March - April Test Drive

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[a_mind_electric]

[The return reply does come in video form. Astrid is a little more comfortable doing it that way, especially when she was talking about the Void. It was hard to describe using only words.]

I feel it too. I don't know how, but it's like I'm... a person again?

[She crinkled her nose.]

Or like one of my senses went dark. A three-dimensional thing pushed onto a two-dimensional plane. Or something. Dunno if that makes any sense... point is yeah that's something that happens here.

[silver_soldier]

[Sephiroth is just going to keep using text, thank you.]

Did you stop being a person at some point?

[a_mind_electric]

Depends on who you ask.

[Astrid herself flipped between her own beliefs on the matter, depending on the day. She didn't seem to mind the lack of reciprocal video.]

Trapped for a bit in an extra-dimensional space that may or may not be sentient, came back with weird powers. You know. What's your thing?

[silver_soldier]

I'm asking you, aren't I?

Hah. The same, in a way. Though I had powers before.

[a_mind_electric]

I mean, get called a demon enough times and you start to wonder.

[She seemed almost dismissive when she said it, giving him a shrug.]

Yeah? Was that normal, or was it just you?

[silver_soldier]

I've been referred to as such by enemies before. Often it's an indicator of your skills more than anything else. A belief that your capabilities are beyond any human's.

It wasn't normal as most people would understand it. Though many in similar positions to myself exceeded 'normal'. Some more than others.

[a_mind_electric]

[Astrid's brow wrinkles and she frowns.]

I've got somebody back home too... my brother. I've heard that no time passes there, when you're here? So they at least won't have a chance to miss you.

[silver_soldier]

No one will miss me.

[a_mind_electric]

[Foot, meet mouth.]

Oh, I thought... I assumed you were all together. Sorry; I was stuck in the Void with a bunch of other kids, and we all came back kind of wrong.

[silver_soldier]

We were, at one point. They're dead.

Except for one, I think. But he appeared to loathe me when last we met.

[a_mind_electric]

Gosh... that must be terrible. I'm sorry.

[It seems like a change of topic will be welcome.]

How new are you? And what little monster did you get first?

[silver_soldier]

It is. [There's not really anything else to say on the matter, in any case.]

I've only been here roughly forty-five minutes. My creature is...a Cubone, according to this device. I have no idea what that means. It's not a monster type I've heard of before.

[a_mind_electric]

[Ah, much safer.]

Yeah, me neither, but they seem to get along with people well. They really like sparring with other monsters, and there's a whole conclave system just to facilitate it.

[Astrid hesitated to call them battles, since it was supposed to be all in good fun.]

We can meet up and I can show you? I just got a new little guy who needs training with something close to his level.

[silver_soldier]

Conclave system...? That term is unfamiliar.

We can meet if you'd like. But I'm not sure my creature wishes to battle, and I have no intention of forcing it. It...seems to lack confidence.

[a_mind_electric]

Oh, uh, I think they call it a league here? It's sort of a sport.

[Astrid pulls out her Pokegear and taps at it.]

Okay, you said you just got here so that should put you in New Bark... Cherrygrove is close, just to the west if you wanna meet up there.

Who should I look for?

[silver_soldier]

Ah. And the creatures...enjoy this? [They do seem intelligent, and if they consent to the combat...then he supposes it's not actually unethical the way a dog-fighting ring might be.

Honestly...he's so distinctive a figure that it's hard to think of just what to tell her to look for specifically. He considers for a moment.]

Look for a man with unusual eyes. They'll be obvious even at a distance. [This is vague enough to not give his identity away entirely to people who might know him and take understandable issue with him, but also a clear identifying marker.]

[a_mind_electric]

They seem to, yeah.

I shouldn't be long! Whenever you show up, I'll be by the Pokecenter. Big building with a red roof.

[Tycho had just learned Teleport, so it really wasn't long after she ended the call that Astrid was outside said building and leaning on the wall by the door. Tycho, a small Elgyem, was munching on a poffin.

Astrid herself is also fairly small and odd in a way that doesn't really translate over video. The odd eyes and Void scar had been clear, but light seems to be swirling behind her pupils. Her skin is ashy almost to the point of being depigmented.]

[silver_soldier]

[Well, the good news is that Astrid cannot, by any expectation, miss seeing Sephiroth when he arrives.

The black leather alone would have been enough. The waterfall of silver hair would have been enough. The glowing green cat-slit pupil eyes (which, he was right, she can't miss even in a crowd) would have been enough. The fact that this man is 6'6" would have been enough. But he is all of these things together, and the effect is rather like seeing an orca in a kiddie pool.

She's to be forgiven if, in her marveling that a man like this chose not to describe himself any better than he did, he spots her and approaches first.] I believe you were looking for me. [His voice is low, very subtle in its inflections - to the point of barely having any - but courteous.]

[a_mind_electric]

[Astrid is unable to speak for a few moments, though she does try a couple times. Eventually all she can think to do is hold her hand out.]

I mean... I guess you didn't lie.

[silver_soldier]

[Sephiroth's brow creases faintly as he looks at her, and then he looks down at her hand for a moment as if at a loss with what to do with it. But then memory stirs, and he reaches out his own to clasp hers.] Why would I lie? If I hadn't wanted to meet you, I could have refused.

[Already, he's giving the impression of being...slightly off. Not in a bad way, but in the way someone reciting words in a language they don't actually understand might be off.]

[a_mind_electric]

No, I mean that... I dunno why that's the thing you picked. 'Eight foot tall guy with hair down to his butt' is way more obvious.

I'm Astrid, by the way.

[silver_soldier]

I...would rather not make myself obvious over a public network. As you've noticed, I'm very recognizable. And there are people who have every right to take issue with me, if they happened to be here. I'd prefer to avoid trouble.

[He nods to her slightly.] Sephiroth.

[From behind one leather-clad leg, a Cubone peeks out at her.]

[a_mind_electric]

Fair enough. Dunno if anybody you know would be here; this place seems to be a funnel for different timelines, but how it cut me off from the Void I have no idea.

[Spotting the Cubone, Astrid smiles and kneels down to be at eye-ish level.]

Hey, buddy. Big world out here, huh? [She holds her hand out partway, palm-up.] What's your name?