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[Phone Call to Porom]

[After that phone call, Ursula departs the infirmary. She's tired of resting in bed, waiting to recover the rest of her strength. Stubborn as ever, the princess slips out of the castle and heads into town. She'll begin doing some stretches and then some practice moves, determined not to neglect her training.

White mage folks and others are still welcome to nag, of course.]

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Hello?

[petalwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

Porom! It's me.

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Ursula! You're well, then?

[petalwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

Well enough to be outside!

[Mostly. Leonora may or may not disagree.]

Most of it was just exhaustion, really. That's what I get for arriving in this world without my supplies.

[dualcast]

Oh, thank goodness. Are you in Narshe? Is to too cold? Are you wrapped up?

Well, I doubt you chose to come back here so unprepared any more than I chose to return to a place without magic. I'm glad you're on the mend.

[petalwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

No, I'm still in Troia. It seems Narshe's old governor has returned. I'm glad someone was able to help the town while I was away.

[It makes not sense to feel guilty for something she can't help...and yet, part of her does, anyway.]

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[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

[Nag? Ceodore? Not likely. Although he is confused when he realizes that Ursula's not where he thought she'd be. It doesn't take him long to chat up a few people in town and find out where she's made herself scarce to.

Training? After what she'd been through?]

Hey.

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[Ursula pauses, glancing back upon hearing Ceodore's voice...and then behind him to see if Rosa has followed. The Queen of Baron is a lovely woman, but Ursula doesn't want to return to bed.]

It's just you, right?

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Just me.

[He looks over his shoulder, then back, and grins. He knows all too well what that was about. His mother's a fretful worrywort and everyone knows it.]

You okay?

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[She nods, maybe slightly more pale and stiff than usual, but that's all.]

I'm fine...thanks to you and the others. I tried to last as long as I could, but....

[No exit or restoratives meant Ursula didn't have much of a chance. At some point, trail of dead monsters or not, she would fall--and did.]

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[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

I was impressed. You were incredible. N-not that you aren't normally, but uh...

[He's still not sure what if anything she remembers. For his part, it bothers him that being home meant forgetting Gaia and privately nursing a crush, only to go home to Baron and get on with life.]

Glad you're back.

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[Ursula smiles and moves to stand before him.]

Me, too.

Want to go for a walk?

[Because she doesn't think anyone is watching or listening...but some conversations should still be private.]

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[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

Sure.

[Ceodore holds out an arm for the taking. No reason to forget his manners.]

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[petalwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

[And she takes it, of course. The princess glances away from town, keeping in mind that current train of thought.]

Let's get out of town for a while. I promise I'll take it easy.

[...for her standards, anyway.]

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[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

[He nods crisply and takes the scenic route out of town, just past the lake.]

If you get tired, I'll take you back.

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Fair enough.

[Ursula's silent for a few moments as they depart town, sorting out her thoughts.]

You left Gaia, too, for a while, didn't you? After I disappeared?

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[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

Yeah. You vanished right in front of us and that woman got away. I was going to help with the monsters that fell, but then... I was back on the moon.

...didn't remember a thing about this place either.

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[petalwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

[First things first.]

What do you remember, of being on the moon? What's the last thing that happened before you were drawn back to Gaia?

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Still, we're all glad to see you back-

[She pauses there, realizing how ridiculous it is to be glad that someone's been torn away from their home. She's been in Gaia too long already, if she's happy about that kind of thing.]

[petalwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

[It's okay, Ursula knows what she means.]

Porom...I still don't remember everything about Gaia and what happened here, but I recall what we did. It happened for me, too.

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It was the same for me when I first arrived. My recollection of Gaia was- still very hazy for a few days afterwards. I remembered people first, before anything else, and places last.

You fought it too, then. ...I'm- certainly glad it's out of the way. It was exhausting.

[petalwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

It was...and at least we know now that our world will be safe. It bothered me to know or experience that for myself.

[dualcast]

Yes. To know that the world is not in danger in our absence is- very comforting.

[petalwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

What did I miss here? The last thing I remember was that mission aboard the Lunatic Pandora....

[She tried to get answers from the moogles and nurses, but everyone was evasive and told her to rest. Of course, that only drives her need to know.]

[dualcast]

...the mission was a failure. The Lunar Cry was induced.

Burmecia is- no longer. The mist continent is sufferign from the aftermath of a plague of monsters. I'm sorry.