[ OPEN LOG ] I wanna be the one to walk in the sun

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Characters: Garnet, Eiko, OPEN TO THOSE IN LINDBLUM!
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: Before starting her 'good will tour', Garnet takes a stop in Lindblum to visit Eiko. The girls take some time to hit the town, incognito, for some girl bonding time!
Location: Lindblum (Any District)
Date: June 1804, After the Garden Festival
NOTES: This is an OPEN LOG! The girls are out to explore, and while they'll have their own dedicated thread, please, feel free to start a new sub-thread if you want to talk to one, or both of the girls!


In all the hustle and bustle, and the world being turned upside-down, It had been several months since Garnet had Eiko to the castle for her once 'monthly' visits. Even if Eiko came to Alexandria, Garnet had the sinking feeling that the number of distractions would have been insurmountable. She owed Eiko better than that, and it was that very reason that she had packed a bit early, and headed off to Lindblum for some one-on-one bonding time.

Even though Eiko was technically being punished for that stunt she had pulled smuggling her friends from Luca, Garnet had convinced Regent Cid to allow her to take the young summoner out for a day in town. True, they had been out in Lindblum lots of times, but the weather was too nice to stay inside. So, donning her trusty, well-worn marigold suit, white blouse, and leather gloves and boots, The queen was ready to go incognito -- Dagger was ready for a nice afternoon in town.

(( OOC: Tag Garnet, Tag Eiko, Tag them both! They'll be going pretty much everywhere, so feel free to set the stage with your tag! New threads, please, or talk to the players if you wanna thread-crash! ))

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tl;dr, BAWW VIVI

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Vivi wandered through the business district. He'd stayed in Lindblum when all the other children were taken home. It was...less uncomfortable than he'd expected. The repairs were wonderful, it was impossible to tell from looking what had happenned here. But there were still occasional accusing looks and whipers that weren't as quiet as the whiperers seemed to think they were and for all the people who had managed to put everything behind them there were still just as many people who remembered where every last scorch mark had been and weren't going to forget any time soon.

And he, he realized as he passed the place where four years ago he'd been captured and people hungry to avenge all the people who had been lost to the attack that day screamed ways to kill him until the soldiers stepped in to take him to the regent, was one of them. He took a side street and got lost a few times to avoid walking near there.

There'd always be people who didn't want him here. Just like there'd always be people who'd object to one of the weapons Alexandia had used staying there. He didn't know much politics but he knew they were messy and he didn't want to cause problems for Cid or Dagger. There were people who didn't want him there in Black Mage Village now, too. Maybe it'd be best if he went to one of the sky people cities.

But then Eiko'd be upset because she was on her own again and he didn't want that either. Thinking was hard, maybe he'd just trip and fall down.

-well okay he didn't actually PLAN to do that but he did it anyway.

;_: Viviiii~

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On some level, Dagger knew that Vivi was in Lindblum, though she hadn't seen him. She had to remind herself that, while Vivi was a child, that normal concepts of children didn't always apply to the little black mage. Most of his kin lived no more than a few years, with the exception of his own children. So, she tried not to let it bother her that Vivi was off somewhere on his own, because he was completely capable of handling himself. At least, if he ran into a monster, he could blast it with fire. People were another thing all together.

And then, as they rounded the corner, there he was, face-down on the cobblestone.

"Vivi? Are you okay?" They either had very goo timing, or very bad timing, to see him in this all-too-common but likely still-embarrassing situation. Quietly, Dagger advanced, and squatted down in front of him.

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"-Dagger?" Vivi looked up from his stumbling back up. He couldn't see much, his hat had fallen forward and the brim of it was obscuring about four fifths of his feild of vision, but he'd recognise the princess' voice anywhere.

The queen's voice, he reminded himself sternly. She'd been queen for a long time now and it had happenned while he was there so really he had no excuse but old habits still died hard. She'd probably never really manage to be Queen Garnet to Vivi. Just 'Dagger' or 'Princess' (in all capital letters with too many exclaimation points following it and accompanied by the sound of plates of metal armour hitting each other). And despite his efforts to adress her properly (and he was making efforts, they just weren't paying off) he sort of preferred it that way. He didn't really want to have to refer to a friend so impersonally.

And he was thinking too much again. Both feet now properly on the ground, he pushed himself up and adjusted his hat so he could actually see. "Oh, Eiko too! Hi!"

He dusted himself down clumsily and then moved in place a little cheerfully, arms swinging back and forth. "I'm okay. Are you here to visit Eiko and Cid or-?" He cut himself off there. It was probably best not to ask if it was a royal matter or not in the middle of the street where she would probably be more comfortable if people refrained from announcing that she was queen. He had more important questions to replace that one with anyway. "-Did Zidane and Steiner come too?"