feeling homesick

[sylreha]

Type: Text (with drawing)

Sender ID: sylreha (Rikku)

To: General public!

Subject: Just talking about home

Warnings: Potential talk of sadness, loss. Nothing else anticipated.


Hey everybody, Rikku here. Coming to you live-ish from the secret pirate base! No spoilers. But it's really not as scary as you might think.

I guess...I was just thinking about home today. Life here's not so different from what I'm used to, just a lot more seas. It's still been weird for me settling in, so I was thinking. Maybe if anybody else is homesick, we could talk about it?

I grew up on an island that was pretty much all desert. The people on the mainland mostly hated us, so we had to build our home somewhere safe that was hard to get to. We're still working on rebuilding it, actually, but...it really wasn't a bad place to grow up. The sands felt like it were hiding all kinds of treasures. And it was so hot that getting to swim was really special!

Here's a picture of my favorite swimming hole. I know I'm not real great at art, but...just looking at this makes me smile, you know?

Comments

[partybabysitter]

I am sorry to hear your people were treated so unjustly. It gladdens me to know that the truth was set to rights.

That would be most enjoyable. I understand that the world here exists on the backs of the large creatures known as leviathans, but I would much enjoy finding one with a varied clime.

[sylreha]

Leviathan...

That's still really neat, though! I can't wait to see it all. Maybe find some stories to tell my family.

[partybabysitter]

Does the name carry an additional meaning for you?

Indeed, if nothing else, we shall have a great many tales to return home with, whensoever the opportunity arises.

[sylreha]

No, I just thought it sounded neat. Almost like the fayths that summoners used to call.

My family will think it's hilarious that I'm out here swabbing decks. Can't ever escape that one, I used to be stuck doing it on Pops' airship.

[partybabysitter]

They would make exceedingly large summoned creatures, were that the case.

You are accustomed to airships, then? In Faerun, most ships do not fly, but the Astral Plane is known for its spelljammers, which fly across the Sea of Night similar to the ships here, I believe.

[sylreha]

Ooh, I wish I could see that. It sounds beautiful.

But yeah! Airships were a lot more common before machina was banned for the past thousand years, but they're coming back in style now. Pops was the one leading crews to salvage and rebuild the old ones.