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[Locked to Sheska]
Rufus vetoed swimming - I shouldn't be surprised, really, but I had hoped... Anyway. How would you and Elena like to come over here for dinner on Wednesday? I'm cooking steaks.
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[locked to Germany]
How goes the construction, out of curiosity?
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To everyone interested in lessons - I haven't forgotten, just working out the details of equipment and facilities still. I'll let you all know when I have more details.

If anyone needs the assistance of a healer, don't hesitate to ask. I probably know enough black magic to destroy the vines, as well.

I think this city may be a more dangerous place than Spira ever was...

( ZOMGSPOILERS )

And a brief, non-DMC thought - Eliot from Leverage has a great deal in common with my Tseng and Rufus, I think. He's just a bit rougher around the edges.

Because my roommate is chill and borrowed it from one of our friends, and then installed it for me while I was at work today \o/

-Dante gets impaled on a sword in the first mission. He really does totally get off on that.

-I am sad they missed a great opportunity to use the phrase 'the legendary dark knight Sparda', although they came close.

-Five bucks says Credo is evil >.> He has the little evil goatee and everything.

-Oh DMC scriptwriting and voiceacting, you never change (I leave it to the reader to decide if this is a plus or a minus)

-Neither does the music (I feel this is a minus)

-Gloria is badass, but oversexualised to the point where it passes through creepy and in to absurd. I really hope that it's supposed to be ironic or...something

-I am liking the new combat system - unless the style moves, I actually use the devil arm.

-GO GO OBNOXIOUS MISSION 2 END BOSS. Okay, so he wasn't quite as bad as Cerberus.

-The missions in this one seem a lot longer than DMC3.

Does anyone know where I might find work as a healer? The power of my gift seems to have diminished somewhat, but I'm still quite skilled.

Now that things have died down somewhat, I need to find somewhere to live, and I didn't have any money with me...

(And Yuna is fine - thank you everyone who expressed concern)

So the incident with the dinosaurs has brought to my attention that many people here are less prepared to deal with the dangers of this city than they'd like. I have w number of years of experience teaching both firearms and hand to hand combat - I could also teach some forms of melee weapons as well. I'm also somewhat at loose ends at the moment. You'd there be interest?

I should warn you, as Elena is likely to tell you, I am not an easy instructor. And I won't teach people who can't show me that they won't misuse what I teach them.

Has anyone seen my daughter, Yuna, in the last day? She's just over five foot, light brown hair, mismatched eyes.

I know she can take care of herself, but her last message cut off do abruptly, and there seem to be a great number of fiends in the streets...

Distant Worlds was on Friday \o/ Jon and I did end up dressing up in cosplay, and ended up being two of the like...four people who did, but instead of making me feel like a dorky tool, this actually made things even more awesome and full of win. So, point form, because I cannot write coherently right now.

The Awesome:
-Concert itself - the song line-up was amaaaazing. I think the piece that impressed me the most was the opera from FF6, as they actually had three opera singers doing it.
-Getting high-fives on the way to the venue
-The guy who came up to me and very solemnly said said 'Do I have the honor of addressing the president of Shinra?' to me, and then, after shaking my hand, turned to Jon and added 'And the leader of the Turks as well?'
-Having an ex-military guy first recognize my outfit, and then recognize the tactical gloves I bought for said outfit, and then spent the next five minutes telling me how they were the most awesome shooting gloves ever.
-"RUFUS I LOVE YOU" from the Sephiroth girl from AE - she looks waaaay different without the wig
-Sitting in the sekrit composer section - seriously, Nobuo sat a row behind us, and Jeremy Soule was two rows back. Crazy.
-FF Distant Worlds in Vancouver in October omggggg

The Not-Awesome
-Getting stuck with a Dodge Caliber from the rental car agency - thing has a tiny back windshield, awful sight lines, and the turning radius of a stoned cow.
-Having to wake-up at six-thirty to get aforementioned rental back in time (one day rental)
-Having my new Underworks binder (which btw is pretty sweet, more on that at a later date), after several hours of driving around, and walking around Kinokuniya and being fine, suddenly start digging in really badly half-way through after-concert dinner.
-Freaking out about parking at Kinokuniya (we had some trouble finding the lot, and I can't parallel park, so panic ensued)

[Locked to Sheska and Elena]

Sheska, another young lady and I are doing a magic demo later, if you're interested in watching.

And Elena, I haven't tested you or the others in far too long. Bring whatever materia you have, but leave your gun - we won't have a backstop and I didn't think to bring dry fire rounds with me.

Four o'clock at the gardens in Chinatown.

I love 'Blue Skies Over Guardia' from the Chrono Symphonic project. It even soothes away my crankiness from watching my bus pull away while I'm stuck on the other side of the street.

Chrono Trigger = AMAZING