031 [Video/Action for Olivine]

[soggypastry]

I said get out of the way!

[Morning, Johto. Enjoy your very early morning wake up call. No, seriously, it's early. The sun's not even up-early. Lightning normally sleeps through this time of day, so why is she on the network? ...Well, she's not exactly on it by choice. Her Pokemon have the gear again, and it's showing that a nurse is trying to stop a very pale and rather shaky Lightning from leaving the Center, but considering she's dressed and with a pair of Lucario's at her side, she's not going to be stopped. At all.]

Miss Farron, if you'll just calm down--

Calm down? I just spent the past six hours puking my guts out while you ran around like headless chocobos trying to fix a problem that shouldn't have happened, and you expect me to calm down? [She scoffs at that, moving to shove past, but the nurse bars her passage yet again.]

Miss Farron, the poison is still affecting your body. If you'd sit down and let us help-

[Now Lightning snarls, and it's still rather intimidating despite looking like she's going to fall at any second.]

Help? Like when you somehow didn't notice someone go into my room in the middle of the night and let this happen? I don't need your help. I can handle this myself.

[The nurse aims to protest again, but Lightning doesn't listen and she goes around, hobbling out of the Center on crutches while not looking back even as the feed shorts out with a startled "Pika!". It never comes on again, but those who go out looking for her will find her on the porch of Minnie's house, sitting on one of the chairs with her head in her hands, that pair of Lucarios and a Pikachu nearby so she isn't alone. She really doesn't look well, either, so their concern is probably warranted.]

[ooc: due to plottings, Lightning spent the night badly poisoned and is now rather freaked out because, well, no idea who did it! :3 My thanks to both Cobra-mun and Kimblee-mun for this plot, it's been fun!]

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[chasingstorms]

[Prolonging the cycle couldn't hurt, especially since she caught the deerling while Lightning was holed up at the Center.]

[Serah's jaw sets and for a moment it looks like she's going to launch right into a heated arguement, but after a moment she sighs and her shoulders droop a little.]

Alright fine, but only for now. And if anything happens I'm going to help, I'm not hiding in a house while everyone deals with the problem. Deal?

[That's the best compromise you're going to get out of her, big sis. Take it or leave it.]

[soggypastry]

[Yes, well, some endless cycles stay endless for a reason. This may be one of them.

Also, that sigh Lightning just gave? Totally not one of relief. Totally. ...okay maybe it was. She can deal with that! Mostly. It is admittedly a good compromise...even if it's still leaving a sour taste in Lightning's mouth that has nothing to do with the poison.]

Okay. But if things get too hectic and I tell you to get away, you listen to me and get the hell out of there. Am I clear?

[Your safety is always paramount, Serah. If she has to have one of her team carry you out, she'll do it. Don't think she won't.]

[chasingstorms]

[She's never going to make it as a trainer if Lightning keeps limiting her to what pokemon she already has though. Why would she do that to her?]

[She nods slightly, but the look on her face says that when it comes down to it, she's going to do whatever she thinks is right.]

Right.

[One of these days she's going to have pokemon high enough to challenge your Team Lightning. Just you wait.]

I know you said I can't do it, but you could at least tell me what's going on. Why are you such a target?

[What'd you do big sis, what did you do.]

[soggypastry]

[Lightning made it as a trainer with only three Pokemon for months. MONTHS, Serah. You can do it too!

Lightning knows this isn't over. Not by a long shot. Neither Farron would ever give up so easily, ever. So she at least knows better than to expect to end with this. Heck, it probably won't end even after Serah's team is strong enough to challenge hers and win. Not with their track record.

For now, however...she does owe Serah the explanation. Especially if they're going to be marching headlong into trouble like this.]

Last November, Team Rocket attacked the train that's in Goldenrod when it was on its first run. They hurt people and stole a lot of Pokemon, and the rest of us decided we'd had enough of them at that point. We formed a group so no one would fight them alone, but they know about it now. They're targeting people within the group and I have no idea how many of us have already been compromised.

[she sighs, looking like she just wants to sleep and hide for a while, but she knows she can't. She has to keep going.]

That's why I don't want you involved in this. If someone's sold us out, or if they actually have a full list of us, you'd be in more danger than you already are. I can't risk that.

[She was herself, bbsis. That's what she did.]

[chasingstorms]

[Yeah, well she's not you, big sis. Not to mention going three months with just Snow, Noel, and Mog would have been really unfair on poor Snow. Can you even imagine how much of a trainwreck that would have been?]

[It's going to take Serah's team a long time before they're able to even come close to Lightning's, especially consider just how unbalanced her roster is. Normal types might be versatile, but they're not typically known for being powerhouses.]

So that's why they poisoned you, because of the group you're in.

[It's a vile concept, but if big sis says it's true, then Serah believes her.]

Fine, i won't join this group, but that doesn't mean I won't do what I can to stop Team Rocket when I can, Lightning.

[Baby sis is too much of a Farron to let people get away with this sort of behavior.]

But I'll be careful, and if it looks dangerous I'll do what I can to stay out of trouble. Okay?

[soggypastry]

[A trainwreck of a very well trained Espeon, Furret, and Jumpluff. Mind over matter, baby sis.

And it's not like Lightning's team doesn't have their own weaknesses. You can do it, someday. ...Though that day is a very long ways away. Longer still than Lightning backing down on the matter of Serah joining the group someday.]

I know you wouldn't stay completely out of it. That's not like you. [Wistful little half smile. Serah certainly had the family trait of charging into trouble, that was for sure.]

Okay. I can accept that.

[chasingstorms]

[Mog doesn't believe in being well trained though, remember? She has absolutely no interest in training, battling, or anything of the sort. Snow and Noel, they'd be fine, but saddling her forever with Mog on her battle team is just mean.]

[That's a given, it's going to be a while before Serah really hits her stride as a trainer. Rinoa will probably have most of the badges by this point, breeder or not.]

Of course I wouldn't, I'm a Farron too remember? [At least they're being completely honest about what she would and wouldn't do.]

Good. I guess it's a deal then.