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Fai Flourite ([personal profile] comparative_insanity) wrote in [community profile] bravenewworld2015-09-26 08:12 pm

Video | But home is a feeling I buried in you

[This... is not a Warp Band which has been active - or within range - in a long while. The image is fuzzy and looks somehow grubby, perhaps to be attributed to the fact that the device has spent almost a whole year stuffed into the bottom of a bag.

The young man on the screen, though, doesn't look like he needs any help looking like a mess.

The fair feathers covering his head are ruffled and matted, and on one side of his head they show signs of having been singed by something. What can be seen of his clothes looks like rags and tatters, repaired in places with caterpie silk, woven vines, feathers, wool... all manners of debris. The once-blue gemstone attached to his forehead looks dull, now faded from blue to dirty yellow. From what can be seen of his face and body, he's not only incredibly filthy, but also a large number of meals short of a healthy weight. He has a nasty-looking cut on the left side of his face, running right across his eye, which is swollen and looks infected.

He offers the camera a bleak, apologetic smile, and the chipper tone in his voice sounds incredibly false.]


Hello everyone. I'm, ah- My name is Fai Flourite. I went missing from Union last autumn.

[He shifts a bit. There is a muffled splash followed by the aggravated chattering of a Floette off-camera, and Fai winces.]

I'm currently a bit... stuck. I'm on my way home, but- mm, I don't think I should be Teleporting in a while just yet. Last time I did, I ended up in a swamp. Which, incidentally, is why I'm a bit stuck.

[He attempts a laugh, but it sounds pathetic. He averts his eyes, as if he can't even face the camera. His voice drops into a mumble.]

But I'm coming home. I know I must've worried some people, and... I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.

[And with that, the feed cuts out.]
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2015-09-26 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The first trip out to Sanctuary was meant to be somewhat short, albeit exhausting exertion. Once she came back into Warp Band range, Lux knew that there was quite a bit of catching up to do, and was admittedly a bit excited about that. This was the first time she had been away for so long, and the young blond couldn't wait to hear about what she had missed.

She saw his message a few hours after it went live, and stopped cold. Even in the sorry state he was in, even with the lower quality feed patching through, Lux knew. Her hands trembled, and at first she rushed to send a reply. But she stopped. What... what should she say in this instance? He was dead as far as she was concerned, and yet there he was, his usual cheery, forced self despite the sorry shape he was in.

Lux wanted to be angry. Furious, even. But somehow it seemed pointless. Taking a deep breath, trying to stabilize herself as much as she could, she turned on the Band. ]


Leave it to you to get stuck in the mud somewhere strange.

[ She looked different, even in the grainy video. Her hair was longer, brushing her waist, and nearly white in color. She had a faint glow about her as well, her fairy typing quite literally shining through. ]
niepokonany: (Too bad I can't get all the dirt off)

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[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-09-27 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, Gods.]

[Oh, blessed, merciful Savior.]

[Feliks looks for a moment like he's been shot, eyes wide with shock, skin going pale enough to notice even with the Warp Band's image quality, lips trembling.]

[Before he gathers the will to form his thoughts into words, there's a moment where nothing registers on his face but the shock and pain of realizing that as stubbornly as he denied it, he wouldn't be this shocked if some part of him hadn't thought Fai was dead.]
niepokonany: (Gotta gotta be down)

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[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-09-27 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
[--No. Fai's not home yet, there's work to do.]

Where are you?

[The image goes out of focus and shaky, and it's only a second or two before the sound of a Rapidash's hoofbeats kicks in.]
niepokonany: (They'll never bring us down)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-09-27 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
On it, gorgeous.

[The hoofbeats speed up even more, and there's a whinny that has a distinct tone of I'm going as fast as I can already! even if you're not fluent in Pokemon.]

Just hang tight where you are, ok? I'm on my way. I'm coming.
rainsrespite: (Angry!!!)

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[personal profile] rainsrespite 2015-09-27 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Fai might not remember this face well, but it recognizes him. They'd only briefly met, but a year of patrols with a photograph in a sheaf of well-worn ones and helping a certain idiot look for one in particular had burned Fai's image into Yuuna Sugasawa's mind. There's a very audible curse and the sound of a breaking chair as an incredibly tall woman practically shouts down at her Warp Band from Ranger HQ.]

