115. [Text/Action for Mahogany]

[foolishwren]

[TEXT-- PUBLIC]

General announcement here


I don't really know what kinds of contacts Dad kept here but for anyone who knew him, Harry Mason is gone. His stuff was mostly left to me and one other person so I guess that's really all there is to say about it.

Later.

-Heather


[ACTION-- MAHOGANY TOWN]



<sub>[Heather's always mostly let her Pokemon run free-- or at least the more reliable ones-- when the gang is bunkered down at a hotel somewhere. After all, not everybody gets to come along when they're between cities, so time spent outside of the box by default takes place mostly within walking distance of a Pokemon Center.]

[Today there can be a small cluster of Pokemon seen by the entrance of the Mahogany Inn. A Manectric, unusually subdued for anyone who knows her, gently licking the head of a Pikachu. The electric mouse has a slightly crumpled sheet of paper in her paws, and behind her, a Noctowl shelters a small, rotund Hoothoot with one wing while peering over the Pikachu's shoulder.]

[While it's little more than coos and soft canine whuffles to most ears, any Pokemon or person with a sensitive ear can probably pick up the quiet muttering coming from the group.]</sub>

It's okay, Hazel. My trainer went away too but New Trainer always takes good care of me. She even shares her lunches.

I-I know...

Just think though, now we can play all the time. I know we're sad, but that will be fun, right?

Now is not the time to be talking about playing, Tricia. Have some tact.


Okay, okay...


W-... where is Mr. Trainer's daughter, a-anyway? She just left after seeing the letter...

Up on the roof. Sunny is with her, so she will be fine... Probably. Come, we should go collect the others. She... will come down when she's ready.






[Tricia the Manectric, Hazel the Pikachu, Claudy the Noctowl]

Comments

text;

[foolishwren]

<sub>[... RAIKOV NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO]

[There's a fairly long wait before he gets a reply. Because she really wants to be nasty about it. And it would be EASY to be nasty about it.]

[But it wouldn't be fair.]

[He's some stranger, and he hasn't even been here long.]

[He doesn't know.]</sub>

back home he's dead

_{[The nicest she can be is bluntly honest.]}

text;

[majorcrotchgrab]

[Whoops. Well, now he knows. And he feels awful for it. Normally he wouldn't but... for once, he understands exactly what it is she's feeling. Raikov just isn't sure how to express it.]

I'm sorry.

Re: text;

[foolishwren]

[SUFFER IN AWKWARD SILENT GUILT, RAIKOV.]

it's not the fault of anyone here

no one owes me any apologies

[majorcrotchgrab]

[sob]

Yes but I didn't know and more than likely made you feel worse.

[foolishwren]

well them's the breaks

i was already feeling awful so really another few inches down the hole isn't gonna kill me

[majorcrotchgrab]

Hopefully some of your friends will come along and try to distract you.

[foolishwren]

yeah hopefully

_{[What friends weren't in mourning over it too, anyway. Henry is having as hard a time of it as she is-- it's the first time he's lost Harry. At least Heather has prior experience.]}