About 2 months after Pen left, Noah fully recovered his sight (and his temper), and was out to find Pen, and demanded why she left without a word. He was even more determined after he saw the half-written letter that she had torn. Barging into his old office, he bullied Basch (using his JM authority for info XD) into giving him details about Pen’s whereabouts. Basch honestly doesn't know much as Pen said nothing to him about the reason she left, but he tried to help his brother as much as he could (not that Noah told him the reason he was looking for her). Sweet brother bonding, even though Noah destroyed Basch’s possible love life with Ashe.
The hunt for his true love went all around Ivalice (Pen with Vaan went from Dalmasca, to Phon Coast, and lots of other places doing odd jobs and hunting marks). Finally, after a mad wild-goose chase, he found out that Pen might turn up at Balfonheim port for its yearly carnival – something like the Feast of Fools, as if Vaan would ever miss that – so he rushed over. Poor dude had a hard time finding Pen, partly because he don’t know how she looks like (Basch wasn’t with him, neither does he have picture, so you can guess how terrible it was for him). Luckily, he met some old acquaintance, B’gamnan who was grumbling about Vaan and the girl with him (yeah, the mean lizard doesn’t even remember Pen’s name). He literally strangled Vaan and Pen’s location out of B’gamnan, who told them that he saw the both of them heading towards the town square. Noah went there only to find a huge crowd, and was ready to return and drag the lizard with him when he heard a familiar tune (the one that Pen performed on May Day). Look up, he saw an attractive young dancer perform belly dancing (with Pen’s outfit in the epilogue) on the platform. This girls’ physique fits the description, and somehow in his heart, Noah knew he found his girl. Pretty dumbstruck lovestruck actually, he heard from the villagers that Pen is a beautiful girl, and for her to be chosen as the Queen of May, she can’t be hideous. But he never expected her to be enchantingly lovely.
Pen, on the other hand, nearly fell off the stage (figuratively) when she saw him scrutinizing her among the crowd. But she figured that he might not recognize her, and tried to remain calm, as soon as the song ended, she hopped off the stage and ran for her life. Obviously, Noah was not about to let her run off again, he caught up with her and confronted her, in which she denied ever meeting him. Rikken (Reddas’s crewman) came up and demanded that Noah shouldn’t bother the girl, and when he forcefully pulled Noah away, the fuming Judge manhandled Rikken by twisting his arm. This led to Pen to grab Noah’s arm and shouted at him to stop hurting the man, inadvertently calling his name. Sneaky Noah just turned around and told her that he had not introduced himself yet, and Pen realize the cat was out of the bag.
So, both of them ended up in one of the taverns where Noah enquired about her well-being and other stuff. When he asked why she left, she plainly told him that she doesn’t want to be with him (1/2 truth), and that whatever they had was a spur of the moment, and that their relationship would lead to no where. She added that Vaan was able to provide her with comfort that Noah never could and that she’s happier being with him. Fuelled with jealousy, Noah interpreted everything the wrong way, and assumed that she left him for Vaan, and that he was only a short infatuation. He didn’t want to believe her, but she clearly doesn’t feel or look comfortable around him, making him believe that she took him out of pity. Enraged, he spurned her, and told her that what happened between them was a mistake and that he should have never trusted her with his heart. Pen looked upset, and Noah was about to retrace what he said out of anger when he saw Vaan appear. Hardening his heart, he went away. Vaan who was clueless, went over to Pen and wanted to comfort her when Pen fainted in his arms.
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The hunt for his true love went all around Ivalice (Pen with Vaan went from Dalmasca, to Phon Coast, and lots of other places doing odd jobs and hunting marks). Finally, after a mad wild-goose chase, he found out that Pen might turn up at Balfonheim port for its yearly carnival – something like the Feast of Fools, as if Vaan would ever miss that – so he rushed over. Poor dude had a hard time finding Pen, partly because he don’t know how she looks like (Basch wasn’t with him, neither does he have picture, so you can guess how terrible it was for him). Luckily, he met some old acquaintance, B’gamnan who was grumbling about Vaan and the girl with him (yeah, the mean lizard doesn’t even remember Pen’s name). He literally strangled Vaan and Pen’s location out of B’gamnan, who told them that he saw the both of them heading towards the town square. Noah went there only to find a huge crowd, and was ready to return and drag the lizard with him when he heard a familiar tune (the one that Pen performed on May Day). Look up, he saw an attractive young dancer perform belly dancing (with Pen’s outfit in the epilogue) on the platform. This girls’ physique fits the description, and somehow in his heart, Noah knew he found his girl. Pretty
dumbstrucklovestruck actually, he heard from the villagers that Pen is a beautiful girl, and for her to be chosen as the Queen of May, she can’t be hideous. But he never expected her to be enchantingly lovely.Pen, on the other hand, nearly fell off the stage (figuratively) when she saw him scrutinizing her among the crowd. But she figured that he might not recognize her, and tried to remain calm, as soon as the song ended, she hopped off the stage and ran for her life. Obviously, Noah was not about to let her run off again, he caught up with her and confronted her, in which she denied ever meeting him. Rikken (Reddas’s crewman) came up and demanded that Noah shouldn’t bother the girl, and when he forcefully pulled Noah away, the fuming Judge manhandled Rikken by twisting his arm. This led to Pen to grab Noah’s arm and shouted at him to stop hurting the man, inadvertently calling his name. Sneaky Noah just turned around and told her that he had not introduced himself yet, and Pen realize the cat was out of the bag.
So, both of them ended up in one of the taverns where Noah enquired about her well-being and other stuff. When he asked why she left, she plainly told him that she doesn’t want to be with him (1/2 truth), and that whatever they had was a spur of the moment, and that their relationship would lead to no where. She added that Vaan was able to provide her with comfort that Noah never could and that she’s happier being with him. Fuelled with jealousy, Noah interpreted everything the wrong way, and assumed that she left him for Vaan, and that he was only a short infatuation. He didn’t want to believe her, but she clearly doesn’t feel or look comfortable around him, making him believe that she took him out of pity. Enraged, he spurned her, and told her that what happened between them was a mistake and that he should have never trusted her with his heart. Pen looked upset, and Noah was about to retrace what he said out of anger when he saw Vaan appear. Hardening his heart, he went away. Vaan who was clueless, went over to Pen and wanted to comfort her when Pen fainted in his arms.