[Handwriting kinda rushed.]

[thatdamnedninja.livejournal.com]

Soooo, uh. 'Bout that thing. In the Sun Room.

Whoops?

If you got shanked, I'm kinda sorry--- I. I'm not gonna ask for forgiveness or anything, 'cuz it's not like I hope I didn't mess any of you up too bad. I did try to hold back a lot. And if you got Mini'd, I'm totally not sorry at all, because that was pretty hilarious.

Aaaaaaanyway. Miku, okay? Kenshin, how 'bout you? I can try fixing up your arm a bit more tonight, if you want. What the hell were you DOING, getting chucked off a balcony? Mizuho, uh, guess we'll haveta try again another time. Wasn't exactly countin' on getting dragged off like that. Turks! Hope you had a fun night, even though I bet you must be feeling like a bunch of total lamers for missing out on the party. Yukari? Sagara-Junior? Lulu n' Suzie? I bet you forgot to pick up something for me in that shed, didn'tcha. Everybody else? C'mon, gimme messages!

ALSO, does anybody wanna help me find Landel so I can re-arrange his innards to spell 'gigantic retard'? Jerk has it coming like sixty gazillion times over.

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[mizuhomaiden.livejournal.com]

I'm with you there. Mizuho is secreted away deep inside the most dangerous forest in all of Tethe'alla. Big cities like Meltokio make me feel boxed in.

[thatdamnedninja.livejournal.com]

Wutai has a bit of everything, 'specially the capital. Mountains, woodlands -- and jungles a bit further afield -- and the sea, all right on the dootstep. We've got these great big canyons and valleys around, too, with rickety old rope bridges to cross on. I used to cartwheel along the ropes instead of using the actual bridge part.

[mizuhomaiden.livejournal.com]

So Wutai is a really big place and not just a village?

[thatdamnedninja.livejournal.com]

Well, it's a little weird. The whole western continent is ours, so it falls under the blanket term "Wutai". Technically that's the name of the capital.

[mizuhomaiden.livejournal.com]

How big is your capital? Mizuho is small. We have less than a hundred people now. There used to be a lot more.

[thatdamnedninja.livejournal.com]

We used to be really crowded, but after everything that happened, people started scattering. In the main capital itself we've got less than a hundred these days -- they're trickling back, little by little, but it's taking a long time. At least none of the houses are empty anymore.

[mizuhomaiden.livejournal.com]

No empty houses. [heavy inkblot] That must be nice.

[thatdamnedninja.livejournal.com]

One day, it will be. You should come visit.

[mizuhomaiden.livejournal.com]

I'd like to, but I can't. Twin planets to save and all... I don't even know how I'd get to Gaia. I don't think the rheiards can get there without me supercharging them and then I think they might blow-up when I get there and I'd be stranded.

[thatdamnedninja.livejournal.com]

If you got stranded in Wutai you could totally come stay at my place. As long as you like cats. Lots and lots of cats. ... So, hey. [inkblot] What happened?

[mizuhomaiden.livejournal.com]

If I got stranded, I'd be up for crashing at your place. Cats are okay as long as they don't lay on my face while I'm sleeping. I can't be held responsible for any flying cats at that point.

[inkblot] What happened what?

[thatdamnedninja.livejournal.com]

These cats are so used to flying I'm pretty surprised they haven't sprouted wings already. There's only one little guy that gets close to doing that, and he just likes getting comfy around my throat and kneading a bit. With his claws.

To Mizuho.

[mizuhomaiden.livejournal.com]

A long time ago, there were a lot of ninja villages in Tethe'alla. There was too much competition for jobs, so the villages ended up warring with themselves, decimating the ninja population. Mizuho was the only one to survive with its culture intact, able to support itself because of its location and the quality of ninja.

We're the only ones left. No one likes us, we're looked down on, the lowest caste of humans in Tethe'alla, but our information network is still the best on the planet. They hate us, but they need us. We still held a position of power. Then we lost over a quarter of the village and things changed.

[thatdamnedninja.livejournal.com]

[There's a few little inkblots and false starts; it's clear that Yuffie doesn't know quite what to say. She's not too great at empathizing with people, even now.] Any chance of starting over?

[strikeout legible if one squints really hard]

[mizuhomaiden.livejournal.com]

[inkblot] It's my fault.

Yeah, but Yggdrasil and his Age of Lifeless Beings bullshit is getting in the way with the whole world destroying trip he's on. Someone needed to teach that damn angel to knit a long time ago.

[thatdamnedninja.livejournal.com]

that better not be woe i can see there, mizuho.

Flower-arranging is the new hip. Get somebody to teach him that, after you're done smacking him into next tuesday. People who go 'round trying to destroy the world are all sorts of SUCK and FAIL and clearly some productive mental stimulation is the key to solving the problem.

[mizuhomaiden.livejournal.com]

It's not woe, it's angst. And the truth.

Flower arranging? Hmm. I don't know, Wutai. Plants have like life in them and he's all lifeless blah blah blah blah. Then again, plants don't care if you're half-elf, so maybe he'd get along with them.

[thatdamnedninja.livejournal.com]

It's close enough either way, so there.

He can make his own flowers. Paper ones. That way, he can be all lifeless blad-de-blah but he'll also be able to keep himself occupied with something that isn't genocidal. See, it works out.

[mizuhomaiden.livejournal.com]

I am now picturing Yggdrasil with a paper flower crown. Thanks.

[thatdamnedninja.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Can you draw it for me?

[mizuhomaiden.livejournal.com]

Badly, since I'm only any good at calligraphy. You sure you want me to try?

[thatdamnedninja.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't ask if I wasn't sure!

[mizuhomaiden.livejournal.com]

(http://s121.photobucket.com/albums/o202/ninjasin/?action=view&current=yggdrasildrawing.png)

[beloved-less.livejournal.com]

Sheena. You could have asked. I'd have helped.

[mizuhomaiden.livejournal.com]

But you don't know what Yggdrasil looks like! Besides, I think Yuffie probably finds my stick angel really funny.