A Letter to Home

[theheroics]

Sender: Zack Fair
To: All
Subject: No Subject (Backdated to the first week)

[ Words that begin to appear in the journals are written slowly, as if with intent. The handwriting is... coherent at best at this slower pace, but every word is coming in gradually and seemingly with more frustration.

Guess who thinks this is just a plain ol' journal to use? ]

Dear Aeir
What's up!?
Hello! Hey th———

Hey Aerith.
Hope things are going well?? good for you

[ UGH ]

Sorry it's taken so long for me to write back... I know youve been waiting a long time
I can't call right now but soon, okay?
how are the flowers? you swimming in gil yet?
Theirs theres lots of weird stuff going on that I'll explain when I get back.
So... yeah. See you soon
Regard [ No that was SO STUPID ]
bye

[ The words at the bottom of the page are suddenly cut out, as if completely disregarded or tossed away.

But seconds later another one appears: ]

Hello!

[ Nope that one is gone, too. ]

Comments

[theheroics]

[ He sighs when another message pops up in the journal. At least... this one seemed a little kinder?

Give him a minute to respond he's really trying to get his bearings back in order. ]

its been about five years

[ Ouch. Writing that down really hit him with the realization of just how long it had been. His heart sinks a bit at the thought, but still clear his head to continue ]

dunno if shed even want to hear back from me now

[tsunergy]

[Aw, bud. His sympathy is somewhat weighted.]

You'd be surprised to know how long a person might wait to reunite with someone important to them. Were you very close?

[theheroics]

[ ... ]

yeah. we were.
how long is "too long" tho? she wrote me letters. a ton of em but i couldnt answer any of them back

[tsunergy]

Depends on the person, and the closeness. Some wouldn't wait that long. Some would wait forever.

I've waited 200 years, and I'd wait a thousand more if I had to. I know not everyone can do that, but even so, if emotions are strong enough there's no such thing as "too long".

[Five years feels like such a short time, but he knows that would be an unfair comparison to truly make. Most don't have the luxury of a thousand years. If he had a limited lifespan, he might feel differently. ...He doesn't think so, though.]

[theheroics]

[ ... Sure, there was a lot of meat in that entire reply, but the one thing that stuck out to Zack most was- ]

hold on... 200 years???
youre joking right?

[tsunergy]

[He halfway expected that, at least.]

I'm not. But I'm not human, either. Seraphim don't die from old age.

[theheroics]

seraphim?? sorry cant say ive ever heard that word before
... but even if your not human waiting for that long?

who are you waiting for?

[tsunergy]

Most people here haven't. "Elemental spirit" is the closest comparison I've thought of.

I was waiting for my best friend and partner. I'm fortunate enough to have been given a reprieve from it, though, as I found him here.

[theheroics]

that i can kinda get... still doesnt make it any less strange tho

wait youre friend is here? the one youve been waiting that long for?
talk about good luck. im happy for ya then

[tsunergy]

What's strange for you is normal for me.

[Don't be rude!]

And yes, I know I'm lucky. Though I'm not sure having to wait hundreds of years for that luck to roll around means it's all that great luck, either.

[theheroics]

[ WHOA HEY HE WASN'T TRYING TO BE RUDE ]

guess youre right about that
but hey. gotta collect your wins when you gettem right? least that means you got some luck!
from what ive seen there arent a lot of people here... at least not compared to midgar. gotta be fate or somethin that brought you BOTH here

[tsunergy]

Fate? Maybe. So much of what happened in our lives seems fated.

[Zenrus' words resonate, hundreds of years later. What counts as fate? Were they destined to follow that path and no other, or were they guided in that direction by those who raised them? Does it matter, if he has no regret?

...Well, that's none of this stranger's business. He seems to have enough on his plate already.]

Anyways. This seems like a large population to me, but I haven't been around a lot of people very much. Are you from a big city?