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Final Fantasy: The Dark Crystal

I'm still here, just sort of waiting.

@Lugia

For us? We posted a while ago.

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I'm really sorry to hear that, Ogo. Our thoughts are with you.

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...D'oh.

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Nila Daana

Somewhere Between the Arena & the Slums

Nila had been prepping the kids for yet another of her stories - this one regarding a pack of super wolves that could grow stronger just by howling a lot - when the best interruption in the universe arrived to dispense some generosity upon the kids. The youngsters were, naturally, stunned at the charitable gesture from the diminutive creature, and had simply gaped silently as the apparent leader of the trio accepted the pouch, and looked inside to see that actual gil was inside it.

"...W-wow," he looked at the moogle with wide eyes, "Um, thanks. This is... this is a l-"

A sudden explosion of girlish squeeing made the kids jump away in fright. They certainly hadn't expected the dark-haired traveller to scoop up the moogle in her arms and hold him tightly to her chest, a blissful look on her face.

"Moogle moogle moogle moogle~" Nila sang happily, "Such a kind, philanthropic moogle~ You're so wonderful and cute~!"

The kids stared blankly at the sight for several moments, before the lone girl of the group realised that a nu mou was speaking to them. She quickly bowed her head and replied to his sentiment with a stammered thanks. Putting the strange woman aside, the kids had never seen so much kindness directed at them before. Granted, no one had ever been outright malicious and horrible towards them, but they were still residents of the slums. They could only obtain so much gil with begging, and now they had enough money for the three of them to have fun for the festival...

Nila, continuing to hug the moogle, stopped dancing around long enough to address the trio one more time, "you're still here? Go on, have some fun! There's only so many hours in the day, ya know!"

A few moments later, the kids were waving the blue-clad strangers goodbye as they rushed to the market place. It was a shame Nila hadn't the coin to contribute to the pouch, but it was fortunate that the adorable little guy trapped in her arms was so nice!

"...Oh, hi, when'd you get here?" Nila asked the nu mou, apparently having completely missed his presence up until now. Not on purpose, of course! It was just impossible to focus much on details when there was a perfectly huggable moogle right there, you know?

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@Utrax @Lugia

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Should have another Nila post out later today.

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There are only so many moogles she can hug at a time.

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Team Maximum Blue has gathered already. Beware, world.

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Nila the Blue Mage

Somewhere between the Arena and slums

While a large portion of Thorne's residents were attracted to the battles waged at the arena, or perhaps hunkered down at their tavern of choice, Nila had attracted a small audience of her own. It would probably come as no surprise to those familiar with the sword-wielding mage, given her tendency to dramatically emphasise her words with sweeping gestures, and hopping from spot to spot as if trying to play every character involved in her tale. This little oddity of hers was probably why the trio of kids were still listening to her talk about a goblin's typical daily activity.

"...So basically, they sort of wander around aimlessly for ten hours a day, and pick fights with each other if there's no one around to annoy!" Nila summarised ten minutes' worth of story time into a simple sentence that totally did not do the proper events justice. One of the young lads raised his hand curiously, and recoiled when Nila pointed at him in an almost aggressive manner, [color=#4b93d1]"yeah, kid?!"[color]

"Uh, well..." he glanced at his friends as if for support, and continued, "...Why did you spend three whole days following goblins?"

"Didn't I say? Research!" Nila declared proudly, leaving the kids just as confused as they evidently had been all along.

"But they're monsters..."

"Yup!"

The kids tried to learn why the strange lady in blue was so happy to tail a bunch of monsters around for no readily-apparent reason, and whether deliberately or not, Nila was proving to be frustratingly obtuse. Indeed, Nila's actions tended to make little sense when monsters were involved. Her bestiary needed filling out, darn it! It was all well and good to learn how to punch someone so hard that their very armour became useless, but surely the story behind the goblins' need to learn such an ability was just as important, right?

She had been making her way towards the Arena to watch some of the mages duke it out in awesome magical warfare, when these kids she passed by had asked for some gil. Presumably, they lived in the slums and lacked the funds to properly take part in the festivities. That really sucked, and Nila herself was pretty much broke - she could work later on when more people decided to take up drinking - so for now all she could offer these children were tales of her exploits. It wasn't quite 'feed the hungry' level on the Good Deed list, but her options were limited.

The mage continued to chat with the kids for a bit. She was in no rush after all, the fights weren't going anywhere.

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<Snipped quote by Laios>

You. I like you. This one stays.
Seriously though, Chrono Cross is still probably my favorite game to this day. That or Xenogears. Something about those 90's Squaresoft JRPGs just struck a chord. The nostalgia, my dude.

@Ogobrogo

Chrono Cross gets way too little love. It's my favourite game next to IX and, more recently, World of Final Fantasy.

Anyhoo... Market seems to be getting a bit crowded, so I'll probably have Nali either... entertaining kids with stories of her monster hunts, or watching some mage battles I guess.

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/Nila casts Level 3 Death

That awkward moment when the enemies are all level 2.

Righty-ho, post time. I'll probably have Nila bartending discussing monsters with NPC's at the tavern.