Okay, I decided I'd give it a shot. I did it in
extremely short story format. Here goes:
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Xenogears 10 Themes Challenge
By Surtur[/u]
1. Dreaming of things long gone.Fei dreamed of things long gone.
"Man, I wish I had those things," Fei thought.
The end.
2. Not all is as it seems.Elly thought she saw the Zohar eating some cat food. She rubbed her eyes, and then realized it was actually just a cat.
3. Only one secret among many."Psst," Fei whispered to Citan, "don't tell anyone, but Elly doesn't wear underwear."
"That's all?" Citan replied. "Man, you don't wanna know the stuff she tells me about you."
4. Just like old times.Fei said something to Bart, which Bart misunderstood. He proceeded to attack Fei for it. "What the fuck are you doing?!" Fei screamed, but it was too late. The two of them fell into a Stalactite Cave. "Oh, fuck, not again." They never got out. No one ever heard from them again.
5. Unification.Citan was having trouble defeating a wild boar. Chu Chu leapt to his side. "Don't work alone, Citan! Let's chu this together!" she shouted.
Using their combined might, they defeated the wild boar.
6. The loss of a loved one.Suddenly, Yui got shot in the face.
"Holy shit!" Citan exclaimed. He started crying.
"Hey, so when you're done with that, you wanna get something to eat?" Fei asked.
"Yeah, okay."
7. The burden of duty."Man, this duty sure sucks. I wish I didn't have it. I could be playing video games right now," said someone. He was on, uh... Shevat.
8. Learning a new way of life.Bart walked through the Yggdrasil upside down on his hands.
"What are you doing?" asked that butler guy.
"I've decided to spend the rest of my life walking on my hands. It's totally hard, though."
"Oh. Well, very good, sir."
9. Break free of destiny's chains."You wanna go play some football?" Citan offered to Bart.
"I can't. Destiny chained my leg to this pole."
Citan examined the chain, then karate chopped it in half. "There you go."
"Hey, sweet, thanks."
10. In the eye of the beholder.The Beholder started crying.
"What's wrong?" asked Elly.
"I think I've got something in my eye."
Elly rubbed the Beholder's eye for him, and Fei fell out.
"Oh, it was just Fei."
- Jealousy.Shit, why does Bart always get those kick ass whips? I want a whip. Fucking Bart, Fei thought, and then tried to whip a monster with a piece of thread that came off his shirt. It didn't work, and the monster ate him.
- A day in the life.Elly walked into her room, to find Fei wearing her clothes and standing in front of the mirror.
"Hello, everyone," Fei said in a mock-girly voice, "I'm Elly! I think I'm so great, because I can speak two languages! Mmm, I think I'll put on some makeup. I like to wear makeup all day long, because it makes me look soooo pret--", suddenly, Fei turned around and saw Elly standing behind him. He froze, and his eyes opened wide.
Elly backed out of the room, slowly.
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So... when can I expect my million dollars in the mail?
(I wouldn't mind
actually giving this a shot, honestly, but I just don't think I, like,
remember enough from Xenogears to pull it off. Sorry.

)
-Surtur is surprised at how much you can accomplish when you put your mind to it.
"It", being procrastinating on finishing up an essay for class.