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)

Adel had been defeated, and Ellone rescued. The present danger had subsided, although the specter of Ultimecia -- the Sorceress from the future, who had been pulling strings and possessing minds -- had not departed. And in the meantime, there were lots of doctors, nurses and healers annoying the crap out of the Fandomites.

( Sick Bay: Jono and Raven )

( Sick Bay: Karla, Raven, and Quistis )

( Sick Bay: Jono and Quistis )

( Sick Bay: Rinoa and Raven )

( Sick Bay: Rinoa and Karla )

( Sick Bay: Rinoa and Jono )

( Aftermath: Squall and Quistis )

(Post 8 of plot. Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Post 8.)

(And this is it! Everyone will be back tonight. This one will have OCD, so we can continue in live play. Preplayed with the amazing and kickass furnaceface, trigons_child, glacial_witch, and whateverknight -- life_inshadow isn't in this one (yet) because Tara was off doing plotty bits. Lastly? I cannot thank everyone involved in this plot enough -- you guys have been superkickass win. Thank you, thank you, thank you. NFI, NFB, and OOC is love.)

The group had arrived at the Lunatic Pandora. They disembarked from the Ragnarok through the hole they'd made in its side, and prepared for the long trek through its maze-like insides. The monstrosity was a crystalline... something full of tunnels that turned every which way, surrounded by a more normal-ish futuristic structure that had been built to house and study it, and connected throughout by all sorts of corridors.

Monsters met them at every turn, as well as some of the Galbadian soldiers that had followed Seifer and the Sorceress here. The going was tough, but not too tough, and they made steady progress as they fought their way through. Eventually, they rounded a corner and saw a disturbance up ahead.

( A Father ... )

( Two Lieutenants... )

( And a Group Chat )
(Post 3 of plot. Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Post 8.)

(Preplayed with the fantabulous whateverknight, glacial_witch, furnaceface, life_inshadow, and trigons_child, all of whom have been rocking my socks off with getting this crazy beast off the ground and keeping the plates spinning. Special thanks to trigons_child who coded this post and thus gets sex and/or cookies. NFB, and NFI, but OOC is love.)

Rinoa's BFF Ariel was having a rough week. That was no fun. And -- inspired by the fact that most of her cabinmates were female (seven of the eight of them, in fact) -- Rinoa had had an Idea.

Which was: a completely disgustingly girly party. Pajamas, make-overs, gossip, and really bad romantic comedies.

Rinoa had her jammies on already, and had made Ariel help her set up. Munchies, make-up, and movies. What more could they want?

She had even posted a few so very handwavey signs outside, in front of their cabin and places where the other cabins might see, with the important points: Girl Party, exactly how girly it was going to be, and NO BOYS ALLOWED.

Except Jono, since he was the eighth boy in the cabin and all. He could be an honorary girl for the night!! Wouldn't he be thrilled?

Especially if someone tried braiding his hair.

(OKAY SO: whore4trash and furnace_face modded with permission, and they totally rock for jointly inspiring this post. This is in the landshark common room but is totally open tooooooo:

- anybody who lives in Landshark, naturally!
- any girl student who wants to come hang out and be nauseated by the frou-frou-ness of it all
- despite the poster, any BOY student who wants to come can totally either (a) run screaming in terror or (b) stay and be girly. Fair warning: staying means you WILL be forced to endure horrific romcoms and probably get your nails painted.

Wait for the OCD The OCD has been up for hours zomg I hope no one was still waiting!!)