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i used to dream in the dark of palisades park

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POSTED ON Nov 25, 2021 16:09:56 GMT
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a weird pokemon? his face scrunches, but he nods regardless.

"i'll look into it. not sure if i'll find anything, though."

he looks down at his porygon-z.

"yeah. those two seem inseparable."

to think how things might've been different if he had been able to get her to leave with him that day in sootopolis. she'd likely be safe, uninjured.

tch.

fuck reiner.
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POSTED ON Nov 25, 2021 16:20:34 GMT
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"I'm glad she has him." Where might only feel disgust at the Luxray, Chu-e is glad has someone she can rely on. Chu-e trusts that the electric type would do everything in his power to keep Eris safe. He was a good boy.

The presence of the Porygon and the darkening of the cave make something in Chu-e's mind unstick. He pulls a pokeball from his pocket, releasing a Houndoom. The Dark type sniffs idly at before jerking away with a snort, no doubt sniffing out his rancid vibes.

Not to focus on that, though, Chu-e reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small scarf. One of Eris', from her room, and he holds it out for his pokemon to sniff. The Houndoom scoffs but bounds off, nose to the ground.
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POSTED ON Nov 26, 2021 15:13:06 GMT
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"yeah. me too."

matias eyes the houndoom as it sniffs away at him. it's definitely due to his rancid vibes, but he pulls out a berry from his pocket, offering it to the houndoom.

"how long have you known eris?"

and more importantly, how did they meet?
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POSTED ON Nov 28, 2021 5:42:43 GMT
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The Houndoom grunts and snorts on the offered berry, bouncing away. A flame lights from his maw. Not an attack, just enough to light up the way as he tries to catch a whiff of Eris's scent.

"About... six months or so? It feels like it's been a lot longer. She's really livened up the house! It's..." A sigh. Chu-e was just making himself more sad, now. His favorite parts of the day had been cooking for or with Eris, watching her play with her pokemon or tinker with things. The house without her would feel so empty.

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damn. no berry for houndoom, then. matias shrugs, pocketing it once again for later.

six months isn't a long time. it leaves him with even more questions, suspicions, though all of it are hid under his mask as he continues glancing around, looking for any signs.

"she never told me she was living with someone, let alone her dad."

but once again, his voice lacks any suspicion.

"kids and their secrets, huh?"
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"I don't think it was secrets." Chu-e gently disagrees. He glances around at the cavern. He doesn't think Eris is here. Somehow the idea of stopping the search hurt worse than the alternative.

"Kids just have different priorities than us. An important detail to you and me might just be whatever, then something tiny means so much to them. I mean, I didn't know she knew you." It's not an accusation, just a fact to Chu-e.

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"that's fair."

he never thought about it that way. his head dips in a nod before continuing to search for signs of eris, though a part of him knows they're likely not going to find any.

"do you ever miss being a kid? you know, being innocent and all that."
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POSTED ON Nov 30, 2021 17:39:54 GMT
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That question in particular stabs at an old wound. Old, faded, but not a scar, just infected, still leaking pus into his life even now.

"I wish I'd had the chance to stay a kid longer. I think I would be a different person."

It's just a little melancholy when he thinks of what was taken away. Who he became.

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it's not any of his business, but for eris' sake and his own curiosity, he pries, looking past the walls of ji-hoon and to his past.

"how so?"

asked innocently, void of any ill intent.
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POSTED ON Dec 2, 2021 16:03:43 GMT
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Chu-e rolls it around in his mind as he thinks of how to word his answer. The best thing to do would be to play it off. But, for someone in his position, Chu-e did surprisingly little lying. (Aside from the obvious.)

"A guy abused me when I was a kid. Fucked me up for a long time. I don't like talking about it."

Simple and sufficient without revealing too much. At the end of it, if wasn't ready for the answer he shouldn't have asked.
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simple, sufficient, and honest. or at least he hears it that way.

"i'm sorry."

he looks away briefly, scanning the area once again.

"...i don't think eris' childhood has been particularly nice either."

nor his own.

"but i'm trying to change that.".
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Chu-e was never good at taking apologies for this topic. couldn't change it. All he could do was be better and do his best to not let it happen to anyone else.

But he's right about 's childhood. So much has been taken from her.

"I am, too. As soon as I met her, I knew she deserved a better deck for all the cards it's given her so far."
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the urge to stop walking right then and there is suppressed. instead, he asks a simple question:

"so why is she still with rocket?"
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He's dealt with worse than .

Chu-e clicks his tongue but keeps his eyes firmly ahead.

"You say that like I want her in Rocket."
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"then get her out."

but it's never that simple, is it?

"i can take her in. give her a good life. a safe life."
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