a gentler tomorrow.

lightning. ff xiii.

[kataluen-deactivated20171108]

running leaves no room for anything else.  no emotion, no doubts, no crap.  the mind becomes perfectly clear. 

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                                           the moons are bright, the air warm with a pleasant breeze, mood relaxed  &  chatter friendly  --  &  in their spot, near enough they’re clearly part of the festivities but markedly far from the commotion, sit two of anima’s most stoic champions, drinks in hand. looking anywhere but at each other. their only interaction this night has been lightning’s nod of acknowledgement as ashelia approached  &  no more.

it’s not that lightning dislikes her. it’s that ashelia carries coldness  &  grace intermingled in her every step, her very presence making people want to stand up straighter, snap to attention. a remarkable trait, highly respectable  --  but lightning’s here to relax.

maybe she should’ve gotten alcohol in her drink after all. she takes a sip.  * @battlefate

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                                    well past two hours now they’ve been standing near the shack, going off a local’s direction on where this person on cid’s list lives. ‘ haven’t seem them lately, though, ’ the local had added  &  lightning could guess where their night is going just from that. this is the fourth person on the list  &  so far, the only anyone has recognized.

for two hours lightning hasn’t shifted from her spot leaning against a palm tree, swatting away the occasional bug that flies near, wearing her footprints into the ground. the sun is setting  &  still nothing, not even a straggler walking past  &  moving on. far as stakeouts go, this is par for the course. they can stay here until the sun rises again  &  lightning will have no complaints, but she’d rather not let it get to that.

                                  “ if no one appears by nighttime, i say we break in. ”   * @adventhero

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                                      cont. **       a kid with a backbone  --  finally. lightning almost looks proud when lann throws her question back at her, the slant to her lips less sharp. not a smile, but getting there.   “  appreciate  the  concern.  ”   her absolutely dry delivery makes the sarcasm fall a bit flat.   “  i  can  handle  whatever  comes  for  us  just  fine,  no  need  to  worry  about  that.  if  you  say  you  can  too,  i  trust  you.  don’t  make  me  regret  it,  alright ?  ”

a nod  &  she’s turning, putting then back on track, delving further into the trees atop the high cliff of coast del viera. a beautiful place, both magical  &  haunting at night, where it seems endless  &  inviting during the day. here it’s endless too, similar to how elmors forest is but without the taint, the air crushing in her lungs. doesn’t make lightning drop her guard. a place too beautiful  &  idyllic by day is bound to have ugly sides during nighttime  &  she’ll not let them walk into a trap because she wasn’t vigilant.

by the third time she think she’s heard something, lightning stops. snaps her head to the right, glaring at the trees.    “   ––––––   you  sensing  what  i’m  sensing  ?  ” 

                                      * @heroofgrymoire

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            eyes flutter closed for a split second as lightning kisses her, as if turning off one sense could immediately heighten the other. but she does feel her lips so soft against her, gentle stamps of approval always so easily doled out and yerin smiles and sighs contentedly to rest against her. she knows THAT LOOK && shyness follows alarm; yerin swats at her girlfriend lightly. ❝ light. ❞ she murmurs like someone embarrassed but there’s an undeniable pleasure bursting in her gaze, reveling in the attention and love of someone so incredible. she can’t fight her on it anyway, that’s another battle yerin would be certain to lose ( all it would take would be the slightest touch ). leave it to lightning to make yerin feel like a princess at someone else’s party.

her hand falls to rest over lightning’s thigh, smoothing over to rub her knee. ❝ lance is going to love the present you picked out. i can’t wait till he opens it.❞ seeing light spend so much time in the stores thinking each item over, even browsing online stores on her phone on sleepless nights in bed only made yerin appreciate her more.  ❝ you were so cute looking at all those electronics last week. ❞

                                         “ wasn’t  it  agreed  we  don’t  speak  of  that ? ”  on anyone else the slight squirming  &  split second averted gaze could be construed as shy. modest. on lightning, the reason isn’t quite so clear but she’s hardly uncomfortable with the admission, leaning into yerin’s hand  &  hums, continuing:   “ cute’s  not  the  word  i’d  use.  i  just  don’t  see  the  point  in  giving  him  a  meaningless  gift   &   i  don’t  know  him  well  enough  to  easily  pick  a  gift. ”

she’s deflecting  &  she knows it, is well aware of her soft spot for lance  &  the ungodly hours they’ve spent in picking out a suitable gift. all time well spent  ( especially because most was spent with yerin at her side, heads bent together as they bounced ideas off each other )  but nothing worthy of recognition, in lightning’s eyes. or to be called cute over. 

huffing lightly through her nose, she pokes at yerin’s cheek.    “ if  i  was  it’s  only  'cause  you’re  rubbing  off  on  me.  even  got  me  standing  in  the  birthday  card  section  like  some  mom. ”     &  in the end, she face timed yerin to get her to pick the card ...

