31st Sphere

[got_blitzed]

[Jecht wakes up out of the horrible Soviet nightmare, seeming pleased enough to be back in Mayfield.  At least this prison is a little more pleasant.  He's still got his scars from working at the factory, but they're not really getting in his way all that much.  Yawning and stretching, he heads outside to check the mail, tossing all the bills in the garbage like he usually does.  One letter does catch his eye, though, and he opens it up.  Inside is a picture of him, covered in the scars he gained in Spira while protecting Lord Braska on his Pilgrimage.  As soon as he picks up the photo, those same scars all painfully tear their way across his body, bleeding a bit before sealing themselves back up.  There is a sharp but brief cry of pain from Jecht, quickly suppressed as he falls to one knee.  He sneers, looking down at the picture and laughing.]

"...Yeah, that's real goddamn cute, Mayfield.  Nice to see you too."

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Hello Jecht, have a weird looking, blue skinned twelve year old boy walking around the block carrying rolls upon rolls of paper with him. He pretty much ignores you for a moment as he takes one sheet out and apparently begins to start drawing something.

Then he notices you. Damn does he notice you as you're kneeling by the mailbox.]

....Jeez, buddy, what happened to you?

[child-abuser.livejournal.com]

Just opened up one hell of a present from the town.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

...The town did all that to you?

[child-abuser.livejournal.com]

"The fresh ones are from that damn communist town we just got back from."

[Picks up the picture and pitches it at him.]

"The older ones are from this."

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[He puts his maps on the ground to pick the picture up. ...He doesn't seem bothered by it as much as curious.]

What the hell had you been doing that you got the crap beaten out of you so bad to get all those?

[child-abuser.livejournal.com]

Bein' a Guardian.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Guardian of what?

[child-abuser.livejournal.com]

Lord Braska. He's a summoner where I come from. They go on a Pilgrimage to beat this giant flying monster called Sin that flies all around destroying villages and killing people. It's the Guardians' jobs to make sure the summoner even gets that far.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Oh.

[He actually doesn't challenge that. In fact, he seems to believe what you're saying right off the bat.]

So you guys killed this Sin thing then?

[child-abuser.livejournal.com]

"We were about to, but then I ended up here."

[His voice, how it drips with bile.]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[He snorts.]

Well that blows.

[child-abuser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you can say that again, kid.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Now that that conversation is over, Pokey's going to get back to mapping your front lawn.

And, when he's done with that, he's going to try and go into your backyard so he can map that too.]

[thenorthernwall]

What happened?

[child-abuser.livejournal.com]

Guess Mayfield doesn't think I got enough scars in that stupid commie town, and gave me back some more.

[thenorthernwall]

But you're otherwise unharmed, yes?

[child-abuser.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I've had a lot worse than this. No problem.

[thenorthernwall]

The town gave them to you, correct? They're not from wherever we just were.

[child-abuser.livejournal.com]

The fresh ones are from last week. These other ones are from back home with Braska and Auron.

[thenorthernwall]

You really can't catch a break, can you? I haven't gotten anything yet. I wonder if it's some sort of punishment. I haven't been monitoring the phones that closely since we returned. There have been some inconveniences in the house.

[child-abuser.livejournal.com]

Yeah? What kinda inconveniences?

[thenorthernwall]

The relationships between the "children" and the others from our world are complicated, and I feel compelled to protect them while we're here. They saved our world, after all.

[child-abuser.livejournal.com]

That Kimbley guy causin' trouble again?

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[thenorthernwall]

Yes. But I'm going to teach him a lesson he won't soon forget.

It's not related to what's been occupying my time, but it's till a nuisance. Alphonse and Edward are brothers, and they've made their lives very hard because of a few mistakes. Without each other, they'd probably fail miserably at living.

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[child-abuser.livejournal.com]

Huh. Don't think I know those two.