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Post by FF:JE Manager on Dec 30, 2012 16:43:53 GMT
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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=cellpadding,0,true][atrb=style, width: 440px; background-color: #9a7f9f; -moz-border-radius: 0px 30px 30px 0px; border-radius: 0px 30px 30px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 30px 30px 0px; padding: 10px;] [style=float: right; -moz-border-radius: 0px 30px 0px 0px; border-radius: 0px 30px 0px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 30px 0px 0px; background-image: url(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff276/Adiona/larina2.jpg); width: 100px; height: 100px;] [/style] [style=float: right; margin-right: 5px;][/style][style=color: #d792a4; font-family: georgia; font-size: 24px; font-weight: italic; text-transform: lowercase; padding-bottom: 5px; margin-bottom: 2px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #b8d5b8; letter-spacing: 4px; text-align: center;]This Is Your Journey[/style][style=color: #a498d8; font-family: georgia; font-size: 24px; font-weight: italic; text-transform: lowercase; padding-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top: 1px dashed #b8d5b8; letter-spacing: 4px; text-align: center;]Follow Your Destiny[/style][style=width: 420px; padding: 5px; font-family: verdana; background-color: #9d89a0; border: 1px dotted #6b586f; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; color: #584d5a;] The hall was decorated and lit to perfection. The Instructors lined the ballroom dressed in their smartest outfits, Instructor Treppe and Headmaster Cid stood at the back chatting to themselves and from the look of things it was quite a serious talk. Students began to pile into the ballroom talking and laughing in their groups. Some headed straight for the food and some for the dance floor, it was a joyous occassion to celebrate those that had recently passed their exam as well as giving everyone something good to cheer themselves up.
{Mingle amongst yourselves for a little while and I will make my next post. Mainly for SeeD and Garden students but anyone with a strong connection to Balamb Garden and Headmaster Cid is welcome.}
credit to ZETTA of LS & BTN[/style][style=color: #c1c291; font-family: georgia; font-size: 26px; font-weight: italic; text-transform: lowercase; margin-top: 10px; ]Which Side Will You Choose?[/style]
Karrl had arrived shortly after the doors had opened. He was wearing his SeeD uniform, since, well, he had no real formal wear to speak of other than that. He had cleaned himself up since, he had just arrived back from his travels from places like Esther and Mysidia. His hair was tied into a thick knotted braid, which rested over his shoulder and his face was clean shaven.
As he stood there at the entrance he smiled slightly, remembering the last time he had been at the ball. However, his smile slightly faulted when he remembered the end of the festivities, when Erinna and himself, had, kissed. It was the last pleasant interaction he had had with her, and it pained him slightly. He did miss her dearly, but he knew, and understood, why she had been avoiding him.
Taking a deep breath he pushed it aside and went straight for the bar. He had seen people handed out champagne, but, he was not that much into the fancier drinks. When he reached the bar he quickly ordered himself a bottle of beer. Taking the bottle in his hand he thanked the barman before turning around and taking a massive swig of the drink, thinking about picking someone up, and have a few laughs and a dance or two with them.
coded by JIN of BtN[/style][/style][STYLE=width:250px; height:400px;overflow:auto; background-color;F6ECFF;border-left: 10px solid #D5ACFF; color: black; padding:30px; text-align: justify; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana;border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px; float:right; background-color:F6ECFF]Hikari wandered into the room not long after the doors opened. She was wearing the purple dress with the orange sash around her waist with the large tied at the back, she knew it was something she wore lot outside of her uniform but it was comfortable and she knew she suited it. It was also down to that she really didn't feel like wearing something fancy that she would likely only wear once or twice. She looked tidy and had changed her purple bandanna for a simple purple hairband for the night only.
She looked around as she made her way to the bar to get a drink.She felt out of place, this wasn't her sort of thing. She wasn't the most social of girls in the world. She was always cold and mistrusting to others so she had hardly any friends and she didn't really enjoy events like this where she had to be on her best behaviour since it was against her nature.
