Guy Cecil

Gundam 00 Season 2

guyexplains — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:08:16 GMT

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*Shinsen - We watched S1 subbed by them
+I know for sure works

As much as possible the first link is Conclave subs and the second is Nyoron for the first few eps. When I couldn't get either the rest are mostly gSS or an unlabeled sub.

I haven't confirmed these except that the files should be there to download. I'd probably go for the Shinsen subs where we can, then whatever suits your fancy for the rest. I would go with trying to get Conclave links to work before attempting Nyoron, the Nyoron subs are a bit notoriously bad (but still better than nothing).

HOWEVER, at least for me, the subs aren't showing up on the Conclave links. The picture is HQ though. :|a

guyexplains — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:30:01 GMT

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guyexplains — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:48:17 GMT

Body and Appearance
1. Describe the character's height and build. Is he heavyset, thin, short, rangy?

2. How old is he?

3. Describe his posture. Does he carry himself well or does he slouch?

4. How is his health? Is he fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities?

5. How does he move? Is he clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid?

6. How attractive is this character physically? How does he perceive himself in the mirror?

7. Describe his complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred?

8. Describe his hair: color, texture, style.

9. What color are his eyes?

10. Does the character have any other noteworthy features?

11. What are his chief tension centers?

12. What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does he have six of the same suit?

13. Do his clothes fit well? Does he seem comfortable in them?

14. Does he dress the same on the job as he does in his free time? If not, what are the differences?

15. You knew it was coming: Boxers, briefs or commando?

Speech
1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse?

2. How does he normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does he talk easily, or does he hesitate?

3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics?

4. What language/s does he speak, and with how much fluency?

5. Does he switch languages or dialects in certain situations?

6. Is he a good impromptu speaker, or does he have to think about his words?

7. Is he eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change?

Mental and Emotional
1. How intelligent is this character? Is he book-smart or street-smart?
He's pretty intelligent. He's extremely observant of people (mostly) and quite well-read, especially in areas that interest him. He learns quickly, grasps new concepts easily, and retains information quite well.

2. Does he think on his feet, or does he need time to deliberate?
Over all Guy is quick-witted in most situations, and prone to dealing with things rationally and analytically, instead of reacting, he attempts to think his options through--but in sudden situations he can think on his feet. He's good at improvising and adapting.

3. Describe the character's thought process. Is he more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical?
Logical and practical. While he has intuition about things and people, he usually comes to conclusions after thinking for a while. And though he cares about people, he's the kind of person who believes in "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" for the most part. He'd sacrifice one life to save thousands more, if that was the only option.

4. What kind of education has the character had?
Up to five years old probably the best money could buy. After that it's likely he was educated by his servant and caretaker, and by proxy was able to study with Asch when he became Asch's companion. It's also likely he took his education into his own hands when he could access learning materials, since he has an enthusiasm for science and mechanics that has nothing to do with any duties he had to perform.

5. What are his areas of expertise? What, if anything, is he interested in learning more about?
Swordfighting and machines/fontech. He loves learning more about technology and working with it, it's his passion. He's also very skilled and seems to enjoy swordplay. Recently he's been re-learning how to deal in politics and diplomacy, which he seems innately skilled at.

6. Is he an introvert or an extrovert?
He's quite friendly and extroverted. He gets along with people easily.

7. Describe the character's temperament. Is he even-tempered or does he have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven?
He's easy-going, cheerful, calm... He gets emotional at times but it has to be a pretty intense situation to truly unsettle him. He plays around and clowns it up a lot, so what he's really thinking can be hard to tell.

8. How does he respond to new people or situations? Is he suspicious, relaxed, timid, enthusiastic?
He tends to treat new things and people with enthusiasm or interest. Outwardly he's really quite friendly, but in general he's actually pretty cautious and doesn't really get close to people easily.

9. Is he more likely to act, or to react?
Depends on the situation, but often he'd rather observe and decide to act or not act, than end up reacting.

10. Which is his default: fight or flight?
Fight. His survival instinct is strong and vicious and he'll kill to protect himself. In social situations however, he's much more likely to back down than assert himself unless he's really passionate about something. This is partly because, often enough, he's just not invest enough to care about arguing his own point.

11. Describe the character's sense of humor. Does he appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks?
He jokes around, he enjoys teasing people mildly and likes a good pun or even morbid or black humor, but as a proper noble's servant, and caretaker of a kid no less, he's got a very clean sense of humor too. He's actually a bit of a prude a times, and his language almost never gets above PG-13, and certainly not his humor.

12. Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how does he deal with them?
He has gynophobia something fierce, and for the most part he just... Deals with it? He's slowly learning not to freak out so badly at the proximity and touch of women, but it's a long healing process to truly overcome his fear.

Unstated, but headcanoned by me, is some OCD behavior brought on by childhood trauma. If you look at his room in the game it's completely and unwaveringly neat and divided into his half and Pere's half with almost surgical precision. And his half is starkly, almost militaristically organized. For someone with such an easy-going persona, the rigid control he exerts in his personal space is interesting.

13. What moments in this character's life have defined him as a person?

14. What does he fear?
Girls. No really, women freak him out! Gynophobia and all. Other than that, well, dying scares him, but in general he just doesn't have fears he dwells on.

15. What are his hopes or aspirations?
For now, he hopes to find Luke alive, against ALL logic. More practically, he's trying to re-integrate himself into Malkuthian nobility after years of absence, re-learning how to be a master instead of a servant. He wants to help change the world--he has a lot of things he wants to do, he's got a long life ahead, but he's taking it all as it comes.

16. What is something he doesn't want anyone to find out about him?
For the most part I think the people important to him know most of his secrets, good and bad. Everyone else, it doesn't really matter to him what they think of him.

Relationships
1. Describe this character's relationship with his parents.
This is all headcanon, but I think he loved and adored his parents as all small children do. Most likely they were both fairly busy, as nobles and leaders, and with a war brewing, but he was the oldest son and heir, and he likely saw them frequently enough.

2. Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like?
He had an older sister, and they were close. She scolded him a lot because he was a huge crybaby, but he adored her. And she loved him enough to die protecting him. Needless to say, her memory is dear to him.

3. Are there other blood relatives to whom he is close? Are there ones he can't stand?
There's his cousin on his mother's side, Jozette. While I don't know if they're close, he clearly wants to help her out and even spoke up on her behalf to try to set her up with Frings. He probably visits her whenever he's in Baticul or passing through any military base she's stationed on. She gave him the wedding outfit she made for Frings, so likely she does care for him as well. It's probable that she's his closest living relative, and he seems to consider family ties important.

4. Are there other, unrelated people whom he considers part of his family? What are his relationships with them?
Before he helped kill him, he considered Van like an older brother. He probably still thinks of Van in that way. I'd say in a way he considers all his traveling companions as close as family by this point, in their own dysfunctional way. All the relationships with each of them are a bit complicated, and he may not think of them in terms of family, but his bond with them is as strong as one would think of, when you consider family.

5. Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet?
Guy's best friend was Van for a long time. Van was his caretaker, Van's family being knights for his family--indeed their families were connected by blood and friendship for thousands of years. However the friend Guy chose to remain loyal to was Luke. And how they met is a lot of tl;dr, but summarized, Guy was Luke's caretaker.

6. Does he have other close friends?
Those he truly trusts? Just his traveling companions, his caretaker Pere, and maybe Emperor Peony.

7. Does he make friends easily, or does he have trouble getting along with people?
He gets along with people really easily, the trouble is bonding with them. He's not great at letting people close to his heart, but he's excellent at taking care of others, whether he truly loves them or not, he's a good friend figure, and generally a nice guy. And it isn't that he doesn't care about people, but from a personal attachment level, he is pretty reserved even though he doesn't seem to be at all.

8. Which does he consider more important: family or friends?
Well his family is dead, so those friends that he sees as family are the most important to him.

9. Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Has he been married more than once?
Single, never even dated.

10. Is he currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse?
N/A

11. Who was his first crush? Who is his latest?
I'll have to headcanon this.

12. What does he look for in a romantic partner?
A LOVE OF MACHINES--actually I don't know. He doesn't either, he hasn't had a chance to consider it as anything but an intellectual exercise. The first step for him would be NOT BEING SCARED of a girl, since primarily he likes girls.

13. Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how does he relate to them? If no, does he want any?
Haha Luke is almost like his son? IN A WAY? He's proven to be somewhat capable of raising kids--if you could the shounen idiot as a success at least.

14. Does he have any rivals or enemies?
On a personal level, he used to hate the fon Fabres and see Kimlasca, but especially the fon Fabre family, as his sworn enemies. He's mellowed out and gotten over it, and though he probably has enemies and will make more, he doesn't currently have anyone he feels strongly against. Even if he opposes someone it's generally not personal. He doesn't have any rivals.

