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[mirrorbirth]

[It's early afternoon. The journal flies open and turns on abruptly in mid-air, a blast of resonating energy having blown it away from where it had been placed. As it flies, a few flashes of red, white, and black are visible, and when it lands, Asch and Luke are in the distance, swords clashing, the rec center just beyond where they're fighting.

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[voice]

[offallingsnow]

[confession: She was sort of watching their fight.

Which at least one of them will notice after she gets her thoughts together enough to...call into the book]

Asch? Luke!

[voice]

[cakeblocked]

[Actually, neither of them will notice that first part since they're both kind of concentrating on keeping their heads above the water. After a few minutes, there comes a response. Luke's voice is rough and quiet, and if Nephry cares to look, it looks like he's partially on Asch's back as they swim through the ocean.]

Nephry, hey... we're okay. [He has to clear his throat after that.]

[voice]

[offallingsnow]

What happened to you?

[they're okay. So she has her calm face back.]

[voice]

[cakeblocked]

We kind of - [cough uuugh] screwed up.

[voice]

[offallingsnow]

You're swimming.

[voice]

[cakeblocked]

Yeah... We triggered an inco- [And another clearing of his throat.] incomplete hyperresonance. So we got blasted here.

[voice]

[offallingsnow]

And...how did you do that?

[voice]

[cakeblocked]

We were training, and... it just happened. I still don't really know what triggers it...

[voice]

[offallingsnow]

As long as you're both all right.

[voice]

[cakeblocked]

We're... sort of okay. [He probably shouldn't mention that he drowned for a few seconds...] But we'll get back to you later when we're on land, all right?

[voice]

[offallingsnow]

Yes, that's fine.

[voice]

[cakeblocked]

[So, Luke shuts off their communication to talk to other people, and to reach the shore. It's about half an hour later when Luke's voice pops up again, very irritated.]

The teleporter's broken.

[voice]

[offallingsnow]

...What will you do? It's quite a long walk back.

[voice]

[cakeblocked]

I'm trying to make it work! [And by the metallic THUNK that Nephry just heard, Luke plans to do it by beating it into submission. He gives a frustrated sigh when that yields nothing.] ... But Asch is contacting Xion. She's got portals, so...