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[feathered_earth]

Characters: Krile (feathered_earth) and open!
Date/Time: May 24th - 26th
Location: Most anywhere on the islands with bridges. Starting at the bridge from Captain Planet to Stuff Inc, though.
Rating: G - PG
Summary: Krile finds herself a touch lost. Time/place in the subject line, please! If you want to forward-date something or meet her somewhere other than the

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Bazaar, 25th, midday?

[iattractmushi]

Cloud was picking up a few supplies, as well as lunch, when he spotted a familiar blonde head of hair not too far away. Slinging his bag over one shoulder and dropping some coins into the merchant's waiting palm, he walked over to her. After seeing her writing on Sniper's journal entry, he wanted to make sure she was alright.

He managed to scrape up a smile from somewhere. It didn't feel too fake to him, either. "Mmmm... Princess, right? Hey. I'm Cloud." Well, that was blunt enough. Now he just hoped he hadn't scared her into running away from him. And with the way this week was shaping up? He wouldn't be at all surprised if she did.

\o\

[feathered_earth]

"Oh, hello!" Princess smiled up at the white-haired man. She wasn't frightened at all. In fact, this Edensphere place seemed to be extraordinarily quiet. She hadn't seen any trace of monsters at all! Which was something she would not complain about.

Looking him over failed to bring any sense of familiarity, but it was clear that he was a friend. It wasn't like she went around wearing a nametag. "So--you know me, huh? Who are you?"

/o/

[iattractmushi]

"I do. We're friends, or we were." It was hard to maintain his faint smile in the face of that cheerful expression void of any recognition, but he made his best effort. She did seem extraordinarily cheerful, even for Krile; he didn't want to ruin that.

"I saw your writing to Sniper, and... well, I. Wanted to see if you were..." 'alright' wasn't the word he wanted. She wasn't 'alright', she had lost her memories. That wasn't 'alright' by any stretch of the imagination. "...adjusting," he finished, a little lamely.

[feathered_earth]

"If we were friends before, I don't see why we can't be friends again," said Princess. Amnesia aside, she honestly had no reason not to be cheerful. Gai had helped her out yesterday, and now it seemed like she'd met one of the people he'd told her about.

Anyway, this fellow seemed a little hesitant, despite the smile. Meeting a friend who saw you as a stranger had to be very hard... she wished she could make herself recognize him, but she couldn't. "I guess I am. I know a little bit about Edensphere now, anyway. It all seems very strange."

...he already said his name >_>

[iattractmushi]

Oh good, that meant that someone else had probably given her the basics of what was going on. Not that he would have minded doing that, but it put him a little more at ease that she knew more about this place, and she certainly didn't look scared. His smile was just a touch easier to maintain, with that knowledge in mind.

"That's good to hear. Did you... have any other questions?" Something else occurred to him suddenly, stirring up a sudden worry. "You have a place to stay, right?" He was pretty sure he knew where she lived, and he could probably find out fairly easily if he was wrong about that. But the thought of her sleeping outside, like this... he didn't like it. Not one bit.

...SO HE DID. *facepalm* Let's say she meant the question metaphorically.

[feathered_earth]

"Gai showed me where I live yesterday. Good thing, too--I'd have been soaked if I had to camp out last night." She'd been astonished by the sight of all the houses built on and in the branches. But the walkways had given an amazing view of the islands below.

It took her a moment to consider his other question, though. Well yes, she did have a lot of questions and it would probably take her a year to ask them all. "What is this place? I haven't--well, I don't think I've seen anything like it before. There are no castles, no magic shops or monsters, um... it seems peaceful and I like it, but it's so strange."

/patpat/ he did answer it, though! That they were friends.

[iattractmushi]

That eased the sudden tension in his shoulders. Never mind that it had been raining, he didn't like the idea of her sleeping outside at all. "...good."

He set his bag down by his feet, so he could talk to her more comfortably. "Edensphere? Well, it's... hnnn. Most of us arrive here with our memories gone, just like yours are, but usually we hatch out of cocoons." He grinned suddenly, a real, if somewhat faint, grin, and pointed in the direction of Crystalia. "If you want monsters, though, we've got 'em. Just be careful going to that island, alright?" Because he knew she could take care of herself. That was the only reason he mentioned it at all.

[feathered_earth]

...Hatched out of cocoons.

"I'll... take your word for it." Cocoons, really? Princess had heard and seen all sorts of strange things about this place, but she just couldn't picture that she'd arrived by chewing her way through silk strands. She'd already heard from Gai that everyone came with amnesia, so at least that wasn't a shock.

