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[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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All Luke could think was "Not again..." before everything went black ( ... )
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There's not enough time to twist into a dive, so he straightens his body, arms flat against his sides, and inhales deeply. This sort of fall is bound to send them pretty far down.
The water is cold as he hits, almost enough to knock the air out of him, and his body is aching all over, but he knows he got off lucky. Spreading his arms to slow his descent and kicking his legs, he makes a run for the surface.
Now where did his stupid replica end up?]
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It certainly felt like it. If the water wasn't going to kill him, then surely holding what little breath he had would do it. He was sure of it, and he hated it, he didn't want to die, but...]
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Asch only takes a moment to determine this, taking another deep breath and diving back down into the water. He's probably stunned from the fall, and belatedly he remembers Luke mentioning that he can't swim well. No wonder he's sinking.
With a hasty arm around his replica's waist, he turns around and kicks for the surface once more, pulling Luke along until they both reach it.]
I swear, replica, if you're not breathing...!
[You'd better breathe, dreck, he can't give you mouth to mouth in the middle of the ocean. Not that he'd want to at all. Ewww.]
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And then that shout came. And then the explosion, first (briefly) from the journal and then outside, making her flinch and drop it and scramble to look outside all in the same movement.
... oh, god. She's not been outside in a week, but she doesn't even stop to think. After scrambling to pick up her journal and open a darkness corridor, she appears at the nearest landmark she could see -- the rec center -- just moments later, leaving her not far from the crater. In something of a daze she wanders over, discovering Asch's devastated journal as she does so. ]
What ...
[ She scoops it up, the first seed of true dread blossoming in her stomach. Clutching it to her chest, she opens her own journal and begins to scan it for ANY sign. Anything... ]
What did they ... [ with growing panic ] Where did you go? Luke! Asch!
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The light breeze that kicks up around him skitters over the edge of the blasted-out area and along the ground, as though searching, but Mewtwo doesn't focus on it - he gets the feeling that it's pointless.]
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oh god
what was
... oh
it's Mewtwo
hi Mewtwo thanks for the heart attack that was totally awesome and exactly what i needed while i ponder the possibility of my boyfriend having blown himself to smithereens
After, uh, screaming like that -- at least she kept it short! -- Xion just stares at Mewtwo, white in the face and clearly not sure how to react. She's still clutching Asch's journal and her own, as if hoping some sort of answer will come, as impossible as that is... ]
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There might have been some quiet noises from Asch's journal before Xion screamed - waves, light muttering, but after? There's a distinct splash, a curse, some coughing, then a slosh of water before:]
Xion? Xio- [Oh god yelling is not fun at all like this COUGH COUGH.]
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Which at least one of them will notice after she gets her thoughts together enough to...call into the book]
Asch? Luke!
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Nephry, hey... we're okay. [He has to clear his throat after that.]
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[they're okay. So she has her calm face back.]
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Miyabi... He's okay. [C-Cough.]
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And then, once she's done feeling relief, comes the anger. The anger from being so damn scared, and concerned. She'll apologize later, once she's calmed down and is able to wrap her arms around the two, but for now,...brace yourself, Luke. There is an angry poncle on the other side of that journal, aura shifting to a red hot glow.]
What the heck were you two doing?! I heard a huge explosion in the forest, and when I went to see, I saw a huge hole and Asch's journal all charred and smoking! Do you know how scared I was?! I thought you blew up or something! The moment you get home, I'm going to hit you both so hard, you--you idiots!
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You think we wanted this to happen? Hey replica, tell her to stop yelling already! Is she trying to drown us?
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Um.
... What the hell just happened.]
Hey--!
[... Calling out is probably pointless, though -- or at least he seems to think it is. That explosion was ...
... Well. He'll be heading to that crater to check for any sign of them, bringing his journal along with him as a just in case. It really doesn't look good, but something like that happening so suddenly ... There's got to be at least some kind of explanation for it.
Dammit, he may have said that there wasn't much for him to do around Luceti, but that didn't mean kidnappings and explosions and such had to start happening.]
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We're okay.
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... Good to know. [... Wait, is that the ocean? What--] What the hell happened?
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We, uh... screwed up. [He has to cough a little - that's what happens when you swallow sea water and nearly drown.] With our power.
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