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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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[ though he grins right back, he takes note of the edge. his intent was to try and distract Blue from whatever slump he's found himself in, but maybe that isn't quite the right way to go about it... he makes note to turn it down a notch or two, settling his expression into something more relaxed.
it certainly helps when Arcanine comes to snuggle up, but he also relents in calling out Torkoal to share the warmth. though the turtle isn't nearly as fuzzy, he's just happy to snuggle up between Raihan's legs and share his natural body heat. ]
Sure I did. [ he almost thinks about elaborating, but decides to leave it at that in favour of taking a sip of his tea thermos. now that he has some warmth, the surroundings are much more tolerable. ] Don't Jynx it! I started exploring when I got here in hopes I'd see something familiar, and look where that got me!
[ it's said in good humour, but there's an edge of seriousness to it. Wyndon's pieces may have shown up somewhat intact (despite the lava river...), but he doesn't want anyone to see their home end up in ruins like Hammerlocke did. no one deserves that kind of hurt, even if it isn't "real". ]
Yeah - Lumiose and Wyndon are pretty close by train, so we get plenty of Kalosian imports. I say they're overhyped, but I guess they're alright.
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[Likewise, Blue tosses back the retort without looking, like it came naturally- but he's not really grinning, and Raihan seems to get the hint, anyway. Not that he wouldn't be up for it on a normal day but....]
[He doesn't really understand that reply, not beyond Raihan just being nosy and thinking it his duty, as... a fellow trainer, Blue supposes. As the only one left. But it wasn't like he really knew.]
[He lets out a ragged sigh, to himself.]
The way they sell out, they're totally overhyped. Then again, this thing's just packaged, right? [He crinkles the wrapper, looking it over.] Not really a fair comparison. Make me one fresh and we'll see.
Back home, [He tucks the wrapper into his pocket, to trash later.] When we get outta here.
[They're going to, right? If those guys are gone, then....] Lucky bastards...
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[ it comes out softer; less poignant than he would normally convey, thanks to the situation. he gets it, and the only thing he'll be insistent on is not leaving Blue alone unless he really wants to be. ] You don't want that. I'm rubbish at baking.
[ it gets a small chuckle out of him, but it doesn't last long. he's a little more concerned with what Blue says after the fact. ]
You think that's where they went? Back home?
[ it's not that Raihan doesn't agree, but there is the possibility of them having gone... elsewhere. he really isn't sure what to think, because there aren't any concrete answers. that much is frustrating. ]
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Better than any of the other options, right? [Let him have just that one hope; in a place like this where nothing made sense, maybe the most logical explanation wasn't likely to be the right one, but the other logical explanations felt far worse. And anyway, he doesn't think both of them could have met such fates....]
I mean, they're not answering their phones, even if they worked- we can't find 'em anywhere, and there's no trace of them.... So even if they just wandered off or got eaten by a wild Pokémon or something, you'd think there'd be a scrap of cape leftover, huh?
[Blue flashes a grim grin.] Doubt those're tasty.
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[ and that's all he can really say about it - or wants to say, really. the thought of entertaining any other ideas about where they could be isn't a pleasant one, for the sole reason of how capable both Lance and Red are of taking care of themselves. if returning home wasn't where they found themselves, it would have to be something grimly worse to have taken them both without a trace. better to just... assume the best, for their own sakes.
the last quip has him smirking, in any case. ]
Well, you'll have plenty of leverage to give them an earful when you're back.
[ he purposefully leaves himself out; Raihan will be half a globe away when they're back, after all... but maybe this will at least open up an avenue for some new friendships with the Kantonians he's met in this weird-ass place. ]
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[Blue declares, nose raised. What a brat, to say such a thing so brazenly! It's true, though- no one else could give either of those two such an earful.... Well, except perhaps his grandfather, or Red's mom.]
[...Maybe it was better not to think of how Red's mom might react if she knew about all this.]
[Blue falls into brooding silence again after that, save the quiet crinkling of the wrapper as he finishes off his bite and stuffs the wrapper into his pocket for later. No litter on the mountain. But as he thoughtfully chews and lets the quiet settle in uncomfortably, he can't help letting his mind wander, now that he has a set of ears to talk off.]
What d'you think is gonna happen if we're stuck here much longer? [Blue glances down at the expanse of land around the mountain. Things changed rapidly and unexpectedly around here; and experience had proven it wasn't always safely. It wasn't only the loss of his steadying rocks that had Blue feeling so off-kilter.]
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[ mostly because that means assuming more time spent here against their will, which isn't a super awesome thought. it's not that this place isn't nice, or that the people here with them aren't good company... but the biting annoyance about the lack of information about their situation nearly makes everything else a moot point. ]
I think we're the kind of guys that people would look for if they went MIA, don't you? [ it's not as if either of them are particularly low profile, and that's putting it mildly. ] So I figure they'll just keep looking. It's either that, or like a bad kid's movie where we'll just come back and nothing will have changed. Like magic.
[ he wiggles his fingers for half-hearted emphasis. clearly there's more comfort in the latter prospective, but he isn't really sure what to think. ]
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[Raihan has a point about them being reported missing, but that only meant something if the ones looking for them could even reach this place. Without any way of knowing whether they could be found, they might as well not hold onto that hope.]
[Well, that was what he thought.] What, you don't like that kind of ending? [Blue cracks him a struggling grin.] You wanna remember this place?
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holding onto hope is about all he can do, so he won't be giving up just yet. ]
Sure I do! Weird as this place is, I say every experience is worth remembering. [ it's definitely been interesting here, to say the least. and who else can say that they've met people from completely different universes? ] Forgetting it all would feel like I've missed out on something.
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..I guess it's not entirely bad.
[He tosses a glance up towards Raihan over his shoulder, with a playfully raised eyebrow. The other trainer is free to take that however he likes!]
Oh, and the Pidgey here are so cute. I think I'd miss them the most of all...!
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[ he gives him a wink, choosing to take it in the way he prefers - as an ego boost. he's not wrong about there being some things here best left behind, but if there's any memories he wants to keep, it's of the friends he's made. ]