030 [Action for Olivine Pokemon Center/Text]

[soggypastry]

[She doesn't think anything of it, at first. There's another three day hole in her memory and she assumes that he's just out of the city or dealing with something. It's happened before and she knows he'll call sooner or later. But when the call doesn't come, even after noon has come and gone, Lightning begins to worry. She tries to call his gear, but there's no answer other than what she's feared the most ever since people started to disappear on her. That cold, robotic tone telling her that he is gone and she wasn't even there when he disappeared.

That well known sentence that leaves no question he won't be answering her again, and he may not even remember her and everything they are. Still, she doesn't cry. Not even when Strike and Lucky pad into her room, Leon's bag in Strike's paws before she gives it to Lightning and goes to Sen, curling into his embrace as Lucky whines, putting her head on Lightning's lap as the woman digs into Leon's bag and comes out with his coat and a letter that she reads once, twice, three times over before it finally sinks in. Now she cries, one broken sounding sob that shouldn't come from a woman who is normally so strong, but when her world has just been rocked upside down...she's not sure what else to do.

Not sure what else she can do but slowly get out of bed and sit with her arms around Lucky, quietly ignoring the world around them for a long time. Those that come into her room will find her like that, Leon's jacket draped around her shoulders and Lucky's head in her lap. She's not likely to move anytime soon, either.]


Leon's gone. He said to tell you he was sorry.

[Private text to: Ventus]
Can you come by for a minute? I need your help with something.

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[impulsives]

...Will you be alright?

[At the very least, he knows the pain of loss very well, and she's one of the leaders of PGC, so yeah.]

[soggypastry]

Not much else I can be. There's too much to do for me to curl up and cry now.

[No matter how much she wants to do that, she doesn't have that luxury. She's got the PGC to lead and so she needs to keep it together. Somehow. Besides, he wouldn't want her to waste her time crying.]

[impulsives]

...If you want to take some time off, go ahead. I don't think the others would mind.

[Seriously, the others won't probably mind.]

[soggypastry]

I've spent the past three weeks off because of what happened during the storm. Any longer and we'll have trouble.

[She can't believe Team Rocket would stay this quiet for three weeks now. Something's not right and she needs to be ready for it...even if all she wants to do it take that time off.]

[impulsives]

...Judging from their activities, it won't be likely for them to mount a surprise offensive at this time.

[Because really, they must be pretty winded from that three-day blackout.]

[soggypastry]

Maybe not, but that doesn't give us a reason to get sloppy. That just invites the worst trouble.

[They may be as winded as everyone else, but she's not willing to take the chance. Besides, preparations will give her something that isn't her missing love to focus on.]

[impulsives]

...Well, if you're sure you can handle it, good luck then.

Just know that you'll probably have friends that'd barge into your room and fuss over you.

[soggypastry]

That's already happened. I knew it would the second that text hit the network.

[That is one issue with having a rather large extended family, after all. You get fussed over.]

[impulsives]

...That's friends for you, they'll always be there whenever you need them or not.

[Even if the border of the worlds separated him from his partner. Yeah, this is definitely something Shinn's well-versed in.]

[soggypastry]

Or whether you want them to see you or not. But I suppose that's just their way of showing they care.

[Family, partners, lovers...they have ways of finding ways back together. Those that have stayed or returned are all well-versed in the subject.]

[impulsives]

That's pretty much the gist of it, yeah. Especially if they've known you from different circumstances other than this place.