Standing at the bar she ordered a non-alcoholic beverage as she wasn't old enough to order alcohol before looking for a quiet corner to sit in. If anyone wanted to talk to her, they could but she wasn't about to initiate any conversation herself. They would have to come to her.[/style]
[atrb=colspan,2][style=margin-left: 25px; border-left: 3px solid #555555; margin-top: -10px; padding: 20 2 40 12; text-align: justify; font-size: 11px; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 14px; color: #a09891; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #111111;] The SeeD Ball had begun by the time Rinoa had entered the ballroom, she dressed herself in her off white sheer fabric halter dress with her white shoes. She kept her necklace on which was a silver chain with a silver ring attached along with a bracelet. She looked around the ballroom and saw Karrl. He was alone which didn't suprise her. With a smile Rinoa skipped her way over to Karrl.
"Well hello there Karrl."
Rinoa flicked a few strands of her black hair behind her right shoulder as she leaned in to pick up a glass of champagne, if her father knew she was drinking she would be dragged into his office so fast it would make her head spin. With a cheeky smile Rinoa sipped the champagne and then began to look aroud the room remembering why she had come to the ball earlier than planned.
"You haven't seen Squall around have you? I've been looking all over for him..."
As the young silver haired SeeD continued to taking large amounts from the bottle of beer he had he looked around. He was taking in the surroundings, remembering, it had not been that long since he first attended the SeeD ball when he had graduated. He smiled slightly, remembering the night, but, soon when back to just looking around.
He was taking in all the cadets who had just become SeeD with a personal interest, since, after all, there was a good chance he would be working with them in the near future. He had always wondered if he was allowed to read personal files. He was not talking about histories and stuff like that, but, it would not hurt to know a little something about the people he would work with, skills and specialities and all that.
Continuing to drink and watch he felt someone looking at him. He sniff the air slightly, and remembered the fragrance of Riona’s. He did not turn to look at her and just continued to drink. When she skipped over to him he looked at her when she spoke to him. He smiled slightly and drained the last of his bottle before he spoke, “Hello to you to Riona, it has been a while. Sorry, no, aint seen Squall for a bit, not since he set of for his final exam.”
As it turned out, Squall had been promoted after all. He'd been closed up in his room for days, mainly over his own disappointment; he didn't feel like he deserved his promotion at all, yet for some reason he'd obtained it anyway and still hadn't come to terms with why. He thought over his field exam many times in his head, but no matter how he tried to justify anything he didn't feel strong enough to be a SeeD yet and no portion of his mind could convince him otherwise. He hadn't even dressed up in his uniform to go to the ball, and in all honesty he had no plan to either. Things rarely worked out his way however, as evidenced when Instructor Trepe had swung by his room with an invasive and annoying knock before letting herself in at no answer to find Squall sitting on his bed messing around with a laptop. His eyes flashed up from the screen briefly, and he didn't offer a response. She took that as normal, and asked why he wasn't dressed for the SeeD ball.
''Because i'm not going.''
She gave him a funny inquisitive look. ''What do you mean you're not going? You made it. This night's for you just like anybody else. Why aren't you going to go?'' ''...It's really none of your business.'' Squall watched her in annoyance as she repeated one of his typical brush-off responses along with him. ''You know, Rinoa's going to be there.'' He raised an eyebrow at her. ''Better get dressed up!'' She hurried out the door and shut it behind her. At present, that had been a few hours ago, and now Squall was standing in front of his mirror in a uniform he felt he didn't even deserve. He sighed, mentally scolding himself. ''I look ridiculous...'' As much as he didn't want to make an appearance, it looked like he was going to. He made his way just outside the ball and waited for the line to clear most of the way before he got in and crept around the back to avoid any unwanted attention.
