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[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.]

Comments

[inemeraldfaith]

I don't know... It'd probably be pretty fun to be a dog. At least a puppy.

[Head empty, no thoughts? What kinds of things to dogs think about anyway? Probably food, belly rubs, sleep, and other simple things like that. It is probably considerably easier to be an animal. If dogs were brought to this world, she has to wonder if they'd be in a similar uproar.

...Probably not.]

But at the end of it all, we're not dogs. And I don't mind responsibility, but like you, I'm not going to lose sleep over it all. I'm okay with just taking every day as it comes.

[No matter how complacent that makes her look. There's method to the madness.]

[wishupona]

I don't know. [Rinoa makes a face.] I know what Angelo eats, and I've gotta say, I'd really rather not.

[Some of the things her dog'll put in her mouth? Yeah... that's a hard line for Rinoa. No thanks.

She loves dogs, but definitely has no plans on ever being one. Being a person is already enough without trying to be something else on top of that.]

Exactly! Who's to say we're not taking things seriously enough. Maybe I'm just making sure that when the time comes I'm serious for when I really need it.

[Saving her seriousness, because she can't be so serious it hurts every hour of the day. That's exhausting.]

[inemeraldfaith]

[Plenty of people, it seems, are likely going to look at how Rinoa and Aerith handle things and assume they're not taking things seriously enough. But Aerith hardly feels the need to say as much because it'll likely be demonstrated more than once as time moves forward...]

I think that's the perfect way to go about it. If the others don't understand, then that's on them. Optimism is a strength. We're just showing the others how strong we are.

[It might not seem like much to everyone else right now, but it will in the future.]

[wishupona]

[They can struggle and fuss all they want, Rinoa's going to take one day at a time and just do her best to live each day. Anything else? Why that's extra.]

Exactly! And maybe they can't see it right now, but we'll show them eventually.

[But it's sure good to have someone on her side in this. Being the Only One can be awfully lonely. She'd know.]