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Percy Jackson (_perseus_) wrote in expresslogs,
@ 2012-08-31 22:59:00

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!dice, percy jackson, {tidus

WHO: Percy Jackson and Tidus (!dice)
WHAT: Roommates meeting!
WHERE: Percy and Tidus's room (R-406)
WHEN: Thursday evening
WARNINGS: None so far, will update if necessary.

After seeing the message on the network from the person who had apparently been assigned his new roommate, Percy reluctantly tore himself from the open air observation car and made his way back to his room. He wasn't against having a roommate, exactly, and the guy seemed alright, really. And something he had said (had he said he found out he was a dream?) made Percy wonder if maybe this guy's life had been just as weird as his. Although probably in a totally different way.

Making sure Riptide was safely in pen form before he entered the room, he opened the door and stepped in, hands in his pockets, looking the most he could like a normal sixteen year old boy. Which he could, mostly. The only really strange thing about his appearance, after all, was the grey streak in his hair from the stress of literally holding up the sky, and surely that could have a much more normal explanation. Maybe.

"Hey," he said, holding out a hand to the other boy, "I'm Percy Jackson."

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	_perseus_ 2012-09-08 12:38 am UTC (link)
	That was something Percy definitely understood - the way that battles often ended leaving you wondering exactly who won. "Yeah...I get that. Mixed feelings. Glad you won, but not sure if what you sacrificed was worth it?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blitz 2012-09-09 12:37 pm UTC (link)
	He shifted a little, glancing down at the floor. "Well..." He hesitated. "Didn't have much of a choice. It was either kill Sin once and for all and disappear from Spira, or stay in Spira to be with Yuna but keep Sin there with no means of defeating it in the future. The fayth wanted to stop dreaming, so..." Yet another thing he didn't think to explain. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_perseus_ 2012-09-09 03:09 pm UTC (link)
	"Huh, okay, back up," Percy said, holding up his hands. "I'm not following. Who are the fayth? And...why did they want to stop dreaming?" He was okay with strange things. He'd heard of a thousand strange things. But these weren't his strange things, and it was taking him just a second to understand exactly what was going on, here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blitz
2012-09-10 10:47 am UTC (link)

Errr, right. Getting ahead of himself again. Tidus puffed his cheeks. "The fayth were people from Zanarkand who volunteered to undergo this ritual that took their souls from their body when they were still alive and had their souls sealed into statues. Their power lets a summoner use the power of pyreflies--I don't know how to explain those, they're all spiritual energy and stuff--but they use the pyreflies to create the aeons or other stuff. Aeons are powerful creatures that summoners can use to help them fight. So, like, when they pray at the temples..."

Pause. Tidus smiled apologetically. "Sorry, getting ahead of myself. A thousand years ago, there was a war in Spira between Zanarkand and Bevelle. Yu Yevon was the leader and was losing, so he turned the people into fayth and created this dream version of Zanarkand. That's where I'm from." Yes, from dream Zanarkand. "Then, he created Sin, who was...I think the armor around it? It's confusing." Especially when Sin was in dream Zanarkand, but that was his own fault, wasn't it? "Anyway. So Yevon's daughter, Yunalesca, and her husband, Zaon, went to stop Sin. Zaon was turned into the Final Aeon as a means to defeat Sin. Yunalesca died, and Yevon turned Zaon into a new Sin. This process repeated over and over again with new summoners and guardians. When Sin would be defeated, there was this thing called the Calm, which was the time between Sin's death and the birth of a new one. So, like, the Spirans would basically beg summoners to go die so they could have the Calm." He sounded bitter about that.

But, circling back. "So, uh, where I come in. The fayth were tired of dreaming after a thousand years of it. They asked me to destroy Yu Yevon so they could finally sleep. When Yevon was defeated, the fayth were free to enter the Farplane--that's the afterlife. But, because they did, that meant that dream Zanarkand and I disappeared, because no one could summon us." He made a face. "But, if that's the case, I don't know how it's possible that I'm here." It was all very confusing.

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_perseus_
2012-09-10 04:29 pm UTC (link)

"Your whole world is...a dream? You live in a dream?"

He looked confused at all the names and explanations, but he'd heard weird stuff before. Lots of weird stuff.

"Well, I guess it's good you're here, though? I mean, I'm pretty sure this isn't a dream, anyway."

He sat on his bed, capping Riptide and putting the pen back in his pocket.

"What do you do for fun, when you're not fighting?"

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blitz
2012-09-11 12:48 pm UTC (link)

"No, no." He shook his head. "My Zanarkand was a dream. Spira wasn't. The people who became the fayth were from Spira a thousand years before I got there and were dreaming up my Zanarkand--and, uh, me. In the real Spira, Zanarkand was ruins." Tidus paused. "I don't even fully get it, if that makes you feel better."

When he wasn't fighting? Tidus gave an amused grin. "Play a whole lot of blitzball," he returned cheerfully. "I like to keep active, you know? That was...most of my life, really."

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	_perseus_ 2012-09-12 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	"So...you're a dream?" Ok, this was just weird. "Yeah...I...really don't get it at all," he said with a shrug. But that was okay. Percy was pretty sure things in his world didn't all make a great deal of sense to outsiders, either. "What's blitzball?" he asked with a grin. "Sounds fun. Can you teach me?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

blitz
2012-09-13 11:08 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, I'm a dream." He gave a sigh and a helpless shrug. "Or...was. I don't know what the hell I am now."

Anyway.

"Blitzball?" That brought a wide grin on his face. Tidus reached over to grab his ball and tossed it over to Percy. "Blitzball. Two teams, with five players and a goalkeeper. You play in a blitzsphere, which is entirely made of water. You want to try to kick that"--he pointed to the ball--"into the other team's goal. The other team will try to tackle you or take the ball to keep you from doing that, but you can throw the ball to a teammate whenever."

Teach him? That made him grin wider. "Hell yeah. The pool here will work enough to show the basics."

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	_perseus_ 2012-09-13 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	Percy couldn't help but grin at that. Games played in the water? Exactly his sort of thing. "You have water powers too, then? Sounds awesome, though. Come on, show me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blitz 2012-09-14 11:02 am UTC (link)
	"Me? Nah." Tidus shook his head. "Lulu's the one who can cast magic. She knows water spells, and fire spells, all that stuff." He gave a shrug but pushed himself onto his feet. "Sure, I can. Bring the ball. I'll show you some of the basics." [Want to keep going or end there? I can go either way!] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_perseus_ 2012-09-14 03:56 pm UTC (link)
	[OOC: Let's end it there? We can start another thread later?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blitz 2012-09-14 03:58 pm UTC (link)
	[OOC: Sounds good! Thanks so much!] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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