It seemed champagne was available for all graduates, though limited in amount if underage. He shrugged slightly as it was offered and grabbed a fancy glass then leaned against the wall, spotting Rinoa off in the distance talking to Karrl. With any luck, they'd leave him alone so he could have a drink, say he went, and leave. He looked down at his glass and swiveled the liquid around before taking a sip, and surprisingly it tasted better than he'd given it credit for; after another sip he resumed his relaxed ''I don't care'' stature and stayed glued to the wall. Most students were already smart enough to avoid him as they danced to this song and that one, while the students old enough to get more to drink were hogging the alcohol huddled around circular tables off to the side.
He was never much for dancing, so he only hoped nobody would offer.
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"Oh I see Squall there....thanks anyway Karrl."
With such a girly giggle Rinoa walked over to Squall with her hands behind her back, her heels clicked against the parquet floor which could hardly be heard over the sound of the music and the chatter from everyone present. Rinoa stood just in front of Squall and with a grin she decided to have a little fun with him. He must smile sometime surely!
"You're the best looking guy here. Dance with me?"
Post by FF:JE Manager on Jan 13, 2013 13:27:28 GMT
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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=cellpadding,0,true][atrb=style, width: 440px; background-color: #9a7f9f; -moz-border-radius: 0px 30px 30px 0px; border-radius: 0px 30px 30px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 30px 30px 0px; padding: 10px;] [style=float: right; -moz-border-radius: 0px 30px 0px 0px; border-radius: 0px 30px 0px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 30px 0px 0px; background-image: url(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff276/Adiona/larina2.jpg); width: 100px; height: 100px;] [/style] [style=float: right; margin-right: 5px;][/style][style=color: #d792a4; font-family: georgia; font-size: 24px; font-weight: italic; text-transform: lowercase; padding-bottom: 5px; margin-bottom: 2px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #b8d5b8; letter-spacing: 4px; text-align: center;]This Is Your Journey[/style][style=color: #a498d8; font-family: georgia; font-size: 24px; font-weight: italic; text-transform: lowercase; padding-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top: 1px dashed #b8d5b8; letter-spacing: 4px; text-align: center;]Follow Your Destiny[/style][style=width: 420px; padding: 5px; font-family: verdana; background-color: #9d89a0; border: 1px dotted #6b586f; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; color: #584d5a;] Headmaster Cid and Instructor Treppe began to point out towards different SeeD members including Karrl, Squall and Hikari. They were quite deep in conversation when a young long blonde haired girl approached them. Karrl would recognise her as Erinna but the news of her becoming an Instructor hadn't spread throughout the whole of Balamb Garden yet. She had only completed one field exam as a fully fledged Instructor, by accounts it had gone well. Quistis placed a hand on Erinna's shoulder and then glanced to Karrl. Erinna spun around dressed in a long thin strapped black dress as she slowly made her way over to Karrl. She kept a serious expression on her face even as she began to speak to him.
"Good evening Karrl. I'm quite suprised you haven't hit on every woman in here yet."
Approaching Hikari was a young slim woman with a golden eye mask, she was dressed a short black dress similiar to Erinna's but less elegant. She slipped beside Hikari and picked up a glass of champagne, her painted black and purple nails tapped against the glass as she glanced to the young SeeD recruit.
"A silly tradition isn't it? They try to make you think you are involved but you really aren't, they just want you for your weapon nothing else. Sad really so many lost souls end up here..."
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Karrl nodded when Riona walked away to meet Squall. He turned around and leant against the bar and drained his bottle of beer. He raised a hand and signalled for another one and waited for it. He wondered what he was going to do, he knew he was going to have a few beers, but, after that, then what.
As he was handed to drink he caught a scent which was all too familiar he smiled and took a sip of his beer and turned around to see a woman who filled him with a big mix of emotions than a box of liquorish all sorts. He looked at the woman, she was beautiful as ever, he thought as he took a deep draught of his beer.
When she commented on him hitting on everyone at the ball he smirked and took a drink of his beer. He looked at her for a moment or two, “Hello to you to Erinna, looking beautiful as ever.” The calm cheekiness aside he did wonder why she wanted to speak to him, their last two encounters were no pleasant, however, he kept silence, giving her the chance to answer the unspoken question.
