029 - Rinoa - Video

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

[Rinoa is back in her room in Garden. She's curled up on the bed, hugging her dog, Angelo. The pair are inseparable. Rinoa can't look at anyone else without the memories of everything she did getting in the way. But Angelo loves her. Even though she locked Angelo up and left her, a dog's love is unconditional and Rinoa is clinging to that right now.

She looks at the camera for several long moments. She knows that she has to apologise to everyone, but what can she say?]

...I'm sorry.

[And that's all Rinoa can manage for now. She leans forward and the feed switches off.]

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. I'm really, really sorry, I...

[She sniffs, trying and failing to stop the tears.]

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[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[Selphie doesn't really care at the moment if she looks like she's five as she works her hands out of Rinoa's grasp and wraps her arms around the girl's neck. Sometimes the best thing to do in the entire world is to just sit there and cry.]

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[smallmage.livejournal.com]

But you're still my friend.

[Stubborn white mage is stubborn.]

It will get better. It's always darkest before the dawn.

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[waterblade.livejournal.com]

Maybe, but it's not like you can't do something different in the future. And so can we.

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[prez-leg-cramp.livejournal.com]

I'm not so sure myself, to be honest. As for Raine... just talk to her. You guys needs to talk.

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

[Rinoa feels the same way. She hugs Selphie back and sobs into the other girl's shoulder. Right now, they probably both need a shoulder to cry on. Selphie is her best friend. She doesn't want them to fight like this.]

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Then I hope the dawn comes soon.

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

I don't even wanna think about it happening again. She hasn't come back, has she? She can't come back...

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

I guess...

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[waterblade.livejournal.com]

No, and we're gonna make sure of it. I promise, Rinoa - we're gonna keep you safe, me and Squall and Cloud and everyone.

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[prez-leg-cramp.livejournal.com]

Rinoa.

[Stern face!]

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

[Aw, now she's almost crying out of gratitude.]

Thank you, Tidus. You really are the best, you know that?

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Okay, okay, I will!

I... don't really feel up to it right now, but I will. I promise.

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[waterblade.livejournal.com]

[Best part is, he really means it, too.]

Hey, you need it, I'll do it. Don't ever forget it.

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

I won't.

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[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[After a bit, Selphie pulls back and looks at Rinoa. There's an uncharacteristically serious look on her face.]

So what happens now?

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

I... don't know.

[Rinoa shakes her head. The future feels like a blank to her at the moment.]

We have to move on. Somehow.

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[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

So the same as always then. Take life by the horns and screw the rest of it?

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

I guess? I just don't know how. You and me, Selphie, we're best friends and I love you and... is this always gonna stand between us? I wish I could undo it all so, so much...

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[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

I don't think we should change it. I know that it sucked and everything that happened after it but it's happened, it's too late to change and... we should just learn from it and move forward from there.

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

[She nods. Selphie is right, even if it's hard to feel that way.]

Yeah.