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tabularasa_rp2020-12-05 03:23 pm
halloflamer) wrote in tabularasa_rp2020-12-05 03:23 pm
OPEN - am I blue? you'd be too
Who: Blue Oak and yoooou
Where: Mt. Silver's peak, Heavenly Blanc, and Mortis Lake (maybe Merlaut Apartments later)
When: throughout voidcember!
What: Between Red and Lance vanishing, Ren and Akechi seemingly vanishing, and Mementos, Blue has been having a real Bad Time.
Content Warnings: alcohol abuse, depression
A. Mortis Lake Forest
[When Blue is stressed out, he has a few ways of dealing with it. The healthiest one, thankfully, comes first.]
[Although they may not having all their usual abilities, having his full team of Pokémon back meant that Blue could get back into the swing of a training routine, and that was at least the first step in keeping his mind straight. Mortis Lake was a great place for this- Gyarados chills in the lake waters for a happy soak while Exeggutor sits amongst the other trees next to a meditating Alakazam, watching as Blue directs Arcanine and Pidgeot in Agility training. Eevee is trying to follow along, although even quick as he is, he can't make such powerful single bounds and dashes as the powerful 'windy' Pokémon can.]
Come on, Arcanine! A little quicker! This time, try to make it to that notched tree over there and back before Pidgeot makes it to that treetop and back! [Blue calls, absorbed in his training. He looks... exhausted, almost like he himself has been pushing at this for hours without a break. You'll have to forgive him and his Pokémon if they don't see you directly in the path of their makeshift training arena.]
B. Heavenly Blanc
[Whether it's before the disappearance of his coworker or after, patrons of Heavenly Blanc might find the bar.... less regularly manned than it usually is. At first, maybe one could chalk it up to the strange sleep cycles everyone has found themselves beholden to, but those that catch the bar's usual tender might realize that's not the only reason.]
[Those that knew him well probably knew Blue was a fan of the bottle to begin with, but the way he's slumped over the bar, or in of the booths, or laying spread eagle on the floor probably makes it obvious this isn't just his usual casual, raucous overdrinking. If a patron enters while he's miserably laying about, he'll blink up slowly, squint, and try to roll himself up. Gotta... get back to work...]
Ah, customer... jus' gimme a second...
C. Mt. Silver's Peak
[And when he just can't bring himself to face the outside world anymore, he goes to where's most familiar to him.]
[...It's sort of laughable that it's this place. It hurts, more than it helps; huddled up on the cavern at the peak, Blue looks out over the world of the void that he can see in glimpses between the veils of snow that fall, below the misty cloudcover that swirls this high up. He wonders if Red always looked down over Kanto like this, wanting to return, but unable to bear it. That was probably how it felt, right? ...Who can know what that guy was ever feeling, or thinking...]
[Blue tucks his face into his knees and sniffles, hard and gross, shivering against the warmth of his Arcanine, who whines and nuzzles against him. That idiot.... there was no way of knowing what had happened to him- if he had slipped and fallen down the mountain, if he'd gotten eaten in those terrible corridors full of monsters and mouths- or if he'd simply ...gotten tired of people again, and vanished somewhere. Gotten tired of him again.]
[Well, in the end, as Blue had always supposed back then- he wouldn't blame him.]
Where: Mt. Silver's peak, Heavenly Blanc, and Mortis Lake (maybe Merlaut Apartments later)
When: throughout voidcember!
What: Between Red and Lance vanishing, Ren and Akechi seemingly vanishing, and Mementos, Blue has been having a real Bad Time.
Content Warnings: alcohol abuse, depression
A. Mortis Lake Forest
[When Blue is stressed out, he has a few ways of dealing with it. The healthiest one, thankfully, comes first.]
[Although they may not having all their usual abilities, having his full team of Pokémon back meant that Blue could get back into the swing of a training routine, and that was at least the first step in keeping his mind straight. Mortis Lake was a great place for this- Gyarados chills in the lake waters for a happy soak while Exeggutor sits amongst the other trees next to a meditating Alakazam, watching as Blue directs Arcanine and Pidgeot in Agility training. Eevee is trying to follow along, although even quick as he is, he can't make such powerful single bounds and dashes as the powerful 'windy' Pokémon can.]
Come on, Arcanine! A little quicker! This time, try to make it to that notched tree over there and back before Pidgeot makes it to that treetop and back! [Blue calls, absorbed in his training. He looks... exhausted, almost like he himself has been pushing at this for hours without a break. You'll have to forgive him and his Pokémon if they don't see you directly in the path of their makeshift training arena.]
B. Heavenly Blanc
[Whether it's before the disappearance of his coworker or after, patrons of Heavenly Blanc might find the bar.... less regularly manned than it usually is. At first, maybe one could chalk it up to the strange sleep cycles everyone has found themselves beholden to, but those that catch the bar's usual tender might realize that's not the only reason.]
