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POSTED ON Oct 5, 2021 21:20:51 GMT

Casey bit his lip, and narrowed his eyes at her. “Do you promise?”

He kind of blurted out the thing that took her by surprise. But now was his chance to think it through. She accepted his hand, and he followed up by sliding his fingers between hers and clasping their hands together.

He downed a third of his drink. Casey was on the edge of his seat, swallowing a lump in his throat. "Well... You were scared that I was gonna run away. And now, I know too much to be let go. You know this. You now have a choice."

”You can kill me and dump me on the beach. There’s already been radio silence from me for three months. People probably wouldn’t notice. Or... you can take me with you.”

He said, smiling serenely. He was already thinking about how cute she’d look in the black pajamas and beret.

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POSTED ON Oct 5, 2021 18:51:06 GMT

Casey narrowed his eyes at her. She smiled at him, seemingly stepping up to his challenge. He tilted his head, and raised a brow. “I’ll have to find some way to thank you, then. With these hands that you like holding, perhaps...”

He trailed off. They were still at a dinner table, after all. Casey sipped at his drink again. He smiled, thinking about her brother having a boyfriend. Must’ve been the other guy in that dream. Good for him.

Then she went on to say that her brother was more or less disowned. Casey went stone-faced for a minute. He thought about it. He had a cousin who’s not on good speaking terms with his parents, but that was... different. He nodded, opting to hold onto this for now.

He bit down another roll. Casey was on the edge of his seat, offering to hold her hand. "This is... just as troubling as when you told me the first time. That’s no way to discipline a child. They don’t learn anything... but I guess you two already know not to trust your father."

”...Can you induct me into their ranks. I may have said this already, but I want a life together... no matter what shape it takes.”

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POSTED ON Oct 5, 2021 17:23:50 GMT

He nodded. He saw her reach for a roll, and stop herself. Casey had no such limiter in his brain, going for a third. “...I’m not much of a drinker. I can roll joints all day. But... the bottle looked cute.”

He “accidentally” let his fingers touch hers as she accepted the glass he poured for her.

Casey tilted his head at her. He smiled at her, and narrowed his eyes. She looked down, and he had to make a move again. "I invited you to take what you wanted. And you’re scared that you came onto me too hard? I’d love a little hickey on the other side of my neck. So that they match."

He sipped at his drink. A chill ran down his spine, but he quickly smiled. “You told me about your father. I saw him in a cell. And your brother, healthy and well. ... I hope I’m not mistaken in saying that that’s your brother.”

She looked him in the eye and laid her cards on the table. He beamed with pride at her, straightening out his back. "You can tell me whatever you’d like. I can promise that I’ll listen."

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POSTED ON Oct 5, 2021 16:22:39 GMT

He nodded. “Spicy tuna rolls are pretty good too. I don’t know if this place does it, but I used to get these like... hand rolls. Like... a long tube of sushi. The spicy tuna hand-rolls were always worth the line.”

He bit the bullet. The waiter returned with their platter, only to be sent away again for a bottle of semi-sweet sake and two glasses. They’d be presented with a bottle right away. Floral, slightly creamy, and as sweet as any rosé, if not sweeter.

Casey was taken aback at first. That she held these feelings too, but worried. "I’m so glad that you feel this way too. We already get along so well. I think... I do want to be with you forever, no matter what shape our life together takes. And when you led me upstairs... We weren’t trying to do that, but... there was something life-giving about being as close to you as I could be."

He poured out a glass for each of them, and looked away for a second. He didn’t touch his drink yet, but made a point to eat one of the rolls infront of him. When he tried to make eye-contact with her again, it was with a weak grin. “I already saw enough to know that I have to make this work. The time to run away would’ve been after we picked berries.”

The way that she looked shyly at him melted him. He felt like he’d hurt her already. Casey bit his tongue, and tried again. She was hurting, and he didn’t know how to intervene. "And... what can I do to make you feel less scared?"

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POSTED ON Oct 5, 2021 15:06:05 GMT

Casey sat in the booth across from her. A pair of laminated menus fell between them. The lighting in the room was slightly blue-tinted, perhaps to keep the people at the bar awake. He was able to return to her question quickly, after a second to think about it. He glanced down at her, and quickly put on a smile. “Oh. It has to be the Spider Roll, with crab meat, cucumber, and spicy mayo. Do you have a favorite?”

