FINAL FANTASY X AU

[enigmaster]

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[enigmaster]

Um... So, ah... Can I ask... [he looks back over at Oswald, very carefully.] Why were you there? In the temple...?

[agoodname]

Oh, that? Well, Butch was getting all concerned, so I came to see what the fuss was about. I figured if you'd been there for over a day, you also needed a clean change of clothes and a meal, so I was hoping to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.

[enigmaster]

[He tilts his head, frowning.] That's all...?

[agoodname]

What other reason would there be?

[enigmaster]

I don't know. People don't usually break tradition and go further into the temple just... for that. [...] You... washed up on shore, right? I think Butch mentioned something like that...

[agoodname]

Yes. But I must admit that I also know nothing of those traditions, so it wasn't much of a jump for me to dismiss them.

[enigmaster]

You don't? I thought everyone knew about the taboos. Are you from somewhere very remote...?

[agoodname]

No, the boat I was on was attacked by Sin. Apparently that's why I don't remember anything about Spira.

[enigmaster]

Oh.

[He frowns, at that, but looks at Oswald properly now.]

Nothing at all?

[agoodname]

Not much of anything. Or, well...[he trails off a bit, glancing at him sidelong, conspiratorially] ...except for what I'm apparently not supposed to talk about.

[enigmaster]

Huh? [He blinks, leaning in closer immediately. Secrets???] What's that?

[agoodname]

Apparently I'm not supposed to tell anyone that I'm from Zanarkand.

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[enigmaster]

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[enigmaster]

Y-You're from where?

[agoodname]

Zanarkand.

[enigmaster]

But... I thought no one lived there. I mean, it's just... all ruins.

[agoodname]

Yes, apparently it became ruins about a thousand years ago, which was news to me.

[enigmaster]

I... don't understand. So it's not in ruins...?

[agoodname]

Butch says it is. But I don't remember it being that way. I remember it being a city that I grew up in.

[enigmaster]

[He's quiet, a moment. Just... staring at Oswald.] A city... With... with bright lights, right? Even at night?

[agoodname]

Even at night, yes. A Zanarkand that never sleeps.

[enigmaster]

... [That's the second time he's heard someone talk about this. So, rather than disbelief, Edward finds himself immediately feeling that... this must be true.] It sounds... amazing.

[agoodname]

....it is. [he glances at him, sidelong] You...believe me, then?

[enigmaster]

[He nods immediately, without hesitating.]

[agoodname]

[the corner of his mouth quirks at that] Well, you're the first, so I suppose I appreciate that.