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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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[Luke had not seen this coming at all. One minute the two of them sparring, then there was that familiar light and Asch's yell, and that feeling of his fonons being stressed, the thing that had knocked him out last time this happened.

All Luke could think was "Not again..." before everything went black.

When he came to, he wasn't on the ground, like he expected. Instead he was up in the air, about thirty feet, and below them was the blue ocean that he hadn't seen in Luceti before... and he was just starting to fall.

Luke didn't have a lot of experience with swimming at all. He didn't even look to see whether Asch was there too or not. The only thing that was on Luke's mind was to try to get away, to try and slow himself down, or to grab onto something, even though he knew all of these things were impossible. He yelled out in panic, waved his arms and flailed through the air, spinning once before he even thought to try holding his breath.

Once that thought occurred, he took in a deep breath and held it, only to have it knocked right back out of him when his back - and, consequently, his wings - hit the water.]

[Asch has a very different thought in his mind as his location is forcefully shifted; after the flare of light and the abrupt jerk of the hyperresonance, he wonders just how many villagers are about to die. To his surprise, though, when his senses return to him, he can't help but notice that he's falling. He squints at his surroundings, quelling his urge to panic (as Luke flails and screams beside him- great, he's still stuck with the idiot), and once he catches sight of the water below he does several things as quickly as humanly possible-

There's not enough time to twist into a dive, so he straightens his body, arms flat against his sides, and inhales deeply. This sort of fall is bound to send them pretty far down.

The water is cold as he hits, almost enough to knock the air out of him, and his body is aching all over, but he knows he got off lucky. Spreading his arms to slow his descent and kicking his legs, he makes a run for the surface.

Now where did his stupid replica end up?]

[ So, at first, that was almost entertaining to watch. The spar, anyway. Training is training, and it's interesting, at least, so she'd just kind of settled to observe.

And then that shout came. And then the explosion, first (briefly) from the journal and then outside, making her flinch and drop it and scramble to look outside all in the same movement.

... oh, god. She's not been outside in a week, but she doesn't even stop to think. After scrambling to pick up her journal and open a darkness corridor, she appears at the nearest landmark she could see -- the rec center -- just moments later, leaving her not far from the crater. In something of a daze she wanders over, discovering Asch's devastated journal as she does so. ]

What ...

[ She scoops it up, the first seed of true dread blossoming in her stomach. Clutching it to her chest, she opens her own journal and begins to scan it for ANY sign. Anything... ]

What did they ... [ with growing panic ] Where did you go? Luke! Asch!

[He's still down in the water, Asch. Once his breath was forced out, he automatically tried to breathe in, only to cough once the water hit his gag reflexes and clamp his hands over his mouth, squeezing his eyes shut and twisting and shaking in the water over his lungs suddenly feeling like they'd burst. Luke knew that he had to find air, and one arm stuck out to flail to the side in an effort to swim, but he wasn't sure how, he didn't even know which way was up, and eyes stung from the sea water and all of his senses seemed to have been shaken - was he going to die here?

It certainly felt like it. If the water wasn't going to kill him, then surely holding what little breath he had would do it. He was sure of it, and he hated it, he didn't want to die, but...]

[confession: She was sort of watching their fight.

Which at least one of them will notice after she gets her thoughts together enough to...call into the book]

Asch? Luke!

[It's no surprise that Miyabi's out in the forest today, her good mood not a smudge dampened ever since two of her best friends arrived in Liceti. She was just tugging at a wild strawberry to take home when she hears clashing far off in the distance, which she shrugs off. Tons of people come to the forest to train, so it's no big deal. Then the explosion came, and she has to cover her ears from the deafening sound.

Okay, now she knows that's not normal. Her head whips toward the sound, and she then sees the light in the sky. Call it instinct, or intuition, but something heavy falls on her shoulders when she sees the light, and Miyabi begins a mad dash towards where the light was coming from, fighting off a literal stampede of frightened forest animals that were running from the commotion. Thankfully, only the smaller animals actually collide with her, and she shoves them off roughly before scrambling up and forward once again. She doesn't want to lose sight of that light source.

