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[Filtered to Brave Vesperia]

Hey, Brave Vesperia members- Zack here. I know that Estelle talked about disbanding the guild, but I think there's still a need for what we were here to do for the village. Karol left us all betters, and I got the feeling that disbanding isn't what he would've wanted. Maybe I'm wrong, but... it just doesn't feel like it.

Either way, I want to keep the group running, and I know I'm not the only one, either.

If you disagree and wanna bow out, that's fine- no hard feelings or anything. Just let me know which of you are going to stick around, so we can update the roster.

For everybody staying in the guild, we've got a commission job from the SOS Brigade! So keep your eyes peeled for the details, and I'll try to get them ASAP.


[Filtered to Lightning]

Light! Wanna meet in the Battle Dome this afternoon? Got a little surprise for you.


[Today (aside from, hopefully, a bit of afternoon fun with a certain lovely lady) Zack will be hanging out around Good Spirits, mostly, either working at the bar as usual or chilling outside, trying to teach the most wretched looking dog ever to live (AKA "Just Dog") how to fetch. And probably failing miserably. Why won't his dogs ever fetch 8| This is obviously Daisy's fault.]


[[ooc: AND AND AND guys you don't have to do a thread with Zack if you don't want to or would rather leave it assumed, but either way PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE everyone comment OVER HERE to say who is staying in BV. I'll have an ongoing roster for a while and announce it a few times, too. I don't want anyone to get accidentally kicked. Thank you!]]

Comments

[wingenvy]

[Yay. Yaaaaaaay he's allowed to hold her hand! Words cannot describe his glee. So far, this has been an excellent day. He's got a date, he gets to hold hands, they're going to see Loveless- what could be bad about this?

And speaking of which, there's a dozen roses sitting on one seat in the center of the audience area, pink in colour. Gee, wonder who they could be for?]

[thestormishere]

[ ....

Are those rosehfdsgua--

Lightning is such a girl. And someone here has definitely gone and been caught by Aerith's tendency to share what she might like. But. ROSES.

Keep it cool, Lightning. Except wow this whole thing, and the clothes, and roses, and... it's not even a... ]

I'm not-- forgetting about some special occasion, am I?

[ Brief flash of a sort of nervous smile goes here. Good work Fair, you've finally managed to fluster her a little. ]

[wingenvy]

What, our first real date isn't special enough? [Because he thinks it is. He's holding her hand! He's allowed! And she looks really kind of very cute like that. Yes.

Roses. He'll have to thank Aerith later. With cake or something.]

[thestormishere]

[ Oh. Well. Uh. ]

You think that this is our 'first real date?'

[ ... Psh, like her confidence would ever take a hit like that without rolling right back up again. The way she lowers her chin and narrows her eyes isn't hardcore as it could be, though, and she's not entirely successful at holding in check the signs of a slight smile. ]

[wingenvy]

Don't you think so too? All we've ever done before now is spar. Aerith says that's not real-date material.

[Maybe someday he'll even graduate to getting her into a pretty dress!! ...Coercion and more roses may be required, though. We'll see.]

1/2

[thestormishere]

[ What's wrong with-- oh right, usually it's a bad thing for the members of a couple to attempt beating the hell out of each other. ]

Maybe... we should dress up nicer before going out to practice, then.

[ Because clearly, trolling Aerith is a priority. Especially if she's handing advice to her ex-boyfriend about dating her current best friend... ]

[thestormishere]

[ A moment later though, she huffs out a breath, her gaze dropping to slide from one side to the other. Finally, she gives in to the compulsion to force herself into admitting: ]

This is nice.

[ Almost overwhelming, actually, but as long as he doesn't pile on anything else, she... hopefully she'll be okay? ]

[wingenvy]

[Heeee. Hearing that makes it all worthwhile, hell yeah. With a cheeky grin Zack sits down, pulling aside the roses to indicate that she should sit as well.]

The show's about to start! Are you ready? Wouldn't want you to miss the opening number.

[thestormishere]

[ Don't touch those flowers, man! Those are her flowers now. >:T

She just... sort of shuts her mouth and bends to sit too though, eyes narrowing slightly in mild warning at said cheekiness, and yet hand settling to lay atop the roses because... yes.

What is knowing how to react? Because she's pretty stumped.

With luck she doesn't turn out to hate this play! Although... actually, that's probably irrelevant, as long as it's not outrageously offensive or nine hours long or something. That'd be a problem, regardless of her pretty commendable patience stores right now. ]

[wingenvy]

[He passes the flowers back over to her before the show starts, settling back to watch, though he's paying attention to her as well as the play itself. It's been what, five years since he saw it last? More than that? And it's easy to tell that he likes it.