His fear was similar but different. It was that he just swooped on her when she was feeling down, and they were in love after that. That if she was in her right mind, she would’ve turned him down.

Then there was the matter of the meteor rocking the side of the building. The cloud of mist rolling in, and more or less exposing everyone’s subconscious fears and desires. Shorthand for information that people wouldn’t normally share with eachother.

He flagged down a waiter and asked for a platter of Spider Rolls to go to the middle of the table, for the two of them. He was so close to just asking for one big drink with two straws. But this was delaying the inevitable. He looked about as nervous as she felt. "...So. Normally, when someone talks about their dream to someone else, it’s not worth paying attention to. But... I get the impression that we saw everything in eachother. ...You and your brother, happy and safe. And... that thing that I thought about."

”The modest house and plot of land that we have to ourselves. The child. And... I moved on because we couldn’t talk about this infront of him. But now that we’re by ourselves... I wanted to ask how you felt about what you saw.”

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He’d even seen the cloud of mist wrap around Danny’s head. The fact that it was more or less empty was stunning, and he’d even see Casey stare a little. Hello? Where are the people that he knows?

He was never one for gossip. Even fought a man who more or less asked him to kiss and tell. To not have integrity. That being said, Casey would remember thinking harder about Danny and that girl he was with being happy together than Danny did. He’d just hold onto it, though it put a knot in his stomach.

He blinked. A hand grasped his arm. He looked down. Summer had more or less seen everything. He felt even guiltier, having moved on from the topic. More or less tabled it for later.

Casey bit his tongue. He was still such a coward. Summer offered to grab drinks for everyone. He pivoted on one foot, ready to follow her. ”...I’m still modeling, Dan. I’ve also been setting the groundwork for a podcast and a music career. Rise and grind, and all that. ............ I should walk with you to the bar. I’m still a little sore from earlier."

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POSTED ON Oct 5, 2021 4:00:58 GMT

He hadn't a clue what the mist actually meant. That's why he immediately deflected that night, instead of fielding any question of hers. If he could see that glimpse into her mind in that instance, then surely... She'd have been able to see what he wanted. For his friends to be happy, and for her to live with him.

And... the kid too? He bit his tongue. It seemed even more selfish than any of the times he'd hit on her that night.

Casey looked her up and down, and smiled. That insistent blush of hers returned. He narrowed his eyes at her a little, then dug a pokeball out of his pocket, to stow away his ride, now that it'd finished his gift. "I'm so glad that you could make it. I know that you have a lot of responsibilities to juggle."

Casey smiled, holding his hoodie under one arm. He turned with a foot first. He'd push the metal bar across the door open for her, both to sincerely hold the door for her, and to in an act of vanity flex the muscles in his chest. "I'm good. I've been working too, but I've had time to think. ...Let's. Drinks are on me."

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POSTED ON Oct 5, 2021 0:39:30 GMT

The night was almost upon them. The sun hung on, slowly inching out of the sky. The sun fell like a cat going down a curtain. The horizon held all kinds of red-oranges and pinks, as the sky above turned navy-blue. They were in an industrious town, but it wasn't so polluted that they couldn't make out a scant few stars above.

Casey rode into town atop the back of a Charizard, wearing what was clearly something from work. A dark cherry-red hoodie with an anime design on it, over what looked like bondage pants, the way that the denim was flanked on all sides by straps and loops. He pulled off the hoodie and folded it under one arm, revealing a slightly formal blue button-up.

Digging around in one of his many pockets, he gifted a pre-packaged roll of Italian sausage to his ride. As Charizard slowly bit it down, Casey looked around. The restaurant inside was an agreeable sushi joint, with high ceilings, padded booths, and tiled walls. A port town like this could host any number of bar and grills or fish and chip shops, but they were a little more uptown at the moment.

Seeing her nearby, Casey smiled. It'd been a month since that first night of August, when the Mossdeep Observatory hosted everyone. He'd wondered if she'd ever call him back, after how weird it got. He had his hair up in a ponytail, and offered her his hoodie, in the event that they'd stay out in the breezy evening and talk for a minute. "Oh! Summer! How have you been?"

