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...If you wanted to share some kind of message with a younger version of yourself, what would you say?

[Simon's in the plaza today, hanging out by the fountain and pondering his journal. At some point he might be scribbling out a note on a loose sheet of paper.]

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Why not you?

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I don't have anywhere else to go once the Malnosso decide to make me leave this place.

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[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

You could find a place for yourself. That's just a part of being alive.

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Yes, and that is why it wouldn't work for me. I'm not alive anymore.

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[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[...Ah. That would be a problem, then.]

I'm sorry...

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[depressedude]

You don't have to apologize. I died the way I wanted to die. Of course, that makes being stuck here even more annoying than it would have been otherwise...

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[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

The way you wanted to die...? [That's just depressing.] Have you been here long?

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[depressedude]

[He doesn't seem to think so, but he's pretty twisted.] A few months now, but this is my second time here. I was only gone for a few weeks before they dragged me back.

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[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Couldn't you find yourself a new purpose here? You're alive in this place, after all.

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[depressedude]

What's the point when I could just get taken back at any time?

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[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Well... it's just me, but I'd rather die with a purpose, or looking for one, than to just give up on everything.

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[depressedude]

There's something we can agree on: I already died for a purpose once. But I never asked to be returned to another meaningless life afterward.

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[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

I doubt many people want to be here. But if you have to be here for a while, why not make the most of it?

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[depressedude]

[Simon, stop being so logical. Noct has run out of ways to make a comeback to that, so he just huffs.]

...say, what's your name, anyway?

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[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

That's right, I never said... I'm Simon.

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[depressedude]

...Simon? [His memories of Luceti might be a bit cloudy, but he's pretty sure the only Simon he knows was still a kid.]

You wouldn't happen to know a girl named Anise, would you?

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[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

...I do. She's a good friend of mine. [Huh. For the first time this guy looks kind of familiar...]

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[depressedude]

[And suddenly he's looking a lot more familiar as well. Not many guys out there with blue hair, after all.]

Wait, so you're-

Didn't you used to be a lot shorter?

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[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[He laughs lightly.]

I was younger. It's been seven years since I was last in Luceti.

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[depressedude]

[He gawks.] Seven years? You mean to say those bastards took you home only to bring you back again seven years later!?

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[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Looks that way. Lucky me, huh?

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[depressedude]

[Huff.] Makes it sound like we can never be free of this place...

Well, if it's been seven years, that explains why I didn't recognize you right away.

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[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Speaking of recognizing, you look familiar to me, too. Can I get your name?

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[depressedude]

If you've been around the same group that Fon Master Guardian, Tatlin, associates with, you might have seen me around. We're both from Auldrant.

The name's Noct.

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[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Noct... I'm sorry, I don't recognize the name.