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POSTED ON Oct 11, 2021 4:06:19 GMT

The original purpose of the hot springs was to soothe sore muscles. Things that the two fit men probably had in spades. But at this point, Casey was starting to melt a little, sinking into his seat. Starting to become dehydrated. He could feel his tongue cling to the roof of his mouth. "Kinda like any other job, isn't it? We have to fit our personalities in around the margins. In our time spent at home."

Kinda like any other job. Except for his proximity to media. Except for his ability to more or less shove his way into any circle.

Were it not for the low overhead cost of podcasting, he'd have gone into music like Melody. Very well could still do that, and juice his own numbers. And get into Tren, speaking of juicing.

Casey then pushed the hair out of his face again. He then smiled, looking aside at Martín. "Sometimes, it's just me and the other guy dicking around for a while, and I turn it into an hour of the most focused stuff." He said, pausing for a minute. "Thanks. It means a lot that you'd say that.” 2KHAPFLz

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POSTED ON Oct 10, 2021 23:58:45 GMT

She turned, meeting his gaze with a smile. He laughed a little, as she blushed, but promised to scare him in that way he liked. "And we have all the time in the world to figure it out."

Their ride took off. The air seemingly pulling on them with even force prompted Casey to more or less hug her, holding her to the back of his Charizard. She then issued directions, just close enough for him to hear them as well.

“...”

The most curious thing happened though, in the air. What looked like a gourd sailed past them, offering a treat to Casey. He'd always had incredible luck with animals, and accepted the little morsel, stowing it in one of the many pockets on his cargo pants.

He felt guilty about not having a way to return the favor, save for patting the thing on the head, as if it were a dog. Their trajectories were different enough that it wouldn't linger by them for too long. The wind held his face and hair.

Their flight ended, dropping the two off at the front of her home, on the secluded island. He offered the little treat to his Charizard, who sniffed it and declined. He'd have to thank this one some other time. A hand found its way to her shoulder, under the hoodie that sat on her like a clothes-hanger.

The last time he was on a beach like this, he'd found a way to sunburn himself. The breeze coming off the coast prompted a similar desire to get rid of his shirt, but he'd hold off for now. “It's beautiful. I'm sure we'll enjoy the night here, too.”

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POSTED ON Oct 10, 2021 23:26:37 GMT

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The Safari Zone always seemed like the place for him. The boy who loved hiking. Oddly enough, the office told him more or less that he wasn't allowed in until after dark. This special reservation aside, he was thrilled. "..."

Then stunned when he pushed through the gate, only to end up on the grounds of a haunted manor, rather than a wildlife preserve.

Casey zipped up his tracksuit, and patted around his pockets. Wallet, keys, phone, swiss-army knife, Pokéblock case. He then offered half of a habañero orange treat to his Garchomp. His beloved pet he didn't tell anyone about. A door adjacent to the foyer creaked open, revealing some wild creature that was hard to make out. "...Thank you. It means a lot that you're here."

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POSTED ON Oct 10, 2021 7:18:23 GMT

This chance meeting gave him a chance to actually do things with the earth and justify being around. He knew that his job was fake. That he was a vehicle for other people to make money. Despite the intense look on his face, he flashes her a gentle smile.

When he turned to face her, he was met with a water bottle being tossed his way. He whistled for his Poliwhirl to stop, then held the bottle out. The big frog (?) then drank the whole thing down, winking and gently tossing the bottle back to Allrianne. Krookodile held up the blue stone excitedly, and Casey patted its head, like a dog.

Casey bit his lip and thought about it for a second. "I'm a little biased. It's probably Fallarbor, if you consider arable farmland, access to fishing and hiking trails important. It's Fortree, if you consider clean air and unfettered access to fruit-bearing trees important."

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POSTED ON Oct 10, 2021 7:07:39 GMT

She teased him again. He laughed for a second, and puffed out his chest a little. "You know me so well. If I could find a way to satisfy us both, I would. A way for you to no longer wonder what I could do with this muscle, while you bully me a little, and egg me on."

She opened the capsule, revealing his newest companion. A Charizard gifted to him, whose scales were kohl-black, like the Rocket uniform. The dragon bowed his head to Casey, as he held out a hand to pet him.

“Of course. So I can tuck you in at night, like I promised.”

She then brought it back around to her father. That man who menaced her and her brother. It was a little unnerving. Casey's own father was more terse and withholding than actively cruel. They had arguments with ~10 words per person, followed by tense silence. Thinking about the almost guaranteed fight that'd break out if they met sent a chill down his spine.

He smiled. She held out a hand, and he opted to climb atop Charizard himself, so as not to pull her down. The dragon then took flight. “I'm sure we could all play volleyball, or go fishing. My mom and her brothers showed me how to set a trout-line. We wouldn't even need four rods between us.”