She looked in the direction Cloud pointed in. "They only live there? I wonder why." She grinned again. "But I guess it explains why I was wearing a sword yesterday." Princess had seen a spear in her room, too, but she'd chosen to wear the shortsword today. A spear would be a little much to tote around a marketplace.

[iattractmushi]

"I'm not sure. Maybe they don't like people, or maybe they like that island better." It was practically cut off from the rest of Edensphere, with just one bridge connecting it to Melee, and it hung pretty far away from everywhere else.

"I'm not surprised." Cloud himself had actually taken to wearing a small pouch at his side, with a few kinds of throwing knives and some shuriken, as it just seemed more practical to be armed. He usually only wore it when he was going down to the Wilderness, but he'd strapped it on automatically before leaving the house. He wasn't sure if it should be worrying that he was getting into the habit of putting it on, but it was probably better than forgetting it and getting into trouble. "A lot of people carry weapons here; that was actually one of your jobs, selling them to people."

[feathered_earth]

"Well... as long as they stay there. It'd be a pain in the neck to deal with a monster invasion. But it's still really weird." Why would vicious beasts confine themselves like that? There were a lot of people in Edensphere, and people were just food to such animals. She could find out more about that later, though.

She raised her eyebrows at the second piece of information Cloud imparted. "Really? Gosh." She looked down at the shortsword. Carrying it seemed natural and right, but she wasn't sure about being the person to sell them. "Nothing in my vision was about being a blacksmith. I guess I've got hidden depths!"

[iattractmushi]

He decided not to mention how often Edensphere seemed to come under attack from monsters of one sort or another. If this memory loss was as temporary as the one that had affected him, she would remember in a few days. If it wasn't... she would probably find out first-hand before long.

His smile turned amused, and he couldn't resist a gentle jab. "You're pretty deep for someone so short." He waived one hand in front of him. "You mostly get them from the scavengers, actually. Though I think you might to a little smith work to fix them up. Most things that come from the scrapyard are in pretty rough shape."

[feathered_earth]

"Heeey." Princess gave Cloud a poke in the arm for that one. "I'm not short. Everyone here is just really tall." Which actually seemed true to her. She was sure she'd never seen so many people who were so close to six foot.

Still, she had a lot of questions about her apparent occupation. "Scrapyard... that's where Sniper was yesterday, wasn't it? The place with the junk monsters?" She tapped her chin. "I must do a lot of selling back to those folks if that's where they work."

[iattractmushi]

He only chuckled at the poke. It was nice seeing her taking this in stride, unlike poor Sniper. If anything, she was acting more cheerful than usual.

"That's right. And don't worry about that--you give discounts to the Watch and the Guard, but if a Scavenger takes a shine to something they won't bother selling it. Might pay you to help them fix it up, I don't know if you charge them less for that." He stuck an unlit cigarette to his mouth, out of habit more than anything else, and left it there without lighting it. "What else... mmm. You figured the journals out on your own... has anyone told you about the Wilderness?"

[feathered_earth]

Admittedly, Princess hadn't come to in a giant junkyard full of belligerent trash heaps. But she still probably would have taken it in stride. Without being able to remember two years of loved ones come and gone, it seemed that she had no reason to be unhappy.

"Hmm, I'll have to ask someone--but not a Scavenger," she said with a grin. She would have to find that shop and see what it was like, but Cloud's mention of a Wilderness distracted her from that. "I don't think so. What is it, and where?"

[iattractmushi]

He grinned back, a little more broadly than before. Somehow it was very easy to forget that... well, she had forgotten. Maybe it was because she still acted like Krile, even if she had decided to call herself 'Princess.'

He pointed again, in the direction of the elevator and the Access Point this time, his cigarette bobbing up and down as he spoke. "The only way I know of to get there is by taking the elevator. This is the second floor for... some reason, and the Wilderness is the third. But always go with someone else, alright? Otherwise you'll get lost."

wrap this up this/next tag?

[feathered_earth]

"Wilderness... oh!" Princess flicked herself in the temple. "Gai did mention that yesterday--it must have slipped my mind with all the other things I've had to re-learn."

She looked around at the Bazaar. Her stomach was starting to growl a little, and there were a lot of unfamiliar but delicious smells. "Do you want to get lunch? I'd like to see what kind of food I've forgotten, too," she said with a grin.