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[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

Characters: Rydia, Kain, Delita, Mikoto, Vie
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: Escorting Vie
Location: Conde Petie
Date: January, 1803
Warnings: Not likely.

The trip from Guadosalam to Conde Petie hadn't been too lengthy or difficult. Fortunately, Rydia had experience traveling around the Outer Continent and with Kain and Delita to aid their passage, she wasn't worried about any obstacles thrown their way. As for Vie, she did her best to make him feel at ease, even though she doubted he would truly relax until safely at home. Poor child, she couldn't blame him. The sudden arrival must have been even weirder for him than it was for them.

Upon reaching Conde Petie, Rydia attempted to pass, only to be blocked by the dwarves. "Rally-ho!"

The Summoner then remembered their insistence on visitors repeating the greeting and smiled as she did so, waiting for the others to do the same before entering the dwarven village. She hadn't thought to ask about Mikoto's appearance, but figured she would find them or Vie would spot her, so it wasn't an issue.

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[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

Used to unemotional people, Rydia took Mikoto's muted reaction in stride. As long as Vie was happy to be with her, that's what counted. She hesitated for a moment, wondering what to say in response, then decided that the blunt approach was best. Maybe Mikoto would be able to explain what happened, or at least piece together something they missed. "We died, more or less. It was the epitaph attacks. The other day, I awoke at the Iifa Tree and found everyone else along the way...except Vie, who seemed to appear out of thin air in Guadosalam. I don't suppose you might have an explanation for any of that?"

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

Kain actually could understand Mikoto's subdued nature very well, being just as reserved, himself. He glanced at Vie as he seemed to be very glad to be reunited with her. Well... that was good. Perhaps Kain would even miss having the kid following him around, in some weird way, despite having felt so uncertain how to deal with him. He looked at Mikoto.

"You're welcome. And... Rydia is right. After our... encounters, we all woke at the tree. None of us can explain how it happened."

[lionwarhero.livejournal.com]

Delita thought back to what had happened and was glad none brought up the events prior to their meeting. Although, understanding what happened was extremely important to him. It would not serve him well to remove any wayward princes and kings if they would return a week later all the wiser. He would need to tread more carefully than ever. "'Tis unsettling to reside in Lindblum one moment, at the tree the next."

[nomerevessel.livejournal.com]

Pale brows wrinkled, the closest thing to expression that the genome had shown since her arrival. Since the revival of the tree, and the appearance of the Mist, Mikoto had wondered about the Tree. Still, never had she ever thought it would be connected to Life and Death in a manner such at this.

"I will tell you, that's not what the Iifa tree exists for. In fact, it was made for exactly the opposite. You should count yourselves lucky to have been granted this second life. Although, that it would be because of Iifa, makes no sense to me."

[tidesnpcs.livejournal.com]

During all of this, Vie stayed glued to Mikoto's side. Glowing yellow eyes shifted from Dragoon, to Knight, to Summoner, and back and forth, as the conversation around him moved. It all seemed so complicated!

"I don't know how I got there," he piped up, as though it hadn't already been covered.

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

Rydia shrugged, just as baffled. She hadn't forgotten what Dagger and other natives had told her about the tree, yet what other explanation was there? If it's not the Tree's doing, then I have no explanation as to why we awoke at its roots."

She smiled at Vie, then nodded to Mikoto. "Nor do I understand why Vie appeared out of thin air, just after another vanished...unless that's always an equal trade? One person vanishes from this world and another reappears?" Penelo had been in Gaia for a long time, but Rydia suddenly wasn't sure if that fact was at all relevant.

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

"It's possible..." Kain glanced thoughtfully at Vie. Before this, he'd never seen anyone disappear or reappear in such a manner... perhaps that was how it happened? It made enough sense, that there should be something of an exchange. The information about the tree itself was strange, though, and he frowned more deeply as he wondered about that. It couldn't be a coincidence that they'd arrived there, but it seemed none of them understood why.

[lionwarhero.livejournal.com]

This was more complicated than Delita could fathom. If there was an exchange of people, did that mean his Ivalice was overrun with new inhabitants as well? He wondered if returning home, would present more nobles abusing the people. "'Tis with trepidation that I wonder if our own worlds have received greater impact than we comprehend."

[nomerevessel.livejournal.com]

"You say that you observed one person vanishing, just as another appeared?"

Mikoto looked between them, a glint of something in her eyes -- a tinge of emotion to her previously stoic demeanor. "I have not yet heard of such an occurrence... but if it is as you say, then there is perhaps the possibility that this is not limited to Gaia. It stands to reason, that those who vanish from Gaia, are going elsewhere... and that elsewhere just may be in replacement of those who are arriving here."

Why hadn't she thought of that before?