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ulaulakahuna) wrote2018-05-31 07:06 pm
ulaulakahuna) wrote2018-05-31 07:06 pm
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empatheias contact post
[ for private telepathy, face-to-face, or if you're just dropping by... ]
[ for private telepathy, face-to-face, or if you're just dropping by... ]
sticks leggy all the way in
[Huh?? What? ...Did the stupid crystal thing send that to someone?? Blue wasn’t very used to the crystals’ method of communication yet in general, so at first blush he isn’t sure what to say.]
Would you even care if they did, you miserable old fart?
[It’s ...debatable if that one was on purpose or not.]
you're on thin ice leggy
Most folks don't go around yelling about rooms full of blood, usually. So, yes, it's generally a concern.
don't be mean to the leggy!
[Then, in a quieter voice- seemingly intended to himself] Like I can just forget about hearing such a gruesome story, I'm not some crooked cop... Ahhh, what person just explodes, anyway!?
[He can't seem to turn this off. Guess you're stuck with inner monologue.]
trespasser!
let it be free!
Why won't this stupid-- thing-- Turn! Off!!!
[...]
[......]
Ah... I want to pet that Persian again .........
hrmh... you get away this time, leggy...
You won't get near Persian again until you clue me in on your story, here. [damn, this would be funny literally any other time] You don't just broadcast the plot of a horror picture and get to let it slide.
free to kick another day
[That wasn't supposed to broadcast either!!! Let him live in his shame just for a minute, because now he's stuck with the cop nosing in on these rumors he's been hearing.]
...Are you telling me you haven't heard about it? The way I heard it, sounds like everyone knew and just... no one cared. Aren't you supposed to be the police around here, anyway?
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[He doesn't owe his home any, either, but still. It's his home. Here, he wouldn't make that much work for himself, yikes.]
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[That wasn't really supposed to slip out either, but there it is.]
Fine, I'll tell you. Someone I met said there was a murder around here... That is was like-- like the guy exploded, and it was blood everywhere. And no one knows how it happened, but the authorities in this place just gave up investigating and left it to the people like us to figure it out. Like they didn't even care.
...Happy?
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[But, Nanu had heard about that supposed murder. He hadn't looked into it too closely, but the gossip was all around, especially since it was right there on the task board.]
...Hmh. I did hear about that. [He doesn't seem surprised about it, though. He knows shabby, disgraceful police work when he hears it.] That news bothering you this much?
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[He's a little too defensive about it, but this is obviously coming from a kid that covers up whatever weaknesses he possesses with his own scathing commentary, as Nanu has well noticed. Is it surprising? It's a bit of honesty, at least, but only because of the kind of point of view he's coming from.]
[And ...maybe, because even if he isn't the type of person to want anything to do with this sort of danger, he can't help thinking about similarities with previous situations where the authorities lagged behind in acting; where certain, justice-minded individuals didn't hesitate to go barreling into it in their stead.]
...But it's not your problem, right?
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[Yes, Nanu's beginning to get the idea that Blue isn't fond of authorities like the police. He's no stranger to that mentality, having parked his life right next to Team Skull's gang of misfits for the past few years; but it's also a mentality he partially takes on himself.]
[Of course, Blue doesn't know that, and Nanu's not about to detail his life from his disillusionment of Interpol onward to his disgust with how Alolan authorities handle Team Skull's abused adolescents themselves. It's worth noting that he doesn't get any more annoyed or short with Blue in his response like he normally would.]
It's not yours, either. It shouldn't be anyone's problem but the decedent's family, friends, and the law enforcement who are supposed to enforce the law.
[though he sounds appropriately bitter, there]
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'm not having nightmares... [He mutters back slowly, the only thing he can muster dispute to.] Is it always like this around here? Maybe I should just go live on the mountaintop, too...
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[And a lot less murdery? Kind of? This sort of problem is far more mundane to Nanu. It's something that could have happened (and probably has many times) back in their own world.]
I wouldn't be so quick to render yourself a hermit.
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[But he'd reluctantly admit that it put him at least a little more at ease. Not that their world was without crime, but that the brutality that was described to him would be met with such indifference.]
