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[soggypastry]

[It's fairly late at night when the feed clicks on, and the first thing anyone listening to this would be able to hear is some rather tightly controlled breathing. Someone is not pleased right now.]

What the hell is going on? This is not Gran Pulse, that person was not my mother and this...thing--[She's cut off by the whinny of a Ponyta here, and

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[airwinged]

[Tired Hope is tired, but he doesn't want to sleep yet. All those dreams are putting a toll on his sanity.

So pardon him if he sounds a little hoarse.]

L-Light?

voice;

[airwinged]

...

[He thinks he's dreaming but he'll take the bait because this has to be a good dream.]

Light!!

voice;

[soggypastry]

[Well, someone needs a cough drop. Wait...that's--!]

Hope? [Give her a second; she's just a little surprised.]

voice;

[airwinged]

[More than one cough drop maybe.]

Where are you?

voice;

[soggypastry]

[She'd give you the whole bag if she had one.]

I just got shoved from a house. Hold on...[The sound of paper; she went through the Trainer's Guide already, there was a map inside.]

I think it's New Bark Town.

voice;

[airwinged]

Why are you there...

[Guess people do really arrive there. Even the returning ones.]

Just-- just wait there, I'm on my way.

voice;

[soggypastry]

[Oh no you don't!]

Hope, stop. I'll come to you, okay? Where are you?[She doesn't want you running around in the fog-soup sounding like that, you crazy boy.]

voice;

[airwinged]

But... but...

[You're not going to get the best of him, even if he has to lie.]

I'm in Cherrygrove. [Hopefully his Onix is willing to carry him.]

voice;

[soggypastry]

No buts. [Checking the map again. Doesn't seem far.]

I'll meet you there. Stay put, Hope. [And another whinny as Light heads off, Ponyta flat on her heels. Will she ever learn you can ride a Ponyta? ...maybe.]

voice;

[airwinged]

All right.

[She can hear a loud Niiiiiiiiix in the background. Yep, he's on the move too.]

voice;

[soggypastry]

[She can hear it. And she doesn't like it. This is Lightning, picking up the pace.]

What was that noise?

voice;

[airwinged]

That was Onix--

[... Wait.]

You don't remember her?

voice;

[soggypastry]

[She'd remember something that makes that kind of noise.]

I don't even know what this place is.

voice;

[airwinged]

[P-pardon him. He's whispering "like Sora" to Onix.

:'|]

You really don't?

voice;

[soggypastry]

[Her voice grows quieter; softer. It's Hope, and he sounds sad...yes, she is nearly putty in the boys hands.]

I don't, Hope. [Then only footsteps. She's going to keep moving until she either falls, finds you, or passes out, you know.]

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[airwinged]

Niiix. [Scrape scrape scrape-- Onix does not leave footprints. She leaves trails.

And Hope's on her right now, hanging on as much as he can.]

I'm coming to get you. [More determination in his voice, because Lightning not remembering isn't the issue here right now.]