007 || {Video / Action} || BACKDATED to the 3rd, late morning.

[contempsi]

[It's not cold at all - even in spite of the rain - but after a bit of shivering, disoriented wandering Hope will find himself stranded on the path, and even more confused than when he initially came around after being the unfortunate victim of routine experimentation.

He plops to his knees in the dirt before slipping in the haze and landing squarely on his butt, not caring at all for the muck that would inevitably stain his shorts.]

Ugh...

[With a groan, he first lifts a hand to wipe away the silvery bangs dripping in his eyes, then wraps both arms around himself with a shiver. The camera's view might catch a flash of chalk-white on the back of a wrist, stark even against his fair skin, if one were looking hard enough.

The journal's been recording all of this, but the boy doesn't seem to notice, drawing his knees up and resting his forehead against them.]


(ooc: Lightning and I think Gem are going to go find him, but anyone else is welcome to poke him through the journal too. :D)

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[video]

[contempsi.livejournal.com]

A while back? When did you go home?

[video]

[fourteen]

Um ... I think it was the 23rd. [ A beat. ] I was free to go home on the 20th, actually, but I wanted to get a few more days' rest someplace quiet. There's a lot of people in my house. [ Something about her smile is rueful. ]

[video]

[contempsi.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean... I think. I have a dog, and he never stops talking. But the people I live with aren't... too bad, I guess... [A yawn makes itself known halfway through his sentence.]

Even if it's raining, it's... kinda nice out here... [Half-mumbled.]

[video]

[fourteen]

[ A quiet laugh escapes her at his mention of a talking dog. It's not that strange an idea in Luceti, but the mental image is still cute.

However, that yawn and what he says next lock her up. It could be that he's just tired... but if there's something else wrong, falling asleep is the worst thing he could do. ] Hope? It might be nice out there, but you should try to stay awake, okay? [ Trying to keep the urgency out of her voice. ]

[video]

[contempsi.livejournal.com]

[He's pawing at his eyes again.] Umm... why? It's just rain... can't do anything...

[video]

[fourteen]

Well, it'll be better if you're awake when Light finds you, right? [ Pleeeease please please... ]

[video]

[contempsi.livejournal.com]

I guess that's true...

[He straightens himself, pulling the journal into his lap and staring down at it with bleary eyes.]

Maybe you can help me stay awake. [Even as he says that, he's about to succumb to another yawn.]

[video]

[fourteen]

U-Um... [ ... NOW WHAT DOES SHE DO. ] I could ... tell you a story.

[video]

[contempsi.livejournal.com]

[SORRY, XION. You're now his virtual babysitter until Lightning gets there. 8(]

Okay... um. Tell me something about where you came from.

[video]

[fourteen]

[ A beat. UMMM stories about her home... always kind of awkward... let's see. ]

Well ... I used to live in this great big castle. Called The Castle That Never Was. It was huge, and there were only fourteen of us there. And there was never any sun... it was always night. But around the castle was an empty city that was always lit up with neon colors... and full of monsters, so I never really went there.