[Voice]

[explaining]

Man.

[A pause.]

Has anyone ever gotten that sudden rush, where you remember a whole lot of something all at once? Or you think you remember all of it, but then there's pieces missing...

Hahaha wow I'm dizzy. Okay, sitting down.

Um- well all right, I won't beat around the bush. Nami, Zack? Buffy? Draco? Meryl? What about anybody from home? Luke, Asch?

I don't need help, I'm all right to get to the village myself, but a friendly voice would be nice to listen to for the walk in. Maybe some conversation while I catch my breath. Ah, how about- hm. Your first day here in Luceti; how was it for you?

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[voice]

[wingenvy]

Hey, I don't mean to brag, but I think it's improved a bit since you left. Got some new drinks, too! You'll have to try them out.

[voice]

[explaining]

Great! I'll have to try a couple. [Or all of them, depending on how the rest of this day goes.]

Haha, it'll be nice going there as a patron. Weird, but nice.

[voice]

[wingenvy]

I work both nights, so I'd be happy to serve 'em up for you, good patron.

[Heh heh.]

I know how you feel, though- after spending so much time behind the counter, it's a little weird to be on the other side.

[voice]

[explaining]

Yeah.

[Guy goes silent for a bit, and his smile tapers off into something a little less giddy and a little more contemplative.]

How're you doing, Zack? [Last time he'd heard, Zack had lost Cloud only a few months before, and things with Aerith were...rocky.]

[voice]

[wingenvy]

[Oh man, Guy, you've been gone for like a year, SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED BRO.]

Me? I'm okay, actually! Things were good, and things were bad, but I'm still smiling, and in my book that counts for a lot.

[voice]

[explaining]

[Zack, you're always smiling. That doesn't always count for so much.]

Well, I'm glad Luceti hasn't been treating you terribly then. You've been here this whole time? No trips back home?

[voice]

[wingenvy]

[Pot, kettle, black.]

Actually, there was one quick trip home- a lot of people got sent home for a day almost half a year ago, and they dragged a cross-world neighbour along with them. I went home with Light, and when we got back, both of us thought she grew up there for an entire week. It was weird, man.

[voice]

[explaining]

[Light? Not somebody Guy knows, anyway.]

Good to know Luceti's up to the same-old same-old.

[voice]

[wingenvy]

Haha, good is definitely a word for it...

[Maybe not the best word, but there's something to be said about sarcasm as a coping method.]

[voice]

[explaining]

To certain values of good, anyway.

[Pause.]

Hey, I'll catch up with you tomorrow, okay? At Good Spirits? Luke's almost here so I better pay attention to him before he starts feeling neglected. [That and Guy's probably going to dote on Luke for a while.]

[voice]

[wingenvy]

Not a problem! Bar's always open for you, Guy, and I'm looking forward to seeing you again. Say hi to Luke for me!

[He salutes and flips the journal shut. It's nice to see a bit or normalcy again, aaahhh.]