Altered Tundra

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

As Nadeline would step closer to Savayna, nearly chest-to-chest, she would look into her icy-blue eyes and pretty much echo Savayna's words and state that Savayna was misunderstanding her and that she was not asking Savayna, she was demanding that the former general step aside. She really didn't understand where Nadeline got the nerve to demand such a thing of her. Savayna was just trying to help her friend out, but nooo, instead of allowing her to help, Nadeline would turn on her royal bitch mode and demand her to step aside.

"Oh you're demanding me huh?" Savayna said with an attitude as she looked at Nadeline with a smirk, "why don't you make me, princess?" As soon as she did that, Savayna tapped Nadeline's chest pretty hard, thus as a result, pushing her back a few feet.

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

“I see that you misunderstood me.” Savayna said. “I am not asking you to tell me, I am demanding.” She further stated.

Savayna could handle if Emiri and Jaakuna were fighting, she would understand that the two of would make up not long after their initial fight. She knew that Jaakuna was just that type of guy that a girl can’t stay mad at for very long. Emiri was the same way for guys, as she has seen from Grant and Jaakuna. Savayna could even handle her and Grant fighting. She knew they would make up soon after the initial fight. However, what she couldn’t understand was why Nadeline and Wesley were acting like children. Of the entire group and of all the couples that Savayna has encountered, the one couple that has been so perfect for each other and so very much in-love despite how soon they met each other was Nadeline and Wesley. They hit it off right away, so as to what possible reason either of them have to excuse their stupid fighting was beyond Savayna.

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

In the time that they all started to just talk about what they needed to, around twenty minutes passed by, to which in that time the Ifrit arrived near Giruvegan. Or at least, as close as it could get to it without the amount of the mist surrounding the ancient capital disrupting the Ifrit's systems. "As requested, Master Jaakuna, we have arrived to a safe distance. Giruvegan is twenty miles east. I hope that will be sufficient." Iris informed them.

"That's fine, thank you Iris." Wesley would say instead of Jaakuna, who would give him a look. Wesley just smiled. As it was now known that they had arrived at where they needed to be, Wesley looked to everyone. "Someone should go get Nadeline. I would myself, but I feel that she might not want to see me." WEsley said.

Savayna sighed. "I'll go get little miss princess." Savayna said as she stood up and would walk to the Supply Room.

Wesley just sighed as Savayna left and he too would get up and head to the Armory. He needed to get his stuff ready as well. "We'll meet at the Beaming Station in ten minutes." WEsley said as he left.

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As Savayna made her way into the Supply Room, she would open the door very gently, as to not alarm Nadeline. As she would quietly walk it, she kicked the door hard shut, locking it in the process. No doubt this would alarm Nadeline and Savayna just leaned against the door, arms crossed over her chest, and she looked at Nadeline with a rather disappointing glare. "Okay, time to spill the beans." Savayna said, "What is it with you and Wesley? Lannit, Wendy, and I heard you guys yelling back at the Pharos and now you won't even look at each other!?" Savayna said throwing her arms up into the air. "What gives?"

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

“Actually, they will be going. You and I will be staying here.” Jaakuna would state rather bluntly. It was true that Emiri and Jaakuna were staying, but he did not want to hide it. He saw what his lies and secrets did to his friends and he didn’t want to do that anymore.

Wesley was rather shocked that Jaakuna right out and said it. “JAakuna is right. While you two stay here, the rest of us will venture into Giruvegan and obtain The High Seraph.” Wesley said as he did not want to reveal too much that would alarm Emiri. Besides, with the lack of Emiri’s memory and Jaakuna’s less-than perfect exercisement of Zodiark, there was no guarantee that it would add to their chances of winning. There was also the fact that Ultima was the strongest Esper right behind Zodiark. If the remnants of Zodiark in Jaakuna got in the way, it truly would be very, very bad for the group’s chances of winning.

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

As Emiri would thank Jaakuna(and blush), she would then just sit there as if she was waiting for it to work automatically. She would then, obviously content to wait it out, look to Jaakuna. She would do some sort of corny pose asking Jaakuna how she looked. He just smiled, chuckled, and spoke. “Like the fairest in the land.” Jaakuna said smiling and lightly booping her nose.

