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Post by DataNinja on Dec 11, 2019 0:51:41 GMT
And, indeed, the battle is over. Both the badger and the sheep lay unmoving, while Bylli and Limul struggle along, barely up. But... it's enough. Recalling her 'mon, Evelyn comes over. "Alright, let's hear it for our challenger here! It may be early in her journey, but there's definitely some potential here. I can see her going all the way to the end, if this is how she deals with this sort of adversity." As the crowd sheers and applauds, Evelyn pulls out a badge and two discs from her case. As Bea hands the badge over to... herself, she feels a pang of disappointment that things were over that fast. But also relief that she gave a good showing, and hope that things won't end up terribly. And, at the very least, it was exciting. "The Rainbow badge is yours, representing triumph over adversity." Evelyn says, "And you also get these TMs. How useful they are depends entirely on your potential. And how you use them. Good luck on your journey. I imagine you'll be able to go far."You gain 1 Milestone, 800 EXP, 2 Hidden Power TMs, $1500, and the Rainbow Badge (which gives Adaptability).
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Post by Robot on Dec 11, 2019 1:02:08 GMT
"It was really great to share this moment with you, honestly I didn't expect to pull through but I had to try anyway. True of most things." Taking a bow, sharing that brief sense of showmanship, she collects her things and excuses herself, catching up with Rainbow before heading to the Pokemon Center.
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Post by DataNinja on Dec 11, 2019 1:08:19 GMT
"Oh, I wasn't sure that you were going to make it there..." Rainbow says, once she meets up with Bea in the front area. "But, guess I just worry too much. Since you always seem to pull through at the last minute."
Bea feels some various concerns as she looks at herself, though also some relief. She's rather worried that she just doesn't understand anything in this time, and isn't being very helpful or supportive. That she's really just a burden. In the background, too, she feels just vague feelings of things that she doesn't understand, like a river running through her head, and the vague sense of nature and fresh life somewhere in the distance.
"What are you going to want to do now?"
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Post by Robot on Dec 11, 2019 1:40:19 GMT
"Well, give Solenoid, Limul, and Bylii some rest. We could find something to eat together? Knowing you were there cheering me on really helped me pull it together. Other then that, we're just waiting for Evelyn to come through with her contacts, unless you want to see what Yellow is up to?"
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Post by DataNinja on Dec 11, 2019 2:23:24 GMT
"Ah, okay, I'm glad," there's relief written on Rainbow's face. "I am kinda hungry, and I feel like will be alright on his own. Her own. ...whichever. We can probably see about things after food. So far this place feels less hostile to me than anywhere else."
The two make their way back to the Pokémon Center, where an attendant is waiting behind the counter as usual. As Bea hands over her Pokémon to the woman, though...
Bea finds herself looking at herself, and that of Rainbow, like a mirror. Though she notices and appreciates a lot more of the aesthetics of herself that she didn't before. The contours of her face, the curves of her body, sparkle of her eyes, bounce in her hair... it's all very pleasing. The same with Rainbow, with the Altered bits especially intriguing, wings and antennae faintly waving around.
"Alright, so they're rather beat up," the woman says, faintly flushing, "but not too bad, so it'll be probably an hour or two before they're fully ready and energized again. So, we'll see you again then... and have a nice day."
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Post by Robot on Dec 11, 2019 2:30:53 GMT
"O...oh..." Color bled across Beatrice's cheeks for apparently no reason at all. "T-Thank you for your dedicated medical service... see you soon!" She hurried back outside, looking somewhat flustered, head back, eyes skyward as she rested against the outer wall of the center. She couldn't help but laugh, embarrassed but lighthearted. "Alright... I think I get it now... but it's nice anyway... Yellow granted my wish earlier." She explained without clarification to Rainbow.
"Are you in the mood for anything in particular?"
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Post by DataNinja on Dec 11, 2019 2:35:41 GMT
"What do you mean?" Rainbow asks, concerned, looking over Bea. "Are you all right?"
The first thought that went through Bea's mind was that stupid decapitation thing, but... no, that couldn't be right. Oh, what if something was horribly wrong? It's all her fault for getting her all caught up in this stuff...
"Look, if you aren't feeling well, we can... just stay here, find some food in the kitchen."
