Week 1.

[azumods]

WEEK 1. As Cynthia had promised, the sun does indeed rise the next morning. Whether you slept or not (and sleeping inside the Pokémon Center you were in before seems totally fine by the attendant), it seems Cynthia kept her word; she left sometime shortly before sunrise, and you haven't been bothered by Team Galactic and those that work for it in the interim. It isn't advisable to return to the headquarters building, however. At least not for the time being. However, a new day does dawn, and with it comes the knowledge that you're in an unfamiliar city, completely on your own. There are several things to be done before you can leave: gathering supplies and provisions, finding maps, obtaining new clothes... Of course, your new "companions" are still with you, and they don't seem willing to leave your side; they'll follow you dutifully, but they still seem...wrong, horribly so, and it doesn't seem to be wearing off. Maybe if you work with them a little...? Try to talk to them, train them, teach them to do things... Who knows? It might do them some good. CURRENT LOCATION: VEILSTONE CITY POKEMON AVAILABLE: WITHIN CITIES MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY [OOC: Welcome to week one of Azume; feel free to make as many top levels as you'd like and tag out to other characters! This post is for all of your interactions this week... at least until the weekend. Don't forget that a write-up is due this weekend! Feel free to investigate the city as you see fit this week; we ask only that you try to stagger investigations and be mindful of what's already been checked. If you wish to investigate, notify the mods in your comment subject for your top-level and we'll get on it as soon as possible!]

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[bloodspent]

Well, yeah. But that's not what I meant.

[...How...do we discuss feelings without feeling painfully stupid, we just don't fucking know.]

I was really bad-off before. I hated everybody, didn't trust in anything but money and guns. The sort of guy that's dead before they see thirty because they just don't care enough to keep themselves alive. I did a lot of shit that should have killed me. It didn't matter to me if it did or not, because if it did...well, it's not like it'd be my problem anymore, you know?

She got me to stop doing that shit. To actually kind of give a fuck about my life. I'm still working on that part. But...if my head's on right at all right now, it's because of her, not because of me.

[greydients]

...so she gave you a reason to keep going, basically? I think I understand.

[There's been plenty of nights where only her thoughts have kept her going - thoughts of parents who loved her returning to take her away. Even if the whole 'parents' thing didn't really work out...just having that hope, that reason...it was enough to stave off hunger for one more night.]

You'll have to make sure you get back to her.

[...]

...thanks for talking to me, by the way. It's been nice.

[Have a soft smile, you.]

Even if you haven't been much help with the clothes.

[bloodspent]

I did warn you that I wouldn't be.

[He sounds amused, though.]

Anytime, though. I'm not all that hard to find.