001 | Action | Lobby/Dorms

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

[Returning to the Garden wasn't necessarily something Lightning was looking forward to. Sure, it had its perks, but she still doesn't consider it home. Home is where her family is and from what she remembers of the Garden, her family certainly isn't here. Admittedly, a small part of her is looking forward to seeing if she remembers anyone here. It would make things easier.

And so she starts her trek to the dorms, duffel bag in hand and steps confident. It wouldn't do much good if she just wasted time in the lobby, after all. She has things to do and even more things to set up. The sooner she could do that, the sooner she could get down to business.]

Welcome back, I guess. [She mutters, completely nonplussed and entirely to herself.]

[ooc; Feel free to intercept her in the Lobby or even the Dorms. c:]

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[moogle-ribbon.livejournal.com]

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Oh, sugar...

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

[Despite her size, Lightning see's her coming and only gets a moment to think that maybe she should pay more attention to where she's going when the girl ends up on the ground. Figures. With a sigh, she stops next to her.]

You okay?

[moogle-ribbon.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

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I'm okay! I've been through lots worse.

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

[When she see's her tearing up, she's surprised she doesn't just cry. She's tough, she had to give her that. She looks a little young, though. What is she, six? Excuse her while she tries to figure out just how old you are.]

You new here?

[moogle-ribbon.livejournal.com]

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Kinda. I got here, umm... early last month!

[haha-steelguard.livejournal.com]

[Considering his dorm is quite a ways apart from hers, she might just be seeing things -- but isn't that a familiar coat, on man of very unfamiliar height, down that hallways?]

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

[Give her a moment, Snow. She pauses in the hallway before changing directions and moving towards the familiar figure. Worst that happens is she's hallucinating.

And once she gets close enough:] ...Snow?

[ex_strongerthanshelo_266]

[And from around Snow's rather large mass, a rather familiar head peaks out once she hears his name in a voice that's all too familiar.]

Lightning? [Eyes widening, she grabs Snow's hand and more or less tugs him over to where her sister is. Not an easy feat considering his size mind you. Then once they're closer she drops his hand and heads over to close what little distance there is between them to wrap her older sister in a hug. It's official, time compression is secretly the best thing ever!] It's really you, isn't it?

[haha-steelguard.livejournal.com]

Sis?!

[Don't think she has to drag him for more than a second! As soon as he processes that amazing sight, he's the one almost tugging her along -- for all the short distance his legs and her enthusiasm make it.]

[By reflex he reaches out as well -- then stops, a bit embarassed, but still grinning. As much as he might want to hug Light after all this time, he figures she wouldn't appreciate it... but he's still happy to see her. So very happy.]

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

[She's almost set to believe her eyes are fooling her until Serah hugs her and it's so real. Lightning doesn't waste any time dropping her duffel bag, wrapping her arms around her sister, and returning the hug. In fact, her hold might be a little tight. Sorry, Serah.

She lifts her gaze her gaze to Snow and swallows that lump in her throat. And she smiles because it's her family. You'll have to forgive her if she can't quite formulate words at the moment.]

[werepanther]

[Tom's not going to let Lightning pass him by! Immediately bounding after her, he waves to her] Lightning! Hey! Long time no see.

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

[Lightning stops once she hears his voice and turns to the source of it. She lets out a huff of a barely noticeable chuckle when she see's him wave.] Hey, Tom.

[werepanther]

[grins widely as he screeches to a halt before her] I missed you. Coming back to teach, eh?

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

[She had almost forgotten how energetic he could be. She missed you too, Tom.] Intermediate and Advanced Bladed Weapons. Been keeping busy?

[werepanther]

Yeah, kinda. [sheepishly shrugs] I teach Boxing now, so that's not much of a problem.

[Really, he's not going to talk about his time in rehab - Lightning would've most likely known that he's a recovering alcoholic - so. Let it suffice that Tom's been a good Tinkerkitty.]

-_- I had to.

[renzokukens.livejournal.com]

[Squall's actually on his way up to his office on the 3F level. It's kind of hard to miss pink hair, even if it looks somewhat strawberry blond in different lighting. He spots her on a glance just as he's passing by the Directory, a handful of folders in hand, and stops.]

Instructor Farron. Welcome back.

♥

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

[Lightning's sweeping her gaze along the large lobby walls when she hears Squall's voice and her eyes move to him quickly. With as busy as he always seemed to be, she hadn't expected to see him so soon after she returned.]

Thank you, Commander Leonhart. It's nice to be back.

♥

[renzokukens.livejournal.com]

Have you picked up your course schedules and list of students?

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

No, not yet. [She casts a glance to her duffel bag before returning her attention to him. She was planning on ditching it in her dorm room.] Thought I'd drop my stuff off before.

[renzokukens.livejournal.com]

[Gives a curt nod, understanding that glance.] Right.

I'll leave you to it then.

[hotpinkwhirlwind]

[Sharpay is striding in the opposite direction, on her way from her dorm to class, when she sees that familiar pink hair. Before she'd had to get changed into uniform for class, her shirt today had matched Lightning's hair. Who'd have thought this would be the day she returned?]

Lightning! It's nice to see you again.

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

[Lightning recognizes that stride before Sharpay even speaks. Who could forget it? Sharpay is the only woman she knows that carries herself like that.]

You too. Been a while.

[hotpinkwhirlwind]

I take it your mission went well, then? [It's almost rhetorical. Sharpay can't really see Lightning failing at much.]

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

Yeah. There weren't any issues. [She shifts her weight from one foot to the other.] Keeping busy?

[hotpinkwhirlwind]

[She nods.] Just got back from sabbatical-- [a wink: Lightning would probably know Sharpay's sabbaticals are to go perform in shows in Deling] --a week and a half ago and I'm right back into teaching. I wish I'd been with these kids from the start of the quarter, but... [She shrugs.] They're an interesting bunch, at least.