Suspended on Silver Wings - INTRO
Yuna sat on the deck of the Celsius, her arms encircled around her knees. She was humming "1000 Words" to herself, its lyrics echoing endlessly through her mind. There was a connection...she'd been telling herself this all along, clinging tightly to the hopes that she would someday find Tidus. But it wasn't Tidus she'd found...it was Shuyin, Lenne's lover. The couple who died fighting together in the Machina War between Zanarkand and Bevelle...one thousand years ago.
"A thousand words, call out through the ages. They'll fly to you, even though I can't see, I know they're reaching you...suspended on silver wings," Yuna sang, almost whispering. Her words lingered in the morning's fog.
"Yunie!" A familiar voice yelled out. Yuna gasped, startled. "Shinra's picking up strange CommSphere signals! Wanna go check it out? Maybe it's Lenne, or...maybe even Auron!" Rikku's eyes flared with excitement, and Yuna stood up, a bit excited herself.
"Or it could be Shuyin," Paine commented as she walked out onto the deck, "Shinra suspects the signals are coming from the Farplane."
"Let's go see," Yuna said, heading back to the Celsius bridge.
"Yuna, come look!" Brother exclaimed as the trio jumped down from the stairs beside Shinra's computer.
Rikku looked at the screen, frowning. "The signal's kinda fuzzy..."
Shinra nods, "But how'd a CommSphere get into the Farplane, is what I'm wondering."
"Maybe it's not the Farplane. It could just be a malfunction, like the one at the concert. Which means it could be another recording of Lenne and Shuyin's memories," Paine said.
"You're right...so let's get it to work," Yuna half-smiled as she said this, looking forward to learning more about the summoner to whom she was connected.
About twenty minutes later, Shinra exclaimed, "It's working! Come take a look..." Yuna stood up from the spot she'd been sitting on the floor, waiting. Rikku and Paine followed. The screen flickered a bit before the image focused.
A cloaked figure, most likely a man, stood in Bevelle Underground, the place where Vegnagun once was, where Lenne and Shuyin had been killed...so many things had happened here. The figure walked to the center of the platform, and pyreflies began to drift around him. A familiar whistle echoed throughout the room, and Yuna's eyes widened as she watched. The figure placed a sphere on the platform before the pyreflies engulfed him, and he faded.
"It's...it's him!" Yuna exclaimed. She closed her eyes, a tear escaping.
"Do you mean Tidus?" Paine knelt beside Yuna, a concerned frown curling her lips as she wondered why Yuna was crying.
"He left a sphere! Let's go get it!" Rikku kneels beside Yuna as well.
"Okay," Yuna nods, standing up, "Let's go."
"Bevelle Underground it is! GULLWIIIINGS!!!" Brother shouted, "Move out!!"
With that, the Celsius turned around and headed for Bevelle.
Yuna sat on the deck of the Celsius, her arms encircled around her knees. She was humming "1000 Words" to herself, its lyrics echoing endlessly through her mind. There was a connection...she'd been telling herself this all along, clinging tightly to the hopes that she would someday find Tidus. But it wasn't Tidus she'd found...it was Shuyin, Lenne's lover. The couple who died fighting together in the Machina War between Zanarkand and Bevelle...one thousand years ago.
"A thousand words, call out through the ages. They'll fly to you, even though I can't see, I know they're reaching you...suspended on silver wings," Yuna sang, almost whispering. Her words lingered in the morning's fog.
"Yunie!" A familiar voice yelled out. Yuna gasped, startled. "Shinra's picking up strange CommSphere signals! Wanna go check it out? Maybe it's Lenne, or...maybe even Auron!" Rikku's eyes flared with excitement, and Yuna stood up, a bit excited herself.
"Or it could be Shuyin," Paine commented as she walked out onto the deck, "Shinra suspects the signals are coming from the Farplane."
"Let's go see," Yuna said, heading back to the Celsius bridge.
"Yuna, come look!" Brother exclaimed as the trio jumped down from the stairs beside Shinra's computer.
Rikku looked at the screen, frowning. "The signal's kinda fuzzy..."
Shinra nods, "But how'd a CommSphere get into the Farplane, is what I'm wondering."
"Maybe it's not the Farplane. It could just be a malfunction, like the one at the concert. Which means it could be another recording of Lenne and Shuyin's memories," Paine said.
"You're right...so let's get it to work," Yuna half-smiled as she said this, looking forward to learning more about the summoner to whom she was connected.
About twenty minutes later, Shinra exclaimed, "It's working! Come take a look..." Yuna stood up from the spot she'd been sitting on the floor, waiting. Rikku and Paine followed. The screen flickered a bit before the image focused.
A cloaked figure, most likely a man, stood in Bevelle Underground, the place where Vegnagun once was, where Lenne and Shuyin had been killed...so many things had happened here. The figure walked to the center of the platform, and pyreflies began to drift around him. A familiar whistle echoed throughout the room, and Yuna's eyes widened as she watched. The figure placed a sphere on the platform before the pyreflies engulfed him, and he faded.
"It's...it's him!" Yuna exclaimed. She closed her eyes, a tear escaping.
"Do you mean Tidus?" Paine knelt beside Yuna, a concerned frown curling her lips as she wondered why Yuna was crying.
"He left a sphere! Let's go get it!" Rikku kneels beside Yuna as well.
"Okay," Yuna nods, standing up, "Let's go."
"Bevelle Underground it is! GULLWIIIINGS!!!" Brother shouted, "Move out!!"
With that, the Celsius turned around and headed for Bevelle.