The Shopkeeper's Daughter: Act 1

[desertbloomed]

Characters: Ashelia, and other Heroes that answered her call
Where: Her house, B-05
When: 09/10
Summary: Ashelia has an interesting proposal: that the Heroes of Light start acting like them.
Format: Prose or action is fine
Warnings: none!

Everything was set up perfectly. The table was laid out with a bowl of (non-spiked) punch and some sugar biscuits. Chairs were arranged into a circle. Ashelia paced around the living room anxiously. We haven't the time for this. That little girl was dying, and here she was, holding a meeting to propose a plan of action on what to do about it. That's what Queen Ashelia would do - that's all a queen could do. But I am no queen here. She should be out there, finding the seeds herself. The battle with the Chocobo Eater continued to gnaw at her, though. She'd gotten out of it relatively unscathed, but only because there were people more able to take the hits. She needed the other Heroes for this. As much time as she felt she was wasting with this meeting, she couldn't be in two places at once.

Comments

[shinrasfinest]

"It's a noble enough cause," Sephiroth nodded in Ashelia's direction and dropped his folded arms back down to his sides. The stretching of his lightly sun-caught skin itched a little but he did his best to ignore it. Much like Angeal, the tall silver-haired man had been stood near the outskirts of the circle listening to all that was discussed and taking it all quietly on board.

Picking around in the wilderness after some rare planet seed wasn't his idea of fun at all, though perhaps his Chocobo might be able to assist with it? He frowned some at the thought, considering how uncomfortable he felt around the big bird. Though, this Gerad character-

"This Gerad sounds more like a lead that needs to be followed up first. If he's been trading in the seeds then he might well know a more specific source for them."

[desertbloomed]

"To my knowledge, Gerad is but a simple sellsword. The caravan he was working for was transporting a number of goods, the seeds just one amongst them. While he may know something of the seeds, I should think it more likely he knows of who may have attacked the caravan and where they may have taken their spoils."

[shinrasfinest]

"We should appeal to his sense of revenge then, perhaps."

[desertbloomed]

"A good idea." Ashelia nodded, crossing her arms in thought. "While some may say a sensitive approach is best...this man is a mercenary. It might not be proper to assume the worst, but it takes a certain kind of man for such work."

[shinrasfinest]

"With all due respect, I do not think that any notion of what is proper should be applied so readily. After all we do not know anything of the circumstances behind his ambush. We are the outsiders."