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. ]

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[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]

[restardom.livejournal.com]

brojr mu arm

my aen

hard to type

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.

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[skillspanner]

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

like. RLY big.

[Text]

[adamant]

Out.

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

[text]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

A little.

I'm okay.

[ Typing with one hand. Woo-hoo! ]

[audio]

[adamant]

Broke your arm?

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

voice

[adamant]

[ A tiny, soft puff of relief. ]

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

[Text]

[soggypastry]

I said where, Leon.

[Translation: out with it or I will flip this town to find you, and be very mad about it later.]

[audio]

[restardom.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[ she sounds relieved. ] Ugh, typing's gonna be a hassle.

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[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. ]

[voice]

[adamant]

[ He totally believes you--not. ]

Define 'okay'.

[Text]

[adamant]

[ HUFF HUFF OKAY FINE so whipped ]

Route 43, heading up to the lake. Want me to wait for you?

voice

[newhero.livejournal.com]

[silence. there's a noise that sounds a bit like Sora is scuffing his shoe against the floor.]

Yeah. There wasn't really... a whole lot I was able to do, either.

[voice]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

[ Well, that makes things lightly easier. But now tone and the way she responds will determine things. ]

I can still move around.

[ She should be in bed, though. ]

[audio]

[adamant]

Good thing there's more than one option on this thing. Your pokemon?

[Text]

[soggypastry]

[Good man, Leon. Good man.]

Yeah. I'll be there in ten minutes.

[voice]

[adamant]

[ Dryly. ]

That's reassuring. What happened?

[voice]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

Team Rocket attacked. They tried to take our Pokemon.

voice

[adamant]

Don't worry too much about it. From the looks of things, everyone was in the same boat.

[action]

[adamant]

[ She'll find him with his back against a tree, his winter coat on against the chill, body turned north towards the lake. Lucky sits beside him, providing warmth. ]

[voice]

[adamant]

[ A snort. ] I know that. There was a news broadcast. I meant, what happened to you?

[audio]

[restardom.livejournal.com]

All healed.

[voice]

[ordalias.livejournal.com]

... Oh. Um... [ fff, hesitance! ]

... [ Hmm. How to say she got the shit kicked out of her in a nice way? ]

[audio]

[adamant]

Good. Now take care of that arm; Light gets tough to handle when she's worried. [ Hey, at least he says it with affection. ]