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The Crystal Rule	By : QueenDraggyofSwords Category: Final Fantasy Games > Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Views: 956 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter Fifty-Four

Nadeen handed over control of the boat to Vaigali once the group was in the clear. Milka had taken to giving the Keiss the proper care his arm needed, but not without a great deal of scolding.
"Look at you, this thing's a mess! You're luck we got to you when we did! All this heat and sun and sweat! If it's not infected I'll be surprised! You could lose the damn thing! You careless, reckless, idiotic, barnacle brat! If you were still a teenager I'd lock you up in your cabin for a week. You're as stubborn and foolish as a Lilty nobleman! Just a fool! A damn fool! I can't believe-"
Layle and Nadeen sat across from them listening to Milka go off on a tangent. She sounded as angry as she did the first night Layle met her, but the way she fussed over Keiss' arm and occasionally smoothed out his hair told him other wise.
"I guess she's not so evil a stepmother…" he muttered to himself.
"Hmn?" Nadeen looked over at him, "What about stepmothers?"
"Ah, it's nothing…"
"Milka for how long are you going to lecture me?" Keiss sighed.
"For as long as it takes to sink in!" She glared at him, "You make everyone around here worry and then act like your entitled to a free pass? Never! You're going to listen o what I have to say and like it!"
"Only because I'm trapped on this boat with you-"
"Keiss." The Guild Master didn't turn his head to look at the injured boy. All he said was his name in a very firm tone and the red head sighed.
"I suppose we should at least be proud you completed your mission. Glad to know all that soft living with the Lilties hasn't hampered your skills."
"Soft living!"
"Well, you live in an apartment in Alfitaria don't you? An expensive one. And it's rather nicely furnished… Not to mention the café you eat at. Oh and the airship you have. Oh and then there's-"
Keiss snorted, "So I don't want to sleep in ship cabin conditions all my life, so what? Vaigali's got the nicest room on the ship! And your bed's stuffed with feathers! Don't you think that living is soft!"
"There's not air conditioning on the ship."
"Yeah, believe me, I know..."
"I know that too…" Layle shook his head. Nadeen put her hand over her mouth and laughed.
"Milka, when you're done quarreling with the boy, I think you should get it out." Vaigali spoke up though what he said confused Layle. Get it out? What was it?
"Ah…Nadeen, will you go into my trunk and pull out the two bottles."
The Leudain girl got to her feet and opened the trunk. She dug through what was left of the guns to pull out two bottles of wine. "What are these for?"
"To celebrate!" Milka finished wrapping up Keiss' arm and stood to take the bottles from her. "Or mourn. Which ever result we faced."
"Glad to know you two are always prepared…" Keiss stood and rolled his eyes.
"The best Selkies always are," Milka smiled at him and opened one of the bottles. The top popped off with so much force the cork went flying into the ocean. She handed it to Vaigali, "Here you are, Captain." She opened the next one, and Keiss noted that on this one the cork did not fight her as much; in fact it hardly flew the distance of the other one. "And this one is for you kids."
She passed it to Nadeen who took it smiling, "Something from the Guild Master's stash? Really!?"
"Well it is a special occasion." Keiss watched the orange haired girl drink form the bottle and then pass it to Layle. The Clavat eyed it and then looked at Milka.
"What's it do?"
"Nothing, boy. It's just a drink. Vintage. Do you think I would give it to Nadeen and Keiss as well if there was an ulterior motive?"
"…" Layle looked at Keiss. The red head looked over to Vaigali. He was steadily drinking form the bottle Milka had given him. Keiss turned back to Layle and took the bottle form his partner.
"Just a few sips for me… Blood loss and all that."
"You will be fine," Milka nodded to him, "Just drink up and enjoy the ride back, alright? We'll be at the Guild soon. And besides, how often are we going to be together and not fight?"
Inside Keiss was cursing her. But he took a sip anyway. Just a small one, and then held his tongue up to the neck of the bottle to stop anything form entering his mouth more than he wanted to. He then passed it back to Layle. The Clavat took it, still looking at Milka with a weary glance. The red head wanted to warn him not to drink it, but she was watching them. He felt a little bit guilty having to sacrifice Layle to whatever they had done to the bottle's contents, but he wasn't going to get caught.
Whatever Milka and Vaigali were planning he was going to be coherent for it. They had to have known by now they weren't going to pull one over on him. But maybe that was the point? Maybe they just wanted Layle and Nadeen out of the picture so they three could speak candidly. He was sure he'd find out soone enough.
