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[digger]

I... can see...

I can see!!

Papa, Tifa, Denzel-- Uncle Zack, Kamina-- anybody--!!

.....

I-I can see...

Comments

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Huh...? Watch them? I... guess so, but I can't leave the house... Papa says I'm not allowed outside. Maybe we could go to your house...?

[alliance-marine.livejournal.com]

I think it'd be safer if they aren't on their own.

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's true. I'll go ask Papa, then.

[Private to Simon]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

...thanks, kiddo. I'm proud of you.

[Private to Cloud]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Heehee, I'm glad I did the right thing!

[Private]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

You're gonna help me look after everyone, right?

And Simon...I have an important job for you. Very, very important, and we can't talk about it on the journals.

[Private]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Of course!

A job? Okay, tell me! I'm in my room!

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[La la la, Papa's now in Simon's room.]

Simon...I need you to dig, but not your tunnels.

[Action]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Simon's jaw drops immediately - he's sitting at the window btw]

Wh-what, really?! What do you want me to dig?

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Mm. [Cloud starts to look around the room, poking around and seemingly looking for something.]

I need you to dig a shelter; a big one, that can hold a lot of people comfortably.

[Action]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

A shelter... like the one we talked about?

[Simon's brows furrow, deep in thought for a long moment.]

How many people? And where?

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Cloud tried to do a tally in his head, pausing in a crouch with an elbow on his knee.]

...make that several shelters. And we'll have to spread them out across the village; putting everyone in the same place would be stupid. I'd say probably large enough for twenty people a piece.

[Action]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Simon lifts his eyes to the ceiling, his expression surprisingly serious for a seven-year-old, and gives the task another moment's thought.]

I can do it, Papa, but every shelter is gonna take at least a day. How soon do you need them?

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

As soon as we can, but I don't want you wearing yourself out. I'm gonna be with you each time, of course, so if you need extra help with something I can do, you'll have it.

[Action]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Simon nods again, lips pursing.]

I'll stop if I get tired, but I think I can do it. Do you think we can find some goggles at the store...?

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Probably; we'll check there before we start, 'kay?

[Action]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's good. I can dig a lot faster when I have my goggles.

[Action]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Cloud paused again, expression turning dark for a moment.]

...one more thing, son.

[Action]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Simon hesitates at that, noticing Cloud's expression immediately.]

Wh... what is it...?

[Pretend it's been like five minutes.]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Senel? Simon came and got me and told me what was going on. Hope you don't mind.

[pretending~]

[alliance-marine.livejournal.com]

Well, I asked him to.

I thought you'd want to get everyone together somewhere?

[ahh, ilu.]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

Yeah, actually. I was gonna ask you if you wanted Stella to stay with us during this. I'm reluctant to put everyone in the same place, like the clinic; easier target for large spells. But Stella alone with a newborn is...not good, even if she's powerful now.

[ahh, ilu.]

[alliance-marine.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's true. And Shirley's going to be with her, but I'd feel a lot better if they were with you.

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

So would I. Send them right over; thanks Senel.

[alliance-marine.livejournal.com]

Right.