I'm Packing Up My Bags and I'm a Head Out West...

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Characters: Irvine Kinneas, Rinoa Heartilly and OPEN to all at Galbadia Garden
Progress: Complete
Summary: Irvine is surprised he's seen so many of his old friends, and hopefully to actually see them in person. But will he also meet others curious by the cowboy in a Library
Location: Library, Galbadia Garden
Date: Shortly after this post
Warnings: None that I can think of, but hey it's Irvine...he's a warning all his own.

The library was an interesting place, a place where the studious study and the wandering passer by looks at other students. This was a place where people could use the community computers as their own personal work stations, or a device to slack off and watch videos on the network, or check up on news. The cowboy was none of these things as he explored the network he was on thanks to the device the moogles gave him. Apparently all the computers were down and not responding to anything, still perfectly good seats for Irvine to put his feet up on. Strangely enough this day was just crazy and insane for him, mainly because waking up in a strange new world could cause anyone to flip out. The cowboy leaned back on the console's chair then got up and stretched his legs, then finally sitting back down. He wasn't always this fidgety, I mean hell he's a sharpshooter, but something was odd about his situation. He felt something was bad about all of this, but mainly it was worry about the people he knew were here...his friends. Irvine shook his head and thought to himself, "Come on Kinneas, you heard how Selphie, Rin, Nida, and Squall are and they seem like they're okay...not too sure about Squall seeing how that guy is a brick wall when it comes to emotions, but Selphie, Nida and Rin seem alright...and that's what counts." Shaking his head a bit he got and walked towards the entrance of the library, maybe some water or pop will make him less crazy

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Right after Rinoa had talked to Irvine, she ran off to find him in the library. Despite her claims to know this place well by now, she did end up taking one wrong turn which completely threw her off for about ten minutes. So it was more by luck than design that Rinoa finally found the entrance of the library, and nearly bumped into Irvine.

"There you are!"

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Literally almost running into her, Irvine looked at Rinoa with a smile on his face and said, "Rin, hey!" He then gave her a hug and asked, "Hopefully this place didn't confuse you too much, did it?" Irvine said with a big smile, like he had forgotten for a little bit about his troubles. He then asked, "Seems like you're alright."

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Rinoa hugged him back enthusiastically, then grinned at him. "Better with you to show me around. There's so much to tell you! Did you miss us?"

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Irvine stepped back almost insulted and replied, "Of course I did, what kind of jack ass would I be if I didn't?" Irvine then looked at her curiously and asked, "Oh? Like what?" Irvine then leaned on the wall all casual like ready to listen to Rinoa.

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"It must have seemed like we vanished into thin air, right?" After witnessing Larsa's disappearance, Rinoa wanted to know if it happened like that when people got transported from their home world to this world too.

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Irvine nodded and replied, "Yea...I mean one minute I'm with you guys, having a good time, next you're gone." He then shook his head and added, "I don't know why, but for some reason I knew you guys were okay. I guess I'm a little more glad Sel-"

He grinned and replied, "So what's been going on here while I was away from you guys?"

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Rinoa looked down, thinking. "Yeah... so it was like that. But Squall and Selphie were here before me, and I don't remember them disappearing..."

She frowned, then looked at Irvine again. "Oh, yeah! Gosh, so much. We wanna find out what's going on with the whole disappearing thing, so when we heard there was something weird happening at Cleyra, Squall and I went there to investigate! And we found that everyone in Cleyra had vanished, just like we did.

"Then Selphie and Nida got the Garden moving again - it wasn't here before, it was in this desert place! So they picked us up and brought us here to meet with our first client! His name's Larsa - Selphie's over in Lindblum right now to collect him - because he vanished on us too!

"I guess the long and short of it is that people seem to be disappearing all over the place! It's pretty crazy."

She fell silent then, as a thought had just struck her. Rinoa had considered it lucky that Irvine had turned up, but obviously it was just as easy for people to get sucked back into their own world again and nobody knew how or when it might happen. So that meant Squall could disappear any time too...

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Irvine listened intently to Rinoa and remembered certain things about what Squall said about their mission. He nodded and replied, "I had heard about the job from Squall...but he never told me he was missing. Hmm." When Rinoa said people were disappearing, it worried Irvine a bit then looked up at Rinoa and replied, "Disappearing people huh? Well, I won't lose any of you guys again, that's for damn sure."

He then got up from the wall and said, "So the garden was in the ground again? Kinda weird, but hey I'm in another world right now, so I guess everything is weird right now." The disappearing acts had the cowboy worried, but what was weird to Irvine was how was Irvine suppose to guard someone who left.

