So!  How about the world these days?  Anyone?

Okay, so maybe I'm in a weird mood.  Sephiroth tried to destroy us all... Isn't that a riot?

I escaped with some small cuts... except for my eye.  My right eye is gone, but suddenly I feel....... calm!  I've never felt so okay with things.

I get it now!  It all makes sense!  Sephiroth... trying to free us from what we've resigned ourselves to... has succeeded!

It's all good news now.  So, once I get the hang of this whole depth-perception-shift-thing... Life will be better than ever!

Jecht!  I'm working for you!  Any objections?  I wouldn't think so, as I am sensational, but I suppose you DO have the ultimate say!

(OOC: I'm not planning on playing more as Mira for now, but hopefully I'll be able to place her with Jecht.)

The second semi-final match has come and gone!  "No-surprise" Loveless faced the "Who saw that coming" Mad Experiments.  Who's going to the consolation match and who's in the finals?  Read on to find out!

Right from the get-go, when Hojo made an abysmal pass, Loveless had control of the ball.  The ball seemed to gravitate to Lightning one way or another, which is never a good thing for opposing teams.  Even Refia, who seems to be the only marginally competent player on The Mad Experiments, couldn't hold Lightning off forever, and a minute and twenty-four seconds in, Loveless's one offensive threat put a shot through Yang's arms and into the goal.

Hojo took the ball, but immediately lost control again.  What a pitiful display of blitzball!  Really, now.  From there, it was a string of passes from Sabin to Terra to Sabin to Lightning that drew Refia out of the way and left Gast and Yang to defend against her powerful shot.  As we all know, such a turn of events never ends well, and this instance was no exception.  Less than a minute after their first goal, Loveless's lead raised to 2-0.

The two minutes following the second goal were surprising, because The Mad Experiments kicked into gear.  Most teams can't even keep the ball against Loveless, but, after a string of possession swaps, aggressive play by Refia and her supporting crew, Hojo finally got ahold of the ball (on a well-placed throw by Refia) and went for the goal.  Perhaps Vivi was busy casting protect (that's gotta be how he's so good!) or something, but the ball sailed right passed him, and we had a game on our hands!

The Experiments were suddenly on the offensive and grabbed the ball at every turn.  Unfortunately for them, there just wasn't enough time for them to capitalize on their momentum, and they went into the half trailing, 1 to 2.

The second half saw a diminished surge on behalf of TME.  They were eager to keep up the tempo of the last three minutes of the first half, but they didn't quite have the coordination.  Things finally got out of hand when Sabin yanked the ball from Refia and got it to Genesis, who tossed it down to Lightning, who had had the time to cherry-pick a perfect position.  Yang wasn't even close to the ball, and Lightning had her hat-trick 49 seconds into the second half.

Hojo immediately dropped the ball to Sabin again, but Gast and Firion double-teamed him and Firion took the ball away.  It was all in vain, however, as Firion's pass was immediately scarfed up by Genesis.  Genesis threw it to Sabin, who saw Lightning open again.  Lightning caught the ball, spun around a defender, and blasted it into the goal only 31 seconds after her previous goal.

It was now 4-1, and Hojo was still proving that scientists don't always make the best athletes, as Sabin wrestled the ball from him easily.  No one could stop Sabin, but after a series of passes, Refia finally caught Genesis's lob pass.  The ball bounced around a bit until Firion grabbed it and tried to shoot, but to no avail.  Gast got in a shot, too, but Vivi was solid.  After three minutes of back and forth, a failed effort by both Lightning and Gast, the ball got back to Lightning, who shook off Refia and got her fifth goal with forty-three seconds left in the game.

To their credit, The Mad Experiments never gave up and continued to struggle even beyond the final buzzer, but they were simply no match for the offensive onslaught of Lightning.  Hojo wrestled the ball out at the end and threw it down, frustratedly, as the game was over.

Not that anyone's surprised, but Loveless obliterated the hard-working Mad Experiments, 5-1.  TME put in a good fight, but their best wasn't even slightly good enough.

Goals:

Lightning: 5

Hojo: 1

Tomorrow night is the consolation match between the Sublimely Magnificent 7 and The Mad Experiments, and the final match should be on Friday!  The final placings are going to be quite interesting, I think!  Keep tuned to blitzball... or else!

You're doing great... for the most part!  Booyaka!  Erm, right... ...But SOME of you need to pull your weight a little more... *cough* Blank *cough*.

Perhaps getting a Chocobo will spice up your life a little, eh?  Or maybe DOING sometihng around the place? I sound upset, but I'm really in QUITE A ROLLICKING GOOD MOOD!  CHIME AND THORN are ROCKING IT!  

Now, to really take it to Mallboro on our triumphant rise to CLAM DOMINATION!
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...YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!

Good decisions…

Hey everyone, I’m Mira, and I’ve been laughing my head off at this game for the past hour, so I’m sorry if I didn’t bring you my commentary earlier! So, who obliterated who? What are you WAITING for!?

So, I'm stuck in The Rotting Pizza with Chime - we were going to get some food when *BAM!*  The doors were locked and the camera became fixed on them.  Can't someone get us out!?

In other news, there's this... Key that I have - or, um... that WE have... But I want to use it for something different than what Chime does... In any case, it doesn't get us out of here... We tried that already

When we catch up to that Dr. Cid, he's in for a WORLD of HURT - he came on the intercom a little while ago and said, "ah-ah-ah, girls... don't you go telling people what your key can do, or else..." and then there was a click and we both got SHOCKED!  SEVERELY!  GrrrrRRRRAHHHHH!  I can't wait to savage that bastard!  I'll tear him limb from limb or, if need be, I'll blast him with my powerful magicks!

