Selphie Tilmitt

[Something's just not right in the house when Selphie wakes up. There aren't any arms folding her into a warm embrace that she has to worm out of and the other half of the bed and decidedly cold. Ceodore's the late riser of the two of them unless he's plotting something and even then, he would've tucked the blankets around her. Instead, her back is exposed as she rolls over to discover the mess that their room has become. She's sitting up immediately and sees the broken window and his sword and armor knocked over and scattered across the floor amidst crushed glass.

She's gotten too soft in the place as a remarkably bitter expression plants itself on Selphie's usually smiling face for several minutes. Her hands are instinctively wrapping around a teddy as she hugs it tightly to herself. Why hadn't she woken up? The sounds of the droids breaking and entering into their room usually would've had her awake in an instant as she falls into a small pit of regret. She should've been able to stop this. She could've helped him, protected him. Like she'd made him promise all those months ago.

We protect each other.

And now he's not here and she's feeling a bit lost. Had any of the others heard anything? She can't just assume that it's the Malnosso up to their old tricks but it's really the most logical decision but Selphie's refusing to believe it. The destruction of their bedroom is enough of an indication but she has to make sure as she reaches for the clothes she'd laid out the night before to get ready to face the day. With that done, her nunchaku is gripped with a white-knuckled grip and her journal is in the other. She steps through the mess and doesn't even wince as she feels glass shards biting into the skin of her feet before she's hobbling upstairs to bother her housemates.

Eventually though, she opens the journal and puts out a general query to the people of Luceti. But not before she looks down and sees the damage that she's done to her feet. Nevermind the fact that she could use Nala's magic to heal herself but she's got some lovely glass in her feet and she's not prepared to pull it out.]

[Filtered to Dr. McCoy.]

Uh, Doctor McCoy? Is there any chance you could make a drop by House 32?

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Has anybody seen Ceodore today? He's been a puppy for the past few days but he hasn't left my side and he's always the last one in the house up. So if anybody's seen him, could you let me know? He didn't leave a note or anything and it's not like him to... wait it is...

Ceodore if you're listening, please tell me you're all right?

Dear Malnosso,

YOU SUCK. You seriously suck. If you could suck any harder your heads would cave in! Sure, it might be funny to drop people off in the forest in a dress to freeze to death but you know what? This experiment tops it all. It seriously tops it all.

Our house has been damaged, my boyfriend looks like me, a lot of my friends have been turned into girls but no... oh no, no...

You don't know my boyfriend and you don't know what happens when he gets adventurous little ideas in his head. And he's sooooo in the doghouse because you dipshits decided to let him have a little more fun than he's supposed to be getting. Don't think that I don't know what he ponders because I know him pretty darn well by now.

And while we're on the subject, if you ever -- and I mean EVER -- give him the opportunity to change into me ever again, I will not hesitate to get my hands on the biggest, baddest rocket launcher that I can get my hands on and I will blow you all to smithereens!

I'm glad we had this talk.

Love,
Selphie

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Anybody wants me, I'm at the dome.

[When Selphie wakes up this morning, she's a bit confused. She doesn't know how she got home but it's with a somber feeling in her heart because she knows that people around her are suffering. It takes her a few moments but eventually she realizes that she's at home in the safety of her own room and regardless of the fact that she feels like a bruise, she hauls herself out of bed and reaches for her journal.]

Hey everybody, looks like we're back in the village. We did our best and it looks like we're not under water so... hooray?

[Sorry Luceti, she's not feeling it today as she closes her journal. She's pretty dead tired and doesn't want to be by herself at the moment. She'll pad through the house which doesn't feel the same without the others around. Feel free to stop her along the way if you're in the house but she's intent on crawling into bed with Ceodore and sleeping the rest of the day away.

They could probably both use the company right now. Hooray for communal angst!]

[After the successful completion of Selphie morning ritual, she's racing off toward the plaza. She's got some arrangements to take care of if she's gonna throw Frey a totally awesome birthday party! There's a cake to get baked, party decorations to create, food to prepare and all those other things that are involved in grand party making! Who's willing to help her prepare the food? She's putting all her efforts into this party because Frey deserves something fun too!

She's dipping in and out and shops, possibly badgering some people into helping her. Who knows? The sky's the limit! She just doesn't know where she's gonna hold it.

