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moogle_workshop2011-02-24 12:53 am
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Sequel to an untitled fic lol.
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lightofeilia
Class: Monk
Title: Um.. none yet >_< I'm bad at titling stuff
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Pairings and Characters: slight Squall/Selphie, but only if you squint. Rinoa, Quistis.
Rating: G
Word Count: 1058
Summary: The sequel to this V-day challenge fic. Selphie discusses the merits of taming Carbuncle...
"I'm sorry, Selphie, but I really don't think you should summon Carbuncle again like that," Quistis said, much more forcefully than she intended. Even as she spoke, her eyes scanned the report in front of her steadily, marking off certain points with a pencil.
"But, Quisty, don't you think this is good? I mean, instead of using Carbuncle to fight, it can be a friend! It can be a more intelligent pet."
"... I also really don't think you should refer to GFs as pets," Quistis said nervously, looking up from where she sat on the plush armchair at the corner of Squall's office. Selphie was sitting on Squall's desk, her tiny form barely concealing the commander of Balamb Garden sitting right behind her, focused on the obscene amount of paperwork Cid had decided to dump on him.
"Besides," Rinoa piped up from the other corner of the room, "I wouldn't exactly want to call Diablos a 'pet'." Quistis nodded fervently at this statement.
"You buy G-Potions and stuff from places called PET SHOPS!" Selphie cried indignantly, kicking her legs against Squall's desk, nearly crumpling the neat report clipped together by Xu that was in her hands.
"Shiva says shut up." Squall said boredly, while continuing to read a report. The stack of paperwork was slowly diminishing, thanks to his friends who had promised to help him in return for treating them dinner later. Unfortunately, the only one getting work done was him.
All three girls blinked. Selphie turned around to look at him.
"Did she really?" said Quistis, intrigued.
"No."
"Why would you say that then?!" Rinoa scowled. "Just tell us to shut up instead of dragging Shiva into this."
"Shiva doesn't say much. She is annoyed with all of the noise, though."
"Liar. That's your emotion, not hers."
"Fine. Just do the work in silence or leave and let me do it in peace."
Rinoa stuck her tongue out at him and grabbed another report to read.
"Seriously though, I'm going to try summoning Carbuncle again. Not in Garden!" Selphie hastily added, glancing over to Squall. "But, I think it's cute and maybe it can be tamed!"
"Selphie. It comes when you summon it. It casts Reflect to help you. It gave you a Moogle Flute," Squall said sharply. "How much more do you want to tame it? Like Angelo? Begging for treats?"
BARK BARK BARK BARK. GRrrrRRR BARK BARK.
"Squall, you did it again," Rinoa said exasperatedly. She went over to her excited dog, now barking after having heard the wonderful word 'treat', and tried to calm him down.
"Sorry," Squall said, and he meant it, if only because he was sorry he was causing more noise.
Turning back to Selphie, he added, "Did you want him to plan the Garden Festival for you?"
"NO!"
"...Did you want him to perform in the Garden Festival for you."
"NO. I JUST WANT. A PET GF."
"Selphie," Quistis said placatingly, "Squall just doesn't want you to accidentally anger Carbuncle. You might offend it by trying to tame it. They're not ordinary pets. We call on their power. They feed on our memories."
"And," Squall added, "I don't want you trying this with every other GF you have."
Squall suddenly had an image of Selphie leading Tonberry on a leash around Garden, feeding it hotdogs. He shuddered.
"It liked me enough to give me the Moogle Flute," Selphie said quietly, turning back to her report. "It might want to stick around more. I wasn't gonna... train it or anything. I just want it around."
Squall sighed. Getting up for a stretch and a washroom break, he ruffled Selphie's hair gently.
"Just don't summon Carbuncle unless I'm there, ok?"
Squall left the office without waiting for a reply.
Selphie grinned a bit before going back to the report. It was the second one she had picked up, the first one having been snatched away by Squall seeing as she made no progress whatsoever.
"Selphie," Rinoa said mischieviously, "Try summoning Carbuncle now, Squall's not here."
"Rinoa, what?! Selph, don't ---"
Unfortunately for Quistis, Selphie's compatibility with the tiny GF was high enough that Carbuncle appeared in an instant, popping out from a hole in the middle of Squall's office. Carbuncle's head swiveled around, once again looking for monsters, before finally catching sight of Selphie sitting on the desk.
