Who:
onegil,
superninjayuf,
firstclasswings, OPEN
When: A couple hours after immunizations
Where: Solamente Park
Rating: G - will update if it changes.
Summary: Aerith just needed to get out, think, breathe, you know.
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Baby, don't look at me like that anymore. )
So she did, under a huge tree in the park, feeling cold and alone and that worked for then. When the tears dried up, she wiped away the evidence on her face and pulled herself to her feet. She'd heard Aerith's voice on the NOC, she'd been aware that the woman was out somewhere. She hadn't expected to turn and walk for a few moments and then see her.
Seeing her on the carousel, Yuffie managed a small smile, walking slowly towards the woman and the machine. "Hey," there wasn't too much energy in her voice, but Yuffie knew she didn't need to put on too good a show for Aerith. "Doesn't it work?"
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Her lips pressed together for a long moment, the air heavy on her shoulders and pulling the smile from her face. "Yuffie," she began, but her voice cracked and she cleared her throat to try again. "Ah, Yuffie? You haven't seen Cloud around, have you?" She could have been wrong. Maybe he was just out and about, assuring their safety or just being himself. "And Tifa... I haven't been able to talk to her." And she had no idea what she would say to her if she had the chance.
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"I haven't heard Cloud in a while, but he's probably out, checking out the monsters and stuff." She had to believe that herself, because if she didn't, he'd left them and that wasn't good.
"Y'know, I bet it just needs some grease, and paint and a little kick start." What Aerith knew about engineering, Yuffie knew less. But then, Yuffie thought she knew more than she knew anyway. "I think we could fix it. Y'know? For..." For Marlene to play on.
Damn.
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And wait.
"All right." It was decided. If they could somehow rebuild this contraption, it would be possible to do anything else. To find hope. "I wonder if we could ask for help over the NOC." Not everybody sounded quite as optimistic as they could manage to be, and she was sure there would be someone calling their attempts stupid and pointless. Still, somebody might need the distraction just as much as they did.
"We'll do this," she added, brightening at Yuffie's smile alone. "One step at a time, right?"
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"I bet some of the guys in the shops could help. Like the weapons, I bet they'd be fine for altering to fix this." It was a project, like saving Wutai, like saving Planet, like helping Reeve. Yuffie was good at distractions, she could find a distraction in just about anything.
"We can ask, I'm sure, and then if someone knows how to wire things, or whatever they can maybe make it go again, and we'll paint it?" Yeah, Yuffie had found her groove again, and even if it wasn't going to be permanent, it would last for now.
"This'll be the best carousel in the world!"
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"If we can find a job around here, maybe we'll find a way to pay for other things we'll need." Or trade. She still had trouble with the matter of currency, and it didn't help that she didn't have much with her of value. She laughed lightly at Yuffie's high energy, nodding in agreement. "It might be the only carousel in this world," she added, tone light and cheery.
Then she suddenly lit up, remembering something she probably shouldn't have forgotten to begin with. "I remember hearing about a Lady Heather a while ago. I haven't looked yet, but she might have something we could use."
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It was far too easy these days. It was like no one knew what a lock was. "Well, I'll do my best, but I think you should be the one to talk to Lady Heather in that case. She might have something worth wanting." Healing anything was something worth wanting, and Yuffie's cure materia was embarrassingly low grade.
If Aerith was all for second chances, then Yuffie was sure she'd manage it too. At least she hoped she could. It wasn't like she'd be doing it on her own anyway, and the General would likely pay her little attention -which for once could be a good thing. So, "Okay, I'll see what I can do, besides, it might help get some things to clean this up. I'll just think of it that way."
She could definitely do that much.
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"So, we have a plan." Aerith cast a glance to the white horse, patting the top of its head again as if it would understand. "We'll have you all fixed up in no time." Before something else happens. When there weren't storms, there were monsters, and when there weren't monsters, there were funerals ( ... )
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"Right," Yuffie was all for getting started. She'd see about talking to one of the two leaders, although she wasn't too sure about this Castango person, or Sephiroth, she supposed 'better the devil you know' was the best idea here.
"I don't think so," Aerith's parting words made her smile after the woman, rocking on her heels, "I think we're all just lucky your here, cause it makes us wanna do better." Because it did. Yuffie was determined that no matter what, she wanted to protect Aerith this time. To help her, to be there, so that Aerith didn't go away on her own and get hurt. "We're all just lucky in some ways."
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