Valvaris

Valvaris' eyes widened, "She is?!"
Cyan nodded,"The unsent hinted us."
"She could be lying."
"Could be, but we would still have to search." Paine responded.

Gippal stood up with the watcher in his hand, "Fixed. The watcher will move ahead of us, I will be observing what it sees from here." He then released the watcher into the air, and it slowly travels into the next level of the dungeon.

"We move." Val said.
"Yes! We find Rikku and destroy the ****ing unsent b****!" Nikki exclaimed.

The rest nodded their heads and they stepped into Cloister 11.

Yuki and Yuubou hopped into the Cloister, and then paused in their steps.
"Look at those pyreflies!" They began pointing and hopping.

The rest of the team looked forward to find pyreflies floating around the cloister. A few fiends are seen screaming in agony, and dispersing into more pyreflies. The group walked forward cautiously, brandishing their weapons, in case some fiends decide to appear. Or worse, the unsent. To their surprise, the storm of pyreflies seem to begin to 'move' towards the entrance to the next cloister.

"They are moving!?" Nikki exclaimed.
"No. More like, being sucked." Mishka said, "Something is absorbing them."
"There seems to be a large fiend down the next level. The pyreflies are too abundant. I can't get a clear picture through the watcher." Gippal said.
"Get ready. We go. We fight." Val said as he walks towards the next level.

The group got their weapons ready and dashed forward, following Val into the next Cloister. Upon entering, they can only see the pyreflies being pulled down into Cloister 13. Into the distance, a large tail can be seen sliding into the next cloister.

"That tail. Probably an adamantoise." said Val, as he moves forward.
"Adamantoises HERE absorbs things?" asked Kyra.
"Not at all," Cyan said, "Probably another toy of the unsent."

As they enter Cloister 13, the adamantoise is seen standing at the center of the cloister, which is merely a large, round room. It is facing them, as if knowing they would arrive. A surge of pyreflies appear above the adamantoise's shell.

"It's the ****king unsent again!"
"Meet my pwetty little toy turtle!" she said, "This is another game! I call it 'Dream Pet'. It had absorbed an amount of pyreflies, so definitely stronger than most fiends you fought earlier. Play with it for a while. It is bored." The girl laughed and begin turning away. She suddenly stopped and look back at the group, "But I guess one fiend is too boring for all of you." She snapped her fingers and some pyreflies emerged in the room and begin forming groups of Evil Eyesm, about 50 of them. "Enjoy the game and oh! Don't die!" She giggled and dispersed into pyreflies.

The adamantoise roared. It stood on its hind legs and launched a breath attack on the group. The group dispersed into all directions into the room.

"Adamantoise is hard enough. A pyrefly powered-up one? Worse than oversouls..." Mishka said.
"And those ****ing eyes. Try to take them down while we distract the adamantoise!" Nikki said to the warriors behind her.
"This is rather troublesome." Joseph said, as he brandishes his sword with his left hand.
"Try all we can." Val said, as he leaps to his right, evading a swipe attack from the fiend.

Val aimed both his guns at the fiend and a white magic circle appear in front of him. "Charge-cast: Hyousha". A white flare emerges and hits the fiend. A block of ice appeared above the head of the adamantoise and slam on it. The fiend reacted with an angry roar.

"I think Magic is not the key here. Warriors, take over!" he shouted.

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Yuubou & Yuki

Via Infinito - Cloister 13
"I think Magic is not the key here. Warriors, take over!" Valvaris ordered, as his magic shots failed to even leave any scratch marks on the shell of Adamantoise. Adamantoise growled and howled as it felt the magic that was damaging it, or lack thereof, apparently. It swung its tail towards the source of nuisance, attempting to wipe the floor with some flesh. Valvaris gracefully jumped away in the nick of the time, eliciting another angry roar from the Adamantoise.

Mishka, recovered from the breath attack, shot a few crossbow shots from where she was at, and in large strides, closed in with the Adamantoise and start hacking at it. Each slash dispersed a little pyreflies from the fiend, but it doesn't hurt Adamantoise that much. Cyan, on the other side, ordered some mage to buff her while she prepares her holy elemental attacks to the eyes. Nikki, having addicted to shooting the Eyes in their eye, shouted something vulgar this poster shan't mention. Joseph, while still cutting down the eyes, inched closer to a group of them and shin-zantetsu-ed them all to beautiful pyreflyness.

