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mooglenet_backup[Ever since she had arrived in Figaro, Ovelia had been restless. It was true that she hadn't attended the meeting before, with Ramza and the others (it probably would have been in her best interests to), but her feet had often wandered, sending her in various places throughout the castle. No matter how much she looked at it, it was fascinating; everything seemed much more vibrant...much more alive than where she was in Zeltennia.
She stopped in mid-step, glancing out the window to blink into the afternoon sunshine.]
She stopped in mid-step, glancing out the window to blink into the afternoon sunshine.]
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Date: 2010-10-27 04:56 am (UTC)It's at such a moment, when she's checking for further news, that Terra unfortunately isn't paying attention to her surroundings as she ought. Collision imminent?]
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Date: 2010-10-27 10:58 am (UTC)Ovelia feels the impact almost immediately, letting out a cry of surprise as she's bumped backwards, though not enough to fall or anything, mind you.
The words come out of her lips before she even has time to react, though they're a bit quiet:]
Oh! I am sorry--Pardon me.
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Date: 2010-10-27 07:37 pm (UTC)It's not your fault. I really should have been paying attention to my surroundings. Are you alright?
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Date: 2010-10-27 09:14 pm (UTC)Shame on her.
She gives the woman a smile, though her awkwardness does certainly shine through.]
Yes, I am fine--worry not of me, Milady. I should have heard your footsteps and acted accordingly, but I too, was distracted.
Please forgive me my sudden err.
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Date: 2010-10-27 11:06 pm (UTC)Alright, but only if you forgive mine. Then we won't have to apologize all day.
I'm Terra. Are you lost?
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Date: 2010-10-28 01:08 am (UTC)At least, with interactions where the person wasn't one or two select priests.]
Y-yes, of course.
[She gives a small curtsy.]
I am Ovelia. It is a pleasure, milady Terra.
[She pauses, and perhaps looks a bit awkward again.]
I...am not quite lost, though I think that perhaps I did wander overmuch. I simply have not seen a place quite like this, and as my time was idle, I had thought to explore its depths for a time.
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Date: 2010-10-28 04:03 am (UTC)It's an interesting place to explore. I live here now, but I haven't gotten tired of roaming its halls yet. Have you been to the roof? It gives a really nice view of the desert.
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Date: 2010-10-28 04:07 am (UTC)Though her eyes lit up just the same.]
I have wished to, though I admit that I have not partaken in the endeavor.
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Date: 2010-10-28 04:26 am (UTC)Do you want to go now? I was thinking of heading over there for a little while, anyway.
*kicks self for being late*
Date: 2010-10-31 08:44 pm (UTC)...Actually, to be frank, she only had one true girlfriend in Ivalice.]
That would be lovely! But only if it does not inconvenience you, milady.
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Date: 2010-10-31 09:05 pm (UTC)Not at all. And please--just call me Terra. I live here, but I'm not royalty or nobility or anyone important.
[At least, not in that context.]
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Date: 2010-10-31 09:09 pm (UTC)[Calling someone something without an honorific is very strange-sounding.]
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Date: 2010-10-31 09:49 pm (UTC)You didn't, I promise.
[She nods and leads the way down the corridor, toward the winding stares that will take them to the roof.]
So, where are you from?
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Date: 2010-11-01 10:22 am (UTC)At the question of her homeland, her expression becomes a bit wistful, but she smiles just the same.]
I hail from Ivalice.
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Date: 2010-11-01 05:03 pm (UTC)Ivalice...the town has quite a few people from there, now. They say Figaro reminds them of their own desert kingdom.
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Date: 2010-11-01 07:26 pm (UTC)Desert...?
[She then looks thoughtful.]
Mayhap it is the Ivalice that Milady Mjrn hails from.
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Date: 2010-11-01 07:34 pm (UTC)...there are two?
SORRY THIS IS SO LATE I FAIL SO HARD
Date: 2010-11-06 07:59 am (UTC)Nothing akin to that...it is merely that Mjrn had spoken much of an Ivalice that is much unlike the one that I am from, and I was spoken once of 'another time'.
I am unsure of the implications, but I believe that we are not from a different land, though mayhap different periods. There can only be one Ivalice.