As Squall stayed rooted in his oh so anti-social position in the back of the hall, he had mostly finished his drink by time Rinoa had noticed him. He took note of her passing up Karrl after their very short conversation, and saw her approaching from the corner of his eye. He kept his same blank frown as he tried his best to not give her an awkward stare upon her approach, downing the last of his glass and setting it on a table just within arm's reach. He folded his arms across his chest in a closed off posture and if anything had become even more grounded and solid where he'd chosen to stand by time she had shown up. He was actually a bit surprised she had decided to; the exam he still had his doubts about still ran through his head, and it made him think of the various wounds they both suffered during its course.
He heard the click of heels drawing closer and closer until she finally arrived right at him, and he quickly looked up at her wondering what she could have wanted. He remembered the trip back to Balamb where she'd slumped against his shoulder and fell asleep for the finer part of the way back all of the sudden. Upon arrival, the girl giggled, but Squall had no clue as to why. She grinned and complimented him, saying he was ''the best looking guy here'', and without missing a beat asked if he would dance with her. He blinked and decided to stay closed off if she would allow it by shaking his head. He definitely wasn't in the habit of making a spectacle by taking to the dance floor, and he was still pretty rooted in place.
Something told him she wasn't going to take no for an answer however, so he started mentally preparing to deflect a lot of questions and bubbly remarks. He'd been around her enough by now to know how persistent she could be.
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"You'll be fine. Come on. I can't be on the dance floor alone."
With a smile she took one of his hands and placed it around her waist while she grabbed his free hand and placed her other on his shoulder. It seemed at this point she was going to have to lead but she found herself looking into Squall's eyes and almost loosing herself with him. She knew she was dancing but she couldn't quite focus on the music, all she could focus on was him. Rinoa closed her eyes briefly to try and snap herself out of it but...there was something about Squall...
Post by FF:JE Manager on Jan 26, 2013 18:15:39 GMT
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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=cellpadding,0,true][atrb=style, width: 440px; background-color: #9a7f9f; -moz-border-radius: 0px 30px 30px 0px; border-radius: 0px 30px 30px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 30px 30px 0px; padding: 10px;] [style=float: right; -moz-border-radius: 0px 30px 0px 0px; border-radius: 0px 30px 0px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 30px 0px 0px; background-image: url(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff276/Adiona/larina2.jpg); width: 100px; height: 100px;] [/style] [style=float: right; margin-right: 5px;][/style][style=color: #d792a4; font-family: georgia; font-size: 24px; font-weight: italic; text-transform: lowercase; padding-bottom: 5px; margin-bottom: 2px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #b8d5b8; letter-spacing: 4px; text-align: center;]This Is Your Journey[/style][style=color: #a498d8; font-family: georgia; font-size: 24px; font-weight: italic; text-transform: lowercase; padding-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top: 1px dashed #b8d5b8; letter-spacing: 4px; text-align: center;]Follow Your Destiny[/style][style=width: 420px; padding: 5px; font-family: verdana; background-color: #9d89a0; border: 1px dotted #6b586f; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; color: #584d5a;] Erinna ran her right hand through her long silky blonde hair as Karrl made his comment about her appearance. For a brief moment she seemed to smile but she quickly turned that smile into a stern lipped expression. The music was now a little louder and students were starting to talk louder so they could hear each other. Erinna looked over to the dance floor to see Rinoa and Squall dancing, well Rinoa was dancing it seemed like Squall was having a time keeping up.
"I suppose now I am an Instructor comments like that are inappropiate. How has your training been going? Have you heard anything else from the Coven or from Shin-ra?"
Erinna wasn't sure if Karrl had heard she was an Instructor but she wanted to make a point of her authority. Erinna slowly turned back to Karrl and crossed her arms over her chest once again.
