Re: Final Fantasy: Demo

**Kiki** · by **Kiki** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:51 pm

Alex and Rebecca were both quite pleased their new room-mates were nice and friendly. Things had been going well between them so far, and they were both feeling quite relaxed. The sound of the rain pattered against the windows, and the noise from the hallway was quieting down once again.

Rebecca had offered to take Alex on a little tour around the Garden when things got a bit quieter too.

**Chojin** · by **Chojin** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:56 pm

Francis finally made it to the front of the queue. He could smell the hotdogs from where he stood. He grabbed a plate and made his way straight for them. He got to where the hotdogs should've been, only to find that there were no more.
"Hey, what's going on?" He said in disgust as he made sure the hotdogs were nowhere else.
"What's wrong, dear?" Asked one of the cafeteria staff.
"Don't tell me all the hotdogs are gone." Francis said as he kept looking around.
"I'm sorry, but the last ones were just taken-"
"May. Francis asked me to hold onto a few earlier on, so I made sure they were put away." Said another one of the staff as she bent down behind the counter and opened a door. She pulled out a plate of three hotdogs and smiled at Francis as she passed them to May. Francis put the empty plate he had taken on top of the counter and smiled as he rubbed his hands together vigorously.
"Thank you so much, Rachel. I owe you for this." Francis said as he took the hotdogs and went to pay for them.

Joey watched a red-haired student looking very worried and having a conversation with the staff. He realised this was a student from this Garden. Joey was a few people behind the other student so he couldn't hear the exchange. Not that it worried him. Joey could now reach the counter. He grabbed a plate and began to pick his food. He knew what he wanted, and he hoped they had some left. He saw what he wanted, a plate, full to heaving with chips. None of this frozen stuff, either. These were chips made from the freshest potatoes.

Francis stood with his plate of hotdogs, looking for a place to sit, any place. He didn't really care if he had to stand, but he preferred to sit down and eat. The exercise was useless, there was not a single place to sit down and eat. He didn't even recognise anyone there. This was not an uncommon thing. With Sleipnir being one of the biggest Garden facilities, there were, quite often, many people that knew every single stupid, not even by the face.

Finally Francis spotted someone he knew. He may not have liked it, but the only person he actually could put a name to the face was Olivia. He never really got on with Olivia, but neither did quite a lot of the students. Oliva was so closed off to everyone, and even fewer knew what she was really like. Even those people close to her never knew exactly what she was like. No one knew anything about her life before Garden, or very few. Francis was never one of them, so he never knew. Reluctantly, he walked up to her.
"Don't bother, I looked." Francis said, even if she didn't really listen or know what he was going on about.
"Hmmm...?" she said with little effort as she half turned towards him.
"I'm guessing most of these are refuges from Leviathan," Francis said, referring to the recent incident at Leviathan. The event that caused many people to lose their homes, including the students of Leviathan Garden, "you won't find many people you know sitting at these tables."

Francis scowled to himself as he walked away from Olivia. He took a bite out of one of the hotdogs as he walked away. Francis would stand and eat if he had to. He didn't understand why Olivia was so down on people all the time; it's not as if people haven’t tried to be her friend. There was something about her that Francis couldn't quite put his finger on, nor did he know why. Perhaps on of the Levvies could get her to open up a bit. He let the thought pass out of his head without paying it much attention, as he finished off one of the three hotdogs on his plate. He immediately started on another hotdog.
"Is it always this busy?" Came a voice from behind him. Francis turned to see who it was. He found himself faced with a male student that he had never met. The other student was slightly smaller than himself. His brown hair looked as if it was meant to be a mess, but wasn't quite there. His jeans looked like they had been dragged all over the place by stampeding Chocobos. The student was holding a plate of chips that was heaped as if he just took the whole lot.
"Only since the Levvies got here." Francis replied with a mock smile.
"I'm sorry... Levvies?" Asked the student, confusion prominent in his voice.
"Leviathan Garden students." Francis explained, feeling slightly embarrassed at the fact that he may have just potentially insulted someone who may be from Leviathan Garden, at ths point he wasn't sure. The student seemed to think the comment over in his head.
"You know, I'm a Levvie, as you called us," Said the student in a tone that was either hinting at annoyance or just a mockery of it. Francis opened his mouth the apologise, but was cut off before he could say anything, "I like it, the names Joey." The student now know as Joey shifted the chips onto one hand, while offering the other to Francis.
"Francis." He replied as he shook Joey's hand.

