Main Story/Lanzelt

Lanzelt Estuary
In this entry, Fina learns about friendship. ____

Lasswell: I thought there was a village along this river somewhere... Lasswell: Once we find it, we'll lay by enough stock to see us through the desert. Fina: Lasswell... Have you and Rain always been together like this? Rain: Well, yeah... We've been friends since we were boys. We were raised together. Fina: Since you were boys? Rain: Oh yes. We got into all kinds of trouble together. Lasswell: Though Rain was to blame for most of it. Fina - "..." Emotion Fina: Friends...for so long... I can't imagine... Rain: Well...what are we standing around here talking for? Let's hurry to that village and find a nice inn with feather beds! Lasswell - "..." Emotion Lasswell: So... Friendship is alien to her... Lasswell: ...What a sad life. ____
 * Rain and Fina walk on. Lasswell stands still collecting his thoughts
 * Lasswell walks on

Lanzelt Estuary - East Shore
Fina: Hey, what does it mean to be companions? Or...friends? Fina: Rain...? Lasswell...? You guys! Rain: Wh-what? Well... I've never really thought about it. ____
 * Battle engages

Lanzelt Estuary - Riverside
Lasswell: There are times when we act not for ourselves, but for the good of another. Lasswell: Those who move us to act so... These are our companions... our friends. Fina: Hmmm... Can you give me an example? Lasswell: An example? Fina: So, Rain. Could you act for Lasswell's good over your own? Rain: You bet I could! Isn't that right, Lasswell? Lasswell: That is... heartening to hear. ____
 * Battle engages
 * Battle continues

Lanzelt Estuary - Downriver to Kol then to the Badlands
And soon our 2 fearless heroes arrive to the mining town of Kol, but before Lasswell can quench his thirst with a frosty cold pint of mead, the attractive and mysterious Fina suddenly wanders off....again! Forcing Rain and Lasswell off into the Kol Badlands and towards the great desert, ill prepared for such a journey. It is not long before they encounter monsters running amok, and are forced to delay their search for Fina to kick some ass. In between bashing menacing stumps know as Treants and flying robot Searchers, Lasswell lets Rain know about his concerns and says "Let there be no illusions Rain, I'm not convinced we should be journeying together like this. And yet, as a knight of Grandshelt....., I can not leave a lost child alone. Rain answers, "I understand. Thank you Lasswell." Soon they dispatch of the fiends but then run into Wizards cloaked in purple with floating fire bombs in tow. Laswell proceeds to state the obvious, "The air grows warmer. We must be nearing the sands." Which brings to the attention of Rain, an error made in leaving Kol with such haste and causes him to shout, "Curses! We have no extra water for Fina." As Lasswell slays the last of the Wizards he gives Rain the side eye and warns him, "Rain, before you worry for the girl, take care of yourself. Remember that or you'll never make it across the sands." Our heroes continue the search for Fina and soon wander into the center of the badlands, where they stubble upon a particular tough grove of Treants and must call upon the esper Siren for help. After which Rain makes a discover, "Lasswell, your water flask, its almost full?! Why, you haven't had a drop to drink yet! But why?" Lasswell, sensing that he's been caught bogarting his water, tries to play it off, "There's no reason, I just haven't been thirsty." Rain finds humor in the double standard, and says,"And here you are always lecturing me about...." But Lasswell is gotten quite hangry with his plummeting blood sugar levels and quickly shuts Rain up, "Enough Rain. I can take care of myself." Not much is said between the two for the rest of the day as they continue west and soon come upon the rocky gorge that separates the Kol Badlands from the eastern side of the great Zadehl desert. Blocking the way is a fleet of four floating bombs and a green balloon, that seems to be their captain. Rain and Lasswell easily discharge the bombs and pop the green balloon then search on for their golden haired missing companion Fina. Unfortunately they do not go far before Lasswell colaspes to one knee and lets out a groan, "Ugh." Rain slows his march forward and calls back, "Hey Lasswell, are you all right? You're dehydrated. Hurry. Have some water." But Lasswell is stubborn as a confederate donkey and answers, "No." Still unable to get up. Rain walks back over to Lasswell and looks down on him, "Excuse me?! Why the hell not?" Lasswell, tries to stand up, but becomes to dizzy. He instead offers some insightful advice, and lets Rain know how the water situation stands, "You never know what will happen in the desert. That water, is yours, you keep it." Rain, decides to call a duck a duck and confront Lasswell, "What kind of nonsense is that?! You're delusional with fever! Just drink the damn water! Now!" But Lasswell continues his stubborn nonsense and one ups his water ownership, and goes ahead and puts a price on Rain himself, "I am not delusional. You're worth more than me. You're the one who needs to survive. It's goddamn logical." Rain is not pleased, "Screw you and your logic! Drink it! Drink the water!" Rain grabs Lasswell's water and forces it down his throat, spilling most of it into the sand. "S-stop it. You'll drown me. What have you done!? Our precious water." Rain makes light of his actions, "Well, look at it this way. At least you've got some of your energy back, don't you?" Lasswell cannot deny the sudden rush of energy from his hydrogen facial, "So I do. But what I don't have is enough water left for a long stretch in the desert." Rain, ever the optimist, is unphased, "Then lets hope we wont be long in the desert. If we are....well, we'll deal with that then." Lasswell gets to his feet, "I guess we shall. Fine." And the two march off west into the sunset of Zadehl Eastersands.