[Those that knew him well probably knew Blue was a fan of the bottle to begin with, but the way he's slumped over the bar, or in of the booths, or laying spread eagle on the floor probably makes it obvious this isn't just his usual casual, raucous overdrinking. If a patron enters while he's miserably laying about, he'll blink up slowly, squint, and try to roll himself up. Gotta... get back to work...]
Ah, customer... jus' gimme a second...
C. Mt. Silver's Peak
[And when he just can't bring himself to face the outside world anymore, he goes to where's most familiar to him.]
[...It's sort of laughable that it's this place. It hurts, more than it helps; huddled up on the cavern at the peak, Blue looks out over the world of the void that he can see in glimpses between the veils of snow that fall, below the misty cloudcover that swirls this high up. He wonders if Red always looked down over Kanto like this, wanting to return, but unable to bear it. That was probably how it felt, right? ...Who can know what that guy was ever feeling, or thinking...]
[Blue tucks his face into his knees and sniffles, hard and gross, shivering against the warmth of his Arcanine, who whines and nuzzles against him. That idiot.... there was no way of knowing what had happened to him- if he had slipped and fallen down the mountain, if he'd gotten eaten in those terrible corridors full of monsters and mouths- or if he'd simply ...gotten tired of people again, and vanished somewhere. Gotten tired of him again.]
[Well, in the end, as Blue had always supposed back then- he wouldn't blame him.]
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[Hey Leo; maybe you should just get good and have a giant flying D*g*mon to ride?? Then you wouldn't have to struggle just to get all the way up here!]
[(You'd think it'd be that easy in the games, too, what gives)]
Huh?? ...What're you doing all the way up here, not-king boy?
[Boy, he sure wasn't expecting to have company up here, and his quick attempt to hide and wipe at his eyes and nose shows it. His fluffy G*r*u*mon lifts his head and eyes Leo curiously, and a little watchfully- he was protective of his trainer when he was in these sorts of moods, but this guy doesn't seem like he means any ill-will...] ...Sheesh, if you're cold, get a coat or something....
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there's something like a smile that perks up with the nickname of "not-king boy", a mixed of amused -- as if there's a hilarious note to that -- and another, unreadable feeling.
(that is, indeed, the only response leo's giving to the whole WHY'RE YOU HERE question. so useful.)
g*r*u*mon's watchful eye gets that, too. it's good blue has a faithful friend to keep him company through whatever he's going through, which is, you know, the important thing here.
that leo's not quite getting to yet. ]
From where, huh? We're in a barebones parody of society... My only option here is to get a whole bunch of school uniform jackets and layer 'em! That's weird! [ like leo cares about being weird, ] Isn't a fluffy G*r*u*mon better than that? Here, I'll ask 'im. Can I fall into your fur, fluffy G*r*u*mon?
[ the heart wants what it wants ]
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What's a G*r*r*mon....? [Blue wonders aloud, and he doesn't quite catch Leo's quirk in expression there- odd, maybe, because they're kind of that same bitch- but he's too busy wallowing in his own drama to bother paying attention. Leo gets away with it this time.] Well, whatever, I guess you're right about the clothes... Coming here from Alola was kinda inconvenient, honestly.
[He'd be freezing without Arcanine to snuggle up to- so, you know, it's fair that the same applies to Leo, right? With a moment of hesitance and a worrisome glance towards his trainer, Arcanine gives an 'rrf' of compliance and a flick of his tail.]
Sheesh, just know if you're going to be troublesome, I'll Fly away from here and ditch you, [Blue grumbles. That's as close to permission as Leo is going to get!]
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and like, indirect moral support. if blue's not knocking him off the cliff right now, surely he's fine with company and doesn't really want to be alone. well, again... leo knows that's not truly what anyone wants. ]
I'm always pfffff-- [ he absolutely said this with his face in the dog so some fur got into his mouth, gross ] --troublesome!
[ don't say that so proudly, leo, please. ]
Ahhh, so warm... I get how you lost track of everything and ended up here too long now! What time is it? What day is it? Wait, we don't know that anyway, do we... Whatever!
[ making casual excuses for blue, it's fine. can't believe a man can't manpain in peace. ]
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[...Even with an admission like that.] Yeah. Well, at least you know it, [Blue sighs, perhaps capable of tolerating it due to his own self-awareness? He certainly wasn't the easiest person to tolerate, either- it's just that... Well, sometimes the facade has to drop.]
[Idly watching Leo roll around on Arcanine, Blue sort of wonders if this guy has something like that, or if he deals with it a different way.]
Yeah, no kidding. Why do you ask, someone lookin' for me down there? Hah, yeah right. [He doubts it; last he had known, Ren had vanished anyway, so there wasn't even his work at the bar to be worried after...]