[voice/video.]

[immortal_lion]

Uh-oh, kupo. This one's in a bad way...
and something..
Can I sense monsters nearby? Better make this short.

A...
A moogle? Even the void has them..?
Where--

---are you?

...Kupopo? Nonono, this isn't the void. It's Gaia. You're a sky-person and you need to take this

Comments

[prez_leg_cramp]

...you okay, kiddo?

[immortal_lion]

[Have a small amount of annoyance.

Tell me how to switch this device off, and I will be.

[prez_leg_cramp]

[He opens his mouth to say how but then he realizes he wouldn't be able to talk to him!]

Why do you want to switch it off?

[immortal_lion]

[Curses!]

Because if I'm not dead, I'm supposed to be working..
and honestly, whatever the moogle said was just lovely; but if there is anyone from my world here...

If Sage Walahra's teachings were wrong...

..
I just don't want to be seen.

video

[lastsummoner]

[There's a pretty worried little girl on the screen. No, you're not seeing things, her hair is blue and she's got a horn.]

Hey! You okay?

[video]

[immortal_lion]

[Unfortunately, he's blind. That means he's not going to doubletake at the horn, little miss. But for what it's worth, he's seen a lot worse. And you're too cute to wtf at! ]

I've been better..
More importantly, have you heard or seen any transmissions from a girl that's just arrived? She may have arrived earlier..

[video]

[lastsummoner]

You mean Marlene? She's been here for a while. Relm's new though. I don't know where she is though.

You look sick. Do you need a doctor?

Re: [video]

[immortal_lion]

[Hello, funny sounding names. While the Empress is fond of new personalities and new names, he can't ever see her hiding behind that alias. Since after all she really doesn't get out much and would never have heard those names, they're too foreign and too strange.]

..No, I'm afraid not. Her name is Aphmau. Though she comes with Ovjang, and Mnejing... and favours them speaking in her place. She should have came to this world with me- she was less than ten yards from me when --

[Teeter. He's of the opinion Gaia is just like his world, and this can't be cured.]

It's ninjutsu..
A concentrated far eastern poison. It has to run its course.. but I can't stay idle waiting for it. I have to find her..

[video]

[captain_rusty]

What is all this panic about? Do you have something to hide?

Re: [video]

[immortal_lion]

I'm supposed to be somewhere else, doing something else, with someone else! Someone is in great danger, and the last thing I want to broadcast is her location, if she's in this area, can you understand that?

[video]

[captain_rusty]

...I am sorry to hear that.

It seems that villain Garland has snatched you away to this world at the worst possible moment! There are others working to defeat him right now so that you may return home. You should not be here for long.

[video]

[immortal_lion]

[Bit 'o shock. He can't recall the last time he spoke to anyone so rudely. And he shakes his head, before bringing his hands to his face and massaging his temples some. He sighs. still-poisoned or not, there really wasn't any excuse for that.]

A thousand apologies. I was overly harsh with my words.

I don't understand why anyone would feel the need to take people from their worlds. The Empire.. They've never had dealings with Gaia or any soul upon it.

..Where is this Garland?

[voice]

[winhillstime]

...You must be new. ...Oh, and don't let the moogles scare you.

[voice]

[immortal_lion]

Yes. How long has this been happening for? Do you know why this Garland would pluck people from their respective worlds? The purpose.. I just don't understand it.

Thank you, but I'm quite used to them. They're rather common in my world.

[voice]

[winhillstime]

I don't think any of us understand the purpose. It's been over a year for me and I know people who have been here longer.

Oh, they are? I'd never seen one until I came here.

[voice]

[immortal_lion]

[Oh, he thinks a little to himself at that. He's trying to understand, he really is. (and he feels somewhat stupid for not understanding) but he can't see the reason. He's not used to the feeling of being unable to see through something - and he doesn't like it. His voice sounds concerned at her revelation. ]

A year..
How can you cope..?

...You haven't seen a moogle before this world? That's strange, also. Most, in my world, live in housing the moogles provide - called Rent-a-rooms. The Empire pays rent on behalf of the individual to the MHU for the service, providing the individual is an approved mercenary. Others...
they live in Al Zahbi. Moogle-run Rent-a-rooms are...
remarkably better than living there.

[video]

[captainrygdea]

Relax, it's just a recording. It's not gonna kill you.

[voice]

[immortal_lion]

You have no idea.

[voice]

[captainrygdea]

It's not alive. It's a damn phone. Trust me on this.

[voice]

[immortal_lion]

[Phone. Interesting. At least thanks to the original moogle and this ...person, he can name it as something other than "does exactly the same as a linkpearl but is about 50 times more unwieldy. That reminds him! As soon as he's worked out how to end the call, he's going to go outside and attempt to use the linkpearl.

It's a little while before he responds, and his voice is irritated. Oddly - it changes dramatically. The kid in front of you was a kid of about 18, no more and possibly quite a bit less, but his voice has changed to that of an adult.

As I've mentioned before, many times before, I was with someone when this happened. Someone that needs to be protected. People like you have no right to even look upon her face. And as for knowing her location? Impermissible.

...Do you understand?

[...You know, it feels somewhat good to act as an Immortal does again. The weirdness was starting to creep him out and even scare him a bit.]