Log ;; Gippal & Rikku (Closed Thread).
Who: itty!Gippal (tacandrockstar) & itty!Rikku (calamitousness).
When: Feb 17th.
Where: All around Purg, how about.
Rating: PG. They're kids.
Warnings: GET READY FOR LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF CHAOS VIA TWO TINY AL BHED CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND WITHOUT ANY PARENTS TO TELL THEM TO "SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN, YOU TWO!"
Summary: Rikku escapes her kidnappers, Gippal saves her from the evil children-eating clocktower!Shu, and... well, we'll see where it goes from there...
Why did he insist that she was always in the wrong?
Really, it wasn't as if it was her fault that only one or two other people around this place spoke Al Bhed. It wasn't as if she understood what they were saying either. If there hadn't been that communication barrier between them, maybe she could've told Genesis and his big friend that Gippal had just run out to the bathroom (or so she thought) and that he'd have been back any second. Apparently, repeating the few Spiran words she knew wasn't such a good idea. Especially if those words were "scared" and "come get me."
Besides, once she had seen the tall, dark-haired man, the little blonde girl had been more than willing to keep her mouth shut and let her eyes widen behind the goggles she was obligated to wear at all times.
Sneaking out the window had been a challenge in her decidedly not climbing-friendly jumpsuit, but she had managed all the same. All that padding was good for something, at least; she hadn't gotten too hurt when she had fallen the four or so feet to the ground. Pushing herself up and leaving little three-fingered glove marks in the dirt, she had scampered away from the house and back the way she had come. Of course, since she had to go to the Lower Level, she spent at least fifteen minutes trying to convince herself that she was not going to fall off the upper plate if she took a wrong turn.
Almost waddling because of all the leather and fabric she was wrapped in (had she seen a picture of herself in ten years, she would have just stared and declared that it was impossible for anyone to wear so little), she finally scuttled to the lower half of Purgatorium and looked around before doing the first thing she could think of; scream for her best friend until he found her.
"GIPPAL! E'S UJAN RANA, GIPPAL!"
If he’d known she’d go get herself kidnapped speaking jumbled Spiran, maybe he would have taken more time teaching her some more words. Words like ‘leave me alone’ and ‘get lost’ and ‘my boyfriend will beat you up if you try to kidnap me.’ Of course, he’d have to convince her ‘boyfriend’ meant ‘best friend’ and then he’d have to make sure she didn’t say it around her dad or brother, or else he’d get in trouble, or worse, married.
Once he’d finally agreed that he’d come save her, he’d had to figure out where she was. That jerk who’d kidnapped her said something about an upper level, and once he’d gone outside to see what that was about, he’d decided that even if he did have to protect Rikku so that her father wouldn’t have his hide, he wasn’t going to climb way up there to get her!
Besides, she was probably half way to him by now already. She never stayed in the same place, no matter how much he or Brother told her to, because she was just a silly girl who thought she could be big and brave like them, and get herself out of trouble.
Right. Fine then. She could get herself out of a sandpit next time!
The clock tower came into view after a few minutes of running around, as dark and hard to see as it was with the facemask on. He hated this thing, but this place sure wasn’t Home, and there were a lot of people around who spoke Spiran and said they were (or weren’t, which was probably a lie!) Yevonites! And if he took off the mask, they’d see his eye, and then he’d be in more trouble than he could ever get in with Cid.
He just hoped Rikku still had her goggles on.
But because of that stupid guy, Gippal stopped in his tracks. Rikku wasn’t going to go anywhere near the clock. She thought it was some scary stupid girl eating Yevonite fiend. Gippal knew better. There was no such thing as clock fiends, and a Yevonite sure wasn’t smart enough to be a fiend and a human at the same time! Not even a dead Al Bhed would be able to pull that off! The pyreflies wouldn’t allow it... Right?
Then he heard her shrieking, way off in the distance, and without a second thought, took off running.
“RIKKU! UJAN RANA!”
When: Feb 17th.
Where: All around Purg, how about.
Rating: PG. They're kids.
Warnings: GET READY FOR LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF CHAOS VIA TWO TINY AL BHED CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND WITHOUT ANY PARENTS TO TELL THEM TO "SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN, YOU TWO!"
Summary: Rikku escapes her kidnappers, Gippal saves her from the evil children-eating clocktower!Shu, and... well, we'll see where it goes from there...
Why did he insist that she was always in the wrong?
Really, it wasn't as if it was her fault that only one or two other people around this place spoke Al Bhed. It wasn't as if she understood what they were saying either. If there hadn't been that communication barrier between them, maybe she could've told Genesis and his big friend that Gippal had just run out to the bathroom (or so she thought) and that he'd have been back any second. Apparently, repeating the few Spiran words she knew wasn't such a good idea. Especially if those words were "scared" and "come get me."
Besides, once she had seen the tall, dark-haired man, the little blonde girl had been more than willing to keep her mouth shut and let her eyes widen behind the goggles she was obligated to wear at all times.
Sneaking out the window had been a challenge in her decidedly not climbing-friendly jumpsuit, but she had managed all the same. All that padding was good for something, at least; she hadn't gotten too hurt when she had fallen the four or so feet to the ground. Pushing herself up and leaving little three-fingered glove marks in the dirt, she had scampered away from the house and back the way she had come. Of course, since she had to go to the Lower Level, she spent at least fifteen minutes trying to convince herself that she was not going to fall off the upper plate if she took a wrong turn.
Almost waddling because of all the leather and fabric she was wrapped in (had she seen a picture of herself in ten years, she would have just stared and declared that it was impossible for anyone to wear so little), she finally scuttled to the lower half of Purgatorium and looked around before doing the first thing she could think of; scream for her best friend until he found her.
"GIPPAL! E'S UJAN RANA, GIPPAL!"
If he’d known she’d go get herself kidnapped speaking jumbled Spiran, maybe he would have taken more time teaching her some more words. Words like ‘leave me alone’ and ‘get lost’ and ‘my boyfriend will beat you up if you try to kidnap me.’ Of course, he’d have to convince her ‘boyfriend’ meant ‘best friend’ and then he’d have to make sure she didn’t say it around her dad or brother, or else he’d get in trouble, or worse, married.
Once he’d finally agreed that he’d come save her, he’d had to figure out where she was. That jerk who’d kidnapped her said something about an upper level, and once he’d gone outside to see what that was about, he’d decided that even if he did have to protect Rikku so that her father wouldn’t have his hide, he wasn’t going to climb way up there to get her!
Besides, she was probably half way to him by now already. She never stayed in the same place, no matter how much he or Brother told her to, because she was just a silly girl who thought she could be big and brave like them, and get herself out of trouble.
Right. Fine then. She could get herself out of a sandpit next time!
The clock tower came into view after a few minutes of running around, as dark and hard to see as it was with the facemask on. He hated this thing, but this place sure wasn’t Home, and there were a lot of people around who spoke Spiran and said they were (or weren’t, which was probably a lie!) Yevonites! And if he took off the mask, they’d see his eye, and then he’d be in more trouble than he could ever get in with Cid.
He just hoped Rikku still had her goggles on.
But because of that stupid guy, Gippal stopped in his tracks. Rikku wasn’t going to go anywhere near the clock. She thought it was some scary stupid girl eating Yevonite fiend. Gippal knew better. There was no such thing as clock fiends, and a Yevonite sure wasn’t smart enough to be a fiend and a human at the same time! Not even a dead Al Bhed would be able to pull that off! The pyreflies wouldn’t allow it... Right?
Then he heard her shrieking, way off in the distance, and without a second thought, took off running.
“RIKKU! UJAN RANA!”