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[al_bhed]

Who: Rikku + friends and Aef family
When: First half of Deceuer
Where: House that Rikku shares with her big sisters Karin and Lightning
What: Fallout from a recent run-in with a naga.
Warnings: Probably none? It's mostly Rikku being in bed and/or sneaking out of it.



0. Coven Infirmary

[For the first day after her fight with a feral Leanne, Rikku spends her time in an infirmary bed doped up on antivenom and other medications. She's not especially great company at this point, but if you really want to have a conversation with a barely-awake, drugged-up teenager go off I guess.]


0.5 Coven

[Confirmed with Leanne's player that 'Rikku convinces Leanne to get Bonded and they go through with it' goes here. :) ]


I. In Rikku's Bedroom

[After a little over a day, the antivenom has completed its work and Rikku is released to homecare with instructions to take it easy. Her shoulder is pretty messed up, after all, and her body needs time to replenish the lost blood.

As the medicine in her system wanes and Rikku becomes more awake and aware, it becomes quickly apparent that she is not a great patient. If you're lucky during your visit, you'll find her in bed where she's supposed to be recuperating. More likely, she's up and around the room trying to find something to do that will keep her from going stir-crazy. The sling her left arm is in makes some movements cumbersome, of course, but that doesn't stop her. Possibilities include redecorating, tinkering with some discarded bit of carpentry or technology, playing with potions, trying to climb out the window for fresh air...

Sorry, she's just like this.]


II. In the House Kitchen

[Of course, the logical conclusion of a stir-crazy patient is breaking out of the bedroom altogether.

Currently, Rikku can be found in the kitchen making herself a snack. She's humming to herself, completely unaware of your approach until it's too late for rushing away and plausible deniability. When she finally does notice, she turns to face you wide-eyed and with a roll hanging out of her mouth.]

Uh... hi?

[Busted.]


III. Wildcard

[hit me up if you have any additional ideas/prompts you want to play!]

Comments

[al_bhed]

That's exactly it. We Al Bhed want to use machina to help Spira, especially since things are always so tough because of Sin and everything. But that's not what Yevon wants to hear.

It's not like we don't know machina can be dangerous. That's how my mom died. But the more we're able to learn about it, the better a tool it is, you know?

[She's almost casual with the mention of her mother's death, since that's just how things are in Spira.]

[noblegarnet]

[The wince in Ferran's expression is only brief, but it's probably not as discreet as he wants.]

Right. That's why you look into making safer things, telling people how to use it the right way, and creating laws to protect them. Not just throwing everything out because you didn't want to put in the work.

[Maybe Rikku's world will start making its way towards that, though, now that Sin is gone. He doesn't know the place well enough to say, but it sounds like a decent possibility.]

I'm definitely glad they don't have that kind of mindset here. Honestly, I... don't think I'd know how to navigate a world without any technology, even with their magic. It's such a big part of where I'm from.

[He could probably survive, but it would be a miserable learning curve. For one, he has an absolutely terrible sense of direction...]

[al_bhed]

[Rikku catches the wince, but she doesn't press him on it. She's learning to pick her battles, as needling anything out of Ferran can be an Undertaking. Quite frankly, she's not feeling that right about now.

There are more important things to worry about. Like food and company and how much he gets her point of view on this. It's validating!.]

Exactly. I can't say I'm not jealous of how your world just has machina and it's normal, you know? But Spira will get there. I'm sure of it.

[Give it two years. :V ]

And it's been really nice living with all the technology here. I feel like I've learned a lot just by interacting with it and taking some things apart.

[noblegarnet]

[It's almost like when technology was already a huge thing a thousand years ago or whatever, some of that might still be floating around!]

There's certainly a lot to learn. [Not all of it great, in Ferran's opinion, what with the transforming and surviving on a different planet and such—but there are some interesting aspects to focus on.]

Have you tried to build anything yet?

[He's pretty sure with her enthusiasm it's only a matter of time, if she's been taking things apart.]

[al_bhed]

[Shocking!]

Yeah! I've been doing a bit of tinkering here and there, especially since the moment I leave this room everyone gets on my case about it.

[She digs into her nightstand with her good arm and fishes out a half-finished handheld machina.]

Eventually he'll be able to stab things with this arm here. See?

[She manually moves the hinge to demonstrate.]

[noblegarnet]

[He'd expected she'd made something or other, but he's still impressed by the actual result, even if it's not finished.]

I'm guessing it's just a model, unless you plan on stabbing a lot of ankles.

[It could make a funny prank, depending on what the stabbing is being done with...]

That's great, though. Using something like that to scout ahead would be useful, I'd think. [Like a mini drone, but one that's built better than the ones that dropped all those "gifts" from the mirrors. The possibilities are exciting, honestly.]

[al_bhed]

[Rikku giggles at the thought of stabbing ankles. She honestly hadn't even thought of that, but she can definitely think of some ankles that deserve shanking.]

Yeah, this is just a proof of concept prototype. I figure I can tie some string or something to the arm and tease the cat with it once it's done.

And thank you! I can't take full credit--it's similar to what we used to use to patrol outside Home back home. But I figure we can find a use for it here.

[noblegarnet]

It's still amazing that you remember it well enough to make one here.

[Credit where credit's due!]

I'm sure we can. [It's bound to be more useful than he would be in the Wilde.] Is there anything I can bring you to help?

[al_bhed]

Thank you! It's been a lot of trial and error, but I'm getting there.

[She needs to learn to stop downplaying these achievements of hers.]

I think I have everything I need for this little guy, but when we do the full scale thing I'll definitely let you know. Thanks in advance for that!

[noblegarnet]

[Don't worry, he'll compliment her enough to make up for it.]

Of course. It's the least I can do, and I'm interested to see what you come up with.