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Hope nodded. It seemed like the only motion he could even do anymore, like his head was on this swivel that just wouldn't stop swivelling. He didn't have any plans anymore, plans never turn out the way you want them to. At this point, he was reverting back to his younger self: going along with whatever will take him to where he needs to be. Again, he nodded. She was right, endless wandering had gotten her this far, why couldn't it take them just a bit further? "You may have a point." he started, now looking off into the distance, as if he'd seen another familiar face. "But maybe the others are doing the same thing on a different planet." ventured the Director. Truth be told, he just wanted to get off this hell hole and go back home.
"The locals seem to be zooming in and out of here." thinking aloud, Hope glanced over at Serah once more, his eyes locking onto hers inquisitively. "Do you think that maybe a shuttle runs between this planet and the others? I mean, I would doubt that Pulse, this place, and Wonderland are the only other signs of life in the universe." The NORA was in shape for flying, however, he didn't know whether or not it would be able to get them where they needed to go. Perhaps some sort of interspacial police force roamed the empty fabric to stop people like him. But that was unlikely. Hope's eyes fell on Mog. "If only the Historia Crux were open." he heaved a sigh, and turned toward Serah.
"I think the NORA should be able to transport us to the neighbouring worlds, but if you think that it would be better to stay here, than we can set up and wait." Walking back toward the center square of the town where things were their busiest, Hope faced Serah and walked backward a few steps. "I will leave that up to you for pondering. Take your time. In the mean time, we should take a few minutes to rest."
OOC: Keeping things short, I'm assuming that this thread will be wrapped up pretty soon? Unless you'd rather the two of them open up a little while longer? Its totally up to you, I'm ready for whatever you want.
Post by Kuri, Queen of Feels on Sept 12, 2012 21:24:53 GMT -4
( haha I personally don't want this thread to end XD I'm having so much fuuunn *flails I apologize that mog hasn't been saying much XD idk why but he just seems to be floatin about in my head XD )
Serah sighed, they really where in a difficult position. She could see what Hope was saying about maybe the others where simply waiting on another world, just as she had been doing. This thought troubled her. Then, how will we ever find them? If we leave… they may come here and we might miss them! Or if we do nothing, and they do nothing…. We’ll never find them… Serah crossed one of her arms over her chest, and held her other hand up to her cheek, thinking. She continued to listen to what Hope was saying about the people, but then a question about a shuttle appeared. Serah shook her head. “There isn’t a way out of here, unless you have a ship. I know that much.” Serah lightly laughed. Of course Hope would think of a logical solution of how to move about the worlds. ”Maybe you should make one, it would be rather useful.” She said, with an obvious joking tone in her voice.
“There are other worlds out there, a lot of them…As for how many are surviving, I wouldn’t know. Everyone I’ve talked to here is in our same situation and they’ve lost their worlds to the little black things… She sighed again. She rested one of her hands on her exposed hip and looked up at the stars in the sky. Hopes next comment however confused her greatly. “…NORA?” she found herself questioning aloud before her mind had even decided if she should question. NORA had been the name of Snow’s group. She had lived in the NORA house on Bodhum… But how would they help? Hope said he hadn’t found anyone else… what was he talking about? Serah tilted her head to the side slightly, giving her a rather confused look.
Serah nodded to his later statement. She wasn’t sure what she wanted to do either, but, resting would be nice. “I have a room in the inn if you want to go rest there.” She smiled again, so not to make that comment seem awkward. “It may be safer then laying about in the open where the black things could attack again…
It was as if Hope read Serah's mind. He couldn't help but wonder the same thing as well. What if they just kept missing them? he thought to himself. Like, they were in this endless limbo, this nonstop cycle and it was always that cliched "just missed them!" kind of thing. He sighed. "I am sure that we're all thinking the same thing. And if you showed up here, I'm sure they have all appeared somewhere as well. They'll all try to help where they can, I know it. We'll all come together." he tried smiling, but it wasn't in his nature, especially today. His thoughts were all over the place, there was no time for smiling.
