Remembrance

[forcegalactic]

Who: Ramza and Barkeep
What: Finding the remains of the bard they met during Genesis and paying their respects to her.
Where: The ruins of Aqures Tosf
When: October 10th
Warnings: Discussions of death, sad times

The Barkeep stepped off the airship and waved to the captain's cabin. He was thankful for the pilot to agree to flying the two of them over to this abandoned island, even if the two of them weren't planning on staying here for more than a day. This was important; Ramza thought visiting her one last time was, and the Barkeep couldn't argue with that. He liked the young woman they met twenty-eight years ago. It was about time he stopped putting off visiting her again.

He wrapped his robes tightly around his body to keep out the cold air and stepped over the ruins of the city, careful not to step on anything fragile, which was a task easier said than done. Pottery, skeletal remains, so much was lost during the blast.

"Say, Ramza," he address the young man with him without taking his eyes off the path. "You know where she last was?"

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[zodiac_brave]

Ramza picked his way through the rubble gingerly, not wanting to disturb the abandoned city any more than the Barkeep did. He had a pack slung over one shoulder, its contents making the leather sides bow out a bit.

His eyes swept back and forth across the landscape, trying to reconcile the wasteland with the city he'd seen back in the summer.

"The morning after she played for us, I walked her back to the inn she'd been staying in. It was on the far side of town from our own. I know not where she went from there."