"Woo hoo!" Yuubou, whom with Yuki blasted a portion of the Eyes out of the way, literally flies towards the giant turtle with the help of his little sister, while apparently preparing some attack that makes his knuckles glow yellowish-purple. "Pumd vnus dra Pmia Bolt from the Blue!" In excitement, Yuubou yelled in his native tongue while flipping over to the dorsal side of the Adamantoise, and slashed down with his glowing palms. Expecting retaliation, Yuubou used the shell as a jumping board and did a somersault to land safely behind the Adamantoise with Yuki teleporting in.

"Let's get""confounding, shalt we?" Yuubou and Yuki nodded to each other, and with a graceful disappearance, reappeared on top of the giant tortoise's shell. Adamantoise doesn't seem like be really hurt, but it howled and roared just as loudly. It tried, unsuccessfully, to fling the twins off its shell. The twins laughed and started dancing on the shell while somehow maintaining their balance. "Neocortex, frontal lobe,""Brain stem, brain stem.""Hippocampus, neural node""Right hemisphere." As they sang, they took turns to hit the corresponding parts of Adamantoise's brain in its head. And before the writer forget, they had fun.

The Adamantoise growled again, more out of frustration than damage. It uses Tremor, which is more like an earthquake to the other people due to its enhanced state of fiendship. The twins yelped and teleported back to the people further away, knocking over a few Eyes, in the relief of the falling mages. Val was in the air again, repeatedly shooting coloured balls to the Eyes, which are more susceptible to elemental attacks. Seeing people started falling here and there, Yuki and Yuubou decided not to attack the big bad first. "We should""make the Eyes there go""KABOOM!" And they did. Combining Aura Sphere and Overheat, Yuki and Yuubou blasted the Eyes preparing to use the Halting Gaze on the poor mages to Farplane.

"Back to""the tortoise giant!" They teleported back in range of the Adamantoise, and started using Psycho Bomb and Falling Leaves Palm on it. The others were doing their expertise at the same time, slowly but steadily reducing Adamantoise to a whimpering giant baby tortoise. Val went airborne, again, to fire two blitz ball sized reddish bubbles from his gun, dispersing an intense amount of pyreflies to the farplane, and making all the other Eyes disappear.

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Joseph

I cut down the final Evil Eye and turn to see the Adamantoise finally being downed by Val. I slipped my katana back into the scabbard, before checking my wounds. They were all minor, nothing a hi-potion couldn’t take care of. I also looked at my right arm again to make sure that it hasn’t been injured any further than it was. Looking around, I noted that the others looked alright if exhausted. Nikki also noticed how drained most of the others looked, a look of concern present on her face.

“Joseph, do you think that it’s a good time to call it a day?” she whispered to me. I was a bit surprised, she rarely asked for advice.

“Personally? Yeah I think it would be a good time,” I whispered back. She nodded before facing the crowd.

“People, let’s head back to the surface and rest up,” she said.

“Are you telling us to abandon our search for Rikku? Because I’m not doing that. Even if it’s just for some time to rest, it means our chances of finding her alive gets slimmer!” Valvaris argued. My temper finally getting the better of me, I walked up to him and grabbed him by the shoulder.

“Have you even looked around? Half of our group looks like they’re gonna drop in exhaustion as it is. The other half don’t look any better. I know you’re concerned about Rikku but marching further along with exhaustion isn’t gonna do any good. Even you look tired as it is,” I yelled at him, shaking him a bit. Valvaris looked around at the others before finally sighing, a sign that he’d given up arguing with us.

“We rest for around 8 hours then we head back in alright?” Nikki said. Everyone agreed on it before heading back.

The group took the portal back to the surface. My first priority was to get someone to look at my right arm. The white mage and medic looked at it carefully.

“How did you get your arm in such a state?” she asked. I shrugged with my other shoulder.

“It doesn’t matter. Can you heal it before we need to head back down?” I asked.

“Yes but it’s going to take a few of hours to repair it properly so just lie down and don’t move,” she instructed. I did as I was told as she began to repair the damage.

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Kyra

Finally. Rest. When was the last time I took some time to sleep?Kyra’s thoughts were racing through her head like a buzzing bee. She was exhausted. That oversized Adamantoise took a lot out of the whole crew.

As everyone headed back through the portal, Kyra felt a small feeling of relief throughout the whole group. Including Val; who had tried to keep trucking although he was completely exhausted. This voyage meant so much to everyone. No one really wanted to stop, but it needed to be done.

The first thing Kyra wanted to do was figure out who Paine was. It was obvious she was a good friend of Rikku’s, but that was it. Who are the Gullwings? Who can I ask these questions? Do I ask Nikki and get yelled at? Do I ask Yuki and Yuubou and get pounced on? Joseph is busy looking after his arm. He’s so strong. So muscular...Hmmm...

