text; un: vivi

[ornitiers]

what do you do when something you were told, turns out not to be true anymore? not true here? when you have more time than you thought. i didn't have to really think about the future. but here, i don't have to worry. i can plan. i mean, besides helping on missions.

[Being told he probably wouldn't live much longer than a year or so. And then Aurora reassured him that that wasn't the case. Vivi now has a lot to consider....]

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[trebuchim]

Depends entirely on where we'll go next, of course, but there's always a chance. I haven't gotten around to checking if there are any troupes in Etraya.

You said you didn't really have hobbies, but do you have any other interests than theatre?

[ornitiers]

maybe i could ask sometime. someone might know.

i'm not sure if i would say it's an interest. i was just curious since a lot of people in alexandria were talking about going to see the play when i got there. but my ticket was apparently a fake. i'm not sure if i really have any interests or hobbies otherwise.

[Growing up in the swamps, there was not....exactly a lot of options. And then, when he left, he got caught up in everything with Zidane and Garnet. Vivi hasn't really had much of a chance to think about this sort of thing so much.]

[trebuchim]

Curiosity, then. Surely there's something. What did you like to do when you had some time to yourself? Or did you never have any time to yourself?

[ That is a possibility Lune can well relate to, as well. ]

[ornitiers]

i'm not sure. when i got to alexandria, there was a play everyone was talking about. so i got a ticket. except it was a fake. i liked seeing the chocobos when we were traveling and saw some of the stables? the ranches? but we were pretty busy with....everything that kept happening, really.

[trebuchim]

You like animals, then? Perhaps that could be a good starting point. Surely there are some here.

[ornitiers]

i was told since there's chocobos here, a person named cloud is helping with them. so maybe i can ask them about helping him?

[trebuchim]

There you go— you should ask. I'm sure they wouldn't mind the help.

[ornitiers]

i guess it's worth a try. it can't hurt to ask, right? if it's okay that i'd help. i know some people seem to say that kids shouldn't work or something.

[trebuchim]

I don't see why they shouldn't. And I don't see why you couldn't, if you want to. Where I'm from, children are usually productive members of society from quite the young age.

[ Of course, that's because the people of her world are all dying off around thirty. ]

[ornitiers]

really? it seemed quite different on that mission. everyone was telling me to focus on school. on classes.

[trebuchim]

Education is important, of course, but that doesn't exclude contribution in other ways. Most children begin apprenticeships at age six where I'm from. Learning and working alongside the adults.

[ornitiers]

six? um, apprenticeships don't sound too bad. i guess it depends on where you're from? most of the kids i met back home were playing, not working.

[trebuchim]

You're right, of course. If you're from a place where children can afford to be children as long as possible, then that's a good thing. It's... sadly not a possibility, where I'm from.

[ornitiers]

oh. i mean. i'm not exactly human, so. i guess we age differently. it's complicated.

[trebuchim]

Well, the sentiment stands regardless.

Did you get any good suggestions from everyone? Something you think you could use?

[ornitiers]

i think so. to make a list! i'm pretty sure it'd be a pretty long one. of things i haven't done. or foods i haven't tried. people keep saying about some that we didn't have back home. or at least, i hadn't had it before.