A Morality Tale About the Evils of Sake
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+S through Z › Tales of Symphonia
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
14
Views:
9,762
Reviews:
10
Recommended:
1
Currently Reading:
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I do not own Tales of Symphonia, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Confessions in the North
Chapter 12
Confessions in the North
(vanilla)
Early the next morning the three set out heading southeast to catch the polar jump that would bring them back to Flanoir in the far north. Colette’s Rheiard was rigged up to tow Raine’s behind it. Even wrapped in the warmest eggbear furs lined with Penguinist quills, they were still glad to descend from the high arctic air into the snowy comfort of the northernmost city in the world and the soft warm beds of the Olive Village.
The following day was spent buying up every coat, cloak, fur, blanket, wrap, hat, scarf, pair of gloves, mittens, and winter boots for sale in the town. They packed them all into the Elemental Cargo, which they had set up outside the city walls.
“I hope Genis’s plan works,” Lloyd said as they added another crate.
“Why do we need the extra Rheiard? Wouldn’t everything in the Cargo shrink with it?” Colette asked.
“Nope, magitechnology doesn’t – OOF – work that way,” Sheena answered. “Only the items that have been attuned to it will shrink. When the Cargo was first invented, they tried to see if it could be used for passengers. The results of the experiment were…unfortunate. Good thing they only used rabbits.”
“Oh! Those poor bunnies,” Colette said, stamping her foot.
At last, the final box was loaded and the trio was done for the day. The girls were ready to head to bed, but Lloyd stopped them. “Would you…like to go for a walk with me? Like before?” he asked, thinking of that night when each one of them had invited him out to talk. That night, when he first realized how important each of these girls was to him.
Sheena smiled warmly and took Colette’s arm. “We’d love to, wouldn’t we, hun?” Colette nodded.
Up they went, to the front of the cathedral with its view of the city. “Snow is so beautiful and peaceful,” Colette sighed, “like a big white blanket hugging everything.” The large fluffy flakes drifted down even as the sky cleared off to the west.
“Wait, what is that?” Lloyd asked, pointing to the patch of star-studded black.
“It’s a meteor shower,” Sheena breathed. The shooting stars danced through the sky, seeming to set it afire, catching and bending their own light into the ribbon of a dazzling aurora rippling across the tundra.
The teens watched, not daring to speak as this amazing spectacle they had never imagined to see played out before them. The stars shining off the snow reflected back like fields of diamonds while the meteors darted in fiery arcs.
The meteor shower finally died down and the girls turned to Lloyd with beatific expressions. He, however, looked worried, indecisive, almost tormented. “Wh-what is it, Lloyd?” Sheena asked.
“It” was a voice. A voice Lloyd kept hearing over and over. Say it now say it now say it now say it now say it now say it now! The astonishing nighttime display had triggered something in the boy. He gripped the railing hard.
“I love you!” he all but roared. “Both of you. Martel in her mercy knows it to be true…or I guess Tabatha does, anyway,” Lloyd finished, in much more his normal voice.
“Lloyd…”
“I love you, Colette. I love you, Sheena. And I don’t want to ever be apart from you.”
“We don’t want to be apart from you, either, Lloyd,” Colette said.
“There…might be a way,” said Sheena. “We’ll talk more once we get back to Palmacosta.”
They set out the next day. The Elemental Cargo was suspended between the Rheiards, Sheena in front, Colette to the rear right, the spare to the rear left and securely fastened to the others, and with Lloyd above it. Genis’s plan worked perfectly, and they arrived back without incident.
Raine was there to meet them when they landed, but the grin on her face told them it was not just to see to the unloading of the cargo. “This is it! The last of the real work we can get done before winter sets in. I honestly didn’t think we could accomplish this much. So, I’ve arranged a little vacation. We’re all going to Altamira!”
Confessions in the North
(vanilla)
Early the next morning the three set out heading southeast to catch the polar jump that would bring them back to Flanoir in the far north. Colette’s Rheiard was rigged up to tow Raine’s behind it. Even wrapped in the warmest eggbear furs lined with Penguinist quills, they were still glad to descend from the high arctic air into the snowy comfort of the northernmost city in the world and the soft warm beds of the Olive Village.
The following day was spent buying up every coat, cloak, fur, blanket, wrap, hat, scarf, pair of gloves, mittens, and winter boots for sale in the town. They packed them all into the Elemental Cargo, which they had set up outside the city walls.
“I hope Genis’s plan works,” Lloyd said as they added another crate.
“Why do we need the extra Rheiard? Wouldn’t everything in the Cargo shrink with it?” Colette asked.
“Nope, magitechnology doesn’t – OOF – work that way,” Sheena answered. “Only the items that have been attuned to it will shrink. When the Cargo was first invented, they tried to see if it could be used for passengers. The results of the experiment were…unfortunate. Good thing they only used rabbits.”
“Oh! Those poor bunnies,” Colette said, stamping her foot.
At last, the final box was loaded and the trio was done for the day. The girls were ready to head to bed, but Lloyd stopped them. “Would you…like to go for a walk with me? Like before?” he asked, thinking of that night when each one of them had invited him out to talk. That night, when he first realized how important each of these girls was to him.
Sheena smiled warmly and took Colette’s arm. “We’d love to, wouldn’t we, hun?” Colette nodded.
Up they went, to the front of the cathedral with its view of the city. “Snow is so beautiful and peaceful,” Colette sighed, “like a big white blanket hugging everything.” The large fluffy flakes drifted down even as the sky cleared off to the west.
“Wait, what is that?” Lloyd asked, pointing to the patch of star-studded black.
“It’s a meteor shower,” Sheena breathed. The shooting stars danced through the sky, seeming to set it afire, catching and bending their own light into the ribbon of a dazzling aurora rippling across the tundra.
The teens watched, not daring to speak as this amazing spectacle they had never imagined to see played out before them. The stars shining off the snow reflected back like fields of diamonds while the meteors darted in fiery arcs.
The meteor shower finally died down and the girls turned to Lloyd with beatific expressions. He, however, looked worried, indecisive, almost tormented. “Wh-what is it, Lloyd?” Sheena asked.
“It” was a voice. A voice Lloyd kept hearing over and over. Say it now say it now say it now say it now say it now say it now! The astonishing nighttime display had triggered something in the boy. He gripped the railing hard.
“I love you!” he all but roared. “Both of you. Martel in her mercy knows it to be true…or I guess Tabatha does, anyway,” Lloyd finished, in much more his normal voice.
“Lloyd…”
“I love you, Colette. I love you, Sheena. And I don’t want to ever be apart from you.”
“We don’t want to be apart from you, either, Lloyd,” Colette said.
“There…might be a way,” said Sheena. “We’ll talk more once we get back to Palmacosta.”
They set out the next day. The Elemental Cargo was suspended between the Rheiards, Sheena in front, Colette to the rear right, the spare to the rear left and securely fastened to the others, and with Lloyd above it. Genis’s plan worked perfectly, and they arrived back without incident.
Raine was there to meet them when they landed, but the grin on her face told them it was not just to see to the unloading of the cargo. “This is it! The last of the real work we can get done before winter sets in. I honestly didn’t think we could accomplish this much. So, I’ve arranged a little vacation. We’re all going to Altamira!”