[Serah Farron - 003 Video/Action] Some chapters are happier than others (Olivine)

[chasingstorms]

[Private Video - Lacus]
Hey, sorry it's been a while. Things got really crazy for a bit there. I wanted to tell you about Snow though, he evolved!

[She turns the feed to focus on an Espeon as way of explanation, Lacus might notice that he's more or less curled around what could only be two eevee eggs.]

I haven't talked to you in a while so I just wanted to make sure you were okay after everything that happened.

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I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, after all it seems to happen pretty often, but we've got eggs!

[She's seriously happy about this, because as far as she's concerned this is all so amazing. Snow's going to have babies! It's nice to have some good news for once after...everything that's happened lately]

I can't wait for them to hatch, so I can meet them.

[There's a quiet 'hmph' in the background, and the camera shifts to show Lightning, still on her bed, with an Absol in her lap. After all that's happened? ...yeah she's grumpy and the eggs didn't help matters much.]

You know we can't keep them, Serah. It'll be easier to just give them away now, before you get attached.

[The feed doesn't change angles as Serah answers her older sister.]

Of course I'm going to keep them. I can't give Snow's kids away. Look at him!

[The feed does change then, to show an Espeon who's curled up near two eggs protectively.]

We can't separate them, Lightning! We just can't!

And what do you intend to do with two Eevees? It's not like we've got the room to keep them, and your team is already full. Will you just start not paying attention to the others?

[Grumpy, cranky...just noticing the gear is still on and she makes a "tch" sound.]

Turn that off. We're not having this conversation for everyone to hear.

[And so without any further comment from Serah, the feed goes dark. Sorry everyone! Responses might be Serah, Lightning, or both depending.]

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perma-action!

[soggypastry]

[See this look, Serah? Your sister's about as cranky as a cooked Cactuar and it shows. She's in no mood for shenanigans...and she's still waiting for that answer. You wouldn't leave your big sister hanging, would you?]

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[chasingstorms]

[They've both been through a lot lately and it shows. Serah's mouth is set in what can only be called a cross between a frown and a pout as she answers her sister.]

I'll think of something! I can't just sell them or give them away, Lightning! Maybe if there's more, it'd be okay for them, but I'm not giving away Snow's first children.

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[soggypastry]

[They've been through a lot, they're both tired, and tempers are flaring. Lightning has to force herself to keep her temper in check and she raises a brow at Serah's expression. You going to pull that card, bbsis?]

Then what do you plan to do? Because we'll have to move on from here eventually and babies aren't easy to care for on the move.

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[machinamonkey]

Oh, oh, I'll take an egg, if you need me to, Serah!

[Pay no attention to the eight Pokémon behind Rikku and the Vanillite egg in her lap]

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[chasingstorms]

Thanks Rikku, but I hope it doesn't come to that.

[Because it means giving up her precious babies, and that's the last thing she wants.]

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[machinamonkey]

Okay. Just remember, if you need someone to, I'll take good care of 'em.

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[her_mouse_jesty]

I thought Lightning could use some company, but this isn't quite what I meant!

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[soggypastry]

I already had company. If eggs had been in the plan, I'd have let Sen and Strike go at it.

[Sorry, Mama Minnie, but it's been a long week. She's more than a bit cranky right now.]

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[her_mouse_jesty]

[Well, it's understandable. She laughs nervously.]

Is there anything I can do to help?

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[paladinlost]

Now, Lightning, do you truly intend to force your sister to give away her first grandchildren? Your very own grandnieces or grandnephews?

[He might be serious. He might be teasing. But he's definitely on Serah's side for that one.]

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[soggypastry]

[Linefacing so hard. While Cecil's humor would be appreciated under normal circumstances, this is not a normal circumstance.]

If she can't come up with a valid plan, it may just come to that.

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[paladinlost]

Why? Most people manage larger parties easily enough, and Eevees would give her the opportunity to build a team with a good variety of types.

[Of course, this is coming from a man who has a lot of experience travelling with young children.]

[infinitejustice]

Er, if nothing else, the PC box is available. That's how I've been handling my roster.

[chasingstorms]

I hadn't thought about that. Thanks for the idea.

[She's going to win this battle yet, just you wait and see.]

[infinitejustice]

You're welcome. I'm glad I could be of some assistance.

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[will_to_burn]

[ Well, there's... one voice she knows and one voice she doesn't know, one face she recognizes and one that she doesn't, but with that hair... ]

Are you two sisters? [ Why yes, there was at least one person on the whole of Johto who was perhaps surprisingly or not unaware. ]

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[soggypastry]

[Surprisingly unaware indeed. Lightning would have thought the hair would have been a dead give-away, but the confusion-or it curiosity-in Hikaru's voice certainly tells her otherwise.]

Yeah. Serah's my younger sister.

[And it's obvious they share more than just hair color. The stubborn streak runs deep in the Farron women, obviously.]

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[will_to_burn]

[ Hikaru definitely noticed the hair and the stubborn streak has kind of registered. It's got her smiling pretty wide, all things considered. She knows what it's like to have siblings, after all. She's got three herself. ]

It's so cool that your sister is here with you, Lightning-san! I hope you guys figure out what to do with the eggs, too. Maybe you could give them friends to raise if you can't think of anything else.

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[ex_aeroga402]

Maybe friends could raise them, then you'd know they were being taken good care of. That's what I did with Princess' kids.

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[chasingstorms]

I'd rather keep them, but if I don't have any other options that's what I'll have to do.

Rikku's already said she'd take one of them.

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[ex_aeroga402]

You can have them visit over the gears and when you're in the same town, too.

But I know what you mean, sometimes I wish we could keep more than six.

Anon Text to Lightning

[meatysoviet]

You seem to be doing better.

Anon Text

[soggypastry]

[The sudden buzzing of Lightning's gear isn't enough to stop the sister's quarrel, but once it's passed and she notices the message, she replies almost immediately, and her moment of hesitation is only because there's no number to recognize. What's going on this time?]

Seems that way. The nurses seem to think so, too.

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[thewhite_symphony]

Ara!? Serah ---- I'm very happy to here from you.

[ Eyes softening seeing the Espeon. ]

... I see. You have your hands full with such a beautiful Pokemon. That is ... an Espeon, isn't that right?

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[chasingstorms]

That's right. He evolved right in the middle of that poison pokemon attack. It was amazing!

[Poison pokemon are weak to psychic attacks after all, so Snow practically wiped the floor clean so to speak.]

How have things been for you? Everything going okay?