036 [Private + Anon Texts]

[soggypastry]

[Private Text to: Hope and Vanille; locked]

You two doing alright?

[Private Text to: Talim; PGC Filter]

I'll be in Mahogany tonight. Are you and Ironhide still in town?

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[Anonymous Text; unfiltered]

When you've been in this world long enough to see and do everything it has to offer, what's left? How do you spend the rest of your time here when there's nothing left to do?

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[eagletalons]

With a blizzard, you wouldn't be able to leave until it settled anyway. And being en-route is the worst situation to be in that kind of weather.

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[soggypastry]

I know. I did it once before. [Well. Not quite a blizzard but enough snow that anyone sensible would have stayed put for the winter.] Which is why I want to be down south before it can roll in on us again. [And here is where a gesture that would say "hence the rush" would go, but her camera's off so...yeah. He gets it, she's sure.]

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[eagletalons]

[Oh he does. Except he knows well you cant predict the weather here, and it might just storm right when you're in the middle of the damn road. Even in the farmlands.

But he's not going to argue. No energy for that.]

Very well. Just be careful.

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[soggypastry]

[He needs a vacation. Even she can tell.]

I'll be fine, Hope. I've lasted three years here; another week or two isn't going to land me in the Center.

[You know. So long as she doesn't get pinned under a tree again.]

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[eagletalons]

[... not going to land her in the Center, really? :| :| :| :| :| :|]

Since when did you become the optimistic one? [And he sounds tired when he says that.]

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[soggypastry]

[Way too tired. Okay then. She is terrible at lightening a mood and she's just. Going to give up now.]

Just thought I'd give it a shot. [an off camera shrug and a short pause, then:]

Hope, are you okay? You sound tired.

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[eagletalons]

[A sigh. He'll have to give a good enough answer or else she'll just keep asking.]

I've been traveling non-stop since last month, I suppose. I'll be fine when we arrive in Olivine.

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[soggypastry]

[Good enough to keep her from asking, but not enough to keep from wondering if there's anything she's not being told. Things seemed easier when he was a teenager, that's for sure.]

Get some rest when you do, then. Don't try and pull another all nighter.

[Big sis? Mother chocobo, more like. Whoops.]

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[eagletalons]

[TOO LATE IN WARNING HIM NOT TO PULL ANOTHER ALL-NIGHTER...]

I know, I know.

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[soggypastry]

[SHE HAD TO TRY ANYWAY.]

So you'll get some sleep when you get there? Or should I send Lucky over?

[Or sic Vanille on him. Either's an option and she's just planning ahead.]

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[eagletalons]

I will sleep when I arrive. A proper bed is enough for me.

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[soggypastry]

[Oh, the look she's giving the gear. Odin snorts again, and the clip-clop of his hooves picks up speed.]

If you're sure. [a short sigh, then:] Call me if anything happens?

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[eagletalons]

I will.

[No, he wont.]

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[soggypastry]

[She'll sic Vanille on him anyway, whether he's telling the truth or not. Can't hurt, at least.]

I'll hold you to that. [Another horsey snort, then:] We'll talk more later. See you around, Hope.

[And disconnect. Someone just got to Mahogany and she'll be busy.]