Altered Tundra

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

In the minutes proceeding the little exposure of Nadeline and Wesley getting their funk on, the Ifrit was only about ten minutes out from The Feywood. Once it had gotten to a point where they could safely beam down, they would do as such. When they would touch down to the ground, the area was so full of mist that all of them would no doubt feel an overwhelming feeling of magick. It was what came with being around the mist and since The Feywood had such a high density of it, more so than anything else, it wasn't surprising that they would feel weird in some ways. When they all would look around, they would see reflections of themselves, but also snow. Yes, despite The Gilmore Jungle just being behind them, this was apart of the snowy regions of Ivalice and as such, snow is a given.

Jaakuna would look around for himself and he knew this would be a troubling journey. As he tried to secure his cloak to make sure it was properly tired up, he put the hood over his head. He had the same outfit on that he had when they all went to Stigma in the morning, it wasn’t like he was going to be cold or anything, but he just prepared for the worst. Savayna had on her usual blue dress with the armor and she also made sure her cloak was also secure and tight around her. She, like Jaakuna also put the hood over her blonde hair and made it to where her hair was inside it, much like what Jaakuna did. Wesley, who had his long coat on, also checked to see if his cloak was tightly secure around him.

Looking on, Jaakuna spoke. “So, where exactly in The Feywood are we?” Jaakuna asked.

Wesley looked around and he actually remembered the name of this place. “I believe it’s called Antiquity's End.” He said. “At least, I think that’s where we are.” Wesley said thinking about it. “Do you know where we are, Nadeline?” He asked her.

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

When the suggestion came to go help Wesley and Nadeline with the supplies, Grant made the comment that Nadeline was probably bossing Wesley around. Jaakuna laughed a bit at that as did Savayna. It would only take about five minutes until they all found themselves at the supply room where Grant was the first one to walk in and the rest followed. However, what they came to see was interesting to say the least. Wesley and Nadeline were in quite the compromising position and Grant voiced off his opinion. He yelled, Nadeline yelled back and that was just the tip of the iceberg.

When Nadeline whined about how they didn’t knock, Grant would further say that they didn’t need to knock as the room they were all in was the Supply Room. Furthermore, Grant would also remind them that they are of royalty, Wesley being a Prince and Nadeline being a Princess. Jaakuna couldn’t help but smile and Savayna was right there with him. They looked at each other and just smiling. Meanwhile, Nadleine would say that they were just having fun and call Grant rude for interrupting That prompted Emiri to say that was an excuse for when one is in the bedroom. Jaakuna looked to Emiri with a raised eyebrow.

Savayna would hear all that they were saying and she would speak. “Before you get all judgy, Grant, do remember that you were almost pleading with me to get naked in front of you.” She offered up.

Jaakuna looked to Savayna, but she would return his look with words. “Oh don’t give me that look.” She said. Jaakuna would say nothing.

When they were done with that, Wesley lightly scooted to the other side of the room as he would see Nadeline starting to throw potions upon potions at the group. It was first at Emiri, which hit her and cut her; it was weird. The bottle cut her, but the potion healed her. Next an array of supplies went flying at the group and Emiri, as best as she could, try to catch them all in a comedic fashion. Thankfully, she didn’t get hit by any of them. However, Grant was whacked straight in the head and proceeded to knock him the fuck out.

Wesley’s eyes were widened. Jaakuna’s were as well and so were Savayna’s. Jaakuna wanted to say something, but he decided against it. Instead, he would guide Emiri out, and Savayna would take Grant’s arms, and drag him out. The door would close once they were out.

Wesley grabbed his jacket and put it on, strapping it around his body. He turned his gaze to Nadeline briefly. “That could’ve been worse.” He stated.

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As he lifted up her thigh and kissed her neck, Wesley would do it even deeper, and longer. He would even switch from both sides of her neck and even at the center of it. He would kiss more south and then to her lips, and that's when their eyes would meet. For that single moment that they looked into one another's eyes, they saw the love between them. This was more than exploring the sexual desire between the two of them. Sure, the sexual part was half of the reason, but Wesley felt more than that — he felt more for her. It was in that singular moment that Wesley realized how much he loved her. His forehead would touch hers gently and both hands would lightly grip her head, his fingers locking between her blonde ones."I love you, Nadeline." He said in a breathing whisper.

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Grant was definitely flustered by what Savayna had suggested and she couldn’t blame him. For a guy such as him, what she suggested was probably something he was slightly uncomfortable doing. Regardless, Grant would say that they couldn’t do that now as everyone would probably start coming back down. She looked at him squinting her eyes. “This isn‘t over.” She simply said.

