[action - visiting Eiko]

[morehatthanmage.livejournal.com]

[Okay so he could have just called but he's still struggling with the skyphones.

Knock knock, Eiko. Tiny little black mage is here to see you!]

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[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

[The door flies open and an overly energetic Eiko comes bouncing out. Being cooped up stinks.]

Vivi! Come in! You're going to help me.

[Without another word, she's dragging him into her room, where there's a collection of moogles surrounding the bed. One's gotten himself wedged under there and begging for 'Help, kupo!' The rest of them are pulling on his paws to no avail.]

[morehatthanmage.livejournal.com]

[Vivi struggles but manages to keep up and avoid tripping over his own feet. He panics on the spot silently upon seeing the moogle, there's no way he can lift the bed, should he try to help by pulling on the moogle's paws with the others? Would that hurt it? He fidgets in panicked, not-entirely-coherent thought - would magic help? Most of his own spells are only good for burning things - and then nods to himself, tugging on Eiko's sleeve.]

Mini! Can- can you use Mini on him to pull him out and then fix him once he's free?

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

[Not about to admit that Vivi had an idea that didn't occur to her, Eiko puts on a huffy expression.]

I guess I can do that. The moogle won't like it.

[Even so, the spell is cast on the poor moogle who scurried out minaturized. Eiko scoops him up to keep him from getting squashed and proceeds to cuddle him.]

[morehatthanmage.livejournal.com]

OOC:Is it okay to assume IC Shrine/Terra signups happenned before this?

[Vivi covers his eyes with his hands and watches through the fingers of his gloves as the moogle shriks and escapes. He's a little guilty about getting her to do something that'd upset the moogles, especially since it'd probably upset her too since she likes them. Once the moogle is safe and not squashes he pulls his hands away, looking at the moogle.]

Is he okay? Is he hurt? How did he get under there?

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

((ooc: Yup, it's fine! And sorry about so slow. Hard to get time to tag from here.))

They were fighting over the last kupo nut and it rolled under the bed.

[Which explains why the gathering is still trying to figure out a a way under the bed without getting stuck. The miniature moogle is squirming and asking, 'Turn me back, kupo!' However, Eiko's having none of that. While he's little, he reminds her of Mog and for now, she's not reversing the spell.]

You're staying like this.

[morehatthanmage.livejournal.com]

OOC: It's fine! I'm a horribly slow tagger anyway~

[Vivi fidgets a little, not entirely sure how to bring up the topic of leaving for Alexandia, even if it's temporary. The topic of leaving for Terra is something he feels is best left until he's not on the same world as Eiko. Hopefully nobody'll notice while he's gone.

After a few seconds of watching the tiny moogle and not quite managing to make the connection to mog he starts to speak, tugging on the fingers of his gloves as he does.]

I'm going-

[Okay no. Vivi realizes a little too late that starting and sentence with 'I'm going' when speaking to Eiko is a very bad idea. He shuffles his feet, gathers what courage he has and tries again.]

Do you want to get out? I wanna go visit Zidane and Dagger and Steiner.

[Once again, Vivi realizes something a little too late. This time, it's that there's moogles here who might actually object to Eiko being snuck away from her punishment. Oops. He looks around a lot and then tries to be as discreet as possible (not discreet at all) about whispering.]

You- you'd probably be allowed to go to the airship dock to say goodbye, right? Then you just have to sneak on the airship!

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

[The moogles start eying Eiko. Not that most of them would directly defy her, since everyone knows she rules the roost, but they're quite likely to go tattling to the Regent when she's gone. She on the other hand looks sulky that Vivi can go whenever and wherever he wants and she can't.]

You're brilliant! Let's go! [And then to the moogles:] I'm going to say goodbye to Vivi. I'll be back.

[morehatthanmage.livejournal.com]

[Vivi picks up the jar of Gyshal Pickles he bought for Steiner (he was thoughtful enough to leave them outside of Eiko's room, even though the jar is sealed tightly enough to not stink.) and heads toward the docks.

