My Memories show I've lived, but don't tell me why.
Jessie's intro.
Date: October 1, 2003
Time: 11 am
Jessie slowly rose from sleep, she had been sleeping more and more lately,
she didn't seem to be able to find a reason to get out of bed. Her small
room looked dingy. Midgar, city on a plate, the greatest city in the world.
What about under the plate? Was that the worst city in the world? The
digital numbers on her clock told her she had missed half the day again, the
sun didn't shine in the slums. Of course there were always rumors about
projecting light down here, yeah right! She stopped believing good things
were going to happen years ago. She picked up her remote and turned the TV
on to get some light.
"Reports claim that the hostage situation..."
"Rumors of the terrorist group..."
"Just 200 gil, plus postage..."
She turned the tv off. "Good morning Midgar," she said, getting our of bed
and heading for the window. Jessie got her apartment cheap, actually, it
was more of a room than an apartment. It was in sector 4, there was a small
market there and right next door to the very seedy sector 5. She didn't
have much, just a TV, clock radio, computer and a small refrigerator, but
she had everything she needed. She pulled back her curtains and looked
outside. From her small window she could see the border of sector 5. Since
the Black 36 and all the events of three years ago its had been repopulated
by the worst people of the whole slums. Sector five worst the worst sector
in Midgar, at least in her opinion, but she didn't get out much. She turned
the page on the calendar,a new month, October. She was getting old. She had
turned 23 in June, it had been 3 1/2 years since she had joined Avalanche
and everything had happened. It wasn't often she let herself think about
the past, about Barrett, Biggs, Zep, Trev. People she knew, people she had
known. She flipped on her light and studied her reflection in her mirror.
Her hair had grown longer, she barely bothered to look at it anymore, just
tied it up out of the way, why worry about how she looked anyway? She
wasn't trying to impress anyone and certainly didn't want to be approached
by the guys on the streets who owned the strip clubs and brothels. She had
seen many young girls get tricked into working there and wasn't exactly keen
on the idea herself. Despite how tired she felt, her eyes looked bright and
awake, blue and the sky on a sunny day, at least from what she remembered
anyway. She reached into a draw under her computer and pulled out a letter,
a letter she hadn't read in a long long time.
Jessy,
I'm sorry bout what happened,
I didn't mean to upset you, you
know I care about you and shit.
Biggs
He always spelt her name wrong, no matter how many times she corrected him.
This was the one momento of her life, the only real proof that she had been
there. Apart from her own memories. She read the letter again, she couldn't
remember what it was about, chances are Biggs was just being his usual jerk
self. She smiled. Today is the day I move on, today is the day I face my
past and find a new purpose. She strode out the door purposefully ad went
outside to see what was going on in Midgar.
Jessie's intro.
Date: October 1, 2003
Time: 11 am
Jessie slowly rose from sleep, she had been sleeping more and more lately,
she didn't seem to be able to find a reason to get out of bed. Her small
room looked dingy. Midgar, city on a plate, the greatest city in the world.
What about under the plate? Was that the worst city in the world? The
digital numbers on her clock told her she had missed half the day again, the
sun didn't shine in the slums. Of course there were always rumors about
projecting light down here, yeah right! She stopped believing good things
were going to happen years ago. She picked up her remote and turned the TV
on to get some light.
"Reports claim that the hostage situation..."
"Rumors of the terrorist group..."
"Just 200 gil, plus postage..."
She turned the tv off. "Good morning Midgar," she said, getting our of bed
and heading for the window. Jessie got her apartment cheap, actually, it
was more of a room than an apartment. It was in sector 4, there was a small
market there and right next door to the very seedy sector 5. She didn't
have much, just a TV, clock radio, computer and a small refrigerator, but
she had everything she needed. She pulled back her curtains and looked
outside. From her small window she could see the border of sector 5. Since
the Black 36 and all the events of three years ago its had been repopulated
by the worst people of the whole slums. Sector five worst the worst sector
in Midgar, at least in her opinion, but she didn't get out much. She turned
the page on the calendar,a new month, October. She was getting old. She had
turned 23 in June, it had been 3 1/2 years since she had joined Avalanche
and everything had happened. It wasn't often she let herself think about
the past, about Barrett, Biggs, Zep, Trev. People she knew, people she had
known. She flipped on her light and studied her reflection in her mirror.
Her hair had grown longer, she barely bothered to look at it anymore, just
tied it up out of the way, why worry about how she looked anyway? She
wasn't trying to impress anyone and certainly didn't want to be approached
by the guys on the streets who owned the strip clubs and brothels. She had
seen many young girls get tricked into working there and wasn't exactly keen
on the idea herself. Despite how tired she felt, her eyes looked bright and
awake, blue and the sky on a sunny day, at least from what she remembered
anyway. She reached into a draw under her computer and pulled out a letter,
a letter she hadn't read in a long long time.
Jessy,
I'm sorry bout what happened,
I didn't mean to upset you, you
know I care about you and shit.
Biggs
He always spelt her name wrong, no matter how many times she corrected him.
This was the one momento of her life, the only real proof that she had been
there. Apart from her own memories. She read the letter again, she couldn't
remember what it was about, chances are Biggs was just being his usual jerk
self. She smiled. Today is the day I move on, today is the day I face my
past and find a new purpose. She strode out the door purposefully ad went
outside to see what was going on in Midgar.