Sheepishly, Vaan and Penelo pushed open the door and entered. You've watched long enough, and Balthier'll want better company.' 'Come in Vaan,' she said, beckoning at the door with one hand. In the sudden, silent gap, Fran's ears twitched. You can take your orders for lordship and magisterial duty to somebody else, and preferably to somebody who cares.'Įlza looked too stunned to reply. I'm only in Balfonheim to refit the Strahl. 'I don't take well to blackmail,' he said, crossing his arms. He pushed himself off from the table, and wiped his hands on a rag. 'All right, that's enough,' Balthier cut in, his voice hard. Are you going to just let it flounder? Then Reddas would have done everything for nothing, you small-time bastard. 'When Reddas warned that you'd be stubborn, I didn't think that he meant as stubborn as this,' Elza snapped. I've better things to do with my time than paperwork.' 'Funny how insulting me seems to be your method of complimenting my abilities,' he said, unmoved. 'It was what Master Reddas would have wanted, and in any case, you're the only one who's got enough decency and brains to take over the port, you pig headed, obstinate, self-centred dandy,' she snarled at Balthier, who raised his eyebrows. Vaan felt Penelo step on his foot when he stared at her impressive figure for too long. One of Reddas's old team - Elza, whom time had not changed in any way, including both her dress sense and her cleavage - was yelling. Fran, folded up on the seat by the window, was typically silent. They crept upstairs to where the door to Reddas's study lay faintly ajar, and looked in.īalthier, sleeves rolled up to his elbows and arms coated with what looked like engine grease, was leaning back against the table with a disinterested expression on his face. 'Hey, look,' Vaan said, pointing up the stairs. 'Hello?' Penelo called out as they stepped into the main hall. No guards, though, which was a strange change from Reddas's usual, slightly paranoid way of working. The Manse was lit when they arrived, and looked well kept. Reddas must have left a successor behind, he looked the sort to plan for that kind of thing. It was around the third night that they took a slightly unwilling look towards the Reddas Manse - now occupied by. 'What do you think?'īalthier must have paid off half the port for this, because everyone they asked came up with lies, and everywhere they looked came up with nothing. 'I don't know,' Penelo said, rolling her eyes and plucking the notice out of his hands. 'Okay,' Vaan said, tugging it down and scrunching it up.
#Ff12 tavern master cracked#
Vaan finally cracked and asked a shipyard hand what, exactly, was so funny about the two of them, they were sky pirates and weren't sky pirates supposed to stick together? They got pointed to a small tavern with a hunt board that had a notice with "WANTED: TWO THIEVING, MEDDLING FOOLS" written in Balthier's fluid hand. Turned out that when they landed at the pirate port, the first thing that they received were a bunch of odd looks and a few smothered grins. That was how it was supposed to go, anyway.
#Ff12 tavern master how to#
'Balthier said to take care of her,' Vaan shrugged, trying very hard to hide the smug smile on his face (because he was learning to be sly, but not yet how to be suave). 'So that's why you wanted to do risk suicide and fiddle with the Strahl?' repairs, he's going to need to service the Strahl back up to his own standards.' 'After he finds out that we took the Jagd skystone out for a few.
'How about here?' Vaan asked, indicating Balfonheim. 'So, where is he going to be? Hiding in a small cave in the Tchita uplands?' Too easy, too obvious, too crowded, too out of the way.
#Ff12 tavern master series#
Muttering to himself, Vaan listed a whole series of reasons why Balthier and Fran would not be anywhere where they'd care to look. He won't be here,' he said, pointing at Eruyt and Golmore. 'He won't be there,' Vaan said, rolling out a leathery map and pointing at Paramina. It wasn't as though they were in any rush, but with the Coronation looming just around the corner, there was only so much time that they could slice off to go hunting for sky pirates. He'd probably enjoy it, too.Īdmittedly, it took Vaan and Penelo a little longer than they would've liked to find the two of them. First part (prelude, really!) to a planned series revolving around Balthier, because the boy won't shut up even when gagged. Summary: Vaan and Penelo play catch up with two sky pirates, one of whom is a leading man quite unwilling to act anymore.Ĭharacters: Balthier, Fran, Vaan, Penelo, splitsecond appearance by Boobsy Woman Elza.ġ536 words.
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