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mooglenet_backup[The video starts with a view of the ocean peaking behind a cliff as seen through an empty window pane. Slowly, the image pans out as Quistis steps back, showing the wooden interior of a quaint house-- there are small beds lining the walls and stray toys littering the floor, though everything is rather dulled down from the years of neglect, a sheen of dust and cobwebs covering the area.
Finally, the image seen through the camera is briefly blurred as Quistis aims the device towards herself. Her brows are knit as she takes a moment to contemplate what exactly is going on-- she's inside Edea's Orphanage, but how? When she speaks, there's a hint of confusion in her voice.]
... You all see this too, don't you? I'm not imagining things?
Finally, the image seen through the camera is briefly blurred as Quistis aims the device towards herself. Her brows are knit as she takes a moment to contemplate what exactly is going on-- she's inside Edea's Orphanage, but how? When she speaks, there's a hint of confusion in her voice.]
... You all see this too, don't you? I'm not imagining things?
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Date: 2010-04-15 05:37 am (UTC)Aye, it is there, you imagine nothing. Unless I, too, imagine this place I am within.
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Date: 2010-04-15 05:39 am (UTC)No, I see it too. Where are you? What's going on?
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Date: 2010-04-15 05:41 am (UTC)Nalbina Dungeons. 'Tis where... where Basch was imprisoned.
Where are you?
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Date: 2010-04-15 05:45 am (UTC)I'm back at the orphanage I was raised in. I'm alone, though...
[She takes a moment to glance around the room.]
Is this Gaia playing tricks on us?
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Date: 2010-04-15 06:00 am (UTC)[He sighs again, standing and turning to settle a hand on the cage, rattling it slightly. Yes, it's definitely real...]
Have you attempted to leave? I fear we shall simply step back into Gaia if we try.
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Date: 2010-04-15 06:09 am (UTC)No, I haven't. I...
[Quistis takes a moment to lean over, picking up a doll from the floor and idly brushing the dust off the fabric. She's looking down at the toy when she finishes her words.]
I'm... a bit scared to. I don't want to leave yet-- not at the moment, anyways.
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Date: 2010-04-15 08:38 pm (UTC)[He sighs and shakes his head, letting his gaze wander towards the way out, the door at the end of the hall that leads into this inner prison.]
'Twould seem I am alone, also, yet that is impossible in this building. Nalbina is a dungeon for criminals; it should be filled with such people.
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Date: 2010-04-15 08:55 pm (UTC)Then it's probably unlikely that we've returned to our worlds. [A small sigh.] It's too real to be an illusion, though.
[There's a pause as she considers another possibility.]
... You don't think these places we're in have turned up on Gaia permanently, do you?
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Date: 2010-04-16 04:44 pm (UTC)Nay, I doubt that they have been placed upon Gaia. Not permanently at least.
[He steps out of the door and straight back into Narshe, into the snow.]
Ah... it seems I have returned to Gaia...
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Date: 2010-04-16 04:58 pm (UTC)It's gone completely? There's no way back?
[She feels a bit ashamed to ask these questions without attempting anything herself, but at the moment she just can't bring herself to try and leave.]
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Date: 2010-04-16 05:01 pm (UTC)Gone. There is not a trace of it.
[He looks a little sympathetic, even though he would sooner be in Gaia than in Nalbina Dungeons.]
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Date: 2010-04-16 05:07 pm (UTC)Right. I should leave as well.
[She hesitates before rising from her seat on the bed, and slowly heads over to the back door of the room, which leads out to the ocean. She pauses briefly to take one final glimpse of the orphanage before finally making her way through the exit. She's now standing inside her dorm room.]
Like it was never there.
[She notices that she's still holding onto the doll, though, and the grip on the toy tightens slightly.]
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Date: 2010-04-16 05:18 pm (UTC)Do you need me to come to you, Quistis? [His offer is quiet, concerned, and he can't help but look worried for her.]
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Date: 2010-04-16 05:30 pm (UTC)No, it's alright. I'll be fine.
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Date: 2010-04-16 05:40 pm (UTC)[The offer stands but he just decides to give up on his trip into the markets and heads back inside and to his room, settling the phone down on the bed to talk to her while he takes off his armour and hangs it up.]
The orphanage seemed a nice place, Quistis.
