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[The video opens with a certain pilot sleeping away, leaned up against a water fountain with rather colorful display behind. Oh, and a few moogles hovering around him in an almost vain attempt to awake him from a previously drunken stupor.]

He's not waking up, kupo... [One covers its mouth in worry.]

[Another shakes its head.] And he smells like a bar!

[One final other, with little paws on it's hips, sighs;] Try waking him up again, kupo!

[Cid's cheek gets poked and he flinches with a little grumble, swatting a hand at nothing.] Nngh... goddamn... bugs...

.... Again, kupo. [The pilot then gets his hair sharply tugged and he snaps to alert, that idly swatting hand suddenly moving with reason; sending a moogle to fly off-screen and hit the ground with a small noise.]

H-holy shi—you alright? [He moves to sit up more, wavering and leaning over to the floating again creature.]

Just fine, kupo! [Then, the three moogles all start to fly off, the one that was hit pointing to the screen.] This is your new phone!

[The voices start to fade off.] Welcome to Gaia! Take care!

Goodbye, kupo~!

.... "Welcome ta Gaia"? ... No shit. Where the hell else would I be? [Cid flops back down to light a cigarette, looking around suspiciously. ] Though I dunno where the hell this place is, [He starts getting up, taking a long drag and reaching for his new phone.] Pretty sure I was home in bed when I passed out. [Came the sigh and puff of smoke as he closed his phone, the transmission ending.]

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Whoa, be careful! I woke up in Treno, too, and nearly lost everything I had in my pockets! The pickpockets out there are shameless! And fast like freaks.

Goddamn, this sounds like a hell'ova town. [It's said in pure sarcasm as Cid starts to look around a bit suspiciously at his dark surroundings.]

Well, I'd like 'em ta pick a pocket and see how far they get, [He laughs, grinning slightly.] not too far I'd wager.

Yeah, they didn't get too far with me, either. Just wanted to let you know you should stay on your toes! And welcome to Gaia!

Thanks, buddy. I probably would'a figured that out right quick but I appreciate the heads-up.

And I gotta feelin' this ain't my Gaia.

I'd say you're right, you don't look local. The clothes and all.

A lot of us come from all different worlds. For some of us, Gaia's been a great second chance.

[Cid stopped at the comment, starting at the screen. He didn't dress that differently. Not at all!] The hell's wrong with my clothes? This is what pilots wear!

[Decommissioned pilots, anyway. And he looked a little funny too, this wasn't one a one way thing.] You tellin' me this is some kinda nexus?

Nothing's wrong with 'em! Looks a lot like what people wear where I'm from, but here on Gaia, you see a lot of armor n' robes and stuff.

[He tilts his head.] Sort of, yeah. We've all been pulled here from our respective homeworlds... but there's no way back.

[He pauses, staring at him for a second.] Alright, so then that makes sense. [Armor and robes was pretty weird to him so, he was weird to them.]

Oh, that's fuckin' wonderful. Absolutely no way at all? Who the hell brought us here?

It all boils down to being caused by this guy named Garland. We're workin' on puttin' a stop to his wacky hijinks, though.

Yeah? And how's that goin'? I've tried doin' that shit a few times too; ain't easy.

You know? I've got a pretty good feeling about it this time around. I've done my share of it back home, too.

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