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Post by rikku on Apr 19, 2008 2:14:26 GMT -5
"I suppose that makes sense....Oh! I can't wait to tell Yunie! She'll be so excited!" Rikku said bouncing excitedly. She hoped that she would find her cousin soon. It was weird not having her around. And if their enemies were back, Rikku was going to do everything to protect Yuna. She had already saved Spira. She deserved a chance to live her own life.
"You bet! All of us Al Bhed love machina! Pops says its in our blood!" She said with a laugh. She didn't know a single Al Bhed that didn't have some kind of love of machina. And being the daughter of their leader, she knew a lot of Al Bhed.
Vincent pulled out black box-looking thing. He flipped it open and there was a picture of a girl that he was looking for. Rikku didn't know the girl, but it did look like her cousin. She was more interested in the box-thing that displayed the picture. Was it some kind of machina? Had to be. This was the second machina she had run into tha she had never seen before.
"I've never seen her. She does look a lot like Yuna though doesn't she Lulu?" She asked turning briefly towards the black mage. "What is that? Some kind of machina? What does it do? How does it work?" She asked motioning the the phone. She tried to look at it from all angles without Vincent moving at all. She had an urge to grab it out of his hand and examine it, but figured that was rude so she decided against it.
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Post by lulu on Apr 19, 2008 22:27:36 GMT -5
Lulu looked at the odd item the man had taken out with curiosity. She had no idea what the thing could be other than some kind of machina. She was wondering about the machina as well but not as curioua as Rikku was. Then a picture appeared on one part of the divice. The picture was of a girl that the man said he was looking for. Then she heard what Rikku said about the girl about how much she looked like Yuna. "Yes, she does." Lulu said in response.
Then she looked up at the man once more after he asked if her and Rikku would help look for her. "I'll keep and eye out." Lulu said in her regular calm tone. She memorized the name of the girl. Of course she had no idea where she was but if they happened to cross paths she wouldn't know how to reach Vincent in such and event. "How would we reach you if we see this girl?" Lulu asked Vincent.
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Apr 20, 2008 12:20:14 GMT -5
A small smirk creased at the edge of Vincent's lips, flashing his set of vampire fangs for the moment. He chuckled slightly at Rikku, amused by her fascination of the device. Her child-like quality reminded him a lot of Yuffie. "You've never seen a cellular phone before?" he asked Rikku, intrigued by her lack of knowledge about the instrument. "Yes. It's some kind of 'machina' as you put it. Simply put: a communications device. Both people must have one for it to work. Each phone has it's own series of numbers; you dial them into it, or have the numbers memorized into the phone, and then you press the green button. Red button to end." He then offered Rikku the phone, which now had reverted back to the screen of his list of contacts; all of the members of Avalanche, plus Rufus. "Call Yuffie if you want. Don't break it." he advised sternly. He turned to Lulu. "Thanks." he mentioned briefly, then heard how she asked how she could keep in touch with him. "You're from Auron's world, we'll just do it the same way; word of mouth. These worlds are connected to each other, so I'm sure we will cross paths again. Too bad you don't have phone... machina." he chuckled lightly again as he corrected his termology for them, and paused, turning back to Rikku who was still looking at his phone. "Please, don't take it apart, either."(OOC: You can actually call Yuffie on the phone if you like Rikku; just PM her with the thread url and what you're saying, and she'll reiterate it into one of her threads somewhere. )
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Post by rikku on Apr 20, 2008 15:40:48 GMT -5
"Hmm....so this is called a cellular phone....funny name," Rikku said giggling. "Our sphere hunter group, The Gullwings, use something similar. It's so we can communicate on missions and stuff. We also have the Commspheres. Shinra invented them. You can communicate with people on the other side of the world and you can actually see them! It's really neat! Only, don't tell him I said that, I don't wanna feed that kid's ego!" She said, talking with her hands.
Rikku took the phone from Vincent when he offered it. She began examining it, turning it over in her hands. New technology was fascinating. She wondered what some of the other Al Bhed would think if they saw this phone or the motorcycle. It really was exciting. Rikku brought it up to her ear, and started pressing buttons on it to see what they all did. She thought about calling Yuffie as Vincent had suggested, but she wanted to figure out how the machina worked before using it. There had been too many experiments at Home that had gone bad by testing some machina before having all of the bugs worked out.
Rikku wondered if he would mind if she took it apart. She would most likely be able to put it back together. Then, as if he read her mind, Vincent told her not to take it apart. "How...how did you know I wanted to take it apart? I'd be able to put it back together....." She said with a shocked expression. Usually Yuna and Paine could tell when she was about to do something, but they knew each other well so it was understandable. Was she really that easy to read?
