Nalia looked up at Fran, her red bangs falling in her eyes. "Is that such a bad thing? Being willing to do whatever it takes to help someone you care about?" She then sighed. "But I suppose I owe you the truth Mistress, I- I found a way to wake up my brother but it is risky."
Cloud nodded, following after them. "So I have noticed."
Nalia sighed. "I need a airship, but . . . my skills as a pilot never really improved." She said rubbing the back of her head. "And also . . . maybe some more help. But only if you are sure."
Cloud thought about answering, but honestly he didn't even know why he was here. Why they were here.
Nalia watched after Balthier. "What do you think happened?" She asked before shaking her head as Fairen came in. "We need to go, now." He said, a slight excitment about him. Nalia looked up at Fran, smiling. "Well you may not have trained me Mistress, but I have always looked up to you and would be honored for your help." She said happily.
CLoud looked slightly alarmed. "The end of the world? Mind telling me why you didn't mention this before?" He asked in a low voice.
Nalia smiled. "Seems that way huh?"Fairen looked between the two girls. "So she is coming too?" Nalia nodded. "Wouldn't leave without her. Come on." She said heading to enter the Strahl.
Cloud nodded, deciding to just listen, after all if they knew something he didn't he needed to know.
Cloud sighed. "I have a feeling that this means nothing good for Gaia." He said absently.
Nalia handed Fran some directions. "This is where we have to go, the easy part is getting there. The hard part is what comes next." She said excitedly. She wasn't sure if she was excited about the adventure or. . . seeing her brother.
Nalia smiled. "The greatest summon of any world. It is so strong a single shard of it's summon can destroy cities." Fairen smiled as he slide the pieces together, each sparking with power. "Soul for soul, till none remain, cry for pain, live in fear till freedom claims you and takes to the sky. The greatest sacrifice, one soul for another, the stream of souls claims, and through the great divide shall his freedom rise." She said, thinking back on the inscription she had found. "It's how I am getting my brother back."
Cloud shook his head. "I am not sure I want to know."
OOC: No, it spazed on me too, still doing it actually.
IC: Nalia didn't know what to say, so she said nothing at all. She couldn't help but feel a slightly worry at Fran's sudden change. "Drop Fairen and me at the mountain rang, there is something you need to do, and I won't keep you from it Mistress." She said, not looking at Fran any longer.
Cloud's eyes widened a little bit before he cursed under his breath and followed the others. "What the heck is that thing?"
Cloud watched in horror as the thing appeared from the ground. "This can't be happening." He said, knowing that thing was nothing like what they had seen before, nothing they had faced, not sense the great war.
Nalia grabbed the orb away from Fairen. "Hey!" He said but the look on Nalia's face stopped him from saying anymore. "No," She whispered, watching the scene before her. The lifestream was reacting, it was reacting and fighting back against whatever was attacking it. It was summoning something to fight back. She slide down to the ground. Unable to understand, "Mistress, what is attacking Gaia." SHe said, looking up at Fran with a look that screamed of despair.
Cloud turned to Llyria, before finally following after her, everything in him screaming for him to stand and fight, but knowing it was useless.
"No, no, no no, NO!" Nalia said, running to the hatch of the ship. Fairen's eyes widened as he stood up after her. "Nali stop!" He yelled running after her.
Cloud looked back at the others. "We have to get out of here, all my summons are back at town and I doubt any of you have something that can take him on." He said glancing at Balthier.
Nalia jumped down the second the ship touched ground, running at full speed towards the cavern. Fairen cursed before running after her. "NALI!" He yelled, this was really getting old fast.
Cloud was right there with them, he knew that this was bad, what was worse that pain he had earlier was getting worse. Meaning something very bad was happening with Gaia.
Nalia looked around at the Chrystal walls. She pulled out the last shard. Her eyes locked on the glowing orb at the end of the cave, a light in the dark. She smiled faintly, Fairen catching up with her at last. "Brother." She said before running forward again. Fairen groaned. "Does it never end?" He said before taking after her.
Cloud shook his head. "I have tried time and time again to keep Gaia safe and it looks like someone not even from this world is going to undo all of that in one second." He said, slightly bitter, before he sighed. "So no, I am not alright."
