Maqui & Cookie

[Maqui]

Okay Maqui finally realized that he needed some help.

Needed some major help. Which was the reason he found himself piloting a small aircraft down toward New Bodhum. He had thought long and hard about who he should ask for advice in this particular situation. What situation you might ask? Well, Maqui needed advice about women. Originally he had been going to ask Hope about it. Then he had realized that Hope really probably didn't have much more expertise in this area then he himself did, and how awkward to go to you boss about these matters, even if that boss was your friend as well. Besides that, though Hope was seeing that crazy Vanille girl, who was determined that her pet - some extremely fat and ugly sheep - was better than Cookie! What a ridiculous idea! Who would rather have some fat and annoying sheep then a sleek, graceful blue chocobo?! That was how she had come to the conclusion that she was indeed a bit addled in the brain, so Hope obviously wouldn't know how to deal with normal women.

After that he'd thought of Rygdea, but had stopped that thought almost as soon as it had come to his mind. Maqui would mever have that level of charisma, and besides that, Rugdea seemed to go after wild women that were considerably older then Maqui, along with, well quite frankly, being somewhat insane. He could still remember that time when he had seen Fang pick up a soldier and throw him through a wall just because he had forgotten to add the 'Gran' in front of the 'Pulse' and when asked kindly to correct it, had said that it didn't matter if he did so or not. Needless to say, Maqui never forgot to add the 'Gran' in front of Pulse anymore and found himself triple checking himself whenever the wild Pulsian was around. Yeah...he doubted that Rygdea would know much about normal girls either. "She's just plain scary..."

Then it had been Noel Kreiss, who once again had been dismissed quickly. He seemed to have the Yeul girl, but...well, even though Yeul was a looooot more normal then the other two, she had been a priestess for hundreds of years and had died hundreds of times. So Noel probably didn't have experience with normal women either.

Yuj...? Well...Maqui would talk to him when his blue haired best friend started to realize women were better then clothes. As that day hadn't come, Maqui had dismissed him quickly. Same with Gadot. When he realized women were better then oddly colored hair dye, then Maqui would ask for advice. Not only that, but the last time Maqui had asked about women, Gadot had given him some long winded speech about outlets and cords and...well, Maqui hadn't gotten it, but it had been weird, and he didn't really want that kind of speech ever again. Cid Raines? Right...Maqui was worried he would rather stab him than talk about women, and as for his choice in women...yet again, nowhere near normal.

And then he had thought about Lebreau or Serah. Both of them he knew extremely well and felt comfortable with. There were certain problems there too though. Lebreau was like a mom to him, despite her only being a few years older. How awkward would it be to ask your mom about things like this? Not only that, but he found it hard to look her in the eye whenever she got into what he referred to as 'big eye syndrome.', where she looked extremely surprised and her eyes seemed to grow fifty times their normal size. He wasn't sure he could handle that. Side note, pick up a years supply of cookies from her. And Serah...well, same thing kinda. She was like a sister, and how awkward would it be to ask your sister about girls? It was an awkward thought.

Which left one person. Snow! Snow's choice in women was not only normal, but actually kind....and probably wouldn't throw someone through a wall for forgetting to put a word in front of another. She was pretty, sweet, and...well yeah, basically normal was the key here. And not only that, but Snow was the best choice not only because he was interested in a normal girl, but because he had landed one! In the sense that they were engaged and she had actually agreed on a wedding. And it wouldn't be so awkward to ask Snow about things, since-....well at least if Gadot stayed away for a few hours instead of coming around with his outlet and plug in rants.

Landing the aircraft on the beach, Maqui shut it down and turned to the bird that was sitting in his specially made co-pilot seat. "Ready Cookie?!" The clucks and warks spoke that he was! Unbuckling himself while Cookie did the same with his beak, Maqui opened the hatch and jumped out, scooting out of the way so that Cookie could do the same. When they were both on the ground, Maqui scrambled up on his chocobos back and they were off the short trip to New Bodhum! Which was hardly ant distance at all, but Maqui hadn't wanted to disrupt absolutely everyone in his landing. Still, in a few minutes they were trotting into the fence that surrounded the town and people were shouting their greetings at the old member of NORA. Waving to people and returning their greetings, Maqui smiled. Time to go talk to Snow! ...And more importantly, Lebreau cookies.

