infinitejustice | Eighty-First Launch

[Video; Action for Vermilion City; backdated to yesterday evening]

[The feed opens up to a gorgeous sunset over the ocean. The sky is a brilliant red, the sinking sun is reflecting off the glittering waves...it was like what one would see in a resort commercial. The recorder seemed to be standing on a pier of some sorts as well, so there were multiple ships around.]

Pretty amazing, isn't it? With scenes like this, it's no wonder Vermilion City is known as the Port of Exquisite Sunsets. Don't worry, Yayoi, I'm saving this for you.

[With that, the camera turned around and showed Athrun, who was wearing his Orb military uniform. The sky behind him was a beautiful dark blue.]

I think that, out of all the places in this world, Vermilion City is the closest thing to where I live back home. It's good to be by the sea again, and there's plenty to do in town. If I truly am stuck here, I think this is where I'll want to live once I've beaten the Elite Four.

Out of curiosity, does anybody else here have a place like that? A place that resembles their home or that they'd like to live?

Also, on a different note, can anyone tell me about the gym leader here? Going by the sign near the gym, I suspect he uses Electric-types, but one can never be too sure.

Also, one more thing. Is he really a lieutenant?

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

That's right. I was a soldier.

[ Another quiet moment. He says he's not very old, and she doesn't think he looks much older than her brother.

Tentatively: ] How old were you?

...I was fourteen when I signed up. It took a year in the military academy after that to enter the war.

[ Her brother's age, then. That's certainly sobering. Imagining her brother going off to war? It just doesn't compute.

She's quiet again, searching the ground beyond the 'Gear with an uncertain expression. ]

... Sorry.

...It's all right. I managed to survive, and I can still do some good for my country back home.

[ It takes a second for her to pull herself out of thought and smile, but she does. ]

Guess that's what's important, right?

Yeah. That's right.

Eighty-First Launch

video;

video;

video;

video;

video;

video;

video;