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😶. . . @theaceoffire, Given that you've, recently, stated that you write these the day you post them; you took one look at my joke and excitedly pointed one pointer finger into the air and said "Great Idea! Totally glad I thought of it. Yep, totally thought of it myself, and didn't just get inspired by a random joke to run with in the story." didn't you?

I mean it's cool and all, but... well no, if I knew you would run with a gag, I don't think I could have thought of a better one... . . . . so mostly it just feels... weird. Ego swelling, but weird.

Huh? Let me check.

Hmm... So maybe before last Thursday?

Hmm, this was October 6th...

I'm not finding the joke that you're referencing from today or yesterday, or even further back. I think that your post might have gotten lost or even overwritten by one of your previous edits at some point, if you can find it just let me know and I'll see what is what.

Just between you and me though, this is how I plan to settle the whole relationship deal that happens in the story between Rinoa, Seifer, and Squall. I'm not saying we didn't think similar things, but I've been planning this particular change in Rinoa's personality for a few chapters now... And then I basically said if she's going to have a harem anyway, why would she stop at 2!?
 
Rinoa will need the boys to help her reboot faster... In theory. If possible. Maybe? Not going to work at all.

They'll just spend all week cuddling. I can't wait for Seifer and Squall to realize that they are both in the same harem. They'll just not think about that. They will just focus on Sarah, Rinoa, and whoever else Rinoa pulls in.

I had a random thought. At first, I thought Rinoa would end up Mayor. Now though? I think she'd accidentally end up Empress as Sarah's consort. Most of the reason that she's in charge and all that, is that Rinoa can actually communicate with normal people without partially melting their brains. Her capital might end up being Timber with a new palace building as well.

Then again, I could also see her spending most of the month in bed until Sarah or Shiva gets bored, and then she needs to quickly react. Can you just see Rinoa trying to manage Sarah so that Sarah doesn't freak out everyone?

Um, it's been a long time, but wasn't the entire point of the Gardens and Seeds to build/train forces to fight the sorceresses? Would they chat first or dig in and prepare for an attack or actually attack? Well, if a massive horde of monsters was coming in their direction, I could see them still in that position. Heck, they may have sent out folks to deal with those fleeing monsters.
 
Huh? Let me check.

Hmm... So maybe before last Thursday?

Hmm, this was October 6th...

I'm not finding the joke that you're referencing from today or yesterday, or even further back. I think that your post might have gotten lost or even overwritten by one of your previous edits at some point, if you can find it just let me know and I'll see what is what.
:eyebrow: Right~ Anyways...
Just between you and me though, this is how I plan to settle the whole relationship deal that happens in the story between Rinoa, Seifer, and Squall. I'm not saying we didn't think similar things, but I've been planning this particular change in Rinoa's personality for a few chapters now... And then I basically said if she's going to have a harem anyway, why would she stop at 2!?
I figured it was likely that you had the behavior mostly preplanned, and... one of us, had the misfortune of my response joke to another's half baked joke, right before you did the whole scene that read like you took up the idea and ran with it. Though, our then adding another two layers to the joke actually made me stop and count how many layers there were just to make sure I was remembering correctly; so I'll stop here before I end up getting lost.
 
Arc 3: To the flower shop!
Rinoa was calm.

Watts wasn't buying it. "So, finally got up?"

Rinoa was peace. "Shh. Yesterday was a hectic day, the monster stampede and all."

The man glanced at an 'innocent' looking Sarah and the very much satisfied and smirking Shiva. "Uh huh."

Rinoa was going to shank someone if they didn't let this go. Or explode in hysterical giggles and lovey dovey eyes. Either/Or. "Back on point! How's progress?"

He opened one of those endless folders with more paperwork in his horrible handwriting. "Materials have been ordered and will be shipped this way over the next week. I've directed the workers' contracts to the people who have been unemployed longest or who have the highest bills."

Like usual then. She checked the charts, those tended to be informative even if she couldn't read the text around them. "And our contacts?"

He grinned. "Got a shadow auction set up, using the refurbished but still closed theater. I followed your notes and the promise of Lunar Produce in the thousands has people lining up already! Heck, I think tourism has even gotten a boost just from outsiders coming to check the rumors out!"

What? "You mean hundred, right?"

Watts looked blank. No. "Let me see my notes?"

He handed over the paperwork she had left behind… No, she had written 100, but there was a smudge that MIGHT have been a comma. Maybe. That would have STILL been '1,00' though. Shit. "Sarah."

The woman hummed? "Yes?"

Crud. "I know you said you could get a hold of over a thousand units of produce for us to work with, but how much over that?" There was a REASON she had said 'hundreds' and not 'thousands'!

The silver woman blinked. "Not sure. I doubt you have to worry about it though."

She was already pulling out her own notes and trying to do some calculations. If she cut back the amounts of personal stock she was going to build up for her people? No, not nearly enough. "While one or two thousand bushels of veggies will sell fast, lots of people are desperate for Lunar Produce. I need to know what I'm working with."

The stuff could directly empower the consumer, help increase their ability to Junction with better compatibility, some claimed it slowed aging and others that it healed sickness. Not having the amount promised could cause some real consequences.

Sarah frowned. "I mean, maybe two and a half thousand units? But that would destroy my reserves." She waved it off. "It doesn't matter, I doubt this city could even sell that much."

Apples that could make your kid better able to survive this world? Peaches that caused bliss? Grapes that cleansed the body? Yeah, they would sell. "Maybe I can make smaller bundles for auctioning and the delay of bidding and price hiking would discourage most of them?"

It was an unlikely outcome.

Shiva snorted. "Where would you even PUT two and a half thousand tons of that stuff? I know it doesn't go bad easily, but it would really back up your train system trying to move it."

Several auctions, each one with a portion? Yeah, that would make it very hard for any one customer to detect the total amount and hopefully give Sarah more time to grow… To…

Wait. "Tons!?"

Sarah blinked. "Yes?"

The FUCK!? "I thought you meant over a thousand bushels!"

The woman tilted her head. "Well, then I can simply pass over around 6,480 or so bushels of the Oats. And if there isn't enough, we can dip into the Wheat or Barley supply. Problem solved!"

Shiva nodded. "Not sure why our good girl here kept focusing on the grain goods anyway. You didn't even give her the amount of cabbages, carrots, potatoes, any of the fruits…"

Sarah waved it off. "It's because Rinoa only wants the grains, remember?"

What!?

She felt a headache building.

Now that she thought back, she had been a bit obsessed at the idea of tradable moon grain. Only vegetables and fruits had been traded before, and it was an easily stored and traded product that could sell well here in Timber.

