22nd moon [video/action]

[puppet_paladin]

I've found Marcus and Seifer in my storage this morning.

[A pause. The feed shows the sky and nothing more, with small, regular movements hinting that it was not placed on a stable surface. The sounds of waves is very close by.]

My head hurts terribly, and my dreams make no sense, even though they're not quite dreams, even though-

[He interrupts

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[video]

[solas_ion]

...Sounds like you're having a rough time, Cecil.

[video]

[puppet_paladin]

...Two of my friends disappeared yesterday.

[video]

[solas_ion]

Two of them at once? Looks like this place doesn't screw around.

You going to be alright?

[video]

[puppet_paladin]

I will. [His voice regains some strength.] As long as I act. I cannot stay idle here.

[video]

[usedgatlinggun]

[ Quistis looks carefully composed, but the husky note in her voice betrays something melancholy. ]

... Seifer? [ Well, she assumes it's a Pokémon, which means - ] ... One of Squall's team?

[video]

[puppet_paladin]

...His Gyarados. [A pause.] His second Pokémon. He caught him back in August and he evolved in September. It was quite a sweet moment, in retrospect, though at the time I was too busy panicking-

I'm rambling. I apologize.

[video]

[usedgatlinggun]

[ She laughs a little, but it sounds sad, too. She glances away. ] That means he named a Magikarp 'Seifer.'

... No, it's... it's fine. I understand completely. [ Her smile is genuine, if rueful. ] I'll miss him, too.

[video]

[puppet_paladin]

He did. [He's smiling a little, even if no one can see it.] He named his Cyndaquil Zell, too. People from your world?

At least he'll be waiting for you at home. [An hesitant pause.] Will he... be fine, there? He won't have to fight Ultimecia again, will he?

[video]

[blacklodged]

Dreams?

[Yes, that's what he picks up on. The names mentioned aren't telling him anything, but he looks at Cecil with some sympathy, assuming.]

[But, a more important "question":]

You don't sound very well.

[video]

[puppet_paladin]

Dreams. Flashes of people and pieces of worlds, too fleeting to make much sense.

[Not that his explanation makes much sense either.]

...Two of my friends returned to their worlds yesterday.

[video]

[blacklodged]

So they're not dreams at all.

[Cooper can ... guess, even if Cecil already said so in his broadcast, in a sense. He's had dreams that were far from ordinary.]

I'm sorry to hear that. Will you be alright?

[video]

[puppet_paladin]

Memories, perhaps. Or hallucinations, or visions. There weren't enough to tell for certain.

I will be, once I do something. I'll leave to earn the Fog badge tonight. That should help.

[video]

[biteisbigger]

... You should... lie down...

[video]

[puppet_paladin]

It's fine. I am lying down. [On a snowy beach. Not mentioning that part.]

[video]

[biteisbigger]

... Outside?

[video]

[puppet_paladin]

...Leviathan evolved. She wished to swim in the ocean.

[Video] which city is Cecil in?

[for_cosmos]

Cecil? Are you injured?

[Video] Cherrygrove, until later tonight

[puppet_paladin]

Merely resting. [A pause.] Leviathan wished to test her new form in the ocean. I am merely keeping her company.

[Video]

[for_cosmos]

I thought I heard you say-

...Never mind.

Would you mind it if we were to travel together once more?

[After all those disappearances, he wants to keep an eye on the few of them that are left.]

[Video]

[puppet_paladin]

It's a headache, nothing more.

...I'll be meeting Suzuki in Ecruteak, whether or not Edward and Rydia come. I can ask her to wait for you. Will Bartz also be coming?