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Worlds Apart: Chapter 3 Time & Thoughts
~Alearie's POV~
She had a dream. A dream that she was falling, into an endless pit. All around her was fading stars, colors, blurred faces, and light. An earsplitting humming sound was playing over, and over again. Words in another language could be heard. She awoke, and practically jumped out of bed, panting, taking deep breaths she blinked a couple of times. Her heart was beating faster than the speed of light. She seized her necklace, and traced the edges with her fingertips, as she closed her eyes and tried to concentrate on her dream, before it diminished, for she had a inimitable gift of seeing things happen in the future through her dreams, and she didn't want to forget this one. Her head sunk into her frigid hands as she speculated. 'What could it mean?' she mumbled to herself. Without knowledge or control, she out of the blue mumbled that same language:
Vun y saccahkan meac ihfugah,
Desa'c lenma uv cdync ryc paah pnugah,
Vena, Fydan, Ayndr, Tynghacc, yht Mekrd,
Dra cbened fedreh,
Crymm namayca dra crytufc,
Ht pnehk adanhym hekrd.
She was definitely awake now, so she climbed out of the bed, and caught herself before falling. She hated the feeling of being helpless, and so she stretched and shook herself until her senses came back to her. Walking to a nearby window, she gazed at the intricate designs carved around the windowpane. There were stars, shooting stars, and what looked like a full moon, fire, water, and she somehow knew that the next two carvings were of darkness, and light. She didn't know exactly how she could tell, but that feeling was there. Each carving was so precise, that it was almost as though you could actually see the fire burning there, or the blue water gently rocking back and forth across the banks of creamy yellow. Smiling inwardly, her mind blank, she stared across throughout the world below her. Shades of orange, yellow, red, and a tint of purple and pink shifted across the sky.
Getting up to go to the bathroom, she climbed into the bathtub. "Now, how do you use this darned contraption?" Alearie questioned. She was pretty sure that this was the bathtub, but the handles weren't in the right spots, and there were numerous buttons in the sides. "Oh well, I'll just press buttons…" while touching every button she laid eyes on. 'Oh wow,' staring in awe, thinking, 'God! I don't even have THAT many soaps, shampoos, or conditioners!' Alearie towel-dried her strait hair, combing it until in was knot free.
Walking towards the wardrobe, she flung open the double doors, then immediately stared confused. There were spheres lying on the floor of the wardrobe. 'Hmm, now what could these be for…' touching one, it immediately transformed her into a gunner. Arching an eyebrow, she looked in the mirror. Something clicked into her mind. That outfit really seemed familiar. She eyed it curiously. It had a baby blue hood; the top was connected to the hood by two strings, both white. The top was also white, but a rough, cloth, and slightly off white, while there was a strange symbol that went down the middle, also showing her skin there. She noticed there was that baby blue cloth again, but this time, a unique designed cut under the white top, connected there. True, the outfit showed her belly, but she didn't really care, after all, she was 17! She could wear what she wanted too, although it did seem a little revealing. Touching her skirt, well at least the half of it, the whites of the lace faded into white-lavender, which faded into lavender, which faded into purple-lavender, and finally into purple. She had to laugh; she always laughed at herself, and couldn't help laughing at how she was so curious before. She always laughed at everything, even the dumbest, and most unimportant things. Eyeing her shorts, she thought aloud "Well these give a whole new meaning to the word 'short'!" She had never seen shorts THAT short before!!! No matter HOW hot it was outside. She did like the color though, because they were black, and matched the outfit well. Next came the boots. She somehow had this obsession about knee-high boots. She absolutely LOVED them. She loved different types of boots too. These had white strings running up the front, and they were brownish-black. "Oh, I could get used to these" She grinned and twirled around, just before a voice spoke up, "I'm glad you like it."
She froze, and turned around. And there he was, standing right there. He looked sort of nervous, probably after the startled look she gave him, and so, trying to cover for him, she grinned sheepishly, and laughed, as he looked at her, obviously very confused.
~Baralai's POV~
Ok, maybe he shouldn't of come in like that. He was feeling very, very, uncomfortable by the way she looked so startled. He did have to admit that the gunner's outfit suited her. There was an uncanny likeness of Yuna, and some of Rikku in her by the way she acted, and how her gunner's outfit matched Yuna's, if only different shades of colors. Her grin made him feel foolish, although it was her that looked at him foolishly. This time, she laughed. Her voice sounded like bells ringing, but softer, and a more musical like melody, with a higher pitch. That was it, this proved it, he was really insane. When he had fallen for her, he had fallen DEEP, into a bottomless pit, and he was probably not gonna come out. 'Yevon,' I don't even know her name.
~Alearie's POV~
She noticed him staring at her, and she couldn't help, but do what all girls do, blush. He seemed confused still, and deep in thought. She wondered what he could be thinking, but just smiled. She might as well say something, she never liked silence, and every second seemed like an hour, and it was just making her feel down right awkward. "Okay, so…um…yeah…" Okay, she really screwed that one up badly. She proceeded on, after all, try, try, and try again. "Hiya, I'm Alearie…and YOU are?" She felt as stupid as a brick wall, but, oh well, she'd just have to survive, or at least make it through the day.
~Baralai's POV~
Great god. She had asked him his name. Hopefully he wouldn't screw up, but you know, he never dealt with these situations, of course he was good at speeches, but he had never been trained to do these kinda things. "I'm…uh…" 'Oh yeah, great time to forget your own name!' "…Baralai" He resisted the urge to smack himself in the head, while he was glad Gippal wasn't here. He could just imagine him standing there with the smirk that said, "Smooth."
~Alearie's POV~
She didn't notice his nervousness, and just walked up to him. She never was shy, but it was slightly different when she was around Baralai. "Baralai," she repeated aloud. The name sounded so cool to her, and sorta mysterious at the same time. Trying to forget how she somehow, for the first time, was sorta shy, she reached for his hand and tugged it, and gave a look that, Baralai thought, Rikku could only pull off, but was proven wrong. He swore that she must've taken lessons from Rikku.
Though she was childish, she had an aura of elegance within her, and was very mature, in times of trouble. She seemed to be born a leader, and though, not choosing to be one, her sensitivity, kindness, and her hidden ways and, what seemed like powers of being able to work with anyone, and understand their problems gave her a Yuna-like personality. (Okay, I'm gonna stop the POVs for a little bit in this chapter, and just write.)
Baralai was quite taken by her, especially when she had just touched him. "So, what should we do now?" She inquired, gazing into his eyes, and smiling when he looked back. He couldn't help but flash a grin. *Alearie thought he should smile more, because he looked so cute when he did, but, of course, didn't voice her thoughts…YET*
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