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           yerin laughs as she leans in, setting a plate of snacks in front of her girlfriend in knowing it may be a while until the real food arrives. ❝ i think eunbi’s trying to recreate a viral video … ? something with a bunch of dogs and cats wearing party hats. i don’t know if she was able to convince the shelter to lend them out, though …  ❞ she’s probably down there right now, raising hell to get them for lance’s party. taking a seat next to lightning, yerin gives her a quick, sympathetic kiss on the cheek. ❝ i think you look dashing.❞

                                 just hearing eunbi’s name makes the muscles in lightning’s face twitch. she spares a moment to lament having to deal with eunbi’s presence for lance’s birthday as the two are practically inseparable -- but just the moment, as yerin is beside her in the next  &  lightning’s body is almost hardwired to zero in on her girlfriend, give yerin her full attention.  &  kisses. she gives those too, a feather light one to yerin’s temple, then a more solid one at the top of her head when they settle in together, lightning’s arm winding around yerin’s shoulder, fingers absentmindedly playing with the hair around her ear. 

                                “  thanks.  ”   she takes a slow look down yerin’s body, gaze a soft flame, lingering at certain curves. her eyes comes back up to yerin’s with a tiny smirk.   “  &  you’re  the  best  looking  one  in  the  room  as  always ,  i  see.  ”  despite the smirk, she’s not teasing.

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           a party hat could not look more misplaced sitting on lightning’s head, but there it is. someone thought it best to hand her the pink one, with star  &  bubble patterns.  “  aren’t  we  all  old  enough  now  that  we  can  throw  parties  without  the  hats  ?   or  was  this  some  kind  of  special  request  from  lance  ...  ”   * @conseille

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me reading any of my own writing: what the fuck are you talking about

[ughchekov]

this girl at work was like “would you date a guy shorter than you?” and i said “nah fam.” and this other guy was like “don’t you think that’s kinda shallow?” and i looked him dead in the eye and said “i’m a lesbian, carl.”

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Pouting a little when she realised that Lightning wasn’t going to come and join her, her shoulder slumped slightly before the small ball tapped against her ankle. Ruby hues flickered downwards before back up to the other and she swore she could have seen the faintest of smiles but perhaps it was just a trick of the light. Taking the small gesture on board, she playfully kicked it back before taking a seat on the warm sand and tilting her head back. Dark locks falling to the small of her back and bundling at the bottom on the ground.

“You sure you don’t wanna just relax for a little bit? It does the world of good.” The last thing she wanted to do was annoy the female but she wanted her to have a bit of fun.

                                             there’s only so many times lightning can say no before she accepts saying yes is probably the best answer. she catches the ball but drops it a second later, abandoning it to saunter over to tifa. she remains standing, waves lapping at the toes of her boots, but her body unwinds like she’s settling in for a long talk, chest visibly deflating with her long sigh. were this just a week earlier lightning would just leave tifa to her fun, go off  &  discover cid’s business herself. but she’s learned then that she can’t do everything  &  that’s okay.

sometimes it’s okay to stand back  &  breathe. lightning tries.

                                            “  i  come  from  a  place  like  this.  others  might  see  it  as  some  tourist  place ,  but  to  me  it’s  just  any  other  town ,  any  other  beach.  ”    she digs a small hole in the sand near tifa’s leg.  “  you  could  say  places  like  this  lost  their  charm  on  me.  ”    sun behind her head, lightning smirks at tifa, the breeze blowing the bangs from her ocean blue eyes.   “  &  i  don’t  like  wearing  a  bathing  suit.  ”

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             "  kind  of  feels  like  bodhum ,  doesn’t  it  ?  ”    not home, not even close, but the sea breeze is familiar, the overlapping laughter a welcome backdrop. last she was in bodhum, it was one of the worst days of her  ( past )  life. feels almost like a dream, now, the events that day. lightning cuts those memories from her mind quickly as she cuts anything else. they’re not here for reminiscing.  “  any  idea  why  a  note  in  some  scientist’s  book  would  take  us  here  ?  ”   now that they’re here, where do they go ?   * @lebrexu

