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[ Roland doesn't answer right away, but the Determinator in him can't help it. There was definitely more to the invasion than destroying one big baddie, and he can feel that doubt tug at him since leaving Terra. ] Yeah. For now. [ There were other missions. You bet your bottom dollar Roland's going to be playing a detective. ]

[ He's attentive. The cutscene engages him just like the other one, and this time he doesn't do that thing where he talks over the voice acting. If someone walked into this scene, watching from afar, they'd find Roland smiling in earnest, almost as if he enjoys the cartoons more than he does the graphic gameplay. ~~He does.~~ And unlike the first few fights with smaller enemies, Roland obediently follows Tidus' instructions, drawing from the fact that he already knew what to do. His avatar casts ice on the slime, pacing his moves so that he doesn't run out of SP. He's able to run away from two of the boss's big slam moves, though the third time he gets hit with the shock of the attack. He leans forward, as if trying to see even closer into the VR headset, and he feels the pressure on his lap move towards the balls of his feet when he moves his body in time with the fast-paced action of the game. OK MR. PRESIDENT. ]

Got it! [ He abandons his attempts to stave off the smaller slimes and charges up more ice moves, but he's close to depleting his stamina. He clicks his tongue against his teeth, elbows tensing and rising against his side as the button mashing intensifies. ] Hey, is there anyway you can get me some sort of item to help me cast more magic? I'm down to 10SP and Freeze Ray is 5SP! We need more!

[ ....Is he shouting back??? Wow this is embarrassing. ]

[ There's room to move around, but they're still circling around a blob in a square room that's fat and able to catch them as they bolt for it if they're not lucky. Which Tidus always isn't, tching under his breath like any cool anime guy would. The smaller ones don't do much damage, but they're quicker than their 'king', and it takes a few shots to get them down.

But as the life bar for the king slime is close to low... ]

Here, dropping you an ether!

[ --Tidus is coming in with a save for you, old man!! And a bottle starts floating from the ground where Tidus was standing, his avatar now running off to be a distraction so that Roland can get and use the restorative potion before being bothered by the boss.

He's down on magic himself. Can they manage to finish this thing off...!? ]

[ Is this how intense it gets when a spellcaster is in the heat of battle? He wonders if his character is getting tired, if their limbs are growing heavy...For a moment, he recalls Evan and Leander casting the most destructive kinds of magic, from light to dark to fire and water, and questions their stamina if a simple fireball or ice trick in this game depleted so much of the SP bar. Leave it to him to overthink a game mechanic, but it does leave an impression. ~~Now he's NEVER going to ask for magic help <3~~ ]

I see it! Cover me, I'm grabbing it!

[ All that jumping pays off because Roland reaches the drop off point of the floating ether faster than if he ran for it. His avatar glows momentarily before he sees his SP bar rise up, almost full! 88SP was better than nothing! He notices that it's getting pretty close to the end, and he grimaces. Tidus needed to keep shooting his arrows, but whatever health he was able to preserve, Tidus was down to an even lower amount. ]

Wait, let me do the same for you! I got items from the previous room, remember? [ There's some general fumbling around again, until he recalls which button combination will let him use items in battle. He succeeds and pulls up a regular potion, straight out of the jars he destroyed, and drops it to Tidus. But it's a little too close for comfort, and Roland is unable to time it in such a way that it's in a safe distance from the king blob trying to grab his avatar for damage. ] Dammit. [ He curses under his breath and tries to distract the big blog and its smaller, faster underlings with his weak melee strikes so that Tidus can get the potion too. ]

Go! Two more Freeze Rays will do this thing in, I can feel it! [ Don't ask him how he can feel it, HE JUST CAN. If Tidus senses some shifting next to him, it's also because Roland just changed positions, half-standing, half-sitting. ]

[ what even is that first paragraph roland you dramatic grandpa.

