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[So he really couldn't help himself. There had been some strange book on the table and Ceodore picked it up to see what it was. He thought it might be a gift from Ursula or something. Next thing he knew, there was a glaring light and then Outside Burning Sun. He's gotten used to the sun over the last few months he and Ursula spent governing the Skysea but this feels much hotter and intense.

He holds a hand up to shade his eyes so he can see and what he makes out is familiar. The tomb where Ursula arrived on Gaia. But why in the world is he here? Makes no sense at all. For a moment he suspects another bout with Memoria but that doesn't feel right either. He's alone, and definitely not experiencing a memory. Weird. These things weren't supposed to happen anymore. Not since they settled the Garland/Chaos problem months ago.

He reaches in his pocket for his skyphone to call Ursula first, then his parents. Mother will fret herself sick if she thinks he's gone missing. It's not working. Great. Off in some obscure part of the continent, phone is busted, not a moogle in sight.

Inside the tomb really isn't the best place to get out of the sun, but it's miserable cooking in one's own armor, so he turns to seek out the shelter of the derelict castle at the opposite end of the valley... only to find nothing more than an earthen corridor.]

Hey what gives?

[At this point though, shade is shelter and deserts are really hot. So Ceodore makes quickly for the narrow path into the rock. He follows it for a while until it opens up into what almost looks like a beach. Or it would if there weren't some sort of liquid sand spreading out to the horizon.]

Whoa...

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It's uh- I don't really know how to explain it. A pad, on the moon, not the real moon, but the Creator's moon. You step on it and it takes you somewhere else. Like a warp spell. Sorta.

[Isn't he the most helpful?]

I don't quite understand the technology.

[Mjrn just shakes her head.]

I cannot even attempt an understanding. At least you are familiar, and so this may not disorient you badly.

[She activates the teleport stone and light flares up around them. When it dies down, they are near city gates, with chocobo stables on the opposite side of them. No one takes notice of them, as people arrive via Gate Crystal frequently. There are no other viera nearby at the moment, but moogles, seeq, bangaa...it's evident that humes are the most numerous, but not alone.]

This is Southgate. Ahead stretches the Giza Plains, currently in The Dry. Come, there is little reason to linger unless you wish to purchase a chocobo.

Whoa...

[Blinking, Ceodore takes a moment to look around and orient himself, at least a little. Everything here is huge, which conveniently casts a lot of shade. The different races aren't much of a surprise to him, at least. He's spent enough time at the Skysea that he's familiar with all of them.]

Oh, uh, sure. Don't think I need a chocobo.

[Mjrn leads the way. She ignore the moogling, since Ceodore needs to see for himself how it's all connected.]

We will first reach the East End, a place of many shops. If you need to replenish sundries, there is one easily available. If you do not have gil, he may consider what else you may have to trade.

Good to know.

[Ceodore privately takes inventory of what he has on him. Not too much gil. He wasn't in the habit of carrying too much on him just around the house. He's not got a lot in way of trade goods either, except maybe some of his accessories. Hopefully costs here are close to what they are at the Skysea.

Naturally he spots the moogling as they pass and immediately mistakes the race for something else.]

Was that a Hummingway?

A...Hummingway? I do not know of such creatures, but those you see are moogles. They are quite common in Ivalice, well-respected as mechanics. It is they who invented the first airship.

[Mjrn's a little proud of herself for remembering that bit of trivia, having done her best to pay attention when first catching up outside the Wood. There was a lot for her to learn, but she likes to think she does her impromptu tutors justice.]

Yeah, uh, Hummingway look like... well sort of like rabbits. But bigger. About the size of moogles. I've only ever seen a few, though Father said there's a whole community of them living on the moon.

[Well, the Lunarian's moon anyway.]

Didn't know moogles were handy though. The ones on Gaia gave out skyphones and delivered mail. I figured they all did.

Cid would love to talk airship construction with them, I'd bet.

[Yeah, Ceodore, Mjrn's just going to think your father is full of it when he's talking about rabbits on the moon. She glances sidelong at him for that, then shakes her head.]

Moogles have many talents. Mechanics is but one, but what they are best known for; some deliver mail, I have no doubt.

[She points to a moogle standing next to a device.]

In Rabanastre, they also operate the moogling, a device which allows instantaneous transport throughout the city. We need not use it for now, that you may have a better sense of where all is located, but it is most useful.

That is useful.

[Ceodore gawks at everything he can see. The Skysea had a small town that catered to tourists. Baron is the largest city in his world, and yet its so small in comparison. It's a startling reality check for Ceodore.]

Is everything in Ivalice so huge?

[Mjrn's brow furrows.]

The cities, you mean? Archades, the capital of the Archadian Empire, is larger...I believe. Others are smaller, yet still very active. It was a shock to me, as well. The Wood is not known for its dense population.

The buildings too. I think only Alfitaria and Lindblum compare on Gaia...

[Of course Mjrn has no sense of either place, but she's almost getting used to his comments.]

Were either your home? At least for a time? What were they like?

Neither were. I just visited them. Ah, Lindblum... it's like a city inside a castle. Hard to explain. It's built on multiple levels and had an airship dock inside the Regent's residence.

Alfitaria was even bigger. I had friends who lived there. They had this kind of transportation they called a shuttle train? [There's nothing like that at all on the Blue Planet.] They had a kickerbaul stadium, a huge library, fountains and parks and plazas... airship docks too. Everything ran on crystals, which was strange.

Crystals are a fact of life in Ivalice, as well. I hope your time in Alfitaria means you will find it easier to adjust, then. Did they have Mist and magicite, as well? Skystones are a type of magicite which gift flight to airships.

[Mjrn points to various shops as they come into view.]

That is Migelo's Sundries, the local source of healing potions and such. You will also find shops for weapons and armor -though you seem not to need them now- as well as magicks. There is a tavern at the far end, called the Sandsea. It has a hunt board, in which various petitions are posted. I often visit for that reason.

There's Mist everywhere in Gaia, or at least most places. Monsters come out of it. I heard they used to run airships off it, but that design is outdated now. Nobody uses it.

[Someone really is up to scruff on his knowledge of airships and their basic workings. He didn't run off to join the army just to terrify his poor mama, after all. He's been genuinely interested.

Ceodore takes note of each place as it's pointed out. He's generally oblivious to what's going on around him, but he is a fairly quick study of anything put in front of him, and this is no different.]

Hunt board? Like the one out on the Phon Coast?

[He knows about it, though hunts are typically posted on the network in Gaia.]

[She nods, a little surprised about that but glad she doesn't have to explain that one thing.]

Aye, indeed. Other hunts are available through my hunting clan, Clan Centurio. Our base is near the Muthru Bazaar.

As for Mist, it seems different from what you describe. Here, it is the source of magick...and a great boon or danger, if found in large amounts. I do not favor such areas, for viera are sensitive to it.

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