first frost ❄ video/action for new bark

[malborohunter]

[ The video clicks on to an expression of wonder. Some might recognize Quistis from her time here before - she hasn't been gone long enough to look much older, either. ]

I'm... back, I guess.

[ The next pause is long, but she eventually smiles. ]How long has it been? I was back in my world for almost six months. This place was just starting to

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[shieldofjustice]

[Well, this is a surprise. And it's pretty clear that Athrun is treating it as such by the expression on his face.]

...Yeah, I...I'm still here. But you -- you're...

...Sorry. I just...don't even know where to start here.

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[malborohunter]

[ She smiles at the familiar face, but the expression falters a little when he doesn't immediately return it. ]

... Athrun?

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[shieldofjustice]

...Oh, I...I'm sorry. I must admit, I'm surprised that you're back. It's been several months since you disappeared.

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[malborohunter]

[ Her look turns apologetic. ]

I didn't mean to disappear on you. [ A beat, then, tentatively playful- ] Did you miss me?

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[shieldofjustice]

Wha--

[Cue look of surprise. Also a bit of red going into his cheeks.]

Uh--well...

[Trailing off now.]

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[malborohunter]

[ She laughs, pleased. ]

No need to be shy about it. I missed you, too, Athrun.

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[shieldofjustice]

[Though that gets his attention. He snaps out of the embarrassment.]

Wait, you did? You remembered this place when you were sent home?

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[malborohunter]

[ She's quiet for a moment, reflective. ]

I did remember, but not very well at first. It all seemed a lot like a dream, very surreal.

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[shieldofjustice]

[He thinks for a moment, himself. Then he nods.]

Yeah. That matches up with what Shinn told me about going back home. So people don't necessarily completely forget.

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[malborohunter]

I've heard some do. Johto's never exactly been noted for being consistent.

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[shieldofjustice]

...You have a point there.

How much time has passed for you back home?

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[malborohunter]

Nearly six months. A little longer than I was missing here, apparently.

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[shieldofjustice]

Well, it's good to know that laws such as time are still little more than inconveniences here.

Did you get any of your Pokémon back?

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[malborohunter]

King was with me when I woke up. [ The camera turns on a flash of steel, and King the Skarmory peers at the screen briefly. ] He's only level thirty, but he was level fifty-five when I left.

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[shieldofjustice]

Huh, I've never heard of that happening. Though most of the time the Pokémon go to the people who know them.

Though at the same time, that isn't always the case...

[There's a hint of melancholy in his tone there.]

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[malborohunter]

I don't know what happened to any of the rest of my team. [ She sounds a little rueful, herself. ] It would be nice if they were with my friends; at least I'd know they were taken care of.