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Post by Vincent Valentine on Sept 5, 2009 15:39:51 GMT -5
Now this was something that Vincent could get very used to. His red gaze moved around the town before him, seeing that it had almost appeared out of nowhere, a lone city hidden between the sands...Turning his body, he looked back towards the vast nothingness that lay behind him… to the left of him… the right of him… everywhere expect the town before him
“Now this… is something I like…” Vincent felt oddly at calm here… nothing seemed to cause him pain when he looked at it… only because it reminded him all too much of himself. He was alone, completely and utterly, he was barren, harsh, seemingly difficult to understand and get along with, but once time had been given… some effort, Vincent was a nice person, at his core.
“I wonder if these people wouldn’t mind me moving in here…” He moved through the front gate, his blood red cloak swaying in the breeze, and not to mention making him stand out like a sore thumb in this dusty brown world. He moved between the people, getting a few odd looks here and there, but he managed to keep himself out of trouble.
That was until his eyes widened, his body turning as he felt a boy run right into him, forcing a small orb into Vincent’s hand before he ran off, leaving Vincent somewhat dumbfounded. He looked down at his hand, moving the orb between his sharpened fingers, his clawed hand lifting the orb to the bright sun .
“This look… oddly familiar…” he tilted his head, thinking over it, this wasn’t materia, cause if it was, Vincent would be able to use it, so what was it? Vincent bit his lip softly, moving the orb closer to his body as he looked down at it. It looked like that orb on the Olympus Coliseum trophy, that orb that Paine had wanted .
“Now… this is interesting… just what do I do with it? I should give it back or keep it?”
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Post by Yuna on Sept 6, 2009 5:45:08 GMT -5
Yuna landed in a strange world one she never visited before or ever set foot on. "What is this place?" She asked glancing around the town.
This was her first time in a place out of her home world Spira. She glanced around the town a new place to explore perhaps and since she was there why not also continue her hunt for spheres.
As she walked down the streets everyone turned to glance at her. Surly from her appearance they all could tell that she wasn’t from around there. Still no one tried to harm or bother her in any way so she didn’t mind. Yuna was actually quite used to this.
In Spira anyways people there always looked up to her as a high summoner. She always had to be careful with what she did as every action was watched with peering eyes. She couldn’t really be herself nor do anything that the people of Spira would disapprove of. Her life she couldn’t live it as she pleased because of who she was.
Now though it was different even when she was still being watched no one there knew who she was or the fact that she was a high summoner. To them she was just a visitor from another world and that's how she wanted things to remain.
Yuna turned a corner once she paced the palace and made her way to a empty space. "Nice day today…" She mumbled to herself closing her eyes as she felt the breeze on her skin. A smile formed on her lips as she stretched her hands behind her back and just stood there.
She was alone this time but she didn’t really mind. Her friends all went on different paths and Yuna knew she would have to find hers someday. Who knows maybe starting a new journey wouldn’t be a bad thing after all, but for now she decided to stop and take a break.
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Sept 6, 2009 11:17:35 GMT -5
Vincent moved slowly, keeping his eyes on the shining orb as he moved in no real direction. There was something about it... something odd, it could have been that Vincent hated not knowing, that will all his years he didnt know what something was for, and that... bugged him. He needed to know what this was, was it really one of those... dress spheres that Paine had spoken about? Or was it mearly a shiny gem that that young boy had stolen? If it was the latter... Vincent would have to give it back
"But what if it was stolen... but is a dress sphere?" He sighed softly, now that wasnt helping him at all, he needed to decide what to do and quickly. He turned the corner, moving down the street, his eyes fixated on the orb, facinated at the way the light bounced off it, how it reflected certain colours, so much so that Vincent hadnt even noticed the younger female standing in his way.
With a small humph, Vincent lightly bumped into what looked like a much younger woman. Counting his lucky stars, Vincent turned to face the lady, his clawed hand falling to his side as he tilted his head,
"Sorry..." He bowed his head softly, he hadnt been walking fast, nor had he walked into her with too much force, so he assumed that she was ok. His gaze moved over her figure, not taking it in for the female asspects of it, but more for her posture. She looked weak, but he knew all to well that what she looked, and her fighting ability, were very different things.
