48th moon [Let's do the 4th wall agaaaiiiin!]

[paladinlost]

[There is alcohol. There are sandwiches. There are Clefairies. There is Cresselia. There is, of course, Cecil.

Has Mt. Moon ever been so inviting before?]

I knew buying those bottles was a good idea.

[Hell no it hasn't.]

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[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

[Kain finds himself on yet another mountainside... but it's not any mountain that he recognizes. He'd spent a good few months on Mount Ordeals to know enough of it. He starts wandering along...]

...Cecil?

[paladinlost]

Kain.

[He'd show more emotion, but the whole thing is starting to feel familiar-but-not, and between the teleportation and the Clefairies he greatly needs a drink.]

Hungry? Thirsty?

[lunagonewrong.livejournal.com]

[Don't mind him, he's picking a sandwich.]

[paladinlost]

[Other hims? ...Not even a surprise anymore.]

I'd suggest the chicken and mustard. The fowl seems particularly fresh.

[lunagonewrong.livejournal.com]

[Turns to look at him and smiles. Apparently, other hims aren't a surprise either in his side.]

Sounds good, I'll give it a try. Such a strange place, this is.

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

Where...

[He trails off, glancing around. Something about this is oddly familiar, in some way...]

...I suppose, while I'm here.

[He's been too busy training all day to eat, anyway.]

[paladinlost]

You might as well take the time.

[He has a feeling they might be there for a while.]

[paladinlost]

[He's seen them all. Kid thems! Girl thems! Malboro thems! ...Kidding.]

Strange is a good word for it. Why, not even an hour ago I was more than two cities away.

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

[He looks toward the food and drink.]

I assume you know why we're here.

[lunagonewrong.livejournal.com]

[wait what Ah, though this Cecil looks older. This is going to be interesting.

Eats the sandwich as he watches a clefairy bounce nearby.]

I've been in many places, but none that can move someone to a different location within an hour.

[paladinlost]

We're here because this world hates making sense.

[This explanation is obviously the best.]

[paladinlost]

It's not one of its normal properties, though I'm quite certain it's happened before.

[He absentmindedly takes a sip, as if the whole thing was perfectly normal.]

[lunagonewrong.livejournal.com]

I see. I suppose that would also be the reason why I am here eating with you?

[paladinlost]

Undoubtedly. Johto likes its regular visitors, and I've no doubt Kanto feels much the same.

[lunagonewrong.livejournal.com]

It is somewhat unfortunate, even if a bit amusing. [Finishes his sandwich. Hey, it was good.] I was in the middle of an important errand, after all.

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

...I'm getting that impression.

[Ok, taking a sandwich after another moment of deliberation. And a drink.]

[paladinlost]

An important errand.

[He can think of quite a few of those in his life.]

I was deep within a moon, surrounded by over twenty people. I still wonder how I was taken.

[paladinlost]

...Still, it's nice to have someone with whom to share it again.

[A sip.]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

There usually isn't?

[Mmm, this is good... he's really hungry, after that long day of training.]

[paladinlost]

Not since two months ago. Everyone else from home has left. Iwas the first to arrive, and now the last to stay.

[At least he has Bartz and kinda Lightning, Kuja and Tifa.]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

Only you remain? How unfortunate...

[He maybe feels somewhat guilty about this.]

[paladinlost]

It's not as bad as I feared. I have all the friends I've made here, and I have them.

[He pats the pokéballs in his pocket.]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

[Kain raises an eyebrow and looks, but something is coming back to him vaguely from previous visits.]

Right... those Eidolons...

[paladinlost]

They've grown quite a lot. We can fly, now, as long and far as we wish.

[In fact, that happened right after last time.]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

'We'? You mean that... they're capable of carrying you as they fly?