Daxam

Final Fantasy X *Still Accepting*

No worries from me. I just now got my intro posted XD

Final Fantasy X *Still Accepting*

"<<Zac, you've mixed the powder correctly, right?>>" a woman calls in Bedohl, her voice carrying easily through the air, even with everything else going on. The woman was rather short, with long blond hair and the green, spiral-pupiled eyes, a signature trait of the Al Bhed people.

"<<Yes, Mom!>>" a dark-haired man yells back from a table, where he was carefully pouring powder into one of the many rockets, which would be used for the fireworks later on.

"<<I sure hope so!>>" his mother calls back from where she was loading the already-made fireworks into their launchers. "<<You know what'd happen if you mixed them wrong, right?>>"

"<<A lot of things, none of them good!>>" Zac replies, using the same words she had told him time and time again before today.

All day, he had spent mixing the powder for the fireworks, making sure to use just the right combination of the parts that made up said powder to give the rockets the most vibrant color he can...without risk of setting anything on fire. In the weeks before this, his mother had made it a point to drill the recipe into his head by having him practice over and over again, much to the chagrin of their neighbors. He and his mother had taken this very seriously: if there were any major deviations in the powder mixture, people could get hurt, after all.

He had just finished his nth firework (Zac had lost count a long while ago) when he felt a finger tap his shoulder. Looking back, he sees his mother standing there with a smile. "Hold out your hand," she says. Zac does as she asks, then finds a few hundred gil where there was nothing, previously. "Your payment for your work," she says. "The rest of the day's yours, Zac; go enjoy it."

Grinning, Zac slips the gil into his pocket and says, "Thanks. I'll try not to spend it all in one place!" And, with that, Zac was gone, heading toward the festival proper. Once there, he looks around. People from all over Spira had come to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Sin's defeat. Whether they came for the Blitzball game, the reenactment, the fireworks, or, simply, just to be there, it was clear that everyone was there to have a good time, which made Zac grin.

He had just gotten some food from a stall when he heard a couple of people talking a few stalls over. Looking down the row, he sees a Ronso speaking with an Al Bhed merchant. Seeing the thick glasses on the merchant, Zac sighs. Looks like Ter's trying to swindle someone again, he thinks, the merchant well-known by him for being rather stingy. In the past, his mother had attempted to sell him at least five thousand gil worth of scrap, which she had collected over the years, and he wouldn't budge from paying any more than a thousand, until Zac's mother threatened to sell to someone else.

It was only when the Ronso turned to walk off that Zac saw what Ter had bought from him. Is that what I think it is...? he thinks as he watches the merchant carry it away. A moment later, Zac finds himself jogging after the Ronso, who he could easily keep track of, thanks to the fact that the Ronso was so much taller than everyone else.

When Zac finally catches up to him, having not seen the spirit of the blue Ronso, he taps the albino Ronso's shoulder (or as high up as he could reach) to get his attention as he says, "You've been to the Mushroom Rock Road battlefield, haven't you?"

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Zac, twirling his wand between the fingers on his right hand, waits patiently for the little girl's answer. When she gives it, pointing out of the window at a woman across the street, he pales. I...I may be good...but I'm not that good! he thinks. He was about to tell the girl that, only to feel his voice die in his throat the second he looks down at her. Just from the look in her eyes, he could tell that she thought he was some sort of all-powerful sorcerer and he didn't feel right crushing her view of him.

But...I have to think of something! he adds, his mind racing at a mile a minute. Then...it comes to him. Kneeling in front of the little girl, he glances at her father and Shizuka, as if to check if they were paying attention, then says to the girl, "I'll let you in on a secret: all magicians have to stick to a set of rules, or else we lose our powers. One of those rules is that we can't take things from people without their knowing. So, unfortunately, I can't take anything from that lady's bag."

Grinning, he then adds, "But, I'll show you one thing I can do and it'll make what I've already shown you look like nothing." Standing up, he walks over to the counter and looks around for a moment before finding what he was looking for: an empty water bottle a customer had left behind. Taking it from the counter, he reaches into his pocket and pulls out an old cell phone, one he carried around just for this kind of trick.

Returning to the table, he says, "Now, this bottle is completely normal." He then taps the phone against the side, bottom, and top of the bottle. "No way it can fit in here, right?" After the little girl nods her head, Zac then suggests, "How about we try a little magic?"

Taking the end of the phone, he taps it a couple of times against the side of the bottle once more. However, this time, on the last tap, the phone seems to slip into the bottle right through the plastic. He then presses his finger against the spot where the phone had slipped through to show that it was still sealed, saying, "Ta-dah!"

@Viciousmarrow

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well he is 'Mr Nick' after all :)

@Dynamo Frokane

You know what the sad thing is? I didn't even realize that XD

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@Dynamo Frokane Can I say how much I enjoy the fact that Nick's ringtone is the Steel Samurai theme? XD

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Zac was about to reply to Shizuka when he heard a little girl excitedly say she wanted to be as pretty as Shizuka. Turning around, Zac sees the little girl with someone who he automatically assumed to be her older brother, which made Zac do a double take after Shizuka mentioned she was his daughter. I...guess I can see that, he thinks as his co-worker walks over to take their orders.

While she speaks with the father, he holds back for a moment before walking over to the daughter. Crouching down to her eye level, he smiles at her and says, "It's very nice to meet you. My name is Zac and I'll be your personal magician today."

Standing, he makes sure he isn't interrupting Shizuka and the father as he reaches behind the daughter's ear, only to pull away with a coin in his fingers as he asks, "May I interest you in some coin tricks?" Flicking his wrist, the coin disappears. He then reaches behind Shizuka with his empty hand. When he brings it back into view, he has five cards in his hand, all hearts: a ten, jack, queen, king, and an ace. "Or maybe some card tricks?"

He flicks his wrist one more time and the cards disappear, replaced by his wand. Reaching behind his back, he pulls a top hat out of thin air and places it on his head as he asks, "Or do you have any suggestions?"

@Stern Algorithm@Viciousmarrow

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I'm just gonna go ahead and throw in some real-world elements because I'm at a loss for anything else XD

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Hey, just wondering if you could describe your Immortality idea a bit more :)

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@Narcotic Dollie Sure, go ahead and send it to me. I may or may not watch it, but at least I'll have the option if I ever feel like it ^^

Shine City II: The Next Season

Curse the fact I have no cable. I'm probably one of the few people who have yet to see one episode of GoT XD