foolishwren | 79. [Video/Action] Backdated to the morning of October 1st!

_{[So what's the best thing for someone who's been spending their time alternately fretting and pretending not to be fretting over circumstances well beyond their control?]

[A) More fretting
B) Meditation
C) A DISTRACTION]

[If anyone answered anything other than C, they're either very silly, or Cooper.]

[Heather is neither (.... okay, maybe she's the former quite often), so needless to say... when the posters for the Johto-wide fighting tournament going on in Goldenrod City hit the streets, they were the first thing to catch her eye. In fact, anyone spending any amount of time with her in person has probably noticed the way she's been stopping in the middle of whatever she was doing every single time she passes one of the damn things to look at it contemplatively, with a cocked head and a sort of half-wistful, half-devilish look in her eye.]

[As such, nobody whatsoever should be surprised when she pops up on the network on the day of signups ending with one of the flyers in hand. She'd been waffling on account of the fact that her father was sure do disapprove, but... man, she's been spoiling for something like this for months, and she's got... more than a little steam to blow off. Steam that isn't always so easy to blow off in a world where society expects you to resolve all your conflicts by letting animals do your fighting for you.]}

YO Johto, what's the happs?

_{[She grins broadly and then flourishes the poster at the screen.]}

Guys. Guys. Look.

Look at this.

Best thing ever, or BEST thing ever?

Who else's gonna sign up?

I'M gonna. ... Assuming the puppy-eyes work on Dad, I guess. They're a little rusty but I was once the puppy-eyes champion so I should be okay. And for anybody weirded out by the surreal idea of ME doing puppy-eyes, ask yourselves this: how ELSE could I have gotten away with all the crazy crap you totally know I got up to as a kid?

_{[A sly, knowing nod.]}

Yeah, makes more sense now, doesn't it.

ANYWAY.

_{[Another flourish of the poster.]}

So if any of you are planning on being in this thing, gimme a shout! I wanna size up the competition and stuff. ... And also, transportation? I'm in Ecruteak, so... if anyone's in the area, I guess we could carpool, or something? _{[She's not opposed to the idea of leaping on a strange Pidgeot if she HAS TO, buuuuut...]} I mean, the Tournament isn't supposed to LAST too long, so I'm guessin' we'd all only be gone for like... what, a week or two at most? Then I'd be headed back to Ecruteak because seriously, nice place.

Anyway... _{[She trails off, eyes flicking off to the side of the screen.]} I'd better go convince Dad that I won't die if I do this. _{[Eyes back to the screen, she gives a somber, soldier-like nod and salutes solemnly.]} Wish me luck, my people.

_{[BOOP. End feed.]

[TIME TO GO FIND DAD.]}

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_{[A surprisingly-perky grin pops onto her face, as though they'd been talking about something far more pleasant.]}

I'm usually pretty good at makin' those.

[He looks amused at that.] You really are quite full of energy, aren't you?

What can I say, you only live once!

_{[... unless you've died and been reborn multiple times. Like she has. But she doesn't usually, uh.... talk about that.]}

Once is enough for a lifetime, don't you think?

Depends on how long the lifetime is, in my opinion.

I can think of a few people who deserved more.

_{[Second chances were awfully rare... Heather was lucky to be one of the ones who'd gotten a lot one.]}

Then, I would think, if they're already here... they can try to savor what they can from current experiences instead.

That's what the ones I know are doing.

_{[Her father, for example.]}

I see. I am quiet glad to hear that. [A pause.] I suppose second chances at life would be nice if it was given to those who wish to change for the better.

Yeah.

... Preferably only them.

_{[Although she's fine with Daddy just the way he is. He doesn't need to change.]}

Wouldn't that be unfair for other men though?

Nothing in life is fair.

Kind of comes with the territory.

_{[A surprisingly pessimistic view for someone so... bouncy.]}

... Surprisingly pessimistic, aren't you? [That was unexpected.]

I'd call it realistic.

Nothing wrong with idealism're anything, but you can't deny it's not true.

Mm, yes, I suppose. I am of the belief that things just go the way they should, whether good or bad. If a man who is good is given a second chance, then so be it. If a bad man, then the same.

I don't know about going the way they should.

I just know that's the way things ARE. ... Not how they SHOULD be.

_{[She knows life isn't fair, and she accepts it... but that doesn't mean she has to like it.]}

[Hrm...]

Tell me. What is your stance on 'fate'?

_{[Surprisingly, Heather has a great deal of experience with fate.]}

Something you need to stand up to if you don't want it to drag you down the road, kicking and screaming.

_{[She'd learned the hard way that fate isn't something you can run from. ... It is something you can fight, though.]}

[...]

You'd get along well with a few of my colleagues then. It seems you share the same view.

Yeah?

Did they have it try to make them cooperate, too?

I would imagine so, as it isn't exactly an uncommon idea.

Well, I hope they kicked its ass, because seriously. Fuck destiny.

I... see. Rather bad encounter with it, then.

You could say that.

Fate is a rather tricky thing to deal with. After all, it's like saying you have no free will of your own.

I believe in free will.

I also just know for a fact that fate exists and does whatever it can to fuck free will up for you if you're not willing to stand up for yourself.

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