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1	->''Auron looked at her, puzzled. "Why are you staring at me?"\
2	"You looked like someone I knew for a minute there," Rikku told him.''
3	-->-- ''Memento Vivere''
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5	''Memento Vivere'' is a ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' / ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 X-2]]'' fanfiction written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/338943/ Enkida]]. It was published in 2006, went on an 8-year hiatus in 2008, and is currently being revised as well as updating again as of 2024. The story is a drama / comedy / romance following the adventures of Rikku when she ends up in the past and joins Auron, Jecht and Braska on their pilgrimage as a Guardian.
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7	It can be found on [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/memento-vivere-ffx-ffx-2.56464/ Sufficient Velocity]], [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3147655/1/Memento-Vivere FanFiction.net]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/6747088/chapters/15418897 Archive of Our Own]]. It was finished in April 2024 at 83 chapters + an epilogue.
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9	!!''Memento Vivere'' contains examples of:
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11	* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Auron's sword can cut easily through the barrel of a rifle, as well as damage any enemy the group has met to date due to its inexplicable piercing game-mechanic properties.
12	* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Auron chooses to protect Rikku instead of Braska during Sin's attack on [[spoiler: Djose]]. He later regrets this decision, lamenting [[LovedINotHonorMore that it was a mistake he wouldn't make again]].
13	* BeenThereShapedHistory: Almost all references to sphere recordings display this.
14	* BigDamnHeroes: Team BARJ saves [[spoiler: the Crusaders]] at [[spoiler: Mushroom Rock]].
15	* BlackMagicianGirl: This describes Rikku's primary role whenever she's using the magical powers of her Conflagration Grid, particularly during the battle on [[spoiler: Mushroom Rock Road]].
16	* BornInTheWrongCentury: Rikku feels this way initially, then [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor grows to regret it]] when she gets her wish.
17	* ButterflyOfDoom: Rikku asks herself this question repeatedly over the course of the story, as the actions she takes could potentially negate Yuna's future destruction of Sin.
18	* CurbStompBattle: The battle with [[spoiler:the Chocobo Eater]] turns into this.
19	* DitchTheBodyguards: Braska does this to his guardians in Guadosalam.
20	* DoorOfDoom: Rikku’s attempts to enter the Chambers of the Fayth turn them into this.
21	* DroolHello: This is how Rikku meets [[spoiler:the Chocobo Eater]].
22	* EquivalentExchange: Rikku’s dilemma is deciding whether to pursue a romance with Auron at the risk of [[spoiler:bringing Sin back]].
23	* ForgingScene: Rikku creates augmented armor and weaponry for the protagonists in Macalania’s Cloister of Trials.
24	* GetBackToTheFuture: A main plot point of the story.
25	* GivingTheSwordToANoob: Jecht demonstrates this early on in both the fights with the [[spoiler: first Sinspawn]] and the [[spoiler:Espada]].
26	* HaveWeMetYet: Rikku's first greeting and subsequent interactions with Jecht display this trope behavior.
27	* HeroicBSOD: Jecht reacts this way after having a revealing discussion about [[spoiler: the nature of his existence]] with Rikku and Lenne.
28	* HeroicSafeMode: Rikku runs into this when she realizes she’s landed in the Bevelle of the past.
29	* HonorAmongThieves: Rikku has to prove this to Auron several times.
30	* INeedNoLadders: Auron defies gravity during the battle on [[spoiler: Mushroom Rock]].
31	* LetsGetDangerous: Jecht finally gets his sword-fighting act together during the battle on [[spoiler: Mushroom Rock]].
32	* LetsGetOutOfHere: Braska orders everyone to flee from [[spoiler: the Espada]] and leads by example.
33	* MagicMusic: Rikku's Songstress Dressphere is the definition of this.
34	* MagneticHero: Braska has quite a bit of charisma.
35	* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: Rikku figures out she’s probably in danger of doing this.
36	* {{Mangst}}: Every main male character engages in this at some point in time.
37	* MisfitMobilizationMoment: The battle on [[spoiler: Mushroom Rock]] makes this a reality for the rest of the Spira, not just hopeful readers.
38	* MistakenForSpies: Rikku is mistaken for an assassin when she goes into HeroicSafeMode in Bevelle.
39	* MusicalTrigger: Most appearances of the Songstress Dressphere invoke this trope, as it creates MagicMusic.
40	* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Auron’s initial loyalty to the Church of Yevon causes a bit of conflict within the group.
41	* MyOwnGrampa: This question seems to rise when [[spoiler: Braska starts flirting with Rikku. Although technically they aren’t related by blood...]]
42	* NecessaryFail: The general conclusion to Rikku’s frequent moments of reflection.
43	* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Rikku deals with this by avoiding Bikanel.
44	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Jecht [[spoiler: forces the party to flee the battle after he tosses his sword at the Espada, thereby losing the weapon]]. He does it again when he attacks the Moonflow Shoopuf.
45	* NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel: Rikku faces full on Al Bhed discrimination in the past.
46	* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Rikku doesn’t initially want to help Braska on his Pilgrimage.
47	* OneLiner: Jecht is full of these, although other characters also sometimes have a few:
48	-->'''Auron:''' We are now poorer than Jecht's education.
49	* OurTimeTravelIsDifferent: Rikku’s Farplane experience is never described in depth, in an example of Unseen Timetravel.
50	* OneRiotOneRanger: This is pretty much a canon trope about Summoners in Spira.
51	* PaperThinDisguise: Rikku’s “goggles will do it” theory in Luca.
52	* PlaceBeyondTime: The Farplane is the time gateway of this story.
53	* {{Protectorate}}: Everyone is Braska’s Guardian.
54	* RetroactivePrecognition: Rikku helps Braska's group figure out how to get through [[spoiler: Bevelle’s Cloister of Trials]].
55	* RooftopConfrontation: Auron and Jecht have one of these on Braska’s apartment building.
56	* TemporalSickness: Rikku’s inexplicable seizures cause the others to assume she has health problems.
57	* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: A main plot point of the story.
58	* TimeTravelRomance: The romance between Auron and Rikku is a main plot point of the story.
59	* TrappedInThePast: A main plot point of the story.

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