024 - Rinoa - Voice

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

I'm back. You can stop worrying now.

[Not that she actually sounds happy, but that's all you're getting.]

[Filtered to SeeDs, Seifer, Laguna, Ellone and Zidane.]

I saw Kuja at the Lunatic Pandora. He - you don't think he could take control of it, do you?

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[Voice]

[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

Rinoa....

It is good to hear your voice once more.

[Voice]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Mjrn. Um... Did you call me earlier?

[Voice]

[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

Yes. I was concerned for you.

[Voice]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

You're - you're not here any more, are you? You're going to Terra. I missed my chance to say goodbye...

Oh, God, Mjrn. I'm so sorry. I - I feel terrible.

[Voice]

[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

Rinoa...do not. You were distraught over losing Squall again, which I quite understand. My only regret is not being able to aid you. I wish the timing was not as it is, but I shall return as soon as I am able. I promise.

[Voice]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

But... If you succeed, that means we're all gonna go home, doesn't it? So we might never see each other again.

I'm gonna miss you so much.

[Voice]

[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

[Her voice sounds a little less steady at that. Likely she's been repressing it, but it's hard to stop thinking about entirely....]

I shall miss you, as well. More than I can say....

[Voice]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

...Good luck, Mjrn. I hope you can do it. Then I can see Squall and everyone else, and you can go back to all your friends...

I won't ever forget you. I promise.

[Voice]

[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

Nor I you.

[A brief pause, then--]

I will do all in my power that our quest my succeed, but if it does not...can you tell Fran....

[Voice]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Tell her what?

[Voice]

[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

[A longer pause, as Mjrn's voice softens.]

That I am grateful we were able to be sisters once more.

[Voice]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Oh, Mjrn... I hope I never have to tell her that. But if I have to... You can count on me.

[Voice]

[dewdrop-pebbles.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Rinoa.

[voice / filtered]

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

[She sounds tired and weary, soft like she's still worried and upset.] ...I'm glad.

..I don't know. I... I hope not.

[voice / filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Ellone... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said-

[She sighs.]

I just want this to be over.

[voice / filtered]

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

It's okay. You were upset.

...We all do. [Some more than others because while most people want to go home, Elle knows she'll lose Raine if that happens.]

[voice / filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I - I still am. It didn't work, nothing I said or did made anything better, it just made it worse...

[voice / filtered]

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. I wish I knew what could help.

[voice / filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

It's not your fault...

[voice / filtered]

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

Is it bad that I almost wish it was just so I would know how to help?

[voice / filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Maybe so, but I know what you mean. I thought I could help on my own... I could have. But he isn't anywhere.

[voice / filtered]

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

I guess... we'll just have to stick together. I'm sorry...

[voice / filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

At least you've still got Raine and Laguna.

[voice / filtered]

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

[She sighs.] For now.

[voice / filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

[Rinoa doesn't have anything to say to this.]

...I'm sorry.

[voice / filtered]

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

It's not your fault. The whole thing is hard on all of us in different ways. I- [She takes a deep breath so she can get this all out.] I want to go home because I know it's the place we're supposed to be in and everything's the way it should be there, but that doesn't mean I really want to give this up... even with people coming and going so much.

[And then she sighs.] But it's okay. Don't listen to me; I'm just whining now.

[voice / filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

No, you're right. It's not fair! You shouldn't have to choose like that and nor should anyone. I hate it. I hate it so much.

[voice / filtered]

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew how to change it.

[voice / filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

You have power over time, can't you...?

[She trails off. Rinoa's not sure what she's asking really - erase everything that happened? Fix it somehow? She doesn't know.]

[voice / filtered]

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

[She kind of understands, though.]

All I can do with it is make someone I know in the present experience something in the past. That's all. And I don't even know if it can cross worlds.

[voice / filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Yeah... And you can't change the past. Even if you wish you could.

[voice]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

I wasn't lost, Larsa... Not in that way. I feel more lost being back here...

[voice/filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Squall's gone. I couldn't bear to wait any longer... I wanted to find Garland, but I found Kuja instead, at the Lunatic Pandora.

[voice/filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

He wouldn't tell me where Garland was... He just disappeared.

[voice/filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

He's taken everyone, hasn't he? All of us...

[voice/filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Well, I do wish it, and he isn't.

[voice/filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

When? It doesn't seem like anyone has a real answer.

[voice/filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

I guess not.

[voice/filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

I guess none of us have any choice, do we?

[voice | Filtered]

[tantalus-born.livejournal.com]

...Kuja was in the giant machine that can make the moon rain monsters.

{Long, long pause.]

I have no idea if he can get it working, he's good with stuff like that it just...depends on what it is.

[voice | Filtered]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

That's not very comforting, Zidane. What can he do?