "And
Ramza would be upset it we wasted all this time and money for nothing."
Ken crossed his arms, "Bah, we get that much Gil from battle!"
"....How?" Osamu and Ai asked in unison.
"...You mean I'm the *only* one here who goes through the wallets of the
Warriors and Mages we defeat?" Ken asked, innocently.
Ai's eyes widened, "You rob the soldiers we fight?!"
"I don't think of it as *robbing*, I like to call it, 'finders keepers, losers
losers'." Ken stated.
Osamu sighed, "...Ken, it's still robbery!"
"But I get a nice profit out of it! Remember when we fought Wiegraf? That
time he DROPPED his wallet when he teleported outta there!" Ken shrugged,
"Now tell me, would it have been a GOOD idea to risk my life just to return
a simple 10,000 Gil to him or would it have been a GOOD idea to buy a bunch
of Hi-Potions for my supply bag?"
Osamu and Ai exchanged glances, "...Well..."
"Five of those Hi-Potions were what came in handy later at Fort Zeakden!"
"...Fine, but, we still think it's wrong..." Ai said, looking out the window,
"...Think we'll get to this 'designated spot' any time soon?"
"Beats me! How'd they choose this 'designated spot' anyway?" Ken asked.
"Well, when we signed up, they told us to go to a certain Chocobo Cart, and
my guess is that each Chocobo Cart goes somewhere either closer of further
away from the Forgotten Ruin than where we started." Osamu explained, "That's
my theory, since a few of these carts went our way, and then turned."
"...So, think we got stuck with the good Chocobo Cart or the bad Chocobo
Cart?" Ai asked.
"I'll check!" Ken reached his head out the window, "HEY! Old man!!" He shouted
to the driver, "Is this thing going close or far from the Forgotten Ruin?"There
was a pause, "Thanks!!" Ken pulled his head back into the cart.
Osamu looking out the widnow, "Well?"
"The driver said 'shut up and put your head back in there, you wanna get
it knocked off by a tree or something? Stupid kid'!"
"And what does that mean for the Ancient Ruin?" Ai asked.
"....Absolutely nothing!"
".........."
"........"
Osamu and Ai exchanged glances and sighed, then looked back out the window.
"Did I say something wrong?" Ken asked, the Knight and the Priest ignored
him.
It was another two hours before they reached the "designated spot." By that
time all three of them had fallen asleep.
Of course, when Osamu was the first to wake up, he noticed something that
wasn't quite right with their situation...
Osamu looked around, "...Okay, I'm not in the Chocobo Cart..." He looked
at the ground, "Him... Yellow-ish... Very dry.... A sandlike structure...
If I didn't know better, I'd say this was sand." He looked up at the sky,
"....Sun, hot sun... Beating down... Vultures, circling overhead..." He looked
to his left, "...Big, spikey, green, plant-thing. Most likely a cactus..."
Osamu thought for a minute, "This reminds me of a desert....Wait a second...."
He looked to his left, seeing Ai, on the ground, "...Where's the Chocobo
Cart?" He looked over to Ai, "Ai...? Please be sleeping..." He crawled over
to his and gently shook her.
"TAKE THIS GAFGARION!!!" Ai screamed, bolting straight up and punching
Osamu.
"AGH!"
Ai opened her eyes a moment later, "Huh? ...Darn it, Osamu!! You woke me
up!! And I was having a wonderful dream about knocking the stuffing out of
Gafgarion!"
"I think you knocked out my stuffing..." Osamu moaned in a daze.
"...Hey, were we in a desert earlier?"
"....I think we're in our 'designated location'."
"...Of all the stupid places to designate a location..." Ai muttered, "..Hey,
where's Ken?"
"Mmmm... Agrias... Come closer... please..." Ai and Ken looked to the source
of Ken's voice.
Osamu's eyes widened, "....He's..."
".....You've GOT to be kidding me..." Ai shouted as Ken, still in the middle
of his dream, continued to hug and KISS a cactus.
"Your lips are like silk...." Ken mumbled, kissing the cactus once more.
"....Oh, how I WISH Ramza could see these..." Ai said, "He'd never been in
another battle for as long as he lives..."
"Should we wake him up or wait until one of those spikes stabs him good enough
to wake him up?" Osamu asked.
"..Wake him up, I wanna see the look on his face when he realizes just WHAT
he's making out with."
