Video | But home is a feeling I buried in you

[comparative_insanity]

[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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[niepokonany]

[Well, that was Fai for you.]

[Feliks was sure he should be embarrassed. Any other day of his life, he probably would be, all blushing and stammering and flailing his arms around.]

[But all he can feel is giddiness and an emotionally exhausted sort of relief. There's no room for anything else in his heart right now whatsoever.]

Oh my gods -- haha, oh, Savior, Waver, your face! Fai!

[The intense laughter probably detracted from the seriousness of even that pitiful attempt at scolding Fai.]

[comparative_insanity]

I'm glad you don't care - honestly, that would sound a bit suspect.

[Fai shoots back the reply with his widest, most insolent grin - which softens into an at least as embarrassing expression of adoration as he turns to Feliks. Wow, he's missed his laughter.

And then Babycakes decides to side with Waver, because she's had just about enough of this nonsense as well. She catches Fai a stinging slap on the side of his face with a vine, followed by a barrage of angry chatter. Fai just giggles, giving her a friendly poke, but he seems to actually take her seriously (sorry Waver).]

Ah, we really should get out of here, huh? Yuuna, I'm afraid I barely know up from down right now, so... where are we going, exactly? [Look, she seems most likely to actually have a clue what she's doing.]

[rainsrespite]

[Yuuna pretty much ignores the banter, laughing quietly to herself as the merry duo picks on Waver. It's not really hard, but he plays into it so beautifully. It's actually a little adorable. It's a nice bit of chatter, really, and it's calming her down. There are still instincts flaring in her, worry about Yuui, and an anger at being attacked. Part of her still wants to go back and punch something, pulverize the Skuntank with her bare fists. It certainly deserved it.

But no, not the time. And Kuina'd smacked it pretty good. So, cooler heads and good humor reign so she looks up at Fai with a light smile and answers with an airy wave.]

South. Directly south. We've about five minutes out. and you two are going to the medical center. And Waver's may be too, if he keeps clutching Howashi's feathers that hard.

[untalented]

R-really?!

[Waver promptly let go at her words, and sat there looking exceedingly lost. Flustered as he was from the teasing on part of the noble duo, he didn't quite know where to put his hands....]

[niepokonany]

[Still giggling pretty uncontrollably, Feliks reached a hand out towards Fai and Fryderyk and the Pokemon alongside them.]

Gods -- G-Go easy on him, Babycakes. Cut him some slack for me?

[He breaks out laughing again, as he rubs a hand along Kuina's neck. Beside him, preparing to speed up, Fryderyk shifts his weight, making sure Fai is comfortably settled in between his fluffy white wings.]

The faster the better, though.