User blog:GmeaThe1/Tales of a Fanon Part 2: Sylvarant

Chapter 9: A New Hope
Narrator: Previously, two teenagers by the names of Sean and X were kicked out of the village of Iselia after attacking several of the Desian Guards at the Human Ranch, violating the non-aggression between the village and the aggressive Desians. As such, the human enslavers attacked the village, burned many houses to the ground and killed many of the villagers. Because of this, Sean and X try to atone for what they done and avenge the villagers by going after the Chosen of World Regeneration, Susumaka, and joining in her efforts to regenerate the declining world of Sylvarant. They began trekking through the grassy terrain of Sylvarant until...

X: "Sean come on!"

The younger of the pair, X, looks determined and energetic to find Susimaka, a contrast from his usual calm demeanor. Meanwhile Sean.... is struggling to catch up and is practically crawling on the ground.

Sean: "Can't....move....go.....on..."

X, rolling his eyes, gets a mischevious idea and decides to drag Sean by the feet.

X: "Don't worry Sean, we'll find her eventually. Also I think we're about to cross into the desert!"

Sean groans as X continues-

Sean: "Wait what desrt?!?"

Before X responds, theyeventually enter the desert terrain, Sean ends up getting covered in sand and even getting some in his mouth, forcing him to jerk out of X's grip and stand up.

Sean: "Gah! Really X?!"

X merely shrugs and continues into the direction of what looks to be a town off in the distance of the desert. Sean walks behind X trying to get the sand off of him.

Sean: "Man I hate sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere!"

X simply ignores him and still heads for the town, eventually stopping once they get there and read the sign.

X: "Triet..."

Sean: "Yeah. My Dad often gets requests from here to do some crasftwork. Let's look around and see if we can spot Susimaka."

As the pair begin looking around, they see a wanted poster with what looks to be Sean's face. Only with it being so crudely drawn that it barely resembled the teenager at all. X tries to stifle a laugh while Sean stares at it unamused.

Sean: "...am I that ugly?"

X: "Well at least people will never be able to connect your face with this....I think."

Sean: "Well if that's the case, then we should split up. My Dad once told me they had a fortuneteller here. You should go get some supplies while I try to find the fortuneteller and maybe get some hints of where Susimaka might be."

X: "M-me? Buy stuff from the merchants?"

Sean: "Of course. You're a full elf and not a half-elf right? Should be no problem for you."

X: "Y-yeah..."

Sean: "Anyways, meet me back here when you're done."

The two part ways as X begins wandering around the markets while Sean travels deeper into the town. Eventually, he finds a weird tent beside a few market booths and decides to go in it. Sure enough, inside was the fortuneteller he'd been hearing about, standing behind a small thinnly veiled curtain with  a small table and a crystal ball.

Fortuneteller: "Welcome weary traveler. To what brings you here on this fine day?"

Sean: "I'd like to know where Susimaka -I mean- the Chosen is."

Fortuneteller: "Understood. That'll be 10,00 Gald."

Sean: "That much?!?"

Fortuneteller: "Do I sense tension in your voice? Perhaps I won't read your requested fortune then."

Sean, defeated: "Alright fine."

Sean hands over the 1,000 Gald to the Fortuneteller through an opening in the curtain as she focuses herself onto her crystal ball for a psychic reading. After a few minutes, she opens her eyes and looks at Sean with a slightly worn out look, possible from her focusing on the crystal ball.

Fortuneteller: "I saw her. She's still in the desert. However she is heading towards the ruins long destroyed by the Summon Spirit Efreet."

Sean: "Alright. Thanks!"

Sean runs out of the tent to try and find X, who was conviently at a nearby food stand paying for what he bought.

Sean: "X!"

X turns around, startled, before looking back at an approaching Sean.

X: "Sean, I bought some Gels just in case we need to heal ourselves. I also bough some food in case we get hungry."

Sean: "Yeah yeah yeah listen. I think I might know where Susimaka is headed."

X: "Really?!? Where?"

Sean: "That fortuneteller lady said some ruins somewhere in the desert here."

X: "The Triet Ruins then.... They should not too far from here if I'm correct."

Sean: "Alright! Let's head on out then."

Sean bolts towards the way out of the oasis town while X just walks, deep in thought.

X (Thinking): Legend says that the Summon Spirit Efreet resides somewhere in the destroyed city...

X then suddenly bumps into a stiff Sean, standing as if he saw a ghost.

X: "Sean? What's up?"

Sean doesn't respond. He just keeps looking ahead of himself. As such, X looks ahead to see what the fuss was about, only to gasp in shock.

There layed a house in disrepair in a secluded part of the city, where seemingly everything inside was destroyed into nothingness. Dried blood was also splattered in different places of the housing, with no bodies to be found anywhere near it, the reason likely being that some citizens buried them. Or not. Who knows.

X looked back to Sean, who's apparently steaming with anger.

X: "Sean..."

Suddenly, Sean has an explosive outburst.

Sean, yelling: "Those damn Desians! I'll make them pay! I swear."

???: "Ha ha ha! I'd like to see you try kid!"

Suddenly, the two turn their heads to whoever said that. only to find a group of Desians heading in their direction.

Desian 1: "Ha ha ha! You must be Sean!'

Sean looks back at the wanted poster, then turns back to the Desian group.

Sean: "Yeah. I am."

The group then begin to circle around the pair and close in, blocking their ways of escape.

Desian 1: "Well well well, looks like we finally got him boys! Ha ha ha ha ha!"

Sean, annoyed: "What do you want?!?"

Desian 1: "We're gonna take you in, of course! Arrest ya and put you away! Now since I'm in such a good mood, I'll give you the option of peaceful surrendering. Do so and we won't harm a hair on either of ya!"

Desian 2: "Try to do anything funny and we'll beat you down!"

X looks at Sean for his response. Sean tries to look for an opening, but to no luck, as the Desians have covered all the space between them to not let the two get away. He began weighing out his options: either give into the Desians and not get injured or try to fight his way out and potentially make a run for it. What Will Sean Do? Surrender peacefully Fight through them