long ago, when cassidy was just a young girl, she often had dreams. dreams of ghosts and spirits, the ones that wanted revenge and the ones that wanted you to die. they taunted her and told her she would join them if she wasn't careful. the child that she was became deeply afraid of the spirits; and she swore on her life that she was followed by them.

she had informed her parents of the dreams, but her mother and father had told her that ghosts cannot hurt you. we are safe. we live in a society that does not believe in the spirits. they'd said. but the dreams continued, and the spirits would not stop following her. for that, she was a tormented child, colicky and sensitive.

but now that she was older, having gotten used to the spirits, she finds herself now the ghost hunter.

it was a silly but necessary mission, one that kept recruits humble, especially if they feared ghosts. her partner seemed to embody that fear unfortunately; cassidy stepped on a twig behind them, making her presence known. they jump slightly at the sound, flighty and cautious. unapologetic, cassidy regards them with no warmth. in the least, her eevee bounds cheerily from where she stood, sniffing at the trainer and their audino. she wags her tail, mewing happily and ignorant to the looming cave entrance.

they had vaguely known each other, the rank of recruit leading them to parallel paths, taking on similar missions and places of interest. but tonight was finally the time that they'd met.

"good evening kasper." she greets, polite. there's a flashlight in her hands, and she flicks it on, lighting up the entrance.

"are you afraid of spirits?"

kasper thaler

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cassidy was no easy trainer; she treated her pokemon with strictness, ensuring that they were obedient and reliable. she did not give them names, for she did not bond with them like typical trainers would. but she could be surprisingly lenient on some matters; today, her eevee had broken out its pokeball, and she had found it endearing enough to let it free as it ran in circles around her. she disliked how overly friendly it was as baby pokemon were prone to be. but kasper had responded positively, and the eevee took to playfully batting back at the audino with a few loud mews, taking it as a game.

she listens to kasper carefully, her eyes following the grand swing of their arms. "it is rather ominous." she confirms. it was certainly a place that was not hospitable; dark stone tinged with green from overgrown moss, complete darkness and the lack of life. she steps closer to the tunnel, the darkness swallowing the weak light of her flashlight. one could say that the cool air kissing her skin was a sign of the ghost's presence. or at least, a greeting to the rocket's entry.

she was not someone good at assuring others, but she tries anyways, if only to keep kasper calm. "there is no need to worry, spirits do not attack unless provoked. but in the event they do, i believe that we are both capable enough trainers to combat them."

kasper thaler