first mission - video
Aug. 24th, 2014 01:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
throw_stone[The view from New Bark Town is... the usual view. But then, the camera turns to face Ramza, his face as linefacey as when he left. However, he now wears armour, and his hair has been cut short. Ever-so-slightly trembling, he steadies himself. There's no time to worry about home. Even though that's what he's doing. He closes his eyes, takes a sharp breath, and opens them again. Yes.]
It's been quite some time. But, I've returned. My name is Ramza Lugria, of the land of Ivalice. I've retained my memories of my last visit - even if times have... changed back home.
[oh my god
oh my god delita is alive and he kidnapped a princess why
...No. This isn't the time to ponder things like that. He's got more pressing concerns on his mind - as he presses to the single Pokeball on his belt, he lets out the slightest groan.]
...I've a question. When we vanish, we return home. That much is known - many have proven it. Sometimes, our Pokemon do not return with us. Does-- where do they go? Do they simply go to the PC, or are they...
[Gone. Dead. Many words he could use, but none come to his lips. With the slightest of awkward groans, he is about to stop the post, before saying something else.]
...'tis no progress on returning to our countries, correct?
[To return to his duty - though Ramza is almost sure of the answer, he has hope in his eyes. Perhaps he still has duty here, but he wants to find truth. Find out how Delita survived - and to make sure Lady Agrias would be fine.
After a few moments on that face, the video ends. Ramza is just going to... slump down, okay. He's not sure what to do. He doesn't even know who remains of his allies. If he were honest? He was scared, if only a little, that he may be alone again.]
It's been quite some time. But, I've returned. My name is Ramza Lugria, of the land of Ivalice. I've retained my memories of my last visit - even if times have... changed back home.
[oh my god
oh my god delita is alive and he kidnapped a princess why
...No. This isn't the time to ponder things like that. He's got more pressing concerns on his mind - as he presses to the single Pokeball on his belt, he lets out the slightest groan.]
...I've a question. When we vanish, we return home. That much is known - many have proven it. Sometimes, our Pokemon do not return with us. Does-- where do they go? Do they simply go to the PC, or are they...
[Gone. Dead. Many words he could use, but none come to his lips. With the slightest of awkward groans, he is about to stop the post, before saying something else.]
...'tis no progress on returning to our countries, correct?
[To return to his duty - though Ramza is almost sure of the answer, he has hope in his eyes. Perhaps he still has duty here, but he wants to find truth. Find out how Delita survived - and to make sure Lady Agrias would be fine.
After a few moments on that face, the video ends. Ramza is just going to... slump down, okay. He's not sure what to do. He doesn't even know who remains of his allies. If he were honest? He was scared, if only a little, that he may be alone again.]
[video]
Date: 2014-08-24 03:30 am (UTC)Some of your Pokémon were left with Walter, but... not all. The others must have found new homes in the wild.
[Or so he likes to imagine, every time someone disappears.]
Welcome back, Ramza. It's been some time.
[video]
Date: 2014-08-24 03:46 am (UTC)[Ramza says, bowing his head. He's got a smile in his eyes, though. But yes, he hasn't calculated the difference between the Zodiac-dated FFT!Ivalice and this land yet.
Walter was still here?! That - that was good. Another familiar face to look forward to. Ramza wonders if Walter got that sword he crafted for him...
But... found new homes, hm?]
If that is truth - I'm not sure. Hildegarde was a native of the route west of here. But Sevrin - I've not seen a wild Stunfisk.
[Ramza is more prone to think they've vanished or died, okay. That's what happens to his allies on the battlefield if he is careless. And vanishing without caring for them is careless.]
[video]
Date: 2014-08-24 07:17 pm (UTC)[And all that strangeness with crystals and singing and also a prom, but that can all wait for later.]
I cannot recall where Stunfisks live, but Pokémon surely have greater knowledge of such matters than we do.
[video]
Date: 2014-08-25 08:52 am (UTC)'Twas about how long I spent in Ivalice, as well.
[...]
I almost forgot how amazing the devices of this land were.
[phones. aren't they amazing cecil. Another pause, before...]
That shall by my first journey, then. I'd like to discover there - even if I shan't find my ally. Has all been well here?
[video]
Date: 2014-08-25 12:21 pm (UTC)As well as all can be. Which means, of course, that we've had to deal with a hurricane, unknown foreign species, and strange crystal monoliths breaking through the soil. Oh, and you've missed the most lovely dancing event, with guests from regions we've never had the chance to visit.
[video]
Date: 2014-08-25 02:09 pm (UTC)[just you wait ramza. just you wait. At the mention of the other things, though, he looks... only a little upset. (Lucky he's not up to the Zodiac Stones, huh?)]
