video 1 - arrival

[senorita_perfecta]

The video feeds turns on to feature a woman in her early 20’s trying to keep her presence hidden from the Heartless while sending in vines and sundews to trap them so the locals can get out of danger. Judging by the scenery she is in, she is currently at the markets of Edge and it’s swarmed with Heartless everywhere.

Her otherwise black hair has orange, green and blue streaks at the moment and her dress looks even more colorful with red, oranges, greens, blues and purples (spoiler alert: they are made with plant pollen and dye).

“Oh hi. Sorry about this. It appears that I just arrived at the worst timing possible. This is not exactly what I had in mind for a welcoming committee but these dark things need to get out of here. Is there anywhere I can go that is not full of them running amok? I don’t know how long will I keep going in trapping them in vines and sundews from attacking anybody further.”

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[maybe_im_a_lion]

"Looks like it," Squall says. "Sephiroth says his name is Sora. Too bad he's not here, but we'll deal with it without him and his Keyblade."

They don't have much choice.

[senorita_perfecta]

“That is a fair assessment. Even if Sora is not here to help us out right now, we should find ways and means to save the whole city from a major disaster. We’ll try to think of something to keep those things away from civilization and ensure everyone’s safety at the same time,” Isabela chimes in, “It looks like we might have to get very creative in how we’ll send them packing.”

[maybe_im_a_lion]

Leon nods. "Sephiroth said he cast a protection spell on the hotel, so that's a safehouse people can use now." That helps him relax a bit. Now he won't have to worry that the Garden will get overly crowded. "We'll have to go at the Heartless with everything we've got. Any weapon should work. Maybe even weird stuff. One of the Zacks chimed in with saying he saw somebody bash them with a trigonometry book once."

[senorita_perfecta]

“That’s good to hear. At least the people staying at the hotel should be safe from those things until every single Heartless is gone,” Isabela nods in relief, “It should give them some protection for the next amount of time.”

“He said that someone managed to smack them with a book?” she must need to learn this trick from that trigonometry book person, attacking the Heartless with a book or two is probably a funny but clever way to shoo them off.

She then comes up with an idea stemmed from her botany interest that she suggests to Leon, “Perhaps some gardening tools could make for usable weapons that anyone can use, even if some aren’t good gardeners in themselves.”

[maybe_im_a_lion]

Squall nods. It's definitely a relief to know there's a place like that.

"That's what he said. He sounded like it was a while ago. That person might not be here."

And he perks up at this. "Worth a try."

[senorita_perfecta]

“Terrific! I think that there might be some gardening shops nearby that we can drop by and grab a couple of rakes, shovels, and other stuff to fight the Heartless with. I have probably seen some right now,” Isabela nods in agreement as she could see a few shops nearby from the airship.

While she isn’t sure if the area is safe from the Heartless, it could be worth searching them in here in order to get the civilians armed themselves against a big threat.

[maybe_im_a_lion]

"Great. Let's go."

Soon the airship is over the shops and Squall heads down the rope ladder, wanting to go first in case there's any Heartless that might jump out at them. Not seeing any at the moment, he motions for Isabela to come down.

[senorita_perfecta]

Isabela joins in as she goes down the rope ladder and looks around for any Heartless running around at the moment. And with none being spotted for now, she goes to the first shop she finds and proceeds to gather as many as gardening tools as she carry and goes out of her way to distribute many to any one who is willing to fight back against the Heartless.

“Hey you go, these things should be more than enough to take out the Heartless as safely as possible,” Isabela tells the people as she gives them a variety of rakes, shovels, plows and other tools for them to choose from and help them to use them as makeshift weapons.

[maybe_im_a_lion]

The people are grateful for the help. They haven't had much reason to use gardening tools in the concrete city, but now there's a very good reason to use them.

Squall helps distribute them too. It's good they've got options like this with all this chaos.

[senorita_perfecta]

Isabela does a quick check to see if everyone from the air ship has a weapon on hand as she takes up a rake with her. Everyone is going to step up and give the Heartless a fight to remember. Now Edge isn’t much of a place with a lot of greenery but right now trying to defend a city is more important than, let’s say, planting a garden somewhere in the city.

She holds her rake tightly in her hands, anticipating whatever swarms of Heartless that could be come in their path and wanting to pry into the hearts of the innocent. One could hope that things will not end in disaster as the people prepare for any attacks at the city.

[maybe_im_a_lion]

Those who live on the airship all have weapons already, and the visitors now have their makeshift weapons that they're clutching.

The Heartless soon come, drawn by so many hearts in one place.

"Okay," Squall says. "Let's take 'em down."

And he leads the charge into the fray.

[senorita_perfecta]

“Got it! Time to prune these pesky shadowy Heartless, everyone!”

Isabela doesn’t waste anytime hopping into the fray, whacking and attacking any who is foolish enough to cross paths with her. The Heartless couldn’t stand a chance as the unfazed plant lover stabs and/or beat up the shadowy monsters with her rake, all with a fury that is beyond what words can describe. The Heartless that remain try to escape only to be greeted by attacks from the civilians with gardening tool weapons.

[maybe_im_a_lion]

With everyone working together, the Heartless in this section are soon gone.

Squall still looks tense, half-expecting more to pop out at any time. When he's finally convinced, he cautiously starts to relax. He needs to say something, right? He's so bad at socializing and leading. Or he thinks he is.

"... Good work."

[senorita_perfecta]

“Phew! That took a long while but at least the Heartless won’t be lurking around in this area for now,” Isabela nods as she continues to hold onto her rake.

The people who took part in the Heartless counterattack could finally relax and not worry about them for the time being. She hopes that the Heartless won’t be seen for the foreseeable future.

“Let’s just hope that the people in the other areas of the city can be able to fend them off.”

[maybe_im_a_lion]

"People like Sephiroth and Zack are trying to secure the other areas," Squall says, relieved that they don't have to do everything alone. "But we'll keep scouting from the air."

[senorita_perfecta]

“Well then, we should get back to looking for any more Heartless on the airship again,” Isabela nods as a response, “I have a feeling that we might track down a couple more of them in other sections of the city.”

[maybe_im_a_lion]

"I wouldn't be surprised," Squall agrees. "Let's get back on the Garden." He starts up the rope ladder, calling orders to keep flying over the city.