exsiliumlogs | Missing in Action

Who: Lucy Heartfilia and OPEN
What: One (1) Dragon Slayer is M.I.A. One (1) Celestial Wizard is unhappy and searching.
When: 11/17/13
Where: Everywhere~
Warnings: Sad Wizards Being Sad :(

It was strange when she woke up and Natsu wasn't there. She almost expected him to always be there, or at the very least, nearby. She promised him only a few days before that she would stay close to him. She trusted him to keep her safe, and she was happiest at his side. He was her very most important and dearest friend.

He wasn't always in her room, though of late she woke up and found him in her bed more frequently. She'd gotten use to the warmth he gave off - but when she woke up that day her bed was emptier, cooler. He wasn't anywhere in the shared apartments they had, but she didn't really get worried until an hour passed with no sign of him.

So she went looking for him. Despite what was going on with the mutiny, and being unable to use the network, it was the only option she had. Erza had suggested they all split up to look for him - maybe one of them could find him in a place Lucy hadn't checked, or maybe she just missed him. If nothing else, more people searching should find him more quickly.

As for Lucy, she checked the clinic frequently, praying she wouldn't find him there, and more relieved when she didn't. Then weary, then frantic. She would be unhappy if she lost Juvia, or Erza again but Natsu... for him not to be here, she'd be... heartbroken. He couldn't be gone. He promised. And she knew going back home wasn't something they could control but ...

By afternoon her heart was heavy, calling out her friend's name until her voice was raw, part of her knowing she wouldn't find him, but still hoping she would. She wanted to cry. Wanted to, but wouldn't - not until she returned to her room and could cry in private. Instead she was knocking on every door she came to in search of the salmon haired Dragon Slayer to come up empty, and each time her heart breaking a little more. "Natsu~!"

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Some people felt the Initiative wasn't much better than the United Earth - but Lucy didn't have as much of a problem with them. Except for abandoning the city below - she didn't agree with that either. "Lily," Lucy couldn't bring herself to smile at the girl's appearance, glancing around anxiously, "... I'm... yeah, ... I guess. I'm looking for someone. One of my friends. .. have... you seen a man about this tall, with salmon hair? He's never without his scarf. His name is Natsu."

Lily shook her head regretfully.

"I'm sorry, I don't think I've seen him around."

She was certain she'd seen someone who fit that description at some point - if only because it was hard to forget seeing a guy with hair that colour. But she'd never spoken to him before, nor had she seen that shock of salmon-pink hair in the hallways lately.

"Maybe he went on a supply run mission and didn't get the chance to tell you?"

That was what she was afraid of. Lucy sighed, "Okay..." A pause at the suggestion, and she shook her head firmly. "No. Natsu wouldn't do that... we're always - we're teammates, so if he got a mission, he would have come and brought me with him." She had to admit though she really really wished that was the reason her friend wasn't around.

"...oh. I'm very sorry, Lucy."

That could only mean that the Initiative sent Natsu home, and if he'd wanted to go home, that wasn't entirely a bad thing...but they hadn't sent him home with his friends.

"Maybe they'll bring him back soon."

"I don't think it was the Initiative that sent him home," they wouldn't send someone home when they needed as many people to help out as possible. "That equipment they use, I don't think it's all that reliable. When I went home, I didn't exactly ask to go back. I never would have, knowing my friends were still here." She nodded slightly, "But you'r right - one way or another, he'll be back."

"Well, that's better if it's because of unreliable equipment than them just sending him home for no good reason," said Lily.

She didn't like the thought of being sent home, especially knowing what awaited her. But it was better to think that it would happen because of a malfunctioning machine than because the Initiative decided for some reason that they no longer needed her.

"I wonder if there's anyone who's really good with technology who could help them stabilize it..."

Lucy looked thoughtful for a moment, "Well.. maybe? I mean there are a lot of people all over the place here, there must be some who are good like that here. But I think a lot of people aren't willing to cooperate with the Initiative because they blame them for us being here. everyone says its not their fight - but it is, i think. It's everyone's fight, especially if they lose here."

"I guess it's scary for people to be in a totally new place against their will," said Lily. "They've all got things to do back home that are important to them...but it really is everyone's fight. I agree."

She was resolute in her intent to fight against the United Earth, but she could understand how people might be reluctant. Especially if they didn't believe that the United Earth could ever come and attack their own worlds.

"Yeah..although this is really the second time something like this happened, for my friends and I." Edolas was light years away, it seemed though. "What about you? ..Has anything like this happened before for you?"

Lily shook her head. Her life experience had been very limited, and it was only when she spoke to people from so many other worlds that she understood just how limited it was. There were a lot of things she understood solely from reading books rather than from experiencing them.

"No...before I was brought to the island and then to the moon base, I'd never been out of the training facility I grew up in. I've gone on some supply run missions, though."

It was fascinating to see the world, and Lily felt better knowing that she was being useful.

"Since you got here you mean? How did things go?" She, Erza and Natsu - well, before he went back - had done a few supply runs as well, and hard as it was to deal with being on the moon after abandoning people on Exsilium- she'd rather be useful than sit around and mope.

"They went okay," said Lily. "The hardest thing for me is finding my way around places. But I can walk around for a long time without getting tired and it's not a problem if I get hurt, so I don't mind the missions."

Although the training facility itself had been quite spacious, having her life limited to that one place meant that she'd never really had to learn to look around and make note of landmarks before. It was a bit of a steep learning curve. Fortunately, her training had proven useful in other ways.

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