Grandpa is sounding so intense next to him though, that it's hard for it not to rub off on him; the agitation getting under his shoulder blades and the nerves kicking up his heartbeat with their few resources and this crummy class he decided to pick. He didn't have the magic to make as much a difference in damage as Roland did, and he knew it, but... ugh! Whatever! It's the first level, they're not going down that easy! ]

Watch your own health bar! [ Tidus chides at that near close call--there's no point wasting time on a heal if he's going to get damaged himself!--but he's watching where it's landed and has his avatar run for it while Roland thwacks at the boss with his wimpy staff and strength stat. ]

Charge your spells! Lemme distract this slimeball! Ugh, I'm so sick of round blobs!

[ This is Too Soon after the mission for more gooey blobby...things!!! Not that Roland can understand Tidus's true trauma of the full extent of dealing with the fiends back on Terra. Seeing those things hovering and acting all innocent above land...!

The Slime King comes thrusting forward to catch them in its blubbery body, but they should just be able to get out of the way as the giant jelly gets itself stuck in a corner, slowly wobbling to get turned around. ]

[ sssshhhhh he cares about all his young charges, don't fight the feeling ]

I'm fine, I'm just waiting for a better opening so I can hit more than one blob at a time! [ And that was really the plan, keeping one eye on the remaining horde and boss, while keeping track of his ally dashing for the potion. Roland is pretty sure Tidus is letting out just as much steam as he was, but he doesn't mind it. He plays off of it in a rare moment where there is no one and nothing to stop the Chief Consul from returning to the vigor he once knew. ] I'm with you. Let's finish this already!

[ MAN did he love sounding cool with those cool one-liners...! Roland charges up Freeze Ray until the bar on top of his avatar's head reaches four whole units on the meter. He's being attacked by some smaller peons, but his health could take it. Before the king blob could jump back into its slam move, Roland aims and fires the Freeze Ray straight at it, dealing a killing blow. Time in the game slows down as it disintegrates in front of the characters, and in big golden text, the screen reads VICTORY!. ]

Serves you right! [ He punches the air in elation. There's a loading screen again, for the cartoon cutscene revealing an evil looking entity controlling the slimes all along. It disappears in the shadows with a few spoken lines before their end goal is revealed in the distance: the portal! ] Did you say this was a mini-boss? So there are major bosses coming up? We need more training. That was way too close for comfort.

[ When they are able to control the avatars again, a giant treasure chest appears where the blob melts. This time, Roland jumps to open it, getting his share of the loot - some cuffs that added a boost to his physical defense. Nice. ] That shadowy figure looked familiar too...How much are you willing to be that's the adviser in disguise?

[ Ugh, all that energy and cheer beside him is getting to Tidus even more. He should be finding Roland's hooting and hollering at the victory embarrassing, and he does a little, but there's a smile twitching its way on his face. Must be a mistake, must be an error. Good thing there's no seeing his face.

But he does get a scoff out of Tidus, fond. ]

You're way too serious about a game, man. It's not real life--just be more careful!

[ So he's saying, but he won't let them miss any enemies once more come around. But that's the fun of it, going around and bashing everything in. Fortunately for the current treasure chest, it rewards everyone than just a single player, giving Tidus a better boost than the other armlets he nicked before. Heheh. ]

What you got against that adviser? Is there something you wanna tell me? Got a secret you're hiding? You did say you were some--predent before. Presdent.

[ President, Tidus. ]

[ You think this is embarrassing, wait till Roland attends one of your blitzball games if he ever gets the chance. You're going to WILT from his cheering.

He doesn't notice that Tidus just got an extra buff and that he didn't actually steal the equipment from him, so just let him be. Let him start running around again, as he tries to backtrack to the previous room to heal up in the fountain again. ]

Heh. It's called using your imagination to enhance the experience. Come on, where's your sense of wonder? [ He's giving him a toothy grin, though neither will be able to see it. Maybe it might even come across as cute to someone else if they ever walked in on this scene...? He lets Tidus take the lead again, uncertain where the door will lead or what else they need to do to get to the other end of the dungeon. ]

...President. [ He pauses after he gently corrects Tidus, and instead of expounding more on that, because that's a looooooong story, perhaps for another time, Roland masterfully evades it and shifts the narrative to something actually related to the game. His voice holds a lilt of amusement. ] Heh. Well, let's just say I had to play a similar dastardly role back in Evermore for a time. Believe it or not, I've actually got some experience playing the part of a bad guy.

