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[chosenofthunder]

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[DATED MAY 21st] <GREATFLOOD>

[noasark]

Touya.

Have you been paying attention to the network at all?

[chosenofthunder]

Uh... not really? Not all the time anyway.

[noasark]

A message came from beneath the holes in Kulen.

You remember what I was trying to tell you earlier, don't you?

[chosenofthunder]

About how a lot of us got infected by these bugs that came flying out of a hole?

[noasark]

Yes, that.

Go look at the network. You just received an open invitation from those bugs.

[chosenofthunder]

[A little bit later...]

What do you think of it? Should we check it out?

[noasark]

You, certainly.

I, however, will be staying where I have all month.

[chosenofthunder]

Well I'm all about exploring new places.

Could you do something for me though?

[noasark]

Good.

[Wait.]

What is it.

[chosenofthunder]

[Behind the screen, indignant squeaking goes ignored.]

Could you look after Squirt? I wouldn't be able to handle it if something happened to him.

....

Haha, it sure is weird to say that when it was always my Pokemon looking after me back home...

oh fuck I just realized this can directly affect why Noa gets a guest room lmao

[noasark]

Squirt?

[Why does he feel this is a bad idea.]

Provided I'm not dealing with the need to constantly buy fish, it should be fine. He'll probably enjoy the bath-tub at least.

If he still expecting a tiny thing instead of todder-sized beast?

[chosenofthunder]

He'll eat other things besides fish!

[If Squirt ever sees another bowl of pet food, the Dewott will scream.]

But if that's a yes then I owe you one!

no bc this is after that log

[noasark]

I am not giving him my blended food.

And you do not, I'll be sending you questions about your surroundings.

Not to mention with my luck your 'partner' can read, so you should send them a 'hello' every once in a while.

[chosenofthunder]

I thought you don't eat-

....


No! No of course not! Pokemon never eat people...! It's never happened!

[noasark]

Oh good, I don't have to explain then.

You'll need to provide food. The yard and tub should otherwise make things comfortable.

I still have the couch set up from when you got stuck as well.

[He's beginning to wonder if he needs to set up a permanent tunnel for you honestly.]

[chosenofthunder]

Yeah, I can at least do that. Plus he'd eat anything I caught in the woods.

[And most birds from his recent pancake fiasco didn't go to waste.]

[noasark]

Make sure it's either fresh, or preserves well.

[chosenofthunder]

[There's a lot of angry squeaking behind the screen that Noa will be glad he can't hear right now.]

I'll be over as soon as I can with everything.

at least he'll have about three days of peace first...

[noasark]

Make sure to leave some of your things behind-I believe that helps.

[It takes far too much not to say 'pets' after that.]

[chosenofthunder]

Huh. That might be an idea.

But try talking to him sometimes too. He can't read anything on here anyway.

[noasark]

I'll try.

From what I can tell he won't listen regardless.

[shootaro]

Touya? Are you there? I need to ask a serious question.

If someone werre hurt really badly by someone like me. If they killed me for, like, a symbolic revenge...

Are they more justified than you are in avenging your dead friend?

What if the killer suffered a lot. What if the victim was a loathsome person in every way?

[chosenofthunder]

Wait what?

One question at a time Shootie, what happened?

[shootaro]

I don't. Think you really want to know, but.

I'm sorry for everything you're about to read it, you don't have to even look at it.

I got to know a man over the network. I felt sorry for him because he loved the warlord he served a lot like the way I admired Alder sir. He takes promises very seriously, like I do. He doesn't think I should grow up too fast either, he worries a lot. I thought we were similar monsters.

That love kind of. Led to that mass killing a while back. I reasoned with him by using the unreliability of those rituals as reason not to do it, his lord could come back half-formed or otherwise a shell of himself.

I was confident I could understand and help this man, because I understand how he thinks, and because giving up on him felt like giving up on myself.

Don't laugh, okay?

I got him out of jail. The police chief, I guess, at the time judged me capable and I've been living with him for a while. He's nice. Not all there, creepy, but he's okay. His friends are horrrible though.

Are you keeping up? Is there something I should explain? Do you want me to stop? Because everything else is going to implicate you in possibly two new murders.

Maybe we should speak in person. One of his friends threatened to kill me.

[chosenofthunder]

Shootie you..

This place is nothing like home, but...

What are you doing around people like that? Of course none of this is funny! It's fine wanting to protect people, but not taking something like that on your shoulders...!

[Guess who's figuratively kicking themselves for not taking in the younger trainer as soon as he found him. The situation sounds like a mess... why didn't the werewolf do anything at all much sooner for the harpy?]

Talking about this in person might be better.