Alex / Lexy
he / him / his
thirty
december 22
Mistralton, Unova
homosexual demiromantic
sanctuary owner
civilian
TAG WITH @alexei
Alexei Ivanov
TALES BENEATH THE DYNA TREE (LEAGUE)
POSTED ON Feb 27, 2024 17:58:17 GMT
He thought he was late because this was the shortest time accorded to them to approach the strange Pokémon to tell one more story—thankfully, he had another sleepless night and decided to fly out to Evergrande. He knew he wouldn’t be long, because his partner was waiting for him to cuddle up with him; he’d come up with the excuse of getting some late-night food and wouldn’t be long. That was what he hoped, at least. “Okay… I’m sorry if this one is depressing like my last one was. Or was it two stories ago, I forgot. Anyway.”He wrung his hands together for a few moments before he began. “Everyone has sacrificed something to get where they are—well, maybe more than one ‘something’ if their need is really dire—however, you know, people regret sacrificing things especially when it’s something they hold near and dear. In my case, though… ironically I was supposed to be that sacrifice.
Neglected middle child, left to die when they realized that I was sick beyond saving. But look where I am now… thirteen years later. I came to Hoenn when I was seventeen, did the classic ‘ran away from home’ bit. Well, that was because my fucking dad—sorry, don’t know if you’re uppity about language like that—well, because my fucking dad literally drove his children away from him.”A minute sigh escaped him. “First it was Alethea Ivanova, she was in love with kris flynn-edwards, but what the hell… she had to make a choice between her own happiness or what our dad wanted for her… so of course she chose to be happy… but that didn’t come without a price. Sure, they were happy at first, but… when I found out that I had a dead nephew when us siblings finally met all these years later? Yeah, no.
There’s no way in hell we’re going back to our family. Dunno about Addy, though, because girls are favored over boys—with my family at least.”He continued to wring his hands together. “As for me… did I sacrifice anything, to get where I am today? Well… I left my old life in Unova behind, to find my own way in the world. So I guess that was a worthy-enough sacrifice in and on itself. While I was happy… maybe I was just lying to myself, who was I kidding, I was depressed and I didn’t realize that was what it was until many years later,” he added with a bit of snark in his tone. He let the silence pass between them, before continuing, “Would you sacrifice yourself for this region, if I can ask without being too impertinent?” and waited for the other to answer… but not getting any kind of answer whatsoever. “Well… hopefully everyone’s sacrifices aren’t in vain. Thank you for your time.”
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