As she would sit next to him, she would place her feet on the table, arms bent behind her head and hands locked together. She would then smile a bit and then she heard footsteps coming in. She knew that foot pattern from anywhere. It was Jaakuna and Emiri. They took seats opposite of Grant and Savayna.

“Did we miss anything?” JAakuna asked.

Savayna laughed a bit. “Nothing that you need to know.” She hissed playfully.

Jaakuna groaned but let it go. “So, where’s Wesley and Nadeline?” He asked.

Savayna shrugged. “I don’t know. Last I knew they were heading to the supply room, but that was about an hour and ten minutes ago.” Savayna said.

Jaakuna placed a finger on his lips. “Maybe they ran into some trouble.” He said, “Let’s all go help them.” He suggested.

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Just hearing him go on and on about how beautiful Savayna was made her laugh. He was trying his best to say what he wanted to say, but in the process he would say these things that suggested that he wanted her right in the here and now. That just made her laugh a bit more. Well, maybe it was more like a chuckle of sorts, but still. He was getting all red and she found that cute. Actually, she found it really adorable. Though, she would stop her chuckling to speak. "So you're saying you want to see me without my clothes huh? All you had to do was ask." She said as she began to remove her tank top, but only slightly as to tease Grant.

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Though she said it lowly and barely audible, Jaakuna heard her say Vincent's name. Was that really what he had the panic attack over? If so, then what exactly made it to where Jaakuna would react in such a way? He had no clue, but maybe he didn't want to know the specifics. Perhaps knowing would make do him more bad than good. That's when Jaakuna decided that he didn't want to know the specifics. At the end of the day, it really didn't matter. It definitely looked like ti would bring Emiri pain, so he wouldn't press the matter any longer. "I can see it pains you to tell me, so don't. The important thing is that I'm fine." He said smiling. Jaakuna stood up, holding out his hand. "Let's go down now. We're probably almost to Giruvegan." He said.

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When Emiri told Jaakuna that he was having a panic attack, he didn’t want to believe her, but perhaps it made sense. He remembered being on his bed and the next thing he remembered was feeling something and then here he was asking Emiri what had happened. So, it definitely wasn’t totally out of question. If Jaakuna needed more proof of that, Emiri smacked him. When she told him that, Jaakuna gripped his cheek and the tingling feeling was there. Obviously she slapped him really hard. Jaakuna looked to Emiri and he saw the look of relief on her face. Whatever did happen, it put her in such worry and now that he was okay, she was relieved. “Do you know what caused me to have a panic attack?” He asked her.

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They were drawn in closer to each other. It was either Wesley’s own doing as he wanted her more the longer this continued or it was her pulling on his coat and as a result of that, pulling him closer to him. All the while that went down, their kissing wouldn’t stop and Wesley didn’t want to just as she didn’t. She ran one of her hands through his black and white hair and her other hand took one of his own and ran it across her thigh. In the very instant that it had happened, Wesley felt a longing for her unlike before. This longing would manifest itself in raw desire for her. He would do all he could with his free arm to take off his coat, revealing a bare, masculine chest. As he would successfully get the coat off — albeit some slowing of the kissing, but he got it off regardless — Wesley would grip her thigh confidently, and would start kissing her neck. It was deeper than anything before. Just doing this brought passion to the forefront of Wesley’s actions.

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Savayna smirked when Grant had said — granted not knowing what he said, but he said it — that he still thought about the time that he saw her(Savayna) in her bra and panties that one time. Savayna, interested to tease him a bit about it, would get up from the couch, and seductively climb on the table. As she did this, she made sure that her tits were showing slightly through the openness of the tank top she was wearing She would be on all fours at this point, her ass up in the air. “So, you still think about it huh? Maybe you would like a refresher?” She said winking quite seductively and mischievously.

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Jaakuna couldn’t hear anything she was saying. He was away, not in the present. Only thing he could hear was the faint whispers. He didn’t know where they were coming from. He couldn’t feel where they were coming from. Jaakuna was just so lost in himself, much like Emiri was that one time when they were arrested by Wesley before all of this began. He was remembering back all of this before he met Emiri, before he made all of his friends. His mind was going back to the place before anyone he would dare meet would be brought into his world of crazy. Jaakuna was remembering to a time when he didn’t have to be the reason his friends and loved ones would be in danger of losing their lives.

And then he felt it.

