23rd roar [ text ]; backdated to the morning of the 24th

[adamant]

[ Guess who saw the feed first thing upon waking and nearly flipped his shit? Yep. He flips it open to make some calls. ]

The empty base, and now this. Whatever it is they've got planned, it'll be best to stay on our guard.


[Private voicemail to: Cooper, Cooper, Sora, Ventus, Xion, Rise, Kisa, Nanako, Cecil, Yuffie:]
You're not hurt, are you? [ It's probably a good thing they can't see how worried he is. Suddenly--ping! ]

Error: user ID 'Yuffie Kisaragi' not found_

[ That's an unpleasant surprise. He checks his pokemon box--and finds Zuzu, looking forlorn. ]

[ Public text message sent out about an hour later: ]
If you knew Yuffie Kisaragi, she's been sent home.

[ He's just going to spend the rest of the day being grumpy and frustrated and torn between flying out to Goldenrod and staying on course to Blackthorn. ]

Comments

[Text]

[soggypastry]

[What's the saying? Misery loves company? Well, according to Lightning, so do grumpiness and frustration. Yeah, she's tracking you down this very moment.]

Where are you?

[Text]

[adamant]

Out.

[ Translation: let me be emotionally closed-off in peace, I don't want your comfort, waaah. ]

[text]

[restardom.livejournal.com]

brojr mu arm

my aen

hard to type

[audio]

[adamant]

Broke your arm?

[ If that's Rise, he can't imagine what shape Xion is in... ]

voice

[newhero.livejournal.com]

[he'll be calling back a few hours later on account of sleeping in this morning-- partly because of having such a rough day yesterday, and partly because he's just Sora.]

Leon? I'm all right.

voice

[adamant]

[ A tiny, soft puff of relief. ]

I'm glad to hear it. Looks like Team Rocket is stepping up.

text;

[skillspanner]

got a feelin this is rly just the start of somethin big

like. RLY big.

text;

[adamant]

You're not the only one. The only thing still up and running at the base was the science division...looks like more Tarantulas on the horizon. Or worse.

[ Not a comforting thought. Hide yo pokemon, hide yo frans, etc. ]

[text]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

A little.

I'm okay.

[ Typing with one hand. Woo-hoo! ]

[voice]

[adamant]

[ He totally believes you--not. ]

Define 'okay'.

voice;

[usedjunes.livejournal.com]

No...

[totally dragging it out in the way kids do when they know they might get scoldings but they're totally gonna try and wiggle their way out of it by sounding tiny and cute.]

voice;

[adamant]

[ A tiny sigh. ]

I just wanted to know if you were safe, Nanako. Did you see a nurse?

private text

[her-mouse-jesty.livejournal.com]

I fared off better than the others.

private text

[adamant]

I'm glad to hear that. I only just saw your post--your pokemon were stolen?

[ Goddamn it, who does he need to punch? >C ]

[video]

[paladinlost]

I received a cut or two, but nothing more. It seems even Pokémon attacks have trouble piercing through plate armor.

[And his complete inability to use anything other than the video function proves it.]

[video]

[adamant]

[ A tiny smile. Some things never change. ]

Glad to hear it. Your traveling companions and pokemon too, I hope?

[audio]

[tapestodiane]

_{[Cooper never liked texting much. So he returns the text with a call, and though he sounds tired and a little raspy, there's that old business-like tone to his voice that very much indicates that he's fine.]}

Aside from a few cuts and bruises, I'm a-okay. To my knowledge no one was too badly hurt.

[audio]

[adamant]

[ It was a voicemail! xD ]

That's what I've been hearing, but I needed to confirm it. That broadcast was pretty alarming.

[nankurunaizer.livejournal.com]

[adamant]

We'll have to be more cautious with them, going forward. I think we've missed our chance at taking them out completely, if we even had one in the first place.

[text] 1/2

[freshbreeze.livejournal.com]

[text] 2/2

[freshbreeze.livejournal.com]

[And a minute or two later]

[Video] private to Leon

[dragonspeak]

[Assuming they became acquainted during the raid...]

They definitely are planning something. Now that I think about it, didn't the book we found in the bigger dorm rooms have stuff about trains? The one we found the password in.

[He's just going to be angry at himself for now figuring it out earlier now.] I should've realised. Finding that, and then the announcement...it's so obvious now.

[Video] private to Merlin --> private forever

[adamant]

[ He shakes his head. ]

Hindsight is 20/20. It's best not to get caught up in 'should have' and 'could have'. We did what we could with the information we had.

[audio]

[biteisbigger.livejournal.com]

[ it's probably a good thing this is audio on Kisa's end, too. Because she has yet to cease looking miserable and exhausted.

... Not that she sounds much better. There's a bit of a rasp in her voice. ]

I-I'm okay.

[islandshore.livejournal.com]