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[thankthemoons]

Miss Mundane, while I am grateful that you want to try things with me again, I hope I'm not causing any trouble for you. I know you have a lot going on in your life right now, and I wouldn't want to make anything any more difficult than it has to be.

Still, I won't deny that I'm glad to be out here again! Thank you for this chance, Miss Mundane.

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[noblejustice]

[SO HAPPY!]

Hello Fina, it's so good to see you again.

[thankthemoons]

Enrique! It's good to see you, too! How have you been?

[noblejustice]

I'm doing well and you seem to be doing well. Does your Mundane have any plans for you?

[thankthemoons]

For the moment, she seems to just want to do a ... ah, a 'voice test'? Is that what she called it?

She hasn't brought me out for quite some time.

[noblejustice]

Ah, mine did the same with me before she took me to a place. Currently it's a place called Asgard, I'm there with Vyse and Aika. ...And Ramirez.

[thankthemoons]

[ Her eyes seem to light up at the mentions of their other friends ... but then her expression falls a little at the mention of Ramirez. ]

O-Oh .... Oh, I see.

[ She comes from your future! She knows things! ]

[noblejustice]

Fina, may I ask something?

[thankthemoons]

Hm?

[ she looks up at Enrique at that. ]

Ah ... yes, of course.

[noblejustice]

This might sound a little strange, however... What is the last moment you remember from home?

SPOILERS. FINA IS FROM YOUR FUTURE. ABORT, ABORT.

[thankthemoons]

[ Oh. Well ... Fina looks away, clasping her hands in front of her as she thought for the right words to say. ]

We ... defeated Ramirez. And Zelos.

ENRIQUE IS SO CONFUSED RIGHT NOW.

[noblejustice]

[Enrique is taken aback when Fina says that. Was she from a time even further than him?]

Defeated Ramirez and Zelos? Who is Zelos?

SORRY BRO, YOU DID ASK

[thankthemoons]

[ She finally looks up at Enrique again, seriously ... though she is also quite confused. Wouldn't Enrique know about this? He was there ... she was certain of that. ]

You don't know? But you were fighting alongside us ...

[ MIND BLOWN. ]

[noblejustice]

...Fina, the last moment I remember being in Arcadia was us arriving in Yafutoma and obtaining the Blue Moon Crystal. [He ponders and sighs.] So you're from a time period in our world even further than I am.

[thankthemoons]

[ Those are definitely wide eyes. Yep. ]

Is such a thing really possible? The two of us being from different time periods?

[ Of course, it must be. Enrique wouldn't lie about anything like this, and she knew it. Still ... it was rather mind boggling. ]

[noblejustice]

[He slowly nods while lowering his head.]

Yes, it is possible. In Asgard, all of us are from different periods of time.

[thankthemoons]

I .. I see. [ this is troubling. ]

How about everyone else? What time periods are they from?

[noblejustice]

Aika is from before she knew me, Vyse is from after Esperanza, and Ramirez is from when he was still Galcian's Vice Captain.

[alphastorming]

Fina?! It's so good to see you!

[thankthemoons]

Aika! How have you been?

[argyria]

[...CONFLICTED FEELINGS. It's complicated, okay.]

...Fina.

[thankthemoons]

[ always complicated. forever. her eyes widen as she sees him. ]

Ramirez ...

[argyria]

[Asgard's given him access to information he wouldn't have normally had from his early time period. Fina joining forces with several obnoxious Air Pirates being one of them.

Unfortunate, but it wouldn't matter in the end. He'll do what he must for Lord Galcian's plans, even if it meant destroying someone he had once helped raise.

But it doesn't make for pleasant conversation, nor is it really something he intends to discuss. Instead, he stands there, silent and impassive, making no attempts to continue to uphold the conversation.]

[thankthemoons]

[ And as this one is post-game, she ... knows things. Which makes this meeting all the more awkward. Happy, on her end, as she never thought she would see him again ... but very, very awkward. Fina's finding that she's grasping for the right words to say in such a situation. ]

... Have you ... been well?

[ It was a start, at the least. ]

[argyria]

[He, fortunately, has no idea about his eventual fate. Small favors.

But even with all his carefully constructed conviction that Fina needed to die for the betterment of Arcadia, die like he was willing to if his lord wished it, it was still not entirely easy to treat her with the lack of feeling that would be needed in order to complete that task.

She was still his little sister for ten years, after all.]

Well enough.

[Immense dislike for the setting aside. He has no desire to speak to her about it.]

[thankthemoons]

[ Despite everything, she still cares about him. There was no escaping that, no matter how much she knew about him and his fate. ]

I'm glad.

[ She looks away, awkwardly, her hands clasping together in front of her as she does so. From here, Fina isn't sure what else to say to him. ]

[unimpressive]

Fina! Heh, it's about time we saw you again.

[thankthemoons]

Vyse! It has been quite a while, hasn't it?

[unimpressive]

[He laughs, grinning widely.] But you're here now! How are you? It hasn't been the same without you!

[thankthemoons]

[ She's smiling brightly, glad to see that Vyse and his demeanor haven't changed a bit since the last time she saw him. ]

I've been well. I haven't been able to do much as of late, unfortunately ... how about you? What have you been up to?

[ Her expression softens a little, into something fond. ]

I've missed all of you.

[unimpressive]

I've been in this place called Asgard. It's... [He shakes his head, still grinning.] It's amazing! There's so many things there I'd never even imagined!

[DIALING BACK ON THE ADVENTURE AND DISCOVERY THERE FOR A SECOND--]

Yeah... But it's good to see you now!

[thiscloakisgreen]

...

....how mindboggling.

Another teenaged protege' has entered the realm of madness known as this?

Why I am let known of these intrusions is beyond me.

[thankthemoons]

[ Well, hello there. Fina blinks a few times in confusion, then regards the man with a bit of an awkward smile. ]

Am I intruding into a place I shouldn't be? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to.

[thiscloakisgreen]

Hmmmm....

[No one likes staring, Doctor. Even if that's kind of your thing.]

If you are speaking of some rule, than others have broken it before you without retribution. It is, as I say it, not a choice of mine, either.

Perhaps, I hope to change that one day.

[thankthemoons]

So, then ... you are a rule enforcer, of sorts?

[thiscloakisgreen]

Enforcer? You imply I safeguard the rules?

In a sense...yes...

It is that I am an emperor. A ruler. As the name implies, I govern and commitment myself, in the Right of Divine Kings, as the one who stands upon his charge and excites the hearts of his subjects and imparts his infinite wisdom upon his lesser man. Your assumption is basically correct, I will have you know. As I "enforce" my rules as I pluck them from my whimsy.

Were I to guess your origin, I would abstain to simply guess. And neither do I care.

[saving_sound]

[-! She knows you! ...Kind of!]

You are... another one of Vyse-san's friends, right? He has so many!

[thankthemoons]

[ Fina seems confused for a moment, but then she smiles and nods. ]

I am. I assume you are a friend of his as well?

[saving_sound]

Uh-huh! He and Aika-san and Enrique-sama are my friends! They help me out lots whenever I need it.

[Which is... more often than she'd like, but still!]

[thankthemoons]

That certainly sounds like them. Vyse, Aika, and Enrique are all very kind people.

[saving_sound]

Mm! They really are! I'm so glad I met them!

Did you get to see them here, too?