Tifa Lockhart 001 | heart station | [ACTIVE]

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Character(s): Tifa, open like Britney's vagoo.
Content: Arrival in the Vanaheim Gate.
Setting: Vanaheim
Time: I dunno. Week 11.
Warnings: Depends~ <3


... it felt a bit strange. Complete darkness... what was she doing here? Tifa's brown eyes focused on the faint traces of light around her, but after she left the odd gate with the journal that was handed to her, she still didn't understand what was going on. Were Cloud, Denzel, and Marlene all right? Wasn't she in Edge anymore? This all felt very surreal, but she knew she wouldn't be able to get any answers until she found somebody to help answer her questions.

Only, those odd creatures she encountered between here and there were different from any other monsters she has encountered. This probably wasn't even Gaia anymore. Punching another one into the wall; it made a fairly loud noise.

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Terra was running. She hadn't even had the chance to realize how far she'd gone. She had been successful in keeping the Heartless around her at bay with her magic, but now they seemed to be coming in hoards! She had needed a moment to recover, but of course, the critters certainly didn't seem like they wanted to give her a breather.

Her eyes had become somewhat accustomed to the dark, so that she was able to make out the figure in front of her. The young woman certainly didn't resemble the things that were chasing her, and so, she decied to call out a warning. "Wa-- Watch out!" she was huffing, panting, "there are even more coming this way!"

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Terra's warning didn't come a moment too soon; performing a spinning somersault, Tifa balanced herself on her hands as she left her boots do the talking to a bunch of the heartless as they flew into the walls, and disappeared. Jumping up to her feet and taking another fighting stance, Tifa found it difficult to see in the dark obviously, but... was that magic she just heard? Were there materia users in this place, too?

Well, that would've been simple to use, too. Concentrating, a materia orb lit up on her knuckle as she let loose a Firaga spell against another group of Heartless, briefly illuminating the surrounding area. "Thanks!" She nodded in the direction of the voice earlier.

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She almost wasn't about to stop. Based on fact that this woman seemed to be able to hold her own against the monsters, Terra thought that it would be best not to bother her. She didn't seem to need help. It was only when she noticed that flash on her hand, then -- Firaga?!

"Was that -- magic?!" Terra cried out, without even realizing she had spoken out loud. She stopped dead in her tracks, now nearly gaping at Tifa. Of course, this little slip-up also meant that a Heartless was able to get the jump on her. She could sense its movements behind her as it took to the air; an attack from above.

Without hesitation, she unsheathed her rapier with one hand, slicing it across the creature, as it fell to the ground and dissolved as two separate pieces.

She exhaled a quick breath of relief before turning again in the brunette's direction.

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Terra's reaction to Tifa's materia-casting seemed a little odd, but the present Heartless were quickly disposed of, and Tifa didn't think that any more were there. Taking a deep breath in their respite, Tifa looked once again at Terra with a slight smile on her face. "Yes; this fire materia allowed me to cast a fire elemental spell." She responded. "I saw you use a similar ability... 'magic', you called it? But I don't see that you have any materia... are you able to cast it naturally?" Tifa approached Terra.

"Pardon my rudeness." Tifa halted herself, holding out her hand. "My name is Tifa Lockhart. If I may ask... where is this?"

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"Materia..." the girl repeated in a bit of a dreamy tone. Inwardly, she wondered if it was something like Magicite. Obviously, this girl was from one of those 'otherworlds' too. "Um. Yes, it's called magic where I come from..." her voice trailed off.

She seemed to recoil slightly when asked if her magic was a natural occurrance. Did this woman mean her harm? Perhaps, if she was working for someone who sought to exploit her abilities again. She nearly responded with a defensive answer, until Tifa took the moment to introduce herself. She certainly... didn't look like she had malicious intent with her question. But still, she thought it was perhaps best not to answer that right away.

Although she did hesitate until the last second, Terra took her hand and shook it, then let go. "I'm Terra," she said with a nod, "and this -- is Paixao."

