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Who: Maiyah, Lenne and Shuyin
What: Escaping to Zanarkand... and finding someone unexpected.
When: Morning
Where: From Macalania to... Zanarkand. Hopefully.
Rating: PG... For possible violence and... clothes stealing/cross-dressing 8D



Maiyah was asleep, curled up next to Lenne on the bed, nonchalantly sharing it with her. Her wounds were patching up under the bandages, but were still sore the following morning. She rolled over onto her other side, eyes cracking open soon enough to see Wantz staring at them through the crack of their door. Lifting her head up sharply, the door shut quickly, and Maiyah sighed deeply, laying herself back down and closing her eyes temporarily. She sat up, in her one-piece undergarment. Looking down at her thighs, she ran her fingers gently over the bloodied bandages.

She stood and went about quietly putting on her armor, not really knowing if Lenne was still asleep or not. They had to get out of there... quickly.

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After a few minutes to gather herself, and wash up a little in the small bathroom adjoining the room, Lenne followed after Maiyah. As soon as she stepped out front, the songstress was subject to a lot of strange looks. Some even muttered about her resemblance to another girl, but Lenne tried not to pay attention it. Making her way to Maiyah's side, she rested her hand on the older woman's arm.

"Are we set to leave? The soldiers will come soon..." she murmured, quietly near Maiyah's ear, frowning as the whispering grew a little. A slightly startled look came as someone suggested quietly to their companion that Lenne was 'that girl who appeared when High Summoner Yuna sang in the Thunder Plains', and Lenne could almost remember that happening but she said nothing to it. It was best not to.

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"Yes..." Maiyah whispered as she turned to leave, ignoring all the patrons in the agency. Talk was already going around about the killings in Bevelle the previous day. "Come... We have to get out of here quickly..." she said softly as she lead Lenne out into the cold. Quickly, she moved back to the forest, heading up the crystal path they took to get to the agency from Bevelle.

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Lenne followed quickly behind, her face flushed from the cold but a slight smile on her lips. "Maiyah. The entrance to Bevelle will be heavily guarded. What should we do to get past?" The Summoner wasn't in any real condition for another fight and her Summoning skills were a little rusty after 1000 years. Though, she would be able to Summon if she had to. As they ran along the crystalline pathway, Lenne looked out and saw the groups of soldiers at the crossways but, just before the crossways, there were two soldiers patrolling out of view of the others, much nearer to the two girls.

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Maiyah saw the soldiers and sighed, looking down as they stopped in their tracks. What would Kaiyah do...? Hm... Oh... right. Yes... She looked back at Lenne before setting her swords down, "...Let's invite these... rather dashing gentlemen to breakfast..." She hid her blades back behind some lingering brush before she walked up to the soldiers. Surely they wouldn't be able to recognize them without the killing weapons... at least not right now, would they?

She gave them a fake grin, though hopefully somewhat believable, as she approached, "Hi there..."

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The soldiers instantly eyed Maiyah up, nudging each other with smirks. Lenne, however, sauntered down, mini-skirt and all, draping her arms over the shoulders of one of the men, smiling at him as invitingly as possible. "Hello there, soldier. I hear there're some nasties going about round here. How about you big, strong men escort us to safety, hm~?" What? It helped to have the charm of a famous songstress and the shamelessness to flaunt it.

One of the men, the one not currently wearing a Summoner, curled an arm around Maiyah's waist. "Well, we can do that for you pretty young things, right?" His friend gave a firm nod with a dumb grin on his face.

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Maiyah felt absolutely awkward doing this, but it was what Kaiyah would do. If Maiyah had to figure out her own way to do it, she'd be screwed. She turned against the soldier, pressing her bare stomach against his armor, covered by mesh and belts, but still bare... sort of. "Right... But, first... we would like to first... pay you for your efforts... If you get my meaning."

She took the soldier's hand and tugged him back towards the brush.

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"Mm, payment, you're right." Lenne gave a slight giggle and took her soldier's hands, walking back towards the same brush Maiyah was headed to. "I'm looking forward to this. Are you?" She tilted her head, smiling at the man. He gave a chuckle and nodded, to which Lenne faked another girly laugh. Really, these guys were too easy! As soon as they were in place, Lenne began removing parts of the soldier's armour. Well, it'd be easier to remove it with him co-operating instead of pulling around his unconscious body.

