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fiddlesticks 25, video from standard coach: open to all

Sooooo, not being able to talk to most of the train that day sucked, huh? I don't know what to think about any of that, but since we can talk to each other now, I was thinking: How about we share where we're from, and see who's from worlds like ours?

And who speaks the same languages too! An actual list be better if that ever happens again, but for now, tell us about the kind of place you're from, what makes home home to you! You got kings or dragons? Machines? Portals to other worlds? Talking sea life? You just trying to get through school?

I'll go first to give you guys an idea, but share whatever you feel like!

( ooc: this is open to all, meaning feel free to put up a post and chat with other characters! )

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Oh yeah? Well I bet you two made a great team! Too bad we can't help teach Joss how to swim away from a mission. You a fan of it? 'Cause I love swimming!

I love swimming! I tried to teach Joss before but he finds it tricky. He's not bad at it though, he just needs to practice more because when you practice you can do anything!

[He grins.] You love swimming too? It's really fun isn't it!

It's the best! And now I'm starting to think a swimming pool on a train isn't such a bad idea, huh? It's not just useful for getting around crabs -- it's great fun.

I even know a game you can play underwater! You wanna see it sometime? A friend found a cartoon with it!

A swimming pool would be a really good idea, we should tell the train that and try and get one because then we can teach people to swim before they got to fight bad news crabs!

[He grinned even brighter.] You can play a game underwater? That sounds fun? What's the cartoon called, is it in the cinema?

Alright then, then we've both gotta ask it. To show it we really want it! And we want it to be a deep pool! Really big!

[ The biggest pool ever seen! ]

Yup, it's got entire seasons on at the cinema! It's called Born to Blitz, about a guy who wants to become the next big blitzball star! It's not too bad. You should bring some of your friends and we should watch it! I should be able to buy us some sweets off the shop. Or we can see if there's any cakes we can take outta the kitchen.

Yes! We can both ask for a huge pool!

[That cartoon sounded great!He wants to watch it, he bets Elfnein would like it too. Joss would probably call it for babies but also like it secretly because he was a bit like a grown up sometimes in that he had to pretend not to like things.

Not all grown ups though. Tidus seemed to be really happy to say how much he liked swimmining!]

Yes! Or I can make some cakes! And popcorn. Popcorn is good for watching things! We might need to ask for that from the shop though...

Yeah, popcorn would be great. But is there a way to get it through the shop?

[ Hmmm. ] We should ask for a popcorn machine inside the cinema car! You can't have movies without popcorn!

How big is a popcorn machine? [He thinks. He doesn't even know what a popcorn machine is actually. But it sounds a good thing to have!] Do you think we can buy one?

Uhh, hmm... I don't know. They used to have them in cinemas where I lived, but...

[ Well, that never really existed, so... ]

Maybe we can look at the shop and see?

We can! I got lots of points so I bet we can buy a popcorn maker! Where are you sir?

Whoa, just Tidus! I'm not that old!

[ Please!! He's not even old! ]

I'm in the standard coach if you wanna come over. I'll have a poke at it and see what the screen says.

Okay mister Tidus! [And off goes the screen. It's not too long before a very excited Romeo enters the standard coach and spots him, waving and going over.]

Did you find any?

[ NOT MISTER EIIIIIITHER. ]

[ But luckily for Romeo, Tidus has brushed off his transgressions by the time he meets him at the shop terminal. His mouth is pulled askew as he looks from the kid and back to it, tilting his head. ]

Hmmm, not sure... I think we'd have to buy it as one of those big items? But I don't have the points for that. [ He idly taps his forefinger against his thumb. ]

And I don't know how we'd buy the popcorn for it. It's not really a 'Meal for Four'.

[ Ugh, why was the shop such a pain? ]

I have lotsa points so I can buy it! [He grins.] Um... What if we asked for it as a little item? Popcorn is quite little... It's not really a meal so I don't know if we can get it like that. But neither is ice cream and me and miss spider got lots of ice cream and fruit for parfait that way!

You did? [ Oh, huh. He was thinking everything under that option had to be 'sentimental'... ]

Huh, alright then. [ A beat. ] Are you sure? I guess if you get the popcorn this time, I'll get more later to refill it! That sound okay to you?

Okay mister Tidus! I'll get one popcorn maker and one bag of popcorn! [He stares at the points but that's a lot of numbers to subtract so he just hopes he has enough and puts his card in.

Soon he has bought a popcorn maker. He clicks on the small item.]

Um are they called popcorn seeds? What you make popcorn out of?

Just Tidus, Tidus...!

[ please kid. PLEASE. Just going to quietly encourage that...! ]

Uhh, it's kernels, isn't it? Think that's it. Man, I haven't had popcorn in forever...

[ But he does feel a little guilty leaving it to a youngster to be buying a popcorn maker. ]

Um okay mi... Tidus. [He presses more buttons until has ordered his second item.] There we go! We will have to wait to the next platform to get them but then we can eat yummy popcorn with our friends!

Wow.

[ Huh. Just like that, they're getting a popcorn machine. It's a little surreal the way this is turned out, and Tidus looks at Romeo with a smile. ]

A lot of people are gonna be happy for a thing like this. You're a good guy. [ He folds his arms, and nods his head determinedly. ]

You know what? We should get a list of things this train can do with. Not just us two, but all of us. Use our points to make life a little happier for people. Oh, but before that! [ And before he gets carried away-! ] You want to get people together on the day it comes in, or the day after? Platform day's pretty busy.

That's a really good idea! Everyone should get things that make them happy!

[That was a really good question! He thought for a moment.] The day after I think! That way all the new people have time to get used to things and we got time to tell them all about coming to watch cartoons!

Sounds like a plan!

Why don't we watch the first episode today though and see if you like it? It's turning into your big day--we should check it out and decide if that's the show we want everyone to watch!

That's a good idea! I bet it's a really fun cartoon but we should check it first!

[If it means spending more time with his new friend and watching a fun swimming cartoon he is definitely up for it!]

Then let's get going. [ He cocks his head in direction, starting to walk. ]

Did you have cartoons and movies where you were before?

Yes! We had cartoons and movies! My friend miss Hibiki makes movies and Elfnein was in one once! It was fun to watch! That was my first movie, the first one I ever saw.

[He bounces along beside, talking as they walked.] Have you ever seen Magical Detective Loveline? It's about a girl who is magic and changes into a cool dress and solves mysteries! And she always catches the bad guys!

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