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[soggypastry]

[Halfway to Sudowoodo crossing again, since she'd doubled back for Leon, Lightning decides to call up Hope to ask how he's doing. There's just...one problem.]

We are sorry. The number you are attempting to dial is no longer a valid number. Please check your number and try again.

So she stops, looking down at the Gear. Did she dial the number wrong

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[Video]

[radiantxsmile]

Lightning.

[She couldn't help notice the look on the other women's face. It was the first time witnessing her with a hurt look, so she couldn't help feel worried about her.]

....sorry for your loss, but...he's going to be okay back in your world. Right?

[Video]

[soggypastry]

[Give her a second, Aerith. Her face is still hidden and she needs to regain her composure.]

....yeah. He'll be safe.

[Video]

[radiantxsmile]

[Aerith will give Lightning as long as she needs to get her emotions in check. She has the urge to hold her tightly because she seems so...fragile in a way. It was hard to find the right word to describe Lightning.]

...there is a chance he might come back. Snow told me how you disappeared from this world once before. Maybe...he'll come back just like you.

[Video]

[soggypastry]

[Aerith will get her chance to hold Lightning when she gets back to Goldenrod. After a hug from Rise, Ven, and Hikaru, one more won't get on her bad side. She'll be too numb to care by then.]

Maybe. But he belongs back home with his father.

[Video]

[used_slackoff]

[Fang's calmed down, if only a bit, given that she's had some rest after her interesting ordeal. However, she is still wounded, and still sore. Very much, then, still irritable.

And this? This doesn't help her mood any.

But she's at least enough in her right mind to know that of the group, Lightning's going to be the one to be hit the hardest.]

...Sorry, Light.

[Video]

[soggypastry]

[Lightning doesn't so much as look to the video now. Her face is hidden in shadows and her bangs hide her eyes.]

...He knew we stopped Orphan. I was able to let him know that much before he left.

[Video]

[used_slackoff]

Well, now he'll be able to experience it firsthand, yeah?

[And hey, nobody can argue that saving the world isn't a good feeling.]

[Video]

[soggypastry]

If things go his way. Orphan nearly killed us, even before we turned Cie'th.

[True, that. But...well, that doesn't help right now.]

video;

[lovemebrothers]

Did you lose someone?

video;

[soggypastry]

My little brother. He...his signal's gone.

video;

[lovemebrothers]

Oh...oh, no. D'you think he went home, or something?

video;

[soggypastry]

[Nod.] When a signal disappears, it means that person has gone home.