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[As much as Nikolai may dislike everyone from home, he's also a fourteen-year-old kid. Who just found something really, really cool that he has to share right away!
Attached to the link is this text.]
Go look @ teh 1st 2 pics!
Noctowl and swanna!!!!
this wurrld does hv pkmn!
Attached to the link is this text.]
Go look @ teh 1st 2 pics!
Noctowl and swanna!!!!
this wurrld does hv pkmn!
[Huh? A message from Nikolai? Now, that one he wasn't expecting. But he'll welcome any semblance of an olive branch from the kid.]
<(o◕ᆺ◕o)>
thats gr8!
[He's pretty sure those are actually just plain old normal animals, but. He doesn't dare do anything to quell Niko's excitement (not that animals aren't totally exciting in their own right).]
<(o◕ᆺ◕o)>
thats gr8!
[He's pretty sure those are actually just plain old normal animals, but. He doesn't dare do anything to quell Niko's excitement (not that animals aren't totally exciting in their own right).]
Edited (had to make it more chatspeaky) 2017-08-09 05:34 (UTC)
Kid, I need ya to do me a favour. Don't battle Niko if he challenges you. Just turn it down.
Sorry, but I don't give a fuck about any pride you have in battlin' or anythin'. The way he pushes his Pokémon, one day they're gonna faint and not wake up and I don't want that to happen in a battle here. Got it?
Sorry, but I don't give a fuck about any pride you have in battlin' or anythin'. The way he pushes his Pokémon, one day they're gonna faint and not wake up and I don't want that to happen in a battle here. Got it?
[Archie's message sends a heavy shiver down Red's spine. When he turns on his own feed, his expression is even stiffer than usual, a frown on his face and darkness in his eyes - that and he might look a little like he's going to be sick.]
What can we do?
[Clearly they can't just let this go on. Red knows that Archie has already tried to take Niko's Pokémon away once. Obviously that wasn't the best way to go about it, but maybe if they could find someway to appeal to him...]
What can we do?
[Clearly they can't just let this go on. Red knows that Archie has already tried to take Niko's Pokémon away once. Obviously that wasn't the best way to go about it, but maybe if they could find someway to appeal to him...]
Hey loser! [Blue beams with a little salute-wave] Happy birthday! I'm coming over later, so make time for me, alright!? I got somethin' for ya.
...?
[Oh, that's right. It is his birthday today, isn't it?
[Alright. He gives Blue a short nod.]
[Oh, that's right. It is his birthday today, isn't it?
[Alright. He gives Blue a short nod.]
[so despite their kind of tense last convo, in the middle of the working day, red gets a photo of blastoise - underwater, because that's how archie rolls (and also his work give him good underwater equipment) - with the team aqua bandana hanging off one of its ears and sitting in the middle of a coiled up gyarados with sharpedo floating just next to them both.
it looks happy, at least.]
it looks happy, at least.]
[After a long and terrible hour of staring with crippling guilt and empathy at Red's post]
hey Red
Are you ok?
hey Red
Are you ok?
[Some time after this thread, there's a gift basket sitting on Red's doorstep, with junk food and fruits and even some pet food inside. It's all accompanied with a note, in curly handwriting:]
Brendan told me about what you did for him. Thanks.
If you need someone to talk to about it, here's my number. [And here's a phone number. Underneath is a name: Veronica.]
Brendan told me about what you did for him. Thanks.
If you need someone to talk to about it, here's my number. [And here's a phone number. Underneath is a name: Veronica.]
...?
[Red had found the gift basket with some confusion, reading over the card a good two or three times before finally venturing to say something.
["If you need someone to talk to about it" - she must have been referring to the quolls. It's something that Red has really been trying his best not to think about, but not without a few restless nights here and there. At any rate, he doesn't really want to talk about that, but he definitely owes this girl a thank you. So, sometime shortly after she's dropped off the basket, Veronica will receive a text (that might be kind of miserable to read):]
red
thx 4 the food
ur rlly nice
[It may not translate well through text, but Red is basically dying of gratitude - what a sweet thing to do for a complete stranger. Especially in this strange and sometimes dark world, the small act of kindness really touches him.]
[Red had found the gift basket with some confusion, reading over the card a good two or three times before finally venturing to say something.
["If you need someone to talk to about it" - she must have been referring to the quolls. It's something that Red has really been trying his best not to think about, but not without a few restless nights here and there. At any rate, he doesn't really want to talk about that, but he definitely owes this girl a thank you. So, sometime shortly after she's dropped off the basket, Veronica will receive a text (that might be kind of miserable to read):]
red
thx 4 the food
ur rlly nice
[It may not translate well through text, but Red is basically dying of gratitude - what a sweet thing to do for a complete stranger. Especially in this strange and sometimes dark world, the small act of kindness really touches him.]
