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Character(s): Luke & Tear.
Content: a long-awaited reunion.
Setting: auntie undie's! (why not, lol)
Time: Mid-day? Week 35.
Warnings: Tearjerking-ness. pun not intended.

After leaving the hotel, Tear couldn't help but worry about the sickly looking girl. It has been pure chance that had her running into her, down on the ground, surrounded by those odd monsters... and the fact that Alice didn't seem to have any means of defending herself was even more concerning. The soldier was already considering methods of teaching her how to fight off, or at the very least, arm her with tactics on how to get out of a sticky situation...

Not far off from their lodging, she came upon a little shop, which seemed to sell a little bit of everything. "Auntie Undie's...?" the girl questioned out loud, studying the sign, then finally pusing the door open. The shopkeeper had the same appearance as the other citizens, fair-hair and skin... She nodded in a casual greeting, and went about her business, picking up various items and supplies.

She made her purchase with some of the remaining glad she had in her pocket. She considered herself fortunate that they didn't seem particularly concerned about the currency... and picked up her belongings, heading for the door.

"... Eh?" when she stepped out into the open, she was greeted by a fresh sheet of snow starting to line the ground, and falling silently from the domed sky above. "Snow...?" she questioned, but shook her head. Perhaps this was normal for Paixao. Either way, she needed to make her way back to the Actua Are before the way became impassable.

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Luke had finally been the one to volunteer to go shopping. With Jade around now, they really needed some extra supplies. Not to mention Luke was hungry and there was almost literally nothing left in the kitchen. Wearing a longer shirt under his coat to please the fussy townsfolk, he'd headed out towards the one shops he knew he'd probably be able to get mostly everything they needed. Though, he was starting to think he should have gone out the day before.

He wasn't particularly happy to see snow on the ground. The only thing Luke was kind of glad about was that he had worn this different shirt. His stomach would have been pretty cold by now otherwise.

Well, no, there was one other thing: the lack of any of those dark creatures or anything. He hadn't seen any so far, which was never a bad thing. Still, he guard was up, and his sword an easy draw away.

The crunch, crunch, crunch started to sound beneath her heels as she began the trek. Focusing on the ground beneath her feet caused her thoughts to wander, as well. Back to moments spent with the others in Ketterburg -- and how, even thought those were trying times, she couldn't have imagined happier ones. With Jade and Anise teasing Guy... and Luke trying to make amends for his actions... Luke... there was a part of her that ached, thinking about him. What if he had returned to Auldrant by now? And she wasn't there... instead she was cast into this world where --

Suddenly, the hairs on the back of Tear's neck began to rise. She stopped dead in her tracks and stood still, listening, an ominous feeling starting to fill the air around her. Her eyes darted towards the white-covered ground, where suddenly a group of heartless sprang forth, popping up from their shadowy depths!

The soldier cursed quietly, chastising herself for allowing herself to get so lost in thought that she hadn't noticed their approach. She dropped her belongings abruptly, and immediately took hold of her staff, holding it high in the air. "Pow Hammer!" she summoned the small mallets to stun the creatures.

This was not good... they had managed to surround her! With a fierce look in her eyes, she attempted to calculate a battle plan, but wasn't left with much time as one of the creatures dove towards her. She managed to push it back with her weapon, and took a half step back. No good! If she didn't have any time to be able to cast, then...!

If he hadn't thought he was almost to the shop, he'd have turned around. The snow was getting deeper and he was sure it was getting colder too. He'd have to make this quick. His thoughts were quickly disrupted, however, from a nearby cry. Luke stopped dead in his tracks, dazed for a moment. He knew those words and that voice, all too well. "Tear...!"

Luke rushed in the direction he thought he'd heard the call come from, hoping it wasn't just some kind of figment of his imagination. Turning a corner around a building, the familiar figure confirmed it hadn't been his imagination at all!

"TEAR!"

The dark creatures surrounding her made him run faster, as he reached behind him, drawing his sword from it's sheath. Leaping between her and the shadowy creatures, he quickly 'drew' a circle around him with his sword, before stabbing it into the ground in front of him.

"Guardian Field!"

More than a few of the Heartless that had been close enough to be caught in the field that had formed, found themselves struck with light energy, quickly destroying them. Pulling his sword back out, he quickly held his sword out before him, shifting into a protective stance before her, as there were still a few left.

Edited 2011-09-27 00:06 (UTC)

When she heard her name called, Tear was sure it was her imagination. The voice she replayed so many times in her head, urging her to keep going on, keep fighting. The one person that she wanted more than anything to be next to right at this moment. But she couldn't deny it anymore -- when the footsteps began to sound.

As though she was moving in slow motion, the melodist turned in the direction of the footfalls, just in time to catch a red and white blur jumping in front of her. The view from the backlines -- the same as it had been so many times before.

Was she... imagining this?

Her thought process wasn't working anymore at this point, and so, it was the soldier within that took over. It was so easy to slip into the same battle stance she always had -- knowing that on the frontlines, he was going to be there. Pushing forward.

Tear focused on her spell, unwilling to question this gift, this divine intervention, in the heat of a battle. She concluded the chant and opened her eyes... "Eclair de Larmes!"

Undoubtedly he'd surprised her--he couldn't imagine he hadn't, but leave it to Tear to still manage to pull herself together to chant a fonic arte. With Tear's arte making easy work of the Heartless, Luke slashed at the last few that had managed to avoid the spell.

Was that it?

He glanced around for a couple moments, trying to make sure there were none left; there didn't seem to be. Slowly Luke relaxed his stance. Well, that wasn't so bad.

