Seven Minutes On The Island Closest to Heaven

[gunbladegrrl]

Characters: Maria, Mikuru, and Zak
Location: The Island Closest to Heaven
Rating: PG-13, some ass will be kicked
Open/Closed/Finished: Closed
Summary: Zak, Mikuru, and Maria dare to venture out onto the Island.



Weapons ready, GFs distributed, Junction set. Maria was shivering nervous energy this morning, excited at the challenged and dreading the pain all at once. Rationally, she knew perfectly well that the GFs would protect them, and that the three of them would come out of break no worse than they started Emotionally, though, she hadn't quite come to terms with the intellectual truth.

"But that's the point," she said as she looked over the flat lines of the island, "isn't it."

Comments

[bunnypassingby]

"I-I guess so, yeah."

Mikuru's reply was a little distant as she fumbled with her new Junction device. This may have been the millionth time she was checking her spell stock (thank goodness she'd taken Advanced Recovery Magic) and her junctioning (biased towards Vitality, Evasion, and HP); she wasn't counting - and nor did she feel like it was enough. She didn't look forward to the challenge, and would have really preferred to spend her break reviewing the ESL curriculum she'd be teaching next quarter rather than repeatedly getting beaten up and recovering from it. (Had she really passed her instructor's license test first try? She couldn't quite believe it.)

"Let's get this over with," she said, with a sigh.

you saw no fail here

[justnotthesame]

"Can't be worse than having to come out here in the first place."

Always a ray of sunshine, Zak was. It probably was to be expected that there was no real difference now. Really, he just hoped he wouldn't slow the two SeeDs down much.

But this was a wonderful opportunity as well, in that he'd get to test out his new inventions. Even if he figured he'd probably get in trouble for bringing unapproved weaponry on to the island. But if they were supposed to succeed, what else could he do?

Oh, Zak had the other prescribed gear for a cadet of his rank and level, and a very specific GF if he'd been given a choice. But he also had a pair of mechanical claws that attached to his forearms, the tips of each finger sharpened to a very wicked point.

"You ladies ready?"

Re: you saw no fail here

[gunbladegrrl]

GFs? Maria's only preference is Ifrit -- because of STR-J. Gunblades were overpowered; buffed gunblades were even more so.

Not overpowered ENOUGH, but she didn't intend to go down without a fight.

"Zak, you look like a comic villain," she said with a smile and a roll of her neck to loosen tight muscles. "I'm ready."