Final Fantasy Legend II Part #34 - Everything Comes to an End

Part 34: Everything Comes to an End

One last time for the road.

Zero! You're back!

Hi, mom! What's shakin'?

I was so worried about you. Are you alright? You didn't get a paper cut, did you? Oh God I bet you got a paper cut

I'm fine, mom. Seriously.

Harold get the disinfectant stat

I'm baaack~

My goodness! That was some date!

Yeah, about that. We really—

...enjoyed ourselves! Roy was a total gentleman.

Well, I'm glad to hear that. It's been, what, a year or so?

Yup.

Soooo.

When are you two getting engaged?

...

Nope

Like, who's in charge here now that WarMech's gone?

Me!

Let's try this again. Who's in charge now that WarMech's gone?

_you

Damn right I am.

Hi, Sara! What's up?

Oh, not much—just out for a walk. It's nice to be outside!

And you don't even smell like gasoline!

I know, right?

So. How weird was it meeting the Lady of the Saw?

You mean Rezen? It was pret-ty awesome.

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Take care, now! _{psst hey kid, c'mere}

...?

You like chainsaws, right?

Are you kidding?! Chainsaw is my middle name!

Wow, you do like them!

No seriously. My middle name is literally Chainsaw.

... 'kay.

My mom's weird. Anyway, what's up?

Here, take this.

*give*

"To Sara: Keep on sawin'. Signed, Rezen Vox."

I figured you'd earned it!

_squeeeeeee

Speaking of which, how are things with your mom? I know she's a little overprotective, but...

...

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*rev*

Behold the chosen one, Bearer of the Sacred Saw, She Who Knows the Lady's True Name

We're working things out. Zero, there's something I've been wanting to ask you for a while now.

Yeah?

You figured out where the back entrance was for the Cave of Wind. You got us into the underwater volcano. You even figured out how to beat Apollo without any weapons. You're friggin' brilliant, but everyone thinks you're a moron. why don't you ever let people know how smart you are?

Honestly? I got a real short attention span. Plus, school just bores the heck out of me. If people think I'm dumb, I might as well play off of it to get laughs. I mean, life's too short. You gotta laugh, right?

Yeah. Yeah, you do.

Oh, umm... I have something I've been meaning to ask you, too...

Yeah?

...

Zero?

_{_{_{Iwaswonderingifyou'dliketogooutsometime}}}

What, seriously?

Yeah, that was dumb. Sorry.

No, I mean it seriously took you this long to ask?

Wow! Okay, want to grab some food?

Works for me. How do you feel about italian?

Meatballs?! Down as heck. Just one thing though...

...?

I mean, we're gonna have to tell her eventually...

What.

Aww, c'mon! It's not like we're going steady or anything!

Not yet, anyway.

...young lady, you've pushed me one step too far.

_{Well played, Chainsaw.}

Alright, well, I'll get the soft potions. You kids have fun. Be back by curfew!

Okay!

Mom! Mom, we're home!

Jane!

Roy!

*smooooooch*

ew gross

It's about time you got back. Is the world safe?

As much as it's going to be!

Good. If you spent all that time and still came back with it in danger, we'd have a serious talk on our hands, mister.

Hey mom! Guess what!

Mmm?

We found my real dad!

Did you, now! What's he like?

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Ah, I understand now. The point of this contest is to hit the projectile with a stick, then get as far around the diagram as possible.

Yup, you're catching on! Here, have a hot dog.

I do not understand your fascination with these ground up pig leftovers. Why do you consume so many of them at these events?

Just try one, okay?

_{I... I have never known joy before this}

Get it with relish and a pickle next time!

That's wonderful! He's welcome in our home anytime.

_{let's not take this too far, dear}

But enough about that! I'm sure you've seen a lot of things while you've been out. Tell me all about them!

Okay!

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Believe it or not, we got to see the center of the world! It turns the magi were actually pieces of Isis all along—except she wasn't really Isis. Her name was Rezen.

We also met Odin. We had to fight him, and we won... we weren't very happy about it, but he seemed pretty happy. I still don't know if we did the right thing, but it was what he wanted, so that's something.

We visited this weird city with skyscapers—really tall metal buildings. It was pretty awful the first time we were there, but when we came back, they had taken the walls down! Flora and Leon—two of our new friends—finally got married, too. And, they even found a date for Nils!

Yoo hoo, loverboy~

AAAH AAAH HELP SHE HAS MY SCENT

...

This is your revenge for the whole wedding thing, isn't it.

Yes. But she's nice once you get to know her!

I don't know how much you know about Lynn... she's this little girl that dad was looking after for a while. We saved her twice—once from a robot named Dunatis, and again from a ninja. And the best part is... her dad finally came back!!

I heard a little girl lived here who was lonely...

DADDY!! *cling*

Stanley! It's... it's you!

In the flesh!

daddy daddy daddy daddyyyyyyyyy

And how's my little boy?

...she's... she's a girl.

...huh.

Honestly, Stanley, we must get you some glasses.

We also met with Ki—she and some friends of hers are in charge of Isis' shrine. It's kind of hard to explain, but Rezen used to be part of her, until we shrank to go inside her body and get the magi out of it.

I guess that wraps it up, then. I know it sounds strange, but I'm honestly looking forward to aging. After a few centuries, life's just the same thing, day in and day out.

I bet it'll be totally less weird not having Rezen in your head.

Yeah. I mean, oddly enough, I'm going to miss her. But, at least I know who I am now.

Sup! I'm back!

OH NO

Relax, I'm just messin' with ya. See you around!

...and there's so much more to tell you about! This weird world with ninjas that talked funny, and an evil top hat, and...

My goodness! So many stories!

And the best part is, they're all true. I was even there for some of them. I'm telling you, Jane, our boy's a hero. He and his friends were the ones who went to the center of the world and fixed it.

Fixed?

...didn't you feel those earthquakes? The ones that were going to rip the planet apart?

Oh! That explains why all the potted plants fell down and broke.

Man. Adults are weird.

Alright, everything's patched up. Can we please go home now?

Sure thing! *beep* *boop*

*vworp* *vworp*

Well. Look who it is.

Okay, new rule! Elly gets to use you from now on.

Understood.

_{about damn time}

I cannot possibly express the relief I'm feeling right now.

Friend Rezen is together!!

Oh, you and your hugs!

Let's get the hell out of here. If we get the coordinates right, we can be back at Dente's house with the barbecue still warm. And Rez?

Yeah?

How about cooling it on the whole world saving thing? Just for a bit.

Yeeeeeah. After all this, I could probably use a vacation.

*vworp* *vworp*

And we're done here! To all those who read through this, the FFL1 LP, or both, I cannot thank you enough. This whole thing has been a blast, and these guys are forever going to be some of my favorite characters. And the best part is, you created them! So give yourselves a hand as well.

And with that, from all of us to all of you, there's only one thing left to say...