Chapter 91 - What They Do Part One (1/2)
Age 1991
Irene let out a heavy sigh as she walked forward slowly. Her mind raced with thoughts as she folded her arms. Her pace quickened as she marched towards the doors of Oleander, the City that housed the Enforcers. ”Damn it, Ken. Damn it, Hero. Damn it, Cloud... And definitely damn it Kitsune...” She hissed out as clenched her fist.
”Whoa! Cool armor man!”
Irene turned finding one of the normal humans, who guarded the outside of the city, staring at her from behind his helmet that covered his head.
”What?” Irene asked raising an eyebrow at the normal guard. This one seemed to be different from the others. The other guards simply stood still ignoring her but this one was actively trying to talk to her...
”So you got in after all!”
”What?” Irene questioned again turning to stare at the strange man.
”Oh. You probably don't recognize me!” The guard said with a bit of realization. He did a pose holding his gun, which would be useless against anything above Baron level, up posing with it. ”My name is Ace! It is my duty to guard this city against the enemy!”
Irene blinked a few times as she stared at the man. She gave an awkward shrug. ”Sorry... I uhh... I still don't recognize you?”
Ace hit the floor as he let out a pained groan. ”My pride...” He whined slowly getting back to his feet. He cleared his throat as he adjusted his helmet that covered his entire head. ”I'm Ace... I was the person who let you into the city last month? The guy who opened it...”
”You were?”
”Yeah! You remember me now?”
”No.”
Ace hit the floor again...
”Look, I'm sorry,” Irene said letting out a sigh. ”A lot happened this month so I guess I just forgot? I'm dealing with a lot of problems right now, so I'm sorry I didn't remember you.”
”No! It's fine.” Ace said obviously crying, as a stream of tears flowed out of the bottom of his helmet. ”I'm just a Guard. I'm not even really considered an Enforcer so... I don't blame you.”
Irene took another sigh. ”I'm sorry I hurt your feelings...”
”Apologize not accepted, as you didn't hurt anything.” Ace said as he clutched his broken heart, and the stream of tears only grew.
Irene turned away from the man as she rolled her eyes. ”And I thought Ken was one for dramatics...”
”So what're you doing out here anyways?” Ace questioned in curiosity as he stopped crying.
”Well,” Irene said reaching into her pocket and pulling out a small thin piece of paper. ”I'm going to mail my village a check. This is 50% of the Bells I earned from my mission. I'm going to send them this so they can repair any damages and maybe even build a better wall? Now that I am not there to help out I decided I would use all my Bells to build a better village for them.”
”Wow!” Ace said as he dropped his gun. He brought his hands up and began to clap for the Enforcer in front of him. ”Bravo!” He stated clapping. ”You're so full of Justice. More people should strive to be like you! Willingly giving up their hard-earned Bells! You're the kind of Enforcer I would want to be!”
Irene stared at the man in mild confusion as she turned away from him. ”Sure...” She said training off. 'I'm not even supposed to be an Enforcer...' She thought as her clenched fist grew tighter.
Irene let out a heavy and disappointed sigh as she walked towards the large metallic square that would allow her to send her mail to her family.
”What a swell guy!” Ace said to himself watching the Enforcer leave.
The other guards remained silent none of them bothering to talk.
Meanwhile...
Cloud walked down the street twirling his new cane as a small smirk crossed its way onto his face and he walked with an unusual pep in his step. ”Ahh yes... This city is certainly better than my old one. Of course my old place, wasn't really a city... It was more of a shitty town, but I digress... ~Home sweet home. That's what I have found. So here I roam. Forever-~”
”Why is he singing...” Someone hissed out as they stared at him.
”Oh God that blind kids walking around again! He's gonna roam around for like an hour talking to himself and trying to sound deep!”