"I... was consentrating on something else... again sorry..." He took a small step forward, hoping that he wasnt coming off as too odd,
"You arent hurt in any way?"
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Post by Yuna on Sept 7, 2009 4:31:42 GMT -5
Yuna’s eyes were still closed as she enjoyes the warm breeze. In the past she didn’t have time to stop and enjoy the weather not like this. So she decided to make every minute count, To just let her mind wonder to the past remembering all the friends she made. What Yuna didn’t know though that there was a man heading towards her. He bumped into her and that was enough to bring her back to reality.
Yuna stumbled back as she tried to regain her balance before she fell. He didn’t bump into her with such force but she kind of lost it there and with the surprise.
"Sorry..."
"Um..." She looked up at the man unsure of what to do but once she saw his expression she knew he meant her no harm. She glanced down at his claw like hand that was the first time she saw something like that. She looked closely at it for a few seconds. The sphere still didn’t catch her eyes.
"I... was consentrating on something else... again sorry..."
"It’s okay" Yuna said with a smile as she got up and took a closer look at the man. "I wasn’t paying attention either... had my eyes closed so it’s not partially my fault." She added with another smile as she saw him take a step forward.
"You arent hurt in any way?"
"Nope I am fine thanks"
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Sept 7, 2009 17:19:52 GMT -5
“No no… I should have been looking towards my path, not at something shiny” Vincent’s head fell slightly, unsure of how to handle this situation. He was used to the gasps, the sudden step back, those eyes widening with a slight amount of fear at his form, his figure, the fact that his eyes were red, his hair pitch black and his right arm plated as if heading to war. But this girl… didn’t even blink twice at him, it was like… she hadn’t even noticed what he looked like. He blinked softly, his eyes dropping as he nodded his head. He didn’t really know what else to do really… this was completely new to him.
“That is… good... I would hate to think you were hurt because of my idiocy” He nodded his head once more, his red gaze moving back to those mismatched eyes, his face almost completely void of emotion, all but his eyes, which shone with slight confusion, yet a warmth at not been pushed away instantly by one that seemed… normal?
“You don’t seem to be from this town” His lips hitched at one end, making a somewhat small smile on his pale lips,
“I mean… the two of us aren’t exactly dressed like the inhabitants here” He bit the corner of his lip, swallowing down slightly as he tilted his head. This girl… seemed friendly, overly friendly, and Vincent couldn’t help but feel… human? If one such human could make him feel more human than he already did… that was a start.
“My name is Vincent… Vincent Valentine…” he bowed softly, his clawed hand moving the small orb slightly, looking down at it before he moved it towards his cloak, letting it fall into the object that draped him. It did have pockets, it was just the way that it moved, it seemed to eat the orb… rather than Vincent putting it away.
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Post by Yuna on Sept 8, 2009 8:41:05 GMT -5
“No no… I should have been looking towards my path, not at something shiny”
"Something shiny...?" Yuna asked tilting her head at the question. Her curiosity got the best of her at times. She wondered what Vincent was talking about. She was lost in her own thoughts but what was he focused on before he bumped into her?
“That is… good... I would hate to think you were hurt because of my idiocy”
"I wouldn’t get hurt from jut a small fall. You caught me by surprise but I am okay." she explained taking a step to her side as she stretched her legs and let her hands fall to her side. Yuna was wearing her gunner sphere as she usually did maybe that was one reason why she seemed out of place
“You don’t seem to be from this town”
"That obvious huh?"
“I mean… the two of us aren’t exactly dressed like the inhabitants here”
Yuna smiled with a nod "You are right I am not from this world. But it’s filled with fascinating things, I wanted to discover new places... maybe begin a new journey." Her smile never faded as she looked at Vincent despite his appearance he was kind to Yuna and somehow he earned her trust.
“My name is Vincent… Vincent Valentine…”
"Vincent it’s nice to meet you I am Yuna" She paced around the empty space before turning to Vincent once more. "So since we are both new here how about we explore this place together?"
