kingdomdressing | (no subject)

[Oh, he was looking for you. Shit, he's diving down now.]

[She's okay! ...Well, she's waterlogged and exhausted and her arms are going to be sore for a week, but she'll be happy to see him once she actually realizes he's there. She's kind of not paying much attention to anything right now.]

[He's wordlessly scooping her out of the water, steadying his Rider.]

[--Huh, that was funny. She'd gotten so used to the sensation of the water bobbing up and down that she wasn't sure she'd ever get rid of it, but this didn't feel quite like that. She felt weightless, but in a different way. Her damp eyelashes fluttered a little and her brow creased, but she didn't open her eyes. Rather distantly she felt her arms lose their grip on the driftwood and, had she had the energy, would have tensed more than the tiny bit that she did.]

[No worries, he got a blanket right here. Right, flying her to somewhere safe now.]

Hey, just hang in there.

...?

[Ven? Was she hearing things? Dreaming, perhaps? --But if she was dreaming, then...! Her eyes cracked open at a pace that seemed agonizingly slow and she inhaled a gasp. She coughed briefly when she accidentally sucked in a few drops of water that had been lingering on her face, then,]

Ven...?

Shh.... it's okay.

[He speeds up the Rider, holding her tight so not to drop her.]

....

[Her eyes shifted slowly, her brain trying to process. They were moving too fast to be-- oh. Her ears were just as slow to respond as the rest of her, apparently, because it was only then that they felt it prudent to inform her of the steady drone of a Rider. Her head relaxed against him as best it could, and she did not move it from where it landed. She exhaled, but said nothing for a long moment until,]

...Thanks.

Just rest for now.

Mm.

[She gave no more response than that before shutting her eyes again.]

[Hey, he's fine with that. He needs to find that dry place again.]

[Good, because she'll just be half-dozing off. He's on his own, man. :|a]

[No worries. Once she wakes up, she'll find herself warm in blankets and in that abandoned tree house in Deep Jungle.]

[Naminé was out cold for a while, but when she woke up it seemed like it had hardly been any time at all. She didn't say anything right away, but she did take a moment to look blearily around her.]

[Ven must be out on a rescue search. Don't worry, there are supplies around. And.

... there's a tiny brown thing curled up near her. Tiny brown chocobo.

Say hi to Terra.]

[...Hm. She noticed a distinct lack of blond boy. She began to wriggle one of her arms out of the covers to reach up and swipe at her eyes, starting a,]

Ven--?

[But she stopped, suddenly noticing something a rather different shade of brown from anything else in the room. She stared at it for a moment, confused, then, still slowed down by her exhausted muscles, she leaned over to get a better look.]

[The chocobo is tiny, around chick sized. It's sleeping peacefully. Ven probably left it there because it needs napping company. There's a note right next to it.]

[It was a... bird? Some kind of bird. It definitely seemed to be asleep, but she still watched it out of the corner of her eye as she reached carefully for the note-- owowow her arms hurt, but she still managed to get a hold of the paper.]

["Hey. Be right back. I need to go back for Vanora. Keep Terra company, all right?"

- Ven]

[It had certainly been helpful of him to leave a note. ...Would he be able to find Vanora? Naminé had lost track of her in all of the excitement, but-- but surely she could take care of herself... right? A frown pulling at her lips, the girl glanced back down at the note.]

[...Wait, Terra? Naminé glanced around. She hadn't seen any sign of him when she woke up. Had he gone, too? Looking for Ven, maybe? ...How long had she been asleep?]

...Terra?

[... there's a tiny peep answering her. Look down, Namine.]

--!

[Look down she did. Why you so peeping at her, tiny bird-thing?]

[Because you called her name.]

[Not that she knows that. Brb, staring at tiny bird.]

[It jumps a little hopefully. Did you call her name or what.]