paixaorpg | Tidus 001 | wasurenaiyo

Character(s): Tidus, anybody else.
Content: Tidus arrives in Paixao.
Setting: Joutenheim Gate
Time: Let's assume daytime, even with the darkness.
Warnings: Shouldn't be any.

A slight breeze made its presence known through an echo present in the hallway. It reminded him of the hallways of Luca or Zanarkand's domes, really, as his steps signaled his advent through the passageway. What was going on...? The last thing he remembered clearly was jumping off of the bridge of the Fahrenheit... or was it something else? Unable to touch her, to hold Yuna in his arms and comfort her, that feeling left a wrenching feeling in his gut; he grimaced as he recalled that memory.

His hands gripped the journal that was handed to him rather hurriedly, as he looked at it in front of him, wondering what it was and what it was for. Paper, much less paperwork, wasn't a common sight considering everybody recorded things in spheres and such. Still, it seemed important to a degree, so he decided to hold onto it. After all, it could come in handy. Not that he knew how to use it.

This was frustrating. "What am I supposed to do here? I'm not real, so this can't be the afterlife." Gritting his teeth, Tidus let out a loud scream which echoed out, unanswered throughout the hallway. ... Damn, that should've made him feel better. It didn't. Softening his expression, he decided to try one more thing.

Putting his pointer finger and his thumb into his mouth, he whistled. Loudly.

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Yuna had decided to take a nice little walk to re-acclimate herself to her dresspheres. It was so good to have them back and to be able to use them again. At the moment, she was wearing her Gunner outfit, which was her normal one, as she rifled through her list of spheres to see if she could find one that would either help with the darkness or give her something to do.

She nearly dropped the entire garment grid when she heard that whistle. No... he couldn't be here... Could he? Blinking, she let the grid fall back into the pouch at her hip and reached up to her mouth, automatically sliding into the correct position to return the sound, but then she faltered. It was probably a random person, right?

Yuna didn't know and that was what made her take that breath and whistle back. She had to find out.

An answer...? Well, it was true that whistling wasn't exactly something copyrighted to him and her alone, but an answer at least meant that Tidus wasn't alone here. Whether it was a friend or foe was yet to be seen, but at this point Tidus' fear of being alone and cold was an unpleasant reminder of the first time he came to Spira, shortly after being separated from Rikku... this place wasn't Baaj Temple, thank goodness, and was about 100x drier, but he digressed.

It was a whistle.

Taking a chance, Tidus whistled again, and ran toward where he heard the other sound. Nothing seemed to be standing in his way, and while it was dark, he was hoping he wouldn't accidentally run into anything. "Are you there?! Where are you?" He shouted. Maybe hearing a voice could confirm it...

And there it was again. Yuna's heart leaped in her chest as she began to move cautiously in the direction of the sound. Could it really be him? Had he somehow found his way here, just like she had and her father and Sir Jecht and Auron? Did she even dare to hope?

...Yes, she did, and that voice only made her hope harder.

"I'm here!" she yelled back, punctuating her words with another whistle.

It was her voice! Of course, about a million questions surfaced at the top of Tidus' mind. Why was she here? Was this Spira? Was this another dream of the fayth? Is this a hallucination made by him? Most of them were on the pessimistic side, but... Yuna's here! That was all he could think about. Maybe this time he could give her an actual embrace.

About the tenth cycle through all of those thoughts, his feet stopped as she entered his field of vision.

She certainly looked different, but there was no mistaking those hetero-chromatic eyes. "It's you..." His voice softly spoke, as if he was the one seeing a dream, and not the other way around. Putting on his best smile, he chuckled nervously. "Yo. Wassup?"

Yuna turned toward the sound of the voice and the footsteps, heart still racing. And then he stopped just in front of her, just close enough to give her a clear view of exactly who stood there, from his blitzball shoes to the top of his spiky blond hair.

