Final Fantasy Online

Chapter 20: Trembling Earth

Chapter 20 is here!!! Let this mark the beginning of an arc. What arc is it. You're gonna have to figure it out.

Sphe the Best: What part of UNREALISTIC do you not understand. This is Final Fantasy not Dragon Ball Z. You know what, every time you bring up this topic,  I'll ignore or even delete your review.

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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the concepts and references I'm playing with.

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Chapter 20: Trembling Earth

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8:55pm

Location: Floor 14

{Final Fantasy Type 0: Horror of the Abyss}

The party stared at the silhouettes of floor 14. It was night so of course it would be dark. Though, this floor gave an eerie dark feeling, like a great tragedy took place. Game or not. Even the sky, didn't show stars, only black clouds that promised no light.

The only lights seen was the distant ones, radiating a blue aura. These weren't havens though. These were shards of something broken. Though none compared to the one that flew into the sky. A light that came from the horizon.

"So, where do we go from here?" Ronen asked.

"That's up to Lumino," Kizuna said.

"What, why me?" the raven asked.

"Well, you do seem to have unconsciously taken the reigns as the leader of our group. Leading us where to go. Giving us ideas and keeping our heads in the game," Raiden replied.

"I-" Lumino was interrupted as the earth suddenly shook. It was hard to keep their balance on the ash covered floor. Suddenly, Lumino was hit with a sudden headache. It wasn't much but it still hurt.

"You okay?" Tsukino asked as the tremors came to a halt.

"Y-yeah. Let's just find a place to sleep," Lumino answered still holding his head. The party started to decent the mountain they came from. No actual climbing, just a path. It being night, there was no doubt that daemons would be lurking around.

The tremors that appeared randomly would appear randomly and the swordsman would be hit with a headache. Currently, the ground shook as they took on Iron Giant. Lumino's charge was interrupted and he was hit back by the daemon.

The giant raised its sword to deliver the final blow as the raven found it difficult to recover. Ronen was just in time. He deflected each attack that came down from the giant and threw a fire spell to kill it. "You okay?" Ronen asked.

"Yeah. These headaches just seem to get worse and worse. The arms I got from the tombs drain me enough. I just can't go on like this," the swordsman replied clutching his head.

"The headache seems to be linked to the tremors," Kizuna deduced.

"Only thing is, why are they targeting Lumino?" Yami added.

"Let's figure that out when we reach town."

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9:30pm

Location: Stonewall

The party had reached the main settlement that stood above the ground. The area was supported by pillars with bridges connecting the place. Reason being was that one of the radiating lights was located under those bridges. Meaning that Stonewall was built above a crater.