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[It's early afternoon. The journal flies open and turns on abruptly in mid-air, a blast of resonating energy having blown it away from where it had been placed. As it flies, a few flashes of red, white, and black are visible, and when it lands, Asch and Luke are in the distance, swords clashing, the rec center just beyond where they're fighting. Occasionally they'll exchange commentary, but none of it seems to filter in.

The resonating noise continues, though, and as their swords clash one more time, it seems to grow even louder than before, until finally one shout rings clear-]

Pull back you dre-

[And before he can even finish, an explosion of light flares between them, and two identical cries of alarm are the only sound that filters through that eerie resonance. The light spreads, flaring outwards and sending the journal flying backwards, cutting off the feed.

The light is probably visible to most of the village as a single beam of light flying up towards the barrier and disappearing from sight. And there is a nice big crater in the forest just south of the rec center, where pretty much anything in that location - trees, bushes, grass, whatever - has... pretty much been decimated. A journal bearing Asch's name on the cover is sitting in the grass just outside of the crater, looking pretty ripped up and charred. The scene overall probably looks pretty dooming, especially since neither of the redheads are anywhere to be found.

[ooc: most responses will come from Luke, though Asch will chime in as well when he can!]

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Don't thank me, it's not like I'd want to be a murderer either.

[He doesn't care much for most of the residents in the village, but... there are a few people whose death would make him pretty upset.]

[The first response he gets is kind of muffled and very irritated.]

Replica will you shut the journal already until we get to the shore? At least keep them from yelling in my ear...!

[Luke gives a blank look for a second, then blinks... and looks a little sheepish. Eh heh heh...]

Y-Yeah... That wasn't really what I meant though. Thanks... for saving me.

[For a while, all Miyabi can hear is the sound of the ocean and its waves. It's almost soothing, really, as she waits to hear that they got to land safely. That's all she wants to hear, then she'll leave them be to come home as they will. Luke and Asch were strong, she knew that, they could get home together without her checking up on them all the time.

As she waits, listening to her journal, she fixes up the area as best she could. A bit of divine intervention. Definitely not enough to entirely fix the damage, or do much help, but it was better than nothing. She could at least get Faeren and her own power to fix up the crater somewhat. At least it's not a hazard now, once she's done...and thoroughly exhausted.

But not exhausted enough to not give the two an extra bit of good luck. She breathes out, wipes her forehead, and paints the character for heaven on the page of her journal - big and bold.]

天

[Asch shrugs that off, his expression shifting to look more irritated again.]

Ha. Imagine the sort of threats I'd be getting if I had let you drown.

[Tear was also observing their fight, taking note of each of their fighting styles should something occur and she needs to rely on one or both. Simply sitting in silence amidst the clashing sounds of their swords.

... That is immediately shattered by the sudden appearance of that pillar of light, cuing an exasperated sigh of the soldier. This was certainly a familiar situation.]

Not again, don't you both know better?

[The second is less muffled, though no louder, since he's trying to hold the journal away enough to not bother Asch so much.]

But there are people still worried about us...!

[Luke's determined not to let that get him down, though he anticipated it the moment the words left his mouth. It's not like the first thing someone thinks of is what everyone else would think when you're trying to save someone... right? Besides, who would threaten Asch?

He looks away, and he's quiet for a second before he slowly straightens up again, speaking in a strained voice as he does so.]

I'll go check the teleporter, okay?

We were training, and... it just happened. I still don't really know what triggers it...

Thanks, Yuri. It might - [He turns his head away to cough, gdit.] ... take a while. We're... kind of in the middle of the ocean.

[It takes some time for a response to come, and Tear might see Luke half on Asch's back and half in the ocean, the both of them looking very grumpy, soaked and tired.]

H-Hey, it's not like - [Deep breath - COUGH.] 's our fault!

As long as you're both all right.

We're... sort of okay. [He probably shouldn't mention that he drowned for a few seconds...] But we'll get back to you later when we're on land, all right?

Are you guys okay? Where are you?

You're that far out? [ ... ] ... Sheesh. Whatever you two did, I wouldn't do it twice.

You'll probably just break it. Do you even know how it works?

[Not... that he does, really, but he's way better at technology than Luke. He rolls over and pushes himself to his feet, rolling his shoulders to try and shake off the stiffness, and pushes the journal into Luke's hands as he starts towards the building.]

[Since Asch is the one to peruse the journal after they reach the shore, he studies the page for a long moment before jotting down a little note.]

We don't understand that language, you know.

Of course I do! You just step in it and say some phrase, right?

[At least, that's how the teleporter in Daath works. He's not sure about the one on Yulia Road - Tear did something, anyway. But he takes the journal with a slightly irritated face, then opens it to inform people that they're on the shore, are okay, and will probably get home soon.]

Y-Yeah. [...] Oh, hey, is there... any damage or anything?

Oh... hey Emil. We're, uh... in the ocean.

[... Theeeere's a pause as Yuri looks back at that crater. Erm.]

... See for yourself.

[With that, he turns his journal to face the damage done. A picture's worth a thousand words, and Yuri is well aware he's bad at describing things sometimes. Might as well take the easy way out.]

[There's silence from Luke as he sees just how much damage they did... But at least the rec center is still standing. Luke had thought they might have destroyed that, too. Jeez...]

... At least everyone's okay. [He hopes so, anyway. He hopes with everything he has that no one was near them when the hyperresonance triggered.]

Hyper-- [ a pause. she'd started to wonder as much, honestly; unless Luke and Asch had some other incredibly destructive power Luke had yet to tell her about, what else could have caused that explosion?

She's silent, for a moment. Once she does speak up, her voice is very subdued and somewhat inscrutable. ]

... Mewtwo wants me to tell you both that what you did was foolish. But ... I'm glad you're alright. Where are you?

It wasn't designed by anyone from Auldrant, and even if it was, do you know the kind of phrase it would need?

[God, such an amateur. Now Asch is even more determined to make it work.]

Asch!

[Dammit. Oh well... He's pretty sure Xion would figure it out, anyway.]

We didn't mean to do it... [He holds up the journal to let Xion get a clear view of where they are.] We're in the ocean right now.

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