☇015 - Video/Action for Ecruteak City, just outside the Tower

[solidbarrels]

[ For the first time in weeks days, Squall finally appears on the network. Head tilted toward the sky, his brows furrows at the sight of snow intermingled with the hard rain. He's soaked, drenched and without a jacket. ]

Damn, thought I heard...

[ His head jerks at the sound of more thunder and a flash of lightning. Immediately he searches for

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[puppet_paladin]

You shouldn't go around that tower during a storm. We wouldn't want you to reenact the legend associated to it.

Oh, and a certain Miss Trepe was looking for you.

[Funnily enough, Cecil is also outside. And the road behind him sure as hell doesn't look like Ecruteak.]

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[solidbarrels]

...Trepe?

[ Trepe... It can't be. Someone he actually knows... Is in this world, too? Someone from his own world? It's not like he didn't think it was possible but... he never really thought... ]

You're talking about Quistis. Quistis Trepe. Aren't you?

...What legend?

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[puppet_paladin]

That's the one. A nice young lady with a ponytail. She was nearing Violet, last I heard.

"Years and years ago, there were two towers in Ecruteak. But one day, the western tower was hit by lightning and burned until the rain extinguished it, killing three Pokémon. So a rainbow-colored Pokémon descended from the eastern tower and revived the three, before leaving for lands unknown." That's the gist of it. The part about the lightning strike is particularly relevant in this case.

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[solidbarrels]

Wears peach color clothes, blond hair. She probably wouldn't have her whip... (Just like I don't have Revolver.) She already traveled that far...?

[ Damn it, now he's feeling guilty about not checking his 'gear that often. Not that he could, considering what he's been doing ever since he figured out he lost three whole days. ]

Hn. It's not like I'm sparring right now. There's nothing to worry about.

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[puppet_paladin]

She seemed to be making good progress on the road, at least. She should still be in Violet; she was asking about potential employment.

Of course not. But do make sure not to catch your death out there. It might be hard to give you your Christmas present posthumously.

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[solidbarrels]

Travelling to Violet isn't that bad.

[ Hyne knows that Team Cosmos seems to manage it over and over again. ]

If she's asking for a job... I guess she'll be staying there for a while. (Which is good. Gives me time... to head back and meet up with her. Ask what happened back home, if we... If we actually defeated Ultimecia in Time Compression before I fought in the Conflict. Assuming... she actually knows what I'm talking about.)

...Christmas?

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[puppet_paladin]

Probably until she gets the badge. That should give you plenty of time to visit.

A holiday that involves giving gifts to friends and family. And also a man in a red suit on a sleight. Aerith and Trucy told me about it, and it sounded like a good idea. I've already found gifts for about half the people I have on my list.

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[solidbarrels]

Right...

Red suit in a sleigh. And gifts.

[ What. ]

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[puppet_paladin]

That's what Trucy said. And don't tell me you'd say no to a free gift.

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[solidbarrels]

[ Who doesn't? ...Except when a person feels obliged to get the other person a gift and there's dammit, less than a week left to get any gifts. ]

Still. A sleigh and a red suit, is this supposed to be some weird big Johto holiday or what?

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[puppet_paladin]

I'm not quite sure it is native to Johto, to be honest. But it apparently exists in many worlds, and our fellow outworlders are currently planning festivities all over the region.

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[solidbarrels]

Never heard of it.

[ A shrug ]

Then again. I never paid attention that holidays.

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[puppet_paladin]

What about birthdays? Are you the type who never remembers those, including yours?

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[solidbarrels]

They're just another day of the year.

[ Although now that he has... friends, real friends, he'll probably do something for them but his birthday? What's so important about that? ]

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[puppet_paladin]

But it's a day that celebrates the fact that you have survived another year, or that you now have the right to frequent taverns.

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[solidbarrels]

Taverns.

[ blank stare ]