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[Simon's feeling kind of down on his luck today; Denzel's gone, Cloud's still with Tifa, and Anise's kidnapping is sort of the icing on the cake. He's hanging out by the southern river closest to the shop plaza, attempting to skip stones.

Someone come cheer the kid up?]

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STILL SUCK B|

[smashthrureason.livejournal.com]

[GRINS AS HE HOLDS UP ANOTHER STONE]

Yeah, like this. [LEANS IN AND FWOOSH! THERE IT GOES! HOPE YOU WERE WATCHING SIMON!]

B|

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Totally watching. Totally wowed.]

It went so far!

[smashthrureason.livejournal.com]

[HANDS HIM A STONE]

C'mon, you try it. Ain't gonna go anywhere by just watchin'.

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Simon checks it over briefly - looks rounded, it's a good rock for it - and gives it a toss. WITH THE WRIST!

...And it skips once.]

[smashthrureason.livejournal.com]

Just keep at it, you'll get it.

'Course it'd help if yer mind wasn't on somethin' else.

[WILL BE TOSSING ANOTHER STONE UP AND DOWN IN HIS HAND AS HE GLANCES AT THE YOUNGER BOY BEFORE TOSSING IT OVER TO HIM] So what's on yer mind, Simon?

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[He should've expected that, but it still catches him off guard, and he nearly misses the stone. He doesn't throw it at first, mulling over things a bit.]

...Denzel went home.

[smashthrureason.livejournal.com]

Denzel? He was the kid ya lived with with Cloud, ain't he?

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's him. [The big-little-brother :c]

[smashthrureason.livejournal.com]

So he went home, huh?

Well that ain't bad. Hell, he won't have ta deal with this mess anymore. [THROWS A STONE OVER THE WATER AS HE SAYS THE LAST WORD SO THERE'S A BIT MORE OOMPH TO IT]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking that. [But there's that whole "I'll never see him again" thing that's weighing on him a little.]

[smashthrureason.livejournal.com]

Oi. Ya keep that face up and you'll end up like that priest guy back in Dekosuke's village.

Ya think Denzel would want ta see ya like this? Hell I know I wouldn't. Besides it ain't like he's dead!

So come on, buck up! Ain't no use mopin' around, gotta get on with it or ya ain't gonna get anywhere.

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry... I'll try to cheer up! You're right, Denzel would want me to be happy, whether he's here or not.

[smashthrureason.livejournal.com]

[MAKES A "PFT" SOUND AND JUST GIVES HIM A HEAD NOOGIE.] Now ya got it!

Now give it another go. [JERKS HIS HEAD TO THE WATER] So long as ya ain't thinkin' about things ta hold ya back, there ain't nothin' ya can't do.

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Mm. [Simon purses his lips, trying to relax and clear his mind of just about anything besides getting that stone to skip. Maybe if he thought of it like a drill, digging over the surface of the water...!

And that's how the stone he finally flings skips four times and buries itself in the grass on the other side of the river. |Db]

...Um.

[smashthrureason.livejournal.com]

Yeeeaah!! Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about!

[HAVE A HEARTY SMACK TO THE BACK :D] Knew ya had it in ya!

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Ouch, that'll leave a mark.]

...I didn't think it'd go that far...!

[smashthrureason.livejournal.com]

[NOT THE FIRST NOR THE LAST /O/]

And that's only the beginnin', Simon! [CLAMPS HIS ARM AROUND THE BOY'S SHOULDER AS HE POINTS ACROSS THE RIVER] You can make things go as far as ya want ta take 'em! And ya don't have ta think of how ta do it, just DO it!

[AND NOW FOR THE SIGNATURE POSE: POINT TO THE HEAVENS!] Even through the heavens and beyond!

So whenever somethin' happens, don't worry about it. Ya either blow right through it or take it with you and use it as strength. Take Denzel's memory and never forget it. But don't let him hold ya back. Ya gotta keep movin' and bring him with ya.