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I suppose it is time I introduced myself. It has been long enough.

[The woman in front of the camera looks prim and proper; a true lady with a massive ribbon on her chest. She's doing her best to look neat for the video. To hell with camping. Apt people might notice a leaf in her hair.]

After all, it seems we're going to have to put up with each other for a long while. My name is-

[The camera turns.]

No, Derry! Don't you dare-

[SMOOCH. That's bright pink lips right on the screen there.]

Derry! I told you to hold it up to me! How useless...

[She tugs it out of the Smoochum's hands (paws?) with a sigh.]

Ahem. As I was saying. My name is Sola-Ui. Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri, to be precise. I suppose we will see whether it is a pleasure or not in times to come.

...if a man named 'Lancer' appears here, please inform me.

[Nope, no idea about other Lancers. Too busy not dying of OH MY GOD SO MUCH WALKING AND WHY DOES THE WEATHER HATE ME, etc, etc.]

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[riastrad_ridire]

Present and accounted for, what d'you want?

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...?

[video] - 2/?

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...excuse me?

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[That can't be. She's never seen this man before in her life, and if he's a Lancer, then-]

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[No, no, dignity, dignity.]

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[Oh, why couldn't it be her Lancer?]

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[...wait a minute how could a different Lancer even be here, the other wars were over and even the time stuff Kayneth mentioned never implied this!]

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You go by the title of Lancer?

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[riastrad_ridire]

Did I stammer, kid? You asked for a Lancer, you got a Lancer. Since I've never seen you before, I'm willin' to bet you found the wrong one.

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[darkenedgales]

Sola-Wui Nawada-Re Sof-- how the hell do you pronounce that?!

[... Way to be rude, Crow.]

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[...well, she can't say she's surprised at the uneducated commoners.]

Listen carefully, then.

Soh-lah-we - the 'w' sound is simular to the english 'u', but it all one sound. So it's "soh-lah-uhwe noo-ah--duh-ree soh-fee-ah-ree".

[She carefully stresses each syllable to make them easier to make out.]

The "D" tends to be more implied then spoken.

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[darkenedgales]

Soh-lah-uhwe noo-ah-- Damn, it must be a pain to introduce yourself! [No wonder she says she's waited some time with it. Clearly she must have gotten mentally ready first!]

Ever thought of shortening it to just 'Sola'?

[wontdieifkilled]

...Wait. Lancer.

What.

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[Best not to admit things, at least until she knows more about him.]

Ah. A man I met on vacation in Japan - a little city called Fuyuki. Quite a charming place, for the most part. A little prone to major disasters, it would seem.

He wouldn't give me any other name.

[wontdieifkilled]

You don't need to hide it from me. I was a Master myself.

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[ex_cashcow493]

Why would I ever do such a thing?

[ Guess it's time to stop hiding behind text and reveal herself as the woman Lancer actually had an interest in, even if said interest was just to kick her ass ]

That war is over. He has no reason to report to you should he arrive here. In fact, I already have plans to continue our duel without interruption should he find himself in this realm.

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...hmph. How foolish, to cling to broken ideals. If he finds himself here, he will undoubtably obey the orders of his Master. If he does not, then troubling things may happen.

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[enjoymyatelier]

[WELL now that their traveling party is down to two, it's time for Kayneth to live up to his family name and actually try to figure out tents!

...HE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, REALLY...

but, uh, well. ...really, if Lancer shows up, he can go and starve on the first route for all Kayneth cares-he was only necessary for the Holy Grail War. He would bring it up, but he had the feeling that it wouldn't go over well.

...which was getting to him to begin with, but...]

That Pokemon has been giving you a lot of difficulty, hasn't it?

[action] Augh, I hate this. Sorry. <333 I will try to do better.

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Hmph. He's hardly as reliable as I had hoped.

[She cast a discerning eye over his attempts. If truth had to be told, nothing on this world could have earned her approval right then.]

And what of your own? Has there been any troubles?

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[milquetoasthero]

I'm Luca Milda. It's nice to meet you, Sola-wui-- Sola-weh-- um, miss. [Why are your names so hard-- even Lord El-mellon-- loi! El-Melloi's was hard. All your flowy vowely things-- where's the hard DAs and RAs and KAs huh--] I hope you're not, um... having too hard of a time adjusting... to life here...

[...his voice is trailing off because he's noticing the leaf. Might be trying to signal that she has something in her hair by brushing the side it's on with his hand. He's trying to be discreet about this, trust.]

[video] Sob, I am so sorry for the delay. Computer is borked. I promise I haven't dropped anything.

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...is there a problem with your hand, Mister Milda?

[Her voice is decidedly sarcastic, a hint of amusement laced in the back of it.]

Adjusting is troublesome indeed, but I suppose it must be done. [A sigh.] "Sola" or "Miss Sophia-Ri" will do.

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[explosivecombat]

[...goodness, madam, if there is anything that Kimblee has learned from being in Johto, it's that he can take comfort in the fact that there are people that do, in fact, have worse names than his. Because that's absolutely horrendous.

Absolutely horrendous.

All right, let's see if he can work out where in the world you were breaking up the syllables. Soh-la-uhwe Nu-ah-

...you know what, let's just go with the most easily pronounced part of that and hope she corrects him if he's wrong.]

Forgive me for being so forward, Miss Sophia-Ri, but you seem to be having some difficulty. [His gaze will just be flicking toward her hair, there, but at least that's a bit less noticable through the 'Gear.] I certainly hope you're finding at least some of the people in this place tolerable, as opposed to people you simply have to "put up with."

Although I can't say that I don't generally share the sentiment, if you haven't; the locals are a bit of an...ah, interesting lot.

[video] Sob, I am so sorry for the delay. Computer is borked. I promise I haven't dropped anything

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[It truly is a terrible name. But she appreciates it anyway. After all, not many get to be part of such a noble family. She nods approvingly at the name.]

The locals, I'm afraid, seem to be quite insane. Or severely damaged. It's hard to tell which. Perhaps they can be trained. Perhaps not. Some people cannot be easily handled.

As it stands, only my fiance here has shown any desire to be fairly tolerable so far.

And Johnny tries to work his charm. [video]

[usedthemonkey]

[and who's that looking into the 'Gear, trying to look as charming and as macho as possible?]

...How about I just call you pretty instead, long-named red-headed momma?

A guy named "Lancer?" Does he like, transform into a car or something?

[Someone's been watching too many reruns of Turbo Teen...]

[video] Sob, I am so sorry for the delay. Computer is borked. I promise I haven't dropped anything

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...

[She can't do much beyond stare. And stare. Before finally regaining some semblance of self.]

Hardly. He wields lances. That is all there is to it. "Sola" will be fine. [A beat.]

I'm nobody's mother.

[Does she really look that old?]