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Post by Robot on Dec 11, 2019 2:39:46 GMT
"It isn't the decapitation thing, nothing is really that wrong, and you need to stop blaming yourself for every little thing that comes along alright?" Beatrice teased with a wink. "I've been getting thoughts, emotional impressions, and third party looks at myself and those around me since this morning. Didn't really get awkward until in the center just now." Her face began to burn again at the memory. "The nurse thinks we're both... uhm... very fetching."
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Post by DataNinja on Dec 11, 2019 2:48:51 GMT
Rainbow's face is mostly inquisitive until the 'fetching' comment, when she flushes too. "Ah, oh... well, uh, that feels like it would be... awkward."
Bea guesses that this is just a reminder that Yellow really isn't human in anything... little concerns like privacy or personal space really aren't that much of things to it. And a stark reminder to be careful of what's wished for. At least it has it's own self interest at heart for fixing the future, but... and fetching? Really? She hasn't been complemented like that in... a while.
"If you're... uh, feeling up to it, I guess we could find a little café or something. I liked that cozier feel in Rustboro. Felt... more like home than the huge things. Something without a lot of grease."
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Post by Robot on Dec 11, 2019 3:40:50 GMT
"I'll ask Yellow if there's backsies on wishes later, but really so far it hasn't been so bad. I'm not getting wrapped up in my own thoughts and observations anymore. On the other end of things I'm likely not keeping notes as good as I was. Either way, I'd love to take in a meal, we might find some sweets or a salad at a Cafe. Have you tried coffee yet?"
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Post by DataNinja on Dec 11, 2019 3:53:29 GMT
"No, I haven't. Is it something that I should try?" Rainbow asks, as the pair wanders off.
They're able to find a few small cafes with no issue, Rainbow gravitating towards one with more of a nature motif. It seems to, from what they can tell, just be run by an old lady and her daughter who seem to mostly be relaxed and easygoing about the whole 'Altered' thing from what Bea can glean. While everything brews, and salads and sandwiches are being made, the pair take a table. It seems like it's that magic time between early morning and lunch where there's not really anyone else inside.
"This is nice," Rainbow says. "I must say... of all the places that I've been to so far, this has been the one that feels most natural. Tamed, yes, but there's still a feeling of nature that I've not really got elsewhere. Not that I've really been a lot of places... but it's a nice place. What do you think? You've been many more places than I have, I'm sure."
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Post by Robot on Dec 11, 2019 13:23:22 GMT
"Honestly before my journey started, I'd barely left home. I lived a really sheltered life around teachers, and books. It's a bit like here, smaller populace and a bit more natural, much more rocky, I'd say." Beatrice folds her hands in her lap and leans back a little in her chair. "I'd say it is a nice blend, a harmony, with nature. It is sadly uncommon for humans to do things that way. The Altered were probably the biggest achievement in that regard, albeit one for nefarious ends."
Fetching a small notebook, she scribbled out a few things that were at the top of her thoughts. "Our next stop may drastically shift my itinerary but not my priorities, as they're still very with you. At three badges now, my league adventure is nearly half complete as well. You're doing great so far Rainbow, please don't doubt yourself so much?"
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Post by DataNinja on Dec 11, 2019 18:21:17 GMT
"Ah, oh, I see," she says. "You always seemed so much more worldly than I, so I'd assumed you'd seen much more. And... I'll try. It's difficult, because I always worry about if you'd've been better off if we'd never met. It's something that weighs on me. Though I know there's nothing I can do about it. I should... just try to go with the flow a bit more, stop worrying about the river carrying us leaves. Or some philosophical nonsense like that." She laughs.
Eventually the food and drinks are ready, and by that time a few more people have filtered in, mostly older folk, but not all of them. It still avoids the hustle and bustle of a bigger city, but is livelier.
Rainbow eyes the liquid brought in front of her, and then tries a sip. "Agh! Hot! …and also bitter. Though, like, not terrible tasting exactly, it's... weird. But hot!"
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Post by Robot on Dec 11, 2019 20:26:01 GMT
"A lot of that is research and secondhand accounts. Also, having given the notion of time travel more thought, I have come to the conclusion that predestiny isn't possible. Or, perhaps it is selective. A river is a good analogy." She blew on her drink before testing it. "First, this is Coffee, it is a hot drink made by filtering water through ground beans, it is a mild stimulant and typically served with sugar and milk." She gestured to the two containers on the tray.
