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[more_than_words]

This is Tifa. Thanks for calling. I can't answer the phone right now but leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Have a good day!

Comments

[Voice]

[more_than_words]

I have.

It's the who that's bothering me. These can't be from the people they say they are. Zell - can they?

Re: [Voice]

[combatking]

I.. really dunno. I've been tryin' to figure that out too.. like if they're actually from them an' if so what the hell did they say to 'em or if it's just some weird event where they make letters based off our memories've'em.

Either way.. I don't like this. It freaks me out that they could know we're trapped here.

[Voice]

[more_than_words]

[It's quiet on her end for a long time and then, softer:]

They can't know we're trapped here, can they? I mean, everyone says you forget when you go home and - that wouldn't work if people there remembered you'd been missing. It's... supposed to be like you never left, isn't it? So - for them, you'd still be there, wouldn't you?

[if she sounds like she's trying to reassure herself as well as him... it's because she is.]

Re: [Voice]

[combatking]

[He's as much reassuring himself as she is..]

That's what I wanna think. I don't.. want them t'know I'm here. At first I did, so they could see how well I was doin' on my own, but now? I really don't want them to see here. It'd just worry 'em an' somea the decisions I've been makin', I want 'em to know I'm capable've makin' that sorta decision but at the same time, too much too soon, y'know?

[Voice]

[more_than_words]

[Zell, most of that shouldn't have made any sense at all.

It did to her.]

I - know. We're still us, it's just - too much too soon. [It's the best response.] I don't want them to know I'm here and they're there either. Some of them wouldn't take it well.

Re: [Voice]

[combatking]

I hope so.. I usually feel pretty confident about this kinda thing, I mean at the base've it all I'm a mercenary.. but like.. with the hunt. Each've my friends who were on a team. I tried whatever I could t'keep 'em from gettin' in the bottom percentile. When do we slip into that point've no return where we're still us but not the same?

[He's had a lot on his mind, and he can't help but wonder if Tifa's having that problem too.]

[Voice]

[more_than_words]

We're never the same, Zell. Every day we change. That's the point. That's okay. Whatever we turn into here, that's just going where we need to go. [She can say it because - ] I trust who you are at your core. That never changes. We change around it but - we're still us even if we're not the us we once were. Whoever you become while you're here, even some of the dark parts, it's who you are at your core that will keep those changes good things. I trust you. You'll be who you are no matter who you become.



[...

says the girl that followed someone with a borrowed personality halfway around the world...]

Re: [Voice]

[combatking]

Guess we can only hope we don't go tooo dark. I swear if I wake up one day an' I'm snappin' necks t'prove dominance or somethin' I'm gonna seriously rethink somea my life decisions.

Gimme a good whack if I go too far down the spiral alright?

[Voice]

[more_than_words]

[there's a muted sound of amusement.]

Never going to happen, Zell. You're a good person all the way to your bones.

But I will whack you if you seem to need it and you do the same for me. We're a team.

Re: [Voice]

[combatking]

But Tifa, I could potentially have the most evil bones in existence an'theyre just kept in check by my good-saturated flesh. [Shrugging, then realizing ot was set to Voice..] It could be like the old legends!

[Team. Four simple letters, one simple word. The joy it brought to hear though.. Zell smiles wide on the other side of the line. They may be separated by different worlds or dimensions or what have you, but the camaraderie was beautiful. There were certain people in Adstring who's presemce he'd found had him feeling like he wasn't so alone, even if he had come in with no one. He breathes out a short chuckle.]

If you go all crazy, there won't be a safe place to hide from a good whack.. or at least a really stern talkin' to.

[Voice]

[more_than_words]

[She has no idea what old legend he's talking about but she'll still huff a noise that sounds suspiciously like laughter.]

It would be a real hard choice on whether my lectures or my whacks are worse. [She miiiiight sound a little proud of that. Maybe. She certainly does sound like she's smiling. Her words are entirely serious and heart-felt however.]

You'll be fine, Zell. Trust your heart. I do.


(ooc: good place to wrap it up?)