002 - Video in Cherrygrove.

[hipstermark]

[Hello, network! Have a Vanille, and, er...

This... thing. Sitting behind her, playing with some spoons, alongside her cowering Shelgon and her Vanillite, who's hovering around and putting more ribbons over the glitch pile. Vanille gives a nod to the camera, before... starting to navigate to her bed. There's quite a few ribbons on the ground, too - and she's following them! In the very corner of the room, canonmates may see a pile of familiar clothes - a Purge robe, tightly piled up. Well, others might see it, too.

As she lays down on half the bed, she gives a pout, and a dramatic (if not playful) sigh.]
Now, I'd be okay with getting a lot more sleep and rest - if I wasn't forced to stay in this room! Scoop, Veh and - well, I haven't named my Shelgon yet, but she's here too - we've been having a girls night in - ever since I caught Veh! She's the one with all those ribbons on. Really, we've had nothing else to do! It's like... we're stuck in a maze, and there's no way out of it - there's no way out of the door, or the window! So - anybody have any fun ideas for me to do? I was hoping the news would have something - wasn't that a strange show, though?
[...Pause, with a slight hmm sound. Yeah, the EV news creeped her out a bit. Though, even though Lightning had reassured her it was a different world, Vanille was still watching the news to see if she get mentioned.]
Well, I've got another with me. But it hasn't moved since I caught it - it's over there!
[Vanille says, tilting the camera to reveal...
A Fossil Kabutops Missingno. A bright pink one. As Vanille turns away, it seems to scowl a little, but Vanille doesn't seem to notice.]

 

See? I wonder if it's just shy - Veh isn't as shy as it. I'd have the rest - I'm actually worried about them! As soon as I caught these two, more and more have been vanishing... they just go to the PC, right? I'd check, buuuuut... well, I'm stuck!
[...Vanille pauses. She doesn't want to think that they might be injured. They're just in the PC... right?]
Oh! Lightning, Pitch? Veh sometimes teleports away and grabs food - I haven't been starving! Though it still is rather lonely, being stuck in here.

((OOC: The door to Vanille's room is stuck closed by glitches, but there are plans with that.
Also, tags will be super slow at first - I'm still recovering from RL troubles. I just wanna get my two posts out before the event ends.))

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[soggypastry]

[Sleep out here? Lightning can't really blame her and it comes to the same ending, really. So long as she can't get stuck behind a door that needs to be destroyed again, it's all good. She can barely nod in acceptance of Vanille's choice before she's got a front full of Pulsian girl clearly clinging. If this had been a year ago, she would have stiffened. As it is, she's still a little slow but she wraps an arm around Vanille's shoulders and holds on.

She's not Fang. Not by a long shot. Just like Vanille isn't Serah. But they're still family, and it's been a long day. So Lightning will let her cling, speaking softly to say what's left to be said.]

We make it. All of us survive. [All thanks to Fang and Vanille's sacrifice for their new family. She doesn't say that, though. Even she knows it would be too much.]

[hipstermark]

[They survive.

All of them survive - that's what makes Vanille unable to hold in her tears. She's been trying so hard, but... she's relieved. She's just so relieved, as she lets herself relax.

But she's going to stop pretty soon. She lets go of her hug, and gives Lightning a nod, her expression oddly easy to read.]
Well! That's... nice to know.
[She's still got puffy cheeks, though. Look at that relief on her face, a fine mix of smiles and tears. Though she is totally understating her happiness, she still doesn't want to think of where she came out of. But now she knows... she's got happiness waiting for her.

But, for now? She doesn't want to leave here for that happiness. She's got her cute pets here, after all, her little animal pets--

Oh!]
Do you think the PC will be working? Most of my Pokemon got sent there while that fossil was around.

[soggypastry]

[Lightning smiles a little at the look on Vanille's face. She knows that look. Has worn it herself a few times, when family arrived or returned. It's a burden lifted--a burden shared. She still doesn't know exactly when Vanille is from, and for now she won't ask. She's done what she could, so she'll get off this topic and nod.]

Could be. It wasn't working when I tried it, but that was a few hours ago. Wouldn't hurt to check it again.

[The Center is thankfully further from than Inn. More distance between them and that fossil...hopefully it hasn't gotten out.]

[hipstermark]

[Vanille nods once more, and gives a bit of a skip in her step.]
Right! I'm sure they've got people around the clock, trying to fix it!
[She thinks Johto is a lot better then it really is. But isn't that hope adorable?
But she is walking quite carefully. Why? Because she needs to make sure that fossil isn't here. Plus the walls - which, thankfully, aren't making her path into a maze.]

[soggypastry]

Probably.

[Faith, having been chasing her own tail for a while, climbs up to drape herself over Lightning's shoulder while she falls into step behind Vanille without another word. She doesn't know why she's walking quite so carefully, but it doesn't really matter.]

If it's not fixed here, we can try in another city. I'll call Hope to tell him we had to move on early.

[Though she's hoping that by then things will be fixed. Her Cocoonian isn't bad, but her hand and head ached by the time that conversation was over. It's almost more trouble than it's worth.]

[hipstermark]

[But then, Vanille shakes her head, as - whoops, she kind of hit a wall there. Gotta step around - behind Vanille, her Shelgon is taking simple steps at the back of the group, looking backwards to make sure there's no monster following the,, and her Vanillite starts floating around her again, twirling protectively.]
We can wait - I'm sure my friends wouldn't mind waiting in the box for a little longer.
[She wants to see Hope. To see if this is all true - she's not going to let them leave until the three of them are all back together.]

[soggypastry]

Then we wait.

[For however long it takes for him to get out of that cave and into town. He knows where they are. He'll find a way. She knows him well enough to say that, and so she can focus on something else. Something much like a certain fossil, probably still in the Inn.]

Do you want me to check your room later? You'll have to go back inside eventually.

[The weather is warm, sure, and Vanille's used to the outdoors, but they can't leave things like that. It's their job to deal with the things they catch, but she won't put Vanille through staring at those words or her brand again. Not if it can be avoided.]