Tricks & Treats [M]

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Lucia Aldrete

Tricks & Treats [M]

POSTED ON Oct 26, 2024 20:20:08 GMT

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Trick or treating. It was a phenomenon that Lucia had always been fully aware of, given her age. Yet her parents had never been around to really partake in the festivities due to their heavy work load. Her studies at Blueberry hadn't exactly lent themselves to allowing her to try either. Now that she had free time in the trainer school that John Sullivan had enrolled her into, it was the perfect opportunity! Doug was busy with something, and so, three timid knocks came upon Yuina's door, alongside a question if she could help her with something.

About twenty minutes later, Lucia was all dressed up in the costume she had spent a good portion of the money she had saved up since the beginning of fall. She stood outside one of the neighborhoods with a large plastic Pumpkaboo bucket, looking up at Yuina expectantly.

"I don't really know what I'm supposed to do..." Lucia admitted, still trying to stay balanced in heels. Her gait was akin to a newly born Deerling, quaking with every step as she did her best not to appear too awkward. Hero slithered by her, the brave Dunsparce sporting his own costume consisting of one half of a Druddigon onesie. "Do I go up and say "trick or treat" or do they just give me the candy?"

[ Mission: TRICK OR TREATING ]

Yuina Higashi
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Yuina Higashi

Tricks & Treats [M]

POSTED ON Oct 26, 2024 21:48:30 GMT

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[attr="class","yuinatag"]Lucia Aldrete

[attr="class","yuinamain"]

Where was Doug when she needed him most...?[break]
Yuina had been tucked away in a book or two in the apartment, studying always, working on new grounds for the strange artifact that had been brought to her attention when the knock at the room's door startled her. It was young Lucia, and of course Yuina would tend to the girl she and Doug cared for while she lived with them... When she knew how to.[break][break]
There was little deliberation to be had however, of course she would take Lucai trick or treating at her request! It was hardly a question to be had at all! Only... she had no frame of reference for what it really was they were to do.[break][break]
Glancing at a few parenting articles that she could find in a quick hurry while Lucia was getting changed, Yuina was as ready as she would never be as the two stood at the roadway entrance to one of the neighborhoods they lived near.[break][break]
'I don't really know what I'm supposed to do...'[break][break]
Yuina didn't much either... but a quick glance around, studious eyes watching their surroundings, she watched a small group of kids go up to a door, knock, shout unintelligibly in one way or another, and then they all left giggling and placated.[break][break]
"Well Lucia," she smiled as encouragingly as she dared, leaning down a bit and guiding her attention to the group of kids that just came down from a door's walkway and back out onto the sidewalk.[break]
"Those kids did just that I think, and they look pretty happy with it. Why don't we go to that door and give it a try," she offered, glancing to Lumei who shook out his fur, giving them a bit of light to guide their way as his soft blue glow emanated around him.[break][break]
"We should remember please and thank you though, just to be kind."

notes[break]
∞ Mission: Trick or Treating (AA) -> Mauville City[break]

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(Illumina | Fairy/Normal Tera) ♂︎ Lumei - Guts | Wish, Will-O-Wisp, Dig, Iron Tail, Facade, Fire Fang

(Dark Tera) ☆ ♁ Nyla - Poison Touch | Shadow Claw, Aerial Ace, Brick Break, Dire Claw, Metal Claw, Agility

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Lucia Aldrete

Tricks & Treats [M]

POSTED ON Oct 27, 2024 1:39:29 GMT

Lucia's eyes looked over at a small group of kids who were traveling up to one of the many lit houses of the neighborhood. The small group of three came to a rest before the front door and rang the door bell to summon whoever was inside. Their reward for braving the perilous night was a handful of candy, dumped in their awaiting buckets. It seemed so simple when put so simply like this!

