Okay, now that we're starting to get this underway, I'm gonna start writing it in the play-like format that we used before.

~~A LARGE FIELD, LEADING TOWARD SOME MOUNTAINS~~
There is a light drizzle. Lander is walking, now stripped of his Dragoon helmet. While he is not sure where he is going, he spies mountains in the distance, and hopes that Alstin lives in those very mountains. And, if he continues this way, he may find his hometown, and Alita.

Lander: **thinking** Geez, how long will this walk last?
????: HEY!
Lander: Huh?

Lander turns towards the direction of the voice, and sees two men walking toward him. Both seemed around twenty-five years old. One of them had short, black hair, with gear that looked like it belonged to a mercenary. The other had long, blonde hair, and a red headband. He also seemed dressed for mercenary work.

Lander: Who are you?
Black-haired man: What you you doing here? You don't see a whole lot of people walking along this plain. 'You goin' toward the mountains?
Lander: Yeah. Why do you ask?
Blonde man: Well, that's where we're going too. What's yer name?
Lander: Lander. You?
Black-haired man: I'm Biggs.
Blonde man: I'm Wedge. Nice to meet ya.

CHARACTER PROFILE
Name: Biggs
Age: 24
Hair: Black
Eyes: Grey
Weapon of Choice: Dagger
Job: Mercenary

Name: Wedge
Age: 25
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Brown
Weapon of Choice: Broadsword
Job: Mercenary

Lander: So what exactly are you looking for in the mountains?
Wedge: Well, we're mercenaries. We'll do pretty much anything if we can get some cash off of it. Word is that there's a boss on the other side looking for some work. Supposedly pays a lot.
Biggs: So we're goin' there. You?
Lander: Wow...this will be a long story. See, I'm a Dragoon.
Biggs: Dragoon?
Lander: You know, the King's Royal Army.
Biggs: Oh, yeah.
Lander: Anyway, we were headed towards someplace, and we were attacked by these things...I still don't know what they are. They seemed to be phantoms of some sort.
Wedge: Bah! There's no such things as phantoms.
Lander: Yeah, well, that's what I thought. They attacked us. Sadly, I ran. Errr...I tried to. They killed everyone. Including the King.
Biggs: Are you %@#$(! serious?
Lander: Yeah. Along with just about everyone important. Anyway, I was cornered by them. Then...something happened. They started to do something to me, and I'm not sure what. It was like they were eating my soul. Everything was dark. But then...something came. It saved me. I'm not sure what it was. It saved me. The ghosts disappeared.
Wedge: Weird.
Lander: Yeah. Anyway, I explored the town, and I found this. **pulls out ruby**. It was at the feet of that sorcerer that the King is always by. It's just like something my friend Alstin has. He lives by the mountains. Unfortunately, he's on the other side. So I've gotta go all the way through.
Wedge: Well, we'd be happy to help you through.
Lander: Thanks.

**continue onward until they reach the mountain**

Lander: So how are we gonna go about this?
Biggs: I don't know. We can go over or under.
Lander: Really, there's a path under the mountain?
Biggs: Yeah. Me and Wedge have been here hundreds of times. Both ways.
Wedge: Yeah, which one do you wanna go through?