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[The video clicks on and a hand is moving out of the frame again just like last time, it's not meant to go to any one person as Fang's only figured out how to do general broadcasting at this point. The video is aimed out into the 'village square' sort of area. You can see the windmill spinning easily in front/slightly to the right and off to the left is the other house. To the far right is the path that leads down to the old school house and docking areas. From what you can put together, it seems like someone's up pretty high up and if you've been there, you'll notice that the house where you found Bhakti in isn't in the shot. It's a pretty safe bet that Fang's sitting up on top of it considering the angle you're looking at everything from. (1:33 gives you a good look at the area). Once again, Fang keeps herself off screen, remaining out of the shot.]

Managed t'get quite a few out but Cie'th keep seemin' t'wonder back in when I'm not lookin'. Thinin' out their numba's though as less keep comin' back an' it seems with Cocoon crystaled up, there's no more of this crystal snow 'appenin'.

[The device is moved slightly so that Cocoon can be seen a bit better in the far off distance.]

Funny seein' it from th' outside.

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After holding it up for so long, aren't you happy to be out?

[She doesn't sound bitter, not at all. Ignore that.]

[Poking at her sore spots now Light? Thanks, appreciate that, love you too.]

Wasn't so bad. [Her tone is casual, nothing biting or sarcastic.]

[She's in a foul mood, besides, she's famous for her tough love.]

Good to know.

[And Fang doesn't want to talk about that right now, tyvm.]

Find Serah yet?

[Don't change the subje--agh, fine. Later then.]

Yes.

[That's is Light, let's talk about something else. The video shifts, like Fang is setting the device down on something. By the looks of smooth skin and a bit of fur pelt and blue sari, it seems like the device has been settled in her lap but it's still aimed out towards the windmill of the town square.]

Good. She missed ya. Sure it was a 'appy reunion. [Fang's trying not to think about the fact that she has no idea where Vanille is right now for one thing... Because she doesn't and every time she does think about it she starts internally panicking a little... But... Vanille has to be in the pillar. She... Has to.]

[It's a very unwilling topic change, know that. She'll let it go for now because they all just..wound up wherever the hell they where. If she didn't find out what was going on soon she was going to chalk it up to one big goddamned paradox and leave it at that.

Which brings her right down to the other thing annoying her, all the paradoxes. That, however, is an entirely different conversation.]

Yea. [Save for the whole, Serah wondering if it was really her part.]

[Still a topic change, and that's all that matters to Fang right now. Though with Light's short reply and the sting of the earlier comment setting in Fang's not entirely sure where to steer the conversation next. Clearly she needs to though with how much of a talker Light's always been.]

Shouldn't ya be spendin' time with 'er? [Fang actually doesn't want to let Light go, but she's not going to say it. She's not sure if she can face any of them quite yet... Especially with this god damned burnt brand still present... After everything they all went through...]

[She shifts and the device is suddenly aimed over her shoulder, a dizzying view of the massive academy building she's standing only feet away from. Then the view is brought back to her face, her attention however is in front of her.]

She went to go try and find a friend of hers. [She had an inkling that not all of them had made it here yet, or they had and either hadn't woken up yet..or where very much lost. Her eyes flick to the device for a moment and there's a hint of a thought, but as usual for Light, it's not voiced.]

[There's a moment of debate and a click of her tongue is clearly audible. Silence falls, the quiet of Oerba not helping anything either. Then the device jostles and shifts like Fang's moving before it finally is placed on the ground, facing back towards Fang so that you can finally see her, showing her sitting there on the roof of the building. Looking just like she did before becoming a crystal, burnt l'Cie brand and all.]

Why didn't ya go an' try t'help 'er Light? [The question is... Very sincere. Even a little soft compared to the normal firm assuredness Fang keeps in her tone.]

[She shifts again, finding the silence only the slightest bit uncomfortable. When Fang finally places the device at an angle she can see the other woman, she studies her for several seconds before her attention is set back on something out of the device's view.]