Fairen smiled faintly. "Suppose that is true." He said before seeing Nalia had finally stopped on the other side of a pool of water. She was looking up at the orb with such a distant look that Fairen almost was sure she wasn't even aware of what was going on around her, including the cave shifting. "Nali, if you are going to do something. It may need to be soon."
Nalia smiled pulling out the orb and the final shard. "Even if the morrow is barren of promises, Nothing shall forestall my return, To become the dew that quenches the land, To spare the sands, the seas, the skies, I offer thee this silent sacrifice." She said her voice low as she watched the summon glow. "Soul for a soul goddess, that is what you wanted right?" She asked, her eyes glowing slightly in a way they never should have. "My brother's soul for Gaia's. Fair trade I would say." Fairen moved to step closer to her before he recoiled, pain lacing up his arm from whatever shield was around her. "Da** it Nali, what are you doing."
Cloud turned to try and see where Balthier was. "Anyone have a plan?" He asked, his hand going for the hilt of his sword.
OOC: Hey did you know that I had responded to you a while back on the other FF one?
OOC: Aw, sorry.
IC: Fairen's eyes widened he ran over to Fran and grabbed her, unable to get to Nalia because of the bright shield that was around her as the summon use her body and mind to clime to the reality. Nalia screamed again as her eyes glowed bright and her connection to reality was lost.
Cloud shook his head head before he grabbed it. "Wh-what the he** is that?" He asked, feeling something sharp, like when the Goddess had came to life.
Fairen cursed. "Really fates? Why me?" He asked looking up, before noticing the light had died behind him. He glanced back before he also noticed with a start that the orb was gone as well. No Nalia, no Genesis, no summon, no hope. He thought before noticing the entrance to the cave had already collapsed. He sighed as he fell to the ground, tapping his head. "I get it, payment for stealing, thanks Goddess, you are a fu**ing bi***." he said before he closed his eyes.
Nalia looked around and saw nothing, she was in the middle realm, the realm of summons. She smiled faintly when she saw a figure surrounded by a bluish light. "Gen!" She cried running up to him and hugging him. Genesis smiled at his sister. "Nali, what did you do this time?" Nalia shook her head, not looking up. "I got you back." Genesis pushed her hair back before looking into her eyes. "Not exactly, but at least here, your safe." She blinked before looking at him. "Gen, where are you going to go?" Genesis smiled. "To see a certain bronze haired idiot." He said before there was a flash of light and once again Genesis was gone. "Well, seems everything is going according to plan after all."
OOC: So back when Nali was out on a delivery run? Also they can be in Edge without Nalia taking them, after all the town is pretty notable. This is Edge, I never showed you,
OOC: Alright, that would actually be back in Wutai, but do you want to change it around a bit and make it near the Migar ruins? It may help me too.
IC: Nalia sighed bored, actually beyond bored, she was doing a delivery, again, to that evil woman, again. Had her life really got that predictable?
Tifa nodded her head. "Pleasure," She said before opening the door to one of the rooms. "Now anyways, what is this about Nalia?" She asked, folding down one of the beds so they could lay Llyria in it.
Nalia cursed as the woman threw something at her head. "YOUR WELCOME!" She yelled back, picking up her package received page that the woman had thrown at her. "Stupid deliveries."
Tifa sat down, listening closely. "Wait, I am still stuck on the fact, Nalia wasn't involved in the great war. She was with Niko and Yuffie at the time, in Wutai under protection of her family." She shook her head. "Never mind, you are saying something about a ship. And a camera, is that something you can tell me?" She asked listening closer.
Nalia stopped outside of Midgar looking down on the ruins. "Stopping way out here, really Princess?" Nalia turned around and smirked as she saw Fairen. "Maybe, this place has a certain feel, almost like home in a twisted sort of way."
Tifa looked up at him. "What was that? Just now, I mean I haven't seen something-" She trailed off, thinking about something she rather not.
Fairen smiled thinly. "Well you "home" doesn't look to different from this, does it?" Nalia glared at him but sighed. "No it doesn't. Midgar burned Banora to the ground to punish my brother, for what I don't know." She then leaned back on her bike. "I should really get back, I shouldn't worry Tifa anymore. After last time. . . "