"Let's do that then! C'mon, Hero!" Lucia began to hurry down to where the group before her had been with her trusty companion, the Dunsparce slithering away behind her. Her speed was only slightly faster than Yuina, but she did wait for the other woman before ringing the door bell. A few seconds later, the girl dressed as a Chandelure smiled up at waiting couple before them. "Uh, trick-or-treat!" The older couple beamed at the pair, with Lucia receiving A handful of delicious candy for her efforts.

"Such an adorable looking ghost! Are you having a good Halloween?"
Lucia smiled, nodding her head up and down. "Yeah, this is our first house tonight. I haven't ever done this before!"
"You haven't?" The pair looked up to Yuina, perhaps with a hint of judging in their eyes.
"Usually I was busy with schoolwork to try trick or treating before!"

With a few more passes of conversation, the couple bid the two and goodnight as Lucia pumped her fist with the widest of grins. "Yes! We did it! Let's go to the next house!" In an effort to encourage Yuina to match her excitement, the girl gently tugged on the other woman's hand in the direction of the next house. Her heels took her up towards the driveway, just as before. "Some other kids in class were talking about the costumes they were going as. Can you remember if you ever trick or treated before, yuina?" The kid asked while pressing the button for the doorbell once again. "Or is this your first like mine!"

Yuina Higashi
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Yuina Higashi

Tricks & Treats [M]

POSTED ON Oct 29, 2024 23:32:53 GMT

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[attr="class","yuina"]

[attr="class","yuinatag"]Lucia Aldrete

[attr="class","yuinamain"]

The scientific method was as sound a concept as it was because of its proven work in putting things to practice. First observe, identify, and understand what the objective is. And then take what you've observed and apply it to the use case of what you were doing. Such was how Yuina was figuring out how to help young Lucia in this venture of trick or treating. Was it as complicated as either of them were making it out to be? Surely not. But was she as nervous as Lucia was? Absolutely...[break][break]
Yuina followed as Lucia and Hero moved along just ahead of her, towards the front door they had watched just moments earlier. True to form, all Lucia had to do was ring the doorbell, then an older couple came to answer holding a bowl of candy. Lucia gave the traditional greeting of trick or treat...[break][break]
And then everything spiraled as soon as there was more conversation to be had. That wasn't part of the plan...[break][break]
"Uh-uhm, she's uh, my cousin--s niece, she's visiting with me for a little while," Yuina panicked, what were they judging her for? Why was it bad that this was Lucia's first time trick or treating? What if this was her own first time trick or treating, did she get a pass for that?[break][break]
"Yes, that's right, you've been very good with your school work, but let's not keep them too much longer Lucia, I'm sure there's more kids coming," she spoke quickly in turning them back towards the street. It was a success, in a way, Lucia did in fact have candy in her bucket now, but Yuina wasn't sure her nerves could take another whack like that.[break][break]
"Right, okay, we'll go to the next house," Yuina breathed after a moment, starting to follow along.[break]
"But maybe lets not say that this is your first time trick or treating... They didn't seem to like that idea very much," she cautioned.[break][break]
They started towards another house when Lucia reached out for her hand, and Yuina did grasp her gently in return as she chatted more about some of the other kids from the trainer's school. Then a question...[break]
"Uhm... no... I don't remember if I've gone trick or treating before," she returned after a moment, she supposed there wasn't any harm, or any sense really, in lying about something so simple, so trivial... And yet the thoughts of an empty, blank childhood gave her pause.[break][break]
"I guess this could be my first time then, just like yours. Thank you for sharing it with me Lucia."

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∞ Mission: Trick or Treating (AA) -> Mauville City[break]

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(Illumina | Fairy/Normal Tera) ♂︎ Lumei - Guts | Wish, Will-O-Wisp, Dig, Iron Tail, Facade, Fire Fang

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Lucia Aldrete

Tricks & Treats [M]

POSTED ON Nov 6, 2024 2:58:09 GMT

"I'm not your-" The child looked back up at the older couple and how troubled they looked before she caught on that something was up. "Not your cousin. Yeah, I'm her niece! My Mom sent me to stay with her while she's busy working!"