15. What is the character's sexual orientation? Where does he fall on the Kinsey scale?
Honestly I'd put him somewhere between 1 and 2. But he's never had a chance to experiment, and he's young. While he's not naive, he is a virgin, and his own sexuality isn't something he's entirely worked out. He's definitely attracted to women, and wherever he falls it's likely to be predominantly heterosexual.

16. How does he feel about sex? How important is it to him?
Never had it. He's a healthy young man, so he thinks about it, but he's had other things to deal with.

17. What are his turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits?

Beliefs
1. Do you know your character's astrological (zodiac of choice) sign? How well does he fit type?

2. Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in his life?
He never seems to have believed much in following his world's religion, and in fact actively helped the basis of it. So the religion based on the Score is really important in that others following the Score shaped Guy's life, and Guy rebelling against it helped shaped the world. But as to personal beliefs, Guy has no real belief in gods or destiny. It's not that he doesn't believe in deities, but more he'd rather have nothing to do with anything that might resemble another being or power dictating his life and choices. He believes in the power of individuals to create their own life. He does believe in things like the aggregate sentience of fonons, which are probably the closest to spiritual beings his world has, but they'd been scientifically observed to exist.

He'd never worship any being or belief. So while religion has shaped his life and choices, and some of his dearest friends are high members in his world's religious order, and he's even trying to help them re-organize that religion, he himself is not religious or particularly spiritual. His support of those trying to organize the church stems mainly from a political agenda.

3. Does this character have a personal code of morals or ethics? If so, how did that begin? What would it take to compromise it?

4. How does he regard beliefs that differ from his? Is he tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent?

5. What prejudices does he hold? Are they irrational or does he have a good reason for them?

Daily Life
1. What is the character's financial situation? Is he rich, poor, comfortable, in debt?

2. What is his social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected him?

3. Where does he live? House, apartment, trailer? Is his home his castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Does he share it with others?

4. Besides the basic necessities, what does he spend his money on?

5. What does he do for a living? Is he good at it? Does he enjoy it, or would he rather be doing something else?

6. What are his interests or hobbies? How does he spend his free time?

7. What are his eating habits? Does he skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods?

Associations
Which of the following do you associate with the character, or which is his favorite:

1. Color? Goldenrod, orange or olive green.
2. Smell? Soap.
3. Time of day? Mid-morning.
4. Season? Summer.
5. Book?
6. Music?
7. Place?
8. Substance?
9. Plant?
10. Animal?

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guyexplains — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:38:17 GMT

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All the usual, Anon ON, Screened, IP logging OFF.

guyexplains — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:34:20 GMT

★ IC Permissions

☆ PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Sure. But keep in mind if you're female even getting within a few feet of him will cause him to freak out and run. And if you're male and doing any more than giving him a pat on the back he may get all flustered and back away as well.
☆ PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Yep, go for it. Clear any real injuries with me before hand, but general fight scenes? I'm pretty damn chill with letting stuff happen.
☆ RELATIONSHIPS: I don't play them, so I'd prefer to avoid situations where they develop. I don't mind UST though.
☆ PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: He's got no shields, so anyone who can read his mind might notice a dichotomy between the way he smiles all the time and a certain rational calmness in the way he thinks. He's got emotions, and at times they bubble up to the surface, but a lot of it stays tightly controlled under layers of logic and cheerful smiles. However it's all highly situational, so feel free to ask me what he's thinking at any given moment.
☆ MAGICAL INFORMATION: He can manipulate Fonons, which are kind of elemental particles, but only to a degree. He's no mage, he's more a fighter with special elemental moves and one weak self-healing spell.
☆ MEDICAL INFORMATION: He's young, healthy and fit. He's in great shape.
☆ OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Anyone being suicidal or self-sacrificial will piss him off. Proximity to women triggers his severe gynophobia. There are situations, mainly when he has to fight or rescue a woman, where he can be near and even touch women. Otherwise it pretty much freaks him out. He's more than used to women teasing him by cornering him, though.

★ OOC Permissions

☆ BACKTAGGING: Forever.
☆ THREADHOPPING: YES. I adore it.
☆ FOURTHWALLING: Go ahead but I'm not sure he'd believe it.
☆ DO NOT WANT: I'll... Put something here if I think of it.

☆ ANYTHING ELSE? ...

