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POSTED ON Jul 23, 2021 2:42:21 GMT
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 two Pokeballs, a few bucks and a bag containing essentials. that's all he had to his name. Lilycove was huge or maybe it seemed that way due to him never stepping foot in Hoenn before? he had a map with directions, though. it was on his phone; which he looked at now. the Ranger Station he had been assigned to was... all the way near Lavaridge.

it wasn't far to give them credit. the hike would do him good. stretch his legs, meet the locals... even capture a few more Pokémon if lady luck was on his side. the HQ even put him up at a small apartment in town, paying for his first few months. he'd have to send a fruit basket of some type to them. that was a joke. no, but seriously... he'd thank them.

first thing first. the measly few dollars to his name deserved to be lightened after that travel. Chase felt himself drift to look out at the ocean, never truly appreciating it until he saw it up close. he blinks once, realizing someone was already here occupying the singular bench he hoped to sit at. how come he hadn't seen them before?

"hey" he was a social creature "mind if I sit down?"
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POSTED ON Jul 23, 2021 3:29:56 GMT
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she examines her fingertips. they are neatly manicured, unblemished by the dirt and blood of a hard day's work. that a manicure can do that - scrub away all of her imperfections, all her character - is a marvel. not really, but she'd rather think of how pretty her nails are than think of the island she can just barely see on the coastline. the rickety shack that once lingered there is gone, burn to ashes, and she can still feel the heat against her porcelain skin.

is she here to contemplate running away again? to go before he can catch her. before he can put her in sterile rooms and promise to make her whole again. she shivers.

and blinks, as someone speaks to her and asks if he might share her bench. she raises a brow. ah, he's fresh off the boat. not from around here. he wouldn't know to avoid the twisted once-was that is freya morningstar. it's refreshing, that realization, and for curiosity's sake, she nods and says, "of course."

"moxie, we must share." the ekans she refers to blearily opens her single eye. she slithers from her sunbathing spot beside freya and into her lap, tail rattling softly. "don't mind her," freya says. "she's always a bit greedy when the sun's out like this."
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POSTED ON Jul 23, 2021 3:45:03 GMT
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he wasn't good at doing what he was told. even if Chase was pre-emptively warned before approaching this young woman, he wouldn't exactly care. he didn't care because he didn't know - or because he believed in giving people chances? gossip aside, the man would only try to sate his own curiosity if he knew. seek her out on his own terms. yada yada and profound stuff here.

"thanks" he says, grinning as he prepares to sit. yeah, he does notice the Ekans. he waits for the serpent to slither onto her lap before his rear touched the bench. his bag is placed on his own lap, the meager possessions he held within. crimson eyes stared across the horizon, silently in awe. Kanto had always been war torn. he spent a few years in Johto because of it.

so no, he never did get to see the ocean before red stained it on all sides. he heard of it, read about it and saw it on television or on the internet - but nothing compared to the real thing. hard to believe that war raged here too, beneath the surface. the woman was dainty but posed. had silver hair that reminded him of the moon. no, he wasn't being creepy and staring openly.

the quick look that he gave someone at first exchange was all it took for him to make a pretty picture in his head. "you live around here? in Lilycove?" he asks, placing both hands on his bag and staring across the sapphire sea.
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POSTED ON Jul 25, 2021 2:50:43 GMT
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she watches the way he moves. so eager, so bright. it's refreshing, and it brings her back, back to a time when she used to marvel at such things - when she used to fight for such things. "my pleasure," she says in response, and then averts her gaze, finding herself staring. 

gods, the only human contact she really does have these days is with , and he's barely what one could call company.

"i'm here on business, actually," she says. "but i still live by the sea. sootopolis. we get less...tourists." she smiles apologetically. 

she strokes moxie's scales. "are you stationed here with the league or is this your first checkpoint into hoenn?"
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 "hmm, Sootopolis..." he would pull out his Rotom Phone, seeing the geographical map "yeah, now I remember" he grins sheepishly at the reveal "I'd love to visit. it's one of my top fives in Hoenn to go to." a new place made him forget some of the details. only the war. only the faction battle. those were the big things he couldn't afford to forget.

he hoped he had time to, between training to be a Ranger and doing jobs for them. "just because a place isn't popular doesn't mean it isn't any less important" Chase would add "I personally find it beautiful." the real thing would be even more lovely to see. the woman would ask about his status here. the young man raised a hand to brush aside his hair from face.

"it's a bit of both" he admits "I'm with the Rangers - a new recruit" he gestures to behind them, where the rest of Hoenn was "Lavaridge is my second stop. I'm stationed there, but I don't have any Pokémon that can fly me. walking it is." not that he minded.

