[Voice]

[thefutureboy]

Can't say I expected to end up someplace like this. I don't see any signs of Academia anywhere. Hope, you out there? Alyssa?

Damn, we must've gotten separated again. Serah? Mog? You guys here anywhere?

No sense in searching for people who might not be around, though. May as well make the best of it, I guess.

This is a Message Board, right? Well, my name's Noel Kreiss. If you know any of those guys I just mentioned, tell them I'm looking for them.

Comments

We're gonna assume Hope's back to normal by now?

[keyoftheearth]

You know Hope?

Yep~

[thefutureboy]

Yeah. I'd say we're friends, but with all the jumping around from one time to another it's kind of hard to really get to know anyone unless they're with you the whole way through.

Re: Yep~

[keyoftheearth]

So you're a time traveler?

[Terra stops to think for a moment]

The boy never mentioned anyone named Noel, but, time works oddly here, even without the time traveling.

[thefutureboy]

Yeah, me and Serah, and Mog, too.

But I didn't meet Hope until he was older, maybe in his twenties. I'll have to be careful about what I say.

[Voice]

[clumsyjesus]

I'm sorry, I don't know any of those people. I'll keep a eye out for them, though!

[Voice]

[thefutureboy]

That's all right. They shouldn't be too hard to recognize, except for Alyssa. Serah's got pink hair with a ponytail over her right ear, and Hope's hair is almost silver. He's kind of tall, too. Mog is a floating white puffball that looks like a pig crossed with a cat.

As for Alyssa...she'd be hard to pick out. Blond-haired and blue-eyed, just like all the other people walking around. Though her clothes would stick out like a sore thumb.

[Voice]

[clumsyjesus]

....A pig crossed with a cat?

[voice]

[ruinga]

How do you know Serah and Hope?

[voice]

[thefutureboy]

[Wait, Lightning's here too? But she doesn't know him, so that would mean...]

That's gonna take a while to explain. And even if I do, I bet you're not gonna believe me.

[voice]

[ruinga]

[ oh she doesn't like that. ]

Try me.

[Voice]

[napoleonicrat]

Yes, because I'm sure they'll easily found with such...distinguishable names.

[Voice]

[thefutureboy]

You'd be surprised how much people can stick out when everyone else looks almost exactly the same.

[Voice]

[napoleonicrat]

Quite the predicament you have there.

But of course some times require a bit of social camouflage, dear boy.

[unyeildingcourage]

I'm here, Noel. Mog... well, I'm not sure what happened. He's with me but he's not responding again, and he won't change from weapon form.

[thefutureboy]

Well, it's good that you showed up here, at least. We've...got a lot of explaining to do with Lightning.

Hope's here too, apparently, but he's still just a kid. Sounds like they're all from a few years ago, right in the middle of all the stuff that happened back them.

[unyeildingcourage]

You've talked to her? She's really here?

[ Can't help but sound excited, I mean, it's been so long, and of course even if that's not how it STAYED Lightning IS the reason she started all this. ]

Really? I guess this probably complicates things a little, huh? [ UNDERSTATEMENT. But probably not for the worse. ]

[shout_geronimo]

I know a bit about Hope. I don't know where he's gone, though.

I'm the Doctor. Pleased to meet you, Noel Kreiss.

[thefutureboy]

"The Doctor," huh?

Kind of generic to be giving as a name, don't you think?

[His tone is teasing and light-hearted.]

But let me guess, that's the point, isn't it?

[shout_geronimo]

[Oh, Noel. You've made the Doctor pouty]

Oi, no, it isn't! How many people do you know who just go by that? It's anything but generic!

But yeah, it sort of is. Sort of.

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[sovereignfist]

How do you know Hope and Serah?

[Voice]

[thefutureboy]

It's a long story.

[The unspoken words "and I'd rather not tell it" hang in the air.]

[Voice]

[sovereignfist]

I got time.

[Yeah, and we're going to ignore it.]

( permavoice. )

[megaflare]

An' just who does that make you, then?

[Permavoice]

[thefutureboy]

I already said my name. As for who I am...If I know the people I'm talking about, chances are pretty good you wouldn't believe me.

[megaflare]

Then why don't we start with the part of how you know Hope, an' Serah too while we're at it.