If the police here are so useless, then what do people do if they're in danger?
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[Honestly, it depends on Blue's likes and dislikes and overall temperament. Nanu dislikes and complains about 99% of the time, and finds a lot of Empatheias's quirks annoying. But he can't speak for how the teen would have responded to the phenomenons he's experienced after over half a year here...]
Count on each other. The native folks put up with a lot, but there are plenty who pitch in to help us 'otherworlders' when it counts. And that's big when some of us have screwed up things around here big-time, ourselves.
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[Blue isn't sure what to make of that description; it sounds like there's a lot about this place that he won't quite be able to understand, yet. The culture is so different...]
[But even where things are the same, Blue has his own hangups when it comes to 'counting on others'. That suggestion is going to be a bitter pill to swallow all its own, for someone who finds it difficult to find reasons to lend trust.]
What kinds of things...? You mean like how there's criminals here from our world? Others, too?
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[Nanu's not exactly fond of the Arehtei and whatever they have to do with pulling people out of their own worlds, if anything at all. But it was still a stupid idea, one that caused a lot of people to be hurt—including Anabel.]
But sure, criminals and troublemakers too. The world's antics keep most folks busy enough, but there's always gotta be one bad Leppa in the bunch.
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[His memory echoes forth as he recalls news of what had happened recently (...recently for him) in the Sinnoh region, brought on by Team Galactic- muddling with the Pokémon of Creation. It wasn't too different-sounding at all. Not to mention that guy Archie...]
[But he supposed these people didn't have Pokémon to defend them from coming to harm. Even battling criminals back home wasn't as scary, knowing his Pokémon were stronger.]
Whatever. You're sure right that this has nothing to do with me, either. So staying as far from it as possible sounds good to me.
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[He's just glad their pokémon came with them at all. If Nanu had come without any of his, he would have gone down a hole he probably couldn't dig himself out of.]
That's the right idea. But I shouldn't need to tell you that Empatheias's trouble has an uncanny way of finding most everyone, anyway. Keep on your toes and all that.
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[Like those eggs, for instance. What was everyone so worked up for? It doesn't occur to him that this very conversation is caused by one such haywiring.] Just what kinda stuff has happened around here...?
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[The problem with the gossip about "strange things" is that it's always a surprise. Nanu's given up trying to expect specific happenings, and just goes along with whatever crap comes next.] The first month I was here, gravity went screwy. People, buildings, all sorts of things flyin' around unless they found a way to stay grounded.
[He's thinking back, now. Some memories, here and there. Hey; Blue asked.] Lake Niras once receded on its own. Folks found a hoard of ancient tech down in the caverns. ...That Helisium festival last year had big walkin' teapots and kettles giving out emotion-infused tea—and, no, they were nothin' like pokémon. [eaugh that was unsettling] Then there was a nighttime carnival a while later, during harvest month. That had all sorts of loony crap—food that changed your appearance for the night, costumes takin' over people entirely. ...Someone just outright turned into a cat. [yeah he met that one personally]
Were you here for Selenium last month? Can't recall. That one was more somber, but the stuff no less peculiar. Come to think, most festivals have odd things pop up more often than just week-by-week.
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[Blue listens to this grocery list of oddities with a slowly growing confusion, the unsettled feeling creeping back across their crystal connection. Okay, so maybe he wasn't just bluffing... But Blue had a hard time imagining actually seeing these things in reality, and not just hearing about them like in a game or comic book.]
So then... No one knows why any of this happens, right? It's not those legendaries? The 'Arehtei's doing? ...At least none of it sounds too dangerous on its own, just weird and annoying.
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Some of them might be. I know they've got their own way of making their presence known in town. [please don't try to catch the arehtei, blue...] It can go either way, sometimes. Since so much of it is focused on emotions and memories.
Selenium was a good example. Some folks observed family or friends and had a nice time. For others, it was a nightmare.
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[Nightmares... Legendaries certainly weren't 'good' or 'bad', he thought. They just were, tied to nature as they were. He wondered if the Arehtei were the same.] Then that's people's own faults, right?
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