Final Fantasy: Darkness Descends

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Blaaaaaargh!

Shayna~

Although this place was a little creepy and rather annoying in the way it didn’t seem to end, Shay couldn’t help but feel excited. The prospect of there being treasure at the end, the idea of it being enforced in her mind by the ramblings of Sirius and Adair, was too great for her that she couldn’t help but seem a little hyperactive on the outside. On the inside, she would have to admit that she was like a Labrador puppy, bounding around, tail wagging frantically, wanting to sniff at everything, waiting for someone to just throw the bloody ball already!

As well as this, anxiety began to settle in the back of her mind. Selene was the closest person to being her friend in this situation, despite the fact she was from Ivalice. Shay knew that if she dared to share her opinion on the matter of the “pirates”, she would probably be disowned. The simple fact was, she was fascinated by the pair. Who wouldn’t want to just spend their days flying around and hunting for treasure? It sounded like an ideal existence to her. Of course it was illegal... She does the exact same thing herself on a smaller scale; she couldn’t deny the fact that it was wrong... It didn’t stop her being a thief, which would make her just as bad as Sirius and Adair in Selene’s book.

But of course, they thought she was a ninja, not a thief. It would have to stay that way.

A Ninja-thief. She corrected herself, taking a stroll around this new room. I could be something cooler... Ninja-assassin... Her line of thought was broken as the sound of metal clashing with stone echoed around the room. Looking back towards the table, she saw Selene’s mysterious body-guard, katana in hand, his eyebrows twitching.

“Seta, what the hell are you doing?”

Shay giggled quietly. At least she wasn’t the only one that embarrassed Selene. With her treasure hunting mode back in full swing, she skipped over to the table, peering at all the symbols. Convinced that Seta was merely doing it wrong and that she could obviously figure it out, she began to press the buttons in as many combinations as her overexcited mind would let her.

“So this machina also accidently pressed the right combination of buttons too?” Shay asked the Al Bhed girl, Nii, her frustration just about coming through into her voice.

“He must have done...” Was her reply as she moved closer.

Taking a deep breath and biting her lip, she tried her hardest not to comment further, but failed miserably. Letting the air out in one rather large, continuous sigh, she added: “It’s a conspiracy... Machina aren’t meant to think for themselves... Stupid bloody machines...”

Bugger...

She noted an unimpressed expression on Nii’s face, lined with a little shock. “No, what I meant was!” She began, talking rather quickly. “I’ve got nothing against the Al Bhed themselves!” Liar. “I just don’t trust the machina, that’s all...” Stop digging a hole...

She merely rolled her eyes and sighed a little. To be honest, Shay couldn’t blame her. What Al Bhed could say they have never received any discrimination before?

“Sorry...” Shay smiled sheepishly, trying her best to lighten the mood. “I didn’t mean to cause offense...” She poked another random button on the table, frowning as she got no response. “Maybe we should all try?”

With Selene to her left, Seta opposite her and Nii to her right, they began to press more combinations of buttons, the four of them picking one each. But of course, that didn’t work either...

“For crying out loud...” Selene muttered. “How hard can this be?”

A sudden brain wave hit the young ninja. She placed both hands on the table and hoisted herself up, turning herself around and sitting on it, covering most of the buttons. Her grin soon faded as the room remained exactly the same. She glanced around at the others before taking another look around the room, still perched on her new chair. “I give up. There has to be something we’re missing here...”

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Blaaaargh!
I give anyone and everyone permission to shove her off the table... >_>
YAY Page 2!