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[findfayth]

Who: Rikku (kleptoness) & Yuna (findfayth)
What: The YuRi of YuRiPa meet up for some family bonding/reunion stuff.
Where: Rikku's warehouse, near the docks
When: Afternoon

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[kleptoness]

Family was, in more than one sense, the most important thing in the life of an Al Bhed. They were taught to look after themselves, to watch their own back, to do what had to be done in order to survive. They often lived in groups, always only with their own kind, but at times several of them were independent nomads. But, as with every rule, there were always exceptions. And familial relations were the exception, in this case.

Because when one was brought up in the way Rikku had been, outsiders were more than foreign; they were most times completely alienated from Al Bhed life simply because they could not be trusted because there were only Al Bhed and Yevonites, and if a person wasn’t one then they had to be the other. Few had managed to bridge the gap between the two; Rikku’s aunt had tried, when she had married Braska, but she had been banished from Home and he had become the laughing stock of summoners everywhere. Rin had been a bit more successful, but he was almost too much of a businessman to have done a very good job

[kleptoness]

The docks, she had wagered, was a precise enough location for her to find her cousin, even among the throngs of people that usually flocked there, whether for meetings or to just stare almost forlornly out at the ocean that wasn’t really an ocean in Rikku’s mind because nothing ever came or left from it except maybe a few fish if a person was exceptionally lucky. And even so, she spent about twenty minutes just wandering around, distracted by so many things that she should have just tied herself to a pole in order to keep from going off for too long. But she had apparently gone in a circle because then she was right back in front of her warehouse-turned-garage, with still no sign of her cousin anywhere. She puffed out a cheek in annoyance and spun around on one toe, trying to see over the heads of people bustling around. And yet there was no familiar visage, no bi-colored eyes gleaming in the afternoon sun, no telltale swish of the half-skirt that Rikku had worked so hard to get Yuna to wear

[findfayth]

Hearing the squeal, Yuna knew it could have been no one but Rikku. Those high pitched tones could only ever be hit by her cousin, she was positive of that. Smiling, she braced herself for impact, assured of the fact that Rikku would be plowing into her at any second. And sure enough, she was right, and felt Rikku's arms wrap around her in a tight hug. Laughing, Yuna squirmed out of the Al Bhed's hold, so she could face the other woman and give her a hug in return. "Rikku!" She couldn't hide her happiness, not that she would have wanted to. Being able to have Rikku in Nuadoria with her was the greatest blessing she had ever received

[kleptoness]

Personal space wasn’t much of an issue to the Al Bhed, least of all for Rikku. Being forced to stay in close quarters as they had, privacy was a novelty that few, if any, of them could luxuriate in. Perhaps Rikku had been given a bit of special treatment because she was the maytan’c daughter, but otherwise she had been more or less corralled in with the rest of them, sometimes having to share a bed just so everybody could have something soft to lie on at night. So being able to feel her cousin’s presence, to experience the warmth coming from her body, was all the thief needed to know that she was not dreaming and that this was indeed a real experience