Tear... Tear was here. She was back! And... standing right behind him. Suddenly self conscious, he slowly slide his blade back into the sheath. Feeling foolishly nervous, he slowly glanced over his shoulder at her at first, as if making sure it really was her standing behind him--it was. Swallowing, he turned completely around to face her, trying to find words.

"Tear..." Ugh, he had to do better than THAT. Luke felt like he'd screwed up last time around with Tear; he didn't want to go and repeat that. He tried again, "H-Hey." Well, it wasn't much of an improvement, but what else do you say to someone you know who you just accidentally bumped into in a completely different world?

Edited 2011-10-04 09:20 (UTC)

With the threat of the heartless gone, she imagined he would disappear. A silhouette she'd conjured somehow in the depths of her mind when times were tough. How many times before had she imagined him standing just in front of her? Within reach?

Tear was frozen in place. Awestruck. The side of her that craved the logic in the situation was attempting to make sense of what was going on. But all of that flew out the window when he turned to her. Tear... he said it so casually.

Her breath caught in her throat. The corners of her eyes started to swell up with the tears she'd held in for so long. She wasn't even sure that she was moving until her feet took a step forward on their own. Then another, until she lauched herself towards the redhead, her arms wrapping around him tightly. "Lu... Luke! Luke!" it was all she could manage to say as she embraced him tightly, her body shaking with silent sobs as she pressed herself against him. "It's you... it's really you..." she needed to repeated it, as though hearing it outloud made it all the more real.

The look on her face... She didn't know, did she? She didn't remember being here before and knowing he was alive. He was being alive again for her all over again, and this time it wasn't over those fontech things. This time he was seeing her initial reaction first hand.

He was still trying to think of what to possibly say when, before he'd even realized, she'd closed the gap between them. Luke was obviously surprised at first; this was Tear, after all, but feeling her shaking against him quickly served to bring him out of the faint daze of surprise. With a soft utter of her name, his arms quickly found their way around her, holding her tightly.

"Y-yeah... It's me," Luke confirmed softly. It was stating the obvious, but it seemed like something she needed to hear.

When she felt the strength of his arms around her, that cemented him here, in this reality. That wasn't a feeling she could imagine, no matter how many times she tried. He was really here. Luke...

She pulled away slowly, looking down, her bangs obscuring the view of her eyes. She turned away quickly, not wanting him to see that she'd lost herself in the moment -- let down her guard. She sniffled quickly -- "I-I'm sorry. It must be something in the air I'm not used to..." it was a poor excuse, but the best she could come up with on the spot.

When Tear turned back to him again, there was a timid, almost fragile smile on her face. "How is it... That you're here?" Nevermind the fact that she couldn't even make sense how she was here exactly...

He was reluctant to let her go; he didn't want to let her go, but when she pulled away, let her go he did. Awkwardly he lowered his arms back to his sides, watching her back. Oh Tear... She didn't need to make up excuses or apologize. It kind of even hurt a little. "You don't have to apologize for anything," he told her quietly.

"Well, I don't really know. No one does. Lots of people just suddenly find themselves here," Luke explained softly, watching her expression. He couldn't give her a whole lot more than that, unfortunately. "But we've been trying to find a way to get back to where we belong."

Luke paused a moment, smiling softly. "After all, I have a promise to keep."

A promise... to keep. That alone threatened to cause another tight grin to burst into tears of happiness, but Tear restrained herself as she felt them creep back into the corners of her eyes. Really, she didn't need any other explanation than just that he was here. It was enough to know that it was really him. She hung her head again, muttering something along the lines of "... you idiot," quietly to herself.

Having lost herself in the moment, the chill in the air dragged her back into the reality of the situation. As she lifted her gaze again, the snow seemed to be falling faster, and there was much more of it dancing around them. "The snow is coming down harder... At this rate, we could get stuck. I've rented a room at the nearby hotel with someone that I came across. Why don't we head there for now?"

He heard her words... barely, but didn't get a chance to say anything as his attention shifted to the snow. Luke hadn't even noticed it had started to come down heavier. He'd been a bit too distracted to notice, but now he was definitely aware.

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea," Luke said without much hesitation, given that snow was starting to gather on his head and shoulders. He might not make it back across the city at the rate it was going, or, well, at least without suffering from frostbite. He was sure Guy and Jade could manage without the supplies for now, but he'd made a mental note to leave a message for them.

As the snow crunched beneath her heels, she could still feel a slight flush in her cheeks, which she was prepared to blame on the chill in the snowy air. "If you and I have arrived safely then I see no reason why it wouldn't be possible for the others to find their way here, also," she calculated, oblivious to the fact that their comrades were closer than she realized. "Although if she snow continues to fall, attempting to locate them may prove a bigger challenge," she frowned at the thought.

"Well, actually, Guy and Jade are also here," he said, walking along beside her now, glancing at her out of the corner of his eye, still amazed that she was here again. For now he didn't even try to tackle the whole thing how some of the others had actually been here before, or the whole Guy being here from a different time thing. That could be explained later.

"But they're back at an apartment across town... I was out getting some supplies," Luke explained to her. "But I guess getting back could be a problem."

The rate this snow was falling right now, it wouldn't be stupid to try to head back across the city. Tear's hotel would be the better choice, if it was closer, for sure.

"O-oh..." She hadn't realized that the others were here also... and as such, blushed slightly. As a soldier, she had always felt the need to be on top of things, and being the one of the last to arrive... made her feel even a little embarrassed. "Well..." she looked down, noticing again the device she had been given when she had first entered the gates of Paixao. "This... appears to be some sort of communication device. If one of them also has one, then... we should be able to contact them with it, shouldn't we?"

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