❁ the hinges move

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Who: Yuna faythful & Rikku usedthief
Where: Somewhere on Route 29
When: Assumedly when the rain lets up a little? Or maybe not~.
Summary: Y and R of YRP reunite!
Rating: D'awwww, G, probably.
Log:

Perhaps the only upside to traveling in hellish weather like the weather above Yuna right at that moment was that it was a great motivator to hurry up and find her cousin. She knew Rikku still hated the thunder despite overcoming a crippling astrophobia.

Another upside -- yes, Yuna was counting upsides to running through the drizzling rain -- was that she got to carry Valefor in her arms, which the pokemon seemed to enjoy immensely. The green patterned bird didn't mind the rain, but she just didn't have it in her to hop fast enough to keep up with Yuna's pace and short, shallow bursts of flight were all she was capable of.

She imagined that Valefor was very young; Surely her species wasn't meant to be flightless. But she didn't mind one little bit having to nestle the soft, even-tempered creature under her chin to keep her warm.

... Stopping to rest at a clearing, the brunette shook excess water from her hair and wrung out the end of her wrapped ponytail, keeping the Natu in the nook of her arm.

"She should be around here somewhere, Valefor." The former summoner was certain that the animal was intelligent... how she maintained eye contact, responding every so often in her one-worded language.

"You'll love Rikku... really!" Now if she were taking her pokemon to meet Paine? Well... she wasn't going to make any promises.

Comments

sorry it took me so long to respoooond! D;

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"Ed'c zicd y meddma nyeh. Ed'c zicd y meddma drihtan. Zicd y meddma mekrdhehk...hu pek taym." Even though the worst of the storm had passed, Rikku still found herself to be a little skittish. That could be due to the fact that she was traveling on her own, whereas she usually kept Sandshrew out of his pokeball. The weather, however, had seemed to bother him, so she had let him rest in his pokeball until it passed.

Well, that was before the water level had risen. As she continued on Rikku buried her hands in the water, cupping them so as to slice through the murky liquid. It must have looked a little odd, but it made wading through the knee-deep waters a little easier. (Wonderful weather, eh?)

Eventually the blonde girl came upon the clearing. She trudged through the rain water, coming to a dead halt when her swirled orbs laid sight on her cousin, who, thankfully, had made it safely. "Yunie!" she called out, and immediately proceeded to (attempt) run toward the other. (Imagine, like...a prancing pony. xD)

"Yunie, you made it! I was so worried!"


(Yay! Awesome reunion...in water! 8D I'm keeping in line with the weather forecast...I think? >_< See what happens when I leave for the weekend? D'oh! If this is wrong lemme know.)

it's all good! :O

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Squinting in the rain as the weather picked up, Valefor nipped and nibbled at her beaded lock of hair, anticipating her excitement.

"There she is." Her hushed whisper was drowned out by a clap of thunder, but it didn't really matter. Shivering, she stabilized the Natu in her arms and adjusted her pace to match the rising water level as the elevation of the winding path waxed and waned.

"Rikku!" To wave an arm meant dropping her Pokemon, so she took to hopping and sloshing around clumsily in the flood, nearly squealing in relief.


[ ooc : nooo you're right! even if this is backdated, the area would have just started to flood-ish. i posted up this log before the weather report came in. i can fix the entry. xD ]

It'll never happen agaaaaiiin! TT^TT

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(This makes for an awkward reunion. xDD; Good thing Yuna practiced holding her breath. Rikku...well...)

Rikku marched through the murky water, determination fueling her steps. She closed the remaining distance between them with a few leaping motions. "Yunie!" she squealed, any remaining bits of fear or worry washing from her face. "You're here!" She grinned broadly. She made a move to hug her cousin, but stopped when she took notice of the little green thing in her arms. Her eyes almost instantly lit up, and she bent down to be level with the Natu. "Well hi there~ Yunie, is this your pokemon? It's just as cute as on the screen. No, cuter!"

Hands on her knees, she tilted her head back and smiled up at the brunette.

/HUGGLEHUGGLE

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Huffing when the two met, Valefor flapped in agitation when Yuna slouched, trying to smile and catch her breath at the same time.

"Ahh..." Squinting, only then did she begin to realize how soaking wet the two of them were. And she had to laugh at the absurdity.