For the next thirty minutes the three younger passengers passed the bottle back and forth between them; Nadeen and Layle quickly started joking and laughing about the day's events. Their actions were highly animated, too much so to be exact. Telling Keiss what had happened to them during the mission. Keiss followed off of their behavior smiling and joking and over reacting to every little thing. Yep, there had to be something in that drink. Milka and Vaigali were perfectly calm, and occasionally he noticed the female pirate watching them.
Eventually the bottle was finished off and Keiss noticed that his partner and old childhood friend where winding down just as quickly as they had gotten excited. Nadeen who had drank the most was nodding off between her words and Layle was drowsily trying to tell Keiss about getting sick while hanging from Vaigali who was hanging from an Abbadon. The red head had to admit despite only drinking a tiny amount from the bottle he felt his mind becoming foggy as well. Maybe it wasn't all an act for him?
By the time Nadeen was asleep curled up on the ship's floor Layle was leaning on Keiss' shoulder yawning. The Clavat was commenting about not realizing how terribly he had slept the night before without the red head next to him. Of course Keiss hadn't slept at all. Perhaps that's why even though he took a few sips he felt like he was going to pass out along with the other two?
He fought to keep his eyes open looking over at Nadeen and turning his head to look at Layle sleeping on his shoulder. Out the corner of his eye he could see Milka moving to stand just before him and the red head looked up begrudgingly at her with a frown.
"You two… think you're so…smart…"
Milka leaned down and pat the side of Keiss' face. "I don't think, I know I am. Whether you drank from the bottle or not Keiss, that medicine I put in your wound will soon have you off to dream land."
"…Milka! Vaigali!" He struggled to stand up and the former pirate pushed him back down.
"Shh, now, Keiss. You did your part. We can't have you interfering with the drop off for the goods." She reached forward and took the bag from him. "Just sleep tight, you'll wake up at home in your bed like a good little barnacle brat. Okay?"
The red head grit his teeth and swore. He squeezed his hand into a fist wanting to punch Milka in the face, but his eye lids were heavy, and all he could manage to do was drift off to sleep.

Keiss did not care for restless dreams.
He found that when he had them, he could shake them with ease. Like everything in his life, he took control of them. Made them his own. However, this time he was too bothered, to anxious to do anything but be swept away by them.
"There, we're all set now."
"-Are you all set, Keiss?" The Selkie raised his head up to see Vaigali towering over him. It seemed wrong. He knew that the Guild Master was taller than him, but not this tall. It seemed like he was looking up at the man from no higher than his kneecaps.
"I am!" He had opened his mouth to question him, but instead replied enthusiastically. He was overjoyed about something. And his voice was so much weaker than it is now. High pitched and bubbly. That's not what he sounded like.
"Then take aim, and hit the target!" The Guild Master put his hands on his shoulders and turned him around. The room seemed to spin by quickly, but it was clearly the State Room of the Guild Hall. Before him was a wall with a target hanging just under the clock. The damn clock was always off on time. The slant of the ship caused the second hand to fall behind meaning it was always off by a few minutes.
He looked down at his hands- had they always been so small? In them he held a dagger that was far too big for him. And yet it was its normal size. When he looked up again he could see that the target now had several daggers of the same size stuck in the walls around it. Something about seeing them there made his eyes burn. He squeezed the last dagger in his hand, he knew it was the last though he didn't recall tossing the others.
"Oh, now he's going to cry again," Milka's voice came from the side. "I told you not to make him do this, he's much too young." The female pirate sat on the couch near the Guild Master's chair. Her legs up on the seat and shaking her head.
"Nonsense! Keiss!" He looked up again to see Vaigali reach into his pocket and produce his blue bandana. "This time you will hit it. Do you know what this is?"
"I-its Mom's ain't it?"
"That's right. And it's the luckiest thing she had. This bandana once held a great treasure, one she looked for all her life. If you wear it, you'll hit that target. Any ambition you have you'll reach…" He held still as the cloth was tied around his head. It was too big. Like the dagger, like Vaigali, like everything it was too big.
"I can't see!" He felt himself be turned around.
"Just throw it! You'll hit it I swear!"
Keiss gripped the hilt of the knife in his hands. Just throw it? Why not? He'd already missed, what was one more failure? And so he threw it. He could just barely see the target with blue half covering his eyes. He heard the thunk of the knife in the wood, and it was quickly followed by cheers. He pulled the bandana off and to see the knife had stuck in the target. He was so happy about it, he cheered along with Milka and Vaigali and the rest in the State Room.
