good... cause as much as I want to read the whole story( and I will do that evenentaully.) for now It would be good thing to get a summery of what has transpired to this point.

 as for why rachel arrives at different time and different route, Im thinking maybe she had finished a mission in DC, probably something undercover and now she was headed towards Trabia. But in a more runabout way. First south and then through the brige towards FH. Then she was supposed to get a ship north towards balamb and then to Trabia. Im thinking maybe she recieved the new mission when she arrived at FH so she had to rush back to DC. What do you think?