○ 01 ○ Familiar Places

[connectedsky.livejournal.com]

[At first, everything is dark. There's nothing but black and empty space...yet, somehow, this isn't scary at all. Maybe because there's something nearby - something warm and inviting. Safe.

A bright light in the distance.

But maybe not so far away after all. Soon there's solid ground. It's a circular platform that looks like stained glass, but doesn't feel fragile. It's brightly colored, and covered in pictures...pictures that must come from somewhere.

Maybe they mean something to the child on the other side of the platform. The boy is walking around, looking a little confused...and with good reason. He had just been here a few hours ago, hadn't he? The person he had been talking to before was sleeping. So why was he back here? Was this a dream?

That's when he turns around, finally noticing that he's not alone. In a confused, but friendly tone, he asks-]

How'd you get here?

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[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

Hmmm? [ She looks up, distracted from her swaying backtrack over the glass, and smiles at the boy. ] That's a good question. How do you think I got here? You don't mind do you? It's so pretty.

[ Stained glass... it's not common to see outside of Migar's old architecture, and she loves all the panes in the church, even the ones unfortunately broken. Being able to walk with it under her feet, somehow feeling both fragility and strength, is astounding. ]

[connectedsky.livejournal.com]

Sure. I don't mind.

[Sora smiles, doing his best to catch up and walk with her. She looks so happy, how can he not want to follow?]

I'm Sora. Who are you?

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

Sora? [ This young? But it fits... the unruly brown hair and those open blue eyes. ] That's a nice name. I'm Aerith.

Do you know this place?

[connectedsky.livejournal.com]

[Know it? Yes, he definitely does. Even if he doesn't really understand what it is.]

Yeah, sort of. I was here a few hours ago.

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

Only sort of, huh. It reminds me of a special place, I hope you get to see it more!

Say, what's with this star? [ She points over to the paopu fruit before taking a few steps over to it. ] Looks like it's wearing a night cap. Did it get sleepy?

[connectedsky.livejournal.com]

[He laughs when she describes the paopu fruit, following her and standing closer to the image. It's a funny image - he wouldn't never thought about a star being sleepy - but he stops giggling and shakes his head.]

It's not a star! It's a paopu fruit.

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

Oh! So that's the stem. How silly. [ She giggles. ] It's pretty, anyway. A lot of these things look like you can have fun with them. [ a mask, a toy boat... she points toward the spear and trident. Cid uses something like that for fighting, but in this picture she'd guess... ] Those are for fishing? And this whole picture must be about... do you know?

[ She knows it's at least about an island, but it seems like it's his dream--she's interested in what he'll say. ]

[connectedsky.livejournal.com]

Um...

[He takes a step back, looking at all the pictures once more. It was a strange question...but even though he didn't know how to explain it, and he couldn't help trying to think about it a little, he already knew the answer.]

It's about things that are really important to me.

[And he sounds completely confident in that answer.]

/doodles this in her head

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

Then it's nice. That you have a picture to remind you of all of them. [ To keep them in his heart... or maybe, because they were dreaming, this was already a reflection of his heart. ]

My picture would have a lot of flowers. Ribbons too. And a boat as well...but one that flies.

[connectedsky.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I think that, if I keep them here, they'll be safe.

...wait, a boat that...flies? How?

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

It's called an aiiir~ship, and it has big propellers to churn the air and lift it up! They look like so much fun, so I want to go on one someday.

[connectedsky.livejournal.com]

An airship...

[He tries to picture it, though what he sees is more like a boat flying through the air. Still, his face lights up at the idea.]

I wanna see one, too! They don't have anything like that where I'm from.

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

[ And for some Final Fantasies, Sora's not too off. ]

Every place has its own treasures. Maybe if you can find a way to my special place, you'll see it.

[ she's sure she'll dream about them sooner or later. ]

[connectedsky.livejournal.com]

Your special place? You mean...something like this place?

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

A little. It might look different sometimes. I'll tell you if you've found it.

[connectedsky.livejournal.com]

[He nods, and smiles again.]

Alright. I'll be looking for it!

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

It can be a game!