"I suppose I could build a shuttle -- if I had the time and the resources." he ventured. Maybe, maybe he could. It would take a while though, maybe it would be simpler to just take his ship anyways. Speaking of his ship, Hope could see the warp in Serah's face. He almost smiled again -- almost. He chuckled emptily. "Named after my mother. Not for Snow." he said plainly.
Snow. The very utterance of his name could make his bones shake. After making amends, Hope still couldn't fully trust Snow, he didn't understand him. He didn't understand why Serah was with him. But that was beside the point and totally trivial. He spoke again.
"Not for Snow."
The Director continued walking, listening to Serah. The moment the word inn left her mouth, his body was so sore. A sharp pain pinched between his calf and his bone, and his knees felt weak. A soft chuckle escaped his mouth once again.
"A rest would be nice." he thought aloud.
"So, I suppose you may not want an intruder, but I have to ask -- what is it that you see in Snow? The recklessness? The stupidity?" he emphasized the last word. At this point, it didn't matter to Hope. He and Serah, they'd gone through enough. He had the right to voice his opinion. "Sorry." he muttered. Hope continued to walking, letting Serah take the lead.
OOC: That's fine! We'll keep going as long as you want xD I'll gladly keep going~
Post by Kuri, Queen of Feels on Sept 14, 2012 3:51:24 GMT -4
( i hope this post is acceptable XD I can't even make Serah happy about Snow. I just can't. )
It made Serah giggle a little that Hope had actually started to think about making the shuttle. She had seriously been joking. “I bet you could” She said, still smiling at him.
Serah stood there for a moment, still very confused. Hope’s mother? Hhhmmm… I probably shouldn’t ask. That could be a very touchy subject. she thought. She didn’t want Hope to be sad just because of her curiosities. Serah hadn’t been on the journey with everyone else… so she really didn’t know much about Hope’s past… and it wasn’t as if she could have just asked. Lightning was gone, and Snow… She didn’t even know where he was, as usual.
Serah nodded when Hope said that resting would be nice. “ Alright, this way then.” She said and started to walk off towards the direction of the inn. Mog noticed that her and Hope started walking away from the area and zoomed up close to Serah again. “Going back already, Kupo? Mog asked. He was used to Serah’s bad habit of staying out for a long time, just wandering the streets in hope she’d find someone, so it was rather surprising to him that they seemed to be headed back. “Mmmhhmm. Hope wants to rest, and I probably need too.” Serah said, her blue eyes going back and forth from Mog to Hope before focusing on where she was going again.
Hope then decided to ask a very unexpected question, at least to Serah. She sighed and shook her head at him. “Its alright… I’ve gotten used to these sorts of judgments. Noel hated Snow.” Serah glanced at the ground for a moment, and then started to fiddle with her necklace. The necklace that was supposed to bind Serah and Snow together… but that was “postponed” as Snow had said.
“Snow isn’t always so reckless. Sure, a lot of the time he is, and it honestly bugs me as well, sometimes, but I can’t do anything about it. And what you’re referring to as ‘stupidity’ just goes along with that. Snow does what he thinks is right…no matter who it might affect along the way…” Serah brushed a hand through her bangs taking a deep breath, trying not to get emotional. She was still hurt by him fading away in Sunleth. That L’cie brand, it was never explained. Serah almost didn’t even care… almost. Snow was her fiancé, and she did love him, but her so called “hero” just left her… twice now, and it hurt.
“ To answer your question though, I love Snow, because he has his heart in the right place, even if his mind isn’t always there, and he trusts and listens to me.” Serah formed a weak smile at Hope.
