[Voice post]

[littleprotector.livejournal.com]

Oh, uh... this isn't good... [There's a pause.]

Cloud? Tifa? Denzel? Daddy? Are any of you here?

[Another pause.] This place is so big...

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[xnotyetaherox.livejournal.com]

M-marlene?! Is that you? Are you okay?

[ voice ]

[littleprotector.livejournal.com]

Denzel!

I'm okay, just a little worried. Where is this place?

[ voice ]

[xnotyetaherox.livejournal.com]

It's a whole different world. It's called Gaia.

I don't know where I am at the moment, but I'll find my way back to you, I promise!

[ voice ]

[littleprotector.livejournal.com]

Be safe, Denzel! I don't want you getting hurt!

[voice]

[heartofheaven.livejournal.com]

Marlene! Where are you? Can you describe it to me?

[voice]

[littleprotector.livejournal.com]

Tifa!

Uh... It's a really big city. And there's a lot of people... and there's an inn!

And it looks like there's a castle a ways from here.

[voice]

[heartofheaven.livejournal.com]

Okay, that sounds like it could be either Alexandria or Lindblum.

Marlene, sweetie, you know the phone you're using? Well, it has a map function. It should be able to tell you where you are. Do you think you can find it?

[voice]

[littleprotector.livejournal.com]

I think I can figure it out...

[There's the press of few buttons, and Marlene biting on her lip and complaining about the phone...]

Lindblum! That's the place I'm in!

[voice]

[loveandstrife.livejournal.com]

Are you okay, Marlene? It's Cloud...

[voice]

[littleprotector.livejournal.com]

I'm okay, Cloud! [A pause as she eeps, and there's the sound of footsteps.]

That was close... the wall's good. I'm fine, really!

[video]

[loveandstrife.livejournal.com]

[He puts video on, hoping to coax her into it.]

What's that about the wall? Tell me what everything looks like.

[audio, then video]

[littleprotector.livejournal.com]

Oh! Um, uh...

[Ooo, video... lessee, she can work this, really. A button push later, and she appears on the screen. She's leaning against a wall.]

I was too close to the street. It's okay now. The city's really big. There's an inn close by, and there's a castle!

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[flameguardian.livejournal.com]

Marlene.

[ Oh man, he is not looking forward to telling you that Barret isn't here... ]

Are you okay?

[ audio ]

[littleprotector.livejournal.com]

Nanaki!

I'm okay! Tifa told me where to go.

[ audio ]

[flameguardian.livejournal.com]

Stay safe.

...Marlene? What's the last thing you remember?

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[littleprotector.livejournal.com]

Um... We were at Seventh Heaven. I only saw you and the others about a month ago, after Denzel got cured!

But me and Denzel were helping Tifa clean up.

[audio]

[pinkgospel.livejournal.com]

Marlene!?

[Guess who sounds a little surprised right now.] Marlene, how did you get here?

No wait, I...my mother! Wasn't she supposed to be looking after you?

[audio]

[littleprotector.livejournal.com]

...Aerith?!

I... uh... I haven't seen your mom in a while, Aerith. I'm sorry.

[audio]

[pinkgospel.livejournal.com]

[Laughs softly] Marlene, you sound as surprised as I do.

[video]

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

[Here's a kid standing in the middle of the ruins of a village blinking at you. Blue hair, horn on the forehead.]

You know Denzel? And Tifa and Cloud?

[video]

[littleprotector.livejournal.com]

[And Marlene switches her video on! You get a little girl with a pink ribbon in her hair.]

Of course I know them! They're my family!

[video]

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

Are you Marlene?! Denzel told me about you!

[Oh she looks excited by this! She's heard a lot! They can be ribbon friends too! Hers is yellow.]

[video]

[tinymakoaddict.livejournal.com]

[Shelke seems uncertain what to say when she appears on the phone, the barest of frowns on her young face.]

Marlene. Are you alright?

[video]

[littleprotector.livejournal.com]

I'm okay! Tifa's telling me how to get to the castle.

[A pause. You know her, but she doesn't know you. Oh well! You must be nice.]

You know me, but I don't remember you!

[video]

[tinymakoaddict.livejournal.com]

You should be careful on your way. If everyone has been drawn away from Lindblum, the monsters from outside may be inside the city.

[It's just a hunch, really, she doesn't know if everyone was taken away or not. When Marlene says she doesn't know her, Shelke lets out a faintly annoyed sigh...this was becoming irritating.]

I am Shelke. What is the last thing you recall?