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As Erinna spoke about how it might be inappropriate to make comments like that now that she was an Instructor Karrl took a swig of his beer. He did not want to admit it, but, it was true, since she was an instructor he would have to show some resemblance of professionalism.
He might not show the fact he knew this, but he did know it, the passion and love, even though he would not openly admit it, it would not let him act, too, professional with Erinna. Yes, he had known it for a while, he loved Erinna, he finally realised the night after the events in Alexandria, when he thought he had lost her.
However, from the professional side of their relationship, It was strange really, they became SeeD at the same time but she had risen faster than he had, true he gained a small promotion in rising up one rank, but, Erinna, she was an instructor.
It pained him to admit it, but there were two things that he knew, she was better than him because of the fact that Karrl, he knew he was not the right type to become an instructor. His pride would not let him openly admit that as well.
He knew the only way he could true gain renown within the Garden, would to rise for the ranks of normal SeeD, and maybe, one day rise above the normal ranks and become one of the Class A, the elite of the elite. He did not have many goals but, that was his main one, along with finding and killing the magic user who killed his parents.
When Erinna finished speaking he took a moment to have another swig of his beer before speaking again, “Oh, I heard something about you becoming an Instructor, congrats, I’m sure you’ll be a great Instructor. Maybe one day, you and me can go grab a couple of drinks and a bite to celebrate, you know, professionally speaking.”
He then thought about how to word the answer to her question, “Not so much when it comes to Shin-Ra, I dealt with some project they were working on in Timber, helping out the Owls, a little while ago. As for the Coven, bumped into one of those bitches when I went after Lich in Esther, barely escaped with my life.”
He'd hoped shaking his head would be the end of it and to clear up his discomfort he was going to try and persuade her to dance with someone else, but before he could really open his mouth to object she'd already tightly grasped around his hand and started making her way toward the dance floor. The combination between his shoes and the half-slick surface of the floor meant he couldn't plant his heels, either, so now he was stuck stumbling along behind her until they reached Rinoa's ideal spot in the crowd that had quickly grown since Squall's last disinterested glance over. Blinking at her once they stopped, she turned and faced him blankly for a moment before speaking.
''...I can't dance''. It was his only real hope of getting out of this really embarrassing situation, and he knew it wasn't going to work but said it anyhow. He watched helplessly as his hands were placed on her figure and she began to lead. The sudden start caused Squall to lose his footing once or twice, but then he noticed Rinoa staring right into his eyes with the strangest look; little did he realize he was looking right back in the same way, and instinct was starting to take over from when every student was taught to dance at the Garden.
Normally, he would have just taken his hands off of her and went walking off somewhere into a corner. However, he was learning very quickly that Rinoa didn't exactly take no for an answer either. As the instinctual knowledge kicked in he found himself trying to let her relax as her eyes closed, and moved to take a more gentle and slow lead. He didn't realize it but his face had quickly gained a little bit of color throughout the series of events. Maybe it was because of that dreamy look that Rinoa seemed to get when he was around?
Post by FF:JE Manager on Jan 31, 2013 18:31:12 GMT
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"Perhaps...we will have to see as my schedule is very busy. We are on the brink of war and we must stay prepared. I suppose if you need any extra guidance or training I can...clear my schedule a little."
Erinna looked back to you and flashed a brief smile. Suddenly in the corner of the room a young woman threw off her cloak, she threw it into the centre of the dance floor near where Squall and Rinoa danced. It let off a small explosion to get everyones attention. The woman laughed loudly and slowly walked onto the dance floor looking to every single SeeD in the room.
"I was getting sick of hiding under this costume....aaaah much better. Well hahaha look at this little Karrl and his whore and oh...another whore with SeeD. What are running here Cid a brothel?"
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Karrl nodded, he understood. It was a little nerve racking, even though he would never openly admit it, the fact they were nearing a war. Karrl had been in many battles, some really big ones, but, he had never been involved in a war. There was something more about, it, sure it was just a number of battles, but, the very nature of it was far grander.