But that wasn't right. He could clearly see his knife, stuck way below the target. The one in the bull's eye wasn't his. It couldn't be. But he was so happy to see one there, he didn't care.
"Ha! I knew you could do it boy!" The Guild Master lifted him up onto his shoulders and turned around in place. The Female pirate clapped from her spot on the cough. "I told you, Keiss! You just had to believe you could!"
He had to wrap his arms around the top of his father's head and close his eyes to keep from feeling dizzy. He could do anything couldn't he? So long as the old pirate said he could.
"Have you got everything you need? We'll be there-"
"Soon, Nadeen, you and I are going to go sailing!" Keiss made a sweeping motion over the edge of the ship. His arms waved over the ocean as he cheered. The orange haired girl next to him nodded with a smile.
They were too short to see over the ledge of the ship on their own, so they sat on crates and barrel.
"Milka is going to teach me pistols, and then I'm going to learn how to fight with a sword, and then-"
"…why so many…" the girl muttered shaking her head.
"That's what the Guild Master knows!" He nodded to her before reaching up and putting his hands on the back of his shoulders, "The Guild Master and the greatest pirate around. And I'm going to be one too. I'll have it right here on my shoulders. I'll be the best in all of Alfitaria."
"Oh!" She giggled but nodded enthusiastically. "So we'll go looking for treasure!"
"The best treasure, Nadeen," Keiss lowered his hands and turned to put his elbows up on the ledge of the ship. "We'll take all the greatest in the world… And use them to make this the greatest place on the ocean."
"Aye, once its handed it off everything will be settled."
"Soon, Keiss, everything here is going to be yours to take care of," Milka stood over Keiss while he scrubbed the deck of the broken ship. It was a punishment. One of several for fighting with the Guild Master. "You have to learn to take care of it, you can't keep flitting off on these stupid quest of yours."
"It's not a dumb quest…" he stopped scrubbing and looked up at her. "It's for the Guild."
"For what purpose?" She shrugged. "You and Nadeen could have been hurt? What would your father do without you?"
"I dunno, have another kid?" He grumbled under his breath. But Milka heard him. She kicked the bucket he was using to scrub the deck over and started shouting at him.
"You good for nothing brat! You listen here! You need to reel yourself in before you kill us all with worry!"
Keiss tossed down the sponge and stood up to shout back at her. He wasn't even as tall as she was. He had to get up on his toes to seem taller, and even then wasn't eye level with the woman. "I was doing it for the Guild! Isn't that what I'm supposed to do! Isn't that what you want me to do! You keep saying this place is mine to command so I want to make it my own! You can't expect me to just sit around and take orders all day!"
"I can and will!" She pointed at him, "And don't you yell at me, Keiss! You're in no position to do such a thing!"
"Why can't I! You're not my mother, Milka! You're not anything but Vaigali's would be girlfriend!"
The female pirate raised her hand and smacked him across the face. Keiss took a step back rubbing his cheek and the woman pointed toward the door leading to the lower deck. "If he'd let me I'd lock you up in the cells! Just go to your room! You're so determined to rush off and find treasure; you can find it cleaning the dust out from under your bed!"
Keiss turned form her and stormed off. He hated Milka. He couldn't remember when he decided that but he did. She wasn't nice any more. She used to read to him and play with him and teach him; but now all she did was yell. When he wanted to go off treasure hunting or stole a boat to go sailing with Nadeen she always yelled. Louder than Vaigali. He'd stand behind her and watch her yell as if she was part of their family.
She wasn't. She was just Milka, she wasn't Kei Nam. He didn't have to take orders from her.
He slammed the door to his room closed and looked to the wall. Two pictures hung there of Vaigali and Kei Nam. He tapped the picture of the woman and sighed… "How am I supposed to find your treasure if everyone wants to hold me back?"
"Here is the drop point. Are they all secured?"
"Out like lights… It will be fine…"
"Do you know what Kei Nam's treasure was, Keiss?" Nadeen swung her feet over the edge of the docks looking down at the water.
"Vaigali said it was a better life," He held on tight to a fishing rod looking over at the Selkie girl. She was starting to become a woman, not that he cared. It was merely an observation he'd made, though the Guild Master and his second in command often joked that maybe the two of them would run the Guild together someday. Fat chance. "She and he thought…that if they had enough we'd be equal to the Lilties."
"Equality would be nice…"
"She died before she got it though… And now he just, gives up on it."
"Don't' say that, Keiss!" Nadeen put her hand on his shoulder, "My mother says the Guild has improved everything for us. We're part of society now."
