thestormishere: (not a question of can or can't)
☇ Lightning ([personal profile] thestormishere) wrote2012-08-09 07:17 pm

☈ 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. ]
bereavement: (why...)

{ filtered voice to lightning & noel | 8th, evening }

[personal profile] bereavement 2012-08-10 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
She's gone?...

[That's something that's come as a bit of a shock. She just up and left, just like that? Did something else pull her away into the annals of Time? Why did she go alone, and not with Noel?

... But he can't voice these concerns aloud.
]
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voice | filter

[personal profile] handmotions 2012-08-10 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Upon hearing that Serah's gone home filled him with a strong sense of grief. Noel promised Lightning he'd keep Serah safe, so he couldn't help but worry for Serah. ]

No, Serah..!

[His voice was covered with incomprehensible sobbing. It was somewhat difficult for him to hide his own feelings. ]


Did she say anything to you?

[Why did Serah leave so suddenly? Questions presented themselves in front of him along with his genuine concern.]
luredbypower: (043)

[personal profile] luredbypower 2012-08-10 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
Any reason why magic is a bonus?
presumablyalone: (Seto | Oh well thanks)

[voice]

[personal profile] presumablyalone 2012-08-12 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll spar with you, Lightning! [Good timing too. He's been wanting to train with someone for a little while now.]

I don't know any magic... but I can fight with a katana if that's okay. What are you testing anyways?
wingenvy: (welcome to the human race)

[action] imma prance in here all late and shit

[personal profile] wingenvy 2012-08-14 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
[The downside of late nights at the bar means morning for Zack is generally lunchtime, so unless she makes a lot of noise when she discovers Serah's absence, he'll wander tiredly out of his room in search of her around then. Either way, his first goal before breakfast is to find her and offer up a greeting.

Where oh where could she be?]
voidseeing: (Doukoku no ame)

[Voice]

[personal profile] voidseeing 2012-08-16 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Oh? What kind of a test did you have in mind?