paladinlost | 24th moon [video]

[The room is dark, as befitting the middle of the night. The soft sounds of sleeping Pokémon can be heard, undisturbed. A shadow that appears to be an Eevee can be seen sleeping on a pillow at the head of the bed. Cecil is in the middle of it, sitting up, his skin so pale it almost glows. The sheets around him are rumpled, twisted by an uneasy sleep. He looks tired, but does not sleep.]

I dreamed. I dreamed of them. I miss them all, I think. Even those who are waiting for me. Even those who came here but left. Even those we've forgotten. I hope they do not think badly of us because of it. I'll try to remember their names, next time.

[He sounds lost, somehow. Perhaps lost within a dream. Perhaps lost within a memory. But he soon shakes his head.]

So many opportunities, yet I've never asked. About any of it, Conflict and home both. Well, he never volunteered the information either. All that talk of foolishness and crystals and plans, but he never bothered...

[He interrupts himself.]

I apologize. I appear to be overly sentimental tonight. The exact date matters little in the end. I should simply choose one and be done with it, after all these years.

[He reaches out and closes the Pokégear.

Not that he'll sleep for the rest of the night.]

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We recently lost both Zidane and Squall. That sort of stress... But then, why did we not remember anything when Tidus and Cloud disappeared? When Firion did?

I could not say... And I cannot help but think that there is some other reasons for it occurring now. Still, I cannot imagine what...

It could be caused by some event taking place in both of our worlds. Or... it could be her doing.

If it is her work... I wish that she could speak to us of it directly.

[If it is Cosmos's work, then there must truly be some reason he needs to remember it. She would not make him remember something that seems so troubling unless there was a reason for it.]

She might not have regained her full powers yet. After all, we did receive her crystals. We cannot access them now, but they could still be with us.

[He absentmindedly brings his right hand to his heart.]

Of course. Her light is always with us, no matter what.

[Yet he frowns as he says that, because it feels strange to say... like there's something else he should be remembering.]

...If her light is always with us, it must also be with them, wherever they are. So, whatever happened, they must be fine.

[Believing otherwise would only cause him pain. Thus, he believes.]

And they are competent fighters. There is little worry of that.

[This, he is less hesitant about. Whatever may have happened in the past, the others have earned peace on their worlds.]

That is true. Cloud did say his world is now safe, thus Tifa must be fine. And lightning said that the main danger to her world was defeated.

Firion told me the same of his world, before he was returned. I assume that the same is true of the others, though I did not ask.

Mine is far from safe, but it was for seventeen years. Squall's world is also peaceful, from what Quistis told me. ...Was there not someone else, from Squall's world?

I believe so, though I have not spoken to that person.

I've spoken to Rinoa a few times here, but I meant... I meant...

[One of those faces whose names he cannot recall, no matter how much he tries.]

[And there's something- a flash of memory, a lighthearted tone and smile, that's gone nearly as soon as it surfaces.]

It- is possible.

...I wonder if the others had those same dreams, before they left. Perhaps Bartz also does. And Lightning and Tifa... No. Tifa... She looks too young.

[He does not know why, but he's certain of that.]

[The warrior rubs at his forehead with a hand.]

I do not know. This would be much less difficult to figure out if we had the assistance of the others.

[He nods and sighs.]

Ten heads would be much better than two of three. ...Eighteen, even. We could figure out the answers to all of our questions quickly with that many.

Yet instead we must make do with broken memories and the few of us that are here. Even so, undoubtedly we will learn with time.

...Some psychic Pokémon can read thoughts and minds. Perhaps they could be helpful, if we feel the need to learn more quickly. They might be able to help us retrieve more of those memories.

If it is as you said, and Cosmos is the cause of this, then I have no doubt that we shall remember what we need to as it is necessary.

Unless she is only able to start the remembrance process, with no control beyond that. Though I agree that if she can choose the pace of those memories, we should be fine.

Then we shall attempt this, and if it does not help to return our memories more quickly, we shall know the reason for it.

Do we have access to any Psychic-types? I doubt asking Gogo to imitate one would work.

I do not, but it is possible for us to catch one, or ask someone who does.

We could always ask Suzuki. She does have Cosmos and her Lily.

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