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Sept 8, 2009 14:33:49 GMT -5
Vincent lifted his head, a soft smile on his lips. How else was he meant to describe something that he’d never seen before? It was… shiny, creating its own light as it just sat in the palm of your hand, almost like a tiny version of the sun or some other star. It was enchanting, and Vincent knew that any other words would just complicate thinks more,
“Yes… it is fairly shiny…” He tilted his head down, his human hand moving to his cloak, attempting to find the pocket that he’d put the orb in, only managing to pull out his small brown chest nut. He held it between his fingers for a moment, blinking at it, before returning it to the depths of his cloak,
“Yes well… when I find where I put it, this think has a habit of hiding things from me” He sighed softly. It was times like this he hated the thing… it was an extension of his form, moving in ways that normal cloaks didn’t, but at time, some such as this, Vincent believed it had a mind of its own, and that mind was against Vincent.
“Forgive me… living as long as I have… you tend to have a bad short term memory…” He bowed his head softly, finding the newly introduced Yuna, to remind him of Yuffie… just not so annoying and somewhat… lovable? He chuckled softly,
“I can see why you’d enjoy discovering new places… that’s the reason I'm here… partially” He shrugged softly as he looked into those mix matched eyes, seeing a spark that he’d never really seen before… it was odd… she seemed more experiences that Vincent could ever assume, and yet… still innocent.
“I would be more than happy to accompany you, we can get awkward looks together” That soft smile returned to his lips as he moved next to Yuna, looking over at her with his crimson eyes,
“So… tell me a bit about your world, if it’s not a problem to ask”
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Post by Yuna on Sept 8, 2009 15:01:02 GMT -5
“Yes… it is fairly shiny…”
Yuna waited for Vincent to reveal the object he was talking about but only saw a small chestnut in his hands. Was that it she wondered.
“Yes well… when I find where I put it, this think has a habit of hiding things from me”
She chuckled softly with a nod “Hiding things from you… it seems like it has a mind of its own” Yuna could understand that though. Sometimes the dresspheres she wore carried the memories of the past and passed them on to her.
“Forgive me… living as long as I have… you tend to have a bad short term memory…”
“It’s okay you can show me later if that’s alright.”
“I can see why you’d enjoy discovering new places… that’s the reason I'm here… partially”
Yuna nodded smiling at Vincent. Yes she always loved traveling to new places to explore and maybe find a few hidden secrets along the way. Secrets that would help her on her path.
“I would be more than happy to accompany you, we can get awkward looks together”
Yuna chuckled at that and nodded once more. “Better than going through that alone and I always enjoy the company.” She said glancing back into his crimson eyes. Something was different about Vincent from everyone she met so far.
“So… tell me a bit about your world, if it’s not a problem to ask”
“Spira… it’s alright, what would you like to know?”
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Sept 9, 2009 16:04:36 GMT -5
Vincent chuckles softly, he agreed with her 100% on that, his cloak did have a mind of its own, always hiding things from him, always acting against him unless Vincent really needed it to help him.
“I sometimes believe that too…” He tilted his head, looking over the young female. Her outfit… looked familiar about it… like something he’d seen before. But hearing the name of her home world, Vincent’s eyes widened slightly. Spira? He’d heard about that from the gunner woman, Paine, she had commented on it before their fight, so could this mean that Yuna may, or may not, know of Paine? Deciding to keep this information to himself, at least till he knew it was certain, Vincent just nodded.
“Spira… that’s an unusual name… tell me a bit about it… its people, its beliefs”
He started moving slowly, taking small steps as they moved through the sandy streets, thinking that maybe this Yuna was a gunner like Paine… but he still didn’t know the full power of these dress spheres, and if his gut feeling was right, what he’d been given was what Paine was looking for… and maybe Yuna.
He tried to move without his armoured feet making too much noise, knowing that he was already getting slightly worrying looks from the people around him, all but the young lady. His clawed limb moved beneath his cloak, hiding from plan sight as Vincent looked to his side, looking over at Yuna. He couldn’t help it… been around the people of this world made him… more human, and he couldn’t just not ask her,
“I hope this doesn’t sound all to weird… but are you looking for a …’dress sphere’?”
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Post by Yuna on Sept 10, 2009 17:31:01 GMT -5
“I sometimes believe that too…”
Yuna smiled with a node as she continued to walk with Vincent. She glanced at the kids as they played around the town and smiled.
