12th bloom; renewal

[punchtheflowers]

[Video feed turns on, and a face that has been somewhat absent from the school this past month greets the screen. He is astoundingly disheveled, covered in a mossy beard, long, wild hair the usual facial piercings. For some reason he's also got monk's robes on? You can probably imagine he smells pretty strong right now too. Because he does. He smells overwhelmingly of flowers.

Vinnie's still a little out of breath and maybe a bit red in the face for some reason, but he's home. And looking a good deal happier than he did when he left in December.]

Al'right, I'm pretty sure I was gone at least 5 months, so... [He glanced at the calender on the computer.] Is this right? It's still Feburary here? Shit, no wonder nothing's blooming yet.

Uh, I dunno if you got all my letters then. Well. [Pause.] S'that mean there's another one of me runnin' around in Johto right now...?

[Time travel, you were really weird. But he wasn't going to think too hard on that right now. Vinnie shrugged and smiled.] I guess I'm back. Did I miss anything important? Has everyone been okay? Red? Where is everyone? I really miss the shit out've you guys.

((ooc note: thanks to Celebi, Vinnie's been 'ported back to school! His solo logs will, however, continue in 'real time.' So if he mentions something that hasn't happened to him in the logs... chronologically, it hasn't yet.))

Comments

[punchtheflowers]

Being a weapon, huh. I guess that was pretty much how I felt when I got turned into a Ninetales.

Think of it this way. Fire's somethin' you get from what burns inside you. Grass is different - strength is something you get from being connected to life outside've you.

[He scratched his beard thoughtfully.]

You're the first one, seein' how Sonny's not back yet. Ko's probably working.

[And the other two were probably mad at him still.]

[throughthefireandflames]

Oh I get it!

[No..actually yes she did.]

Letting your chi flow more efficiently right? In tune with the earth under you. I kinda had to so something familiar. They said something a Charizard forgets is that we walked on the ground for more than half of our lives and then when we take to the skies we forget how to use our feet.

[She held one up, wiggling her clawed foot]

That's why I don't ever wear anything! Sides, the claws would just tear up stuff that wasn't sandals.

[She paused to think about it, almost as if she heard his thoughts.]

...and Marie, I haven't seen him the last few days. Chika's pretty moody. But...she's always been moody. I think she's bottling something up.

[punchtheflowers]

It's probably similar. We get strength from the sun, same as you guys. And there's heat inside the earth too...

Fire has more in common with Grass than everyone thinks.

[Oh boy, family dysfunction. Vinnie gave a loud sigh.]

I'll try talkin' t'them... I need to apologize for leaving, anyway.

Thanks for takin' care of everyone while I was away. Can't've been easy.

[throughthefireandflames]

Maybe. But it's something a family does for each other, you know? Just like I knew you'd come back eventually.

[punchtheflowers]

[Vinnie chuckled and gave a warm smile in response.]

Thanks for trustin' me. Even if I didn't trust myself at the time.

[throughthefireandflames]

[She grinned back]

I know how that is. I think it's when I realized how you guys are kinda like pillars all around me that I really got stronger.

[punchtheflowers]

Pillars, huh? I can live with bein' a pillar.

[throughthefireandflames]

Well...

[She grins mischievously]

You can be more than one when you're a Venusaur, ha ha ha...

[It wasn't too long ago when they used to throw insults at each other every minute. Sometimes even the oldest habits could reappear from time to time.]