Once she had enough of his armour off, as much as he seemed willing to remove, Lenne gave a smirk and grasped his hair. Thankfully, he'd removed his helmet. With locks in hand, Lenne's fingers curled tight and, swiftly and without even a flinch, she smacked that soldier's head straight into the nearest tree, watching him drop to the floor unconscious.

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"What the--AH!" the other soldier cried as his friend was attacked. Maiyah struck him in the neck, knocking him out as well. She looked at Lenne and nodded, "Okay.. Let's hope these garments aren't atrociously dirty..." She knelt down and started to strip the soldier of his armor. Leaving him in his underwear, she pushed him off the edge of the pathway, watching as he fell through the forest and landed on the ground below. She didn't think anyone could survive that fall. The better for them.

She cringed though, at the thought of wearing Bevelle armor. Bevelle armor off a Bevelle man... She shuddered at the thought. She had about as much real experience with men as Kaiyah did with being quiet. She just followed Kaiyah's examples previously set when she was still alive.

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Lenne soon stripped the rest of the clothes of the soldier and nudged him along after the other, cringing as he landed right on top of his friend. Well, if by some miracle they did survive, they'd be as confused as Hell. Waking up with injuries, in just their underwear, on top of each other. Lenne gave a slight smirk before she began dressing in the armour. It was a bit too big to fit her and she was very uncomfortable with the fact that these garments belonged to a Bevelle soldier.

Finishing dressing, Lenne curled her hair up out of the way and slid her helmet on, frowning at how her view was limited. "...like blinders on a chocobo. Bevelle wants its soldiers to only see what they're allowed to see." Scrunching her nose up, she hooked the man's gun over her shoulder and looked at Maiyah.

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Maiyah squinted her eyes when she put on her own helmet. The outfit didn't fit her too well either and they both looked scrawny for Bevelle soldiers. Now as the matter of Maiyah's blades... "How am I going to sneak those past them..." she sighed softly. "Oh... I know..." She looked up at Lenne, "We'll use my blades to distract them... We'll tell them we found them near the entrance to the Thunderplains. That should send them running off."

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"Good idea." Lenne gave a nod then started walking down, finding her uniform highly uncomfortable. It was too big and... kinda smelled like a man. And not a very attractive smell at that. As she walked down, a few of the other soldiers walked over, crossing their arms as they inspected the two cross-dressing women.

"Where'd you get those?" One gestured to the blades. Lenne cleared her throat to put on a deep voice. "Uhh... we found 'em. Down by the Thunder Plains. Should be those girls, right?" With that, a few of them nudged at each other before they all began a run down that way. "You two stay and watch the entrance!!"

Once they were out of sight, Lenne gave a soft laugh. "Well! That worked! Come on, let's go." As soon as she'd said that, Lenne was walking off towards the Calm Lands.

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Maiyah watched them scurry down the icy path towards Thunder Plains. "That should keep them fairly occupied," she said as she took her blades gingerly. "Let's go then..." She said as she headed towards the junction of the roads. She looked over at one of the trees, two posters nailed brutishly to the icy bark. They had prints of their faces on them, as well as their crime and a reward of 10,000 gil underneath at the bottom.

"Wonderful," Maiyah said quietly as she reached up and grabbed the posters from the trees. "We're criminals now..." She sighed and shook her head as she followed Lenne to the Calm Lands.

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"I was probably classed as a criminal a thousand years ago, so, nothing new. We'll just have to be careful," she murmured, walking swiftly towards the entrance to the Calm Lands. As soon as she set foot on grass, Lenne's brown eyes widened in shock. "What... what in Gods names is going on?! Wh... what are they doing out here?" The attractions and events out on the plains were absolutely heinous.

With an annoyed sigh, she looked at Maiyah. "Should we stay in these disguises or do you think we could get away without wearing them?"