Osamu got up and walked over to the dreaming archer, he cleared his throat,
"HEY! What are *you* doing with Agrias, MY GIRLFRIEND!! LEG AIM!!" He shouted,
in a Mustadio-esque voice. He poked Ken in the leg.
Ken woke up, his eyes widened, there was a short pause,
"..........YEEEEEEOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!!" He screamed, jumping back and spitting
out cactus thorns, "Agh!! I knew that dream was too good to be true!!"
"Serves you right! If Agrias heard about this, you'd get run through so fast,
you'd be dead before you knew it!" Ai shouted, kicking Ken in the back.
"...So, where are we?" Ken asked, looking at his surroundings, "...Bed Desert,
maybe?"
"I'd say we're in Zeklaus Desert..." Osamu commented, "Bed desert usually
has some Ancient Ruins near by."
Ken looked around the surroundings, "Guys... Desert, that means, no water.
We NEED to find water!!"
"Okay! Let's head off!" Osamu said, "...Which way should we go?"
"That way!" Ken and Ai said, pointing in opposite directions.
"THAT way!?" Ai shouted, turning to Ken, "This coming from *you* who's sense
of direction got Ramza lost in Orbone's book library, TWICE, looking for
an exit?"
Ken glared at Ai, "Well, pardonez MOI, Little Miss, 'I say we take this route
through Sweegy Woods so we'll get to Igros faster'! YOU got us lost
for a WEEK around the Bervenia Volcano!!"
"HEY! At least I didn't get lost in Goug and show up to 'save Mustadio' AFTER
we already beat all of Rudvich's mercenaries!" Ai screamed, pushing Ken.
"These are the words of the same Priest who got us lost in Lionel Castle,
chasing after Draclau?" Ken pushed Ai back.
"Grrrrr.... TAKE THIS!!" Ai screamed, giving Ken a good hard whack accross
the face with her staff.
Ken fell to the ground, he got back up, "Yeah, like that even hurt!!" A large
black shadow loomed over him, Ken stepped back in fear, ".......No
touchies......."
Osamu looked away as a loud crack was heard, Ken fell to the ground with
a broken Wizard Staff over his head.
"Grrrr...!! Look what your thick skull did to my staff!!" Ai shouted, holding
up the two pieces of wood, "This cost me 1,000 Gil!!"
Ken was in a daze, "Ouchies........"
"On second thought. I'd gladly spend 1,000 Gil for a chance to crack your
skull..." Ai muttered, she turned to Osamu, "Since *you* seem to be the most
intelligent out of all the warriors here, where do you think we should go?"
Osamu stepped back as he saw the anger in Ai's eyes, "Um...Your direction?"
"Good choice." Ai looked down at Ken and poked him with the bottom half of
her staff, "Get up! We're going!"
"Can't I have a moment to rest...? My head hurts..."
Ai turned and faced Ken, "Quit complaining! It's not like it's anything you
use!"
Osamu stepped backwards and bumped into Ai, "Ai... We... We've got
trouble..."
Ai sighed, "What is it?" She turned to Osamu...
...And about 3 Bull Demons.
"...Ken, get your crossbow...." Ai said, reaching backwards and pulling Ken
up.
"Ow... Ow!! You're lifting me by my hair... Ow! Ow!"
"Shut up and get your crossbow!!" Ai screamed as the Bull Demons began to
close in.
"All right! All right!!" Ken shouted, he grabbed his crossbow and quiver
of arrows, "Say your prayers El Toro..." He fired, hitting one of the Bull
Demons in the shoulder, "Ha ha!! Take that!" Ai smacked him in the back of
the head.
"You moron! You're supposed to KILL them, not make them mad!!" Ai pointed,
the Bull Demon was holding the arrow it was shot with like a dart. It threw
it, the arrow flew over Ken's head at incredible spead, parting his hair.
"..I'm outta here!!" Was all Ken said, firing another arrow at a Bull Demon
and taking off.
"Jerk!!!" Ai shouted, running after Ken.
Osamu began to run, until he felt a Bull Demon grab his cape, he turned and
faced it, "I... I should warn you!! I can defend myself!" He unsheathed his
sword, "I have the legendary Blood Sword! I will use it!"
The Bull Demon just pulled it's fist back.
"...Um.... Nice weather we're having?" Osamu said, sheathing his sword,
intimidation wasn't working.
The Bull Demon just glared, holding it's fist back.
".....So... Do you have a special someone? I, myself, have been searching
for a while, but..." Osamu could tell this wasn't working, "Um... What was
that old saying....? Music tames the savage beast?"
