☈ strike #16 (action)

[thestormishere]

[ 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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[thestormishere]

[ 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. ]

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[redhairedknight.livejournal.com]

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

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[redhairedknight.livejournal.com]

[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?

[thestormishere]

[ 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...

[redhairedknight.livejournal.com]

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.))