It made a noise at her. She squealed.
"See? Isn't it cute?"
"Selphie, it may not want to ---"
"Shh, you'll scare it!"
Carbuncle didn't cast Reflect this time. It scrambled up from the hole (which disappeared, along with the report that Selphie had accidentally dropped whilst summoning), and jumped up to the highest thing in the room: a big oak bookcase standing by the window.
"Come on down, Carbunkie!" Selphie coaxed, holding the Moogle Flute out and waving it like a treat.
Carbuncle didn't look like a scared, backed-into-a-corner rat, but instead just stared curiously at Selphie, its bright ruby jewel in the centre of its forehead glimmering slightly.
"It's alright, see? It's me! I'm Selphie, and you know Rinny over there, don't you? You saved her life once, when we fought Matron. You cast a pretty good Reflect there! And that's Quisty over there, she's nice too! She doesn't bite. We all don't! And that's Squally over there..."
She paused. And turned her head slowly to look at Squall, who was standing in the doorway.
Squall scowled.
Selphie eeped.
"Squall --- I can explain --- " said Selphie, panicked.
"I tried to stop her," added Quistis.
"Yeah, it's not her fault ---" Rinoa said simultaneously.
Squall's anger seemed to spike even more as they talked over one another, attempting to explain...
And then they were all distracted when Carbuncle leapt into the air and casted Reflect on Selphie, Quistis, and Rinoa.
It stared at Squall for a moment before disappearing into a hole in the ceiling.
A pregnant pause.
"I told you not to summon it if I'm not here... and you said you wouldn't summon it in Garden," Squall said accusingly.
"Rinoa started it! She wanted to see ---"
"What are you, twelve? 'She started it'... Hyne, Selphie. I thought you were better than that."
"Why didn't it cast Reflect on Squall?" Rinoa wondered aloud, in part trying to distract them from her fault, and also genuinely curious. Selphie paused in trying to defend herself and wondered too. Squall facepalmed.
Quistis thought about it, and then started laughing heartily.
"It must've thought Squall was the enemy!"
lightofeilia Class: Monk
Title: Um.. none yet >_< I'm bad at titling stuff
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Pairings and Characters: slight Squall/Selphie, but only if you squint. Rinoa, Quistis.
Rating: G
Word Count: 1058
Summary: The sequel to this V-day challenge fic. Selphie discusses the merits of taming Carbuncle...
"I'm sorry, Selphie, but I really don't think you should summon Carbuncle again like that," Quistis said, much more forcefully than she intended. Even as she spoke, her eyes scanned the report in front of her steadily, marking off certain points with a pencil.
"But, Quisty, don't you think this is good? I mean, instead of using Carbuncle to fight, it can be a friend! It can be a more intelligent pet."
"... I also really don't think you should refer to GFs as pets," Quistis said nervously, looking up from where she sat on the plush armchair at the corner of Squall's office. Selphie was sitting on Squall's desk, her tiny form barely concealing the commander of Balamb Garden sitting right behind her, focused on the obscene amount of paperwork Cid had decided to dump on him.
"Besides," Rinoa piped up from the other corner of the room, "I wouldn't exactly want to call Diablos a 'pet'." Quistis nodded fervently at this statement.
"You buy G-Potions and stuff from places called PET SHOPS!" Selphie cried indignantly, kicking her legs against Squall's desk, nearly crumpling the neat report clipped together by Xu that was in her hands.
"Shiva says shut up." Squall said boredly, while continuing to read a report. The stack of paperwork was slowly diminishing, thanks to his friends who had promised to help him in return for treating them dinner later. Unfortunately, the only one getting work done was him.
All three girls blinked. Selphie turned around to look at him.
"Did she really?" said Quistis, intrigued.
"No."
"Why would you say that then?!" Rinoa scowled. "Just tell us to shut up instead of dragging Shiva into this."
"Shiva doesn't say much. She is annoyed with all of the noise, though."
"Liar. That's your emotion, not hers."
"Fine. Just do the work in silence or leave and let me do it in peace."
Rinoa stuck her tongue out at him and grabbed another report to read.
