Entry 9 - An Unexpected Return [VOICE]

[librariansheart]

[There is a soft click as the recording device comes on, and this time the voice is much more recognizably Sheska's, rather than the strident and confident high-pitched voice of the elementary student. She sounds thoughtful and a bit jaded, her words clear and well-pronounced, making her sound like that young, strict school teacher you had in

Comments

[citydragon]

...Sheska...?

So that wasn't just a dream.

I'm not entirely sure what's going on. I think Reno may have put something in my coffee again...

[Voice]

[librariansheart]

[Despite her post, she sounds surprised to see him responding.]

Ah! Tseng?

[She drops her voice to a near whisper, apparently in awe.]

Oh... brain, you are a mean, mean thing...

[Immediately, a touch of nervousness, an almost stutter, edges into her voice and she's almost babbling.]

It's good to see you again... or... I suppose it's "read you again", isn't it? I think I know what's going on, at least for me, but I'm glad to see you're all right! Did your father yell at you again when you got home?

Re: [Voice]

[citydragon]

...My father? I haven't spoken to him in almost four years. It is good to see a familar face, though if you've got answers, I'd love to here them, because I really don't know what the hell is going on.

However. As this is decidedly not Midgar, I assume I don't need to go into work today. So. Shall I meet you later when we've both had something to eat?

Re: [Voice]

[librariansheart]

[There's a short silence, as though she's in shock, and then her voice comes back on, even more nervous now that she's touched on a subject that might make him upset. There's a soft, strange sound that sounds like she might be twisting a bit of cloth between her fingers.]

F-four years? Oh, I'm sorry... I didn't mean to bring up... W-well... Um...

[Short pause.]

I'm not exactly sure what this is all about, but I have a theory or two... M-maybe we can discuss it later? I'm not sure of my way around the city yet, but this place still seems to be in my name, and I found a bit of money in a wallet on the dresser in the bedroom, and if it's mine, then it wouldn't be stealing, right? Um... The bus route map I found shows that there's a park bordering the Cordova District and Center-City... Would it be ok to meet up there? And we can talk?

Re: [Voice]

[citydragon]

It is of no matter. It was...in the past.

That sounds agreeable. I wandered a bit in my search for coffee this morning, but I believe I can pull up a map from this terminal. In an hour's time?

Re: [Voice]

[librariansheart]

[She's more subdued now, humbled, but with an undercurrent of excitement.]

An hour sounds lovely. I'll meet you in Central Park, by the main Center-City entrance.

Re: [Voice]

[citydragon]

Good. I'll see you then.