Jaakuna’s face was slapped as hard as Emiri could do it and he snapped out of it. He saw her hovering above him. He saw her face, her eyes, and how she was so worried about him. Jaakuna didn’t understand. Did something happen? The last thing he remembers was her telling him that Vincent had her as his guest. And then, here he was, looking at her as she did the same, but all worried like. “What happened?” He asked, grasping his cheek and he it tingled. It felt like someone sucker punched him hard. Jaakuna was a little confused on what just happened.

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They were close, they were super close. Yes, they were so close that their bodies were touching, faces were mere inches away from each other and both could hear each others hearts. Both hearts were beating fast and surprisingly, in sync with one another. Wesley was taking the charge and as Nadeline would whisper to him, he smiled at her, not before taking her hand around his face and kissing him lightly. The kiss was magical, it was wonderful, and it would get deeper. Well, not at first at least. Wesley would return the favor of him kissing her. It started as pecks, but then it would grow into something more deeper, more passionate. Wesley would embrace her as he would throw all of his emotions into this kiss. He would gently, but with confidence and boldness, lift her up by gripping her waist and hoist her onto the counter and all the while still kissing her. However, now the kiss upgraded into a make-out session.

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As Grant would answer Savayna’s question, she didn’t expect it. Even more so, she didn’t expect that he would be so open about how he felt — or rather how he thought he felt — about Emiri. He would reveal that when his mother died from her illness and when his brother killed his father, Grant was losing control of his life. At this point, Savayna gasped as she couldn’t believe it. As he would reveal other tidbits, she put it together. Why he was so cruel to them all before? Why he pursued Emiri so villainously ? It was cause he wanted to have control in his life and that’s why he did the things he did. Savayna felt that she and Grant were the same in that aspect, but she wasn’t as bad off as Grant was. Sure, losing her brother and not hearing from him for a long time did a lot against her, but it was the countless men she fucked through her teen years and just the abuse said men gave her that really sent her over the railing. Savayna just didn’t know that Grant was on a similar boat as she was.

That’s when he would ask her a question about whether she still has feelings for Jaakuna. “Oh dear..” She said nervously. She ran her hands up her thighs(they were at her knees beforehand), and as they neared her waist, she slowly clenched them into fists. “That’s a very complicated answer.” She stated. “It’s true that he and I, at one point, were married and in love, but I guess when he left Archadia after killing his father — he did it for me by the way, but that’s another story for another time — I realized that he really did care for me. Now, of course he loves Emiri now and I’m happy for him. I guess, there’s some part of me that still has feelings for him. Hell, I might always have feelings for him, as you will for Emiri, but just a day ago, I realized that my feelings for him are more of wishing him good luck in everything and not wanting to be with him.” She continued, “I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but I consider him one of my best friends and as you know, best friends simply don’t cross that line.” She laughed, “So, I guess to answer your question, yes I still have feelings for him, but none of them are romantic or sexual. It‘s more friendship than anything else” She admitted.

Savayna would lean forward a bit. “I got one for you now.” She said, “Do you still think about the time you saw me in my bra and panties?” She asked, smirking quite flirtatiously.

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Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

When he gave his reason, Savayna just smiled and she actually sort of laughed. Though, just by looking at him, Savayna could tell that Grant was indeed the kind of person that much rather stay at his home and not go out venturing throughout the world. She would just keep laughing at this and Savayna’s laugh was happy and a little teasing to Grant. Then, he asked her about her family. Savayna’s laughter stopped.

“I-I don’t speak to them. Or rather, they don’t speak to me.” She said lowly. “I resent my father for marrying me to the Darcone family. I mean, I don’t hate them, the Darcone House. But at the time, they just wanted to save their own asses. And my mother, well she died just shortly after my wedding to Jaakuna. I never knew what or how she died. The whole thing was dropped for the sake of the Darcone House.” Savayna said gripping her pants tightly. “I do have an older brother. His name is Nicolas. He defected from Archadia and my homeland when I was thirteen. We were really close and as you can imagine, I didn’t take it very well.” Though she wondered what happened to her brother, she smiled. “You two would have gotten along, I think. He was very serious of what I remember. Though, he did have a love for nature and adventure. Actually, I remember getting a postcard from him about seven years ago and that was when I was sixteen. He wrote that he was in Stigma, actually. He told me that he loved the way the city was on water and that he wouldn’t mind showing me it someday.” She said smiling. “That was the last I heard from him. I don’t even know if he’s alive or not.” Savayna shamefully admitted, starting to show tears.