Serah turned around again, and then continued on walking. She stayed quite, and simply lead the way until they actually reached the room she had been staying in. Serah opened the door, walked in, but then held it open for Hope. “Do as you please Hope.” She said and walked over to the small desk, table sort of thing. She removed her gloves and just plopped them down on the table, then set her bag/belt aside, and this continued until she was actually comfortable with what she was wearing, basically just her dress itself. Mog floated about, for a bit, but returned to Serah’s side one she was simply looking the mirror on the wall, at herself. “Serah ok Kupoo?” She nodded. “I’m fine Mog. Don’t worry about me.” She said with a slight smile and poked the moogle’s round stomach. Mog made a few noises of protest to this action.
Hope's eyes dug through Serah's. He may have been the one who was clearly all over the place right now, but he could see. They call him the Director, for pete's sake, he knows things! His head tilted, only slightly, to the right. Emerald green eyes jumped between Serah's aquamarine one's, and Hope tried sorting out her emotions. He didn't need emotions to understand others'. "Noel hated Snow?" he repeated, dragging out the ending to the second word. He swallowed.
"You say that as if he's gone." His averting eyes leaped away again, finding sanction on the wall of a nearby, red-brick building. Hope sighed, trying to decide his plan of action. Perhaps it would be better to simply 'skip' over the Noel part -- clearly it was a situation even he could not thoroughly understand. Then again, all he wanted was to help. Serah needed a bit of hope, and not that way, pervert.
"Serah, you just said it yourself. We're gonna find them. Promise." That was all the talking that went on until they arrived at the inn, which was surprisingly quaint for such a hustle-bustle type of city. As the pinkette led him to her room, Hope could feel his feet beginning to really weigh down. In fact, his whole body was bogging down with the whole no sleeping arrangement that he'd been in for the past who-knows how many days. He scoffed. Something so simplistic as time cannot even be kept. Realizing what he'd just said (mentally), Hope nearly laughed aloud. Time isn't simple. There's nothing simple about it, except that one minute its there, and one minute its not.
He plopped onto the bed, face first. Childishly, he moaned, whining. Mog's voice screeched in his ears tirelessly, and he turned his head. His eyebrows scrunched together -- something was not right -- that was for certain. Keeping quiet, he rolled over, leaving several inches of room on the bed.
"So, what course of action do you suggest we take?" As if it were even a question. Silently, Hope hoped that his friend would choose to begin travelling. As if any other way would do them any good. Then again, that's how the two of them reunited.
It was all up to Serah.
Hope propped his head up, looking at Serah. "There's no need to decide right now." he quipped quickly, ending the thought. The two of them needed a moment to relax.
OOC: I am soo soo soo sorry, and I know I've said this before, but with the way things are right now, my life is hellbound. I'll try my best until soccer season is over and my school workload lightens a teensy bit.
Post by Kuri, Queen of Feels on Sept 23, 2012 4:13:00 GMT -4
( XD Im sorry if this post is a little odd. my Serah muse got broken while I was in the middle of the post, and refocusing her muse to not be excited about the world is hard XD )
Serah giggled slightly at Hope’s sudden lack of a care in the world as he flopped over on the bed. It still amused her anytime he seemed to just drop his formalities, because that wasn’t really how she knew him. but then again, he was only human. “Are you alright Hope?” She asked in a rather amused tone.
Serah was getting rather tired herself honestly. Sure, she hadn’t really been out doing things as much as the past few days, but finding Hope, her body just decided that was a good excuse to get her to slow down, and actually feel what she was putting herself through. For one, she suddenly had a headache, and even though she was rather used to them, they still weren’t pleasant.
Serah grabbed a small hairbrush that was in her bag, and then sat next to Hope on the bed. “I really don’t know Hope.” She said, slipping her hair-tye out of her hair, allowing it to just fall over her back. “ I can’t think of what would be better for us to do…” she said. Her hair being down was helping her headache greatly. She sighed, thinking about what to do, and the same problems kept coming up in her head. She started to brush her hair out to by herself time; even if Hope said she didn’t have to answer right away… she felt like she needed to say something more then “I don’t know” Lightning isn’t one to sit still and wait for us to find her…. Neither is Noel, or Snow…. She thought. All logic I can think of tells me to just stay here…. But at the same time, adventuring with Hope could be a lot more fun… and who knows, maybe they are all stuck on the different worlds, and unable to escape…. In which we’d have to go find them…. Serah sighed. She pulled up one of her legs to her chest, and leaned her forehead on it. “Ugh… I’m too tired to think about this right now Hope.” she said after a while. It really was being of no use to her. “I’m sorry.” She added and glanced over at him. “I don’t know what we should do….I’ve never been quite good at making such important decisions…” She slightly smiled at him. Mog has been hovering about, giving them space, but he soon decided to fly over a lean on Serah’s side. Serah adjusted herself slightly, and petted Mog’s head before looking around the room. She wasn’t quite sure what to do now….