Lucia's brows lowered themselves at Yuina's sudden hesitation to answer the elderly couple's looks. Did she say something bad just then? Are kids supposed to have been trick-or-treating for a while? There had been some kind of strange disconnect that Lucia couldn't really understand what the issue was. It wasn't until they were walking away that Yuina had explained what the problem was.

"I'm sorry for embarrassing you, Yuina. I didn't mean to." Lucia apologized, while Hero slithered beside the girl, carrying her bucket filled with Halloween candy thus far. The air was still crisp with the stench of mischief and pumpkin spice while the two continued their romp through the autumn air. It was a lovely night, all things considered, though the younger trainer continued to walk along with her. But the news at this being Yuina's first Halloween as well had shocked the smaller girl.

No way! She had never gone trick-or-treating in her life? Well, as far as she could remember. Lucia frowned at the revelation and looked troubled at the news from her. "Really? I didn't know that this is your first time as well! I should have picked a costume out for you!" Her lips pursed together into a pout at the lapse of information. If only she had known earlier, then Yuina could be enjoying things with her. Hero stuck his head to taste the air around them, and shuffle off into another house whose porch light was on, with a candy bowl in the open.

"Let's enjoy trick-or-treating together, then. Next year, I'll try and help you get a costume too!" Lucia's hand squeezed Yuina's a little, the child doing her best to give the other woman a smile that Doug could have given. "And if it helps, I'd love to be your niece. You guys have helped me with a lot, and I can't even begin to pay you back. But that just means I have to try harder!"

Yuina Higashi
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Yuina Higashi

Tricks & Treats [M]

POSTED ON Nov 10, 2024 20:55:05 GMT

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[attr="class","yuinatag"]Lucia Aldrete

[attr="class","yuinamain"]

Stepping out from the sidewalk into the neighborhood street, Yuina walked carefully with Lucia beside her. She watched Hero slink along the ground and Lumei keep close as his glowing fur kept a soft vigil for them in the night.[break]
"No, Lucia, you didn't do anything," Yuina spoke first, a reassurance. She really didn't do anything, she just stated a fact, a truth... How were they supposed to know that those people would take to it poorly?[break][break]
"I'm not sure why they didn't like that very much... I can't imagine that everyone goes trick or treating," she wondered, she was just confused about it as Lucia was really. They didn't need to speak so loud with their faces the way that they did.[break][break]
They came up to another house, it didn't seem that there was anyone outside, and the porch light was turned on, but there was a bucket of candy sat outside. Yuina paused a moment, glancing around again... Just up the street there seemed to be a similar setup, and kids went up to the bucket, grabbed what they wanted and left off. She supposed that was one way to participate but not have to be involved...[break][break]
"Of course Lucia, we'll do this as many years as you want. Maybe we can get Doug a costume next year too," she smiled, an empty promise, but one she hoped Lucia could remember fondly. She wasn't sure how much time she had left in this life... But that wasn't for the young girl to worry over. This was her night, Yuina was just... Happy to be a part of it.[break][break]
They stopped just short of the next candy bucket when Lucia spoke up again, regarding the little white lie Yuina had prompted earlier. She stopped in her walking, holding Lucia's hand a bit more firm as she leaned down a bit, crouching to look at her sincerely.[break]
"Hey, you don't need to be related to us for us to care about you," she spoke first, soft, reassuring as she gave her hand a squeeze.[break][break]
"And you don't need to be related to us either for us to be family. Family doesn't have a price. You just keep being you Luci, and that's all Doug or I could, and should, ever ask of you."[break][break]
Was she a hypocrite for insisting the very things for Lucia that she could never accept for herself?[break]
Absolutely.[break]
But maybe, just maybe, Lucia still had the time in her life to begin to understand and take these things with her in the future.

notes[break]
∞ Mission: Trick or Treating (AA) -> Mauville City[break]