However, when she mentioned the next subject about advice and training he could not help but let loose a charming, but sly smile. He liked the idea, and was glad, despite what had happened between them, she still liked spending time with him, if he was reading the situation correctly. He looked over at her and said, “Well, sounds like a plan, maybe, after tomorrow morning we could arrange something.”
Suddenly a scent caught his nose. He tilted his head up and sniffed a bit. From the scent he caught he was sure he knew it. Suddenly it hit him, and, as soon as he realised two things happened, an explosion came, which turned his head to the location where his sense of smell had locked onto, make his high suspicion of who it was confirmed. The second thing, which happened an instant later, his eyes turned from his cool hazel to intense crimson red.
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In the lands around the Garden a large dire wolf was batting around a couple of bugs seemingly enjoying herself. Just as she finished them off she stopped and looked up and howled. She sensed the rage pumping through Karrl. She remembered what he had said about not coming into the garden, but, that amount of rage, she had only sensed it once before, and without a second later she bounded forward, towards the Garden.
[atrb=colspan,2][style=margin-left: 25px; border-left: 3px solid #555555; margin-top: -10px; padding: 20 2 40 12; text-align: justify; font-size: 11px; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 14px; color: #a09891; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #111111;] Rinoa moved herself closer to Squall, pressing herself up against him. He was actually a pretty good dancer once he let go of his inhibitions a little. She looked into his eyes once again and found herself lost in them, she could feel her heart pounding in her chest. She felt hot and her her cheeks stay permanently a rosey pink.
Suddenly her gaze was torn from Squall as she heard an explosion near them, she instinctly stopped dancing and began to look for the location of this explosion. Her eyes then met those of a tall slender woman with one firey red eye that matched the colour of several streaks in her hair. She made mention to Squall and Rinoa looked up to him.
Everything was calm in the following moments as Rinoa seemed to slip further into her comfort zone. For once in a long, long time, the young SeeD didn't have a million things running through his head. In fact, quite the opposite was true; his mind was as clear as a crystal, and he had fallen into just letting the series of events guide him naturally. Maybe the girl was finally rubbing off on him a little? He'd stopped moving so hectically and settled down into the slower more calm and natural movements. The moments of clarity and ease were soon violently stripped away, however; the sound of an explosion (and a close one at that) blasted into his ear drums and rattled around, demanding his attention as his head snapped over to the direction of the source. Upon looking, it was clear two things had gone very, very wrong.
First, a woman he could have sworn he'd never seen until now seemed to slither out of one of the corners, spouting insults to anyone who had caught the attention of her surprisingly red eye. She made herself very visible, and Squall mentally kicked himself for not being more aware; he'd been so caught up on Rinoa getting to relax he'd let everything else slip his attention. Rinoa seemed worried, and Squall answered quickly. ''No...I don't. I've never seen her before.'' His reply was bold and quick, and he kept his eyes glued to the woman.
The second problem was Karrl. He'd been so composed before and was really just playing his usual habits, but something was definitely off now. He stared over at him seriously, trying to catch a glimpse of his face, and the fellow SeeD's eyes had caught him off guard; off from their usual color, they were now an intense red. With the situation as it was, Squall was unarmed, and most everyone else here was too. He quickly pivoted on his feet to put Rinoa behind him and turned to face the strange, seemingly violent woman.
If she wanted to, she could cause a lot of damage...
It also seemed there wasn't a lot they could do about it unless everyone scattered for their tucked away weapons.