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Maiyah sighed deeply. "If only a little longer... We'll just have to burst through... Run and don't stopp till we reach the pass to Gagazet. The ronso won't give us any trouble I'm sure..." She sighed again at the sight of the hovers and the games taking place over the plains. "This.. is what happens when people are given leisure time... Sin is gone... it's good that Sin is gone... but people who don't have to think about more important things tend to seek things to exploit.."

Heading down the ramp, Maiyah looked back over at Lenne, "Let's go. The sooner we reach Gagazet, the sooner we can take these off."

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Lenne gave a nod and hooked the strap of the gun over her neck as well. With that securely in place, the young woman took off running, skidding down the slope to the main plain before running as fast as she could. With her injured legs, she shouldn't have been exerting herself so much but she had to. She just needed to get to Gagazet as fast as she could.

Running past the attractions, and fiends alike, Lenne recalled how many battles had been fought on these plains during the war. It seemed strange to think it was just a damnable amusement park now...

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What made the festivities even more abominable was the fact that this place was the witness of many lives sacrificed for Spira. It annoyed Maiyah more than ever despite it not having anything to do with her. Maiyahs legs were sore by the time they reached the Travel Agency, which Maiyah pushed past. she slowed to a walk, trying to catch her breath. "Hopefully we'll get there... in one piece..." She looked back at Lenne and stopped for her, "You alright?"

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The younger woman nodded, panting softly. "I'm fine..." she huffed out, wincing slightly at the ache in her legs. "We should keep running. I want to get to Zanarkand fast and I know the climb through Gagazet is hard..." Lenne stretched a little, groaning at the pulling aches but making no real complaints about them. If anything, the only urge tugging at the young girl was the urge to sing. She wanted to sing the Hymn of Zanarkand... which was known to Spira as the Hymn of the Fayth, these days.

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Maiyah started up her run again, the pass towards the gorge coming close to them. When they reached it, she stopped and leaned against the rocky side of the towering cliff. "Just a little more... and we reach Mount Gagazet..." she said quietly as she rested.

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Lenne nodded slightly, looking towards the big, tear down the Calm Lands. It really was a horrible sight, something she'd never seen before, but something she was also intrigued by. "There is a lot to see in Spira that I never saw before... new things," she murmured, catching her breath as she spoke. With a slight frown, Lenne rested her hand on Maiyah's arm. "I know I said this before but thank you for helping me. I mean, you didn't have to accompany me this far and you have... so... thanks, Maiyah." She smiled softly, soon letting her gaze wander to Mount Gagazet.

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"Much probably seems different... but... you'd be surprised... to hear that it took a thousand years for the truth to finally come out... and for Sin to finally be felled..." She looked up and on up at the towering icy peaks, "...I hope the Ronso won't cause us any trouble... that's the last thing we need..." Though, the new Elder of the Ronso was one of Lady Yuna's guardians... so hopefully he would be able to keep his clan from turning against them, especially since considering the news about the slaying at Bevelle probably have already reached this far.

"Let us push forward..." she said as she pushed herself from the wall.

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"I've never spoken with a Ronso but they are said to sense a Summoner." Lenne replied, looking up at the mountain. Her gaze lingered for a long moment before she looked to Maiyah, smiling lightly at her. "Let's go." With that said, Lenne began to run on again, her legs aching from all the strain. She wasn't really sure how kindly the Ronso would take to having visitors but they had no intention of desecrating the Holy Mountain, so there really wasn't anything to worry about.

When they reached the opening to Gagazet, Lenne removed her helmet and shook out her long brown hair, beginning to take off the rest of the armour. "Ughh... those garments reeked..." she murmured, stripping back down to her songstress attire.

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Maiyah was a frequent visitor of Gagazet. If nothing else the Ronso were at least on good terms with her, in a silent-nodding kind of way. She respected the mountain and it was shown through her caution and conversion to the tribal customs of the Ronso whenever she set foot to glittering snow.

She nodded in agreement as she proceeded to remove the armor. She shuddered again as she looked around, wondering where to dump the armor. "...Let's toss them into the gorge. Perhaps if they come this way, they'll think we've gone into the Cave down there." Stepping down back towards the gorge, she took her set of armor and tossed it over the edge.