[This she was certain of. Almost too certain of.]
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Date: 2010-11-06 08:11 pm (UTC)Hm...I was told that people from different times arrived here, but I didn't think the difference could be so great.
[Does that mean people from the War of the Magi could arrive, from a thousand years ago? What a strange thought.]
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Date: 2010-11-06 08:47 pm (UTC)[She had to wonder if Mjrn had ever met the Holy Ajora? Or if Ajora was truly around at such a time, or further in the past? The Church had always said that their savior was born and raised in the time of airships, so perhaps...
Perhaps even the Holy One could grace this world with his presence.
Though in truth, even if he had, Ovelia would probably not know what to say, or how to approach them.]
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Date: 2010-11-06 11:46 pm (UTC)[Despite the many differences between her own world and Gaia, there were some similarities. Maybe that was true for Ovelia as well.]
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Date: 2010-11-06 11:52 pm (UTC)I...know not. I had only started to see my own Ivalice prior to coming here.
[She pauses. Maybe some explanation for that is in order. In Ivalice she never had to explain much, nor did she have to to Ramza, but...
Terra may need it.]
I spent much of my life in a monastery.
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Date: 2010-11-07 12:40 am (UTC)I see. I...didn't see a lot of my world for a long time, either.
[She falters at the end of her sentence, half-regretting saying that much. Talking about her past isn't something she does often with anyone, let alone someone she just met. Hopefully, she won't have to elaborate.
And then they reach the roof. Terra steps out onto it, tilting her head up as a passing breeze makes her smile.]
This much better. I like coming here at night, too, for the stars....
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Date: 2010-11-07 03:11 am (UTC)I am sorry. It is a sad, lonely thing...
[Ovelia took a moment to get on the roof, adjusting her balance as she looks out towards the desert.]
I can only imagine how a full starry sky would look in a place like this.
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Date: 2010-11-07 03:31 am (UTC)It's beautiful--they're so bright! We're far enough away from the town so that their lights don't interfere.
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Date: 2010-11-07 04:39 am (UTC)[And then when she left it, she'd been spending more of her time in forests or trying to find escape plans, or worrying about dying than really looking up.]
I can only hope I shall stay here long enough to where I shall have a chance to truly look upon their splendor. At least, before my companions and myself leave.
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Date: 2010-11-07 06:22 am (UTC)[Terra glances back over to the girl, curious.]
Where will you go?
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Date: 2010-11-07 06:50 am (UTC)I am uncertain. My comrades are who determine the destination--I simply follow, in hopes that I can be of some help to them.
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Date: 2010-11-07 07:21 am (UTC)I understand. Were it not for Figaro, I would probably be doing the same thing. But...this is my home, or at least I want it to be.
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Date: 2010-11-11 01:55 am (UTC)[Ovelia glances down a moment, as though in thought.]
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Date: 2010-11-11 02:01 am (UTC)...Ovelia?
Sorry--wrong icon. ><
Date: 2010-11-11 02:07 am (UTC)She faces Terra in an instant, giving an immediate smile of apology:]
I am sorry. I...
[Embarrassed, she glances down towards her feet.]
I was merely thinking. I did not mean to act so strange.
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Date: 2010-11-11 02:49 am (UTC)It's alright.
...you were thinking of home?
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Date: 2010-11-11 02:57 am (UTC)...Yes.
[There's a pause--a hesitation, almost a nervousness in her tone. Maybe she shouldn't talk so much, but it's been so long since she's really had another girl to talk to...and maybe, since Terra was like her, she'd understand.
She didn't know much of her own world...maybe she was in a similar situation?
Courage welling up, Ovelia decided to try.]
Though it is strange...a part of me does not quite consider it home. It is where I was born, it is where I was reared and educated...
But my attachments are few. It is as though being away has lifted something from my shoulders.
[Edited, and carefully worded, but not a lie.
But it's hard to really feel comfortable in a world where half the continent wants you dead.]
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Date: 2010-11-11 03:22 am (UTC)The place where I lived most of my live...it's not home to me, either. It's simply where I was raised. I have no desire to see it again.
I hope that you do find a place to call home, in Gaia.