explosivecombat: (Always look forward)
Solf J Kimblee ([personal profile] explosivecombat) wrote2012-11-21 04:29 pm

020. [Text/Action for Vermilion City, and one other thing.]

[TEXT]

This seems to be a time of loss for many; while there are several who have joined us in Johto, there are several others who have left us. Some may have come as a shock; from what I understand, many had been here for years.

My advice to you now is to mourn, but not stagnate; acknowledge the loss without allowing it to define you or your actions. If this is the first time this has happened to you, take this experience and know that while it may be repeated, it is bearable. If you've lost many during your stay here, know that you will continue to survive, as you have in the past. Draw your strength from previous experiences.

This world won't stop for you, nor will it stop for those who are gone from it. Move forward, but don't forget. Never forget; the most insulting thing you can do with the memory of those you care about is to ignore or defy it.

And yet moving on is essential. Those you have lost can no longer have an impact on this world, nor will they be able to until the day that they return. The best thing you can do to remember them is continue to affect the world in their stead.



[ACTION]

[Kimblee can generally be found at the docks today; he seems to have given up on training for the time being, despite the fact that he's kind of in a tournament-deciding match tomorrow. He seems calm enough for the time being, though there are some signs of tension if you know him well enough; he's shivering once in a while, despite the weather not being nearly cold enough to warrant that, and his gaze is strange and unfocused - he's looking at the water but not seeming to see anything in front of him.

There's also a Pokéball he pulls out once in a while, for the sake of toying with it; he has no idea why he received this particular one, but it's been weirding him out. It's something he's wanted for a while, species-wise - the ball contains a high-leveled Magmar - though he has to admit the source surprised him; it seems his original assessment of this "Minnie" woman was entirely accurate, and she really was too giving for her own good.

However, for the time being he's content to not dwell on it; he'll just be relaxing(?) by the ocean today, trying to keep himself calm in preparation for tomorrow.]



[PRIVATE TEXT TO RYUUNOSUKE URYUU]

I trust you're prepared for tomorrow?
cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa: (CURSES! FOILED AGAIN!)

[personal profile] cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 2012-11-24 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately. If only it were though.
determinator: (♕ Trials by fire; setting fires)

[personal profile] determinator 2012-11-24 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Archer thinks about that for a moment, nodding slightly.]

That's right, I do remember that. She returned home, then?

[He's not entirely sure if he should express his sympathies or not. Not that he's really sympathetic anyway, but it's the thought that counts?]

What did she leave you?
determinator: (♕ Is not a way that's meant for me)

[personal profile] determinator 2012-11-24 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Oh excellent.

[He certainly seems to light up at that! Magmars seems to be pretty rare - at least, he hasn't seen one anywhere. He'll have to look and see what they evolve into and what sort of crazy things they can breed with...]

I do know that it has an evolution; I wonder why she didn't evolve it?

[Maybe it's one of those mythical Pokémon that "doesn't want to evolve". Not like those really exist of course.....]
determinator: (♛ Get on your knees)

[personal profile] determinator 2012-11-24 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Archer makes a noncommittal noise at that; he can't imagine why a Pokémon wouldn't want to evolve, but that's not really something he's going to dwell on.]

I wanted to see how you were doing. Are you excited for you match?

[GUESS WHO IS, NO JUST GUESS

YOU'LL NEVER GUESS

DO YOU WANT A HINT

OKAY IT'S HIM \o/ ]
doitrockapella: (OBSERVE ❖ you put the lime where)

[personal profile] doitrockapella 2012-11-24 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[She has no way of proving any of the remarks he's made here, and she does take a moment to consider that it could all be a fabrication. Coming up with such an elaborate lie would be complicated, but not impossible, and Carmen of all people certainly knows that there's a difference between the two. Still...there's something that rings sincere about it, and that's. Hm. That's complicated in itself.

A best friend and a significant other. It's like committing the atrocities he does is a day job.

(And granted, that's not an entirely foreign concept to her, either, given her approach to thievery — but no, she's different, it's not analogous at all.)

In the end, she resorts to the simplest inquiry, since she's still processing the others.]


Your significant other?
determinator: (♛ Here's how it goes)

[personal profile] determinator 2012-11-24 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
Interesting?

[Archer's expression sobers at that.]

Do try to take this seriously, Kimblee. And please set that Scizor on fire for me.

[Because fuck that bug. >:| ]
determinator: (♕ Bombs away is your punishment)

[personal profile] determinator 2012-11-24 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Excellent. I would hate to see you lose after coming all this way.
doitrockapella: (VAN GOGH ❖ more like van gone amirite)

[personal profile] doitrockapella 2012-11-24 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
I'm wondering if congratulations are in order.

Do you keep your extracurricular activities a secret?
doitrockapella: (ASIDE ❖ we don't talk about maelstrom)

[personal profile] doitrockapella 2012-11-24 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
You should be careful. Secrets have a way of getting out.
doitrockapella: (BEHIND ❖ driver picks the music)

[personal profile] doitrockapella 2012-11-24 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
What will you do, if they find out? Have you anticipated losing them?
determinator: (♕ To a hymn called "Faith and Misery")

[personal profile] determinator 2012-11-24 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
Good. Do you need to run through your strategies?

[He certainly wouldn't mind helping!]

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