22nd moon [video/action]

[paladinlost]

I've found Marcus and Seifer in my storage this morning.

[A pause. The feed shows the sky and nothing more, with small, regular movements hinting that it was not placed on a stable surface. The sounds of waves is very close by.]

My head hurts terribly, and my dreams make no sense, even though they're not quite dreams, even though-

[He interrupts himself. Another pause.]

I need to do something.

[A sigh. There is a disturbance in the water, but he ignores it.]

Edward. Rydia. I leave for Ecruteak tonight. Will you follow?

[Even after practicing for some minutes, his voice sounds like he's pleading. He ignores it. A serpentine head appears on the Pokégear, dripping water all over it. Cecil's hand comes up to pet her.]

Be careful, Leviathan. The Pokégear does not like water.

...It hurts-

[The hand comes down to cut the feed.]

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[video]

[paladinlost]

[Quistis, you actually get a look at Cecil's face, as he takes the Pokégear off his chest and stares in confusion.]

Warrior of Light, Firion, Onion Knight, Bartz, Terra, Cloud, Zidane, Tidus and myself. Squall never told you about the Conflict?

[video]

[usedgatlinggun.livejournal.com]

[ They look like two very confused people. ]

The... Conflict? No... that... must have been what he was going to explain when he met up with us.

[ A pause, then: ] If... you don't mind, Mr. Harvey, would you enlighten me? I'm sure Squall meant for us to know, he just never got the chance....

[video]

[paladinlost]

...The goddess of harmony, Cosmos, and the god of discord, Chaos, were at war, with the safety of many worlds at stake. But gods cannot merely fight each other; thus they used champions. From your world, Cosmos chose Squall; Chaos chose Ultimecia. And-

[He interrupts himself. What was he about to say? Nevermind, he'd think about it later.]

For most of the war, Squall travelled either by himself or with Bartz and Zidane. ...But since Zidane also disappeared at some point during the last day, I suppose Bartz will be lonely.

[video]

[usedgatlinggun.livejournal.com]

[ Quistis takes this all in with apparent comprehension. It's easy to imagine that he was pulled from their world, like they all were when they came here, to fight for Cosmos, tucked into a pocket of time in another dimension. ]

Was the war over for you? At the time that he came here, I mean?

[video]

[paladinlost]

I think we all appeared after it was over, but I'm not exactly the best source for that particular information. From my point of view, it took place seventeen years ago. But nothing Squall said made it sound as though he'd not yet seen Chaos' defeat.

[video]

[usedgatlinggun.livejournal.com]

That's good, at least. ... I suppose the only concern, then, is whether he'd defeated Ultimecia in our world before the Conflict. Even if he hasn't, though — like I said, he's not alone. I've seen her defeated; I know we're capable.

[video]

[paladinlost]

...Knowing what others consider the future can be useful, I suppose. But even without that knowledge, I'd believe in him until the very end.