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Final Fantasy Epic Chapter 1; The First Canto
Topic Started: Apr 13 2008, 11:47 PM (19,856 Views)
Kagato9999
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"Spells?" Laon let out in surprise.

He'd heard of maybe a rare Goblin or two knowing a fire spell, but a group of them?

"Come," he said, waving them over, "Eat and explain the rest."
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Marik entered the camp, gathering all of his thoughts. Taking a seat, he started his tale.

"We set out under the watchful gaze of Captain Taoz, a rag-tag and motley group, but one of good strength we thought." he said, doing his best to recall everything. "We ran into our first group of goblins, woefully under equipped and skilled, and routed them pretty easily. Just as we were about to move on, the second group of goblins ambushed us from a nearby copse of trees."

He paused, taking another deep breath and releasing it.

"Captain Taoz fell first, even his splendidly enchanted armor proving no match for the might of several fire spells at once. The rest, equpped like a band of fighters and knights rather than your typical goblin band tore into our ranks. With our captain and all other commanders dead or in the process of getting killed, we were an uncoordinated mess. Our mages ran dry swiftly, we were unable to do anything against them. Those of us not injured fled, all ties and thoughts of maintain as a larger entity vanished. We four gathered ourselves and fled acrossed the night to here."

He ran his hands through his hair before continuing.

"By number of spells cast in sucession and taking in other variables, I'd guess this band has as few as four black mages, maybe as high as eight. I didn't have time to count the rest of their numbers as I was barely able to defend myself well enough to escape. That's all I can tell you for now."
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"Do you suppose that these Goblins are tracking you?" Sendis asked.
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"There's that distinct possibilty, but we did our best to cover our tracks as we fled." Marik answered, before shaking his head. "But somehow I don't think a group coordinated enough to use the tactics they did would waste the effort to track down four stragglers. Especially if they considered it some sort of trap of our own, lure them into chasing into an advantageous position of our own."

He shrugged.

"But that's just my opinion, for what it's worth."
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"Here, this might be able to help. We can deal with the formalities of pricing once we're all in the clear," Lufia said, clapping her hands together and beginning to chant.

"Oh, blessed and humble hand of God, life and breath of Mother Earth, come before me and show your great compassion and deliver us... CURE 2!"

The spell was cast, split across the four, with its telltale green healing light. Wounds and injuries that they had taken previously were then healed on the spot.
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"Ahh... white magic, the only magic you want to experience." Marik muttered to himself, before turning to Lufia. "Thank you for that, your magic has certainly eased the physical pains of that encounter, there are some wounds your wonderous magic cannot reach."

He smiled reassuringly.

"But don't worry, that's why they say time heals all wounds, right?"
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Diana had come to join Marik and Xen once they had signalled the all-clear, but after that she kept mostly to herself, her eyes downcast. At the first tinglings of magic, however, the Nu Mou looked up sharply... and with the Cura, all her previous aches and weariness were washed away.

As the green light faded. Diana bowed to Lufia from where she sat. But she still didn't say anything.
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Sendis didn't say anything for the time being, "Derry I'm going out head out and get a scope of the area. Maybe I can spot the Goblins, if they've come taht is."
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Derry nodded.

"I will go with you just in case," said the Viera, hopping on the chocobo.

"Two will be good enough," said Laon before turning back to Marik, "It's not that we don't believe you, it's just always good to be cautious."

"Still..." Xin chimed in, "This news is troubling. I'll send word back to the capital in the meantime."

She then set about prepping a message for her carrier bird to take back.
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"We'll return as soon as possible, or at the first sign of trouble," Sendis said to Xin. Digging her stirrups in Sendis urged the Chocobo forward.
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"I understand completely," Marik said, before sighing. "I suppose if our group had been united to the cause instead of everyone out for their own goals, we'd be meeting under happier circumstances."
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'Well, anyway, what are our plans for now?' Xun asked. 'We should probably find a better place to hide better than this if we're still on the lam. Or at least until we canfind a way of fending them off.'
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"You do bring up a good point Xun." Marik said, thinking for a second. "While I'm not certain we qualify as on the lam, I'm not certain I want to head back to the capital just yet."

He paused for a second.

"But I'm not going to advocate fighting the goblins again, at least, if you don't want to."
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"If the Goblins are still rampaging, then our jobs aren't done yet," Laon replied, "As members of the Zamas army, it's Xin's and my duty to make sure this threat is put down. But if anyone wants to leave, they can do so. Just don't expect to receive your award."

Just then, Xin returned.

"I've just sent a message back to the capital informing them about this," she said, "They should hopefully see to informing the other officers."
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"Our group wasn't without losses either," Lufia commented, "One member of our collected group is unaccounted for. Because of his lack of tough armor and the fierceness of the battle, I presume that he is dead."
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"I see." Marik said, digesting the information. "I, for one, don't plan on leaving the field of battle quite yet. My family pride won't let me back away from this, but more than myself, I want to defeat those goblins to allow those who fell to rest in peace."

He grew quiet.

"It's the least I can do, after failing them before."
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"I'm sure we'll find a way to defeat those who took out your party, Marik," Lufia said encouragingly, "We just have to work together and combine our strengths."
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"I dunno," Dani said. "We managed that last group OK, but if we're going up against Casters, I hope we have another offensive caster besides me, and ideally an extra defender-healer, too. My magic may look impressive against magicless enemies, but if they have a dedicated offensive..." She shrugged. "I don't know how well I'll hold up."
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Marik nodded to what Lufia said, smiling somewhat.

"I do not doubt," he said, clutching his katana a little. "that if we cooridinate ourselves right, we can defeat them. Maybe not easily, but we may disband them and make them less of a threat."

Turning to Dani, Marik measured his response.

"Of us four, I am the only one truly without magic skills. Miss Xun is an apprentice Ninja, Miss Signi is a Red Mage, and Miss Diana is a Summoner in training, so she's strengthening her magic by dabbling in Black Magic. I hope that if they join us, they will make use of themselves well."
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Diana nodded slightly at the mention of her name. "I... don't know how much help... I'll be, but... I'll do my best." As always, she spoke in a murmer.
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"So, that makes three who can cast offensive magic," Lufia commented, thinking about the situation, "If Signi can also cast healing spells, we'll have one more healer besides me."
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"Haha, I hope to be of some help. I did graduate in the top ten of my class, so healing and blasting are no problem at all." She said lightly, trying to make it sound like she wasn't bragging.
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"She did pretty well for herself, if I may say." Marik added, deciding it couldn't hurt to add his opinion on things.
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'If you give me the chance' Xun stated. 'I can move sliently behind one of the goblin leaders and strike him down before anyone knows what has happened and make my leave, leaving their leadership in shambles.'

'Then you guys can clean off the rest of them.'
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From the cart came a metal ball, aimed directly for Xun's leg. If it were to connect, the woman's leg would surely be broken.

"THAT'S NO FUN 'T ALL!" Came the outraged cry of Nicus, having just woken up in time to hear the woman's proposal.
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