She looked over to where Joseph was. The nurse that was with him was dumbfounded at the state of his arm. The nurse asked him “How did you get your arm in such a state?”

“It doesn’t matter. Can you heal it before we need to head back down?” He said in such a manly voice.

Snap out of it. He wouldn’t go for you. She thought to herself. She never really had a serious relationship before. Living between a city that pretended like it never existed to the rest of the world, to living on a space station, she had never really had the time. Maybe a few guys here and there, but it never lasted. Someone hotter would walk by and that was the end of that. She tried not to let it bother her. It had happened so many times she had just gotten used to it after a while. She had never thought of herself as a pretty girl. She didn’t bother with the make-up and accessories. Not her style. Although she had lived a pretty lonely life; she always thought her time would come eventually, as for when, who knew.

Nikki walked toward the exit.

“Hey Nikki? Where are you going?” Kyra asked.

“To bed. My house isn’t far from here. I have a few free beds there if you’d like. My doors always open. Just don’t bug me when I’m asleep. If you do: Someone gunna get a hurt real bad” She warned. And with that she was gone.

“So much for that idea. Who do I talk to now?”

Cyan and Val looked like they were in deep conversation. They were probably talking about what happened when Cyan was kidnapped. Kyra thought of joining them, but thought if she joined them, she might be intruding.

“You seem troubled. Can I help you with something? I am Mishka. We haven’t quite met yet” The Guado said.

“My name is Kyra. I’m not from around here. I could use your help.” Kyra said nervously.

“Don’t be nervous. You haven’t seen anything like me have you? I am a Guado. I have an understanding that you aren’t from our time?”

“I’m not exactly sure. How can you tell?”

“Just a feeling. There was a pod found in the Bikanel Desert a few years back. It was said that a girl came from it asking for a land called Esthar. Might that have been you?”

“Yes that was me. I wonder who knows about that. I thought the Albehd kept that a secret”

“Yes that might have been true, but word gets around fast, especially when Rin finds out. I am also a friend of Gippal’s who is a friend of Rikku’s and whose father is Cid. Not exactly a direct connection, but word does get around.”

“I see. I have lived here for over a year, but I haven’t done much travelling. I guess I am a little behind in the times. I know there was a being named Sin, and a summoner came along and killed the monster as well as it’s never ending cycle of death then rebirth. I’m not sure of her name though...”

“Are you Serious? You don’t know High Summoner Yuna? The only living High Summoner? Well you did fall out of the sky after all of that happened so that is okay I guess. Let me tell you what you need to know. Where do I start?....”

Mishka told her everything from the history of Spira, to what might have happened to Rikku at present time. She had also told her about Paine and the adventures of Yuna as a summoner and so on and so forth.

“Oh wow. What a life. I wish I could meet this person. She sounds really amazing.”

“Well that should be enough for now. You should get some rest. I’d imagine the next time we go down there won’t be too easy. We still have a long way to go. If you have any questions don’t be afraid to ask.”

“Thanks for your help Mishka.” Kyra said. Finally someone I can talk to.
With that, Mishka went her own way and Kyra set out to find Nikki’s house.

She stepped outside of the temple. Although Nikki hasn’t told her where she lived, she didn’t have a hard time finding it. It was the only one that was snoring. Kyra opened the door quietly and carefully. If she had accidentally woke her up, who knows what could happen. Kyra quickly found a bed and made herself comfortable. I hope she doesn’t mind that I completely just stole this bed. She did say it was okay...She thought. Her thoughts drifted off into a deep slumber.

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“Are you telling us to abandon our search for Rikku? Because I’m not doing that. Even if it’s just for some time to rest, it means our chances of finding her alive gets slimmer!”

Val roared at the rest of us. He was incredibly stern about the quest and despite my own desire to find Rikku before the girl got to her, I also was sore and broken from my bout and needed the rest.

“Have you even looked around? Half of our group looks like they’re gonna drop in exhaustion as it is. The other half don’t look any better. I know you’re concerned about Rikku but marching further along with exhaustion isn’t gonna do any good. Even you look tired as it is.”

I could have kissed him right then. Together, we headed for the warp, Cyan coming to my side again the moment she saw that I was having some difficulty walking. My second wind helped me with the fight earlier, but I was out of combat now and the little girl's playtime was taking its toll. Nikki allotted us an eight hour leave and immediately headed for home. As I had been traveling alone the entire time, I felt it unnecessary to trouble her for a bed and suggested Cyan follow instead who took to inviting Val and the two would strike up a conversation while I readied myself for further travel.

I stretched a bit and loosened my aching muscles to the best of my ability and I managed to regain enough composure to continue. That was when...

