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

[sylreha]

Yeah. Pops and Brother were a real pain sometimes...okay, a lot of the time. But I'd be really sad if I couldn't see them again.

But no matter what...always keep going. It's always too soon to give up hope for the future, I've always believed that.

[verboaten]

Speaking as a brother, being a pain just comes with the territory.

But that's a good belief to have. As long as you keep going, you have the chance to see that hope come to pass; the instant you give up, it's all over.

[sylreha]

Right! Never surrender. That's the way of the pirates...uh, I think? It sounds good anyway.