With patience came wisdom. Hope lounged about, exhausted, yet tirelessly staring at his pink-haired companion. He'd always been making decisions with Lightning, or, following her orders, but nonetheless, it was certainly strange to be with Serah. Sort of refreshing to be with a new-ish face, but Hope still missed running across Cocoon with Light. He sighed, nearly chuckling.
"Do not worry, Serah. It will come to you, and it will be the right decision." he said, his voice beginning to deepen and muffle from the sleepiness. The comfort a simple blanket could provide. As he began drifting off, sharp shots of alertness ran through in order to stay awake. He sat up, fighting his exhaustion. Maybe it would be better if they chatted. A look of deep thought appeared on his face, as it always did. His eyes locked onto Serah's, though they skipped over to Mog from time to time. After a minute of endless staring, Hope finally spoke again.
"So, these other worlds around here," he hoped that the topic would get her rolling in the right direction. Or at least, what he thought to be the good choice. "have you heard anything about them? From my experience, they are all much different from each other, unless Wonderland is an exception.." he trailed, eyes dropping to the floor. "You should see it there, the sights are truly astounding. Things are so incredibly bizarre, I can't even explain." Hope sighed, and began to miss Pulse once more.
"So, maybe we can figure this out together." Hope didn't feel like waiting. "Assuming that everyone was 'warped' away, do you think that there's a possibility that they've arrived somewhere nearby? I mean, what do you think Snow would do? Or Vanille? Or Sazh? Or Fang?" Hope carefully left out her sister and Noel.
OOC: One more week and these posts will be rolling in on a daily basis, not a weekly or once every fortnight x.x Love you Kuri <3
Post by Kuri, Queen of Feels on Oct 4, 2012 19:52:08 GMT -4
( idk why my go to thing is to make up shit for Serah to do with her hair XD But its something I’ve noticed I do lololol)
Serah glanced over at Hope, and watched him as he seemed to be falling asleep. She giggled slightly and shook her head. “Hope…” Serah was about to tell him that he should just go to sleep, but he decided to sit up and stare at her. She returned his gaze, although she was still smiling kindly towards him.
Serah shook her head to Hopes question. Serah hadn’t heard anything about other, still existing worlds. She had only talked to Zidane and Kuja after all, and they were in a similar situation as she was. “I haven’t heard anything actually.” She answered, then listened as he continued to talk. Serah had finished brushing out her hair, and had started to make her longer strands into a braid. “Sounds like you’ve had quite an adventure off on your own.” Serah leaned her chin on her knee again. She had had an “adventure” of some sorts… but it felt the same as before… she was just waiting for someone to come get her and take her away. And as much as she would like to say it wasn’t, it was happening again.
“Well, I really think it depends on if they had means of transportation or not. I mean, I think really everyone would want to go out and look for everyone else, but like me, some of them might be stuck…” She sighed. Thinking about it, the only person she could think of that may have transportation anywhere would be Snow. He was able to travel along time, somehow. But even Lightning had been stuck in Valhalla… Serah glanced back up at Hope. She wasn’t really surprised that he had managed to get a ship of some sort. “We should work together.” She nodded in agreement. “We’re lucky enough to have found each other… and that shouldn’t be put to waste.” “Plus, if everyone else is stuck in other worlds like we have been, then you and Hope should be the heroes of this adventure Kupo!” Mog chimmed in, in his playful way. This comment made Serah laugh. The idea of her being a “hero” was very, very silly to her. “As funny as that sounded I think Mog’s right.” Serah said, looking to Hope to see what he thought.
