9th Tomoe || Video, Text, Filtered Text

[beforethedarkness]

[Briefly, the network receives a transmission from Sasuke's pokégear. The feed shows a dark bedroom, a pokéball and a note on a bed as the sun starts to set, its light filtering in through the nearby window. The note on the bed reads 'To Sasuke', and when the gear drops it shows him just standing there.

It's like that for a good few minutes before the feed clicks off again.]

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[Some time later, Sasuke decides to send out a quick text to the entire network. He does have something he has to say to the others he's travelling with later, but right now he wants to get this out first.]

Why do you battle your pokémon?

[He doesn't even know what to expect out of that question, only that he's probably going to get a lot of responses and he's probably not going to agree with all of them, or possibly any of them. But he's feeling lost, and maybe it'll help give him a clue. In the meantime, though, he has something else he wants to steel himself for.]

I'm leaving Vermillion tonight, through the Diglett Tunnel. I'm going alone.

Comments

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[itsudemoissho]

They seem to enjoy battling, but also to become stronger so I can protect the one I love when needed.

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[beforethedarkness]

Why not protect that person yourself instead of using your pokémon?

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[itsudemoissho]

Because the opponents here are Pokémon and it's the way things are in this world.

Though I would protect her even if the Pokémon wouldn't be here or wouldn't be able to help for some reason.

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[beforethedarkness]

What if they get badly hurt doing it.

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[itsudemoissho]

Then it's my time to protect them. And if they don't want to fight after that, then I won't make them.

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[beforethedarkness]

I see. So you leave the choice entirely up to them.

[He sighs at the text, shaking his head. He thought he could do that, but...]

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[itsudemoissho]

Yes. What's the point in making them fight if they don't wish to do so?

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[beforethedarkness]

None.

Would you let them if they wanted to?

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[itsudemoissho]

I would. I'd make sure they don't overdo it, but I'd let them do what they want to do.

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[beforethedarkness]

I see.

[Yeah that's... Probably the last text he's going to send without further prompt.]