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Post by lulu on Apr 23, 2008 0:08:28 GMT -5
Lulu listened to the man's answer to her question. "You're from Auron's world, we'll just do it the same way; word of mouth. These worlds are connected to each other, so I'm sure we will cross paths again. Too bad you don't have phone... machina."
"Alright." She said. She watched Rikku as she fiddled with Vincent's Machina. "How...how did you know I wanted to take it apart? I'd be able to put it back together....." Lulu heard Rikku say to Vincent. "I wouldn't if I were you Rikku." Lulu said to the blonde girl. "Maybe if you got one of your own you could take that one apart." She suggested jokingly.
Then Lulu began to wonder how such a device worked herself. She wasn't nearly as obessed by it as Rikku seemed to be but she was curious. She hadn't been as curious about machina from spira because she understood what there functions were. Most of the ones she encountered on the pilgrimage with Yuna was for war and fighting. The purpose of this one, on the other hand, eluded Lulu.
This thought process was pushed aside however when she looked over and noticed a pair of yellow dots appear on the other side of the square. Soon more pairs of yellow dots appeared. As the dots moved closer Lulu noticed that they were attached to bodies. The bodies seemed to be made of pure shadow. "Fiends?" Lulu asked indirectly to Vincent and Rikku as the shadows drew nearer.
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Apr 23, 2008 4:59:57 GMT -5
"...Shinra?" Vincent echoed, his brow frowning a little in confusion. Little did Rikku know that the name had a different meaning to the man. But Vincent merely questioned it, not to be one who speaks before thinking. He'd let Rikku answer his puzzled tone and have her explain if it was actually the Shinra president that was behind the creation of these 'comspheres' she had mentioned. If Rufus was who she meant, then he'd been getting busy since the last time he met him... Rikku questioned herself before that about how Vincent had been able to determine that she wanted to take his mobile phone apart. "Call it intuition." he mused, and as Lulu made a comment about how Rikku should take apart a phone she could get for herself, Vincent's phone started vibrating in Rikku's hand. There was no tone from it, as Vincent had left it on silent mode. Vincent stepped without a sound next to Rikku, suddenly appearing next to her, and looked at the caller ID on the screen. "It's Yuffie." he told her the name of the person who was calling him, and made a sigh. He took the phone from Rikku with his left golden-clawed hand, out of her grasp in the blink of an eye without leaving so much as a scratch. He had promised her he would try to answer whenever she called. It could possibly be something important... the word possibly being an understatement. Yuffie could simply be calling him again to ask him what outfit she was going to wear next. "May as well demonstrate." he said to both women,although Lulu was distracted by something, and answered the phone in the hopes Yuffie had important information. He could always abuptly hang up on her. "Yuffie." he spoke her name in acknowledgement. In the silence as he waited for her to start babbling without so much as a breath in between, he heard Lulu say "Fiends?" questionably, and following her gaze he realized what she was looking at. "No. Heartless." he told her, hoping Rikku was already familiar with the creatures and would fill Lulu in on the terminology. "Lulu... Rikku. Time to leave. Now." he warned them without explanation with the last word thick with authority, whisking out his elaborately decorated handgun Cerberus and pointed it defensively at the cluster of Heartless, standing in front of the women proectively. (OOC: Not making up Yuffie's call. She's actually calling me from this thread in real time here. )
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Post by rikku on Apr 23, 2008 15:01:17 GMT -5
"I wouldn't if I were you Rikku." Lulu said to the blonde girl. "Maybe if you got one of your own you could take that one apart."[/color]
"Yeah you're right..." She said pouting slightly. She would have to take apart one of these phones another time. "Oh! Shinra's an Al Bhed like me. He's a real whiz kid. He claims he knows everything, but when he doesn't, he says "I'm just a kid." It's really annoying some times." Rikku said, with her hands on her hips. The kid really needed to change his motto to "I know almost everything."
The phone vibrated in her hand and she almost dropped it. It had startled her. She looked at the screen and saw there was Yuffie's name there. Was that how you knew who was calling? Vincent took the phone back from her and answered it. The blonde looked on, still intrigued by the technology.
That's when Lulu thought she saw fiends. Rikku hadn't seen fiends since she had been on Spira last. Looking over, she saw the yellow eyes of Heartless. "Heartless!" She yelled as she took out her daggers and go ready to attack.
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Post by lulu on Apr 24, 2008 23:07:42 GMT -5
Lulu concentrated on the "heartless" Rikku had called them. She then noticed that Vincent had gotten in front of her and Rikku and told them to leave.
