Very late Wednesday night / Early Thursday morning - Roof

[the_merriest]

Rikku was thinking. She wasn't sure why she couldn't sleep, but she couldn't, dang it, so here she was, up on the roof, looking at the stars.

It wasn't necessarily bad thinking. Just ... a little quieter than she was used to. Trying to sort out a few things and find where she was, under it all.

The roof was open, as roofs tend to be, and Rikku would welcome anyone else awake who wanted to stop by and talk.

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[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Nothing wrong with ghosts," River replied, now smiling up at the stars. "Can still dance with them if you have a ship."

[raspberryturk]

"You've been up there?" Reno's gaze didn't break from the sky this time. "Shouldn't be surprised, huh? Don't imagine you're the only one on this island who's been higher than just the clouds."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"I have a ship. I'm not the only one." She tilted her head. "Fandom let you see past the clouds?"

[raspberryturk]

"See past the clouds clearly, I guess. When I'm out workin' in the helicopter, I'm not really lookin' up. And when I'm not out workin', when I'm back on Gaia looking at the sky, it's mostly dust and smog and whatever other junk Midgar left behind. It's clearing up, but I don't ever see the stars like this." He was smiling, in spite of himself. "It's really somethin', isn't it?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

She nodded. "Lets you see what things will be like when you've finished cleaning up someone elses mess."

[raspberryturk]

"My mess, too," he replied. He almost managed not to wince, too. But just a hint of one slipped through, just for a moment. "Got a long way to go. Looks like it's gonna be worth it when it's done, though."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River noticed the wincing but paid no attention to it. She just smiled up at the stars.

[raspberryturk]

They were really something, weren't they?

Something to look forward to, maybe.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"Something to look forward to," River agreed.

[I have to disappear now for a while]

[raspberryturk]

Reno glanced at the girl, confused, but not altogether surprised, either.

Had he said that out loud? He couldn't remember. But there were stars in the sky and the company was good, and maybe it was coincidence and maybe it really didn't matter either way.

[I'll probably be in bed when you get back. It was a pleasure!]

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River fell silent, content to watch the stars, a small smile lingering.

[Ditto! Sleep well!]