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IC CONTACT (Victory Road)

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"Yo, it's Heather. I'm probably asleep or one of the Pokemon ate my 'Gear or something so I can't answer you right now. But feel free to leave a message or something.
I'll probably get back to you. ... Probably. Peace out."

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He hasn't because I've stopped him.

_{[Might as well say it.]}

It's his job to save the world, but none of us could do that from here even if we tried. So I've stopped him.

You haven't murdered or attacked anybody here that I've heard about, and news spreads fast about that kind of thing. You haven't tried to get into our house and attack us.

So killing you wouldn't help anything.

It would just be a death, and a pointless one at that.

Sometimes I wish he would kill me.

[ He just doesn't understand...</small. ] Why do you want the world to be saved as it is? It's beyond human salvation.

Do you really want to know my answer to that question?

Because you won't like it, and I don't want to waste my time if you're not even willing to consider it.

_{[It's honestly been refreshing, talking to him like this-- and she'd really rather not return to basically being two brick walls shouting at each other. Not tonight.]}

[ He thinks about it, looking over his Pokemon. Could he consider it? He lowered his head, curling up. memories sprung up, fanged and ugly, reminding him why he lost hope, the straw that snapped. ]

For the world we came from...no. And this world is better. It's not hopeless. [ He pets Eileen thoughtfully. ] I shouldn't have asked.

_{[It's true. He probably shouldn't have. He's not ready.]

[Fortunately, it's a hell of a lot easier to be tactful through text.]}

It is better. People and Pokemon have worked together to make it that way.

That is true. [ He debates for a while before continuing. ]

~~I'm thinking of traveling. In the New Year. I don't know what I'm meant to do or where to go. But my Pokemon seem to think it's a good idea.~~ [ And then deletes it again, exhaling deeply. ]

I'm going to leave soon. Henry will probably be pleased to know that.

Edited 2016-12-31 01:57 (UTC)

_{[Leave? That could mean a few different things.]}

Probably, yeah.

Where are you going?

_{[Then it occurs to her that he doesn't... really actually owe her that information. Even if she mostly asked to ascertain whether by 'leave' he meant travel, or... that he somehow thought he knew a way to leave this world entirely.]}

You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. I'm just curious.

...I don't know. People have been telling me there's more to this place than this city. I never had so much [ It took him a few moments to find the right word. ] choice.

I've been able to go and see the sea. And the beach. I don't know what else is out there.

[ To many, it probably seemed stupid that a twenty-something year old man had never seen the shore and thought it was noteworthy that he had been there. But anyone who had been raised within the Order knew it was actually an experience few got. ]

Edited 2017-01-01 14:45 (UTC)

_{[There's something painfully poignant about Walter's words. More than almost anything else he's said, this is something she can relate to.]

[All her life, even before she had the memories to understand why she felt this way, each new sight and experience carried with it a novelty and awe beyond just the simple wide-eyed curiosity of a child. Alessa Gillespie had lived almost her entire life held prisoner in dark rooms and restraints, trapped in her own charred skin.]

[Heather's lust for life came straight from the fact that her past life hadn't even been a 'life' at all.]}

I think traveling is a good idea.

There's so much out there to see.

_{[No matter where Heather's gone in the past, she always finds herself coming back to Goldenrod City-- it's home. But there's two entire regions to explore-- forests, mountains, fields-- with all kinds of towns and cities scattered between.]}

[ Walter had no idea what lay out there. He had been raised in an isolated forest and often let out at dusk or dawn, not during the day. He had lived in towns, bustling, lonely city centres that had often been grimy. To see and climb mountains, wander through meadows and open fields, travel to and through the various cities.

