thestormishere | ☈ strike #08 (voice)

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☈ strike #08 (voice)

[ Lightning really doesn't have much to say about this whole Valentine's mess that's been going on. Basically yeah, what she gets from it? Everyone is celebrating some weird 'Earth' holiday again- one that's supposed to be about love, but for some reason is strangely commercialized in its traditions. Good for them, though. At least people seem a little happier today, from what she's heard in bits and pieces off the journals. She, however, is definitely not interested in... that kind of thing. What a waste of time.

... Anyway. ]

Out of curiosity, how many of you are trained in hand to hand combat? If so, where did you learn it?

[ After all, where she's from, knowing how to fight pretty much means only one thing: a position in the military somewhere, considering civilians seriously have no reason to learn. For whatever reason though, it seems that here it might actually be different... and what better way to find out than to ask? As with everybody else ever though, yes this is actually an event post. First post is taken; reply at will! ]

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[ What? But that's like... what she does, bro.

..... Um.

Except she... is rather curious as to why he might say that. ]

Why not?

It's a holiday apparently! You should have fun with it!

[And he could totally think of a few ways they could do that.]

Apparently. A holiday for couples.

[ Pause. ]

Uh. I don't really... have a boyfriend here or anything, Zack. [ You know... just kind of putting that out there.... ]

And I don't have a girlfriend, either! But that shouldn't stop us from enjoying ourselves, you know.

[And you might not be single forever...]

[ .... But he's so...!

....

~~BUT HE LIVES WIT~~ Aw, screw that.

.... ]

Oh, really? [ ENJOYING THEMSELVES HOW, SIR? ]

[Roommate, what roommate.]

There must be something you like to do for fun. And if you don't know what it is, we can find out what it is!

[ ... Not really, actually. Lightning clears her throat quietly- usually she'd turn on the annoyed act when confronted with the whole "doesn't have fun like most people" thing, buuuut... yanno, she feels like being nice about it here. ]

I like to train. Like... running. [ First thing that came to mind. It's something? Sort of. ]

[Oho! An honest answer, how delightful. Things are already looking up!]

Well, there you go! It's a start. And hey, if you like that, have you ever tried dancing?

Dancing? I-- no, not really.

... Don't tell me you're a dancer.

I wouldn't say that, but it's a fun thing to try! It's like exercising with a beat to keep you moving. Pretty useful, isn't it?

[ Short, amused snort. ] I guess, but I don't need a beat to keep moving.

Sure, most people don't need it. But it really does help, I promise!

Right... [ And most people just aren't as cool as her. Isn't that obvious? ]

Well, what are you doing now?

[Obviously obvious.]

Talking to you, which means I'm all yours.

[So... y'know... if you want...]

[ -- Fdfusahdfs! K-keep it together, Farron... ]

Oh, great. Just what am I supposed to do with you? [ She's not smiling. She's not. ~~Spoilers: she is.~~ ]

[Oh, honey, his best friend is Cloud. And he hung out with Sephiroth. He knows a stoic smile when he sees one.]

"Whatever you want" would probably be too much, wouldn't it?

I don't know. Guess it depends on how much I wanted in the first place.

Well, why dance around it? What do you want?

Y.....

Tch. Let's go outside. I'm sick of looking at walls right now. [ And... not looking at Zack properly while she's talking to him. ]

[He would not be opposed to this.]

Sounds great! I'll meet you out there, then.

Okay.

[ -- Yesss! Lightning doesn't even know why she's acting like this, but... who cares. She's just suddenly really invested, okay? There's even a minute or two here spent making doubly sure she's wearing clothes that match and color-coordinate (some red seems like a good color, today)... and then she makes up the time by not bothering with the gunblade and its holster before making her way outside.

Yeah. ]

[Zack is chilling out by the wall outside the building. He's sort of surprised to see her unarmed - has he ever seen her without that sword? - but he's oddly pleased by it; you don't need a sword to hang out with a beautiful lady, after all. Which is precisely why he doesn't have the Buster sword on his back, either. He pushes off the wall as she approaches, grinning already.]

Glad you could join me! It's not a bad day today, either.

[ ARE YOU JOKING, WHAT IS IT HERE LIKE CONSTANTLY NEGATIVE FIVE HUNDRED DEGR-- ]

Yeah. [ .... GDIT LIGHTNING, SAY SOMETHING BETTER THAN THAT. Ehhhh... but at least she doesn't have the lineface of doom on for once, actually looking almost friendly as she tilts her head and shoves her hands into pockets. She also pauses there for only a moment before stepping sideways, already indicating they shouldn't just... stand there. ]

[Well he did hang out in the north pole in a tank top, so...

The friendliness is a good sign! And Zack is ridiculously pleased about this; for some reason he's more conscious of how she's feeling than usual, and he genuinely wants to make her happy. Not that he wouldn't usually, it's just...

...Ah, whatever. He's just happy that she's happy- ...er. He steps up to walk with her, hands clasping together behind his head.]

I thought a bit about what you said- about exercise being something to do for fun.

Oh really? [ A bit dry, and she raises her eyebrows slightly as she looks up at his face. He's not exactly a noodle by any means... if he doesn't like exercise, then did he just eat some other dude or something? ] And?

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