Post by FF:JE Manager on Feb 19, 2013 23:45:35 GMT
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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=cellpadding,0,true][atrb=style, width: 440px; background-color: #9a7f9f; -moz-border-radius: 0px 30px 30px 0px; border-radius: 0px 30px 30px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 30px 30px 0px; padding: 10px;] [style=float: right; -moz-border-radius: 0px 30px 0px 0px; border-radius: 0px 30px 0px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 30px 0px 0px; background-image: url(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff276/Adiona/larina2.jpg); width: 100px; height: 100px;] [/style] [style=float: right; margin-right: 5px;][/style][style=color: #d792a4; font-family: georgia; font-size: 24px; font-weight: italic; text-transform: lowercase; padding-bottom: 5px; margin-bottom: 2px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #b8d5b8; letter-spacing: 4px; text-align: center;]This Is Your Journey[/style][style=color: #a498d8; font-family: georgia; font-size: 24px; font-weight: italic; text-transform: lowercase; padding-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top: 1px dashed #b8d5b8; letter-spacing: 4px; text-align: center;]Follow Your Destiny[/style][style=width: 420px; padding: 5px; font-family: verdana; background-color: #9d89a0; border: 1px dotted #6b586f; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; color: #584d5a;] With an ear piercing laugh the leader of the Coven began to slowly rise into the air, she hovered just below the glass ceiling and looked down to you all. It started to rain quite hard outside and also thunder. Biana looked directly to Headmaster and pointed her long nailed finger to him. He looked to Biana with his usual serious expression he didn't seem to falter under her intimidation at all.
"So these pitiful children are Balamb's hope? They don't stand a chance against the oncoming storm. A war is coming children and it's time you picked a side, luckily for you this war doesn't concern me....it is a nice distraction hahaha."
Biana spun around the air and suddeny broke through the glass ceiling letting tiny pieces of glass fall to the dancefloor, some larger pieces fell down to those still on the dancefloor.
"Until next time Headmaster Cid! I will put your guard dogs through their paces next we meet hahaha."
The Instructors that were in the room started to calm down the younger students and accompany them out of the ballroom and back to their dorm rooms, Erinna at this point had moved closer to Karrl and through out Biana's speech had unknowingly gripped his arm. Once she realised she had been doing this she dropped her hand from his arm and took a few steps away. Headmaster Cid looked around the ballroom once before turning to walk away...
"Karrl Garm, Squall Leonhart and Rinoa Heartilly come with me to my office. Erinna you as well please."
{Follow Headmaster Cid up to his office on the third floor.}
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Karrl stood there his eye blazing at the site of the witch, a woman he would love to get his hands on. Many people might not know why he hated the woman so, most might assume because she was evil. It was not that, in fact Karrl understood evil was something that had to be for good to exist as well.
The fact was, Karrl hated her because she was everything in this would he wanted to destroy. Not only was she a magic user, but, she forced him into a situation that made him do something he regretted to this day. Along with that she, from Karrl’s point of view, did not value something Karrl valued entirely, life.
When Biana had gone he felt something on his arm, and, looking down it seemed that Erinna was gripping it, but, it seemed almost at the same time as he had realised, so had she and she let go. He looked at her for a moment or two, his eyes going back to hazel, with love in them as he gazed upon the first and only woman he had every truly cared about.
Suddenly he was snapped out of it when his name was called by Headmaster Cid. He reluctantly turned his gaze from Erinna to the headmaster. It took him a few seconds to realise what Cid had said and Karrl simply nodded in return before following him out of the ballroom. He assumed he knew what this was about, by, he remained silent before his assumptions were confirmed or denied.
As Karrl made his way out off the ballroom he heard someone shout, “Stop, Wolf!” He turned his gaze once more seeing a massive wolf, about four times the size of a normal one with icy white fur bounding toward him. However, he did not seem afraid, in fact he was smiling. The Dire Wolf suddenly stopped and looked at Karrl and tilted her head.
Standing there for a few seconds just looking at each other Karrl looked up seeing a member of SeeD standing behind it with his weapon drawn. Karrl raised his hand and said, “Relax, this is Luna, you could call her my, travelling companion. She must have sensed the danger that had just passed.” The young member of SeeD looked up with surprise on his face before putting away his weapon and walking away muttering to himself about who keeps a Dire Wolf as a pet.
