☈ strike #13 (action / voice)

[thestormishere]

[ Today, Lightning's doing something fairly unusual in comparison to her normal - and recently even darker than normal - behavior. For once, she's outside and yet doesn't seem busy, merely watching as her puppy Baldr frolics about in the general area of community housing 4 in search of sticks to defeat, things to dig up, and nearby people to greet. In fact, the young woman and dog look pretty safe to come 'visit' with today- especially since there's also no gunblade in sight, and as she sits down to lean against the outside wall, she makes a pretty inane-seeming public message. ]

These seasons... usually last about three months each, right? How much warmer does it get?

-- Filtered to Sigmund --

Sigmund. About earlier... when and where?

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Comments

[Action]

[wingenvy]

And you're willingly trying to live with me. Who's the crazy one now?

[He's just out to have fun, Light.]

[Action]

[thestormishere]

[ Her, apparently, though she just... glances down and appears vexed instead of answering. If Zack's out to have fun? At their core her most marked reasons for this are just about the opposite, in that they have almost nothing to do with her or what she wants for herself.

... As such, she takes a deep breath, briefly looking toward the building again in what is transparently an attempt to make sure they're not being listened in on... and then seems to switch her tune completely. ]

Listen. I know that Hope... pretty much locked himself in our apartment after the last... recruitment.

[ She is getting at something with that though, and frowns as she pulls idly at the stick that Baldr's gotten a re-grip on. ]

[Action]

[wingenvy]

[...Ahaha, that's a serious comment. The mirth fades from Zack's expression, shifting into a more reserved look, and he nods in agreement.]

Yeah, he was... pretty upset. It's never easy, being the one left behind.

[And then to get bad news brought home, instead of the one you're waiting for? It was terrible.]

[Action]

[thestormishere]

[ She's silent for a second more, eyes down. Is it really a surprise that she has such serious-business motivations for this, though? ]

That's why I think we should do this - if something happens to one of us, we should look after each other.

[ Read into that as you will. That's just how she's learned to do things- she definitely wouldn't go as far as saying Zack and Aerith are like family like she would with the other Pulse l'Cie, but... well, Zack was the one that kept insisting they were all friends, right? They're like... her only friends right now. This is as close as it gets for Lightning here in Luceti. ]

[Action]

[wingenvy]

[Zack nods again; there's no argument for that, and he wouldn't want to even if he had a good reason to refuse. It's just how it works here- people have to learn to look after one another. Especially friends.]

It's nicer to come home to a big house than a lonely little apartment, anyway. Even if you do have a roommate. I say we go for it.

[Action]

[thestormishere]

[ ... Lightning stares for a second longer than she probably should, but then for once she smiles slightly- genuinely, if maybe a touch sad as well. ]

Right.