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(Illumina | Fairy/Normal Tera) ♂︎ Lumei - Guts | Wish, Will-O-Wisp, Dig, Iron Tail, Facade, Fire Fang

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Lucia Aldrete

Tricks & Treats [M]

POSTED ON Nov 20, 2024 0:58:21 GMT

Lucia had to start thinking of what costumes would be good for Doug so that he could join them next year! She wasn't one to judge, but maybe dressing up as Tapu Lele wasn't in his list of "Most Ideal Costumes". Plus, maybe he'd look better as something cooler or more wise, like a Slowking or a Blissey! They seemed super smart and did healing stuff! Her mind was lit with possibilities for the next year, though enjoying her time with Yuina regardless.

When the pair came to a stop before the next stop of trick-or-treating, the child looked up to Yuina as she dropped to her level with such comfort. Her words made her feel all weird...but the good kind of weird. She felt wanted for the first time in her life since her brother left all those years ago. Her gaze fled from the other woman's for a moment out of uncertainty. She wanted to believe that they enjoyed her company and didn't think that awful of her...

But did they though? Lucia was still just some runaway whose parents were likely furious at her leaving. One recurring nightmare was her opening the front door one day to reveal her mother and father, who proceeded to drag her back into that jail cell from when those people were abducted into that prison. Despite nearly a year having passed, the weight of that mask felt so familiar to her.

The hand squeeze solidified these warm thoughts, parting the wave of despair that had overcome her once again. Doug had always said that she tended to overthink things, whatever that meant. Lucia moved her eyes back at Yuina and matched her smile while moving closer to the woman. Her arms wrapped around the other woman and squeezed back just as hard. Sure they weren't related by blood, but Lucia considered the two family. "You're the best family I could have asked for." Lucia said during the little hug.

She broke away in better spirits and made her way up the stairs to go to the bucket full of Halloween candy. The lights inside weren't on, so maybe they were absent or something? She looked down at the bucket and decided to help herself to some of the candy inside. Not a whole lot, maybe 2 or 3 handfuls before returning to Yuina. She led the way back towards the main street as the pair returned to the growing crowd.

A pair of twins dressed as Plusle and Minun walking along with the father, who was dressed as a Pikachu and a mother who was a Raichu. The family passed the two by while Lucia and Yuina walked down the street. Hero slithered behind the girls, his Druddigon costume making him look so ferocious! Lucia looked up at two guests in the crowd who she had recognized, her face lighting up. Judging by how theirs did in return, it was a chance meeting.

A woman seemingly in her mid 30s or so with short brown hair waved at Yuina and Lucia, her lips spread into a gleeful smile. While not in a costume, her dress contained artistic depictions of various ghost types, swirling and smeared in a style reminiscent of graffiti. Behind her was another girl with glasses and blone hair in a ponytail whose costume was of a an Audino. She hid behind the other woman as Lucia waved back at the pair.

"Fancy seeing you out, Lucy."
"Hi, Mrs. Cliff!" Lucia greeted in return, then glancing over at the other child. "You too, Sadie!"
Sadie didn't say anything, but would peek her head out from Mrs. Cliff's leg in greeting.
"Are you guys trick-or-treating too?"
"Yep! Sadie's been killing it this year! And you must be Yuina. It's nice to meet you in person, finally!"

The teacher extended a hand to her, while looking at the house closest to them. The lights were on, decorations were on, and it was the perfect little opportunity. A playful glimmer crossed the teacher's eyes as she motioned to the open house. "Why don't you kids go on up to that house on the hill up there? We'll be here."

"Okay! C'mon, Sadie!" The timid girl hesitated but slowly walked behind the eager Lucia as the children went to go hike up the hill towards the house. Mrs. Cliff walked a bit behind, going beside Yuina.

"Lucia's been such a treat to have in class! I was a bit worried when she started, given how antisocial she was, but she's made amazing progress so far."

Yuina Higashi
☉