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Who: Blank, [Open]
When: After the Malboro attacks
Where: Lindblum
What: Helping piece things back together
Rating: Who knows?

Blank may well be a common thief, but he would never steal from those in need. He'd never steal from the poor. And he'd always do whatever he could to help his and his own. That is why he had collected as many potions and remedies as he could, and why he was currently making the rounds of Lindblum helping everyone who needed aid.

Helping others gave him something to focus his thoughts on if nothing else. Once the people were healed, he could help repair some of the damage to the buildings. Lindblum was always unlucky when it came to assaults it seemed. But it brought the people closer together, working together to restore their beloved city.

He cradled an injured moogle in his arms, applying potion and ointment to a badly damaged wing. He'd already helped a lot of people. But his work was far from over.

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Selphie had received word from Quistis about the attack and what had happened. However, by the time she got to the place where Quistis was staying, she was only to be turned away to be told that she was out for the evening. Weird. When did Quistis ever go out?

So she'd set herself ready for helping out in the healing rounds too - something she'd always done after attacks, no matter where in the world. Eventually, she came across Blank but she approached him like someone who might need healing, "Are you okay? Need any help?"

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Blank looked up as Selphie approached him. Another pair of hands was always useful at times like these. He set the little moogle down once he had finished treating it.

"If you can grab a handful of potions there are some families down by the church still need treating." He hopped to his feet, dusting himself off. Selphie looked familiar. Then again Blank met a lot of people.

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Selphie smiled as she watched him set the moogle down, the little creature looking appreciative before wandering away.

She tilted her head at him as he stood, also thinking that he was familiar. Sure, she had a bad memory but really, she had a feeling it wasn't too long ago...bu where? Nevertheless, she smiled and shook her head, "That's okay! I'll use my magic just now!" And she glanced about for the direction of the church.

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Blank gathered up his supplies, setting them into his pack carefully, before smiling at Selphie. "Come on, I'll walk you over there. Two heads are better than one. We'll have everyone fixed up in no time."

"Thanks, for offering to help. Means a lot to the people." He held out his hand to her. "I'm Blank."

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Selphie could only nod brightly in agreement, beaming back at him as she stuck out a hand, tilting her head while she tried to place the name, "Hi! I'm Selphie!"

They began their walk along to the church when Selphie suddenly paused and spun round to him, "Oh! You're *Blank*! Quistis' friend!" She certainly had a knack for putting her foot in it.

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Blank couldn't help but frown at Selphie's sudden exclamation. He let out a heavy sigh and turned his head away slightly. "I know her, yeah."

He left out the minor detail of being in love with her. After all, common thief and pretty girl. Never worked. Well, unless you were Zidane and Dagger. They worked.

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Selphie caught something off in his voice and she continued to look at him carefully, "Okay..."

She glanced away towards the church and just kept walking.

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Blank walked with her, frowning more once they reached the church and saw all the injured people. He lifted his head to look at Selphie. "You want to start one side and me the other? Meet in the middle somewhere."

He only hoped he had enough potions and remedies for everyone.

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Selphie nodd slowly, wondering if maybe he just wanted to get rid of her. "Sure! Just call me over if you need me, okay?"

She bounces off to attend to a family, the parents looking happy that Selphie could heal their small children, before turning to the mother and father - smiling brightly as she chatted happily with them.

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Blank started at the other end, helping a sweet old lady who had been badly injured in the attack. She was very kind and could talk for the world. He listened to her natter for awhile, before politely excusing himself to help some of the others.

"How's it going over there, Selphie?" He called, glancing over at her.

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Selphie gave him a slow smile as she turned to call over, "All good! Lots of people better already! You need a hand?"

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"Sure, could use a hand over here. Your way seems a lot quicker than mine." Unfortunately, Blank had no magicks, apart from a few stage special effects - mini explosions and the like - also good for creating distractions during raids.

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Selphie set to it quickly, always smiling with whoever might be injured, encouraging them to keep upbeat while she healed whatever ailments they might have. She turned to blank with a pleasant smile, but moved closer to speak to him in a more serious tone, "Where do you think the monsters came from...?"

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"No idea, Quistis thinks they may've been sent. I mean, they could've come from anywhere. The're not your average Malboro, that's for sure."

He gave her a tired smile. "Thanks, for helping out. It'd take me forever by myself."

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"Sent? But why would someone do that?" Selphie looks quite puzzled at Quistis' reasoning.

She tilted her head at him and smiled, "You look really tired! You wanna go have a rest?"

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"There's some mad people in the world. Hateful people too. All they care about is hurting people and destroying this beautiful world we live in."

