Backdated to the days after the Doppleganger dream]

[zodiac_brave]

[Simon will be delivering these letters to the Heroes. He's coming from across the ocean, so they will arrive a few days after the dream.]

Heroes of Light,

I do not know which of you were able to see what happened, so I speak to you as a whole. To those of you whom Dycedarg hurt or used, I beg your forgiveness. If there is anything I can do to make amends, I shall.


Sincerely,
Ramza Beoulve
 
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[Arriving after Yuffie's response to Kidd's letter]

Yuffie,

I am sorry I left without coming to see you. I did not plan it that way. I hope I can do more good in Aerilon than I was able to in Aqures Ixen. I hope you do not think ill of me for my absence. I plan to return to your side soon.

Yours truly,
Ramza.
 
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[Out of many crumpled attempts, this is the one that ends up in Simon's bag to deliver. It has been some days after the fight, and both bruises and temper have started to fade.]

Luffy,

I do not expect your forgiveness. I did you and the other captives wrong by not seeing you freed, and that is my sin to bear. It is your right to hate me. I will not ask to rejoin your crew. But if you care for Yuffie, you must speak with her. She thinks you do not want her by your side, and that wounds her more deeply than the blow you gave her. Know that if you hurt her again, by word or by deed, I will hunt you down to the ends of this earth and make you pay, without regard for our former companionship. But if you heal this rift between the two of you, you will have my gratitude, whether or not you desire it.

I hope you will see reason in this matter.

Ramza

 

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[melnics]

( dycedarg... meredy had heard that name many times during the night. as she reads over ramza's letter again, she sits in her dimly lit room, moogle poised wih a quill ready to reply. idly, as she coached him through the words she wanted to say in return, she wondered what sort of person ramza was... )

      Did you... know Dycedarg? Was he someone from your home? I am wondering because... there was also someone in the dream from my home, too. Someone that maybe is known to Dycedarg too, since that is what it seemed like.

I do not believe there is a reason for Ramza to be sorry, either. Maybe you will feel this way, and because you do, that makes you different, does it not? Ramza is not Dycedarg just like... Meredy is not Shizel.

          -- ๓eredy

[zodiac_brave]

Dear Meredy,

Dycedarg was my elder brother. We did not get along well growing up, and I later learned that he poisoned my Father and many others. I do not know how or why he was brought here as a Hero, for he was nothing of the sort.

I cannot claim responsibility for Dycedarg's actions, but he is still of my blood and committed wrongs in my family's name. That I cannot ignore. I want to do whatever I can to counteract his evil plotting and restore the Beoulve name to what my Father wished it to be.

...

You are not Shizel, and perhaps Shizel invited trouble upon herself by allying with my brother...but I still offer you my apologies for not having prevented him from harming her. I could feel what Dycedarg could, so it stands to reason you could feel Shizel's pain as well. I am sorry for that.

Thank you for not casting judgment upon me for my brother's actions.

Ramza Beoulve

[melnics]

( so they were family... the further along meredy read, the larger the lump in her throat seemed to grow, and by the time she had finished reading, she sniffled and wiped at her eyes before sitting down with craymog once more.

but no matter how many times she tried to write down the truth -- that she knew exactly how he felt, since it was her own mother that had been ready to commit the atrocities they had all seen... she just couldn't. )

      Meredy... wants to do the same. It is not right, and because Shizel was also from Celestia, then Meredy wants to take responsibility as well for the things that happened. I do not... want the Calamity to happen to this world again, and want to make sure that it is stopped. Meredy does not want to help with the destruction of the worlds, not at all...

Is... restoring the name of your father very important to you? Is it very important to carry on things that everyone's mothers and fathers worked for?

Meredy will not judge. Ramza does not seem like Dycedarg at all, I think. :)

          -- ๓eredy

[zodiac_brave]

Meredy,

We will both do our best to divert the Calamity. That seems the best way to make the situation right. With all the Heroes of Light working together, we can save this world.

... I would see my Father's will done because he was a good man. I would not strive to achieve my brother's ends. It is important to follow a worthy role model, not merely someone you are bound to by blood.

Thank you,
Ramza Beoulve