Wanted me to stay behind in case he showed up here. [If she didn't come back soon though, Light was going to go look for her.]

[A hand reaches up to scratch at the back of her head. Again Fang's silent for a few moments. There's some bruising that can be seen when her arm shifted, but when it falls back to where it was before. The only other detail that may be obvious is that her clothes and skin, are a bit dirty, too much time running around in all the crystal snow that some of it's begun clinging to her while she's been working up a sweat beating Cie'th down.]

S'ppose that makes sense. 'ope ya able to find 'im soon. [Again her voice is casual, only a brief glance is taken at Lighting before Fang turns her gaze away as well to something the device isn't looking at anymore down in the town square. The last thing she wants to see is any weird or pained looks from them. Not that she'd expect them from Lightning but... Sometimes people can surprise you.]

[The next silence was awkward and it made Lightning shift again, a low noise slipping past her lips. She knew there was a lot the two of them needed to talk about, but most of it neither woman would.]

Yea, me too. [Her attention remains drawn to whatever it is she's been observing, and her tone has returned to it's usual coolness.]

What's the plan afta' findin' 'im? [Light had to have a plan, right? That was something her and Fang normally shared. Even if the plan was as simple as kicking the crap out of something.]

Learn more about exactly where we are. Kill a few Cei'th along the way. [That was about what she had for a plan, because right now...that was what she wanted to do the most.]

[Fang wanted to say that the Cie'th had been people once... But that was a fact they all knew. And as much as she loved a good fight and knew she was putting them out of their misery. It still struck an odd chord within her. Sometimes doing right didn't completely feel right.]

Sounds like'a decent plan. From everythin' I can figure, we're on Gran Pulse. Taejin's Tower and Oerba look... [She fell silent, that thoughtful demeanor slipping up for a moment as her brow knit and eyes fell downward, away from whatever she'd been looking at before.]

Well, it looks the same. [Eyes flickered back up to look at the screen for a moment before focusing on something else in the distance again.]

[Lightning hated that knowledge, she hated that those Cie'th where human once. She despised the Fal'Cie for doing what they did to those people--to them.

To her family. Once she'd wanted to kill every Fal'Cie in existence, but Etro had put a stop to her rage...had given her something else to focus on. Now she was back to square one, and that hatred...that want to kill them all was rising again.]

It looks the same, but it's not the same. It's not...right. [Her jaw was set, eyes raising to the sky. Academia had a huge population, but it was a ghost town.]

[An anger they shared. Fang would be lying if she said she still didn't have a chip on her shoulder against the fal'Cie using people as their personal little puppets. The fal'Cie had so much power, strength to do things, to stop things and while Orphan had claimed that he was using them to destroy him because the fal'Cie were limited and humans were not... There still seemed something strange about the whole thing to Fang... Her and Vanille had both lost their parents due to Cocoon's fal'Cie's actions and Pulse's fal'Cie's inaction.]

I know. [The response was firm. That's what Fang had been trying to get at. It looked the same but it didn't feel the same... Even if she couldn't entirely place why right now.]

Think this is more fal'Cie smoke an' mirrors? [She hoped to Lady Luck it wasn't in a way.]

[Lightning never believed what Orphan said. She found the idea that Fal'Cie where limited odd, if they where so limited, where did all that power come from? There was too many holes, too many questions that didn't have proper answers. Regardless, she couldn't do anything about it yet.]

I don't think Fal'Cie are to blame this time. [The statement held a point of fact, no, this time it was something to do with the time line...something went wrong somewhere..or..she let out a frustrated sigh. Just another wall to bang her fists on, just another dead end...]

Mm. [Fang shifted where she was sitting, features getting distantly thoughtful for a moment again, an idea sparked but she wasn't quite sure she wanted to voice it yet.]

Sumthin' bigga' than the fal'Cie? [The question was simple but then her gaze shifted, tightening on something off camera. A hand fell off to the side, fingers touching Kain's Lance that had been laying beside her almost as if she was preparing to leap into action at a moments notice.]