Just be warned anyone who runs into her, she's more genki than you can handle.]

Hey! It's Frey's birthday in two days and I'm gonna throw him a big party! Everybody's invited! But I need some help in order to pull it off. So who's game?

[ooc: Check this post for more details!]

[Forward-dated to the morning of September 3. Any dialogue in this entry is being recorded through Frey's journal.

The Malnosso aren't particularly kind to their guinea-pigs as they dropped Selphie into the river just outside of town. Not only had they thrown Selphie against the side of a house and dragged her away, every time she'd tried to fight them off, they only knocked her out for longer and longer. Eventually, they'd pulled out restraints to tie the girl down so they could experiment as they'd pleased. The bruises on her wrists and ankles were proof enough. There were wounds healing on her arms and legs as she came to the surface of the river spluttering. With what strength she had left, the perky brunette managed to make it to the shore without drowning.

She was drained of her usual energy, pale as a sheet and to put the cherry on top of this cake, she was soaked to the skin. Exhaustion takes Selphie down to the river bank with a hand outstretched in front of her. Where she'd laid down, her legs are still in the water, cooling the bruises on her ankles as she stares at the ground through clouded over green eyes.

Clouded over? Selphie's too out of it from whatever they'd put her through to comprehend that the Malnosso had decided to take her sight from her for a bit.]


Who is... Selphie?! Selphie, are you ok?

[There’s the sound of rushing footsteps in the audio recording, then of someone kneeling. A few seconds later, there’s the flipping of journal pages as the journal is fully open.]
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Ceodore, Selphie’s back. Meet me by the river, I may need help moving her.

[When Selphie opens the journal for the day, the first sounds that come across her post is a quick flip of a page. It seems that the joys of /d/ is still gracing her journal with its presence before she takes a deep breath. She's not going to fight in the battle with the Third Party but it doesn't stop her from hoping that everything goes well and all who are going will be returned safe and sound.]

For everybody who's going to the battle in a couple days time, I hope that everything goes well and that you all come back to the village safe and sound. And somebody give 'em a good beating for me because I'll be there in spirit cheering everybody on!

[After that, Selphie will close her journal and get ready to face another day in Luceti. Today's list of things to do involves getting some supplies for the apartment and walking through the village to make sure that nothing's out of the ordinary besides the antics of the current experiment. She places her journal and a few other objects into a bag before setting out from her home and into the pathways that will lead to the main plaza. The day is sunny and warm when a strange looking creature comes trundling along the path.

It seems to be looking for something when it spots Selphie and marches right over to her. It begins to gesture with its paws while trying to speak to her. She looks at the creature with a bemused look on her face because perky brunettes seem incapable of speaking pokemon. She reaches into her bag with her free hand and pulls out the journal so that it can start recording a second part to her latest entry.]

Bui, bui?

[Sounding a bit irritated.] Bui!

I'm sorry little guy... are you looking for someone? Hey, does anybody recognize this voice? [Selphie turns the lens around to the creature and settles it on a Buizel.] I think he or she might be looking for somebody. I'm heading for the plaza to get some stuff so if anyone knows anything about this creature, could you meet me there?

Bui, bui!

[Selphie giggles.] Seems like you agree. Shall we go then?

Bui!

[Selphie's been reading or listening to the journal entries, waiting for some sign of her friends from home to pop on the network. She figures that Irvine would be hitting on all the girls here over the network and she'd have to go tell him to knock it off or some such nonsense but even then... he hasn't said two peeps since Quistis disappeared. Squall wasn't much for talking anyway but he usually popped up when she needed help. More importantly... where were Rinoa or Sir Laguna or Raine for that matter?

The thought of being left here without any of her support circle from back puts a fearful glint in Selphie's eyes as the camera catches that shot before she can place her hand over the lens. If there's a way to change that picture, she hasn't quite figured it out yet. So instead, Selphie's decided to ask a question instead.]

I can't believe I'm gonna be eighteen soon. It's a pretty important milestone, so I wanna do something to celebrate I just... don't know what. It's making me miss home a bit because we'd go sneak off to the movie theatre in the town near Trabia Garden but... hmmmm... I'll think of something!

Anyway, how's everybody doing?