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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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Date: 2012-05-29 11:50 am (UTC)action
Date: 2012-05-29 11:57 am (UTC)[She keeps running until she gets to her dear friend, and then she throws her arms around her, holding her tight. It's... really all she can do. After all the friends Minnie has lost, she still hasn't found the way to take the sting out of losing them.]
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Date: 2012-05-29 12:02 pm (UTC)She's not going to let him down now, but she needs a little time to come to terms with her first love disappearing. That's all, really. Just time.]
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Date: 2012-05-29 05:37 pm (UTC)[It's all she can think of to say, and even those words feel hollow. She's also gone through the pain of losing her love, and nothing anyone had said or done had resolved it. All she can do now is tenderly stroke Lightning's hair, just a little reminder she'll be here as long as her friend needs her.]
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Date: 2012-05-30 01:39 am (UTC)[She just wishes it was longer. As much as she loves this place for what it's done, bringing people who never would have met together like this, she really hates it other times. The only consolation is that he's with his family again, and hopefully safe.
Well. That and Minnie's presence, for the moment; Lightning knows she's not alone, and will slowly return the hug, just breathing. She'll get through this. She has to. But it still hurts.]