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Characters: Selphie and Balthier
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: The married couple need to catch up!
Location: Just outside Wutai
Date: February, 1804
Warnings: Wibbles? Airship envy - "Mine's bigger!" "Well, mine's shinier!" "Mine is faster!"


Parking the Strahl conveniently near to Galbadia Garden, Balthier sighed heavily. The noise aboard the craft was beginning to irk him, and even that intriguing weapon he'd found in Memoria wasn't interesting enough to take his mind off how noisy everyone was.

Sighing in annoyance, he neatened his shirt and tugged on leather gloves before exiting the Strahl, leaning against her hull as he pulled out his sky phone, tapping a small message out to his 'wife'.

Come outside. Your husband wants to see you.

It was enough to get her to see him and likely enough to make her playfully irritated about their supposed marriage. Not that they ever took it seriously. If anyone said one day that they were all legitimate marriages he'd damn near have a heart attack. Balthier adored Selphie, could likely have a relationship with her were there no obstacles, but the idea of marriage turned his stomach. No thank you, he was happy with being very single right now. Well... he wasn't happy about being dumped but at least he didn't feel confined.

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Smiling at the sight of his hyper little friend, Balthier made his way over, slipping his phone away as he did. "It's good to see you." He couldn't help his slightly less that chipper tone. After Memoria, he was feeling as low as everyone else.

The airship she was aboard was nice. Of course, he'd never prefer it over the Strahl, yet everyone had their favourites. The Strahl had been his escape from a bad life. She'd always be his salvation.

"It's a fine ship you have here." He smiled as he cast his gaze over it. He'd seen it briefly on the network but it was definitely nicer close up.

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He couldn't say he liked the gaudy dragon design all over that airship but he'd seen worse. Far worse. Perhaps he was simply used to airships being rather bland in colour back in Ivalice. The Strahl was likely the brightest ship in the sky and even then it wasn't insanely colourful or wild. When Selphie pounced on him, Balthier laughed, curling his arms around her and hugging her back. Honestly, he didn't just hug people, so it said a lot for how he trusted her. He'd learnt to trust her very quickly.

"She'd be far better were there not a crowd aboard." He shook his head with a sigh but urged her towards the airship. "She like runs on something you've never heard of, and the controls are particularly complicated, but they're easy enough to figure out."

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Balthier simply chuckled and followed her on. "It's hardly a party. Simply Vaan, his brother and Fran's sister. Of course, Fran and myself as well." He slipped around the brunette, using a gentle hand against her waist to guide her towards the cockpit.

"The controls are this way. I'll show you how to start her up."

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"You do?" Balthier quirked a brow but said nothing more as he seated himself in Fran's seat, offering his chair to Selphie. "I'll show you how to fly her." The fact that Selphie had seen the ship already, aside from whenever things were in the background of video posts, surprised him.

Where had she see it?

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Explaining the controls to Selphie, Balthier didn't touch anything, instead allowing her to start it up how she wanted. It was always irritating to have back-seat pilots and Balthier was plenty comfortable with letting Selphie fly, which showed how much he trusted the girl.

Settling back comfortably in Fran's seat, he kept his eye on the gagues and dials, making sure nothing went wrong. The Strahl was fickle and he didn't want her doing something and freaking Selphie out.

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Balthier chuckled and just let Selphie get on with it. When the barrel roll came, he laughed and leaned to look back down the airship. "Sorry!" he called to the other passengers, snickering at the fact.

"She can do tricks, indeed. She can also cloak, which comes in handy in my profession."