thecooler | blizzaga (open)

Who: Tidus and OPEN
What: Arriving/freaking out/trying to be cool about it
When: Day 21
Where: Residential area
Warnings: Nudity, spoilers for an 17 year old game, existential crises, the usual. Will update if needed.

What were things like after death? Back in Tidus's hometown, it had been a taboo subject, for reasons he was only just now beginning to understand. When he'd come to Spira and seen his departed mother's echo, he thought he'd had an answer: he'd go to the Farplane, the colorful, flower-filled afterlife that most Spirans reached someday. He'd find his father, and Yuna's, and maybe bug Auron some more. He wasn't exactly happy about choosing to die, but the hope was that it wouldn't be a bad afterlife.

The frigid chill and unforgiving metal that greeted him when he awoke again? Was nothing at all like his expectations. He lifted an arm to shield his eyes from the glare of the spotlight, noting with some confusion that his arm-guard was absent. He glanced down and found that he'd been stripped bare. Well, that explained the chill.

Then there was a voice telling him to step forward into the unknown. He glanced around, squinting at the darkness...had others come this way? They probably had. He scrambled to his feet, projecting more confidence than he actually felt. But there was just one thing to do before he left.

He lifted a hand to his mouth, sucked in a breath, and made some unintelligible sputtering sound. His fingers were too cold to even manage a whistle. He sighed, balled his fists, and strode along the lighted path, only to stop like a deer in headlights when the door reveals a living space. And...people?

After a few seconds, he closed the door, leaning against it with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes as he glanced around the room. He lifted a leg just enough to cover himself for the sake of politeness, suppressing a shiver. "So, uh, hey guys, what's shaking?"

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Her hips shifted and she scooted closer to his side as his arm and the blanket draped around her thin shoulders. Heat blossomed in her chest and she felt her cheeks glow with a touch of warmth. She'd never gotten to things like this before he vanished. Even something as simple as holding each other close for warmth.

"Don't be sorry. I understand." Her voice was soft and wistful. "I wasn't happy that you were gone but I would have done the same, I was ready to do the same thing. After that, I addressed Spira and returned home to Besaid. It wasn't look until I saw this sphere of you or… I thought it was you. I couldn't be sure but I wanted to find more and I thought it would lead me to you. It was me and Rikku and Paine and the Gullwings."

She smiled over at him. "We were Sphere hunters. We traveled all over Spira looking for clues." It was a lot of fun, even if it had become rather trying. "As we searched, we uncovered secrets from the battle where Sin was born and found that Spira was.. imbalanced." Magic was dying.

Yuna paused and met Tidus's gaze.

It was so nice to be close to her again. Tidus would've been happy to listen to her say anything, but this was important. He focused, frowning on that last word.

"What, like the spirits of us dead guys were causing trouble again?"

"No." She shook her head but the motion was subdued. "It was as if, after the Aoens left, everything magical began to fade. Spira is turning into a new place." Magic was still alive but the forest and the creatures that thrived off of magic were beginning to weaken.

"I then-" Her voice cut and she signed. "Somehow got involved between two large factions that arose after Yevon disbanded." Even now Yuna didn't think she had it in her not to help people who needed her. "It was... disasterific."

Yuna sighed and rested her head on Tidus's shoulder. "The man in the sphere. The one who looked like you. His name was Shuyin. He wanted to awaken a weapon that was being kept beneath Bevelle. It would have destroyed Spira."

"Another totally nuts guy, huh?" Tidus sighed, lightly leaning his head on hers. That never seemed to change. What she'd said about the changing magic was worrisome, too, but he trusted she could handle anything.

"Why would he do that?"

"It was to save the woman that he loved. A summoner named Lennen. After the war, she had moved off to the farplane but Shuyin's spirit was stuck. We found him and then helped him see Lennen again." It was a happy ending to a story even if Yuna hadn't been able to find Tidus.

"It wasn't long after that when I woke up here."

She reached for his hand and held it with her own.

"It's selfish of me but I'm so happy that you're here."

"I guess we know what they went through, huh."

Tidus bowed his head. He trusted that Yuna was strong, that she had a number of good friends still with her. Her grief would never consume her like that, right? The guilt still twisted in his gut.

"And here I thought I was being selfish. I wanted you to be safe and happy, but...something this weird is so much better with you."

"yeah."

Yuna smiled, remembering their time together, their journey. It was so long ago now but she held those memories close to her heart. "I'm glad Tidus." She'd never thought she'd see him again.

"I don't know what we're going to do now but we'll figure it out."

They always do.

"Definitely."

Tidus tugged her tighter against him, allowing himself to truly relax. It was difficult to shut out the knowledge of what was coming, but with her strength buoying him, and them supporting each other...he could.

After a moment, he looked sheepish. "So she's watching us all the time, huh?"

Yuna felt her smile grow as she shifted to meet Tidus's gaze. "Not all the time." She didn't think that they were being watched in their rooms...

...

...

Maybe they were.

"I don't know. Is there really a way to tell?"

"...good point. Uh. What kind of stuff does she usually react to?"

He wondered if trying to get a rise out of her would work.

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