Here, Lightning, Lightning, Lightning... C'mere, girl, c'mere!

[zantetsukenlcie]

I'm not a cat— cut it out!

[ Cue a rather harassed-looking young woman gritting her teeth as she backpedals away from her mun, eagerly putting physical distance between the two of them. Honestly, she's more embarrassed than angry, but one probably couldn't guess it with the way she's glaring. ]

You call this a comeback? Everyone was waiting for you to do this two weeks ago and now you just expect me to drop everything for you? I don't have time to put up with your demands. There's too much going on right now, for both of us. You still have those applications to finish for Cecil and the Americas, and you never even finished finding out what happens to Serah!

[ She frowns and her eyes darken a little while the mun makes this... face that's somewhere between. When she speaks again, her voice is a little more tense than it was a second ago. ]

...Just because you won't know the third part of the story for a while is not an excuse to slack off.

[ Finally, she sighs, and her frown deepens, her tone lowering as she turns away from her mun. ]

Why the hell do you want me to talk to other people now anyway? Get those ideas out of your head. Tifa is probably busy too, and if Fang and Hope are as well, that's just too bad for you. I don't even know this Leon you keep talking about and are so excited about suddenly, for some reason.

[ That reason would be because aforementioned Leon has a new game coming out tomorrow. The mun loves Resident Evil a little too much to be sad about little to no survival horror elements probably being present again this time around. ]

And no... I don't care if I haven't seen Denmark in a while either. I'm— We're fine. Just... go to bed already. It's late and we shouldn't even be here. You need to rest if you're going to get anything done tomorrow. There's nothing else to talk about.

Comments

[hopebyname]

[That....is a lot of angry. Doesn't even know where to start with this one.]

You don't look like a cat.

[drowpaladin]

Oh, they do so love pulling that act, don't they? Mine is doing the same, and she refuses to take "no" as an answer.

Wasn't being put on a snotship in space enough? No, not for her! So, truly, I do feel for you, milady.

[ladygreensleeves]

[Have an England, giving Lightning a look of curiosity and sympathy. She sighs.]

You have my sympathies, Miss. It appears muns know how to go about things in precisely the wrong way.

[Not that this England knows much about that herself as it stands, but she's heard enough about such things from her male counterpart. She frowns,and can't help be a little curious when someone she knows is mentioned.]

Were you... referring to the nation of Denmark?

[that_denmark]

You don' care?

[Look at that face, Lightning. THAT SAD, SAD FACE. He cares you know!]

[lord_of_arms]

[Oh snap, that's... a lot of angry. ;A; But Firion is strong! This time, he won't choke!

Hopefully.

He carefully approaches Lightning.]

...Light?

[zantetsukenlcie]

[ Thankfully, the angry subsides because Hope. And, no, that's not a hope pun either. Except that assurance was, but you know—

Anyway, wow, it's been a really long time. Lightning's mun is kinda-sorta-maybe-justalittlebit in love with grown-up!Hope, but Light's not going to talk about that, for obvious reasons. At least not without proper blackmail and provocation. ]

Thanks...



You don't look any bigger.

[ ...Oops. ]

[zantetsukenlcie]

'Seems like it. I didn't think she'd do something like this again. It's not like she doesn't have plenty to do already without counting me. The newer... "muses"—

[ She hates using that term for herself and the others because she is really not into inspiring anything; most of the time, anything she gets involved with is entirely against her will, after all! ]

—have been keeping her pretty busy. What's yours dragging you into this time?

[hopebyname]

[In the majority of cases, ignorance is bliss. This? This is one of them. Hope's ignorance shall avoid all the awkward.

Well maybe not all of it.]

Right....

I'll come back in a few years then.

[Do you know how hard it is being surrounded by giants like Snow?]

[zantetsukenlcie]

[ A magical girls pow-wow! ...Well, sort of. The only reason Lightning knows who England is, is because there are about a dozen or more versions of America bouncing around in the headspace and GODDESS, DO THEY GET LOUD. Lightning really prefers giving them a wide berth, but sometimes she can't really ignore the wailing, let alone the harassment for buddy-buddy activities. It's probably to their credit that they remind her a lot of a certain other annoying blonde she is far too familiar with, what with all that "I'm the hero!" grand-standing they do. She can't help being more fond of them than she'd ever admit because of it. ]

I guess that's what you'd call him. England, right?

[zantetsukenlcie]

[ Oh— Dammit. ]

We went over this...

[ And this time, a paladin is nowhere in sight for tsun-translating. Good luck, Denmark. ]

Stop that.

[zantetsukenlcie]

[ Psst, if you need help, summon a paladin! That always works. ]

Firion...

