Chapter 3: Sleep

Chapter 3: Sleep

The Great Lake
Path of the Dragoon

Cid, Yui and the crew of the Sierra were able to reach the Dome of Fontaine in a matter of just under 8 hours. Travelling by airship proved to be the fastest way to get from one point to the other here in this world, not including teleportation. On their way to the Dome, the Seirra passed by the city of Riverun. Even from the sky, the damage done by Agnes and the twins was evident. So parts of the village were completely destroyed. There were huge craters on the ground, indicating a large explosion of some sort.

Cid looked down from the bridge with a worried look. They didn't stop by to give aid to Riverun because Cid was worried that whatever did it might still be around. They continued heading north until they were flying above a large lake surrounded by a ring of mountains.

In the middle of the massive lake were three islands and in the middle island, there as something glimmering from the distance. It was the Dome of Fontaine, a medium sized Shrine built in the middle of an island. Although the original Dome that covered the shrine is already gone, the people of Wrozan still call it the Dome of Fontaine.

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Meanwhile...

Somewhere near the Sierra. The Twins were trying to avoid flying over the Aflerian domain so from Riverun, they flew over the great lake. The Conjurations also need to be resummoned for they could not last forever. The twins decided to land in one of the uninhabitted islands within the Great Lakes. Incidentally they were spotted by the Sierra after exiting from a cluster of clouds. The first mate was the first to point out the Twins flying in the sky and quickly called his captain's attention. Cid quickly identified the two as the two as Dakgu and Yazgash. The twins were well known bounty hunters and had a reputation even here in Wrozan.

Cid quickly deduced that it was the twins who ruined Riverun afterall not many people had that kind of ability. Cid wasn't looking to pick a fight with the two until he saw what they were hauling. A young girl, barely 18 years of age, who in Cid's eyes was being kidnapped and abused by the Twins. His honor would not allow himself to walk away from bringing to justice to criminals who ever they may be. As a Dragoon and as a Man, he need to take action. "It looks like someone needs our help boys!" Cid said to his crew over the ship's communication device. They replied by cheering courageously.

They kept their distance, making sure the twins didn't notice them and followed the two to the Dome of Fontaine, which was lucky because that's where they were headed too. The twins were setting up camp, Agnes was still asleep but was bound to wake up soon. Meanwhile Cid set the Sierra down some distance from the Twins. He wanted to keep the element of surprise.

"All right Yui. We're going to be fighting some really bad people to save a child are you up for it? If not then you can stay here and guard the ship!" Cid said to Yui.

*Agnes' story will continue here. You can wake up immediately in your entry post. Your demon form is again out of commission and will be for some time.*

Chapter 3: Sleep

The Great Lake
Path of the Dragoon


Yui stood from the seat and spun her spear fancifully in response to Cid's question of her readiness, giving him a stern look and a quick nod as she started walking to the main deck.

Her mind wandered a touch as she walked through the ship, memories of the last "child" she had encountered putting a grim look on her face. She felt quite guilty over having to stab the child, but she had no choice.

Regrettably, a familiar voice piped up in Yui's mind. "Hehe. Maybe you'll stab this one too" Ikas said with a chuckle, crossing her legs. Every time Yui would blink or otherwise close her eyes, Ikas would be there with her shit-eating grin, staring at her and giving her usual peanut-gallery comments.

"Truthfully, I hope you do. You need to stop being so dull.." Ikas continued, manifesting a skull in the palm of her hand with a puff of purple/black smoke. She just sat there, manifesting a dagger in the opposite hand and grinding it against the skull.

Yui was curious if one could sharpen metal on bone, but wasn't going to watch Ikas to find out. She needed to focus, since a life was potentially at stake.

Ikas chuckled and continued to run the dagger across the top of the skull, the grinding sound becoming audible in Yui's mind. "Hehe. If you're so interested, you should kill the child and try it with their skull for yourself!" She said with a small laugh and continued "After all, a dull person like you probably has a dull blade!"

Yui shook her head slightly, trying not to become annoyed by Ikas' taunting as she made her way to the main deck.

Chapter 3: Sleep

The Great Lake
Path of the Dragoon

The Twins were not concerned at all with Agnes escaping form her cage. They were excellent trappers and the cage itself is impossible to open without the proper key. The Key was being kept by Dakgu, in a key chain hooked on his waist belt. Aside from using a spell binding cage, they also placed a spell binding collar around Agnes' neck. It was made from solid Delvic Steal and was impossible to unlock without a key. They only needed to rest for a 30 minutes max before they can recover their stamina and continue on with their journey to Arcwind. Fortunately for Cid and his crew, the Twins didn't notice them, yet.