But how had she missed the scale? "So you didn't mean that you had 'over a thousand' bushels of Lunar Products for sale…"

Sarah nodded. "Yeah, I mean I have over one and half tons of food per type the moon produces. It was a bit of an arbitrary cap really, but it was all more than I needed personally anyway even after considering the dairy, meat, and spice trade going on."

Holy crap. "Those fucking farmers must only sell a tiny fraction of what you trade them, the rest is being sent somewhere. Probably nobles or the military."

Watts shifted. "So uh… We good for the auction?"

Rinoa snorted. "Yeah. But we need to drastically limit the amounts being sold… Selling a thousand bushels of grain is one thing, selling an unending variety of never before seen Lunar Kingdom enhanced produce will start a war."

Sarah started to grin… And was smacked. Stop right there! "NO! No global fighting over having a near endless amount of resources that are very desired by the public!" Bad Sorceress! That would cut into snuggle time!

Shiva giggled. "She just wants to be able to [[Scan]] them all, 'Research' their GF's, and steal their stuff. We can do things the slow way."

Sarah rubbed her uninjured head. "Yeah, I guess we can wait. But I still want to examine a local Galbadian soldier, don't they all have [[Scan]] on them already? Not my fake attempt, the actual para-magic."

Rinoa paused. Probably? At least some of them. "There aren't any elite troops here, but yeah, most should have at least a few units of the standard loadout. So [[Fire]], [[Thunder]], [[Blizzard]], and [[Scan]]. Only the strongest people get [[Dispel]] though, and I'm not sure how many of the local military will just let you check them out."

Watts snorted. "Pretty sure the men AND women would be more than happy to be 'checked out' by OW!"

Rinoa held up her second shoe. And an eyebrow.

Watts shrugged. "I'll be good Sir."

Shiva chuckled, and certain comments from last night/this morning/half an hour ago made Rinoa blush. Right! "Moving on, you got what you need?"

He nodded. "Get me the sample products to show the people, everything will be set up in a month."

Hmm. Should be long enough, right? "I'll go visit Cid over at Balamb Garden, Sarah can check out the local magic and we can set up a contract or two."

Cid would be MORE than happy to hire them security guards for an underground auction, especially if Sarah was willing to hand over some moon goods in return. Probably a whole SeeD team or two! Maybe three!?

Her mind went back to those sexy women and handsome men she saw last visit. A team came in groups of three, right? So two teams plus Sarah and Shiva would hit her perfect eight!? Hmm!?

Plus, Cid had seemed like a softy, he'd probably be fine with some sexy people being hired to do a mostly safe job with high pay and the potential to make connections with an all powerful moon Sorceress. Probably?

After all, he had always seemed more concerned about Sorceress Adel's conquest plans more than the fact that she was 'cursed' as being a Sorceress.

Yeah, this would work out! No doubt!

Besides, Sarah doesn't eat people/monsters/everything like the legends say. Well, not like that. Mmm.

STOP! You're in public, focus!

Point is, head to the Garden and hire some future harem members/SeeD Teams to act as security and hopefully/maybe have them stick around to help out Timber! Brilliant!

So it should be good! Yes? Yes! Best plan ever!

Rinoa nodded. "So new plan! We trade them some moon stuff to get magic samples and hire several guards, yeah? Sarah can look up what she wants, a SeeD team or two would keep people in line during the auction, Shiva would keep looking sexy, and it sounds like we got a plan!"

Watts blinked. "Huh, I guess we COULD afford to hire them with all these goods available…" He scratched his head. "That's going to take some mental adjustments, Sir."

Six strong and powerful sexy SeeDs! Maybe with their own uniforms!? "Two SeeD teams, the best of the best and the most elite of the elite… Can we force them to wear hot outfits!? That's something we can put in the contracts, yes? Then again those uniforms are pretty smexy on their own, there was that one guy and them arms… Ooh! Shorter skirts! For the women AND the men!"

Watts coughed. "Sir?"

No! "Don't be sexist! Men can wear cute skirts too!"

Hot muscular guys and gals with tight short skirts, twirling in battle to defend her city and nearby towns and maybe snuggle a bit and hold hands and… "We must go to Balamb Garden soon, it is mission critical. The safety of the auction can not be put at risk!"

Why was Shiva giggling? No matter! "To the train station!"

Sarah grinned. "I thought I was going to get to scan a few soldiers?"

Oh, right. "And there will be some on the way TO the train station!" Probably!

~~~Broken Adventure~~~

Cid Kramer blinked at the message. "I'm sorry, what?"

The operative nodded. "The wave of creatures has been repelled and the area seems to be settling down. Local fighters stopped the incursions entirely when we departed."

He waved at the report. "You know what I'm talking about."

The man shifted, looking away. "They are just ongoing persistent rumors. If my team hadn't insisted, I would have left it entirely out of my report."

Cid leaned back.

Contact with the Lunar Kingdom. Not just the fabled midnight trades with superstitious ranchers and the growing milk Mafia, but some sort of unplanned and uncontrolled interaction between the Moon and Timber.

This wasn't in the original warnings. If anything, that strange dying Sorceress with dire tales of future danger had implied that the moon was lost to hunger, whatever that meant. That only creating the Seed and their protective Gardens would allow some great foe to be vanquished… Someday.

And when his dear wife Edna had feared the moon legends to be the source of such danger, the collapsing woman had just laughed! Had waved it away with no concern.

So how could things be going so off plan!? "Thank you for your statements, your team will get a bonus for the rapid response to this recent crisis."

The man nodded. "Sir!" And went off to do whatever.

Absently Cid sent more data requests and began composing a list of reconnaissance missions to Timber. Again.

What was WRONG with that city!?

Everything had seemed so logical, if not pleasant. The future threat of all powerful magic and a deadly Sorceress on some unknown horizon had been more than enough for both him and his wife to shift their orphanage's direction, to prepare their lonely children for dangerous times ahead.

And then the ever churning gears of war had caught and stuck when it tried to use its fangs on Timber.

A flawless victory, one of the endless numbers that Cid's frantic manipulations barely slowed as Galbadia ever forward marched. A tragedy, as so many fighters and frantic locals had died to protect themselves and prevent occupation.

And then the moon changed.

Everything changed.

The endless gleeful slaughtering of that distant Galbadian Sorceress Adel shifted to raw terror.

An entire nation, greedy and led towards conquest, began to quietly mind their own business and shake their flags proudly (But quietly) at home.

And the Lunar Kingdom grew.

Was he supposed to assume this new shift, once again focused on that bizarre city in that hub of train stations, that this paradigm alteration was chance? Coincidence?

And the selfish part of him, the side not hardened to gaining profit and power to protect their children (Orphans or no), whispered.

It was a good excuse, right?

It could be important, yes?

And he missed her so much.

Fine. It was for strictly defensive reasons and the protection of the world itself, but he would call back his love and those children on her White Seed Ship.

To come discuss this new threat, to potentially change plans, to hold her in his arms/see their little ones/learn about this potential danger and what it could imply.

With much more work to do and (for some reason) a lighter heart, Cid went back to the mountain of forms and paperwork as he kept the massive Garden lit so the SeeDs could grow.