[Maqui]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 400px; height: 380px; background-image:URL(http://i800.photobucket.com/albums/yy284/brooklynlolli/x0r3w0.png); border-left: 10px solid #1e1e1e; border-right: 10px solid #1e1e1e;] MAQUI HEY THERE, THEY CALL ME MAQUI AND I'M CURRENTLY 30 YEARS OLD. I'M FROM THE WORLD OF COCOON WHERE I AM AN INVENTOR AND MECHANIC. I GO FOR GIRLS AND I WILL THROW MY WEIGHT BEHIND THE ACADEMY. ------------------------------------------------- Weapon: Because of his ability as a mechanic Maqui took a gun and modified it to his liking. This gun has a rapid fire rate to almost be classified as a machine gun, but can also fire one individual bullet at a time. The gun has a 35 shot magazine before a new magazine needs to be put into the gun. Maqui keeps the different magazines in his tool pouch. Abilities: Mechanic - Maqui can take almost any junk and use it to modify or upgrade machines and weapons, even building things from scrap to help out NORA. Along with this Maqui can take a bunch of material and in a few days can have something completley new invented. Good shot - Maqui is, despite not being the greatest fighter out there, become quite proficient at the use of guns, which he uses when he needs to. Inventor - He has a brain for new things. Maqui can usually invent whatever it is that he sets his mind on, even if it hasn't been made before. Personality: Maqui has various sides to his personality. He is quite active and playful, and appears to be the happy upbeat character. He doesn’t let much get him down...or at least he doesn't let on that he is down. He seems to have boundless energy, and can continue to bounce around even after much time is passed. However, he has to work on this, as he was introverted for much of his beginning life. People tend to exhaust him mentally, and he avoids large crowds of people as much as he can, preferring the company of a machine. Maqui can at times be lazy, as we can see when in the heat of battle he laid down and said that he wanted to take a nap. Though most don't think so, Maqui is actually a big thinker, wondering about the future and worries more then he lets on. Going hand in hand with his thinking, Maqui is somewhat of a genius when it comes to inventing things. What he lacks in social abilities, he makes up with tools in hand, and can modify or make almost anything he sets his mind on. History: Maqui led the life of any normal kid until the age of 15 when he was orphaned. Going to the same school as Serah, Maqui became close to her, a good friend. Withdrawing from people a little bit, Maqui became inverted and immersed himself with mechanics, working with machines to try and make enough money to survive. Because he's so good with mechanics, he made enough to squeak by and continued going to school. One day Maqui was making his way through bodhum when a few animals attacked him that had escaped. Maqui might have been animal food that day because he had no weapon, but an organization called NORA saved him. Maqui looked up to the leader Snow so much that he decided to join the organization, wanting to become a hero like the leader, even up to the point of idolizing Snow. He became their mechanic, but also trained himself to be an expert with firearms. Maqui is learning martial arts, something brought on because of his idol, Snow Villiers. When the Purge was happening, Maqui fought beside his fellow NORA members to try and stop the sanctum. After Snow became a l'cie, Maqui remained loyal to NORA and helped the fellow citizens that had been purged. After Cocoon became crystallized Maqui has helped by using his mechanic abilities to help out where he can with the rebuilding of Gran Pulse, with NORA replaced in New Bodhum. But things changed when Snow left... Maqui, along with Gadot, Yuj, and Lebreau, defend New Bodhum when it is attacked by monsters. When Serah, Mog, and Noel travel to the Meteorite Impact Site, he complains about how the plants grew so quickly, but with Serah and Noel comes to a conclusion that different timelines overlap New Bodhum. The next day, Rhett, a student of Serah's, stole Snow's pendant from Maqui as he was polishing it in his workshop. He, Gadot and Yuj are caught by Lebreau when they eavesdropped on Serah and Noel as they are about to leave using a Time Gate. Ten years later, Maqui has made quite a name for himself. He's got an invention company located in Academia. He has other men working for him, though many of the ideas that are still produced and developed have come directly from him. He still takes contracts and makes inventions for The Academy. With the chaos that has happened, Maqui has become very interested in assisting Hope and the Academy in this crisis, just as Hope helped him when he decided to leave New Bodhum and make his way in the big city of Academia.

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