[PM/Action for the Quad] [02]

[greeneyedmecha.livejournal.com]

[PM to Grell]

Hey Grell? Do you possibly maybe want to go shopping with me? I need help figuring out what's in style here and, y'know, a second pair of eyes is always good! And maybe you can help me figure out what the heck to wear to Homecoming.

[Action]

[Rikku really likes the quad. It's open, it's busy, and there are plenty of distractions from her stupid lousy Accounting and Stats homework. Ugh. Numbers yes. Stupid ways of computing numbers? Not so much.

And no, she's not in the bikini. Some wonderfully awesome NPC person gave Rikku a change of clothing.]

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[focusedfate.livejournal.com]

[Well, all this stuff about machina sort of makes sense, but blitzers? That's a new word for Cid.]

And who are these blitzers you speak of?

[greeneyedmecha.livejournal.com]

They play blitzball, like Jecht! I play, too, but not seriously.

[focusedfate.livejournal.com]

[Okay, so Cid may have seen Jecht wandering around with a ball at times, but this does little to enlighten him any more.

As such, he just has a politely puzzled look on his face.]

[greeneyedmecha.livejournal.com]

[Rikku sighs and starts trying to explain blitzball. There's a lot of gesturing, and she even sketches out a stadium on the back of her homework]

[focusedfate.livejournal.com]

[For his part, Cid nods and asks a few questions. After the explanation, though, he... looks like he understands it. For the most part.]

Very informative. [He gives her a small smile.] And you mentioned that this is a very popular sport where you come from?

[greeneyedmecha.livejournal.com]

Yep! It's huge. Everyone wants to be a blitzer when they grow up, and Jecht was one of the best.

[focusedfate.livejournal.com]

Was? Is there any reason why he still isn't? He doesn't strike me as the type of individual to let something like age stop him.

[greeneyedmecha.livejournal.com]

He retired.

[Not even batting an eyelash as she lies]

I think he wanted to let the younger players have a shot at becoming bigger than he was.

[focusedfate.livejournal.com]

[That doesn't seem to mesh with the Jecht he's seen around Garden, but...]

I see. A nice gesture on his part then.

[greeneyedmecha.livejournal.com]

I think the pilgrimage he went on with my uncle had something to do with it, too, but I dunno.

[focusedfate.livejournal.com]

Pilgrimage? A common religious practice in your world?

[At this rate, Rikku will be giving Spira history lessons to Cid.]

[greeneyedmecha.livejournal.com]

It was. There was this thing, called Sin, and the only way to fight him was for people like my uncle--they were summoners--to go on a pilgrimage and hopefully defeat him.

[And then she explains about how the pilgrimage ended and how Yuna and everyone finally beat it for good]

So now the Yevonites are kinda running around like chocobos with their heads cut off.

[focusedfate.livejournal.com]

[Cid chuckles and nods his his head.]

Yes, I imagine that that must have been quite a shock to their system. Breaking away from tradition is... never an easy task, irregardless of how necessary it is.

[greeneyedmecha.livejournal.com]

It's almost funny. I'm an Al Bhed, and we really didn't do the whole 'Yevon' thing, so seeing all these people who're my age freak out over air conditioning is kind of hilarious.

[focusedfate.livejournal.com]

...Air conditioning is not a common occurrence in your world? Or is it because of some religious reason that they did not make use of it until this friend of yours defeated Sin?

[greeneyedmecha.livejournal.com]

Religion. If it's stupid, Yevon loved it. The stuff we had at Home before Pops blew it up--um, Home was the Al Bhed hometown--wasn't very good, but it was still something.

[focusedfate.livejournal.com]

[Why are god-like entities and institutions always causing so much trouble for people? Cid can probably empathize more than he wishes he could in this situation.]

And the people were, I'm assuming, blinded by their religion?

[greeneyedmecha.livejournal.com]

[She hangs her head, shaking it]

You have no idea. Religion is completely stupid.

[focusedfate.livejournal.com]

All the better that the truth has been revealed then.

[He offers her a small smile.]

[greeneyedmecha.livejournal.com]

[She looks up and smiles]

At least people here get that.

[focusedfate.livejournal.com]

I imagine that it was a hard lesson for some here to learn as well.

[greeneyedmecha.livejournal.com]

Wait, you mean there are other place with stupid people in charge?

[focusedfate.livejournal.com]

Certainly. [Cid chuckles at that.] My own world suffers from a similar problem.

hovertext! :D

[greeneyedmecha.livejournal.com]

[She winces sympathetically]

E's cunno.

oh that is a cool trick *o*

[focusedfate.livejournal.com]

[He doesn't understand what she's saying, but he makes an educated guess based on her facial expression.]

I'm of the belief that the matter will... resolve itself soon.