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Post by rikku on Apr 13, 2008 1:34:56 GMT -5
Rikku was in yet another world. She changed out of her fairy self but instead of her usual thief outfit, she was in something completely different. Her right leg and left arm looked to be mechanical. Her outfit was a mixture of different materials that were put together in various ways. Her skirt went down to about mid-thigh and her top was tight fitting, low cut, and showed some of her stomach. To finish it off, she was wearing boots and goggles on top of her head. The whole outfit gave off a kind of "Al Bhed" feel.
She looked around and saw that she was in a square of some sort. This whole world gave off a sort of spooky vibe. Everything was twisted looking and there were pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, skeletons, and even a guillotine. Could any one of her friends be here? She started to walk forward to start her search, when she heard a sound from behind her. "Hello? Is someone there?" She asked as she put her hands on her daggers, ready to whip them out if she needed them.
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Post by lulu on Apr 13, 2008 1:56:26 GMT -5
Lulu had used her new portal to travel to another world in order to look for Yuna and the others. She knew it was a long shot that she would find anybody here but she thought it was certainly worth it to try. Lulu felt bad about leaving Wakka and Vidina but Wakka insisted that she go and search for them knowing how important it was to her. And so she did.
She entered the portal and came out to find herself in a strange town. This place had nothing in common with Spira. It was dark and gloomy, not that Lulu didn't mind this type of place but nevertheless she still felt out of place. She then noticed that her appearance had changed. Her hair was now worn straight down so it was considerably longer. It was now well down past her waist. Her dress had also changed. The fur had turned to leather (kinda looks like Paine's top) and her sleeves had also turned to leather and were more like long gloves than loose sleeves. The lower part of her dress had turned into a tight, yet comofrtable skirt that went down to mid-thigh. She also wore heeled boots that went to mid-shin and had fur on the top.
Lulu look around and noticed a blonde haired girl that didn't seem to be from this world. She decided to approach her and ask her about this world. As she did the girl must have heard her because she asked if someone was there. She didn't seem to look behind her though. The voice sounded familiar to Lulu. Could it be?
"Rikku? Is that you?" Lulu said to the blonde.
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Apr 13, 2008 2:46:57 GMT -5
There was a man that came at the call of the voice, emerging from his exploration inside one of the buildings. He wore a pronounced and taylored Victorian black and white outfit, consisting of a puffy white button-up shirt with a black formal collar and black dress suit pants, which made him look like a vampire lord or even Count Dracula himself. He even had longer fangs which were more pronounced and visible when he opened his mouth. His red tattered cape remained, as did his weapony, with only a tri-cornered hat - adorned by a sall decorative red and black demon wing - atop his head.
He wondered into the square, his inhuman ocher eyes scanning the square around him - spotting the blonde girl from a distance. Her outfit made her look like something short of a mechanical experienment. But the man was not surprised by this - this had not been his first visit to Halloween Town, and he had come to learn the world had a power over it's visitors which allowed them to change costume to fit in with the 'haunted' theme.
He strode softly in his step over to her, but before he could reach her she met with a raven-haired, amber-eyed woman which oddly enough looked like a female version of him. This increased his curiousity further as he approached them, eyes scanning between them as he non-threateningly and gradually made his appearence to them, with his hands empty and arms down by his side as his cape swept up behind his footsteps.
"You called?" he said to the blonde young woman with a low, deep tone, indicating they were not the only ones alone here.
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Post by rikku on Apr 13, 2008 3:07:18 GMT -5
Rikku turned at the sound of her name. She knew that voice. It was one of her fellow guardians. The black mage, Lulu. She hadn't seen her in a while. Last time she saw her had been on Besaid Island with Wakka and the new baby Vidina. "Lulu!" She called as she bounced over to the older woman and gave her a hug. She wasn't sure if she would get a return hug, but she felt better with physical reassurance that her friend was really there. "It's good to see you!" She said with a giggle.
Another voice was heard in the square. Rikku released Lulu from he hug and positioned herself to see the newcomer. He looked a lot like what she had heard vampires looked like. But if she looked like she had machina parts for limbs, she supposed anything was possible. She didn't get any sort of a dangerous vibe about him. "Hello! Who are you? I'm Rikku! Do you live in this world?" She decided to make small talk and see if this guy knew if any of her other friends were here.
