First Sword | Video

[warriormouse]

[He'd heard they had video on the Warp Bands but his old one hadn't had that feature. Maybe it's a good thing this one does.

Martin is in a room in the medical center when he starts it. Which is the problem. He died. He's not supposed to be back in the medical center two months later decidedly not dead and an Enlightened!

But he's back and now he has to adjust to these sharp little claw-nail-things on his fingers on top of everything else. What is his life?

Before Martin gets a chance to say anything, a Budew grabs the band and starts poking at it.]

No, Laterose, not right now.

[The Budew goes out of sight and Martin focuses it back on him with a sigh]

Um. I...I'm not quite sure what to say right now. I'm back? Is that what you say when you die and wake up two months later in the Forest? Is this normal for Enlightened?

[He clearly has more questions but cuts himself off]

Anyway. Could someone catch me up on the last two months?

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[warriormouse]

Even the center's food was a relief after that, though it didn't last long. You're a saint.

[rainsrespite]

Don't tell that to my Braviary. You might give him a heart attack.

[warriormouse]

Why? Is he particularly devout?

[rainsrespite]

[She snorts and shakes her head.]

Howashi? No. He's a prude, and basically the fun police. Anyone who does anything you could call even slightly amoral gets a lecture. Even me. Don't let him catch you drinking, even wine with dinner.

[warriormouse]

Oh, dear. How amoral are we talking about?

[rainsrespite]

I bought a bottle of wine to use in making a pasta sauce, and got a lecture. Also apparently my fighting uniform is too revealing, because I have it tight against my skin rather than billowing all over the place.

[warriormouse]

[A pause]

And explaining that billowing uniforms are a safety hazard did nothing, I'm guessing. Oh, boy. You certainly got lucky with him.

[rainsrespite]

Yep. Got it in one.

[Huffing a laugh, she looks down at her Warp Band.]

Honestly, though? It's worth the hassle. A lot of my guys are kind of troublesome...but I wouldn't have it any other way. Kyo and Hoyo are worse, but they're still my friends. And Howashi can fly like nothing I've ever seen.

[warriormouse]

[Martin glances at Boar and Laterose]

I'll admit, when I realized I could understand Boar I was incredibly excited. Not only because I can understand my Pokémon but because I can understand other Pokémon. I'm eager to be out of here and able to explore some.

[underwearfortomorrow]

I can't imagine what sort of paperwork that's going to be, but good luck. Hina and I will look forward to your visit.

[He grins brightly for a moment.]

Welcome back, Martin.

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[radiantwingedone]

[ One fairly standard sign of life, go! ]

And that is without getting into... human quarrels. [ A Floette pops her head around Duke's to tell Martin that "that was Duke's way of saying that's all he noticed, because he fell asleep in a pile of books again." ]

.. It was not a pile.

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[warriormouse]

[Oh, such a cute Floette]

Overwork?

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[radiantwingedone]

[ The Floette immediately agrees that "yes, its overwork", floating back up to her flower. ... which happens to be tucked in Duke's hair. ]

Laulyse believes so. It tends to be what we argue about most. [ She begins listing off "and where it is okay to sleep, and how much you need to eat" and Duke makes a face. ]

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[warriormouse]

I take it she mothers you.

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[radiantwingedone]

... Yes. [ And she looks rather proud of it too. ]

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[warriormouse]

[Don't smile, Martin. Don't do it.

He manages not to! But still very amused]

Boar tries the same, only since he's a Honedge he usually just ends up glaring at me.

[rainsrespite]

Is that a fact? Your...Ability, then?

[warriormouse]

[He nods]

That was what made me realize I was Enlightened. My hearing was the first that came back, or I think my new claws would have done it otherwise.

[rainsrespite]

You know, having an ability like that doesn't necessarily mean that you're Enlightened. I have one, and I'm pretty plane-Jane.

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[colorofdeath]

[Have a girl who looks more curious than anything. This isn't something she's heard of.]

You...died?

[warriormouse]

Of course, but, well.

[He holds up a hand.]

Claws.

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[warriormouse]

I did, two months ago.

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[colorofdeath]

Yet here you are.

You said you woke up in the forest, didn't you? Do you remember anything before that?

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[warriormouse]

I remember dying. But otherwise, no.

[rainsrespite]

Or a really precise manicure...