~~~Broken Adventure~~~

Rinoa was bouncing! "I LOVE train rides!" And screw those lame people who insisted she act like an adult and all that, trains rocked!

Sarah grinned. "How long is this going to be? Do you know?"

Nope! "Probably a couple of hours or something." She normally would tire out and take a nap at some point, so uh. Might be six hours? More? Whatever. Train rides were awesome!

Too bad Shiva had gone back to Sarah's mind to relax on this trip. Who cared if having an ice goddess around was a bit hard to hide!? That girl had NOTHING to be ashamed of!

Then again, bragging about her hot ice lady wasn't exactly keeping a low profile and the soldiers would eventually be forced to pay attention to her antics.

And being detained for questioning (As polite and nice as they were) would be a total waste of cuddle time.

But still! "You're going to love this place, all the Gardens have like amazing technology and awesome facilities and the students are like SUPER hot and last time Angelo found this massive bone from somewhere and I had to make her let it go because I'm talking longer than a human here…"

It had been an awesome trip. Oh! "Plus, I think there is going to be some sort of ceremony when we get there!" Something called the SeeD inauguration party? Probably? "I already got all three of us dresses, we're going to be sex on heels…" Oh, yeah. "Plus, keep an eye out for any super awesome girls or guys."

Can't just be hot or cool, they needed to be strong enough to actually get the job done. She WAS the leader of the Forest Owls after all, can't simply focus on the eye candy.

Sarah grinned. "I'm pretty sure they will recognize Shiva if she dances with us, so that is likely a no go."

What!? "But I got this sheer thing with lots of flippity bits!" It was almost MORE sinful than the nothing she rocked last night! "I want to see someone trip when she walks in the room!"

From Sarah's expression Shiva ALSO loved the idea. "Maybe. I guess she could try and… I don't know, wear a disguise?"

Huh, the mental image of Shiva with fake glasses and a silly mustache was still attractive. Go figure. "We'll workshop this later."

It was already bad enough that Sarah had to wear thicker clothing to make her full body glowing tattoo network less obvious, a chill girl like Shiva deserved better.

Right. "How long will you need to examine the magic samples? I think we got a day or so before the dance, plenty of time hopefully."

Sarah blinked. "Uh… Five or so seconds for each sample? Or twenty seconds when it comes to people carrying around some magic Junctioned or stored in their system. Draw points are near instant though, I've picked up [[Fira]] while we were on this ride so far, for example."

What? "That's pretty amazing, how many did you manage to [[Draw]] while moving this fast?"

She shrugged. "Only a good enough sample for like two or whatever units, but that was enough for me to make an artificial [[Draw]] point and begin collection of the stuff. Same with the basic [[Fire]], [[Thunder]], and [[Scan]] we got from that bashful soldier at the station."

Part of her wanted to protest that causing a guy to nearly break down in stutters and mental overload didn't count as having a natural bashful nature, but the rest focused. "What do you mean, artificial [[Draw]] point?"

Those beautiful silver eyes blinked. "I mean, I make a small orb that filters out everything but a specific para-magic and fill it with True Magic? I got a set for all the spells I've gathered so far."

Who was making that high pitch whining sound? And why was it so hard to focus?

Oh. It was her, Rinoa, not so quietly freaking out. Right.

Calm down. "You can't tell ANYONE about that. EVER."

Timber was considered a powerful city because it had two active and reliable [[Draw]] points that have been stable for years, unlike the random flickers of one or two units of magic that form all over the place.

Just… MAKING new magic gathering spots!? "In fact, you didn't say that, I didn't hear that, and none of us will mention this again."

Sarah blinked. "Hmm?"

She waved it off. "Too risky, too valuable. It's the same reason we are playing down your goods for sale, and those are luxury products that would tempt people to make bad decisions. Artificial [[Draw]] points would cause instant chaos."

The Sorceress frowned. "Couldn't we get others to share?"

Naive as she was, Rinoa still snorted. "The more powerful a spell is, the slower a point replenishes. Takes longer to restock, as it were. Hell, I heard that rumors alone of a reliable [[Ultima]] [[Draw]] node nearly caused the destruction of Shumi Village entirely! And those spells can take months to build up enough power to [[Draw]] out a single unit."


Not that most people were strong enough to even cast [[Ultima]], much less Junction it. "They charge a LOT to access it too, like even with a massive discount and personal connections they still charge 5,000 Gil to even CHECK the thing. And no refunds either!"

Still made money like bandits. Magic [[Draw]] points were serious business.

She leaned against the train window, watching the world pass by. "So no, sharing wouldn't exactly work out unless you made a LOT of those artificial gadgets, and that would just make everyone lose their mind and try to take them. The craziest ones would die trying."

Sarah hummed. "Well, at least we can use them ourselves without a problem. Limiting the output to a specific spell means each artificial point builds up a reserve of that particular para-magic really quickly too, so we won't have supply issues."

Oh no. "How quickly?"

The woman patted her shoulder. "Don't worry, your Junction system will limit your [[Draw]] capacity to only 9 units at a time. It is a safety feature, so you won't pull so many per try that it becomes risky."

Mental horrors and imaginings of the literal armies that would hunt down her personal hug pillow Sorceress made Rinoa flinch.

Nope. No. Nuh uh. "You tell no one, you show no one, and even if we use them you MUST keep them secret."

Don't just shrug! "Secret! Super secret!"

Sarah frowned… And blinked.

The smile she made was just unfair. "I know! I can use the artificial magic nodes for my supply method but design an artificial para-magic storage device! Limit it to 9 units or something, to make it match the [[Draw]] cap in the Junction system… But this would drastically simplify the collection, trade, and sale of power in general!"

Sarah. What are you doing?

Rinoa just stared as her impossible girl began making illusionary displays. "I can probably use these stupid playing cards as a working template, just need to lower the quality of the final product to only store a few dozen units of para-magic max. That way strong para-magic can easily still fit nine units on the thing without a redesign, so less work for me."

Sarah. Stahp.

She grinned! "I mean, this is basically how that [[Card Mod]] GF skill works, right? Turning cards directly into items, then use other refinement skills to get out the para-magic? I'm just skipping a few steps!"

Crud. "I'm going to have to make a list."

Sarah blinked. "What?"

Yeah, she's going to do it. "I'm going to make a list of things you are allowed to say in front of people we can't politically or politely murder to keep your secrets safe."

Sarah paused. "You mean, of what I can't say?"

Nope, too long. "You heard me."

She tilted her head and looked delicious. "Why?"