**Kiki** · by **Kiki** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:25 pm

Alex had been wandering around the Garden since finding his room first thing this morning over on the North Wing. He loved Midgar, and it's Garden was even bigger and better than he'd thought it would be. He was enjoying getting lost in this maze of fun.

He'd yet to see a face he knew well, despite how many Leviathan students were around. Many faces he could half-recognise, but no-one he really "knew". Still, he was getting hungry now and he scrolled along with his hands in his pockets, keeping his eyes open for anyone he knew, and he made his way to the caffeteria.

But when he got there, he saw the queue... it was still just as long as the last time he passed the caffeteria earlier on that day. He began to wonder if he should join the queue and get it over with, or go wander some more and try again later. But, to his surprise, he finally spotted someone he knew, so he went over.

"Mm, chips!" He said with a grin as he knicked one of Joey's chips and gave a single wave.

**Chojin** · by **Chojin** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:52 pm

Francis just looked at the newer student that came over and stole some chips of Joey rather healthy supply, making little difference to the overall amount. Francis finished off the second of his hotdogs.
"I assume you know each other." Francis said just as he finished swallowing his mouthful.
"Oi, Alex, get your own." Joey laughed as he let Alex take some chips.
"Yeah, we both played for the Zanarkand Fins for a while, until all this happened." Alex said as he looked around the cafeteria. Francis laughed silently to himself as he saw Alex trying the futile exercise of looking for a space to sit.
"Don't bother, with all us Levvies, it's going to be hard to find anywhere to sit in here." Joey said with a laugh as he used the term Francis had said. Francis shook his head as he realised that Joey was actually mocking him slightly. Joey just grabbed a handful of chips in a way that was reminiscent of a claw machine. He tilted his head back and dropped them in before starting to masticate.

**Kiki** · by **Kiki** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:59 pm

"Levvies, huh? Not bad." Alex laughed a little, knicking another chip, and having once last glance around. "You seen anyone else we know around anywhere?

"And by "anyone", you mean?" Joey asked, giving him a knowing look.

"I mean "anyone"." Alex said blunty, stuffing another stolen chip into his mouth.

Before Joey could answer, they were interupted by the tannoy system..

"Attention! All Blitzball Players are to report to the main gym on the East Wing at 16:00 hours. That's all Blitzball Players from both Gardens to the main gym located at East Wing by 16:00 hours. Thank you."

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Alex and Rebecca were still sat on their sofa getting to know eachother and talking about their Gardens and experiances in them so far.

"Attention! All Blitzball Players are to report to the main gym on the East Wing at 16:00 hours. That's all Blitzball Players from both Gardens to the main gym located at East Wing by 16:00 hours. Thank you."

"Heh. That'll be me then." Alex said to herself, shrugging a little.

She still had a while to wait, but was wondering what it was about. And Rebecca seemed quite excited to hear her room-mate was a Blitzer.

"You play Blitzball!?" She asked.

"Um, yeah, I'm part of the Zanarkand Fins team." She smiled back at Rebecca, a little embarrased.

"That's really cool. I'm no good at sports." Rebecca shrugged.

She'd never joined any teams before, not even for fun. She liked to watch, but that was about it. She just didn't get on very well when it came to playing sports.

**Chojin** · by **Chojin** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:04 pm

Francis stood in silence as the heard the announcement over the tannoy. He made a note of the reactions given from Joey and Alex at the mention of Blitzers. They turned back to eating the plate of chips between them, the plate was balanced precariously on Joey's hand.
"You guys are Blitzers, aren't you?" Francis stated more than asked.
"Yeah, we are." said Joey as he waited to stuff a few chips into his mouth.
"And I'd say we're pretty damn good at it, as well." Said Alex proudly as Joey was busy chewing his food. Francis shook his head. Pride comes before a fall. He thought. He looked at the clock; it said 15:00 on its digital face. Joey and Alex only had an hour before they had to convene in the main gym. Francis quickly thought, he had originally planned to go spend some time tinkering with the bike in the motor pool, as he sometimes would, but he thought that perhaps it would be too busy. He had thought about going back to his dorm to get some rest.

**Kiki** · by **Kiki** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:07 pm

"Maybe they know we're the superiour team..." Alex paused as he scoffed another couple of chips. "... and they wanna recruit us to their own."

Joey chuckled a little and shook his head, though he knew Alex was probably only kidding around. "You can be so fulla crap." He laughed.

