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

[desertbloomed]

"For our purposes, any seed will do. Something in the seed which is somehow lost upon sprouting is the key component we seek." Ashelia brings out a map of the northern half of the Continent of Balance, tapping it with her finger. "There is our destination. A day's journey southeast of the city, a plateau exists where the flower is said to be found in abundance."

The queen nods reluctantly. "Yes, of course there is. Even with all the information in the Library, this situation with the Eidolons and creatures multiplying at alarming rates...this might not be as easy as it seems."

[red_planet_blues]

"That's what I was figurin'. That's okay, probably ain't nothin' I can handle. Uh, and the others too." The marshal is never short on confidence, that's for sure. And he knows that he's only gotten stronger since he's arrived, so it's only fueling his ego.

"A day to get down there, spend some time to look for these seeds, and a day back. So plan for campin' overnight probably, and enough food and supplies for the trip. Got it." Trips like this are nothing new to him, and though he could probably get back a lot fast with Mercury, he wouldn't leave the others behind.