[open mingle] the return of the champion.

[holdmyhand]

Who: Luna! And! You!
What: She's been gone for a whole month! And! Now she's back in action!!! Come and meet Incineroar and Ribombee!
When: Around the end of April/beginning of May.
Where: Enso.
Warnings: C FOR Y'ALL ARE A BUNCHA CUTIES (I'll update this with warnings as needed!)



(A / outside, on the beach.)

[ those who may know Luna, might notice that she has... a new, large friend, who is sitting with her a good distance away from the water. Atop her red cap, rests another smaller pokemon, who's wings flutter occasionally.

She hasn't quite found the energy to get up and explore yet. The small bug atop her head occasionally retrieves shells, and a small pile is sitting in front of her for inspection...which she has decided to tackle first.

One thing at a time, Luna. One shell at a time, one island at a time. ]

These are all really pretty, Reebo! [ she holds up a sand dollar-- which...is that even a real shell? Is it Jormun currency? She smiles fondly at the memories. Hopes they're doing well. ] Kitten, what do you think?

[ the large fire cat yawns in response. Bored eyes watch the shell for a moment, and then glance back toward the mainland. Luna grins at him. ] You wanna go look around, huh? [ that gives Kitten a more interested look, and Luna laughs. ] We'll go a little later. There's a whole new island, buddy! Lots of people to meet and places to go!!

[ Luna has to withhold her snort when Incineroar gets fired up for exploration. The heat radiates off of him in a familiarly pleasant way, and she can't keep the smile off her face.

She missed this excitable idiot. ♥ ]

(B / private to housemate.)

[ she's been back since this morning. A back ache informs her that..she didn't wake up in her bed this time. The crashing of the tide, while similar, is...not what she was expecting. An initial glance around reminds her of something she feels like she forgot for a long time. A little room-- a slumbering giant; their once happy little shack...and it looks like it's been blown through by a hurricane. Dread courses through her veins-- what happened while she was gone? Their last get together refreshingly cycles through her mind. Fireflies...and a sleep over? They danced. She laughed...they all did. Even Guzma.

She bites her lip. Guzma.

With a little work, she rises and moves some debris from her hammock-side with a slow movement of her arm. It's a mess, but...that guy over there? Sleeping awkwardly in his little hammock? Has been sleeping in this mess...for who knows how long. Luna watches her friend's back-- the rise and fall of his shoulder, and wonders if she should wake him. ]

Guzma?

[ Luna pulls herself to her knees, her palm pressing into the floor and-- and into a small shard from a broken glass. She makes a small, distressed noise and brings her hand to her side-- no damage to her, but surprise, for sure. ]

Hey...wake up.

(C / wild card?)

[ Luna will be everywhere in the next couple of days. She'll be exploring the island idly with her companions and visiting other places and JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF MAN, so if you have anything or anywhere you want to meet this little tyke and/or her pokemon, just drop it here. ♥ ]

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[holdmyhand]

[ Luna looks over and stands up-- her movement causing the two creatures to either side of her to rise also. Her eyes are hot-- a friend that she had been trying to remember the whole time she was gone. Despite herself, she's smiling from ear to ear and waving, moving through the sand to meet Ren at least half-way, if not the whole way, because...

...gosh, she missed this girl. Undeniably one of her closest friends on the island, and closer still in her heart. ]

Yep! [ it sounds more confident than she actually feels. She's still trying to come to terms with what happened at all. She was here, then home, then here...it's just a lot to wrap her brain around. ] Alola, Ren!

[catpiper]

[Luna's steps make everything real. She's not an illusion on the beach. She's here. Coming towards her like she was never gone to begin with and while Ren tries to whisper alola and greetings or any other kind of hello she knows is supposed to occur when people meet again, it's too hard. She can't do it. Too difficult to muster anything resembling a hello when their goodbye was painfully unspoken all those weeks ago.

She shouldn't cry because this is good, but even as she strides forward to meet her friend, it's-]

Alola, Luna.

[It's quiet. There's a definite attempt to stifle the overwhelming happiness she's feeling because it's coming out as tears and that's not right. She wants to comment on the cat behind her, the other creature she doesn't recognize, but all she can say is-]

Did you find Guzma?

[holdmyhand]

[ Ren replies, and Luna's lower lip wavers with uncontrolled movements. She opens her mouth to reply and chokes a little instead. She's been gone a month. That's-- that's a long time. That's a long time to not see people who you saw daily, before.

She brings a hand up to her cheek and smears the tears that start falling away from her eyes. The tip of her nose reddens. S-stop crying, Ren, it's contagious... ]

Y-yeah...I did. I'm, ehn.. I'm sorry...

[ worrying people was not her intention. That cheerful expression from earlier is replaced by shaking shoulders, a sadder smile, and arms pressed together tightly in front of her. ] D-don't cry, Ren...everything's okay.

[ says the kettle to the pot. She continues to smudge the tears off of her cheeks. While she does, her lips tighten into a fine line. N-no need to be glum...she's back and everyone's here and...everything is fine. Everything's okay. ]

[catpiper]

[Any chance of Ren being able to shake off her tears-to push back the overwhelming happiness at seeing her friend again and force down the wave of sadness she had hidden in her heart when she vanished is gone the second Luna breaks down. It's impossible to look at her shaking friend, who's trying to smile through her own tears, and keep her composure. Because Luna's the strong one. If she can't, then-]

I won't cry-I'm very happy.

[Is what she says and yet, her face tells an entirely different story. She can't stop, okay? It's too hard and there's nowhere to hide her own sorry state, so Luna doesn't have to see her like this. Nope, she gets to enjoy the waterworks.]

So you can't-you don't have to cry either. It's okay.

[This is fine. It's all Fine. Everything's good and wonderful and happy and she holds out both her hands, so Luna can grab them if she needs it.]

[holdmyhand]

M-me neither... [ she huffs, reaching out with both her hands to grab onto Ren's. Best friend. She's happy to just be here, and be with her best friend on the island. If feels like a long time ago, and just yesterday that she saw Ren. Or Guzma. Or anyone from here. ]

Okay...I won't, hic, cry. [ she hiccups casually. eyes shining with unshed tears that she's trying to absorb back into her face. She looks really determined!!

They're not absorbing back into her eyeballs as fast as she wants, and she squeezes her eyes shut and sucks in a deep breath. ] In...just a second. [ just gotta wink out these little drip droops of H20 and we'll be jet, set, gemini. ]

[catpiper]

[Luna's doing her best and Ren follows suit, squeezing her friend's hands tight whenever she feels her eyes sting. It's an attempt. Some make it through, no matter how hard she tries to hold them back, because looking at Luna's face makes her so happy and sad and all things in between.

So she turns away from her face, content with the tight grip she has on her-one that'll ensure she can't vanish again and looks to her-

Pokemon? Friends? She sees a cat. ]

Your cat found you? Did you leave so you could look for him?