[Odin? Puppies? You don't have to tell him twice.]
omw
omw
[Hold up. This is some good information that Pucci is giving him and Red is going to take some notes.]
gud 2 kno
thx
[Anyway.]
depends on the pkmn
[Oh, and also:]
hi p
<(o◕ᆺ◕o)>ﾉ”
gud 2 kno
thx
[Anyway.]
depends on the pkmn
[Oh, and also:]
hi p
<(o◕ᆺ◕o)>ﾉ”
people don't like me.
i don't know what i've done wrong but nobody likes me and i have no friends and everyone wishes i was just the deaddiest dead.
they want me to be in a smelly mausoleum made of garbage so they can paint butts all over it.
everything is sad. odin is sad. odin's heart is sad. the sky is sad for odin. when it rains? that's tears. my tears. odin's tears. because odin is a god of the skies and when he cries in his mortal frame so too do the tears from the heavens fall.
i cast a spell:
bluebird lamentation.
even the songbirds have lost their beautiful voices.
now, all they do is mourn.
i don't know what i've done wrong but nobody likes me and i have no friends and everyone wishes i was just the deaddiest dead.
they want me to be in a smelly mausoleum made of garbage so they can paint butts all over it.
everything is sad. odin is sad. odin's heart is sad. the sky is sad for odin. when it rains? that's tears. my tears. odin's tears. because odin is a god of the skies and when he cries in his mortal frame so too do the tears from the heavens fall.
i cast a spell:
bluebird lamentation.
even the songbirds have lost their beautiful voices.
now, all they do is mourn.
Yo, Red!
I left my Pokémon home today, but I gotta stay at work to help out with something. Be a pal and give 'em dinner with yours so they don't gotta wait, will ya?
I left my Pokémon home today, but I gotta stay at work to help out with something. Be a pal and give 'em dinner with yours so they don't gotta wait, will ya?
[Red literally grabs the brim of his hat and tips it even though there is exactly no one around to see him do it.
[And then he's off to Blue's. He's had a key to the place for a couple of months now, so he just let's himself right in, grabs the Pokéballs from Blue's nightstand, and then heads to the backyard to release the motley crew.
[Hey, guys. Blue's stuck at work, so I'm gonna go ahead and feed you today, okay?]
[And then he's off to Blue's. He's had a key to the place for a couple of months now, so he just let's himself right in, grabs the Pokéballs from Blue's nightstand, and then heads to the backyard to release the motley crew.
[Hey, guys. Blue's stuck at work, so I'm gonna go ahead and feed you today, okay?]
hey reddy
busy?
[he's pining already, what is this suffering]
busy?
[he's pining already, what is this suffering]
Edited 2017-10-27 20:12 (UTC)
Methinks it's time for the Captain to flee the coup, lad!
Want to come with? Sailing the Atlantic is quite the voyage.
Want to come with? Sailing the Atlantic is quite the voyage.
[Oh...?]
ur leaving?
how long?
[Because, let's not lie, he is super interested.]
ur leaving?
how long?
[Because, let's not lie, he is super interested.]
[Oh, Arceus, Archie, please don't start talking about Digletts again.]
lol!
ur funny
<(o◕ᆺ◕o)> lold 2
lol!
ur funny
<(o◕ᆺ◕o)> lold 2
Red...!? Red, where are you?? I checked home and you’re not— just call me back, okay?
[Lo and behold, Blue gets a voice back in response, cracking and choked.]
Blue...?
Blue...?
Red!
I hate typing so much but I know you like it more.
I'm getting pokemon memories and I thought you would like to know that.
It's about as close as I will ever get to having my own.
I hate typing so much but I know you like it more.
I'm getting pokemon memories and I thought you would like to know that.
It's about as close as I will ever get to having my own.
[It takes Red a minute to respond. He almost considers not responding, actually. He's feeling a bit down in the dumps with his own borrowed memories (unbeknownst to him that they're borrowed), and he tends to withdraw when he's down.
[But he can't do that to Loma.]
rlly?
lyk wut
u dont have 2 type
[But he can't do that to Loma.]
rlly?
lyk wut
u dont have 2 type
[There's a sharp, shaky breath]
Um... I'm headed home...
[His voice is meek, like the Blue of long, long ago.]
Can I come meet you at your place?
Um... I'm headed home...
[His voice is meek, like the Blue of long, long ago.]
Can I come meet you at your place?
[For a moment - just the briefest second, operating purely on instinct - Red considers not answering.
[But he does.]
@ archies
[He can't bring himself to speak, of course, but isn't that to be expected?]
ill come home
[But he does.]
@ archies
[He can't bring himself to speak, of course, but isn't that to be expected?]
ill come home
[Get ready for the most Red text you've ever received.]
y
y?
y
y?
Is this horse one of your pokemons? I think it's lost. [ and there is an incoming picture of Sleipnir aka Eli. ]
[ on the doorstep a present is left, with a tag:
"These took forever to make, but I think they turned out pretty good! Enjoy -Loma"
inside are recreations of a pokeball and red's pokemon companions (or rather pikachu, charizard, venusaur and blastoise, since those are the ones she knows) handmade out of clay. they're a little lumpy but they've been heated and hardened into tiny figurines. ]
"These took forever to make, but I think they turned out pretty good! Enjoy -Loma"
inside are recreations of a pokeball and red's pokemon companions (or rather pikachu, charizard, venusaur and blastoise, since those are the ones she knows) handmade out of clay. they're a little lumpy but they've been heated and hardened into tiny figurines. ]
[This warrants more than a text. The video clicks on with Red holding up Loma's creations, eyes misty and expression soft with wonder. He holds them up, inclining his head toward the camera and softly, very softly, saying:]
Thank you, Loma.
Thank you, Loma.
Maxie stole a cat
Can you believe this!? And they got the nerve to come mommying me!
Can you believe this!? And they got the nerve to come mommying me!
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