Looking back to Luna Karrl smiled, “Relax, the danger has passed Luna, if you want, you can come with me.” With that he resumed following the headmaster with his dearest friend and travelling companion, Luna, the Dire Wolf walking behind him easily matching his strides as they followed the Headmaster.
Post by FF:JE Manager on Feb 26, 2013 19:13:43 GMT
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[atrb=colspan,2][style=margin-left: 25px; border-left: 3px solid #555555; margin-top: -10px; padding: 20 2 40 12; text-align: justify; font-size: 11px; font-family: helvetica; line-height: 14px; color: #a09891; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #111111;] Rinoa placed a hand on Squall's shoulder as he stood in front of her in a protective stance, Rinoa began to feel her eyes well up but abruptly shut them tight to stop any tears from falling down her face. She gripped his shoulder before pulling herself forward and placing her forehead against his back. This was supposed to a nice evening to celebrate SeeD and everything they stood for and now it was ruined. Rinoa lifted her head and pushed away from Squall as Headmaster Cid called out their names, it wasn't totally suprising she was being called on and it wasn't that much of a shock about Squall or Karrl either. They were both talented SeeDs and from what Rinoa knew about Erinna she was a decent upcoming Instructor.
"I guess we should follow them..."
Rinoa smiled weakly as she began to follow Erinna to Headmaster Cid's office...
He stood rooted in place, and even though he was unarmed he would stay as defiant as he could. The biggest surprise though was when the woman suddenly left; she could have caused a lot of damage if she'd wanted to yet chose to bide her time and flee. He sighed and mentally calmed himself a bit, feeling Rinoa put a hand on his shoulder. It was obvious she was scared, so he had to be the brave one and stand tall. It was a bit of a messed up thought, but he was actually sort of happy things went the way they did and nobody got hurt; the ball getting crashed meant he got to spend less time somewhere he didn't feel like he belonged.
His attention shifted as he heard his name, then he turned to Rinoa. While his face remained serious, he gave her a look that hinted things would be alright and nodded toward the office with his head slightly before slowly starting into a walk, allowing her to keep pace with him as he headed over toward the direction of the office with the others. He hadn't paid much attention to the wolf that had suddenly barged in; Karrl seemed very familiar with the creature and it was resolved as soon as it began. Squall followed after Erinna, fully expecting to be shipped out on a mission now that he was a full-fledged SeeD, even if he had only been ranked at ten. He did have to wonder why Rinoa was especially requested as well, however.
He stayed silent and stoic during the whole trip to the office, letting his thoughts wander while he kept silent; he couldn't help but think of what sort of mission he was about to be sent on. It could have been anything from internal security to a full-fledged investigation.
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"Thank you all for coming to my office. This infiltration tonight has pushed forward your next assignment. Karrl and Squall I want you at some point to travel to Midgar and meet up with someone you already have met. Cloud Strife. He has the same goal as we but for different reasons according to intelligence. This will be a long term mission so I would like you to only take this up once you both feel you are fully prepared. Erinna and Rinoa will accompany you for this mission but in the mean time you two young ladies are free to do as you please."
Cid then leant forward and picked up the two files and handed one to Karrl and Squall, the elderly Headmaster cleared his throat as he continued his briefing.
"One more thing Squall you may find it interesting to know of magical creatures of great powers called Guardian Forces which I'm sure you have heard of in your studies. There is one within this lamp that I am gifting to you first, something in my old bones tells me you are the right person to have this. As for you Karrl you may want to head to Dollet on Galbadia, since you like women quite a lot this Guardian Force may interest you. She is called Siren and lures enemies to their doom. If that is all....you have your mission and I will be in touch if you are required back at Garden."
{Up to you guys now, thread has ended. Either start a quest with Cloud or go on your own threads. +250 Exp +150 gil}
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"Well hello there Karrl."
"Good evening Karrl. I'm quite suprised you haven't hit on every woman in here yet."
"A silly tradition isn't it? They try to make you think you are involved but you really aren't, they just want you for your weapon nothing else. Sad really so many lost souls end up here..."