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(Technology is grand, but Fang has no patience for it. It's only thanks to her new furry friend that she hasn't smashed the communicator to pieces.)

Alright, is it on? Can anyone hear me? (The thick accent of a female Gran Pulsian is probably pretty startling to hear anyway. However there is an almost husky edge to this voice, perpetually sounding as if she has just woken out of a long slumber.

Which isn't far from the truth.) M'not sure how much I should say. The world doesn't seem t'be endin.

(The juries out on whether or not that's good.)

This cat thing can't talk. (Yes, she sounds disappointed by that.) So she directed me to this.

(There's a low expletive and a sigh.)

Guess there's no use in hidin' it. I'm Fang and if anyone could point me in the Savior's direction, I'd appreciate it.

(No! That doesn't sound insane at all!

Another button is pressed on accident - technology can take a hike, seriously - and bright green eyes can be seen, narrowed in frustration.)

Where's the off switch? (Have no fear, a Purrloin comes to the rescue, tapping the screen with a delicate paw. Does its grin seem wicked to anyone else?)

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Must be in the genes. You two would've had a blast growin' up with Vanille and I.

Would have been nice to have a big family like that. I think we did alright on our own in the end.

I'm not judging you, Sunshine. I think you're good for each other. But now that we've met and all...

Makes me wonder.

[She frowns at that, not sure what was being implied.]

Wonder about what?

If we'd all grown up together...

Would things have been different? Better? Could we have kept you and Serah together?

... you and Vanille would have still been chosen to be Ragnarok. Or it may have fallen on me and Serah... I don't want to think about something like that, even if it meant staying together with my sister.

[There's some things that even in her time in Valhalla she could do nothing to change. Only the future was changeable in order to save the past. Something she deeply regrets getting Serah involved in.]

Are you the rain or the lightning? I know what we turned into and that was my fault. You wouldn't have been as stupid as me.

(Her damnable temper.)

No. I would have run with Serah. I'd have never seen something like that through if it meant my sister and I might die or worse if we failed. I would have found a way to get rid of our brands.
Even if it meant the fate of the world.

[That's how important Serah was to her.]

(She gives a short bark of laughter, not entirely kind.)

Yeah? What if they forced you to turn anyway? You gonna stick around Serah in that form? Believe me, Ragnorak doesn't give one tit about you, me, Serah or Vanille.

He... She...

They're just angry. They're looking for a fight.

Serah.... no, she wouldn't run, but she wouldn't abandon me, either. I know she'd find a way to get me back, or I her. There's nothing we wouldn't do for each other.

[Thinking otherwise would break her right then and there.]

Then I'd give them a fight.

Light, you don't get it. I was Ragnarok and he was me. All Vanille could do was find a place to hunker down and hide. Otherwise she risked being dragged into the transformation too.

I didn't want that guilt on her shoulders.

You don't get how stubborn Serah can be... I think she would have followed me in becoming Ragnarok, so I wouldn't be alone. She... She did so much, going through all those timelines, risking everything, just to see me again. I know Serah would do anything to let me know I wasn't alone. That she was always there, no matter what. If there was guilt, it would be both of us feeling it for not being able to prevent it from happening.

[She looks over her shoulder to where her sister was off screen.]

The only thing I feel guilty about is not being able to save her in the end.

I would've hurt Vanille if she tried. (It's complicated and her gaze darkens.) Maybe we went about it wrong, I dunno. I hated the fal'Cie. I wanted to take them out or make a point...

Vanille didn't deserve to pay for my rage. She spared my life as it was.

... either way, it would have happened. I don't think Serah and I would have been as lucky as you two to have become crystals, and wake up together. No, the Fal'Cie are fickle. I'd take them down all over again if I had to.

[She looks rather angry now, not wanting to look at Fang.]

Even if it meant never meeting you two, if I could find a way to change that past, I would. But I don't have that power. Instead, all I can do is make sure you two have a chance at a normal life. That all of you do.

(It hurts in its own way. Fang tries to pretend it doesn't, but her silence is likely telling.)

First things first. You've gotta make your home here.

At least the gods will leave you alone for awhile.

[It wasn't pleasant to see her words affect someone she cared for like that. Apologizing might just make it worse.]

Serah and I have a place in Cerulean. Though we're more than up for traveling. It's... like having a second chance here. You can do or be anything you want to.

...yeah, you can. (Lightning has nothing to apologize for. Fang would've sacrificed Lightning - to some degree - to rescue Vanille. This is just...

Her words - her ideas - being thrown back at her.

It still isn't right.)

I might be too old for it.

I'm not letting you off the hook that easy. You have two choices with that attitude. Either be dead weight, or pull your weight. Which do you think I'd prefer coming from you?

[Let's try and change the subject tone.]

(She lets out a long breath, ignoring, stubbornly, the way her heart pounds. Her fingers stretch and she finds a place to sit.)

I can't stay still, so that leaves one option, doesn't it? I won't get in the way of your sister time, promise.

Fang... Believe me, neither Serah nor I would ever consider you in the way. She wants you around just as much as I do.

[More in her case. Not something she wants to say out loud. Light looks at the screen and gives Fang a small, genuine smile. Having Serah around had loosened the Savior up a bit.]

We are not letting you go off on your own.

(She lays her lance across her lap and leans her head back. No, she is not acknowledging that warmth in her chest. Nope nope nope.)

I can take on any nasties for both of you. It's nice to have a guard Oerban on your side.

I think the only nasty you have to worry about is sitting smug in his office in Johto. Otherwise, I think it's my Pokémon who will be taking care of things for a while. Though you're our first line of defense when it comes to guys hitting on us. You have no idea how much that happens at the water park...

[Someone sounds very, very annoyed.]

Holding a grudge? I can make him into a kabob for you. (Her lance is long enough.) Are you sayin' you want me to pretend to be you and Serah's jealous girlfriend?

(Well that can be fun.)

I can handle the old drunk. [Help away though.

The second part of the reply has her acting as bashful as someone like her would act.] N-No. They leave Serah alone because she's engaged. I just threaten them. You should save that jealousy for your actual girlfriend in the future.

Edited (phone tags ftw -_-) 2015-09-14 22:33 (UTC)

A drunkard too? What a prize. (That's said in the flattest voice ever.)

Too late! (She snickers.) I'll give them a head-start, but if they push it...

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