Savior's Great Flaming Arse! Fai?!
rainsrespite: (Surprised!)

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[personal profile] rainsrespite 2015-09-27 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
[She's already barreling out the door, tearing the knob clean off in her furor. Feliks would've seen it, he'd be going out, and she was the only field medic on staff. That meant she needed to be in the air, and in the air yesterday.

The cry of a Pokemon blares of the speakers, and a moment after the woman's voice returns.]


Where are you? I know Feliks is already inbound, I'm the Ranger field medic on duty. Tell me where you are, send up a signal with the warp band, or set something on fire. I'm already on my way.
niepokonany: (To save you from your old ways)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-09-27 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
I'd better have been.

[He's kind of glad the camera's not on his face right now.]
niepokonany: (Unlimited)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-09-27 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
[It takes a little while for Feliks to reply. When he does, the hoofbeats have been replaced by the truly noisy rush of wind.]

Oh, Fai, babe... Shh, I'll be there soon. I swear, Savior's breath, I'll be there so soon...
niepokonany: (Your disreputable men are here)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-09-27 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Ok, you and me? We're gonna have a nice long talk about how stupid what you're saying is, just as soon as I get to you.

Which should be like any second now, so you know.

[Yuuna and her high-speed flying dragons, man.]
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[personal profile] rainsrespite 2015-09-27 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Mister...Sunshine.

[Yuuna flips out her band, and checks the signal, easily catching that distress beacon and nudging the Dragonite into the sky. A cream colored blur flashes up, and then there's sky.]

You've been missing for a year. Hurt or not, I'm going to insist on you staying in the medical ward for a few days once we get you back. Standard procedure, but I'll make sure you get a comfortable room.
niepokonany: (Don't let anyone ever make you feel)

->Action? Yuuna's with him, also, jsyk

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-09-27 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
Good, we match. Just wait for me a minute longer...

[And, indeed, he might notice some large flying shapes approaching pretty soon here...]
niepokonany: (Impossible!)

\o/

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-09-27 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Fai!

[Feliks leaps off of the Salamence when she's close enough to the ground that he probably won't break his legs; it is entirely possible that half the reason he doesn't is literally "fairy magic", though. He immediately tries to run, even if he staggers the first few steps.]

[Then he's making his way past the little crowd of Pokemon and outright flinging himself at Fai, making every attempt to gather him into his arms protectively in spite of their obvious height difference.]

[He can't speak. There are too many feelings, and words aren't enough, and without really meaning to, he lets out a single, hoarse, dry sob.]

[The year hasn't been too easy on him, either. A lot of the soft, roundedness of him is just gone, and not entirely due to his evolution; he's little more than skin, bones, and wiry muscle from refusing to stay in the city for more than a handful of days at a time. His clothes are older and dirtier than he'd ever have let happen before, though certainly not in the sort of bad shape Fai's are in.]

[But that doesn't matter. He's sparkling brighter than he ever has in his life, even though he can feel the tears starting to well up unbidden in his eyes.]
rainsrespite: (Proud)

[personal profile] rainsrespite 2015-09-27 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Yuuna nods, since he's being so reasonable. It calms her own initial anger a bit too. Oh she still wants to throttle something, for just...having all this insanity happening all at once after a year. She doesn't know what to think, so she lapses into doctor demeanor. Brisk, clinical.]

They will. And I'll have the medics put in extra chairs. You'll have plenty of visitors, and I'll make sure you have the best of care.

I'm glad you're remaining calm, Fai. Just give us a bit, and we'll be there. I've linked up with Feliks now. Look for a pair of dragons.
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That's okay I didn't need my heart.

[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2015-09-27 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
You should have.

[ Did that come off a bit harsh? Lux winced as soon as she said it, the words falling from her lips before she could catch them. Wincing as she spoke, the other blond lowered her eyes. ]

Sorry, I didn't mean--

[ She looked up suddenly, stopping as Fai spoke. Yuui... Yuui was still out there? Lux brought a hand to her chest, brows furrowed deeply in worry. ]

...So that's what happened.
niepokonany: (They'll never bring us down)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-09-27 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
[There's more hard edges to both of them than there used to be, but Feliks will be damned if he's going to let that stop him from shaping himself around Fai and curling up into his arms, a gentle hand in Fai's hair guiding him down to cry into his shoulder.]

I don't care. You're home -- oh, Savior, Fai...
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