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[badluckbabe]

That is either adorable...or pathetic I'm not sure which...can it be both?

[A pink haired, pink eyed girl is watching the display, a massive white beast of a pokemon with bright orange stripes trailing behind her holding shopping bags. If Maka's done her homework she'll recognize it as a Incineroar, though it's colors are not the normal colors for one.]

Has he had any actual fights yet? Or was that his first?

[stratezeitgeist]

Few men are truly in charge of his own fate. Even, nay, especially when said place is a metaphorical privy. [Or did Eridan mean the butthole. The mysteries never end.]

'Tis the natural course of things to try to take the reigns, however.

[He grins]

And you happen to have stumbled upon a very useful store of information. I do well to memorize near-everything I hear!

cain | starfighter

[khuy]

one--- action; cain is a drunk asshole
[when he's not spending his hard earned cash spoiling his precious angels, cain is spending all that sweet money on the finer things of life. like liquor. lots of liquor in fact.

so by the time he's finally kicked out of the bar, Cain is a drunken pissed off mess, staggering slightly as his growlithe (lovingly known as Cyka) follows at his side. haphazardly he bumps into you! a passing stranger and he growls (as does Cyka) at you as if it was your fault for not looking where you were going.]

Hey! Watch where you're going, shithead.

[Drunk!Rocket Grunt Cain challenges you to a match!]

C'mon Cyka, rip that fucker a new one!

two-- text; cain is a good poke dad
hey! anyone got any fucking ideas for how to amp up a little guys self-esteem? I ain't askin for a scummy throw your match my way sorta shit. Just need a good pep talk for my lil Gleb. He's a good lad, just has some sorta performance issues y'know?

two--- wildcard; cain is doing something else
[You start it, I'll fight ya.]

Harry Mason | Silent Hill | Reapp

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[Video]

[Hey it's Harry Mason, he's just looking somewhat ...frazzled?]

So we caught a wild pokemon, that's normal... but I have a quick question...

[The camera is pointed to a bunch of floating keys in front of him, before it's pointed back to himself.]

How is that a pokemon....why is that a pokemon.......did keys become sentient while I was gone? Should I be worried about anything else becoming sentient on me?

[They keys just jingle behind him and he sighs.]

No, it's fine. I'll think of something to name you....I don't suppose It's Locked would work.

[Text Post]

I know they have books here. Do you think you'd be able to get books published here if you're supposed to be a pokemon trainer. It's not that I don't like training but I have to admit, writing is still more my style.

VIDEO

[11121_assumption]

Many objects can be Pokemon.

[ Hello Harry Mason, here's Walter Sullivan with a candle on his shoulder. Said candle has a tiny, Litwick-sized fan and is fanning her flame, letting it burn brightly. ]

...you mentioned being gone. Have you been in this world before?

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

So it seems. ....is that a candle?

[The jingle of keys is floating behind him still, but he's less freaked out now, after the shock of WHY ARE THERE FLOATING KEYS has worn off a bit.]

I was. For about....three years or so. I'm not sure how long ago that was here though.

[11121_assumption]

[ The candle is clearly Insulted and snaps her fan closed, pouting very haughtily. Walter lightly cupped her flame, as if to quell her temper. ]

She is a Litwick. So, people can return...? [ It felt almost cruel, to present this hope to him as he remembered the people who had vanished since he had arrived last year. ]

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

I see. I'm sorry if I offended them.

[Yeah....he can relate. He lost a lot of good friends, he lost Lisa all over again and now he's lost her namesake.]

They can. ...though It didn't happen very often when I was here, sadly. This place always seemed so random with who it brought over and when or for how long they stayed. I suppose that hasn't changed.

[11121_assumption]

[ Walter sighed deeply, dropping his hand. ] I see...

[ Meanwhile Source accepts the apology with a dismissive wave of her fan, but she noticed Walter's demeanour. She papped his cheek, clearly telling him to not look so glum. After all, she's right here! He gave her a look before returning to Harry ]

That does make sense. It has been a year since I arrived, and the people who I knew...they have not returned at all. I did not think it was possible.