Once there, he looks around and points to an airship.]

I- I think it's that one!

[With that he sets off again, not wanting to get caught. The docks are crowded enough right now to make it very difficult to notice two children moving past everyone's ankles]

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

[That's all the motivation Eiko needs! She grabs Vivi's hand and starts running to the airship.]

C'mon, slowpoke! Let's get going!

[Meanwhile, her Mini'ed moogle is still wiggling and fussing about wanting to be turned back and threatening to rat them both out.]

Hush! I'll change you back in a minute.

We'll climb that rope and then swing over onto the deck.

[morehatthanmage.livejournal.com]

[Even when it's his idea he always ends up being dragged around. But he doesn't mind it. With all the things that have changed about the world it's nice to know that some things havn't changed at all.]

We-we're going to...swing?

[He sounds so very very unsure about that. Maybe this was a bad idea after all. But disobeying Eiko would probably be a worse idea and so he starts climbing.]

They'll have to get caught~

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

[Disobeying Eiko is always a bad idea and usually ends with jumping and yelling, and occasionally, intervention by the Regent. She huffs and slams her hands down on her hips. If Vivi thought she was good at it before, four years of watching Hilda do the same thing has helped her perfect that art.]

Yes we're going to swing.

[Hrm. Climbing that rope while holding the moogle proves tricky, so she crams the small creature into one of her pockets and starts climbing herself.]

Drop down over there.

[She points to an empty spot on the airship, which is quite a fall to the deck.]

Naturally!~

[morehatthanmage.livejournal.com]

[Oh dear. Eiko somehow got scarier while he was gone. Better do what she says. He scrunches his eyes closed as he starts to swing and lets go without openning them. Through pure luck, he lands in about the correct place.

Also luckily? He's not quite as fragile as his size, age and demeanor would suggest. He stumbles to his feet and adjusts his hat, seeming a little shaken but relatively unhurt.]

Are you okay?

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

[Not so lucky for Eiko, she got caught on a piece of wood protruding from the airship on the way down and has effectively gotten herself snagged mid-air. She kicks her feet and legs, screaming her head off.]

Get me down! Get me down! This isn't right!

[So much for a subtle smuggling job.]

[morehatthanmage.livejournal.com]

[Hanging from things! Eiko's one weakness! Vivi waves his arms around desperately because this will totally help]

Shh! Shh! Use float!

[It's too little, too late. There's a shout of "That's the princess! Over there, quickly!" and guards are on thier way.]

[tidesnpcs.livejournal.com]

[And here come the guards!]

Get her down!

[One of them climbs up to rescue Eiko.]

Here, Lady Eiko. Grab my arm.

[lastsummoner.livejournal.com]

[Oh HECK NO. She is not going back to the castle to get grounded more. Not when Vivi can go and do whatever he wants. Eiko takes Vivi's suggestion and casts Float on herself. Unfortunately, thanks to where and how her clothing is caught, it only serves to hover her mid-air, not free her from her predicament. She flails and yells even more.]

Gaaaaaaaaah! I hate this. Whose dumb idea was this anyway?!

[Only when she realizes that she's going to be stuck there forever unless she does something, she reaches out to grab the guard. Maybe if she's lucky they can make a break for it before he can stop her. Once her feet touch the ground.]

[tidesnpcs.livejournal.com]

[The guard picks her up firmly and carries her back down to the airship docks. Once her feet touch the ground, he keeps hold of her arm. Not letting her go, oh no. All the Lindblum guards know how hard it is to keep Eiko in the castle.]

Back to your room now, my lady. Come with us.

[morehatthanmage.livejournal.com]

[Vivi to the rescue!

...well, he tries, anyway. Leaving the pickles on the airship he scrambles after Eiko and the guard, tugging the back of the guard's uniform.

...

...and he was all ready to say something about letting her go and to be all brave but he's forgotten what to say and instead just mumbles and looks up and the guard, looking kind of pathetic.]