Chapter 21 - Vincent Everyone gapes at the coffin as the top is removed and a strange man hovers into the air... as if in a promise of his ultimate limit, Chaos, which simply kicks ass... Audience: WEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! The man has long black hair, red eyes and wears a bright red cape... he's indeed very much gothic and really handsome... Depending on where you are, at most Vincent is played by Vega of Street Fighter but some Japanese versions have Baek Doo San as Vincent... our version has Vega but for compatibility, we'll speak of him as Vincent or Vince or V... CS: If only it was the original Vincent... Vincent: Who wakes me from my sleep? Mel: He _does_ look cute though... Jun: Err... hello... sorry for the interruption... Kaz: o O (He is... so... gorgeous!) Audience: o O ( ! ! ? ) Vincent: Go away. I don't want to talk to you. Bruce: Man, Red, this guy is worse than you! Red: Hmm? Jun: But maybe we can help you? Vincent: You can't! You simply cannot! I'm staying here, paying for my crimes! Mel: Well, he said it clearly, he doesn't want to be bothered, let's move on! Kaz: Tifa! How can you be so hard! Mel: Since WHEN did I become "Tifa"? Bruce: Like, I'd like to know 'bout that myself! Kaz: Arrh... (to Vincent) Hey there... what did you do so horrible that deserves such punishment? Vincent: Do you know Sephiroth? Kaz: ARGH! CS: Ehm, Red... exactly what did the script tell Cloud about Sephiroth? Red: What does it matter? He hasn't read the script anyway! CS: Oh heavens! Vincent: Why are you so morose, fat boy? CS: I beg your pardon? Mel: Hey, he's being nice to you, fatso! CS: I don't want such niceness! Vincent: I see... I'm sorry to bring more sorrow... I only bring sorrow wherever I go... (turns his head VERY anime-ish and his slick hair cover his face as his fingers hide his eyes and a very distinctive tear rolls down his eye...) Kaz: Great go guys! Hit on the poor man, as if he hasn't had enough! Jun: Oh honey, you really care! Kaz: Well... yea... Mel: Something smells funny here? Bruce: Don't look at me! Red: nTssk! Xiaoyu: Ewww! That's gross! Kaz: Hey... (warmly) It might help if you shared your thoughts... Vincent looking with wide red eyes at Cloud: You... you of all... you are... so understanding! Kaz: . . . (blushing) Mel: JUST as I thought! Bruce: Hey, what's it pretty mama? You look kinda pissed... Mel: Argh! Vincent: I'm one horrible, horrible person! Kazuya embraces Vincent protectively: Oh not really... you're being hard on yourself... Mel: Ack... Xiaoyu: But... men shouldn't be embracing men... Jun: It's as friends... Bruce: Ain't looking very friendly to me! 0_O Kazuya with Vincent seated in his lap, stroking his hair: Come with us and I will help you forget your sorrows... Vincent: Why are you so nice to me? Red: Ehm... that's all very sweet and everything but... Kaz: (Hrrrrred....) Red: (Wrrrr....) Vincent: Oh... I'm so sorry... I'm sure you are very busy travellers... I won't be bothering you then... Mel: Okay, Bye! Kaz: Tifa! How can you be so hard on poor Vincent? Can't you see what he's been through? Mel: ...wh~WHAT?!? Jun: Actually, honey, don't you think you are a little... overreacting? CS: This is really beginning to get into my nerves and the atmosphere here is annoying my nose! I'll catch a cold! Vincent dear, why don't you come upstairs with us and we can discuss things in a more friendly environment? Vincent: I don't know... Should I shame the world with my presence? (All together) Mel: NO! Jun: Oh, you're not as bad as you think~ Xiaoyu: Achoo! Vincent looks puzzled... Kazuya (taking Vincent's hand): It'd be an honour if you followed us. Vincent: How can I ever resist? Mel: This is SICK! Jun: Umm... honey? I think the man can walk by himself? CS: It's the bad influence of those Shinra soldiers, I'm telling you! Bruce: Yo man, can we move on and leave the syrups for another day? Xiaoyu: Yuck! Red: Yes, good idea. So, after LOTS and I mean LOTS of talk, Vincent joins the team and it's now... eight people in the group! Vincent: The sunlight! I never thought I would be seeing the sun ever again! Kaz: *siiiigh*... Jun: ? Mel: (That [beep]'s gonna pay~ hey! Can't I swear even in my mind?) My kind readers, I will do my best to defend your minds from corruptive words but please once again, remember we're dealing with ruthless fighters... Xiaoyu: Cool! How do you make your eyes red? Vincent: Through seeing bloodshed and lamenting over the innocence killed... Audience: Xiaoyu (looking disturbed): Err, thanks. Vincent: Don't mention it. CS: Sweetheart, you don't have to be so forward... Vincent: Did I... did I mess things again? Oh my... Kaz (scowling at Cait Sith): You told her the truth, you didn't do anything