001 [video]

[laughingsword]

Hello~ooo… [in extreme magnification, a pair of eyes blink at the communicator for a few seconds before the face retreats into focus.] Ah! It's working, isn't it? That little light… what a funny dream.

[He chuckles, and holds the communicator a little further away, turning it from side to side.] Very funny. I've tried pinching myself ten thousand times, and I can't seem to wake up! Has anybody found out a better way? If I sleep in all morning I'll ruin my reputation, you see. Everyone will tease me!

[The temporary pout dissolves into a smile as he looks around beyond the communicator.] But maybe I can look around for just a few hours first. That wouldn't be so bad, would it? Ah, look! I think that's a candy store--!

Comments

[earthshatter]

You should be able to get one from the moogles. As for the monsters, it depends on what you normally fight.

[laughingsword]

People. My world does not have this sort of monster.

[earthshatter]

They do seem to be unique to this world.

[laughingsword]

And what is your world like, Aeleus-san?

[earthshatter]

Right now, on the long road to recovery.

[laughingsword]

Recovery? When you say that, it sounds as though something terrible must have happened.

[earthshatter]

Something has. It's only now the world is being to recover.

[laughingsword]

[Well, Souji thinks, he obviously doesn't want to talk about it. It seems a little personal, and they've only just met, after all.]

I'm sorry.

[earthshatter]

[Personal in more ways than one, unfortunately. But what has been has been and there is no changing that.]

It's alright.

[laughingsword]

[He gives that statement a moment of quiet silence before changing the subject.]

So... how long have you been here?

[earthshatter]

I believe it's several months, by this point.

[laughingsword]

A~ah, you're the second one to say several months! I hope I'm not trapped here so long. It looks like a lovely city, but I'd miss my friends, after all.

[earthshatter]

You wouldn't be the only one to miss people.

[laughingsword]

Of course not. But I wouldn't want to speak for others!

[earthshatter]

Understandable.

[laughingsword]

Well, then -- thank you very much for your help! And I suppose I should go make myself one of those creatures before anything tries to attack me.

I'm sure we'll see one another around the city.

[earthshatter]

I'm sure we will.