"A river can be dammed, diverted, or pooled. In the case of yourself, you have some measure of control over these tasks, able to freely leave the flow as it pushes the rest along. It is my theory as a traveler that you can set events into motion, but won't know their effects until you return home."
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Post by DataNinja on Dec 11, 2019 20:45:04 GMT
"You put other drinks in your drinks? Peculiar," Rainbow says. "That seems more like a food thing. Or a semi-food thing, like with crushed berries and juice."
Bea notices, as Rainbow speaks, that one of the younger customers, a boy probably not too much older than herself sitting by himself, is staring in their direction.
She observes herself, judges... she's not seen her before... would be nice to take her home with her to her bedroom, as well as Emma from behind the bar. It's why she comes here often, to try and have the woman notice her. She fantasizes briefly about some of the unprintable things that she'd like to do, the experiences he'd like to have with them. And then turns her attention to Rainbow, feeling a vindictive thrill of pleasure as she imagines tearing off those wings, watching her stupid inhuman mockery of beauty writhing on the ground in pain.
"I don't know if that's how it works... things have never changed for me. But... also, I guess there's so much that's unknown. So much that I just couldn't try. It's all... I don't know. I worry, too, that if I could change things, it would all just... break."
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Post by Robot on Dec 11, 2019 22:22:27 GMT
Choking into her cup, Beatrice winces her eyes closed, coughing and spluttering but holding the cup tightly enough her knuckles are white. When the fit has passed, she wipes her mouth with a napkin and makes a halting gesture before Rainbow fusses. "I'm fine, just... Need to lie down for a bit." On her pad she writes "Don't answer. Find Yellow, I am going to deal with something that may put me in danger."
"Excuse me?" She called to the boy at the next table. "Do you have a place nearby I could rest for a bit? Don't know if I will make it to the center."
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Post by DataNinja on Dec 11, 2019 22:40:19 GMT
Rainbow's look is mostly one of confusion.
Bea wonders what she said to cause this... and worries a lot. She doesn't know where Yellow is, and this all seems so abrupt. ...but, she trusts herself. She's always come out of things alright before. Maybe she does just worry too much... there's been enough danger already.
But the girl just nods, and moves to take the half-empty drinks and food to the dish area by the counter, as Bea approaches the other table.
This must be her lucky day, Bea thinks. She was feeling a little more charismatic today, though... so it really shouldn't come as a surprise. She knew that if she just waited long enough, it would happen. She just always thought it would be Emma. But she's almost as good-looking, and looking about her own age, so it would probably be even better...
"O-oh, of course," the young man says, sounding surprised at first, but then becoming more confident. "It's just a little down the road. Here, come and follow me. Do you need any support?"
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Post by Robot on Dec 11, 2019 22:58:31 GMT
"Please." Though her skin crawled, she put an arm around his shoulders, letting the swell of her chest rest against his back. Leaning her weight against him, she keeps her voice low and soft, her pulse racing in her ears as they move off towards his place.
If anything was to be done about this disgusting creature, the trap would have to be sprung. She was caught in a torrent of emotions, it was getting hard to continue to look at things objectively. She wanted to hurt him in ways that he could never have those kinds of thoughts again. About her. About Rainbow. Anyone. It was not her place to pass judgement though.
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Post by DataNinja on Dec 11, 2019 23:09:59 GMT
She gets helped down the street for a few minutes, to a door in a small house complex. The inside seems all neat, tidy, and fairly clinical. The man gestures her towards a room. "You can lay down in there," he says, pausing fractionally, before asking, "Were you wanting company?"
Her heart is pounding. What if it was all a misunderstanding. Just a freak accident. No... it couldn't be. There were so many other people there she could have chosen. She left her friend to do it. If it wasn't desire, what would it be... no, it has to be. If she says no, clearly she's just playing hard-to-get... well, she could do something about that.
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Post by Robot on Dec 11, 2019 23:40:43 GMT
"No, that's alright. You've been very kind. I'll just rest." She made for the bedroom, using the door as a brace before entering. There was an emotional sickness with her that made all of this feel far too real. A second of privacy, she assured herself, and Tempu could be within arm's reach.
His horrible fantasies mingled with her thoughts moment by moment. Distantly, she hoped Rainbow had reached Yellow by then. For now, she was dreadfully on her own.
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