Meanwhile Cid had his first mate assume command while he was away. None of his crew members were excellent fighters so he decided that he wouldn't endanger them by having them come along. He also thought that this might be too dangerous for Yui, so he said, "You should probably stay here and guard the ship. This isn't going to be pretty."

Chapter 3: Sleep

The Great Lake
Path of the Dragoon


Yui pulled out a piece of paper and her usual writing tool, scribbling "Alone. Bad choice." onto it and passing it to Cid, before walking past him to get to the main deck. She didn't much care what she was walking into, since a child needed help, but she also wasn't going to let Cid walk into something alone.

Going in alone seemed to get her into trouble constantly, so doing the opposite would clearly be better for herself and Cid both. At least that's what she thought, not having seen any of the carnage the airship had flown over before arriving here.

Yui put her right hand onto her left shoulder and moved her left arm around in a circular motion, stretching it somewhat since she still didn't have full mastery of its sensitivity or anything, trying to get a general feel for it as she stepped out onto the main deck and waited for Cid to catch up.

Chapter 3: Sleep

The Great Lake
Path of the Dragoon

Cid saw that Yui's resolve could not be deterred. All he could do was shrug his shoulders and hope that the stories about the twins are exaggerated. Cid followed her out the main deck and overtook her off the ship. He had a plan, just in case things didn't go according to plan. "Alright Yui. I need you to listen to me very carefully. In the off chance that we get out assess handed to us, I want you to run back to the ship as fast as you can. Is that understood?"

"I have a plan. One of us will distract them while the other one will free the girl. Do you know how to open a Delvic Lock?" Cid asked.

Chapter 3: Sleep

The Great Lake
Path of the Dragoon


She nodded at the first question, but had to stop and think for a moment at the second one. Unfortunately, picking locks wasn't part of her stay in Mitchzen so she had no idea how to do so.

She shook her head no and pulled out another piece of paper, writing "No" on one side and displaying it to him before flipping it over and writing "Can break it?" on the other and showing that to him as well. She made a sort of smashing motion with the butt of her spear, in case her writing didn't display her intent.

Chapter 3: Sleep

The Great Lake
Path of the Dragoon

Cid shook his head in disagreement. "No no that will never work. Delvic Locks are made from Delvic Steel we'll never be able to break it without using magic. Do you know any magic spells?" Cid asked. They made their way to the Twins camp and kept hidden behind the trees.

They had a good vantage point of the camp and were able to spot Agnes right away. The girl was awake and by the looks of it was trying escape as well. The twins were almost finished cooking a medium sized animal that they had recently caught. Cid hands Yui a skeleton key and says, "Here. It's easy to use just swivel it around the key hole a bunch of time till you get the lock open." Cid knew that there was more to it that just that. But the tool wasn't that hard to use.

"I'll create a distraction while you head over there and help the girl. You got it?" Cid asked, wanting to know if Yui understood what she needed to do.[/b]

Chapter 3: Sleep

The Great Lake
Path of the Dragoon




Yui shook her head in response to the question of her knowing any magic, not even sure if she herself could learn any. Looked over the camp from the vantage point when she was handed the skeleton key and given instructions as to how to use it, looking it over briefly before refocusing her attention to him.

She wasn't very fond of Cid going to cause a distraction by himself, but she figured that getting the girl out should be top priority. Plus, it shouldn't take her that long..

Or at least, that's what she thought.

Chapter 3: Sleep

The Great Lake
Path of the Dragoon & The Twins

After cooking the beast, the two feasted on the animal. They tossed a piece on the ground close to Agnes, it was close enough for her to reach. The floor was sandy though and the piece of meat was filled dirtied with sand and other soils.

Cid saw this as the perfect time to exact their plan. He gave two taps on Yui's shoulder and said, "Okay let's go while those horned devils are still eating." before moving out. He waited for Yui to get in position before he started his diversion. Once Yui was in position, Cid cut down one of the coconut trees in the distance, then another, then another. He was sure the falling of the trees would grab the Twin's attention and surely enough it did.

Dagku got up from his seat and went to investigate on Cid's diversion. Meanwhile Yazgash stayed up and finished her meal.

*Yui now a chance to free Agnes. There are (3) locks in total. 2 locks were located in the cage where Agnes is being kept and the last lock is located in her collar. Even if Agnes escapes the cage, if her collar isn't removed she will not be able to use her Magic.*

CHALLENGE EVENT!
FOR YUI

Roll the Challenge dice to attempt to open the locks. There are 3 locks in total. You have a total of 5 tries before either you are caught. The sooner you complete the challenge, the higher chance Cid will not be caught.

