paixaorpg | I'll be waiting...[active]

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I'll be waiting...[active]

Character(s): Squall and Rinoa
Content: reuniting at long last
Setting: Muspelheim Gate
Time: middayish
Warnings: uh. fluff? sap?

She was here. Finally. After far too long waiting, Rinoa had finally come. Admittedly, she was still possibly in danger what with the recent outbreak of monsters, but she was here. He wouldn't have to be alone anymore. Not that... he'd technically been alone, what with Zack and that blond friend of his hanging around all the time but it just hadn't been quite the same.

And really, it was only natural that he come and find her after having waited as long as he had. He'd never wanted to to be forgotten, and well... he hadn't been around and who knew how long it had been for them back at home. Spending a while on the train was a small price to pay to get where he was going.

And once he managed to arrive at the gate, it was easy enough to look for brown hair in the sea of blonds. All he had to was find her.

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Rinoa's eyes carefully searched the crowds of people around her. She was sure she would be able to spot Squall anywhere, even in this place where people seemed to look so identical to each other. Every once in a while her eyes would move to look at her surrounding. The large dome, the fake flowers, everything just yelled out that this place wasn't home. What had Squall called it? Paixao? It was strange to her, but also beautiful as she took everything in.

Her eyes went back to searching the crowds. Squall had told her that he'd be coming, but how much longer would that take? What surprised her more was that he had acted like he hadn't seen her in ages, but she clearly remembered him being with her not too long ago. What was going on? These thoughts continued to run through her head while she waited. She wrapped her hand around the Griever ring hanging from a chain on her neck, and that's when she spotted him.

That short brown hair, his black jacket with the white fur trim on the collar, the belts around his waste, and the most noticeable scar on his face. "Squall!" Rinoa called out to him, hoping he'd hear her.

Even before she called out Squall had spotted Rinoa in the crowd - it hadn't been hard at all to spot a patch of black hair in amongst the blonds, especially when he'd been looking for her.

She was here, really here. After all this time. Admittedly he had absolutely no idea how long it had been for her since he'd left, much less how the Garden had dealt with the absence of its commander, but that could wait. He expected that Rinoa would still have any number of questions and besides he had so many things he wanted to say to her; to warn her about. None of them managed to get past a simple thought though, and not just because there were so many things that saying them all at once would be all but impossible, not to mention severely straining the boundaries of how much he was willing to say all at once, so for the moment he'd stay silent - the expression on his face would be more than enough for a moment. He was even managing not to run towards her. Moving faster than a simple walking, yes, but not running.

Okay, so he was running.

Rinoa could see him running towards her. He really was acting like he hadn't seen her months. She wondered why as she began unconsciously running to him. She wanted to meet him halfway, to know that he wasn't just an illusion in this strange place.

The moment that she was close enough, she moved her arms to reach around his neck, pulling him into a familiar embrace. It was really Squall, he was here too. She wasn't alone in this strange place. She buried her face into his shoulder, taking in his familiar scent, then leaned her head against it. She automatically held onto him tighter as if she never wanted to let him go. Sure, she had been with him not long ago, but something felt different this time. It felt like she hadn't seen him in the longest time. Maybe it was just this strange place, or maybe it was Squall's reaction to seeing her. Either way, she was glad to be holding on to him, to have him in her arms.

If Squall had had any lingering doubts about whether or not Rinoa was really here they vanished at that embrace. This definitely wasn't something some rogue Sorceress had cooked up - not that he'd seen any Sorceresses here until Rinoa'd arrived but that didn't necessarily mean there weren't any. But for the moment that didn't matter, along with anything else he might've been vaguely worrying him. All that matter right now was this.

Not that he was saying anything either, but actions spoke louder than words.

After just staying in his arms for a long time, Rinoa pulled away just enough to look at his face. As much as she enjoyed holding onto Squall, she had questions that she wanted to be answered, and it seemed like Squall knew the answers. "Where is this place? I know you said it was called Paixao, but I've never heard of it before. What's going on?" She had even more questions then that but she held them back, not wanting to bombard Squall with everything at once.

