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- honor student failed empathy 101,
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- why this,
- you tried
007. Video/Action for Ecruteak City
[Well, tonight will see another post from Ishimaru, and while the sun has long since dipped down beneath the horizon, the video is lit by an odd, bright purple light somewhere in front of him, and a dimmer red one that seems to be sort of sliding around slowly just out of view somewhere to his left; he's back in that white uniform, simply because it feels weird to him not to wear it, and while he's definitely outdoors, he seems to be rather high up - really, if the texture of the floor he's kneeling on is any indication, he seems to be on a roof somewhere.
Of course, if you're familiar with Ecruteak City, you'll likely recognize the view just barely visible behind him; he's up atop the Tin Tower today.
Either way, however, he seems in much higher spirits this time around; he's sort of smiling, even, though not quite - he's never really done happiness very well as far as facial expressions go, nor has he really done it very naturally - and his words are quick, rushed with excitement.]
Most of my studies deal in concrete fact - the paranormal, the theistic and the unexplained have never been anything that I've found useful, and so while I know a few of the more common myths from my own world, I've been willing to set them aside as just stories! But since coming here, I've met people who can say those stories are a reality - people who have spoken to ghosts, or been ghosts themselves; people who know of the existence of fairies and done magic themselves, or people from other worlds entirely. It's been interesting, if difficult to believe sometimes!
But it also makes me wonder how many of the myths here are true; I think a lot of it is like our creation mythology back home, just centered around Pokémon - people saw the animals here and attributed the creation of the world to their power, when that might not be the case. I think it warrants further study either way, though!
The place I'm at now...they say that one of the Legendary Pokémon used to call it home, but now it travels the world looking for trainers who are pure-hearted. I'm pretty sure that means I'll never see it, but I'd like to become the sort of person where it's at least a possibility someday.
[He'll be up there for some time longer, after the video cuts out and the feed goes dark; he's got his Litwick up there with him, and he's leaning up against one of the railings, looking out over the city skyline.
He also has a rather small Slugma up on the railing next to him; just...try not to knock it off if you join him, that'd make everyone kind of upset...]
Of course, if you're familiar with Ecruteak City, you'll likely recognize the view just barely visible behind him; he's up atop the Tin Tower today.
Either way, however, he seems in much higher spirits this time around; he's sort of smiling, even, though not quite - he's never really done happiness very well as far as facial expressions go, nor has he really done it very naturally - and his words are quick, rushed with excitement.]
Most of my studies deal in concrete fact - the paranormal, the theistic and the unexplained have never been anything that I've found useful, and so while I know a few of the more common myths from my own world, I've been willing to set them aside as just stories! But since coming here, I've met people who can say those stories are a reality - people who have spoken to ghosts, or been ghosts themselves; people who know of the existence of fairies and done magic themselves, or people from other worlds entirely. It's been interesting, if difficult to believe sometimes!
But it also makes me wonder how many of the myths here are true; I think a lot of it is like our creation mythology back home, just centered around Pokémon - people saw the animals here and attributed the creation of the world to their power, when that might not be the case. I think it warrants further study either way, though!
The place I'm at now...they say that one of the Legendary Pokémon used to call it home, but now it travels the world looking for trainers who are pure-hearted. I'm pretty sure that means I'll never see it, but I'd like to become the sort of person where it's at least a possibility someday.
[He'll be up there for some time longer, after the video cuts out and the feed goes dark; he's got his Litwick up there with him, and he's leaning up against one of the railings, looking out over the city skyline.
He also has a rather small Slugma up on the railing next to him; just...try not to knock it off if you join him, that'd make everyone kind of upset...]
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Huh? Oh, that.
[He flushes a bit; he's always been self-conscious about studying and if his gang could see him now they'd probably be laughing their asses off.]
Well, kinda? I mean, I hear a lot about 'em while I'm working since the myths are so ingrained in the culture here, I guess - and I've checked a few books out while I was on break. Shit's kinda interesting.
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[It isn't a question.]
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[He pulls a face at that.]
It's just stuff I've been looking into, that's all!
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[omg. omgomgomg.]
I'm glad to hear it!
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[Ugh, he's not going to win this, is he?]
Shut up.
[With that he just sort of drapes himself over the railing, pouting. Man, he's gone really soft here, hasn't he?]
So why're you interested in these myths?
[Something occurs to him then and he straightens back up, looking directly at Ishimaru.]
And what you said--! About the pure-hearted thing! You're the most pure-hearted guy I know, why the fuck would you ever think that you wouldn't see this Pokémon?
[He hesitates for a moment as something occurs to him.]
Though I guess our definition of "pure-hearted" and its definition could be really different or something...
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He does look back over at Mondo once those questions start happening, though he seems content to leave most of it where it is; after all, Mondo seems to have worked it out for himself, at least to some degree. He reaches out to play with the Slugma a bit while he thinks; it just kind of makes a quiet murring noise and brushes up against his hand.]
I'm not the most pure-hearted, I'm sure! That would put me in competition with Naegi-kun and Asahina-kun, after all.
[...]
...And if we're going to be honest, no one is beating Fujisaki-kun in that regard, are they...
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[He hadn't even considered that and it's obvious.]
So what? Maybe in comparison you're not the most pure-hearted, but that doesn't mean you're not pure-hearted, y'know?
[He glances at the Slugma, silently wondering how Ishimaru isn't burning his hand off while touching the little thing, but he doesn't bother asking since by now he's figured that this world doesn't adhere to the same logic as home.]
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As it stands, he's quiet for a while once that's out there, thinking it over; he's been trying to do better with the whole "consider what you're going to say before you say it" thing, at least...]
I don't really think I am, kyoudai; maybe one day I can be considered that again, but not now.
It's not troubling me, it's just how things are.
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[There was the attack on the museum, sure, but that wasn't that bad. No one was seriously hurt, after all.]
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[Well...that's not entirely true, there's the whole made-a-pact-with-a-criminal thing, but that's...
...look at least that's good-intentioned]
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[That's even more unbelievable!]
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Whether the situation was our fault or not, we're still responsible for that.
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[He leans on the rail again, resting his chin on a hand as he looks into the distance. It's easier than looking at Ishimaru.]
Yeah. You're right. Sorry. It's not like I forgot it just... sorta slipped my mind, y'know?
[He winces. It's a terrible thing to forget for even a moment. How could he forget it?]
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[That isn't...quite what he means, but you know what, it's close enough for now.]
It's selfish of me to put it like that, isn't it? But it's good to hear it, somehow.
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[He half-shrugs. This whole thing is pretty confusing.]
I know what you mean though. And either way, it's fucking Monobear's fault. We voted for him and yeah, that's seriously fucked up, but at the same time we can't solely blame ourselves.
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[He returns to playing with that Slugma a bit; it's partially to give himself something to do with his hands, partially to keep the poor dumb thing from just kind of sliding off the rail somehow.]
I try not to dwell on it too much; it's a bit harder to ignore now that he's here, though.
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[Mondo watches the Slugma in silence for a moment, unable to find anything else to say.]
I feel like I owe him an apology, but it's not just something you can say, y'know? I mean, what the fuck would I say? "Oh, hey, sorry I got you killed?"
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wait you mean we're not supposed to - ]
...W-Well, that's more or less what I said once we stopped shouting.
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Y'know, I can't say that's really surprising...
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...You know, I'm not sure. He kind of didn't.
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...He hung up on me the first time we talked, because we started fighting and I said a lot of things that I shouldn't have - I kept trying to call him back but he wouldn't pick up, so I ended up leaving him messages.
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