It takes her a while, being so small, but she makes it to the destroyed area, gasping when she sees the overall destruction. Carefully, she approaches the edge of the crater, peeking down into the gaping hole. Nothing. No one was there. Heart thundering against her chest for reasons Miyabi doesn't yet understand, she looks around, frantically calling out for someone, anyone. Spying the journal, and the name on it, she actually begins to feel that weight fall even harder on her chest as well.

You idiot. What did you do?!

Opening her own journal, she calls out, panicked, and hoping he was okay.]

Asch?!

[....Yeah, it figures.

Asch only takes a moment to determine this, taking another deep breath and diving back down into the water. He's probably stunned from the fall, and belatedly he remembers Luke mentioning that he can't swim well. No wonder he's sinking.

With a hasty arm around his replica's waist, he turns around and kicks for the surface once more, pulling Luke along until they both reach it.]

I swear, replica, if you're not breathing...!

[You'd better breathe, dreck, he can't give you mouth to mouth in the middle of the ocean. Not that he'd want to at all. Ewww.]

[Something - or someone - grabbed him around the waist and made him open his eyes again, and that's all Luke could register before his vision didn't make sense anymore. There were spots of colors, reds and blacks and blues mixing in with everything else, and then it darkened when everything else faded, and he lost consciousness just as his body took in a deep gulp of water.

Above the water, Luke's head drooped, and his body remained limp in the water. Well, if Asch can't give mouth to mouth, then he'll have to do something, because Luke certainly can't breathe on his own with that water in his lungs.]

[Idiot... that idiot...

Asch curses inwardly, giving Luke a good, irritated shake before shifting him around so that both arms are around Luke's waist. This would be a hell of a lot easier if Guy had been there- he was the one trained for aquatic rescues, after all. Still, Asch hadn't grown up on an island for nothing. With a fist to Luke's lower chest, he gives it a good hard thrust with his thumb, his legs still kicking furiously to keep them both afloat. This'll all be for nothing if Luke ends up ducking back under the water.

He'll keep it up until Luke breathes again, but hopefully it won't take much. At least he wasn't under for long.]

[It only takes about four of those until Luke's body finally kicks into action, and he jolts awake as the water is forced out of his lungs to cough it up, then take in a deep, near choking breath of air. Air, air. He spends a moment just coughing, getting the rest of the water out as well as being overwhelmed by the amount of air he was taking in, and he shakes his head to try to get his wits set straight again.

Once he feels right enough to figure out where he is and who's with him (and discover that he's parched despite taking in so much water), he's a little surprised to see just who rescued him.]

Asch- [Oh jeez, maybe talking wasn't a good idea - he turns his head away to cough again. Ow ow ow. Now everything was hurting.]

Don't say anything, you'll choke again. [Asch shifts his grip to hold Luke with one arm again, using the other to help himself stay afloat. Scanning their surroundings, he spots the shore, and... damn. They're pretty far out.] If you can talk, you can kick. You're not light, you know.

[Kick... right. Luke isn't completely clueless about swimming - he'd been taught the basics during their journey, but they didn't really have time for anything more than that. He nods as he takes in deep breaths, still letting out quiet coughs, and he kicks awkwardly in the water while one arm reaches out to aid him. He's staying afloat, but with the way he's doing it, he probably couldn't keep it up for long.]

Wha- [Cough. He was about to ask what happened, but he remembers now. An incomplete hyperresonance... the same thing that ended up turning his life completely upside-down.]

[Asch grimaces, starting to work his way towards the shore, tugging Luke behind himself. Just floating there and trying to talk things out will just exhaust them, and then they'll both drown. The last thing he wants to do is die like this with his replica.]

Dammit... if we'd been just a little further west...

[Though he ought to be grateful- too far west and they'd both have hit the shore or the mountains, and they'd probably be really hurt or even dead.]

[Luke just lets out a quiet groan of agreement as he tries to help the best that he can. He's weak, though, and exhausted and thirsty, so he can only do so much.

Damn... He should've known something like that would happen. There's always a chance of it happening when two seventh fonists clash together - he'd just been lucky all the other times he'd fought Asch or even Van. It figures that it happened now of all times... Hopefully no one saw that light.

The thought makes him look down where his journal is kept, then let out another quiet groan of realization. Both of the journals he carried on him were probably completely soaked...]

