cursedwithpuns | .[Hope Estheim - 0.0.2. Action]. The wait is excruciating!~ (Cherrygrove)

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.[Hope Estheim - 0.0.2. Action]. The wait is excruciating!~ (Cherrygrove)

[Hope had gotten up early this morning. After speaking to Lightning on the phone everyday since he arrived? The anticipation of seeing her again was making him fidget. His Absol was standing down by his feet. Watching him pace.

Hope is basically waiting for his welcome wagon to arrive. Feel free to stop by and poke him, call him on the cell or whatever you please really.]

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[Protective and familiar, most likely. Lightning can understand that, and she smiles in return as she stands up again.]

You might want to hold off on training her, then. The weather's supposed to get cold again soon.

Oh? Really?

[Hope looked down at his Pokéball.]

Is there a weather report somewhere or something? [He took out his pokegear and looked through it.] I haven't really worked this out yet.

[A nod, and she moves to show him how to get there; it's simple enough, really. Just a few button presses and boom. Weather report...though there's nothing for the next few days.]

These have games on them, too, but you should be careful with those.

Careful? Why? Isn't it just a video game?

[He memorizes the movement to the weather report. It'd be handy. He smiles up at Lightning, the smile not even fading a little.]

[Etro and Fal'Cie, it's good to see that smile again. Makes it very hard not to smile back, too, but that's a given.]

They are, but you don't want to get addicted and forget to go outside, do you?

I won't forget to go outside!

[He said with a laugh, giving her a nudge.]

It'll give me something to do while the snow is falling.

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[In response to the nudge, she just reaches out and ruffles his hair a bit, messing with his bangs. Just like old times, isn't it...]

You won't get bored, Hope. There's a lot of things to do here when the weather's bad.

And I have Absol to keep me company.

[Hope gave him a scritch of the ear, which he accepted his eyes closing for a moment.]

Yeah. You will.

[And the rest of them, too. On that note...there's a lot she's got to tell him but she's not sure how to start that conversation, so...]

What do you say we go inside? There's some things you should know before we go any further.

[Hope nods.]

I got a room at the Inn like you said.

Lead the way, then. I'll watch the rear.

[There may be nothing to watch for, but she means that...even if it's mostly so he doesn't see her face for a bit. Etro, how is she going to tell him all he needs to know...]

I've got point then.

[He leads the way back to the inn. Thinking about the questions he had to ask Lightning.]

The hot chocolate here is nice. And the Lady puts extra marshmallows on it for me in the morning.

[A nod as she listens. Hot chocolate with extra marshmallows...he deserves things like that, when he can get them. Which won't be that often, though. Not after they leave.]

Enjoy it while you can. It's a week's walk to the next town once we leave.

That's okay. I want to meet more pokemon.

[Hope smiles at Lightning.]

But a week? Wow... How far is it?

You'll meet plenty, don't worry about that.

[As for how far...well, she's not sure.]

I've never tried to measure it, but it's still a long walk. It doesn't take as long to fly over, though.

Fly? They have Airships here?

[Hope blinked. He hadn't seen any airships since he got here he was sure of it! Or... was he?]

No. We fly on our Pokémon, if they know how and can support our weight.

[But she will be damned if she lets you up on a bird, lil' bro. It's so not happening.]

Really?!

[Super excitable midget is excitable!]

There are pokémon big enough to fly us around? That's so cool!

[His enthusiasm is also something she'd missed terribly, so she only nods and smiles.]

Big enough to fly on and some big enough to ride on when we're on the ground. I can introduce you to mine once we're settled.

Okay!

[And for a little while? All the troubling thoughts he had while he was on his own melted away for a few minutes of unbridled dorky joy.]

[Those few minutes of unbridled joy really, really, really make Lightning smile. He deserves as much happiness as he can get, and always will, but there's a lot they've got to talk about.

And they're right at the door to the Inn, too. This could get ugly, fast.]

Which is your room?

This one.

[He walked down the hall and gestured them inside. Hope sat down on his bed, his stuff somewhat untidy, his bag in the corner and his clothes on the floor. He had meant to pick them up...]

So... um. Where do we start?

[The mess doesn't really bother Lightning, and she shuts the door behind her as she enters, taking a moment to take one deep breath. In for a gil, in for a pound.]

At the beginning. What's the last thing you remember from home?

We saved everyone. We'd gone through Crystal Stasis and we didn't have a brand.

[That was an odd question.]

Why? Did you think I had amnesia about that too?

[While her expression is a relieved one at his answer, she shakes her head. Amnesia about this never crossed her mind.]

People can come from different times, have different memories. The last time Snow was here, he didn't remember us defeating Orphan. The last thing he remembered was all of us turning into Cie'th.

[Sigh]

I just needed to know how much you remembered, that's all.

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