⚡ 15th zap | video/action ✼ back-dated to the 27th ⚡

[i_am_not_cute]

[In the late morning hours, the face of an androgynous-looking girl appears over the journals. Despite the bruises and scratches marring her face and exhaustion weighing down her eyelids just a tad, she's smiling brightly at the camera from somewhere outdoors. She does sound distracted, though.]

Hey, everyone! I guess I'm here again. Geez, I wonder how long it's been...

[She doesn't specifically remember what her last month here was. All she has is a general impression that it was chilly then, which is no help.]

Maybe it's been so long that no one here knows me anymore, huh? In that case: my name's Pao-Lin and it's nice to meet you! Hope things have gotten better since I left.

[The cheer fades from her countenance a little as thoughts of elsewhere stain her slowly returning memories of Luceti. She shivers a little, though that's related more to the cold than to her mental tangles.]

Well, I'm gonna go get some clothes. I'll be in the plaza if anyone wants to talk. I really wanna see everyone again!

[She really hopes that there's at least one of her old friends around. Normally she'd be okay with being by herself, but...not right now.]

***

[After Pao-Lin finds clothes more suited to the cold, she shuffles to the clinic to get her injuries checked out and properly treated if need be. Once that's dealt with, she visits Seventh Heaven to answer any replies she might have received while wandering around. (And to get a couple of bites to eat, of course.) Finally, she'll check that her old apartment at CH7 -- whoops, the Heart Building -- is still free. (Whoah, there's an elevator now?! Thank goodness. After the beatdown she received while fighting that old NEXT geezer, she really doesn't feel like walking any more than she has to.)]

Comments

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[the_dead_pool2]

I have no clue who you are.

[Just kind of a raised eyebrow visibly beneath the mask]

[wildkotetsu]

[!!!]

Oi, oi — Pao-Lin!! [It's still weird to not say Dragon Kid all the time, but at least they'd gotten to this point now. Totally first-name buddies.] You look different! Your hair's shorter. Did you get gum in it or something?

[... The most important way to re-introduce yourself to your pal.]

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[windandrain]

Pao-Lin?!

[There's an audible squeak of excitement in the background, and the sound of a dog barking.]

You're back!