The Bull Demon got ready to punch.
Osamu quickly began to sing, "Oh, I wish I were a ShinRa Brand weiner! That
is what I'd truly like to be! 'Cause if I were an ShinRa Brand weiner--"
Osamu was cut short as the Bull Demon punched him accross the face, sending
him flying back a few feet, his cape torn.
Ai and Ken quickly returned, hearing Osamu's singing was a signal that he
was caught (by their guess, anyway).
Ai helped Osamu get up, "You know, music DOES tame the savage beast, it just
helps if you sing ON KEY."
"....Well, I'd like to see YOU do better!" Osamu shouted, he got up and drew
out his sword, "ATTACK!!!"
The battle began, the three Bull Demons and three Warriors (Well, two Warriors
and a Mage) began to fight. Ken slowed down the oncoming Bull Demons with
his arrows, while Osamu fought the Bull Demon that had punched him.
"Shinging light, be our armor to protect us... Protect!!" Ai shouted, casting
the magical shield spell on Ken and Osamu. The three Bull Demons quickly
became one wounded Bull Demon.
The wounded Bull Demon let out a few growls and began to run.
"Get him!! He's going over that sand dune!!" Ai shouted, the group chased
the Bull Demon over the dune, giving a loud and proud battle cry.
...Which was suddenly cut short when they reached the bottom of the dune
and found not ONLY at least 20 more Bull Demons, but, a large numbers of
Sacreds and Minotaurs...
Osamu was the first to speak, "........RUN!!!" The three took off running,
closely followed by the army of Bull Demons, Sacreds and Minotaurs.
"Oh yeah!! You just HAD to chase after it, didn't you!?" Ken screamed at
Ai as they ran.
"Excuse me, YOU were the one who shot the first one!"
"Only because YOU told me to!"
Osamu, who was the furthest ahead, turned his head to the fighting Archer
and Preist, "Would you BOTH quit it! Your arguing was what attracted the
FIRST three!!"
"Well I didn't see you try to stop us!!" Ken shouted.
"I was too afraid to!! You know how Ai's temper can be-- Ow!!" Osamu rubbed
the back of his head as part of Ai's broken Wizard Staff hit him, "See what
I mean!?"
"Forget it! Just RUN!!" Ken screamed as an axe from one of the monsters almost
scalped him.
The chase went on for at least 15 minutes, the three humans finally stopped,
the Bull Demons had mysteriously stopped behind them, not daring to move
another step.
"That's... Odd... Why did that stop?" Ai looked at them, all of them in a
straight line, not moving an inch forward.
"......I think it's this." Osamu pointed to the ground, he was knee deep
in sand.
Ken sighed, "....Don't tell me... We're standing in...?"
"Yep..."
"....You thinking what I'm thinking?" Ai asked.
"Is it wave our arms around fratnically and scream for help?" Osamu asked.
"Yes."
"HELP! HELP! HELP!!!!! HELP!! WE'RE DOOMED!!!" Ken screamed, waving his arms
around.
Within mere minutes the three were submerged completely. The Bull Demons
shrugged and left.
"Uhn..." Groaned Osamu, felt his head, "...Ow... I feel like I landed on
a rock....." He moaned, "W-wait a sec..." He looked up, "The... sand...!!
Is this the ruin...?" He stared at the celing... It was mostly sand, packed
together, with a small trail of sand falling to the ground like an hour
glass.
"Ow...." Ken's groan was heard next, "Where are we?"
"An underground cavern by my guess..." Ai muttered as she got up, "Where's
the light coming from...?"
Osamu looked around, "....Whoah... You guys might wanna take a look at this..."
He pointed to a bunch of large crystals, lining the wall of the cavern, somehow
giving off light.
"Cool..." Ken said in awe.
"...Shouldn't we find a way out of here?" Ai asked.
"Yeah, good idea." Osamu turned to Ken, "Let's go Ken-- ...Ken?" Ken was
gone.
"There he is..." Ai pointed to one end of the wall, where Ken was trying
to pry off one of the Crystals.
"Grrgh!!! Come on...!!! I want one of these things...!!! I bet it'll make
a cool addition to my...!! Argh..!! Collection of accesories!! I bet I could
use a few of them to make a bracelet or something!!"
"Oh, God..." Ai walked over the Ken and grabbed the back of his shirt, "We're
here to find Ancient Ruins, NOT play with Crystals!"
