In A Weird Town [Open]

[Zack Fair]

[For the sake of the thread, I'm going to let Zack travel to other places ^_^;]

Zack walked into the Tram Common from the Sand-Lot. Some people were giving him the 'glare', although he couldn't blame them; He dressed a lot differently than the rest of the people here. Not only that, but he had the Buster Sword on his back. Zack did find it odd, though....he could remember that he gave the Buster Sword to Cloud, but yet, he had it with him still. He knew for sure that he gave the weapon to him, so why did he still have the sword?....Zack shook his head, deciding not to ponder on the thought for long. Angeal gave the sword to him; Zack thought of it as a 'second' chance for him. Why he was given this, he still didn't know; Zack was still looking for answers, although nothing was coming up.

Zack continued to walk, as he began to get lost in his thoughts. Twilight Town, as residents called this city, was quite peaceful. There were no monsters or fiends around the area....no company like 'Shinra'....Come to think of it, Zack has never seen anything 'fight'. Twilight Town was like what Shinra had hoped for Midgar; A peaceful city without any worries about fights or war. At least, that's what Zack thought of it.

Suddenly, a person walked up to him. "Hello sir," The guy said. Zack snapped out of it at the sound of a person. "Oh...hey. What's up?" The person cleared his throat as he said, "Could we ask a favor?" A group of kids were forming behind the person; probably the leader of the whole group. "Sure," Zack said with a smile on his face. Finally....he was going to do something. It was probably something childish or small, but Zack didn't really mind; if it got his mind out of the gutters, then he would do it.

The person nodded his head as he pointed over to the 'crack' on the wall. Zack looked back, although he already knew what it was. The person was silent, almost like he had a 'fear' of it. "It's a crack on the wall...so what?" Zack asked, a little bit confused. The person mumbled to the kids, then looked back at Zack. "You see...there's a creepy mansion on the other side of that crack. We were wondering....could you go in there for us? Just to tell us what's inside?"

Zack looked up, pondering to himself. It sound kind of dangerous....he was up for it. Zack nodded his head as he said, "I'll do it. So, what do you exaclty need from there?" Then one of the kids spoke out from behind."It's for a class project!"

Zack looked down, almost disappointed. His arms completely 'fell' as he thought to himself, 'I'm doing this for a kid's grade?....' He was hoping that there would be something to 'fight' in that mansion....Something that would help him 'train'. He sighed quietly, not wanting the kids to hear it. 'I guess it's better than nothing...'

Zack stood up straight again, and with a thumbs up, he said, "Leave it to me." All of the kids sighed, as if a 'burdened' has been lifted from their shoulders. "Alright," The person said with a smile on his face. "We'll be waiting for you at the train station. Good luck! Oh, and don't get lost." The kids left, running back to the train station.

Zack was left there, standing on his own. He sighed with a much louder voice. "Kids will be kids....no matter where you go," Zack mumbled. He shook his head as he looked over to the crack. He might as well get this thing over with as quickly as he could. Who knows....maybe this mansion might have a clue on what he is doing here.

[Zell Dincht]

Zell was confused, really confused. If anything confused wasn’t the word. Last night he’d gone to sleep on a train heading for Balamb, and the next… he’d woken up on a tram… here. His hands moved to his hips, shaking his head as he looked around, what the hell was all this!? And to think, he’d finally managed to get a coupon for the cafeteria hot dogs! Sighing he continued walking, and that wasn’t even the worst thing that had happened today. After waking up in that tram, people staring at him, Zell just ran remembering the town that he’d stopped at before running like a crazy man down the tram only to miss the stop.

“Traverse Town… I’ll have to find my way back there eventually… but first…” he lifted his head looking around, seeing the dark mansion that he’d somehow gotten himself into. Once the tram had stopped a second time, and Zell… in a panicked state, ran for his life, he didn’t even think to stop and see where he was going. He didn’t know how long he’d been running for, nor how many times he’d run past the station, all he knew was that he’d run to his limits and he’d needed to stop, only to lean against the wall and fall backward.

“Nothing makes any sense here! And to think, I was so close to getting that new rank!” his hands moved to ruffle through his hair, groaning as he shook his head. Why did this all have to happen to him… why? Just when things where getting good. Taking a deep breath, bouncing softly as he punched out, releasing some of his anger into a small arrangement of punches. Straightening out, his hands moving to his lower back as he moved through the dark house, raising one eyebrow as he whistled out a small tune. Why was it that he was always in places like this on his own? Pausing, he looked around the place, in a way… he felt like he had in prison, when the SeeD’s had tried to kill Edea the first time. Him against the world with only his fists…

A grin grew on his lips as he chuckled,
“And that’s how I like it… if only Squall could see me now” he continued moving through the house, trying to find the way he’d come in. He moved slowly around the place, making sure that the floor was steady, that the walls wouldn’t cave in, that there weren’t any fiends lurking around, which… right now he’d found bugger all.

“Come on… fine, you want to take me to some place, ok, I get that, but at least with Kiros I could have some fun!” Zell’s head fell as he scratched the back of his head, continuing to move through the place, his blue gaze moving from wall to wall, trying to see something that he recognised, a painting… a piece of wood… a book… but all that was in here was darkness, and he really didn’t want to have to deal with this… there was just something about it… creeped him out. He paused, closing his eyes as his hand moved to his nose, holding it softly as he sneezed, hearing the echo of his high pitched sneeze ring though the mansion,

“Great…” he wiped his nose softly as he groaned; “Now if there is something in here… it knows where I am”