98. [Action for Saffron City, backdated to Friday]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[It's funny, because these sorts of weekends have come to be ones that Heather dreads, clear memories or no. She doesn't remember much of them when they roll around, but she remembers enough, and usually what she remembers is bad.]

[So yeah, she's sort of been walking on eggshells, waiting for this to happen.]

[BUT... between all the craziness going down throughout November... bundling over to Kanto with the rest of her family to cheer Crow on during the Tournament, spending Thanksgiving in the packed-to-bursting household of a grumpy FBI agent and the enormously large family unit he seems to have somehow gathered (despite... being himself) ...]

[It drives weird dreamy weekends filled with amnesia and horror and the Koolaid Man bursting through the wall out of the mind, a little!]

[.... Which is why, yeah, uh, she's out taking Cooj for a nighttime walk on Friday night, and doesn't quite notice anything's up yet.]

[Or the pink bunny following her around.]</sub>





[OOC: Tags may be horrendously slow due to NaNo, but I had to hiatus-break at least a LITTLE for 4th Wall! Robbie the Rabbit will be lingering in the background of any given thread, but feel free to throw anything at Heather and not bother with the spooky pink bunny chillin over there.]

Comments

[adoptivemother]

Not that much. Just a few things I've managed to pick up here and there. The technology seems futuristic here.

[foolishwren]

Futuristic? ... Yeah, it's pretty advanced... <sub>[She had to take a minute to think about that, because she's gotten so used to it that it doesn't seem so futuristic to her anymore. But not only is Jodie new to all this, she's also from a good two decades earlier than Heather.]

[... Hell, SHE'S NEVER SEEN A CELL PHONE BEFORE. That is crazy.]</sub>

Have you seen any of the wildlife?

_{[Aside from Cujo, anyway. Because if not, oh boy is she in for a surprise when they get to the hotel.]}

[adoptivemother]

A few ...actually I found one that won't stop following me.

[She pulls out a pokeball and suddenly this guy is sitting on her shoulder.]

Cheryl, this is Ellen Neel.

[Your mother is an art nerd.]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[At first Heather looks a little startled, but a slow grin creeps onto her face.]

[She may not know much about her mother that wasn't gleaned from the contents of the boxes that had mostly remained shut until after Harry's death... but she knows that starter is perfect.]</sub>

It suits you.

[adoptivemother]

[She pats the pokemon's head before it goes back into the ball. Ellen is shy.]

It was nice to have company. However odd it might be.

[foolishwren]

Heh... it only gets odder from here...

_{[At last, the hotel comes into view around the corner. It's a big, tall one like the one in Goldenrod.]}

Um... Dad and I are staying here...

[adoptivemother]

I can imagine.

[Because this place is nuts. Also ...Yay.]

Oh good. He's probably worrying about us right now. He is such a worrywart.

[foolishwren]

_{[Well, some things sure don't change...]}

Probably even more now than you remember.