"But...!! They're really pretty!!!" Ken shouted.
"Let's GO!"
"Meany!!"
"And proud of it, Ken!"
The three teens continued on their way through the cave, until Osamu was
the first to look into a large opening to their left, the way ahead being
a dead end, "I'm not going in there." He said, Ai and Ken stopped right behind
him, "No way!! We should find another way out!!"
"....What's wrong, Osamu?" Ai asked.
"...I'm not going in there."
Ken gave Osamu an odd look, "Why?"
"It... ...I... I can't say..."
"Is there a monster in there?"
"No."
"A Zodiac monster?"
"Nuh-uh."
"A mage?"
"Nope."
"A warrior?"
"No."
"Then WHAT?!" Ken shouted.
"...I... I have a confession to make... You two are my best friends so I
KNOW you'll understand," Osamu looked into the tunnel and sighed, "....I'm
afraid of the Dark."
"BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ken and Ai immediately fell
over, laughing.
"...Then again, you two *also* find fun in watching me suffer......" Osamu
stated, glaring at the laughing Priest and Archer.
"S-Sorry! You just... hehehehe... Took me by surprise!" Ai said, trying her
best not to laugh.
"Geez!!! You're such a wuss!!!" Ken shouted, he gave Osamu his crossbow,
"Watch! I'll go in there unarmed and show you how much of a chicken you are!"
Ken marched into the darkness.
"Okay, knowing our run of luck so far..." Ai began, she paused.
"HOLY AJORA!!! HELP!!!! SOMEONE!!!!
AAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE........!!!!!!" Ken's screams were heard from
the tunnel, various punching and kicking sounds were heard, and eventually,
Ken was thrown out of the tunnel and into the cave wall, "Ugh....
Pain...Big...scary...thing... in.... Darkness..."
"...Something like *that* will happen!" Ai turned to face the battered and
bleeding archer, "...Life's refreshing breeze, blow in energy! Cure!"A mystical
light surrounded Ken, healing most of his wounds.
Osamu gave Ken his crossbow, "What HAPPENED?!"
Ken started to get up, "It was..... I couldn't see it, it was so dark, but..."
Ken grabbed Osamu's shoulders in fear, "IT WAS BIG AND SCARY AND HAD SHARP
TEETH AND LONG CLAWS!!!" He screamed, frantically shaking the poor Knight.
Ai looked at the entrance to the cavern, "...Guys... Do you hear
footsteps?"
Ken stopped shaking Osamu, "...It's... coming!!!"
Osamu jumped back, he drew out his Blood Sword, he stood in a battle ready
position, waiting for the creature to show itself....
....A minute went by... Still, pounding footsteps were heard.
"...What's taking it so long?" Ai asked.
"It's... probably doing this for dramatic effect." The fear in Osamu's voice
could be heard as he stood, still battle ready.
Roughly three more minutes went by.... Still nothing but pounding
footsteps.
"...Okay, it's... Probably... REALLY dramatic!!" Osamu said, not battle ready,
but, leaning against the wall with his sword at his side.
Ai glared at Ken, "....Ken, just how DID this thing beat you!?"
"It's slow, but, strong!!" Ken said, in fear.
Finally, what seemed like an eternity of boredom later.. The beast finally
showed itself...
Two small eyes looked at them through the darkness... A golden fire burned
in them....
Ai was the first to speak, "....Ken, judging by those eyes... ...It probably
reaches halfway up to my knee..."
A small turtle emerged from the darkness. Ai and Osamu's eyes widened.
"THAT'S WHAT BEAT YOU TO A BLOODY PULP!?" Ai shouted, smacking Ken in the
back of the head, "You idiot!! You probably tripped over it!!" She walked
next to the turtle and pointed to it, "It's HARMLESS! It's a TURTLE!"
"....No way... It beat me up!! It's probably behind the turtle!" Ken said.
"..Ken, it's a stupid-- OW!!!!" Ai jumped into the air, holding her foot
in pain, "You little son of a...!!! It bit me!!!" She grabbed Osamu's sword,
"Hey, boys! For dinner, tonight, turtle soup!!!" He raised it over her
head.
The turtle gave her a sad, puppy dog (puppy turtle?) look, its eyes pleading
for its life.
"...Forget it, NOTHING bites me and gets away with it!!!" Ai brought the
sword down on the turtle.
A loud clang was heard. The Blood Sword flew into the air, and wedged itself
into the ground.
