video | un: Ventus

[salvagedlight]

[When the feed turns on, it's very clear Ven's in his room in the dorms, seated at his desk. It looks like just the other two-person rooms, with the basic furniture and everything. There's two differences, though: very unlike normal, someone's gone and stuck those glow-in-the-dark stars over the portion of the wall that's visible and even onto the bit of ceiling that can also be seen, and a small telescope of the old fashioned brass spyglass type is laying on the desk behind him. Ven himself gives the camera a wave and a smile, looking for all intents and purposes like a completely normal, cheerful, sixteen-year-old boy with abnormally fluffy blond hair.]

Hey there, everyone - I'm Ventus, but call me Ven, I usually go by that most of the time. If you know Aqua, she might've mentioned me; we're students together. Or we were, until she wasn't an apprentice anymore, but we still live together and train together. She's one of my best friends.

[There's another smile, a happy one, but those with sharp eyes might notice a hint of wistfulness in it. Ven is Not Good at concealing his emotions, and the lack of the third member of their trio is something that brings him down.]

Aqua explained what she knew about this place, but I got a message on this phone and I had another question, and neither of us really know a lot about this world so I'd thought I'd ask everyone. Has anyone heard of "dualiseats?" [There's a brief glance down at something off-screen, like he's checking something, before he nods and looks back at the camera.] Yeah, that's it - "dualiseats." There's a message about going to work for them tomorrow, but I've never really had a job before, so I don't know what's going on. And I didn't sign up for this, so can you just... have jobs here? Like the guys in charge just decide you need one, or something like that?

I mean, I don't mind having a job, I just don't know how you get one. But I need to pay Aqua back what she lent me.

[A moment's pause, then a small shrug and another smile.] Anyway, uh, I guess that's it. If anyone's got any answers for my questions, thanks in advance!

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[firacrux]

She could use some old friends around.

[She's been lonely, he expects. Not that Aqua opens up easily, but it's not hard to figure out. Anyone would in her situation.]

No? Why's that?

[Admittedly beyond being a mercenary neither has he, but he at least has a concept of it.]

[salvagedlight]

Don't worry, I'm not leaving her alone.

[Ven's savvy enough to know that after what Aqua's been through, what he knows of it, she really does need her friends around her as much as possible. All those years wandering in the Darkness... Out of the three of them, he'd ironically gotten off the best after their battle with Xehanort and Vanitas. So it was time for him to step up and be there for her, like she'd been for him in the past.]

[But at Seifer's question, he kind of shrugs, one hand coming up to rub the back of his head in what is clearly a habitual gesture.]

We were all in training - we didn't really have a lot of reason to go other places and see more things. We were pretty self-sufficient and didn't get a lot of visitors.

[Or pretty much none. World order and all that.]

[firacrux]

Good.

[Seifer has been slowly gleaning details, though he doesn't know the whole story. What he does know is that Aqua very much misses the friends from her world. It would do her a lot of good to have more of them here with her.]

Did they not have jobs where you were from? Or was training your job, you a soldier?

[Perhaps a warrior of some kind not directly attached to an army. That he could imagine, again given what he knows of Aqua.]

[salvagedlight]

Basically, yeah. I met a couple of guys who were training to be heroes at one point, and it seemed to be a lot of the same kind of things.

[In the sense that "punch/slash at things until they break" seems to be a pretty universal way to train those supposed to protect others, but the castle does have much better equipment.]

The master taught us to fight and also things like reading, math, and other stuff. He tried to teach us to cook, too, but I... wasn't good at it.

[Catastrophic was a better description.]

[firacrux]

Wait, you can train to become heroes?

[Where does he get those classes? Of course Seifer's not expecting just basic combat training, he's had plenty of that.]

So what I'm hearin' is if I see you in the kitchen kick you out.

[That is what he's hearing. It's alright, he'll just put out another plate for yet another stray if the guy needs something to eat.]

[salvagedlight]

Some places. A lot of other places just have armies or guards or things like that, but some places need heroes. Usually they've got something special they can do, but not always.

[After all, Herc was amazingly strong, but Zack had just seemed like a regular guy. Trained, fit, capable, but he didn't have magic or anything else special about him.]

[Seifer gets a ...sheepish grin at that, and Ven raises a hand to rub at the back of his head in what's clearly a habitual action.]

Maybe just the stove or oven. If all I have to do is cut something up or pour a liquid, I'm fine. But that's not cooking.

[He will eat it. He's a sixteen-year-old boy. He can eat anything.]

[firacrux]

Right, soldiers and guards are what I'd expect. Hero ain't somethin' you train for where I'm from. Just happens.

[Yeah, he smirks slightly. That's what he thought.]

Right, so anything more advanced than the microwave and shoo you out. Tell you what, if you're around when I'm feedin' the rest of the strays I'll toss a few pancakes out for you too. Bring some food back once in a while we'll make it a regular thing.

[He'll cook for those who contribute.]