((This is the long-awaited IC thread for my OOC,
tales-symphonia-after-the-fact-t40329.html . Before joining here, please visit that thread and read the posts, as there are specific things you should know. Right now, we are still in the market for Lloyd, Genis, and Sheena for sure. A few members are between two characters, so we'll have to wait and see who they choose. These are the pairs of undecideds: Colette/Presea, Yuan/Kratos.
Alright, here goes~.))
Altamira. It had just
had to be Altamira, hadn't it? Thank you, Lloyd.
A quiet sigh - both of relief and exasperation - passed the young woman's lips as her Rheaird finally set down in the soft, lush grass outside the most bustling tourist attraction in the entire reunited world. She dismounted, glad to feel firm ground beneath her feet, and dismissed the flying vehicle back into the Wing Pack at her hip. She had not had to take a ship here, and for that she was glad; but even so, flying over a vast expanse of nothing but ocean had been unnerving, to say the least. Lloyd wasn't malicious enough (or bright enough, for that matter) to have done it on purpose. She was sure it simply hadn't occured to him. Oh, well. The sigh turned into the slightest nostalgic, bemused smile as she shook her head. Same old Lloyd.
With one hand, she brushed long, fine strands of silvery hair out of violet eyes as the ocean breeze played with it. In the two years since the end of their journey, she had allowed her hair to grow out at encouragement from her little brother. These days, it fell around her shoulderblades in a much different style from her days as teacher, healer, and buffer in their old group. Genis had told her he liked it, and that it suited her. She could hardly recognize herself in the mirror now; how would the others react? She was admittedly uneasy about that.
She grimaced as another breath of wind had its way with her hair. Then there was the fact that she was very unused to the length, and trying to deal with it. She became frustrated more than a few times, trying to keep it in line. Typically, Genis just grinned and handed her one of the beautifully crafted hairpins that had gifted them from the elves after the reunification. She would just give a sigh and wordlessly slide it in to keep it, at the very least, out of her face. Today, though, she had no such help, and she was on her own to make it behave.
Raine Sage, no longer exactly "professor," but ever with the attitude of one, banished these musings from her mind and started at a slow and easy pace toward the gate of the Tethe'allan ocean resort town. Vaguely, she did wonder if all of the others would show. She knew everyone was busy these days with their own lives. She and Genis, for example, had not yet finished touring the world to fight half-elven discrimination. Lloyd and Colette had been on a journey to collect stray Exspheres. Sheena was the chief of Mizuho now. Regal owned the very town this reunion was to be held in; she knew they would undoubtedly see him, but he was still certainly a very busy man. Presea was involved in the recently formed plans for Ozette's reconstruction. Zelos... Oh, Zelos. No doubt, he was still "busy" with every female life form he saw. But he was also a noble, and his position was precarious due to the fall of the Church. He must have had much on his mind, as well. But, hopefully, they would all find at least a little time to come. She had missed everyone, and she knew Genis was overjoyed at the prospect of seeing them all.
Aside from her newfound hairstyle, she looked rather unchanged. Half-elves, after all, aged much, much more slowly than humans. She was curious - and perhaps...even afraid - to see how the years had altered her old friends. That was the hard part of mixed groups - on both sides. And it was the reason for the racism so prevelant in Symphonia. But, alas, there was nothing to be done about that. There was no racism among their troupe. She just didn't like the idea of watching them all pass by; but there was nothing for it but to enjoy the present. The present, which right at this moment found her boarding the tram to head for the amusement park. Lloyd had instructed them all to meet there. ...Yes. Leave it to Lloyd to arrange a reunion at an amusement park. Another tiny smile graced her deceptively delicate features.
Here went nothing.