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[Hope's life has certainly been thrown into turmoil over the past few weeks, and there's certainly more to come. Now that Lightning's returned, and seems to have gathered her strength... he admittedly can't take his mind off his own problems at hand. He saw her brand—but what's to become of his?

His days, too, are numbered.

After a slumber fraught with nightmares, the boy awakens to find a more urgent, pressing problem at hand.]



[Somehow, by the grace of whatever deity is over this place, he finally manages to open the journal by his bed and paw his way into a video broadcast.

The screen is filled with a fluffy white puppy face.]

RUFF!

Um... w-what's going on!? Am I dreaming!?? Someone help! Lightning? Aerith?!

[Later on that day, he can be found sulking outdoors in the grass by the pathway that separates Community House #4 from the other residential homes, head on his curly fluffy paws.

He can, in fact, be understood if anyone attempts to converse with him. Translations are in italics.]

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[risingwinds.livejournal.com]

[Ven still feels a bit... odd, to say the least, but he's finally stepped out of the house to get some fresh air.

And, naturally, seeing a cute little puppy piques his curiosity, so he'll scurry on over to see what's up.]

[contempsi.livejournal.com]

[A familiar face! Hope eagerly rises to his feet, tail wagging excitedly.]

Ven!

[He bounds over, crossing the short distance between them.]

[risingwinds.livejournal.com]

[Talking dog? Well, that's nothing new, but the dog knows him, and that fur color...]

Hope, is that you?

[He'll crouch down, so he's closer to his level. Dang, this has to be an experiment...]

[contempsi.livejournal.com]

[Yes, yes! Someone who actually recognizes him! If he could nod, he could, but instead Hope speaks through excited pants. (Man, how can animals stand having all this fur? He's kind of roasting, even if the weather itself isn't hot at all!)]

Yes, it's me! I... I don't know what happened or why I'm like this! [A whine follows. Hope's first experiment. He is now truly a man, or something.]

[risingwinds.livejournal.com]

[It's really tempting to give him some ear scritches right about now. Puppies are so cute, and Hope is no exception.]

I think it's an experiment. It'd explain why everyone's changing...

[contempsi.livejournal.com]

Lightning said something about that, too.

[Hope sits back on his haunches, staring at the other boy with a rather pitiful expression.]

This isn't fair at all. Do they really do stuff like this to us a lot?

[risingwinds.livejournal.com]

[Well, in that case, Ven's gonna sit next to him.]

Every few months, sometimes sooner. I've been through...

[Uh, let's see...]

About three of 'em.

sorry for lateness ;; LJ kept going down whenever I'd try to tag.

[contempsi.livejournal.com]

Three? [A whining noise.] What did they do to you?