The Legend Begins

[ofpromisedvictory]

[Video, potentially Action in the Canyon]

[The Warp band blinks on at a skewed perspective, a third of the frame filled with the dusty ground of the Canyon. Clearly it came on after someone dropped it. Still, the other two thirds of the frame show a pretty good picture of a strange girl (for those of you who didn't meet her in the woods last week, anyway) kneeling in front of a Shinx and speaking to it with an intense seriousness that doesn't entirely seem fitting for a two-foot-high lion cub.]

I...had not intended to use this "Warp Band" they gave me to bind anyone to my service, little one. I came out here to train, but I recognized when using that device that your warrior's heart was impressive even among all Pokémon, and...

[The Shinx pads up and starts rubbing its head on Saber's knee.]

Er...

[She doesn't even care about the static charge.]

That is to say, I swear to protect and teach you as a human trainer would, and--

[It actually starts purring.]

Er...yes...

[She's just going to stop and pet the Shinx for a bit. Don't mind her hair starting to stand up.]

1st Adventure: Coming to Union [Video/Action]

[jewelmagus]

Video

[Today? Your warp band opens up to a feed of a young girl who's fiddling furiously with the controls. A Carbink hovers beside it, sparkling and shining cheerfully. There's not really much going on, but she blinks when it comes to life.]

Oh! It works! Um...hi!

[A wave, and then she pokes the camera with a finger.]

This thing is confusing...

[More fiddling...]

Is everything here just more complicated than it needs to be? I-

[And then whoops, it cuts off.]


Action 1

[In the Residential district there's the distinctive patter of tiny feet and a screeching, child-yelp. The screaming continues and grows louder as a small girl runs by with a Carbink in her arms...pursued by a pair of angry Spearow.]

Stop following me! Go awaaaaay!!


Action 2

[In the library, someone is definitely not being quiet. A little girl's voice echoes down the long rows of books, exclamations of wonder and delight. She's never been allowed in a real library before, and the fact that she's able to touch books that don't belong to the Tohsaka's personal collection is like a Birthday and Winter Festival present rolled together. Rin climbs up and just grabs several big books at random, tottering over to a table and setting them down with a thud. And if someone doesn't stop her, she's going to get a few more...]

Action 3

[Finally, it's getting on towards nighttime and a sleepy Rin is trudging her way home. She'd eluded guardians all day, but even she had to admit that it was time for bed. Only...she doesn't exactly know where that is yet. She'd scampered off in daylight and now it's too dark for her to get her bearings. Is it this fountain or that fountain where you turn left? Was there a Noctowl statue sitting on the roof when she'd come by at noon?

It's troubling enough that she starts by going over to tug the nearest stranger's pant leg.]

Um. Excuse me...can you help me find my way home?

Seeking Refuge (pun intended)

[wishingalone]

Who: Mami and Yosuke
Where: On the way to Refuge, then at Refuge.
When: Week 78
What: Travel! Adventure! And Mami doesn't want to admit that they're totally flirting, too!

"Holding up fine down there?"

Mami has checked, routinely, on Yosuke as they travel. She is more than capable of moving across long distances quickly. With her ribbons and her limited flight powers, courtesy of being a Child of the Howling Gale, she is able to leap from landmark to landmark. She can carry Yosuke with her easily enough; she has another ribbon around him, with loops for him to hold onto. The loops end in elegant bows, to tie them together, because Mami is a little ridiculous sometimes. She made sure that he practiced moving with her, just the same. Despite appearances, it takes some balance and focus on on his part.

But she has it down to a rote movement, ribbons flying to keep them moving. At the moment, they are moving through a wooded area, and nearing Refuge. They probably have a few more hours, at least by Mami's best recknoning.

"I told you that it would be fine!" she calls back down. Mami winks when she does, before she looks back up, and casts her ribbon for the next tree.