"Seriously though, I'm going to try summoning Carbuncle again. Not in Garden!" Selphie hastily added, glancing over to Squall. "But, I think it's cute and maybe it can be tamed!"
"Selphie. It comes when you summon it. It casts Reflect to help you. It gave you a Moogle Flute," Squall said sharply. "How much more do you want to tame it? Like Angelo? Begging for treats?"
BARK BARK BARK BARK. GRrrrRRR BARK BARK.
"Squall, you did it again," Rinoa said exasperatedly. She went over to her excited dog, now barking after having heard the wonderful word 'treat', and tried to calm him down.
"Sorry," Squall said, and he meant it, if only because he was sorry he was causing more noise.
Turning back to Selphie, he added, "Did you want him to plan the Garden Festival for you?"
"NO!"
"...Did you want him to perform in the Garden Festival for you."
"NO. I JUST WANT. A PET GF."
"Selphie," Quistis said placatingly, "Squall just doesn't want you to accidentally anger Carbuncle. You might offend it by trying to tame it. They're not ordinary pets. We call on their power. They feed on our memories."
"And," Squall added, "I don't want you trying this with every other GF you have."
Squall suddenly had an image of Selphie leading Tonberry on a leash around Garden, feeding it hotdogs. He shuddered.
"It liked me enough to give me the Moogle Flute," Selphie said quietly, turning back to her report. "It might want to stick around more. I wasn't gonna... train it or anything. I just want it around."
Squall sighed. Getting up for a stretch and a washroom break, he ruffled Selphie's hair gently.
"Just don't summon Carbuncle unless I'm there, ok?"
Squall left the office without waiting for a reply.
Selphie grinned a bit before going back to the report. It was the second one she had picked up, the first one having been snatched away by Squall seeing as she made no progress whatsoever.
"Selphie," Rinoa said mischieviously, "Try summoning Carbuncle now, Squall's not here."
"Rinoa, what?! Selph, don't ---"
Unfortunately for Quistis, Selphie's compatibility with the tiny GF was high enough that Carbuncle appeared in an instant, popping out from a hole in the middle of Squall's office. Carbuncle's head swiveled around, once again looking for monsters, before finally catching sight of Selphie sitting on the desk.
It made a noise at her. She squealed.
"See? Isn't it cute?"
"Selphie, it may not want to ---"
"Shh, you'll scare it!"
Carbuncle didn't cast Reflect this time. It scrambled up from the hole (which disappeared, along with the report that Selphie had accidentally dropped whilst summoning), and jumped up to the highest thing in the room: a big oak bookcase standing by the window.
"Come on down, Carbunkie!" Selphie coaxed, holding the Moogle Flute out and waving it like a treat.
Carbuncle didn't look like a scared, backed-into-a-corner rat, but instead just stared curiously at Selphie, its bright ruby jewel in the centre of its forehead glimmering slightly.
"It's alright, see? It's me! I'm Selphie, and you know Rinny over there, don't you? You saved her life once, when we fought Matron. You cast a pretty good Reflect there! And that's Quisty over there, she's nice too! She doesn't bite. We all don't! And that's Squally over there..."
She paused. And turned her head slowly to look at Squall, who was standing in the doorway.
Squall scowled.
Selphie eeped.
"Squall --- I can explain --- " said Selphie, panicked.
"I tried to stop her," added Quistis.
"Yeah, it's not her fault ---" Rinoa said simultaneously.
Squall's anger seemed to spike even more as they talked over one another, attempting to explain...
And then they were all distracted when Carbuncle leapt into the air and casted Reflect on Selphie, Quistis, and Rinoa.
It stared at Squall for a moment before disappearing into a hole in the ceiling.
A pregnant pause.
"I told you not to summon it if I'm not here... and you said you wouldn't summon it in Garden," Squall said accusingly.
"Rinoa started it! She wanted to see ---"
"What are you, twelve? 'She started it'... Hyne, Selphie. I thought you were better than that."
"Why didn't it cast Reflect on Squall?" Rinoa wondered aloud, in part trying to distract them from her fault, and also genuinely curious. Selphie paused in trying to defend herself and wondered too. Squall facepalmed.
Quistis thought about it, and then started laughing heartily.
"It must've thought Squall was the enemy!"