[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.

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

[keyoftheearth]

You know Hope?

[Voice]

[clumsyjesus]

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

[voice]

[ruinga]

How do you know Serah and Hope?

[Voice]

[napoleonicrat]

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

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.

[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]

[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]

[thefutureboy]

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

[Voice]

[clumsyjesus]

....A pig crossed with a cat?

[Voice]

[thefutureboy]

You'll know what I mean if you actually see him. He's kind of cute, too.

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.

[keyoftheearth]

He's only...fourteen, I think? Maybe fifteen?

Anyway, I'm Terra. Nice to meet you. Has anyone explained what this place is?

[thefutureboy]

[That's just about the right age for...]

No, I haven't been talking with anyone yet. All I know is what it's called.

[keyoftheearth]

We're kind of stuck here. This group called Organization XIII is... holding us prisoner.

[thefutureboy]

[Okay, so no time gates to get out of here. That means this isn't some sort of paradox...]

Anything else you can tell me?

[Voice]

[clumsyjesus]

Oh....okay. Well, I'll do my best!

I'm sure you'll find your friends, though. Even if they're not here, you'll see them again once we find our way out of this place.

[Voice]

[thefutureboy]

You're an optimistic one, aren't you?

[Noel chuckles a little.]

So, you got a name?

[voice]

[ruinga]

[ oh she doesn't like that. ]

Try me.

[voice]

[thefutureboy]

Let's just try the hard one first. I'm from about seven hundred years in your future.

[voice]

[ruinga]

[ considering what this place does and is like? not that surprising. ]

With this place, that's not hard to believe. What else?

[voice]

[thefutureboy]

...Not sure how much I should be telling you about things that haven't happened yet, really. Just that I've been traveling with your sister for a long time, and you're the one who asked me to do it.

[voice]

[ruinga]

I've been told things about the future before. Information exchanged here doesn't always affect what happens at home.

[voice]

[thefutureboy]

[Noel sighs.]

My memory on all that stuff is really fuzzy anyway.

Tell you what, how 'bout we meet in person and we can figure things out. This isn't the kind of stuff that needs to be broadcast to the public at large, especially if the Hope that's here is still just a kid.

[Voice]

[napoleonicrat]

Quite the predicament you have there.

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