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[swirlygreeneyes]

Okay! What is this? [it's about now that the frowning face of the pretty little Al Bhed comes into view -since before hand it was a close up of her nose] I don't have time to help, I gotta get... [there's a crease along her forehead as she tries to think, trailing off just slightly while working it all out in her head]Um. Just how did I get here

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[waterblade]

[This one's looking kinda like he's already been doing some fighting - considering he's been doing a lot of it since he arrived there, it's really no surprise. But the flip side is he doesn't remember anything of home...]

This is pretty much a "destruction of everything" kind of thing, too. It's been going on for awhile.

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[swirlygreeneyes]

[but she remembers you~ which means the face just got shell shocked]

Wha-- How di--

It's you!

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[waterblade]

Huh? [Oh man, is this another one? Please say that this one doesn't wanna kill him too.]

Uhh, look... Do I know you?

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[swirlygreeneyes]

What!? Tidus, it's me! Rikku!

[this is gonna be a headache]

How can you not remember? Spira? SIN? I saved your butt mister!

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[waterblade]

[And that one word gets a flash across his mind - less than an instant, but long enough to tell it's something big. Real big. And probably not nice. Tidus blinks and his jaw drops a little, kind of staring off into nothing - and then all the pieces come together.]

Wait, you know who I- where do I come from?

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[swirlygreeneyes]

Ooooh, man! You don't remember!

[there's a little pout on her face -cause really, she's done what Yuna wanted them to do in the first place and he's all with the forgetting]

From Zanarkand, y'know? You played Blitzball there. And then you came to, well, you came to us, and helped us fight SIN.

You really don't remember me?

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[waterblade]

Yeah, I play bl- You know what blitzball is! [From the sound of absolute happiness in his tone to the look of complete excitement on his face, it's obvious that no one here ever knew what it was until he told them. Except the old man, who didn't count.] That's awesome! So we really should be from the same place! Most of us... kind of can't remember it, though.

[part of what's throwing him off from recognizing her is the longer hair. Just give it a little more time...]

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[swirlygreeneyes]

Well, yeah. It's just the biggest sport in Spira.

[ponder ponder times; she's got until the end of this war to buck you up, boyo and get you back to Yunie] There are others who don't remember stuff? Hmm. That's strange.

[she's going to think it's all your evil twin, I mean, Shuyin's doing]

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[waterblade]

Yeah, most of us don't. We've been here awhile - uhh, I mean, some of us, there's a lot of new people this time. [And some people on the wrong side. And some people not there at all. Cecil, you better get your lipstick-wearing butt back here pronto, there's more fighting to be done.] We've been here awhile. Last time's pretty clear, time before that... not really as much. We thought it was over and we'd be getting out of here, but we're all stuck back here again.

[And Tidus brings his sphere-crystal closer to his face, so all Rikku can see pretty much is his nose and one eye; he's definitely trying to get a closer look at her. And he's still peering close when he speaks again.]

You kind of do look familiar... You ever hear of Jecht?

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[swirlygreeneyes]

[as if it would help, Rikku backs up from the screen a little -weird crystal things, whatever] Umm...yeah.

Awesome Blitzballer...umm...your Pops. [should she mention SIN? probably not] Is he here too!?!

[she's not thrilled about all this take of 'last time' and 'next time' and 'this time' because once in a war is enough, okay and then she'll be home to help Yunie and Paine, thank you very much]

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[waterblade]

[Tidus doesn't know how long he's been here himself - which is probably a good thing, since if he told Rikku, she'd probably definitely freak.]

He was, but I don't think he's here now... Heh. [And the crystal backs away again, showing his face, and he's actually got a kind of small, just a little sad smile on his face.] Bastard... probably got out of here. Just go off and leave me again, why don't you.

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[swirlygreeneyes]

Hmm...well maybe it was a trade! Jecht went off and I dropped in, pretty good trade if you ask me. [sad smiles are bad smiles, get a grin back, boyo!]

Hey, lets finish the war and get home! No more mopping!

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[waterblade]

Hey, I don't mope! [Gets serious sometimes, sure, but mope? Naaaaaaaah.]

So, uh... if you're from home... what's it like?

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[swirlygreeneyes]

Uuu-uh... It's like home? [what a weird question. Give her a minute while she thinks it through]

Well, you've been almost everywhere. I mean, we started out at the Zanarkand ruins and you washed up at Besaid, but like, everywhere! Luca's the best, it's got the stadium for the Blitz games. Oh! And Guadosalam, you went of the Farplane with the others? You know, Lulu and Wakka and Yuna?

[she's really not trying to push anything, honest]

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[waterblade]

[Oh sure she's not. But still... at some names - not all of them, but a couple - he gets a flash of a picture, very briefly across his head. A spherepool, different from the one that's all lit up in Zanarkand. Green everywhere. Red hair.]

[...Green and blue eyes.]

[Heck, if Rikku's paying attention she can almost see the images going through his mind, as his eyes kind of unfocus at the first one and he stares out into space, looking a little more thoughtful and confused at every flash. When they're gone, most of them just fade... except the eyes. It's the one image that really sticks with him.]

...Someone... someone's got eyes that are different colors?

[Don't celebrate too much, it's only a start.]