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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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[And suddenly she catches herself wishing she'd just stayed Alice.]
When I got here — I mean, you showed up in the Rocket base, too, it's not exactly hard to guess that they're a big evil organization, right? I didn't want them to know my name. You never introduce yourself to the mark by your name unless you're Nate. So...I used Alice. And then I met you and I was still Alice and you got used to Alice, and I was going to tell you about it when you guys told me what happened at your school, but...you had all that to say and...just, me saying "I'm not really Alice" didn't...fff. Feel...right.
I wasn't lying because I didn't want you to know. I just didn't know how to say it, and maybe it was safer if you guys didn't know anyway.
[She pauses again, then looks at her feet.]
You're Parker's brother. I just didn't know who was your sister.
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Aneki, it's okay - I promise, it's okay.
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I thought maybe you liked Alice.
[Because who wouldn't, really. Parker's the one everyone says is crazy. Alice makes friends somehow and Parker doesn't always know how or why.]
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...Alice-san is all right, but Parker is my sister.
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But it's okay, because it's better than thinking about the feeling creeping around in her stomach and twisting up her chest, and Ishimaru is about four inches shorter than the next most likely candidate for this would be, but that doesn't really matter either.]
You can still call me whatever you want. It's okay.
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[The words are kind of weird; he's obviously not used to talking this way, but he's trying, lord knows he is.]
So if anyone asks, you're still Alice-san. And I can just call you 'aneki' when it's just us - it's what I do with my brother, I almost never call him by name anymore.
Is that okay?
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[Really, the fact that the words sound so strange coming in his voice just drives home the recognition that the things and experiences that Parker knows are so vastly different from his, and it reinforces her latent urge to make sure that he never turns out like her — someone for whom those words are commonplace, someone who probably couldn't be that sort of deep-down good if she tried.]
You and Nate and Sophie are the only ones who know. It wasn't because I don't trust you.
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[His grip tightens on her a little bit, though he's quick to loosen up a bit.]
I know someone else who's not using her real name, either - I don't know what her real name is, and I'm not going to ask because she doesn't seem to want us to know, but 'Celestia Ludenberg' isn't Celes-kun's name. Even if she wanted to change it back, though, Celes-kun would still be Celes-kun; we'd just be calling her something else.
It would be different if you were using 'Alice-san' to hurt us, because we've had someone do that, too - pretend to be a different person to set us up. But you're not.
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[And that seems to be the moment of clarity she needs to really appreciate what it must feel like to be on the opposite end of that kind of revelation — because of course she'd mistrusted Tara as much as any of the rest of them, if not moreso, and the instant it had sounded like she might've been selling them out to the Russians, she'd been more than happy to drop her off the side of a building for it.
And that must be what it's like, she thinks, and she gets it.
Ishimaru's always been good at helping her understand things like this.]
It was the person from your school, right?
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So if one of them comes here, will you know which one it is?
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[She nods.]
Okay.
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