[video]

[whiteblessing]

[The feed switches on to a disgruntled looking, white haired girl, in what appears to be Eryut Village. There's moogle chatter peppered in the background, puncuated by the occasional kupo or two. By the sounds of things, he's near done with his explanation, having just handed over the phone

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[Video]

[dewdrop_pebbles]

[Wince.]

I apologize for my erstwhile kin. They do not savor the company of others, especially Humes.

[Video]

[whiteblessing]

Hmm. Thanks. I'll be fine, though. [Surprisingly, Ritz hasn't been kicked out of the village when she replies. The Viera can be seen nearby, watching her, but generally paying no heed.]

They're... very different to the Viera I've met before, on another world.

[Video]

[dewdrop_pebbles]

They are...? But you mentioned Ivalice. That is our origin, as well.

[Video]

[whiteblessing]

Ivalice is the other world. It's not my home. St. Ivalice is.

... but that's odd. If you are from there...

[video]

[trinitycrusades]

It is as the moogle says -- this is Gaia, not Ivalice, though there are others here that hail from that land.

[video]

[whiteblessing]

[Ritz is confused as she considers that. Unlike most, where it's a simple matter of waking up in another world, she's had a similar experience like this before. Not the same, ceratinly, but the sudden fantasy setting is obvious to her.] But how can that be? I'm wearing what I wore in Ivalice. Moogles, Viera... it's the same thing, again.

[though at the latter, she perks up.] Others? Do you know who?

[video]

[trinitycrusades]

[...Wearing what she wore in...? Cecil has no idea what she's talking about or why her clothes should matter, but he decides not to ask.]

A young woman named Reis, a girl called Penelo... There are others, but those are the two I am best acquainted with. You're likely to meet the rest soon enough.

[video]

[whiteblessing]

[She listens, and then lets out a hard sigh.] I do not know them... I suppose all I have is to hope my friends are here, then.

... Thanks, though.

[video]

[shurikenfemale]

This isn't Ivalice, it's Gaia. There are some from Ivalice but I don't recall those names...

[video]

[whiteblessing]

.... [she's shaking her head, mostly in confusion.] I really don't understand how I can be here. This is frustrating...

[video]

[shurikenfemale]

Magic isn't really native to my world, but the best I can explain is that a man tried to save his own using magic world but merged many others in the process. It's all pretty complicated stuff. I know how you feel though. I was the same when I first arrived.

[video]

[whiteblessing]

He merged worlds?

[She blinks. Well that could... explain it, if not from her falling through into the Grimoire world, again. Though how she seems to have inherited her Ivalice garb and her weapon and her abilities is another question entirely.] ... I suppose that could explain a few things...

[A sigh.] I'm guessing there's no way back, right?

[Video]

[for_cosmos]

This world is not Ivalice, but one called Gaia.

[Video]

[whiteblessing]

I keep telling her that, but she keeps saying she's confused, kupo!

Hey! [this is Ritz grabbing the phone off the thieving moogle, who scurries behind her.] I get that it's called Gaia. I just don't understand how I can be here.

[Video]

[for_cosmos]

A man known as Garland cast a spell that has drawn others to this world. You are one of many who has appeared in this place.

[Video]

[whiteblessing]

... guess it's not the Grimoire, then. [a sigh.]

[Video]

[futurefab]

Are you all right? [She taps the screen a bit, still not quite used to communicating face-to-face over long distances.] This place is pretty confusing, isn't it? I got here recently, too.

[She sighs and shakes her head.] I was told it was some kind of spell that brought us, but other than that... Actually, now that you mention it, a Grimoire might do it...

[She looks thoughtful for a moment before she shrugs and smiles.] It seems we're all stuck here, so we might as well make the best of it, right?

[Video]

[whiteblessing]

As good as I'll ever be. [she sighs.] Being taken to another world... I thought my days of that were long over.

[She perks up at one part in particular.] You know about the Grimoire? [She's not aware there's more than one, so the thought doesn't occur to her.]

[Video]

[futurefab]

In my world we had scholars who commanded light and dark grimoires. It enabled them to use vast spells and abilities, and they were master strategists. I also heard rumor of a third grimoire, but it was said to be dark and dangerous. With the untapped power within that third grimoire... Perhaps there was also the ability to cross the bounds of time and space.

But I'm not a scholar, so I can't say for certain. [As if that wasn't obvious enough.] If you roll with the punches it isn't as bad as it seems here. Many of the people I've encountered are kind and helpful.

[Video]

[whiteblessing]

[Her eyes widen.] There's more than one? ... never would have guessed... though it would make sense, if you think about it.

Hm... we didn't.. my friends and me, we didn't use it for spells, nor abilities. We crossed into a different world... and it disappeared until we went home. [And Mewt still has it, as far as she's aware.]

You might be right there. Many have been helpful. And I admit that I, kind of... missed a world like this. [She did want to stay in Ivalice, after all. But she was just getting used to home again, learning to make the most of it and have fun... so many changes.]