Because the one or two people known in the world that could transform creatures into cards via the [[Card]] command were so treasured that they didn't need to do anything but wait for an army of assistants to bring weak monsters in for conversion.

Because refinement skills in general were hard to use unless you were VERY compatible with your GF. Because not every GF had such a refinement skill in the first place, and the few that did were jealousy hoarded by the lucky ones to discover them.

Because very few people per kingdom knew about or could even use the [[Card Mod]] skill at all. Because not all people could refine magic from items efficiently, or at the same rate as others, or without heavy physical and mental stress involved. Because it required a complicated 'Party' connection hookup to even trade or share magic between two people, forget easily buying or selling stuff.

A dozen impossible steps each as dangerous and risky as the others.

Making a card shaped container that anyone with a working Junction system could use, one that acted as a perfect [[Draw]] command in ideal conditions with impossible consistency?

Low level magic cards might flat out replace Gil as the local currency.

Rinoa nodded. "If you make these, mark them as Lunar Kingdom specialty items." Maybe she could help design the back of them? With a cute picture on the front and text to show what spell was inside?

It probably said something that she didn't even bother to ask if Sarah would be able to MAKE these theoretical world breaking cards. Right, back on topic! "Everyone will already know that we are connected to the Bone Sorceress in some way anyways, that secret is already out… But when we introduce these [[Draw]] cards with magic, they'll be officially coming from the scary moon kingdom."

The bone haired woman shrugged. "I can work with that."

On second thought, maybe Watts should do the cute drawings. Or Sarah or Shiva, if they were talented at the more artistic pursuits? "Good. It will be far more believable that the super mysterious Sorceress magically made this stuff than three random women somehow being able to instantly create endless spells and then storing them in small portable devices."

Sarah blinked. "Uh. But you know that I AM the mysterious…"

Nope! "Shh, that isn't on the approved conversation topic list. You can't say that."

Another pause. "But you haven't written the list yet. Right?"

Nope! "Shh! Learn from that! Be good and I'll add to the thing."

If they could show up, snag some sexy SeeD harem hotties, and leave WITHOUT bringing down an endless torrent of assassins and bandits, this would be a flawless victory. Flawless she said!

And suddenly, with none of the earlier pomp and circumstance or flair, Shiva was both THERE and pulling Rinoa into a hug. "Listen to our harem leader, Sarah. No topics means we can't talk about anything."

The voice dropped an octave, vibrating in her body. "So… Nothing but sweet nothings?"

Shit. Something in her plan had gone horribly right/wrong.

Sarah pulled Shiva away (No!) but pulled Rinoa into a three way hug. Yay! "Listen, Rinoa. I know how to keep out of sight, out of mind. But as members of the Forest Owls, we will both follow your lead on this."

Mrgle.

Shiva chuckled. "Not so sure that she's great at being subtle, but we DO have the power to back us up if something happens… And in the long run, selling magic cards might be a more reliable funding method than auctioning or bartering away moon fruits and veggies."

No, you can't do this during huggies!

Sarah grinned. "I'll make some stock up..."

Shiva snorted in the background. "Heh. Card stock."

The Sorceress ignored the chatter. "...And we can use the upcoming auction to both introduce the new para-magic storage units and use the event as an excuse. Anyone who notices your resistance cells having lots of expensive goods or good amounts of spells can be convinced that it is thanks to the big profits and hidden backroom deals this black market event will cause."

Yeah, ok. "Convince me more while we cuddle, please."

They talked more, and Rinoa probably should pay closer attention, but it was a lovely way to pass the time. Train rides were awesome!
 
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Rinoa has her priorities all figured out.
Cuddle time first, anything that can lower cuddle time ammounts get pouted at until cuddle time gets doubled up.
Also, is this how FF8 becomes a YGO fanfic because Sarah decided to "borrow" some card pictures and it went horribly right and Rinoa keeps adding X Magician Girls to the harem?
Tune in next time and find out in Good Girl Bluescreen Theatre!
 
What!? "But I got this sheer thing with lots of flippity bits!" It was almost MORE sinful than the nothing she rocked last night! "I want to see someone trip when she walks in the room!"
Wait, Rinoa was actually conscious enough to get laid!? I thought she got KO'd from Sarah's aura alone when combined with headpats!
Mental horrors and imaginings of the literal armies that would hunt down her personal hug pillow Sorceress made Rinoa flinch.
I do think Rinoa has a problem understanding that the Lunar Kingdom, is literally just Sarah's house. The Kingdom is literally just one person and some bone servants she made to do her work for her, cause she's lazy. Sarah could probably take on the entire world and all their armies and Sorceresses at once, and most Sorceresses know that! Why else did Adel start twiddling her(?) thumbs and start trying to become the nicest and most benevolent of rulers to ever exist? She's fucking terrified that Sarah is awake and active and will smite her ass for being a stupid evil conqueror warlord. Seriously, she's a Sorceress with a fully realized concept, one of the strongest ones in existence at that! And she has so much True Magic (that is always regenerating at insane speeds) it may as well be infinite(it pretty much is!), so she's effectively a living god...

Huh, she reached Ultimecia's end goal by effectively just eating the moon. That's gotta sting. Especially since nobody could or even wanted to stop her.

All that had to happen for there to effectively be world peace was the Bone Sorceress awakening. Everyone is too terrified to even TEMPT FATE by doing anything to draw her attention. She's the Spooky Scary Skeleton!
 
Wait, Rinoa was actually conscious enough to get laid!? I thought she got KO'd from Sarah's aura alone when combined with headpats!

I do think Rinoa has a problem understanding that the Lunar Kingdom, is literally just Sarah's house. The Kingdom is literally just one person and some bone servants she made to do her work for her, cause she's lazy. Sarah could probably take on the entire world and all their armies and Sorceresses at once, and most Sorceresses know that! Why else did Adel start twiddling her(?) thumbs and start trying to become the nicest and most benevolent of rulers to ever exist? She's fucking terrified that Sarah is awake and active and will smite her ass for being a stupid evil conqueror warlord. Seriously, she's a Sorceress with a fully realized concept, one of the strongest ones in existence at that! And she has so much True Magic (that is always regenerating at insane speeds) it may as well be infinite(it pretty much is!), so she's effectively a living god...

Huh, she reached Ultimecia's end goal by effectively just eating the moon. That's gotta sting. Especially since nobody could or even wanted to stop her.

All that had to happen for there to effectively be world peace was the Bone Sorceress awakening. Everyone is too terrified to even TEMPT FATE by doing anything to draw her attention. She's the Spooky Scary Skeleton!
All that had to happen for there to effectively be world peace was the Bone Sorceress awakening. Everyone is too terrified to even TEMPT FATE by doing anything to draw her attention. She's the Spooky Scary Skeleton!
She's the Spooky Scary Skeleton!
. . . . I don't know whether to deadpan at, or scold you for that horrible pun.
 