Well, he had a real journey ahead of him. He looked over his Pokemon again. At his side, Eileen smiles and pats his side encouragingly. ]

I will inform you whenever I come back to this city. I don't want to startle Henry again. [ He might accept Henry's violent reactions but he had picked up that it upset Assumption. The little Pokemon was too caring towards him. ]

_{[While Henry had given her what he knew of Walter's history, she doesn't know as much about what went on in the years he spent on his own, separate from the Order. But she's willing to bet that he's never seen anything like the sprawling wilderness and colorful cities that make up Johto and Kanto. Hell, she'd never even seen anything like it, and she'd lived free with her father for almost eighteen years before coming here.]

[Maybe-- hopefully-- that can change his mind better than her gnashing her teeth at him over the network can.]}

Thanks, I would appreciate that.

I still haven't decided if my Pokemon should be allowed to keep visiting yours. But I don't want to stop them from saying goodbye to yours before you go, if they want, and if that's okay.

_{[Warden, she really has to do some thinking on. But she's not about to tell a baby Riolu that he can never see his friends again...]}

[ He breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want his Pokemon to suffer loneliness because of him. Funny; he felt no guilt about the murder of adult men and women as it was for the greater good (children were a...different matter). But for possibly preventing his Pokemon from having friends, he squarely placed the blame on himself. ]

That is fine. I know I'm hated and I won't argue against it. But my Pokemon don't deserve to be lonely because they ended up in my hands.

I told Assumption and I think he wants to say goodbye too.

Is there a good time for them to meet?

I intend to leave within the first week of New Year. Otherwise, I have no pressing engagements.

[ There has to be a sting in this. He looks over at Assumption, worrying his lip. There's no way Heather would trust him. And he's not certain about her either. ]

We should both be there. When they meet.

I agree.

No offense, but I know from Henry that you killed animals back in our world.

_{[A pause-- then more typing. Hastier this time.]}

I don't think you'd do that now; you had plenty of chances to hurt my Pokemon if you'd wanted to and you didn't. But the Order has hurt the ones I love far too many times for me to take chances on it ever again.

You understand, right?

Edited 2017-01-03 00:52 (UTC)

[ Walter doesn't reply for a bit. He curls an arm around Eileen, holding her close. He remembered. He remembered wanting to kill the shopkeeper, riddling his body with bullets but leaving his heart untouched for the ritual. But then something had come over him. Not rage, not fear. Something else took his hands and fired the trigger, and the animals were screaming around him and hissing and thrashing in their cages before falling into soggy, bloodsoaked lumps of fur. In the quiet that followed he felt sick, remembering a tiny kitten with folded ears - he remembered the various espurrs he'd seen, with wide eyes like they knew what he had done to a kitten like them, small and sweet with folded ears. ]

I didn't want to.

I didn't want to kill the animals. I know you won't believe me. I wanted to kill the shopkeeper but I didn't want to hurt them.

[ He took a deep breath and sends a follow-up message, focusing on the Pokemon. Assumption wanted to see his friends. ]

I understand. I'll watch from a distance.

_{[What can she say to that? Not much.]

[He doesn't seem like a liar-- right from the beginning, she'd gotten the impression he was probably, if anything, honest to a fault. Just like Claudia. But, well, it's not as though she ever knew the right thing to say to Claudia, either.]}

That sounds fine.

When and where?

_{[Normally, she'd be far warier about walking into a meeting with a member of the Order and known killer. It went against everything her father had taught her.]

[But she's been here almost seven years, and despite this... weird deviant behavior on the parts of a few select team members, she has total faith in the strength of her Pokemon.]

[In the unlikely chance that it's all a "GOTCHA!" moment and she's walking into an ambush... she's not worried about the outcome. Not even a little.]}

[ Walter would've suggested the woods. It was almost 'his' territory and he was comfortable within them. But he also knew there was no way Heather would go somewhere so isolated. He chose the second best place he knew of. The National Park could get busy, but nobody had yet to pay much attention to him while he kept to himself and his Pokemon there. ]

The National Park. 2nd January.

[ He called over Assumption, to speak very seriously with him about the meeting with his friends. ]

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