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[enthunder]

Just doing a check - how many of you can make some kind of portable healing item? Like... a potion or stimulant, or, dunno, a cake, or something that'll heal injuries quickly. Missions are getting pretty dangerous, and with it liking to split the teams up so much, I figure it'd be good to start thinking about back-up plans in case a team's healer is taken out of commission or ends up 'visiting the control coach' during mission week.

[ Like her, for example. ]

Just... gimme an idea of what you can make, and what you'd need for it, I guess. Reply to standard coach, or come and talk to me.

[ She reaches towards the screen, then pauses. ] Oh, right. I've finished writing up my notes of the missions so far, so if you want to come and give 'em a look, get an idea of what you'll be doing in the future, that's fine too.

[ Bwip. ]

[ About ten minutes later, she's back: ] Just repeating something Tidus said - it'd be good to know the same for defensive supplies. Stun grenades, nets, deployable barriers. Magic or whatever else that does the same thing.

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[blitzcheer]

[ Light, is this a Soft??

It's not a gesture Tidus was expecting, and he blinks, before laughing a little, embarrassed. ]

Hey, you're the one who made the call! You're the one actually getting things moving. I don't know the first thing about putting into action anything like this.

[ Organising, supplying. Or maybe he doesn't have the right spirit, whatever that is. A level of authority that Light wears in the way she presents herself. ]

I just hope everyone else goes along with it and sees it's a good idea.

[enthunder]

[ Don't tell anyone, her reputation will be ruin--- who are we kidding.

She pulls away again after a moment, eyes flickering sideways and down to hide her momentary embarrassment. Over the praise - unnecessary, since she's just impatient - and his own reaction. ]

... Right. Guess we'll find out.

[ HUFF THE AWKWARD AWAY ] Now we just need the train authority to play nice with supplies, and we're set.

[blitzcheer]

Well, whatever happens, if we've got people onboard who can cook somethin' up, we'll make it work!

[ She's brought out his full optimism at the very least, and he's even looking at the anti-grav device that just decided to beach ball him with some thought. ]

Show me how this works sometime too! In the gym. [ But for now, he'll hand it back over. ] You don't have more gadgets like it, do you?

[enthunder]

Sure. I'll get you the manual later, and you can give it a proper try.

[ Hums. ] There's other manadrive tech we could use... strength enhancers, maybe. Some accessories and gear that would be a big help.

[ she'd thought about transgates, but... not knowing how they work, she's not sure they'd work outside of Cocoon. ]

Do you have anything like it?

[blitzcheer]

Not really. I wouldn't know if Zanarkand had anything like that, and Spira--Rikku would know more about the machina. She was one of Yuna's guardians; she still spends time with her.

[ And, well... He looks aside, pressing his lips together. ]

You'd be better asking Yuna. Spira's changed since I last saw it--I got taken two years in the past from Yuna, so.

[ He looks at Light as he says that, but shifts his gaze again towards the end. A brief hesitance before he regains himself. ]

But it could have a lot of new stuff. You've seen her dress sphere, right? She has all kinds of weapons hidden away.

[enthunder]

[ ... ]

Yeah, she 'showed' me earlier. [ by which she means, Light needs to stop allowing people to cast things on her. ] Once she's trained up a bit, she's gonna be a real menace.

[ she shifts, and smiles wryly. ] Not that she isn't already...

[blitzcheer]

You better believe it. When it comes to magic, you can't grumble with Yuna. She'd be unstoppable if she had her aeons.

[ For the belief in his words, he's still not looking at Light head on. Nope, Nothing Going On Here. ]

[enthunder]

[ Why is he acting like that? She narrows her eyes at him, trying to figure it out.

Makes a stab at it. ]

... So, you worked it out with her, yet?

[blitzcheer]

[ Ah- ... ]

There's nothing to work out.

[ A beat. ]

Everything's fine.

[enthunder]

Tidus... [ Don't make her Inigo you! ]

[blitzcheer]

Don't.

[ He intakes a breath, lets it out tiredly, ashamed. ]

I just... [ Silence, his features creasing, mouth thinning and his fingers digging into his palms and releasing. ] I can't.

[ What she wants. This discussion. It's already too much, that tiny chide, exposing a vulnerability he wants to turn away from. ]