Twenty-sixth Song || Video/Action

[restardom]

[ Now pretty much completely back to normal, Rise is juggling quite the armful when the feed starts. Several sheets of paper sporting lyrics, the 'gear itself, and a very very fluffy baby Eevee. She doesn't seem to mind any of this, though, cheerfully addressing the screen. ]Hey, guys! Are you all excited for the festival? It's going to be a

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action HI THERE BBCAKES

[shenanigaans]

[Hey he came running not long after when he heard the list was up! About to walk into the Center -- Oh hey there nearly-fainting Rise.]

Rise? Are you okay? [HE DOESN'T KNOW THIS IS A REACTION TO HER BEING ON THE LIST OKAY]

action O HI JUST LET ME GET MY BRASS KNUCKLES

[restardom]

[ No. No she's not. She's very confused and horrified and the last time she was in any sort of sports competition SHE WAS ALMOST TRAMPLED BY A FAT GIRL. ]

... Hi, Lea. [ said in the vague, faraway tone of someone who has no idea what just happened. Or really even what he just said. ] How are you?

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[shenanigaans]

I'm fine, about to see the Struggle stuff... [Geez she looks like she's in absolute shock. Sinking his arm around her shoulders to half guide her off and away from the Center, thank god there's a bench nearby that he's going to go have her sit at.] You look like you saw something horrible, what happened?

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[restardom]

[ She still looks like she got blindsided by Hanako, but her eyes clear a little once she's seated. The Eevee pulling anxiously at a pigtail helps. ]

Someone signed me up.

[ which, to Rise, is the equivalent of "SOMEONE OUT THERE HATES ME AND WANTS TO HUMILIATE ME HORRIBLY AND WATCH ME GET WHACKED WITH A STICK." ]

[shieldofjustice]

[Athrun, meanwhile, has just come back from his morning training on Route 32 and was entering the Pokémon Center to get his Pokémon healed.

Guess who manages to derail that magnificently?]

...R-Rise? Are you all right?!

[restardom]

[ GEE I WONDER. ]

N-never better. I mean, it's not like someone signed me up for something I'd completely fail at, hahaha...

[shieldofjustice]

...That's a suspiciously specific denial.

[restardom]

Maybe because someone did.

[video]

[overthedratini]

... Rise?

Are you okay over there?

[video]

[restardom]

No.

[ said after she's had about thirty seconds to get past SHOCK and move on to ANGER. ]

[video]

[overthedratini]

A-Ah!

What happened?

[video]

[restardom]

Somebody signed me up for that tournament, and whoever did is dead.

[action]

[newhero]

Rise?

[oh no is she gonna spew?]

[action]

[restardom]

[ no, no, she is... just going to kind of lean a little to one side. ]

Hi, Sora.

[action]

[newhero]

What happened? Are you okay?

[he's walking up to her, arms spread in case she falls.]

[action]

[restardom]

... You're in the Struggle Tournament, right? They put the list up in the center.

[ ... is all she's going to say until I'M FIGHTING sinks in past that layer of shock. ]

[Action]

[tiercelet]

[Just trying to get past the small crowd and...hello, he nearly trods on a sheet of paper. He picks it up curiously and gathers up the rest when he sees more on the floor]

Erm...did someone dropped these? [He glances at the people in the crowd hopefully before he spots a girl in front of him looking decidedly unwell]

Are you alright? You're really pale--maybe you should lie down.

[Action]

[restardom]

... I can't hurt anyone if I lie down.

[ she says in a calm voice. ]

[Action]

[tiercelet]

[Her reply has him raising his eyebrows. He decides she really needs to sit down]

No, but you'll probably hurt yourself if you don't sit down and rest. [He studies her face] Did something happen?

[Action]

[restardom]

No... nothing big, anyway. Just someone signing me up for a tournament where people fight and I don't fight and there's probably no way of backing out of it now and when I find out who did this--

[ she is saying this all in one breath. ]