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Characters: Celes, Sabin, Ashe, Rasler (Terra and Locke?) - basically anyone near Figaro
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: A Hunt and a talk
Location: Figaro and surrounding area
Date: Let's say after Heads of State Meeting to make it easier
Warnings: TBA


Celes had an agenda: Take Sabin to where Figaro Castle had last been seen and go find that Hunt. It was some cactuar if she remembered correctly, and at least she had some backup in the form of Locke. She wasn't sure if her other companions would come with her, but that was all right. Come to that, she wasn't sure who was going to raise the castle. Or what the deal was. But hey, she was there to help Sabin out and to make sure things were going all right with Ashe and Rasler.

At some point she'd end up doing both. The order was the only thing she wasn't sure of. So just outside Figaro, she stopped to figure out what was going to happen.


((OOC: Party style or however you guys want. I kind of wanted to stick both the hunt and the Figaro Castle stuff in one post but I can split it if this is too confusing.))

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A loud curse escaped from Celes as she noticed what was happening. The Phoenix Down was out of her pocket nearly before Locke hit the ground. As soon as she could make it over, it was emptied on his body with the hope that he would quickly wake up before she turned her sword against the Cactuar.

It promptly lifted a foot and tried to step on her, though she managed to dodge mostly out of the way, only getting thrust to the ground by the shock from that.

This was more than she'd bargained for, but she was not going to back out now.

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Locke promptly awoke from his restful slumber. Having been through the technique many times before, he grinned asking Celes, "Did you leave a piece for me?"

With that, he took off running around the cactuar hoping to draw it's attention away from his friend and ally. As the cactuar began to step down again, he dove and flung his boomerang at his target again. Luckily, his dive carried him away from the creature's counterattack.

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"More than a piece," Celes grumbled, the relief showing on her face when Locke got back up. "Don't do that again. My supply isn't that high."

And she'd worry if it got any lower.

Gathering herself again, she sliced a few more needles off the cactuar. "How much stamina does this thing have?!"

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Locke was getting rather perturbed by the cactuar's resistance. "Should I ask him if he's thirsty?"

Placing his teeth between his knife, he darted in close to the creature before removing the knife to slice a nice LC into its hide. Learning quickly, he never stopped moving as he slid along the sand barely avoiding a nasty hit.

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Celes smirked at Locke's words then, finding herself wishing Rydia was nearby. They could really use her summons right about now, especially Leviathan.

Reaching into her pouch to prepare an Ether, she dove in with a hard slice and a Blizzara. Unfortunately, the double attack made it nearly impossible for her to avoid the Cactuar's tilt-over counterattack. The ground shook her off her feet again and she faceplanted into the ground, sputtering.

Goddesses curse this stupid thing.

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Locke knew better than to laugh at Celes' misfortune. Contrary to his instincts of protecting Celes, he used the creatures focused attention to dart in and slice once more. As the cactuar focused on him again, he hoped Celes would have a chance to regain her footing.

"You going to Eiko's party?" he asked as he lost his footing in the attack.

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And regain her footing she did. However, the Cactuar was starting to grate on Celes' nerves. The faster they got this done, the better.

"I hadn't heard about a party," she replied, barely dodging the Cactuar's next giant step, which was aimed at her and threw her to the ground again. At least this time she'd been ready for it so she could use the momentum to somersault her way back to her feet. That didn't mean it wasn't annoying, though.

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As Locke flew headfirst into the sand, he was unable to respond back to Celes. Spitting out the sand that had infiltrated his mouth, he looked up to see a foot coming down upon him. He had just enough time to stick his dagger up and cut their foe's foot as he rolled away from the step.

"You have now," he said as the cactuar stomped his full weight upon the injured foot causing it to stumble.

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"You know how I feel about parties," Celes replied, darting in to swipe at the Cactuar again as it stumbled.

She was about to elaborate on that point when she suddenly noticed that it was turning its attention back to her and lowering again. It had done this once before, but she'd been on the opposite end. This time it was focusing on her and the general was the recipient of its 10,000 Needles attack. The little pinpricks were too much for her all at once and she felt her vision cloud up as her knees buckled. She hit the ground a moment later with a thud.

If there was one thing Celes hated about battle, it was the possibility of getting knocked out like this. It showed a weakness she hated having.

At least she had phoenix downs in her pockets.