Bonus Event;Teioh the Black Chocobo

Sephiroth scoffed seeing how he'd gotten outsped and finding it infuriating. "Huh. Cheap tricks will only get you so far..." He couldn't stand being defeated on technicalities. Though, the speed wasn't supposed to be the real skill... It was the engagement in between that was actually the interesting part. "... Though, I admire any that are skilled enough to even keep up with me. I trust your judgment on this decision, then." He looked around cautiously, seeing if anyone was coming. "... Now. Quiet down and follow my lead."

Sephiroth stepped inside of the Chocobo Farm with his Black Chocobo, Teioh, following behind him. He would inspect the area, looking for a farmer or ranch owner of sorts. "Who is the owner here?" he asked rather authoritatively, as they should have been well aware of who Sephiroth was and what he would do if he didn't have his way. "I need to speak with them."

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Many of the farm workers were terrified to see Sephiroth was back after he was clearly killed 2 years ago. No one really knew why nor how he returned, but the fact that he was here made them cower and immediately tend to his aid in order for him to spare their lives. "Y-yes... That would be me..." He said meekly, hoping that he wouldn't say something to upset Sephiroth. "... What can I do for ya...?"

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Sephiroth glared at the man with a cold and unblinking stare for the entire time he spoke, waiting politely for him to finish. The moment he did, Sephiroth would say, "I need you to tell me where you catch your Chocobos. Is there a Forest you get them from around here?"

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"We catch them all... in the wild near the farm... We don't go any farther than that," he'd say a bit nervously, hoping it wouldn't upset Sephiroth. To appease him, he would continue with something he hoped sounded better. "... U-uh, but who knows? Might be something beyond the open plains... Where the Chocobo may nest naturally before coming into the fields?!" He wasn't sure, since he had never heard of a Chocobo Forest at all. "... Maybe... Ask at another... Farm?" His teeth chattered as he feared for his life. Before he said anything that might make it worse, he shut himself up and see what Sephiroth had to say about it.

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Sephiroth narrowed his eyes, not at all looking pleased with the answer. Yet, he would turn to his Black Chocobo, asking, "... How do you feel about this answer?" Certainly, Sephiroth had no issue with slaughtering this man if he were lying, or if there were even a hint of its stench on him. Who knows? He just might have been. Sephiroth was almost dying to find out, and would look to 'Teioh' with anticipation.

The Chocobo that Tensei inspected happened to be another Black Chocobo; Teioh, himself, being fed. He would cry out, "WARK. WAR-WARK," fluttering around with his head lowered to the ground, mouth hanging open and facing upward, as if insisting food be poured into it. This, as well as a slight series of hops that looked something like an action of insisting haste was the Chocobo's way of showing that they were hungry.

*If Tensei were to mimic this action, this is what he would be doing, as well.

Sephiroth, who found it more than amusing to find this great and powerful one looking so degrading, took advantage of his moment of exploitation to stand over his head with his pelvis relatively close to 'Teioh's' mouth, "Aw, what's that mean, Teioh?" He crouched down, smiling softly, finding it all too priceless a moment to pass up, saying therein as he rested just above the Black Chocobo's open mouth, "... Are you hungry...?"

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The farmer was relieved to find that his answer was apparently sufficient enough for Sephiroth... That, or the strange Black Chocobo saved him from it. Either way, he was grateful, and he wanted to show his respect for his life being spared. "Uh... If ya like, I can... Uh... There's some Greens in the back that the Chocobo eat, you can uh... Help yourself, if that will keep the peace." He backed away carefully, like one would from a rattlesnake if they spotted one in the distance in the desert.

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Before 'Teioh' would be able to snap off Sephiroth's jewels, as perhaps he may have wanted to and perhaps might have done, being a lowly fowl and all, Sephiroth would rather quickly (Godspeed, if necessary) rise from the ground and return his attention to the scared farmer. "That will do," he would say, waving his hand and beckoning him into the back, away from the other Chocobo, casually. "... Come along, Teioh..." There was a devious smirk on his face and a lightly condescending tone in his voice, knowing he could get away with it.

Teioh heard what the Chocobo noise was and realized then what Sephiroth was talking about when he said that he was doing it wrong. 'WTF is THAT?' he nearly thought aloud, only to be nearly completely silenced by Sephiroth basically teabagging him like an asshole. Teioh's eyes would gleam belligerently, blazing like the same flame that he'd shown Sephiroth earlier when he burnt his flesh off, then said screeched with the utmost malice, "WARK!!!" The quick clamping of his beak as he made his 'native cry' would nearly snap Sephiroth's precious jewels off and leave them as a keepsake for Tensei on his trip home. He would then raise himself up and nod to the man and the true 'Teioh,' before walking off behind Sephiroth... Who was gonna get it later.

The actual Teioh, the real one that existed in the Final Fantasy VII universe, would turn as he heard his name called, wanting to follow Sephiroth, yet finding that there was another Black Chocobo that was similar to himself. He cried out, "WARK!" (You're not Teioh. I'm Teioh. Why did he call you by my name? What is your real name?)" He seemed more legitimately confused, since he wasn't able to really understand why any other chocobo would have his name. He kept a blank, patient, stagnant Chocobo face as he waited for what he would be answered. He would not be able to go on without one.

