☈ 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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[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

[It really isn't usual for her, and Aerith purses her lips, frowning to herself. Is she annoyed at her? And what why? Why Zack wasn't there, why she hasn't told him? The first one she doesn't want to answer, and the second is probably obvious enough. She wouldn't hurt him. Because it had hurt her so much to find out his death, and she didn't want him to feel anything like that.

...She shouldn't have made Light feel like that either.

She just wishes she could shove this all somewhere very far away, but it keeps insisting on coming back, sooner or later, even if it seemed far away in the day there were nights that she was irrationally afraid she wouldn't feel the sun the next day... and she couldn't be sure that was irrational...

Her eyes have dipped down to her clasped hands before she raises them again to answer.]

There are a lot of people who don't recognize right and wrong. But I can't complain about being brought here. Luceti isn't good, but--it gave me one more chance.

[She has to focus on that. Has to.]

Well, that's what happened. I'm sorry, it's not really a nice story. [Honestly, it's not even a story as it stands, but she doesn't want to get into the details.]

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[ Lightning holds a hand to her mouth, eyes narrowed greatly in thought. ]

... We'll figure something out, then.

[ And she means it, even if she's careful not to specify what that 'something' might entail. She's driven by the desire to get back to her world and set things straight, but this puts that unwanted spin back on things- is it possible to get off the rails of 'fate' if there are people who have already experienced what hasn't happened for you yet? For example, if she goes back to the same time with the changes she endured here still intact, then what about Hope who was from some time after her?

She doesn't believe in not being able to shape one's own fate, though. That's why she's not upset about this, because there's always a way... and admitting otherwise is the same as admitting defeat. Not gonna happen. She straightens. ]

After all... what's the point of another chance if you don't use it?

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[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

[It finally eases, the fear of hurting Lightning. She still knows it couldn't be easy to hear, but Light was strong. There wasn't guilt or unfulfilled promises between them. They wanted to help each other.

It's still hard. Her smile's small, but it's there and real.] That's what I was thinking.