Luculent Reveries

*He takes the map & looks at it.*
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T"Gladly."

*Rings of fire surround Thiera as she glares down at them.*

*It's a poorly drawn map of the surrounding area. There's a large red cross next to Lake Iris on it*

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Clegus: <So, where's Seifer?>

*Kai swings his bat at Clee, who blocks it, blasting wind at him and sending him flying into the lake. Fuu jabs at Thiera through the fire. Yuna and Rikku are flying around, giggling, Paine following them*

"Well it was nice meeting you, but we have stuff to do. Hope you figure out what you're doing here."

*The two scramble back to the trees.*

Raven: <What was that all about...>

*Raven shrugs it off and continues walking down a slightly dark and narrow path.*

*Raven eventually bumps into Nero, who he can see has been using a Keyblade to beat down branches for no particular reason.*

N"Who're you?"
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*Thiera blocks.*

T"Yeah, attack through a veil of fire, that's a brilliant idea."

*Clee reaches for a small red pounch hanging from Fuu's waist*

Clegus: <I'll take this...! And yeah, she's all yours now.>

*He glances at Thiera with a smile*

*They go about searching the trees for more crystals.*

Mimiru:<That guy was weird.>

Raven: <My name's Raven. More importantly, I see you have one aswell...>

*Raven points at the person's Keyblade.>

N"And I used to think I was part of an elite club. Do you have a Gummi Ship?"
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*Thiera repels Fuu with an ice wall.*
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*They find no crystals in the immediate area.*

*Raven is getting annoyed at all these names and words that he has never heard of before*

Raven: <I don't even know what that is...>

N"Some stupid thing we use to fly around to other worlds."

*He lets go of the Oblivion, which disappears in a cloud of darkness. He begins to unwrap a package, revealing what looks like a model of a v-shaped ship resembling bat wings.*

N"The Keyblade makes it bigger. Right now, we're getting some stuff for them, but we'll be taking off for new worlds soon. Given the fact that old-ass wizards seem to love jerking you around once you get one of these--"

*The Keyblade reappears briefly in his hand, disappearing again. He wraps up the Gummi Ship, putting it back in his coat.*

N"--I can only assume that someone expects you to join us."

Raven: [Join? Join what...? Some sort of team? What wizard? None of this is making any sense...]

*Raven snaps out of his thoughts and comes back to reality.*

Raven: <Well, yeah I guess I'll join... whatever you're doing. I still don't understand the reasons behind what you're talking about...>

Mimiru:<This is annoying. Let's just burn the forest down and sift through the ashes.>

"Or... We sell the one we have and hope it's worth a lot.>

Mimiru:<...Fine.>

*Mimiru jumps down from the tree and the two go back to town.*

N"Walk with me. Talk with me."

*He keeps following the map while talking to Raven.*

N"You see, after we got these Keyblades, we were given the Gummi Ships by a wizard named Merlin, but it was another wizard, Yen Sid, who actually explained to us how to use them. Now look up. Each of those stars is another world. We use the Gummi Ships to go to those worlds & prevent these monsters called Dreameaters from destroying them. Basically. There's a bit more to it, but eh, you'll know when the time comes."
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*In the center of town, they find a stand with a sign that reads "Shop." Behind the counter is a small, furry white cat-like creature with bat wings & a red "pom-pom" attached to an angler on its head.*

*Taiyo runs up to the moogle and begins batting at its pom-pom, giggling.*

Mimiru: [It's so cu- What is she doing?]

Mimiru:<Taiyo, stop that.>

*Raven looks up at the stars in awe.*

Raven: [This journey might help me recover my memories...]

Raven: <I see... in that case, I guess I'll help.>

*Raven continues following the man with a determined look in his eye.*

*Nero and Raven arrive at the lake just in time to see Fuu fall in the water as well.*

Rikku: <Look! There are more! Kill it with fire!>

Clegus: <Hey Nero. A friend of yours?>

*Kai and Fuu swim out and sneak behind the boys, and they grab Raven by the arms*

Kai: <Give us our Munny!>

Clegus: <Oh yeah, like this is yours!>

*The Moogle bats rapidly at her hands, trying to keep her away.*

Moogle<Kupokupokupokupokupokupokupo!>
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N"He's part of the gang now. I gave him the rundown on the job, but I left out the Dream Cores, because I had no idea how to explain that."

*He glares sideways at Fuu & Rai.*

N"I could drown you & make it look like an accident."

Mimiru:<Stop teasing the moogle before it bites you.>

*Mimiru swats Taiyo's hand.*

"Owie! You want to bat at its pom-pom too. I see that crazy look in your eye."

*Mimiru's face goes red.*

Mimiru:<N... No I don't. Shut up. Just give it the crystal.>

"You're so cute when you're flustered. How much can we get for this?"

*Taiyo puts the crystal on the counter.*

*Raven follows the man and sees another guy and girl that appeared to know him.*

Raven: <Oh... I guess we'll be working together from now on. My name is Raven.>

*Raven walks towards the two of them.*

*The Moogle swipes the crystal off of the counter & tosses back 100 Munny.*

<Take it, kupo! And leave my pom-pom alone!>
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N"So, I'm almost done. I just need to find some kind of key & my job is finished. What about you guys? Did you get any Munny?"

Mimiru:<We would've gotten more if you didn't play with its pom-pom.>

"I was enjoying myself!"

*Clegus opens the pouch as Fuu and Rai step back into the woods quietly*

Clegus: <200 Munny!>

Rikku: <No, no! Ouuur 200 Munny! Hand it over!>

Clegus: <No way! We scared those two away, it's only fair we get at least half.>

Paine: <He has a point.>

Yuna: <It's settled then! You can have half. Thank yas!>

*Paine and Yuna fly into the woods. Rikku sticks her tongue out to Clegus and follows them, carrying the pouch with half the Munny*

Clegus: <Thiera, we should divide it.>

T"I don't want it. That munny was stolen."

N"Shit, I'll take it. Would there happen to be a key in there, though?"
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Moogle<With no thought to the downtrodden Moogle race, kupo!>

Clegus: <No? And Thiera.. it's not like we can find its owners just like that. We need this right now, we can pay it back to its owner some other time.>