FINALLY! Hope thought to himself, simply nodding his head as she spoke. There wasn't really much for him to say, really -- Serah had spoken all the words he would have, and put it all so eloquently that he probably couldn't have said it any better anyways. The pinkette had finally made the revelation she needed to, and thus, Hope showed his satisfaction with a grin. Eh, what the hell. With a sudden spring of energy, Hope leaped up and hugged her. "Finally." he muttered, chuckling softly and showing the warmer side of his personality, which seldom appeared.
The Director sat back down only a moment later, dodging passed Mog on his way. As he plopped onto her bed the sound of an old springboard squeaked and moaned, and he smirked. Though this place may have been old, it was comfortable enough. Running a hand through his own silvery hair, Hope sighed. He realized that this had probably been the only relaxing, calm day he'd had in years, and even today there was drama to be shown. Yet, as much as he enjoyed simply spending time with a friend, he could not wait to get going. Mog's words of their heroism had struck a nerve -- he wanted to be the hero for once. Never had he been the one to save the day, but something within him urged him toward it. It would make Lightning proud, surely.
"I know that there is no rush, but when were you thinking about leaving, then?" he enquired. "To be able to finally find the others just revs me up." Hope admitted, grinning passionately. Oh, how he wanted a final reunion. "And you'll finally be able to be with Snow and settle down, no?"
Post by Kuri, Queen of Feels on Oct 7, 2012 17:00:03 GMT -4
( lol I hope this isn’t like super out of character XD I’ve been writing my fanfic all weekend so my Serah muse is kinda like whoa what is Canons? )
Serah made some sort of surprised squeak noise as Hope leap up to hug her. Boy did Hope confuse her sometimes. “What do you mean finally?” She asked, although not intending for him to actually answer. She made a bit of a pouty face in reaction to his teasing. Serah started to lightly laugh however. Just, Hope was strange. He had just been exhausted a moment ago, and now he seemed like he could get up and run all over the place. “I don’t know Hope. I think you’re getting me confused with Lightning.” She wasn’t saying this negatively at all, more so in a teasing manner. “I’m just as used to following orders as you probably are.” Serah commented. This probably wasn’t going to work so well if Hope was going to rely on Serah for solving everything, she was in no way a leader like her sister. “We should probably head out relatively soon though, unless you want to look around here for a bit. But I can tell you that no one else is here.” Serah said and stretched her arms behind her back.
In same ways, Serah wanted the chance to say goodbye to some of the people she had met around here. They were nice to her… but that would take a while and it would be best just not too. The friends that she had had from her own world where more important to find.
Serah nodded to what Hope said lastly, but wasn’t exactly convincing about it. “Maybe.” Serah said, but smiled anyways. In all honesty, settling down with Snow wasn’t a huge thing on her life to do list at this time. She, like Hope, wanted to see everyone again, and above all else, wanted to be reunited with Lightning. Serah was blessed enough to get to live life again, and with her past memories at that. She didn’t want to spend the rest of her life waiting around, she had discovered that much. “I’ll worry about that once it comes to it though. We need to find everyone else first.” Serah said and looked directly as Hope. “We’re a team~” She said, smiling rather confidently at him. “You, me and Mog.” “ Maybe Hope will be less of a meanie! Kupo!” Mog grumbled to himself. Serah giggled and patted his head. “Maybe~ But I wouldn’t be one to judge that.” remembering Noel and Mog’s arguments made her laugh quietly.
A soft laugh vibrated in the back of Hope's throat as Serah wittily replied, a quip to which he really had no answer. Gladly enough, she readily moved from topic to topic, leaving out the unfortunate moment for Hope to reply. He really wanted to see the way she operated anyway. Sure, the two of them had had their share of adventuring, but not together. Hope was done with his antics before Serah ever even began hers. There were things he'd already picked up on just in this short amount of time, not to mention back during Serah's parade through time. For one, he knew she wasn't bossy -- she could be at times, but only when necessary. Oh, and she's much more stable in battle than he is.