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POSTED ON Oct 4, 2021 23:21:27 GMT

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He’d heard glass break before, but nothing quite like the side of the observatory being rocked by a great meteor. It was like a thousand drums being hit at once, the dense glass bowing. He’d have already started vaping to stave off the panic, were it not for Dr. Holo immediately taking charge of the situation. She seemed to know what she was talking about.

Then it hits him. First, the ribbon of mist around Summer showing him these innocent, fragmented scenes. Everyone more or less escaping her father. What looked like a brother and a very good friend of his. And... he was there too. "I don’t know. I just know that... maybe I was supposed to that."

He bit his lip and thought for a moment. The mist more or less takes him next, because of how close they are. She’d see it all if she looked up at the cloud obscuring his face.

A big, olive-colored house on the edge of Fallarbor, bordering Route 114. The soil is a mixture of red and dark brown, from decades of volcanic sediment mixing with the soil. Two stories, with a large patch of fruit-bearing trees in the front. Everyone looked to be atleast thirty. He’d get to meet that brother of hers that he saw, for sure.

His Treecko, now fully grown, is tending to the field. Sceptile is being VERY patient with what looks to be a child with carnation-purple hair like his, and eyes like Summer’s. They’re wearing a big, violet tracksuit like him. Casey is inside, hair back in a ponytail, wearing an unbuttoned violet shirt with no undershirt, and matching basketball shorts. He’s working over a stove, both burners on, trying his damnedest to not only cook for them, but also what looked to be Danny with a healthy stubble, and... that girl he was with? They were lounging on what looked to be a couch with Summer, just out of the corner of his eye.

He blinked. A scene similar to half an hour ago unfolded, with Summer pulling Casey upstairs by the collar of a shirt that was falling apart. Both of them beet-red in the face. Thankfully, people talking at him and touching him woke him up just as they were both getting undressed.

Casey looked astonished, and tried to paper it over immediately by talking at Danny. ”...Havin’ a drink? Smells kinda strong. I hope you’re feeling okay, man. I haven’t seen you since we were in Slateport. What have you been up to since then?"

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POSTED ON Oct 3, 2021 21:40:38 GMT

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She was more or less amused by how much of a mess he was. How his shirt was probably missing a button, and his hair was more or less everywhere. She could scarcely see his eyes at this point. Casey offered a tsk-tsk-tsk, and saw fit to play a little. "Hide? Haven't you seen everything already?"

He bit his lip and thought for a minute. As much as this was... pretty much everything he wanted, the two were stuck in their little tug of war. Taking turns pushing eachother's buttons. Neither could really be always on.

...He couldn't sustain his confidence either. In any real sense. He was still haunted by all the things he didn't do tonight.

Her stammer returned. She felt his hands and beamed at him. Casey put his chin to his chest, then tilted his head back to whip the hair out of his face. "You just had to show up and be yourself. That's all I want."

As corny as it was, it came from the heart. Similarly...

Out of the corner of his eye, he could see something amidst the sea of people in the ballroom. A familiar mop of black hair, disappearing below a pair of shoulders at the bar. A man more or less bowing to outside sources of stress in his life. Casey raised a hand to hold Summer closer, and another to cup by his mouth. He turned to face this familiar face that he was at risk of losing again, and opted to yell a little to get his point across. "...Danny?! It's been six months, man. How have you been?"

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POSTED ON Oct 3, 2021 8:42:31 GMT

Rarely does someone think as little as he does. The wall bends and caves. A rain of fists and intermittent pick swings slowly carve out a shape. Dust deposits on the ground, as well as small rocks.

Krookodile more or less gives up, and decides to look busy by standing guard over the whole thing. Its tail wiggles in the air like a dog’s.

Casey flashed a greedy grin. It disappeared quickly. The wall bent inward, making a crevice for them. Poliwhirl used Hydro Pump, blasting the crevice to scoop it out. A curious, ocean-blue stone clattered to the ground. Water Stones were typically made of pressurized sediment at the bottom of the ocean, so Casey didn’t get his hopes up initially about the glassy thing.

A sideways glance, in between blows. Her comment hit his ear, despite everything. "Aren’t we all. It’s natural to be a little... territorial. ...Come to think of it, the constant turmoil here has GOT to be tanking property values. You could probably pick a town and stay by yourself."

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