"It's... another world. And no one's figured out how to leave yet."

Not quite the sort of answer he'd like to be able to give, but it was better than nothing. Or at least it would do for now. He'd hardly asked to be stuck on an island city with no way home. But here they both were for the time being.

"Or why people keep getting pulled in."

She didn't like hearing those answers either. The worst was that nobody knew how to leave, and she certainly didn't know any travel type magic yet. At least nothing that she was very good at. She was still getting used to the being a sorceress after all.

"Are any of the others here?" She asked, a bit of concern in her voice.

Even if Rinoa had known any travel-type magic, Squall wouldn't have suggested they try it. He wasn't entirely sure it would work and one desolate, time-torn wasteland was quite enough for him.

"It's just us," he answered. Two was marginally better than one, but still, it wasn't precisely encouraging except for the fact that it meant that the others weren't trapped here like they were.

And possibly wandering why their commander and the last Sorceress had disappeared, but he couldn't exactly fix that.

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Rinoa thought about it, and it made her a bit sad that the others weren't there, but the good side was that Squall was here with her. She wasn't alone.

She rested her head on Squall's chest, and listened to his heartbeat. It made her feel more comfortable, every time she heard it, it confirmed it was really Squall in her arms. She knew she would never mistaken him no matter what happened.

Neither of them were alone. Or not now at least, and dealing with strange new worlds was much easier when there was someone you knew beside you.

"We probably shouldn't stay here too long. The city isn't safe these days."

True, he'd yet to see any of the monsters in this part of the city but better safe than sorry.

She pulled away enough to see his face again.

"Not safe? Why?"

Rinoa's voice showed mostly curiosity, but there was a little concern mixed in there.

"There are monsters all over the city."

Or close enough to it at least. They weren't right here, obviously, but there was a reason he'd taken to bringing Lionheart with him whenever he went out into the city and it wasn't just because he felt generically safer having it around. It would have been nicer if he'd managed to find somewhere to draw from, but he hadn't been using much magic anyway since he got here. He hadn't needed to.

"Something about something else making them, I think?"

"Monsters all over the city?"

She thinks about it for a few moments before smiling at him. She wasn't sure whether Squall would appreciate what she wanted to do, but it wasn't going to stop her. Either way, she'd go through with it whether he helped her or not. She had always been stubborn that way.

"We should help clear them out."

Help clear them out? He'd sort of been doing that already... in a sense. Admittedly only in the sense of killing the ones he ran into, but that was better than nothing. It probably wasn't quite meant by 'help clear them out,' though.

"They haven't killed anyone yet, I think."

So presumably the people of the city were capable of dealing with the problem on their own, right?

"But they're still trying to hurt people, right? We should help keep them from doing that."

Rinoa was going into her Timber Owl mode. She wanted to help everyone out in any way she could, and if that meant clearing out the monsters, then that was what she was going to do.

There was a brief pause and then Squall nodded. "Yeah, I guess."

It was something to do at least. Not that he hadn't managed to keep himself busy before hand, but well. He might as well help, he supposed.

"Good! Then we're going to help any way we can." She told him, a smirk crossing her face.

It switched to a thoughtful expression soon after as a question came to her mind. Squall really did seem to know a lot about what was going on. "Squall? How long have you been here?" She asked him curiously. She had a feeling he'd been in Paixao much longer then her.

How long had he been here? Longer than he would have liked - too long left alone.

"A couple of months," he answered. It hadn't been particularly enjoyable, stuck in a world far away from anything and anyone he'd known with only a hope that people hadn't forgotten to come looking for him and that the Garden was still running without him being there.

He still didn't have answers for those questions, but at least he had someone from his own world beside him now.

She wasn't completely surprised to hear that answer, but part of her still was.

"A couple of months? I had a feeling you had been here longer then me but I didn't know it had been that long for you." It was no wonder he had been so glad to see her.

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Sorry for the late reply ^^;;;

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