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POSTED ON Jul 26, 2021 15:54:42 GMT
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sootopolis will be a grand site. it's one of the few in the region not ravaged by the recent attacks. there is still evidence of the onslaught, yes. the den has been bustling with activity since freya's return. and despite the constant patrol of dragons in the sky, her the people seem...hopeful.

as he talks, she finds herself envying him. she almost goes so far as to offer him transport to lavaridge, but she doesn't for two reasons: her business hasn't been tended to here in lilycove and he seems genuinely excited to explore hoenn. 

let him savor this time before he's thrown into the thick of it. 

"well, when you do make your way to sootopolis, you ought to call for me. i would love to give you a tour." 

remnants of her past self resurface. her words are said by someone else, someone gentler (was she ever gentle?) and yet she is content to live in this bubble, if only for a moment. before she is warped and shaped and improved by 's doctors. she shivers.

"still, lilycove has much to offer. there's a lot of good food to be had here. you should stay awhile."
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POSTED ON Jul 27, 2021 22:23:47 GMT
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an invite to tour a beautiful city with a beautiful lady? a local? count him in. Chase cracks a smile, giving a nod. "sure, I'd like that" he says smoothly, avoiding his inner monologed words a bit. this was definitely not the time to chase skirts "well, you'll have to tell me the best but cheapest place" he raises a hand, rustling his ivory locks "part of the reason I'm here is steady work."

Johto had him scrounging a lot. it had him suffer, wondering where his next meal would be. it took all his resources to sign up for classes and keep the money going so he could graduate to field work. it meant more money coming to him in the end, but sacrifices had been made. "ah" the young man states as he focuses back on the woman again "my name is Chase."

a hand moved to extend to her. "nice to meet you."


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POSTED ON Jul 28, 2021 13:43:22 GMT
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she knows that look. she hasn't felt that in a while, hasn't felt the slight tension among strangers, the attraction. this, she shunts away, tilting her chin, fingers pressing just a tad harder on her ekans' scales. and then the moment is gone and the man before her is smiling and chatting amicably. 

i'm imagining things. that, however, is more troublesome. in the beginning, her thoughts used to flee and wander as they do now. but ever since she has found her new purpose, her new resolve, her duty has come first. everything else is...dust.

"freya," she says and returns his handshake. she stands. moxie slithers up her side and loops around her neck. 

she ought to be going, checking in with silph some time before her appointment. she checks her phone. i have time. 

"come," she says. "on behalf of the league, let me welcome you to hoenn and take you out to lunch." let her, for a few moments more, be someone else.
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huh? at first he thought he was being too forward, but that wasn't the case. he really wasn't. he reigned himself in for everyone's benefit until he established himself in Hoenn. the time for flirtation and romance could come much, much later. so why did she rise? why... did she have to go so suddenly? maybe he offended her in some small way.

but she had taken his hand gently, giving a shake. but she had given her name. Freya, ah, like the goddess in human literature. whenever a character was named 'Freya', it was always associated with love and fertility in the pages. "really?" but her words brought him back to the present. he looked a bit surprised. "are you sure?" he couldn't help but ask.

he wouldn't deny her the welcome, and he had a feeling she wouldn't have offered if she wasn't serious. still, the kindness of strangers was a bit foreign to him. he also rises, chuckling with a quick shake of his head. "first a tour in the future and now food in the present? who am I to say no to that? thank you, Freya. really."

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moxie could do with a few more hours lazing about in the sun so she doesn't object to freya's chatter about continuing their time. the minutes, however, tick by in freya's head. she's not meant to eat before her surgery. it doesn't matter. she'll treat him to a lunch, excuse herself properly, and hopefully he'll remember this later on the battlefield, savoring these moments while everything around him burns.

she smiles. ah, to be anonymous again. her name isn't large enough where she would reach outside of hoenn - she's but a mere blip on personnel changes within hoenn's council, but her influence earns her some looks as she reaches a hand up to readjust the languid snake around her neck.

"like i said, you can thank the league." it's not the truth, not really. her funds are her own. her status has changed within the organization, but she certainly doesn't have access to anything remotely resembling power or money. how easy it is to lie

these small cracks, these small realizations that she is walking a false line, through the life of a ghost, a what-could-have-been, are little pinpricks in the back of her mind. she silences them.

"lilycove obviously has a wonderful selection of fresh seafood. there's elijah's a few blocks down. there's also a more vegetarian-oriented place, gardenia's, the other way. do you have a preference?"
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as optimistic as he wanted to be, Chase didn't see the cracks. maybe, deep down, he did. maybe he thought she was slightly broken. or even just sad. but he didn't want to dampen the gentle mood. he didn't want her to be chased away by him being stupid and asking her. who was it for him to judge? she was a new face. she was unknown. the fact she was going to spend money on him made the young man... thankful? awkward? more awkward than thankful.