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"Yeah... I hope not." Rinoa fiddled with the ring on her necklace. "But it scares me, Irvine... What if Squall vanishes too? What if you all disappear one day and I'm left here all alone?"

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"Fat chance," Irvine said confidently with a grin, "I don't know how I got here or if I manage to leave again. But I do know that Irvine Kinneas isn't gonna disappear like dust in the wind. Not me, not Selphie, not Nida, and especially not Squall." Irvine then placed a hand on Rinoa's shoulder and replied, "You can't let things like get to you, Rin, we're not going nowhere...and we're certainly not gonna leave you here alone either. Alright?" Irvine then smirked at her hoping to cheer her up and ease her in some way.

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She didn't know if she believed him, but it was what she wanted to hear. Rinoa smiled back at him. "Thanks, Irvine."

She gestured towards the corridor. "I guess you don't wanna hang out in the library all day, right? Come on. I'll show you where we're staying."

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Irvine scratched the back of his and replied, "Anytime Rin." He then saw down the corridor and replied, "I already have a room? Wow that was quick." Irvine then bowed to Rinoa and added, "Please, ladies first." It worried Irvine still, about the disappearances...but he would make sure nothing like that would ever happen to them.

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Rinoa led the way, answering as she started walking towards the dorms. "No, but I think the room opposite Nida is free; you can snag that one. Or - hey, do you wanna have your old room? If it's not taken."

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Irvine followed her and replied, "So you guys are just stealing rooms left and right? Not very nice of everyone, but seeing how we're in another place, guess that makes sense." Irvine then thought about the second question and replied, "If it's available, I'll snag it...hopefully all the stuff I left is there." Irvine was looking around, seeing the old walls, and remembering the last time he was in this place.

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"Well, it was sort of ours to begin with. Nearest thing we've got to home in this place, right?"

She stopped, looking around. "Left or right... Ah, why do these corridors all look the same?"

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"Guess you got a point there, I mean so many people are scattered, at least we're some place where know something about it," he said trying to understand the actions done by them.

He saw Rinoa looking puzzled by the corridors, in which Irvine looked around and stated, "Let's go to my room, and see if it's still vacant." Irvine then walked ahead of Rinoa and added, "I'll lead the way."

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Rinoa nodded, tagging along after him. "It's so lucky that you ended up here. You know where I woke up, when I first got here? The Ice Cavern! I was all on my own in a cave full of monsters and it was freezing."

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Irvine looked around the corridors he was around and turned some corners. He heard Rinoa and replied, "Ouch, well you managed to come out in one piece I suppose, and that's brighter side of it. Still, seems like everyone had a rough time adapting to some places."

Irvine turned another corner and saw the corridor with a blank look on his face. He scratched the back of his head trying to pick a path, all the while in his head one thought echoed in his mind.

"Crap...I'm lost."

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"Well, Squall and Selphie rescued me. But it was a pretty rude introduction to Gaia!"

Rinoa noticed Irvine scratch his head and the look on his face. She knew that expression all too well. Putting her hands on her hips, she leaned towards him.

"So which way is it again? I thought you knew this place like the back of your hand."

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Irvine turned back with a nervous grin and replied, "Of course I do...not like we're lost in this place, that would be silly." Irvine laughed a little bit, before turning away from her again.

He looked to the left, then to the right, then back to the left again, before finally saying, "We go straight...I think."

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"Really?" Rinoa followed him, but she was unconvinced. "If you are lost, it's okay to say it, you know."

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Irvine looked back a little nervous at Rinoa and was about to say something when suddenly he noticed something familiar. When he looked back to his front he got an expression of joy and happiness as he blurted out, "Alright, I guessed!" He then held his tongue and turned back to Rinoa and said, "I mean...not like we were lost."

He then turned a few corners and stopped in front of a door and said, "Well this is it, my old room...you know if anyone lives in here?" Better to ask Rinoa first rather than barge in and see someone else in there.

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Rinoa laughed. "Hey, we got there, didn't we?"

She leaned against the wall and shrugged, her eyes twinkling. She wasn't as familiar with the boys' dormitories. "I don't know. Why don't you knock and find out?"

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Well that didn't help much. Irvine then knocked on the door once, then a second time. He then opened the door and slowly walked into his room and called out, "Hello? Anyone in her-" Before he could finish, Irvine tripped and fell right onto the floor, almost face first. He slowly got and replied, "Ow...that was brilliant of you Kinneas."

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Wow, Selphie's clumsiness must be rubbing off him. Trying to cover her giggling, Rinoa stepped after him.

"Are you okay?"