However, she didn't feel the need to because Rikku got her weapons out and assumed an attack stance. Lulu also got ready to fight. "This is like old times. Isn't it Rikku?" She said to the Al Bhed girl.
Lulu raised her arm and snapped her fingers. As soon as she did a series of thundara spells decended upon the creatures and they all dissapeared in a puff of shadow. "That was simple." Lulu said to the two people.
Her relief was removed from her as more of the creatures appeared where the others had fallen. "What is this?" She asked shocked and confused.
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Apr 25, 2008 10:34:21 GMT -5
"Oh! Shinra's an Al Bhed like me. He's a real whiz kid. He claims he knows everything, but when he doesn't, he says "I'm just a kid." It's really annoying some times."
Vincent was busy concentrating on watching and sensing the Heartless, but he continued to make light conversation to Rikku, to calm down her panicked voice. He held a thumb over the phone so Yuffie couldn't hear on the recieving end. "Shinra takes on a different meaning to me. Now, go." he explained to her briefly, but anything else he planned to say was cut off by Lulu casting a Thunder spell. As soon as she did, and more Heartless appeared, Vincent shot a look of disbelief at her with cold, hard eyes.
"The Heartless will keep coming back, each time more powerful than they were before." he told her in a disappointed tone, as Wight Knights and Gargoyles now appeared, shooting them into oblivion with Cerberus. He sighed. "They would have attacked us anyway. We need to protect ourselves before we escape, or face being overwhelmed."
At last, after a moment's silence, Yuffie talked through the phone. "What!!" Rikku and Lulu could hear Yuffie's voice if they stood close enough. A moment's silence, filled in momentarily with Vincent's gunshots at advancing Heartless. Then, a voice he had not recognised for some time spoke on the phone.
"Hello? Is this Vincent?"
There was a slightly longer pause. Rikku and Lulu were handling the advancing Heartless for now, and for that he was glad, as he felt like he was too surprised to fire his gun. Vincent went wide-eyed for a moment, in the flicker of a heart-beat, and then went back to his normal stoic face. His amber eyes warmed back into a living liquid state as his lips formed slowly into coherant words.
"Speaking. Who is this?" he asked doubtfully, hiding the hope in his voice he felt might crush him if he let himself believe he had it. This was impossible, and in a way Vincent realized it could be true. He had not heard his voice for countless decades.
No. It couldn't be...
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Post by rikku on Apr 27, 2008 14:36:06 GMT -5
Rikku giggled slightly at Lulu's comment. "Yeah it does! It's been a while since we've fought together like this!"
She slashed at the oncoming Heartless with her daggers and dodged their attacks. She heard Vincent say the Heartless would keep coming back. If this was true, they really needed to wait for the right moment so they could escape from the onslaught.
Vincent seemed a bit distracted talking on that phone of his, so Rikku rushed more towards the front of their group to fight the creatures. More Heartless materialized farther away. She took out a grenade and thew it at the larger of them. If the situation got too bad, the Al Bhed had a few flashbombs she could throw to cover their escape.
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Post by lulu on Apr 28, 2008 0:25:18 GMT -5
"The Heartless will keep coming back, each time more powerful than they were before." Vincent said to Lulu. She turned to him only to be met with a cold stare."They would have attacked us anyway. We need to protect ourselves before we escape, or face being overwhelmed." He added, maintaining his stare.
Lulu returned the stare. "Well, even so, I think we might as well hit them first. It makes no difference to me." She said to Vincent. "Although I do see your point. If they do keep coming back we should leave." Lulu admitted. She then noticed Vincent speaking into his machina. "This is a great time." She thought.
Lulu then turned her attention to Rikku. "Yeah it does! It's been a while since we've fought together like this!" She heard her friend say. "Rikku, we should leave, for now." Lulu said to the Al Bhed girl.
Lulu then cast a firaga spell in a wave motion to create a wall of fire seperating the three from their attackers. "Let's go." SHe said looking back at the two.
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Apr 28, 2008 11:41:02 GMT -5
A shot here, a Heartless crumbing into puffs of dark smoke there. Vincent provided cover-fire for Rikku as she went to work slashing at the Heartless with her blades without a single word, smirking at the damage she did as she chucked a grenade at them which decimated their numbers from the explosion that followed seconds later.
Although Lulu seemed like she had a bit to learn about the Heartless, she none the less agreed with him, even if her disapproving look at him on his cell phone did look unco-operative. But this was suddenly now important, perhaps more important to a bunch of Heartless they could run away from at any time. Vincent listened as the haunting voice from his memories on the other end of the line spoke once more.