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POSTED ON Oct 9, 2021 20:08:53 GMT

He then smiled, as she glanced off for a second. Weighing her options. He was more or less okay with anything. With tucking her in, then finding a couch to crash on. With returning to the next day of lifting, two large meals a day instead of three.

She looked down at his offering, then back at him.

“Good. Not to circle back to that conversation, but it’s fitting that you’d get to make that decision. Warrior and lover all in one.”

She then led him outside, but not before shyly giving him an out. “I want this... if you do.”

He smiled. The thought about her brother acting up, just like him... They’d probably get along. If they weren’t too similar to get along. “I’m not the competitive type... I just want everyone to have fun.”

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POSTED ON Oct 9, 2021 8:35:05 GMT

His old look. From before he committed to growing his hair out. To working out every single day. To honing himself to a razor’s edge, before facing the world again, despite the money he threw away. “I was in a few print advertisements with that look... It wouldn’t be a hard picture to find.”

Then it turned to sleeping together. “I’d be curled around you. With my nose practically buried in your neck. I’d cook for you, the next morning.”

He then smiled, as she turned to face him. Egged him on, infront of all of these people. Just like at the observatory. He thought for a second, looking down at her as the dim light hit his face.

“Well. I can’t show you infront of all these people. Are you going to do something about that?”

The acoustics of the room weren’t built for this sort of thing. The music rang throughout the room. People had to more or less whisper at eachother, or yell at anyone more than a couple feet away. Casey offered a pokeball to her. Blue and yellow, but the finish was worn off in a few places where he nervously dug in his fingers, time and time again.

He more or less pushed the decision to fly back home onto her. “I’ll always be willing to give things to you. Like... that Darmanitan. Now... will we be like this when I finally get to meet your brother and that man of his, or will you make me behave myself?”

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POSTED ON Oct 8, 2021 21:33:06 GMT

That detail about her and her brother fascinated him. It was so hard to get a nice powder-blue if you dyed it. “Once. I got it dyed at a shop, and I had this... overgrown undercut at the time. I looked like an Oddish.”

Then it turned to dressing up. He laughed a little, which she’d feel in his chest. Couples costumes? That was a different question entirely. “We could do Dracula and Van Helsing? Or... we could do Plusle and Minun? We have time to figure this out together.”

He then smiled, as she leaned against him. He started to dig in his heels and calves, trying to push back just enough that they wouldn’t both fall over. He leaned in a little as her hands went up for his jaw, trying to get her to grasp at his cheekbones.

”I want to tuck you in and say goodnight. We like to push each other’s buttons, but I’d like to try to be more... tender.”

The two got lost together in that sea of people. Leaning against eachother. Protecting eachother from the cavernous room rattling due to the power coming out of the speakers.

Her hands fell over his, shortly after he rested them on side of her stomach, just above her hips. He then dug a finger in, to tickle her. “I can’t wait to see what that really means. That you’ll be... holding me accountable for making you melt, all the time.”

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POSTED ON Oct 7, 2021 19:23:46 GMT

Purple. Like his hair. Like most of his clothes. That dye that people used to have to wring out of snails, and buy at a large markup. “It’s so funny... Everyone else in my family has pink hair. Everyone from Melody Miro and her mom to my father.”

Then it turned to dressing up. He laughed a little, which she’d feel in his chest, the way she pushed herself against him. “Isn’t it almost Halloween? I know we’re both a little too old to actually go out... but it’d be so cute if we dressed up together.”

He then smiled, as she leaned against him. He could feel that chill down her spine. That this is what he did to her. It was exciting. Getting someone’s wires crossed, and then defusing the little bomb he made. He planted a kiss atop her head.

”I don’t know. I’m not implying anything. I’m saying something.”

The two got lost together in that sea of people. The music was cranked loud enough that he could feel parts of it ring out in his chest. He decided to roll with it before it knocked him over.

An awkward little glide in. He started to find his footing. He gently led her in a slow-dance, to the drum pattern at half-time. She let him hold their hands together wherever he liked, so he set them above her hips. In that span of muscle on either side of the abdomen, called the obliques. “What was that thing you said earlier? You’d hold me accountable.”

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POSTED ON Oct 7, 2021 7:40:44 GMT

The topic turned to painting their nails together. She pointed out that hers were a more natural pink, and asked about his. “I‘m thinking... violet. Like that tracksuit that I keep wearing.”

Like the tracksuit that their daughter wore in that dream of his she saw. But he wouldn’t say that. He then smiled when she thought about painting her nails black. Another opportunity to be supportive and be her man. “That’d be so cute. And if you wanna go all in on this... I might have a studded belt and a band tee somewhere.”

He then smiled, as she swung their hands that she clasped together. He blushed and glanced away for a second. Seeing this unabashed joy in her was as life-giving as any raunchy thing they did together.

”I know that you don’t like secrets between us, so... You said that you wanted me to just pounce on you one day. I haven’t picked a day yet.”

