Protecting My Devotion - Group 4

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Protecting My Devotion - Group 4
Characters: Selphie, Penelo, Edge
Progress: Ongoing
Summary:
Location: Eblan Memoria
Date: The day the sky turned pink aka 11 March
Warnings: TBD

Edge was pacing throughout Alfitaria thinking of his talks with Cecil and Rosa when he heard the familiar voice of Rubicante. As the rage began to fill himself, he lost track that he was no longer on Gaia anymore.

He turned around without thinking and threw a shuriken straight at the man. How he had returned to Eblan and found himself in the Tower of Babil was not a concern only that the man was alive. His anger boiled over as he felt the familiar surge of his Blitz. "You won't kill anyone else!"

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Edge was taken aback by the sudden rebuff of both ladies, but before he could complain Penelo had given him a hug that he could tease Edward about. He gave them both a smile. "I've tried to help Irvine out, but to no avail."

As Penelo walked off, it shocked him to see how stark and rough her life had been. It brought a smile to his face that Edward could help pull her out of such poverty.

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"What's in the package?" a small voice piped up.

Penelo smiled and moved enough so the whole collection of children could see, then unwrapped the bundle of food. Mostly fruit and some bread, and just a little bit of dried rat meat and cactus butter. Not enough for any of them, but something to stop the gnawing in their stomachs.

"Gee, Penelo, where'd you get all this?" Kytes asked. There was an unspoken, 'Did you steal it?' But theft was a survival tactic she was attempting to keep them from employing.

"I did some work for Migelo today. He says he might have more for me tomorrow."

Even at fourteen, Penelo was no fool. She had a good idea that Migelo was simply giving her a task because she was too proud and stubborn to accept a handout. The 'job' he'd needed her for that day was nothing more than "minding the store for me." But there were other clerks around so she did not much more than stand around and talk to people.

She divided out what she had, only a little bit for each, and reserving nothing for herself. "Don't you want some?" Filo asked. As the oldest of the girls, next to Penelo, she certainly had a way of knowing things the other children couldn't quite see.

"No, that's okay. I ate while I was working." A smooth lie and Filo knew it because the girl mimicked the face she made when Vaan was in trouble.

"Whatcha up to?" Vaan cut in, strolling up to the group with his hands locked behind his head.

Penelo rushed over to him for a hug. Most of the kids did too. He was the default leader of the group, but for her he was family. "Vaan! Where were you? They were down here looking for a thief."

"Oh, I... I was out hunting rats."

A long chastisement was on the tip of her tongue when the memory faded, leaving behind only the dimness of that corner in Lowtown and the crates. The children, Vaan, all gone.

"What...?" All at once Penelo felt both relief and homesick. She missed them all so much, and yet those days were best left in the past.