"uhm... This is your father, I'm sorry if this sounds a little... strange..."
There was a pause, then Yuffie came back on the line. He heard someone fumbling around with the phone before she spoke.
"HEY VINNIE! Guess who I found?"
Another pause, longer this time, silent except for the sounds of gunfire from Cerberus destroying the Heartless that leapt at Rikku that she hadn't noticed. Then, Vincent spoke, ignoring his father for the moment and speaking to Yuffie.
"Yuffie. Is this phone on speaker?"
He questioned her with a trace of suspicion in his voice, knowing she usually liked to do so when she was in the company of an audience. He wanted to ask her something, but needed to be wary of any audiences listening on the other end.
He knew it sounded rude to ignore his father. But that was the thing... was it really his father? He had a lot of enemies hunting for him now. It could be the real thing... or someone who had taken Yuffie hostage who had a recording of his father's voice. A voice over the phone reassured him of nothing. He had to see his father for real, and know the truth.
Lulu cast a fire spell, creating a wall on the ground to halt the Heartless for them to make their escape. Vincent didn't need to be prompted twice. "Still, we need a way off this world, the same way we came in. Ideas?" Vincent had come through a dark portal, and they only appeared randomly from time to time. Perhaps these girls had a alternative method of transportation?
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Post by rikku on May 13, 2008 18:37:32 GMT -5
Rikku slashed at some more Heartless and dodged the attacks of some as they tried to surprise her from behind. Vincent took those ones out with his weapon and for that she was grateful.
The man was very good at multi-tasking as he was talking on the mysterious phone of his and taking out the creatures of darkness at the same time. Rikku was never good at doing two things at once. It just never worked out very well. Lulu cast a fire spell and a wall of fire was created separating Rikku and the Heartless. "A little warning would've been nice Lulu," she said whining a little bit.
"Still, we need a way off this world, the same way we came in. Ideas?"[/I]
Rikku stepped away from the fire and joined her other two companions. "Well, we can't you two can't go the way I came. I don't think you can turn into a fairy!" Rikku said with a giggle. "How'd you all get here?"
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Post by lulu on May 14, 2008 23:07:35 GMT -5
Lulu listened as the two eplained how they got to this world. The man had come through a randomly opening dark portal and Rikku had entered as a fairy.
This suprised Lulu because first of all she too came through a dark portal and second of all she had not idea that Rikku could turn into a fairy. However, that would have to wait for another time.
"Well, I came through in a portal as well. I can summon it at will because I learned it as a magic spell but I can't control where I end up nor can I keep it open for very long. I'm sorry but it would seem that I don't have a solution to this problem." Lulu stated.
Lulu looked over at the fire and noticed that it was getting low so she cast another firaga spell to strenghen the wall of flames that ware keeping the creatures at bay.
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Post by Vincent Valentine on May 15, 2008 6:19:08 GMT -5
Vincent was filtering both conversations in at the same time, as well as firing on the stronger Heartless that got past Rikku and Lulu's firewall. Little did he know Rikku was giving him more credit about him multi-tasking than thought. First, he decided to address the conversation on the phone.
'Right now it is, wait a second. I think he wants to speak to you'
"No speaker...Just me now Vinnie...sadly"
Vincent sighed stressfully, not missing Yuffie's last word as much as his sensitive ears could miss a pindrop. "Yuffie, listen to me. Stay right where you are, I'm coming to see you and my 'father'." he hung on the last word skeptically, the tone full of implications. He was worried the enemy was mimicing his father and holding Yuffie hostage, worst case scenario. Best case scenario... he would have time to see his father again... alive. He had to see his 'father' with his own eyes. Continuing his conversation on the phone, he finished with, "What world are you on now?"
He turned his attention back on the conversation he was having in this world now, having heard Rikku and Lulu. Rikku had come to this world as a 'fairy'... he wasn't so sure about what she meant, it sounded a little crazy. But it sure wasn't an option to escape. Lulu said she had come through a random dark portal too, and she could conjure them, but not open them for long enough. So that wasn't an escape route, either.
"Follow me." he decided and announced curtly to Lulu and Rikku, remembering the labratory building he and Kirux one sought shelter in once away from the Heartless. The Heartless were less likely to appear there, as they were more prone to attack people in more open places rather than a sancturary that wasn't so spacious for fighting. "And Lulu... please try opening a portal for us once inside."
He waited for Yuffie to give him the location of the world on his phone, running up to the door to Dr. Finkelstein's lab and threw it open for the ladies to enter, provinging more cover fire for them as he carefully picked the Heartless off that appeared in ambush around them one by one.
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