Visiting Hours

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WHO: Vivi and anyone else who wants to visit.
WHERE: St. Joan's Hospital in the City.
WHEN: From today [Sunday evening] through to at least the next few days, until they discharge him.
WARNINGS: Outrage and a very injured Vivi.
WHAT: Vivi is stuck in hospital for a while thanks to the weekend events. He is accepting visitors.
FORMAT: Your choice - para or quicklog is fine. Just remember to put the day/date you're visiting.


Vivi sat up in his bed, staring out the window. The message had gotten out and he was glad to be back - he just wished he was home rather than here. He was getting better, certainly, but he didn't like all the gaps in his memory.

He stared and tried to reassemble his fragmented memories of the weekend, though it wasn't going especially well. His thoughts kept drifting, wondering if he was getting any visitors today...

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Re: Great!

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Vivi gave a smile - stronger than a couple of days ago - and started to write.

THANKS! MY VOICE IS STILL RECOVERING, SO I'M STILL USING THE WHITEBOARD TO TALK TO PEOPLE. WHAT DID SHE TELL YOU?

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Freedom Ring blinks a few times then leans down to read the whiteboard.

"Huh. Well that answers question one before I could ask it. Though I should have realized that answer," he remarked idly, mostly to himself. Shaking it off, he smiled at Vivi.

"Well, she said you got beat up and your memories were all messed up. I can try to help with both. I can speed up your healing and if you want...I can try to fill in the gaps in your memory and we can find out what exactly happened to you."

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Vivi quickly erased the board and wrote on it again.

THAT WOULD HELP - I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TALK PROPERLY.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FILL THE MEMORY GAPS MYSELF, BUT I HAVEN'T GOT MUCH TO WORK ON. THERE ARE A LOT OF BLANKS. I THINK THEY WERE ANGRY AT ME AFTER THE WAY I FOUGHT BACK.

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Freedom Ring murmured to himself as he read the board, nodding and glancing up at Vivi after a moment.

"Alright," he smiled. "Let's focus on your throat first. I can speed up your natural healing processes. It's kinda cool, did it to myself a few times back home and really the sooner everyone gets out of this...hospital," he shuddered slightly. "the better," he nodded firmly.

"Then after that, I can see if my phenomenal cosmic powers can fill in those gaps for ya. That all sound good?"

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Vivi nodded again; he was quite fine with that. Whatever would help.

He sta up, closed his eyes and waited for Freedom Ring to work whatever magic he had to help him heal.

[cosmic_ring_hero]

"Now hold still cause this needs concentration," Freedrom Ring remarked, holding his hand out towards Vivi. He took a deep breath and his eyes started glowing brightly just like the ring on his chest and the one on his finger. He wasn't trying to heal Vivi himself because that would vanish the moment he left the area. Instead, Freedom Ring concentrated on granting the little guy a temporary healing factor that would hopefully take care of his injuries in the span of a few minutes.

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Vivi closed his eyes and let Freedom Ring do his magic. He felt a warm, tingling sensation throughout his whole body, reminding him of what it felt like when Eiko would cast Regen on him. He could feel his body slowly healing itself, growing things back to the way they were, the pain gradually fading away.

Mind you, it felt a lot stronger than usual too. Not that Vivi minded; it just meant it was working faster.

A let a few minutes pass before he checked himself. His scars had healed over and he felt almost no pain. His throat was still a little sore, but...

"Umm... oh! Hey!" he said, going from cautious to surprised in a few minutes. Between Dr. Solus's medigel and Freedom Ring's magic, his voice had healed in days what would've likely taken months. He still sounded a bit rough, but the voice was back.

"Nice! I have a voice now! Thank you!"

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When Vivi spoke, Freedom Ring lowered his hand and let his alteration fade. He needed a moment to chase off a headache but managed a smile. "No problem there little guy," he replied, rubbing his forehead.

Eventually he let out a breath and looked back up. "How do you feel?" he asked, wanting to make sure everything got fixed up well.

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"Much better! Thank you so much!" Vivi replied happily, wiggling his toes and fingers. "Let me test something first."

He held out one hand, palm up and concentrated, saying a few strange-sounding words, his gaze fixed on his palm. As he spoke, a tiny shard of ice started to crystallise in his hand, before slowly forming into a rough pyrmaid of cold. Vivi held it for a few seconds before stopping and putting the ice pyramid on his tray.

"It's a bit harder than normal, but my spell-casting works now," he said, sounding quite pleased.

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"Don't worry about thanking me," Freedom Ring flashed a smile. He arched a brow when Vivi declared he wanted to test something and nodded.