“So much for that idea. Who do I talk to now?”

“You seem troubled. Can I help you with something? I am Mishka. We haven’t quite met yet” I said, introducing myself.

If memory served, this was the girl I had heard about from Bikanel. Her story was an odd one. As I recalled, Gippal was called into a meeting with Cid and they began talking about her. Gippal had allowed me to partake in their conversation, but I had no idea who they were talking about, particularly since they were telling that she was of Esthar, some strange name I hadn't heard of until then.

“My name is Kyra. I’m not from around here. I could use your help.”

Kyra was a rather shy girl, but I knew a lot of it came from her being in foreign lands. To be honest, when I was young, I felt Guadosalam was much the same because my family didn't act in accordance with their traditional customs. It all felt uncomfortable and I remember keeping to myself during the better portion of my childhood.

“ Don’t be nervous. You haven’t seen anything like me have you? I am a Guado. I have an understanding that you aren’t from our time?” I told her, hoping to soften her rigid disposition.

“I’m not exactly sure. How can you tell?”

The following was my explaining everything about Spira to her. The poor girl didn't even know about the High Summoner that saved us all... twice. Well, naturally, not everyone knew the specific details about the latter, but again with Gippal as a major contact, I was kept informed of the little details left out during the congratulatory note in their speech a few months ago. Of course, I tried to keep the flow of information at a minimal seeing as Kyra was still new to everything and there was no sense in complicating things too much for her and also because Gippal wasn't supposed to have told me what he did, but you get enough alcohol in him and you can get just about anything. Unfortunately, he also starts to believe he can get anything from you, but a good stiff kick to important areas does the trick just fine.

“ Well that should be enough for now. You should get some rest. I’d imagine the next time we go down there won’t be too easy. We still have a long way to go. If you have any questions don’t be afraid to ask.” I said to finish up.

“Thanks for your help Mishka.” She replied, setting off for Nikki's home.

The trek to the inn was torturous. Every part of my body wanted me to stop and they were all kindly gesturing for me to do so every step I made. It became clear I'd need to find some support so I ended up leaning and sliding across the sides of the buildings on the way. When I reached a red tinted wall for one of Bevelle's “trendy” outlet centers, that's when my body utterly failed and I felt myself plummet to the ground. As the ground drew nearer, though, a force cradled me from below and my eyes opened wide with a gasp.

"That doesn't"

"look very fun." Yuubou added, lifting me into his arms.

“ It isn't.” I groaned, “Thank you.”

"It's no"

"problem, Mishka. We know"

"you're tired from all that"

"fighting we did before."

“ It wasn't from the Adamantoise actually, but thanks. Still, you should get to Nikki's before she runs out of beds.” I told them, trying to get out of Yuubou's arms.

A pressure from above pressed me back into them and I knew they wouldn't let me be alone. I gave a sigh, but took to leaning into Yuubou, relaxing myself as they took me to Nikki's house.

“ Although, I was just going to stay at the inn.” I whimpered when I realized where they were heading.

"Shush, you're"

"babbling in your exhaustion."

“ No, they have good rooms here in Bevelle and...”

Before I could say any more, Yuki used her telekinesis to keep my mouth shut before teleporting the three of us right outside... Then right inside... Then above Nikki as she slept... Bodies colliding didn't help my injuries. Also, having Nikki's waking reflex to slap anything near her didn't either.

“ OW!” I screamed, collapsing on the floor next to the bed.

"Ooops, I guess"

"she got a little"

"carried away... BYE!"

They were gone before Nikki could untangle herself from her blanket, but that didn't stop her fury. Instead, in her blind rage, she took to lifting my limp form off the ground and shaking me for answers on why we had woken her. Even if I had understood the other points in her rant through the obscenities, my mouth could only produce two sounds by this point: a gasp and a whimper, neither of which was helpful now.

“ Hey! Get your hands off my woman!” The shrill voice of Kai blasted across the room.

Immediately, Nikki stopped shaking me and both of us eyed the kid and shook our heads.

“ Nikki, I think I really need to rest right now.” I groaned, looking back at her.

At this point, she finally realized just what she had been doing to me and quickly let go, also resulting poorly for me as I fell once more to the floor with a thud. By then, Cyan, Val, and Kyra arrived to inspect the commotion and Kyra immediately came to my rescue... except that my equipment was too heavy so she couldn't lift me completely so Cyan stepped in. Of course, typically at this interval, you'd assume I'd relax myself or faint so that my body could rest.

'And thankfully, that was the one part of this episode that worked right. GOOD NIGHT!'