"We can head out whenever you want, though I would generally agree with sooner than later." he cooed, his eyes following Mog as he trekked about the room, acting as any young child would. The Moogle always brought a smile to Hope's face, but this time he instead gave Hope an idea. "If, after a while, the NORA can't hold up, we could use that Mognet service." he suggested in a rather gentle, yet inquisitive voice. They'd probably get a discount for travelling with a Moogle, too.
"But we have my gummi ship for now, which does fine." he lied. The NORA was already tuckered out from its adventure across the galaxy, not to mention its crash landing on Wonderland. He'd have to either take his time to fix her later, or ditch her. However, the ship would be fine for now, he hoped.
"So, I guess I have all of my things together." he replied sarcastically, smirking softly. "I'm ready whenever you are, Miss Farron."
OOC: So so very low on Hope muse right now. I scrapped the post I started earlier this week because it was a bit too out of character xD So yeah, short and crappy. I just wanted to move this along for you c:
Oct 13, 2012 17:34:41 GMT -4
Last Edit: Oct 13, 2012 17:35:24 GMT -4 by Deleted
Serah looked a bit confused at Hope when he had mentioned the Mognet Service. She had over heard a few people talking about it on her wonderings. But really had no idea what it was. Oh well, this wasn’t the time to derail him by asking questions. Although he was making sure that she had a “choice” in the matter, Hope seemed as if he would really like to get going. Serah stood up and stretched, looking around the room, she was going to gather the things she knew she had lying around. However, hope called her by a name that caught her a little off guard. “W-hat – Hope, you don’t have to call me that.” She said, looking at him with a rather surprised expression.
Mog also decided that this was the perfect opportunity to let Hope hear about a little nickname she had obtained back home from her students. “You mean Meanie Miss Farron! Kupo Kupo!” The Moogle playfully commented, but soon hid behind Hope so Serah wouldn’t attack him. Serah immediately shot Mog a rather terrifying glare. “ugh! Mog, be quiet!” She yelled at him. Mog just floated behind Hope, giggling in his little Moogle way. Oh how he loved to tease Serah. Serah never really liked that nickname much. She didn’t like people to think that she was mean like Lightning is… Then again, Hope had been the target of her anger before. Him and is stupid proto Fal’cie, that still made her rather angry thinking about it. Serah shook that out of her head, smiling a little. She wondered if Hope even remembered that. Not that she’d ever bring it up, too embarrassing. “I’ll get you later Mog.” Serah said. She proceeded to gather her things up, and put back on her shoes, and gloves. She brushed the braid out of her hair and put it back to how it normally looked. She didn’t want to go out in public with a silly hair style. Lastly, Serah hooked her belt-bag around her waist, then stood by Hope again. She sighed. “Alright, I’m ready, I guess…” she was still having a hard time believing that she was going to go off on another adventure, who knows what this one would throw at her.
Hope's emerald eyes shook with a bit of vigor as his eyes danced over to Mog once again, who spoke up for the first time in a few minutes. The moogle's playful, childish voice was refreshing in Hope's world of maturity and science. He even smiled at his little friend, who naively lightened the air with his teasing.
Apparently, Serah didn't feel the same way. But Hope smiled, yet even more so. A rarity in itself, but his smile was one of assurance. The way Serah defended herself as someone who wasn't "bossy" was refreshing as well. It meant that she was probably going to take his opinions into consideration in the near future, unlike the way Lightning had been at points in their journey. Of course, he'd let it happen, but Serah was a leader. She may not have known it, but she was.
However, Hope didn't really think she'd own up to the leadership role. "We can share the responsibilities equally." he quipped as quickly as possible, now pacing the floor.