[ DUN DUN DUNNN ]

Edited 2020-07-29 17:01 (UTC)

[ Tidus is following after him for that healing fountain, pal!! ]

It's called not getting bogged down by the details! Who cares about levelling? [ Tidus. ] Just bashing things in and finding treasure's the fun part!

[ But the exit to the level isn't far from where they just had their fight, since...when Tidus says miniboss, he's a big fat liar and beyond the room they were just in is the magical portal mirror they were looking for! Tidus walks over to it, turning his avatar around to face Roland's as they talk. ]

Pfft, really? You? Mister Serious? What did you have to do?

[ He can't imagine Roland anything like a bad guy--or not the bad guy he's making this game's adviser out to be. (Is he right? Is he wrong? Tidus isn't going to spill the beans...!) ]

...Charming as always, Tidus. [ Really, he should be used to answers like that. Heh. At least he sounds a little less tense now. ]

[ 100% HP/SP baybeyyy! Roland's magician follows after he discovers some breakable pots lining the hallway before the portal. He gets a surprise ether in one of them, making him smile again. They enter the portal and a quick loading screen swipes up from the bottom of the visor. He secretly hopes for another animated cutscene. ]

'Mister Serious?' Hey, you could hurt a guy's feelings! [ Roland quips dryly, sarcastically. ] I'll have you know I pretended to betray my King just so I could get access to enemy territory. That's why this adviser character smells fishy to me. I just might know how he thinks! [ Even though he had to resort to trickery and deceit, he has to admit it was kind of fun living out an espionage scenario, just like in the movies he used to watch growing up! ]

Wow, look at you. Sneak-ky!

[ But is that a real betrayal when it's something like that? It still sounds cool anyway, Tidus can't deny that--he wouldn't mind the chance to be sneaking around enemy grounds to get whatever he had to.

Nothing to speak of if he'd actually be any good at it. That's not what a fantasy is about!

Unlucky for Roland's hopes and dreams, there's no animated cutscene as the next area loads in, but hopefully he doesn't mind just your usual in graphics cutscene as the camera pans out on their new location as it shows their characters looking up and around. They've gone from the depths of a dungeon under a castle to outside by some cliffs, a large tower spiralling high upwards surrounded by a dark forest. The skies are dark too, stormy, and around them is an endless sea thrashing murky waters too riled to be traversed by boat.

Their sight blurs some by the pattering of the rain being thrown down from the clouds. ]

So how you like using magic? Can you use magic?

[ He doesn't actually know... does making things appear and disappear count? ]

I had to look the part. We were being spied on, so you had to put on a show. [ He recounts this experience easily, even though only a couple of months had passed since he had played the role of traitor. He pans the camera around the unlocked area one more time, enjoying the attention to detail in the rain and sky. With the VR effects, it almost seems like he's actually outside himself. ] Then again, the escape could have been a bit better. [ He moves the joysticks around, breaking his magician out of his pose cycle and jumping at some rocks that looked like they could be stepped on. They could not. ] But at least I can say that I've had the unique experience of being turned into a frog. [ Enjoy, that wasn't a joke. ]

[ There's a path that seems to wind down, into the beach, but the chaos is too much that it blocks their way. It was another puzzle to get to the other side, it had to be right? He notices a couple of animal statues, all assigned colors. His magician runs up and down again as he presses button after button. There are some clicking sounds...then nothing. ]

It's a completely different discipline from what I'm used to, but it's nice to live out a fantasy. Looks tiring, but what role isn't? [ UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR, YOUR WHOLE LIFE IS A FANTASY NOW ROLAND. ] It's sadly a talent I wasn't born with. I tried learning from Evan, but nothing really stuck. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one in his dream team that can't cast a spell to save my life, too. Some moves in my Arms Band use Dark spells and Fire spells to enhance how effective they are, but casting it the way this guy in the game is doing? Fat chance. It's just not in my cards. [ That's true, wasn't it? Evan and Leander were mages; Bracken had fire magitek; Tani had storm spells; Batu had earth. ] Maybe you'll have better luck teaching me a spell or two, Mr. Glowing Hands.