"We're still hated."
"We have influence, we affect the world-"
"It means nothing to Lilties. They still control everything in the world… No matter how much money or influence we have. They still control us."
"…Well," she lowered her hand from him, "Its better than it was."
"It can be even better. If we were in a position of power, Nadeen. If we told the Lilties what to do."
"…Such a thing would never happen, Keiss, not with all the treasure and gil in Alfitaria."
"I'm starting to think it's more than just treasure we need Nadeen."
"Then you get into position, I'll meet our buyer."
"Aren't you worried he's right… About who this person is?"
"You know that I'm right, Vaigali!" Keiss banged his hands down on his father's desk. How many times were they going to argue about this? "This is what we really need to improve the Guild. To improve the Selkie way of life! This is what-"
"Stop, just stop, Keiss! I will hear no more of your foolishness." The Guild Master looked up form his paper work. Another attempt to expand the railroads reach had been rejected by the kingdom. They had built all over the lands they had the rights too, and now the Lilty feared the Guild's expansion was too much. Every request for the past few years had been shot down by the High Commander. Even if it seemed like the council and the King had been in favor of the idea, it took one word from Jegran and it was silenced. Much like he was before Vaigali.
"You will not leave here to go attempt to join the Military. You need to focus on things here. There is much that you could do to help the Guild-"
"I'm telling you that right now! I'm trying to help you!" He snatched the rejection notice from his hands, "Look at this! Look at what you are doing! Bending over backwards to the Lilties' will! We don't have to! We could make them bend to us! We could convince them to work with us! This will work!"
"It will not work! You'll be made into a laughing stock or worse get yourself killed!" He stood up, "I am tired of you coming to me with this foolish idea! I don't want to hear it any more! What would your mother think, her son taking orders from Lilties!"
"The same thing she thinks about you taking their demands with a grain of salt!" He tore up the letter. "This is what I want to do! Wasn't it you who said I could do anything! Wasn't it you that said the Crystal promised us anything!"
"Within reason! You are as foolish as the rest! Not all treasure is power and gil! Not all luck is what your skill can do for you! It's within reason that you follow the crystal or you'll end up dead, boy!"
Keiss tossed the torn paper up into the air, "I'm not a 'boy', Vaigali. And I'm not going to give up like you have. You'll see this is what the Guild needs. One of us in power, making the rules. And things will be better for us…" He turned and started to make his way out.
"Keiss! Where are you going?!" He didn't look back as he pushed open the door. "Keiss if you walk out of here, don't think you can come back do you hear me!"
The stairs to the State Room should have been there but it was nothing but darkness stretched out before him and light in the distance.
"You can't betray us and expect to come back!"
"…I'm not betraying you…"
"You stupid, brat. Look at what you're doing. Think about who you're affecting!"
"All I think about is you…"
"If you chase this foolish ambition, you won't be welcome back here! Turn around, Keiss! Turn around and come back!"
"…No, I have to do this… This is what I was meant to do. I can feel it…Didn't you tell me, I was meant for great things?"
"When you fail, don't you think you can come back to us… Mutineers and traitors aren't welcome!"
"What would your mother think? Chasing some foolish dream… You'll get yourself killed. Just like her …Just like her…"
"Why don't you believe in me? Didn't you used to?"
"I know you'll take care of it, I'm not worried. I believe in you."
"…So you know that he's right then?" Keiss could just barely make out Milka speaking a few feet away from him.
The red head tried to lift his head but he still felt so groggy. Was it the drugs or the bad dreams that made him feel this way? No, not bad dreams, discarded memories…
He could hear Vaigali chuckle, "Do not tell him this, but he is often right about much."
"Hmn, I would never. It would make his ego bigger than it is… I'll get into position."
Keiss forced his head up and looked around. The sky was turning a rose tinted red, how long had he been asleep? The sun was setting now. He cursed Milka and Vaigali under his breath. They were supposed to return to the Guild, they clearly hadn't.
"L-layle… Layle?" He looked over and shook the Clavat lightly. He was still leaning on him, completely passed out. "Damn…" Keiss pushed him off and looked around. Milka and Vaigali were gone. They must be at the exchange point for the stolen parts. Meaning that if Clockwork was still alive, she would be here soon.
"S-she'll double cross…him… Stupid, stupid old man." The Selkie struggled to get to his feet. He stumbled forward nearly tripping over Nadeen. He supposed the only reason he was able to function was because he didn't drink as much as they had. Or maybe his mind was so exhausted from recalling things he felt it was easier to live without it had forced him to wake up. Keiss leaned over the side of the boat and looked around the shore line. He could see a few rocky bluffs, and white sands. Off in the distance he spotted Vaigali walking up the beach.
