raisetheearth | Network, Action; Open and Closed prompts;

[A - Network; Video; OPEN]

[Lily greets the Network with a smile and a nod. Though there's a few scratches here and there, she seems to have survived the dinosaur mishap in one piece.]

Hello, everyone. I hope that everybody who ran into the trouble in Gateway is doing alright, or at least hasn't suffered too badly. We seem to have been able to help get those things herded into one place, at least - it would seem Mr. Factor has issued some help in building up more permanent ways to keep them captive, for the time being.

Between that and the other strange things, however... that goop from last month, ghostly apparitions in Shephard's Haven, and... [She taps her chin and frowns just a little.] I saw a report, a sighting in Locke City of... well, snakes. Large, pink stone snakes, like the ones we fought a long time ago.

[She shakes her head.] That seems impossible, though. The giant snake was killed just as long ago...

[Not to mention Proud.]

I wonder... has anyone else seen anything of note? All of this stuff is happening in such close proximity, it's got to be connected in some way, but it's escaping me.

[B - Locked to Winter; Action]

Gateway City is fine and everything, but Lily's starting to get more than a little homesick. The dinosaurs were under control, and she enjoys having certain people and family in close proximity, but... They'd made a new home in Shephard's Haven, right?

In some way, it feels like they're running again. She can't blame Winter for the fear she expressed, and she can't lie and say she doesn't worry about something similar. What she'd be faced with there... The likes of Dark Precure, or Sabaaku...

A part of her wants to go back, to force the hand of whatever's messing with them this time. To see what will happen and conquer it.

Lately though, she's been rather adamant about a number of things to Winter. She's had to put her foot down in some ways, and expressed great worry in others. She worries a little bit, that she's pushing things. Certainly, it's within her bounds to worry about this stuff, but... she doesn't exactly want to make herself unbearable to work with, either. Bleeding heart that she is, even if she believes herself right, she feels a bit bad about it.

Which may or may not explain the bouquet of flowers sitting in their room that she's finishing tidying up.

[C - Wild Card?]

[Lily's around Gateway City anytime from the Incursion Event until around now; if you wanna run into her on the streets or anything, feel free!]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Jasmine was back in Shepherd's Haven because... well, that was her home, and now that the chaos had mostly calmed down, she wanted to be somewhere quietly. Thankfully, the magic of the network and webcams made it easy for her to stay in contact with her sister.

As such, she's sitting in her bedroom, tablet on her lap, when she comes across Lily's message. She decides to answer it quickly]

I haven't seen anything besides what's out there now. The only time I saw one of the snakes was on the news, though.

... Honestly, that makes me the most nervous of all. I freaking hate those things. Though uh, I guess that's no less serious than dinosaurs...

[Lily observes her sister with a raised eyebrow, cocking her head to one side.]

The snakes make you the most nervous? I mean, I guess they're more... direct in their threats than whatever's been popping up in Shephard's Haven...

... A-ah, well... there's that, and the fact that they shouldn't really exist anymore...

[she seems to be hiding something, Lily ~~like the fact that she's absolutely terrified of snakes~~]

Uh... huh.

[Lily's just going to stare. And stare. With a look Jasmine should know all too well.]

... Okay, so maybe I'm still terrified of snakes.

You'd be surprised what adrenaline and fear of losing your family members and growing a wing all of a sudden can do to override that kind of thing.

Oh wait, now I ... remember.

[But Jasmine...]

...I thought that was just when you were really little...

Yeah, it just... I dunno. I thought I got over it, but all this stuff, what they represent... it brings back all those bad feelings I guess.

[Lily frowns.] Sorry, Jas. Look, if you don't want to deal with them...

... I can deal with it, Lily. But, tactically, maybe I'm not the best person to have on the front lines.

That's better than being out of action completely, right?

Right, of course.

[She smiles.] Just tell us what you can or want to do here, and we'll work it out. Whatever that needs to be, and I'm sure it'll turn out fine.

Right.

Then... I think it's best that if we have to deal with those things, I want you to hold me back until I'm absolutely needed.

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