Sephiroth smirked, saying smugly, "Oh look, you did it." His smirk quickly widened into a nonchalant, yet rather enticing grin, followed by complete disappearance. Their race wasn't over until they got to the forest. "Don't fall behind, now, Teioh..." Sephiroth would, at that point, already be at the leafy green Greens nearby.

"T-YO," he'd say in tandem with Sephiroth when no one was looking, making it sound like what everyone had heard the entire time was the name 'T-YO' rather than 'Teioh.' He would look the Black Chocobo, 'Teioh,' straight in the eyes, giving him the hidden 'stats,' so to speak, and said to him, straight in his internal coding, 'I T-YO.' Thus, anytime it would trigger, it would serve as a back up memory for establishing Tensei's existence in Final Fantasy VII. Who'd have thunk it would be a Black Chocobo with a slightly similar name and comparatively relatively broken stats? After ensuring that the name was registered in Teioh's programming code, T-YO would walk off behind Sephiroth, disappearing soon after whist everyone had stopped paying attention.

*From then on, 'T-YO' would translate as 'The Angel Of Valhalla' to all Chocobo, and that would be the name of the Legendary Chocobo; the Bird of Paradise.

When 'T-YO,' as apparently was the name he blurted out and insisted upon being called now (which looked like some sort of glitch, but Sephiroth cared nothing for it) finally caught up to Sephiroth, he would be way far off in the back of the fields, where there would be patches of Gysahl and Sylkis Greens planted about in numerous plots, as well as a large barren canyon of sorts that was right next to a large forest. "I presume that is the forest," he said, turning to T-YO with another still rather smug grin, "... Want to talk to your little animal friends and see if that is the place?" The terrain was starting to look very strange to even Sephiroth, himself. "I'll be waiting on ahead..." Even if this weren't the forest, Sephiroth could certainly just meet up with T-YO wherever he was, regardless. If the Chocobo Forest was indeed this one, then it would mean that Sephiroth would have finished the race.

One of the resident Chocobo, 'Choco,' who had been abandoned, once again, by his companion and was faithfully waiting for his Moogle host to pick him up, would be within earshot of the cries of T-YO. He would squawk out "KWEH!!! (It's over here)" and point off to the Chocobo Forest that the Moogle who looked after him was inside. This would be a forest far away from where Sephiroth was currently.

"Hmph." As soon as Sephiroth was alerted to where the Chocobo Forest was, he would flicker off toward it, sword already drawn just in case T-YO attempted to cut him off or stop him in order to get there first. Only the glimmer of Sephiroth's eyes as well as the sleek shine of his sword would be the last things seen before his body completely disappeared, arriving at the Chocobo Forest in what would only visibly be seen as a single step.

Choco, who, upon closer inspection was not a normal Yellow Chocobo, but a Gold Chocobo that glistened in the light, would harbor a crystalline plume in his mouth that began to glow when he pointed to T-YO. As he was, Choco was waiting for the rest of the Chocobo behind him to catch up, because he had sensed the Angel of Valhalla over in this direction, but the Crystal Feather told him now that the Chocobo he just helped was indeed the Chocobo that this Crystal Pinion belonged to. Thus, when the rest of the herd of chocobo caught up, they would follow Choco back into the Chocobo Forest. Many other Chocobo that were outside the Chocobo Forest would become bespectacled by the event and join in with the massive ever-growing flock of hundreds upon hundreds of Chocobo suddenly amassed together in a single Chocobo Stampede. They would be able to feel the coming of a great change in the planet and felt that this had come from the Angel of Valhalla's presence, itself. Because the animals were more naturally in tune with nature, they could sense these great changes occurring long before they ever reached them, giving the Chocobo time to prepare before whatever it was hit them.  Sephiroth would be caught up and swept away by the flood of stampeding Chocobo into the Chocobo Forest after T-YO.

The rather lascivious mind of T-YO was more than enough to stop Sephiroth in his tracks, especially with it being clear that the both of them would be heading in the same direction. There was no way to take back what he already thought of doing, especially when it had already been used to his detriment. He would have to take this loss, as well. The mental block that halted his body and coursed through the entirety of his body, 'mind-raping' him into submission, as it were, would only last for a short time before Sephiroth's already rather superior mind would be able to break free of the shock of being outfoxed, even if only momentarily. "... Damn him," he'd say, joining the herd of Chocobo that were following behind him, now, after a Gold Chocobo ran off into the Chocobo Forest. "... This isn't over... Until you leave this place." Sephiroth wasn't exactly a sore loser, but he still was not accustomed to losing any sort of bout. He would not count this as a loss unless Tensei could end up escaping this game without losing to Sephiroth. Even if they weren't enemies... They certainly had become rather intense rivals in only a short time. As a rival does, Sephiroth would keep coming back until he wins, or until there were no more chances left to try, and that would only be when Tensei was gone. "We'll see how you deal with the final round... Chocobo..." He would disappear within the herd, no longer visible.