Chapter 3: Sleep 
The Great Lake 
Path of the Dragoon & The Twins 


Yui moved to a section of raised ground,  about 3 feet off the ground. She had a small overlook from her position,  allowing her to chart a path through some bushes. She crouched down and waited,  watching until Cid began his distraction. 

She watched as the horned man got up and moved to investigate, waiting a brief moment before slowly climbing down from the slightly raised area. She frowned as only the man moved to investigate,  keeping low to the ground and moving from bush to Bush. 

She used trees,  rocks,  anything she could to try to remain undetected as she made her way towards the cage.. 

It would be risky,  but someone needed help.  So what the hell, right? She thought,  looking around cautiously.

Chapter 3: Sleep

The Great Lake
Path of the Dragoon & The Twins

Dakgu took the stealthy approach. He climbed up the trees and like a monkey, he jumped from one tree to the other to avoid any travelling on the ground. At this rate it won't take him long before he finds out who or what is causing this disturbance.

Meanwhile Cid was sure that he had caught the Twins attention. He circled back and up the mountain, leaving after only cutting down a couple of trees. He knew it wouldn't take long before the Twins get there and realize that someone was in the island with them so he hurried back to the vantage point. Hoping that Yui had already done her job.

Yazgash was finished with her meal. She got up and started scanning the perimeter with her eyes. The Island is filled with all sorts of wild beasts and although none of them would be a match for either of the twins, it was wiser to be on guard should anything out of the ordinary happens

Chapter 3: Sleep
The Great Lake 
Path of the Dragoon / The Twins

Yui spotted the female stand,  ducking into some taller grass to avoid detection as the woman began scanning the area. She slowed her breathing in order to be as quiet as possible, moving up when the woman's field of view no longer covered the area she was going to be moving through. 

It took a small amount of time for her to reach the cage,  only having to pause twice to stay out of sight. She moved around the cage as quietly as she could,  not even letting the girl know of her intentions, figuring her inability to speak wouldn't really help her communicate said intentions. 

It didn't take her long to find the first lock, taking the skeleton key from a pouch on her belt and moving it toward the device.  She swirled it around what she thought was the lock, as Cid had told her to do, waiting to see if something happened. 

It seemed strange to her,  as magic was typically a foreign concept to her.  She had seen impossible things, sure, but using it herself was a different story.

The member 'Zephyros' has done the following action : FFMSL Dice

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'Challenge' :

Result :

Chapter 3: Sleep 
The Great Lake 
Path of the Dragoon / The Twins 


Yui was confused by the girls offering of meat,  looking up and down the door slowly. She was far too focused on her current objective to care about the sticks in her hair. She found a second lock a little higher along the door, lifting the key up toward the second lock. 

She paused but for a moment, raising her opposite hand up and placing a finger over her own lips. She was trying to indicate to the girl to remain quiet, noticing that there was a small lock on the collar around the girls neck. She wondered if the key would work on it as well, shooting the girl a quick smile before turning her attention back to the lock. 

She swirled the key around the lock on the door, watching it intently with the hope it would unlock as easily as the first.

The member 'Zephyros' has done the following action : FFMSL Dice

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'Challenge' :

Result :

Chapter 3: Sleep

The Great Lake
Path of the Dragoon & The Twins

Yui had successfully unlocked the first lock but it seems the pressure has finally gotten into her and she failed on her attempt to open the second lock. Very close by there is a chest on the ground, probably belonging to the twins. Yui could reach it and try to unlock it with the Skeleton Key Cid gave her but it would cost her precious time.

Meanwhile, Dakgu was already in the site were Cid cut down the trees. Looking at the portion where the trees were cut and it was clear that it was made by weapon. Dakgu didn't search for the culprit, instead he quickly made his way back to the camp to guard their cargo.

*Yui has one attempt left before Dakgu returns to the camp*

Chapter 3: Sleep

The Great Lake
Path of the Dragoon & The Twins


Yui frowned as the second lock failed to open, using her free hand to pull herself up along the cage slightly, giving her a closer view of the lock itself. She shifted her grip on the key so that she was holding it at one end, keeping it secure with the tips of three of her fingers as she tried to line it up as perfectly as possible with the lock.

She took a deep breath and exhaled softly, moving the key in a circular motion around the lock in a counter-clockwise fashion. The circle became smaller and smaller as she tightened the circle, moving the key towards the center of the lock with each full rotation.

Yui wasn't entirely sure how it worked, but she felt that maybe she needed to focus more. She stared at the lock rather intently, hoping deep down that the stupid thing would release like the first had done before.

After all, she couldn't exactly do this all day..