"to be honest" he would say as he glanced around with a sheepish grin "I don't really need a big meal" he would definitely not take more than ten dollars from her, and the ship's rockiness made his stomach curl still "and I'm feeling sea sick still" he adds with a light chuckle "maybe something to settle my stomach?" he left it up to her to make a recommendation. toast and rice were his go-to for an upset stomach but he'd also eat anything sweet to gain some energy back.

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gardenia's it is. she appreciates his kindness. there is a lack of it nowadays. people are so focused on surviving, they forget to live. to an outsider, lilycove may not seem any different, but there is a cloud over the city. its people aren't as vibrant. their paces are quickened, heads down. nonchalant chatter is cut short, or doesn't begin at all. 

she smiles. "i never quite found my sea legs either." how could she ever accept being grounded by seafaring? to be at the whims of the tide and the rumbling of the ocean. no, she is at home in the sky, with the steady thrum of her dragons' wingbeats in her ears. 

so she leads them seaside and asks for a table for two, "by the waterfront, please," and receives a, "yes, miss morningstar," in return. 

when they are seated, she orders some appetizers, and a platter of kelp cakes to herself. the ekans slithers down her arm and onto the back of an empty seat outside of their table umbrella's shade. 

"i'd probably recommend the rice and lettuce wraps. it'll help settle your stomach. the plantain cups i ordered will help as well and they're delicious." 
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he would follow Freya to Gardenia's. remarking on the atmosphere of Lilycove quietly, talking if she talked, he was largely silent as they stepped. "it was my first time on a boat" Chase would confess "I rode the rails before, getting to Johto from Kanto" and therefore, he had been one the last passengers of said rails before Johto had been closed off from Kanto forever. it was a sad thought. "a boat's ticket is much more expensive." and he was never setting foot on one if he could help it again.

even being by the water made his stomach flip a bit. he took a seat across from Freya, settling into the patio furniture as comfortably as possible. he wasn't used to sitting down and eating in a place like this. most of the food had been fast - take it and go. "I'll take your recommendation fondly" Chase adds as he looks back at her "if I can add some ranch sauce to the lettuce." he smiles lightly. ranch was a stable in any veggie eating. it'd been that way for him forever.

in a wrap, without meat? he didn't know how it'd taste. "ah, plantain cups... what are they stuffed with?" not seafood surely. this was a vegetarian restaurant. didn't they not eat even seafood?


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POSTED ON Aug 5, 2021 23:46:35 GMT
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"they're a lot of work, but a transport pokemon is worth it," she says. her stomach grumbles as the food arrives, but she sets her attention on the kelp cakes instead. moxie turns her head at them, tongue flicking in and out only twice before realizing what they are. freya taps the base of her tail, however, and she lets out a strange rattle.

there is a beat. freya takes this time to gather up some of the kelp cakes, wink at chase, and toss them over the guard rails. the water sinks in and then balloons; seawater sprays in light spackles over them as two massive dragalge emerge from below, a kingdra breaching soon after. 

they snap the cakes out of the air hungrily and then toss their heads, eyeing freya's companion. 

"league stipends will only get you so far and you'll only curse yourself for spending your money on getting to your missions before the pay's even given." 

she eyes the plantain cups. "avocado, a mix of pureed black and pinto beans, and some fresh veggies. the veg mix changes based on the season." their server pauses by the table, waiting for their orders, and freya holds up a hand. "i'm okay myself. whatever he wants."
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the Pokemon raised from the depths. "you prefer water types... or dragons?" he couldn't help but ask, shooting the armada of transport beings an approving look "I like dark types myself..." which was saying there wasn't enough big ones around to carry him princess-style to his destinations was an understatement. apart from duo-types, there were few and far between.

"the Rangers know my predicament" he assured her gently "I'm a newcomer, and without much pocket change" call it a loan, or a grant, for being poor "they're going to lend me a few Pokemon at first to get around. but it's up to me to flourish on my own, and use whatever partners I have for the time being." he'd rise up on his own merit.

the waiter waits. funny how that sentence goes... "ah, I'll have the rice and lettuce wrap" he adds to the other human "with ranch sauce inside" the person would head off with the order "you work with the League, Freya?" Chase asked her "I mean, I really wouldn't have cared if you were Rocket..." he says bluntly but not unkindly, his voice lowering.

"I don't have a personal vendetta against them like most" he says, still quiet "I'm here to clean up their mess, that's all." and work was work.


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