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

[umslay]

Ales watched Luffy head towards the door, waving at Sparks Nevada s he followed the body. "Let's get together to plan this all out later!" Good thing Ashe finally talked some sense into the two teenagers.

Speaking of the ninja girl, it turned out that she heard him. "Thanks for helping me out when we woke up, Yuffie. I think your skills will be very useful in this mission." And since he decided he would be coming along too, they could be more productive if they teamed up like before.

[gomu_ningen]

Luffy stops in his tracks as the older gentleman calls out to him. Turning on his sandals, he spins about and flicks the brim of his hat upwards as the rest of the posse comes walking up.

"Right. We'll need supplies. Lots of food, some bedding, and where we're gonna' find those seeds. Where should we start?"

When Sparks finally gets closer, Luffy begins to recognize the kind fighter who'd pushed him from the maw of the troublesome Chocobo Eater. "Ah! You're that guy from the fight the other day! You really stuck your neck out for me back there! I owe you one!" A lanky hand comes out, holding open to welcome the gentleman into his crew. "Name's Luffy!"

[red_planet_blues]

Sparks holds up the map he had been studying with Ashelia, and addresses everyone that's heading out. "'Bout three days worth of supplies, I reckon. Everyone can get their stuff and then meet at the chocobo stables tomorrow morning. We'll head out from there."

Ah, that's right. Sparks didn't think of it much more than his duty as a marshal, and now a paladin, to jump in the way of danger. Luffy gets a firm handshake in return.

"Just doin' my job. Sparks Nevada, marshal on Ma-- Er, previously the marshal on Mars."

[thegreatninja]

She smiles at Ales before turning towards Sparks.

"...Marshal?"

Yuffie eyes him a moment before walking over to Ashelia.

"Just let me know what to do to help?"

Her smile was wide like she had done nothing wrong.

[umslay]

He silently prayed that smile meant she wasn't going to continue using that nickname.

"Thank you for inviting us, Lady Ashelia," he said before he jumped off the chair, heading towards the door as well.

"Sparks!" Ales ran up to him. "You've gone out on a quest before, I've heard. What sort of supplies should I bring? All I have are some books and small tools." As a blacksmith, he thought that he would be a disgrace to his Job if he didn't carry some common tools with him and bought them with the coins that he and Yuffie "found" a few days ago.

[gomu_ningen]

"..Marshal?" Seems he and Yuffie are more alike than he thought. His head tilts to the side, blinking a few times before giving the side of his cheek a few scratches as he ponders.

"Hmmnn- What do Marshals do? Does that mean you're like a Sheriff?"

He turns to look at Ales as he speaks, reaching out and putting a hand to his crew-mate's shoulder. "First, we gotta' worry about food! Once we've got enough food, then we can worry about tools and sleeping stuff."

[red_planet_blues]

Sparks's eyed up Luffy and Yuffie for a moment. "Yeah, marshal. Higher ranking than sheriff. You'd like bein' the only lawman on Mars would be good enough to join up with the law here, but Biggs seems to think differently." That was neither here nor there at the moment, but that fact had been bothering him lately. He rarely passes up a chance to grumble about things.

"As far as supplies go, we need more than food. Bring whatever tools ya think yer gonna need for identifying and collectin' these seeds, and somethin' to sleep in. Reckon that we won't need tents, since the weather's been good. It's a short trip, so no need to pack heavy."