Bevelle, Spira, Thursday Evening (Fandom Time)
Lulu stood, waiting, at the end of the Skybridge, wishing for the eighteen-thousandth time since she came back to Spira that she had a wristwatch, preferably one that operated on local time. She wasn't certain at this point whether the portal was late, or if she was early, or if she'd missed it, or if something had happened, or...
"Going somewhere?" The voice came out of the shadows, but the figure didn't stay hidden long. "I'd have thought you wouldn't want to leave so close to the next round of talks."
Lulu shook her head. "I have obligations elsewhere, O'aka," she explained. "But only for a few days."
"Cid coming by, then?" asked the merchant. "I didn't think he was due back in Bevelle until next week at the earliest."
"No, actually," Lulu told him. "In fact, if you stick around a few minutes more--" A halfway familiar sound arose from behind her. "Ah," she said, turning to face the portal. "That would be my method of transport."
O'aka stared in awe at the portal. "What is it?" he asked. "What does it do?"
"You step through, and moments later you're elsewhere." Lulu hefted her travel pack and smiled at O'aka, giving him a sweeping bow that showed off her... talents. "I'll see you in a few days." She stepped into the portal, and was off.
A moment later, a letter fluttered down from where the portal had been. O'aka picked it up and read it.
We apologise for the inconvenience, it read, but portal service from Bevelle-Spira to Fandom-Earth has been unavoidably delayed. Please expect termination of transit to complete no earlier than May 2nd, 6AM terminus local time. Thank you for choosing Portalocity.
O'aka scratched his head, then tossed the paper aside. "She's an odd one," he muttered to himself, as he walked away.
[Lulu's on her way to graduation, but life's in the way until Saturday so she's arriving a bit late for graduation! She'll see everyone on Saturday. :D ]
"Going somewhere?" The voice came out of the shadows, but the figure didn't stay hidden long. "I'd have thought you wouldn't want to leave so close to the next round of talks."
Lulu shook her head. "I have obligations elsewhere, O'aka," she explained. "But only for a few days."
"Cid coming by, then?" asked the merchant. "I didn't think he was due back in Bevelle until next week at the earliest."
"No, actually," Lulu told him. "In fact, if you stick around a few minutes more--" A halfway familiar sound arose from behind her. "Ah," she said, turning to face the portal. "That would be my method of transport."
O'aka stared in awe at the portal. "What is it?" he asked. "What does it do?"
"You step through, and moments later you're elsewhere." Lulu hefted her travel pack and smiled at O'aka, giving him a sweeping bow that showed off her... talents. "I'll see you in a few days." She stepped into the portal, and was off.
A moment later, a letter fluttered down from where the portal had been. O'aka picked it up and read it.
We apologise for the inconvenience, it read, but portal service from Bevelle-Spira to Fandom-Earth has been unavoidably delayed. Please expect termination of transit to complete no earlier than May 2nd, 6AM terminus local time. Thank you for choosing Portalocity.
O'aka scratched his head, then tossed the paper aside. "She's an odd one," he muttered to himself, as he walked away.
[Lulu's on her way to graduation, but life's in the way until Saturday so she's arriving a bit late for graduation! She'll see everyone on Saturday. :D ]