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Date: 2010-04-16 05:54 pm (UTC)It was. I remember it use to always be so bright inside, but if the weather was particularly nice we'd spend most of our time outdoors. It was situated right on the coast of Centra, so the backyard led straight to the beach. On special occasions, we'd light fireworks during the night.
[A small sigh.]
The years haven't been kind to it, though. The last time I went back there, it was pretty much in ruins.
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Date: 2010-04-17 08:44 pm (UTC)It must have been pleasant to at least grow up somewhere you felt wanted. I cannot try to imagine an unpleasant childhood. My own was rather normal. Average, you might say.
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Date: 2010-04-17 08:55 pm (UTC)I think... I was probably happiest at my time in the orphanage, but even then I sometimes felt a bit out of place. Apparently, I was a pretty bossy child-- I guess the other kids didn't appreciate that. [She laughs lightly.]
I think I would have liked an average childhood. What was it like?
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Date: 2010-04-17 08:57 pm (UTC)It was... quiet. Peaceful. Basch and I were inseparable and used our identical appearances to our advantage, until he grew his hair out.
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Date: 2010-04-17 08:59 pm (UTC)[She tries to give him a stern look, but fails.]
It sounds like you were both a handful in your youth-- trying to escape from your tutoring sessions, and tricking others by swapping identities... [Tsk tsk!]
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Date: 2010-04-17 09:08 pm (UTC)[He smirks slightly.]
Aye, we were. He was worse than I was, but we were both terrible children. 'Tis like that we were worst when we were together.
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Date: 2010-04-17 09:19 pm (UTC)I'm not sure whether I should take that as a compliment or not.
[Her expression softens slightly as she asks her next question.]
Speaking of your brother... have you spoken to him lately?
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Date: 2010-04-17 09:23 pm (UTC)[He finally settles himself on his bed and smiles lightly but her question wipes that smile away and his gaze averts.]
...he is no longer upon Gaia. He has returned to Ivalice.
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Date: 2010-04-17 09:26 pm (UTC)... I see.
[She holds the phone closer.]
Are you alright, Noah?
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Date: 2010-04-17 09:27 pm (UTC)It is the best place for him.
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Date: 2010-04-17 09:33 pm (UTC)Noah... you can tell me how you feel.
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Date: 2010-04-17 09:34 pm (UTC)I would not burden you so...
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Date: 2010-04-17 09:36 pm (UTC)It's not a burden. If it is, then I've made you suffer more than you have to with everything I've told you.
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Date: 2010-04-17 09:43 pm (UTC)I just... it gets difficult, forever trying to repair things with him, when he is never here for very long each time.
Perhaps it is my punishment for harming him.
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Date: 2010-04-17 09:58 pm (UTC)It must be difficult.. but you shouldn't think of it as punishment. Basch may have returned to Ivalice, but he also returned to his home after you've made amends with him. Even if he isn't here... at least you've both had your closure.
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Date: 2010-04-17 10:06 pm (UTC)[He sighs, shaking his head.]
He is a difficult man. The fact that we know each other so intricately causes us to pick on what we know is painful.
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Date: 2010-04-17 10:18 pm (UTC)I know it must hurt, to have to do it time and time again-- to ask for his forgiveness. It's not easy for you, I'm sure.
[She lets out a small sigh-- she knows she isn't helping with the matter, and it frustrates her.]
...I wish I knew how to comfort you.
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Date: 2010-04-17 10:25 pm (UTC)[He smiles just lightly.] Remain safe; be happy and stay safe, that will be comfort enough.
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Date: 2010-04-17 10:35 pm (UTC)Your determination to mend the bonds with your brother really is admirable.
[Her cheeks flush sligthly at his answer, but it's obvious that she's pleased by her expression. There's a brief moment where she contemplates letting him know about her mission to Narshe, because she really does want to see him-- but at the last minute she decides to keep it under wraps.]
The same goes for you, then.
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Date: 2010-04-15 07:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-15 09:04 pm (UTC)Squall? Are you still inside Garden?
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Date: 2010-04-18 03:54 am (UTC)[Which is the strange part. So... it really is just happening to everyone.]
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Date: 2010-04-15 08:57 pm (UTC)I am. What about you? Have you changed locations, as well?
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Date: 2010-04-17 01:48 am (UTC)I see. Are you alone, as well?
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Date: 2010-04-16 02:36 pm (UTC)[voice]
Date: 2010-04-16 04:59 pm (UTC)Are you still inside Garden?
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