wrong! Mel: Stop it, it's getting sick, okay? Outside the mansion gates the two black caped men are still there... only now their words of woe have changed... BCM1: Oooh Sephiroth... left us... for the mountains... BCM2: And your heart... abandoned us... we know... Kaz: ... And so, the team heads for the reactor up at mount Nibel... A few words about the creepy mountain range... It's annoying! It's full of twisting roads but also has many materias and don't miss Cloud's cool sword, the organics... Mel: Organics? Isn't that a brand of shampoo? Kaz: >8( Jun: I like it! Organics! Sounds so... natural! Kaz: Oh god... CS: For crying out loud, who cares what's the name of the sword as long as it does its work! Red: It has double growth materia rate too... Kaz: Please! Stop examining my sword as if it was a merchandise! Red: It will be once you find a better one... Kaz: WRAH! Bruce: Yo man, why are ya so down? Vincent: Oh... you don't want to share my sorrow... Bruce: If ya don't wanna share yer sorrow, then don't show it! Red: Hmm... Bruce? Bruce: Oh man... that dude cries more easily than Jun! Jun: Whatever does that mean? Xiaoyu: When will I get a line? Mel: Shut up! Red: You will have a whole mission all just yours later on... Mel: Ugh! Why her? CS: Actually you'll keep us bored for a few good times, chasing after your precious Cloud... Kaz: Guys, do you mind? Mel: Hey Jun, how do you like the landscape? (sarcastically) Jun: It's... (reluctant to admit it's creepy...) Vincent: It's melancholic... Desolate... full of despair... matches souls as gloomy as mine... Everyone gapes at Vincent... Red: Um... thanks for sharing Vincent... Bruce: Yo man... bout lissening yer story... Forget it... Vincent: Don't worry... I wouldn't... dare share my doom... with kind people like you! (starts crying) Kaz: Bruce! How can you be so cruel to Vincent? (embraces Vincent): There, there... Mel: This is getting SICK! Jun: Actually honey... is this necessary? Red: I'm beginning not to like this... Vincent (holding Cloud back): You are so nice to me... and I don't see why... Kaz: ... Mel: Ughl! Bruce: Yo, loverboys! How bout if we moved? CS: You took the words right from my mouth... Bruce: Ugh, please! Red: This reminds me, we haven't stopped by the reactor in the Gongaga area and there are a few cool stuff for us to pick up there... Kaz: Why hadn't you said so earlier? Red: Because you were too busy going hysteric over some frogs... Kaz: ARGH! Jun: Honey, stop worrying yourself about the cute little toadies... Xiaoyu: o O (Toads, eh?!? AHAAA!) Kaz: You don't understand! It was horrible! It just lay there flat on my leg, with its slimy belly heavy upon me and it was so cold! Mel: Eugh! (but sounds so good!) CS: Frogs! Gwah! I hate frogs! Vincent: But they make excellent gourmet... Bruce: Yo, are we gonna be talkin' bout frogs all day? Red: Exactly. Here is the reactor... and over there is the scorpion materia keeper we must fight to go through... Xiaoyu: We will fight THAT thing? Red: I'm afraid so, little one. Xiaoyu: And then he wonders why I pick on his tail! Red: Grrrr... Our heroes see there is no other way but to fight the scorpion blocking their way... this scorpion however will teach you the Enemy Skill Trine and don't neglect the Flamethrower, if you haven't received it already in the cave past the Midgar Zolom. The battle is hard and bloody... but like always... our heroes win and in the end, they pose... Kaz: o O (Vincent is so elegant...) Mel: o O (I'll gouge his eyes if he stares at him once again!) And the road is clear to exit the mountain... Bruce: Hey! And my'car?!? Red: We cannot worry about that now. Bruce: Whaddoyou mean we cannot worry? My car! It's on the other side of the river! (jumps up and down, pointing towards the buggy across the river) Red: Bruce, if you want it so bad, you can go all the way back and get it! Bruce: I want my car! CS: You'll GET it back! Bruce: *whines* But the heroic team moves on, through monsters of this area... some of them weirdly resemble the Tekken Devil... Kaz: Guess why I love them! Devil lookalikes do a Demi3 and that kinda _hurts_... Kaz: I take it back! ;( Therefore, after a lot of fighting, they reach a small town where, even from afar they can see that a huge rocket is nested in its centre... my friends, I feel your excitement as you know we're making for Rocket Town, where we will attain the last member of our team, the one and only present in most EVERY Final Fantasy... and arguably the coolest character... Cid Highwind!! Audience cheers insanely... Bruce: Oh man... More? Kaz: At least he's the last to come... Red: I hate to say... but I dread at who will play Cid... But I guess you will have to wait for the next chapter to find that out...