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"Paixao...? I've never heard a place by that name on Gaia." Tifa looked around, a bit confused. Turning back to Terra, Tifa nodded. "Well, thank you for helping me out back there. I've never encountered those types of monsters before, so I was a bit shocked. I've dealt with tougher ones before, though, so I'd never thought I'd say I was glad that I was able to experience some 'training'. At least I know I'm able to defend myself against a few of these things. Without your help I don't think I could have taken on any more." Tifa tilted her head and gave Terra a smile.

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"Gaia?" she asked, her head tilting slightly to one side. "Oh. Is that where you came from?" she nodded the answer to her own question. This girl... must just be new to the city. A frown drew itself across her lips, knowing now that she was going to have to be the one to break the bad news.

"Those are Heartless," she explained, "that's what some people call them, anyway. There usually aren't so many, but since the light was taken away..." her voice faded, and she bit her lower lip for a moment before deciding to continue.

"I should tell you... This is -- another world entirely from the one you come from," she measured her words out carefully, "The same thing happened to me. I wound up here from my world, too..."

Terra drew in a breath, realizing now that they were quite close to the Vanaheim gate. She really had traveled further than she originally intended... Then again with mobs of Heartless on your tail, you didn't seem to be able to move fast enough.

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It was quite a bit for Tifa to take in. Hadn't she experienced enough excitement in her own lifetime? What with the death of her mother, the Nibelheim Incident and the death of her father, the Jenova War and Meteorfall, the Remnants, and Deepground... this place certainly didn't seem to be heaven or the Lifestream. But most of all she was worried about Cloud, Marlene, and Denzel...

"I don't think you're lying, since I don't believe you have a reason to." Tifa finally responded, a few seconds after taking everything in. "Thank you for telling me, though. I've faced more than a few lies in the past, so a breath of honesty is refreshing, really." She continued, tossing a few strands of hair behind her.

"... I hope I'm not interrupting any errands you're running. But... do you have time to tell me anything else?"

WOW i'm so sorry i'm slower than -- everything in the world. :(

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"I almost wish... I was lying," she confessed, looking down. It would have made things so much easier if it was just possible to wake up from this nightmare. It was terrible to think about what was going on back in her world. Was everyone she knew safe? The worst part, most certainly, was all that she didn't know...

"No, I -- I'm not doing anything right now. I was... sort of trying to get away from the Heartless before I ran into you, but... you seemed to take care of those pretty easily yourself," Terra spoke with a bit of a smile. This girl's fighting style... was somehow reminiscent of Sabin's.

"We shouldn't stay out here though. Come on, follow me. There should be some shelter not too far from here," she motioned with her hand for Tifa to follow as she turned and started walking.

it's fine. if i minded i'd've nagged you <3

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Following the blonde woman's lead, Tifa was glad that the first person she met here was nice, at least. Unfortunately, it did seem as if they were going to be trapped here for a while, but judging from the girl's demeanor it almost feels like she was resigned to her fate, to a degree. But still, it was amazing that she was able to cast magic without the aid of materia! She was probably akin to the Cetra or something along those lines, Tifa thought, though she wasn't exactly the expert on the subject.

"Thank you." Tifa broke the silence. "Say, Terra... is it in the middle of the night? Or is it always dark here?"

;-; s-still

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"No," Terra shook her head as she walked on, leading the way, "it's not always like this. It's was just a couple of weeks ago when they put this -- spell on the city." She looked down now, glancing at her feet as she walked in the direction on the nearby Actua Are. "Just like anywhere, I guess, there are good people here, and then there are... bad people, too."

Of course, it certainly made it harder when there were villains afoot, each trying to get the upper hand on the other group of, well, villains. It was like being caught between a rock and a hard place, and trying to survive.

"So they took away the light, this time. Who knows -- what they'll try to do next..."

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"... I see." Tifa ruminated on these new facts. "It seems nice enough, though... I mean, better than being trapped in cold ice or some sort of dungeon." She attempted to be positive. "Has anybody tried to stop them, though?" It wasn't her intent to begin another Avalanche group, but certainly people weren't without hope, were they?