[Post 011] Video/Action in Violet City

[francia]

[The 'Gear comes on to catch the final moments of a light brown and white egg's existence before the minutely-cracked shell suddenly explodes the glittery light of a hatching -]



[France's squeal is extremely loud and he appears on the screen, obviously handing off the 'Gear to one of his pokemon; by the off-the-ground angle, it's probably either Kai or Drifblim. France is all ready with a towel, but there's no residue like traditional egg hatchings, so he just scoops up the tiny Eevee, cooing at a pitch that can probably only be heard by very young children, bats, and small dogs. The Eevee seems to automatically adore France, yipping and barking happily in response to his voice.]

[It takes a minute or five, but France eventually remembers that the 'Gear is on. France turns back to it, showing off his newest pokemon quite proudly.]

I've decided to name her Thérèse. She and Marianne--yes, Marianne, you can come over here now.



[And, instead of the Vulpix most people are probably used to seeing either following France faithfully or attacking wild pokemon that dare to come within her jumping range, a sleek and regal-looking Ninetales makes her way onto the screen to examine this... new addition. She seems rather torn on whether or not Thérèse is a good thing or not. France, as usual, is totally oblivious, and the feed closes off with Thérèse and Marianne staring at each other intently.]



[Private Text to Cecil]

Thank you so much for the Fire Stone! It worked it's magic on Marianne and made her even more beautiful than before! ♥

Comments

[Video]

[paladinlost]

I see. [One more word shared between worlds. He'll take note of that.] King Leviathan does look like a sea monster, but he is a kind, fair ruler, who raised one of my friends as his own daughter. He and Queen Asura also possess an extensive library, with books that have long been forgotten by men.

[Video 1:2]

[of-france.livejournal.com]

[France looks up abruptly, eyes huge.]

The Leviathan is your King?

[Video 2:2]

[of-france.livejournal.com]

[France moans softly, shaking his head violently. He breathes deeply for a few seconds to calm down.]

But your Leviathan isn't... mine and he's good. I don't...

[He laughs hollowly.]

This place is going to make me crazy.

[Video]

[paladinlost]

Oh, he's not my king. That was Odin. [His words there were chosen very carefully.] King Leviathan's kingdom is many days away from mine, even by airship. But you are the second person who knew that name, and the first who mentioned the sea. Our worlds must have something in common, then.

[Video]

[of-france.livejournal.com]

[France rubs his eyes.]

I don't really understand how our different worlds are intersecting. There's a theory of parallel universes, but then why is there only one place souls go when they die...?

[Video]

[paladinlost]

...Perhaps this is not the natural place where souls to go. Perhaps each world truly has their own, but...

[Video]

[of-france.livejournal.com]

[France frowns deeply.]

It could be possible to steal people's souls. I don't know how, but there's a lot of forces at work that we don't understand or have any inclination of suspect.

[His expressions turns ugly.]

Maybe England finally summoned the Devil with his black magic.

[Video]

[paladinlost]

...Summoning a devil could only be done by a summoner, not a black mage. And playing with souls would be tricky.

[Video]

[of-france.livejournal.com]

If anyone has enough experience with magic, it would be England.

[France stomps his foot.]

This is all his fault, the stupid bastard!

[Video]

[paladinlost]

If it was, would he not appear before you to gloat about it? [Villains, Cecil knows them.]

[Video 1:2]

[of-france.livejournal.com]

...

[Video 2:2]

[of-france.livejournal.com]

You know, come to think of it, I haven't seen England in a really long time... Haven't heard from him since when I first got here, actually.

[Video]

[paladinlost]

Not even on the network? That's... generally a bad sign. You should try calling him, just in case.

[Video]

[of-france.livejournal.com]

Hold on.

[France disconnects briefly from Cecil, tries England on the network... and gets an error message. It's a couple minutes later when he calls Cecil back, looking decidedly upset.]

He's not here.

[He blinks hard, looking angry but not sounding entirely so.]

How dare he leave me here?!

[Video]

[paladinlost]

...He might not have had a choice. People are taken in their sleep, sometimes. Or at times when they cannot fight back.

[Video]

[of-france.livejournal.com]

[France sniffles, obviously trying not to cry and not doing a very good job of it.]

But... then they can take anyone at any moment, and there's nothing we can do about it.

I don't like feeling helpless like this.

[Video]

[paladinlost]

Yet. There is nothing we can do about it yet. But if we manage to find out why we are here... If we manage to find out why... We might be able to control who comes and goes and when it happens. One day, we will not have to be helpless anymore.

[Video]

[of-france.livejournal.com]

[France is still cry, but he's listening to Cecil. For some reason, he believes Cecil, and he nods, still sniffling miserably.]

I hope so...

[Video]

[paladinlost]

And if he comes back, you can always yell at him for making you worry.

[Video]

[of-france.livejournal.com]

[A dark look crosses over France's face momentarily.]

Oh, I will. I definitely will.

[He sighs, shaking his head.]

I wish this world was a little bit more stable sometimes.

[Video]

[paladinlost]

But if it were more stable, perhaps no one else would be able to come. Perhaps no one else would be able to leave.

[Video]

[of-france.livejournal.com]

[France gazes at Cecil, horrified.]

We'd be stuck here forever.

Oh, God...

[He slumps forward, face in his hands.]

[Video]

[paladinlost]

We cannot stop the cycle without risking that. However, if we could control it, or at least predict it...

[Video]

[of-france.livejournal.com]

[France doesn't look up, speaking into his hands.]

Predicting it would be nice. We would have to find the Devil in order to control things and that would be scary...

[Video]

[paladinlost]

In my experience, the leader of a group is rarely the one who does all the work. There must be subordinates involved, who would be the ones actually controlling the flow of arrivals and departures.