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Characters: Eiko, Tifa and Denzel
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: Eiko detours to Madain Sari on the way back to Lindblum and drags the others along.
Location: Madain Sari
Date: January 1804
Warnings: You could die of the cute?

Eiko and Denzel had both fussed and sulked when they found out that Cloud and Shelke left to rescue Nanaki and left them behind. Eiko really more than Denzel. She'd been quite the brat, yelling and stomping. Being treated like a little kid was so annoying to her she just couldn't stand it. So after a fair bit of whining and pleading, she'd finally gotten an agreement to go to Madain Sari so she could pray at the Eidolon Wall. Then home.

The child led the way, winding through the mountain path, stopping to chatter with moogles along the way.  The village came into view and Eiko raced ahead. "That's it! We're home!"

Home for Eiko was a village in crumbles, signs of utter devastation, and not even recently. Still when she strolled into the empty streets, kupos rang out from every direction and a mass of moogles flocked to her side. "Welcome to Madain Sari!" she announced to her traveling friends.

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Once Denzel had finished exploring and examining all the murals, he turned to speak with Eiko, but noticing that she was still seemingly occupied with her duties, he moved to sit on the ground near the entrance to wait for her, fishing his marble from his pocket to play with.

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Finally done, Eiko skipped over to Denzel. "All done! So, what do you think?" She looked around the Wall, puffing up proudly at the sacred space.

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Denzel re-pocketed the marble and stood up, dusting himself off. "It's really amazing, Eiko. I've never seen anything like it in my life!!"

He smiled at the girl and leaned in, pecking her cheek with a kiss. "You're pretty cool."

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Blink. Blinkblink. Eiko was used to getting hugs from her friends, even Zidane and Dagger, and plenty of kisses from her parents and some of the more affectionate moogles even. But that was her first kiss. She liked it, and it was written all over her face. So was a rampant blush.

Her head dipped and she swayed side to side, hands behind her back. "I like you lots." She looked up at him and announced in her bossy way. "I'm going to marry you."

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Eiko's blush made Denzel blush. He hadn't expected such a reaction, but at least she hadn't slapped him.

His blush darkened at the girl's statement. "You want to marry me?" He scuffed his shoe against the ground for a moment, before nodding. "Okay! But... I think we have to wait until we're like... sixteen or something..."

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"Yep. Sixteen. So I guess I'll be seventeen, but that's okay." Eiko nodded firmly. Everything was a done deal as far as she was concerned. She grabbed his hand and pulled at him. "C'mon, I want to show you the Eidolons."

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Denzel blinked as he was pulled, tightening his grip on Eiko's hand. "The Eidolons?" He followed her, not that he really had much choice, but he felt rather nervous for some reason.

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Being the bossy little thing she was, Eiko skipped over to the far east side of the enclosure, pointing. "Yep. These paintings are them. All the research by the summoner tribe. Every time we discover one, we paint it here. That's Shiva, and that one's Bahamut. Phoenix is there, and those are the Sylphs. Oh, the Sylphs are one of Rydia's Eidolons. She let me meet a bunch of hers, so now there's even more here than when I was a little kid."

Yes, she made a distinction for herself not being a child. That stopped happening when her Grandfather died and she was left on her own. Still, the fruits of her labors were in full evidence on the wall, as some of the paint looked far fresher and less weather worn than other murals. Rydia had helped, of course, but still, it was her responsibility to record all the new eidolons.

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Oh, the painting were the Eidolons? It was all so new and quite exciting to the boy.

"Our summons live in little orbs." Well, he wasn't so sure they 'lived' in them, but it was a nice way to think of it. "Summon Materia. I've only seen one summon monster back home though."

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"Materia?" she asked, head tilting to the side from curiosity. She poked a hand in her pocket and pulled out a handful of summoning gemstones. "Like this?"

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Denzel nodded at the gemstones. "Yeah, kinda like that! All our magic comes from Materia. They say it's the knowledge of the Ancients."

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"These help us strengthen our eidolons," Eiko explained. "Although sometimes they live in secret places or like Phoenix can be summoned from one of his pinions." She reached in her pocket and pulled out a fiery feather.

"Who're the Ancients?"

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Denzel reached out to touch the feather, drawing his hand back a little before he made contact.

"The Ancients were..." The boy paused, trying to remember the things he had learned. "They're people with the ability to communicate with the Planet and the Lifestream. Aerith was the last living one but... she was killed."