As she would wipe the tears away from her eyes, she would put on a smile. “But anyways, I guess it’s my turn huh?” She said. “Have you ever been in love? I mean, legitimately in love. Like, how Lorenzo and Karolina are.” She asked him.

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When Nadeline would go on to name the group’s flaws, she would note that Jaakuna and Savayna are crude, and how Emiri liked to keep her secrets. She would state that Grant was as expressionable as a tree. Wesley couldn’t help but laugh at that. It was a pretty loud laugh too. However, his laughing stopped when she would state that his flaw was being too rational. In his mind, he’s thinking, Since when is being rational a bad thing? Wesley would smile to her. “You’re right, I am too rational.” Wesley looked at her rather mischievously. “Perhaps I should do something that’s, oh I don’t know? Is more unpredictable and illogical.” He said grabbing Nadeline close to him. “Perhaps I should just throw all caution to the wind and take you right here in the supply room.” He said bringing her in, arms wrapped around her, and she was in so close that their bodies were pressing against each other and he could hear her breathing so clearly. “What say you to that?”

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And with that, his heart sank. Jaakuna didn’t hear anything else. He didn’t hear her say that Vincent was placed her in a guest room he didn’t hear her ask him a question as to who Vincent wanted her to heal. No, Jaakuna’s hearing briefly stopped cause his world came crashing down once she said that Vincent was going to kill her. Jaakuna knew that she was in a lot of danger on that day, but he didn’t know just how much. Vincent was going to just use her and kill her and he was going to do it in front of Grant. He was going to kill two birds with one stone. He just couldn’t believe it. Jaakuna was shaking. His hands were the start of this and then his entire body.

And then he went numb.

Jaakuna started to hyperventilate, breathing in short breaths. Such short breaths that the beat of his heart and the rate at which it would beat would increase more and more up until the point Jaakuna fell to the ground, convulsing. No doubt by this point, Emiri was screaming at him, but he heard nothing. Jaakuna was in a state of shock that he felt all of this was unreal and he felt so detached by everything in his surroundings.

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Grant brought up the idea of just asking each other questions back and forth to get to know each other. That actually was a good idea; though his first question was a pretty big one. He would go on to ask Savayna if she missed Archadia. Yeah, that one wasn’t what she was expecting right off the bat. She would answer it regardless. “Sometimes, I do find myself missing it. I mean, no shit; it’s my home. Despite everything, it’s my home. It doesn’t matter if I’m wanted by the crazy emperor that runs it or whatever, but yeah, I miss it. Sometimes, I think it would be worth getting caught just to smell the air of it one more time.” She admitted. Now, she would ask him a question. “How about you? Are you going to miss your home of Rozarria?” She asked.

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As Nadeline would speak, Wesley thought about every single word she said. He agreed with her on the fact that the remaining espers were indeed in some of the most dangerous places that Ivalice had to offer. Even more so, Wesley too wondered whether or not the group’s power had caught up to the level they needed to venture into places such as Giruvegan. “Yeah, I hope our power levels are up there as well.” He said.

Wesley was just thinking about that and on the note she made about the numbers of the group increasing, she would ask who was the leader of the group? It’s safe to say that this caught Wesley off by surprise. He did ponder about it sometimes, but he didn’t stop to think about it seriously. However, now he was and Wesley couldn’t help but think of one person. “When I look back at everything that has happened and how we were all brought in, in some aspect, Jaakuna has been that very sole reason we’re all here.” Wesley said, “I mean, he was the one who had Emiri originally and then you jumped in(I’m guessing at least). And then he got me on board. Following myself, Savayna joined up, which is his ex-wife. And of course, Grant was the last.” Wesley realized he wasn’t making much sense, but he would further his reason. “I just think that everything is the way it is cause of Jaakuna. I don’t know, but if you ask me, Jaakuna is the leader of our group when it all comes down to it all.”

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Everything Emiri said about Vincen was true. He was powerful, he’s also courteous, but most of all out of anything else, he is scary when he wants to be. Jaakuna knew this growing up and even when he beat the living snot out of him, Jaakuna always knew this. There was one thing that caught him off-guard, however. He brought Emiri over to Archadia to heal someone. In all that he knew about Archadia, Jaakuna didn’t know that there was someone so important to Vincent’s black hole of a heart that he would need someone to heal them.

Jaakuna looked to Emiri. “Did he say who it was that he wanted you to heal?” He asked her. This had Jaakuna’s attention by the freaking nose.