"So, I suppose we should get moving?" he added, his words spewing quickly, but not rushed. Excited? Perhaps. It wasn't as if he had anything of value here...not even a friend made on this planet that he would have to bid farewell. Not that those things mattered. He and Serah needed to find Noel and Snow and Lightning and Sazh. That was their goal. Nothing else really mattered.
OOC: Ack, still short. But this thread is winding up, it seems. c:
Post by Kuri, Queen of Feels on Nov 3, 2012 2:27:35 GMT -4
( I sorry for the short post aaahhhhh x.x I tried to make it longer but it didn't really work out )
Serah nodded in response to Hope telling her that they should get moving. She laced her fingers together behind her back and started to walk towards the door. Serah was actually getting reasonably excited to be going off on an adventure with Hope. Sure, her judgment was still trying to tell her to stay in one place… that everyone would come together eventually… But she still really didn’t want to be sitting around. It wasn’t fun… so at least, now that she and Hope were together, maybe, as she said before, they’d be the ones finding everyone else. Mog floated up by Serah’s side, rather cautiously incase Serah still wanted to attack him for the Meanie Miss Farron comment.
“I don’t actually know the direction we’re headed in.” Serah said, smiling at Hope. “We should probably get going though, Why don’t you lead the way Hope?” She giggled lightly. “I wouldn’t be of much help considering I don’t know where your ship is.” Serah didn’t really wait for much of a response, since after all this suggestion didn’t seem very arguable… “Hey, Hope? Were are we headed too after we leave here?” She asked, tilting her head slightly.
A smile danced across Hope's delicate features as Serah spoke. He began walking as he nodded his head, taking a short moment to recall just where it was he had landed. There was a place -- not really a hangar -- but an opening where a gummi ship seemed appropriate. Quickly he shifted his weight and pushed toward his left, veering to the east. It seemed like the right way, but, being a new guy in town, the Director wasn't entirely sure. At least, he wasn't until a few familiar street signs popped up, a dark and less-impressive contrast to the glaring neon signs that seemed to hang every where. In fact, he wondered how people even slept here, with that brightness always peering through the windows like some uninvited guest. Had Hope been forced to stay here, he'd be in the darkest corner of town, where there were probably lights all shining anyway. This place was like a permanent Christmas tree, and he was no longer a fan. He was glad they were leaving.
Suddenly, amidst the silence between them, Serah spoke out again. She was posing some pretty important points, things Hope hadn't really thought about. Where were they going to go? His eyes shifted about, linking with bricks and wooden panes, just trying to recall the places around them. Was there a place called Radiant Garden? He hoped so, because as of now, it was the only world popping into his mind, ironic as it was. Usually he was swelling with ideas, his brain overflowing with excess thoughts and creativity. All he could think about now was Lightning and survival.
"The only world that I can think of, the only other place besides here and Wonderland, would be Radiant Garden? To be frank, I'm not sure it still even exists." Who was he kidding? How could he be sure any world still existed, with his own getting swallowed up within days. But that brought mopey thoughts, and right now, his only thoughts could be Lightning and survival. So he marched forward.
It took several tries to even find the NORA. Traverse Town was larger than he'd expected, and it wasn't as if he could just download the schematics like he could on Pulse. Guessing and Checking, like some math student. As his eyes laid upon it, flashbacks of his previous landing invaded the back of his mind, and a frown tugged on his lips. A tiny trace of remorse for the scratched paint and dented metal, but Hope could only feel happy to have survived, ecstatic even for finding Serah. He sighed.
"This is my ship. If you have any last minute things to do, this will be your last opportunity to do so." he warned, a thoughtful, serious crease in his eyebrows furrowing sharply. Hope didn't know how Serah operated when she was travelling. He could only wish she was more organized than Sazh or Vanille. The furrow soon unwound as a smile slid back across his features. He glanced at Mog, then back to Serah.
"We're one step closer to finding Snow. And Light. Hopefully there're only a few more road bumps." he at least had to act like there was hope, for Serah.
OOC: Sooo happy to get back into posting with Hope <3