★ First Impressions

☆ VISUAL: Guy looks like this He stands at 184 cm (6'1/2") and weighs 79 kg (174 lbs) and generally smiles a lot.
☆ AURAL: The language in his world is called the Fonic Language. Guy speaks in an odd mix of formal and informal, slipping to formal when he forgets to be more casual. He laughs a lot, usually in a somewhat self-deprecating tone. He raises his tone a lot to be light hearted, but when he's serious or not joking it's deeper.
☆ OLFACTORY: Machine oil and steel and soap. He's a swordsman and a mechanic by hobby, and a lifetime of being a servant has left him cleanly. Probably the smell of the ocean and ozone from living on the sea and traveling over water a lot.
☆ DEMEANOUR: Easy going and friendly, not much genuinely flusters him, though he has no problems joking around even at his own expense. He can't really say no to people in need, and he can be a bit of a mother hen.

Application

guyexplains — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:08:30 GMT

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Character: Guy Cecil/Gailardia Galan Gardios
Series: Tales of the Abyss
Deviance: 1

Age: 21
Gender: Male
Species: Human

Appearance: Guy looks like this He stands at 184 cm (6'1/2") and weighs 79 kg (174 lbs) and generally smiles a lot.

Psychology: Guy's a complex one. His initial motives for becoming Luke's servant were anything but altruistic. He wanted revenge on House Fabre, and he was going to start that revenge by killing the Duke's family, starting with Luke. Somewhere along the line that... Changed. It takes most of the game for him to acknowledge and deal with his anger issues (and even by the end of the game he admits he has lingering bitterness and issues) yet even at the start of the game his hatred is conflicting with a life time of living with and raising someone he supposedly means to kill.

All of this rage and bitterness is pretty background stuff to Guy though. It's there, but it's not in the limelight. His main personality that people see--something that's both real and a bit of a facade, is a caring older brother type. Someone who really looks out for everyone, knows how to say the right things to make people feel better. He's the person who's always perceptive to everyone else's emotional state, and while he's not one to pry exactly, he won't let problems lie if he thinks they're serious. He respects people's privacy, but he'll also make judgment calls on when to push someone to share what's bothering them. He's caring, gentle, the kind of perfect brother figure/confidant.

He's usually really laid back and easy going, very friendly and calm. He can't seem to say no to most innocent or mundane requests, no matter how inconvenient, and so he ends up going out of his way for people. Maybe it's from living as a servant for so many years, but he seems to take ungainly situations with little more than a sigh or protest and with general good grace and good humor. In fact, good humor is a big part of his personality--he laughs things away, cheers people up, and is surprisingly optimistic about things for someone with a past like his. Most of the way he bonds to people is by looking after them, which does tend to leave a little distance between him and those he adopts, since he takes the role of caretaker, but between those that earn his trust on a more equal level he is more open. And while he reserves a lot of thoughts to himself, he's also not particularly dishonest in how he feels, not directly, though he'll mask and deflect over burdening others. A life long habit partly built out of surviving in an enemy household.

Because of trauma involving his sister's death he's frankly terrified of women getting close. He will freak out if a girl touches him, though he likes girls quite well. He's severely gynophobic, and while he's beginning to slowly work with the memories and experiences that left him that way, he still has trouble being near women except in a crisis.

He's popular with the ladies because of his way with words, one of his more oblivious spots. He's also a complete geek about technology, another blind spot. Both of these can and do get him in mild trouble now and then, though usually the one with the ladies.

In general Guy is just very perceptive and aware, smart, but of course not so much so he doesn't make mistakes or miss things. Sometimes very major things. He lives his life optimistically for someone planning a life of bloody revenge, possibly because one thing he knows too intimately is that the dead don't come back. Life is important and precious to him, a contributing factor in his hesitation over his desire to kill Luke. Of course, genuine fondness for the kid he's raised, and for other enemies (Natalia, heir to Kimlasca's throne is another friend) make his initial chosen path seem less appealing.

Guy's the type of man to continue with unwavering loyalty to those he places his faith in, one of his bigger strengths. Another is his perceptiveness. One of his biggest weaknesses is his difficulty in being honest about his feelings, though he's been working on it to an extent. Going hand in hand with that, is that he is fairly passive--he's not used to being the one making decisions, and while he'll speak up if something seems wrong to him, and he's far from a blind follower, he will generally let others take the lead instead of doing so himself.

By the end of the game he's resolved a lot of issues for himself--his stance of vengeance and clinging to the past, versus fighting for the future. His decisions and friendships despite his heredity. He's even started to be more assertive, in little ways, speaking up more about his own feelings, and being more open about his thoughts. Though even he admits he's not entirely without lingering feelings, he seems to have resolved most of his resentment, and the changes are subtle but definite.

