27th moon [video]

[paladinlost]

Rosa, Rydia. Edward is...

Edward is...

[He cannot finish that sentence, but those last few words are rather obvious.]

...Why can Johto not give without taking, for once?

[And that is all Cecil has to say.]

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[heartsteal.livejournal.com]

One of your friends, Cecil?

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[paladinlost]

...From home, yes. He was the first of them to arrive, two and a half months ago.

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[heartsteal.livejournal.com]

What happened?

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[paladinlost]

He's left Johto.

[A few seconds of silence, and then-]

At least I know he'll be fine, once his injuries heal.

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[used-vinewhip.livejournal.com]

[Rydia doesn't need him to finish the sentence. She knows by his tone what's happened... a few tears stream down her face.]

C-Cecil.. I-I..

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[heartsteal.livejournal.com]

Glad he'll be alright, but...sorry he's not here with you.

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[paladinlost]

[He's starting to walk, now. Is she around the inn?]

Have you seen any of his Pokémon? They stay nearby, sometimes.

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[paladinlost]

It's fine. Once I return home, I'll see his older self as often as I want, as long as we stay on that moon.

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[used-vinewhip.livejournal.com]

[She's in her room at the moment. Slowly, she begins to cry more and more.]

N-No, I haven't left my r-room t-today, and... C-Cecil!! [and now the waterworks begin.]

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[paladinlost]

[His response comes not from the Pokégear, but from the vicinity of her door frame. He's slightly teary-eyed himself.]

He might come back, someday. Like Aerith and Trucy and Squall and Zidane and Cloud.

[No need to say that Trucy disappeared again, or that the others remember nothing of Johto.]

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[biteisbigger.livejournal.com]

...

[ WORRIED NIECE. ]

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[paladinlost]

...Hello, Miss Kisa.

[Please do call him out on that very pitiful fake smile.]

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[biteisbigger.livejournal.com]

... You don't have to smile when you're not happy.

[ ... about as direct as Kisa will get. ]

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[paladinlost]

[And that fake smile drops pretty quickly.]

...I suppose I do not, at that.

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[heartsteal.livejournal.com]

...On a moon?

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[paladinlost]

I was within my world's True Moon, before I found myself here. We were hoping to stop its course toward our planet.

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[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

...I don't think it knows how to do that yet, Cecil.

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[paladinlost]

It should, after all the time it's had to practice.

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[gentleblossom.livejournal.com]

[ ...Yeah, she can tell what you're going to say. ]

So he is..... [ She'll just let that thought trail off. ]

I'm sorry, Cecil.

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[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

I suppose one can only hope it'll learn.

...Was he friend or family?

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[biteisbigger.livejournal.com]

I would be sad... if someone left, too.

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[paladinlost]

I can think of very few people who would not be. I hope it'll not happen to you.

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[paladinlost]

...A friend. The only family I have here... I'd be much worst off if she left.

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[paladinlost]

Damcyan will need him, soon enough. He'll rebuild her beautifully.

[He hesitates for a few moments.]

...Where are you?

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[solas-ion.livejournal.com]

...you have my condolences, for what little the words may be worth.

I can sympathize with that much. Though I haven't had much in the way of family for a very long time.