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** Boozed Up Priest **
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This is so... so... SOOOO NOT GOOD! Katherine thought to herself, as she hurried down the street from the church. She had made some last minute adjustments to Dia's dress (namely, adding even MORE bows, orange this time to match the carrot pins) before hurrying off to finish getting the ceremony ready. Once she arrived at the church, however, one of her fellow sisters mentioned that Father Rudal had left. After a brief search, she had discovered that he was last seen heading to Kotoki's. That happened to be where the groom's party was getting ready, so Katherine assumed he had gone to have some last minute words with the groom.
Once she arrived and entered the Inn though, her face faultered. The groom was standing by the bar, apparently shouting something at a white mage at the bar... in a pirate hat? The groom's brother, a rather nasty fellow as Katherine recalled, was holding the man back, yelling at the groom to shut up before he got himself 'freakin' killed (freaken, of course, being another word that she would never dare say). And over at the bar, laying facedown, was the Father of the church, sobbing apparently.
"OH MY GODDESS!? W...what has happened?!" Katherine asked, looking around in a mild panic. She suddenly felt something on her shoulder, looking over to see a man in green robes and a yellow hat looking at her.
"It... would appear the priest is intoxicated Miss..." Midoku told her, "...and Daniel does not appear to be taking it well ^_^;;"
"...he's DRUNK!?" Katherine gasped, her hands going over her mouth in surprise, "..b...but he would never... he...I've never seen him... it... I mean..." <_>;;;;
"Regardless, he does not appear to be in any condition to perform the ceremony today." Midoku told her, patting her on the shoulder, "But I am certain he will be Ok in a few hours. Would you like some assistance with getting him somewhere to rest?"
"Y...um... Yes, thank you... that is most kind of you..." Katherine told Midoku, the wizard leading her over to the bar to get the priest. Working together, they each got one of the father's arms, helping him to walk.
"Miss Kotoki, could you let Daniel and Stephan know I will meet them at the church? I wish to help the sister here with her... situation ^_^;;;" he smiled to the Inn-keeper, nodding to Katherine as the pair moved in step helping the priest to walk back to the church.
"Oh! And um... I shall take you up on your offer for the suite... thank you *^_^*;;" he added to her, before heading out of the Inn.
"Oh father.... how could this have happened?!" Katherine wondered out loud, as the pair helped him down the street back to the church, "You've always been s.. so kind... and... and such a good rolemodel... why did you do this?"
"...K...Katherine...?" the priest muttered, his eyes still semi-glazed over.
"Y..yes father?" Katherine asked
"D...deed eye eber tell ju dat yure purrdy when ju shmile?" the priest slurred with a sappy grin, causing the sister to go beet red with a blush.
"... Perhaps we should make haste ^_^;;;" Midoku interrupted, hurrying his pace. As they walked now, however, he noticed the strain of carry the father had increased. Glancing over at Katherine, it appeared she was barely as tall as Midoku's shoulder.
He could have sworn the woman was taller a few moments ago...
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** Departing Merchant **
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As Idama and Brandon chatted about the goings on in both their lives, the merchant caught sight of a clock, eyes going wide as he remembered something.
"Oh my! I forgot about my sale today, I need to be running my shop."
He turned to the bard, giving him a friendly hug, "I apologise for cutting our conversation short, but I would hate to disappoint any who are looking forward to this."
He bowed to his friend, smiling to him as he raised back up.
"Perhaps I can stop by your place of work sometime and get properly caught up with you?" he asked. The two suddenly flinched, hearing loud shouting still coming from inside the Inn.
~_~;; "...when it is less.. 'busy'... of course." Idama sighed, his smile returning as he waved to the bard.
"Take care friend, may Mother Gaera watch over you."
With that, the merchant was off, back to his shop.
Whatever is going on, I can only hope it is nothing *too* serious... Idama wondered.
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** Departing Family **
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"Ack! Common sweetness, we need to get going or we'll be late for Dan's wedding." Jonas called out to his daughter from their cart, his wife still squeezing him tight with inhuman grip.
v.v "Aww... I wanted to talk to the puppyman more." Gina sighed, though a quick glare from her father told her she'd better do what she was told.
9.9 "Bye Mr. Puppyman." She told the Kitsunejin, giving him another big hug, "Hey, if I see you at Mr. Dan's wedding, maybe I can throw you some flowers! ^__^"
She pulled away from the hug, waving as she ran back to the cart with her parents.
"Goodbye everyone, um... see you at the wedding I suppose Janice ^_^;" Jonas said. He suddenly felt the grip around his neck tighten, Lisa's face looking enraged.
e_@++ "..that...name...AGAIN...RRRRRR.." She growled, Jonas doing his best to calm his wife down as they rode up the street to the church.
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I wonder if mommy's gonna be silly like this forever? Gina wondered idly.
<.>;;
I hope to the Gods Lisa won't be like this forever.. Jonas wimpered to himself.
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** The Remaining 'Fuzz' **
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Finding the Dragoon's shoulderpad less than comfy, Noel decided to hop back onto the chocobo's back, curling up to rest as Forte watched the entrance to the Inn.
Where did the humans go? Are they coming back? Forte thought to himself,
What if they leave me here? OH NO WHAT IF MORE SCARY THINGS GET ME WHILE THEY'RE GONE?!?!
Some of his feathers seemed to puff up a bit, as a mild expression of panic was starting to form on the Chocobo's face...
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** Irate Groom **
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"Dammit Dan! This is *NOT* a big @#$$@#ing deal! We'll just find someone else to marry you." Stephan yelled at his sibling, holding him back and sighing in Pervy's direction, "Sorry about this @#$@#$ man, he's just overreacting like he always @#$#@$ing does when he gets stressed out."
"OVERREACTING?!?! THE GODSDAMMED PRIEST IS $#@$#@$ING DRUNK! HOW THE @$@#$#@ ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET MARRIED *NOW*!?!" Daniel screamed, Stephan growling slightly and giving the sibling a quick headbutt in the back of the head.
"OW!!"
"SHUT UP. NOW." Stephan growled at his sibling, looking over at Pervy.
o\/o? "Hey, you follow Ishtar or something too right? You know anyone else 'round here who could marry the sappy duo?" Stephan asked the pirate captain.
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(OOC: Alrighty... I'm gonna try to get this finished, at least up to Dia's spiffy fanfic of the ceremony:
*pimps*
So, uh... hopefully this is gonna get done this time ^_^; I've written out a good chunk of the characters I had in this, so it won't be as difficult to keep updated. Don't be surprised if it takes a few days between updates, due to work/lack of ideas, but I'll try to update when I can.)
Edited by: FF Fanatic 80 at: 1/28/03 11:48:59 am