"Do you like her?" She adjusted the little bird in her arms, and the Natu blinked up at the blonde in astonishment.

"She's awfully well-behaved... No complaints about the weather. Oh, we should hurry to town, Rikku!" Laughing again, Yuna shook her head ... caught up in the rush of the moment and the urgency of the rain.

/WONDER TWIN POWERS ACTIVATE!

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Rikku was about to tell her cousin how much she liked Valefor, but the other girl made a valid point - town would be an excellent place to hurry to. Especially with the water levels rising like they were...

With a nod of her head Rikku agreed. "Right. Let's get going."

She turned her back to Yuna, her head of blonde braids slicing through the air as she whipped around. "It might take us awhile, but we'll make it!" That being said, she started forward.

/FORM OF.... A UNICORN

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Bundling up the little bird, Yuna followed after Rikku just as solemnly as she could... but she just couldn't stop herself from giggling every so often. If anyone had told her the week before that she would be wading through rising floodwaters on an entirely new planet with a fledgling, aeon-like companion to carry about and care for with her also-stranded cousin... Well, she would have probably just nodded her head and gone about her business, pegging the informer as someone profoundly out of their mind.

"You haven't been waiting long, have you? Here in Johto, I mean... When I left, you were still around."

/SHAPE OF...A TRIANGLE!

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"I haven't been here too long," Rikku said with a glance over her shoulder. "Maybe a week?"

She paused for a moment, turning her body toward Yuna somewhat "What do you mean I was still there?"

8| .../TRIANGLE AND UNICORN READY TO FIGHT CRIME

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"You were still with us," she was shouting over the sound of the rain and her own splashing as she caught up to her cousin, "When we addressed Spira! ... Whew."

Lightning illuminated the flooded scene momentarily and Yuna instinctively hung her head, anticipating the resounding 'boom' that would inevitably come thereafter.

GO, GO DERPDERP RANGERS!

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Rikku tucked her chin in toward her chest, squeezing her eyes shut as bright white light danced across the sky. She whimpered softly, taking little notice of what her cousin said as she froze in place.

Her muscles coiled tightly as she prepared for the inevitable clap of thunder that was soon to follow. Even expecting it, she still let a quiet squeaking sound when it finally struck. She muttered a few inaudible things in Al Bhed, then slowly peeked back at Yuna. "S-shouldn't be too much further..."

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"Rikku!" Unable to stop herself from laughing, she looped her free arm around hers, giving her a happy nudge of encouragement.

"You're right. It'll be okay! We're almost there."

Or... at least she thought so. She'd been a good ways down the path when she bumped into Rikku -- and it didn't look that far at all as far as distance was concerned on her map before she left. At any rate, the scenery and their pace were just too wild and jagged to check the map now, so she plowed on, seeing lights faintly in the distance.

Oh dear, sweet merciful Jesus. xD

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Her cousin's presence beside her eased Rikku's nerves. She took a deep breath, and offered up a more genuine smile as a response.

"Yeah!"

With renewed vigor she plowed forward, calculating the remaining distance in her head. "Maybe a day? With the water this high and all..."

YUP. 8|

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Yuna squeaked at Rikku's renewed vigor and was, at least for a second,dragged along in her wake before scrambling to keep up.

"A day sounds about right... Maybe less if we hurry!" But there was no hurrying in these conditions...

We chose them...this was inevitable.

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Nope. No hurrying at all. The weather was only getting worse. Rikku wondered if they'd have to seek shelter until it passed...but where would they go?

"I bet we could make it half a day!" Ever the optimist.

their derp levels are now officially over 9000.

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"Or even a couple of hours, if we worked really hard!"

If Rikku was ever the optimist, Yuna was ever the ... encourageable tag-along to whatever hairbrained plans they were chalking together.

WAY over 9000.

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"Yeah! That's the spirit!"

Somehow, whenever she was with Yuna, all of Rikkus problems seemed to disappear. She knew that, together, they could accomplish pretty much everything.

*__*

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[ ooc : wanna close up the log here? :3 ]

*W*

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(Well, the mission was accomplished. Now for the derps to make it to Cherrygrove. xD I'd say they should be there by now, based on how many days we've been logging. So yeah, that works. :3)