Fanfiction: "Crystal-Clear Snafu"
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deemoyzaTitle: "Crystal-Clear Snafu" (3,142 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Rating/Warnings: General Audiences / No Warnings Apply
Characters: Selphie Tilmitt, Zell Dincht
Summary: When Selphie hears about a new fuel source Esthar is developing, using Energy Crystals, she heads into the still-unstable Trabian Crater, for a little excavation of her own.
Notes: Written for a prompt meme on Tumblr - 20. "breaking the rules".
"Wow, this handles like a dream," Zell said, flying Balamb Garden's new airship out over the ocean and turning it toward Esthar.
"Even smoother than the Ragnarok," Selphie added, leaning back in the copilot's seat and folding her arms behind her head.
The two Esthar technicians on board chuckled. "Of course," Codren, one of the technicians said. "We had years to refine the design of airships between the Ragnarok and this generation."
"You don't honestly believe," Aldreda, the other, chimed in, hiking a brow, "that we would send our best airships into space with no plan to retrieve them, do you?"
Zell ducked his head sheepishly. "Guess I hadn't really thought of that."
Selphie, however, shrugged off that little barb and swiveled in her seat to look at the technicians. "And this ship's not even the best you have now, right?"
"Correct," Aldreda said, rubbing at a stubborn grease stain on her palm, "but the technology behind those is highly classified, and the ships themselves are quite pricey."
"Pricier than saving the world?"
Aldreda didn't miss a beat. "Yes."
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Rating/Warnings: General Audiences / No Warnings Apply
Characters: Selphie Tilmitt, Zell Dincht
Summary: When Selphie hears about a new fuel source Esthar is developing, using Energy Crystals, she heads into the still-unstable Trabian Crater, for a little excavation of her own.
Notes: Written for a prompt meme on Tumblr - 20. "breaking the rules".
"Wow, this handles like a dream," Zell said, flying Balamb Garden's new airship out over the ocean and turning it toward Esthar.
"Even smoother than the Ragnarok," Selphie added, leaning back in the copilot's seat and folding her arms behind her head.
The two Esthar technicians on board chuckled. "Of course," Codren, one of the technicians said. "We had years to refine the design of airships between the Ragnarok and this generation."
"You don't honestly believe," Aldreda, the other, chimed in, hiking a brow, "that we would send our best airships into space with no plan to retrieve them, do you?"
Zell ducked his head sheepishly. "Guess I hadn't really thought of that."
Selphie, however, shrugged off that little barb and swiveled in her seat to look at the technicians. "And this ship's not even the best you have now, right?"
"Correct," Aldreda said, rubbing at a stubborn grease stain on her palm, "but the technology behind those is highly classified, and the ships themselves are quite pricey."
"Pricier than saving the world?"
Aldreda didn't miss a beat. "Yes."