[...Okay, this is getting too hard to work with. After a while Asch stops, grabbing Luke by the wrist and turning around, pulling Luke's arm around his shoulders.]

Just hold on like this and keep your head above the water. Do you have your journal on you? Check if the village is still there or not.

[Which is probably alarming to hear, but Luke knows all too well the destructive power of hyperresonance. It would be nothing new if they'd left nothing but a gaping hole where the entire village used to be.]

[The new position makes Luke pause for a moment, but then his head clears and his eyes widen at what Asch says. That's right... Even if it was incomplete, it was still a hyperresonance, and considering the destructive power that it has...

Luke brings his leg up as much as he can in this position, unbuttons and opens up one of the deeper pockets, and pulls his journal through the water to inspect it in the air. Yes, it's thoroughly wet, but upon opening it, Luke finds out that it works. If the frantic yelling of their names says anything, anyway, and he has to wince a little from all of that noise.]

Looks okay- [He's down to clearing his throat now, though his voice sounds rough and quiet.] to me.

Edited 2011-05-13 22:16 (UTC)

[Yuri just happened to be flipping through his journal, checking for any sign of Estelle, when this goes down. That shout, plus that weird explosion ...

Um.

... What the hell just happened.]

Hey--!

[... Calling out is probably pointless, though -- or at least he seems to think it is. That explosion was ...

... Well. He'll be heading to that crater to check for any sign of them, bringing his journal along with him as a just in case. It really doesn't look good, but something like that happening so suddenly ... There's got to be at least some kind of explanation for it.

Dammit, he may have said that there wasn't much for him to do around Luceti, but that didn't mean kidnappings and explosions and such had to start happening.]

[oh holy fuck

oh holy fuck

Mewtwo tries to leave a written response, but the beginning isn't very legible and the end trails off into a large scribbly knot.

TIME TO INVESTIGoh goodness that is a crater]

[Whoa, okay, lots of people yelling in his ear. Kind of unpleasant there. Asch scowls and leans his head away from the journal, irritated. It's hard enough to carry the both of them back to the shore without a microphone set to max volume at his ear.]

Will you tell them we're fine so they stop yelling?

[Mewtwo drops out of the sky on the other side of the crater, a bit less gracefully than usual, and a bit more agitated. He looks back and forth across what remains of the battlefield, tail lashing, and begins to pace along the edge of the crater, leaning forward in an intent crouch.

The light breeze that kicks up around him skitters over the edge of the blasted-out area and along the ground, as though searching, but Mewtwo doesn't focus on it - he gets the feeling that it's pointless.]

[Actually, neither of them will notice that first part since they're both kind of concentrating on keeping their heads above the water. After a few minutes, there comes a response. Luke's voice is rough and quiet, and if Nephry cares to look, it looks like he's partially on Asch's back as they swim through the ocean.]

Nephry, hey... we're okay. [He has to clear his throat after that.]

[What, no call for him? 8( Luke doesn't really care though, especially not in the mood he's in. Since it took Miyabi a while to get there, it doesn't take long at all for her to get a reply from Luke, whose voice is rough and quiet.]

Miyabi... He's okay. [C-Cough.]

Edited 2011-05-14 00:08 (UTC)

[ SHRIEK

oh god

what was

... oh

it's Mewtwo

hi Mewtwo thanks for the heart attack that was totally awesome and exactly what i needed while i ponder the possibility of my boyfriend having blown himself to smithereens

After, uh, screaming like that -- at least she kept it short! -- Xion just stares at Mewtwo, white in the face and clearly not sure how to react. She's still clutching Asch's journal and her own, as if hoping some sort of answer will come, as impossible as that is... ]

[... Or is it?!

There might have been some quiet noises from Asch's journal before Xion screamed - waves, light muttering, but after? There's a distinct splash, a curse, some coughing, then a slosh of water before:]

Xion? Xio- [Oh god yelling is not fun at all like this COUGH COUGH.]

[He nods, though Asch might not be able to see it, and gets to replying to people. He's in no shape to do it, but might as well let everyone know that they're okay.

Once he's done with one, though, there's a SHRIEK from Xion, which makes Luke just about toss the journal in surprise and let it land in the water beside them. He stares for a second, then curses, coughs, reaches out and grabs the journal to respond to her. Yeah, sorry about that scream, Asch.]

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