Alex laughed as well and gave a nod. "But hey, you never know." He then paused again and a look of confustion filled his face. "Err... do you know where the East Wing is?" He asked Joey, as he'd realised that despite all his wandering so far, he had no idea where the gym was that they'd need to get to soon.

**Chojin** · by **Chojin** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:20 pm

Francis looked at the time again, 15:03. He looked at the last remaining hotdog on his plate.
"Are you going to eat that?" Asked Alex hopefully. Francis just looked at him and picked it up of his plate.
"I wouldn't have got it if I didn't plan on eating it." Francis said as he bit it almost completely in half. He had almost bitten off more than he could chew, but Francis managed it, somehow. After a while, he finally managed to swallow it.
"Right, I'm off. I'll catch you two around at some point." Francis said as he put the empty plate on a nearby table and took the half of the hotdog he had left with him.

Getting out of the Cafeteria was a lot easier than getting in. To his surprise, Francis found that the corridors were now mostly clear. He increased his gait, making himself move faster. Unfortunately, the stairs were still a little crowded. He quickly approached the stairs as he finished of the remaining hotdog. Francis' ascension of the stairs was quick, as he bounded up them two or three at a time. As he reached the top of the first set of stairs, he made a quick turn to head towards the next set.

Francis made quicker work of the second steps than he did the first set. His dorm was in the south wing, about seven doors down on the right hand side. He quickly made his way to the door and drew out Pyro. He was not going to shoot the door down, but he had, long ago, attached his key card to the grip. This was a relatively smart move for him, as his guns never left his sight, or his side. He unlocked his door and walked in. It was strange; his new roommate hadn't turned up, yet. He didn't know if it was a Levvie or one of the original students. After closing the front door, he went to his room and removed his gun belt before slinging it onto the bed. Next he removed his bracers and put them with the gun belt. He wandered to the bathroom to turn on the shower, so it could be heating up while he finished undressing. A fresh towel hung on the rack. Francis closed the bathroom door behind him and locked it so he could get undressed without fear of his roommate finally getting here and walking in on him.

Joey stood holding the chips while he and Alex ate them. Soon they would have to go to the meeting in the main gym.
"I wonder what they could want us Blitzers for." Joey said as they began to make a sufficient dent in the pile of chips.
"More to the point, what could they want with us Levvies?" Alex said trying not to laugh as he said the word Levvies.
"Who knows? But it must be important to have us there as well." Joey said as he leant against a nearby table, even against the wishes of the current occupants.

Joey continued chewing his chips, the plate was now almost completely empty. He finally swallowed the mouthful and was able to speak again.
"You know what, I don't know. We should've asked Francis while he was still here." Joey said as he prepared to finish of the remainder of the chips.
"This Garden has a Directory, doesn't it?" Alex said as he swiped a few more chips, leaving Joey only a few left. Joey quickly grabbed these chips and shoved them in his mouth. the only reply he gave was a single nod

**Kiki** · by **Kiki** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:24 pm

"So, shall we get going?" Alex suggested.

"Now?" Joey asked, seeing as it was still a while before they had to actually be at the gym.

"Mm, I'm just figuring we should leave early incase we get lost and end-up having to back-track or something."

"You're kidding?" Joey raised a brow. "How the heck are you gonna get lost if you follow the directions!?"

"I've been lost plenty o' times, I'll have you know." Alex said, a little proudly until he realised that what he'd just said wasn't actually a good thing. "Er... I mean..."

Joey shook his head and tried not to laugh. "Fine. We'll leave now."

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The girls were also setting-off, seeing as Rebecca knew the way to the gym well-enough, and figured it'd be a good opportunity for a mini-tour on the way down.

**Chojin** · by **Chojin** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:29 pm

Joey stopped leaning against the table and started walking towards the exit to the cafeteria. Alex walked alongside him, a cheeky grin on his face.
"The Garden does have a directory, right?" Alex said, knowing it would annoy Joey enough to be funny. Joey smiled and brought his arm back as if to threaten a punch, but instead nudged him slightly with the arm nearest Alex. The laughed a bit as Alex stopped himself, almost at the point where he had to laugh, but let out a little chuckle instead. The number of students, in the cafeteria, hadn't really changed it was still packed. Out in the hall, however, a lot of students had now gone on to their respective areas, though it didn't look like it from the way they were spread out.

**Kiki** · by **Kiki** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:31 pm

Rebecca lead Alex the long-way around.

