[action in Oerba]

[tosavecocoon]

[ The idea had been to check out Oerba to see how the tree looked and then scoot back to Luca before Light and Fang started missing them. That was before Vanille had gotten there and sensed something isn't right. She steps into the village again and frowned. ]

Something's wrong. [ She turns back to Serah though, and puts on a smile. ] Welcome to

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[holyjudgement]

So this is Oerba?

[Hope trails after Vanille, looking around curiously. It's sad, to see Fang's and Vanille's home in ruins like this, but he's grateful for the opportunity to see it at all. Like Vanille, though, he has that uneasy feeling he always does when something bad is about to happen.]

We'd better be careful, guys.

[focustrigger]

[Serah's been watching Vanille for quite a while, as Oerba got closer. She's... been through enough with her that she can sort of see that the smile is possibly a show. But, she doesn't call on it. Instead, she just smiles in response: though she does take hold of Vanille's hand just after they enter. For support.

She looks around Oerba as she walks, taking it in, in person, having only ever seen it through what Snow had showed her, through her crystal. The contrast was... always startling, to what she'd seen of Vanille's home when it was the way it should be. And sad. So very sad.

But there was... something else hanging in the air.] ... there's something off, isn't there? [Frown frown.] Was it like this the last time you came here, Vanille?

[rebelpugilist]

[The moment they arrive, Snow's hero senses start tingling. He frowns, lifting his chin to try and get a better look at the place. Nothing to be seen, so far, but still... he reaches to lay a hand against Serah's shoulder, shaking his head.]

Yeah. I feel it, too, guys. There's something here. We're definitely not alone.

[tosavecocoon]

[ Vanille frowns and shakes her head at Serah's question, taking a couple of steps forward. ]

I don't like this.

[ Running ahead, all the way down the lane, she glares around. ]

Whoever you are, leave Oerba alone! It's not yours!

[ That's when she glances to the right, towards the center of town... and up, her eyes going wide as Bhakti's wheels. She turns to run - it's not really clear which way (she might be aiming to protect the tree and her village) - but the Long Gui spots her. ]

Guys! It's a species of Adamantoise!

[ And that's all she gets before the thing casts Ultima. If the rest of them are in the area at the time of casting, they'll feel it, too. She hopes they're far enough away not to get hit. It hurts her enough. ]