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what even are birds

i used to dream in the dark of palisades park

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POSTED ON Aug 27, 2024 5:26:53 GMT
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"fuckin' damn it," he says while he runs, pickett under one arm. the zorua wriggles uselessly against him, but she doesn't actually try to get free, because the alternative is that she'd have to fight off the horde of wingull that are coming after the two of them. 

some asshole kids thought it'd be funny to throw nachos on him after he very fairly won against them in a card game. three-card monte, yes, and pickett happened to sneeze while he was in the midst of his sleight of hand, but that is besides the point. 

now fast-forward here and he has one arm out to keep the brutes at bay, the other tucked around pickett football style, and his head turned around to watch for any oncoming dive-bombers.

so he completely fucking misses the blast from the past that he tumbles into on the shoreline. 

mission: don't feed the gulls
surprise, mf
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”ow! what the–“[break][break]

it was not the first unpleasant time she'd been stepped on while sunbathing by someone not looking where they were going. however, it was the first time some oblivious asshole had tumbled over her covered in cheese.[break][break]

nina's fingers splayed in disgust, and she might've started shouting at him – but then she saw his face, and all she could manage was a gasp of disbelief, and his name, almost silent as it slipped out. ”slevin?”[break][break]

questions poured in. was it really him? where had he been for seven years? why was he covered in cheese?[break][break]

”oh my gods.”[break][break]

she jumped up, eyes wide as wingulls rushed in for a taste. when one came close enough, without thinking, she shot out a punch, knocking the bird off course and down to the ground. she blinked, rather surprised she’d managed it, though it quickly scrambled across the sand and took off back into the air again.[break][break]

”kipkip! help!”[break][break]

leaving the water's edge, a mudkip charged as quickly as his little legs would carry him. just in time, a protect flashed around them, several wingulls crashing into it all at once.[break][break][break]


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POSTED ON Sept 11, 2024 23:11:20 GMT
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in that split second before their second impact, somewhere around wrestling pickett closer to his arms so he doesn't send her flying, he tastes blue fruit barrels and the sting of too many sour patch kids. and then, very quickly, he tastes sand. 

"nina?" he yelps, voice rising an octave as one of the wingull goes to peck at a corn chip on his back and damn near hits his ass instead. he flounders, trying to scramble off of her, but also not really, because he has to duck his head when more of the feathery beasts converge. 

kipkip runs to their rescue, erecting a barrier that provides them a brief reprieve. pickett shakes out her fur and narrows her eyes at the beach rats. warning yips turn quickly to teeth-bared snarls and the wingull eventually decide their prize isn't worth the cost. 

slevin thunks his forehead down against nina's shoulder, consequently remembers he's still crushing her, and then rolls off to starfish in the sand. 

"my savior. fancy seeing you here, nini."

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‘KIP!’ the mudkip shrieked triumphantly, loud enough to make nina flinch.[break][break]

“slevin–“[break][break]

oh, she wanted to hug him, but he was disgusting. she balled her fists in frustration, pink nails digging into her palms. “why are you covered in cheese? go wash off! and look where you’re going!”[break][break]

it took her back years. laughter bubbled up from nowhere, soft and then louder, before a tear rolled down her cheek just as unexpectedly. she found herself crawling off her towel and into the sand next to him.[break][break]

“actually, i don’t even care.” she sniffled and slumped against his shoulder. it had been so long since she’d seen anyone from the past. everyone was a stranger. “where have you been? i missed you.”
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pickett prances around her mudkip friend, puffing out her chest because she's so very pleased with herself for doing the bare minimum after not helping slevin at all for nearly half a mile. he's still breathing hard in the sand, struggling to catch his breath because he's laughing with giddiness. 

"ah, man, i love lady fate," he laughs, completely ignoring nina's pleas to wash off. 

when pickett stops her skipping, she does so only because she wants to nibble on the chili on his shoulder. and only chuffs annoyedly when nina throws herself back onto slevin, grossness be damned. 

"excuse me, i was running for my whole life and besides, if i looked where i was going, i wouldn't have landed right on top of one of my favorite people in the world." he pats the side of her head affectionally and snuggles her closer. 

where have you been?

he sees a slamming door and hears shit for brains and deadbeat and don't fucking come back til' you got somethin' to show for it and he laughs and he says, "eh, missed the crazy.

"went back to unova, but didn't wanna miss the party here, y'know? and i missed you too, cutie."
 he picks up sand with one hand and holds it up so he can watch it fall in his peripheral. 

"wanna go for a swim? and you can tell me what you've been up to?"
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it was a wide range of emotions. anger, to utter joy, to a deep sadness in the pit of her stomach, and then back again to laughing. laughing like he’d never been gone at all.[break][break]

but things had changed, like his shoulders. in seven years, he had grown, and so had she, and she was curious about the life he’d lived so far. the mention of unova was another whirlwind in her heart.[break][break]

however, before she could blurt out ’i’m from unova too’, he called her cutie. she stopped short, looking surprised. that was new, and she wasn’t sure how to feel about it.[break][break]

she watched the sand fall between his fingers, considering it for a moment, before feeling relieved by his suggestion. ”yeah, let’s go.” she jumped up, and took steps towards the ocean before turning towards him, not wanting to let him out of her sight for long.[break][break]

mudkip barked his name a few times, hopping around pickett before taking off past nina and colliding with a wave.[break][break]

”you know,” nina said, ”life really turned upside down when you guys left.” there was another pang of hurt that she tried her best to conceal. ”a lot happened.”[break][break]


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pickett is more than happy to snuffle around in the sand for fallen pieces of nacho after she's done with slevin's discarded shirt. she doesn't give a fuck about how gritty it is. slevin, to this day, smooshes her little face and tells her she was born in the wrong body and was most certainly destined to be a rattata instead.

although he wants to follow kipkip and yeet himself into the sea's salty embrace, he enters the surf slowly with nina instead. the current tugs at his ankles. it's lukewarm and lovely for the balmy day.

he rolls his shoulders, wonders if he should have put sunscreen on, and frowns when nina speaks.

"yeah?" he says. it's seven years. of course a lot's happened. it's not like they can just pick up where they left off, become mischief and mayhem once again. they're rugrats: all grown up. 

"i'm sorry, y'know. i thought 'bout you a lot." he's in up to his waist now. he starts scooping water up to his shoulders, rubbing away some stringy bits of cheese. "you wanna talk about it?"
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