Disclaimer: "The only characters that are mine are Connie, her family, her friends, and her family's friends. All the other characters are from FFX, FFX-2, and FFVII. Unless you count the dog and cat's names which are from Kingdom Hearts, the animals are mine, but the names are from Kingdom Hearts." Yeah, if you compare this Disclaimer to the other one, you'll notice that Yu Yu Hackusho is gone. I meant to do that. Since Kurama is gone there is no point in having that title there any longer. Okay, now, that we've established that Connie believes in magic, shall we see what happens next? I want to know! Let's go…
On Earth as it is in Spira: Chapter 3: The Thin Line
Silly smiled at me. After answering yes to all those questions she had no reason to be mad, after all. The echoing stopped, the blurred room stopped, all of it came back to normal, though I felt different, somehow. It was strange. I can't even explain it. "Great," she said. "Let's get you started. First, you'll need to look that part. Trust me; you'll be able to do more with the right look. Don't ask me to explain why, but you will." I just shrugged. I trusted her.
"Alright," I said. "Then, let's get going."
Silly started off the Bridge, but stopped, and turned back around. "Brother?" she said.
"Yes?" said Brother, in his classic Al Bhed accent.
"Keep looking, will ya? I have to go teach Lulu how to do magic. You gonna be alright?"
"Yes! Good Luck!" he said.
Silly ran off of the Bridge and I followed. She got in the elevator, and went to the cabin. I followed. Once we got there, and out of the elevator I looked to my right. "Hello! May I be of some ashishtansh?" It was Barkeep. Of course he meant assistance, but it came out like the common way it does. But, boy, did he look strange! A big, blue, man, who spoke, to an extent, and… I mean, it was awesome! He looked like a blue lizard. He was all scaly, and stuff.
"Hi, Barkeep!" said Silly. I was amazed at how much energy she had. She was a full year older than me, and she was as hyper as… well… as Rikku! "Can you give me the key to wardrobe?" she asked.
"Yesh… I think it'sh here shomewhere." He disappeared behind the counter for a second. "Yesh! Here it ish!" He pulled out a sphere with a rope on it.
"Thanks!" said Silly taking the key. She dashed over to the stage, and I followed. "Hop on. We need to go lower." I nodded, and got on the stage, next to her. She placed the sphere into the microphone. It was a perfect fit. Then, she pulled lightly on the rope, and the stage started downward. As we sunk below the floor she said, "Please keep your arms and legs inside the stage at all times. Thank you for choosing the stage elevator!" As the stage stopped she laughed at herself, and her comment. She really was what her name said, Silly. "Come on. I think your outfit is back here." She started into the room, and I got another look around the place. It wasn't very big, but it was stuffed full of outfits. I walked down the rows and read the tags on some of them. "Yuna's Summoner." "Rikku's First" I got to the end, and I saw 3 signs on three more rows. "Yuna's Dressphere," "Rikku's Dressphere," Paine's Dressphere." A different sign on each row.
"They disappear when they do a sphere change," Silly said.
"What?"
"Those costumes change when those three do sphere changes. They'll go from what you see now, to what they were wearing before the sphere change. It's cool to watch." She dashed back down the row she was on. "Here it is!" She pulled out Lulu's black dress. "I'd be careful if I were you. That skirt is kinda heavy. With all that metal, and those belts. But, I'm sure you can handle it. Why don't you try it on?" she said, handing me the dress. Boy, she wasn't kidding! I think the skirt it's self weighed 5 pounds, or more, maybe! I nearly dropped it when she handed it to me. "Go ahead. There's a room over there. Go on." She shoved me in the direction of the room. "Oh, here, you'll need these too." She handed me the bag that had every single piece of Lulu's jewelry in it and her shoes, not to mention everything that went in her hair. I think it weighed about the same as the dress. Maybe a little less.
I went into the room, and closed the door.
"Hey, Silly?" I yelled.
"Yes?"
"Do me a favor? Go to the bridge and grab my suit case. Okay?"
"You got it!" I heard her run out of the room, and back up the stage elevator. I started changing. It wasn't all that bad. Rather comfortable, actually. That kinda surprised me, since it appeared to be made of leather, and tight on Lulu. But, maybe the visual was misleading. "Back!" she yelled.
"Cool. Just hand it to me," I put my arm out the door, and she put it in my hand. "Thanks."
"No problem."
I opened the bag, and started to take things out of it. Make-up, hair brushes, you know, just about everything. Back at Grandma Jill's house I had grabbed the FFX and FFX-2 booklets. I pulled out the first one, and found the picture of Lulu. A really good one. The one where she is as a background, and not actually a solid picture on the page. It was the best reference I had. I put it next to the mirror, and started up. I got as close to the kind of make up she was wearing as I could. I didn't do too badly either! I fixed my hair to match the picture too. That was harder since my hair was so long, and so was hers. I tried my best to match it though.
Eventually, when it was all done I yelled to Silly, "Okay! I think I got it."
"Awesome! Let's see!"
I opened the door, and stepped out. Her jaw dropped. "Okay," I started, "I know it's not quite right… my hair is a little too long, I think, and my make up is almost the right shade, but I don't really think anyone will notice. The dress fits okay too, and-"
"That's INCREDIBLE!" she screamed.
"It's what?"
"Great! Perfect! You couldn't look better! Oh, but wait!" she ran down one of the hallways. She came back a few seconds later carrying a stuffed Moogle. "You'll need this." She tossed it to me, and I held on to it.
"How do I look?"
"Have you seen yourself in a full length mirror?" she countered.
"No, there wasn't one in there."
"Then come here, and you can answer your own question." She pulled me over to a near by wall, and showed me a mirror. "Ta-da." she said smiling.
I took one look at myself, and MY jaw dropped. "I… I…"
"You look just like her."
"This is spooky."
"Don't worry. It's happening fast for you. You'll adjust soon enough. Then you will hardly notice it anymore." I didn't really know what she meant by that. It was 'happening fast for me,' but I didn't think much of it at the time. There really was a thin line between Connie and Lulu.
"Now, come on. It's magic time, honey!" She grabbed me by the wrist, and started dragging me back out of the costume room, and to somewhere else, where I could practice my magic.