themainframe | [Video] ♞ Fire Cross III

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There's a podium with more microphones than necessary. Behind it is a man in a suit, making a rather political speech about how the "people of the world have the power to end all wars." There's the sound of something breaking in the background, but the man continues on regardless, rambling on about how an ambassador, the Sorceress, is a necessity. Again there's another noise, this one screeching in the background, followed by more sounds of things breaking before Seifer bursts on into the scene. Two Galbadian soldiers make an attempt to apprehend him, but he disposes of them quickly, taking the suited president hostage. Feeling as though Seifer has apparently lost his mind, a woman in red—Quistis—orders Squall to come and assist her.

The scene cuts out briefly, to when Squall, Zell and Selphie finally arrive. Quistis insists that Seifer needs to be restrained, so Squall makes an effort to calm him down. ]

What do you think you're doing?

It's obvious, ain't it? What are you planning to do with this guy?!

...Planning to do?

I get it! [ the blond, Zell, exclaims. ] You're Rinoa's...

[ Seifer immediately cuts him off. ]

Shut your damn mouth! Chicken-wuss!

[ Quistis explains the situation: ]

He broke out of the disciplinary room, injuring many in the process.

YOU STUPID IDIOT!

Be quiet.

[ And then Zell blows it: ]

Instructor, I know! You're going to take this stupid idiot back to Garden, right!?

Shut up! NO!

[ The president understands now. Seifer is from Garden, as are Quistis, Zell and Selphie. Now he has someone to blame. As the president explains how he has them all in the palm of his hand, Seifer shakes his head. Great. ]

I see... So you're all from Garden. Should anything happen to me, the entire Galbadian military will undoubtedly crush Garden. You can let go of me now.

Nice going, Chicken-wuss! You and your stupid big mouth!

[ Which obviously means he's not letting go. Zell seems horrified. ]

Take care of this mess! Instructor and Mr. Leader!

[ Seifer, with President Deling still at... gunblade point, back out of the room with Quistis following. In the next room, a masked woman in dark clothing appears from out of thin air and approaches Seifer. As if pitying him, she murmurs: ]

...Poor, poor boy...

Stay away from me!

Such a confused little boy. Are you going to step forward? Retreat? You have to decide.

Stay back!

[ Quistis runs in, but the woman, the Sorceress, paralyzes Quistis. ]

The boy in you is telling you to come. The adult in you is telling you to back off. You can't make up your mind. You don't know the right answer. You want help, don't you? You want to be saved from this predicament.

Shut up!

Don't be ashamed to ask for help. Besides, you're only a little boy.

I'm not... Stop calling me a boy.

You don't want to be a boy anymore?

I am not a BOY!

[ Angry, Seifer releases the president, who scrambles to leave. ]

Come with me to a place of no return. Bid farewell to your childhood.

[ Squall and the others finally enter, but are paralyzed as well. After making his immediate, rash decision, Seifer waves goodbye to his peers with his gunblade and disappears with the sorceress. ]

[ Seifer is frowning down at his D-Terminal. It wasn't so terrible. It could have been much, much worse; at least it isn't something that Squall doesn't remember, otherwise he'd be screwed. ]

At least I can say I was on the first live television broadcast in seventeen years. You can just disregard everything else since it wasn't even interesting, let alone important.

[ Although... it's weird seeing himself like this. He knew he'd made those decisions and acted like a lunatic, but was he really taken in by the sorceress, his matron, that quickly? ]

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[ Sighs.

He goes quiet for a moment.]

It's not all that exciting as they make it out to be.

It wasn't that.

You know the school's rules as well as I do. "At age 20, regardless of graduation, all students are released from the Garden; instructors and SeeDs are permitted to remain at the Garden. However, SeeDship must be attained before the age of 20." My birthday's in the winter, right before the SeeD exams. I only had one chance left. I already took the damn exam four times. If I hadn't moved on to bigger'n better things, I would have been kicked out of Garden anyway.

Something would have come around.

Like I said, it doesn't even matter. That's all in the past.

...I suppose so.

Don't you have better things to do, anyway?

Like what?

...Nevermind.

My "social life" here is about the same as back home. I don't have anything going on.

I said nevermind.

I know. I heard.

Then act like it.

[ He's Mr. Sunshine today, clearly. ]

(I guess I don't blame him for being annoyed. Personal memories are still personal memories. No one has the right to see them except for the person they belong to. )

Seifer...

What?

Thanks.

What the hell? Thanks for scolding you?

I didn't have the chance to say it before.

You're still not makin' any sense.

You broke out to protect us, right?

You're thanking me for that? That was months ago, you moron.

It's been on my mind.

Why?

[ Shrug ]

Why is anything usually on my mind?

Because you over-think and over-complicate everything.

Basically.

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