Other Skills/Abilities: A list of Guy's Artes. All of his artes are basically sword fighting techniques, with some fonic abilities thrown in a few of them, and one or two status boosting and healing abilities.

Fonons are the bonds that hold atoms together in Auldrant, blah blah explanations, basically using fonons is a bit like having magic. Guy is not a Seventh Fonist (healers in his world) but he can heal himself. For some reason. Neither is he a fonic artist (basically a magician), but Mystic Artes and arcane Artes of his sometimes use elemental based properties, akin to additional magic damage. He's trained in the Sigmund style of swordsmanship, which focuses on chaining quick, light attacks over more powerful slower ones.

Aside from being a skilled fighter, Guy has many domestic abilities and applications!

Guy makes a great nanny, baby sitter, tutor, and all around mom! Get one for your kids today!

Due to his background, Guy lived the better part of his life raising Luke (two different Lukes as it turned out) and being a servant in a royal household. Because of this his skills at domestic chores are quite impeccable, from laundry, cleaning, bathing, home repair, even a bit of gardening he's skilled in pretty much all domestic tasks and he's even a pretty good cook! He's great with kids, having essentially raised two of them, and is your typical multi-tasking vengeance-bent assassin posing as Mister Mom.

While he may be good at domestic chores, his two passions are his swordwork and fontech. That's right, he's a total tech geek. Not only does he know a lot about fonmachines, he's good with them. While it's only been a hobby for him in his spare time, he's enthusiastic and apparently fairly naturally skilled in engineering--it's not his formal area of study but he learns quick and has the drive and passion to learn a lot about machinery of all types.

And if that wasn't enough he's also a great swimmer, skilled and certified in aquatic rescue.

And he even makes a good ~~dog~~ rappig walker.

Is there anything he can't do? Apparently he has a hard time saying no. Take advantage of it.

Also he's great at exposition and explaining... anything. Maybe a career in teaching is in his future.

Other Weaknesses: He really dislikes lemon =(

History: Guy's Wiki. General story outline.

Canon Point: A few months post-game.

Reality Description: See username.

No? Fine. Let's start with the overall basics of the world of Auldrant. There are three major political factions in Auldrant; the Kingdom of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear, ruled by King Ingobert VI, the Empire of Malkuth, ruled by Emperor Peony Upala Malkuth IX, and the Order of Lorelei, currently without a leader, though Anise Tatlin has ambitions to be the first female Fon Master--the religious leaders of the Order, a bit like being the Pope. The seat of power for Kimlasca is the City of Light, Baticul, for Malkuth the water city Grand Chokmah. The Order of Lorelei is based on it's own volcanic island, and the main base of the order is the Holy City Daath.

Before the events of the game the world was ruled by something known as the Score, a record of the planet's memories from the beginning of the world to it's end. The Order of Lorelei would read the Score for people to lead them on the correct path, but all that is defunct now as the Score no longer exists. Which has lead to some political unrest and a lot of unhappy people. On the upside, because of the Score being destroyed, the two nations of Kimlasca and Malkuth have been able to set aside centuries of war and establish peace with one another.

And just in time. Despite the events of the game being over, the world still suffers troubles. The Order of Lorelei is undergoing restructuring, leaving the religious balance of power unstable. There are a number of homeless replicas that need to be given homes, and in general the world is recovering from a succession of near catastrophes.

All the upheaval aside, Auldrant isn't quite like earth. There are similarities, foods and livestock, but many differences as well. Monsters and strange creatures that exist only on Auldrant rub elbows with ordinary apple trees and cows. Even the basic components of matter and life are both similar and different--atoms make up all things, but Fonons, sound frequencies, hold these atoms together. Genetics and DNA work theoretically the same, however.

This map is a good reference for the geography of Auldrant. Deserts and snowbound mountains, volcanoes, forests, plains, vast oceans, ordinary geography all exist in Auldrant, with the addition of more fantastical things--like a mushroom forest.

Guy has traveled all over the world, and lived in several different cities. Most recently he's made his home in Grand Chokmah, which is known for it's stunning artificial waterfalls and beautiful architecture. He has taken his place in the Malkuth House of Lords, as a Count, though the lands of Hod which traditionally belonged to his family no longer exist.

