9th Rise of the Phoenix ஜ Voice/Action

[flamesofanger]

[Hey, Luceti, the experiment has ended, right? Right. Everyone is back to normal and all... Then what the heck is that fire bird doing soaring across the sky over the village

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[boomchucka]

[Well... this just puts the icing on Selphie's cake.]

Ikki?!

[flamesofanger]

Selphie-chan! Are... Are you all right?

[Yep, it's Ikki, just... Moe and shy and using -chan on you.]

[boomchucka]

[Is she all right? Not exactly.]

I'm fine, Ikki. How are you?

[flamesofanger]

[Unfortunately Ikki sucks at reading people and he doesn't know her well enough to see through things. Fortunately this Ikki now is one that will make a fuss over her even if she says that she's fine, because he has been gone for a week and he hasn't been able to see how she is and this is Luceti do you have any idea how much can happen here in one week??]

Ah, I'm fine, fine, really. Just a few bruises, but I have had it worse, believe me.

[He smiles... A wide and open smile to reassure her.]

Are you sure you're fine? What has happened while I was gone? Uhm... What day is it today? I think I have been gone close to a week maybe...

[boomchucka]

I'm sure. [Lies.]

There was an experiment while you were gone and it's Sunday and are you sure you're all right? You're acting kinda funny.

[flamesofanger]

You sure? Absolutely, really sure? No wounds, no hurt anywhere, no nothing?

[What. He's worried. And whining a bit.]

So it's been around a week, yeah... Uhm, I don't think I'm acting funny.

Were you affected by the experiment?

[boomchucka]

[She doesn't want him to worry and the fact that he's openly worried about her just means that something's up.]

I'm not hurt, no injuries, no nothing.

I was.

[flamesofanger]

[Just that? The Selphie-chan didn't mean something was up already? Anyway, Ikki's busy focusing on the last part.]

You were?! What kind of experiment was it? What did they do to you? Is it over now?

[boomchucka]

They just made me a stuffed animal for a little bit and then they changed me back and gave me pointy ears. I think it's over.

[flamesofanger]

A stuffed animal? That's cute, though a porcelain doll may have been better? Ah, but those are fragile, stuffed animals are safer for you.

[Ikki... Apparently delighted at the idea of stuffed animals... Somewhere a whole universe just received the visit of the Apocalypse.]

It doesn't sound like such a bad experiment...

[boomchucka]

I'm not fragile!

[It's the end of the world, that's for sure.]

I didn't like the first half of it. The second half was all right.

[flamesofanger]

[Ikki just... Laughs. Not a chuckle, not a low laugh but an open and kind one.]

No, you aren't, that's why porcelain doesn't suit you. You're still very cute, cute enough for a stuffed animal.

Uhm... I kind of lament that I missed the first part, you must have looked adorable.

[boomchucka]

[...]

Ah, I guess I looked all right.

[flamesofanger]

[Ikki laughs again, if he was there he would be ruffling her hair affectionately even...

There's a sneeze. And with it the laughing vanishes and Ikki just... Snorts lightly.]

Hn, was it any different than normal though? I suppose you may not noticed much difference in height.

[And a smirk, teasing, sarcastic... What the...]

[boomchucka]

[Yup, they did something alright.]

Ah, there's the Ikki I know.

[flamesofanger]

[What?]

What is that supposed to mean?