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40th Teddy Bear [Action/Video]

[Over a month ago, Elicia lost her mother. Months before that, she'd lost her father. It was a difficult step-by-step process, adjusting to the new life in her home. It was Edward and Winry, and a room that felt like blasphemy to touch. She'd go in there sometimes to sit on the bed and read or nap, as if compelled by some force she didn't quite understand. But things were getting easier, and smiles weren't so hard to muster; in fact, they came naturally again. With the help of some good friends—'family', by all means—she's been keeping up with her gardening, writing letters to a family who doesn't live here anymore, drawing for a gallery...

To be honest, she's overly excited about the idea of a gallery.

Let's see what's going on, today:

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» ELICIA VISION INITIATED

(There's rubble all around her. As she breathes in, hot and tired, on her knee, a robot as large as a truck walks slowly toward her. Her lungs feel needy, and her suit is covered in black marks as she rises back up to her feet.

"Save us, Iron Lion!!" Edward cries from the cage at her right, clutching the bars with a nervous expression that matches the other trapped souls (Pepper, holding her hands to her chest in worry; Sanji, face shadowed in a really shounen way; Sheena, holding her arm and hissing; among other mighty heroes). Miss Raine is healing Sailor Cicada, who took a hit in her stead. "Win for me, Sailor Lion!"

An accurate depiction of the Iron Lion in Elicia's head.

She looks over, suit's eyes aglow, and nods.

The robot laughs, voice electronic and cold, and aims his giant rocket arms in her direction.

"You'll never beat my arsenal...!"

She clenches her fist and teeth, glowering behind her mask.

"There's nothing my lasers can't break through!! I'll do it for the village! Haaa—!!")

ELICIA VISION, DEACTIVATED.

Aaaand in reality? A child is leaping around at imaginary things in front of her house to protect her gardening equipment. And yeah, all that dialogue is being spoken by her, working her pitch to match the person talking.]

I'll save you!! Don't worry, Iron Lion'll never give up!

[How she really looks isn't as cool as that image in her head... but hey, she's more back to normal instead of moping, at least. So much so that she runs around wearing a familiar looking red and gold helmet she'd gotten for her birthday, making woosh noises and putting her hands out like she's shooting things. And then every so often she jumps and there's a little gust of wind all around her feet when she lands, filial magic at its most handy for playing imaginary. This robot? He's going down. In her head. Whatever. It's intense, okay!!

Then a little later, Elicia—still in costume—can also be seen pushing the side of her head against the ground, as if listening for something.]

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Hello, everyone! My name is Elicia! If you just got here, don't worry; I'm a superhero and I can help as much as I can. There's lots of good heroes here that will answer you if you need—um, um... if you need aid! Aid and rescue. I can heal you if you have scrapes and bruises, too!

[Hey, she's not wearing the toy helmet now, but she is wearing her cape.]

Are there other superheroes here? We should be friends! My world didn't have cool superheroes like here, but we did have some heroes! They didn't wear cool costumes or have neat powers, though. Just alchemy... It's kinda like heroes, I think.

... If you were a superhero, what would your super hero name be?? What kindsa' powers would you have??

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[That sounded like a very young kid. This girl was a superhero? Well he became a hero at fourteen so why not?]

Let's seeeee my superhero name? Hm, gotta stick with my regular old name; Sora. Powers? Well I dunno, heat vision would be pretty neat.

[He'll stick with the power of the heart though any day.]

[Teddy just happened upon the scene. He stops and watches for a moment, a grin quirking up on his face once he realizes what she's doing. That's exactly what he'd do when he was a kid, and hey. Looks like she's working on that super hero thing after all.

He can only imagine what's going on in her head. With a quick glance around as if to see if anyone else is watching, Teddy takes a few steps forward towards the scene, then poses with his fists clenched and his chest puffed out. He does makes his voice a little deeper, but other than that, he won't shift just yet. Not when she doesn't know his power.]

The vicious and terrible Mighty Giant has arrived! Do you give up, Iron Lion?!

[Loki is wandering along, idly tying knots in a bit of string and thinking about how best to describe them, how they might relate to imperfections in space - and then ultimately, just maybe, to the barrier - and he sees the child playing in her yard.

He really ought to keep walking. He really ought to.

He looks around furtively - no one looking at the moment, all right, and he can always pretend later that he did this all to anger the so-called heroes of the village - and then stuffs the string in his pocket. He strides over to Elicia and drops to one knee, bowing his head as if this is terribly serious business.]

Are you the fierce Iron Lion? I have searched far and wide for you, to offer my sword and my magic in your service.