The blond watched silently, just giving the little mage a strange look when he heard those words. Questions about the words were shaken off when Curtis saw the ice forming.

"Whoa. That's pretty cool, little guy," he remarked, reaching out to gently poke the pyramid with a finger.

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"Thanks! Most Black Mages don't have that much control over their magic; I've had a bit longer to practice," Vivi explained. The pyrmaid was much colder than expected, as if it had only just come out of the freezer.

His eyes moved to Freedom Ring's ring. "How does your ring work?"

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Freedom Ring smiles at the cold contact, shaking his head. He's always surprised to see what the other people in the City can do. "So you're more powerful or just more skilled?"

When asked about his ring, there was only a shrug in reply. "I want it, it happens. That's about it. It's this powerful cosmic thing from my universe," he said a little awkwardly.

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"Both. I've had more time than the other Black Mages on Gaia to practice what I can do - and more opportunities to use it," he replied.

Vivi looked awed when Freedom said what his ring could do. "That's really powerful! I hope it only works for you; having it fall into anyone else's hands would be bad."

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"Sounds good, sounds good," Freedom Ring remarked with a nod.

The look of awe made him smile and puff out his chest a bit. He could have mentioned that thanks to the Porter, he no longer actually needed the ring to use his power but he didn't want to spoil the moment. "It'll only work for me here thankfully. Makes ya wonder what kind of trouble might have happened if I hadn't found this ring like I had back home."

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Vivi nodded. That much power... if Kuja had gotten hold of it...

He shook his head. "So, how can you help with my memories?"

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Freedom Ring leaned back and nodded. "Well. Same way really," he offered. "Just gotta...ya know. Focus on wanting the patches to fill in and they should."

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"Are you sure?" Vivi asked, sounding skeptical. "That sounds a bit easier than I would've expected the process to be. I mean, what if they fill in with something completely wrong?"

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"Well see," Freedom Ring sighs. :"I'm not technically filling in anything. I'm just willing your memory to fix itself and undo anything that was done to it," he says. "It's not like I'm creating them."

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"Oh. That makes sense," Vivi said.

He sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes and settled in, his arms relaxed and his hands resting over his knees. "Okay. I'm ready to try."

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Freedom Ring nodded and moved to sit down as well. He didn't want to fall and hit his head or anything. Concentrating, he held up his hands towards Vivi. His eyes flashed bright blue and he focused on trying to make Vivi remember what was lost and undo the damages done to his memory.

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Vivi felt Freedom Ring's power flow into him, and he concentrated on the holes and gaps in his memory.

It was a while before Vivi spoke. "I... remember things now. There was a sharp pain in my shoulder when I was walking to the shops, and I dropped out. I woke up and there were a lot of strong men around, mostly speaking in a language I didn't understand. I felt really groggy, like I'd been woken up, and they started to drag me somewhere. There was a lot of grey around; I remember the steel in the walls helped me use my lightning spells. I broke free and tried to fight my way out before they jumped me and I blacked out again."

"I felt really sick when I woke up and my throat hurt a lot. There was... a man trying to talk to me, asking me about what I can do and where I came from. I didn't answer; that's why I hurt so much. Things are still a bit... hazy, but most of... I think I spent most of my time really drugged up, so they could keep me from breaking things again. There were questions that I didn't answer, fists and fire... it wasn't nice."

"Then I passed out again and woke up here."

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"What did the language sound like?" Freedom Ring asked, gritting his teeth. This was taking effort he didn't expect. "And what did these guys look like?" he went on, the ring on his finger and the one on his chest glowing more.

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"It was... harsh. He sounded angry all the time, but I don't remember if that was the language or just him," Vivi explained.

"There were some men in white coats. One of them took blood from me, and others kept injecting things into me. I think they were keeping me groggy and sick so I wouldn't fight again. The one talking to me was a strong-looking man with blond hair and dead eyes."

"If I ever heard the language again, I'd probably recognize it. I can't really remember anything he said; I think whatever they were injecting me with wasn't helping."

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"Angry?" Freedom Ring arched a brow. Three languages sprang to mind but he doubted one of them was even possible. "Was the hair long? Short? What?" he asked cursed softly. This was going to be one hell of a headache later.

"Okay, uhh...want me to try out some languages to see if you recognize them?"

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"Short... maybe like in the army?" Vivi suggested. "I think..."

There was a pause. "I don't think I'm going to get much else; most of what I can remember that I haven't said is just blurs of shapes when whatever they were injecting me with was working. If this is tiring you, you should stop."