Network, Action; Open and Closed prompts;

[alilyinthemoonslight]

[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!]

Comments

[peacefulwinter]

"Then I'd call you on it," she follows easily. "You underestimate the power of recording oneself at night." Nope. She definitely doesn't snore. Probably. There's always the possibility of Lily doctoring the recording, but she's not going to think about that.

Still, Lily's happy, so she can take it easy. She just needs to not make any careless decisions. "Wherever you want to go, I'll be right beside you. Whether that's because we're going on a trip, or we're going home, or we're going to war. That's my place. That's... where I want to be. We'll carve out a place for ourselves. I want to prove that faith is well-placed. So... yeah." The eloquent speech she'd have produced otherwise dies in her throat, unneeded, and she just smiles and lets herself lean a little more heavily against Lily.

"We're okay?"

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Lily lets her lean, and is happy to do it. It's a comfort she's come to expect, and... she's not really sure what she'd do without it. She gives a slight chuckle. "Well, none of us are perfect." A beat. "Except you, I suppose."

She pulls back just slightly enough, so that she can look down at the shorter woman. "We're okay. We'll always be okay, one way or another. I'm pretty sure about that, or we wouldn't have gotten this far. I'll always be there to catch you... so long as you let me." Her eyes sparkle a bit, and she nods. "As much as I love seeing your parents, I think home sounds pretty good, right now."

[peacefulwinter]

It's an odd kind of support she's come to depend on - maybe it's a weird holdover from when she'd nearly been killed in the far north - so Winter lets her walls down as Lily yields. "As much as I'd like to preen over that, I know better. If nothing else, I have a weakness to a certain girl with purple hair and enough patience to handle anything I can throw at her." Accurate enough, even if there are a lot of other things she'd mention if she were being honest.

"I'll try not to rely on my own parachute too often," she concedes softly. She knows what happens when she lets herself solve problems she doesn't have the courage to stand up to in the first place. "I'll be depending on you, then. In... more ways than one." Because she's made up her mind on their next move, but it's one that's going to eat at her. "So... if it's all the same to you, I think it's high time we packed our bags. Beds in Gateway are as comfortable as ever, but there's something to be said for sleeping in ours." Although she's going to have to get used to sleeping under a dozen blankets again. Stupid backwards seasons in opposite hemispheres. "Mama will understand. Papa will probably say something stupid so she doesn't say something she doesn't mean." She grins; Rick hasn't changed in a year's time, and his general disposition toward his daughter's partner is about the same, too.

[alilyinthemoonslight]

"You say you know better, but I also expected that. Modesty suits you, you know." She brightens a little more. "I think I'm fine with that weakness, though." Because really, it's not like Lily's any different on that in turn to the person she's holding.

"Just remember I'm depending on you, too. We keep each other upright. It's what we do." She lets out a breath and nods, her smile widening. "But... good. I'd like to get back before too much dust has had the time to settle on everything there. Anything else that sees fit to bother us can shove off, then." Don't worry about the cold though, Winter - after the last few weeks, Lily's probably got more than enough things pent up you probably won't have to worry about it much, at least not right away. She lets out a breath - relief overcomes her, and she looks as happy as a clam.

"I'm sure he will, but I'm not too worried, there. I think I understand her a whole lot more by this point than I used to."

At the very least, Lily and Winter's mother have a decided mutual interest towards the young woman's well being.