Missing in Action

[celestial_wizard]

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~!"

Comments

[celestial_wizard]

Lucy laughed, "Well he is a fire mage. It's just that a lot of things... um. Tend to also get put on fire when he's around." Sometimes. Not all the time. But he's a fire mage, so it was something that was going to happen no matter what you did.

"Anything else...? Hn... he doesn't know the meaning of subtlety, so even if something isn't on fire, we'll probably hear him first." Wrecking something. That man is too strong for his own good.

[knightofcourage]

That was promising...probably. "So we follow any trails of fire and yelling we find?" He was half-joking, but it was surprisingly easy to picture. (He hoped that wouldn't happen. Actually, that would be pretty bad for everyone given the ongoing infighting around here.) "I can look for that, no problem."

[celestial_wizard]

"Ah... well let's hope that it doesn't come down to fire and yelling," Lucy grinned weakly. If it was like that then Natsu was either in a fight or training. It didn't occur to her to check the tablet - if he was there then surely he'd show up on it. And... she really didn't want to look at the tablet and confirm her worries. "I guess I give him a bad image describing him like that, huh?" Eheh.

[knightofcourage]

"No, I understand." Emil actually didn't quite understand - the only person he knew that sounded anything like that would have been himself at his worst, and even then not quite - but he trusted that any friend of Lucy's couldn't be that bad, even if he sounded a little strange. "Let's keep going. If he's here, he's probably not waiting for us to find him."