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[nofarplaneyet]

Messenger Bird/Voice/Image/Action

*If you want to harass an old man, feel free. Expect dry humor in return if you're trying to be smart.*

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[sonicblade]

We definitely have a lot of that.

[He drained the last of the bottle and set it aside, contemplating taking another. He remembered now why he also doesn't normally drink, it makes him tired.]

Yeah, I think so too. It's weird going to sleep and you're the only presence in the house.

[nofarplaneyet]

[Auron does enjoy his privacy now that he's not attached to a pilgrimage. At the same time, being able to choose where to live is empowering to someone who felt pretty rootless for a while. He finishes off his drink.

Did all of you from your world just stay in the same house or something?

[sonicblade]

Sort of. We all kind of took over Merlin's place. But some of us have our own place too but... I dunno, being together was always a thing, I guess.

[Although Cloud spent more time alone than others.]

[nofarplaneyet]

Like you run in a pack.

[With the way Leon kinda teased with Cloud, they'd probably known each other for quite a long time.

A little jarring to be away from that group, even if it only consisted of two people.]

So then Sora just world traveled to your place and he's friends with probably everyone there, right?

[sonicblade]

They did. I left shortly after we left our World.

[He had been away from the group for years until recently.]

More or less. I met him at the Coliseum, he met everyone else at Traverse Town. They didn't move back to Hollow Bastion until the Keyhole was sealed. That was when Cid picked me up and took me home too.

[nofarplaneyet]

So you traveled around, did your own thing, then went back and rejoined your friends.

[He'll take a good bet that perhaps Sora might have triggered something in Cloud. He can relate. Sora keeps insisting Auron is much better than he seems.]

Kinda like this place. Getting punted to another world, figuring things out and getting a group of friends again.

[sonicblade]

Well, I didn't really go to very many places but yeah, I guess you could say that.

[More like Cid hauled his ass home. But he wasn't going to correct Auron on that. No real point. He reached over for another bottle and pulled the top off. Even if Cid hadn't, Cloud most likely would have said yes. Sora told him what was going on with the rest of the crew and, well, it was about time he came home.]

Yeah. I guess so. Would be nice if the rest of the crew came along for the ride, though.

[nofarplaneyet]

I sometimes wonder if I'll ever see anyone from my world here. I doubt it, though, not with how things ended up. They're probably busy fixing up Spira.

[Auron finishes off his drink, but doesn't have another yet.]

[sonicblade]

Doesn't really matter what they're doing, it doesn't really stop them from coming here.

[He'd been in the middle of a battle when pulled here, after all.]

[nofarplaneyet]

[Not really much to say to that. It's true. It's what happened to him after all.

Instead, he looks around the cottage that Cloud had built up with the help of Leon. It is a very nice piece of work. He feels a little guilty about just moving in, but he'd do his part to maintain the place, fix up anything and build a nice home outside for Ifrit.]

[sonicblade]

[Cloud notices Auron looking around the cottage and smiles a little, resting his cheek against his hand and propping his elbow on the counter.]

I'm sure there are still things that need fixing up, but we got it mostly covered I think. Helps that the majority is stone.