[Video]

[inemeraldfaith]

[At first, there's just audio as Aerith is figuring out how this little trinket works. A phone would be easier, wouldn't it? As video comes on, she lifts a hand and wiggles her fingers in greeting.]

Hellllooooo!

[If it seems like she's too cheery, that very likely might be the case. Despite the situation and bizarre circumstances, she's chosen to approach all of this with a great deal of optimism. Smile, and the world smiles with you, goes the saying.]

I understand a lot of us are kind of going through the same thing and it's probably very easy to focus on what we don't know, but I thought it might be kind of nice to have the reminder that we have a common goal. So whether you arrived here with friends or without them, you're not alone! You have the rest of us, too.

[Gesturing to herself, she continues.]

My name's Aerith and I didn't arrive with very much, but if there's something I can help you out with, make sure you let me know and I'll do my best! Also, if you're having trouble finding a place to stay, I'm sharing a room here with my bodyguard, but I'm sure he won't mind too much if we make a little more room for you.

[You're welcome, Cloud.]

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[inemeraldfaith]

[This has been a very, very popular question. She's starting to think that maybe bodyguards aren't exactly as commonplace as she thought. She certainly didn't bat an eye when she asked Cloud to be hers back in Midgar. It just goes to show how different places could be...!]

Yup! He showed up at the right time and I needed his help getting out of a difficult situation, so he agreed to protect me and we've been like that ever since.

[And to be fair, Aerith has caused about as many issues back home for him as she's caused here. And they've barely been here for very long. This is like a record for her.]

[koutsuanzen]

So, d'you pay him-?

[...Kay, in fairness, that was probably a little more prying than he'd usually be. But if it was just a guy helping her out and sharing a room--...

Look, wasn't his business if someone was gonna confuse a boyfriend for a bodyguard.]

How many people take you up on the room offer so far?

[Eh, hopefully they weren't gettin' the kind offer taken advantage of, advertising a bleeding heart like this. One extra roommate was one thing. Seven would be a shitstorm of another.]

[inemeraldfaith]

[...

You know, she kind of owes Cloud probably a lot of money at this point. He hasn't technically collected. At least, not in the gil kind of way. Every time it gets brought up, though, she's reminded that her flower selling doesn't exactly bring in the bank.]

Wellllll, yes? But maybe not with money? [Never mind how awful that sounds. Sorry, Cloud.] And zero. Exactly zero people have accepted it. I think I might have scared them off with the bodyguard thing, actually.

[Or people seriously think Aerith is incredibly weird to have made such an offer to begin with.]