FINAL FANTASY X AU

[enigmaster]

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[agoodname]

Certainly. [he huffs a bit] It's really my only chance at leaving this village, so naturally I'm taking it.

[enigmaster]

...You want to get out of here that badly?

[agoodname]

Absolutely. [dryly] I grew up in the big city. These sorts of places...aren't really suited to my personality.

[enigmaster]

Oh. I guess I can understand that... Well, um, you'll probably like Luca much better, then. It's the second biggest city in Spira.

[agoodname]

Oh? What's the first?

[enigmaster]

That would be Bevelle. It's much further up north. I was born there, actually. I lived there for some time, until I moved here. It's... a lot bigger there. Perhaps you'd like it.

[agoodname]

It sounds like my kind of place. [he can't help but smirk a bit] I admit, I'm certainly a bit of a city boy. I always have been.

[enigmaster]

It... can be a bit stuffy, though. Luca is more easygoing, I'm told. I suppose because the stadium is there... ...But, that may have just been my experience. I didn't get out much when I lived in Bevelle.

[agoodname]

No? [he tilts his head at that] Why not?

[enigmaster]

Just... family stuff. [boy it's

...complicated] Especially later. My mother, um... she became high summoner, so she's rather famous and... [...] I'm not good with attention...

[agoodname]

[and he arches an eyebrow at that]

And yet you're...also becoming a summoner? [what]

[enigmaster]

Well, it's... important. I mean, summoners are... pretty rare. But we're the only ones who can fight Sin. I'm not good with attention, but... I want to help Spira.

[agoodname]

...hm. I see. [he tilts his head] So it's the sense of duty that binds you to it.

[enigmaster]

Something like that. If I have this power, then... I want to use it for something worthy, you know? [The words don't feel entirely right in his own mouth. Too dressed up, too easy. Not... incorrect, just overly simplified. But he's managing to sell it okay, at least. He's practiced this much.] It comes in handy for you. You can tag along with our journey to Luca, after all.

[agoodname]

Hm. I suppose I can. [he's studying him, though, intently.] And...you've decided that this is how this power is made worthy?

[enigmaster]

It's... what it's for. The Fayth... um... they're what give summoners the ability to summon Aeons. And we only get it after praying for a way to defeat Sin, so... ...I just... want to help.

[agoodname]

And that's all it's for. Nothing else. [because he can think of at least five ways he could've harnessed that power in Zanarkand.]

...what's...the world like, outside of Besaid?

[enigmaster]

...Not that much different than Besaid. [he looks around at the village, eyes landing on one tent in particular that's still in pieces, not rebuilt yet.] Outside of Luca and Bevelle, settlements don't get very big.

[agoodname]

[that makes him blink, once, glancing back at him]

...no? Why's that?

[enigmaster]

Sin. It... tends to destroy places, when too many people gather.

[agoodname]

....I see.

[well that's...a problem.] So...most places are Besaid-sized, then?

[enigmaster]

Close to it, at least... Except for Luca and Bevelle, it's just, small towns here and there.

[agoodname]

...I wonder what protects those places.

[enigmaster]

I believe... those places are especially protected, although. Well, I don't know how much even those could do to deter Sin. ...Even in those cities, though, people have lost a lot because of Sin.

[agoodname]

Oh? How so? [he's information gathering now. He knows none of this, but now is the time to learn it.]