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i’ll periodically write out starters for ppl in phx i currently don’t have threads with for the current campaign  &  u can like this post if u’d like to be one of the first i write for. otherwise, i just pick ppl at random v 3 v

in the meantime !!!  if ur a voltron fan u can find me at my lance n keith  ( @dualstarred )  or my shiro  ( @adastrals )

[meiselr]

Here is what they do not tell you about Death: when Death says ‚You are born for this’ , she clearly means ‘You will die for this’.

r.m | Excerpts #22 (via ibuzoo)

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❝ alright, light – ❞ tidus speaks to get the other’s attention, though he can tell she’s choosing to pretend that he doesn’t have it. it’s for that very reason that he feels he has to say something – even though it’s not very hard for tidus to ever find a reason to voice his opinion on just about anything.

           ❝ what’s it gonna take for you to just warm up to me at least a little bit? you’re tellin’ me after all this time you’re still just gonna brush me off? ❞ he hadn’t even been sure what spurred it on back then – it seemed everyone who had been around their mutual friend treated him like a pest.

                                         it’s like hearing snow speak, only without the constant overuse of the word ‘sis’. maybe she’s too unfair  --  lightning doesn’t mind him as much as she pretends to. people like tidus run hot, radiance pressed under their skin  &  she doesn’t know what to do with that. can’t look at him too long without wanting to shield her eyes.

he’s kind, though  &  as she knows, she’s being unfair. lightning can’t melt as others do, but she can bend. in small parts.

                                      “  &  what  if  i  told  you  this  IS  me  warming  up ?  ”      to soften her words, she elbows tidus in the arm lightly.    “  what’re  you  here  for  anyways ?   came  to  try  &  squeeze  some  compliments  out  of  me  or  something ?  ”

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Trained footsteps elects for his attention to partition for the newcomer, leading to his head to slightly turn to catch the woman, who is POISED as though combat training is at of EXPERT level. His lips purse for a bare moment and silence continues to flourish on his tongue as he delays speech. Odd, as some may accuse of him, but he’s merely not a person for idle chatter with STRANGERS he bears no interest in. ❝  Hmph. Another champion ?  ❞

                                                 lightning takes one look at him  &  thinks: cold. machine cold. empty room cold. corpse cold. the kind of cold you get only from a lack of life, the kind that sticks to your bones. not a flattering thought but then, with his first words to her, he’s clearly not looking to be flattered. lightning doesn’t take any real offense. 

         “  yeah,  what  about  it ?  ”    but she can be as aloof, play it just as cold, unblinking as she holds his gaze, heels digging in, arms crossing.

[solauctor]

                                        ( headstrong & heartfelt )

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Bikini ready and fully intent on spending a couple of days in this paradise to relax. She knew for a fact that Lightning wouldn’t be an easy feat to get out of Soldier mode but she was going to take that as a challenge and hope that she could get her into the sea for a bit. They were the heroes called upon to defeat this darkness but they were also human and all fight with no play had never been Tifa Lockhart’s motto. She needed to make sure that her comrades were smiling no matter what.

“Come on, Light…” She spoke with a tone as sweet as honey as she cant her head to the side before walking into the water, a small hum of contentment when she realised that it was warm. Closing her eyes and basking in the moment, she sighed softly before turning her attention back to the other once again, “it’s absolutely perfect temperature.” 

                                           in contrast to tifa’s outfit, lightning’s still fully clothed, dressed as she always is. her weapon is safely tucked away out of respect for the people lounging in the beach or having fun, but she’s not dressed for relaxation  &  she knows it. chose this on purpose. she doesn’t want to pretend to have fun in the beach, not when she knows there’s so many other things she could be doing, when there’s an investigation still running, an enemy still looming.

still, the view doesn’t hurt,  &  tifa’s smile is inviting  &  contagious. doesn’t make lightning budge an inch from her place, but her body loosens a notch.

                                          “  kinda  warm  if  you’re  asking  me.  i’m  fine  where  i  am.  ”  a plastic ball rolls near. looking around first to see anyone coming to collect it  &  finding no one, lightning kicks the ball to tifa.