paixaorpg | I talk about you now and go a day without crying (Active)

Character(s): Celes, Lightning (maybe open? Ask first)
Content: Two ex-military women meet
Setting: Muspelheim Gate area
Time: mid-day Week 21
Warnings: Uh... snark? none for now - possible 13 spoilers always present

Lightning had never heard of this city before, but for all she knew it could be some trick, more of the fal'Cie smoke and mirrors they were so fond of throwing around. Especially Barthandelus, though he also seemed to like making things impossibly hard on everyone. Lightning frowned as she stepped through the city. The answers she'd received from whatever the network system in this city was had been disappointing at best. Either everyone was a complete idiot or they'd all had their memories wiped. Knowing the fal'Cie, she wouldn't be surprised if the latter were true. Still, while she didn't intend to stay any longer than necessary, she knew she'd need to know as much about this place as possible.

So, with that in mind, Lightning set out on a quest to find out what else was around. The city was large from what she could see, much larger than Bodhum, probably on par with or larger than Palumpolum and that thought would have been unnerving had she not been trained to deal with fear long ago. Shrugging her annoyance and uncertainty off, she walked around. Sooner or later, she'd need to check her brand. If it looked any the worse for wear, she'd have to find some way of turning it back. She didn't want to end up a Cie'th, but neither did she want the other option.

Sighing to herself, Lightning approached one of the other gates and looked around for one of her companions. She hated to think that Bartandelus was trying to get them pissed off at him by splitting them up.

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Lightning knew an injury as severe as Celes' wouldn't hold up much longer, so she calculated the distance and shifted them so she was taking on most of her companion's weight. Just a little bit further.

Soon enough, they'd reached the place and headed inside. Lightning liked higher places - they made better escape routes - so the unfortunate thing was that their trek was going to encompass a couple stairs. At least she assumed so, as she hadn't found any elevators or anything remotely useful yet.

"We have to take the long way up. If you need to stop and rest, tell me. It's no good wearing yourself out more than you already are."

With that, she began to slowly help her companion up the stairs. At least she wasn't all the way at the top, but neither was she at the bottom. After a minute or so of climbing, Lightning tilted her head at Celes and decided to finally ask something that had been bugging her.

"You're in the military in your world, aren't you?"

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