[He almost doesn't bother. Lady Serah doesn't remember him. But he's not on speaking terms with Lady Lightning anymore, Noel is the biggest jerk he's ever had the displeasure of meeting, and Snow is gone too. All Machina wants is confirmation of what he saw at the wall. That more and more of people he'd come to consider friends are being ripped away from him.]
Lady Serah? It's Machina. Do you... have a minute?
[Oh Machina. She might not know exactly who you lost once they get to that point in the conversation - and Lightning hasn't said anything to her yet against you - so the tone in his voice puts her on instant Sympathetic Friend Mode. But there's that 'Lady Serah' thing again too! Hm.]
Machina, you can just call me Serah you know! You don't need to be so formal. [She didn't know why he was being so formal, but if they're friends why be formal?? Silly trash child.] But yeah, what's up?
I... can't do that. It wouldn't be right, Lady Serah.
[All the Cocoon people at some point or another have tried to convince Machina to leave off the honorifics and failed. All he's done is dug his heels in more, determined to be respectful of them where others were not in their world.]
I'm sorry to bother you. It's just... I've been to the wall and...
[This is hard to even put to words but he truly needs to know.]
I saw Lord Hope's name there. Is it true? He's gone now too?
[...ah, there was the question before she could protest being called 'Lady Serah'. She's quiet for a long moment, before just...]
...yeah. He's gone now too.
[She had really hoped (no pun intended) that everyone could be here and happy like she and her sister were, but without everyone else to share in that happiness...
...well.]
I don't know where he went back to-- I knew him a little older, so...
[Maybe after everyone saved Cocoon from falling? She didn't know that he was de-aged thanks to Bhunivelze's bullshit, and only knew the original Hope and then the older Hope from her journeying along the timeline.
[And it all sounded like hell. Growing up, being busted back down to adolescence, being abandoned by friends. Funny that all Machina ever wanted to do was protect his young friend, and now Hope's off to fend for himself again.]
I should have tried harder to find out how to keep people here, dammit.
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Date: 2018-06-07 03:13 pm (UTC)Lady Serah? It's Machina. Do you... have a minute?
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Date: 2018-06-09 09:21 pm (UTC)Machina, you can just call me Serah you know! You don't need to be so formal. [She didn't know why he was being so formal, but if they're friends why be formal?? Silly trash child.] But yeah, what's up?
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Date: 2018-06-10 01:51 am (UTC)[All the Cocoon people at some point or another have tried to convince Machina to leave off the honorifics and failed. All he's done is dug his heels in more, determined to be respectful of them where others were not in their world.]
I'm sorry to bother you. It's just... I've been to the wall and...
[This is hard to even put to words but he truly needs to know.]
I saw Lord Hope's name there. Is it true? He's gone now too?
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Date: 2018-06-10 05:59 am (UTC)...yeah. He's gone now too.
[She had really hoped (no pun intended) that everyone could be here and happy like she and her sister were, but without everyone else to share in that happiness...
...well.]
I don't know where he went back to-- I knew him a little older, so...
[Maybe after everyone saved Cocoon from falling? She didn't know that he was de-aged thanks to Bhunivelze's bullshit, and only knew the original Hope and then the older Hope from her journeying along the timeline.
Didn't make it less difficult.]
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Date: 2018-06-23 07:26 am (UTC)[And it all sounded like hell. Growing up, being busted back down to adolescence, being abandoned by friends. Funny that all Machina ever wanted to do was protect his young friend, and now Hope's off to fend for himself again.]
I should have tried harder to find out how to keep people here, dammit.