Zadehl Dessert
Ho! A Bazaar!, Rain says as he struts through the sandy path between tents, all displaying various wares and treasures. Lasswell puts his hands on his hips and surveys the situations, "Perfect. I'll get some water. You wanted me to think ahead didn't you?" Rain continues past several shops, no signs of Fina. A group of 4 young blokes malinger on main street and Rains says to himself, "Look at that getup...that fellows a thief or I'm no Knight!" Rain walks up to the thugs, "Mind if I ask you something friend? Have you seen a girl pass through here?" The thief looks at Rain, then spits into the sand, "can't say that I have. Your lover run off on you or something?" Rain's skin bristles and he raises his voice, "I'll be the one to ask questions, did you see her or not.....punk." The thief reaches for his knife...but then stops..,"I don't have time for this. Lets go find some fresh pickings. Those last girls didn't cut it." They walk away as Rain tries to make sense of it..., "those girls you got before?" Rain ponders to himself and then yells "Lasswell," who magically appears with several jugs of water. "I got the water, were going after them aren't we?" Rain looks deep into Lasswells purple eyes and whispers, "Damn right." And the two sprint off the left side of my phone.

Zadehl Eastersands
It's not long after leaving the bazaar that our 2 loyal Grandshelt Knights run into some dessert monsters. "Drat! Fina's nowhere to be found, those bandits must have gotten her..." Rain screams into the dry dessert air. Lasswell grabs his sword and looks over to Rain, "And just when I thought...." but Rain cuts him off, "I wouldn't say that. Now instead of combing the desert, we can just go straight to their hideout! But still....we need to move fast!" Rain grabs his sword and goes to work hacking and slashing the bandits and xiphactinus(a floating fish out of water with a horn) that block their path. "It hasn't been long since she went missing. We still have time to save her!" Rain yells out after decapitating a fleeing bandit. Lasswell looks over and says, "an excellent plan, except that we don't know where this hideout is." Rain's march slows to a halt as he thinks to himself, then a light bulb flashes in his head and he turns to Lasswell, "we should find one of their stooges and rough him up a bit, you know, interrogate him." Rain looks back at the body of the last bandit laid to rest in his wake, and Lasswell trips over a rock, "Urgh". Rain looks back at him, "Lasswell? I knew it, you've made yourself ill." Lasswell looks over, "I'm just a bit fatigued, that is all. You needn't worry about me. Fina on the other hand...." Rain refocuses, "Right, wait, a bandit! Lasswell, this is the chance we've been waiting for!" Lasswell looks over, "Indeed! Whatever it takes, we can't let him escape!" Rain and Lasswell chase after. the bandit into an arid valley and soon catch up to his candy ass and corner him against some rocks. Rain flexes his bicepts and yells, "Well then, you ready to tell us where your hideout is? or do you want to smell what the Rain is cooking and suffer even more pain!" Lasswell resigns to his roll as the good cop, "It would be wisest to confess now. We will have the truth from you one way or another. You won't like the other." The thief pee's his pants and stutters out," Fff..fine. I'll talk! I'll talk so back off!" Lasswell stares at his wet pants and says, "As you will." But the sight and smell of urine makes him sick and he collapses to one knee, "UghR..." Rain turns away from the bandit, "Hey, Lasswell? You look terrible, are you all right?" Lasswell regains his senses, "I said I was, didn't I? If you're worried about me, shouldn't you worry about Fina?" After which Lasswell stomps off into the dessert. Rain watches him go, and says to himself, "Right, right".

