Ｖａｎｉｌｌｅ ❀ №1 ❀ Spoilers for FFXIII up ahead!

[lacqualia.livejournal.com]

[ The orientation had been over for a few hours. The roaming Vanille finds herself somewhere inside the training center. A wistful hum tickles her throat as she skips through the battered terrain. Content as can be with the abundance of plants, she happily makes her way through the series of trails. A hollowing ROAR puts the small redhead to a stop dead in her tracks, her happy bubble officially burst. Slowly gazing up and up, she finds herself face to face with a T-Rexaur. ]

Whoah uh...uhhhh

[ Quickly glancing around, she decides to carefully trace her steps backwards. The T-Rexaur takes one step forward, provoking a full blown shriek from girl as the ground beneath her trembles. Without another hesitation, she stumbles into a sprint back the way she came. ]

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[fleeorflight.livejournal.com]

[Hope laughs, watching as the heist is pulled off without even a moment's delay.]

Oh, that was one of the only normal looking things Vanille got, too.

[lacqualia.livejournal.com]

[Watching that slice of heaven drift away causes the tiniest little whimper in the back of her throat.]

Ah--well.....it's probably good. [She kind of wants it....maybe just a little bit.]

[brokenbrand.livejournal.com]

Mhm, I bet. It smells sweet, and [ Fang's fork breaks into the slice ] it's fluffy and soft...

[fleeorflight.livejournal.com]

I saw it on the menu - it's a daily special, too. I think that means we won't get that cake again until a while has passed.

[All smiles and sincerity here.]

You're so lucky, Fang!

[lacqualia.livejournal.com]

[Tiniest little lip bite. Cue hazy glow slow zoom. It looked so sweet, so chocolaty, so......moist. Was that her mouth watering? She swallows, still leaning slightly forward. ]


Y-yeah....really lucky.

[brokenbrand.livejournal.com]

That's me in a nutshell. Lady Luck and me are like this. [ She crosses two fingers together to indicate the level of closeness. ]

[ She deliberately lifts the forkful right past Vanille's face. And the airplane starts its descent, heading in for the hangar- ]

[fleeorflight.livejournal.com]

[Hope watches with amusement, leaning his elbows on the table.]

Did you eat something bad, Vanille? You look kind of funny.

[lacqualia.livejournal.com]

[Another small whine tickles the back of her throat. This was torture, they all knew it too! She's wiggling in her seat.]

Oooooohhhh!!!! No more!

I can't handle it!

[brokenbrand.livejournal.com]

[ With a laugh, Fang pops the forkful into Vanille's wide open whinebox, then claps Hope on the shoulder. ]

Lesson in strategy for you, kid.

[fleeorflight.livejournal.com]

Preemptively strike when the enemy's open?

[He laughs.]

I knew that one already.

[lacqualia.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, you all have a laugh while she chews angrily.]

Mmh.


[But it's better than anything else she'd tried so far...]

[brokenbrand.livejournal.com]

[ She gives them both a one-armed hugsqueeze. ]

You two seen Light yet?

[fleeorflight.livejournal.com]

[Instant Perk.]

She's here too?!

[lacqualia.livejournal.com]

[Squish.]

You found her?!

[brokenbrand.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she's here all right.

[ Slowly squishing them together. ]

Her, and Snow.

[fleeorflight.livejournal.com]

[Wait a minute, the count's off- oof. Hope leans his head back as he's squished whoa female anatomy.]

Sahz?

[lacqualia.livejournal.com]

[Hello Fang.]

[A wave of relief washed over her to know that they weren't the only three. Vanille only recoils a bit at the thought that there was only one of them still missing....optimism boost go!]

He has to be here too! It only makes sense, right?

[brokenbrand.livejournal.com]

Five out of six seems just too unfinished, if you ask me. Somewhere on this planet, I bet the old man's healthy and complaining.

[ Abruptly lets them both go and straightens up. ] He'll make it here soon, same as we did.

[fleeorflight.livejournal.com]

[Ah, optimism. Hope's still working on that, but he's getting better. He nods intently in agreement.]

Right. Just needs to catch up to us being here, I guess.

At least we're not going anywhere for the time being.

[lacqualia.livejournal.com]

Mhm! [Vanille stands, waggling her fork as she speaks.]

Then with all of us together, we can figure out what to do next.