[Vacation! Open thread]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Characters: Rinoa, OPEN
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: It's time to hit the beach! Get out your bikinis and swimming trunks, girls and boys. Yes, even you, Squall. Party style! Feel free to threadhop, start your own threads etc.
Location: Costa Faguita
Date: May, 1804
Warnings: None

This was the life. Rinoa relaxed on a sun lounger, soaking up the rays. Behind her sunglasses, her eyes were closed. She could hear the waves lapping gently against the beach in the background. It was as though the dragon invasion had never happened.

A group of holidaymakers passed by, laughing and joking as they headed for the sea. Rinoa sat up to take a look around. Hmm. Maybe it was time she went for a swim. But first she needed to reapply her sun cream. She smoothed back her hair and picked up her bottle of sun lotion. Now was there anyone around who might want to help? 

Comments

WHOO.

[sandrubies.livejournal.com]

Cecil can have plenty of time alone with Rosa. Later. Right now it's best-friend-forever time. "..Good then. I had hoped you would say that."

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

"Very well." Kain wasn't about to deny him that. He would actually feel guilty pushing Cecil away too much, after all... "At least it seems that we've been given a reprieve from any further disasters... for now."

[sandrubies.livejournal.com]

"This world works in strange ways. I would not be surprised should there be another attack to follow what we've dealt with in the past."

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

Kain nodded. "I wonder how long we'll have until that happens... and whether we'll be prepared to deal with what might come."

[sandrubies.livejournal.com]

"Perhaps." Cecil frowned and looked up at the sky and clouds. "We were far from prepared for the dragons. As well as the epitaphs I had heard."

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

Kain frowned darkly, upon recalling the Epitaph disaster. Not only for the fact of having to fight many what looked like allies, but the one who he just... hadn't been able to fight... and what had happened as a result. "How true. None of us could have anticipated either of those events, or how they'd affect us."

[sandrubies.livejournal.com]

Fortunately for Cecil he hadn't been around to witness the event or go through it. He looked back over to his friend then and let his gaze lower back to the sand in front of him. "They speak the truth then? The Epitaphs disguise themselves as those we care for and attack us?"

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

With a downcast expression, Kain nodded. He... really didn't want to go into great detail about that attack and what had happened. But it was at least important that Cecil knew what they were capable of. "I've encountered them, myself... They're nearly indistinguishable from the actual person, but have a certain lack of expression that makes them become obvious."

[sandrubies.livejournal.com]

Cecil was almost hesitant to ask. "You have..? Who did they impersonate?"

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

Kain still seemed uneasy and moody, but nodded. "...Yes, they... I ended up fighting a few people I know. Even you. Even... others."

[sandrubies.livejournal.com]

He had been dreading that response. And now that he'd heard it from his friend himself, Cecil stopped walking. "I'm sorry.." He bowed his head slightly, frowning to himself.

Cecil wondered what it would be like were one of the beasts were to impersonate Kain. Or even Rosa. He didn't want to have to think about that at all.

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

Being forced to do the one thing he'd sworn not to- attack allies, or what essentially seemed to be them- had not worked out so well for Kain, either. It meant stirring up that side of himself that he'd rather be rid of, to deal with those like Cecil, Rydia and even Edge. ...but then with Rosa, he just hadn't been able to... especially since he'd thought at the time that it was really them he was fighting.

"It's fine. Anyway, we've not seen any since that attack. At least we're prepared for them if they ever do surface again."

[sandrubies.livejournal.com]

Cecil nodded and looked out towards the water. "Yes, you're right," he murmured after a long moment of saying nothing. "I can only hope that should there be another attack, we will all be nearby or together."

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

Kain shrugged. "We would all hope for that, but realistically... we must always prepare for the worst."

[sandrubies.livejournal.com]

Looking over, Cecil gave Kain a pointed look. "Well if you stopped disappearing so much, perhaps we might all be together again. Like the old days."

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

That look he was being given made Kain sigh. He felt guilty when he avoided them, and guilty when he was in their presence. He just... couldn't win, apparently.

"A lot has happened since those days of the past..." But he felt a little wistful, suddenly, missing the simpler times before that fateful day they destroyed Mist. Or even just a time before Rosa and Cecil were seriously involved.

[sandrubies.livejournal.com]

Kain would never win. Not unless he got around to marrying Rosa himself.

"Yes, you're right. A lot has happened. And people do change. But that does not mean we allow our faults to rule over ourselves, Kain."

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

Kain simply shrugged, in no mind to carry it on further.

"I'm sure you won't get much time away such as this in the future," he said as a change in subject.

[sandrubies.livejournal.com]

Cecil frowned at him, not impressed by the way he went about in changing the topic. For now, though, he would humor him.

"I suspect this will be the only 'vacation' we get out of the many years to come."

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

"Unfortunately so." Kain nodded agreement. The situation they were in, that was inevitable.

[sandrubies.livejournal.com]

"What are your thoughts on this world anyway?" he asked, stopping to turn and look at the others scattered about the beach and enjoying the weather.

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

Kain folded his arms and actually gave this some consideration before replying. "The world itself isn't so terrible... yet the circumstances we face are difficult, and I'm certain worse is yet to come. The threat to this world seems to be incredibly powerful."

[sandrubies.livejournal.com]

Cecil looked over at him as he spoke, tilting his head in thought at Kain's response. "The circumstances here are no different to what we have faced before. Although I will admit that the threat here seems far more greater than whom we faced. Zeromus for instance."

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

"I have to agree... this threat seems more powerful than even Zeromus. We may be in for a battle of far greater magnitude." And who knew if they would have it to endure such a fight. Though if Kain wanted an ultimate trial to face, he'd certainly found it now.