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thestormishere) wrote2012-08-09 07:17 pm
thestormishere) wrote2012-08-09 07:17 pm
Entry tags:
- !ic,
- !luceti,
- @gai,
- @hope estheim,
- @hugo fact,
- @noel kreiss,
- @seto,
- @zack fair,
- @zuko,
- alright everyone,
- big freaking deal,
- come at me bro,
- elude elude elude,
- it doesn't protect,
- it only destroys,
- oh geez this isn't good,
- regrets & sorrow depot,
- secretly distressed girl,
- something called social contact,
- that didn't turn out well,
- this is so not fair,
- tons of bad tags,
- wat do
☈ strike # 22 (filtered voice / public video / action)
[ Again.
For the third time now, someone Lightning has cared for has left; unfortunately, despite it being a major staple of life in Luceti, it doesn't get any easier-- especially given the identity of the absent person in question.
But it is different this time, if only because her explosiveness in reply to it seems sapped... when she speaks up on the journal, her voice is flat and quiet, deceptively even. ]
-- Voice only, evening of the 8th, filtered to Hope & Noel --
I thought you should know... Serah's gone home.
[ ... And that's all; with that she's gone- locked in her room if anyone cares, without answering, touching, or even looking at her journal...
It's not until well into Thursday afternoon that Lightning makes a reappearance to the 'public.' That said, it would be hard to pinpoint anything's wrong at all for those who don't know her fairly well, save for a sort of distant demeanor- evident in her averted gaze and too-smooth voice.
She's sitting on a beach in her transmitted video, but it's not Luceti's beach, given it's clearly night where she is, in contrast to the real sun still shining away cheerfully outside. ]
I'm looking for people wanting to spar-- maybe help me test something. Weapons, hand-to-hand, anything. Send me a message. Or just come to the battle dome.
[ "-- I don't care." There's a short pause, while she briefly taps her fingers on her knee, tries to think of anything else worth mentioning.... ]
Magic is a bonus too, if you've got it.
[ And then there's an abrupt end to the 'feed' once again. Anyone who doesn't catch her message or decides to just go ahead and wander over to the battle dome will find her fiddling with the simulation controls, armed with an unusual, bulky weapon - looking somewhat like some sort of gun - hanging holstered behind her hips.
... No, there's really no words for how much pain she's in right now, but perhaps distraction may help. In any case, no matter how much she sometimes seems set on it, she knows quite well by now that cutting herself off has a very low chance of making her feel any better. If nothing else, this is at least worth a try. ]
For the third time now, someone Lightning has cared for has left; unfortunately, despite it being a major staple of life in Luceti, it doesn't get any easier-- especially given the identity of the absent person in question.
But it is different this time, if only because her explosiveness in reply to it seems sapped... when she speaks up on the journal, her voice is flat and quiet, deceptively even. ]
-- Voice only, evening of the 8th, filtered to Hope & Noel --
I thought you should know... Serah's gone home.
[ ... And that's all; with that she's gone- locked in her room if anyone cares, without answering, touching, or even looking at her journal...
It's not until well into Thursday afternoon that Lightning makes a reappearance to the 'public.' That said, it would be hard to pinpoint anything's wrong at all for those who don't know her fairly well, save for a sort of distant demeanor- evident in her averted gaze and too-smooth voice.
She's sitting on a beach in her transmitted video, but it's not Luceti's beach, given it's clearly night where she is, in contrast to the real sun still shining away cheerfully outside. ]
I'm looking for people wanting to spar-- maybe help me test something. Weapons, hand-to-hand, anything. Send me a message. Or just come to the battle dome.
[ "-- I don't care." There's a short pause, while she briefly taps her fingers on her knee, tries to think of anything else worth mentioning.... ]
Magic is a bonus too, if you've got it.
[ And then there's an abrupt end to the 'feed' once again. Anyone who doesn't catch her message or decides to just go ahead and wander over to the battle dome will find her fiddling with the simulation controls, armed with an unusual, bulky weapon - looking somewhat like some sort of gun - hanging holstered behind her hips.
... No, there's really no words for how much pain she's in right now, but perhaps distraction may help. In any case, no matter how much she sometimes seems set on it, she knows quite well by now that cutting herself off has a very low chance of making her feel any better. If nothing else, this is at least worth a try. ]
voice | filter
[ So, Noel would still be with her-- probably? For a moment Lightning feels a tinge of uncertainty, given what's she heard about their time-jumping shenanigans. What if it's different for them...?
Admitting that doesn't even help her mood as much as it should, anyway. Knowing of Aerith's fate continues to weigh on her almost constantly, as well as what she knows about what will eventually happen to Zack...
Also, she's being difficult. Big surprise. ]
voice | filter this tag is so late i'm so sorry.. fmdkmf
So what you're saying is that anything we do here won't matter the moment we're sent back home.
[He is thinking about a couple of possibilities and theories regarding time around Luceti. It's interesting for him, but he's still concerned about Serah. Making sure Serah's safe is his priority right now.
For the most part Noel didn't mind Lightning's attitude. If anything, she was being helpful towards him by giving him some answers.]
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[ -- Although there was a notable pause there, as Lightning hesitates on agreeing with the comment. In truth... that's not what she wants. She's been here for far over a year, changed and learned so much; she wants to believe that there's a way - somehow - that she can get by without erasing what she's become while she's been here, for everything she hates about the place and some of the things that have happened while she's been here, too.
She's become a Cie'th and managed to gather her sanity back up, retained her power as a l'Cie but ditched the danger of the worst of it kicking in again, fallen in love... so yeah. She goes quiet, but it's a heavy, thoughtful silence. Somehow she doubts Noel would even care, considering all that she's heard about his and Serah's meddling with timelines. ]
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Then to forget about it all when you return home.
Wouldn't it be better to remember it?
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[ Noelbro, you are not helping, behaving like you're proposing something that she already believes... and in her agitated state, she drags in an roughened breath, and then she just-- ]
That's all.
[ In her agitated state, she's just basically going to hang up on him. The only reason she had for contacting him in the first place was to mention Serah's disappearance... she wasn't looking for a conversation. ]