Don't you know! You're living with a real hero right now!

[KEH KEH KEH

She knows Edward has protested, might as well fill Elicia's mind with nonsense as private vengeance]

[The thing with Precis...is that sometimes her mouth moves faster than her head. And her head moves pretty fast to begin with, so that's something.

...Also she's never spent time with kids. Childhood robbed of her, all of that fun tragic backstory stuff.]

Wait, you're a superhero? ...You're joking, right? You look like you're four years old or something.

Edited (edited because reading is hard at 4 AM, okay....) 2012-09-21 10:58 (UTC)

Y'know, I think you've got more energy than any other hero I've met. You should add that to your list.

You're a real superhero now, Elicia-chan? [ how cute.. ] So you'll protect everyone here?

[Beast hasn't been out much lately. But he can at least say that it's not because he wasn't seeing anybody - but today, he stops and realises he hasn't been down this way for a long time, so why not today?

... He should have known he would come across something strange. Just... watching you, little girl, while you... defend your rake and your hoe...]

[It takes a bit of effort on Miyabi's part to not laugh, as she wanders on by after a little trip to the battle dome, to practice some brush skills in a safe place, when she sees Elicia. She bites her lips to keep in an overly amused snort, and watches for a few minutes as she hops about, crying and shouting and defending her poor, helpless gardening tools.

Gods, she's too cute. ♥

Finally, powered by the spirit of youth and creativity, Miyabi removes her caps and shakes out her hair, wandering over with her head bowed all serious like, one hand poised at her side, where her sword is. She won't actually draw the blade, but she has plans to use it during their play session. But anyway, CALLIN' YOU OUT, GIRL.]

Are you the one called Iron Lion?

Elicia... Elicia... where have I heard that name before? Oh! I got it! Yer the one I'm supposed ta contact 'cause of that social project thingie! [He can't help but laugh a little.]

I wasn't expectin' a little gir- sorry! I meant an amazing super hero!

[It has been, Katniss notices, a very long time since she last spoke with the girl. She wonders briefly how the trees and bushes they had planted are faring. Maybe she should have gone by more often to check on them. And check on her.

But she sounds as if she's in good humor. There's something infectious in her voice that even has Katniss grinning a little when she replies.]

I don't know what a superhero is.

[Elicia must be missing Usagi terribly, Mercury knows, and so she appears as Mercury to at least give that glimpse of familiarity.

It's better for questions about powers anyway.]

I'm Sailor Mercury. My powers are related to the water.

[ Because she has powers and can demonstrate, okay. Ikki's thought hard about this important question, but hasn't quite come up with an answer yet. ]

I dunno what my name would be! Um-m, I don't know lots about superheroes 'cept what I've learned here, y'know? But! My powers would be what I have now, prob'bly. I'm an airbender! So I can do things like this!

[ Give her a minute to prop up the journal so she can be seen backing away and taking a breath to demonstrate the air scooter - that is to say a ball of air she balances on, skimming the edges of the room, before tumbling off and landing on her feet, gently, ending with a little bow. ]

How 'bout you, Elicia? Oh, an' I'm Ikki!

Wow, you're a hero? That's really amazing.

[Especially since Elicia doesn't look much younger than Taiki.]

I'm not a hero, but I have an important duty to my kingdom back home. I have to help the king, so he'll be a good ruler for the people.

[Troy comes across this little girl as she's playing around and looks at her quizzically, leaning down with his hands on his knees.]

Girl, you got an Iron Man head.

[Aww, kids! Emmet loves kids and all the enthusiasm and energy they have.]

Super-heroes! I knew someone at home who was a super hero.

[Well, 'knew' is a little loose since he only met Brycen once, and Brycen was just an actor... but hey, Emmet was a fan of his movies!]

Who's your favorite super hero? What powers do they have?

[Bless you, child. Bless you for putting that expertly chosen birthday present to good use and saving the people of Luceti. But see, Tony kind of has no idea what to do about this at first. Does he stop? If he does, will he have to play with her? Would he survive that? He's not entirely convinced.

...But what the hell. He's leaving town tomorrow. He might as well stop and condone the superheroistic qualities of Sailor (Iron?) Lion.]

If I'm not careful, you're going to put me out of a job, Short Stack.

[Yeah, he kind of isn't going along with her make-believe. Y e t...]

[That helmet is hard to miss when you're walking by, as is that very energetic superhero wearing it. Jack pauses on the path, tilting his head a bit as he watches Elicia play, not realizing that it's her under there just yet.

She's certainly not a bad superhero at all, though!]

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Voice; So i see that Elicia had former interactions with Sora c<

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