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[Chapter 01 - Scene] Tour of the Tartarus

[[Who:]] Luke and Anise
[[Where:]] Tartarus
[[When:]] After Jade Interrogates Luke

After the Colonel had left the premise of the cabin, the rather cheerful Fon Master Guardian poked her nose through the cabin door and seeing a rather not so happy Luke. With a big grin on her face, the girl made her way over towards the grumpy looking teen with red hair, almost skipping part of the way. She was not the tallest person, standing roughly at five feet, with pigtails high on her head, held together with yellow ribbons on each side. She had big chocolate brown hues and pink and white. Her skin was not so pale but not really dark, sort of a light Carmel colour. She was outside, because she didn't want to disrupt anything that the Colonel was doing, plus, now, she got to spend time with the duke's son. Maybe luck would be on her side, and she could be his duchess! The girl was extremely excited, as she approached the male.

"Hi there, Luke, the Colonel didn't give you a hard time, now did he?" the girl chimed as she approached the other with a question, still smiling from ear to ear.

"Let's just say that most of the people I've met since leaving the manor have been not so pleasant, least of all him." Luke responded, still rubbing his wrists. Standing up, he didn't know what to think. It was because fo this girl following the Colonel's orders that they were so easily captured... and he still had no idea what was going on with Ion supposedly going missing. "Thanks for checking up on me, though."

"No problem!" chimed the girl as she was still standing there looking at him with a grin on her face, "The Colonel can do that to people, but he's not so bad once you get to know him better," she added as she took a few steps towards the door, "Well, since the Colonel is done interrogating you, would you like me to show you around, Luke~?" she inquired a bit staring at him and waiting for an answer. She assumed he might have wanted to do something other than sit here in the cabin and have nothing to do. Showing him around might just make his day brighter, and she would get a chance to get close to him! That meant another step closer to the fame and riches.

It didn't seem like something Jade would instigate, or even allow... but Luke was tired of the cabin. Plus, who knows? If they were close enough to the border, escape might've been possible. Too many things were running through his mind from the interrogation, "Yeah, I'd like that." He smiled, following Anise. "You said your name was Anise, right? Thanks for this."

The smaller girl nodded her head faintly to his words. AT least he was warming up to her, that was a good start, but she wouldn't let him escape, though, as good as that sounded to her. In truth, that would gain more trust, but the Colonel would not be pleased with it. Plus, Anise had the Colonel protecting Ion well, as well, so she didn't really want to make it a bad situation. Showing him around wouldn't hurt. If the colonel wasn't happy with it later, she had plenty of ways to explain what she did. She waited for him by the cabin door and spoke as he replied to her words, "Let's go then, shall we, ehehe?" she laughed a bit before replying as well, "Yeap, Anise Tatlin at your service.

You don't have to thank me, think of it as a tour on a private ship or something like that. C'mon let's go!"

"I've only seen luxury cruisers in magazines." Luke commented aside. Still, this military vessel was an amazing piece of work; he couldn't even begin to understand how all of the different parts work together. Back in the manor he'd never seen such intricate pieces of fontech work together. "Did Malkuth make the Tartarus, or...?"

"Oh? Well, I guess you can think of the Tartarus as one, but not so, luxurious?" she replied with another laugh emitting from the depths of her throat. Talk about a sheltered life He had never been on a ship before? Well, she wasn’t on any luxurious ship, but she had been on many. She felt bad for the red head, since he seemed quite ignorant of a lot of things that were thrown his way. She blinked at the male as he questioned her about the Tartarus. Really? He didn’t know where the Tartarus came from? She shrugged a bit before replying.

“Well, not really. The Tartarus was made for Malkuth by Sheriden,” she replied with a nodding of her head.

"So, Anise, how long have you been the Fon master Guardian?" Luke thought to ask to make conversation. "It seems like Ion trusts you a great deal." Luke really had no idea what to ask; that weird stuffed animal she used as a backpack seemed ugly in a way, and her bubbly personality wasn't anything he'd seen before either. In any case, he kept a look around to see the ship, maybe get a vague idea of the layout. Then again, he never was good at that sort of thing.

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"About two years now," the girl replied solemnly with a faint thought of making sure that it was two years. Yes, it had been almost two years or two years since she had become a Fon Master Guardian fro Ion, "I guess he does, but then again, Ion's always getting himself in trouble. I usually end up getting him out of it," she replied again as she shook her index finger a bit above her head. Anise had been with Ion for a short time. Two years wasn't that long, but she was relieved to have the Fon Master's trust.

Luke nodded. Taking note of where they were, Luke saw a few windows opening to the outside. Unfortunately, he saw nothing that could indicate that they were in the vicinity of Kimlasca yet. He was just hoping in the back of his mind that Jade wouldn't use him as a bartering chip against Kimlasca... being captured by him had to be one of the biggest blunder of his life, or what he could remember of it. "Everyone I've known in the manor I've pretty much known for seven years at least." Meeting new people was certainly an experience, if anything.

Anise was going on about random things for a moment as the male was walking alongside her. There wasn't much on the Tartarus to really show the other, but she pointed to a few rooms and mentioning them as similar to the cabin he was in earlier and the cabins were for the Malkuthian soldiers on the Taratarus. She frowned a bit at the words he was speaking. In the manor only, she wondered, before speaking her question aloud.

"Just the manor?" she replied.

