1st Combo - [video]

[redcladidealist]

[The video comes on in a jolt of motion, which stills to a skewed image of pavement, buildings, and a soaking wet teenage boy clad in red and black lying on the ground. He winces as though he'd just hit the ground. Hard.]

Oww...

[Pushing himself up off the ground, he rubs his head.]

Is everyone all...

[Wait. Something's wrong. He looks around the plaza with clearly growing alarm, but still not at the SFC.]

Guys? Where is everyone?

[And where in the world is he?!]


[OOC: I'm up for action or network replies. Either works for me!]

Comments

action.

[clairvoyancies]

I...I don't see why not.

[Actually, she can think of a lot of reasons. She still doesn't know him very well, but she's finding it a bit hard to say no...or at least she has no reason to. Nor would she be able to stop him, even if she wanted to.

She's certain it would be beneficial, though, if she were to have friends here. People who she could fall back on, like she did with her followers. People who could take their place, should it come to that.

But that is something that would take time.]

There may be others who can help you more than I can, though—even those you know. It is a city filled with many people, from many different places...

So you should keep an eye out.

action.

[redcladidealist]

[He smiles genuinely at her response. Even if she sounds a little hesitant, the fact is that she said yes.]

Yeah, I'll probably end up asking lots of different people for help. It's never a bad thing to have more friends, though, and other people you can ask. Thanks, Tsubaki, and don't worry, I will.

I should probably see if I can find my friends now. We all went through the Gate that brought me here, so maybe some of them are here, too. I can tell them all about what you told me.

[He smiles again, something more like a grin. Yeah, Tsubaki, you're not getting out of his friendship.]

So, see you later?

action.

[clairvoyancies]

[A gate?

Huh. She doesn't remember any gate upon coming here. In fact, she doesn't remember much at all about her arrival; but Lloyd doesn't look like the type to lie, or be any good at it. So somehow, she believes him.

Or she at least goes along with it, since she doesn't really get any chance to object anyway.]

Y-Yes, of course.

[She's not going anywhere, at least.]

You're welcome, Lloyd. There are many names on that list...so I'm sure some of them must belong to these friends of yours.

action.

[redcladidealist]

Got it! I'll take a look in a minute!

[But first he wants to see if any of his friends are nearby. Given the choice between actively doing something to find the people he cares about or just poking buttons on a piece of technology he doesn't really understand, Lloyd will take action every time. Not that he won't enjoy some enthusiastic button poking later on, but...

For now, he just lifts a hand and waving cheerfully at Tsubaki before taking off at a jog.]

action.

[clairvoyancies]

Good luck, then.

[Heh.

Seeing him wave, she raises a hand as well, slowly and awkwardly waving back as she watches him get further and further away. That's one person taken care of, she supposes.

A person who was once like her, wet and lost and confused. And she walks off in a different direction, wondering just how many more there would be...]

/fin