thestormishere | ☈ strike #16 (action)

[ Whenever there's an experiment, it always seems like Lightning gets a few days to contemplate the rest of the village going mad before anything happens to her too, doesn't it? It's not very amusing to her at all, especially considering she's spent the last few days fretting and waiting. She's been trying to stay out of trouble, but...

A Farron is not easily cooped up for long. Before she knows it, she's pacing her entire residence, messing in the kitchen for no reason, sitting on the floor with Baldr while staring at the ceiling, and-- ugh, stepping outside for just a minute won't hurt, right? Just as long as she avoids any weirdos who might attempt to pull her into something. Besides, everything seems normal right now. She feels normal.

With marked determinated, she walks out the front door and-- FGFDUAGFA, SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY FALLS ON HER HEAD??

And yet as soon as she leans down to see what it is, the woman goes stiff, looks up to gape at the cloudy sky, and then takes off at a sprint in the direction of the village square. Shortly afterward, if you happen to be anywhere outside: ]

Oh! Don't go!!

[ Hello, there is a woman with feathers stuck in her hair and dressed all in horribly clashing yellow trotting up, looking quite upset. And a little annoyed too, but... that's to be expected, given who this is. STOP BEFORE SHE FORCES YOU TO!

(Lightning is imitating ~~Chocobo Loco/~~Chicken Little/Henny Penny for the event, sooo... characters are welcome to be either an innocent or the Fox in the story, if you wish. Alternatively... she will also probably play along as well, for those already affected by their own thang.) ]

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I was just-- d-dragon...

[ -- Fsuagfdk, why is she stuttering and frightened by something like this? After all the things she's fought and come out on top of? After fighting Jack as an actual dragon?

But she can hardly keep from shaking anyway, and bites her lip in varied agitation as she puts her hands in front of herself defensively. She just... needs to explain herself, right? ]

The sky is fa-falling, sso...

Falling? [Erza snorts - if she were her normal self, she'd never even think of doing something as crude as that.] And what makes you say that? The sky looks intact to me.

I came outside and--

[ Hastily, she reaches into her pockets, and a second later produces a small plastic something- a pen cap, though her expression is clearly one of consternation as she stares at it. ]

Th-this thing fell on my head. [ A pause, worried, as she looks up at the "dragon" once more. ] I don't even know... know what it is. But...

Ah, I see. That is troubling. [She knows full well that it's just a pen cap; she's just trying to think of a way to use this panic to her advantage.]

...Yes, I have heard about something like this, ages ago. To stop the sky from falling, you must bring every shiny object that you can find to the top of a tall building and put it in a pile. That one should do. [Erza points to Community House 3, which she's claimed as her lair.] It is an ancient ritual which, if performed correctly, should keep the sky intact. [Actually, it's just an excuse to get as much gold, silver, and other "treasures" together so that she can use them as her nest, so to speak. She's got a pile started on the roof, but it's mostly her swords and armour, which are quite painful to sit on.]

[ Wait-- shiny objects? Lightning's expression is overwritten with confusion as she absorbs these orders... which then slowly turns to something else instead, her brow drawn and lips pressed together. It seems to make sense, but she looks aside anyway, lifting a hand to entwine in her hair- a habitual gesture. ]

How will we know if... it works right?

[She gives Lightning a look, as if trying to say "isn't that obvious?"] If it works, then the sky will stop falling. If it is still falling afterwards, that just means that the pile isn't large enough yet. [AIRTIGHT LOGIC.]

Ah.

[ -- She takes a step back, then another. There's a whole lot of conflict in her, though- immediately she's compelled to do as this 'dragon' suggests, but logic says... ugh! Shouldn't she go see the king first...? But if that actually works--

After about five seconds spent frozen in absolute bafflement, suddenly, Lightning simply turns tail and sprints off towards the town again.

Who knows what kind of "shiny" things she's going to find, though... ]

[Erza's not sure if that actually worked or not, but either way, she's quite tired, so she'll slowly drift back to sleep. She'll probably wind up fast asleep by the time Lightning gets back, which presents an interesting dilemma: how do you wake up a sleeping "dragon"?]

[ How about... dropping a toaster right by her head?

After some considerable time spent going around the village, up and down stairs doing what Erza told her to: gathering up anything vaguely shiny (silverware, mirrors, a sword or two from the smithy, a purple dress covered in sequins from the clothing shop...), then putting it on top of the indicated building... it occurred to Lightning that something was wrong.

And now she's back again, carrying the latest thing stolen from who-knows-where. Also, she mad. ]

[Well, that's definitely going to wake her up.] Huh? What? Who dares to -

[Erza regains some of her composition once she sees who it is. Either she doesn't notice Lightning's anger or she doesn't care - either way, her expression remains fairly smug.] Well? Did it work? Has the sky stopped falling?

[ Lightning grits her teeth, resolve warring against the compulsion placed by the experiment's effects on her. Ritual to stop the sky from falling, involving gathering up shiny things? Seriously??

The inanity doesn't do much to relieve her desire to play along though, regardless of how hard she tries to keep it in mind. It's sheer stubbornness that keeps her from cowering this time, and from moving to pick up the toaster she so unceremoniously dropped by Erza's sleeping form. ]

About that...

What about it? The question is rather simple - all you have to say is "yes" or "no". [Erza's somewhat frustrated - it had took her some time to get to sleep, and to be awakened so rudely wasn't helping matters. Now, this person who's supposed to be helping her isn't being very cooperative. If she wasn't so lazy, she would have ignored this person in the first place and done the job herself.]

((OoC: Sorry I'm so late; I haven't had time to get on the computer this weekend.))

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