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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[werepanther]

[Tom snorts a little as he starts walking beside her] Many hands make light work. It'll be fine.

Saw anything interesting while you were out?

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

[Her pace is brisk without hurrying and she glances towards him. She's an extremely light packer, so it shouldn't take her long at all.]

Business as usual. Things still seem tense out there. Anything interesting happen while I was gone?

[werepanther]

[He presses his lips at the news. It definitely wasn't what he wanted to hear.] Nothing "tense," thankfully.

Mostly the Time Compression at work: I came back early because a bunch of students got de-aged and Garden was scrambling for babysitters. That and... the Newsletter outright accused someone of being a traitor to Garden.

Iiii think that's about it. Nothing like the world ending.

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

[That causes her to pause for a moment. De-aged and issues with the Newsletter? And so she sighs.]

Sounds like a mess. Did it last long? And the Newsletter... Can't imagine whomever was on wrong end of that was too thrilled.

[werepanther]

The de-aging was probably... two weeks at the most? That was back in December; the newsletter only came out last week. [shakes his head] Those're really the big things.

I can't think of anything else that happened in the meantime, beyond some Cadet landing detention for trying to sample students' DNA.

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

[She frowns some, wondering just when the newsletter became a gossip rag. Then again, she only picks them up for the more serious news like Garden relations.] Great.

And just what was the Cadet going to do with the DNA? [Because that sounds incredibly suspicious.]

[werepanther]

God only knows. [He rolls his eyes, opening the door to her room] I just hope he uses that knowledge for good.

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

Sounds a little suspicious. [If you're holding that door for her, Tom, it probably doesn't even occur to her. She's waiting for you to go in.] I don't remember the Garden offering classes involving the collection of human DNA.

[werepanther]

[Oh. Huh, he'll go ahead and walk in. If he needs her - which he doubts - he's hovering near her bed.] That's because they don't. The Biology course's lab was blood-sampling, not DNA.

One of the other Instructors got 'im in the end, so that's taken care of.

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

[She follows him inside and sets her duffel bag on a nearby chair before unzipping it and pulling a couple of books out. History, to be exact.] Guess that's something to keep an eye out for.

Serah is here. [She sets the books on a small pile of similar ones. Tom has probably heard her talk about her little sister before, but her tone is strange.] And I wasn't aware Snow was an instructor. [Or even at the Garden, really.]

[werepanther]

Bingo.

[He can't help smiling upon hearing that] Really? That's great! Jeez, your sister--and her fiance? It'll be nice having some more folks from yer world. [That just makes him think of his world--the only person he's seen from his corner is Robin. Tom really doesn't like associating with the Batfamily, so he just avoids the kid.]

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

[His reaction to the news actually helps her relax a little. She's been a little worried about it, actually. Neither one of them knew that they "saved" Cocoon. But having Serah here... It's going to do wonders for Light's moods. She nods and returns to her duffel bag, pulling a few pieces of clothing out.] It will. It's good to see them again. You'd like them.

[werepanther]

Yeah? I know I already will. Any friend of Light's a friend of mine. [still really pleased for her; he knows she'd react the same if their roles were switched]

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

[She lets out a small huff of a laugh and... Is that almost a smile? Maybe. And yeah, she'd be happy for him too.] I'll introduce you.

[werepanther]

Good---but you know I would've moseyed to 'em anyways. [Success! He missed Lightning smiles.] Your sister wouldn't be hard to spot in this crowd.

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

Guess you're right. [And now she's really smiling. Good job, Tom.] Snow's not hard to miss either.

[werepanther]

Then I think we're good. [sheepish laugh as he rubs the back of his neck. It kinda feels nice, being with her. Tom definitely doesn't want to leave, but... he kinda suspects it's time to head on out.]

... I should probably get going. Meet me for dinner tonight? The times haven't changed a bit.

[ridethe.livejournal.com]

Alright. [She nods and straightens her posture, moving to hold the door to her room for him. Her smile dims around the edges a little, but doesn't disappear completely.] I'll be there.

[werepanther]

Great! [acknowledging nod as he heads on out. He gives her the thumbs-up sign too] I'll save you a seat.