On top of everything, there's this incessant string of Strange Noises coming from below us... I don't know what they are, but they REALLY make me creeped out!  Gahhh - no offense, Chime, but I want to get the HELL outta here!

Plus, your idea for using the key is completely wrong - what good will that do when my idea will help everyone even more!?

So, we will engage in the underwater fight with the Dark Knights this weekend... Some drunk and/or scizophrenic and/or ridiculous/emo guys and their attractive bartender/cook... Need I say more?  While I'm sure Feta... or was it Tiphoon or something?  Whatever - I'm sure she probably runs laps around the rest of those folks, but one player can be only so good, right?  I think.    We'll be crushing them beneath our overwhelming powers!  ...Hmm.  I think I need to work on my trash-talk.  It's a bit rusty.  Well, in other news, I guess we won't get to destroy Blank and Chime's team in Blitzball, 'cause we're in different brackets and, let's face it - they're not gonna make the finals.  Well, I guess... when I watch them get steamrolled, I can just laugh and imagine it's me crushing them beneath my overwhelming powers!   Oh, there I go again... I really need to work on the insults - there's this new guy with a scar on his head that seems to be pretty good at the whole bad-mouthing/intimidating busines... Maybe I'll talk to him about it...
 

So, after a LOT of struggle, I managed to forcefully pull the Tonberry King through the barrier.  Remember all that energy I had earlier?  Yeah... that's gone.  I'm exhausted.  Well, after disabling the fire alarm trigger on the emergency exit, we shook hands - he made as if to stab me as a joke, but then really did shake my hand, and we had a laugh - and he said, "Until next time..." before moseying out.  Good for him - he's back where he belongs.  I wonder what all those supplies he got were?  None of my business, I suppose.  Well, anyway, when I fixed the mechanism on the door, I turned to go back into the mall.  It gave me NO resistance!  When I got through, I turned around and knocked on thick-air... I'm trapped here now!  AGHHH!  I guess that's what they call "Aiding and Abetting"... or something... I've never known a whole lot about the law...

At least it should only be a few more days... 
Rrgh!
 

Blitzball practice ended a couple hours ago, and while I was pretty beat at the end of it, I'm amazingly energetic now!  Who ever thought it'd be this fun to rise to awesomeness?  I think I'm best-suited for the middle position, as I have decent shot, am small and thus can evade tackles, and am fierce on the defense.  Of course, that's with three people...  If that works for you two - Selphie and Quistis - I'll take it!  Otherwise, let me know!  I'll understand if you need me at another position... I might get ANGRY at first - but I know how to play for a team!  I wonder what our team-name is?

I'm looking forward to stepping in at Byblos Books and proving myself to Mister Sephiroth - just a couple more days now!

I saw my old aquaintance, the Tonberry King again recently - he's still in the mall, but he's been laying low - really low.  So low, it makes me think he's done something bad... Uh-oh... Nah!!  The Tonberry King can do no wrong!  He can't get through the barrier - that should be proof enough right there!

Oh... right.  It's all in perception, isn't it?
 

Things are looking up for your favorite schemer, and I'm so excited, I can't wait any longer to talk about it!

I got a job at Byblos Books!  It's technically Blank's job position, but it's pretty much the same as Chime's, so it's still like taking her job!  Uwahaha!  I'm really really excited about it!  I can't wait!

Wow... It seems I actually, genuinely care about having this job!  What a surprise!  I hung around the bookstore long enough that I became truly enamored with the job... And now it's Mine!  Hurrah!

Just you wait - I'll show you all!!!
...how good an employee I am, that is!

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In other news, I'm totally on the all-girl, Blitzball Annihilation Team!  People will cower before us!

I'm going to CRUSH Chime's team in Blitzball!  Just you wait!  In addition, I plan on taking her job!  That'll show her!  Hua-hua-huahaha!

Of course, Chime might be leaving her job (thus making it not as satisfying a takeover, but...) and I still need to join a blitzball team... I've heard that there's an all-girls team being run bySelphie and Quistis.  Selphie!  Quistis!  Please allow me to join your team!

Together, we with DESTROY our opponents!

Then, we'll show them who's really all-powerful and amazing, won't we!?  Hrahaha!

Hm...  Who am I talking to?  People at the cafe are staring... I should probably keep these thoughts in my head rather than spouting them out loud...

But it won't matter soon enough!

Once this week is over, I mean... Ha!

Seems to be getting harder to leave here rather than easier.  Guess I shouldn't have taken change from the fountain to get lunch, but I was really hungry!  I don't know... now I've gotta do something to level that out...

Maybe I can stage some heroism!  That'll fool them!

Hm...  Probably not... guess I should find some of my reserve funds while I'm home, just in case I need them or if I get stuck at the mall for the whole week.

Which would suit me, I mean, come on!

Nonetheless, I like my apartment, so I don't want to be stuck here this week - I mean, really...

So, I've been hanging out around Byblos Books.  Scoping out my new job! - just you wait!  Hahaha!

Apparently, being evil has its downsides here and there... Such as that is, I've been having trouble getting out of the mall.  I've been laying low on the 'evil' front and haveyet to establish myself as such, so I can still leave, but it's a challenge.  Good thing this happening isn't a few weeks down the line - Huahahahaha...eh.  Right, so for now, I guess I have to keep on the straight and narrow...

...like a wimp.

Nonetheless, I both like my apartment and need a job, so I need to be able to be at both places.

I wonder what Chime's up to?  Perhaps I'll find out - ha!

Cower in fear before me, for I am Mira, daughter of the Darklord, and I'm here to dominate you!

Um... But not like that...

Erm, ah, anyway - I have come to make things miserable for you, and so you'd better watch out!

Or, hmmm.... Maybe I shouldn't be saying all this...

Go about your lives, foo-erm, people!  Yes!  Go on, unsuspecting - I'm not here to hurt you!