“Spira… that’s an unusual name… tell me a bit about it… its people, its beliefs”
"Well… a lot of things happened there… Not long ago it was in chaos because of Sin. A creation from our mistake one thousand year ago. Even though Sin is gone now, people are still suffering and everyone’s beliefs have been shattered. Because of the conflict a few groups appeared and they are constantly at war with each other..." She sighed lowering her head. Not long Yuna believed in Yevon as others did. But those beliefs were crushed when she realized she was holding on to false hope.
“I hope this doesn’t sound all to weird… but are you looking for a …’dress sphere’?”
Her attention was back to Vincent, and Yuna stopped in her place once she heard the words dressphere. "How did you know about that? Dresspheres… I didn’t think someone out of my world knew anything about them."
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Sept 11, 2009 17:47:16 GMT -5
Vincent listened to Yuna’s story, nodding softly. It reminded him of his own world, the damages that Sephiroth had caused, how one figure, one man, had managed to completely turn one world upside down and inside out and any other way that Vincent could think of. Was it the way that all worlds had to have? An evil that is needed no matter what.
“Sin… mm… we had… have something similar to that in my own world” He nodded once more, turning to look over at Yuna, a small smile on his face. The fact that her world had managed to defeat their ultimate evil only gave Vincent a sense of hope… that maybe they, in Gaia, might be able to finally get rid of Sephiroth once and for all,
“Our evil just keeps coming back…” He chuckled softly as he turned his head, pausing as he saw Yuna’s reaction to his small comment,
“I am an old man Yuna… I make it my business to know about thinks like this…” He tilted his head, his eyes moving to the ground as he thought. He really should have keep this information to himself, he should be keeping the orb to give to paine… but what was he doing now? Talking to Yuna about the same thing?
“I met a person from your world… she was at the Coliseum, dressing very similar to you I must admit” He tilted his head, biting the corner of his lip,
“I just needed to make sure this was the same world that we were talking about” He looked into those eyes once more, the green one reminding him slightly of Sephiroth’s own eyes, but only in colour, not in the penetrating gaze.
“The orb that I was talking about… it’s a dress sphere… at least I think it might be”
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Post by Yuna on Sept 12, 2009 12:26:24 GMT -5
“Sin… mm… we had… have something similar to that in my own world”
“Something like that” So other worlds also had problems. Yuna never knew though since she never left Spira not until now.
“Our evil just keeps coming back…”
“Keeps coming back… that does sound just like Sin but two years ago we were able to defeat him once and for all we finally stopped the cycle. You will find a way to do the same.” Yuna remembered the fight they had two year back she was able to destroy Sin with the help of her friends. They gave her the strength she needed and together they saved the world.
“I am an old man Yuna… I make it my business to know about thinks like this…”
“Ow…” Yuna never took her eyes of that dressphere could it be the one that was stolen from her… but how did it end up here?
“I met a person from your world… she was at the Coliseum, dressing very similar to you I must admit”
“A person from my world…” Could it be Paine? Yuna wondered as she remembered her friend she left Spira before her but as far as Yuna was concerned they were still friends.
“I just needed to make sure this was the same world that we were talking about”
“Is her name… Paine? I want to make sure she is alright… She is one of my friends but it has been a while since I saw or heard anything from her…. Hope she is alright” Yuna did worry a lot but that way only because she cared about her friends. To her they were treasers she never wanted to lose.
“The orb that I was talking about… it’s a dress sphere… at least I think it might be”
“Yes it is a dressphere… been using those long enough to know… in fact I am wearing one right now this is called a gunner dressphere”
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Sept 12, 2009 18:20:04 GMT -5
“Yes well…Sephiroth is a different kinda of evil… we’ve tried everything to get rid of him and when we actually think we’ve done it he finds some way to come back”
Vincent nodded softly, his claw finding the sphere from before, biting his lip as he paused. Should he really give this sphere to Yuna or wait and give it to Paine? The thought ran though his mind over and over again. Before a decision like this was easy, he would have been able to make it on the spot back then, but now… after everything… it was far too hard to actually decide.
