★1 Hit ☼ [Accidental Video] ☆

[premiumheaven]

-ou know what's dumb? That we're just now getting to Cherrygrove. I got her a week ago! [Hello, Route! Have a Tifa! The video is a bit wobbily and seems to be from down below, next to her.

She huffs and crosses her arms.]

I'm sure it didn't take me this long last time! But who knows. [She shakes her head] It's been six years for me! [She hums a bit.]

It still feels really surreal you know? I mean...when I left you were a Marowak. And I had a lot more pokémon. It feels like a dream. And then I woke up to flames and burning and---[She stops walking and cuts herself off, a small shuddering sigh escapes and she looks up at the sky]

I technically met Aerith here for the first time...I didn't know she was scared of the sky and now she's-- [Tifa shakes her head and keeps walking]

I wonder how long it's been for you. Not too long I hope! I remember time working differently over here! I turned sixteen here! [She laughs.] Turned sixteen again when I got back home, though.

Hey Johnny... [Tifa looks down at the 'gear, smiling. Soon enough though she furrows her eyebrows.] Johnny...I let you carry that thing because for whatever reason you really wanted to...don't tell me you wanted to record something... [The little Cubone makes a sounds and Tifa reaches down towards the 'gear] I told you not to turn this thing o--[Off it goes!!]

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[video]

[paladinlost]

[Wait, that voice actually sounds distantly familiar. Could it be...?]

Tifa? Is that you? Goodness, it's been quite some time...

[video]

[premiumheaven]

[!! !!!!???? !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tifa is very surprised!]

C-cecil! Wow! I-It's been...wow! You're still here! It's so good to see you!

[video]

[paladinlost]

It's good to see you too! I hope you did not have too much trouble on your way back to this world?

[...Cecil, you've met Sephiroth. You know trouble was involved.]

[video]

[premiumheaven]

Well, you know how it is. Trouble tends to follow everywhere you go. [She laughs.]

But it's good to be back. I can't believe you're still here. Oh! How long has it been in poké-years?

[Sephiroth is so much trouble, sorry you had to meet him.]

[video]

[paladinlost]

It's been much, much too long. The earliest arrivals have almost spent three years and a half here. You'd think this world would get sick of people much earlier than that, or that it would at least summon people we know more often.

[At least their fight was story-only. No boss battle there.]

[video]

[premiumheaven]

Wow...yeah... [Casually doing math in her head too, so she's been gone for two years...]

Have you been able to go home at all?

[video]

[paladinlost]

Not for a single second. I've not even seen people from my world since my wife disappeared two years ago.

[video]

[premiumheaven]

That sucks. I'm sorry, Cecil.

1/??

[strongestoftheturks]

[Is that...?]

2/??

[strongestoftheturks]

[There's a loud crash and clutter from this side of the feed. The Pokegear literally goes flying, having accidentally slipped out of someone's hands. Soft cursing aside, some's picking up the gear but hesitating to even address Tifa in the first place. It takes six seconds before the gear is abruptly turned off; what a weirdo.]

3/??

[strongestoftheturks]

[Except no, a moment passes before the feed is turned back on. Still facing the wall, but it's obvious that the other person is at least making an effort to try and address.

DEEP BREATHS RUDE.

4/4 Locked Voice Call

[strongestoftheturks]

[OK, he's had time to rearrange his face back to its normal, poker-like state. And he'll be taking the opportunity to lock this feed, because this is a conversation that would be best kept in private. And switched to a voice call as well.]

...Tifa.

[This man needs no introduction. A pause, and then...]

What's the last thing you remember?

[SMOOTH MISTER. REAL SMOOTH.]

Locked Voice Call || You're such a QT, Rude

[premiumheaven]

[Wow, what's happening here? Tifa isn't sure if a pokémon got a hold of someone's 'gear and decided they wanted to answer her or what....but then there's a voice she recognizes and while she would've normally been on guard, 1) they're she's in Johto and 2) He's actually pretty cool....for a ShinRa employee]

Rude.

[Her way of greeting. There's a smile in her tone. But then she's a bit serious when she answers his question, she remembered how this worked.]

Meteor was nearly on top of us. It was the day before our planned date to go fight Sephiroth. [A slight pause]

So are you from my future or my past?

Locked Voice Call || be easy on him Tifa

[strongestoftheturks]

[ Ok, no hostility is a very very good start. It also sounds like Tifa has done this whole parallel timelines scenario before, so he can skip the explanations. Though he has to raise an eyebrow on his side once he hears when she's from. That's a a few years back but not as bad as the difference between him and Val had been at least. ]

Two years ahead.

[ He hesitates; there...shouldn't be any repercussions to letting her know, right? No one remembers their time here when they go back anyway. ]

You guys. You did it.

Locked Voice Call || But it's fun to tease.

[premiumheaven]

[She doesn't say anything for a moment and then she sounds so relieved]

Thank Minerva. Thank Aerith....I-- [She gives a shaky sigh.]

Thank you, Rude. At least I can stay calm while I'm here. Thank you so much.

Locked Voice Call || No fair, you know he's such a dork on the inside.

[strongestoftheturks]

[Rude allows himself a small smile; there's something to be said about these tiny good deeds he does every now and then. They do make him feel better. Especially when they involve his crush.]

Yeah. You guys, umm...kicked ass.

[...OK he should stop with the compliments or he is going to end up more tongue tied than he is now.]

...you umm. You been here before? Before this time, I mean.

Locked Voice Call || It's what makes him a QT ♥

[premiumheaven]

[He can't see it, but she smiled at the compliment.]

Oh! Yes. It's apparently been two poké-years but it's been six years for me. I was only fifteen when I arrived.

How long have you been here for?

[strongestoftheturks]

5 months.

Reno was here too, but he left. And Valeria...don't think you know her, but she's from Gaia too.

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[capax_infiniti]

Ah, so you're a returner. When you went back to your world, time had passed as though you had never left?

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[premiumheaven]

Yep! I woke up and it was like if I'd just slept for a second. Literally a second.

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[capax_infiniti]

Did you recall your time here? Were there any discrepancies?

Pardon my barrage of questions, but such a thing is quite interesting to hear about.

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[premiumheaven]

It's no problem! I understand. But well. When I woke up some things were vague? I didn't remember much but it felt like a strange dream. Everything was blurry so I just shrugged it off. It wasn't until I came back here that I remembered all the important bits.

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[capax_infiniti]

Like a dream... how curious. And you had to start over completely, with a new pokemon as well?

I wonder if the pokemon you had previously may remember you and wish to return...

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[premiumheaven]

Actually I had Johnny the first time I was here! He seems to remember me. But yeah, I have to start from scratch, basically. When I left, Johnny was a Marowak and now he's a Cubone again.

I was told that sometimes pokémon who've been left behind will make their way over to this "Foster Home" -I don't remember having that when I was last here- I imagine that if Johnny remembers me, if the rest of my team is still around, they'd remember me too.

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[capax_infiniti]

Well, I certainly hope that they can find you again, if they are still here. Perhaps if you range far enough you may find some sign of them...