Speaking of the play, it's a lovely musical set telling the story of a pair of lovers and a great hero, pushed together and then separated by circumstance, an emotional, character-driven drama. It's a little melodramatic and flashy, but that's probably why Zack likes it so much. And how can one forget the final scene of the play, an exchange between the two lovers-

"Do you really have to leave?"
"I promised. The people I love are waiting."
"...I don't understand. Not at all. But... please take care of yourself."
"Of course... I'll come back to you. Even if you don't promise to wait. I'll return knowing you'll be here."

....

Huh. Kind of ironic now, that he likes it so much.

I WILL NOT CRY I WILL NOT CRY I WILL NOT CRY...]

[thestormishere]

[ Not much to watch out of Lightning- a few times she starts thinking about something else and stares at her knees instead for a minute or two, but otherwise she's pretty good at paying attention to what's going on.

That and also, the fact that Zack is so enthralled is pretty interesting in itself to her. Who would have guessed this was his kind of thing? It is true that she sneaks a few glances, but it's not until the production pulls to an end that she finally looks over in a more obvious manner. She leans forward, veeery slowly turning her head towards him.

Dude. Dude.. What's with that face? ]

[wingenvy]

[IT IS THE FACE OF A MAN MOVED BY HIS EMOTIONS, LIGHT. GET USED TO IT. He does notice what she's looking at, so he blinks, scratching absently at his cheek and lifting a brow.]

What? Something wrong? ...Did you not like it?

[thestormishere]

[ WEIRDEST GUY SHE'S EVER MET, OK.

For a second all she does is hold that blank look before she seems to finally snap out of it, blinking rapidly with widened eyes. ]

-- What? [ RECOVER, LIGHTNING. Her back straightens. ] No, you just-- had a weird look on your face a moment.

[ Slight wry smile goes here?? She turns toward the front again, bringing a hand up to her lips briefly as she considers the play in retrospect. For a girl that can be pretty prone to impulse and combativeness, she sure does think a lot, doesn't she? ]

[wingenvy]

[Yes, yes she does. He puzzles over her expression for a moment, then shrugs and stands up to stretch his arms over his head. He's not in a rush, but he knows these programs end sooner or later, and he didn't set it to last for much longer after the play ends. They'd look a bit silly if the seats below them disappeared.]

So, what'd you think of it then? Was it a good choice?

[thestormishere]

[ Amendment: it'd look silly for the 0.26 seconds it took to somehow turn falling into a backflip. But in any case, Lightning follows his lead a moment or two later, making sure to gather up them flowers, of course. ]

Yeah. [ To the last question. Ohman she kindofsucks at praisingthings. Her realization of this fact shows clearly on her face before she amends: ] Honest.

[wingenvy]

...Well, I'm glad, then. [He smiles back at her, starting to lead the way towards the exit, though at a pace where she can easily walk beside him if she chooses. (Then again Light could catch up even if he was moving at a dead run, but whatever...)] Actually, I was kind of worried since it was the only one I could remember ever seeing before.

[thestormishere]

Hm. [ She considers that a moment, head tilted and expression more serious. Very serious. Don't let the icon fool you. ] It was kind of lacking in car chases...

[ ... Her sense of humor = still as bone-dry as fucking ever. ]

[wingenvy]

If you feel that way about it, next time I could always take you on one of my old training missions. They're about as exciting as it can get.

[thestormishere]

Training, huh...

[ Oh Zack, why do you encourage her with this kind of nonsense? Now she's starting to get ideas. ]

Can you drive a velocycle?

[wingenvy]

[....Um.]

Is it anything like a motorcycle? Because I've driven one of those, but I don't even know what a velocycle is.

[thestormishere]

-- Ah. You mean... one with wheels?

[ Oh thank goodness she at least kind of knows what he means (emphasis on the 'kind of'). ]

[wingenvy]

Uhh, yeah. You mean they come without wheels?

[Because dude, dude. That sounds awesome by default.]

[thestormishere]

[ She actually pulls her head back a little at that, staring openly as she shifts the flowers over her arm. After a moment, however, she smiles at him slightly, still sporting a notable hint of incredulity-- and maybe just a liiiittle bit of deviousness. ]

Well... having wheels probably means they'd just be stuck on the ground, right?

[wingenvy]

Yeah, definitely. I- ...wait, you have something that isn't?

[thestormishere]

Maybe you call them something else, but... yeah. [ Small huff of breath! ] In Cocoon, velocycles use the same AMP technology as airships, so- they're pretty different than 'motorcycles' in that regard.

... You'd have a pretty hard time finding a group of kids without at least one of them itching to get their hands on a license for one.