☇019 - video/action for ecruteak city

[solidbarrels]

--Inx! Shinx! NxShinx!

[ A small tiny blue lion paws at the pokegear, blinking curiously at the screen and camera. It yelps when gloved hands grabs the Shinx off the ground and into the air ]

Stop that.

[ Oh hey, familiar voice. Sounds like he's annoyed, or more exasperated. Maybe both.]...If I didn't know better, I'd say I was stuck in Time

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[usedgatlinggun]

Good to see you're still around, Squall.

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[solidbarrels]

(I rather be back home but...)

Yeah, still here. Unfortunately.

[ Here, Quisty, watch Squall get his face licked by an over-exuberant Shinx! ]

(...)

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[usedgatlinggun]

[ Her solemn expression twists into brief amusement. ]

Charming. You let them get away with that?

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[solidbarrels]

It still thinks its a newborn. What am I supposed to do?

[ And honestly, it still is a newborn, what with Squall being Glitched twice already in the past month or so. ]

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[usedgatlinggun]

Train them while they're young and impressionable. [ The amusement resolves into seriousness again. ]

You know, you are stuck here, but you're not stuck here alone. We could all make this better on each other if we travel together.

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[solidbarrels]

I know I'm not alone. (Took Firion and a Cave to make me finally realize that...)

[ He still had the scars to remind him of that. And Cosmos. He still had Cosmos the Kadabra, a reminder of his friendship with Firion despite the weapon master not being around. Any more. ]

(And the Conflict. The Conflict helped, too. In a weird way.)

We could. Travel together. If I ever make it out of Ecruteak.

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[usedgatlinggun]

Rinoa and I will be moving on to Azalea within a week, and eventually, to Goldenrod. I don't expect we'll stay in Azalea long.

She misses you, you know - we both do.

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[solidbarrels]

Still in Violet?

[ ...That's not too bad. All he has to do is cross the bloody Sudowoodo Crossing. Finally. And he'll be in Violet in less than a week. ]

Haven't actually stayed in Azalea the last time I was there... (Considering travel was cut into 2 hours along each route. Suzuki and I were more concerned in heading back to Violet and getting our badges than actually staying in Azalea...)

[ Squall pauses, eyes diverting to the side before looking straight into the pokegear ]

It has been a while. Since I saw either of you. In person.

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[usedgatlinggun]

For the moment. I'm planning on getting out of here as soon as I take out Falkner; I should be able to face him next week.

[ She smiles a little again, once he's looking at her. ]

Longer for you than it has been for us, right?

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[solidbarrels]

You should be fine, Instructor.

[ Squall's lips twitch but he otherwise says nothing, if she hadn't heard how he almost got KO'd by his own pokemon during his own gym battle with Falkner, then what's the point of bringing it up now? Even if Diablos is still having trouble with that one attack...

[ The SeeD almost stiffens at the question. It's a long moment of silence before he speaks up. ]

Depends... On what you heard.

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[usedgatlinggun]

... What I heard? I... haven't heard anything yet, Squall. [ A pause, punctuated by a concerned look. ] Is there something I should hear?

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[solidbarrels]

(So you don't know. Would have thought one of the others...) Forget it.

[ Squall straightens, his expression growing more serious if possible ]

I'll explain when I see you in person. You and Rinoa. It's probably... better that way.

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[usedgatlinggun]

[ She's halfway to protesting his 'forget it' when he continues, and she shuts her mouth. ]

... All right.

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[solidbarrels]

It's not something I want to discuss over the 'gear.

[ Telling them that Ultimecia was alive and that he fought her (killed her), fought for a Goddess isn't something that should be spoken over an insecure communication line. Even if, the Sorceress was no more. ]

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[usedgatlinggun]

I understand. [ And now she's relaxing a little, because Squall's not shutting her out like she thought he was. ]

We'll talk when we meet up, then?

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[solidbarrels]

[ Give him some credit, Quisty. He's not that bad anymore. At least not that much. ]

I'll leave for Violet tonight. I should be there before the end of the week. If possible.

[ Assuming the weather doesn't kill him tomorrow. ]