When Emiri showed Jaakuna a scar on her arm, he just couldn't stop staring at it; not because he found it fascinating — which he did — it was just cause this was the first time she was showing it to him. He remembers vaguely about in his dream or whatever it was that she mentioned something about scars on her body, but now that she was showing these to him, Jaakuna just smiled at her as she would tell him about how she got it. When she told him, Jaakuna laughed, but it was more of an accidental, non-controllable laugh. The fact that she got it cause she was a novice at sword-fighting just seemed a little funny to him. When she covered it up, she would say that she had more scars, but she won't show him them, she just wanted to show him that single one. Jaakuna said barely anything, but he did give her a nod. [b]"You'll tell me when you're ready."[/b] He said.

As it was most likely done for now, Emiri would suggest going down to the others and get ready for a departure to Mount Bur Omisace. Jaakuna agreed on that. They needed to know how to use the Sword of Kings properly and so any of them — Jaakuna, Emiri, Wesley, Nadeline, and even Savayna — don't make the same mistake that Jaakuna did. "I agree. We need to know how to properly use it." Jaakuna said. He would also get up, stretch and get off his bed. Jaakuna would feel the release of the cracking bones as it felt pretty damn great to do so. After he was done with that, Jaakuna looked to Emiri. [b]"So you want to shower first or shall I? Or..."[/b] Jaakuna smiled seductively, moving his head and eyebrows to Emiri and then to the direction of his bathroom, obviously hinting the two of them shower together.

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Down back at the Dining Room area, Wesley, Savayna, and Nadeline were all sitting at the table as Nadeline was looking at her tomb, to which she seemed very angry about something. "What's wrong?" Wesley would ask as Nadeline would go on to say that the Esper that she thought was in the Stilshrine wasn't Mateus — the one that Savayna commands — wasn't the one that she initially was thinking of. As she would read more of it from her tomb, it would turn out to be that the esper that she thought was actually Zeromus, The Condemned. Wesley, intrigued by this, listened as she would read off the translated text from the tomb that was about Zeromus. As she read, Wesley listened and Savayna just was picking the dirt from her nails.

As she read, Wesley heard that the Esper Zeromus was the one who would condemn criminals as he saw fit. He would then hear that this esper — this condemner — became full of hatred for humekind — or anyone who broke the law — that he turned to darkness and condemned anyone, even those of who were of good and light. He would get to a point where Zeromus cared less for upholding the standards of the law and more about condemning and thus became overtaken with hate, and given the title of "The Condemner", he fell from his grace and was sealed away for his treachery and treason by the gods. When she concluded, Wesley became more and more intrigued in the story of this esper. Somehow, he felt this esper was him, but yet again, it wasn't. He truly became intrigued with this. 

Wesley would speak as Nadeline would finish. [b]"Truly, this is a bittersweet pill we are swollowing. We walked away with our lives, but we yet again lost another esper at the hands of our enemies."[/b] WEsley said, speaking his mind about this matter. [b]"We must capture more before we lose in the game of power."[/b]

Savayna looked towards their direction. [b]"And how do you suppose we do that genius? Last time I checked, we are on the run basically from the two biggest empires in Ivalice. We almost lost the knucklehead just yesterday." [/b]Savayna said as she had a sour taste in her mouth. The fact that Jaakuna was actually almost gone from them yesterday.

Wesley listened to Savayna and she was right. [b]"Then, I guess we'll have to translate these texts more then."[/b] He said chuckling a bit.

[b]"Smart ass."[/b] She spoke quietly and under her breath.