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Date & Time: Backdated to the entirety of last week, feel free to pick a date.
Location: Around the Hold.
Characters: Jacquese and YOU!
Summary: A certain monk is looking around for a piano, perhaps you can be of help. Or not.
Warnings: None.

Vanadi's masquerade was the perfect excuse to go looking for a piano, he'd been wanting to see if there was one to play for whenever he needed to vent his emotions out on something besides fighting anyway. It would probably be a lot easier and quicker if he just used the device to ask on the network, but with the monsters gone there wasn't much else to do plus he preferred asking people face-to-face. It was an opportunity to meet new faces as well and Jacquese wasn't going to pass on that.

Thus he finds himself wandering around the Hold, gently tugging on people's sleeves or tapping their shoulders to grab attention. For those who take notice, they will be greeted with a smile, a friendly wave and a miniature blackboard that reads:

Excuse me, might you know where I can find a piano?

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"Masquerade?" How has he not heard about this? Curious, he tilts his head. "You mean like a dance?"

Here he was thinking this place was all doom and gloom. Apparently, they had time to party once in a while, too.

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He nods, tucking his blackboard under his arm before getting out his tablet. It takes a bit of fiddling, but he manages to find Vanadi's post again and with that on the screen, he holds the tablet out for Tidus to see.

The ball definitely seemed like a good idea to him, after everything with the monsters people could probably use a bit of fun.

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He blinks, then proceeds to squint at the words on the tablet, speed-reading as best he can. It sure sounded like a real masquerade - to make up for the bad times, huh? He was surprised. Maybe he'd spent too much time in Spira; there was certainly no time for celebration there. Tidus takes a step back, thinking.

"And we're not too busy for stuff like this?" A pause, and then he adds, a bit hastily: "I'm -- sorta new, so... I'm still getting used to everything here."

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The dubious reaction was understandable and honestly, he wasn't entirely sure how to answer that question. He was pretty new too, but with the monsters gone there hadn't been that much to do. He had no idea how long that would last though, but he trusted Vanadi's judgement on it. He seemed to have been around much longer. He replaces the tablet with the blackboard again.

I'm new as well, but I think the people here could use something like this to keep their spirits up.

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Another pause, and then an understanding nod. That made sense. Sort of brought back some unhappy memories of Yuna's fun little 'marriage,' but Tidus is pretty sure that a masquerade was way less objectionable.

"Makes sense. Things have been pretty quiet since all those monsters disappeared, anyway." Which he's definitely not complaning about! That leaves the question of the piano, though. "Well, I'm not doing anything. You want help finding that piano?"

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Jacquese nods, those had been his thoughts exactly. The offer, however, takes him completely by surprise. A welcome one, of course. It shows through a surprised blink before he brightens. He didn't want to trouble others, but if the young man truly didn't have anything else to do, then the more people looking, the better.

If you want to help, you would be more than welcome to.

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"Sure thing! I'm still checking this place out. Might as well do something useful while I'm at it." He nods confidently. How useful will Tidus actually be? Probably not much, considering he's never touched an instrument in his life and doesn't really know here anything is yet, but it's the thought that counts!

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Thank you, it will be much appreciated.

Jacquese grins, that was a great way of looking at it. You never know what you might stumble upon just by looking around and exploring or even just getting lost, he knew that from experience. Plus it wasn't like he knew his way around that well either. He'd spend most of his time after arriving fighting monsters rather than actually getting to know the place. He writes something else before offering his hand.

I am Jacquese Foran.

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"Jacquese... Foran?" Did he pronounce that right? Hopefully. He notices the offered hand a little late due to his close reading, but takes it readily, giving it a hearty shake and grinning back.

"Gotcha. My name's Tidus."

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Whether it was right or wrong, Jacquese makes no indication. He's used to many different pronunciations of his name by now so he hardly notices himself. He might have laughed at the delayed reaction if he could, but as it is, the grin remains as he shakes Tidus' hand.

It's nice to meet you, Tidus.