Sarah is true mini-Adam now. She's going through her own cultivation arc and developed her own impossible cultivation resources that she wants to hand out or trade for near nothing.

The idea of Rinoa becoming Empress is making more sense now. She just has to keep Sarah safely out of sight otherwise everyone else will want her goodies, which include cuddles and insane magical resources. So far, Sarah's just mentioned the basic toys not anything really impressive.

This is why Sarah needs a middle man to buy stuff from the locals. She could pay to have a small army with all sorts of draws come by merely for her to scan them.

Really, this could be Sarah and Rinoa's cuddle harem while other people randomly drop by to briefly say stuff that may or might not be important. The harem generally doesn't react as they are too into the cuddles.
 
Wait... does this mean that Cid is the new Pat? {edit} Also, that Rinoa is Sister... T-something, don't remember the attempt at sounding Chinese naming used for Adam's minder/nurse/waifu in the cultivation arc. Now all that Sarah needs to emulate Adam's cultivation arc is some adorkable young child to "adopt" and teach "all she knows."
 
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Rinoa is freaking adorable thank you for the chapter author dude have a wonderful day/night and hope you are healing well
 
Arc 3: Travel Time and Design!
Sarah grinned as they got close to Balamb city, the stop where they'd then rent a car or walk to the mercenary Garden at the end of this journey.

Rinoa was beyond hyper!

Maybe it was because they had 'escaped' her dad's guards back in Timber (There was an 'undercover' squadron of about 6 people two cars back being 'sneaky'), maybe it was the chance to explore a bit without feeling guilty about not being back in the thick of things helping out… But it was clear the girl had been spending all her time recently trying to make her new home town better.

This was sort of a working vacation, mostly. The woman had an excuse to travel a bit, do some shopping, hire guards outside of her dad's control to defend her illegal and underground auction selling goods (from a feared and legendary forbidden kingdom), and go check out some hot boys and girls her own age.

Even Angelo was having fun, moving from window to window on the train and very politely NOT barking at everything. She was a good girl, yes she was.

Meanwhile, Sarah was having frustrations.

How long had it been since she had to build something NOT optimised?

Oh, her first designs of the magic cards had worked great. Able to store functionally unlimited amounts and varieties, able to estimate the safe capacity a user could draw if the related spell was already Junctioned to something, and so on and so forth.

They also required impossibly complex materials and cheated a bit with some of her advanced construction skills… And if a normal person tried to make one, assuming it was even possible considering how tiny some of the parts were and how even the thinnest components was structured with uncertainty patterns, the costs were a bit much.

If 'Research' was on the ball, one card from her initial designs would cost… Uh. Well, the number was big. 'Why not buy more islands' big, or more, depending on the local economy.

So, redesigns!

The new cards were dumb. Way dumb.

Using the researched capacity methods of the Junction System to determine the most difficult to [[Draw]], stabilize, and store para-magic (Turned out to be [[Ultima]], it is oh so surprising), the new cards could only hold 10 units. Period.

And it would only ALLOW the user to store 9 total, and transfer or [[Draw]] up to 9 units at a time or less.

That helped simplify things a lot, although transferring para-magic was a bit odd… You could tell the Junctioning system was an active prototype in public testing based on how awkward it was.

Basically, you COULD store and carry para-magic without a GF, but the Junctioning system freaked out a bit. The only way to transfer stuff was to use [[Switch]] from the system to do a 'Junction exchange' with an established Party Network.

When done, the network would let you send ALL your GF's AND ALL your para-magic to someone else. Exchanging with them, if they have something.

Otherwise, the system would freak out a bit. Oh, if everyone had magic but no GF equipped sometimes there was no issues… But even though [[Draw]] was one of the few functions that worked no MATTER what GF you had, due to it being needed to scan and gain your GFs in the FIRST place, well…

Yeah, long story short: If you had a Junction system of any version, even basic abilities get locked down until a GF is hooked up… And that made para-magic gathering, exchange, transfer, and shipment annoying. Complicated.

In the end, Sarah redesigned the magic cards she was designing completely.

Using Adam's super enhanced redesigned Junction system/Warehouse Unit/FF8 Jump Magic Interface/ECHO system monstrosity as a reference, and using Rinoa's mutilated Junction System/Dog Enhancement Suite along with the scanned Galbadian Soldiers hardware to show what local equipment can do?

Well, it made something.

The new cards were metal. Not the strange plastic/slightly too warm almost flesh thing that Triple Triad cards were made of, but thin layers of reinforced copper coated with a basic display layer and a transparent but strong graphene coating.

It was… Theoretically possible to make more with local technology? Though without a custom production machine cranking them out counterfeits would be very unlikely for a decade or two.

Sigh, and that wasn't good enough. Especially as the cost would still be stupid high.

Which meant more cut features.

Each ability removed, each layer of safety and checks helped remove entire layers and whole components from the final design. With the goal of gaining enough 'free' space to scale up the internal parts to reduce the accuracy requirements for construction to something more reasonable.

Now, these things were almost silly simple.

The para-magic storage unit, designed to fail as slowly and non-critically as possible if damaged. A custom [[Draw]] point indication unit, so other Junction systems could easily target the stupid thing… One with a custom signal so future Junction systems could make THEMSELVES less complicated if they wished to better detect these things.

A custom signal unit connected to a false party member system. It would claim to be a new person with a valid but as of yet undetermined GF Junctioned, but the equipment only had enough features to allow the owner to transfer their para-magic to the card or regain it without needing the [[Draw]] features. So even those without a Junctioned GF could do some basic para-magic inventory management.

And finally, the smallest and least heat generating customised Junction system operating system Sarah could squeeze together.

Together, it SHOULD use the energy of the stored para-magic being correctly quarantined to detect the magic within, display the name, current amount, and a stored image of the spell in question on the front… And use the remaining power to ensure the interface modules work for the users.

That managed to bring down the local cost per card to… Something like 88 Gil or so. A bit more than shotgun ammo but still cheaper than a basic potion. And these things weren't disposable, if you used them up they became empty storage units for future magic which was still useful…

Hmm. Let's try reducing some part complexity a little bit, even if it makes some of these components larger and slightly thicker. The new parts were a bit more costly yet a simpler design... Still around 95 Gil? Acceptable.

Well, these versions would certainly have a lower shelf life due to the cheaper materials… But if carefully stored and shipped, shouldn't fall apart for a very long time or a stupid number of uses. Thankfully the transfer and storage of para-magic didn't require any moving parts, and those were always the bits that broke first.

Sarah mocked up the design and sent it to 'Research' to play with. While restricted to 100 Gil or less, try and simplify the parts design wise and increase the amount of production errors possible that wouldn't compromise the base statistics.