[ It's a joke but if Tidus wants to give it a shot, he won't deny it! And it's not like he's forgotten what Tidus did for him earlier on. He won't forget the light that wrapped around him, healing him from within. ~~Familiar, even in sleep.~~ ]

Edited 2020-07-29 18:43 (UTC)

Whuh?

[ Sorry, what, frogs? That's what that gets out of Tidus because uhhh, sorry we skipped that spell effect that turns characters into frogs in his fantasy installation, come again??

Or not, since there's a whole beach and puzzle to figure out. And Tidus doesn't remember how to solve it (actually, he hasn't remembered how to solve any of them, not even the candle one--they look familiar, and that's about it), and Roland seems the sort who likes to figure these out himself. Who is Tidus to deny him? ...or really, he's trying to jog his memory about what it is they do by looking out from afar. Wasn't there something about the order of colours...? ]

It's one glowing hand. And you're better off asking Yuna to teach you a spell or two. I get what I'm doing, but telling someone else to do it... There's better users around, you know?

[ There just are, and that's not him being self-deprecating. He's got enough of an idea of what he's doing and the hardships of battle to make his abilities increase under necessity, but he didn't see much point him attempting to teach people what he does when there's others more fluent in it than his handful of months.

But he knows Roland probably isn't serious (then again, the way the guy is, maybe he'll think about giving it another go!), and he's curious himself to ask after a pause: ] What's the difference between a staff and your Arms Band anyway?

Frogs. You know. They go, ribbit ribbit? I had to think of an escape plan, and someone recommended a magic pill that could temporarily turn you into a frog. We escaped safely through the sewers...well, apart from getting chased by rats. [ He says this with such a casual tone that you might have to wonder if he's just pulling your leg. But Roland isn't a joker, so you know this has to be true. Keep up Tidus, this is all the rage in the fantasy scene yknow!! ] You have no idea how happy I was when I turned back into me. I was convinced I'd be a frog forever at some point. That would have been some retirement plan.

[ HEY HELP HIM OUT HERE, Roland may be capable in real life but in game logic dictates he has to spazz out first, so he's just moving around re-reading the same text boxes over and over again. He nudges Tidus from time to time with a gentle poke of his elbow over his arm, muttering 'am I warm? is this it?' and the occasional 'what's the objective again?' They make some leeway with an order of colors - strangely enough, they're similar to the colors of the teams on the train!! - but it still isn't the correct pattern. Something was telling Roland there were five statues and not four, which is why nothing happened after they clicked the apparent statues in that particular order. He starts running around the map trying to find where it is... The banter was kind of refreshing, if he was going to be honest with you. So was this what it was like to have a hobby like gaming? ]

Heh. Fair enough. [ Some clicking on the controller, moving the joystick about. Was that a hidden statue behind a bush??? ] Wait, are you telling me your girlfriend is on the train, too? Yuna's here? [ He turns his head, swiveling the VR headset with him. He's asking this because unlike A Certain Punk he knows, he doesn't stalk the Passenger Roster for names AND HOW MANY POINTS THEY HAVE!! ]

[ HE IS CORRECT, there is a fifth statue. But it's a mystery unto itself because the statue is split into half, like lightning went through it, a clean strike through the middle. Is this a spell? DOES HE HAVE A SPELL??? ] An Arms Band is just a piece of equipment to hold weapons and other items inside of it. It remembers the skills you learn with your weapons too. Inherently, if the person wearing it doesn't know magic, it won't instantly grant you the power to cast. So I guess you could say, the staff of this Mage - [ He jumps twice. ] - would technically go inside the Arms Band.

