1st ❄ [video]

[persical]

[The mirror shows what should be a familiar sight by now--a young woman in a white arrival's dress. Except...this one has the wide slit-pupiled eyes and animate ears of...a cat. The gaze she examines the mirror with is intelligent and curious, and she sits back after a moment. Her face sets with determination, the voice issuing from her clear and

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[video]

[tasercopter]

What the hell are you? [She doesn't like the looks of those green cat eyes, and so she doesn't pay much attention to what the young woman is saying.]

Some kinda cat monster?

[video]

[persical]

[she starts. Of all the replies she was expecting, this wasn't one of them.]

Wh--

I'm not a Virus, if that's what you're asking. [she looks troubled, but somehow not offended.] I'm a...Gajuma, of course.

[there's a slight hesitation in the middle of that statement, and her tone seems a little bewildered.]

[video]

[tasercopter]

Uh, I can tell you're not a virus because I'm looking right at you. I'd need a microscope to see one of those.

A Gau-what? Never heard of it.

[video]

[persical]

A..."microscope"? [suddenly, the feeling that they're speaking different languages.]

Never heard of... [well, that explained it. Sort of. But really, who had never heard of a Gajuma? Maybe she shouldn't pry.]

I'm not dangerous, if that's what you're worried about. My name is Claire. Claire Bennett.

[video]

[tasercopter]

Yeah, a microscope--you know, you look through it and it shows you real tiny things you couldn't see otherwise, like germs and stuff. [Oh, right. Probably this chick's from some backwards world without science.]

I'm not worried. I can handle monsters, I just don't feel like dealing with one right now. [She's reassured. Sephiroths and remnants do not talk all polite like that--they're way too arrogant to pretend to be anything else.] So you better behave yourself, Kitty. [She winks; she's really just messing around.]

Name's Reno.

[video]

[persical]

I've never heard of such a thing before, but it sounds amazing! I'm not sure what it has to do with Viruses, though...they're large and easy to see. They wouldn't be so dangerous otherwise. They're the monsters you should watch out for.

[she laughs a little, despite herself.] If anything, I'd like to help everyone here get home. Even if it means defying the Queen...I understand her word is law, but taking people from their homes isn't right.

I'm pleased to meet you, Reno. Though I wish it were under better circumstances.

[video]

[tasercopter]

[Whoa, why is this kitty-girl so nice? It's weirding her out.]

Oh, there's a monster called a Virus. I get it. Our viruses are tiny and cause diseases, totally different thing. We do have lots of monsters, though, unfortunately.

I'm not gonna argue with you there. I want to go home. I don't give a shit about the Queen either. I heard she's some crazy bitch who wants us to hook up, and supposedly there's no way out.

Nice to meet you too, I guess. Are all the people kitties where you're from?

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[persical]

[she's nice to everyone, okay. Even crazy monarchs that kidnap her.]

Yes, the monsters that plague the countryside are known as Viruses. Though I'm not sure where the word came from...they could easily be called something else in other places.

[hook up? She decides not to ask for the time being. This is all very confusing.]

Oh, no. Gajuma come in all shapes and sizes, and there are Huma like yourself, of course. [an odd thought occurs to her. Was it possible...?]

Are you...not from Callegea, then?

[video]

[tasercopter]

[Your mannerly ways are strange to Reno.]

We got all kinds of monsters. Worms with teeth, dragons, giant turtles, floating ugly heads, electric birds, big flying demons--all kinds.

Nope. Never heard of that, either. I'm from Edge, formerly the City of Midgar. [She could perhaps insert some useful information here about everyone coming from different worlds, but she doesn't.] Everybody there's a regular human. Well--mostly.

I think I'm gonna call you Kitty from now on, Kitty.

[video]

[persical]

[those sound like generic RPG monstersViruses to her, but at least they've managed to work through one language barrier, so she's content with that.]

Midgar...? I've never heard of it, but then again, the world is a big place. I never really left my home until recently. I'm from the village of Sulz, in the north.

[she looks more bemused than anything at the last part.] Should I be giving you a nickname, too?

[video]

[tasercopter]

[How could you say such a thing about those completely unique monster designs?]

[Reno shakes her head.] Believe me, if you were from my world, you'd have heard of Midgar. It's the capital of the world. Was. Uh, it's still kind of the capital. But you'd have heard of it, no question. We rule everything.

If you wanna give me a nickname, go ahead--I've been given a lot of them over the years. [She laughs.] Some nicer than others. Give it your best shot.

[video]

[persical]

[...Rebirth had pretty much all of them. Sob.]

The capital...world?

[give her a moment while she absorbs this, and puts two and two together. Nicknames are forgotten for the moment.]

Are you saying...there's more than one world?

[video]

[tasercopter]

Oh right, people come here from a lot of different worlds. [Reno sounds jaded, as if this was something she took so for granted that she hardly thought to mention it.]

Might not even be anyone else here from your world. You're a long way from home, Kitty.

[video]

[persical]

That's amazing...I never knew other worlds existed. [she takes a momnet to absorb this.]

Well...it's worth a try. Have you seen a young man with long, blue hair? He carries a sword, and he's always serious-looking.

[video]

[tasercopter]

There are a bunch of them, apparently.

Definitely haven't seem him. There aren't any guys here, by the way. So if he does show up here, he'll be from some alternate universe where he's a chick. Some guys I know showed up here, with boobs.

[video] *moment herp I can spell

[persical]

How many, do you think?

[she laughs.] Oh, you're pulling my leg.