And hell, let's only guarantee these things for five years. That would be five years of continuous use, which should last over a lifetime depending on how much you fiddle with magic, but the lower requirements could help 'Research' make these things easier to make and easier to repair and recycle.

Now, a high end model. Even Potions had an enhanced version with better quality, and the Hi-Potion wasn't even the most advanced stuff out on the market either… Having magic cards of higher cost and quality would let her relax some of the self made limits while letting locals make the stupid things.

Right, keep in mind the limits though.

Why?

Because Sarah didn't want to have to make these things herself.

Sure, she can introduce them to her auction and even make custom high quality cards from the Lunar Kingdom, and she was going to do so… But Rinoa had brought up a good point earlier. That it would bring a lot of attention to Timber, attention it might not be able to shoulder alone without Sarah having to take certain a͈̞͇̪c͎̼̻t̠̻i̙̺̼͙̳̭o͕͔̫̖̜̜n͚̬̰̩̯s͍̖̻͚͉͈.̮͙̰̜

So, if this Headmaster Cid isn't an asshole? Let's make HIM produce these things! His people helped make the Junction systems in the first place, so they have the hardware and facilities to develop these cards for a cut of the profit.

Sarah wouldn't even ask for a big cut either, as having lots of these low quality magic cards on the market would just show off how awesome the Lunar magic cards would be. Hopefully it would make the auction gather more Gil in the process if the world was already gaga over these earlier products first!

Right, so uh… For now? Call them MCards, Hi-MCards, and X-MCards. That seems to be how the market worked, right? And her own stuff would be Lunar-MCards. And with no cost or complexity or size requirements, it would be hilarious watching people try to examine her personal products and attempt to steal the design. Or even detect the materials used.

Oh. Shit, did they even have reliable and cheap methods of creating stable graphene layers? They SHOULD, based on the materials used over here… Unless Junction systems were subsidised by leadership organizations and governments?

Shit. Uh. Well, if she HAD to she could use some much lower quality substitutes, but then even a basic sledge hammer could easily scratch these things.

Sigh, future problems. Focus on the basic stuff for now.

Right, MCards were pretty much done depending on what 'Research' modified, and would be produced at around 100 Gil, sold for around 150 Gill or so depending on who prices it. Because unlike HER, they would care about profit.

She paused. Cell phones had a profit margin of 50%, right? But they also cost more to initially build… You could probably charge more Gil based on what magic is on the thing too, even without considering how little it cost to make.

Like, a one use and disposable magically enhanced and self defended tent with healing facilities was only 1000 Gil, and these cards could be used for a whole career if you don't treat them like trash.

Meh, let other people worry about economics. Let's figure out Hi-MCards!

Better materials, keep the same height and width as the lower quality cards for easier storage in the future, but double the thickness. That would more than double the space to work with, since components could be more than two dimensional if she did this right.

Hmm. Right, let's boost the para-magic capacity up to the max 100 limit cap restricted by the current Junction system, that way one card would let anyone top off that spell entirely.

With this amount of room to work with, it COULD store a bit more than that (648 units if she used up all the rest of the space), but not only would the final unit be very difficult for local manufacturers to reproduce but, even if Sarah didn't care about the one para-magic per card limit? The final cost would go up pretty high to include the needed shielding and rare materials.

After all, para-magic acted a bit odd when too much of one spell was gathered. It was part of the reason why there were caps per spell in the FIRST place, although that was compounded since each Junction system user could only equip a certain number of units per stat before problems popped up.

Instead, let's use the rest of this space to improve the false party unit!

First, a stronger signal range to let authorized users access it from a short distance, a meter or so. It was actually a bit of a benefit that the cheaper cards had to be held to interact with them, as otherwise a jerk roommate could just [[Draw]] your para-magic from across the room and flee your vengeance or something, especially as the MCard didn't have room for the authentication hardware without jacking up the price.

The new range would let the user store these Hi-MCards in their inventories or backpacks, even with a friend or a designated supply supporter, and basically treat that location, person, or space like a bank.

A bit of software would let all Hi-MCards with matching authorized users to network together when targeted for using [[Draw]] or the false party magic swapping system. And lets add the software so a Hi-MCard can be shifted into 'Unregistered', 'Public', and 'Transfer' mode.

That way you can either lock it down to touch use only when 'Unregistered', let anyone use it like a free public [[Draw]] point, or mark someone else as the Authorized owner.

That would drastically simplify selling the things without risking someone trying to remotely steal the contents.

Huh, [[Draw]] was… A bit too unstable for that actually. It WAS the most complicated part of the Junctioning system, the main component that was actually designed by humans with nearly no reliance on GFs since this is how you worked the GFs into the system in the first place…

Yeah, it would be best to limit the Hi-MCards showing only the 3 most commonly accessed para-magics in the local authorized cluster when someone tries to access the [[Draw]] point.

And, just to keep things stable, Sarah was still going to keep the [[Draw]] max limit to nine. Like, that was just good consistency!

Right, store a 100 units, network a batch into a single 'database', even if you need around 500 Gil per slot in that network. That was still pretty cost efficient, right?

Like, the standard Junction system could only store 32 distinct spells in the first place, so for around 16,000 Gil you could back up your whole setup to your room or something. Or if you space for all, what? Wait, how many spells are there?

Sarah blinked. Fifty? Really?

Huh, some of these were only theoretical, according to 'Research'. Like, no one has even proven [[Apocalypse]] officially existed yet, it was only suggested based on other para-magic research.

Neat!

So if you wanted a big bank of all possible spells for one user, it would cost around 25,000 Gil depending on what the end amount of discovered para-magic would be.

But more likely people would only use one or two Hi-MCards for the rare and hard to find stuff and use several duplicates so they could keep a stockpile of 500 or more of the basics.

After all, it sucked using up a [[Cure]] and lowering your vitality for however long it took to hunt down the right monster, find a [[Draw]] point, or convince a team mate to share the love as it were.

So let 'Research' play with the design, try to optimise it with the cost limit of 500 Gil, and see what we can do with an X-MCard budget, as X-Potions was made with the good stuff and sold for 5,000 Gil a pop.

Boost material quality again, double the thickness (It was now four times thicker than a MCard), and… Hmm.

Right, let's make these long term storage options.

Remove the [[Draw]] ability entirely, no remote access for this at all. Drastically improve shielding, too much similar magic will cause power resonance. Nearly all interactions with this aside from the false party system will be locked down, a few units here and there to ensure relatively safe failures if someone damages this thing, more layers of shock absorption and heat distribution and signal shielding.

Now, how much space can we fit in? Sarah would still cap all transfers at 100 units or less, although it was trivial to let the X-MCard connect to an authenticated Hi-MCards network, so that specific spells would get topped off when in range.

