[Fourth Wall!]

[thenightmarebegins]

[Vincent had been out early- or more like, late- in the Battle Dome all night, letting his inner 'friends' have some time outside destroying things. So when he finally ends his session and steps outside to walk home... it's suddenly a lot more crowded than it was last night. Are they flooding town with refugees again? Sigh. He's going to attempt to hurry along home before he has to deal with this. All he wants is to get home and sleep...]

Comments

with previous Luceti memories :')

[crescent_falls]

[NO SLEEP FOR YOU, VINCENT. There's a familiar voice calling out after him, since.... uh, he's hard to miss.]

...cent! Vincent! Wait! You're walking too fast!

AHHHH LU <3 VINCENT IS SO HAPPY NOW

[thenightmarebegins]

[He would know that voice anywhere. He hears her in so many of his dreams, so many nights. Vincent stops, concentrating on listening and hoping that he's not hallucinating. Only one way to find out. He turns around...]

...Lucrecia?

8D she stirred and i had to heed the call

[crescent_falls]

[Lu will finally catch up to him, huffing and puffing. Damn man, you're used to this, she is not!]

Your legs are too long. [Huff, huff.] You almost left me behind!

awww yaaaaay! it's so great to see her!!

[thenightmarebegins]

I apologize.

["I've missed you."]

I wasn't expecting to see you here... Are you well, Lucrecia?

[There's concern in his red eyes, because he knows what the Malnosso are capable of. Vincent has paused for her, and will be taking care to keep his pace at a much slower, saner one.]

i'll backtag on this, I DO WHAT I WANT /armcross

[crescent_falls]

I'm doing well, yes. You seem to be doing well too, considering the circumstances of being here.

["Here" being Luceti, of course. Yay memories of this place?]

I AM PERFECTLY COOL WITH THIS YES XD

[thenightmarebegins]

Then you remember... [He wasn't certain whether she would. And he's realizing how much he missed her.] It's been some time, for me, since you were last here...

[crescent_falls]

Has it? It hasn't seemed so long for me. I guess that's mainly because-- well, let's not talk of that, shall we? Are things all right here?

[thenightmarebegins]

In a manner of speaking... [He glances at her.] You know the ways of this place.

[crescent_falls]

Sadly, yes. I hope their experiments haven't been terrible? I know there were some pretty horrible ones while I was here. Have they gotten better?

[thenightmarebegins]

They're still terrible...

[He sighs.]

But I'll spare you the horrific details. I don't know how long we'll have...

[Something about this feels familiar, though he swears nothing like this kind of visit has ever happened before. Strange.]

[crescent_falls]

Has there been any progress of leaving this place? I would hate for you to be stuck here.

[thenightmarebegins]

None whatsoever. That goal remains as elusive as ever, and their same war still continues.

[crescent_falls]

I'm so sorry. I wish there was more I could do to help. It seems unfair that you have to stay here.

[thenightmarebegins]

It's no less than I deserve.

[Though it's more unfair seeing her and being certain she will return to where she was at home. Woe.]

[unseenspy]

[Jay's in a panic, still squeezing through the crowds as fast as he can, trying to chase down his kitten. Hope you don't mind if he accidentally crashes head-on into you.]

[thenightmarebegins]

[Just minding his business here when- SUDDENLY RUN INTO. Vincent looks startled for a moment, but then realizes that it's not one of the strangers, at least.]

...Jay...?

LOL, that icon...

[unseenspy]

[Jay pulls back and looks up. Oh good, a familiar face! But it doesn't quite ease his panic much.]

Vincent...! I've...I've lost my kitten!

it was a good time for it to make an appearance. XD

[thenightmarebegins]

[Well... that's certainly a problem, he could understand that... especially with so many strangers around right now. Vincent frowns, pondering. There has to be some way to attract the kitten's attention, that is if they can catch up.]

Do you have something that you could use to lure him...?

[unseenspy]

Not...really...

[Reaching into his pockets, but feeling his daggers, and those certainly won't attract a kitten. But wait...]

Except...

[Slowly, reluctantly, he pulls his little bell. Another important item to him. He's about as terrified of losing that as he is of losing the kitten.]

[thenightmarebegins]

Right... then let's go in the direction you believe she went... using that bell to perhaps catch her attention.

[The familiarity of it ought to help, he assumes.]

[unseenspy]

Right. I think he went that way...

[Jay points in the direction and then begins to push his way through the crowd again.]

[thenightmarebegins]

[Vincent joins him, making his way through the crowd as well. People tend to step aside from being in his way, fortunately. All the while, Vincent is keeping watch for any sign of a kitten...]