[ Another short beat. ] I hope I have enough points to order two more of those. [ Y'know. As thanks. Tidus might like one. Shut up you're sentimental!!! ]

[ excuse you he doesn't nose the passenger roster all the time--just when he's bored!! But okok Tidus isn't so cruel as to ignore Roland's pleas for help, answer his nudges with 'I'm trying to remember,' and beginning to move around the level himself, going from statue to statue... ]

Huh? Yeah, we showed up at the same time. She's Purple Team too, but she was on the last mission. [ Meanwhile, he's trying to click the statues, and geez, it really has been too long since he played this...

And Roland finding a fifth statue doesn't help jog his memory!! His avatar comes over to join him, and he swivels the view of the layout to see if there's any pattern, or if the answer will click. ]

Hey, it'd be useful for the missions. If all you have to do is wear it and it works--maybe we can get a few for some people on each team to hold supplies in? Or even Black Squad.

[ The specific generosity goes over Tidus's head. But a thought has clicked with him, and actually about clicking...! ]

I think we need to examine the statues in order. --but hey, I can try buying them too. I wonder if the train'll care?

[ Roland takes in the instructions well and begins to examine the statues in order, just as Tidus mentions. He starts muttering phrases under his breath again, some of which will be audible. They're mostly ramblings about the right combination, but as it stands, it almost seems impossible to do the clicking order on his own because one statue finishes its round too soon. Way before he can run over or jump towards the next one.

Another teamwork challenge, is he even ready for this???? ] Do you remember how to click on the statues split between two players?

[ He tries to figure out the vector path again - the shortest distance from one to the other. This time, he's quiet though, not as much mumbling. ] I need to pay closer attention to the Purple team. I haven't met her, but she seems nice. I suppose she has to be if she has such a cheeky boyfriend. [ Snort! Laugh! ] I'll keep my eyes peeled for her name on the network. I wouldn't mind giving magic one last shot. [ Spoiler: Unless he has a higgledy next to him, or those cool Materia orbs Reno had, Roland's really not going to be good at it. He's all skills, not spells, after all. ]

Well, it's worth a shot to try and get Arms Bands in any case. If the train allows it, we'll be able to ferry items much easier. You saw how I used it, right? [ Okay, his character begins repeating the same pattern on the screen, three times over to be exact. Pls watch Tidus avatar!! He thinks this is the right way to do it, so they just need to split the work again!! ]

[ That snort-laugh-listen-to-me-I'm-so-funny!! from Roland gets a scoff that might as well be an audible roll of his eyes.

But he'd been looking between the different statues and figuring out with Roland which would be the best ones to split between them, saying, 'I'll take these two, and--you wanna go for the fifth or me?' in deciding their order. It looked like either of them would be able to make the run to the last one from where they end up. Actually--'I should, I've got the higher speed stat.'

Because everyone knows magic users are slow!! But as for the arms-- ]

You uh...waved your hand out, right?

[ did he get it. Actually, whether he did or not, he'll just say- ] Show me later. They're not too big though...maybe we can try a small order of them.

[ That's why he JUMPS, Tidus, get with the program!! Your imagination skills are lacking, in Roland's mind, he's been dashing from place to place since the start of the game! But with a system that might just work, he gets his character into position. He doesn't reply right away, focused on the goal of clicking everything into place with Tidus' archer warrior jock. He says another corny one-liner, like 'Time to get the job done!' and off they go, dashing from one corner of the map to the next, until they both dash for the last statue to click. Roland accidentally bumps his guy against Tidus' avatar, but they managed to click it regardless.