Aside from software enhancements (Warnings about which X-MCards should be checked for issues, sensors sending data to logs for Hi-MCards to keep an eye on, alerts if certain quotas were hit or reserves are running low, etc), any and all remaining space was basically thrown to 'Research' to focus on better protection.

Pass that to 'Research', and it should be good! Though Sarah would like to find a GF to scan and ensure that she fully understood how [[HP-J]], [[Eva-J]] and [[Luck-J]] worked on her own time, the existing Junction system was good enough to fake the MCard network being a person with an unknown GF that allowed access to all of those.

True, when you tried to 'Junction exchange' with that fake person the custom error checking software would ensure it doesn't attempt to Junction spells to a slot your actual GF doesn't know how to handle (Best to avoid people popping), but this should be good enough to simplify life for customers.

Theoretically, a user could have a duplicate Junction system setup at home (without their GF of course), have it automatically refill those spell units to the optimum levels their body can handle when they cast them in the field, and just do a swap when they get back from a mission.

Their 40 [[Fire]] would swap with the fake user's 88 [[Fire]], and the 44 missing spells on the Hi-MCard network would refill from the other Hi-Mcards and X-MCards that focus on [[Fire]]. In fact, let's double check the code…

Yeah, Sarah could make the limit a software thing! The owner could say 'I only want 32 [[Holy]] equipped to my strength at a time' and it would hold the remaining 68 [[Holy]] on the Hi-MCard when the user Swaps that maxed amount with their own system.

That would save some money, since you wouldn't have to waste a whole Hi-MCard if you could only Junction like 7 [[Flare]] to your magic stat or something but managed to get a full 9 from a lucky [[Draw]]. It could all be stored on a single device instead of having to have two at home to ensure quick swapping after work.

Especially since that stupid [[Draw]] system was designed currently to just throw the excess magic away if you hit the 100 spell cap OR you hit your 'safety' cap on a Junctioned para-magic.

Sarah blinked. Wait.

Right, [[Draw]] could only pull 9 units at a time, but the Junction System could hold 100 units of magic. Damn it.

Sarah went back, altered the MCards to store 10 units at a time (Bumped the price up to 98 Gil), and sighed.

Right, MCards for basic magic sale and handling. Could even be used as an additional [[Draw]] target during an actual fight, if you had one within touch distance, though that would drastically lower the life expectancy of the cards and put them at risk due to the ongoing fight.

Stores 10 units of magic, anyone touching it can [[Draw]] 9 at a time or less or transfer magic to and from them as desired. Well, when out of combat.

Current design cost of 98 Gil so far, can only guarantee use for 7 years, 4 years if used in combat.

Hi-MCards act like a modular para-magic network, with authenticated users and ranged access when the Junction system was NOT in combat mode. The device was considered too powerful for the default [[Draw]] mechanics to recognize it as an acceptable target during a fight, and the party based exchange system locks up during a fight anyway, so no unlimited spells during battle.

Stores 100 spell units, out of combat authorized users can [[Draw]] 9 at a time or less, and can act as a manikin for your magic by duplicating your current Junction system setup to swap with. Guaranteed for 30 years, off the record much longer depending on the quality of production and materials.

Finally X-MCards act as para-magic reservoirs and reserves. The new software should store a number of units based on the first unit transferred… So a weak spell like [[Fire]] could be stored in thousands of units easily, while the more fragile and deadly stuff like [[Pain]] or [[Meteor]] could at least hold a few hundred. Maybe a couple of thousand, but uh… Probably not.

Not even remotely accessible during a fight, nor could you even [[Draw]] from them at all. Risking these things getting damaged might be a death sentence anyway, despite all the safety standards she had added.

Transfers of magic are limited to 100 units at a time, and when in a network the safeties will ensure that when multiple unrelated X-MCards were used the overall amount of para-magic being transferred would be roughly equivalent to around 50 units or so, since some spells are 'bigger' than others.

Customers would probably have to stock up on Hi-MCards to make the best of these X-MCards honestly, but considering each one of these suckers would cost 5,000 Gil Sarah couldn't see anyone easily splurging on a full set of 50 and then gripping over a few hundred more.

She snorted at the thought. 'Oh, I only spent 160,000 Gil so far but asking for 1,000!? I say good day to you!' Hell, some of the more popular magazines could cost a grand alone, and 'Pet Pals Vol. 1' wasn't nearly as useful as carrying around 200 spell units, no matter what Rinoa says about the silly things.

Seriously, that woman manages to teach her dog with her mutated Junction system how to sumo slam monsters with [[Limit: Angelo Strike]] and was like 'No, the tips in there were super helpful! I just had to think about it while hiking for a while.'

Like, you can read adorable pet magazines! Sarah wouldn't judge you! Rinoa was a good girl.

Mmm.

The sudden slowing of the train made Sarah focus. "Oh?"

Rinoa was ecstatic! "We're here! Come on Angelo, who's ready for walkies!? Are YOU ready for walkies!?"

Schematics saved, queue up a few thousand MCards of each type for production, load up the basic version with a selection of her spells to show Rinoa later when she got done ruffling her dog and nearly vibrating out of her own skin.

No reason to show off her unlimited amounts of discovered spells so far either, so a few cards with ten units each would be good enough and would let her display the functionality of the more expensive MCard variants.

Idly, she pulled one of the new MCards out and pushed S̺̘̞̳p̠͎̯ͅac͖̱̙̫̟e̺ into it.

And blinked. "Huh."

So THAT'S how you make [[Demi]]. Also neat!

The card had capped off with 10 units, with the silver material (And yes, the back had an image of the Lunar Kingdom on it, shut up!) now showing heavy black text and an empty spiral in the center.

Welp, send it over to Adam to get a stockpile setup for it. Also, better update the code so that white or silver or transparent magics won't cause the text to be unreadable… Still, nice effect.

Rinoa was looking at her. "You ready to go Sarah? Oh! Can I drive!? Let's get a car and then I can drive! I've seen people do that before, it should be awesome!"

Sending her MCard to her inventory, she shrugged. "Sure, why not?" It was only like what, 3,500 Gil to rent one? And she would be able to [[Cure]] her if anything happened.

~~~Broken Adventure~~~

BAD IDEA! "GO RIGHT! MORE RIGHT!" Shit shit shit!

Angelo was loving this in the back seat, but Rinoa was still FAR too confident. "I missed them, don't worry! And I'm sure the car would have squished those Bite Bugs anyway."

At least don't go so fast, how they had missed those trees was an actual miracle.

FUCK! "EYES ON THE ROAD!"

Rinoa swerved around a WAY too close tree. "There is no road, that was like way back there. Oh wait! Did you see another road back there!?"

And she fucking TURNED AROUND TO LOOK!

Oh god. "EYES FORWARD! FOCUS!"

The bitch actually rolled her eyes. "Relax, I've seen people do this all the time."

