84th Draw - Stopping a friend and other things

[selphie_t]

[First it was Gold and Silver. A little while later, Lymsleia had joined them and now Roy was gone as well.

It's only been a few days since the kidnappings but Selphie can already see the toll that it's taking on Frey. He's barely home these days and she knows that something stinks when he's not eating anything either. Naturally, the perky brunette has taken it upon herself to hunt him down and drag him back to the house for some food and sleep. He's no good to anybody if he's sick and Lym would worry herself sick and end up stuck in bed right beside him.

She finds him eventually near the fountain with his shoulders slumped forward. There's dark circles under his eyes from exhaustion and she can only wonder what he's eaten in his waking hours since his sister was taken. She walks over with a deep worried frown on her face and it's fallen to Selphie to convince him to come home and take care of himself. She's ready to knock him out if she has to but is really hoping that it doesn't come down to that.]

C'mon Frey. That's enough.

[A bit later after Selphie's managed to get Frey home, fed and put to bed, she's decided to finally put that question that's been burning a hole in her head to good use. Ever since that last post from Sir Catherine, she's had more questions than answers than she's ever had during her stay in Luceti. What had she forgotten about from her previous stay in the village? Who had been in the village the longest? She was going to put her information gathering skills to the test this very moment.]

Luceti! This is Selphie and I've got a questions for everybody in the village. I don't really talk about it very often but like a few others who have come back, I've been in the village before. So if you all don't mind, would you mind dropping me a line telling me how long you've been in the village for? I'll have been here for two years myself this coming April.

Call it a Census if you feel like it but I'm curious.

[Ulterior motives are staying hidden for the time being.]

[ooc: action is for Frey! The rest of the post is open to everybody! Yes, even you antisocial grump faces.]

Comments

[Voice]

[geniustheveil]

I've been here for two years and a few months all together. I was here for a year before I returned to my world. I spent four years there, but only a week or so passed here. Since returning, it's been another year and a couple months.

[Voice]

[selphie_t]

[Selphie takes a few moments to respond as she's jotting down notes and such various things.]

Just a few months more than I've been here Ami.

I haven't heard from you lately so how have you been?

[Voice]

[geniustheveil]

I've been alright. My friend Rei from home just arrived recently, so I'm happy to see her. [And happy to have another of Usagi's guardians here, admittedly. But happiness that it's a friend is foremost.]

[Voice]

[blessedbyfarore]

I bet we arrived in the same cycle, then! I came here in April two years ago as well.

[Voice]

[selphie_t]

Really? Wow... the time really flies y'know?

[action]

[falenandawn]

[He looks up from his journal, surprised when he hears her voice. It's a testament to how tired he is that he didn't notice her approach. Between Lymsleia and everyone else who was taken in the past week, he had been on edge, worried both about the people he knew and why this was happening. So many people at once...... in so short a timeframe. Gold, Silver, Roy.... Lym.

Lymsleia, especially, was a worry. Unlike the others, she was still so young... she couldn't even defend herself physically. She was clever, far, far more clever then most children her age, but that did little when it came to what the Malnosso could subject people to. If she was returned badly injured, or seriously ill..... he worried what could happen.

He felt like he had failed her for the first time since he returned to Luceti. When would he be able to protect her as he should?] Selphie?

[action]

[selphie_t]

[She can just tell how much he's beating himself up about all of this and she'll place a hand on his shoulder. They'd tackle every single hurdle as they came up in the next little bit. They'd both been subjected to the Mallynaps in the past and knew what to expect so they were going to be prepared for whatever would come up.]

Looks like you could use some more shuteye, Frey.

[Voice]

[fearless_leader]

I have been here a year and two months.

[Voice]

[selphie_t]

Been here long?

[Don't mind her teasing tone, Leo. She's relatively harmless.]

[lostinmyway]

I have been here for one year and six months.

[You may want to check where that level, serious voice is coming from, Selphie, because you may be surprised.]

[selphie_t]

Okay. Um... may I ask who this is?

[voice]

[paladinlost]

This month makes a year. Should I celebrate, or should I feel upset?

[voice]

[selphie_t]

That depends. Do you feel like celebrating or kicking a wall or two in?

[voice]

[shadedsunlight]

Still a Luceti baby at nine months.

[voice]

[selphie_t]

Oh? Are you implying that I'm old?

did somebody say "antisocial grump faces"?! \8D/

[gavemyword]

You asking what I remember or what everyone else's telling me?

Why yes, yes I did. xD

[selphie_t]

[Hyne...]

Surprise me?

[ voice ]

[etudes]

Hmm, let's see... [ there's a pause, with a somewhat blank hum. ]

... It must have been a while now.

[ so specific. ]

[ voice ]

[selphie_t]

How long is a while?

[voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

[Usually he does not really bother with census-like questions, but hearing some of the responses--while not surprising--leads to Albert answering as well.]

Over four years now.

[filtered]

[selphie_t]

[BINGO. And there goes the filter.]

Whoa. Um... is there any chance I could speak to you in person?

[voice]

[withnofear]

Just a few weeks myself. It's almost hard to believe quite a few of you have been here for a number of years.

[voice]

[selphie_t]

I know. It's pretty crazy to think about isn't it?

But hey, have a belated Welcome to Luceti all the same.

[Anakin, you've just encountered a person who's just trying to make the best of this mess that she can.]

[written]

[antlioncyclone]

[....from a few rooms away. Someone's trying to keep an eye on his housemates, after that wake-up call.]

A year and two months.

[filter]

Is Frey all right?

[written]

[selphie_t]

That's quite a while for a Pokemon.

[filter]

He'll be okay once he gets some sleep and a decent meal or two into him and he's getting both whether he likes it or not. He's just worried about his little sister.