The two waded through the sea of people together. He said this after leaning in, mouth close enough to just nibble on her ear. But he’d stop and accept the... glowing drink offered to him. His earlier comparison of a night club to a witch’s cauldron rung truer than he could’ve known at the time.

He didn’t even like drinking, but it looked cool and he wanted to go on this journey with her. Bottoms up. Nearly dropped the empty glass, before pawning it off on a staffer holding a platter of drinks. He then followed her into the crowd. “If you can’t stand anymore, I’ll have to carry you home.”

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POSTED ON Oct 6, 2021 21:33:44 GMT

The tables turned. She had him blushing, and more or less on his back foot, with a sudden wink. That sly grin of hers could kill. “I didn’t mean it like that. Haha............. unless...”

He then smiled when she displayed her hands. He’d made a big deal of his own hands earlier, but seeing hers framed by sleeves with cuffs as big as her fists... “One of these days, we should sit down and paint each other’s nails.”

He then smiled, tilting his head at her. She took the initiative and pulled him away. Out the double-doors, so fast it left the bell tied to one of the bars ringing. He was led by the hand down the street, walking just fast enough that she wouldn’t have to drag him.

”I’m excited to see the other things you’re looking forward to. I have a few surprises of my own.”

He said, as the two stood together. They were let in by a pair of bouncers. People who lived more interesting lives, and fought worthier people than him. He wished he could be nineteen again, arguing with them about a fake ID.

She then led him inside the building, explaining that it was because of that father she’s scared of. “...Oh. That’s interesting. You’d think they’d have remembered me. Either way, thanks for getting us inside.”

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POSTED ON Oct 6, 2021 19:27:02 GMT

Casey raised his brows as she put her hands on her hips. Did she really insist on buying dinner? And... the two of them barely ate. “I’m sure you’ll find a time and place to pay me back.”

He then smiled when she pushed her fingers together, then accepted his gift. He then blushed a little, and narrowed his eyes at her. “And... I would love to drink with you again. But I’m sure we have other plans for now.”

He then smiled, tilting his head at her. If it wasn’t a thing before, it is now. He could probably drop off a few xl t-shirts, and she’d wear them like nightgowns. He then decided to fuss a little, rolling up the sleeves for her.

”You can think whatever you’d like to, about it. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it... for now.”

He said, as the two stood together. It dawned on him that they’d be at a nightclub. As in... a dimly lit place with all sorts of sounds and chemicals flying around. May as well be a big concrete witch’s cauldron. He then nudged her, hoping that she’d take his hand and drag him away, as she was wont to do.

She then leaned away. Surely, she was about to take off. He just had to have the last word, for whatever reason. “...I’d love to go. And if you pick up anything weird... can I have one too?”

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POSTED ON Oct 6, 2021 7:29:23 GMT

Casey glanced aside for a second, and giggled for a second. It meant so much to him that she would humor him.

He then mirrored her gesture, holding a hand infront of his mouth as he laughed. “Well, I figured it was the least I could do. It’s been a while since I’ve spent time with anyone, let alone on a date. And you’ve been so nice to me.”

He then scooped up the leftover sake bottle and capped it, presenting it to her as a gift.

”I happen to think that it’s a very nice dress. And that it’d be a shame if someone spilled shit on it.”

He said, looking across the table at her. She then got up and took his hand, pulling him along. He had to pretend to blush and be shy about the whole thing by looking at his feet for a second. Nonetheless, he couldn’t help but beam with pride at her.

She then leaned into him, and looked up at him. Already making plans with him. He had to look a little surprised at it, eyes widening. He then bit his lip for a second. “I would love to. Yes. ...That is, if you’d like to have me in your home.”

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POSTED ON Oct 6, 2021 0:23:12 GMT

Casey glanced aside for a second, and giggled for a second. He was well aware of what he was doing to her.

He was overjoyed that she’d meet his teasing with her own. He had to then push her buttons a little more. “...I don’t know. It’s not like we haven’t seen eachother naked. I just think you’d look cute in a beret.”

He downed the rest of his drink, and offered his debit card to the nearest waiter. "I’d love to hang out. Sure."

”...Yeah. I network at clubs. But... take this. We wouldn’t want anything to happen to that dress.”

He said, offering his folded up hoodie to her, with the silk-screened anime design on it. He then glanced away and pretended to be shy about the whole thing.

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POSTED ON Oct 5, 2021 21:57:17 GMT

Casey glanced aside for a second, and giggled for a second. He was well aware of what he was doing to her.

He was so astonished then, to hear her take the hard way out. She squeezed his hand, and backed down. He could feel her pulse through the veins in her hand, her hand gripping his. “You could. I’d let you do it.”

He downed a third of his drink. Casey got what he wanted already. "Seeing you in those black tights that they wear would end me. It’d be all that I think about."

”I can’t wait to meet your friends from work, babe.”

He said, as she brought his hand up and kissed it. With his free hand, he sipped at his drink, and pretended to be shy about the whole thing.

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