Rikku led Nabiki inside the ship. It was a little cramped, and everything was made of metal. So it was no wonder Nabiki felt like she was in a tin can.
Rikku opened one of the doors that led them down to the engine room. But directly before the engine, there was a small door that lead to another cramped little room.
The inside was stuffed with gadgets and gizmos Nabiki couldn't identify. Sitting inside all of that stuff, there was a small person sitting on a small table.
"Yo, Shinra," Rikku called. The boy turned around. Well, Nabiki assumed it was a boy. The child wore some kind of mask that covered his entire face, so she definitely couldn't tell.
"What's up, Rikku?" he said. Yes, the voice was that of a young boy. "What's so important that you have to interrupt the work of the youngest genius on Spira?"
"Jabber, jabber," Rikku mocked. "If Pops didn't allow you to come with us, you wouldn't have the chance to study the airship on site. So settle down a bit, okay? Well, it's like this: My new friend here..." she gestured towards Nabiki. "...has heard of your pretty little dresspheres. Brother wants her to come with us into the ruins. Problem is: She can't fight very well. Got something for her?"
"You came to the right place," Shinra said in his blurred voice. "Miss, if you would like to look over there..."
He gestured towards a little shelf on the wall, on which were different kinds of spherical items, which looked like they were half mechanical, half magical.
"These are dresspheres," Shinra explained. "A most brilliant invention that only a genius of my caliber could have imagined. With these, a person is able to take on that kind of job that is 'imprinted' within the dressphere. To tell you just how it works will be too complicated, so let's just say it works using pyreflies..."
"Um, right!" Nabiki said, not really understanding at all.
Shinra continued: "If you activate one you're carrying, it will transform your clothes to the one fitting for the corresponding job. For instance, if you're using the dressphere "warrior" you will be instantly dressed in fine armor and be equipped with a nice sword. But that's not all, no, no... It will provide you with all of the knowledge you need to actually use that sword. That means: Use the dressphere, and you instantly know how to fight! Understood?"
"I think so," Nabiki replied. "But I don't get it... This invention is pretty brilliant and all, especially since you're so young, but... Why do you just give it to me?" She knew that everything had its price, after all.
Shinra nervously shifted around in his seat. "You know, my invention is still in a testing stage... I really didn't have the time to test it until now. So..."
"So I'm gonna be the guinea pig," Nabiki sighed. "Great!"
"I'm working on something called 'garment grid'," Shinra told them. "With it, you would be able to use more than one dressphere during battle. It also will come with several other bonuses. But until it's finished, you'll have to use the dressphere by itself. It's not an easy task to find a way to do it... If I could understand better how it works..."
"Why don't you understand how it works?" Nabiki asked. "You're the inventor, are you not?"
Shinra seemed to think about that for a while.
"I'm just a kid!"
Rikku sighed. "All right, 'kid genius'! Go back to work. So, Nabiki... which one do you choose? I'm gonna explain them to you as best I can."
Which dressphere does Nabiki choose?
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(Posted Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:17)
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