soggypastry: (dead)
Lightning Farron ([personal profile] soggypastry) wrote2012-05-09 07:12 pm

029 [Video/Action for Route 39]

[First the trash and sludge come to life, then the fog keeping anyone from seeing more than five feet in front of their faces rolls in. It would have been enough to drive anyone up the wall, and it certainly did that to Lightning. It was why she'd left the city, trying to get a better vantage point and see just what else they were dealing with.

That was, of course, before the storm hit and turned visibility to less than zero. That was before the gear turns on, showing her face, lips pressed in a tight line as she stands with her back to a tree as the harsh rain plasters her hair and clothes to her skin. She's not happy about this, that's for sure. She didn't turn the gear on by accident, though, because she opens her mouth to say something, but then the screen shakes in time with a low tremor just as she turns, seemingly ready to move somewhere else.

It's not enough of a tremor to knock anything over, but the muddy ground is already slick and Lightning stumbles, gear tumbling from her hand as she curses, trying to regain her balance. She doesn't have a chance to, however, before the very air itself turns a bright blue for what can't be more than half a second, and then the screen goes white with the insanely bright flash of lightning blocking out the camera with the glare and booming roar of thunder covering any sounds but a rumble almost as loud but on a different pitch. It sounds almost like something fell, but...what's out there to fall?

Trees. When the lightning dissipates and the screen returns to normal about a minute later, it's obvious a few trees have fallen over for some reason, most likely a bolt of lightning striking one and making it topple its neighbours. The most obvious one to topple was the one Lightning had been leaning on, so...where is she? Pinned under it. The angle the gear landed at makes it hard to see, but that is most definitely one pink-haired woman pinned hip to shoulder under a decently heavy looking tree, and she's not moving. She doesn't move at all again while the feed continues, even as her Lucario and Haunter force out of their Pokeballs to try and help her, but eventually the rain soaks so deep into her gear that it shorts out, sputtering into static and going dark like a broken TV set.]

[ooc: video/text/audio replies ICly delayed by a few hours. Action for those in the area, and said folks should expect to be ambushed by the Pokemon she had with her as they drag you to help her, but be wary of fallen trees. It is hard to see out there!]

[action]

[personal profile] ex_aeroga402 2012-05-11 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
...I think they agree.

[So Ven'll...carefully try and get up without letting Lightning drop. If only they weren't the same size]
islandshore: (determined)

[action]

[personal profile] islandshore 2012-05-12 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Riku will go ahead and wait for Ven and Lightning to get aboard before he follows suit. Gotta make sure they've got plenty of room after all.]

[action]

[personal profile] ex_aeroga402 2012-05-13 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[From his seat in the lobby, Ven reaches over and pats Fang gently. It takes some care, what with her being a ghost, but he did have a Gengar himself]

Light'll be okay, she's strong.

[He only wishes misfortune didn't seem to find her particularly alluring]
islandshore: (wary)

[action]

[personal profile] islandshore 2012-05-16 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Riku shudders at the news. It's no small injury, after all, and it's entirely possible that she's not the only one in a similar predicament.

After mulling it over, he turns his attention to Ven.]


It's a good thing you called me, Ven. I don't want to think of what'd happen otherwise.

[Because things could've gotten worse.]

[action]

[personal profile] ex_aeroga402 2012-05-18 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ven nods, rather numbed by the news. It's true it could have been worse, but Lightning's hurt worse than he was during that rock slide.

He just hopes she doesn't forget anything important like he did]


Yeah, I'm glad you were around. I didn't know how bad Light was hurt...