Right, Anise wasn't there for the questioning. "Someone kidnapped me seven years ago." Usually he'd say that it was Malkuth, but Jade's questioning made him question if that was true or not. "When I was returned, my memory was wiped clean, and they kept me under lock and key in the Fabre Manor ever since. Not the most pleasant of experiences, but not the most unpleasant either." He wondered what it would have been like if he grew up in a hamlet like Engeve. "Did you grow up in Daath, Anise?"

She made a rather big 'O' with her mouth as though, slightly surprised by the words that he was speaking, "Kidnapped really? It must have been tough on you Luke," the girl replied with a faint sigh. It must have sucked to be forced to stay in the manour for such a long time. She would have gone a bit crazy if she stayed that long. She felt bad for him, having his memory erased after the kidnapping.

"As long as I can remember, yes, the girl answered with a more cheerful tone, trying to cheer him up a little, "Well, I guess this is like your first real experience outside of the manour, isn't it?" she questioned. She was certain that it was true, but she wanted to hear it from him.

"Yeah, it is." Luke responded. He was quickly running out of things to talk about, and he continued to follow as Anise continued the tour. "Say... is there any chance we can see... the deck, was it? I bet the breeze is amazing when the landship is in motion." Luke suggested.

Anise nodded her head and continued to walk. She was not running out of things to ask, but she decided to ask them slowly and a little bit at a time. She didn't want to bombard him too much with questions, after all she was trying to get close enough to him, anyway. She could let him out there on the deck, but she wasn't sure if the Colonel would be okay with it. Mainly because, he might try to jump, but then again, Luke didn't seem like that kind of person so she agreed.

"Sure, the deck it is. I think the breeze is pretty good," she laughed a bit, "so, what's the manour like?" she added, curiously.

"The manor... hmm." Luke wasn't sure how to describe the only thing he knew. "I mean, it's a building. Obviously more expensive than the shacks they had at Engeve. Not being anywhere else, I suppose it's the only thing I know. It's big, has a small park in the backyard with trees, and quarters for everyone." Come to think of it, not everyone could live like that, could they? "I mean, I've never been out of it, so even seeing Engeve was a surprise. I never had a want aside from... leaving, I suppose." But boy, was he regretting that.

The girl continued to listen to his words as he described his manour. It definitely seemed like some place she would want to live in as a rich duchess! It sounded it pretty big too, by the way he was telling it as well. Anise was getting a bit excited as the time ticked. She continued to lead him past the hallways as he spoke and continued to lead, until she was able to reach the deck, where he had wanted to feel the nice breeze. It wasn't bad, the breeze. It was rather nice as they approached the deck, she could faintly feel the wind.

"So, you say that you've never been out anywhere, since your kidnapping at all?" she inquired, her eyes slightly widened at the words that were spoken. Can anyone really be isolated and ignorant of the world that much? It was a first for her to meet someone like Luke, and the Fon Master Guardian, seemed to be a slight bit concerned with his shackled life.

"How many times so I have to say it?" Luke sighed. "Obviously, once I marry Natalia when I'm twenty I'll be able to be the king of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear, and be free of that manor." Three more years. It was a bit difficult to believe it would only be three more years, since that would still be about a third of his total experience since his kidnapping to come.

Looking over the edge, Luke sweatdropped. Given how quickly the Tartarus was moving, jumping off certainly wasn't an option unless he wanted to break more than a few bones. Sighing, he was out of options, not that he could think up of much in the first place.

((OoC: I figure soon would be a good time for them to notice Arietta's incoming monsters, and then end the scene with them going back to Jade and Tear to tell them about it?))

"Heheeh, I didn't know you had to repeat that a lot of times, Luke," the girl laughed a bit nervously as the male sighed. It seemed she was being too excited to notice she might have repeated herself a few times. Oh, well, it can't be helped, but at least she got to spend time with the Duke's son. When he mentioned marrying someone named Natalia, she seemed a bit down, but deviously thinking of ways to rid of this 'Natalia.' Oh, she was the princess then? She didn't ask that, since she wasn't interested in Natalia's position, but if she was a princess, really, that would be a lot more competition for this cute Guardian!

Anise knew that Luke wouldn't be foolish to jump off the Tartarus at the moment. She knew if he tried, he'd get severely hurt, and it would be really bad, really, really bad. Maybe she should take him back inside, just for a safe caution. Anise looked up at the sky when the breeze was coming towards them. Something felt bad about it. Surely enough, she started seeing specks of what appeared to be... monsters coming towards them... MONSTERS?! The girl's eyes widen slightly at that before grabbing Luke's arm.

"Oh, no, we have to get inside, now," she replied in a rushed tone as she attempted to drag him. Of course, she would have to find the Colonel right away.

OOC: OKAY XD; Then I'll post it like this? Or would you rather it the next time around? I can repost? ^^;

Luke's eyes widened in surprise as he noticed the types of monsters oncoming. "Ligers...!" Following Anise, Luke had only a feeling of dread come over him as he knew that now wasn't the time to be thinking of escape.

((OoC: It's all good!))

Anise tightened her small grip on the male and tore towards the doors that led back into the Tartarus. She had to get to the Colonel, and tell him of the trouble as soon as she could, even if it meant dragging Luke a bit further than he should be taken. After all, he was the one that would be getting them into Kimlasca in one peace, right?

OOC: ^^;

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