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.

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Voice

[for_realsies]

Because... that's how it works, and I know the mon aren't going to get weaker as I go. And eventually there will be those stupid zubats attacking me every time I take five steps!

*Sounds like she's about to cut the feed and, wait, nope.*

...Also your hair is the weirdest I've seen so far here.

Text forever

[beforethedarkness]

I get that. Why fight other trainers?

[Not in the mood to even acknowledge the hair thing.]

Voice forever

[for_realsies]

*Wow you are less fun than Hope*

I... it's what you do? It helps the Pokemon grow stronger, and, at least two of mine really seem to enjoy it.

[beforethedarkness]

[He's a giant stick in the mud with a horrible past, did you expect anything else?]

And when they lose?

[for_realsies]

I've been here less than a month? I'm going to lose a lot before I'm done.

What's that matter? It's not like any of these trips are all win situations.

[beforethedarkness]

And when they get badly hurt?

[for_realsies]

...I don't know.

Hopefully they will never get hurt so bad a Pokemon Center can't help.

Why are you so depressing?

[beforethedarkness]

It doesn't matter.

[for_realsies]

But you brought it up!

[beforethedarkness]

I asked why you battle.

Me being "depressing" has nothing to do with it.

[Someone still has enough attitude to snark.]

[for_realsies]

No, you were the one all depressing about your pokemon getting really...

*Oh. Well, she feels kinda bad now.*

...Did that happen?

[beforethedarkness]

[Looooooooooong pause.]

Yes.

[for_realsies]

*Equally long pause.*

I'm sorry. You know it'd be easier to tell if you're bothered if you don't use text.

*Yes, Imogen knows that is the point. Doesn't care.*

[beforethedarkness]

What happened to them is my fault. I don't need pity.

[for_realsies]

Sympathy isn't pity.

[beforethedarkness]

Whatever it is, I don't need you feeling sorry for me.

[for_realsies]

Fine! I'll save it for your pokemon! You and your mopey duckbutt hair can go be alone.

I don't need another loner...

[beforethedarkness]

It's better if I'm alone.

[for_realsies]

...Can you switch to voice or something where I can tell if you actually believe that?

[beforethedarkness]

I do.

[for_realsies]

If you really do you're deluded.

And I hope for your sake you learn how wrong you are soon.

[beforethedarkness]

I know what it's like to have others. It almost destroyed me.

I'm better alone.

[for_realsies]

Or you can try different others?

Others that fit better with you.

I am so sorry I made you wait 4 days for this.

[beforethedarkness]

No.

Tis fine, tis fine

[for_realsies]

What do you mean no?

You can't just give up on people because it didn't work once.