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[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

[Eiko's a little nervous about getting in trouble for vanishing... again, and it shows in her voice.]

Mother? Father? I'm in Memoria right now. I don't know how but, I'll be home as soon as I can find my way out. Please don't ground me again? I promise I'll even do my math!

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[loveandstrife.livejournal.com]

The... crystal? What crystal?

[He's ignoring her question, too, since explaining that always makes him sound insane. He doesn't need Eiko to think the same.]

[voice]

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

The Crystal.

[Locked now. She's a smart kid sometimes.]

The Crystal's the source of... everything. Life, memories, the world. All the worlds. If you walk deep enough into Memoria, you'll find it.

[voice-locked]

[loveandstrife.livejournal.com]

There's a Crystal in Memoria?

[He pauses for a moment. Okay, maybe it's time he did explain himself.]

Eiko, there was about a month where I was missing from Gaia. Tifa told me I just vanished one day, then I came back. In that time, I went to a place we just called the Void.

Garland and Kuja are both alive there... I don't know if Kuja died here... but I know Garland did. He wasn't dead in the Void. I'm not sure but think it's him that's causing everything weird on Gaia.

[voice-locked]

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

Whoa...

[Bad news, processing. She's been suspicious since she ended up in this sucky place.]

That's not fair! We beat them! I gotta tell the others!!

[voice-locked]

[loveandstrife.livejournal.com]

I know how you feel. My enemy keeps coming back too. I've killed him... what feels like nine times now.

[He sighs.]

I'll tell Queen Garnet, okay? I'm with her anyway. I'll see if I can talk to Zidane too. There's a lot I need to tell him...

[voice-locked]

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

I'll tell Rusty and Freya and Father.

This is bad...

Hey! If they're alive, do you think Memoria's back because they're after the Crystal?!

[voice-locked]

[loveandstrife.livejournal.com]

Maybe? I'll talk to the Queen. We'll see about getting to the Crystal.

[A long pause.]

I'll try to keep it safe, Eiko. I'm not going to let Garland or Kuja... or anybody hurt Gaia for you. It's not my home, but it's yours.

[And, oh holy hell, Eiko, you've just given Cloud a reason to keep fighting!]

[voice-locked]

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Cloud.

... it's more than Gaia though. If the Crystal was destroyed, everything would be destroyed. Your world too, and Spira, and Ivalice.

[voice-locked]

[loveandstrife.livejournal.com]

Everything?

Okay. I'll make sure it's safe. No one is going to destroy our worlds. I won't let them.

[voice-locked]

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

Everything. Ask Dagger, she can tell you too. Kuja was so mad that he was going to die that he tried to end life for everyone.

[voice-locked]

[loveandstrife.livejournal.com]

Kuja didn't seem the most... sane of people when I last saw him. Then again, no one on Chaos's side did.

[Except Jecht, but that's irrelevant.]

Alright, I'll talk to you later, Eiko. I've got to go and talk to... Dagger? Who is Dagger?

[voice-locked]

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

Huh? Garnet. You said you were with her, didn't you?

[voice-locked]

[loveandstrife.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm with Gar-- oh. Oh, is Dagger a nickname?

[voice-locked]

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh. That's her.