18th roar [ text + action for Olivine ]

[adamant]

The Yuffie from Radiant Garden is gone.

[ private text to Minnie ]
I'll be knocking out the kitchen today and putting in the orders for the new material. Have you decided on your countertops?

[ Leon can later be found rummaging around inside the skeletal remains of the house they're renovating, Yuffie's little pichu tucked into the crook of his neck. The ruff of his collar is sticking up like an angry cat, but Leon hardly minds. He's just going to be flinging himself into work for the next few days. ]

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[soggypastry]

You going to be okay?

[Text]

[adamant]

Of course. She's safer back home, anyway.

[Text]

[soggypastry]

Yeah, but that doesn't make staying behind any easier to deal with.

[Text]

[adamant]

Don't worry.

[video]

[paladinlost]

...That's a shame. But she'll be fine in your world, right?

[video]

[adamant]

Yeah. She'll keep herself busy, too.

[ ADMIRABLY HIDING THAT SADFACE ]

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[paladinlost]

Sneaking around and training?

[Such talent for it, too.]

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[adamant]

Definitely the first. Second one's pretty doubtful.

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[pluckycharm.livejournal.com]

[ there's a Princess approaching!

... Very quietly, because Leon doesn't look to be in the mood for a noisy greeting. ]

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[adamant]

[ No, especially not when he's operating power tools! Caught up in methodically bolting down 2x4s to the freshly-torn walls with his nailgun, he barely turns to look at her. Pichu is still curled up against him, either watching him work or still too distressed to care. ]

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[pluckycharm.livejournal.com]

Leon...?

[ it's tentative, though she repeats it a little louder once it's pretty obvious that he won't hear her. ]

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[adamant]

[ He pauses in his work, switches off the nailgun, and finally turns to face her. ]

Hey.

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[wistfulfocus.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, Leon. Are you alright..?

[video]

[adamant]

I'll be fine, Serah. Don't worry.

[video]

[wistfulfocus.livejournal.com]

It's okay to be sad.

[video]

[adamant]

[ ... ]

I'm okay, Serah. Honestly.

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[newhero.livejournal.com]

[there's another bitty hanging around nearby after he notices that text. if there's two things he knows, it's one, that someone you really care about leaving Johto is always extremely painful, and two, Leon probably won't ever admit it. that's why Sora's only silently offering his presence.]

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[adamant]

[ He's been working mindlessly for the past few hours, and it shows in the sweat pearling on his brow, the corded lines of his muscles. He hasn't taken off his jacket, either, Pichu still making her home in his collar.

He doesn't turn when Sora approaches, doesn't make any move to acknowledge the boy. He just silently glares into the wood as if his eyes could replace the drill in his hands. ]

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[angelicdelights.livejournal.com]

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[adamant]

I'll manage. She's safer back at home.

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[angelicdelights.livejournal.com]

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[adamant]

Maybe. Doesn't mean you should dwell on it.

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[derpy-mcderp.livejournal.com]

[For awhile, Laguna just watches. Leon may not be the Squall from his world, but he was still Squall. Well. Leon. Whatever, Laguna still had a fatherly attachment to this one, even if his own had gone home.]

...hey, kiddo.

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[adamant]

[ Leon hardly notices the other man's approach, caught up in rearranging the path of the wiring in a gutted-out wall with Pichu's help.

It isn't until Laguna speaks that Leon double-takes so fast that he whirls and almost slams his head into some loose pipes. He pauses, incredulous. ]

What did you just call me?

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[derpy-mcderp.livejournal.com]

[sdkfhskdf- what the hell, Leon? Don't scare him like that!]

...kiddo?