Princess of the Timber Forest Owls

Seifer was back. The world hadn't ended. The island was restored. The paperwork was still here and in order. She hadn't killed Topher over that D&D game thing (or let Squall kill him, either) and ... okay, maybe she had used a lot more power than she had meant to while she was protecting the forcefield, and maybe she almost hadn't come back, but that was okay. And by "okay" she meant she absolutely wasn't thinking about that just now.

There was one very important thing left to check, and a phone number that could not ring fast enough.

"I need to speak to the general, please," she told the secretary. "This is his daughter, the Sorceress, and it's more important than whatever he told you about holding calls, so either you put this call through right now or I'll come there and set you on fire."

Well, that was one way to be patched through quickly.

"General Caraway," said a brusque voice in her ear.

Oh Hyne he was alive, and he was okay, and he wasn't gone forever. He really, really wasn't.

"D-daddy?" she said. "I-it's so good to hear your voice. I th-thought ..."

That was all the further she got before she started crying. So what if maybe, she actually told that man that she loved him, for the first time in years. Maybe it needed to be said every now and then. Shut up.

(establishy, will have links later! can be open post-phone call i you like)

Rinoa hadn't expected to wake up in her old dorm room. Was this Fandom's idea of the full reunion experience? It certainly did take her back, especially since the room was still decorated as it had been twenty years ago.

It was a nice touch, and she decided she preferred it to waking up in the hotel, although that would have had her Knight asleep in bed with her.

She would have to assume he was in his room, then. She wondered if she remembered his room number, after all this time?

Angelo jumped onto the bed, excitedly, interrupting her thoughts. ... Angelo?

"I've missed you, girl," Rinoa said, scritching behind her puppy's ears.

What other surprises did this island have in store?

(ooc: For reference! Most of the time, if she's in street clothes and so on, Rinoa looks like this -- mostly like herself, but with a golden-brown tattoo on her face. Later, at ze mixer, she is going to rock it Sorceress-style, by which I mean this. Both the fanart and the tattoo were done by the amazing furnaceface. And finally: door and post both OPEN, esp if the roomie wants to catch up!)

Okay, last night had been wonderful. The dance, seeing her friends, and staying way, way too late in Squall's room.

She'd been tempted to sleep over. She'd been tempted to ... well. Do other things. She'd chickened out on both.

And now, Rinoa was fast asleep, bundled up in warm covers. Maybe she wouldn't get out of bed until noon.

(yeah that won't happen. expecting a wee one and possibly others, and open to boot!)

No one was sure what came next. The orphanage seemed like a good place to regroup. Nearly abandoned, out-of-the-way, and quiet enough to plan their next move.

Besides, Rinoa wanted to see it.

( Angelo was waiting... )

(Preplayed with the wintastic whateverknight. Follows Part 1 and Part 2, and now we're done! NFB, NFI, but OOC is love.)