A small cutscene plays, where the rain quells and the waves still. The water turns a clear shade of blue, and they hear a bell in the headpiece. They solved it? THEY SOLVED IT. ] Nice work! [ Don't be embarrassed, but he did another fist pump again. ]

Sure. It's a little bit cooler than just waving my hand, but you got the gist of it. Heh. [ Stop cramping his style, there's some mental fortitude to it as well! He swears it! ] Yeah. Though I'll have to warn you, this train did something to my Arms Band. It used to be able to carry so much more back home. Now...it's down to my three swords, my pistol, and an item I can swap out with something else for space. Our kidnappers aren't making it easy for us, I can tell you that much.

[ YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO DASHING TOO but who is Tidus to complain, as long as they got the thing to click! Also, as long as Tidus can't see the fist pump...

But then, he may be getting more into the zone now, little by little. He definitely chuckles confidently after the cutscene finishes and Roland's feeling all smug about solving the puzzle. Ah, to be as young (or as much of a newbie) as Roland...! ]

Uh...huh. Really? Huh. [ Well, that sucks, huh. ~~And Tidus is going to forget that detail by the next time they talk, whoops.~~ ] You think anyone could try fiddling with it? --if we get any spares, [ he adds, since he wouldn't want to offer up Roland's own personal one to tests of science. ] I know there's a magician here who sounds like she's got a few things she can do... oh yeah, and there's someone who can replicate things!

[ Huuhhh he's remembering a few things now-! ]

Okay, do we cross the sea? Do we get some treasure? Look, I can see where we need to go! [ He discovers that by clicking the rightmost joystick downwards, his VR experience is enhanced as the camera switches to a first-person POV. It's as if he's looking out himself, by the beach. It's...nice. ]

[ He finds a couple of breakables before they trot off, so he starts destroying them again with well-timed melee hits using his weak staff. Five more items for Roland, oh yes! ] Well, well. Aren't you Mr. Popular? [ He says it with a smile, like he's happy to see him get along well with so many others on the train. ~~They grow up so fast!~~ ] I'm all for it if we can cheat the system. We're not getting the help we need to be effective, so I'm not opposed to undermining the people who kidnapped us and expect us to do world-saving work at the same time, without question.

[ And this is coming from a guy who literally leads a country. Thanks a lot dumb train overlords!! ]

Stop taking all the heals, will you? [ He can't get an arrow off before Roland's going and breaking all the jars! Ugh! Leave some of the action for the rest of us!! But the beach leads them up along a stony bridge, which opens up into the forest that surrounds the tower like a fortress... very spooky. ]

Who cares what the train or whoever thinks? I don't. [ Huff. Can you hear the bitterness in him, 'cause that sure made it rear its head. ] If it's got some reason for running things the way it does, then it's on them for not letting the rest of us know. And I don't think very highly of anyone who'll risks other lives. If it's one life for a world of them--no. I'm tired of sacrifices.

[ And that sour lemon has led them near a split path, but nothing deep. Tidus goes to the left which leads to a dead end, but an item on the ground. Wild thorns and thicket helps to make sure they don't wander off and get too lost... ]

[ Roland catches the bitterness, the pain, in an instant. The thing is, apart from any other time he would have comforted or consoled Tidus, he knows right now, he can't. Roland is a leader - a president, a king. Self-sacrifice was always part of the job, and he knew that coming into the role. He said it once, and he'll say it again: the moment it's called of him to be in the line of fire for his people, his citizens, his family, he'll jump. He'd gladly give his life if it meant more would be saved; if the sacrifice ends with him. It's the duty of a president. The duty of a king.

Evan would say the same, right? ]

You're too slow. Here, I'll wreck a couple of jars for you, take what's inside them instead. [ Is he good at deflecting or WHAT? He focuses on the game for a moment, not wanting to get Tidus antsy, especially not after they almost exploded at the Standard Car, with his unwillingness to be healed by a tired friend. He leans forward, back still ramrod straight, with his character exploring the area of wild thorns, peppered with strange looking flora. He moves his avatar again, this time closer to the fortress, and a text box appears, saying something about how the front door was closed, and they'd need to find another way in. ]

I knew it. [ He says this with so much certainty, you'd think he solved a huge mystery. ] I knew we'd see a damsel in distress. Who else could be up this huge tower? A lady we have to save, that's what.

