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[lunarborn]

[His bones ache. He'd lost the sensation of having legs some time ago, assuming they hadn't been dismembered an hour past simply because he was able to keep trudging alone. He's been on his way back from the mountainrange for a subjective eternity, platinum hair matted and stringy from sweat, deep blue eyes sunken under the weight of dark, puffy

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[lunarianlegacy]

My bug!

[Anyone looking for Ceodore will find a small boy around age six. A boy who is quite torn between obeying his father and following the road or worrying because his father has squashed his new pet bug he'd found.]

Father, why are you on the ground?

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[eidolon_soul]

[Rydia is all over the place today, at least in part because of the festival. Thus, she's garbed as a faerie princess, which in reality isn't all that much different from her usual attire. She's at the outskirts when a brief break from the noise is needed, only to spot two figures ahead. Little Ceodore isn't immediately registered, but she knows that armor anywhere.]

Cecil!

[And she runs toward him.]

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[lunarborn]

. . .

[Yeah... Cecil doesn't hear either of them. BRB faceplanted.]

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[lunarianlegacy]

Father, you're squishing my bug.

[Clearly the child knows what's important here, and it's not his father being passed out on the ground. He doesn't think it's too surprising to see Rydia either.]

Hi, Rydia!

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[eidolon_soul]

[Rydia drops to her knees and begins using filial healing magic on Cecil right away. She glances over at the little boy...and ends up doing a double-take. Now he registers, and with a vengeance.]

Ceodore?!

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[lunarborn]

[Give him a minute and he'll stir a bit. His eyes open with bleary sightlessness, though all he manages to vocalize is an incoherent groan.] ..hnn?

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[lunarianlegacy]

Uh-huh.

[Ceodore looks at Rydia curiously, unable to figure out why she sounds so surprised. He makes a face that Cecil is still planted on his bug that is probably quite dead by now. Oh well, he can still play with it.]

Father, does the ground taste good?

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[eidolon_soul]

Cecil? Just hold on. I'll take us all to the clinic, okay?

[She glances to Ceodore, worried for him as well despite seeing no injuries.]

I'll warp us there.

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[lunarborn]

[Cecil's eyes slide closed again. Rydia's plan will get no argument from him.]

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[melodiesoflute]

[Wandering away from the party idly, Edward's eyes grew wide once he spotted Rydia up ahead with a familiar white haired man.]

Is that--[He trailed off immediately once he realized who it was.]

Cecil?!

[Still dressed in his cavalier costume, the bard rushes over to help.]

What happened...?

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[lunarianlegacy]

Hi, Edward! Father squished my bug. He said Mother wouldn't like it. But I'd really like it back now.

[The child seems to be the only calm one in this collection and in a delightfully good mood after being packed through the mountains.]

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[boomchucka]

[Deciding not to stay inside the apartment she'd shared with Quistis, Selphie took to slowly wandering the outskirts of the festival but the sight of familiar faces around an unconscious person had the girl hurrying as fast as her body could muster forward. She sees Edward and Rydia and someone who looks like a younger version of Ceodore. Her eyes are red from earlier in the day but Selphie puts on a brave face before.]

What happened?

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[eidolon_soul]

Cecil and Ceodore have returned. We're warping to the clinic.

[Sorry for the terseness, but Rydia's giving Cecil another dose of healing before she feelings comfortable with taking them elsewhere.]

Anyone who wants to come, stand close.

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[lunarborn]

[And though the healing magic still isn't enough to wake Cecil, it does at least seem to ease the tortured nature of his breathing. Baby steps!]

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[melodiesoflute]

Then off with us! To the clinic it is.

[Edward was sure he would be able to make it back to the party before Jack steals the silverware.]

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[lunarianlegacy]

[Clinic sounds like doctor and Ceodore isn't sure he wants to go there because that involves having to take icky medicines. Blech! But he does want to be good and make his family proud, so he stands by Rydia, looking up at her expectantly.]