[She turned, walking back enough to sit down against the side of the building behind her. Mulling over everything, picking apart ideas and forming new ideas and theories. It could be any number of things, and there was so much she needed to tell Fang...]

Yes. Something more than the Fal'Cie.

[Fang's eyes narrowed, something dangerous and hard setting into her look.]

Etro. [There was a certain level of restrained anger and disgust in the single word as her eyes locked on the screen.]

[The soldier lurched forward, hissing. No, not Etro. She wouldn't do something like this....or...would she?]

I...served her, I protected her. She...wouldn't. [But the doubt in her tone is obvious.]

[Fang's jaw locked up at the admission. Etro was known to her as a cruel goddess, trying to dispose of l'Cie... It didn't make any sense that Lightning would... serve her. Eyes narrowed at Lightning now instead of the more generalized narrowing that had been done moments ago. Her intense stare would be held on the other woman silently. Jaw shifting eyes fell away from Lightning back out over to something in the distance. What words were there in a moment like this? Fingers gripped the lance and brought it up and around, Fang shifted in her seat, picking up the communicator, as if she was making to turn it off.]

Think I've 'ad enough of'a rest for now. [Her voice was a bit low at first.]

Gotta get back t'clearin' out Cie'th. [This sentence was stronger, normal sounding even.]

[Lightning wouldn't look at the device, she didn't want to see Fang's expression. It was a sore topic, the fact that Etro had dragged her away from everything she cared about and stuck her in Valhalla, bound here there to fight a war that wasn't actually hers to begin with. She had, though, because she knew what was at stake....and now she'd gone and admitted it.]

Right. [The tone was quiet, unsure...she'd hit a nerve and she knew it. Half of her wanted to snap at the other woman, ask her if she was going to evade the topic...and the other half just wanted to forget it all. Just go back to the life she had before it was all ripped away from her.]

So...that's it...no questions at all?

[Fang's jaw tightened again, teeth locking together for a moment and the noise of her grip tightening hard and twisting on the arm of the lance could audibly be heard. A habit generally only reserved for the most heated of battles or when she'd been in great depths of distress and anger. Silence again reigned supreme for a few moments.]

Lata'. [The single word would say it all. There would be questions but... Fang wasn't sure she could handle this on top of all the other things she was struggling with right at this moment.]

When ya within sluggin' distance, we'll talk. [There was something there, almost the faintest hint of a possible joke... Even if it wasn't one. It'd buy Fang time for now, she wasn't expecting to see much of anyone for a bit still as they all probably had more important people to be meeting up with... And that ache for Vanille kicked up inside of her, making her further feel an internal struggle of grasping at straws.]

[The silence was deafening this time, the noise of Fang's grip tightening on the lance set her on edge. The soldier herself was tense, muscles twitching in protest, pain settling in from all the strain. Then Fang told her later, and she released a breath she didn't know she'd been holding. Later was fine, it would give her time to sort things out more.]

Fine, later then. [And that was that, Lightning's sudden wavering loyalty would be put under fire later. Right now, both of them had something more important to do. Serah'd been gone long enough at this point, and she had to go find her in this maze of a city.]

See ya around, Light. [With that the device shifted slightly as Fang's hand moved pressing the button to click off the device. She had other things to do.]

You are one of the fabled daughters, yes?

Been called that before, yea.

It is a pleasure to meet you, I am the seeress of Paddra.

Nice t'meet ya too. [Fang had to pause and think though. Paddra. That sounded familiar even if she couldn't completely place it.]

Any idea what's goin' on with the place?

I believe we are thrown into Chaos, something is not exactly right.

Yeah, think everyone's got the sumthin's not right idea.

You are located in Oerba, correct?

For now I am, yea. [Even though Fang knows she's gotta leave eventually, she's secretly hoping if she sticks around here a little longer Vanille might just pop up.]

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