IC CONTACT (Victory Road)

[foolishwren]

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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."

Click!



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Comments

[foolishwren]

<sub>[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.]</sub>

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...]}

[11121_assumption]

[ 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.

[foolishwren]

Is there a good time for them to meet?

[11121_assumption]

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.

[foolishwren]

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?

[11121_assumption]

[ 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.

[foolishwren]

<sub>[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.]</sub>

That sounds fine.

When and where?

<sub>[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.]</sub>

Shift to Action at the time/place? Or make a new thread for it?

[11121_assumption]

[ 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. ]