I would have liked to go to that dance. It's been some time since I've gone to a formal event. [He's still a noble at heart. And that tears into him. He shouldn't be a Beoulve!] What kinds of people came? I'd not even thought travel outside these regions was a possibility.
[video]
Date: 2014-08-26 12:00 am (UTC)[...Was that some sort of gooey squelch in the background?]
Researchers and Champions, mostly. I've not had the chance to talk with many, especially since they locked themselves away for many hours, but they did mingle during the main event.
[video]
Date: 2014-08-31 05:55 am (UTC)[Ramza hears the squelching, though, and decides to ask:]
Did you... capture some of these new species?
[video]
Date: 2014-08-31 01:27 pm (UTC)[The squelching now comes with extra Goodra in the frame, and extra goo in Cecil's hair. Hey~ there~!]
[video]
Date: 2014-08-24 03:55 pm (UTC)Excuse me! Did you say you've been here before? And you remembered it? Does that mean it is possible to remember this place after you leave?!
What happens to your Pokémon... [ That's not something Mimi had even considered. Her stomach drops as she thinks about losing her precious Pokémon. ] I don't know about that, I'm sorry... [ Wait. ] You said "sometimes they don't return with us." Does that mean sometimes they do?
[video]
Date: 2014-08-24 04:05 pm (UTC)'Tis. Though the memories weren't clear while I was travelling. But there was much on my mind - I'd not had time to think of this world.
[Like living on his own and exploring and trying to survive.]
But I've heard tales - people who return, and their allies-- Pokemon have returned alongside them, like they'd not left. [Quietly shaking his head, Ramza adds:] But 'twas not the case this time. I received a new starter - quite different then Sevrin.
[ramza
actually liked having a stunfisk]
[video]
Date: 2014-08-24 04:22 pm (UTC)I thought if you went home, you didn't remember anything here! That's a relief! [ Mimi gives a smile, though it's still tinted with worry. What if this guy is the exception? ]
Oh... So Pokémon can come back when you return here, but not when you go home. [ Oh no, that still leaves the question of if her Pokémon will be okay when she leaves... which seems to be his question too, only from the other end of the equation. ]
So you don't know where your Pokémon are? Oh, that must be awful! I know it would drive me crazy if anything happened to Palko or Hanemaru...
[video]
Date: 2014-08-25 08:47 am (UTC)I've heard tales of other people returning here, carrying memories of their old journeys. But yet others who've forgotten all.
[He's starting to ever-so-slightly bite his lip. He didn't seem to recall this land while he was there. If he had, well...]
Those are you allies? [He then asks, tilting his head.] What species may they be?
[video]
Date: 2014-08-25 10:21 am (UTC)Well, I'm glad you remember this place! I hope if I come back, I'll remember it too! Not that I want to leave, but... Wait, I do want to leave, because I want to go home! But I don't want to leave my Pokémon... [ Mimi shakes her head like there's a thought she's trying to jar loose. ] Oh, I'm all mixed up!
Oh, right! How rude of me! [ Mimi presses the Pokéballs at her waist, revealing two grass Pokémon: a three-foot cactus and a hovering green blob. ] This is Palko, my Maractus, and Hanemaru, my Hoppip - I mean Skiploom! He just evolved! [ She beams. ] And I'm Mimi Tachikawa! Your name is Lugria-san, right?
[video]
Date: 2014-08-25 02:04 pm (UTC)Ramza suddenly looks to the ground, though, almost whispering out the next bit.]
I didn't wish to leave them. I was training them as equals, and they saw me as their friend. At least, 'tis what I hope.
[He looks back to the camera, standing up. He should get moving - there's nothing to see in New Bark Town.]
Lady Mimi, then? 'Tis my pleasure to meet all of you. [He gives a little wave to the two Grass-type Pokemon - they were Grass-type, right? They looked it, from their colours and shapes.] Yes, you may call me Lugria. Is it part of your culture to use last names?
[He just wants to know!]
I've also my new starter, but it seems... clumsy. And unlike anything I've seen before.
[Which is an obscure joke because lol in his future he meets a robot which reminds me of Golett but that's the future.]
[video]
Date: 2014-08-25 03:08 pm (UTC)[ And then. ] Lady Mimi! I like that! [ She giggles. ] I've been a princess before, but never a Lady!
Yeah, we usually call people by their last names unless we know them really well! Like, I call all my friends at home by their first names, but here I just use last names for people unless they want me to use their first names, like Cecil-san or Gamzee-san! I know Westerners are sometimes more comfortable with that. [ The West. So exotic! ]
What kind of Pokémon is your new starter?
