First Train

[booyaka]

Heeeeeellooooooo?

[There is one very lost Selphie roaming the decks looking utterly perplexed about where she is and how the heck she got here.]

Maybe I took a wrong turn out of Time Compression at the krazy kooky sorceress.

Umm... [Poking her head around a door.] Nope...

Squall? Irvy? Quisty? [Peeeeeeeering around. Still no idea.] Rinoa? Zell?

[Whoa whoa! Wait. What is that robot following her?]

Heeeeeeeeeey!! Who do you belong to?

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[fatedcircle]

...Selphie?

[booyaka]

...maybe I'm still asleep. [She pinches herself. Hard. And promptly shrieks in pain.] Owwie! I'm awake! I'm awake!

[Wait a second... she knows that guy!]

SQUALL!

[Soooooo happy to see you, man!]

Eh-heh-heh. Did the Garden add a few wings while we were out trashing the nutcase from the future?

[Because she already does oh so well with directions as it is. Not.]

[fatedcircle]

No, it didn't.

[booyaka]

Ooooooookay?

[Still confused here. Help a girl out?]

Alright Squall, spill. Did the boys get up some prank or something?

[You're off the hook. Selphie knows you'd have to be coerced by force to help with a prank. Zell and Irvine are another matter.]

[fatedcircle]

This isn't our universe.

[booyaka]

[Blink. Blinkblink. Dawning realization... 3... 2...1...

GASP! SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!]

How cool!!!!

[What, you didn't expect something more tame did you?]

[fatedcircle]

You aren't worried about getting home?

[yabigfurball]

[Ammy has been exceptionally worried since they arrived in this dimension, and many of her friends began acting horribly. What's more, only the villains have been up on the SOL.]

[But now it looks like there's someone new on the ship; someone who's nice and may be able to help them get back to the real dimension! Ammy barks at the newcomer, hoping to get her attention.]

[booyaka]

[Attention gotten!]

Heeeeeeey! It's a doggie!

[yabigfurball]

[Well, close enough. People often confuse her for a dog, anyway. But now that she has her attention...she needs to let her know about the trouble they're in!]

[To that end, she whips out a piece of paper and her brush, and sketches up a quick picture before showing it to Selphie:]

[booyaka]

[That is one talented dog! Maybe it's like a Moomba!dog? They're pretty smart too.]

Um...there's a light and a dark side?

Hmm...

[Looking it over intently.]

[yabigfurball]

[Ammy nods, and paws again at the dark half. That's the problem they have right now.]

[booyaka]

Dark half, dark half... there's dark halves here?

[icanhastail]

[You know, there's so many things going wrong right now, but one word catches Zidane's attention immediately.]

Waitasec - did you say Squall?

[booyaka]

Huh? Oh yeah, I did! You know him?

ilu bb <3

[icanhastail]

[JACKPOT!]

Sure do! I'm his best friend!

Well, one of them.

ilu2 :D

[booyaka]

Me too!

[Bouncing up and down now.]

Are you from Balamb Garden?

[Because she doesn't remember you. But yanno, GFs. She's got behemoth-sized holes in her memory still.]

wheeeeee~

[icanhastail]

[Oh wow, he gets to tell her how Squall got holes punched in his memory AGAIN. THAT'S GONNA BE FUN. But for now, it can wait!]

Nah, I'm from somewhere else entirely! But you're from there, so maybe you wouldn't mind answering some questions for me - I keep asking Squall, but you probably know what getting any answers out of him is like.

[Basically like trying to pry open a save with a toothpick. But he gives a grin and a flourishing bow, which unintentionally shows off his nice, long tail, unaware of any possible freakouts from her.]

Zidane Tribal, at your service milady!

loooooooooool!!!

[booyaka]

Teehee! Do I ever! Name's Selphie-

[Oh. My. Gosh. That's a tail! So much for getting out her whole name.]

WHOA! You have a tail!!

[Way to point out the obvious there, missy.]

[halfdarkened]

[Riku looks bewildered a moment, then smiles cruelly.] Well, never thought we'd see you off the Island. And without your whip, too, what a shame. Well, we hope you enjoy being on a brand-new island, we have some "quality" entertainment for you.

[booyaka]

[Peeeeeeeering for a minute, squinting hard. Pretty sure she has no idea who this is, but she's no dummy. That's not friendly at all. In fact it's creepy. Ugh.]

Um... have we met?

[halfdarkened]

You hit your pretty little head? I had the misfortune of growing up with you.

[He examines his nails.] Hm. Maybe you're one of those alternate universe cases. We get those sometimes. [Oh, that's not a nice smile.] Which means you'll be more fun to play with.

[booyaka]

[Okay so GF usage has punched some pretty big holes in Selphie's memory, but none of this adds up. Whips are Quisty's thing and she can't even begin to fathom that someone she grew up with wouldn't like her.]

I think you've got the wrong girl.

[And you're being a creeper. The only thing she'd want to play with you involves a blunt object over the head to keep you away. She's violent like that.]

[halfdarkened]

[Ah, the Shadoverse.]

No, I think I very much have the right girl~

[Yes, yes he is.]

[booyaka]

[Boy she's hoping you're not always like this...]

Uhhhh-huh. Okay well it was nice talking to you, but I gotta find my friends.

Maybe we can find you some cake later to perk you right up and get some deets that you think I'm missing.