"Whenever I smell ozone, I think of Melissa. That's the last sensation I had before I blacked out: that sharp smell of ozone. And the first thing I saw when I woke up was her face. She said she'd fix my 'Mech. Free. No strings attached. I should have known then that things are never that simple. Yeah. When I think of Melissa, I think of two things. Ozone... and trouble."

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Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.

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"She's old, she's lame, she's barren too, // "She's not worth feed or hay, // "But I'll give her this," - he blew smoke at me - // "She was something in her day." -- Garnet Rogers, Small Victory

FiMFiction.net: we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have standards.

"Look, Melissa, can I come in again?"

"You know what would look better on your nose...? The BAR!"

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Stoke Mandeville, Esq & The Victorian Ballsmiths
"Nobody Want Verdigris-Covered Balls!"

I dunno, I was always partial to Lulu.

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-Pasha
"Don't change the subject"
"Too slow, already did."

Rikku might have been the first genki FF character I actually liked. (Of course, before her were Yuffie, Selphie, and Eiko, so not a high bar, sadly. Selphie was the best of the three, but...still.)

Lulu is also friggin' awesome, though, even though her backstory felt undeveloped.

That said, Rikku is awesome, and since you're not familiar with the source material, Gryphon, I'll leave you with a creepy factoid. Note her eyes in her official portrait. That's not artistic license.

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Fearless creatures, we all learn to fight the Reaper
Can't defeat Her, so instead I'll have to be Her

Yes, I've noticed the Danbooru tag regarding that detail. I gather it's a racial feature?

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Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
zgryphon at that email service Google has
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.

Indeed. I won't go into all the detail, but she's part of an oppressed race/subculture called the Al Bhed. Good thing for her most of the people in the world don't know enough to recognize the eyes.

I don't actually know if you're interested in JRPG's at all, but if you are there's remasters of FFX out for PS3 and PS4, and I think a PC version. It's well worth playing. (FFX-2 is very...niche...to say the least. Casual JRPG players would not enjoy it.)

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Fearless creatures, we all learn to fight the Reaper
Can't defeat Her, so instead I'll have to be Her

Yes, you should. I'M WAITING.

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter