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Characters: Rydia and Golbez
Progress: On-going
Summary: Rydia meets up with Golbez to fill him in on what's happened.
Location: Alexandria, the inn restaurant
Date: May, 1803
Warnings: Nah

Once Rydia recovered from her long journey, the summoner decided to make good on her promise to meet Golbez. It had been undeniably surreal to speak with him earlier, given all that happened and the fact that she had not expected to hear from him again. His departure with Fusoya had seemed rather final, after all.

Still, this world and whatever it was that drew people into it had a way of changing plans, regardless of the new arrivals' desires. She knew how disorienting it was to arrive in Gaia, and it must be all the more jarring for Golbez, disrupted from the sleep he shared with his people. Given that Rydia had less reason to be awkward around him than Kain or Cecil, the latter of whom wasn't in town anyway, it seemed best that she be the one to greet him. Besides...she was curious about Golbez. There had been so little time to know the man, once he had been freed of Zemus' control.

She headed to the inn's restaurant area, figuring it would be easy enough to find her there, and that Golbez might want refreshment after his long journey, anyway. A waitress showed her to a table and the summoner shook her head at the suggestion of ordering more than tea, at least for now. Instead, she unrolled a map and stared at its contents, mulling over locations and choices while she waited for Golbez to arrive.

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That question brought forth a look of slight annoyance, though not directed at Golbez. "Oh, it was Edge. I decided to ignore him until he could let it go--or at least pretend to. I'm telling you all this now, since you might as well hear it from me instead of having a worse rant shoved in your face later."

Rydia's annoyance swiftly melted away, not interested in dwelling on what was past longer than need be. She chuckled. "Good idea, about the cavern. The Evil Forest is also exactly what it sounds like--these Gaians are very literal people. I haven't personally entered, but I've passed by it, and warned against entering by other travelers. Perhaps if there was something interesting about the place, it would be a different matter...but so far, I don't see that happening." The summoner shrugged.

"Treno ought to be a far more interesting place, though you'll have to get used to never seeing the sun and there's plenty of crime. On the other hand, they do have an auction house which turns up artifacts from other worlds every so often. It might be worth a look."

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There was a brief expression at Golbez' first comment, that probably made it clear that Rydia could think of at least one person who'd make it everyone's business. Hopefully, she was wrong, but the possibility remained. For now, she pushed such thoughts aside.

"Hopefully, he'll have some freshly-gained insight on what's happening around us. I ought to visit him also, sometime, if he hasn't spoken with someone from the Outer Continent journey already. Perhaps he'd be able to provide some context to what I saw over there." The thought was honestly tempting and it showed. "Can you do me a favor and let me know what he has to say? I'll be happy to do likewise, when I get the chance. And I want to hear from you, anyway. No dropping off the face of the earth, please." Her friendly chiding was reminiscent of her similar warnings to Kain--though she had the feeling that unlike the dragoon, Golbez might actually listen.