~~~Broken Adventure~~~

Rinoa walked along the path blushing.

At least Angelo was having fun.

Sarah was also staying quiet.

Rinoa coughed. "Lovely weather? Like, clear skies and everything!"

A monster tried to leap at the dog and was skewered instantly by a massive spike of ice from below.

A few seconds later, Sarah waved. "[[Blizzara]] or whatever."

Rinoa sighed. "You're mad about the accident?"

Silent.

Angelo was trying to lick the monster-sicle.

Rinoa slumped. "Yeah, I thought so."

It was a nice day. And at least Sarah managed to scan a [[Sleep]] from one of those ground fish. And, if she could find a stronger Caterchipillar, maybe get some [[Slow]].

It was going to be a long walk.

Rinoa walked a bit closer. "At least we weren't hurt? You didn't even need to heal us or anything!"

Sarah stayed as calm as she could. "You managed to swerve through an entire forest. An army of monsters. By inches in some cases, and while not looking forward half the time, but still. I could deal with that."

The woman perked up! "See? Just because there was a bit of an issue at the end there…"

She stared the overly peppy girl down. "Tell me. How can you easily avoid tree trunks, boulders, monsters the size of small cars, and huge gaps and cracks in the road… And then NOT notice the ocean."

Rinoa threw her hands up! "It jumped at me out of nowhere!"

No! "It is the god damn SEA!"

She pointed right back. "Then it needs a sign or something!"

For fucks sake! "What, 'Please do not drive here, water is wet'!?"

She sniffed. "Well anything sounds silly if you say it like that."

Oh, you are SO lucky you're adorable.

Another spike of ice! "And fuck YOU ALL, you stupid damned flying gnats of idiocy! [[Blizzaga!]]"

Oops, too much ice… Meh, fuck it.

Fucking things saw instant death and an army of bug corpses and was like 'But what`s the dog doing?', why not go run to my death too? Stupid freaking bugs.

Shiva snickered in her mind, but SHE hadn't had to ride with this woman! "You are banned from cars."

Rinoa blinked. "What?"

Nope, case closed: Banned driver. "You will be chauffeured everywhere, forever."

She flinched. "Huh!? No! I was just getting good at it!"

Never again. "I'll trust Angelo to drive before you. You are banned."

The woman pouted. "Aww… But I lasted much longer this time!"

Don't bother with those puppy eyes.

That won't work on Sarah, she was stronger than that.

Wait. "Hang on, THAT wasn't your first time driving!?"

And the girl looked shifty. "Well, after Dad got involved it was much harder to get away and convince people to let me practice. And paying those medical bills really cut into my allowance, so uh..."

Shut up Shiva, your cackling is making it hard to focus! "Keep talking, let's see if you lose your walking privileges too."

Ignoring her 'Aww', Sarah focused on keeping the area secure and then roughly heading the right direction.

And so help her, if another fucking bug showed up.

How far away WAS Balamb Garden!? "I could just teleport us there. It would be beyond easy."

Rinoa threw another stick for Angelo to chase. "We can't, your bone wings pop out when you use anything related to Space and we are trying to be discreet."

The living road hazzard saw Sarah's dry look and rolled her eyes again. "Like, with the locals and normal people I mean. See, they know we are HERE, and maybe that my driving needs some work, but they don't know you are an all powerful sexy moon Sorceress coming to sell them fruit. See? Discreet!"

~~~Broken Adventure~~~

The Galbadian soldiers (ones under cover and, theoretically at least, on protection detail) examined the beach.

The weary one sighed. "I swear, the tracking tag says they are here. Like, twenty feet that way."

For fucks sake. "I am not seeing any boats, or hidden passages, and I KNOW her dog is fine because the Junction system is marked as active, even if we can't track it. So where are they!?"

The other slumped. "I swear it's her years of training. How are some guys like us supposed to follow a master spy and infiltrator like the leader of the Forest Owls!?"

Another nodded. "Left our sight for minutes after getting in a vehicle and was gone. That route had to be planned for months, and had all kinds of hazards and stuff waiting for us. Not to mention the surprisingly large number of monsters."

Damn it. "So… Probably a disposable boat then?" But that wouldn't support a car's weight…. Oh for pete's sake! "Lieutenant, can you verify if the car was disposed of here?"

The tired man blinked. "I'm sorry?"

He pointed at the sea. "Just… Did she ditch the car and the tracking unit in the ocean itself. We can begin tracking down the schedules for the local waters and shipping routes later."

SOMEONE had to have seen which vessel she had gotten on! Still… "Just in case, two of you take our backup to the Station, in case we can't track her until her scheduled return."

Better safe than sorry.

The wiseass whistled. "I told you! Always five steps ahead! Probably knows that we paid the insurance for the damn thing too due to her Dad's standing orders."

Sigh. Fucking idiots. "We're burning daylight! Move it!"
 
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Why is it always the soldiers I end up feeling the most sympathetic to in your Final Fantasy worlds? Those poor soldiers don't deserve having to deal with Rinoa "I may be banned from my walking privileges soon" Heartilly.
 
I've really lost the connection to the story ... I really like the idea of Jump Chain, but the chosen worlds really give me zero fun...
Soo, i hope we'll come back to interesting ARCs soon ... Stuff like the Cultivation, pokemon or Rwby arc
 
Once the companion system is fixed Riona will make the biggest puppy dog eyes at Sarah so they can go to Fast & the Furious so she can pick up actual driving skills.
It is the only way to be safe.
 
hire guards outside of her dad's control to defend her illegal and underground auction selling goods from a feared and legendary forbidden kingdom
This sentence is a little odd. Depending on how you read it it could mean either defend from the legendary forbidden kingdom or defend what is being sold.

Something like 88 Gil

The price of the card went from 88 gil to 95 gil when she made it cheaper to produce. The price went up.
 
This sentence is a little odd. Depending on how you read it it could mean either defend from the legendary forbidden kingdom or defend what is being sold.




The price of the card went from 88 gil to 95 gil when she made it cheaper to produce. The price went up.
Nope, it went down... And then she realized the only reason 9 was a limit was because draw was restricted. The cost increase came from increasing the storage amount per card up to 10 from 9, but not increasing the size.
 
That managed to bring down the local cost per card to… Something like 88 Gil or so. A bit more than shotgun ammo but still cheaper than a basic potion. And these things weren't disposable, if you used them up they became empty storage units for future magic which was still useful…

Hmm. Let's try reducing some part complexity a little bit, even if it makes some of these components larger and slightly thicker. Still around 95 Gil? Acceptable
Here is the section I quoted. Sarah makes the card cheap by cuting every feature she could which brings the price to 88 gil then she simplifies what is left which brings the price to 95 gil. The price goes up.
 
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