Thread: ☢Final Fantasy: Edyn's Lament☢ [-Haru|Lila-]

Aeshir looked up at her brother with a smile as the commotion that had ensued after the incident began to slowly die down. It felt nice to be outside once more. To have the sun dance across her skin. It felt even better to help someone in need as they'd just done. This was what they were made for. To protect the people of Edyn, not aid in their destruction as Hojo and Gand might try to make them. She was, admittedly, a bit taken aback at the multiple shows of gratitude. They were rarely treated as people while living under ARC's thumb. When Stone looked at her and asked if they might be able to go and eat she couldn't help but smile. He may be asking her for permission but it was clear to see, at least for her anyways, that he did indeed want to accept he offer. Before she had a chance to answer him she felt a slight tug on her hand. She looked down to see the source of the tugging was none other than Kator. Please come with us, Pretty Lady. He asked with hopeful eyes. Aeshir couldn't help but laugh. It wasn't like the scoffs or halfhearted laughs she'd given in the past few years under ARC. No this laugh was full of life, and joy. She had laughed this sincerely since before they'd gone into hibernation. My name is Aeshir, Kator. She said with a genuine smile. A smile that, in the past few years, had been reserved only for Stone, as he had been the only thing that made her happy. And I suppose it wouldn't hurt to pause in our journey for a meal. For the first time in years Aeshir actually sounded happy. She smiled up at Stone and nodded at his question. Indicating that they would indeed be joining the trio for a meal. Kator, elated by her response, grabbed her hand and began to all but drag her in the direction of The Sand Sea. Aerith called after him, telling him not to go so fast, and to not pull on Aeshir, but Aeshir kept perfect pace with him. She was happy to oblige him as she had a great love for children. --------------- Akin looked at Stryker skeptically. He was more than inclined to believe that Gand, had indeed, ordered that Lune be returned alive. She was much too valuable for them to lose, again. He was also inclined to believe that Stryker did not want a fight, because if that had been the case he wouldn't be nearly as agreeable as he was now. Akin eyed hi a bit before making his decision as to how he should go about this situation. She's in Edgewater Cave, just outside the village. He began slowly. I can even take you there myself if you'd like. He said with a sly smile. He had no intentions of stopping Stryker. It's not like he even could if he wanted to. However he did want to be there just in case Lune hadn't left yet. Though if she's smart she's already long gone. At least he hope she was. However Lune had never really seemed to think on the same wave lengths as other's did, at least not as long as Akin had known her. And even if she hasn't I doubt you'll be able to convince her to go back. He paused for a moment. She left for a reason you know. --------------- Daveera immediately recognized her father's voice. Her emotions were torn in that moment. Her father was a safe place for her. He meant security, love, belonging, but she didn't want him to see her like this. She used to be beautiful. The pride and joy of Professor Jonas Gand. People used to say that she was as beautifully brilliant as her mind was. However that was no longer the case. Now she was broken, and helpless, and ugly. She couldn't even get up on her own. It was absolutely infuriating. Now people made comments about how her mind was as broken as her body was. This was all Jenova's fault. If that thing had never come to Edyn then this never would have happened to her. To make matters wore the reason everyone believed that her mind was broken was because Jenova wanted them to. Jenova didn't want her to be able to convince the world to fight back against it. However there was nothing she could do to stop it anymore. Her father had spent years rebuilding her, and yet she was still malfunctioning. It was to be expected, as her brain and the remains of her nervous system were still trying to adjust to operating the mechanical parts. Leave me alone! She shouted at the door as her father asked her to let him in. She knew this was useless as there was nothing she could really do to prevent him from entering and she'd probably only worried him more by telling him to leave. She didn't care though. She was upset and she didn't want her father seeing her for the broken, ugly mess that she was. Daveera attempted, once more, to try and pull herself up onto the bed, but the results were the same as before. She would get close to achieving her goal and then lose her 'footing' before crashing back down to the ground once more. Soft sobbing could be heard from where Gand stood on the other side of the door. For a brief moment her sobbing mimicked the sound of a broken record player before the sound of her hitting herself rang out for a split second and the sobbing returned to normal. Daveera may not have wanted her father to see her like this, but the truth was that she needed his help. D-d-d-d-daddy? She called out signaling that it was safe for her father to open the door without fear that she might throw something at it. Her speech was broken slightly due to yet another malfunction. Her brain was having trouble processing the malfunction with her legs and her emotional overload which made it harder for her to speak clearly. Not that she would have dared to knowing that her father might be on the other side of the door. --------------- Trissa Orlandeu sighed as she made her way through the building that functioned as one of the bases of SEED. Things had been a little high strung as of late with the recent escape of one of ARCs most powerful specimens. While this escape was good news for them it meant that Arc was going to be in full force trying to get it back. That meant that they could release other specimens for the retrieval, and that would be bad for Edyn. Cid had called a meeting of the senior members of their organization in response. They had to make a decision on whether they were going to try and retrieve this specimen for themselves, or if they needed to eliminate it. All of the recent events had brought a lot of stress on her husband. She knew that what they were doing was important, but that didn't make her any happier about her husband's current stress. Trissa smiled gently as she saw her husband. The other senior officers had already gathered and now they were merely waiting on Cid. She came up behind him and gently slid her arms beneath his and crossed them around his torso in a hug, resting her head against his back as her hands came to rest near his shoulders. The others have gathered, dear. She said with a sigh. They rarely got moments like this anymore with the increasing threat of Jenova. We're just waiting on you now.