When earth was smoking

[desert-baby.livejournal.com]

Characters: Vaan, Balthier, Fran, and Mjrn (and Jote, if she wants?)
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: Vaan finally makes it to Shumi Village and waits for Balthier and Co to pick him up.
Location: Shumi Village
Date: January, 1804
Warnings: None



Vaan shivered as he stood by the elevator. He had made it inside and had immediately been given a blanket but he refused anything else in waiting for his friends. He wanted to know what happened before his arrival. What was all this about... rescuing him from this Kefka guy? What had happened to get him taken and needing to be rescued?

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[desert-baby.livejournal.com]

Vaan found it embarrassing that he would have to be carried but as his eyes grew even heavier, he sleepily realized he had no choice. "Okay," He murmured, but he was smirking slightly. "But don't throw me off a building, please."

He, too, remembered that the last time Balthier carried him, it was to throw him off the palace and onto the hoverbike (and which he horribly missed). He doubted Balthier would do it now, friends just don't do that. But friends do tease and he couldn't help but do so now.

[shatterhearted.livejournal.com]

Fran missed the hoverbike. She missed it a lot. But at the same time, she had the Strahl back and that was much more important to her. The Strahl was... home. Balthier, Mjrn, Jote, the Strahl. They were all here, in Gaia. There was little reason for Fran to desire to return to Ivalice. Penelo, Nono, Basch, they were some of the few reasons.

"Do not worry. No one shall be thrown from a building today. Tomorrow, perhaps, we shall throw you from the Strahl."

[xbalthierx.livejournal.com]

Laughing lightly, Balthier scooped Vaan up, hooking an arm under his legs (wherever they were under the blanket mountain) and another around his back. "I may throw him from a building if he complains."

Giving Vaan that smile that stated he really wouldn't but the possibility was there, he shifted the boy in his grasp and made for the exit, slightly surprised at how the boy wasn't really as heavy as he recalled. Though, that was likely because he had a proper grip on him now, and not just a one armed hold.

[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

At Vaan's request, Mjrn stared at him questioningly. She couldn't tell if that was random or stemmed from some inner joke, though her sense of humor was severely blunted for the time being, anyway. When Fran and Balthier added to it, she just shook her head and followed them to the exit.

[desert-baby.livejournal.com]

"No throwing me off anything," Vaan murmured as he was lifted into Balthier's arms. His head dropped immediately to the man's shoulder. Now that he was off his feet and next to something warm, his body demanded sleep now. He managed to mutter one last thing, however. "Thanks guys."

Vaan was dead asleep by the time they were all in the elevator again.

[shatterhearted.livejournal.com]

Once they reached the surface, Fran exited the elevator, walking off ahead to prepare the Strahl for swift flight. The cold barely seemed to bother her, despite the minimal clothing the Vieran race tended to wear.

Boarding the Strahl, she instantly made way to the cockpit, adjusting the heating to warm the ship up for Vaan without overheating him. Next she checked the ship's stats, everything was in working order. All that was left was to get Vaan settled and set a course. She would leave those tasks to the captain.