He had to catch up to him.
The red head stumbled out of the boat and fell knees first into the sand. He grumbled and took his time getting up and regaining his balance. He didn't know where Milka was, but she couldn't be far off. She was more than likely going to find a high place to target Clockwork from. But that wouldn't do her any good if the Crystal Bearer was casting her spells.
Keiss took a deep breath and started forward. He swayed this way and that with his steps. His mind still foggy, it was hard to maneuver in a straight line. But he did his best to move quickly, not wanting to lose sight of the Guild Master.
"Vaigali… Vaigali you old fool… She'll…she'll kill you…" Trying to run with the drug still in his system was exhausting him. He just wanted to lie down in the sand and give up, but Keiss kept pressing forward. He wasn't sure how much time had passed or how far he had stumbled before he came around the bend of a curve along the shore line into a little cove where Vaigali was standing. The younger Selkie abruptly stopped and scrambled backward to duck around a nearby palm.
The Guild Master turned his head to see what had made a sound behind him but let it go. If it was trouble, Milka would shoot it before it got to him.
"Has something caught your eye?" Vaigali turned his head quickly. Before him there was a stranger. They had not been there before, nor was there any place for them to hide. Yet suddenly they were before him. It was clearly a woman, he could tell from the voice. However they wore the cloak of a Clavat pilgrim, hiding their features, and to their side they had a bag of their own.
He was not the only one that took note of the new comer's voice. Keiss grit his teeth, even half asleep he knew who it was. The young brigand groped over his belt for a weapon, only to remember he'd lost them all at Kilanda.
"…Just the wind." He clutched at the bag by his side. "You are the buyer, I presume?"
"I am. I wasn't expecting the Guild Master himself to drop it off though," They extended their hand outward, expectantly.
Vaigali took note they were wearing gloves, keeping every part of their features covered. He was taller than them, but that meant nothing. He was taller than most. "And the pay?"
The woman chuckled, "Of course. A Selkie would want to see the gil before anything else, hmn?" He watched her remove the bag and unhook the flap. She then tossed it forward allowing the gill to spill out onto the beach. "Now then, my items-"
"And your face." Vaigali did not budge. "I do not make deals with those that feel the need to hide."
"…What do you need my face for?"
"To remember." He raised his chin to her, "I do not deal with those that lie to me. You could be a criminal. You could be my enemy."
"It's a strange request for a pirate to make sure he's not dealing with a criminal. We have a common enemy. Isn't that good enough?"
"It is not."
The woman chuckled, "Fine. It's not like you'll see me again." She reached up and pulled back the hood of the cloak to reveal what Keiss already knew. Though he could still hardly believe it. Under the pilgrim's clothes was Clockwork. Unscathed and alive. Just how did she do it? How did she do it?
"A Lilty," he snorted, "Take your gil and go. I do not make deals with your kind."
Clockwork scowled at him, "I will not leave without what I paid you for."
"You have paid me for nothing, I have not taken your gil. So leave."
The woman shook her head and chuckled, "You're as stubborn as that boy."
"He is not a boy."
Clockwork snapped her head back to Vaigali and raised her hand. She started to cast a haste spell on herself just a shot rang out. Despite Milka's sharp shooting the Lilty had moved by the time the bullet reached where she had been. In an instant the lilac haired menace was before the Guild Master reaching forward to snatch the bag from him. The Guild Master raised his fist to her and swung outward to punch the Lilty. However with her haste magic the girl was out of the way in the blink of an eye.
She rushed off to the side of him, and when he turned to swing again, she moved away once more. She moved in a circle around him, laughing. With her constant movement Milka couldn't get a clear shot at the Lilty.
"Come now! You can do better than that!" Clockwork stopped a few steps back from Vaigali and held her hands up smirking. "I'll even stay still for this one."
Annoyed the old pirate rushed at her. He had his hand balled into a fist again, ready to strike her with the back of his hand. Keiss stumbled out from around the tree shouting at him to run from her and not attack.
Clockwork raised her hand and cast a slow spell on the Guild Master and a haste spell on herself just as another gunshot ring out. Perhaps Milka had calculated for Vaigali's movement, but if she had it was at his normal speed. The time controlling Lilty twisted out of the way of the shot as it seeming struck the Guild Master.
