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[versusseeker]

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[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.]

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[If she's being honest, she doesn't really expect him to answer back. Realistically, she's pretty sure he thinks she's a bit creepy, so she's surprised to see the text at all—even more surprised when he gives her the compliment, because. Well. She's not exactly the nicest person. She has three hallucinations who can attest to that much.

But, still.]

You're welcome.

I'm really not, but that's sweet of you to say. You okay? Are you allergic to anything in the basket?

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no
its all gud

[There are a couple of things that Red won't eat in the basket (#veganprobs), but anything that he won't take his Pokémon will - they've been enjoying Veronica's gift almost more than he has.]

pkmn say thx 2

ur brendans frnd?

[couldbebeautiful]

Oh, good. I was worried for a minute there.

Pkmn?

Yeah, he's a pretty good friend of mine. You saved me a lot of paper, by the way, I was going to put posters up all over Heropa.

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pokemon
srry

[He pauses, considers for a moment that he might need to explain.]

lyk anmls w pwrs

+ c?
u r nice
thts rlly nice

[couldbebeautiful]

Color me intrigued. Like the kind of powers we get when we're dragged here, or what?

[She pauses a moment. It's nice of him to say that, but when Veronica thinks about it, she can't quite apply it to herself. She tries to be, she knows that, but it isn't enough. Not for her.]

He's my friend. Of course I'd do something nice for him, that doesn't always mean someone's a nice person.

You're a lot better than I am, anyway, seeing as you helped find them.

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[Hm. Well, they are kind of like the powers that people get when they show up here...Red can't shoot electricity out of his cheeks or anything (Arceus, wouldn't that be something?), but communicating with animals telepathically is definitely something that psychic Pokémon is capable of. So...]

y

[That's a yes, by the way.]

u wntd 2 help
w posters

[Remember?]

jst glad thr safe

[couldbebeautiful]

"Wanted to" and "actually did" are two very different things.

[The self-loathing's strong enough that Red's compliments just—slide off, unable to truly sink into her head. The little things she's done, the tiny, nice deeds are dwarfed by everything else she's done, back home.]

I'd like to see these pokemon show off sometime. They're okay with that, right?

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[Oh?]

u wnt 2 c a bttl?

[couldbebeautiful]

If that's okay with them. And with you.

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