Thats what was in front of him, a vast sea or ocean. Ha, those foolish dogs of Yevon, as if an ocean could contain him. He called for his magic and began to cross it, as easily as a child crosses a stream. Miles and miles passed beneath him as he grew closer to his destination, land.
Before long he came to a massive city, one with a huge blitzball stadium. He was shocked at first, suprised a city of this magnitude could be spared by Sin. But that was not important, he had to find out how long he had slumbered. He had to know the date and learn of the history he had missed.
He entered the city and began to explore it. Machina was everywhere, yet another suprise. Had Yevon
decided to allow them once more? He began asking around, trying to find a place where knowledge was kept.
What were such places called? He didn't remember the exact name, but began aasking about it.
"Excuse me, could you tell me where the archives are?" he asked a rather oddly dressed person. Thier outfit would have ben consider 'unbecoming of Yevon' in his time but styles always changed.
"Archives? I don't think i know what you mean." responded the man.
"I'm looking for a place...where knowledge is kept, and history is recorded. "It was as best as he could word it.
"You mean the library?" asked the man. He didn't recognize the word library but he thought it was what he was looking for.
"Yes, the Library. Could you tell me where it is?" he asked.
"Ya its right past the stadium over there. It's the first building on the right man, you can't miss it." he answered.
"Thank you sir." he replied, ignoring the man's strange look as he made his way there. He spent his time during the walk to observe the city and its inhabitants. He did not see a single sign of Yevon anywhere. All around him the city was bustling with machina. He was startled by its presence and had begun to wonder if one of two things had happened. He was guessing either Yevon had been abolished in its entirety or they had greatly reduced some of thier restrictions.
As he made his way into the 'library' building he saw few books. There where machina terminals abound however,
and he was at a loss when it came to using them. He decided to ask the woman sitting behind a desk, who clearly
worked here, how to use them rather than make a fool of himself.
"Excuse me, could you please tell me how to operate this...machina?" he asked.
"Ya sure, used to get alot of these but most most people know how to use them now a days." she answered as she
explained the simple device to him. After he understood he waved her off and began to read the history of Spira.
He first discovered he had been branded a traitor over 800 years ago, it suprised him it had been that long.
As he read on he discovered it was very repeatative, this summoner defeats Sin and brings the Calm, this team wins the blitzball championship, this many crusaders died tragically in a battle with Sin. He began to gloss over it quickly, scanning only for important parts. Then he saw it, in big bold letters it read THE ETERNAL CALM.
He read on as he learned of a summoner named Yuna, who had defied Yevon with her guardians and found a way to defeat Sin forever. He was facinated by it as well as the next line, DISSOLLUSION OF YEVON. Yevon had been renounced as the people learned of thier treachery. Hee was glad to hear it but at the same time anger rose within him. They hadn't listened to him when he tried to reveal it, and he could surmise the only reason they had this time was because Sin had been destroyed.
He left the library and sat down on a bench, wondering what to do with himself. He had planned on tearing Yevon to shreds, but Yevon was no more. Had had no one to punish, no way to vent his massive hatred for those who had imprisoned him. This was a Spira unlike the one he had lived in. There was no great enemy, no timeless threat. All his power was directionless, he quite simply didn't know what to do in this new Spira.
He would have to adjust, have to find some new place in this world. He had also read of the massive expansion of cities, now
that Sin was no more cities could grow without worry. He guessed there might be use for him as some sort of fiend clearer,
after all fiends were prevalent right outside of the city walls here so he figured they would have to be cleared out before
any sort of expansion could be made.
It wasn't exactly what he had envisioned, but it would do for now. Until he learned more about this world, until he found something he could envision himself doing. He was surprised to find he wasn't really upset that his chance for vengance had been taken, because now he had a new chance. whoever had freed him had given him the chance to continue his life. He decided he would try to find the person who had freed him. After he learned more of this new world he would set out to meet and thank his unseen saviour.
"But first things first," he said as he made his way to the city center. He was looking for some kind of employment, something with lots of people. People who had traveled the world, he need to know more about this new Spira he now found himself in.