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Post by lulu on Apr 13, 2008 3:19:38 GMT -5
Lulu watched as the girl turned around to face her. To her surprse, this girl was indeed Rikku. The next thing Lulu knew Rikku came up to her and gave her a hug, which Lulu returned. She was glad to see that Rikku was okay. "It's good to see you too Rikku." Lulu said sofly to Rikku. However, before Lulu could ask Rikku about the others or where she had been she turned around to speak to another person that had apporached them.
The man looked very different, along with everything else in this place but for some reason she didn't fell and hostility from the man. Rikku began asking the man questions. Lulu remained silent but she was also curious about the man and so she listened and waited for the man's responses to Rikku's questions.
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Apr 14, 2008 10:04:37 GMT -5
The raven-haired man looked over both women before him carefully, hearing that their heartbeats were even-paced and indicating they were calm, before he spoke to them. He stopped in his pace a few feet away from them, allowing them a comfortable gap for them not to feel tension, his movements slow and steady as he took his time. His eyes lowered to the ground, then back up at them as he glanced hesitantly at them, with orbs of swirling golden warmth.
"Vincent." he spoke his name. In reply to the young blonde, he answered observantly, "No, not from this world... just like you." He had been here before, and knew well enough a citizen of Halloween Town when he saw one. The question wasn't what world they came from, however. Vincent was also looking for people, as well as there were people looking for him. "You two know each other. Maybe you can help me find people I know...?" he asked, letting the question hang in the air for the both of them.
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Post by rikku on Apr 15, 2008 0:41:33 GMT -5
Rikku giggled at her friend. She had a million questions to ask her. "Where have you been Lulu? I've been looking for you and everyone else! Have you found anyone?"
She had gone to a few world before this, and had only managed to find Yuna and Paine. They had gotten separated though and that brought her back to square one.
Rikku turned towards Vincent. He was also not from this world. He definitely looked like he could be. He was looking for people too. "Sure! We can do that!" She said glancing at the black mage. She bounced closer to the man and asked, "So who are they? Are they in this world or another world?"
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Post by lulu on Apr 15, 2008 10:52:34 GMT -5
"I've been in Spira Rikku. And besides Sir Auron, who first told me that Yuna and the others are missing. This is the first world I've been to." Lulu said to Rikku.
Lulu then heard the man's answers. It would seem that he was also not from here and he was also in search of people. He had asked if her and Rikku would help him search for the people he knew as well. And, before Lulu could get a word out Rikku quickly volunteered them both. But Lulu didn't mind to much. She simply nodded her head when Rikku looked back as her.
"He's probably as clueless as to the whereabouts of his friends that we are to ours." Lulu said to her bouncy friend.
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Apr 16, 2008 8:25:53 GMT -5
Vincent was about to answer Rikku's question, having picked up on hers and Lulu's names from their reunion, when he heard Lulu mention something he had heard before.
"Sir Auron?" he repeated in a deep voice, and looked Lulu's way with bright golden eyes. "Met him before. Valiant fighter. He was looking for Yuna... and a boy named Tidus... you're friends of theirs?"
Lulu spoke his mind for him, and he was grateful. Perhaps there was more to her than looking like a distant relative of his. However, he continued to answer Rikku's question. "My friends... Yuffie, Cloud, Tifa, Cid, Reeve. Heard of them?" he queried the two women.
"I also look for enemies, too." he casually mentioned.
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Post by rikku on Apr 16, 2008 14:21:05 GMT -5
"They may be missing, but I know they're alright. I have a good feeling about it." Rikku said with a smile. Vincent then said that he had seen Auron too. Was she the only one who hadn't seen him?
"Wait, you BOTH have seen Auron? How.....but Yuna sent him to the Farplane.....how is that possible?" She wondered aloud. Sometimes her thoughts just kind of spilled out of her mouth. It was a habit of hers that tended to happen often. "We were all Yuna's guardians on her pilgramage." Rikku said. She didn't know why Auron was looking for Tidus either.....he was a dream of the fayth. He disappeared. They had thought that he might have been alive, but it turned out to be a look-alike named Shuyin. One of those crazy I'm-gonna-destroy-everything types.
"I've seen Yuffie and Cid at Radiant Garden! They usually hang out with Leon and Aerith. Cid reminds me of my dad a little. They even have the same name! I saw Cloud on the Deep Jungle world. He didn't talk a lot. He was acting really rude at times too! He did have this interesting machina called a motorcycle though!" Rikku smiled excitedly.
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Post by lulu on Apr 16, 2008 17:09:32 GMT -5
"I don't know how Rikku. All I know is that he is no longer in the farplane." Lulu said to her first question.