[ As her stereotypically Final Fantasy response, when it comes to meetings of this nature, may reveal, Lightning is genuinely surprised; she wasn't expecting to see Firion. It's a pleasant surprise, but it's been ages and she has to allow herself a quick moment to get her bearings again. ]



It's good to see you.

[zantetsukenlcie]

[ Considering her height? Nope.

Aaaand cue the awkward: Lightning winces. ]

...No, this is... It's fine. What's new?

[ Whatever happened with that leather-face troll thing that was living in your coat closet? ]

[hopebyname]

[Typical growing pains, issues over height right here. Sometimes. He'll wake up one day and be all arms and legs.

He's not too sure on that wince though.]

Uh huh. Well, nothing is new. I'm "nowhere" at the moment so.... yeah, nothing new.

I added stuff because my tag looked kind of sad lol

[that_denmark]

[He's not stopping. Did you think he would? In fact, he goes a bit farther, lower lip protruding and practically whimpering. Don't kick the puppy, Lightning.]

[lord_of_arms]

[Well, she's not as angry as before! That's certainly good and he relaxes a little.]

It's good to see you as well! How have you been?

[zantetsukenlcie]

You haven't been doing anything since...? At all?

You added like, one sentence. lol <3

[zantetsukenlcie]

[ SHE'S NOT KICKING HIM. That's not to say she isn't considering it now though... ]

I said, stop it.

[zantetsukenlcie]

[ Firion is like rage-repellant; it's hard to be pissy around him if he isn't the direct reason for the attitude. ]

'Still breathing. You?

[lord_of_arms]

[He chuckles quietly.]

I've been well. [He quiets for a moment, fidgeting slightly before holding out his hand. The Wild Rose appears, glowing softly and looking as beautiful as ever.] I-It's unfortunate that by the time we finally win the Conflict, I don't remember you.

[Though, thanks to this place, he can remember both cycles!]

It has fulfilled its purpose for me and, as promised, I am giving this back to you.

You don't know the disappointment I felt when I saw that yes, just one sentence lol

[that_denmark]

[He soon stopped, sort of. No more whining at least. But that lip is still out and he's still looking at her with those huge, mournful blue eyes.]

[zantetsukenlcie]

[ She gives a huge sigh and growls quietly under her breath, scowling at him. He's not going to make her take it back! Not in public! ]

Well, what do you want?

[zantetsukenlcie]

[ Oh, the Wild Rose! When they'd given their lives for the others Cosmos warriors, Lightning expected to never see it again, regardless of what she and Firion had said back then. ]

...You remember now. That's all that matters, right?

[ladygreensleeves]

[England, on the other hand, is rather oblivious to who this is and to how she knows the nation. She raises a curious eyebrow at the other, nodding.]

Hm, that's right. And you are...?

[that_denmark]

[He doesn't mind the sigh and the growl. At least he's not being punched yet, so it's all good. Still, he doesn't let go of the pout or the eyes.]

...A hug.

[Denmark responds after a while.]

[zantetsukenlcie]

[ Lightning isn't exactly surprised by the request, but she can't stop herself from blushing even though it's along the lines of what she was expecting. She turns her head away, grits her teeth again, and very firmly tells herself not to look around to see if anyone is watching.

Finally, she turns back to the nation and awkwardly puts her arms around him, somewhat pinning his limbs to his sides by the elbows because she's too uncomfortable initiating this to get to the business of moving his arms out of her way. ]

[that_denmark]

[Given how they seem to be getting along nowadays (despite how it's actually been a while since they've spent quite a while together), Denmark put more faith on the possibility that she'd grant his request. She may find him annoying, ridiculous maybe even a bit stupid, but she does care for him in her own shy way.]

[The hug comes, awkward and hesitant, but she's actually hugging him and that's great. She's wrapped her arms around him enough that she's trapped his elbows but that's fine. He's still able to lean down a little to give her a happy nuzzle and a little kiss over her head. He smiles wide against her hair.]

[She's so cute!]

[zantetsukenlcie]

[ That does it, though; Lightning can feel his smile and the affection is more than what she's used to receiving from anyone who isn't Serah, so her face burns unpleasantly and she pulls away rather abruptly. It wasn't bad or something she didn't enjoy, honestly, but a feeling like fear bubbles up in her a lot around Denmark and it's hard for her to let her guard down, to be so vulnerable. ]

There. I hope you're happy.

[that_denmark]

I am! Thanks!

[And sure enough Lightning gets that bright, happy grin that's so characteristic of Denmark. That hug was pretty important as it's probably the first one she's ever given him willingly.]

So what's up? [The Nordic asks, looking at her a bit questioningly but still with that grin on his face. It softens as he speaks of something quite important.] Can I see our li'l miracle one of these days?