People of note to Guy:

Most of the people important to him are scattered across the globe dealing with the political ramifications of the events of the game. He himself serves Emperor Peony in whatever capacity he's required--whether it be walking rappigs or serving as a messenger or ambassador. Jade, one of his traveling companions, is a military leader of Malkuth. Princess Natalia, from Kimlasca, could be considered one of Guy's childhood friends, and an important political figure. Asch the Bloody was the son of the noble responsible for Guy's family's execution, he was something of a childhood friend to Guy (in a complicated way) and was killed in action. Luke fon Fabre, Asch's replica and Guy's best friend, is still considered missing. Anise Tatlin and Tear Grants, two other taveling companions, are busy attempting to restructure the Order of Lorelei. Meiu, a cheagle, is back with his clan. Van Grants, Guy's childhood friend and mentor (in the same way Guy is for Luke) is dead.

Also of note is Pere, the man who raised Guy from when he was young. He remained in Baticul to tend to Duke fon Fabre's gardens. The engineer Aston and the scientist Spinoza work in Sheridan and Belkend respectively, and are two men who's knowledge and ability in their fields are considerable.

First Person Speaking Sample: [Trying to hold a struggling rappig while simultaneously being transported to the Plane are not the most ideal of circumstances in which to retain one's dignity, something Guy quickly discovers as he lands on his ass in the middle of apparently... Actually he has no idea.]

[But the rappig takes precedence as she leaps from his arms, waddling off. No time for gawking at... Where is he anyway?]

Nephry! [Guy scrambles to his feet, chasing the pig and catching her again, this time by the collar.]

Stay still girl. [He frowns at the panicked grunts, kneeling to absently pet her ears as he looks around more.] I don't know where we are either, but you can't rush off like that. If I lost you here the Emperor really would kill me, please be good.

But this is weird. [His voice takes on a more musing tone, as he ends up thinking aloud at the rappig. Who is she going to tell, after all? Jade and Gelda? He's not worried.] I've never seen a place like this before. I'd remember it.

And we didn't get here normally. It can't have been... Hyperresonance? [He squashes that hope before it blooms.] Doesn't look like Eldrant though. And I don't see Luke. [Guy smiles at the rappig, as if reassuring the animal when he's the one feeling uneasy.]

Don't worry Nephry, we'll figure out what's going on. Just stick with me. Haha...

[Talking to a rappig. He really has spent too much time with Peony.]

Third Person Writing Sample: He didn't have the time. None of them had the time. There was no time to spare, these days, with all the chaos to tidy up. Running back and forth from Grand Chokmah to Baticul, from Baticul to Belkend and Sheridan, and then from there to Daath. Playing messenger, getting reports, seeing friends and then returning to Malkuth only to head right back out again.

Everyone was busy. It wasn't that Guy minded, it needed to be done. The replicas deserved a place of their own, and talks about where to put them, how to house them, those didn't happen over night. Not to mention the restructuring of the Order was of grave concern to every individual on Auldrant, and there was still the ramifications of the end of the Planet Storm to consider--they had years before they actually felt the effects but that didn't mean they could afford to wait to start research on it.

And of course it all had to happen all at once. No, Guy didn't mind being busy, but... But he decided to be selfish anyway, even with everything going on. It was something he refused to back down on, even for the good of the future of the world.

Because every now and then meetings could happen without him and someone else could play messenger and someone else could be sent to learn the things Guy was supposed to, because every now and then Guy had to go check.

And they let him. Even now, months later, when most everyone else had given up, Guy still came out here to search. Sometimes Tear or Natalia or one of the others still joined him, and they hunted the place top to bottom--as far as they could get, turning over stones that had been turned over a thousand times, crawling through ruins that no one should be alive in. No one could have survived Eldrant's fall.

But they came back anyway. Guy came back anyway. Every chance he got, every spare moment he could grab--and when there weren't spare moments, which was common now, he made time, or took time. He'd beg, borrow or steal time, if he had to, to come check.

Guy tried not to think of what he was doing. If he thought about it, he'd have to apply logic and rationality. He didn't want to do that. He spent a lot of his waking hours being rational, and logical and reasonable and calm. When it came to this, he refused. He would be as emotionally irrational as he damn well pleased. He had faith and that's all that fueled him. It wasn't even hope, because he didn't have that, not after the first month.

But he clung to faith in the same way he'd once clung to revenge. With the same stubborn, dogged, single-minded determination that had led somewhere he'd never have been able to imagine back then.

So Guy came out here, and he searched. Because Luke had promised him something, and Guy had believed that promise, and logic and rationality and sense could go hang themselves.

He would take time for this, whether there was time to take or not, because it was important.

Did you read the rules? Yep~