Chapter 1 -- Video

[nofarplaneyet]

*The image wavers a little bit as someone is still fussing with the bracelet.*

...so it's like a sphere. *There's a man staring into the screen. It's hard to read his facial features because he's wearing shades over his eyes and there's some kind of high collar obscuring his mouth. With swatches of grey hair on the top of his head and his temples, he seems to be an older man. There's a bit of a rasp in his voice.*

I was supposed to go somewhere else but I ended up here. *Apparently there was no gentle rest for him. Not just yet.* Assuming everything in the letter is true, what do I have to do?

Comments

video.

[battled]

A little. It's a circular city with sectors, based on the houses of the people who call themselves the Gods here. [ She pauses, furrowing her brow a bit. ] From time to time, there's danger - quite a bit of it - but for the most part, we just live our lives to the best of our ability here. [ And now her momface. ] Are you alright?

[video]

[disasterrific]

You're here, too!?

[Happy Rikku is happy]

Re: video.

[nofarplaneyet]

*Actually, he meant the bracelet was like a movie sphere, but then again, the map made the city look like a sphere.*

I seem to be. *If he seems a bit confused, it might be natural. Finding yourself ALIVE might tend to do that.* I'm in some house called...*sounds out the foreign word carefully* Heimdall?

[video]

[nofarplaneyet]

I'm here...wait.

*Auron peers into the bracelet machina.*

...Rikku?

[video]

[disasterrific]

And Tidus, and Gippal, and Tidus says Yunie's here but I haven't seen her yet.

[She's a little...hyper right now]

[battled]

Mmm... Have you found your way there, then? I have friends living there. [ Poor guy 8( doesn't seem like he's doing so hot. ]

[nofarplaneyet]

I haven't really found anything yet. I got here a little while ago. *Auron's tough though. Give him a little bit to adjust and he'll be all right.*

So there's different houses where everyone lives?

Re: [video]

[nofarplaneyet]

So how did you...

*If he seems confused, it's because he is.*

Wait. Tidus is here?

[video]

[disasterrific]

Yep, he was being stupid earlier, but he's here.

[battled]

Mmhmm. And each district is colored a bit differently in its decor, as well, which makes it a bit easier to find things... Of course, it takes a little time to learn all of the colors, but there's a map within your bracelet to help.

[sends]

[ Color her a little surprised! You're certainly someone she'd never expected to see again, despite the fact that she isn't at all unhappy to. She seems a little bit perplexed, asking with an incredulous tone. ] ... Sir Auron?

[histories]

Unfortunately, your journey elsewhere has been halted by the gods of this place. Welcome to the city of Asgard, nonetheless.

As of now, our purpose in specific is unclear, though the gods have at one point specified that merely inhabiting the city is sufficient. However, there are cases where the city had been attacked, so it's really not as simple as that.

May I ask your name, and which house you've been assigned to?

[nofarplaneyet]

Why are people in different houses to begin with? *Since this woman is kind enough to explain things to him, he'll just continue to talk to her and figure out what's going on.*

[video]

[nofarplaneyet]

*Knowing Tidus as well as he does, that's pretty normal.*

So is everyone in Yuna's pilgrimage here?

[nofarplaneyet]

*He peers into his bracelet.*

Yuna? *He is equally surprised. He smiles a little bit.* Good to see you again.

[nofarplaneyet]

*Attacked? He hopes it not something like Sin.*

My name's Auron and it says I'm in the...Heimdall house? *He hopes he got that name right.*

[video]

[disasterrific]

Just me and Tidus, like I said. He said Yunie's here, but I dunno, and Gippal's here. We never met him, but he's...uh...my boyfriend.

[histories]

Ah, I see! It's a pleasure to meet you, Sir Auron. [not that she knows he's addressed that way by Yuna, but it's merely her way of greeting people she's first met, and they seem to have some form of seniority in their appearance or behaviour.]

I am Keine Kamishirasawa, of the Sigyn House. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them.

[video]

[nofarplaneyet]

Really. *There's so much he'll do with that information later on. When he can probably tease Rikku.*

I've been told this place pulls people from other places. Did you get taken from the fight with Sin as well?

[video]

[disasterrific]

Uh...that was two years ago. Yunie and Paine and I just beat Vegnagun and Shuyin. You, Jecht, and Uncle Braska were even giving us advice while we kicked major Farplane butt.

[sends]

Yes, it's... Good to see you, as well. [ Confusing, but good!

She keeps seeing people she shouldn't see.] Have you... Seen anyone else?

[ Though Auron shouldn't technically be here, either, there may be a way he can help them sort out exactly what's going on here. ]

video

[zanarkandbabe]

[ If Tidus were the kind of person who thinks before he acts, he would have avoided the network altogether in hopes of Auron never seeing him cooped up in a hospital on bed rest.

But being the impulsive guy he is, instead Auron gets a gaping Tidus on his video feed. ]

Huh? When did you get here!?

[nofarplaneyet]

*He blinks a little at the "sir" but decides she couldn't possibly know how people addressed him.*

So there's all these separate houses. Can people travel between them?

[video]

[nofarplaneyet]

You did...what and...*Fayth. He needed a drink.*

So. You're from a completely different time. *What was that about giving advice? He sure didn't remember that!*

[nofarplaneyet]

Rikku was talking to me and telling me something about being from two years ahead and...*he shakes his head*

Is there somewhere I can meet you so I can talk to you in person?