paladinlost: (blow)
Cecil Harvey ([personal profile] paladinlost) wrote2011-10-27 07:57 pm

45th moon [video]

[A pale hand is slowly rolling a few Pokéballs on a desk, as its owner speaks softly.]

One received as a starter, oh so long ago.

[Sweet little Rosie, who had taught him the basics of this world when he was not in a state to learn by himself.]

Two caught with my own hands, within my first month here.

[To have revenge and to keep the peace, and perhaps out of curiosity and wonder.]

One received as a gift, to remind each other of our fondness.

[But Aerith was gone, now, and he'd never found out where her Marill went.]

Eight eggs, bought and traded and raised from birth.

[All of them grown, now, with nearly nothing left to learn from him.]

...Nine who found me when their trainers were lost, and who might have seen them come and go since then.

[Yet so many of his friends had disappeared leaving none behind, with nothing but his memories left of them.

The hand stills over one of the balls. His message is almost over.]

...Perhaps I should start catching once more, and start anew somewhere else.
soggypastry: (going to trust you)

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[personal profile] soggypastry 2011-11-02 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
Family's the hardest to understand, Cecil. You think you know them, but then they go and change on you. Tell other people things they should tell you first, trust people they shouldn't...all while they're trying to either help you or confuse you.

[siiigh. Cecil's brother told Kain and Serah told Snow. Did neither trust their siblings? It's hard to say for sure. Hope, at least, Lightning could figure out most of the time. Easiest when she was trying to keep him from poking an eye out.]
soggypastry: (a new crystal dawn)

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[personal profile] soggypastry 2011-11-03 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Family does that. You think you can't stand them but when it comes down to it...there's no one else you miss more.

[At least they still have the chance to make it work...though Lightning is suddenly quite sure that if Cecil's brother ever shows up in Johto, he'll be getting shoved off a ledge.]
soggypastry: (and i am the martyr)

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[personal profile] soggypastry 2011-11-04 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
I think we all could, Cecil. I'm just not sure we have that time.

[Then it would seem that Golbez gets lucky. This time.]
soggypastry: (everyone loves the martyr)

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[personal profile] soggypastry 2011-11-05 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[headshake] You never know when we might be the ones to go home next. You can't expect to still be here six months down the road even if you want to.

[Other people getting luck when castmates update...isn't really something that happens often.]
soggypastry: (backtothewall)

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[personal profile] soggypastry 2011-11-06 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
You wouldn't be the only one. If we could actually decide to go home whenever we want, I don't think a lot of people would be able to decide on the spot.

[It certainly seems that way, though things aren't always as they seem.]
soggypastry: (speak now or forever hold your peace)

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[personal profile] soggypastry 2011-11-06 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Then you know what you're going to do if you get the chance, and so do others. But not everyone knows, Cecil. Some of us have as many reasons to stay as we do to leave.

[True, that. Several would probably love to pick a more peaceful time to come through.]
soggypastry: (ghosts from my past)

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[personal profile] soggypastry 2011-11-07 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. It's the only thing I can see working long term.

[Endgame and staying there. When sequels and spinoffs get involved, it gets ugly.]