“It was her… Paine…a nice woman a must admit…” He tilted his head, moving the sphere towards Yuna, feeling that he might as well as just it to her, she seemed as though she’d need it more anyway, in the long term. From what he’d seen from Paine, she could look after herself perfectly well, maybe Yuna needed a bit more help.
“Here… Its not like I really need it, but please… do you might telling me more about these spheres? How is it that you can wear them? What are they really?”
A soft smile grew on his lips, it was something that he needed to know, he just had to, the fact that he didn’t know was gnawing at him. It had to be due to his lift style, knowing that he’d never die, that he’d always be around… that loosing an opportunity to learn might be loosing that opportunity forever, not just a few days.
“I mean… if its not too much to ask, but the idea of all this power, especially from the… ‘gunner’ dress sphere” His mind wondered to the battle he’d had with the other female, smirking softly as he laughed. It had been a long long time since he’d had a good fight with anyone.
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Post by Yuna on Sept 14, 2009 8:59:36 GMT -5
“Yes well…Sephiroth is a different kinda of evil… we’ve tried everything to get rid of him and when we actually think we’ve done it he finds some way to come back”
"Sin was like that... he came back every two years and each time to stop him a summoner and a guardian’s life was sacrificed. Things remained like that for year... no one believed we could ever defeat Sin for good but we did. There is always a way as long as you never give up"
“It was her… Paine…a nice woman a must admit…”
Yuna smiled once she learned that her friends is alright "I am glad she is okay Paine is a good friends of mine and I was hoping to get to see her soon." She took a few more steps as they both made their way down the streets.
“Here… Its not like I really need it, but please… do you might telling me more about these spheres? How is it that you can wear them? What are they really?”
"What... no I can’t possibly take this it’s yours..." Yuna said shaking her head as she stopped to look at Vincent with a smile. "You want to know more about these spheres...?"
“I mean… if its not too much to ask, but the idea of all this power, especially from the… ‘gunner’ dress sphere”
She nodded with a warm smile. Normally Yuna didn’t share this information with anyone but she trusted Vincent now and saw no harm in answering his question. "Well Spheres are found all over Spira my home but they were never used as dresspheres, not until recently. Spheres are mainly to record information. That can be about anything form the past history to memories that don’t want to be forgotten." She glanced around the town then back to Vincent.
"A boy who was a member of my group helped turn these spheres into dresspheres... it’s very easy to wear them all you have to do is activate one. Every dressphere has a different ability, there are all kinds of spheres out there that can be used. There is a gunner warrior songstress and so much more. I can show you how to use one if you like."
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Post by Vincent Valentine on Sept 14, 2009 17:26:21 GMT -5
Vincent smiled softly, looking down at Yuna with a look that Vincent didn’t always have. He couldn’t put his finger on it, Yuna just… managed to bring out his human side more than any other person, and no matter how much Vincent thought about it, he couldn’t understand why. Maybe it was her personality, he was genuinely a nice person, or so it seemed, she wouldn’t even take the dress sphere that Vincent had little to no use for and she clearly needed it. It took a special type of person to say no to something they needed… special or stupid, but Vincent doubted the latter option.
"Yes, Paine is in perfect health, and is more of a fight than she looks" He smiled softly, tilting his head once more, him and Paine had been evenly matched, considering that she had duel weapons v.s. his three shot Cerberus. But it was a fair fight, and one that Vincent enjoyed.
“They can contain… memories?” He tilted his head at the thought, how could these spheres record a memory? Was it something like those cell phones that everyone had in his world? But then again, he’d never heard of a phone that could record a living memory,
“That would be something useful I must admit…” His eyes widened though, hearing that she’d teach him to use one of these things, and Vincent didn’t know if he really wanted to have more change in his life already. Chuckling softly he nodded,
“That would be interesting to see, but I prefer to stick to this outfit…” He tilted his head. This was what he’d been wearing for a very long time… it was part of him in more ways than one, and he couldn’t just discard the outfit for something with more power. It was what defined him, made him Vincent, and right now, he needed everything to keep him from just staying in this world.
“But I must admit, having different…spheres, each with a different outfit, and I’m assuming different abilities… I would hate to face you in a real battle”
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