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

Wesley completely understood Grant’s reaction. Now that he actually had time to digest it, he too felt disgusted by what Levi did. Not only the fact that she killed his uncle right after he proposed to her(that still gets him), but she would parade in his dead body and just shed it right in front of him. That would forever be imprinted into his brain and never will be removed even through hours upon hours of therapy. Wesley would hear Jaakuna and just shook his head. “And here I thought my family was going to be the less crazy one.” Wesley would just shake his head even more.

As Jaakuna thought about it more, he didn’t want to. Thankfully for him, Emiri would call for his assistance with the bottle. He did see her try to get it out, but it was to no avail. He would change seats to which he was next to Emiri. “Hmm, let’s see.” He said as he would look at the vile. “Oh, Emiri..” He said looking at her. He would take the vile from her gently and he would lightly shake the bottle around the flower wreath and little specs of the Dream Powder would be sprinkled on it. “There you go, my love.” Jaakuna smiled happily and lightly kissed Emiri on the lips.

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When Grant would ask about the ring, Wesley felt instantly felt like if he told, he would be looked down upon. The fact of the matter was that Levi had the ring and what was even worse, she had married his uncle, which would make Levi Wesley’s aunt, but how was he going to tell Grant that. “It’s complicated.” He said scratching the side of his face with his right index finger. “The ring, well that is you see..” Wesley took a deep breath and just spoke. “The ring was stolen from my mother by my Uncle Clyde who gave it to Levi, who killed him, and when we went to see my uncle was parading in his dead body and told us that she and him got married and well that’s that.” Wesley said not even taking a breather. “So, long story short: Levi has it and she’s my aunt.”

Jaakuna and Savayna overheard and boy if they did not hear it from the source, they would have never believed it. To think that Levi married his uncle and killed him. Even more bizarre, she paraded around in his dead body as him. “We have seriously fucked up families.” Savayna would muse aloud. Jaakuna would just nod comically, eyes closed, arms folded across his chest, and just repeating “mhm mhm.“

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

As Nadeline excused herself, Grant would instantly ask what it was between her and Wesley, though he would state that the Dalmascan prince didn't have to say why. Wesley pondered on if he should tell Grant the full story. He didn't want to think on what Grant would think about him if he did, but not telling him fully would probably make things worse.

Wesley just looked at Grant. "She found out that I kept Jaakuna's secret about Emiri's...situation and as you can probably guess, she let me have it." Oh boy did she ever. The secret wasn't fully to blame either. Wesley sure added fuel to the fire by clutching onto his honor. Though, it wasn't Wesley's fault that he liked to think of himself as an honorable man and he wanted to uphold that. Though, the fact of the matter was that Wesley didn't tell Nadeline everything and apparently that was a bad thing.

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

From Grant telling the group where he went to Nadeline asking about how it went, Jaakuna just sighed as he would take a breath in. He wanted to get the right words out before he would speak. Taking his breath out slowly, Jaakuna just let the relaxing aura surround him. "It was good for the most part." He said, "I admit, Zodiark was not fully exercised from my body, but along the way, I was able — well forced was more like it — to tackle the issues that have been with me since early teenhood." Jaakuna said as he just looked at everyone. "There were seven steps and I didn't complete the final one." Jaakuna said as he would slightly look down.

Wesley looked at JAakuna with an eyebrow raised. He wondered what the final step would make JAakuna do. "And what was this final step?" Wesley asked as he knew everyone else wanted to know.

Jaakuna looked at Wesley and sighed again. "To complete it, I would have to detach myself from my physical body, open myself to my inner-wisdom, and in turn, my 'true strength' would be realized." JAakuna just realized he was echoing what Aloa had said. "In other words, I would have to remove myself from any bonds I have made — good or bad — and become a monk. Or at least, that's the way I perceived it as."

Time Stops For Fire(Altered Tundra and Hero)

"It's quite simply really." Jaakuna said, "I will stay with her while the four you go to Giruvegan. Her staying behind is a definite and I shall not leave her side anymore." Jaakuna said settling that.

Welsey made a noise hinting that he agreed with Jaakuna. It was smart that JAakuna would stay back, though there was probably the other matter that Nadeline, Savayna, and WEsley himself wanted to address. "With that out of the way, shall we address the elephant in the room?" Wesley said.

Jaakuna eyed Wesley. "And what would that be?" He asked cautiously.

"Where on Ivalice have you been?"