melodiesoflife | Monster hunting

Characters: Bartz Klauser and OPEN
Where: Calm Plains
When: February 3rd-7th
Summary: Monster catching silliness
Warnings: none

{The monster arena sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun, so Bartz is excited to contribute. Over the next week, he can be found on the calm plains, monster catching equipment in hand. He set off to do this on his own, but he'd certainly welcome any help people wanted to give. Feel free to run into him wandering around, or even join him against...}

[A Buer perhaps? Actually it looks like he's got this one well in hand. The creature is angrily flapping around him, firing it's confusion beam, but can't seem to land a hit.

A few days later, he can be found fighting a Mandragora. Actually, it looks like he could use a hand against this one. It's horrible scream seems to be really throwing him off.

And someone should definitely warn him about that dancing frog he's looking at. There's no way he should be taking on a Touch Me solo at his level. Although it's entirely possible he just plans on watching a dancing amphibian because he's bored.

Or maybe you just want to congratulate him on capturing a Geezard? Or not. Because let's be real, anyone could catch one of those things. At any rate, he's caught one and is dragging it back to the monster arena.]

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Yuna was on the hunt for monsters with Celes flying behind her. The little moogle didn't want to be her 'pet' but her new job class meant that she had one so he was baring it until she found something else to take on the roll.

She ran towards the shrieking cry of the creature surprised to find Bartz already there. She looked back at Celes trying to shout over the annoying screams. "Celes! Fire!" The little moogle casts burning the plants leaves but not killing it.

"Bartz! Are you alright?"

Yuna jogged up to his side watching the creature as it reels back to fight. She had run into these once before with others and was sure that they could handle it.

"Hey! Thanks!"

Bartz takes a few steps in her direction, shaking his head as if to clear out the ringing noise.

"For a little guy, that thing sure is loud. Can you distract it for a sec?"

Without waiting for an answer he jumps. The Dragoon class is sort of mixed bag. Jump is a great attack, but it does take a bit longer than a normal one. Meanwhile, the mandragora readies a poison attack.

Yuna watched as he jumped into the air and took position with her guns aimed at the wailing creature. It was annoying but she was used to dealing with far worse. She fired two shots at its feet hoping to make it jump back and not cast. Though she wasn't so lucky.

The spell sent a wave of green mist over her and she decidedly pushed Celes from its path. She fell to her knee feeling the effects of the poison as her gun trained on the bouncing creature.

"Take that!!"

Bartz finally comes back down, directly on target, slamming the creature into the ground with the fore of his landing. The mandragora twitches several times, but is too injured to do much more. It looks like they caught this one.

"Heh, close one. I think we almost killed it..."

But he trails off as he notices her sickly pallor.

"Hey, are you okay? Did it get you with that poison stuff?"

"Yeah. I'll be fine." She the truth was she'd been fine if she hadn't changed her jobs. She looked over at Celes feeling the poison move through her body. "Please tell me you have an antidote with you?"

Yuna would make it back to the town easily but without something she probably shouldn't fight. Celes went through his bag pulling out what she needed and handing it over to Yuna.

"Geez, I'm sorry. If I'd been a little quicker..."

At least her moogle seems prepared. Bartz should probably think more about supplies when he goes adventuring. He offers a hand to help her to her feet.

"Anyway, we got him. Were you out looking for monsters for the old guy too?"

Yuna took his hand and let him help her to her feet. The antidote was just what she needed to feel better and she was glad that Celes was prepared. Her lips stretched into an excited smile.

"That's right! I was hoping to catch monsters." She sounded excited enough though in truth she wasn't sure where to start. There were so many and she didn't even know all the kinds. She thought to ask Baralai but she felt a little awkward around the monk.

He grins, sounding pretty excited himself.

"Great! That's what I'm doing. We should look together."

Two people could probably catch twice as many monsters, right? And honestly he thinks it would be more fun with company.

Kuposthenes doesn't count, because all he's done today is sit on Boko jr. and complain about everything. Bartz is increasingly convinced that his moogle has never even heard of fun.

"Alright." Yuna's fingers pressed nervously to her lips. "Where should be go first?"

Celes fluttered next to her not wanting to put in any input. This adventure didn't involve Blitzball or girls so the little moogle was bored and he still didn't appreciate being Yuna's 'pet' in combat."

"How about... that way?" She pointed over towards the chocobo farm but at the further end, away from the town.

“Sounds good to me!”

Honestly he would have been good with any direction. After securing the unconscious mandragora, he motions for Boko jr. to follow him. The chocobo warks cheerfully and trots over next to him, rubbing his head on Bartz's shoulder in hopes of receiving some neck pats. It works. When he turns to her, he's suddenly remembers something.

“Hey, before I forget, can I ask you something? Are you the old Yuna or the young one?”

That question almost makes Yuna stop in place but she quickly shakes off the shook. She hadn't really been asked that before so she can't help but feel a little nervous. "Old, I suppose. I'm 20." She was sure that the other Yuna was 16 but then she had never really asked.

Yuna's head tilted to the side her gaze fixated on Bartz. "Why do you ask?" She didn't really consider herself old but then so many of the heroes who were brought here were so young.

He meets her gaze with a guileless smile.

"Cloud said there were two of you. And that one of you was older"

Tact is not one of his strong points. And it genuinely has not occurred to Bartz that this might be considered rude.

"I was just wondering which one you were."

“Oh..” Yuna was silent for a moment letting his sentiment linger in the air. She didn’t mind the lack of tact, it was refreshing in most cases but this was still a little bit of a sensitive top for the ex. summoner. She took a deep breath letting her eyes wander over the grassy plains. Cloud had told him that and she wondering just what Cloud thought of her now. She had known him before but he hadn’t remembered her.

She looked back over at Bartz. “Did you know the other Yuna then?”

He shakes his head. He's pretty surethis is the same Yuna he met when he arrived, so she's the only one he knows.

"Nah, I wouldn't even have known there were two of you if Cloud didn't tell me."

Still, as tactless and inattentive as he is, even Bartz can see the change in her demeanor.

"Hey... Are you okay?"

"Ah. Yes." Yuna smiled waking her arms frantically in the air for a moment. It was an odd topic and she didn't really know how she felt anymore. With everything that was happening it didn't feel like something she should worry about.

"I think you would have figured it out if you saw us both at the same time."

They looked slightly different but Yuna understood the confusion.

"Anyway, we should get going right?"

"Right."

Bartz falls into step behind her. He's pretty sure he said something wrong, but for the life of him he can't figure out what it was.

Well, as long as she's not too worried about it, it's probably okay.

"So I already caught a Geezard, and we just bagged that mandragora. What do wanna try for next?"

Monster hunting

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