Ai looked at the turtle in shock. It had gone into its shell, not even a
scratch was on the shell, and she had used all of her strength!
"Whoah...That's one tough turtle...." Osamu commented.
Ai growled, she grabbed Ken's crossbow and aimed it at the turtle, "Say your
prayers, Donatello..." She fired. The arrow bounched around the cave, after
bouncing off the turtle's shell, Ai, Ken and Osamu ducked. A shout was heard,
"OW!" It was Osamu.
"Osamu, are you all right?" Ai asked. Osamu just glared and turned around,
pointing to an arrow stuck in his butt, "....Sorry!" She glared at the turtle,
"Fine, if I can't KILL you, I'll KICK you!" Ai moved her foot back, and proceeded
to kick the turtle with all of her strength. A loud clunk was heard as Ai's
foot struck the turtle shell, not moving the turtle.
There was silence.
"......That's gotta hurt....." Ken mumbled.
"....This is... many... times more...painful than it... looks..." Ai slowly
stated, before leaping into the air and grabbing her foot, "OW!!! OW! OW!!
STUPID TURTLE!!!!"
Osamu sighed, "Okay, let's just..." He looked into the darkness, with fear,
"...go around... the Turtle! We'll be fine!"
"All right..." Ai stepped behind Ken, "..You go first!"
"Wha!? Why me!?" Ken protested.
Ai growled, "Because if there's still something in there, it already KNOWS
you!"
Ken groaned and walked ahead, "See ya, turtle!" He said, waving to the turtle
as he walked by.
"SHI NE!!"
Osamu and Ai looked up, "Wha?"
"AGH!!!!" Ken screamed, falling backwards with a mad turtle attached to his
nose, "MY NOSE! MY NOSE!! IT'S BITING MY NOSE!!!"
".........Did the turtle just speak?" Ai asked Osamu.
"....I think it did." Osamu replied.
"HELP!! HELP!!!"
"...Ai, give me your staff!" Osamu held out his hand, Ai give him the one
half of the staff she kept, "Ken! Try to lay on your back!" He shouted.
Ken layed flat, the turtle stood straight up on his nose, "Oh, no... You're
not...."
"Fore!!" Osamu shouted, using the staff as a golf club, knocking the turtle
off Ken's nose and sending it through the cave, "Oh, boy..." He looked at
the remains of Ai's staff, which had pretty much turned into splinters of
wood.
".....Forget it, just run!!!" Ai pointed down the cave, the turtle was running
back to them at full speed, which was unusually fast for a turtle.
The chase was on!
"MATTE! MATTE YO!"
"...Is that the turtle?!" Ai asked, not sure who she was talking to in the
darkness.
"I think it was!" Replied Ken, "Look!! A light in the end of the tunnel!
Let's go into the light!!"
Osamu's voice was heard, "...Isn't that what people usually see in near-death
experiences?"
Ai spoke, "You think a rabid talking turtle chasing us in a dark cave ISN'T
a near-death experience?!"
"In most cases, not really.." Osamu mumbled.
"BAKA! ORE WA MATOYA NO HOGOSHA!! SHI NE! SHI NE!"
Ken, Ai and Osamu ran into the light...
...And out of the cave, into a desert oasis with a waiting group of
representitives from the Discovery Race Committee.
"Congratulations," A man extended his hand to the charging teens, "You're
the first group to find--"
"MAD TURTLE!!! RUN AWAY!!" Ai screamed, knocking the man over, running over
him and behind people in the crowd, Ken and Osamu followed.
The turtle stopped at the entrance, it turned away and went back into the
cave.
"....Wha....?" Ken looked at the turtle, "It...left!! It was chasing us!!
IT SPOKE!!"
The man Ai, Ken and Osamu run over got up, "That's the supposed guardian
of Matoya's cave. After the light warriors helped Matoya, Matoya cast a spell
on the cave, turning the first animal that walked into the cave, into the
cave's eternal gaudrian."
"...And by total dumb luck, Matoya recieved a turtle for a gaurdian, right?"
Ai asked.
The man nodded, "We didn't think anyone would ENTER the cave!"
"We didn't try to, we thought we were in a pool of quicksand and it turned
out to lead into the cave." Osamu explained, "Eventually, we ran into that
thing, which beat the heck out of Ken!!"
Ken turned red from embarassment, "H-hey! You could have left that part
out!!"