Then Lulu listened as the man listed the names of the people he was looking for. However, as a result of this being the first world she has visited she had never heard those names before. "No, I haven't." She said in resoponse to the man's question.
"I also look for enemies, too."
Lulu heard this and wondered. "Why would you be looking for enemies?" She asked the man curiously.
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Apr 17, 2008 10:12:34 GMT -5
"Farplane?" Vincent echoed, unsure about the place Rikku was talking about. She did mention a familiar words to him, though; guardian, and pilgramage. He had heard Auron speak those words before, so when Rikku revealed they had all been guardians for the girl Auron had been looking for named Yuna, the pieces started to fit together. "Must have been a dangerous pilgramage, if she needed all these guardians." he noted offhandedly, wonder what could pose such a threat to the girl.
Yuffie went on to say she last saw Yuffie and Cid back in Radient Garden - he had just come from that world, and wasn't about to go back in a hurry for reasons he'd rather not mention. But he smiled as Rikku described Cloud as Rude, and made an amused short chuckle. "Hmmph. That's Cloud, alright. Thanks for informing me. Machina?" he repeated back Rikku's word which sounded like 'machine', prompting her to explain her use of the termology.
Then he turned to Lulu. "Why would anyone look for enemies? If you knew the dangers that threatened your Yuna came back, her reasons to have so many guardians, would you not seek them out? " he asked her rhetorically. She seemed like a smart one, so Vincent let the question hang to let her figure it out. But he needed to find them, and soon. For now, he could wait patiently for any news of their whereabouts. Time was no longer of any meaning to him...
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Post by rikku on Apr 17, 2008 12:10:20 GMT -5
Rikku turned to Lulu. "If Auron's back, does that mean Tidus could be back too? We've been looking for him y'know!" Rikku got excited at this idea. Yuna would be so happy! She deserved it after all she had done for Spira. She just hoped she didn't get her hopes up. Especially after the Shuyin incident.
She turned to Vincent to answer his questions. "Well you see the Farplane is...uh...." She paused and scratched her head trying to think of an easy way to explain it. "When someone dies, a summoner sends their soul to the Farplane so they don't become a fiend. It's a guardians' job to protect the summoner at any cost." Rikku frowned a little at this. Here were two guardians who had no idea where their summoner was. Rikku had to keep telling herself that Yuna wasn't a summoner anymore to make her feel better.
She brightened up a little at the mention of one of her favorite subjects - machina. Vincent had apparently never heard of it before. "It's what we call machines. We Al Bhed excavate them in the desert and repair them into working order again!" She said, bouncing excitably.
Then the question of their enemies reappearing came up. It couldn't be possible right? They were not going to have to fight Seymour again were they? That would be horrible! She didn't want to think about it.
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Post by lulu on Apr 17, 2008 12:37:14 GMT -5
"Sir Auron told me as much." Lulu said to Rikku regarding her question about Tidus.
"Why would anyone look for enemies? If you knew the dangers that threatened your Yuna came back, her reasons to have so many guardians, would you not seek them out?" Lulu thought about the words that the man spoke. "I see your point." She said to the man.
Lulu hoped that would never be the case. She didn't want to think about what would happen if someone like Seymour....or even Sin appeared again. She knew that the first person they would go after would be Yuna and this made Lulu want to find her even faster.
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Apr 17, 2008 23:23:34 GMT -5
"Why would Auron be adamant in his search for him, if he did not believe for this Tidus of yours to be back?" he mollified Rikku's concerns rhetorically. The man's motovation had been unquestionable; as much as his own. He listened to Rikku explain about the Farplane. It seemed that it was their word for the Lifestream - the afterlife. And he was all too famliar with the concept of fiends and the dead - he himself had become both. "To become a fiend of nature after death... how ironic." he mused openly. Auron's world must have been a harsh one, unlike his own. He had also heard of machines, though, as Rikku explained what the term machina meant. He nodded in understanding. "I see. You have an affinity for machinery?" he asked again. She had a lot in common with the Cid she had mentioned she had met in that way.
He turned to Lulu and nodded. "I must defeat them." he told her as she understood. "I promised Auron I would tell him if I found Tidus and Yuna; I can inform you as well. In return, as he did, perhaps first you can tell me if you've seen this girl." He reached into his cloak, and flipped open a small black... machine. A cellular phone, as he knew it was called. On the screen, a image of a young girl, with short, brunette hair and blue eyes appeared on the screen, his picture of Shelke. At first glance, if not for her different hairstyle, she looked like a young Yuna.
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