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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

[Video flicks on to an an older looking Penelo, who appears to be talking to someone not in the screen.]

Did you make this or find it in Goug?

[There's moogle chatter explaining the Sky People situation in the background. Penelo sighs.]

Vaan? Luso? What have I told you both about touching those strange stones? The moogle here says I can contact you with this... phone. Would you please stop taking those quests? I'm really tired of hiking back from strange places.

[And in a strange place she is. The middle of the Zanarkand Dome is behind her, and a ghostly image of Yuna and her guardians pass by.]

Ghosts?!

[Feed cuts off as Penelo sprints away from the transparent people.]

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[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

[Have a squeak of surprise and a joyful shout.]

Penelo?!

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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

[Give her just a moment. It's been three years since she's seen that Viera.]

You're Mjrn, right? Fran's sister?

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[empires-lapdog.livejournal.com]

[Because we all know this is who she really wants to see first. Noah is seated in his room in the estate, a frown creasing his brow. This will mean more drama for him. Of course, he might just look like Basch to you, Penelo, because half of his face is hidden in shadow, the half with the scar.]

... [And a sigh. No words, just a sigh.]

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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

[There's a face she hasn't seen in a while, so she smiles.]

Basch! How have you been?

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[lionwarhero.livejournal.com]

You are familiar with Goug?

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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

Sure. Moogles inhabit it and excavate machinery from it. It's not a bad place to visit.

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[knowshermachina.livejournal.com]

Penelo! Hey! I haven't seen you on here in ages.

[Rikku waves happily.]

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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

Hello there. Have we met?

[She waves, but Penelo's pretty sure she's never met the girl.]

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[melodiesoflute.livejournal.com]

[Eying the footage in prime shock once he saw the ghosts emerge, Edward rushes to get a better look at those ghostly ghouls before they vanished within thin air.] What sort of land is this?

A kingdom where the dead walks again? Is this Gaia in all its wondrous splendor or is this a curse of some kind?

Milady, it would serve you right to take your leave of such a realm. That is, if you are able to.

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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

[She's hustling her way through Zanarkand, not really knowing where she's going, but she wants away from the ghost people.]

I'm not sure how they're alive but...

[So many people she'd rather see if the dead really walk, and not that monster Gabranth.]

I think I'm going the right way. I need to get back to Fluorgis.

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[hi-no-dansu.livejournal.com]

[Someone is grinning good naturedly at the girl. He knows how it feels to encounter ghosts for the first time.]

Easy there. I bet they're more scared of you than the other way around.

Are you new around Gaia?

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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

I guess so. I wish the boys would stop running off and touching things before they know what they do.

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[shatterhearted.livejournal.com]

Penelo? You have returned!



Zanarkand? Do you require transport?

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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

I guess so. At least, that's what everyone's telling me. How have you been?

[Fran looks as ageless as ever. Penelo smiles, but looks thoughtful at the same time.]

I'm not sure. Mjrn said she's with Reks and that they have an airship, but I don't understand how any of that's possible. And when I get my hands on Vaan and Luso...

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[mademyresolve.livejournal.com]

[Ashe is switching on her device and stares before speaking to make certain this is really her friend, that she truly has returned to Gaia.]

...

Thank the Gods - Rasler and I were both concerned for your welfare.

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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

[Penelo's staring in surprise. Ashe looks so much younger now, like she did before.]

Ashe? Wait, Rasler?

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Penelo! Oh God, how did you end up in Zanarkand?

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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. Luso took another quest to check out a stone, and him and Vaan insist on touching them. Then whoosh, we're somewhere else.

[Small pause. Familiar voice feels familiar but she can't place why.]

Have we met?

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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

[That's creepy. Penelo had just seen that woman walking through the ruins.]

You... look like that ghost.

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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

Reks?! It's really you?!

[Her overwhelming joy overrides the shock she's feeling at seeing him. Having been warned in advance helps.]

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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

I... I'm sorry, have we met?

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[tantalus-born.livejournal.com]

[Pretty girl senses...tingling!]

Hey! You okay? Do you know where you are?

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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

Not exactly. Someone said Zanarkand, but I have no idea where that is.

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[waterblade.livejournal.com]

[Hi, have some clarification.]

Those aren't ghosts, they're memories. Looks like you're stuck in the Dome.

[Look familiar? His hair's a lot more brown than blond now, though.]

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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

[She's quite grateful for the clarification. He looks very familiar though.]

Memories? How? Do you know where this is?

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[lionsguard.livejournal.com]

[ When at last Agrias activates the video function to reply to the young woman's entry upon the network, she is standing just inside the door of the room she has and likely will continue to rent at the inn in Narshe. She is a mite calmer than she had been upon hearing that name uttered by the unfamiliar young woman then upon the screen of her skyphone, but no less curious, no less interested in said young woman and the likely connection that has surfaced with her. ]

By Goug, mean you the Clockwork City of Goug?

[ It's possible. Gaia lends the 'Sky People' surprise after surprise after surprise. Coincidences, not so much -- at least not in this lady knight's experience -- and should this young woman (young as in no more than a few years younger than herself by the looks of her) speak of the Goug she knows, then... ]

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[danceawaypain.livejournal.com]

Well, I've heard it called quite that, but the moogles living there do seem to like their surprises. It's fitting, don't you think?