He sighed and counted his supplies. "I'm exhausted, to be honest, but I can't stop, not yet. People need my help."

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Selphie glanced around her, "Hmm... How about I go finish off the rest of the work? You do look super tired!"

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"I couldn't ask you to do that, Selphie. I'll be okay, just need a little pick me up, that's all!" He gave her the best smile he could manage - which wasn't all that bright, truth be told.

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Selphie just shook her head - she wasn't taking no for an answer. She grabbed carefully at his forearm and marched him along to the nearest cafe.

"Sit right there at this table and I'll be back in a minute!"

And in about as much time she reappeared with her hands full of water, juice, sandwiches, pastries.

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Blimey, the girl was worse than Ruby and that was saying something. He didn't even have time to argue before vast amounts of food and drink arrived in front of him.

"Um... thanks? But what about the injured?"

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"You enjoy your meal, okay? And I'll be back for dessert!"

With that, she flashed a quick wink before heading off to go and do some more healing! Come find her when you're done, Blank!

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Blank ate a little of the food, though he wasn't so hungry. Mostly thirsty and tired. What he didn't eat he gave to some orphans to finish off, before gathering up his weapons and supplies to find Selphie.

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Selphie waved over to Blank, waving her arms above her head cheerily, "Well...Think the healing is nearly done! How was lunch?"

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"It was great! I'll pay you back later. Or I could treat you to dinner later as a thank you?"

He glanced around at the mostly healed crowds. "You've been busy!"

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"Dinner? Sure, that sounds good!" Was Selphie ever one to turn down free food? Not likely! She looked around at the people, quite pleased with her progress.

"Yup! And I've given some of them some potions and stuff so that they can help out too. We should be done in no time. C'mon, this is the last group!" And she grabbed hold of his hand and ran towards the final crowd of people, who were suffering that little bit less than the others had.

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Blimey! More running! He held onto her hand as they ran, stifling a laugh. The girl was practically a walking sugar high. It was hard not to feel better around her.

Blank immediately began to hand out potions, talking with the locals. He knelt down to treat a young girl, wiping her teas away gently. "Now, now, little lady, dry those eyes, I'll fix you right up in no time!"

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Selphie paused to watch Blank speak to the little girl and smiled - it was always nice to see a guy getting on well with children. Then she turned back to a young couple, laughing with them as she healed them up. "You're lucky you had your hero around!" The man had taken considerably more damage that the woman.

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Blank joined Selphie, smiling at the couple. They'd survive. A good thing considering they had the rest of their lives ahead of them. "You guys be careful, okay? Next time you see a Malboro, you just shout for me!"

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Selphie giggled at Blank's reaction, leaning down close to the couple and whispering, "His name's Blank, by the way, in case you needed to know!" Cause after all, how would they shout for him if they didn't know his name.

She took a step in front of Blank and spun round to look at him, "So what's next?"

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"Hm. Coffee break?" Blank asked, tilting his head to one side slightly. "You must be pretty exhausted after all that magic casting... You really did a great job, thanks again."

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"Does coffee break also involve tea and cake? If so, then take me there, captain! I'm ready for a break!"

She smiled at him and jumped forward for a quick hug before raising a hand for a high five. "We did pretty good, didn't we?"

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Blank chuckled. "Tea and cake? Hm, okay, I think I can stretch to tea and cake - just this once!"

"We make quite the team!" He returned the highfive bfore grasping her hand in his, grinning. "Come on!"

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Selphie smiled brightly as he took her hand, and as tired as she was, she couldn't help but enjoy running through the streets with him, giggling.

"Where are we going?"

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"There's an awesome cafe. Best cakes ever!" And it's where he had been with Quistis when all this Malboro mess started. Still, he tried not to dwell on that too much. He'd only get down in the dumps if he did.

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"Ooh! I like cake!"

And sure enough when they reached the cafe, Selphie looked incredibly pleased. It looked so cute - so she headed inside, waving to a couple of people that she'd treated and took up a seat.

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Blank bounded up to the counter to order a selection of cakes, giving the girl behind the counter his best charming grin to earn himself some freebies - being the local ladies' man had it's advantages!

He returned to Selphie and sat down. "It'll be brought over in a minute!"

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Wow - Blank really had done well with the bunch of items that he put in front of her. "These look...amazing!"

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"Help yourself!" Balnk shot Selphie a grin and poured her a mug of tea and one for himself, before taking one of the cakes and biting into it. He really shouldn't be eating cakes after Selphie had got him lunch, but cakes were always good!

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Selphie looked over the selection before suddenly picked one, purely on the basis that it was the brightest colour. And she bites into it happily, "Mmm! This is super good!"