009 ☼ Video

[blitz_acing]

[Tidus comes on screen-- sweating and exhausted and probably injured but grinning broadly.]

Good job, everybody. We did it. There's a new world. You should check it out!


[As soon as the cheerfulness appears, it's gone. The commonly seen light in his eyes fades. His shoulders slump as if weighed down heavily by some invisible burden. The forced enthusiasm dies, and the rest of his words turn flat. Now that it's over, he has no desire to pretend anymore.]

As for me...I think I'll go explore it some. I'd like to be left alone.

[Stepping out, there's a yelp as he drops the communicator, he leans down to pick it up, his appearance slightly different than before.]

What the--

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[darkerearth]

...Tidus?

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[blitz_acing]

Are you all right, Terra?

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[darkerearth]

Yeah...I'm fine.

Are you?

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[restorehonour]

Tidus? What happened to you? [You look kind of weird...]

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[blitz_acing]

Good. After everything, I'm glad.

I- ... Not really.

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[blitz_acing]

Don't know. I guess it's just this world's thing, like Atlantica and Halloween Town.

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[darkerearth]

[ he nods ] I was in a little bit of trouble, but I made it.

[ something was definitely wrong now... ]

What's wrong?

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[blitz_acing]

Were you injured?

Yuna's gone.

[He pauses as he tries to keep his composure, speaking more matter-of-factly.]

I mainly stayed on Destiny Islands because she was there, but now I don't have a place, so I'm going to stay here for a while.

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[restorehonour]

Yeah, guess so.

Is... everything okay?

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[salvagedlight]

[Yeah no you don't, no going anywhere looking like crap like that. Now that things are back to normal, Ven's got his magic back, so one of the first things he's doing is healing everyone. Yes, even you, Tidus.]

Just be careful, okay? Things like to chase you when you're shrunk.

[...Yes, he's speaking from experience.]

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[blitz_acing]

Of course it is!

[He's lying through his teeth...literally.]

Everything's been saved now so w-why wouldn't it be?

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[blitz_acing]

[He scratches the back of his head awkwardly, shifting his weight on one foot. He raises one eyebrow in interest at that statement.]

Sure, I'll be careful. I hope there aren't any pets here.

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[restorehonour]

You're a bad liar. Did something happen during the invasion?

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[salvagedlight]

If there are, you need to knock something heavy on their head and watch out for if they try to jump on you.

[There's a bit of a slightly embarrassed laugh at that, and he rubs the back of his head.]

I, uh... got shrunk once, in a house. It was kind of fun until that cat showed up.

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[blitz_acing]

Yuna's gone.

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[blitz_acing]

I'll keep that in mind. Cat?

[He chuckles faintly.]

What, did it think you were a mouse? Where did this happen?

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[restorehonour]

...Oh.

[Yup, just 'oh'. If Tidus is a bad liar, Zuko is even worse at comforting people.]

I'm really sorry.

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[salvagedlight]

On this world called Castle of Dreams... and I guess he did, 'cause I was the same size as the mice in that world. Cinderella was about fifty times taller than me. I even got caught in a mouse trap.

[He's... trying to cheer Tidus up, a little. He sees that sadness there, and Ven doesn't like people being sad. At the very least he can provide a distraction?]

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[blitz_acing]

[He offers Zuko a small, sad smile, slumping again. He shouldn't be acting this way in front of Zuko when he lost people too, but that's why he had teamed up with him, because he could relate.]

Thanks.

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[blitz_acing]

You were probably even more interesting since you don't look like any mouse. Cats must seem different now. Did that hurt?

[He puts his hands on his hips, putting on a front. He does appreciate it, and he'll play along with the distraction. If he didn't, he isn't sure what he'd do.]

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[restorehonour]

I acted like such an idiot toward her that one time, too. [Sigh.] I'll make it up to you guys. I'll help get her back.

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[blitz_acing]

It's okay, I've acted like an idiot to her a lot more times. [He blinks in surprise.] You will?

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[darkerearth]

A little, I'm fine now though.

[ of course he had met her before, but he didn't know that she and Tidus had a connection or that he was her guardian ] She is...? Did you see her during the Heartless fight?

...I don't think that you need to be alone.

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[restorehonour]

Yeah. My time here has taught me this isn't just about my world, but all of them. I want to help as many people as possible.

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[blitz_acing]

No. I checked everything and I know...

[He can't finish that sentence, so he just looks down.]

But I don't feel like smiling.