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[He sighs as well.]

Yeah. Like I said, it's rare. I don't think I ever got someone back that vanished while I was there. As much as I'd hoped for it.

And there were sometimes cases where....they'd come back and not remember anything about the place. My daughter had that happen a few times to her I believe. I don't know if that's worse or not.

[11121_assumption]

They...they won't remember?

[ That's...that's terrible and it shows when he hears that's a possibility. The ide aof people who had meant so much to him, not remembering... ]

I...I shouldn't have expected any better from this world. It gives so much...it only makes sense that it would have another side to it. Nothing can be as good as it made itself appear to be.

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[That's....so sad Walter.]

There are good and bad sides to all worlds. Or at least that's my experience in talking to people and coming from my own to this one.

There are good things and there are bad things. What matters most is that we treasure the time we have with the people who become our friends and do our best to make things better, even if the world is dark and sometimes filled with terrible people.

[11121_assumption]

[ Walter exhaled ]

Where I came from...there was no light. The world was corrupt to it's core, stained by humanity.

This place is better. Even if it has the potential to be cruel, it is not...it's not where I came from. The Pokemon are...little angels, in their own ways. [ He glances to Source again who is immediately pleased and gives a distinctive laugh, opening her fan and hiding her mouth. She's a character, but she's good. ]

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[That's .....creepily close to what the cult talked about, but he won't go there.]

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you can find something better here.

[And he does. And he would even if he knew who you were.]

My own world....wasn't the best. It did cruel things, it had terrible people. I lost...so many people. But my daughter was there and she was my light. Sometimes all it takes is one person to live for and everything can be a little better.

[11121_assumption]

{ Oh Harry... ]

...I do have something better here. Anything was better than where I was...and what I was. [ He murmurs, so softly. Another Pokemon approached off screen with a cry, evidently to Walter. It sounded like a Marowak. He gave the off-screen Marowak a smile. ]

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

Then I'm glad.

[The thing about Harry is. ...he really, honestly is. Total stranger but he thinks people deserve to be happy.]

If things get bad here though, feel free to give me a call. I know we just met but ...I know what having nothing to go back to is like.

[Being dead does that, doesn't it Walter.]

[11121_assumption]

[ Being dead is better than what he had become. ]

...why would you do that for me? [ It had been a year but total strangers showing any kind of kindness...it's not something Walter will really adjust to. ]

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

Why?

Because I can, I suppose. I don't really need a reason to help people. It's just...the right thing to do.

[11121_assumption]

I don't deserve that. I never have. [ He didn't deserve it as a kid, he didn't deserve it as a teenager and after what he did...yeah, he's never deserved it. Even after being here and...not, being that. He still doesn't see himself as worth anything.

Thankfully his Pokemon disagree. The Litwick smacks him with her fan and is clearly giving him some sass, and the unseen Marowak protests and nudges against his side, given how Walter has to adjust his balance. ]

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

Your pokemon seem to disagree.

[He smiles at the Litwick. Like he still has no idea who this guys is but yes good job pokemon team.]

And sometimes it's not about what you think you deserve.

[11121_assumption]

[ Walter exhaled deeply, trying to placate his Pokemon without going back on what he said. Thank the Holy Mother one of his more fussy Pokemon hadn't overheard, he didn't feel like trying to wave off Reed the Decidueye trying to smother him because the giant owl still didn't believe he was no longer able to perch on him.

"It's not about what you deserve." He remembers someone who's been telling him that quite often. ]

...Heather keeps saying that. That, this place is not about what we think we deserve.

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

...Heather?

[Wait, wait..]

Heather Mason?

[11121_assumption]

Yes. [ He knows that tone. ]

You knew her?

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[That just makes him chuckle.]

I do actually. I'm her father. Harry Mason.

[mouthfordays]

I'm insane!

[Said all bright and cheerful, like it's a matter of honor, before that fist connects with his face and sends Bill's precarious balance tumbling backwards. He lands on his back with an undignified splatting noise, and starts chortling from his prone position.]

I think you broke my nose!

[... he really shouldn't sound so happy about that.]