Of course, she couldn't help the shock registering on her face, nor the way her legs propelled her forward as she reached out to pull him into a crushing hug. The last time she'd tried to do that, she'd launched herself right through him and for a sickening moment, she was afraid that would happen again.

She didn't know what she'd do if he wasn't any more solid than he'd been that day.

She was silent. Not that Tidus could blame her or fault her for that. However, he was very much solid as she crashed into his chest, wrapping his arms around her to solidly give her a hug. "Whoa, easy there!" His laugh was slightly shakey, as he took in her scent. He recognized that her haircut may as well have been a memento of him... clever. A smile formed on hsi face. Holding her shoulders and holding her out so that he could see her face, he chuckled once again. "So... do I pass?"

Yuna couldn't believe he was actually here. It had been two years since she'd last seen him and yet, here he was. Words wouldn't come for a few moments, so she opted to just hold him until she could verbalize her thoughts. "Very well," she answered, looking up at him with a smile. "I'm glad you're here."

She didn't want to ask how much he remembered just yet, but knew that would come soon enough.

"I'm a bit surprised to be here, but I'm also glad." The bleached-blonde responded with a smirk, showing that he was all right. Or at least pretended to be. Having Yuna become burdened with his problems all over again wasn't his intention... sure, it might have been a habit he picked up from her during that journey they spent together, but that spoke of how much of the impact she had on him.

Sure, her appearance changed, but that was how woman were, right? Always following the latest trends, after all. It was certainly a bit... surprising, seeing her dressed in such a modern manner in contrast to her fairly conservative getup from before, but Tidus was all for eye candy. "So, Yuna... what are you doing here? What am I doing here? Where is this, is this Spira?"

It really was so good to see him again. Yuna smiled as she pulled back from his arms, looking him over as she did. Even in the perpetual darkness lately, she could still tell that he looked the same as always.

"I'm not sure exactly, but this isn't Spira," she began hesitantly. "It's a place called Paixao. It's... different from home, very different. Oh..." She paused as a thought occurred to her then. "Do you have a place to stay yet?"

"Uh, no, I don't. I just got here and all." Come to think of it, he didn't really have a 'home' in Spira, either, when he landed there. It was a while since he was able to go back... and even then, his 'home' was being dreamed of inside of Sin. Was... Yuna inviting him? That was a surprise; since when did she become so bold? Didn't cohabitation come a bit later in a relationship? Then again, their relationship was far from normal, considering he was a dream and she was married to an unsent and they've only kissed once and...

Wait, this is Yuna here. She simply must've been meaning to be polite and to offer him to help him find a place to stay, right? Whether it was her kindness or selfishness of being a woman no longer tied to the title of summoner, who had to give her life to the people, Tidus wasn't entirely sure. Either way, he was setting himself up for either ecstasy or disappointment, neither of which he was sure he was entirely prepared for.

"Paixao, huh? Can't be any worse than the place I felt like I was from..."

"Then we'll have to find you one," Yuna told him, smiling up at him. She didn't know how Belle would react to the request of a man living with them, but she was certain an apartment nearby would be empty. It was worth looking, right? And that way, he'd be close by.

"I'm sure there's a free one near the one I'm sharing with Belle. If you don't mind being that close to me, that is." And she grinned up at him, obviously teasing. She was a lot less restricted and confined, a lot freer, than the Yuna he'd last seen. It was quite a shocking difference if one wasn't ready for it, yet she was still the same Yuna and that would never change.

His last words made her heart squeeze, so she tried to ignore them and their implications. "Come on. Let's go find out!"

"Of course I don't mind!" Tidus blurted out without even thinking, as he went to follow Yuna's footsteps. She was a bit friskier; he kinda liked that. It was a new chapter in his story, and he was going to make sure that it was going to be at least enjoyable. I mean, how bad it could be in a world without Yu Yevon and such?

Tidus 001 | wasurenaiyo | OPEN/ACTIVE

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pft let's get the time frame right here

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