She then retraced the slow spell allowing him to fall to the ground. "See now that was your faul-" She was cut off by Milka shooting again and again. The Lilty sped across the sand aggravated with the sniper. "Will you stop!" She made a broad sweeping motion with her hands and cast a slow spell across the tree tops. The next shot came, but at a snail's pace. "Much bette-!"
Again, she was cut off. This time by Keiss ramming into her from behind. The two fell to the ground and the Selkie immediately started to grab at her wrist trying to contain her. "You! You-!"
"Get off me, Selkie!" Clockwork hissed and kicked trying to throw him off of her. They rolled over in the sand putting the lilac Lilty over him, but he wouldn't let go. Instead he started kicking at her determined to keep her from running until Milka could fire as normal.
"Never! Never! You stupid, murdering, bitch!"
Clockwork opened the palm of her hand ready to cast a slow spell on Keiss to free herself form his grasp, however she was struck across the side of her head sending her flying off the young Selkie. Keiss sat up startled. Standing over him was Vaigali holding the bag with the stolen control board pieces. It sported a very fresh bullet hole.
"Be gone, Lilty! Least you want to die here!" He glared at her. Clockwork however glanced at the bag and then at the trees. She was going to make one more break for it. She scrambled to her feet and started to cast a haste spell. Vaigali raised the bag over head and tossed it into the air. Both Clockwork and Keiss looked up confused, but a shot from Milka soon answered their silent question.
From the tree tops the woman had fired the flare gun at the bag, upon impact the flare exploded, along with the bag and its contents. Purple smoke and hundreds of dozens of little computer bits rained down on the beach.
Clockwork let out an aggravated cry, but she did not attack again. With her haste spell she accelerated her run and took off from them. She didn't bother to linger now that what she wanted was gone.
Vaigali watched her go before reaching down and extending his hand to his son. Keiss looked up confused, but relieved. He took the Guild Master's hand and allowed him to pull him up to his feet.
"…Are you, alright?"
"Just fine, boy, and you?"
"I thought you said I wasn't a boy?" He crossed his arms looking a bit grumpy with him. "And how should I be! You drugged me! You lied to me! You tricked me!"
The Guild Master laughed patting him on the shoulder, "You're just fine, you ungrateful brat."

Far across the ocean, away from the white sands of the beaches and the Selkie's paradise, the Military was still cleaning up the mess that took place at the Kilanda Facility.
Regal had been lightly wounded during the fights with the Abbadons, a fact he was not proud to admit. But he only suffered a few scrapes and bruises; he had come through in better shape than Sherry.
"The Colonel is being sent to the Alfitaria Military Hospital by airship. She should arrive there before morning." The rose haired Lilty stood before the Lieutenant's desk. The man was listening to him but not looking at him. Instead he was looking into a box, his packaged mailed to him from earlier.
"…The, parts of the control panel, were not recovered. But I know where we can get them, Sir. The men reported one of the thieves on the island was seen casting a magic that could lift and move things at will. They also reported seeing, lightning in use... But the first one, it had to be the gravity bearer! And I know for a fact I saw the Guild Master. If we go to Costa Faguita we can-"
"So the Crystal Bearer is alive?" Spinosa cut him off.
"Yes, yes he is. And he is hiding at the Selkie Guild. We can-"
"Good. Let him rest for now. All of this, they must be exhausted…"
"Sir…What do you mean let them rest? They're criminals! Not to mention the equipment for the weapon! Sir, every part of the new battle ship is completed except for ours-"
"Regal," The man finally looked up at him, "I have already sent word to Piper about the mechanics of the ship. The replacements are on their way. They will get here before Colonel Sherry makes it back to Alfiratia."
"O-oh, but when?"
"Right after we landed. I ordered him to send the backups. In anticipation of further complications." Regal nodded. He took a deep breath, "He also informed me that Dr. Oides is visiting the facility in Rebena Te Ra."
"He is, Sir?"
"Yes. Apparently one of the patients that was recently brought in he knew. The poison bearer from Marr's Pass. She used to be his maid… I want you to go out there and intercept him. Bar him from the medical facility and all of its affiliates."
"Understood, Sir." Regal saluted him.
"And be on the look out for the other Crystal Bearer, if Layle survived, than that woman might have as well."
"Do you, do you want her 'treated' as well?"
Spinosa reached into his box and pulled out the package. The long tube wrapped in paper with instructions written on it. The sight of it confused Regal, why would he have such a thing? Had he been planning to use it on the Crystal Bearers if they had been caught?
"…I just wanted her silenced."
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