Zadehl Westersands
Our dynamic duo takes a break in the shade of a cactus at a little spot we'll call the dessert oasis. Rain turns to Lasswell, "Rest here, I'll go after Fina alone." Lasswell looks up at Rain, "Impossible. Are you mad? There's no way I'm letting you go alone." Rain looks excited and Lasswell continues, "I already told you. Didn't I? Your survival is more important. Not just that, your the only one of us that matters. Your life is more valuable." Rain shifts uncomfortably in his boots, "Uh.....I have no idea what you mean." Lasswell lets out a big sigh, "...I'm not surprised. The blessed cannot possibly understand the feelings of the wretched..." Rain tries to break the uncomfortable silence, ".....Lasswell." Lasswell turns to Rain, his eye's moist with tears, "You're better than me in every way. Everyone knows it." Rain looks to the ground, "Lasswell.....thats not...." but Lasswell cuts him off, "I don't need your words of pity. You can't understand how I feel. Not just you....no one in the world can. Now lets go. We know where to find the thieves. Assuming that fool didn't lie to us." Lasswell then waltzes back into the dessert, leaving Rain scared and confused in the shadow of the cactus. The day drags on and soon our heroes wander into a band of monsters that need disbanding. Rain turns to small talk to try and bury the earlier conversion.

Rain says, "They say that antions build their nest in these parts. Slip and fall, bump your head, and you'll wake up completely eaten. They suck the fluids right out of you. Schirrrrp! Schlrrrrrrrrp! Like that."

Lasswell says,"Here lies Lasswell, knight of Grandshelt, lived with honor, died of schirrrrrrrp!"

Rain says, "That was a terrible impression. You've got to put some saliva into it: Schlrrrrrrrrrrrp!"

Lasswell says, "Sometimes I wonder if Fina's memories will ever return..."

Rain says, "They have to! If they didn't, why...it'd just be too sad."

Lasswell says, "I'm not so sure about that. Sometimes I wonder if the girl isn't happier without her memories."

Rain says, "Whew....If i ever see another grain of sand, i'll turn it into the worlds' tiniest pane of glass and throw a brick through it."

Lasswell says, "Stay focused, Rain. We still need to find Fina."

Rain says, "Lasswell, so you've finally come around."

Lasswell says, "Don't misapprehend me, I simly don't like to see good effort go to waste."

Rain says, "You're a real piece of work aren't you."

and then....after slaying various monsters through a few different desert settings, are heroes stubble upon an Antlion. Rain shouts to Lasswell, "On your guard! Otherwise its schrimmmmmpppp! Lasswell wields his sword and looks over to Rain, "How many times do I have to say it?! Worry about yo'self!" with that Rain and Lasswell go to opposite corners of the dessert and pout, while a bunch of visions use limit burst and destroy the Antlion. As the dust clears around the Antlion's carcass, Rain shouts a retort over to Lasswell,  "worry about me? don't you suck my fluids out lasswell!" Lasswell ignores Rain and stares off into the horizon and says "finally the deserts edge, it seems we shall make it out without ending up as jerky. Rain looks over, "Lasswell are you feeling ok?" Lasswell ignores him and marches forward. Rain says to himself, "all right, lets storm the bandits den!"

On the way out of the desert, Rain stumbbles upon an unresponsive young male lying face down in the sand, "ww...water...please....water" Rain kicks him, but there's no response, he seems to have passed out. Rain desides to backtrack a few miles to the oasis and grab the young guy some water. Rain scoops up some water and fills his canteen before he marches back towards the dying young man. Rain pours the water down the young mans gizzard and soon the boy regains some of his color and starts mumbling, "wa...water *gulp*gulp* Hah! I feel alive again! Thank you, I owe you my life. I wish i could repay you somehow, but...i fear i have nothing of value. Perhaps i could offer you some information instead? There's some ruins in the desert south of here. Legends say there's an anicient esper sealed away in there. And what's ore, it's guarding something....Sounds like it might be worth exploring no? Well i'm heading back to my village...go with my gratitude friend!" Rain gives the young lad some more water and he wanders off back into the sandy abis.

Zadehl Southernsands
Following the young lad's advice, our sturdy grandshelt knights are soon waltzing into a massive ruin. Lasswell imediately recognizes several writings and turns to Rain, "This is where the esper Golem is sealed." Rain looks skepital and says under his breathe, "Really, and how'd you know that?" Lasswell stops his march and dramatically turns to Rain. "We may be far from the capital, but this area is still part of Grandshelt. Any Grandshelt knight should know that much." Rain continues his march right by Lasswell and looks up just enough to show a big grin and say, "Really, I guess nothing really sinks in but the battle training for me." Lasswell sheds a tear and says to himself, "I worry about you sometimes." Lasswell picks up his pace and soon back in the lead shouts ahead, "the legends say it should be this way!" Rain runs to keep up, "Why are you always so serious Lasswell?" Lasswell shouts back, "Perhaps I only seem serious to a ne'er-do-well like you. But who can say? Why perhaps I simply inherited Sir Raegen's single minded earnestness in you stead." Rain immediatley gets mad, "Again with my old man! Fine then, just watch! I'll be more earnest than you or the old man could ever be!"