Trading Up... Or Is It Down?

[ersatzknight]

Who: Seifer and OPEN
What: Meeting people and exploring
Where: Edge
When: Sometime shortly after his arrival
Warnings: Language likely

7th Heaven Hotel

Seifer admittedly hadn't had either the energy or much of anything else to pay attention to half of what was going on. He'd found the hotel that was set up for people showing up out of nowhere, grumbled his way through getting a room, and promptly face planted in to the bed once the door was locked behind him.

The young man who'd emerged nearly a day later looked... better than the one who'd walked in. There was a certain magic to sleeping and a hot shower. Better wasn't great though, and there was only so much that could be done short term to get himself not looking like he'd been dragged backwards through a nightmare.

A nightmare he'd... deal with later.

The basics of survival mattered more; he had shelter and water, at least for the moment, but no idea about the food situation in this place and no money on him to buy any in the city beyond.

Seifer stepped from the elevator to what seemed to be some kind of lobby-ish-thing and looked around for someone to ask questions of. He'd left his (currently tattered) coat up in the room, though Hyperion hung on him still. Coats were replaceable, gunblades might not be if he got chased out of here.

"Hey, uh... anyone here?" he called out, not spotting anyone immediately.

Around The City

Seifer eventually gets away from the hotel, keen to explore Edge and get a sense of what this place had going on.

There was a few things he was looking for as he strode through streets like he knew what he was doing, some sort of public library, somewhere willing to hire him, and a weaponsmith. Not necessarily in that order, but those where the top three priorities of what he wanted to find.

The biggest thing he hadn't wanted to find was, apparently, sitting on the edge of town like the flying fortress belonged there.

The sight of Balamb Garden had a vicious sort of clawing guilt rise in his throat. He knew who'd likely be there, though wasn't sure if it would be worse if the place was abandoned instead.

More things to watch out for, but to avoid rather than seek, at least for the moment.

Seifer had found a wall to lean against, rubbing his hands over his face and letting out a heaving sigh. He hadn't noticed that he'd sunk down in to a squat, though he did crack his fingers apart at the sound of someone approaching and glare out.

"What?"

Comments

7th Heaven Hotel

[maternalheart]

[They were having a steady influx of people coming in these past few days, it was becoming a common occurrence. She was writing out the menus for the week, those that the kitchen staff should follow and on the phone with supply while she paced the hallway. Cloud and Zack were doing everything they could to gather funds to keep everyone happy.

She was doing the labor part, which was fine, but she missed Cloud and Zack sometimes too. It just wasn't the same without them around. She checked the list one more time to ensure they had money for every single supply on the list and couldn't forget about the spices! Those were sorely needed.

As she round a corner, she heard him before she felt herself bumping into the young man that showed up earlier yesterday. She stopped talking into the phone and spoke quickly.] Yes, that sounds wonderful, Jasper. Please get on it right away, I'll email over the copy of ingredients we need for next week.

[She hung up the phone, placing it in her pocket and turned to Seifer with a small smile.] Hey. I hope you find the amenities to your liking and you slept well I take it?

Around the City

[silverwinds]

[Fujin was scouting the area, it was an everyday thing now that she and Raijin did this, just to make sure no one went unnoticed. She was stealthy, quick on her feet. Rinoa had taken to calling her a raptor. She wanted to smack Rinoa upside the head for it, or at least kick her in the shins.

As she made her way around, she came across what looked like a young man standing not too far from the Garden. Okay, it was more like a leap, a hop and a bound away from garden but still, he was standing there. Something about his stance, even leaned over told her she knew this person but she couldn't place it.] EXCUSE ME?

[her voice was loud, yet a bit soft and all over firm. It carried when it needed to.]

Around the City

[maybe_im_a_lion]

Squall had taken to patrolling lately. It was something to do, he needed something to do, and it gave him time to think. And think.

He wasn't thrilled at all to see Seifer on the street, but he couldn't say he was surprised either.

"That figures that even you'd show up here," he grunted.

Around the City

[imjustaman]

A tall man with long silver hair was looking at him. “I apologize for intruding,” he said. “I was just walking past.” He wondered if Seifer was a newcomer but didn’t like to randomly ask.