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We continued onward to Gongaga for a well deserved rest. No, not because of the "strenuous" fight with the frogs, but because all of our heads were about to explode from the conversation between Mother and Aeris.
"Why did you have to tell them I took their boxers?"
You never told me it was a secret that I should never tell them.
"Yes, I did."
Really? Well, Tiffany made me tell.
"Tiffany is a fish! Fish cannot talk!"
Oh, well, Jimbo told me to tell.
"Jimbo is a fish!"
No he's not.
It went on like this for the entire fifty minute walk. We finally reached Gongaga and headed straight for the inn. Being the only person that had any money, I headed toward the counter to pay for the night. The person behind the counter kept giving me a funny look, then looking back at Aeris.
"Hey," he asked, "don't I know you two?"
"No," I responded before making sure I didn't know him, "but everybody says they know me. After all, I tried to destroy the world."
"I know you," Aeris came up to the counter cheerfully, "you're Zach's father. I dated your son!"
So did Sephy!
Aeris gave Mother an odd look, then continued, "and Sephiroth here was with your son in Soldier. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, Seph here killed your son."
There was no stopping Aeris's big mouth which caused the price of the room to double. It really didn't matter to me, I'm loaded. I have a room full of mastered 'All' materia. There were three beds which worked for us since Mother doesn't sleep. In place of sleeping the night, she just pulled out her portable boom box that I didn't know she brought and began singing and dancing to 'Du Hast' the entire night. Of course the volume at it's max. After about forty times through the song, her boom box exploded and she occupied the rest of the night preparing tomorrow morning's game of 'Find the fire.' She also learned that there was a graveyard in this city and left the inn. I couldn't sleep. I was too afraid.
This'll be so funny. I wish I had a camera.
I'm lucky she kept me up with her music. Otherwise, I wouldn't have seen her trying to slip a decomposing corpse in the sheets of my bed. I finally got her to put the corpse outside, but from her speedy return, I figured 'outside' to her meant on the front porch. I got out of bed and hid my fire materia to attempt to keep this wooden house from ever seeing a game of 'Find the fire,' but I don't think it'll help. I slid back into bed and hit a human shaped object which was laying next to me. I jumped quickly out of bed. Mother started laughing.
"Mother! I told you to put this outside!" It was about now that I decided Aeris is the closest thing I'm going to have to a love interest, so I decided to show off my super strength. I grabbed the arm I had bumped into and hurled the body against the wall. This body however, was not the corpse I had thought it was. Apparently, Aeris had snuck into my bed, and I had just hurled her against the wall of the inn.
"Mother! Why didn't you tell me it was her!? And why were you laughing!? Wait. Aeris is in her bed. But I just threw her against..." Leave me alone. I'm slow. But I think I've got this figured out. Mother was laughing at the corpse that now resided in Aeris's bed. Aeris had snuck into my bed. Aeris was now flat against the wall of the inn. Vincent had slept through it all.
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