The man spoke again, "In any case, I give you this," He gave Ai a painting,"A
painting of Matoya's Cave, drawn by one of Ivalice's most talented artists,"
He gave Osamu a bag of Gil, "And this prize money, for being the first group
to Matoya's cave." He gave Ken a basket with about nine or ten glass bottles,
"And this bottled water."
"...What do we need that for?" Ken asked, holding up one of the bottles.
Hours later...
"Geez... You think the prize could have been a free Chocobo Cart ride out
of here..." Osamu mumbled, walking through the desert with a glass of water
in his hands, "I mean, it was hard enough GETTING here...."
"Travel Angencies are cheap, what can I say? This so called picture was done
by some guy named 'Izlude', anyway."
"Yeah, most of this 'bag of Gil' is small rocks!" Ken said, throwing small
rocks out of the bag, "There's probably only 3,000 Gil if we're lucky.
Osamu and Ai groaned.
"Grrrrrrrrrrrr....."
"...Osamu, was that your stomach growling?" Ai asked.
Osamu looked over to Ken, "No, Ken, was it--" Osamu stopped mid-sentence.
Ken looked at the shocked Priest and Knight in front of him, "...What?"
"...B-Behind you......" Ai pointed behind Ken, trembling.
Ken turned around.... A group of 10 Sacreds stood behind him,
".........RUN!!!!!!!!!"
Ai, Ken and Osamu were chased into the sunset, eventually finding their way
back to Dorter and the waiting Ramza, Agrias and Mustadio (who helped take
care of the Sacreds).
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Job Report by Ai Jou:
The Dorter Trade City travel bureau sponsored a "Hunt".
This was a contest to search for ancient ruins in various regions of Ivalice.
Whoever found the secret finds first won. The participants were only allowed
to use various scriptures, legends, and documents.
The participents had a hard time in their search, due to the restrictions.
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Additional note from Ken Yabusame:
Hey, Ramza, you aren't still mad about those Sacreds that followed us, are
you? I could have taken them all on alone, but, Osamu and Ai didn't want
me to look better than them in battle! It's their fault the Sacreds followed
us! It's their fault we had to fight them in the middle of the bar and pay
for the damages! It's their fault you had to buy all that new armor after
that sacred picked you up by your leg and kept on slamming you against the
wall until it threw you out the window! Did you get all of that glass out
of your hair, by the way?
Signed, Ken.
PS: By the way, how're your legs doing? That snap didn't sound too good.
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Ramza's Evaluation:
Well, you did all right on this one. I'll ignore most of what happened with
the Sacreds (and Ken's note...), since monsters will be monsters (and idiots
will be idiots). I've already signed you all up for a new job, head to the
Gariland bar A.S.A.P!
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Ramza's Response to Ken's Note:
DON'T REMIND ME!
The End
Notes:
I know the part about the turtle was weird. Call it a scenario induced by
extreme boredom and Love Hina (Tama-chan). Why did is speak Japanese, you
ask? Well, Final Fantasy Tactics is a Japanese game, even though these fics
are done in English, that and it seemed kind of fun (that, and the Japanese
version of FFT is starting to leak into my brains).
Translation of what the turtle says:
"SHI NE!" = "DIE!"
"MATTE! MATTE YO!" = "WAIT! WAIT!"
"BAKA! ORE WA MATOYA NO HOGOSHA!! SHI NE! SHI NE!" = "Idiots! I am Matoya's
Guardian! Die! Die!" Hogosha is written in kanji and reads as 'ho
(protect\preserve) go (safegaurd\protect) sha (person).' I'm not quite sure
if it's used the way it is by the turtle in the fic.
Just a warning, expect a kanji joke in the next fic (about Ken's name).
Turtle-related note: It's possible it will appear in later chapters.
The next proposition I plan to write about is the Gariland (I need to double
check that, might be Goug or something like that) Magic Contest.
One question to the reader(s): Should I keep on using Osamu, Ken and Ai in
later chapters or use other (Non-NPC, in other words not, Agrias, Orlandu,
etc) units? Personally, I like using Ken, Osamu and Ai, but, I'll leave it
up to the reader.
If anything, I'll just alternate between teams depending on the job.
Final note (Added 6-8-02): Chapter III of Propositions is taking a while
due to major writers block and Highschool taking up a LOT of my time. Thanks
to summer, I'll have it finished in a little bit. It's either going to be
the Second Mameko proposition or the Gariland Magic contest. Sorry for the
major delay, I haven't forgotten about this series! It's one of my favorite
to write!