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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.
Re: [text]
Date: 2012-05-31 10:53 pm (UTC)[Keep digging Harry, eventually you'll come out the other side.
Or get incinerated by magma, whichever.][A bit of a pause before the next bit of text comes over. Even Harry's not stupid enough to not realize he's gonna make things worse by continuing this.]
So before my foot gets any deeper in my mouth, IS there anything else I could do, or have we reached the point where honorable seppuku is the only option?
[Yeah, totally almost to China.]
[text]
Date: 2012-06-01 03:25 am (UTC)You could work on your sympathy for the next time something like this happens. Hurt people are already angry, and I doubt you need to make any more enemies.
[In a way, however, she is grateful. Focusing on that blooming anger kept her mind off the pain for a little. Lets her focus come back.]
Re: [text]
Date: 2012-06-01 05:45 am (UTC)Duly noted.
I'll try to work on that whole brain-to-mouth filter thing I keep hearing about too, but no promises. Been working on that since I was 16 with no luck so far.
[Clever reference to a Diglett of some kind goes here.]
[text]
Date: 2012-06-01 07:27 am (UTC)Then you may want to try harder before someone gets really angry and tries to break your nose.
[Oh, like how he may or may not be digging a deeper hole without even trying? That clever enough?]
Re: [text]
Date: 2012-06-02 04:07 am (UTC)Been there before, too.
[And usually with potential consequences a lot worse than a broken nose.]
...Yeah, I'm just going to stop talking now.
[Sometimes small miracles do happen.]