Edited 2020-07-30 15:30 (UTC)

[ It's fine that Roland says nothing of it. It's personal, that feeling, the heat that accompanies Tidus's scorn and displeasure. He's glaring into a visor and presses hard on the controls, though it makes no difference than the pressure put onto his fingers and thumbs. ]

It's the wizard that's up the top. We gotta get a potion to wake the princess. [ Sorry to spoil it, and maybe with a bit of a cold tone, but also, it was spoiled on the beginning screen that Tidus didn't give Roland any time to read. ] Slow down here--there's a few bats up ahead.

[ But his annoyance isn't anything directed at anyone, just the leftovers of what was there still clinging to him. Tidus slows his avatar's pace, quiver being pulled and striking at a bat hanging asleep, not yet woken. He manages to do the same for two more, but an arrow misses--and it wakes the bat up with a squeal, coming for their heads. ]

A potion? [ He sounds a little offended. ] That's so anticlimactic. It should be the kiss of true love. That's how the fairy tales go. [ As if Roland has any right to act like he knows romance. When the bats begin to swarm them, he starts charging up his Fireball spell but it's not an AOE so it can only take out a couple of bats at a time. He's starting to get lost in the game again, his body moving from left to right as if the more he squirmed in his seat, the more agile his character would be. Boomer logic!! ] Gah! These things are going to use up all our healing items! Do that thing that you did with the slimes. The arrow volley!

[ There's quite a lot of enemies to mow down just to get into the next stage. He is, as Tidus mentioned, rightfully slow. The bats, however, are incredibly fast and they hit his mage before he can finish his casting. It's irritating Roland, who has now resorted to jumping again, until he can find spots on the map where they're not bothering him as much. As they play, he tries to redirect his companion's feelings to something, hopefully, more savory. ]

That game you mention from time to time. The one you're really good at. What is it? Why do you like it so much?

If you're looking for a date, maybe it isn't me you should be playing with? [ Maybe one of the other super duper old fogeys on this train??

At least for Tidus, this area is more suited for his archer, though he does seem to have to keep telling Roland, 'hey, don't run off ahead' just to stop him from triggering all the bats around. Tidus is trying to take them out the sneaky and easy way, and...failing at it even without Roland, but hey. He doesn't go for sneaky usually, alright. Sometimes he forgets to look in the other direction. ]

Huh, what? [ Game? ] Uhh-- blitzball?

[ Was that the one? Considering blitzball isn't just a ''game'' to him...! ]

[ He audibly scoffs at that, like he's laughing at an old memory that's funny or amusing. And in a way, it was. He feels his age when Tidus mentions things like this. How would he react, he wonders...? ] Hey, you asked me out. Way to woo me, kid. [ ALSO WOW APOLOGIZE TO THE ELVES, YOU DELINQUENT ] Princess or not, I think I've done all there is to do on the dating scene, thanks.

[ Sorry to ruin your plans bro, but Roland's mage just straight up burned through a whole area covered in grass and ivy, and the clearing it reveals has the mother of all bats - a mini-boss that could have been avoided had he not wandered in 8) He swears in real life - just a short and sweet dammit! - and the fight evolves into a real struggle. Isn't this just pleasant? ] We're coming, princess! Sorry, my bad. Can we run away? [ Look at his mage try to jump out of a fight. He doesn't realize that to run away, he's going to have to just literally, run his character out of bounds until the meter on top of his head fills up. ]

Blitzball... [ He tests it out, words foreign on his tongue. ] How do you play?

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/skillfully deflects the arms band mechanics in favor of the other thread's direction, lmao

they just wanna talk workshop too much, the losers

this is why they're friends 8) and uh oh, i smell ~foreshadowing~ again

ur nose is clogged

hand over the claritin

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