[video]
Date: 2014-08-25 03:33 pm (UTC)Ah - in my home land - Ivalice, as I mentioned - we simply use first names. Would you rather I call you Lady Tachikawa?
[Pressing the button, a Golett with the Libra Zodiac sign scratched onto that plate in the middle of it came out... before tripping.] Golett - Glauke the Golett. A Ghost/Ground-type... though it has quite good defensive properties, 'tis too clumsy for my liking.
[...]
My old starter was the Ground/Electric-type, Stunfisk. I've no clue to the logic of this land - they both share a type, however.
[Don't mind Ramza. He's trying to figure out why he got this starter.]
[video]
Date: 2014-08-25 09:22 pm (UTC)Oh, Lady Mimi is fine! [ She wants to say "or just Mimi", but she can't. Being a Lady is so exciting! ] Where's Ivalice? Is it in Europe?
[ Mimi can't help but giggle at the Golett's clumsiness. ] Aww, but it's cute! And... maybe whatever brings us here just thinks you're a ground-type person? [ Yes, that's the best explanation Mimi can come up with. Shut up. ]
[video]
Date: 2014-08-31 05:53 am (UTC)[He hasn't heard of Europe.]
Ivalice is its' own kingdom, self-contained. Do I sound European?
[yes. yes he does. But a pause... does he seem like a ground-type? Grounded...]
I try not to cause a fuss. 'Tis sort of like the ground?
[video]
Date: 2014-08-31 02:18 pm (UTC)Yeah, I'd say that sounds ground-ish! You seem like a quiet kind of guy... but maybe if you got mad enough, you could cause an earthquake! [ Mimi stomps her foot for emphasis. ]
[video]
Date: 2014-08-24 04:36 pm (UTC)[It's so cool to see a familiar face back in the PokeWorld! Hagakure remembers him from when he first arrived in Johto. Man, that was like a year ago though... So if Ramza remembers Hagakure at all, he'll notice for sure that his hair is a lot shorter than it used to be. Someone got talked into a haircut...!
He scratches at his hair awkwardly, because those are some pretty hard questions to answer. Not hard as in tricky, but...one of the answers probably isn't what Ramza wants to hear.]
I bet your dudes ended up with people! That's what usually happens when one of my friends leave- their Pokemon live in the house with us. And yeah, no getting home by our own choice...but it's not all bad. You'll be okay, right?
[video]
Date: 2014-08-25 08:44 am (UTC)...What if they didn't wish to return to him?]
It's been some time, Hagakure.
[Ramza says. But when he asks if he'll be fine, he just shakes his head, closing his eyes.]
I-- my best friend had just appeared in front of me, alive. But I'd not gotten the chance to even chase - he sped off on Chocobo-back, having stolen the Princess I was tasked with protecting.
[ramza back up a little. or... not.]
...I want to find out why. But now I've returned to this land, I've no chance.
[Unless Delita turned up here - Ramza still wished, someday, to bring him here. But he's still confused.]
[video]
Date: 2014-08-28 04:18 am (UTC)[Wow, he's learning a lot more about his old acquaintance in these last few minutes than he did the whole time Ramza was here last. Protecting princesses? Holy crap.]
Yeah, I'd say it's a pretty big deal when your best friend suddenly starts kidnapping princesses for no reason. Were you like...a bodyguard or something?
[video]
Date: 2014-08-31 05:48 am (UTC)Recently, yes - I worked as mercenary, travelling Ivalice for pay. 'Twas hired to protect that princess, by a knight named Lady Agrias.
[A slight pause.]
...The last I'd seen of my friend, he was burning.
[video]
Date: 2014-09-02 04:36 am (UTC)But that last bit, um.]
B-Burning? That doesn't sound like fun...
[You think?]
[video]
Date: 2014-09-21 06:19 am (UTC)[...]
I'd even the nerve to name a Pokemon after him.
[It would be awkward if he ever turned up!!!]
[Video]
Date: 2014-08-26 05:50 am (UTC)[That's just a guess on his part. He doesn't have the slightest clue about that at all.]
No sense waiting around for somebody that might not show up right? So they probably leave, go hang out with a bunch of other ones or whatever it is they do. That's my guess, anyway.
[Video]
Date: 2014-08-31 05:50 am (UTC)[because his noctowl was caught out here]
I've no understanding of these Pokemon, even after being a trainer.
[Video]
Date: 2014-09-01 06:21 am (UTC)[...and he knows this isn't polite, but he's going to ask it anyway.]
Why do you talk like that?