Alex tried to take-in everything Rebecca was showing her, but it wasn't quite working as she had her mind on other things like what this meeting was all about, and if she'd bump into anyone she knew from her previous Garden. Though Rebecca was nice, Alex still felt so out-of-place.

When she started in at her preivous Garden, she didn't start alone, and never felt as much of an odd-one-out as she had done since she started here.

She also began to wonder how many, if any, of her Blitzball team had come to this Garden... and how would they set-up regular training sessions now the team was most-likely spilt into different Gardens.

**Chojin** · by **Chojin** on Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:32 pm

Joey and Alex made their way through the thinning crowds. They were headed towards the front entrance, which had the directory showing them where everything was. The crowds started thicken up again, as many people now wanted to get a look around. Alex and Joey would have to wait for a bit until they could get to look at the directory.
"Dang," Said Joey, "I hope we can get to see it before we have to meet in the gym."
"And soon, it's twenty-five to four now." Alex finished as he looked at the clock.
"With the amount of people, it could take twenty-five minutes just to get to the directory." Joey said as they moved at a faster pace so as not to waste too much time.

**Kiki** · by **Kiki** on Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:58 pm

Rebecca was enjoying giving her new friend a tour of some of the Garden. It was still pretty busy around some areas though, so she kept having to just point things out from a distance and hope she was being clear enough. She also kept having to take detours when it came to areas too crowded to get through, which she was sure must be confusing for Alex, but it was all she could do for now. Rebecca smiled in the thought that there would be plenty of time to show her around properly.

**Chojin** · by **Chojin** on Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:55 pm

Joey and Alex forced their way to the Directory. Joey knew that if they didn't, they would end up being late for the meeting in the gym.

Getting to the Directory was easier than he thought it would be.
"Ok, East Wing, East Wing." Joey said as he ran his finger over the 3-dimensional map that served as the Directory.
"There it is." Alex jumped in as he jabbed the map with his finger.
"Good, let's go." Joey said as he turned on the spot and forced his way out with Alex close behind.

Getting to the Gym wasn't quite what they had expected; there were a few crowds, but nothing that would slow them down enough to get there late. There was a fair few people in the gym; and a few of them were from Leviathan Garden. Joey and Alex quickly seated themselves close to a group of Levvies as the reason they were called was about to become evident.
"Firstly, I'd like to thank you all for getting here on time. I know it's been difficult over the last few days. We're still recieving-" Started the Sleipnir Blitzball Coach as he was interrupted by a girl Joey recognised from Leviathan Garden walking through the door they entered through, the other Alex.

Zeke stood at the back of the gym, leaning against the wall. He watched as people came in and sat down. He saw most of his fellow team mates, as well as a number of Leviathan students; obviously members of the Zanarkand Fins. He waited patiently for the meeting to start and he watched as the coach walked in. Before he could start speaking, a couple of lads from Leviathan Garden walked in and sat down near a small group of Levvies. Within moments, the coach began to address the room, only to be cut short as a girl walked throught the door. He briefly saw a flash of someone outside, but nothing clear enough to figure out who it was.

Zeke glanced down at his bags, the hand grip of Nephzyk, his 9-ringed broadsword, stuck out from the gap in the zip. He hadn't had chance to move into his new room yet, although he had got his keycard, which he repeatedly turned over in his left hand. He wasn't sure if his roommate was a student of Sleipnir, or a Levvie, but he wasn't too bothered about it, either way.

**Kiki** · by **Kiki** on Fri May 02, 2008 12:25 pm

Alex tried to sneak in quietly, but the door made such a loud creaking sound as she opened it, that she couldn't avoid being noticed. As she closed the door behind her, causing it to make another long, high-pitched creaking sound, she felt like everyone's eyes were on her. She gave the Sleipnir Blitzball Coach a nervous grin as an a silent appology.

Alex tried to pretend like he hadn't noticed the other Alex enter the room. But Joey gave him a nudge.

"Check it out." Joey pointed over to her, but Alex just shrugged. "Oh, come off it. As if you don't care."

The Sleipnir Blitzball Coach continued on with what he was going to say before he was interrupted by the late arrival. He went on to explain that all Blitzball games had to be put on hold due to "the insodent", and the fact that, due to some poor administration, the Zanakand Fins had been seperated between different Gardens. Until this error was corrected; their team wouldn't be able to train together - which was unfair for a start.

Needless to say; no one was happy about the Blitzball being cancelled. But there was nothing anyone could do.